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Dance Marathon set for 44th year 30-hour event to support Cradles for Crayons By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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On Friday, over 1,000 Northwestern students will pour into a tent on the East Lawn of Norris University Center to dance for 30 hours. The 44th annual Northwestern University Dance Marathon will raise money for Cradles to Crayons, an organization that provides supplies for low-income kids in the Chicago area. The Evanston Community Foundation is NUDM’s secondary beneficiary. Though NUDM is an annual event, executive cochair Daniel Nussbaum said the difference in beneficiaries from year to year impacts the event and tone of the fundraiser. “We have a new beneficiary every year, (so) the whole atmosphere of the tent changes,” the Weinberg senior told The Daily. Nussbaum also said there are many surprises planned
that will take place throughout the 30 hours. The different cause and small changes it inspires will make NUDM 2018 a unique experience from prior dance marathons, he said. Sofia Kuta, NUDM marketing and media co-chair, said NUDM aimed to mirror Cradles to Crayons’ mission in its broader message for the year. “This year, we’re really trying to focus on the idea of people supporting each other and coming together to have them reach their full potential,” the Communication senior told The Daily. “Cradles to Crayons helps to do this with kids by providing them (with) everyday essentials. In doing that, they’re able to set kids up for success in helping them to focus and confidently pursue their dreams and ambitions.” Nussbaum, Kuta and NUDM marketing and media co-chair Nicole Bankowski also offered both practical and deeper advice to firstyear dancers. On the practical side, Nussbaum said all dancers should remember to bring deodorant, while Bankowski recommended dancers get adequate sleep in the days leading up to NUDM. » See NUDM, page 7
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Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) discusses the removal of arrest records from the city’s website at a Human Services Committee meeting on Monday. The records are available on the Evanston Police Department’s page on the website.
City examines arrest record policy Information could temporarily come down from official website By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Aldermen discussed temporarily taking down arrest records from the city’s website at Monday’s Human Services Committee meeting, after an alderman noted the records are currently
searchable online. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) requested a review of the city’s posting of the Daily Crime Bulletins and the length of time they should be made available to the public. Arrest records are open to the public unless they regard an ongoing or active investigation, according to the memo, but are supposed to be blocked from
search engines. Fleming said she searched several names from 2015 and 2016 bulletins, and the documents came up in her search. Noting Evanston already publishes the bulletins in emails and provides them to the media, Fleming said she would like the city to rethink the current system. She added that many of those
people may have had the arrests expunged or pled guilty, and that there is no way to tell the case’s resolution from the bulletins. She also expressed concern that the searchability of bulletins could be harmful for someone searching for a job. “I’m a big believer in once a » See RECORDS, page 7
Latinx group seeks to tackle self-care Seminars look at SANA SANA designed to build community, address mental health
Community leaders also talk white privilege
By ALAN PEREZ
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Latinx students can heal together over pan dulce and hot chocolate in a space established last month by Counseling and Psychological Services. SANA SANA, which meets twice a month in the Women’s Center, is open to all Latinxidentifying students. The name is a reference to a Spanish song widely used by the Latinx community as a cultural custom for healing. Rosemary Magaña and Stephanie Carrera, licensed clinical professional counselors for CAPS, said they created the space so students can heal from the struggles they face as Latinx students. “Right now we’re living in a time — politically, socioeconomically, socioculturally, even on campus — where there are points of authority telling Latinx students or Latinx members of the population what to do and how to do it,” Carrera said. “This is an opportunity to gain some of that power back.” Carrera said the space will give students influence over their own lives and challenge the “culture of perfectionism.”
racial inequality By ADRIAN WAN
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The Women’s Center at 2000 Sheridan Rd. Counseling and Psychological Services counselors started a healing space for Latinx students that meets twice a month at the Women’s Center.
Students won’t be held to expectations, she said, and can use the space when and how they need. In addition to the political climate, the two also pointed to the feeling of exclusion that Latinx and other students from marginalized backgrounds experience at elite institutions. The
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difficulty of navigating a predominantly white college can be exhausting, Magaña said. Latinx students also face barriers to self care, such as pressure from family expectations and emotional violence inflicted by prejudice and microaggressions, she said. Overall, identifying as Latinx
can feel “lonely, very different (and) very othering,” Magaña said. The healing space will give students a chance to share their experiences and temporarily forget the stress, violence and pressure in their lives, she said. » See SANA, page 7
Organizers of a seminar series aimed at deconstructing white privilege and racial inequality introduced a curriculum and objectives for future discussion at an event Monday evening. About 80 Evanston residents and members of faith-based organizations attended the first part of the month-long seminar series Transforming White Privilege, organized by Unitarian Church Evanston, Beth Emet Synagogue, Grace Lutheran Church and Lake Street Church of Evanston. At the event, held at the Unitarian Church, attendees shared their interpretation and personal experiences related to white privilege. Elaine Robbins-Harris, a professional learning and development consultant, and Rina Campbell, a social educator and trainer, coordinated the event. Campbell said the bias
toward particular social groups was not an “innate characteristic” of human beings, but that it originated from people’s unwillingness to interact with those who have different backgrounds. The lack of understanding what other social groups value limits people’s ability to empathize and can often “escalate into prejudice and discrimination,” she added. Consequently, Campbell said, the curriculum of the seminar was designed to help participants identify and reflect upon existing racial disparities, which are reinforced by institutions — ranging from healthcare system to media outlets — that neglect the need of underprivileged groups. “When all these layers of bias, prejudice and discrimination go unchecked, they become structural,” Campbell said. “It becomes cemented in our institutions … and it churns out inequality.” Pointing to the case in which a 60-year-old Evanston man mistaken for an armed robbery suspect was forcibly handcuffed by Evanston Police Department officers, the seminar’s facilitator, Susan Carlton, said she believed » See INEQUALITY, page 7
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AROUND TOWN Aldermen delay action on panhandling proposal By KEERTI GOPAL
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Aldermen delayed action on proposed additional regulations for panhandling at Monday’s Human Services Committee meeting, citing a need for further discussion of the issue. The proposed ordinance would enforce new regulations on location and behavior for panhandling and soliciting in Evanston. It also outlines different kinds of panhandling at varying degrees of aggression and proposes penalties in the form of fines or community service for citizens in violation of the new regulations. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said she had serious reservations about the ordinance, including the proposed penalties and the potential for the ordinance to affect some citizens more harshly than others. “I would hate to make this ordinance one that was really targeting one group of people as opposed to targeting behaviors,” Fleming said. “I would like us to look more at what we can do to reach out to these folks who are out there, and try to make sure we can get them connected with whatever resources are available.” Fleming added that she was concerned about limitations to First Amendment rights. The ordinance makes a distinction between passive panhandling, which was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 to be a form of free speech, and aggressive panhandling or “abusive solicitation.” The ordinance would ban all aggressive begging,
POLICE BLOTTER Burglary reported in west Evanston
Officers found a cash register missing from a gas station after its window was broken by a brick in west Evanston on Monday morning. A patrol officer observed a broken window at the Road Ready in the 2400 block of Dempster Street and reported it to Evanston Police Department headquarters. Responding officers observed
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Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) at a meeting. Fiske agreed that the proposed panhandling ordinance needed reform.
panhandling and soliciting, while permitting passive acts except in areas determined to have heightened safety or personal privacy. Several community members spoke out against the ordinance during the public comment portion of the meeting, and aldermen decided to hold the ordinance in committee for further discussion and changes.
Jackie Prince, who spoke during the public comment portion, said the ordinance failed to understand the motivations of people who panhandle, noting that it is often a last resort when official channels like shelters and non-profits aren’t enough. “I would like you guys to actually speak to panhandlers and ask them why they are asking for money,” Prince said to the aldermen. “I consider
the brick lying inside the gas station and the cash register missing, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. EPD was unable to immediately contact someone from the gas station. Officers estimated that the burglary must have occurred between 11 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 a.m. Monday. Glew said police are investigating the burglary alongside two other reports of theft in Skokie in the same time window. Those instances have suspect
descriptions. There are no suspects.
Evanston man arrested in connection with assault
Police arrested a 35-year-old Evanston man Sunday at a Starbucks in south Evanston after he threatened to shoot an employee. EPD responded to reports from a Starbucks employee at the store, 519 Main St., that a man was
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(panhandling) a desperate cry for help. … These are lives that you’re affecting, and sometimes it’s life and death situations.” Prince added that panhandling can lead to compassion and understanding between people, and said that she personally has made many positive connections while panhandling. Doug Sharp, a member of Reclaim Evanston, said he opposes the ordinance because it would criminalize poverty. “We should be reaching out to these individuals to see how we can help them with the resources of the city and our local non-profit community,” Sharp said, “Not creating methods by which we can fine them for their efforts to feed and clothe themselves.” Although conversation at Monday’s meeting mainly concentrated on the ordinance as it would apply to individual citizens panhandling for themselves, the proposed regulations would also extend to political or charitable solicitation. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said she agreed the proposed ordinance needed reform, but also she feels something must be done to address the concerns of residents. “There are some people that feel really threatened … and who choose not to shop or come downtown,” Fiske said. “We have to talk about it because it’s not going to go away by itself. The most important thing is getting help to people who really need it, and if we’re not doing that then something’s falling through the cracks.” keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu “acting erratically” and refusing to leave around 11:30 a.m. The employee said the Evanston man threatened to “shoot him in the back of the head,” Glew said. Officers took the man into custody on the scene after the employee asked to press charges. The man was told during a different incident that could not enter the Starbucks. Police charged the man with trespassing and assault. — Julia Esparza
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ON CAMPUS Maestra tequilera discusses career By ALLIE GOULDING
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Bertha González Nieves (Medill ’97) graduated from Northwestern with a master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. Since then, she has co-founded the well-known tequila brand Casa Dragones, which Oprah calls her favorite tequila. González Nieves was the first woman to receive the title of maestra tequilera — or tequila expert — from the Academia Mexicana de Catadores de Tequila. The Daily: How did you go from Northwestern to the tequila industry? Bertha González Nieves: I was selected by the Japanese government to represent Mexico in a program in Japan in my early 20s. While I was in university in Mexico, and as part of my training, I had to go and learn all about Mexico’s economy and industries. I got invited to go to Tequila, Jalisco to learn all about tequila production as one of the industries that I should be able to eloquently talk about that have a role in our country. After being three days in Tequila, I called my parents and I said, “I know what I want to do. I want to go into the tequila industry.” I think my parents were a little bit worried. I’m the youngest of three, and the only woman, so they thought, “Oh my god, a woman in the tequila industry.” They thought I was going to forget because I was 22. Here we are — I didn’t forget. I had offers to do other things when I graduated from Northwestern, but my heart and my passion was set on tequila. The Daily: As you said, your parents were obviously worried about you working in the tequila industry. What is it like working in an industry dominated by men? González Nieves: I was so focused on getting into this industry that when I started in the industry, I turned around and looked around and
I realized, “Oh, well, I don’t see a lot of women around here.” I decided early on that I was not going to make that an obstacle, and better focus on having a real strong point of view. With a strong point of view, people will be more focused on that whether you are a female in a man industry or vice versa a man in a female industry. I didn’t want to approach it from a minority point of view. I wanted to approach it from a professional point of view.
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The Daily: How did it feel to be named the first maestra tequilera? González Nieves: When they gave me my title, I didn’t know that I was the first woman. I was just very excited to get it. I had a couple of press interviews and one of them said, “So how many women are there?” and I said, “I don’t know, can you please check?” I called and I said, “How many women are there?” and they were like, “What are you talking about? You’re the first one.” And I didn’t know that. It came out later that I was the first woman. I just felt that I want to be someone that ignites change. If this is one of the grains of sands that is going to help motivate other women to come into the category, that’s great. The Daily: Do you have any advice for students? González Nieves: Opportunity is open for every human being. We should focus on the opportunity and put our focus and our passion and our dedication and our professionalism in the opportunities, and I think the doors tend to be wide open when you focus on that. Being a leader in your industry, that doesn’t mean you’re doing it as a woman or as a man. You’re doing it as a leader, as a professional. To have a position or a role in an industry, you do it first and foremost with intellectual capital and with a strong point of view.
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González Nieves: I had to get a scholarship, and I got a loan. I really, really was determined to go to Northwestern. When I got to Northwestern, it was game-changing for me. I will forever be grateful for the opportunities and the support the university gave me. For me, my career as an international student and what that provided gave me the opportunity to build an international career. This Q&A was edited and condensed for clarity. alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu
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4 SPRING SPORTS OVERVIEW | THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
LOOKING AHEAD
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
With men’s and women’s basketball wrapping up disappointing seasons this past Thursday, the Daily Sports Desk previews the remainder of the seasons for Northwestern’s spring sports.
NU tries again to regain championship-level form By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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Last year, Northwestern returned to the NCAA Tournament and predictably exited in the second round, bowing at that spot for the second year in a row. For a Kelly Amonte Hiller-coached team, that qualifies as a disappointment. Since 2005, Amonte Hiller has led the Wildcats to seven NCAA Championships, but in the past two years NU has failed to even make the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. This year, the Cats aren’t quite back to their past glory, but they’re on the right track to bounce back. Most importantly, NU’s’ leading scorer, junior attacker Selena Lasota, is back. Lasota missed most of last season with an unspecified injury, but is already back on her game, leading the team with 15 goals and six assists. The Cats opened the season without senior attacker Shelby Fredericks, who set the
program-record for draw controls in a season during her junior year. Fredericks missed the first four games of the season, but NU has improved in the circle since her return. Facing a packed, highly-ranked schedule, the Cats will need that duo, along with breakout redshirt freshman goalie Julie Krupnick and senior attacker Danita Stroup, to continue their impressive run of play. The team has already lost to No. 1 Stony Brook and taken down No. 14 USC and No. 15 Colorado. NU is set to take on No. 5 Maryland, No. 6 North Carolina and No. 8 Syracuse later this season, as well as other ranked teams Pennsylvania, Notre Dame and Penn State. Amonte Hiller, however, is not focused on the big picture quite yet, instead taking things one game at a time. “We need to get back to the details,” Amonte Hiller said. “We need to regroup, and just kind of focus in. It’s really a mentality to be able to hone in small things when the pressure is on.”
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Cats look to improve on mound, continue steady rise By PETER WARREN
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Northwestern’s 3-7 start to the 2018 season may be disappointing, but it is not alarming. This is the toughest early season schedule the Wildcats have faced in years. Just hours after landing in Arizona, NU opened its season with a doubleheader against Nebraska (Omaha). The Cats followed that up by travelling to Kansas and Texas, two Big 12 teams featuring great pitching staffs and early round MLB prospects, in backto-back-weekends. That’s not an easy schedule for any team. The pitching staff has struggled against the challenging foes Freshman Quinn Lavelle has been solid, but his fellow three starters — freshman Ryan Bader, sophomore Hank Christie and junior Danny Katz — have been far from consistent. All three have earned run averages above 10 and WHIPs over 2. The staff as a whole has an ERA of 8.46 and a batting average against of .323. Despite these struggles on the mound, there
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Well-rounded NU aims to get back to postseason play
By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Last season, Northwestern got off to a 1-10 start and never fully recovered, finishing just short of the .500 requirement necessary to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. This year, the Wildcats are off to a much better start despite playing a difficult nonconference schedule again. NU (10-8) was lacking a signature win until Sunday, when the Cats took down No. 11 Alabama 4-0 behind a completegame, three-hit shutout from sophomore pitcher Morgan Newport. NU’s pitching has been solid this year, and having a deep staff has certainly helped. The Cats carry five pitchers on their roster, though they have been limited the last few weeks with junior Kaley Winegarner sidelined by an injury. Newport and freshman Kenna Wilkey, however, have stepped in nicely. Wilkey threw a twohitter in a 3-1 over North Carolina State on Feb. 17, and a complete-game shutout in a 6-0 win against Portland State this past Friday. “I don’t worry at all about the durability of our pitchers or how they’re feeling right now,” coach Kate Drohan said. “I think they feel fresh, they did a great job of picking each other up.”
Offensively, NU has been inconsistent, but the team has come up with timely hits when they need them more often than not. Drohan has stressed situational hitting in practice, and the Cats have responded well lately. Senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin, Newport and freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis all had key hits in NU’s recent wins in Seattle. NU has two more weeks of nonconference action before Big Ten play begins March 23. In the conference season, the Cats will face No. 21 Minnesota and No. 19 Ohio State, as well as other tough teams in Nebraska, Illinois and Wisconsin. With the team’s strength of schedule, a .500 record should be enough to secure a spot in the NCAA regionals. Drohan is confident NU can do enough offensively to make that happen. “It’s about being aggressive with the pitch they want to attack,” Drohan said. “Not trying to be too fine or too perfect or anything like that, but trusting in their ability.” benjaminrosenberg2021@ u.northwestern.edu
has been plenty for coach Spencer Allen and the Cats to be happy about so far, especially at the plate. Freshman David Dunn is a sparkplug in center field. Junior first baseman Willie Bourbon has bounced back in a big way after his sophomore slump. Junior shortstop Jack Dunn has twice as many hits as he had at this point last season. It is too early for any major conclusions to be drawn about the 2018 campaign. At this point last season, NU was 2-8 with its only wins coming against a Santa Clara team that won 13 games and only four outside of the West Coast Conference. It took the Cats until April last season to get into a rhythm, and they finished the last two months of the year with a record well above .500. If the pitching staff can find its groove and the NU bats remain consistent throughout the season, the Cats have the potential to be good. If NU hits its stride around mid-April again, the Cats would be in a good position to secure one of the eight spots in the Big Ten Tournament. And, as last season’s run to the tournament title game showed, once a team is in, anything can happen. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Behind doubles strength, Cats could be set for big year Daily file photo by Brian Meng
WOMEN’S TENNIS
By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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Northwestern had high expectations coming into the season, and early on it looked like they might falter. Three-straight losses to UCLA, Texas and Oregon left the Wildcats looking for answers. It appears that they found them. NU has ripped off five straight victories, including wins over No. 22 Washington, No. 7 Vanderbilt and No. 5 Illinois, the last coming one on the road in Champaign. The Cats boast a stellar doubles lineup, featuring the No. 2 and No. 13 doubles teams in the country in seniors Erin Larner and Maddie Lipp and senior Alex Chatt and junior Lee Or, respectively. In addition to the upperclassmen, the team boasts freshman Inci Ogut in its singles lineup. Ogut stepped up in a potential season-changing moment to take down the Huskies earlier this season. Recently, the doubles squads have faltered, by the team has picked up its singles play recently, reeling off crucial victories to claim
the Vanderbilt and Illinois matches. Much of the remaining schedule features conference foes, but NU has already taken down the highest-ranked Big Ten team on its own courts in the Fighting Illini. Only two other teams in the conference are ranked in the top 25 (No. 11 Ohio State and No. 25 Michigan) and the Cats will be tested on the road in those matches as well. To make up for the lack of ranked teams in the conference, the team scheduled an intense nonconference schedule that featured five ranked teams in its first nine games. In 2014, NU won its 16th straight Big Ten women’s tennis title. Since then, however, the Cats have faltered in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament in three straight seasons, leaving Larner and Chatt without a title despite years of quality play up-and-down the lineup. This year’s senior-laden squad may be able to cruise through much of the regular season from this point forward, but with quality performances in the regular season come postseason expectations, and NU will be looking to meet those hopes. josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
Youthful NU experiences early-season growing pains By BENJY APELBAUM
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Northwestern has experienced its fair share of frustration through the first half of its season, but has also flashed potential during its challenging non-conference schedule. The Wildcats are a disappointing 4-8, but three of those loses were by a score of 4-3 and easily could have been wins. All eight loses have come against teams currently ranked in the top 35, and Big Ten play will offer more chances at teams with similar rankings to the Cats and will likely yield more close matches. Still, NU has only defeated one squad from a major conference so far. The Cats will have plenty of opportunity to defeat such foes in Big Ten play. Only three of NU’s 12 remaining major conference foes are ranked in the top 25. One of those other nine, Michigan State, has not won a Big Ten regular season match in two seasons. While it will have opportunities, the roster does not feature any seniors, and the team is still dealing with the loss of its top three players
from a season ago. Their departures have forced the talented incoming freshman class to take on major roles and two of them, Antonioni Fasano and Nick Brookes, have typically played in two of the top three singles spots. The turnover has had other effects, as coach Arvid Swan mixed up the doubles pairings five matches into the season. The singles lineup has also featured some churn, as freshman A.J. Joshi and sophomore Chris Ephron compete for the final spot in the singles lineup. With a younger and less talented team, NU does not face high expectations heading into Big Ten play. The Cats will need to go on an unlikely run if they want to qualify for the program’s seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament as a team. However, the long term is more important with such a young team at this point in the season. Conference play will offer a number of opportunities for the Cats to get more experience in tight matches that could be valuable against even better teams next season, when everyone returns with a extra year of practice and experience.
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Cats look to rediscover last year’s elite level By JOSEPH WILKINSON
WOMEN’S GOLF
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It will be hard for Northwestern to top last season’s success. The Wildcats finished as national runner-ups in 2017, not falling until the final round of match play against Arizona State. Most of last year’s title chasing team returns this year. It’s an upperclassmen-heavy squad: Hannah Kim and Sarah Cho are now the seniors leading the way, with juniors Stephanie Lau and Janet Mao joining them with NCAA Championship experience. “Everybody’s got some different things that they’re trying to get better at and areas where
we can improve,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “There’s been a lot of short game and wedge work and just trying to tidy things up.” The only departing senior from last season’s team was Kacie Komoto. Sophomore Brooke Riley has filled her spot in the lineup for much of the season. Riley has struggled at times, but recently posted her best finish of the season in a stacked field at the Darius Rucker Invitational. Predictably, the most reliable golfer for the Cats has been Kim. The two-time Big Ten Player of the Year has finished in the top 25 of every tournament so far this season, including a third place finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate and a fourth at the Dick McGuire Invitational. The rest of the starting lineup has all turned
in multiple top-15 finishes this season, so the talent level is clearly still there for a repeat performance. The team has been scheduling tough competitions all season in preparation for the national competitions at the end of the year. Throughout Kim and Cho’s time on the team, NU has consistently improved its NCAA Championship result step-by-step. Their freshman year, the Cats finished four strokes out of the match play round before coming up only a single stroke short the next year. Last season, NU fell 3-1-1 to the Sun Devils in the match play final. Now, there’s only one way the Cats can continue their upward trend — win Northwestern’s ninth NCAA Championship in any sport. josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
NU sets high goals for spring campaign By SOPHIE MANN
daily senior staffer @sophiemmann
After a short winter season, Northwestern heads into the spring ready to take on more challenging competitions with national championship hopes in mind. The spring season will be no small challenge for the Wildcats. With five tournaments on the schedule for the season, more than any other portion of the season so far, the Cats need to be at the top of their game, coach David Inglis said. If they want to beat last year’s second place finish at the Big Ten Championships — and take down No. 18 Illinois, last year’s winner — they will have to continue to push themselves as
they have these past couple of months. NU has used its winter season well, improving from tournament to tournament. In comparison to splitting the fall season with two bad losses and two strong finishes, the winter has produced a more consistent team. The Cats struggled in their first match play event of the year, finishing 11th in a field of 14 and were swept 5-0 by the Fighting Illini. NU bounced back, coming in sixth at the Prestige at PGA West, finishing ahead of No. 14 USC. This week, the team goes up against what Inglis calls the toughest field they’ll face all year at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas. “This week is really a culmination of our winter season,” Inglis said. “It’s a very strong field, and it’s exciting to see where we’ll stack
up.” The team will continue working through the upcoming academic break; Inglis said that spring break provides time for the team to take one more practice trip before the fast-paced spring season. The trip will allow the team to hit the ground running in preparation for the Big Ten Championships, NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships, all within a five-week span in April and May. “Overall, the guys are working really hard,” Inglis said. “We are seeing the glimpses of spring in Evanston. The guys are excited to get the main part of the season up and running.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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RuPaul’s gendered comments on drag are transphobic ALEX SCHWARTZ
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Over the weekend, The Guardian published an interview with RuPaul, famed queer icon, drag artist and host of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a reality competition television show. RuPaul is known for his attitude of positivity, kindness and inclusion, but reading his words in the article made me incredibly confused and disappointed. When asked about his opinions on transgender women who do drag, RuPaul said, “Drag loses its sense of danger and its sense of irony once it’s not men doing it, because at its core it’s a social statement and a big f-you to male-dominated culture.” He later said he would “probably not” let female-identifying individuals compete on “Drag Race” and that, “(having a female body) changes the whole concept of what we’re doing.” These comments are extremely problematic for both trans folks and for bio-queens (cis women who dress in hyper-feminine drag). They reinforce the gender binary and paint a onedimensional picture of both cis and trans female experiences. And they invalidate the integral work that trans women have done on “Drag
Race” and for the LGBTQ movement at large. I see drag as a parody of gender. There’s nothing about that definition that inherently excludes a group of people from participating in it, least of all women and trans folks. Drag evolved because queer people needed a way to subvert oppressive structures — just because it has become more popular does not mean we should exclude people from it. To insinuate, as RuPaul did in a tweet on Monday, that women doing drag have some kind of an unfair advantage is grossly inaccurate. Women cannot all be lumped into one specific body type. They have to work just as hard to achieve hyperfemininity in drag on top of how much society expects them to work to achieve femininity out of drag. And excluding women from “Drag Race” to level the playing field implies that the field was level to begin with. Some queens on the show have had plastic surgery, extensive wardrobes or special training that their fellow competitors did not. Fans of “Drag Race” don’t watch the show for the competition; we watch it for the moments of triumph, vulnerability, comedy and heartbreak that the contestants go through. We care about a diversity of experience; we want to see people on TV who represent as many aspects of the queer community as possible. And trans queens and bioqueens certainly deserve more representation. Yes, “Drag Race” is RuPaul’s show, and RuPaul
has every right to decide who its contestants are. But the show has become a massive phenomenon, and it has a responsibility to properly represent and advance the LGBT community. But, of course, something tells me it was never RuPaul’s intention to be the face of any movement. A recent New York Times profile described him as belonging, “to a different generation, one that fought so hard for visibility that they feel they’ve earned the right to eschew all political decorum and enjoy the anarchy of reinvention, co-opting and bending language beyond recognition.” RuPaul doesn’t want to be politically correct or abide by any labels, yet his massive platform means he still needs to be held accountable for what he says. If anything, these comments demonstrate that we need to stop treating RuPaul (or any one person for that matter) as the ultimate authority on drag. I don’t quite think he or his show deserves to be “cancelled,” because his overall attitude of open-mindedness suggests that he might be able to learn and grow from this situation. And “Drag Race” is still an important vehicle for queer representation in the media, having launched the careers of so many drag performers (some of whom do identify as trans women). RuPaul’s philosophy has always been not to take things so seriously. When it comes to gender and sexuality, that’s a sentiment that we as a society
should get behind. Anyone privy to the struggles of queer, trans and gender non-conforming folks can understand that nearly all human beings are oppressed to some degree when they’re sorted into a rigid gender binary. Drag is an inherent mockery of this binary, an attempt to subvert its hegemonic expectations. RuPaul, of all people, should be able to understand that that means acknowledging the validity of drag within non-cis-male communities. Sasha Velour, winner of season 9 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” contends that, “drag is the art form of the queer imagination.” It’s not the art form of the gay imagination, the white imagination or the cis imagination. Calling drag a queer art form acknowledges its inclusiveness of all members of the LGBT community regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity. It’s time we embraced the endless possibilities drag offers us as human beings. It’s time we really took RuPaul’s famous lyric: “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag” to heart. Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@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.
Olympics should offer reminder that we can be united WESLEY SHIROLA
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The world seems more divided right now than at any other time in recent history, possibly since the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Conflicts, both within countries and between them, threaten democracy and civil world order as we know it. Many nations, including the United States, are teetering on the edge between globalism and nationalistic isolation. The United Kingdom has reached a stalemate in Brexit talks as the nation’s government wonders whether its decision to exit the European Union was a mistake. North Korea continues to pose a threat to multiple nations. And the Trump Administration continues to isolate America from many of its important allies. All of these developments have the potential to be harmful for humans across the globe, and can certainly make us question if the world may be doomed. But we shouldn’t give
up hope for a peaceful and globally connected future just yet. Last month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, serve as a touching reminder that the world can — and should — be united. Being divided — whether by country, race, gender or occupation — is not the answer to society’s biggest problems. In a world plagued by wars, famine and conflict, we must seize on the Olympics’ display that we can come together to build a peaceful and better world. Indeed, the Olympics were designed to do just that. The Olympic Truce was established in ancient Greece in the 9th century BC through a treaty signed by three kings. During the Truce period, athletes, artists and their friends and families could safely travel to compete in or attend the Olympic Games in an act of world unity and collectivism and then return home. I believe we would all stand to benefit from a modern-day truce, by nations, for nations. An ounce of respect and understanding for both our allies and enemies throughout the world could go a long way.
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As a result of the politically tumultuous time that we live in, this year’s Olympics felt more important than ever before. According to the International Olympic Committee, “The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without discrimination of any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.” By uniting and putting our differences behind us, we can bring hope and light to a dimming world. By far one of the most inspirational moments from the recent Winter Olympics came during the opening ceremony when South Koreans and North Koreans walked under one united flag. The rest of the world will surely take notice of this moving display of unity as a sign of hope that tensions between the two states may soon ease and that there may one day be a united Korean Peninsula. Here at Northwestern, we need to do everything in our power to ensure a peaceful and united future. We must start at the community level, actively serving and bettering the Evanston and Chicago metropolitan area, as a first
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step to bringing about unity and peace on a global scale. That may be done through joining one of Northwestern’s myriad international, religious, political or philanthropic organizations or through engaging in active dialogue with governmental officials. The surest thing we can do, however, is to simply make it known that we favor a global society rather than a world of merely hundreds of isolated nations. President Barack Obama recognized the important role that sports can play in our society in January 2017 when he said, “Sports has changed attitudes and culture in ways that seem subtle, but that ultimately made us think differently about ourselves and who we are.” Now more than ever, we must take his realization to heart. 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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In a Sunday op-ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education, University President Morton Schapiro defended the need for both technical and cultural courses in preparing students for the modern world. Schapiro, along with co-author Barry Glassner — a professor and former president at Lewis & Clark College — stressed the importance of producing graduates who are culturally aware and
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person has committed whatever crime they have or served whatever time or paid whatever fee, there’s no reason particularly for us as a city to continue to advertise that,” Fleming said. “It’s a mistake that they’ve made, and we hope that they have moved on as productive members of society, but there’s no reason for us to keep that there.” The Daily Crime Bulletins, which are posted to the Evanston Police Department’s page on the city’s website, contain information on “selected incidents” and arrests from initial police reports, according to the city memo. Bulletins dating back three years are available online, according to the document, and the oldest bulletins are deleted at the end of each calendar year. Currently, 5,202 people receive the bulletins through the email subscription, according to city documents. The city’s legal department said in the memo that the department has taken the email service into consideration. According to the memo, there is no legal order or authority that requires the city to remove or alter arrest records after a certain time period. Under the
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From page 1 For dancers to fully appreciate NUDM, Nussbaum said, they should attempt to put aside their stress and embrace the 30 hours. Dancers will have the most moving and worthwhile experience this way, he said. Bankowski, a Medill junior, said the most fulfilling part of her NUDM experience has been meeting and befriending strangers while dancing. She agreed that leaving stress behind is essential to having a meaningful 30 hours and make those connections. “I always call this weekend my 30-hour vacation because I do try to truly leave everything at the door of the tent,” Bankowski said. “I would tell first-year dancers to definitely not expect it to always be easy, but know that it’ll be worth it.” In the final week of preparations, the NUDM team has been particularly busy — none of the
have interdisciplinary skills. “With labor markets transforming before our eyes and automation and offshoring ever more common, higher education needs to equip students with both technical expertise and cultural competency,” they wrote. “Graduates will need both of those to thrive, not just early in their work lives, but over the long, unsteady haul they can expect to face.” Schapiro and Glassner encouraged colleges to push for more professors with joint appointments and more students with multiple majors. In leading the charge toward more interdisciplinary education, they wrote, small research universities and liberal Freedom of Information Act and the Illinois General Public Access Opinion, the bulletin must be issued with identifying information, the document said. The memo also said there is no technological or logistically practical way to remove the names. Fleming requested that the city remove the records from the website, and look at how to move forward with the archived bulletins. She suggested that keeping them up for one calendar year would be sufficient. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said she agreed with Fleming’s request to review the process, especially since the city is also looking at alternative options to arrests that would make sure that young adults do not end up with a “record” that could prevent them from getting a job or leading a successful life. “We (should) try to work on meshing what we want to do in terms of making sure that young people don’t have things on their record that prohibit their advancement later in life and make sure that we’re not doing something with our arrest records that conflicts with what we’re trying to do (in other areas),” Revelle said. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu executive board members are getting much sleep, Nussbaum joked. The food committee is also organizing shipments as they come in, Nussbaum said. Bankowski said the board is encouraging lastminute fundraising while the production committee is setting up the tent. Though it’s a busy time, Bankowski said organizers are getting increasingly excited for Friday, and she hopes dancers share that anticipation. Ultimately, dancers will take part in a greater cause and allow Cradles to Crayons to continue to grow and provide service to the Chicago area, Nussbaum said. “(Dancers) are not just joining the tent for the 30 hours, but they’re really joining a 44-year Northwestern tradition, and they’re joining thousands of Northwestern students before them who have danced and the thousands more after them,” Nussbaum said. “That’s really exciting to think about.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu
arts colleges might be best equipped because faculty members are connected to others outside their own departments. Within the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, more than 30 percent of students complete a double major, according to the school’s website. The authors also emphasized that students should be culturally literate and creative in order to stay competitive in an “evolving labor market.” The op-ed pointed to Northwestern’s first-year engineering course, “Design Thinking and Communication,” as an example of a program that pushes students to use “whole brain engineering” and employ their creativity in coming up with solutions.
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the man was targeted because of his racial identity. Although many local residents are strongly committed to social justice work, the incident showed that Evanston is not “immune” to white privilege, she said. She added that the racial discrimination was also exemplified in the low enrollment rate of black students in Advanced Placement classes at Evanston Township High School. According to the Illinois Report Card, in 2017 there were 171 black students across grades 10-12 at ETHS enrolled in AP classes, as opposed to the 629 white students enrolled. Black students thus made up just over 16 percent of enrollment in AP classes, but 29.4 percent of the total school enrollment. In the total school, Carlton said the ETHS administration’s inability to effectively address the achievement gap shows the insufficient attention from the public. “(Those AP classes) have been predominantly white,” Carlton said. “So what’s going on that there are so few black students in those classes? Those
Without creativity, the authors wrote, graduates are subject to being replaced by a “less costly alternative.” Students should try to take courses that will inform not only their technical skills, but also cultivate their creative thinking and cultural awareness — like global literature or improvisational acting. “The fix for higher education is neither to turn colleges into quasi trade schools, nor to repackage the liberal arts, but to afford students the tools and humility they need to educate themselves for a lifetime,” Schapiro and Glassner said. — Maddie Burakoff
“We come from communities where we’re not taught about this or we’re taught to just ignore our trauma and our mental health.” Not all experiences within the Latinx community are the same, however. Different national, racial, class, generational, gender and other identities divide the community, but Magaña said she hopes common struggles and cultural practices will help students build community. She also said she hopes the group is supportive of those navigating their identity, adding that she welcomes a constructive discussion challenging what it means to be “Latino enough.” “Even though the Latinx community is very diverse, there is a value in community and being with each other and family,” she said. “I hope that students will … find a space where they feel comfortable and where they belong, and they feel is reconfirming and supporting their family culture.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu kids aren’t stupid.” Sarah Vanderwicken, one of Transforming White Privilege’s organizers, said during the next three seminars, participants will explore the how past legislation, such as the Naturalization Act and the Social Security Act, laid the foundation for current racial inequality. Signed into effect in 1790, Naturalization Act required immigrants to live for at least two years and be a “free white person” to be considered eligible for applying for U.S. citizenship. Vanderwicken hopes to eliminate the institutionalized white privilege that aggravates racial inequality, and said she expects the program to encourage community members to advocate for positive changes in the Evanston community. “It’s not until a large number of white people begin to understand this that I think there’s going to be opportunity for some significant change without a race war,” Vanderwicken said. “(And after the program), they will have language to use and skills to use that will help other people … begin to understand this.” limingwan2021@u.northwestern.edu
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NU extends win streak to five with pair of Big Ten victories By CALVIN ALEXANDER
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Northwestern swept aside two Big Ten foes this weekend to extend its win streak to five matches. The No. 14 Wildcats (8-3, 2-0 Big Ten) started the weekend off against No. 5 Illinois (10-2, 1-1). The Cats handily defeated Iowa on Sunday, but the top-15 matchup against Illinois was close from the start. Senior Maddie Lipp expressed confidence going in, because Illinois has not defeated NU since 2004. However, after the doubles point it appeared as though the Fighting Illini might break the 14-year streak. After NU’s Nos. 1 and 3 doubles teams split the first two matches, the doubles point fell on the shoulders of the No. 2 pair of senior Alex Chatt and junior Lee Or. The tight set ended in a lopsided tiebreaker in favor of the Fighting Illini, who took the 1-0 lead. “Doubles has really deteriorated,” head coach Claire Pollard said. However, the Cats flipped the momentum in the singles. Lipp cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win, and Chatt won her match in straight sets as well. Senior Erin Larner split her first two sets, but blanked her opponent in the
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third set to win 6-1, 3-6, 6-0. Freshman Inci Ogut then dropped her match, which put the Cats up 3-2 with Or and sophomore Julie Byrne locked in three-set matches. Or fought back after losing the first set 6-3, and won the next two sets to clinch the 4-2 win for NU, bringing Byrne’s match to a premature halt. “I don’t think we are playing any better than earlier in the season,” Pollard said. “I think we have learned to win, and that is important.” That win marked the second consecutive top-10 win for the Cats. However, that was not the end of the weekend for NU as they headed home to face Iowa (7-4, 0-2). The Cats once again struggled in the doubles point against Iowa. Just like the Illinois matchup, the No. 1 pair won and the No. 2 pair lost. This time it was up to No. 3 doubles team of Byrne and junior Rheeya Doshi to secure the opening point. They won their set 6-4 and set the tone for the rest of the match against the Hawkeyes. “We’ve had a really strong doubles
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point this year,” Larner said. “Girls will come out swinging against us, so we have to come out swinging as well.” The singles portion of the match went more more smoothly. Ogut and Byrne were both off the court quickly after winning by the same score of 6-1, 6-3. Soon after, Larner closed out her match in straight sets and clinched the win for NU. Even with those straightforward victories, the remainder of the matches were tight. Chatt lost a set, but recovered and won her match. Lipp was pushed to a tiebreaker in the second set, but won, and Or lost a 7-5 third set to drop her match. All in all, the Cats beat the Hawkeyes 6-1 but had to work hard for the win. Pollard and her players were thankful to get out of the weekend with two wins. “I don’t care what the other team is ranked. I don’t care what we are ranked,” Pollard said. “We have to play our best every week.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern split four games on Friday and Saturday in Seattle, but picked up its biggest win of the year Sunday morning. After beating Portland State twice and losing to No. 1 Washington and Brigham Young, the Wildcats (108) took down No. 11 Alabama 4-0 behind a complete-game, three-hit effort from sophomore pitcher Morgan Newport. “I was just trying to attack the strike zone and really trust my defense behind me,” Newport said of her Sunday effort. “We are in a really good place right now. We understand there’s so much room for improvement, and we have a lot of opportunities to get better.” NU started the Husky Invitational well, defeating Portland State (2-12) 6-0 on Friday afternoon. Freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey threw a fivehit shutout and senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin hit a three-run triple in the second inning to give the Cats all the runs they would need. They then held their own in the nightcap Friday against the top-ranked Huskies (230) before Washington pulled away late to win 8-2. NU had a more difficult time against the Vikings on Saturday morning, but held on for a 7-4 victory. Senior pitcher Nicole Bond had her best outing of the year, departing with one out in the fifth and her team leading 5-1. Junior Kenzie Ellis entered and allowed a three-run home run to make it a 5-4 game, but Newport came on and secured the Cats’ victory. Newport also drove in four runs in the game, including three on a fourthinning double that gave the Cats the lead. Freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis gave NU some muchneed insurance in the seventh with a
two-run double that accounted for the final margin of victory. “We felt pretty good,” Rabin said. “We know that we’re a really great team when we play our game, so just coming out here and winning showed us that we really do have all the tools.” In their second game Saturday, the Cats suffered a run-rule, 8-0 loss to BYU (8-11) but NU came back to get a big win on Sunday. Newport set the tone from the start against the Crimson Tide (125), inducing weak contact and letting NU’s defense make plays. “Newport threw a gem,” coach Kate Drohan said. “She was in complete control of the game right from the start. Our defense made some great plays on some well-hit balls that kind of bailed her out a little bit.” NU put together its big rally in
the third. After a pair of hits, senior shortstop Marissa Panko lined a twoout single down the left-field line to drive in the game’s first run. Lewis capped the rally and the scoring for the day with a booming three-run homer to give the Cats a four-run lead. Newport took care of the rest, working around a pair of walks in the sixth and then throwing a perfect seventh to complete the win. “They understand that when they give the kind of effort, have the kind of focus that we had, the results will come,” Drohan said. “We’ve been working for wins like this all year, it’s just a matter of our team really understanding what it takes to win a game like that.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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in series loss to Texas By ALAN PEREZ
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Northwestern lacked consistency this weekend after a strong start deteriorated into blowout losses Saturday and Sunday, once again demonstrating the need for decent pitching from the team’s starters. The Wildcats (3-7) dropped three of four games to No. 23 Texas (8-4), but freshman pitcher Quinn Lavelle clocked in yet another win with a strong Friday performance in the series opener. Lavelle allowed only one earned run during a 4.1-inning outing to lead NU to a 6-2 win. Lavelle’s ability to control his off-speed pitches, coach Spencer Allen said, explains the win and his 3.21 ERA in 14 innings this season. “He’s really given us three quality starts,” Allen said. “Quinn had the ability to command more than one pitch for a strike – that was the key. He had the ability to mix. (With) any good hitting team, if you don’t have the ability to mix, you’re going to be in trouble.” Freshman outfielder David Dunn backed Lavelle’s defense by hitting a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Dunn’s second-inning single set up an early lead, and his run in the fifth gave the Cats insurance. Junior infielder Jack Dunn crushed a home run to the Cats’ bullpen to follow in the sixth. His approach, he said, wasn’t any different than other at bats. “I’m trying to drive the ball right back to the pitcher,” Dunn said. “If it happens, it happens, but my approach is never to hit home runs, just try to hit the ball hard and do
some damage.” Friday’s win would be the only one in the series, leaving the Cats scrambling for a chance despite a lack of strong pitching. The Longhorns gained early leads in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader, defeating the Cats 10-7 and 16-3 respectively. Though NU competed offensively during game one, a poor start by freshman pitcher Ryan Bader and a lack of early runs hurt the Cats. The same obstacles plagued the Cats on Sunday as short performances failed to contain the Longhorns’ bats. And though the elder Dunn reached base five times over the weekend, his walk resulted in NU’s only run in Sunday’s 12-1 loss. The series wasn’t completely devastating, however, as No. 23 Texas was one of NU’s toughest challenges this season. Friday’s impressive outing showed that the Cats could compete with a team that is historically one of the nation’s best. If the Cats are able to generate quality starts and confident, productive at bats, then Northwestern may once again have another chance at a deep run in the Big Ten Tournament. Addressing short performances and long innings are key to solidifying NU’s performance, as even Lavelle lasted only 4.1 innings on Friday. Moving forward, Northwestern will hope for strong, consistent starts from its pitchers, Allen said. “We have some guys at the back end that we feel good about,” Allen said. “But we just have to find some starters that can get us deeper into the game.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu