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ALL-TIME HIGH New Wildcats dash across Deering Meadow this Wildcat Welcome prior to taking their class photo. The number of international students hit a record high this year.
By ALLYSON CHIU
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Before coming to the United States from Thailand, McCormick freshman Akhil Shanishettihad never attended an American football game. He finally got his chance at the game against Eastern Illinois University this month during Wildcat Welcome, running with the rest of his new classmates as part of the Wildcat Dash tradition before kickoff. Shanishetti is just one of the 1,700
undergraduate and graduate international students Northwestern welcomed this year — a record for the University, said Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office. This increase brings NU one step closer to achieving its globalization goals set in the University’s strategic plan, he said. “Globalization includes how the University goes about increasing financial aid for international undergraduate students, where we should be in the world and how we globalize the curriculum,” Shankar said. “It’s a steady planned growth of international students.”
Since the plan was announced in 2011, international enrollment has been on the rise, according to NU’s 2014-2015 International Student and Scholars Statistics report. NU’s international population has increased to more than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students compared to 4,329 last year. NU administrators said this is largely due to four factors: intensified efforts to reach out to international communities, increased financial aid, effective pre-orientation programs and a supportive oncampus environment. “Our exposure is better than ever
before,” said Michael Mills, associate provost for University enrollment. “We travel more internationally to recruit than we’ve ever have.” According to the International Office’s statistics report, the highest represented country for NU’s undergraduate and graduate population during the 2014-2015 year was China, with 1,164 students enrolled, followed by India with 369 and South Korea with 286. Compared to the 20122013 year, the number of students from Brazil increased from 53 to 97; the number of students from Turkey increased from 47 to 93; and the number of students from
Mexico increased from 58 to 76. Thailand and Israel, which before had not made the top 10 most represented countries, had 91 and 55 students, respectively. Mills said University President Morton Schapiro is also actively connecting with students overseas. “Morty has helped in an interesting way,” Mills said. “He travels so much internationally, and he’s always hosting events for alumni and prospective students. He also meets with the editorial boards of a lot of international papers and T.V. stations.” » See INTERNATIONAL, page 9
Fitzerland canceled Council tightens gun range rules after new restrictions By JULIA JACOBS
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Wildside canceled Fitzerland, its student-run tailgate area, for Saturday’s home football game against Ball State University following almost two years of mounting restrictions. The student group, which works to promote student attendance at athletics events, announced Friday it would no longer host the official student tailgate. Northwestern Athletics still hosted a tailgate event before the game Saturday, as part of its Wildcat Alley tailgate series. Department spokesman Paul Kennedy said in an email to The Daily on Friday afternoon he did not have information on the future of Fitzerland. “It was mainly called off because we could not garner enough student support,” said SESP junior Evan Frost, co-president of Wildside. “The new guidelines, while somewhat reasonable, created too much of an obstacle for student groups to come up in big numbers … I don’t think we’re blaming anyone, we just didn’t have enough time.” Dean of Students Todd Adams met with Wildside on Friday morning and agreed with the decision to cancel the tailgate. He said in an email to The Daily that moving forward, they will discuss more gameday opportunities with students as the season progresses.
Past Fitzerland tailgates brought together different student groups to host booths at the event. This year, Wildside could not wrangle enough student groups by the end of Thursday night, Frost said. Lacking cooperation from large groups, particularly the Interfraternity Council, Wildside decided to cancel the event. “There was not enough time for Wildside to properly promote the event to students, for us to find members to staff and monitor the event and do all the things you need to do to make it a successful tailgate,” said Weinberg junior Eric Lombardo, Wildside’s vice president of outreach. “We didn’t feel there was any option other than to not host it.” After NU’s win against Duke Sept. 19, Wildside received positive support from other students for a student tailgate to return, Frost said. However, he said there had been no communication about the event among Wildside, NU Athletics and administrators until Wildside received an email from the athletic department on Wednesday proposing new regulations. The new rules suggested mainly deviated from the previous season by capping alcohol brought in to 12 cans per person, according to the email, which was obtained by The Daily. Frost said this regulation concerned Wildside because beer is not always sold in packs of 12. The student group also wanted to » See FITZERLAND, page 9
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Aldermen voted last week to add several requirements for gun ranges to obtain a license in Evanston, continuing an effort to regulate potential gun sales in the city following evolved federal and state gun laws. After an Illinois Supreme Court decision legalizing concealed carry in the state, City Council approved in June five regions in which gun ranges could set up shop with a special-use permit. Last week, aldermen voted to bolster regulations on those potential gun ranges, including application requirements, license conditions, insurance requirements and right of inspection. “We can’t ban them entirely, but we can regulate them. And we should regulate them as much as possible,” Ald. Brian Miller (9th) said. “We are going to be watching them like a hawk if they should come to town.” The two-phase process of regulating gun sales and instruction started at the beginning of the
Evanston man killed in car crash on Dodge Avenue
A 45-year-old Evanston resident was killed Sunday morning in a car accident, Evanston police said. Lamart Bailey was a passenger
summer, when aldermen restricted gun ranges to within 350 feet of certain residentially zoned districts, as well as schools, child daycare facilities or public parks with special-use permits. At the Sept. 21 meeting, the council added extra hurdles that Miller said he hopes will deter potential gun ranges from even applying for space in Evanston. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said the regulations are meant to limit rather than condone gun use in the city. “If you don’t have a rule as to where they could be, someone could come in and make an argument that it can be anywhere,” Wilson said. “If you ask me, I think we should have the ability to limit what kind of guns people should have, but the Supreme Court doesn’t agree with me.” In a September 2013 decision, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that the state’s ban on carrying guns outside the home is unconstitutional due to its violation of the Second Amendment. Illinois was the last state in the country to lift its ban on concealed carry outside the home after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2008 for an individual’s right to
possess a firearm. “The fallout of that is that local jurisdiction has had to jump into the fanfare and regulate them pretty much any way we can,” Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said. Several members of the community opposed the council’s decision earlier in the summer, Wilson said. Despite the council’s effort to limit gun instruction and sales as much as possible, individuals voiced concern in the council chambers and on social media over loosening gun laws in the city, he said. One local gun-violence prevention organization, People for a Safer Society, was involved in working with the city’s law department in crafting the recently passed rules and regulations, Grover said. The group started shortly after the shooting of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, nearly three years ago, said Denyse Stoneback, the group’s founder. Stoneback said her group worked with the city to increase the distance required between gun ranges and residential areas or buildings, such
in a car in the 1700 block of Dodge Avenue when the car struck multiple parked cars on both sides of the street, causing the car he was in to roll over, police said. Bailey was extracted from the car and transported to Evanston Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The crash occurred around 2:20 a.m. The driver of the car, a 42-year-old
Evanston resident, was also transported to the hospital. She remains in serious, but stable condition. Officials are investigating the cause of the crash. Police said it is unknown whether drugs or alcohol were a factor. Bailey was a U.S. Army Veteran.
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Around Town ETHS club pairs with NOLA groups By MARISSA PAGE
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An Evanston Township High School club dedicated to refurbishing and donating used computers to people in need is raising money for a community service trip to New Orleans on the heels of Hurricane Katrina’s 10th anniversary. The ETHS chapter of Youth Technology Corps, which in the past has donated devices to senior centers, cultural community centers and families throughout the community, expressed its desire to expand the club’s impact to ETHS YTC leaders earlier this year. David Finkel, YTC’s founder and president, said although the organization primarily serves low-income-area schools, the ETHS chapter bridges the gap between involved students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. “There is a mixture of kids in this program working together and really helping to cross some of the cultural divide within the Evanston community,” Finkel said. “We’re not only teaching them about technology and community service but also giving them reason to work together and learn from each other for a common cause.” YTC, which has chapters in four Chicago-area high schools, was founded in the late 1990s. The after-school clubs collect donated computers and
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A 30-year-old woman was taken into custody Thursday night in connection with pepper spraying a 64-year-old woman. The woman who pressed charges told police she was approached at about 6:40 p.m. in the 1600 block of Oak Street by a woman who asked if she would share her prescription medicine, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. When she refused, the
train students on repairs. The students then distribute the refurbished computers to community centers such as schools and churches, as well as individuals in need. “This project comes from a tradition at YTC of reaching out to our local communities and then past our local communities,” said Margo Scholl, ETHS YTC’s program coordinator. Inspired by the Morton East High School’s YTC branch, which for the past 12 years has delivered refurbished computers to and established programs at schools and community centers in Durango, Mexico, ETHS’ chapter decided to reach out to community organizers in the New Orleans area about expanding their program there. “Kids in all of our clubs, through the Morton East relationship, have donated over 1,000 computers to communities in Durango,” Finkel said. “The Evanston group wanted to start their own similar initiative… Our conversation led to the approaching 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the decision to try and help out in New Orleans came about.” Finkel, who has traveled to New Orleans in the past, connected ETHS YTC with local community organizer Amina DaDa, who works at the Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal, an organization that looks to provide reasonably-priced food and housing to those still struggling to recuperate from Katrina’s damage. DaDa connected the group with the Adinkra
NOLA, a school in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, and the Christian Unity Baptist Church. “We’re expecting to bring 10 to 15 refurbished, certified computers, several YTC group leaders and three or four kids from the Evanston club,” Finkel said. “We’ll sit down with two groups … and teach them over three days the basics of not just refurbishing computers but how to connect with their community.” The group launched an online fundraising platform with goals to raise money not only for the trip to New Orleans but to generate materials for the new YTC clubs and also generate further funding for ETHS’ YTC chapter. The group is raising money in increments with an initial fundraising goal of $8,350. “Half the money raised will sponsor the New Orleans partnership and the other half will directly support the ETHS club’s many activities benefitting the Evanston community,” Finkel said in a news release. Scholl said the potential partnership in New Orleans is just a first step in the wide-reaching community service ETHS YTC wants to engage in. “This kind of work is the backbone of YTC,” Scholl said. “It’s STEM but it’s also community service… We’re helping at home, but now these kids want to look at helping the wider world.”
30-year-old woman maced her, police said. Police released the accused woman at about 9:30 p.m. when the older woman, who told police she wanted to press charges, never showed up at the police station to sign the complaints.
the man became aggressive, Dugan said. The man pushed the officer and yelled with his fists clenched, he said. When police tried to take the man into custody, the man resisted, and multiple officers were called for backup, he added. Police found a muddled pipe in the man’s back pocket, which they believe was used to smoke narcotics. Police said the man seemed to be intoxicated. The man was charged with a felony for resisting arrest and two misdemeanors for battery and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Man charged with resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia
A 47-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning in connection with a battery of a police officer. Police were responding to a disturbance call in the 800 block of Clark Street at about 3:25 a.m. when
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Bienen graduate students petition for equal pay By EMILY CHIN
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A petition asking the University to increase stipends for Bienen graduate students has garnered nearly 350 signatures since it was posted in July. In May, Northwestern announced stipends for doctoral and MFA students in The Graduate School will increase to $29,000 from $22,992 per year. However, Bienen graduate students will not benefit from the stipend increase because they are not funded within The Graduate School. Bienen pays its graduate students about $6,750, although pay can increase to up to $10,800 if students take on additional teaching or musical accompaniment jobs within the University, Bienen dean Toni-Marie Montgomery said. However, all students who accept a stipend, which is open to all DMA students, are required to do a work study. The petition’s authors argue Bienen graduate students should be funded the same as their peers in The Graduate School. Hana Beloglavec, a Doctor of Musical Arts student, said she has mixed feelings about the petition because Ph.D. students often teach classes, whereas Bienen students have fewer opportunities for teaching. However, she sees her colleagues’ point, she said. “As a graduate student, it is weird to me that (Northwestern) would expect us to do some of the same things and end up much lower down than the other students,” she said. The Graduate School offers funding for research through internal and external fellowships and internal grants. Bienen students, however, don’t get funding specifically for research, even though research is required for a DMA degree. “If a student is writing a dissertation and they’re going to a site to do research, then we don’t fund that,” Montgomery said.
The only research-related funding Bienen offers is money to present a research paper at a conference. Beyond that, Bienen offers funding only to students who have been invited to participate in a competition and pass the first round, Montgomery said. Pianist and recording artist Jacob Greenberg (Bienen ‘99, ’03), said he received the maximum amount of funding the school offered, but it still was not enough. He said he was still paying off his debt four years after completing the program. “The petition really hit home,” Greenberg said. “I was a (graduate) student for five years at Northwestern … it doesn’t complete the picture if funding is not improved.” The petition was addressed to Bienen administrators, Graduate School Dean Dwight McBride and University President Morton Schapiro. Central Administration, which includes Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer, is responsible for providing funding, Montgomery said. Schapiro declined to comment. Linzer did not respond to a request for comment. “I understand the concern that students have, however, this is not a new issue,” Montgomery said. Out of more than 600 accredited music schools in the nation, Bienen students were among the best funded in 2007, alongside the Yale School of Music and the Juilliard School, Montgomery added. “We need to focus on the positive of our being exceptional,” she said. “I understand students’ response when they compare a $6,750 stipend to a $29,000 stipend … but we are in the top echelon of providing financial aid.” Bienen sees itself as separate from The Graduate School; most music schools in the country operate with this same separation, Montgomery said. “If it were in the graduate school it would put pressure on Bienen to run differently than it is now,” Beloglavec said. “Considering that it is separate, it makes sense that the stipend is
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MUSICAL MOMENT The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts was dedicated Thursday evening and is a new hub for the Bienen School of Music. Bienen graduate students are currently collecting signatures advocating for a stipend increase.
different because you can’t expect two different parts of the school to do the same thing.” Bienen currently provides 15 slots to DMA students. If DMA students were part of The Graduate School, the administration would have to further limit the number of students in the program, Montgomery said. However, Greenberg said he thinks Bienen students should be more integrated with the rest of campus. When he was a student, he said, he had little interaction with other students on campus. “If funding were available to all, that would go a long way to improve the integration in the class, and there can be greater interdisciplinary collaboration,” he said. He also noted that the new central location of the Music and Communication Building creates potential for more integration, as long as it is accompanied by funding for students. emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Senior Reflections
Seniors: Take some social advice from the freshmen TANISHA PATNI
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I don’t remember being more shocked recently than when someone I’d never seen before on campus randomly approached me at Six Flags. “Hey, I’m Nick! Where are you from?” It had to be a freshman. Northwestern’s campus culture means that seniors interact primarily with those they already know, limited by their existing social circles. Living off campus, not going to dining halls, slowly cutting down on extracurricular commitments and taking primarily smaller 300-level classes by their last year of college means that the majority rarely make new, lasting friends and that introductions require using a corner of the brain that hasn’t been accessed since freshman year. Maybe it’s because my last year at NU has finally, scarily, arrived or because I spent my summer in New York, but I’ve suddenly realized the unique culture our campus has when it comes to arguably the most important aspect of college: our social lives. With every passing year at NU, it becomes harder to meet someone new or to branch out to a different set of friends. Granted, we lose the
desire to constantly introduce ourselves and to put in the effort to make new friends and, sometimes, keep in touch with old ones. Still, even if we wanted to, it’s not easy. The social fabric of NU doesn’t permit you to take new friendships forward unless your path crosses someone else’s in a major way – i.e. you’re in the same sorority, class, club or dorm as them. And you shouldn’t have to go Greek just to meet new people. After all, that’s not how the real world works. The Midwest is supposed to be friendlier than the East Coast, but does that “niceness” translate to a better social life for us here in Evanston? I’m thinking no. When I was in New York this summer, I could meet a total stranger on a night out, and the next second I’d already be planning the next time we’d hang out – and, shockingly, it would actually happen. Not only that, but we’d bring other people from different social groups together and everyone would become friends. My best friend might even get along with this “stranger” better than I do, and just like that I’d create a lasting friendship after just ten minutes of conversation on a random night out – and this scenario could happen every night. Perhaps it’s a reflection of how social life works post-college, but I think it’s a deeper statement of the open social fabric of a city like New York and how receptive people are to cultivating new friendships. Rarely will you
hang out with the same group of friends in NYC every week, but at NU, that’s the norm year after year. Chances are that if you run into someone new on campus, you’ll both automatically go through the necessary polite introductions while taking it for granted that, despite going to the same school, you’ll probably never talk to each other again. I used “Free & For Sale” on Facebook a few weeks ago to buy something from a random girl on campus who I hadn’t met before. Upon meeting her, I instantly knew if I hung out with this girl a few times, we could become good friends. Although I could easily make that happen in New York, it would go against the status quo here. What if both of us lost out on a potentially significant friend just by staying in our pre-existing comfort zones? It’s easy to play the busy card in the middle of classes and job recruitment, but we all definitely have more time on our hands to meet new people than we act like we do. Sure, some think New York is too fastpaced and having a few close friends is better than having many superficial ones, but I think you miss out by not constantly meeting new people, especially when the opportunity is literally right outside your door. Research has shown that quality is better than quantity, but introducing fresh energy into your life in the form of new people results in stronger, deeper friendships and more personal satisfaction. New relationships widen
your horizons, help you grow and make you more open-minded. The ability that New York has to make people from different walks of life come together in the chaos, busyness and energy of a vibrant, constantly on-the-go city is what differentiated it from my home for the last three years – Evanston. I love NU and I’ve had the best years of my life here, but as a senior it’s blatantly evident that people are deeply settled into their selfcreated bubbles on campus. These bubbles prove difficult for their inhabitants to escape from – or to even want to escape from – and this restricts the social potential of NU. I shouldn’t automatically assume that someone who wants to know where I’m from is a freshman, because the best last year of college for me will be to act like I’m still a freshman too, and to take advantage of our gorgeous campus and all the talented people who will call it their home for four years. As they say, when in Evanston, live like the New Yorkers do. Or maybe only I say that – but that’s fine with me. 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.
Navigating the pressure of involvement at Northwestern KENNY MOK
GUEST COLUMNIST
Dear Freshmen, You have an overwhelming amount of choices. Everyday you decide where to eat lunch and with whom, which classes to add or to drop, where to buy cheap books, what major and activities look interesting to you, where the free food is and so much more. Underlying all of these questions are likely “Who will be my true friends?” and “What do I want to do on campus?” That’s right: Student group recruitment has finally started. After weeks of curiosity, you are starting to see dozens of flyers, Facebook events and profile pictures bombarding you with information sessions and application deadlines. Wildcat Welcome and the Involvement Expo tried to prepare you for the chaos that you are now allowed to experience. With 450+ organizations, the quality and quantity of student groups at Northwestern is truly a marvel. You’ve heard it all from your tour guide and from Morty. After three years here, I have seen student groups provide students with career-determining skills such as directing a $10,000-budget film, leading a 50-person non-profit organization, DJing for Chicago’s most influential radio stations and acting in one of nine theatre production boards. Our groups also provide opportunities to make a real impact outside of campus like donating $1 million to help cure various diseases and providing loans to Evanston small businesses. Lastly and most importantly, I have seen groups become a source for lifelong friendships and community
— the closest thing to a second family. This includes 47 values-based fraternities and sororities and 55+ multicultural organizations, which provide safe spaces for students that cannot find them otherwise. There is a catch. For all the good traits that student groups represent for NU, they also contribute to the school’s ugliest, darkest aspects. In other words, there is some s— that goes down when thousands of Type A, passionate individuals are condensed into a decentralized institution. First and foremost, our unique student group culture often leads to rejection and exclusivity. Many groups at NU are application-based, an unfortunate and debatably unacceptable, reality. Rejection happens often and early at NU, and a majority of “student leaders” will probably tell you that they were denied from multiple groups before finding the right one. Second, we tend to overcommit ourselves at NU even when encouraged not to. We love what we do, which is admirable, but the emotional and mental baggage that this careerist culture brings can be exhausting and, at times, toxic. When we feel like we are adequately involved, we subconsciously think that other people are doing more activities, so we try to do more. Finally, as students often find their closest friends in tight-knit circles of dorms and student groups, this structure translates to a socially segregated campuses that can lead to “nasty dialogue” on a macro scale. Differences and injustices across race, gender, sexuality and other identities are highlighted in these moments, as they should be, and they shatter the university’s misguided message that we are “One Northwestern.” For some of these reasons, difficult and lonely freshman years are more common than one may expect. The university praises “student leaders” but
the definition of an NU leader is problematic and elitist at best, not to mention the inherent inequality of achieving “busy” success. On the bright side, there are significant, gradual improvements occurring to address these cultural and systemic issues. Different student groups have increasingly pursued organic collaboration, mental health dialogue has become more commonplace, and the administration has adopted a new “True Northwestern” image rather than a “One Northwestern” falsity. After not being involved in a single group freshman year to being involved in five, I have settled down as a student group vice president of Associated Student Government. In my position, I interact with hundreds of groups and have seen these issues directly impact student lives. Here is some parting, humble advice — remember that context is important. 1. Student groups are not for every NU student. There are countless other opportunities at school to take advantage of such as undergraduate research, work-study jobs, volunteering and co-curricular departments where you can make as many new friends and learn as many valuable skills as you would in student groups. More importantly, your college experiences outside of “student life” can be just as, or even more, formative than those in it. Some of my fondest memories and friendships come from the year in which I did not join a single student group. Eating Steak ‘n Shake at 4 a.m., seeing the XX at Aragon Theatre and tailgating NU football games are all moments I would never take back for a dull meeting at Norris. 2. If you do decide to get significantly involved in student groups, pace yourself. You do not need to test out all your varying interests in one year, let
alone one quarter. I have seen many of my peers find their niche as late as junior or senior year and there is nothing wrong with that because the struggle makes it all worth it. Also, do not be ashamed to quit a student group — we’ve all done it. 3. Embrace rejection. As an eager and passionate freshman, I applied for an ASG committee and I clearly remember entering a lifeless second floor Norris University Center room in front of 50 upperclassmen senators and being forced to give a five-minute speech justifying my petty high school qualifications. A junior, who wasn’t even present but submitted a video for his speech and received endorsements from friends in the crowd, got the position over four other freshmen and me. I look back to that moment and laugh. When it happens, rejection hurts and there’s no getting around the feeling. But please know that rejection also opens up so many other great opportunities and things somehow work out. Whatever you do, be honest with yourself and what you truly want out of NU because it is your time and no one else’s. It is perfectly good if you do not know right now. That’s what the next four years are for. Sincerely, Kenny Mok Washed-up Senior Kenny Mok is a Weinberg senior and ASG’s vice president of B-status finances. He can be contacted at kennethmok2016@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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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Brennan talks importance of women in media By DAN WALDMAN
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USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan (Medill ‘80, ‘81) returned to Northwestern on Saturday to discuss the importance of women in newsrooms, drawing on three decades of experience. Brennan talked about the obstacles she overcame as a female sports journalist during her talk in Louis Hall. In 1981, she became the first female sports writer at The Miami Herald and later on she became the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins for The Washington Post. During her Q&A, Brennan shared an anecdote about her own experience with gender discrimination in the newsroom, but said she did not let the negativity hinder her. A former colleague of
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WASHINGTON — Shaw University senior Bryann Guyton spent the first half of her week in the nation’s capital as an “all-star,” but it had nothing to do with sports. Guyton, a business administration major
Brennan referred to her as “skirt” when he saw her in the newsroom. “That is unacceptable now,” Brennan said. “And in today’s world that is not allowed and it will get you into trouble.” Brennan said his sexist comments did not deter her from achieving her goals at The Herald, and in fact, the man eventually ended up becoming friends with her and later expounded his knowledge of the sports industry with her. “Well as my dad told me, ‘the man who was your tormentor turns out to become your mentor,’” Brennan said. “‘You took the guy who was out to get you and made him become invested in your career.’” Brennan then answered students’ questions about the new Association for Women in Sports Media chapter starting at NU this year, advocating for more female representation in sports newsrooms during her speech. Brennan was the first
president of the organization. Medill Prof. Desi Hanford, the faculty adviser for AWSM, said that the new organization provides students with a great opportunity to network and make connections. “We want to get the word out to as many students as possible,” Hanford said. “You don’t have to be a Medill student, for example, to be a member of AWSM. We want to make it clear that you don’t have to be female. … It’s being able to meet professionals like Christine and others in the profession.” Along with about 100 Medill students, graduate students and students interested in sports journalism, both the secretary and the vice president of AWSM attended the meeting. Communication junior Eliana Sanchez and Medill sophomore Alyssa Wisnieski, the secretary and vice president of AWSM, respectively, stayed after Brennan’s Q&A session to attract new members to join AWSM and explain their goals
for the new chapter. “Just meeting people like Christine is a great opportunity,” Sanchez said. “The biggest part of it is making connections with people who share your interests and are a little more experienced than you. I like that it’s not only other women but also men.” Brennan concluded by saying people who have historically been underrepresented in the newsroom must accept who they are, and that she encourages students to embrace whatever advantages they have. “Someone had to be the first, and I was glad it was me,” Brennan said. “Don’t be apologetic. You want to get your foot in the door. I haven’t spent one moment thinking about it. There’s nothing wrong with understanding your place in this world.”
and student-athlete at the historically black school in Raleigh, N.C., instead was among the 83 White House-selected student leaders and scholars involved in an Obama administration initiative to promote and advance Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Conference, “HBCUs: Innovators for Future Success,” also brought together university presidents, various government officials and corporate leaders to develop opportunities
for collaborations, primarily on the STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “(HBCUs) are the backbone of the nation,” said Sedika Franklin, with the White House Initiative on HBCUs. “We educate so many young minds — and we are looking to them as the future inventors and entrepreneurs.” The conference shares the administration’s goal of having the highest proportion of college
graduates in the world by 2020 and to lead the field in the STEM subjects, she said. Guyton was one of 12 “all-stars” — student ambassadors chosen to promote the program — from North Carolina, who joined others from around the country for the three-day event that began Sunday. They will serve for the school year.
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As a result of his efforts, Shankar said Schapiro has helped establish NU’s brand internationally. “It’s been a great marketing success in terms of defining who we are,” Shankar said. “People recognize Northwestern, probably not to the degree that we want them, but at least it’s happening.” In 2009 — Schapiro’s first year at NU — he made 21 trips abroad, speaking at and attending events across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The President’s Office was unable to provide the latest figures on Schapiro’s international trips as of Sunday evening. With international students making up 10 percent of the freshman class — also an all-time high — the University is holding its own against its peer institutions, Mills said. “We’re right about where we want to be,” he said. “We’re pretty close in our peer set to the median in terms of international students in the undergraduate student body. If we can sustain this, then we’ll have a really international undergraduate population, which would be great.” The University’s academic reputation is one of the main reasons McCormick sophomore Rohil Bhargava, who was raised in Malaysia, decided to transfer from University College London. “The engineering program at UCL wasn’t as strong as it is here,” Bhargava said. “The facilities were comparable to my high school, and I felt at university you’re supposed to take your education to the next level.” Despite being attracted to NU, international students still have to face the challenge of adjusting to attending an American university, said Weinberg freshman Celia Hauw, who grew up in Singapore. “People are generally very nice, but obviously they act in a different way compared to Singaporeans. So it takes a bit of getting used to,” Hauw said. To help the transition, the staff at the International Office coordinates programs such as NU In, a predeparture orientation program for international students, and the International Student Orientation, both of which are yielding positive results, Shankar said. NU In sends University representatives to the countries with the highest amount of incoming students to brief them about life in America, preparing for college and other NU-related topics. ISO is an on-campus orientation program, which takes place a few days before Wildcat Welcome. “Those orientations have mostly become networking and social activities,” Shankar said. “The international peer advisors are the ones who really run that because we found that it’s best to be in a small cohort
to develop a network and really socialize.” Melania Hidalgo, a Medill freshman from Spain, said she enjoyed connecting with fellow international peers and finding friends early on. “ISO was a way for the international kids to recognize each other and see where we all came from,” Hidalgo said. “It was good in terms of not feeling alone later when you get overwhelmed by all the more American types of events.” In addition to having an established group of friends, support for international students continues after the orientation period is over, Shankar said. Shanishetti, the McCormick freshman, said he felt the International Office’s programs were essential in making it easier for him to get used to campus life. “It wasn’t difficult to make a transition because there was a huge supportive community,” he said. “As soon as I came on campus there were people to help me with things such as moving in and getting accustomed to things around campus. The transition, though it was overwhelming, went smoothly.” To continue increasing international enrollment, Mills said administrators plan to maintain connections with international high schools and college advisers. He also said the University is in contact and hoping to receive donations from overseas benefactors. “The most brilliant international students aren’t just in the most affluent families,” Schapiro told The Daily in January. “They’re spread across the income distribution, just like they are here in the U.S.” One of these prospective benefactors is an influential Chinese real estate couple who set up a $100 million education fund to send Chinese students who otherwise could not afford the price tag of elite American universities. Pan Shiyi and his wife Zhang Xin have already made a $15 million gift agreement to Harvard. “Morty has met with this couple and is optimistic that they might include us,” Mills said. “I know he’s hopeful, and if we get that, it would be fantastic.” This donation would be the second major contribution toward NU’s international studies program. Last year, roughly $20 million of the more than $100 million from Roberta Buffett Elliott’s donation to the University was set aside for a scholarship fund for international students. “Northwestern provided the best financial aid for my family, which was really important,” Shanishetti said. “It’s amazing that a university of such a high reputation could provide resources for international students because it not only caters to local American students.” allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu
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clarify ambiguity over the tailgate monitors. These monitors, implemented last year, had to attend mandatory training to supervise groups renting grills at Fitzerland. Although the email did not specify how they would be chosen, Wildside was hoping to supply monitors themselves this season, instead of requiring all groups to bring their own tailgate monitor. However, Thursday morning, NU Athletics sent an email to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life officially announcing Wildside would host Fitzerland on Saturday. The email, which was obtained by The Daily, also announced the 12 cans per person rule. Although IFC, the Panhellenic Association and the Multicultural Greek Council received this announcement, Wildside was not informed, Frost said. “We were very out of the loop,” Frost said. “We had our names put on all these things we didn’t necessarily agree to.” The University began to add restrictions to Fitzerland in 2013 after a prospective student was hospitalized for intoxication after tailgating there. Since then, the tailgate required a WildCard for all guests and a photo ID for those
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as schools and daycare centers. While the minimum distance of 250 feet in the first draft of the regulations was inadequate to protect the community, Stoneback said she worries that 350 feet still is not enough. While Stoneback said more local municipalities should follow Evanston’s lead in addressing firearm ordinances, she thinks the task would be better dealt with at the state level. The state requires that all individuals have either a concealed handgun permit or a firearm owner’s ID card to purchase or possess a gun or ammunition, but there are no laws regulating gun dealers themselves. However, there is currently a bill in both the Illinois House and Senate that would create a license for gun dealers and ammunition sellers to do business in the state. Without the state regulating gun dealers,
bringing alcohol, as well as a tailgate monitor for groups renting grills. These restrictions had already hampered turnout, Lombardo said. “It’s been well over a year since Fitzerland was a very well-attended event due to policy restrictions last year,” Lombardo said. The email from NU Athletics also said “off-campus tailgates are strongly discouraged and will be monitored by Student Affairs.“ However, Frost said he predicts the cancellation of Fitzerland will result in more off-campus parties and pre-gaming in dorms. Fraternity chapters will still be allowed to host tailgates off-campus, IFC president Mark Nelson said Friday in a statement to The Daily. However, he warned of the crackdown of off-campus events, usually due to noise level citations. Lombardo said Wildside would be happy to bring Fitzerland back with improvements in the future. However, as of Sunday night, Wildside does not have any updates on new plans for Saturday’s game against the University of Minnesota, Frost said. “If Fitzerland isn’t working, we’re going to have to adapt,” Frost said. aliceyin2017@u.northwestern.edu Stoneback said it is a challenge for densely populated cities like Evanston with many schools and public parks to institute the safest ordinances that allow for any firearms ranges and dealers at all in the city. Municipalities are left without the safest possible ordinances because city officials are trying to avoid a de facto ban, she said. “For consistency’s sake and for public safety it really should be determined on a larger scale,” Stoneback said. “Really what we need to see in this area are state regulations.” Miller said although it will take time for the public to come to terms with the new legal environment surrounding guns in the state, the total effect of the new regulations should be effective in making it safe for the community should a gun range come to Evanston. “We’re doing the best we can given the current culture around guns,” Miller said. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats split pair of weekend conference matchups No. 14 Northwestern
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The Wildcats’ rough start to the conference season spilled over into the weekend, and for the first time since 2011, the team continues to hover below .500 in Big Ten play. No. 14 Northwestern (8-4, 1-2 Big Ten) split its two road games this weekend, beating Rutgers (5-4, 0-3 Big Ten) and falling to Indiana (5-4, 2-0 Big Ten). While the Cats took care of Rutgers in the fashion of a 5-1 victory, the team struggled against a stout Indiana defense. Despite outshooting Indiana 20-9, NU could only score 2 goals against freshman goalie, Noëlle Rother, who recorded 12 saves in the Hoosiers’ 3-2 win. “Indiana came out really strong, and it was a battle,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “Those are the games you want to be in, and Those are the we just couldn’t put games you want one home in the secto be in, and we ond half. It was just one of those games just couldn’t put that is really frusone home in the trating because we played well enough second half. to win, but you have to give Indiana credit Tracey Fuchs, field hockey coach because they came out and they held on for the last 15 minutes.” The same Cats offense that scored 4 goals in 37 minutes against Rutgers was unable to score for the first 16 minutes of the game against Indiana. Freshman forward Eva van Agt scored the first goal for the Cats after striking the ball from just inside of the circle to tie the score at 1. Two minutes after scoring, NU trailed Indiana again, when Indiana forward Maddie Latino scored the first of her 2 goals. Then just before halftime, the Cats’ leading scorer, Isabel Flens, tied the game for NU on an assist from Van Agt. “We were happy at half because we really didn’t play so well,” Fuchs said. “Our second
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SWIFT STICK Senior midfielder Charlotte Martin sprints past a defender. The Wildcats will need Martin’s experience and leadership as they try to right the ship in Big Ten play.
Recent string of break-ins involves students’ offcampus houses
Four incidents of trespassing and burglary near the Evanston campus in the past two weeks
prompted Northwestern to issue a reminder Sunday warning students living off campus to secure their residences. Two of the incidents occurred Sunday morning between 5:40 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., when students residing in the 1900 block of Orrington Avenue and the 1900 block of Sherman Avenue awoke to an unknown individual entering their respective
bedrooms. No physical injuries were reported to police in any of the four incidents. Sunday’s events followed another incident occurring Sept. 22 at about 11:15 p.m. at another student residence in the 900 block of Gaffield Place. The residents reported an individual took a laptop and video game console.
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half was significantly better than our first. They had a few circle penetrations, and they were able to capitalize on one of them. I can’t ask for much more than nine shots in the second half.” The Cats controlled possession coming out of halftime but did not convert opportunities for the rest of the game. Junior midfielder Dominique Masters attempted 11 shots including eight on goal, but she was not able to get the better of Rother. Additionally, NU was unable to capitalize on any of its 11 penalty corners. “We had a lot of corners, and it’s certainly not only the job of the hitters and the shooters, but it’s also the rebounders, the tippers and everyone who plays a part in this process,” Van Agt said. “We can’t blame anyone for the corner execution. We are all responsible for it.” Next week will be a critical Big Ten matchup for the Cats as they try to claw their way back to .500 in conference play. NU hosts No. 16 Iowa, who also lost to Indiana, on Friday. “I think it’ll be good to have a solid week of practice on our home field,” senior back Lisa McCarthy said. “We can fix any issues we’ve been having, whether it’s getting the ball out of the back or having people posting up or just getting the ball across cage. We need to fix some defensive issues and communicating across players. Having a solid week of practice at home will definitely help us lock in on some of those problems we’ve been having.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu The first reported incident took place Sept. 4 at about 8:15 p.m., when a student encountered an individual exiting the back door of their apartment in the 800 block of Hamlin Street. In all of the reported incidents, the individuals gained access through an unsecured door. — Drew Gerber
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Cats improve to No. 16 after win BALL SO HARD Northwestern won a hard-fought victory under the lights Saturday against Ball State, thanks in part to hard running from sophomore running back Justin Jackson. The Wildcats advanced to No. 16 in the AP Poll and enter Big Ten play with an undefeated record.
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No. 17 Northwestern (4-0) avoided a major upset by Ball State (2-2) Saturday night at Ryan Field to remain perfect as the team heads into conference play. The Wildcats battled back from a trio of early turnovers and a 10-7 deficit at halftime, scoring 17 points in the third quarter to edge Ball State 24-19. “I knew this game would be harder than maybe people outside of this building thought,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “It was a hard fought victory, but we’ll take it.” The first half was a series of wounds and woes for the Cats, characterized by inconsistent play on both sides of the football. NU was struck by a series of unfortunate—and, in some cases, scary—injuries in the first quarter. Sophomore safety Godwin Igwebuike, senior offensive lineman Geoff Mogus and sophomore safety Kyle Queiro were all ruled out for the rest of the game shortly after being taken off the field. Igwebuike exited the game after an undisclosed upper body injury, while his replacement Quiero suffered a broken arm and Mogus left the field after sustaining a head injury. Mogus’ departure left just two first team offensive lineman in the game as senior Matt Frazier and junior Adam DePietro were ruled out for
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the game earlier in the week. Sophomore superback Garret Dickerson and senior defensive tackle C.J. Robbins were also taken out of the game in the first quarter, but returned in the second. Amidst all the injuries, redshirt freshman Clayton Thorson’s play was inconsistent at best in the first half, with the quarterback making a sloppy start similar to the opening half of the Duke matchup. Thorson was 5-9 at halftime, notching a cringe-worthy interception on a long ball intended for senior receiver Miles Shuler. And while Thorson recorded 36 rushing yards, he tallied a pair of fumbles on those runs, the second of which was a red zone fumble that Ball State was able to capitalize on right before halftime. Thorson’s poise did emerge, however, on a crisp, down-the-middle pass to senior superback Dan Vitale, who ran it into the end zone for a 66-yard touchdown halfway through the second quarter. The Cats defense, the backbone of the team thus far this season, was unreliable. NU had trouble containing Ball State quarterback Riley Neal on the run,
allowing him 45 yards rushing. Problematic, also, was the pass coverage, exemplified by a 33-yard Ball State reception into double coverage during the first quarter. But NU’s defense did make three third-down stops to force a triplet of field goals, two of which were no good. Even with that fortune, after thirty minutes of sloppy and slow play NU headed into the locker room trailing the Cardinals by 3. When they emerged for the second half, the Cats made it clear that they had shaken the sloppiness, beginning with a series of connections between Thorson and his receivers resulting in an eight play, 80-yard touchdown drive. Thorson threw another touchdown pass little over three minutes later to cap off a second 80-yard march down the field. Thorson displayed none of the hurried and unpredictable play evident in the first half, instead appearing poised and completing passes with efficiency. “He just trusted himself and just took what the defense gave him. He’s handled the ebb and flow very, very well,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s a process at quarterback. That’s, to me, a young man that’s growing, growing into the position and understanding the significance of his role. Sophomore running back Justin Jackson also had a standout second half, rushing for 128 yards in the final two quarters, including a third-quarter, 62-yard run setting up a field goal for
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the Cats. Jackson finished with a career high 184 yards rushing on 33 carries. NU defense perked up in the second half as well, forcing a string of three-andouts and holding Ball State to a touchdown and a field goal in the third and fourth quarters, respectively. After Ball State’s fourth quarter field goal made it a one-possession game, sophomore running back Solomon Vault made a 14-yard run in the final minutes, securing a first down and all but guaranteeing NU a 24-19 win. Yet despite NU’s stronger second half performance, the Cats still had trouble
on defense, struggling to contain Ball State receiver Jordan Williams who finished with 133 yards receiving and both of Ball State’s passing touchdowns. Saturday’s win capped off a series of four non-conference games and the Cats remain perfect as they begin conference play next week. “Obviously our maturity is showing,” Vitale said. “Last year or maybe the year before that, we might not have won a game like this, so we’re finding ways to win, which is what you need to do in Big Ten play.” clairehansen2018@u.northwestern.edu
Third quarter turnaround lifts Wildcats to victory By ALEX PUTTERMAN
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Pat Fitzgerald didn’t worry about his offense at halftime Saturday. Instead, he occupied himself with special teams personnel, leaving the position groups to discuss a first half that ended with Northwestern trailing 10-7. “We didn’t have to make a whole lot of adjustments,” Fitzgerald said afterward. “We just had to go out and play.” Apparently no motivational speech was necessary. Northwestern
earned 17 points in the third quarter en route to a 24-19 win over Ball State. It was a dramatic turnaround. In the first half, the Cats committed one offensive miscue after another. Redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson fumbled after a 13-yard run. He threw an embarrassing interception on a miscommunication with senior receiver Miles Shuler (that he later took blame for). He panicked after a bad snap and fumbled again. On the quarterback’s best throw of the half, Shuler let a would-have-been touchdown fall through his arms. NU entered halft ime with 200
yards of total offense but only 7 points. But Thorson and company emerged from halftime looking like a different offense. The quarterback engineered an efficient eight-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a 21-yard touchdown pass to senior superback Dan Vitale. Then, after the NU defense promptly stopped Ball State, Thorson marched the Cats down the field again, eventually floating a perfect pass to junior receiver Austin Carr for a 25-yard score. On NU’s next drive, a 62-yard run from sophomore running back Justin Jackson set up a field goal and a 24-10 Cats lead.
Thorson went from pariah to hero by the third quarter’s end. After the game, he denied any magic adjustment, crediting focus and attention to detail. “I just started going through my progression,” he said. “In the first half, I was just guessing a little bit and I just wasn’t doing what I’m coached to do. In the second half I started to do that and it started to work. It’s funny how that works out. Things started working out for us.” The offense slowed in the fourth quarter (a missed field goal didn’t help), but the big third quarter was enough to deliver a narrow victory. Thorson’s Jekyll and Hyde act
offers simultaneous cause for optimism or pessimism. Ignore those three first-half turnovers, and the redshirt freshman’s final line, 18-31 for 256 yards and three touchdowns, looks great. On the other hand, those giveaways could have cost the Cats the game. “We cannot turn the ball over like we did,” Fitzgerald said. “Our defense was on the field way too long today for us to be able to expect to be successful consistently. There’s a lot of room for improvement (on offense), especially taking care of the ball.” asputt@u.northwestern.edu
Lavin finds her role as Cats begin Big Ten play on the road By MAX GELMAN
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TALL TAYLOR Sophomore Taylor Tashima sets up a teammate. Tashima has already totaled 487 assists on the season as the Cats are out to a fast start.
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Questions about finding new middle hitters surrounded Northwestern this offseason, but it seems to have found at least one answer in Sofia Lavin. When Lavin, a junior transfer from the University of San Diego, first joined the Wildcats, she was uncertain how she would be accepted by the rest of her teammates. Lavin felt she was essentially two years behind her teammates in terms of learning coach Keylor Chan’s system and building team chemistry. “I was really scared about coming on to the new team,” Lavin said. “Just coming from outside, not being able to mesh with people.” The departures of seniors Katie Dutchman, Monica McGreal and Yewande Akanbi left a void in NU’s front row. But Lavin led the Cats in kills over the weekend in two 3-0 wins over Rutgers and Maryland. Her 22 kills were more than hitters Symone Abbott, Kayla Morin and Maddie Slater each converted. If these early results are any indication,
Lavin won’t have to worry about not fitting in. “I love having her in the lineup now; she’s a great asset to our team,” sophomore setter Taylor Tashima said after Saturday’s win. “She brings that mentality, that aggressive mentality in the offense, and we need that. You can’t win against teams in the Big Ten if you’re not willing to go up and swing and take chances.” Tashima is no slouch on offense either. She sits fourth in the conference in assists per set at 11.33 after adding 68 in the two games against the two most recent Big Ten additions. Lavin has not only made an impression on her setter, but also her coach. Chan seemed extremely pleased that Lavin made the decision to come to the Cats. “She’s grown up with the game her whole life in Southern California,” Chan said. “[Lavin is] that kid that everyone wants on their team.” With the Big Ten schedule just beginning, the games won’t be getting any easier for NU. Last season, the Cats won three of their first four conference games before losing six straight games and 13 of their last 16 overall. However, Chan liked what he saw this
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weekend against the Scarlet Knights and Terrapins. “Any time you can go on the road in the Big Ten or travel [anywhere], it’s tough,” Chan said. “I’m proud that our team really played hard and really showed a lot of improvement from Friday night to Saturday night.” As for Lavin, she’s just happy that her transition to a larger school and Power 5 volleyball team has gone smoothly. “These girls were so accepting and took me in as one of their own,” Lavin said. “I feel like I’ve been here the whole time.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu