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Del Prete released with help of Justice Project By tyler pager
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After about 10 years in prison, Jennifer Del Prete was all set to leave. Her family was waiting outside and ready to take her home. But when an officer told Del Prete there was a group on its way to see her, she decided to stay just a little while longer. “I’m going to wait for Northwestern,� Del Prete told the officer. After more than two and half years of investigating her case, Medill Prof. Alec Klein, the director of The Medill Justice Project, did not want to miss Del Prete’s exit from prison and was on his way to Lincoln, Ill., with some of his students. “That kind of touched me because when you’ve been in prison for that long, the faster you can get out, the better,� he said. “She said she wanted to wait.� Del Prete, a former daycare worker who was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2005 after being accused of shaking an infant to death, was released on bail Wednesday after U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kennelly ordered Del Prete’s release while the courts examine her claims. The Medill Justice Project was cited in Kennelly’s decision.
Although Del Prete is out of prison, her claims must still process through the courts, which could take years. The Medill Justice Project, which began investigating Del Prete’s case over two and half years ago, found a letter from 2003 in which the lead police commander on the case said the doctor who performed the infant’s autopsy had doubts about whether the infant had actually died from shaken baby syndrome. However, the letter was never presented in Del Prete’s trial. The Medill Justice Project’s finding played a large role in the motion that was filed in the federal court in Chicago requesting the consideration of the new evidence. Klein said seeing Del Prete exit prison was “a humbling moment.� “I think about how proud I am of our students at Northwestern and how our students were able to uncover revelatory information about Jennifer Del Prete’s case that played a role in the judge’s decision to release her from prison on bond,� he said. “If you think about it, that’s a tremendous achievement for students to have such an impact. It’s really a reminder of how journalism can really change people’s lives.� Following Del Prete’s release, Klein and the other members of the Medill Justice Project helped Del Prete cross off two things on her post-prison bucket list:
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‘i’M GOING TO WAIT FOR NORTHWESTERN’ Jennifer Del Prete smiles minutes after being released from prison Wednesday afternoon more than 10 years before her scheduled parole. Del Prete’s first stop was Cracker Barrel for dinner with her daughter Tia (right), other members of her family and The Medill Justice Project.
They accompanied her to Cracker Barrel, where she was able to eat steak for the first time since 2005. Medill senior Alex Hampl was part of the second team that worked on Del
Prete’s case when he was a student in Klein’s Investigative Journalism course during Winter Quarter 2013. He was in Lincoln when Del Prete was released. “Throughout the whole thing, I was
really amazed by her resilience and the strength of her spirit,â€? he said. “I’m so happy for her and her family and for her Âť See del prete, page 8
Parents speak out PWild to launch low-income fund against food policy By jordan harrison
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FOOD FIGHT Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board member Sunith Kartha talks about district food policy. Parents and district officials met Thursday to discuss a proposed rule that would require all food served at school events to be commercially prepared.
By kelly gonsalves
daily senior staffer @kellyagonsalves
District 65 parents voiced heated opposition Thursday night to a proposed district policy that would require all food served at school events to be commercially prepared. The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board and parents have been
working to craft safety guidelines for food and beverages available on school campuses after receiving a request last March from the Evanston Health Department to develop a more concrete policy on how to safely harvest and serve produce from school gardens. Based on existing food regulations from the Illinois Department of Public Health, the proposed policy would ban schools from serving locally prepared foods at school or school-sponsored events. While conducting research on IDPH food policies, the district also discovered and interpreted a state law to mean that potlucks are banned statewide in all public places, said district school board member Sunith Kartha at the Thursday meeting held by the District 65 Wellness Team. “The law is the law,â€? Kartha said. “It’s pretty clear, and it does prohibit potlucks on school property.â€? At the meeting, parents expressed strong disapproval for the draft policy, which many claimed will lower the nutritional quality and cultural variety of food served at schools. “I can tell you my kids are not going to die of salmonella. They’re going to die of cardiovascular disease brought forth Âť See food, page 8
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Several Project Wildcat counselors are creating a new financial aid fund to allow more incoming students to participate in the pre-orientation program. Communication junior Aileen McGraw, a PWild counselor, and others will begin raising money for the fund, unofficially called the “Camper Financial Aid Fund,� during Philfest on Saturday. McGraw said she has been working to start the fund since Winter Quarter
because many prospective students asked during Wildcat Days if there was financial aid given to students for preorientation programs. “This is a question that comes up every year during Wildcat Days, at least for me,� McGraw said. “’Do these pre-orientation programs offer financial aid?’ The answer is yes, and I think this a great way to make sure that our counselor body knows why and what we’re saying yes to so no incoming student doubts their ability, financial or otherwise, to experience (PWild).� McGraw said she wants the fundraising efforts to be activity-based during Philfest, adding that the effort
includes many PWild counselors. During the event, counselors will be selling make-your-own trail mix and PWild merchandise with the proceeds going toward the fund. The Center for Student Involvement works with the Office of Financial Aid to accommodate students for preorientation trips, said Andrea Bell, the student community service coordinator at CSI. She said when students apply for aid, the financial aid office ranks them by need and communicates to CSI who qualifies so the individual programs can incorporate financial aid into Âť See pwild, page 8
D65 expands place-based learning By sophia bollag
daily senior staffer @SophiaBollag
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 plans to expand a program that teaches about local water issues using federal money awarded to the district last month. LakeDance, a “place-based� education program, aims to educate students about Lake Michigan and local water issues through a kineticfocused method of learning.
