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Hillel hires new Israel fellow

By PETER KOTECKI

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To increase Northwestern students’ engagement with Israel, NU Hillel hired Simcha Masala as its Israel fellow for the 2015-2016 academic year.

NU Hillel Executive Director Michael Simon said campus discussion about Israel contributed to the hiring. Masala is the first person to fill this role since the 2011-2012 academic year. Simon said Hillel did not hire another Israel fellow for the 2012-2013 academic year because it decided to wait for a more appropriate time to re-incorporate the position into its staff.

In light of the launch of NU Divest and the NU Coalition for Peace last year, Simon said Hillel looked at how to provide resources for students to have conversations about Israel, My goal this and hiring year is to show Masala was an opportuother sides of nity to help enrich those Israel, show a conversaside of Israel tions. that people may NU not necessarily Divest’s resoluknow. tion, which passed durSimcha Masala, Hillel’s Israel fellow ing an Associated Student Government Senate meeting in February 2015, asked the University to pursue socially responsible investment and divest from six corporations

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the group says violate Palestinian human rights. The NU Coalition for Peace formed last year by students who opposed the resolution.

Israel fellows are young professionals who have served in the Israel Defense Forces prior to working on college campuses, Simon said. Masala is one of about 65 Israel fellows serving more than 100 campuses in North America, he said.

After serving in the Israeli army, Masala said she traveled to South America and noticed people there knew little about Israel.

“It’s something that I decided to take on myself, to raise awareness about Israel and help people more know about Israel,” Masala said.

Masala also traveled to South Africa for Israeli Apartheid Week during college — as a result of seeing hatred toward Israel on campuses outside Israel, Masala decided to become active and teach about Israel, she said.

At NU, Masala said she will work on furthering Hillel’s mission to help Jewish students make a meaningful and enduring commitment to Israel.

As Hillel conducted interviews for this year’s Israel fellow, Simon said Emily Kagan, engagement associate at NU Hillel, and some NU students had a chance to meet Masala prior to her joining the staff.

“They felt that she had a great personality and was warm and engaging,” Simon said.

He added Masala had a great resume, which includes an educational role in the Israeli army and a degree from IDC Herzliya in Israel.

In addition, she is the daughter of » See HILLEL, page 7

Autry named 2015 Homecoming Grand Marshal

Darnell Autry, a member of the Northwestern team that played in the 1996 Rose Bowl, will return as the Grand Marshal for this year’s Homecoming Parade.

Autry (Communication ’06) will coast down Sheridan Road in the parade’s lead car this Friday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. Several of his former teammates from the 1996 Rose Bowl game will join Autry in the parade. The team is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its trip to the Rose Bowl.

This year, the Homecoming Parade is themed “Where the Wildcats Are,” based on the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” The procession will take 45 minutes and will be followed by a pep rally in Deering Meadow, which will feature Autry as an honored guest.

Autry will also announce the names taking home this year’s Homecoming Court crowns at the rally.

Autry rushed for 1,785 yards and 17 touchdowns in NU’s Rose Bowl season and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting that year. The following season he gained 1,452 rushing yards before leaving school early to enter the 1997 NFL Draft, where he was selected by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round.

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NO VERDICT Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl concludes an hour-long discussion at City Council’s Monday meeting about the future of the Harley Clarke Mansion. Tisdahl suggested aldermen factor in the potential of upcoming state budget cuts while considering whether the city should purchase the vacant mansion.

Mansion decision delayed

By ELENA SUCHARETZA

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City Council decided to further postpone action on the Harley Clarke Mansion after an alderman proposed to move the property to city ownership.

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) motioned to allocate up to nearly $600,000 of city funds for capital improvements on the property with plans to use it for city programming accessible to Evanston residents. The motion was presented alongside two additional plans by Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Ald. Brian Miller (9th) that advocated for non-commercial

organizations to lease the property.

Several aldermen responded with tentative support for Wilson’s motion, provided there was more time to develop a cohesive plan for how much money would be needed for additional programming and maintenance costs.

“My questions rise from where the $590,000 fits into our priorities for the capital improvement program that we are really trying to … prioritize and be more methodical about how we look at more city facilities and infrastructure,” Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said.

Grover said she was more closely aligned with Miller’s proposal, which includes a two-year lease agreement with a not-for-profit organization that would

contribute nearly $50,000 each month for general upkeep of the property in place of rent. Grover also suggested adding a clause to Miller’s resolution granting more time for not-for-profits to raise the required funds to maintain the property so the city has more options in choosing a tenant.

Tisdahl’s proposal includes a 99-year lease with a nonprofit that would cost the organization $1 a year.

The city has sought new uses for the property since 2011 after the city and its previous tenant, the Evanston Art Center, could no longer fund its maintenance.

Miller said Wilson’s proposal to move » See HARLEY CLARKE, page 7

Icona Pop, Earl Sweatshirt to perform at Blowout

Source: Northwestern

Darnell Autry

Autry played three NFL seasons for the Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles before transitioning to an acting career.

Autry has starred in episodes of television shows such as “What I Like About You” and “The District.”

Autry returned to NU in 2005 and graduated from the School of Communication the following year. He currently is the owner of Team Autry Productions, a film and television production company based in Tempe, Arizona.

The former Wildcat football player was also the Grand Marshal in 2005.

Friday’s parade precedes NU’s 2015 Homecoming game, in which the Wildcats will host the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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Icona Pop and Earl Sweatshirt will co-headline A&O Blowout, A&O Productions announced Monday.

“One thing about Northwestern is we have a diverse student interest group, especially in regards to music,” said McCormick senior Danny Brennan, co-chair of A&O. “We try to touch on all the different popular genres.”

Icona Pop, a Swedish electropop duo, is known for its hit single “I Love It,” featuring Charli XCX. The duo, Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt, formed in 2009 and gained fame with its 2010 single “Manners.”

Earl Sweatshirt is an American rapper who became well-known after releasing his mixtape “Earl.” He has released two albums, “Doris” in 2013 and “I Don’t Like S—, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt” in 2015, which peaked at No. 5 and No. 12 on U.S. Billboard’s Top 200 Albums.

The rapper has been associated with music collective Odd Future.

“Kids our age really love Earl, so that’s definitely part of the reason we thought he’d be a good fit for a college show,” said Max Goldberg, A&O director of productions.

A&O tried to base its decision on

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BLOWOUT Rapper Earl Sweatshirt, real name Thebe Kgositsile, performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in April 2013 in Indio, California.

a poll it sent to students earlier this year. The poll included a list of artists put together by A&O’s concert committee, which includes the most musically inclined students in the group, the Communication senior said.

Both of the headliners performed well on the poll, he said.

“On the poll a lot of people have been wanting something other than just rap, and a lot of people have expressed interest in female artists,” said Communication senior Caroline Fearon, A&O co-chair of marketing and media. “So that’s something that we really tried to do for the student body this year.”

Aside from the headliners, A&O leaders are also excited to hold Blowout at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago this year. The concert has always been at Welsh-Ryan Arena in the past.

They decided to move the concert this year because the Aragon Ballroom can fit 4,000 people on the floor, compared to 400 at Welsh-Ryan. In addition, students have had to stand in the bleachers in the past.

A&O Blowout will take place Oct. 23 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.

Tickets will be available for $10 at the Norris Box Office starting Tuesday.

— Emily Chin

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Around Town Council updates animal shelter euthanasia rules

By JULIA JACOBS

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Evanston officials approved more detailed animal shelter euthanasia guidelines Monday as part of an update to the city’s animal welfare policy.

Aldermen voted unanimously to approve the amended guidelines, which require consideration of each euthanasia by the city’s Animal Welfare Board, a veterinarian and, ultimately, the animal warden. The policy also requires Evanston Animal Shelter Association, the nonprofit that took over the shelter from the city in May, to maintain a 90 percent live-release rate or else come under scrutiny of officials from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Plans for a specified euthanasia protocol have been in the works since the shelter’s previous owner, Community Animal Rescue Effort, was ousted from the shelter in May 2014, said Vicky Pasenko, a former CARE volunteer who now helps oversee the shelter.

Pasenko, who co-founded EASA and represents the organization on the Animal Welfare Board, said the guidelines outline a system of “checks and balances” meant to spread out decision-making power regarding euthanasia decisions.

“The idea is that every animal gets the best chance possible,” Pasenko told The Daily on Monday. “We want to make sure as (the shelter) evolves over time, whoever is there has to think about these things and follows these guidelines.”

Police Blotter Chicago woman charged with child endangerment

A 28-year-old woman was arrested Sunday night in connection with endangerment of the life of a child.

The woman was stopped by police in the 1700 block of Howard Street on Oct. 11 at about 7:30 p.m. for a minor traffic violation of not having a rear registration light, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

Police said the woman admitted to having smoked

CARE severed ties with the city nearly a year and a half ago largely due to the organization’s canine euthanasia rate, which in 2012 was about 45 to 50 percent, a statistic disputed by CARE. Alisa Kaplan, EASA’s cofounder and a former CARE volunteer, told The Daily last month that since May, EASA has euthanized zero dogs and three cats due to medical reasons.

In determining whether a dog should be euthanized, the shelter must follow ASPCA guidelines, provide written observations of the animal’s behavior in the kennel and videotape each assessment. In a case in which the animal warden disagrees with the Animal Welfare Board’s decision to euthanize, the shelter is required to send the animal to off-site training or evaluation before being reassessed by the warden.

“Every effort will be made to pursue a live release if possible,” the policy states.

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said while writing the guidelines the city considered widely-accepted euthanasia protocols used in shelters with low euthanasia rates. The standards CARE used when it ran the shelter led to unnecessary euthanasias, Wynne said.

“I think this is going to be using a different standard — one that is more widely accepted,” Wynne told The Daily.

Pasenko said if the live-release rate drops below 90 percent, the ASPCA will consider whether the rise in euthanasias can be attributed to an influx of dangerous dogs or the decision-making protocol needs to be altered. These safeguards were enacted to ensure future shelter managers adhere to ethical practices and prevent them from falling into the past practices marijuana shortly before driving with a suspended license and had a 5-year-old child asleep in a car seat in the back of her car.

Police found an open container of alcohol in her car but said the woman showed “no obvious signs of impairment.”

The woman was charged with two misdemeanors for driving on a suspended license and endangering the life of a child. She also received a traffic citation for the transportation of open alcohol.

She is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 30.

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AWAITING ADOPTION A dog stands in his kennel at Evanston Animal Shelter, 2310 Oakton St. Aldermen approved Monday an amended animal welfare policy.

of CARE, Pasenko said.

“The city … has an interest in making sure we never go backward,” she said. “There are a number of people and a number of options that have to be carried out before euthanasia can take place.”

Aldermen also approved Monday funding for two part-time employees to oversee shelter operations

starting this week and another part-time employee to provide kennel assistance starting in January. The city will provide the shelter $65,000 each year to pay the employees until the end of May 2017, when EASA’s contract with the city expires.

Evanston man arrested in connection with aggravated assault, resisting arrest

The officer did not deploy his taser, but said he took the man to the ground to handcuff him when the man resisted arrest. Police said the man smelled of a “strong odor” of alcohol and seemed intoxicated.

The man was charged with two misdemeanors for aggravated assault and one for resisting arrest. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 12.

Police said another incident involving a physical altercation occurred in a nearby alley the same day.

A 21-year-old Evanston man was arrested Sunday morning in connection with allegedly assaulting a police officer.

The man and his 23-year-old brother were arguing loudly in an alley in the 2000 block of Wesley Avenue when police arrived at about 10:45 a.m., Dugan said. An officer said he drew his taser when the man approached him yelling and with a “fighting stance.”

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Prof discusses Turkish asylum seekers

By ISABELLA JIAO

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Banu Bargu, associate professor of politics at the New School in New York City, spoke Monday evening at Northwestern on the recent protests of Turkish asylum-seekers held in detention centers around the world.

The event started with a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of the bombing that occurred in Turkey on Oct. 10. The tragedy happened amid a peace rally carried out by major labor unions.

“I’m here with a heavy heart,” Bargu said.

Bargu began her speech with a grave tone by listing examples of refugees protesting by stitching their mouths shut using shoelace fibers and hunger striking. In January 2015, around 400 asylum-seekers in Australia went on hunger strike, 40 of whom stitched their lips shut. Some swallowed razor blades, while others drank laundry detergent, Bargu said.

“Self-destruction as protesting is becoming a trend,” Bargu said.

These kinds of demonstrations are done in an

Bilingual site helps kidney donations for Hispanics, Latinos

A new bilingual website increased Hispanic and Latino individuals’ knowledge about kidney donations and transplantation, a study from Northwestern Medicine and the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois found.

The website, Informate.org, was launched to help Hispanics and Latinos with kidney failure and their families learn about options, risks and benefits of kidney transplants in an effort to help patients make informed decisions.

Patients who receive living donor kidney transplants usually live longer than those with kidney transplants from deceased donors.

attempt to silently protest against refugees’ poor living conditions and lack of nutrition and health care, she said.

Bargu said underfunded detention centers and closed borders only make situations worse, referencing the overcrowding problems these centers face.

The general reluctance of Western countries to offer refuge has also created other issues like human trafficking, she said.

Such protests are not only seen among Turkish asylum-seekers, she said. Iranian refugees in the U.K. have also sewn their lips, eyes and ears in protest.

“Their names are hardly known, and they hail from different detention centers from around the world,” Bargu said.

She argued that by dramatizing the truth, protesters made their political voices heard and demonstrated the injustice they faced. Lip-sewing is also done to fortify the protesters’ own determination to continue their demonstration.

“They are reminding us that an unjust life is not worth living,” she said.

Bargu said that such actions require great courage as there may be potential consequences for these demonstrators, including physical punishments, detention

and even death.

Based on her personal interactions with former participants of hunger strikes and self-immolation survivors, she explained it was nearly impossible to trace these individuals’ backgrounds.

“The official records would categorize self-immolation as suicides, for example,” she said.

The talk, attended largely by graduate students, was organized by the Program of African Studies and the Buffett Institute for Global Studies’ Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program.

Timothy Garrett, Middle East and North African Studies’ project coordinator, appreciated Bargu’s take on the idea of self-mutilation. He said connecting the longstanding idea of citizenship and applying it to the latest happenings around the world is very helpful in understanding the issue.

Ayça Alemdaroglu, associate director of the Keyman program, said she hopes more people know about the torture that refugees and protesters suffer through.

“The idea of bringing this to people’s attention is to show what measures people can take to voice their opposition,” she said.

Proportionally, fewer Hispanics and Latinos receive living donor kidney transplants than non-Hispanic whites, despite being 1.5 times more likely than non-Hispanics to get end-stage kidney disease.

Feinberg Prof. Elisa Gordon, lead author of the report, said many Hispanics don’t pursue living donations because they are unaware of the possibility.

“We created Informate.org to help Hispanic/ Latino patients and their families learn what their options are,” Gordon said in a news release.

Gordon said Informate.org can be used to complement the education provided by transplant centers. More than 280 adults with kidney failure — as well as their family members attending transplant education programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and University of California, Davis, Medical Center — tested the

website.

Informate.org includes video clips, interactive modules, fact sheets and photographs. The website also describes risks and benefits of living and deceased kidney donation, financial programs supporting living donors and policies on transplantation of immigrants.

Feinberg Prof. Juan Carlos Caicedo, coauthor of the report and director of the Hispanic transplant program at Northwestern Memorial, said most living kidney donors recover well from surgery despite the risks associated with living kidney donation.

“Our hope is Informate.org will empower individuals to explore their options and take control of their health,” said Anne Black, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois.

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There is no incorrect way to spend your free time TIM BALK

DAILY COLUMNIST

I recently had a debate with a fellow Northwestern student about whether or not video games represent a worthwhile way to spend time. Sports video games, he insisted, had significantly improved his sports knowledge.

Just a few hours later I found myself in a discussion about the cultural value of professional sports with my brother. He argued that pro sports are a distraction from things that matter, a useless leisure activity providing folks with a “false sense of intellectual stimulation.”

I was unconvinced. “Isn’t everything a distraction from others things?” I retorted.

I believe pro sports are valuable and I devote a significant amount of my time to reading about, watching and following them.

I do not feel the same way about video games, which I rarely indulge in. But who is to say

what’s a worthwhile way to spend time? And what components of culture are more or less valuable?

For me, this is a defining question of life. I constantly prioritize and reprioritize the ways I spend my time, like a chef trying to find just the right mix of ingredients to achieve a perfect dish. College makes the balance even harder.

Take Tuesday night. I have a laundry list of things I’d like to do. I still have not, to my great disappointment, seen Black Mass, and I’d like to hit up the movie theater. Then there’s the Democratic primary debate. Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and three guys nobody cares about. I have to watch that, right?

What about the Mets-Dodgers playoff game, the jog I’m due for, the dinner I need to eat, the copy of Monday’s New York Times I scooped up and keep saying I am going to read, the internships I still need to apply for and the homework for my Wednesday classes?

I even stress about how to spend my free time, all with the recognition that I might just

spend my evening wasting away on Facebook, accomplishing nothing on my to-do list.

This raises the ultimate question: If I do just stare at Facebook, is there anything wrong with that? Is there really a right or wrong way to spend time? Or to live life?

My answer: no. There is no right or wrong lifestyle. No correct way to spend time. I might have to eat my words regarding video games.

Part of the magic of life, though, is that each action reaps its own benefits. Humans are in a constant state of learning, whether they are playing video games, reading the news or simply lying in the grass staring at the stars.

There is no best way to balance activities or education. Education itself merely leaves its learners with a different set of skills and knowledge than those who miss out.

College students, for example, miss out on the experiences of those who do not attend college and vice versa.

What, then, of my brother’s argument about differing values of different cultural institutions? The validity of his view really depends

on what you think makes activities valuable.

Pro sports, after all, do have the potential to advance social justice, although their positive effects on society are often incidental and ancillary.

This merely puts pro sports on par with music or the arts.

All add to the fabric of culture and to the human experience. There is no putting a value on that.

The value of time, meanwhile, is equally ineffable. How you spend it is up to you.

But don’t worry that you are spending it the wrong way. Because in 200,000 years on earth, humans have yet to define the right way, and we may not fully comprehend the true benefits of many activities we find enjoyable.

Tim Balk is a Medill sophomore. He can be reached at timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

After ACORN, Planned Parenthood must be defended HENRY CAO

DAILY COLUMNIST

In July 2015, The Center for Medical Progress began releasing a series of edited videos that showed undercover activists discussing the harvest and sale of fetal body parts with Planned Parenthood officials. These videos set off a political maelstrom that culminated in Sen. Joni Ernst’s bill to defund Planned Parenthood, which was handily blocked by Senate Democrats.

Three more Planned Parenthood bills are currently pending in the House and Senate, with one of them introduced by presidential candidate and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. These bills will certainly not make it to President Barack Obama’s desk, but history indicates that Planned Parenthood may be in grave danger and needs to be fiercely defended.

The employment of subterfuge for the sake of political gain is an all too common occurrence in America’s political arena.

Interestingly enough, the collateral damage from sting operations often does more damage than the initial release. Only five years

ago, a federally funded organization that campaigned for social justice and encouraged civic involvement in politics named ACORN was undone by an edited sting video that ruined its reputation. ACORN’s political involvement was unequivocally liberal in nature, given that the inception of the group was a continuation of social movements of the 1960s.

Since 1970, the organization was the preeminent advocate for the poor and minorities and worked extensively on myriad social justice issues. During the 2008 presidential race, it was noted that both Obama and John McCain had strong ties to ACORN; Obama offered legal counseling to ACORN, and McCain was the keynote speaker for an ACORN conference in 2006.

Nonetheless, Congress and the White House both acted quickly to defund ACORN in 2009 following the release of the sting video, in which two conservative activists posed as a pimp and a prostitute and recorded ACORN employees advising the duo on how to conceal illegal income and manage a prostitution ring.

Even though ACORN received only 10 percent of its funding from the government, it filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy just a year after the scandal. Donations to ACORN evaporated long before the justice system took full action against the subversive

activists.

The ACORN and Planned Parenthood scandals are nearly identical in nature, but where one organization withered away, the other one may live on. Still, Planned Parenthood may lose precious contributions if the justice system continues to stall. It is already established that the Planned Parenthood videos are doctored. Supporters of Planned Parenthood must stem the vicious attacks from the source: the Center for Medical Progress.

The group’s videos are an affront to our society because they have fed upon the primeval emotions of fear and hatred to produce impassioned antipathy toward an honorable institution. Moreover, the Center for Medical Progress has inspired both the radical Tea Party and established Republican leaders to attack women’s health.

Five states — New Hampshire, Utah, Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama — have already defunded their own Planned Parenthood centers, and 13 states are investigating Planned Parenthood centers.

For the sake of justice, the government must take action against the Center for Medical Progress. One of the principal responsibilities of the government is to protect the rights of underrepresented people. Just as the federal government supported ACORN for reaching out to low-income communities, it has also stood by Planned Parenthood as the

There’s more to your NU education than classes TANISHA PATNI

DAILY COLUMNIST

I have never woken up on a Sunday morning and thought back fondly to the classes I took freshman year. I’ve remembered Wildcat Welcome, the friends I made and the first frat party I went to. But is it wrong not to consider my classes the most important part of college?

Over the summer, two senior friends asked me which classes I’m taking this quarter, only to express excitement for their own. Their interest in their classes was shocking to me. Sure, I was interested in delving deeper into my major, but by no means was that related to my eagerness to get back on campus.

Although we all attend college to get that diploma — the tangible final result of spending four years here — I’ve personally found that classes are a small part of a much larger and richer college experience.

During most quarters at NU, I’ve pushed myself to be more excited for my classes than I eventually turned out to be. Part of this can be attributed to the chaotic nature of the quarter system, with neverending midterms, problem sets and papers making you more concerned about cranking out your next assignment rather than fully immersing yourself in what you’re studying. However, I think this has implications for a broader generalization about college: Although you’re accepted to NU to focus on your major and expected to keep up that 4.0, your

actual experience here is far from being centered fundamentally around your classes.

Your first time being away from home for an extended duration, living with your friends 24/7 and having complete freedom on a daily basis translates into the unexpected realization of what comes with being the independent master of your life. College has taught me more about life in just three years than in the 18 before it — but, not so shockingly, very little of that learning has come from textbooks.

Rather, the clubs I’ve been involved in, the internships I’ve had, the experience of moving into my own apartment and the trips I’ve planned with my friends have been far more formative. These cumulative experiences have exposed me to the real world and taught me how to be a real person much more my major could have.

It might be different for someone in a highly technical major, where classes become the lifeblood of your college experience. But even then, in true Wildcat spirit, we make the time to have more fun than we should be and sleep less than is healthy. We all have our fair share of drama, hazy nights spent partying and overbooked social calendars — around which we somehow manage to make it to class and submit assignments minutes before they’re due.

This has been my reality at NU, and I credit college for teaching me about life. Internship and full-time recruitment taught me more about the real world than I could’ve ever wanted to know — from how to make professional connections to how to interview and how to think introspectively about how I want to spend my time after graduation.

Similarly, the jolt of the real world hits us hard

when we start to pay rent or decide whom to live with off-campus. Sure, I’ve taken some great classes, like Russian Literature and Behavioral Economics, that have had a defining impact on how I think. But the reason I enjoyed these classes (and why most students scramble to get into them) is because they teach you about life itself. The real value of college lies in learning about the world at large. It’s up to us whether we choose classes that force us to exit our comfort zones or look outside the classroom to gain this exposure and reflect on the world at large.

College has taught me how to be happy, what my goals are and who I am as a person. I’ve learned how to manage my relationships, my future and, most importantly, myself. I’ve also changed completely in the process. I’ve been able to do this under the excuse of “taking classes,” but I don’t view classes as the end-all-be-all to college.

I go to class and I enjoy what I learn, but I didn’t come to NU to get a degree — I came here to get an education. NU has educated me by showing me the real world and it has given me the tools to create my own place in it. When I return for a Northwestern reunion in 10 years, I won’t talk about that lifechanging macroeconomics class I took freshman year. I’ll think back to the memories I had here and how it shaped me to be the person I am.

Tanisha Patni is a Weinberg senior. She can be contacted at tanishapatni2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

main provider of women’s health services.

Conversely, the renewed backlash against abortion in our country is not really about abortion at all. At the heart of this creedal passion is a dearth of empathy and the imposition of the tyranny of the majority.

Of more concern is the mobilizing impetus of the movement to defund Planned Parenthood. A quick excursion outside of the Northwestern bubble will reveal that even the most sensible moderates are being shaken by these recent developments concerning the scandal-ridden nonprofit.

In light of these considerations, it is possible to see that Planned Parenthood will face financial and public setbacks if it has not already.

Furthermore, Republicans are still pushing to defund Planned Parenthood. The Democratic minority in the Senate may prevent another Planned Parenthood bill from reaching the Oval Office, but the insurgents of the Tea Party are a clear indicator that the fight for women’s health and the right to abortion is only beginning.

Henry Cao is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at henrycao2018@u.northwestern.edu . If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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NU prof discusses research on legislative gridlock

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A Northwestern professor discussed her research into the underlying causes of legislative gridlock Monday, arguing that lawmakers’ reluctance to compromise has paralyzed legislatures across the country.

Political science Prof. Laurel Harbridge told more than 20 attendees at Chambers Hall that lawmakers have trouble passing bipartisan bills because they fear retribution from voters and fellow politicians.

The lecture, which was part of a weekly colloquium series presented by the Institute of Policy Research, focused primarily on Harbridge’s research into why legislators vote “no” on legislation that have an element of compromise, ultimately resulting in bills needing more than just a majority support to get passed.

“These thresholds for passage and what it would take to move policy are perhaps getting a little harder,” Harbridge said.

To get to the bottom of this, Harbridge and her colleagues studied how state legislators would vote on a gas tax bill. Lawmakers completed surveys that tested how they voted on the bill by changing which

party or person introduced the bill.

Harbridge said the research revealed that 28 percent of legislators would vote “no” on a compromise gas tax bill, making it difficult to govern without a supermajority.

She said this contributes to the current gridlock in both the U.S. Congress and state legislatures across the nation.

However, in the case of the Republican Party, Harbridge said, this was not the only reason that GOP legislators refused to compromise.

“There is something beyond the fear of voter retribution that seems to be at work with the Republicans,” Harbridge told The Daily.

David Figlio, the director of the Institute of Policy Research, called Harbridge’s research “novel and innovative.”

“I was really impressed by how she is going beyond the evaluation of data and collecting her own data along this topic,” Figlio said. “It was definitely time well spent.”

Josh Basseches, a Ph.D. student in the sociology department, said Harbridge’s research design appealed to him as someone who is also interested in studying state-level politics.

“It gave me a lot to think about,” he said. “(It is) definitely thought-provoking.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu

Council adds electric car charging stations to Civic Center parking lot

Aldermen moved Monday to add two electric car charging stations to the parking lot at the Civic Center.

The stations, which can each charge two vehicles, would accommodate the three allelectric Nissan Leaf vehicles the city purchased in June for the Community Development Department.

Both the Civic Center and the Service Center parking lots were considered for the installation of charging stations, but the Civic Center

at 2100 Ridge Ave. allows for greater public availability and accessibility to all city staff.

The stations are accessible to the general public during the day, with the city charging its vehicles at night.

The city installed the same charging stations, manufactured by ChargePoint Technologies, at both the Maple Avenue and Sherman Plaza parking structures over the past two years.

The Maple Avenue stations, the first ones implemented, prompted the city to explore more venues for electric car chargers due to unexpected success rates.

The Civic Center station installation will cost just over $36,000.

— Marissa Page

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ECO-FRIENDLY Aldermen voted unanimously Monday to add two electric charging stations to the Civic Center parking lot. The city purchased three all-electric vehicles in June.

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Across Campuses Roosevelt University president apologizes for financial aid issues Diamond Hartwell enrolled at Roosevelt University in 2013 with high hopes for her academic future and for the financial aid that could make her education possible. But Hartwell ended up dropping out of Roosevelt halfway through her freshman year after trying and failing to resolve problems with her financial aid forms, she said.

Roosevelt’s new president now wants to formally apologize to students like Hartwell who struggled to navigate the school’s financial aid process. In a statement released Friday, President Ali Malekzadeh called the school’s behavior “intolerable” and promised to address problems.

“A number of Roosevelt students during the past couple of years were not treated well and were given inaccurate information about their financial aid,” the statement said. “This was intolerable behavior on our part. I would like to apologize to those students and assure them we will not make the same mistakes again.”

Some Roosevelt students told the Tribune they were given unreliable financial aid estimates when they were accepted — figures that changed once they enrolled at Roosevelt. Others said they were told they had not paid sufficient tuition and were asked to leave campus without much effort by counselors or advisers to understand or straighten out the situation.

Hartwell said financial aid officials at the school failed to help her solve a simple problem in her application that could have paved the way for the money she needed.

“Those students have my personal apology and we will absolutely try to do better this year, to make sure those uncertainties that they’re talking about do not happen again,” Malekzadeh said in an earlier interview with the Tribune.

Malekzadeh, who took over the school in July from former President Charles Middleton, faulted a “lack of hiring in some leadership positions in financial

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2015 aid.” The school has hired a new director of financial aid and plans to hire a vice president for enrollment management and financial aid, a position that has gone unfilled for several years, a spokesman said.

Malekzadeh also has had to address other problems at Roosevelt, including financial pressures from burdensome debt payments on its $123 million South Loop building. As the Tribune reported Sunday, Middleton borrowed heavily for the project, predicting substantial tuition growth that hasn’t come to pass.

Problems securing aid and loans were so widespread among undergraduates during Middleton’s time that a Roosevelt student group, Rise, made paying for school a core issue last year, publicly calling for more transparency in the financial aid process and more guidance for students. Malekzadeh said he plans to meet with the group.

One Rise member, Lupita Carrasquillo, 20, said she was eventually able to resolve a problem holding up her financial aid package — but not before Roosevelt threatened to eject her from campus for nonpayment.

She received an email in January warning that if she did not move out of her dorm within three days, she would be “considered trespassing and (her presence) may lead to arrests.”

Carrasquillo said the ordeal was time-consuming and distracted her from her schoolwork.

“It was jarring,” she said. “You have all these things clouding your mind as far as tuition and not really being able to afford to be here.”

Undergraduate tuition at Roosevelt — before aid — was $26,900 in 2014. A year’s room and board could range between $7,780 and $12,528.

Hartwell, also 20, withdrew from Roosevelt in December 2013 as other students were packing up to go home for winter break, she said. She said she loved her professors and fellow students.

But after making repeated attempts to straighten out her financial aid issues, which left most of her tuition and room and board costs unpaid, she decided: “I need to get out of here for now so I’m not further in debt.”

Once a University of Wisconsin college counselor helped her pinpoint the problem with her Free

Application for Federal Student Aid, “it was a very easy fix,” Hartwell said.

But after a semester at University of WisconsinParkside near her hometown of Kenosha, Hartwell went to work full time to pay down her college debt before taking on any more. She’s a manager at a Kenosha discount store.

Documents show she owes Roosevelt nearly $18,000, to which a collection agency has now tacked on a $6,624 fee.

— Heather Gillers (Chicago Tribune/TNS)

GOP legislators introduce bill to allow concealed weapons in college buildings

People with concealed weapon licenses would be allowed to carry guns inside the buildings and classrooms of Wisconsin’s universities and colleges under a bill introduced Monday by two state legislators.

State Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, and state Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, are seeking cosponsors for the Campus Carry Act, which would revoke an exception to the state’s concealed carry law allowing the University of Wisconsin System and technical colleges to ban weapons inside campus buildings.

License holders can carry guns on the grounds of those colleges and universities, but are barred from bringing weapons inside campus buildings.

Kremer and LeMahieu argue the effect of that policy is that students can’t carry weapons at all on those campuses, and are left unable to defend themselves from attackers.

“It really is a useless measure,” Kremer said Monday on the Vicki McKenna radio show.

Kremer said allowing students and others to carry weapons would be a “deterrent” to crime on and around campuses.

“The unfortunate reality is that campus gun-free zones merely serve to concentrate populations of vulnerable targets on campus and surrounding areas,” the bill’s authors wrote in a co-sponsorship memo sent to legislators Monday afternoon. “Students attending our taxpayer-funded colleges and universities should not

be denied their Second Amendment right to carry a weapon for self-defense.”

Neither Kremer nor LeMahieu immediately responded to requests for an interview Monday afternoon.

State Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, whose district includes the Truax Campus of Madison Area Technical College, blasted the proposal. More work needs to be done to address the problem of gun violence, Sargent said, but increasing the number of armed people on college campuses is not the solution.

“I don’t see how this adds to the safety on campus,” Sargent said. “Having folks walk around with concealed carry doesn’t make me feel safer.”

— Nico Savidge (The Wisconsin State Journal/TNS)

Vandalism with offensive messages reported at UC Davis apartment complex

Several cars were vandalized with “offensive and disparaging slurs” at a UC Davis apartment complex early Saturday, campus police said.

At 3 a.m., a young white male was seen running from the Colleges at La Rue complex, 200 Orchard Park Drive, about the time the vandalism was discovered – eight slashed car tires and five vehicles scratched with a metal object, UC Davis police said. The scratches included the offensive messages.

In a written statement, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi condemned the acts.

“I am deeply troubled and disappointed that the campus community has experienced another incident that included damaged property and, even more grievously, offensive and disparaging slurs,” she said. “We condemn all hate crimes and will see that the responsible party or parties, once identified, are held accountable.”

UC Davis police notified students and others on campus about the incident in an email sent Saturday.

— Brad Branan (The Sacramento Bee/TNS)

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Ethiopian immigrants to Israel, and Simon said he looks forward to Masala sharing her story with the NU community.

Masala said she wants to work with other minority groups to discuss Israel and its effect on the Jewish identity, because Israel is a prominent topic on campus.

“My goal this year is to show other sides of Israel, show a side of Israel that people may not necessarily know,” she said.

Medill senior Lily Goldstein, co-president of NU Hillel’s student executive board, said Masala will work on Israel engagement with NU students, helping them engage — and figure out their relationship — with Israel. Masala stood out among applicants for the Israel fellow position at NU, she added.

“Simcha was above and beyond in terms of the applicant pool they’ve viewed in previous years, and so it made sense to bring her here, especially in light of the greater conversation,” Goldstein said.

the mansion to city ownership was the best current option and aldermen may need to compromise on a solution to a problem, which predates Miller’s appointment last spring.

“I don’t think anyone on this council will get everything they want,” Miller said. “But I don’t think we’ve thought about what our second-best option is in order to move forward as a community.”

Tisdahl stressed the time-sensitive nature of Wilson’s proposal, given budget cuts proposed by Gov. Bruce Rauner to cut the city’s state funding by 50 percent, potentially losing the city $3.75 million.

Tisdahl said the cost of buying the mansion may have a larger impact on the city in January if the state’s budget cuts local government funding.

Wilson said he derived the nearly $600,000 financial estimate for the mansion from several estimates “floating around” and that the estimate should be thought of as a cap. However, he said it is important to move forward with his plan even if the fund request seems high considering the possibility of a not-for-profit falling through and the mansion being demolished.

“Maybe we don’t get a private offer, and then we

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National News Dell makes big move with $67 billion bid for EMC

AUSTIN, Texas — For years, Dell Inc. has been working to transition from being a PCmaker into a wide-ranging, full-service technology company.

On Monday, the company, based in suburban Austin, took the biggest step yet in its transformation, agreeing to buy data storage giant EMC Corp. for $67 billion _ a deal that is the biggest information technology merger in history and that turns Dell into a “behemoth” in the technology industry, analysts say.

The acquisition will transform Dell into a major player in the data storage market.

Dell was started by Michael Dell in 1984 when he was a freshman at University of Texas, and it went on to change the PC business with low costs, customized orders and direct sales first over the phone and later on the Internet.

The deal cements the company’s shift from hardware like PCs to the more profitable areas of storage and other business services. Dell has

grown into a global organization with more than 100,000 employees and has about 14,000 workers in Central Texas, where it is the area’s largest private employer.

Since going private in 2013 in a $25 billion deal, Dell Inc. has been investing in research and development and expanding its software and services business as those in the technology industry continue to struggle with soft PC sales.

“Our new company will be exceptionally well-positioned for growth in the most strategic areas of next generation IT including digital transformation, software-defined data center, converged infrastructure, hybrid cloud, mobile and security,” Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell said in a written statement.

Dell will serve as chairman and CEO of the combined company. Joe Tucci, chairman and CEO of EMC, will remain in those roles until the deal is complete.

Dell Inc.’s headquarters will stay in suburban Austin. The combined enterprise systems business headquarters will be in Hopkinton, Mass., where EMC is based.

FBR analyst Daniel Ives said the deal means Dell is “no longer your grandma’s PC company.”

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STILL WAITING The future of Harley Clarke Mansion, located at 2603 Sheridan Road, remains uncertain after Monday’s inconclusive City Council meeting. The city has been considering potential occupants of the mansion since 2011.

say we are going to tear it down,” Wilson said. “That will be soul-crushing to thousands of people who devoted time and energy, and I don’t think that’s the message we want to send.”

“It’s a landmark, historic deal that really brings them into the enterprise market and makes them a behemoth,” Ives told The Associated Press.

Still, it’s unclear what the immediate impact will be on the two companies’ employees. EMC, founded in 1979, has more than 70,000 employees worldwide.

Without giving specifics, Michael Dell and Tucci said in a conference call Monday that they expect to invest in talent. Dell said that the combined company will be more competitive and that its combined forces can be leveraged in recruitment.

Meanwhile, Dell said, a private company can make investments without having to justify them every quarter to investors. He cited 2,000 new sales positions that Dell Inc. has created over the past six months as an example.

“We can make investments that may not have an immediate return,” he said.

The deal had been speculated on for weeks.

EMC makes data storage equipment and provides other IT services to companies. It also has an 80 percent stake in cloud-computing company VMware Inc., which will stay an independent, publicly traded company.

City Council will consider the issue again in its Oct. 26 meeting. elenasucharetza2018@u.northwestern.edu EMC has been facing tough competition in the storage sector as companies including Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have stepped up cloud storage offerings.

Forrester analyst Glenn O’Donnell said the deal is good news for EMC and its customers.

“Speculation has been somewhat scary for them, but Dell is a trusted player and a low-risk ‘soft landing’ for these customers,” he said. It’s a good move for Dell too, he said.

“Dell is fairly weak on storage, and EMC will help give it a full portfolio that it needs to compete with HP, Cisco, IBM and the growing threat from Huawei,” he said.

However, some analysts said the new company will still face challenges. Peter Cohan, of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, wrote in a note to investors: “This deal ... will do nothing to address the fundamental problem that both companies face.

They make products that used to be popular 15 years ago but are now barely growing. Dell and EMC have not been able to come up with product innovations or mergers to offset that problem.”

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CHICAGO — Still fresh off of a forgettable loss to Michigan, Northwestern unveiled new throwback jerseys Monday with the hope of turning attention forward to the Wildcats’ homecoming game matchup with Iowa.

The jerseys, commissioned to commemorate the 20th anniversary of NU’s 1995 Rose Bowl season, resemble the black jerseys worn that season and feature a black-and-purple “N-cat” logo on each sleeve and a small Rose Bowl patch on the front of the collar. The new tops will be worn with the Cats’ standard purple pants and purple helmets.

In addition, joining the celebrations this week will be former coach Gary Barnett, who led NU to its improbable 10-2 season in 1995 and will be serving as the Cats’ honorary captain this week. And in conjunction with the new jerseys, the Under Armour Brand House, located at 600 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, will host a pep rally Thursday evening. But despite fanfare surrounding the altered look and homecoming festivities, coach

Pat Fitzgerald was all business at his Monday news conference ahead of a game that may decide the division.

“There’s extra motivation,” Fitzgerald said when asked about the matchup with the Hawkeyes. “They’re in the driver’s seat for the Big Ten West.”

After Saturday, No. 17 Iowa (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) sits alone atop the West division, with No. 20 NU (5-1, 1-1) in second place thanks to its overall record.

The Cats seize control of first place with a win and also pick up a valuable headto-head tiebreaker over the Hawkeyes in the event they each finish the season with the same conference record. If NU loses, its path to the Big Ten Championship becomes more difficult with road trips to Nebraska and Wisconsin still on the schedule.

Complicating matters is the loss of starting cornerback junior Matthew Harris, who Fitzgerald ruled out “for at least the foreseeable future.” Harris took a knee to the face and received attention on the field for several minutes Saturday, and Fitzgerald announced Monday that Harris suffered several broken bones in his face.

Harris will be replaced very competently by sophomore Keith Watkins II,

but his loss hurts after an uncharacteristically lackluster performance by the defense. Fitzgerald praised his defensive starters for only giving up 17 points but had few other kind words to say.

“Defensively we gave up more explosive plays than we have pretty much the whole year,” he said. “You have to credit Michigan. They executed, and we didn’t.”

On offense, the Cats may be without junior receiver Austin Carr, who Fitzgerald said is running during practice but remains “day-to-day” with an undisclosed injury. Carr is not listed on this week’s two-deep depth chart, with senior Cameron Dickerson currently slated to start in his place.

But NU will benefit from the return of senior offensive lineman Geoff Mogus, who slides back into the left tackle position after suffering a hit to the head against Ball State and being held out of the Cats’ contests against Minnesota and Michigan. He’ll be leaned on to spark an offense that failed to do much of anything against the Wolverines.

Fitzgerald largely blamed bad execution for the poor performance.

“We put ourselves in third and long almost the entire day, which with their defense is a recipe for disaster,”

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DREAMING OF ROSES The Cats will be wearing throwback uniforms for Homecoming to honor the 1995 team that won the Big Ten title and captured a berth to the Rose Bowl. NU will be looking to garner the magic of the ‘95 season as it takes on the leader of the Big Ten West, No. 17 Iowa.

he said. “We can’t put ourselves in that situation.”

Fitzgerald said the offense ran the ball often against Michigan to avoid those long-yardage situations but had little success. This may again be an issue against an Iowa unit that ranks fifth

nationally against the run. Regardless, the coach seems confident he’ll have his team ready for a “very physical” Hawkeyes squad that walloped the Cats 48-7 a season ago. bpillote@u.northwestern.edu

Niki Sebo goal at Michigan State snaps 2-game skid

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No. 22 Northwestern (10-3-2, 4-2-1 Big Ten) downed Michigan State (6-34, 2-2-2) 1-0 in East Lansing on Sunday behind an early goal from senior midfielder Niki Sebo and a return to the style of play that has been successful for the team this season.

Junior forward Addie Steiner flicked on a cross into the middle of the box in the 13th minute. The Spartans made a mess of the clearance, leaving the ball sitting invitingly in front of the goal for Sebo, who made no mistake with her finish to give the Cats the lead and bag her third goal of the season.

From there it was business as usual for an NU side which seemed to lose the script against an unrelenting Michigan press in a loss on Thursday night. The Cats stayed compact in the back and rarely were caught in difficult positions defensively after being carved open several times by the Wolverines.

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CLINICAL CATS Sophomore forward Michelle Manning kicks the ball. Manning has two goals so far on the season, both coming in one-goal victories.

As a result, the Spartans threatened sparingly despite taking 19 shots on the day. Michigan State used pacey play on the wings to generate crosses, but the aerial prowess of freshman defender Kayla Sharples and the aggressive play of sophomore keeper Lauren Clem prevented major chances from those balls.

Coach Michael Moynihan said the Spartans’ style of play was a better matchup for NU’s defense than

Michigan’s physical, direct attack.

“Michigan State has a lot of pace, but they don’t play the same way Michigan does,” he said. “They knock the ball around a little bit more.”

He also was impressed with his team’s defensive presence after the loss of every-game starter Kassidy Gorman. The sophomore outside back took an apparent blow to the face against Michigan and missed this game, but the back line didn’t miss a

beat in her absence.

When the Spartans did put shots on goal, Clem was sure-handed, strong and prepared between the pipes. Her seven saves on the day were a seasonhigh en route to her ninth clean sheet of the season.

“We knew that they were going to cross the ball a lot,” she said. “My biggest focus was keeping the ball safe and out of the back of the net.”

With the defense reestablishing

itself, the Cats were able to play on the front foot for large swaths of the game. They strung together passes, were decisive on the break and generally looked more comfortable building up after winning the ball.

Sebo said this composed version of NU is the true version of the team, not the one that struggled mightily against the Wolverines.

“We know we can pass the ball,” she said. “That wasn’t us on Thursday.

That isn’t how we want to be.”

More success in the midfield allowed the Cats to feed Steiner.

Beyond assisting on NU’s goal, the talismanic forward was a constant threat from all over the field, taking players on and playing clever passes in the final third that made her more impactful than her two shots on the day would suggest.

Steiner also spearheaded NU’s high press that made life difficult for Michigan State’s back line at times, forcing turnovers in dangerous places that then led to chances for the Cats.

It was a comfortable game for NU, one that saw the team get back to its preferred style of play and snap a two-game losing streak. Sebo, a team captain, said the importance of this game for the team’s confidence cannot be overstated.

“This win, it wasn’t the prettiest,” she said, “but we know we can play some good teams.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

Men’s Soccer

Northwestern starts slow, then drops contest against SIU-E

By BEN POPE

the daily northwestern

A late rally wasn’t enough to overcome a two-goal deficit as Northwestern fell 2-1 to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Saturday night.

After a sloppy first half in which the Wildcats (5-5-1, 2-2-0 Big Ten) didn’t register their first shot attempt until the 34th minute, they saw themselves down 1-0 heading into the break. NU pushed forward more as the game went on and eventually found a goal off the foot of junior forward Mike Roberge in the 69th minute. They were unable to produce an equalizer, however, and thus failed to enact revenge on the team that eliminated them in last year’s NCAA Tournament.

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“We didn’t do enough in the first half,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “You can’t just show up and hope that your team wins.

They were much more the aggressive team and we only woke up when there were 20 minutes left.”

The Cougars (7-3-1, 1-1-0 Missouri Valley Conference) broke a defensive stalemate in the 33nd minute thanks to a singlehanded counter-attack by forward Devyn Jambga. Jambga horizontally cut across NU’s defense outside the box, catching redshirt senior Nati Schnitman

out of position, and then out-maneuvered senior Henry Herrill and placed a rolling shot into the right side netting.

SIU-E nearly doubled the lead in the 51st minute when a searing volley by forward TC Hull hammered the crossbar and bounced back into play, but then successfully extended its lead five minutes later.

Defender Brett Lane blasted a shot from the top of the box into the upper right corner of the net, leaving NU senior goalkeeper Zak Allen with no chance to make a save.

“They had two pretty nice goals against us,” Allen said. “We tried to possess, tried to play through them, but they had more energy.

The Cats cut the lead in half 12 minutes later via Roberge’s first goal of the

season After a cross into the box was punched away by Cougars goalkeeper Kyle Dal Santo, sophomore midfielder Riley Kelliher attempted a shot from outside the box that ricocheted through a crowd of bodies and opportunistically arrived at the feet of Roberge from eight yards out.

“Coach is always harping on us to stay alive at the back post,” Roberge said.

“Riley did a really good job keeping the ball alive with his shot and … I saw the ball coming and just was able to flick it in.”

Allen made his best save of the game — a leaping dive to his right — to keep NU alive in the 87th minute, but a onetime blast from freshman midfielder Camden Buescher at the top of the box sailed over the crossbar in the dying seconds to end the game.

The match, held at Flames Field on the campus of Illinois-Chicago, was a chippy affair: SIU-E committed 23 fouls (including two yellow cards) while NU totaled just 10, yet verbal confrontations between players and referee were a theme of the night for both sides.

Jambga frustrated the Cats’ back end all night long, not only scoring his teamleading fifth goal of the season, but also blasting four shots toward goal and consistently pressuring any player in possession.

“We gave a little better showing in the second half but we dug ourselves a hole and couldn’t get out of it,” Lenahan said.

“I just didn’t think we had the energy necessary to win a Division I game against a good opponent.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu