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us to the conflict,” said Medill sophomore Zahra Haider, SJP events chair. “Reading these names is a reminder of the loss of humanity that has occurred over this summer and in past years.”

An estimated 2,137 Palestinians have died in the

The bike sharing service Divvy will come to Evanston in spring 2015, Gov. Pat Quinn’s office announced Sunday.

Starting next year, the city will install eight Divvy docking stations, according to a news release from the governor’s office. The state’s $3 million investment in the program will help fund 700 new bikes and 70 stations across Evanston, Oak Park and other Chicago neighborhoods.

The three cities will collectively contribute $750,000 for Divvy’s expansion to add to the state’s $3 million investment.

Evanston will give $108,000, which will come from various sources in the city budget and possible station sponsors from the private sector, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said in an email to Evanston media.

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REMEMBERING THE FALLEN Zahra Haider, events chair of Students for Justice in Palestine, listens to a list of Palestinian civilian casualties lost during the conflict in the Gaza Strip. SJP hosted the nondenominational service Friday to mourn the more than 2,000 Palestinian lives lost.

Students honor lives lost in Gaza By olivia extrum

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Members of the Northwestern community gathered at The Rock for a candlelight vigil Friday night to honor the

lives of the more than 2,000 Palestinians who died over the summer in the violent conflict in the Gaza Strip.

About 50 people attended the service, which was hosted by members of Students for Justice in Palestine.

During the event, attendees read the names of the 1,327 known Palestinian civilians who died in the conflict.

“We read the articles online and the media desensitized

European-inspired bakeries to open in Evanston By tori latham

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Two new pastry shops will open in Evanston in the next few months, bringing more European-inspired cuisine to the city’s baked goods selection.

Pascal Berthoumieux, owner of city businesses Bistro Bordeaux and Creperie Saint Germain, plans to open Patisserie Coralie at 600 Davis St. in the second week of October.

Beth’s Little Bake Shop, started

by Evanston resident Beth Welch, will open at 1814 Central St. in early January.

“There are three main parts to the patisserie,” Berthoumieux said. “The

NU to build new residence hall on North Campus

Northwestern will construct a new residence hall for the first time since 2002.

The University announced Friday it is beginning the design process on the building, located at 560 Lincoln

first will be the macaroons, the second is the pastries, like little cakes and desserts, and the third will be things like croissants and French breakfast foods.

It will seem very similar to what someone would find in France.”

Welch, who made her initial plans to open her shop last spring, said that she was a little shocked by the idea of another European bakery coming to the city. But the surprise wore off quickly, she said, and she is now excited for both openings.

“I’m looking forward to Evanston having more higher-quality baked goods and more options than what is currently being offered,” Welch said.

Welch said she still has to get approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals, but she said the shop would be opening soon.

St., near Patten Gym. The construction will mark the first step in NU’s 10-year housing master plan.

“This new residence hall will increase the housing options for our students and create a greater sense of community on the Northwestern campus,” University President Morton Schapiro said in a news release.

“We are eager to get this project underway and work with our new architects on a distinctive design for

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SOMETHING SWEET Patisserie Coralie, located at 600 Davis St., is planning to open in the second week of October in the space formerly occupied by Cafe Mozart. The new store is one of two European-inspired bakeries coming to the city in the next few months, along with Beth’s Little Bake Shop at 1814 Central St.

the building.”

The University selected William Rawn Associates, Architect, Inc., who will be working with Chicagobased firm Nagle Hartray Architecture to construct the building.

The architecture firm is known for its cultural, university and civic buildings and has received nine American Institute of Architects National Honor Awards in the past 14 years.

“We had many great architects bid, but the chance to work with William Rawn Associates is outstanding for Northwestern,” vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin said in a news release.

The firm has also worked with multiple universities across the country including Harvard University, Duke University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Paul Riel, executive director of

“I’ve heard some concern from the community about the store not opening because they’ve seen that the space has looked the same since last spring,” she said. “That is definitely not the case.”

Mark Muenzer, city’s director of community development, said both bakeries will be a great addition to Evanston. Welch is giving back to community in which she lives and Berthoumieux is reinvesting the profits he made from his other Evanston businesses back into the city, he said.

“Both shops are good examples of locally owned and independent businesses that we like to see here in Evanston,” he said. “They will bring a very European and unique feel to the city.” » See bakeries, page 7 residential services, said the firm will create a building that complements the campus architecture well.

“They have a reputation for designing signature student housing projects,” Riel said in a news release.

“I am confident that together we can create a dynamic project that will serve our students.”

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ETHS hosts summit for black students

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Evanston Township High School held its first Black Male Summit on Friday, aimed at providing resources and support to black students, who make up more than 30 percent of the student body.

The daylong event brought black male students together in order to solve the challenges facing black males both in school and in the community.

“In Evanston, all throughout the country, we know that black males are underperforming and overrepresented in all the categories that you should not,” said Ahmadou Drame, the ETHS Community and External Affairs Coordinator. “For that purpose, we’re taking this differentiated approach to providing a direct connection to these resources for our students.”

Members of the summit’s planning committee submitted an ordinance to the city that would establish a resolution in support of the Black Male Summit, responding to problems such as crime and violence that local leaders want to address.

Students heard from motivational speaker Calvin Mackie, who spoke to them about their education, personal motivation and community leadership.

“Everybody wants you to achieve, everybody wants you to be brave,” he said. “To go from expect to achievement, you got to go down a street called hope.”

Mackie emphasized the value of an education to

Police Blotter Seminary on Northwestern campus burglarized The Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, located on Northwestern’s campus was burglarized when an unknown person forced open a locked box and stole $82, police said.

The burglar forced open a cabinet containing a locked safe at the seminary, 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

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SUPPORT SUMMIT Motivational speaker Calvin Mackie speaks to Evanston Township High School students at the Black Male Summit. The event on Friday aimed to connect students with resources in the Evanston community.

students, sharing his personal story about his dream of playing professional basketball that ended with an injury. He turned to academics, eventually earning several degrees in engineering and mathematics.

Students often stand in the way of their own success, Mackie said. Resources, such as teachers and colleges, are available to help students achieve whatever they want to, if the students themselves put in the effort, he said.

“What are you going to do for yourself?” he asked students. “We have to come together and make sure

we have a future.”

District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon, who organized the summit with ETHS principal Marcus Campbell, said the event was put in place as a kind of intervention, aiming to find solutions for problems faced by black males.

Witherspoon said this is just the first step that would allow the school and the Evanston community to continue to come together and take action.

The burglary occurred sometime between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

It is unclear how the burglar entered the building, but the library door was found unlocked, Parrott said.

The incident occurred Tuesday night on the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue, police said.

The woman claimed that the individuals tried to burn down her porch in retaliation for an ongoing dispute, Parrott said.

No witnesses saw the act occur, but a neighbor noticed smoke and extinguished the fire, he said. The fire department was not called to the scene, police said.

Porch of Evanston home set on fire

An Evanston woman was the victim of criminal property damage when her porch was intentionally set on fire, police said.

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On Campus Student groups, freshmen disappointed by freeze By becca sanchez

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Andrew Carlson said he found himself displeased throughout the last two weeks when students asked him about joining his student group, Northwestern University Model United Nations.

“People (were) saying that they’re interested in it, but I can’t give them an application,” the McCormick senior said. “I can’t get an interview spot for them yet because of the freeze, so that was a little inconvenient.”

NUMUN was one of many student groups affected by the new recruitment freeze announced by the University in July to keep new students from being inundated by the extracurricular groups marketing their activities.

The freeze prevented groups from releasing applications and holding formal recruitment events during Wildcat Welcome and the first week of classes. Some groups’ executive members and new students told The Daily they found the rule unnecessary and confusing, and they were unsure of what protocol to follow.

“The rules were very ambiguous,” said Happiness Club co-chair Blake Disiere.

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recruitment freeze Students browse tables at the activities fair, which was held later this year because of the recruitment freeze. The freeze was intended to reduce the stress freshmen may feel when confronted with hundreds of student groups upon arrival on campus.

Disiere, a Weinberg junior, said he also did not know how to respond to students who requested information about joining his organization. He added that rules about posting flyers and holding events without auditions were unclear.

Carlson, chief of staff for NUMUN, agreed.

“Unless everyone was following it exactly the same way, then you’re going to have some kind of bias and unfairness,” Carlson said.

Hope Wallace, assistant director of student organization resources at the Center for Student Involvement, told The Daily in July the recruitment freeze

was intended to help new students adjust to life at NU. Although some student group leaders said they understood the freeze was meant to prevent freshmen from feeling overwhelmed, they argued they did not believe it was necessary.

Disiere said the reasoning behind the freeze was sound, similar to the Freshman Freeze for Greek organizations.

“It’s a little different for student organizations, and I don’t think we should have that same precaution taken on us as Greek organizations because their terms of involvement are a little different,” he said.

Weinberg freshman Sofia Montoya said she “didn’t understand the secrecy” that seemed to surround the freeze.

About 10 freshmen interviewed said they would have preferred to have club information upon arriving on campus.

McCormick freshman Amanda Keresztesy said it was overwhelming to think about extracurricular activities after already starting classes. She said she wanted information about student groups before the activities fair and even tried to do research on them.

“I would have been able to handle it,” she said.

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WNUR Streetbeat to sponsor Chicago music festival By eli panken

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Streetbeat, the electronic and dance music program on Northwestern’s student-run radio station WNUR, will sponsor and perform at a music and visual arts festival in Chicago Friday.

The VIA Festival, hosted for the first time in Chicago this year, will feature several musical acts and visual artists from around the country. The festival will be held from Oct. 1 to 5 in five announced

locations and a few secret locations that will be revealed throughout the five-day period.

Artists slated to perform include Anamanaguchi, Blue Hawaii and Teen Witch Fan Club, who performed on Dillo Day 2014. On Friday, two Streetbeat DJs will open for musical artists Cakes Da Killa, MikeQ and Juketastrophe.

Streetbeat’s performance will be at a secret location that will be announced to ticketholders only.

Streetbeat events coordinator Edrick Chu said the festival has a lot to offer students and Chicago music fans alike.

“Northwestern students have a tendency to get

stuck in Evanston’s bubble,” Chu, a Communication senior who will perform Friday, said in an email to the Daily. “We’re very excited to see a festival that has promoted Chicago artists come to our city. The music they’re promoting is very in line with the music that WNUR and Streetbeat promote.”

Streetbeat is featured every weeknight and Sunday night on WNUR and specializes in broadcasting underground music, ranging from house to hip-hop, to students and Chicago-area listeners.

The group will hold a WNUR kick-off event on the Norris East Lawn on Sunday, which will feature various Chicago artists, including hip-hop artist

Princess Nokia, who is also performing at VIA. Medill sophomore Aliza Abarbanel, promotional director for WNUR’s rock show, said Streetbeat’s involvement in the festival is important to WNUR’s continued success as “Chicago’s sound experiment.”

“I think it’s great that WNUR is continuing to sponsor music events across Chicago,” Abarbanel said. “Continuing to curate music is a great way for WNUR to expand the way it presents new music to the Chicago community.” eli.panken@u.northwestern.edu

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It’s time for women to stop excessively apologizing Jordan Bascom

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Feminism. It’s been everywhere lately, right?

(Even Beyonce’s doing it, so it must be cool).

And I know, you get it: Women deserve the same rights and regard as men, it’s any person’s prerogative to define and express their gender as they so choose, we should promote the social, political and economic equality of the sexes, etc.

You’ve heard it all before, so I’m sorry for bringing it up once again – I don’t mean to beat a dead horse or shove feminism down your throat. I promise I’m not some sort of abrasive spokesperson for social justice or the female agenda, really.

False. I’m not sorry.

Why? Because I (and my fellow females) need not justify nor apologize for feminism. In fact, we need not apologize for the majority of situations in which we invoke such sentiments of remorse.

“Sorry” has become a ubiquitous fallback term in the female vocabulary, as common a filler word as “um” and “like.” Although mumbling the latter two words is a mostly innocuous (if irritating) practice, how women now use the term “sorry” is less so, as it’s symptomatic of our insecurities and inculcated sense of inferiority. If we continue to wield this language with such negligence though, we only perpetuate the deference expected of our sex.

With the first week of classes under our belts, you all doubtlessly were subjected to every

Graphic by Hanna Bolaños/Daily Senior Staffer Source: “When and Why Women Apologize More than Men” by Karina Schumann. Data from 2010

professor’s favorite variation of the name-game – on last Wednesday alone, I was privy to four unique adaptations of such fun. When I wasn’t blinded by said fun, however, I was disturbed by how often my female classmates littered their statements with apologies and overcompensations that insinuated a perception of faults to be explained and atoned for.

But this is not exclusively a Northwestern problem. Over the summer, I worked part-time in a traditional office setting (complete with my own personal cubicle and everything), where, much to my chagrin, I couldn’t avoid overhearing all the encounters of my surrounding officemates. Seated just within earshot of the department’s supervisor, who is a woman, I perceived a stark difference in the ways men and women approached her.

With any given matter to discuss, most of the female staff would approach her with timidity, prefacing their conversation with profuse apologies

for their obvious interruption. The men offered no such expressions for similar intrusions though; in fact, their exchanges with the supervisor were often more casual, and they were more likely to joke or chat with her about non-work matters.

As a senior who will enter the real world next year, I’m concerned and infuriated by how the gender dynamics of tried-and-true adult spheres are no less evolved than those of our untested, stilldeveloping student body. But I will not apologize – for being a person, for my gender, for vocalizing my opinion, for speaking at all, for existing.

When we throw apologies around so casually, we’re not always trying to communicate a sense of regret that the definition of the word denotes.

More often, we’re trying to be the polite ladies our parents, teachers and culture expect. Even when we don’t intend repentance by our utterances, the language we’re choosing intrinsically implies our actions are wrong, shameful and improper – and

therefore necessitate an apology.

If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice how frequently women say “sorry” – the number of times is ludicrous. It’s so common a phenomenon though, that it goes unnoticed unless we’re looking for it. This past June, Pantene – the latest company to market their beauty products as a platform and vehicle for female empowerment – released a commercial depicting this unsettling trend, a video that accurately characterizes women’s unintentionally flippant treatment of contrition.

The scenarios provide an unnerving dose of reality: They illustrate the trivial encounters we see everyday in which women employ “sorry” so liberally. Expressions of remorse have become synonymous with the likes of “excuse me” (among other polite remarks), exercised generously in situations ranging from preempting questions or assuming the fault of collisions.

In the latter half of the poignant advertisement, we see how simple, mindful changes to our vocabulary instantly remedy this problem. But, ladies, we don’t need Pantene shampoo to effect this adjustment to our behavior. We just need to be more cognizant of our vernacular. Words carry immense power, and luckily, you can control what you do or don’t say.

“Check yourself, before you wreck yourself.”

Perhaps it’s frivolous to quote popular slang for such a pervasive, serious matter, but – sorry, not sorry.

Jordan Bascom is a Weinberg senior. She can be reached at jordanbascom2015@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Dream jobs aren’t always found at career fairs Meera patel

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With every start of a school year, there comes a new beginning. A new set of classes, a new living situation (for the most part), the renewed hunt for textbooks and school supplies. One thing that I could do without, though, is the renewed urgency to get a job for the upcoming summer.

We’ve been back on campus for about two days and yet everywhere I go, there’s someone talking about the career fair next week. I was sitting in my friend’s apartment yesterday watching some reality TV show (my way of killing a few brain cells for fun), but was brought immediately back to Earth when I heard “Okay, so I’ve got to go visit ten companies on Monday…”

My roommate told me the other day that as humans, we are obsessed with rankings. Whether those are company rankings or GPA comparisons,

we strive to join groups with the best reputations and the so-called “best” people.

But we all have different definitions of what we consider to be the “best,” don’t we?

We should focus on finding the companies, groups, people that are right for us – not the ones that are considered to be the best in the field. Joining a company is really only going to make a difference in your life, not anyone else’s.

Looking for a job is somewhat similar to hunting for colleges. Many of us at Northwestern looked at other top universities and eventually chose NU over the others. Why? I chose NU because it felt right for me – not because of its rank as a university. If I was going by rankings to choose what school I wanted to go to, I would have chosen a different school, and I would have been disappointed – because rankings change all the time. A school may be number one on the U.S. News & World Report, but number four or five on the Forbes Top Colleges list. I chose the school where I would be able to develop personally and professionally in a less competitive atmosphere.

The same approach can be applied to the job hunt. I’ve talked to so many of my friends who aren’t

interested in any of the firms that are going to be at the career fair, but still feel like they need to go in order to give themselves the best chances of getting a job for next spring or summer. In response to all the email blasts we get about companies recruiting, I find myself frantically researching firms on Google that I’ve never heard of in order to figure out if I should express interest. After all, there are only 12 spots open to interview for all 8,000 NU undergrads. This means everyone should be frantically emailing the rep to grab a spot before they’re all gone, right?

Instead, we should be thinking about what we want to do as individuals, without thinking about what everyone else tells us we should want to do.

The thing is, I’m still not sure what I want to do post-grad, even as a senior. This is terrifying; the one time that I don’t have a plan for my future is the time when it seems most important to have one.

There are countless jobs out there, and there is enough time to find the right one for you. My friend pointed out that I could get a job in a bookstore in London if I decided to – which I don’t think is particularly relevant to my major – but she is right.

You could walk into a random business, fill out a job

Freshmen perspectives enlighten NU Yoni Pinto

Daily columnist

Picture the Plex dining hall during lunchtime on a Monday. It’s the one hour when most people are on their lunch break, there’s a long line for Plexican burritos and all sorts of people are dispersed around the room in groups of two, maybe three people.

It’s a classic sight during the school year.

Fall, winter or spring, this is what you expect to see. The room is monotonic – full of people who are stuck in a steady and unchanging routine, full of the concerns and problems of last week and full of the looming realities of what the next week might bring.

So often, the picture of Foster-Walker Complex at lunchtime reflects the mindset of the upperclassmen in it: continuous, calm, composed, calculated. We almost always seem to have an idea about the things that we will run into in the coming days, so we set our mindsets accordingly.

We live with a sense of complacency: We’ve settled into life at this school and we don’t expect anything more than what we

get. We live in a bubble and accept that this is what the school will bring, and nothing more.

This complacency stifles creativity.

Because we accept that what we have on campus is all that we will get, we don’t move to make new things. We’ve come to terms with the fact that this is what makes Northwestern the way it is, and we don’t need much else.

Were we always like this?

Go back a bit further than the beginning of your freshman year, to the beginning of your first trip to NU. Remember your feelings at the airport, the bus station or the backseat of your car, while on your way to a new destination, a new adventure! Even if you weren’t feeling particularly excited, you must have thought about all the new possibilities that come with starting a new chapter in your life. This was to be the first step to adulthood, a taste of independence that could lead to so many new things.

That mindset was the exact opposite of complacency – it was a mentality that let us start our college lives with a positive outlook that was bright and energetic.

Right now, the new freshmen are starting their college lives with this mentality. They are curious, energetic, lively and looking forward to enjoying this year. They are full

of cautious optimism, a sense of adventure even, having come to a new place full of new people. In a new environment, they act boldly in every step they take outside their comfort zones.

The best thing about this boldness the freshmen currently have is that it’s contagious. It rubs off on everyone who interacts with it and gives them some of that cautious optimism. It gives them some of that sense of adventure.

And here’s some good news for you: There are more 2,000 people on campus with that mentality right now. This class of freshmen has the ability to rejuvenate the lost sense of energy and adventure in anyone they meet.

In upperclassmen minds, there’s a stigma about how freshmen are the newest kids on the block, how they have a lot to learn. But even the newest ones on the block can teach the rest some new things. In this case, freshmen can show us how to recover the mentality that made this place so great when we first started.

Yoni Pinto is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at ybpinto@u.northwestern.edu. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

application and get hired. You could meet someone in line at Starbucks and somehow end up with the best job of your life in a field that you never expected to go into. We can’t really predict how we’re going to find employment, but it doesn’t have to be at a career fair.

NU is a school of overachievers. It’s hard to just stay in one spot for a little bit, but it’s worth it to take the time to think of what you want to do instead of going into fields that you’re “supposed” to be looking at. It doesn’t matter if it seems like everyone else with your major is going into consulting or investment banking. If you want to get into a completely different field, like publishing or the museum industry, you can find a way to get into those fields. Think about what is right for you instead of what society is telling you to do. There are thousands of ways to get a job outside of a career fair – keep an open mind and you will find out where you’re meant to go.

Meera Patel is a McCormick senior. She can be reached at meera@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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State Rep. Fine, opponent discuss pension reform By rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky

Ahead of the upcoming election, State Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) and her opponent tackled issues ranging from pension reform, the women’s referendum act and the criminal justice system at a forum Saturday morning.

Held at Wilmette Village Hall, 1200 Wilmette Ave., the forum brought out about 75 people to hear Fine and her opponent Kathy Myalls, who are running for the 17th district state representative. The 17th district serves part of Evanston.

Fine opened her remarks by mentioning her work to cross party lines, citing bills she has sponsored that achieved bipartisan support.

She touted legislation she sponsored that helps residents navigate insurance coverage for prescription drugs and explores cyberbullying solutions to make schools safer.

“I look forward to the opportunity to continue working with constituents and members of the legislature to keep our state on the right track, make improvements and make the 17th district in Illinois a great state to live,” Fine said.

Myalls, who is currently the assistant general counsel at the Interpublic Group in Chicago, emphasized several areas within the state that need improvement. She said 66 percent of fourth graders are not reading at grade level and Illinois has one of the top 10 highest unemployment rates. She also noted Illinois is 51st, behind all states and Washington, D.C., in providing services for citizens with disabilities.

If elected, Myalls said she wanted to focus on creating a robust job market, reducing

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pension positions Kathy Myalls, running against current state Rep. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) for her position in the Illinois General Assembly, answers a question about the state’s pension reform. Myalls and Fine participated in a forum Saturday morning, where they addressed issues that will matter to voters in the upcoming November election.

taxes and regulations, building a better education system and fixing the broken pension system.

The two candidates answered several questions submitted by audience members.

When asked how they would respond if the pension reform bill, which addresses benefits for retirees and looks to stabilize the teacher retirement system finances, were found

unconstitutional, Fine said she hoped the court would provide a “road map” to help find a solution to keep the discussion moving forward.

“It’s a problem that has been brewing for years and years and years and we finally got to the point where we said, ‘We’re not going to let this happen anymore, we’ve got to get something done,’” Fine said.

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Art center retracts request for $500K loan from city

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request withdrawn Harley Clarke, 2603 Sheridan Road, once housed the Evanston Art Center. The center asked the city for a $500,000 loan Sept. 22, but withdrew its request Thursday after receiving the funding from another source.

The Evanston Art Center withdrew its request Thursday for a $500,000 loan from the city to help fund its move to a new building.

The center has obtained the money it needed from another source, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said in an email to Evanston media.

The issue will no longer be brought up at the next City Council, at which time it was going to be discussed further.

Norah Diedrich, the art center’s executive

system, Myalls said the system is not up-todate because it was established at a time when residents died before age 70.

“We need to take a big step back and start looking at the assumptions that underlie our current pension system so that we can build a system that is based in reality in terms of what our lives are like now,” she said.

She recommended the implementation of a defined contribution plan, in which both the person and employer create savings for retirement. She said this plan would give retirees greater flexibility and dependability.

Audience members also brought up the women’s health referendum act, which would require that health insurance plans in Illinois expand to include prescription drug coverage of birth control.

Fine and Myalls clashed on the birth control mandate, with Myalls emphasizing the need to let the free market decide what should be offered.

“The less we mandate, the better we do because competition drives what our insurance companies and our employers offer,” Myalls said.

However, Fine said it should not be up to corporations to determine what medications should be covered and women should be provided with birth control.

“I think it’s baffling that here we are in 2014, decades after Roe v. Wade, and this is still an issue,” she said.

The candidates also discussed their views on finance reform in elections, concealed carry laws and charter schools.

The election will be held Nov. 4, and the elected representative will assume the role at the start of 2015. rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu director, asked council Sept. 22 to consider the loan, but aldermen said they didn’t have enough information to make a decision about the funding. They voted to direct Bobkiewicz to negotiate the terms of a possible 18-month loan with the center.

The art center asked for the money to help fund its move from the Harley Clarke Mansion, 2603 Sheridan Road, to a new location at 1717 Central St. The center needed the money

by Oct. 6 to close on the new building.

The $500,000 is a part of the art center’s $2.5 million project to renovate and remodel the new center. As of last Monday, the center had raised $1.6 million in its capital campaign.

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Divvy

house gas emissions 20 percent by 2016.

In April, the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program denied an application to fund the expansion of the Divvy program to Evanston. The city and the Chicago Department of Transportation had originally applied in August 2013 for $3 million in grants.

Although no money was allotted for the bike service, Evanston received money through the same funding program to put in a bike path through NU’s campus.

The Chicago Department of Transportation created Divvy in 2013 to provide to residents and tourists alike an alternate transportation option. More than 200 cities currently have bike-sharing systems, including London, New York and Boston, according to the Divvy website.

From page 1 City Council will decide where in Evanston the bike stations will be located, he said. The city is also in talks with Northwestern to team up and introduce stations at or near campus, he said.

“The Divvy program has proven to The Divvy be a successful and innovative way to program has navigate proven to be a commute, congested city streets successful and and explore vibrant innovative way Chicago communities,” Quinn said in a news to commute, release. “Expanding Divvy outside of the navigate city limits means fewer congested cars on the roads and city streets gives more residents and visitors the fun and explore opportunity to take a vibrant Chicago ride.”

Evanston Mayor communities.

Elizabeth Tisdahl also Gov. Pat Quinn announced that the service would be coming to Evanston at the city’s annual Bike the Ridge event on Sunday.

The free event closed off Ridge Avenue from Howard Street to Church Street to vehicular traffic, allowing bicyclists to ride in a noncompetitive atmosphere.

Divvy will help improve residents’ health and

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Gaza

From page 1 conflict, which began in July. The list of names, released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, did not include 810 unknown civilians.

SJP president Ruba Assaf said organizers, who began planning the event over the summer, made a difficult but necessary decision to read all 1,327 names.

“From a programming point of view, I knew it was very hard to have people stand here for a long time,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “But as a Palestinian it was very important to me that every name was read aloud and mourned properly.”

During the vigil, two students at a time read the names. Assaf said organizers originally considered reading only the names of the children who died, but decided against it.

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RIDING DIVVY A docking station for the Divvy bike sharing service stands in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn’s office announced Sunday that a grant would allow the service to expand to Evanston by spring 2015.

lower the city’s carbon footprint, Tisdahl said at the event. The service fits in with Evanston’s

Livability Plan, which aims to make Evanston a more bikeable city and to reduce the city’s green

“We’re trying to move away from the ‘women and children’ idea that Palestinian men are complicit in their deaths,” Assaf said.

Before the vigil began, Weinberg senior Serene Darwish, a member of SJP, spoke on behalf of the NU Palestinian community.

“Gaza was in the news because its sons and daughters were dying fast,” Darwish said. “We’re here to remember Gaza’s dead, all 2,200 men, women and children and yes, we are counting Palestinian men as humans.”

Assaf said the SJP executive board felt holding the event was “the least (they) could do to honor and mourn this tremendous loss of life.”

“This is an issue that is very important to students on campus,” she said. “The events of this summer gave us a sense of hopelessness that you can’t imagine.”

McCormick senior Hagar Gomaa, another member

of SJP, said the conflict Reading in Gaza is not just a Palestinian issue, but these names is a a human issue. reminder of the “It’s important that loss of humanity we as people be advocates for social jus- that has occurred tice,” Gomaa said. “It’s important for every over this summer single person to value and in past years. human life and underZahra Haider, stand ways in which SJP events they can support chair oppressed people.”

SJP will host a talk on censorship in October featuring Steven Salaita, a Palestinian-American professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after tweeting negatively about

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Both Welch and Berthoumieux echoed Muenzer’s statement and said they hope their shops will each be able to bring a little slice of Europe to Evanston.

“I’m trying to make it into an experience,” Berthoumieux said. “If you come into the patisserie, close your eyes and feel like you are in France, then I did my job.” torilatham2017@u.northwestern.edu Israel.

Friday’s vigil was one of several events the Northwestern community is holding in light of the recent violence. NU Hillel and the Israel on Campus Coalition will host a picnic Monday in solidarity with Israel.

J Street U Northwestern, a group advocating a twostate solution in Israel and Palestine, will also hold a vigil Thursday to mourn casualties on both sides of the conflict.

“The two groups have different visions for what the conversation should look like on this campus,” said Tal Axelrod, J Street U Northwestern co-chair. “If they want to mourn a specific group of people that’s their prerogative. We’re having a vigil where people can come to mourn who they want to mourn and don’t mourn who they don’t want to mourn.” oliviaexstrum2017@u.northwestern.edu

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NU stomps Penn State 29-6

Cats muscle their way to improbable win over Nittany Lions in State College

By BOBBY PILLOTE

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STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — After a turbulent and disappointing first three games of the season, Northwestern fans have something to be excited about.

The Wildcats (2-2, 1-0 Big Ten) stifled Penn State (4-1, 1-1) on Saturday in the Nittany Lions’ homecoming game by grabbing an early lead and riding a stout defense to earn a victory in their conference opener.

“For us it was a whole attitude change,” junior superback Dan Vitale said. “From an attitude and toughness standpoint, we were at a whole different level.”

The offense looked better than it has all season during the first quarter, utilizing short fields generated by good defense and special teams play. NU held Penn State to a three-and-out on its first possession, and junior wide receiver Miles Shuler returned the ensuing punt 42 yards to set the Cats up at the Nittany Lion 31 yard line.

Senior quarterback Trevor Siemian marched the offense down to the goal line, capping the drive with a one-yard sneak for the touchdown.

He repeated the performance on NU’s very next drive, looking poised in the pocket and completing several key passes down the field to again set up another successful quarterback sneak from the one yard line.

“We haven’t been very good on offense,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We’ve been down a ton of receivers and skill guys. …

We’ve finally gotten them back since the bye week, and that allows us to get up to the tempo that we want to play at.”

The oft-criticized Siemian finished with a 57 percent completion rate for 258 yards and an interception but made big plays throughout the game by taking advantage of a soft Penn State zone defense to find open receivers downfield.

Siemian’s favorite target was Vitale, who finished with seven grabs for 113 yards by finding open space in the middle of the field.

“Last week (against Western Illinois) we tried to keep it more vanilla,” Vitale said. “We opened up our passing game this week.”

The Cats’ offense seemed to sputter a

bit after the opening frame, highlighted by a fake field goal attempt that was stopped well short of the end zone, but 14 points proved to be more than enough for the win.

Defense led the way for NU, holding Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg to a dismal 22 of 45 passing for 216 yards and an interception.

Fans of both teams experienced a frightening moment late in the third quarter. Hackenberg was scrambling up the left sideline, where sophomore cornerback Matthew Harris met him to force him out of bounds. Hackenberg dove and lowered his helmet, delivering a blow to the crown of Harris’ helmet that seemed to knock Harris out immediately.

The sophomore lay motionless on the ground for several minutes before finally delivering a thumbs-up to the crowd as he was carted off. Fitzgerald revealed after the game that “all tests came back clear” and that Harris would travel back to Evanston with the team.

Elsewhere on the defense, redshirt freshman linebacker Anthony Walker had a breakout performance filling in for injured senior Colin Ellis. Walker was all over the field with eight tackles and also offered a great Ellis impersonation to open the fourth quarter by intercepting a Hackenberg pass and returning it for a touchdown.

“They were dinking and dunking us on quick passes,” Walker said about the play. “(Hackenberg) looked me off a little bit, but I just made a great play I guess.”

The strength of the defense was the pass rush, which was average at best with eight sacks in the first three games. NU got to Hackenberg four times, including a sack by last week’s big performer, sophomore defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo and a strip-sack by true freshman defensive end Xavier Washington.

“You just see his confidence gaining,” Fitzgerald said of Odenigbo. “(Penn State) was keeping running backs in to chip him, and that’s a sign of respect.”

The Cats have a week to prepare for their next contest, the Big Ten home opener against No. 19 Wisconsin.

“There’s still a lot of room for improvement, and things to clear up,” Fitzgerald said, “but I think we took a positive step in the right direction today.” robertpillote2017@u.northwestern.edu

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RUNNING WALKER Redshirt freshman linebacker Anthony Walker dashes to the end zone with a gamesealing interception return in Northwestern’s 29-6 victory over Penn State on Saturday.

Walker, defensive front 7 play essential role in NU victory

By ALEX PUTTERMAN

daily senior staffer @AlexPutt02

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — As Anthony Walker cruised to the end zone with Northwestern’s third touchdown of the afternoon, more than 100,000 Penn State partisans at Beaver Stadium stopped in their tracks. “(The play) was great,” the redshirt freshman linebacker said after Saturday’s game, smiling ear-to-ear. “The fact that the crowd just went silent was the best moment.”

Making his first collegiate start in place of the injured Collin Ellis, Walker was the star of the Wildcats’ impressive defensive showing Saturday. The middle linebacker recorded a team-high eight tackles, penetrated the Penn State defensive line several times and returned that interception 46 yards for the touchdown that gave

NU an insurmountable 20-6 lead.

Overall, NU’s defense — especially the team’s front seven — was stout all afternoon, leading the team to a 29-6 walloping of Penn State.

The Cats limited the Nittany Lions to 266 total yards, neutralizing the Penn State rushing attack and holding much-hyped quarterback Christian Hackenberg to 216 yards passing on 45 attempts.

NU forced Penn State to punt on the Nittany Lions’ first five possessions, then blocked a field goal late in the second quarter before finally ceding three points right before halftime.

The second half was nearly as good, as the Cats forced two turnovers and held Penn State to only three more points.

“I really think we dominated the line of scrimmage in the first half,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “To hold Penn State to 2.0 yards per rushing

(in the game), I know that’s skewed because of the sacks, but that’s pretty darn good.”

The pass rush was key to the Cats’ performance. NU’s linebackers and defensive linemen applied pressure all afternoon, sacking Hackenberg four times. The biggest defensive play outside of the pick-six, came from true freshman defensive end Xavier Washington, who forced a fumble in the fourth quarter on a loud sack in Penn State territory. The Cats recovered and followed up the turnover with a field goal to push their lead to three scores.

“Young guys like Xavier Washington, Anthony Walker, they played great,” said junior defensive end Dean Lowry, who also had a sack Saturday.

“They stepped up and put pressure on Hackenberg, which was the difference in the game in my opinion.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu

Cats defense dominates in weekend conference wins OT Rutgers

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By MIKE MARUT

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No. 13 Northwestern (8-3, 3-0 Big Ten) took a narrow win away from Rutgers (4-5, 0-3) on Friday and rolled over No. 17 Indiana (7-2, 0-2) on Sunday for two conference victories.

The Wildcats faced off against the Scarlet Knights for the first time in program history and showed them what NU field hockey is all about. After having trouble against Rutgers’ nearly stifling defense,

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CONFERENCE CONQUESTS Sophomore Isabel Flens scored the gamewinning goal in overtime Friday, as No. 13 Northwestern defeated Rutgers 1-0. sophomore Isabel Flens notched the as we get the goals going, we take over,” game-winning and only goal of the match sophomore Dominique Masters said. with seven seconds left in overtime.

“It was so nice getting our first shutout.

“We respect them, but then as soon We just take our time, get the goals going

and welcomed them to the Big Ten in a way. (We) showed them what they’re missing.”

In Friday’s matchup, Masters was second on the team in shots with four. Masters is second on the team through the season thus far with 38 shots, 20 on goal, second only to Flens who has 44 shots, 27 on goal. Flens also leads the team in goals scored with 9.

This past week, coach Tracey Fuchs noted that Rutgers, despite never playing NU before, had very similar characteristics to the Cats. The game was dominated by physical, fast defense, led by NU junior Lisa McCarthy.

“Lisa is as solid as any defender in the conference,” Fuchs said. “She makes almost as many saves as (senior goalkeeper) Maddy (Carpenter). She has really good communication skills. You’re not going to get by Lisa as much.”

McCarthy has helped lead NU’s defense to only allow opponents to average 10.6 shots per game this season. A big help for the defense is Carpenter’s ability to stop almost any shot on goal. Opponents average just above 1 goal per game while the Cats average 3 goals. The consistency Carpenter, McCarthy and the defense play with allows the offense to focus on their

aggressiveness and goal-scoring abilities.

Against the Hoosiers, the NU had no trouble asserting its dominance early in the contest with junior Caroline Troncelliti putting the ball in the net within the first seven minutes of regulation. On their way to a second consecutive shutout, the Cats kept scoring, with goals from Masters and Flens.

“Seven out of our last ten games we’ve won or lost by only one goal,” Fuchs said.

“To come out and give ourselves a lead and protect it, I’m very happy with the performance, especially in the second half.”

“Finally, I feel like we’re getting into the swing of things,” McCarthy said. “Our press is going really well. Our defense starts with our forwards and if they’re doing their job, then we don’t really have much to do in the back. I’m really impressed how much our press has transformed since the beginning of the season.”

NU capped their home stand with four straight wins, allowing only 3 goals in those games. The Cats continue the conference schedule against Iowa next weekend. michaelmarut2016@u.northwestern.edu