Clare Tallon Ruen, who started the LakeDance program, said elementary school students have told her acting out scientific concepts through dance or with their hands forces them to understand the concepts they are learning. In contrast, simply writing down information does not require them to actually understand the concepts, she said. “Kinesthetic learning is a big thing for me because it helps me learn,� Tallon Ruen said. “And as a parent, one of the heartbreaking things about visiting any school is that kids
are sitting a lot.� The program is already in place in third-grade classes in half of the elementary schools in District 65. The roughly $40,000 grant the district received last month will allow it to expand the program to all third- and sixth-grade science classes. The money is part of $1.6 million in federally-funded grants for conservation and environmental education initiatives in Illinois that Gov. Pat Quinn (D) awarded to schools  See D65, page 8
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Friday, May 2, 2014 Sherman Avenue wine shop rebrands, reopens See story on page 4
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New shop to offer Argentine gelato
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Frio Gelato joins growing frozen dessert market, will reach out to NU students
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By bailey williams
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An Evanston gelato factory plans to open a storefront in the city and make connections with Northwestern students. Once the storefront opens, the existing factory part of Frio Gelato, 1701 Simpson St., will be visible to customers through a glass window set up behind the over-the-counter offerings. The gelato made will be made in a nut-free facility using gluten-free ingredients and hormone-free milk. The store will have a delivery option and will offer gelato shakes. “The addition of over-the-counter gelato is excellent,” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said in an email. “It offers more choices in more neighborhoods.” The store, which was founded by two cousins, tries to emulate Argentinian gelato traditions,
City man accused of stealing $3K in products from Skokie
An Evanston man has been charged with helping steal thousands of dollars in merchandise from a Skokie store early Wednesday morning, according to police. The burglary happened at 3:21 a.m. at Sally Beauty Supply, 9440 Skokie Blvd., authorities said. As officers arrived on the scene, they saw Reginald D. Stewart, 45, and another man walking across a parking lot in front of the store carrying a large bag and boxes, according to police.
said Karla Tennies Koziura, the wife of one of the founders, who is spearheading the store’s business development. After moving to the United States, the founders found ice cream and other frozen desserts here did not compare to what they grew up with. Tennies Koziura said she hoped the store would provide NU international students with an option that might be more familiar to them. She and her husband, Sebastian Koziura, also manage their own construction and real estate businesses. “I always say that (the real estate) business is our bread and butter, and the gelato is our dessert,” Tennies Koziura said. The store plans to have a grand opening May 17, where customers can receive free samples. Frio Gelato is one of several new frozen dessert restaurants in Evanston. Tutti Frutti, 809 Davis St., an international frozen yogurt store, had its grand opening Friday. The businesses join existing frozen yogurt store Forever Yogurt, 1739 Sherman Ave., frozen custard store Andy’s Frozen Custard, 719 Church St. and Cold Stone Creamery, 1611 Sherman Ave. Despite the addition of another frozen dessert establishment, president of the Andy’s As officers neared the men, they dropped what they were holding and ran away, authorities said. The boxes contained more than $3,000 worth of products from the business, according to police. A short time later, officers arrested Stewart, of the 1700 block of Lake Street, but could not find the second man, according to authorities. Police described him as being 40 to 50 years old, standing 6 feet to 6 feet 2 tall and weighing 140 to 160 pounds. Stewart has been ordered held on $15,000 bond for a felony charge of burglary, according to police. He is due in court Wednesday. Skokie police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call at 847-982-5900. — Patrick Svitek
franchise Andy Kuntz said he does not fear the competition. “Variety is good,” Kuntz said, explaining that a variety of options would bring more people into Evanston. This year, Andy’s has made less revenue that it normally does, which Kuntz attributed in part to unusually cold weather. Kuntz said he still feels the number of people visiting the store overall is growing. “Support the one you like,” Kuntz recommended to residents considering their frozen dessert options. “I’m sure everybody doesn’t go to the same place every time.” Tennies Koziura also said she was not intimidated by the frozen dessert competition in Evanston, saying she believes Frio Gelato’s product is unique. Frio Gelato will donate some proceeds from the store to an organization in Argentina, Vision AR, that works to help students attend universities. “Our ultimate goal and our slogan is making a difference one scoop at a time,” Tennies Koziura said. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu
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On Campus Quest Scholars to form new advocacy committee By tyler pager and rebecca savransky the daily northwestern @tylerpager, @beccasavransky
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a new quest A student listens at a forum held April 23 by the Quest Scholars. The group is forming a new committee to eliminate stigmas surrounding socioeconomic status at Northwestern.
Northwestern’s chapter of Quest Scholars is creating a new committee in an effort to turn dialogue into action following successful discussions of socioeconomic issues at NU. The Advocacy Committee will focus its efforts on completing tangible actions to change the stigma associated with socioeconomic status and to facilitate the participation of lower-status students in campus programming. Amanda Walsh, president of the Quest Scholars, said the committee was created because NU needs to move past just having conversations about economic differences. “The committee will allow anyone who wishes to join to be able to actually work on
action items that will allow the University to understand what issues are affecting students on campus with regard to socioeconomic status,� the Communication sophomore said. Applications for the committee go live Friday and Walsh said it is open to all students, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Although Walsh said the committee will decide what items to focus on, ideas that have been discussed include training faculty and administrators to avoid microaggressions, adding a requirement that all books must be placed in course reserves and changing CTECs to ensure students know what books the course requires. SESP senior Emily Rivest, former Quest social co-chair, said through the formation of the new committee, she is hoping to incorporate a wider representation of students to take part in the discussions.
“One of the things we are really hoping for is that people that aren’t in Quest will join the Advocacy Committee too,� she said. “Socioeconomic diversity is such an important issue on Northwestern’s campus.� Rivest added the group has generated student interest through discussing the initiative at previous events and advertising the committee on social media forums. Walsh said she is excited to move forward with the initiative and to make a noticeable difference in the community. “Those discussions never seem to go anywhere,� she said. “We always talk, but we never act. We need to move from being comfortable discussing these issues to being comfortable on campus as students from different socioeconomic statuses.� tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
McCormick graduate students win Motorola competition By david lee
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A team of four McCormick graduate students were given an award last month for a ring they developed to help consumers engage with their smartphones. The “Moto Ring� communicates actions to smartphones through a programmable series of user hand gestures. The ring is accompanied by an Android application customers can use to customize their settings. “You can assign any action you want to your ring,� said Ben Rahnema, one of the ring’s developers. “You can open an app and send a message, rejecting a call, setting an alarm. Anything you can do on your phone you can set your ring to do the same thing.�
The product was the winning entry in the Breaking Mobile Limits: Future of Mobile Technology competition, which was sponsored by Motorola Mobility LLC. The contest challenged Northwestern students to invent and develop either a prototype or a business concept during a nine-week period ending March 14. The winning team includes McCormick graduate students Paul Park, Dennis Diaz, Nir Yungster and Rahnema.The group was assisted by Motorola software engineer Udayan Kumar. The group will present its invention to Motorola senior executives later this year. If its product is not picked up by the company, Yungster says they hope to start a Kickstarter campaign to finance it themselves. A video, which follows a woman using her Moto Ring throughout the day, was posted alongside the announcement of the team’s victory. Laura, the subject of the video, uses the Moto Ring to reject
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long way from hitting store shelves, Yungster said the estimated retail price would be roughly $15. “It’s pretty cheap because the ring itself is just plastic and there’s just a pretty cheap NFC component inside,� Yungster said. Diaz said the team often struggled with receiving accurate gesture recognition due to NFC’s roughly 1-centimeter range. Yungster added that overcoming this hurdle was the group’s most innovative accomplishment. Yungster said he enjoyed the experience and plans to pursue additional projects with the team in the future. “The thing I took away from this competition was finding this good group of people to work with,� Yungster said. “A cool team to develop things with going forward, look out for more to come from our team.�
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Downtown wine store rebrands, goes independent By tori latham
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A wine store on Sherman Avenue celebrated its grand reopening Thursday night under a new name with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and wine tasting. Sips on Sherman, 1741 Sherman Ave., was previously part of the WineStyles franchise. Its owners, Maggie and Dean Noonan, decided to split from the chain and continue running the shop as an independent business. “We’ve always been an independent wine shop,” Dean Noonan said. “Just because we were part of a franchise didn’t mean we weren’t an independent business. When we went into it, we thought it was better to have support and help, so now that we know what we’re doing, we are Sips on Sherman.” The event was attended by around 60 people, who talked over wine from the shop and food provided by local eateries. Sips on Sherman, celebrating its sixth anniversary, chose its new name by holding a contest among customers, said Justin Koury, a wine buyer and sales representative at the store. “We sent it out through social media and narrowed it down to the top 10 names,” Koury said. “Sip on Sherman won and Dean and I were sitting around the table and decided to just add an ‘s.’ So now it’s Sips on Sherman.” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) was given the honor of cutting the ribbon. She told the gathered crowd she was proud of the Noonans and looks forward to the future of Sips on Sherman. “I’ve loved this place, and now they’ve gone
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Take a sip Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) cuts the ribbon at Sips on Sherman’s ribbon-cutting celebration as staff and friends look on. The wine shop held its grand re-opening Thursday evening.
private,” Rainey said. “I just hope that business flourishes. It’s not like going to a drugstore to get your wine. You come here, and you get personal service.” Representatives of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce were also on hand for the ceremony. The chamber has been organizing ribbon cuttings for new businesses for about a year, executive director Elaine Kemna-Irish said. She said the Noonans are very involved in the community, so she was glad to help them out with the event. “It’s easy to find franchises or chains that come into communities and never get to know their
neighbors,” she said. “From day one, Dean and Maggie made it Dean and Maggie’s wine shop. People are here because they want to support them.” Dean Noonan and Koury both emphasized the store will still mostly be the same as before. “It’s still the same great service and the same atmosphere that people have experienced,” Dean Noonan said. “We love providing great service to a community that embraces us.” They also both said the only main difference will be that the store is no longer part of a chain. “We get to have a little more fun and we don’t
131-doctor physicians group joined the medical group to form a unified organization that will be branded Northwestern Medicine. The merge will make the multi-specialty medical group the second-largest doctors group in Chicago, with nearly 1,100 doctors and healthcare professionals. Before joining the group, the physicians group was a primary care practice with more than 120 providers in more than 20 locations throughout the Chicagoland area. The new group’s website assured patients the transition would be smooth, but
according to the Patient Help Service line, patients may experience longer wait times as a result of the switch. The two groups are also in the process of combining their medical record systems and patient portals. Although medical records remained unchanged, the healthcare portal used previously, RelayHealth, was changed to a new system, Epic MyChart. Epic MyChart is an “industry-leading patient portal that provides access to the same confidential medical records your doctor sees,” according to the medical
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have to follow the rules anymore,” Koury said. “But we’re still the same great shop with the same great wine. It’s just a different name.” torilatham2017@u.northwestern.edu group website. Patients can also expect to sign new patient forms during their next visit to the physician’s office and changes may occur in the group’s contracts with medical insurance providers. The physicians group, formerly known as the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, separated from the Feinberg School of Medicine last fall to join with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. — Olivia Exstrum
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Mayor’s arts task force hears financial models By BAILEY WILLIAMS
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The Mayor’s Downtown Performing Arts Task Force on Thursday evening considered ways to move forward with its investigation into creating an arts center in downtown Evanston, bringing in an attorney to discuss a possible financial model. The task force is made up of several people from various art fields, business and other sectors. The committee is investigating the feasibility of creating a downtown Evanston performing arts center and will relay its research and findings to Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and City Council. Thursday’s meeting focused on updates from two members who talked to local arts centers to see those center’s models and a potential financial model brought forth by a lawyer. “What kind of space it is is very, very important,” cultural arts coordinator Jennifer Lasik said. “It’s really important ahead of time to know what the space is going to be.” The task force has already investigated two locations that could serve as inspiration for an arts center in downtown Evanston: Stage 773 and the Logan Center at the University of Chicago. Stage 773 notably has a large, liquor-based source of income, that Backstage Evanston producer and committee member Penny Rotheiser brought up, saying the extended bar has contributed in large part to the total generated revenue. Logan Center’s model differed in that it was set up in a university setting. The board also plans to reach out by phone to more places that could serve as models for the Evanston center to look at their business structure. In addition, the task force heard a talk from attorney Marc Lane on the concept of a L3C financial model. Lane showed the members a presentation on the Low-Profit Limited Liability Company, commonly called L3C, a business model that aims to benefit both non-profit and profit organizations and to shift “economic risk
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CENTER OF ATTENTION Judy Kemp, a member of the Mayor’s Downtown Performing Arts Task Force, discusses places she visited to hear plans others have executed with regards to their arts centers. Investigating other centers’ plans informed the committee on how they should organize the potential downtown center.
from charities.” Several members of the task force were absent from the Thursday meeting, which prompted some of those present to speak out about the importance of attendance at the meetings. “We need to have the whole team here if we are going to have these meetings,” Evanston economic development coordinator Paul Zalmezak said at the meeting. “I really do think we have a possibility of delivering something here. The economy is at ... an upturn. Nobody knows how long that will last.” Two members have stepped down from the task force. One has stepped down because of health related issues, while another stepped down because of a conflicting schedule. Lasik said the mayor has looked into filling these spots. baileywilliams2017@u.northwestern.edu
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The silent voice of privilege must also speak out jonathan Roach
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Recently at Northwestern, everyone has been talking about inclusion. Whether it be about Cliven Bundy or Donald Sterling, it seems everyone has something to say. The Daily itself has published half a dozen articles on the matter in the last two weeks, including an entirely new series in the Opinion section, The Spectrum, that focuses on marginalization on campus. Unfortunately, in the discussion of inclusion, it seems as though one voice has largely chosen to remain silent: the voice of privilege. Since I am a fair-skinned, upper class, semi-agnostic, probably-heterosexual male, I recognize that when I speak, the voice of privilege is all that comes out. To be sure, this does not mean that I speak for all people of privilege. But it does mean that I am faced with a unique situation. Unlike the vast
majority of people who have shared their opinions about inclusion, I have the rarelyseized opportunity to change the exclusionary hegemonic forces from the inside. As a consequence of the categories I happened to have been born into, I constantly find myself at lunch tables, business meetings and even family gatherings where making overt comments against various marginalized groups will not raise any ears. I was not always so aware of the significance of my privilege. I grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first town in America to legally recognize a same-sex marriage. The high school I attended was the first in the state to take a day off in recognition of an Islamic holiday. Kids born in countries all around the world found a place on my soccer team’s roster. The house I lived in was two blocks away from public housing projects and three blocks away from places presidents lived. Sure, Cambridge was no utopia, but for all these reasons and more, the transition to Evanston came to me as a shock. How could someone not feel jarred when trying to make a new home at a university where the president can openly say he is
“excited” because 21 percent of the student body is black or Latino, even though they make up 30 percent of our country? To be clear, the shock was not for lack of a warm welcome. In fact, it is specifically the privilege-oriented environment NU creates that makes students of privilege comfortable and reluctant to call for change. And for the past year and a half, I have been part of this docile mass that poses the largest obstacle to inclusion. I mean this not as a confession of guilt, but as a proclamation of the power we hold. Now is the time to transform NU into an example for the rest of the country. When I first started thinking about this privilege, I wondered what stance I ought to take to rectify the situation. Naturally, I assumed the position that I saw other people of privilege taking. When asked what to do, they would say things like “we need to accommodate the needs of marginalized people” or “we need to give marginalized people the same thing we give ourselves.” But quickly this stance started to feel like a modern-day “White Man’s Burden.” Fighting for campus inclusion as a person
of privilege is not a form of altruism. It is not a matter of doing a favor for marginalized people, and it is not a necessary evil. As banal as it might seem, inclusion benefits everyone. People of privilege should not fight against discrimination only out of an obligation to others, but should realize that to do so would actually be in everyone’s best interest. People learn more and live richer lives when they seek out difference instead of similarity. I know that some of these statements will upset readers. Some people may feel that the voice of privilege has spoken enough and to continue would only do more harm. But when it does speak, it is too rarely in favor of inclusion. I cannot remain silent so long as I too am hurt by a marginalized campus, and I will continue to speak out so long as NU perpetuates a culture in which everyone loses. Jonathan Roach is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at jonathankramerroach2016@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com.
Comprehensive reform the Non-neurotypical theatre only immigration fix can be educational to all ISAAC HASSON
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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. And that’s exactly what John Boehner did on Friday when he mocked certain House Republicans who are dragging their feet on immigration reform. Boehner imitated his colleagues: “Here’s the attitude,” he said, “‘Ohhhh, don’t make me do this. Ohhhh, this is too hard,’” he whined. Some Republicans believe addressing immigration reform in an election year will divert attention from President Obama’s numerous policy fiascos, as if campaigning was their primary responsibility. They’d prefer to sit on their hands. Others favor an enforcement-only policy that gratuitously separates We will chart a families, destroys different course millions of lives and subtracts bilbecause there lions of dollars from are two things our economy. This is myopic, that have made approach shortsighted and our country totally un-American. great: ideas and I believe we deserve better. the people who Thankfully, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) have them. just announced he would introduce an immigration bill that would provide the children of unauthorized immigrants a path to citizenship and improve border security and enforcement. This is a tremendous step in the right direction. With all of the partisan bickering and political posturing, it’s easy to lose perspective on how important this issue is for our future. Robust immigration creates longterm opportunities for everyone: Immigrants own one in five small businesses and have started 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The Congressional Budget Office calculated the Senate’s immigration reform proposal would increase GDP growth by 1 percent a year and reduce the deficit by $900 billion over the next 20. A prosperous country depends on a favorable ratio of workers to retirees. Senior citizens now account for over 25 percent of Japan’s population and will reach 40 percent by 2060 if current trends continue. Immigrants help the United States avoid a similar fate in a few ways. First, most immigrants come to the U.S. at the beginning of their working years. Native-born citizens pay into entitlements while their parents collect;
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immigrants pay in while nobody collects. Second, immigrants tend to leave their parents in their country of origin, and the 2.5 percent of immigrants who arrive as senior citizens are not eligible for benefits. Finally, immigrants have a higher fertility rate than native-born Americans. Consequently, the Social Security Administration’s chief actuary estimates that the higher levels of legal immigration permitted by the Senate’s proposal would put an additional 600 billion dollars into the trust fund over 75 years, a net positive contribution. Our legal immigration system is a disaster. There is no cap on the number of agricultural visas, but only 65,000 were issued in 2012 as a result of the program’s enormous bureaucracy. Thus, between 50 and 80 percent of America’s two million farmworkers are undocumented. Visas for highly skilled workers are just as bad. We allow foreign students to come to our universities and then send them away. The number of visas available to highly skilled workers is capped at 85,000, which is typically reached in a matter of days. This year there were 172,000 applicants, which means the 87,000 who did not receive visas will likely go to work for one of America’s foreign competitors. For me, it’s very personal. In 1941, a young man born into poverty in Colombia boarded a boat to New York. He signed up for the Army and went to fight the Nazis on the beaches of Normandy. When he returned, he met an Ecuadorian woman. They started a family. He worked as a barber and a cab driver; she worked in an electronics factory. That man was my grandfather and the woman my grandmother. My dad’s family came here as religious and economic refugees from Turkey. Stories like ours are common in America, but they are unique in the world. Even during a time of hardship, a broad majority wants Congress to fix this problem and provide the 11 million undocumented a path out of the shadows. That speaks volumes about the American people and separates us from the rest of the world. In Greece, a group of thugs called the Golden Dawn won seats in parliament by inciting violence against immigrants. In the UK, the leaders of both Labour and the Tories are competing to limit immigration. Denmark has adopted immigration laws so stringent that asylum seekers are forced to live in camps, which they are forbidden to leave. Ultimately, a country’s immigration policy is a statement of its values. We will chart a different course because there are two things that have made our country great: ideas and the people who have them. Isaac Hasson is a Weinberg senior. He can be reached at isaachasson2013@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a letter to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Next weekend, a theatrical anomaly will occur: A play will be performed on Northwestern’s campus that has been developed for an audience beyond NU’s borders. The play, developed by NU students, has a loose, non-linear plot and could be classified as a 30-minute sensory experience. Developed by the group Theatre Stands with Autism, “Strung Along” takes children with autism spectrum disorders and other special needs on a journey through the land of string. With the help of Jacqueline Russell, the founder and artistic director at Chicago Children’s Theatre and its Red Kite Project, the idea of creating art for children on the autism spectrum grew to fruition at NU last year. TSWA reaches out to a community often expected to assimilate in the ways associated with neurotypical people and invites the children and their families to explore — at least for half an hour — what it means to be allowed to follow their impulses. Theater for audiences and participants with autism has grown in recent years because of the increase in the number of diagnoses, which now lies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at one in 68 children. Boys are much more likely to be diagnosed, at one in 42, while girls are diagnosed at a rate of one in 189. Theaters have responded admirably, with Broadway and the Theatre Development Fund offering Broadway shows like “The Lion King” and “Wicked” adapted to accept the needs of kids with ASD. At the Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt University, the SENSE Theatre camp has even integrated kids into original musical theater performances. In a society focused on the majorities, it can obviously be difficult for minority
populations to be accepted. Many of the children who saw the TSWA show last year had never seen theater before, and indeed, if they had, that theater had probably not been built to accept and encourage their needs. What TSWA aims to do is cater to the needs and desires of children with autism in a way that is different from seeing a Broadway show or even putting up a musical for a neurotypical audience. Scientists have conducted plentiful research (although there is never enough) on the importance of what is known as “floor time.” Floor time encompasses any time spent with a child with (or even without) autism, doing only what the child wants to do, building trust and developing other basic developmental milestones. The theatrical experiences presented by Red Kite, TSWA and another company in the United Kingdom called Oily Cart are basically glorified examples of floor time. The kids, having been told what will occur at the performance, arrive, and, while there exists a predesigned structure in which they can participate, they are encouraged to follow their impulses in whatever way they deem necessary. If you are curious about how this theatrical experience occurs, there are two shows, free and open to NU students, at 9 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday next week. My question is this: Why is there not more of this type of outreach on the NU campus? We have the resources to include people who are not necessarily included, so why should we refrain from making art, experiences or opportunities for them? Let’s do our best next year, fellow students, to take the time to include others in our busy, busy world. The benefits reaped extend not just to the participants — in this case the children with autism — but to you. Sam Douglas is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at samueldouglas2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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to be able to go home.” Hampl said his work in the class was unlike anything he had experienced before. “It can be easy to blow off an assignment or sleep through class, but when you’re working on a case like this, it really humbles you,” he said. “You realize what you’re doing, your homework, has a dramatic impact on someone’s life. I think that really drove us to work harder than we had ever before.” tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
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New drug has potential to target diseases that cause accelerated
Northwestern Medicine scientists developed a new experimental drug with the potential to treat diseases that cause accelerated aging, including chronic kidney diseases, diabetes and HIV infection. The scientists’ study, published Monday in
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From page 1 by obesity and diabetes,” said Dawes Elementary School parent Molly Martin. “Eating everything packaged from stores is not going to teach them that message that they need to learn.” Under the proposed provision, parents cannot cut up fresh produce and bring it to school events or give it to teachers to serve in class. To do so, parents must deliver fruit and vegetables “whole and intact” one day in advance to the district’s Nutritional Services, where food service workers can wash and cut produce for events at no cost. Conversely, parents can also pay the district for yearly catering programs that provide nutritious snack options for kids in school. Some parents said these procedures are too timeconsuming and costly for low-income families. “In a very culturally diverse community, many of our parents have a sense of pride in bringing in something that they’ve made, in bringing in something that’s special to their family,” said Evanston/ Skokie PTA Council president Kristin James. Others questioned the validity of the district’s interpretation of the IDPH’s food regulations. Alicia Aiken, a lawyer and parent of children at Oakton Elementary and Chute Middle schools, said she read the section of the state law regarding potlucks to mean that cities cannot regulate potluck events, not that such gatherings are banned altogether. The meeting concluded with a spoken agreement between district representatives and parents to form an unofficial “task force” to revise the policy. Kartha said the policy likely will not immediately move forward, as the school board still intends to gather more research and public input. kellygonsalves2016@u.northwestern.edu
and community organizations last month. The grant will pay for both teacher training and field trips to beaches and the watertreatment facility. It provides enough money to expand the program through the end of next school year, but Tallon Ruen said she plans to look for additional sources of money to fund the program into the future. Although the program is currently in place for only third-graders, Tallon Ruen said based on interviews with fifth-grade students that she believes the program will be equally effective for older children. “I think the idea that older kids are going to be served entirely by book learning or lecture or worksheets is a mistake,” she said. The new program will focus on local water issues, said Melanie Mudarth, the science curriculum facilitator for District 65. “The purpose of the program is to start using the natural resources that we have, such as the lake,” Mudarth said. “You don’t want third-graders still believing there are sharks in the lake.”
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Evanston announced Thursday that residents could apply for a spot on the newly created Board of Animal Control. The board will be in charge of looking over monthly reports from the city’s chief animal warden Linda Teckler and from the volunteer animal care
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involved testing the drug on a mouse model of accelerated aging and was successful in inhibiting the effects of a specific protein that plays a role in cell and physiological aging. “A drug like this could help reduce complications in clinical conditions that reflect accelerated aging,” said Dr. Douglas Vaughan, senior author of the study, in a news release. “This had a very robust effect in terms of prolonging life span.” The mice given the experimental drug lived
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I think the idea that older kids are going to be served entirely by book learning or lecture or worksheets is a mistake.
four times longer than the control group, researchers found. The drug also proved effective in protecting the lungs and vascular systems in the mice from accelerated aging. Vaughan said the drug’s use could be extended in the future to target human diseases. “It makes sense that this might be one component of a cocktail of drugs or supplements that a person might take in the future to extend their healthy life,” Vaughan said in the release. — Rebecca Savransky
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Place-based education encourages students to develop a more eco-friendly mindset toward their communities, said Katie Larson, the education coordinator for the Alliance for the Great Lakes who worked with Tallon Ruen to develop the LakeDance curriculum. “If a student understands that littering can impact birds at the beach or that using more water in their homes could have an effect on the ecosystem … they can understand (how) to have a positive impact,” she said. “Even a fieldtrip to the beach … can be a great way for them to have a more positive attitude toward learning in general and toward the Great Lakes ecosystem.”
their budgets. “We don’t want finances to be a reason that any student is not able to participate in a program,” Bell said, “So if there are gaps or areas that we can supplement, we try to do what we can to provide additional assistance.” Storm Heidinger, a member of PWild’s steering committee, the organization’s executive board, said last year PWild tried to fully or partially waive the cost of the trip, where the group’s budget allowed, for students who applied for but did not receive financial aid. “For individuals who don’t get approved for aid from the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid, we do our best to look at the need and our budget and accommodate the cost of the trip for them,” the Weinberg junior said. He said the new fund would allow PWild to offer even more aid for incoming students. Heidinger said PWild’s $350 cost is more expensive than other pre-Wildcat Welcome trips due to transportation costs and the length of the trip.
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organization that is chosen to replace the Community Animal Rescue Effort as a partner of the Evanston Animal Shelter. Members of the board will also help in prioritizing issues for City Council to address, as well as providing updates to the council. The city will accept four Evanston residents to serve on the board, along with two aldermen and a member of the animal organization. The sevenperson group will meet four times a year and serve three-year terms. City Council approved the creation of the animal
control board at a meeting April 28. The board will work with aldermen in the process of selecting an organization to replace CARE by reviewing the two submitted letters of interest and developing requests for proposals from the groups, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said at the council meeting. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl will review the applications and make recommendations to the board. There is no set submission deadline, Evanston spokesman Patrick Deignan said. — Paige Leskin
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Leonard, the NCAA career leader in career draw controls, won 10. With her late-season surge, Mupo now has 30 goals this season and has moved into a three-way tie with Leonard and DeRonda for the team’s scoring lead. Amonte Hiller lauded Mupo’s performance, especially in light of sophomore attack Kaleigh Craig’s continued absence due to injury. “I think (Mupo) has just gained a little bit of confidence in the last couple games,” Amonte Hiller said. “She’s being aggressive.” NU will play Friday against the winner of Thursday night’s game between Ohio State and Michigan. NU will play No. 10 Ohio State (13-5, 5-2) on Friday in the tournament semifinals. The Buckeyes bested rival Michigan in their first round matchup 12-8. NU and Ohio State met early in the regular season on Mar. 9, with the then-unranked Buckeyes scraping out an 11-10 overtime victory. The Cats rallied from a halftime deficit but couldn’t overcome 4 goals from Ohio State’s Katie Chase. Even with the very short turnaround time between games, Amonte Hiller seemed confident in her team’s preparation. “I think that we need to just regroup and look at the things we didn’t do well,” she said. “I think right now it’s about us. … Playing smart, playing aggressive defensively, playing together.”
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announced Thursday. “The NLRB’s decision represents a radical departure from long-standing federal labor policies,” Kline said in a news release. “Classifying student athletes as employees threatens to fundamentally alter college sports, as well as reduce education access and opportunity. The committee has a responsibility to thoroughly examine how the NLRB’s decision will affect students and their ability to receive a quality education.” Kline’s committee will hold a hearing called “Big Labor on College Campuses: Examining the
Consequences of Unionizing Student Athletes,” on May 8 in Washington, D.C. In March, the regional director of Chicago’s branch of the NLRB ruled that NU football players were student athletes and could therefore unionize. The University appealed that decision to the main NLRB office in Washington, but no timetable has been set for the NLRB to hear the appeal of the initial ruling.
weeks ago when it won a pair of mid-week games against Chicago State and then took the first two of three games against Nebraska, who was the hottest team in the Big Ten at the time. In that four game stretch, the Cats outscored the Cougars and Cornhuskers 15-6 over that four-game stretch. Stevens stressed confidence as NU’s key to get back on track. “I think it’s just a matter of feeling it,” Stevens said. “There’s a thing when you have a confidence that when you swing the bat you know the barrel is going to find the ball, or
when you walk to the mound and you believe the guy at the plate is not going to be able to hit you.” Even though it’s the biggest start of his career, Friar has some of the confidence Stevens talked about. “I’ve shown that I have a little longevity in my arm,” Friar said. “I think I can do Coach right and do right by the team. Hopefully I can deliver.”
has come significantly closer to providing the necessary cushion. Redshirt sophomore Scott Smith has solidified himself at No. 4 with back-to-back top-35 finishes. Following a slump early in the spring, junior Matthew Negri has once again made his name at No. 3 with top-30s in his past two events. This week, though, is a brutal exam. The event, played over 72 holes from Friday to Sunday, offers a host course esteemed in its brutality. No Cats player The conquered par here in 2013, and teams that have Negri admitted won here in the course is visuthe past have ally intimidating and that there are made a lot more certain holes that birdies on the require a mindset of accepting easier holes. bogeys as good Matthew Negri, scores. junior But the junior also said the key is understanding the course is not as difficult as its reputation suggests. “The teams that have won here in the past have made a lot more birdies on the easier holes,” Negri said. “It’s easy to say the course is really hard and there are no birdies out there, but you just have to pick the right holes you can go after.” The Dye track is known for the defense the elements offer. Rain is not uncommon and neither is cold weather. But wind is the greatest nuisance, with the exposed nature of the layout making it so even little gusts have an adverse effect. Goss said the team has hoarded much of its recent practice time at the Glen Club, rather than its norm of rotating between courses, in order to simulate the windy conditions he expects at French Lick. The spring has not been kind to the Cats to this point, but with NCAA regionals around the corner, the urgency is certainly up. The odds aren’t in favor of the Cats this weekend, but the team, at the very least, appears to be confident at the right time. “We’re all playing really good golf and it’s exciting,” Whalen said. “We’re looking at this how we would look at regionals. If we can all play four solid rounds and beat Illinois, who is playing really well right now, we can get the job done at regionals like we can at Big Tens.”
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BRING ON THE BUCKEYES Senior midfielder Kat DeRonda prepares to shoot Thursday night against Vanderbilt. The Wildcats defeated the Commodores 12-9 and will face Ohio State on Friday.
Congressional committee to discuss NLRB union ruling
Congress is getting involved in the Northwestern football unionization discussion. The House Education and the Workforce Committee will examine the recent National Labor Relations Board decision declaring NU players employees, committee chairman John Kline (R-Minn.)
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After losing four straight, Northwestern is looking to rebound against Michigan State at home this weekend to wrap up its regular season. “We have a lot to do this week,” senior Emily Allard said after losing to DePaul on Wednesday. “It’s going to show on the field. I’m excited for the weekend.” NU was swept by Ohio State last weekend in ColumWe’re not going bus, Ohio, and then to look negatively fell to Chicagoarea rival DePaul on this weekend. on Wednesday. In all four games, the We’re not Cats were able to thinking about get runners on base the past or way in but couldn’t get the the future. We’re big hit in order to capitalize. focusing on the “We were giving up too many baserlast game and unners,” coach Kate learning from Drohan said. it and making The Cats have specific goals for adjustments. practice in order to Marisa Bast, improve and stop senior, after Ohio the situation from State swept NU repeating. “We have to get back to the basic fundamentals of the game,” Drohan said. “We need to make good decisions and be aggressive.” A motto for the team all season has been to
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take each moment pitch by pitch and game by game, and that’s key for the Cats during a low point in their season. “We’re not going to look negatively on this weekend,” senior Marisa Bast said after the Ohio State series. “We’re not thinking about the past or way in the future. We’re focusing on the last game and learning from it and making adjustments.” The Cats are also sure to keep the focus on themselves rather than on their opponent and to treat all of their opponents with the same mindset. Bast also has goals on how to improve in the batter’s box in order to get back to the offensive powerhouse NU has been over the course of the season. “I need to focus on not swinging at the pitcher’s pitch,” she said. In terms of pitching, Drohan is confident in the Cats’ staff, even if games didn’t go their way over the past week. “I have a lot of confidence in Kristen (Wood), Nicole (Bond), and Sammy (Albanese),” she said. “I just ask of them to compete hard on the mound and get big pitches in big moments.” The weekend also marks the last regular season games for several Cats, as NU will celebrate senior weekend. The Cats will graduate five seniors: Allard, Bast, Albanese, Mari Majam and Paige Tonz.
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We need to win these last six (Big Ten games) to have a prayer. — Nick Friar, senior pitcher, on postseason hopes
Lacrosse Ohio State at NU, 7 p.m. Friday
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NU tops Vanderbilt, to face Ohio St. in semis Vanderbilt
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No. 5 Northwestern
Not much changed this time for Northwestern, except for maybe the weather. On a cold, gray and dreary day at Lakeside Field, the No. 5 Wildcats (12-5, 4-3 ALC) beat the Vanderbilt Commodores (5-13, 2-5) 12-9 in the first round of the ALC Tournament. The matchup was the second meeting of the two teams this season, with NU winning the first 15-9 on April 10. It was business as usual for the Cats right from the start, with senior attack Kelly Rich launching the opening salvo to give NU an early lead just three minutes in. “Offensively we came out strong,� coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “We played controlled, our sets were doing great.� The Cats added five more goals during the first half, with Rich tallying another and attacks junior Kara Mupo and senior Alyssa Leonard contributing two each of their own. The Commodores looked down and out, save for the efforts of midfielder Jill Doherty. A freshman, Doherty throttled the NU defense for four goals in the opening half. Junior goalkeeper Bridget Bianco seemed to have trouble tracking Doherty’s left-
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handed shot, and the NU defenders couldn’t keep her away from the net. “They were wide-open looks on (Bianco),� Amonte Hiller said. “That’s tough as a goalie. You have to help your goalie out as much as possible, get lowangle shots and give them a chance to make a save.� Despite the Cats controlling possession throughout the half, thanks to Doherty NU only led 6-5 at intermission. But over halftime, Amonte Hiller proved why she is among the best in the sport. NU made the necessary adjustments on defense, conceding only one more goal to Doherty, and came up with a handful of clutch shots on offense to pull away for the victory. The Cats went on a 4-1 scoring run to end the contest. “Our defense did not come out very strong,� Amonte Hiller said. “As it slowed down toward the end of the first half and the second half, they started to play better.� And as Vanderbilt slowed down, NU began to speed up. In one ten-second stretch, senior
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moving on Seniors Alyssa Leonard and Christy Turner, who both notched goals in Northwestern’s first-round win Thursday against Vanderbilt, embrace after a goal. Leonard was crucial for the Wildcats’ possession game against the Commodores, grabbing 10 draw controls.
midfielder Christy Turner assisted Mupo on a beautiful cut in front of the net, then corralled the ensuing draw and raced down the field on a breakaway to score a goal of her own. The pair of tallies gave NU a 10-8 lead they wouldn’t
Confident NU heads to Big Tens By kevin casey
daily senior staffer @KevinCasey19
If there’s any positive Northwestern can take to Big Ten Championships, it’s that this team routs last season’s squad in terms of experience at the Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Ind. “That course is a tricky place, and we brought both Andrew Whalen and Josh Jamieson as freshmen, and it was also Matthew Negri’s first Big Tens as well,� coach Pat Goss said. “This year, we’re bringing four guys who’ve played this event before. And we have the best game plan we’ve ever had with how to deal with the course.� Other than that, not much points to a Big Ten title. The Wildcats have not sniffed a victory this spring, and NU’s ranking has slipped to No. 50 after beginning the spring at No. 37. Accompanying this struggle, last year’s squad was the top-ranked team in the tournament yet only managed to place sixth. For this installment, NU finds itself behind No. 9 Illinois, No. 35 Iowa and No. 43 Purdue, meaning this squad has to significantly outperform its ranking in order to win. Coming in under the radar does have its benefits, though. And Goss has put his faith in the same starting five as last event, a first this spring. “It’s our best lineup for sure,� Goss said. “We’ve seen a lot of good progress, and we’re starting to play our best golf at this time.�
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relinquish. After Doherty faded, midfielder Amanda Lockwood provided the only spark for Vanderbilt’s sputtering offense and finished with two goals. Mupo finished with five goals, with
Urgency increases as Cats host Wolverines Michigan vs. Northwestern
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That last statement may seem silly based on a cursory review of recent results, but the Cats have improved in spots where signs of life were vital. While the top two of
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Baseball
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‘a Tricky place’ Senior Jack Perry leads Northwestern into the Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind. Pete Dye Course, where the event will take place, is notoriously difficult and should pose a challenge to the No. 50 Wildcats.
Turner, senior attacker Kat DeRonda and senior midfielder Kate Macdonald adding a goal apiece. Rich contributed two assists along with her two goals, and
Evanston Friday-Sunday
In more than three seasons at Northwestern, senior pitcher Nick Friar has never started a Big Ten game. But that will change Friday, when Friar takes the hill in the first game of a weekend series against Michigan. “I’m thankful I’m getting the opportunity,� Friar said. “It’s all I ever asked for.� NU (12-29, 4-13 Big Ten) will need all of its arms ready as it tries to make one last push for the Big Ten Tournament. The top eight teams qualify, and though the Wildcats sit in last place, they are only three games out of eighth-place Ohio State. And they will get a shot at the Buckeyes in two weeks. But first NU must face Michigan (20-24-1, 9-9), a middle-of-the-pack club that has won its last two conference road series. If the Cats become the Wolverines’ next victim, their conference tournament hopes could be finished. Friar said there is a sense of urgency, but the key to success is not to look too far ahead. “We need to win these last six (Big Ten games) to have a prayer,� he said. “There is some extra urgency, but I think it’s important we just take it one pitch at a time. I know it’s kind of a cliche. But when we do that, that’s
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when we win. Hopefully we can beat these guys because they’re both very beatable. Hopefully we can take it to these guys one pitch at a time, and we’ll be fine.â€? Friar has started a pair of nonconference games this season and appeared 16 times out of the bullpen. Coach Paul Stevens said one reason he gave Friar the start is the injuries the pitching staff has suffered, but he also likes what he has seen recently from the senior out of the bullpen. In two appearances at Michigan State last weekend, Friar tossed 3 2/3 innings, mowing down seven Spartans while allowing two hits and one earned run. “What if he can pick up that kind of magic that I saw last weekend?â€? Stevens said. “With the way our pitching staff is pretty beat up, Friar is going to give us the best opportunity.â€? Like the pitchers, the batting lineup has also been crippled by the injury bug. The Cats suffered another blow against Michigan State with sophomore first baseman Zach Jones getting hurt. Stevens said he “very seriouslyâ€? doubts Jones or senior Jack Âť See Baseball, page 10
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