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LITTLE CHAMPS Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West baseball team meets Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips. The team was honored at Welsh-Ryan Arena for its accomplishments at the 2014 Little League World Series.
NU plans 10-day MLK celebrationBy MARIANA ALFAROthe daily northwestern @marianaa_alfaro
Northwestern will hold its annual 10-day Martin Luther King Jr. cel-ebration starting Saturday with a day of service. The events include a can-dlelight vigil Monday night in Alice Millar Chapel and a speech by civil rights lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander.
For the first time in NU history, the celebration will include a student oratorical contest held Monday at Norris University Center’s McCor-mick Auditorium. Three students will recite orations inspired by King, and the winner will speak during the keynote event.
“This is the first time we have tried to engage students in actively par-ticipating in and thinking about King and also giving an opportunity for the students to be showcased in the keynote address,” said Medill Prof. Charles Whitaker, a co-chair for the celebration’s planning committee and a Students Publishing Company board member.
The keynote speaker this year is Alexander, who currently works at both the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. She will speak at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Jan. 26 at 6 p.m.
“Michelle Alexander’s book ‘The New Jim Crow’ is a really trenchant work that looks at the issues of today that are affecting the African-
American community,” Whitaker said. “It is a new way of looking at institutional racism and beginning to address the still nagging problems of racism.”
Alexander also helped lead a national campaign against racial profiling through law enforcement while serving as the director of the Racial Justice Project for the ACLU of Northern California.
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha at NU are col-laborating with Univer-sity Chaplain Timothy Ste-vens on this year’s can-dlelight vigil in honor of King.
“Dr. King was an Alpha and the Alphas have taken the lead in helping the University organize the proper celebration of Dr. King, even before there was a holiday,” Stevens, the planning com-mittee’s other co-chair, said.
Carol Moseley Braun, former ambassador of the United States to New Zealand and Samoa, will speak during the candlelight vigil. The for-mer presidential candidate remains the only African-American woman to have ever served in the U.S. Senate.
By ELI PANKEN and KHADRICE ROLLINS the daily northwestern @elipanken, @KhadriceRollins
Jackie Robinson West, the 2014 Little League National Champi-onship baseball team, made an appearance at an Evanston restau-rant Wednesday night and was later honored at Northwestern’s men’s basketball game against the Uni-versity of Illinois.
A crowd of more than 35
Evanston residents greeted the team at Chicago’s Home of Chicken and Waffles, 2424 Dempster St., at about 6 p.m. The players were able to meet attendees and eat at the res-taurant before heading to NU.
The team won the U.S. title at the 2014 Little League National Championship after defeating Nevada. The Chicago team then lost the International Final to South Korea.
Darold Butler, the head coach of the 13-player team, said the dinner
was an important experience for his team so that they could understand the significance of their win.
“During the whole series, we were focused on winning,” But-ler said. “That gained us a lot of national support and Chicago sup-port, and I think it’s important that we meet the people who watched us the whole way.”
Throughout the evening, mem-bers of the team took pictures with
D202 board OKs capital improvements
The District 202 Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved the district’s capital improvements projects for 2015 and the proposed five-year capital improvements plan.
Projects at Evanston Township High School include a new tennis center, updates for the planetarium and an outdoor site for the Geometry in Construction class that built an affordable house last year and will build another this school year.
Other improvements include Voice over Internet Protocol phone system upgrades and cooling tower renovations, which will reduce costs and improve effi-ciency for the district, officials said.
The ETHS Educational Foundation’s raised money and other sources, such as bonds and grants, will fund the capital improvements projects.
In its recommendation that the District 202 board approve the five-year plan, the district also requested that $4.9 million be transferred to the capital improvements fund, according to a news release.
“Thanks to the ETHS Educational Foundation, careful budgeting and set-ting priorities, we have been able to make significant improvements and upgrades to our facilities” superintendent Eric With-erspoon said in the news release. “We are giving ETHS a new look while at the same time being good stewards and taking care of this beautiful school.”
— Stephanie Kelly
Senate chooses ASG election commissionBy OLIVIA EXSTRUMdaily senior staffer @olivesocean
Associated Student Government voted Wednesday on a new election commission, which serves as the judicial body during ASG elections and monitors campaign violations.
Seven spots were available on the commission, and seven students were nominated for the positions.
“I think it’s time for me to get much more involved in ASG,” said Weinberg sophomore and nominee Matt Cowen, senator for Shepard Residential College, Allison Hall and Public Affairs Residential Col-lege. “I’m someone who pays atten-tion to national elections, so here I’m very much looking forward to doing a good job and working to make sure it’s a well-run election.”
Weinberg senior Dana Leinbach, who has served on the election com-mission and was also nominated, said there were no campaign violations last year, although it varies from year to year. She also said the commission is responsible for the vice presidential and presidential debates and the cre-ation of the election ballot.
Last year’s elections were “un-messy” because ASG shortened the election timeline, said Weinberg sophomore and nominee Lauren Thomas, senator for Bobb Hall,
College of Cultural and Community Studies and GREEN House. She also said the election guidelines are too complicated and suggested the com-mission simplify the process.
Leinbach said she has been on the commission during both very con-tentious and less contested elections. She said going through the guidelines
with candidates and being available for questions is key to elections run-ning smoothly.
All seven nominees were elected to the commission.
Senate also accepted three propos-als for the Wild Ideas Fund. The new Christian magazine Veracity received $150 to distribute 300 copies and the
Polish-American Student Alliance was allotted $450 to fund a perfor-mance group for a Polish culture night. Real Food at NU received $100 of funding for copies of the book The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber to give away
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COMMISSION VOTE Speaker of the Senate and Weinberg junior Noah Star discusses the Associated Student Government election commission Wednesday. Seven ASG members were elected to the commission.
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Students search for jobs at winter fairBy EMILY CHINthe daily northwestern @Emchin24
About 1,500 students crowded into the Louis Room at Norris University Center to look for jobs and internships this week.
Northwestern Career Advancement hosted the 2015 Internship and Job Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. NCA hosts similar fairs several times each year. They start plan-ning a year in advance, by sending invitations to organizations and seeing if they are a good fit for students.
“Our goal is to create an event that is broad-based that involves lots of opportunity to our students in different career fields,” said Mark Presnell, executive director of Northwestern Career Advancement.
Presnell said there are two types of compa-nies who typically come to the career fair: small companies that want to be seen and high-profile companies, such as Pepsi and Adobe Systems, who are competing for “top Northwestern students.”
Presnell said he thinks the career fair went well, as there was a good student turnout and
almost 100 percent of the companies who signed up were present. Students were able to build relationships and promote what they’re interested in, with the hopes of getting a step closer to an internship opportunity.
“They gain a good understanding of a com-pany’s culture and what it’s like to work for that particular company,” he said. “They gain an understanding of the opportunities available at that firm including very specific deadlines for internships and full-time careers.”
The Internship and Job Fair also provides students with an oppor-tunity to promote them-selves and learn how to market themselves best, Presnell said.
“They develop an understanding of how to talk about their strengths as an individual and communicate their interest in a company or organization,” he said. “That’s a very key skill for
a students to be successful on that job search.”McCormick second-year graduate stu-
dent Hao Wu went to the fair to find a job in engineering.
“We have more opportunities to talk to the recruiters,” he said. “Hopefully my resume will impress them and they’ll remember me.”
Alice Harra, director for employer relations at University Career Services, encouraged stu-dents to come to the fair to explore their options and not limit themselves to a specific area or company. One way to do this is by looking at smaller companies.
Rita Gibson, marketing communication man-ager at Bemis Company, Inc., a food packaging company, came to the career fair to educate stu-dents about her company. Because Bemis is not as well known as other companies, students who work there have more access to the company’s leadership, she said.
“We’re looking for someone who can apply their education at NU and for someone who can help to transform the company,” she said.
Gibson is recruiting at schools like NU to stay connected with the new batch of graduates coming into the job market.
Wildcats for Israel banner torn apart in alleged vandalism
A banner hung near The Arch by Wild-cats for Israel and the Tannebaum Chabad House was allegedly vandalized Tuesday evening. The banner was hung for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and found torn in half on Wednesday.
The banner quoted a statement by King expressing support for Israel.
Weinberg junior Jonathan Kamel, co-pres-ident of Wildcats for Israel, said the banner
was hung up Monday night and he learned of the alleged vandalism Wednesday morning.
“I was shocked because I had no clue,” he said. “It didn’t look like the wind may have blown it over. It looks ripped in half. There’s no way it was anything else.”
Kamel said the organizations made a res-ervation to display the banner before Winter Break. He said another Wildcats for Israel member, Communication senior Joey Becker, filed reports with Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution and RespectNU.
University Police Deputy Chief Dan McA-leer said a report about the incident was not filed with the department.
Kamel said the groups would like to create
a new banner and hang it somewhere else.“We’re hoping to be given the opportunity
to put it up again,” he said. “We want it to be treated like any other banner on campus and also have our property respected at the same time.”
Kamel said several NU administors are aware of the incident. He plans to reach out to Norris University Center to get the reserva-tion for the banner extended.
The area near The Arch was the site of another alleged vandalism in November, when a banner hung by Students for Justice in Palestine was taken down.
— Olivia Exstrum
“Our
goal is to create an event
that is broad-based that
involves lots of opportunity to our students in different career
fields.Mark
Presnell,NCA executive
director
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By JACQUELYN GUILLENthe daily northwestern @jacqui_guillen
Students may be tempted by the Vin Fiz wine and Barack Obama lollipops on display in Deering Library, but they aren’t for consump-tion. The items are a part of the library’s new exhibit, “Beyond the Book: The Changing Nature of Library Collections,” which features unique objects acquired by Northwestern and aims to illustrate the diverse array of items libraries collect.
The exhibit, which is set to open Jan. 20 and runs until May 8, was curated by the Northwest-ern University Library Preservation Department. It contains items from across history, such as a board game called “Sexism,” cobweb portraits from the late 19th century, Mesopotamian clay tablets, glass lantern slides from the early 20th century, letters to and from composer John Cage and the hard drive of former economics Prof. Dale Mortensen, recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
“These are pretty rare collections that are very unique to Northwestern,” said Stephanie Gowler, project conservator in the Preservation Depart-ment and co-curator of the exhibit. “The strengths of our collections is here.”
Katherine Risseeuw, preservation librarian and co-curator of the exhibit, said they receive items from other curators and department heads within the library. The items from this exhibit are from NU’s five special libraries: the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, University Archives, Music Library, Special Collections and the Transportation Library.
Gowler also said the items on display can be used to learn about certain topics in a different way.
Some examples include the Obama lollipops and biscuit wrappers on display. They came to NU when David Easterbrook, former curator of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, traveled to Africa with graduate stu-dents and various vendors with whom the library works. The lollipops are from Kenya, and the biscuit wrappers are from Ghana. While there are written documents about Obama’s impact
in African communities, these items help show how the communities represent him within their cultures, says Risseeuw and Gowler.
Most of time, the Preservation Department receives books, papers and sometimes photo-graphs. For books, the department cleans the pages or re-attaches a book cover if it’s damaged, but it has to research different preservation meth-ods when it receives objects.
“We want to alter the object as little as possible and we don’t really want to alter it,” Gowler said. “We want to leave it as is but also make it stable so that it’s not going to fall apart further.”
One item on display that was repaired is an original animation cel from Walt Disney’s 1939 “The Ugly Duckling.” Based on research into the materials, it is believed the animation cel is made from cellulose acetate, which breaks down over time. Risseeuw and Gowler said when the department received the object, the duckling and frog character on the cel were not attached to the background illustration, and they had to come up with a solution to reattach the characters.
To do this, Risseeuw and Gowler said they researched how animations worked during the
time period, how the cels were created, how the materials break down, what type of paint was used and various other topics in order to figure out how to safely repair it. In the end, the depart-ment attached two sheets of polyester film to keep the characters in place.
“We want to be sure that what we’re using is not going to react with the materials, discolor them, change them,” Gowler said. “We try to use materials that have been tested to show that they will age well.”
For some items more difficult to preserve, such as the old cassette tapes and open reel tapes on display, the best option is to digitize the informa-tion, said Risseeuw.
Other items may require a box or storage com-partment that the department calls “housings” to preserve the items. These “housings” keep light and dust out, while also providing support for the object.
These items aren’t for display only, and certain objects are even available for students to check out of the library.
Curious CurationsNew Deering exhibit features depth of library’s artifact collection
Inside:
Tonik Tap, Graffiti collaborate for first time in new show
Delve into Kafein’s cozy open mic night scene
Student playwrights get live feedback in first annual reading
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Evanston museum features world’s largest Toby jug collection
John F. Kennedy, Shakespeare charac-ters and gardeners all found a home in Evanston.
At The American Toby Jug Museum, 910 Chicago Ave., these figures and about 8,000 others like them take shape in jug form and together comprise the world’s largest collec-tion of Toby jugs.
About one-third of the 3-D jugs are of fic-tional characters, one-third comprises histori-cal and political stalwarts and the remaining portion feature generic figures. Spanning 200 different makers and more than 30 countries, the diverse collection at the museum illustrates
the lengthy evolution of Toby jugs.“We have a collection of about 200 jugs
from the 18th century, so there’s a lot of history involved,” museum co-founder and curator Steve Mullins said. “You can trace the evolution of the jugs and the techniques to make them. There is historical stuff that you can learn when you come here.”
Mullins, who has been collecting Toby Jugs for more than 60 years, said that since the first Toby jug was produced around 250 years ago, the techniques to make them have changed little. He drew a distinction between a character jug, which just includes a face, and a full-body Toby jug, which features a figure from head to toe. About 70 percent of the jugs in the museum are face jugs, rather than full-body
One full-body jug Mullins said was par-ticularly noteworthy is a 39-inch, 100-pound
generic Toby, the largest jug in the world. After commissioning the jug himself, Mullins said the manufacturer was able to make just one because of its size, making the jug in the museum unique.
The large jug isn’t the only unique piece in the museum, as the world’s largest collections of Royal Doulton jugs and French Majolica pitchers can also be found there. Ultimately, Mullins said visitors to the museum are struck by the size and diversity of the collection.
“I can just tell you that anybody who comes here walks in and says ‘wow,’” Mullins said. “They all spend at least 45 minutes to an hour and some people spend two or three hours. It’s hard to describe, but when people come here, they find it really worthwhile … It is educational. It’s a cultural art form.”
— Hayley Glatter
By RACHEL DAVISONthe daily northwestern @razdav5678
Tonik Tap and Graffiti Dancers are col-laborating for the first time in “Hooked on Graffoniks,” which runs Jan. 16 and 17 in the Jones Great Room.
Aric Barrow, artistic director of Tonik Tap, has been in both groups since his freshman year and this year, he invited Graffiti to join Tonik for the group’s annual winter show.
“When you bring two groups together, the entertainment value goes up,” Barrow said.
The show features separate pieces from Graffiti and Tonik as well as four joint pieces, including the finale with all members of both groups and a ballet and tap duet with a mem-ber from each group. Graffiti artistic director Katherine Scott restaged a tap piece from her
home studio for Graffiti and Tonik dancers.Graffiti’s internal producer Annalissa Hart-
sell said she is excited to work with Tonik because Graffiti has never performed with them. Many Graffiti members had tapped before and had previously attended Tonik shows as a group.
“I get to tap for the first time in years,” Hartsell said. “I think it’s because we respect each other so much. We’re that much more excited to coexist on a stage together.”
Scott is excited for the audience to see the show and see theses groups working together for the first time.
“It will be a very high-energy show,” Scott said.
Scott has enjoyed branching out and work-ing with new people in the creative process.
“I think, ultimately, both groups have the same goal and intention: to entertain audi-ences and be a creative outlet for members,”
she said. “This collaboration occurred so eas-ily because Aric is in both groups.”
Tonik President Sheridan Brown said they had wanted to work with Graffiti for a long time, and with Barrow as artistic director, “it was a really good opportunity to bring the groups together.”
“I think since we’re all dancers, we’re much more similar than we sometimes remember,” Brown said.
Members from both groups are excited to perform together for the first time and expand their audiences.
“I think we play to each other’s strengths. We sort of of bring out different feelings and styles of movement with each other,” Hartsell said. “I hope that we actually get to continue it in future years.”
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A capella group sings for Obamas
Kafein’s open mic characterized by eclectic mix By MADELINE BURGthe daily northwestern @madelineburg
The yellow walls of the single room, adorned with cheeky renditions of famous paintings, such as the Mona Lisa holding a tiny cup of espresso, glow with a warmth that’s echoed in the welcoming attitude of Kafein’s Open Mic Night patrons.
Each Monday, customers can buy a latte and watch Evanston’s finest musicians, poets and comedians perform original work, covers and even parodies of Demi Lovato songs in Hebrew, in an atmosphere that’s pure college coffee shop.
“I’m pretty sure they’ve been doing it since the beginning, and the beginning was a long time ago,” said Henry Sokol, one of Kafein’s
baristas.In fact, Open Mic Night in its current itera-
tion, Monday at 7 p.m., has only been around for a year and a half. But since the coffee shop’s opening more than 20 years ago, it’s been a relaxed space for local artists to gather and per-form for the public.
“Through the years they’ve gone, you know, good sound system, good host, bad sound sys-tem, bad host,” said Thomas Cray, a graphic designer from Evanston. “A friend of mine, Bran-don, started hosting the one here, and I started coming again. And we’re still here.”
Cray has been here since he moved to Chicago in 1989, after college. A veteran of the Evan-ston cafe open mic scene, Cray, crooning folk-inspired tunes in a mellow tenor voice, plays covers and originals on his guitar.
Most of the performers are musicians accom-panying themselves on guitar, and most of them
frequent Kafein’s open mic, even playing every week. Liam Conway-Pearson is a Weinberg junior who deals in Bob Dylan and Beatles cov-ers and plays the harmonica with a sheepish grin. Max Abner is a Communication sopho-more whose distinctive, raspy voice reminds one of singer-songwriter The Tallest Man on Earth.
Political poems, a song in Russian about a soldier’s battlefield experiences, a cover of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off ” — all are applauded with equal enthusiasm by a constantly revolving set of coffee drinkers, either carrying on their own conversations or looking attentively at the per-forming stage.
Conway-Pearson and Abner describe the performing atmosphere as “cozy.” Weinberg freshman Sean Casey, who regularly performs his stand-up comedy at the Open Mic, agrees, saying that the environment is “super open and friendly.”
“Kafein was my first time per-forming,” Casey said. “It’s a really chill place to start.”
Indeed, after watching Conway-Pearson’s set — which included a refreshing medley of Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and the Beatles’ “What Goes On” — a patron sitting with his friends decided to get up and sing for the first time in public, accompanied by Conway-Pearson on guitar.
The camaraderie of the performers created an atmosphere of acceptance and comfort, a perfect opportunity for budding performers as well as veterans to be creative. Kafein’s Open Mic Night fosters a sense of artistic community that includes the audience as well.
“Mutual respect society. Mutual appreciation,” Thomas calls it, and it shows.
By AMANDA SVACHULAthe daily northwestern @amandasvachula
President Barack Obama has once again reinforced the fact that Northwestern is his Big Ten team. NU’s premiere African-American a cappella group Soul4-Real, which specializes in R&B, soul and hip hop music, performed at a holiday party at the White House on Dec. 12. Group member Emily Tross, a Medill sophomore, gave The Daily an inside look at the organization’s experience.
How did you get invited to perform at the White House in the first place?
We’re not really sure how it happened. We know it’s the type of thing where you’re supposed to apply. We believe someone nominated us, but we still haven’t figured out who. We received an email maybe like a week before Thanksgiving. At that point we didn’t know any Christmas music and we weren’t sure the email was real.
What was the event for?
It was a private holiday party that the president and his wife were hosting. At each of the parties they host, they have a different group perform. During the summer they accept applications from different groups. Somewhere around 4,000 groups apply and they narrow it down to the best choices. Who ends up there is based on scheduling and we were lucky enough to end up there.
How did you prepare for the performance?
We had two or three weeks to learn Christmas music. Normal rehearsals are usually an hour and a half but we extended them to three or four hours. Towards the end we were practicing until 12 or 1 in the morning.
How long was the performance?
We were at the White House a total of five hours. We sang two sets while guests were arriving and leav-ing. They were each about an hour. We were stationed by the entrances and exits.
Were you able to sing for President Obama and the First Lady?
We were given 45 seconds to sing to them privately in a room. We sang “Silent Night.” We each individu-ally shook their hands and got to take a picture with them.
What was your favorite moment?
My favorite moment was shaking the President’s and Mrs. Obama’s hands. They’re so tall and beautiful. Her dress was obviously gorgeous. When they first came into the room, (President) Obama’s first line was, “What’s up homies from Chicago?” We were all fangirling so hard, trying not to scream.
When is your next performance?
We’re performing Monday, Jan. 19, on Martin Luther King Day, at the vigil that Northwestern is holding. We don’t have a winter concert but we do have a spring concert. We usually do little perfor-mances throughout the year when we’re asked.
Sean Su/Daily Senior Staffer
GRAFFEELIN’ THE RHYTHM Performing together for the first time, members of dance groups Graffiti and Tonik Tap rehearse a number. Their show, “Hooked on Graffoniks,” opens Jan. 16 in the Jones Great Room and will feature tap and modern dance.
Graffiti, Tonik Tap team up for show
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thursdayBeatriz D Drain and the Impossibility of Rain (Vertigo)Shanley Pavilion - 10:30 p.m.
fridayDance World 2015Ryan Auditorium - 7:30 p.m.
Hooked on GraffoniksJones Great Room - 8 p.m., 10 p.m.
Beatriz D Drain and the Impossibility of Rain (Vertigo)Shanley Pavilion - 10:30 p.m.
saturdayThe Pastel Months (Vertigo)Shanley Pavilion - 4 p.m., 8 p.m.Hooked on GraffoniksJones Great Room - 8 p.m., 10 p.m.The Hairs in Between Frida Kahlo’s Eyebrows (Vertigo)Shanley Pavilion - 10:30 p.m.
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The Hairs in Between Frida Kahlo’s Eyebrows (Vertigo)Shanley Pavilion - 8 p.m.
The Fairest (Lovers & Madmen)The Ballroom - 10 p.m.
The Fairest (Lovers & Madmen)The Ballroom - 8 p.m., 10 p.m.
Student-written shows hit stage for first time
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By YAQOOB QASEEMthe daily northwestern @yaqoobqaseem
This weekend, audience members will be able to participate in the creation of student-written plays.
Vertigo Productions, a student organization for undergraduate playwrights, will host its first annual Winter Reading Series Thursday through Saturday. In this free event at Shanley Pavilion, actors will read student-written plays currently in development.
“What a gift it is to hear (the play) out loud in a house full of people, hear what jokes land with them, what moments sound unsettling and then you can print new pages,” said Isabel Thompson, a Communication junior and producer of the event.
Both Thompson and Eva Victor, Communi-cation junior and a featured playwright, said the plays would likely evolve even in the short gaps between readings. The programs will include anonymous feedback forms to facilitate audience participation in the development of the plays, Thompson said.
Thompson and Victor said the opportunity is valuable for actors, who influence the play by giving voices to characters for the first time. The actors also face the unique challenge of present-ing a constantly changing work.
“It’s like a really helpful symbiotic relation-ship,” said Scott Egleston, Communication senior and actor in Victor’s play.
Thompson said reading series allow stu-dent playwrights to present work that would
be challenging to fully produce with a limited budget.
“We wouldn’t be able to do it justice,” Thomp-son said of Victor’s play, which involves several magical aspects. “Vertigo’s mission is really all about serving playwrights and creating processes catered to them that will help them become bet-ter writers and develop their plays.”
Each of the three plays has a design team that creates its ideal set using sketches, watercolors and models. These designs will be on exhibit during the event, and the designers will be pres-ent to discuss their visions with the audience.
“My set designer … brought in maybe 30 truly amazing research images that he showed to me, and that influenced the edits I’ve made on my play significantly,” Victor said.
In addition to the set designs, the event will also include “writer’s corners,” which consist of collections of items illustrating each playwright’s process.
“Writers’ processes are physically plastered on the walls,” Thompson said.
She also said the event has two primary purposes in her eyes: to improve the writer’s understanding of his work and to foster appre-ciation of the development process in the audi-ence. Victor said she views the event partly as a celebration.
“I also don’t understand how we’ve never embraced this kind of community before,” Victor said. “The idea that there are designers working towards it, that there’s dozens of people excited for this, is fascinating, you know, tear-inducing.”
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CREATIVE PROCESS: Three student writers will see their works performed this weekend at Vertigo’s first annual Winter Reading Series. The set showcases “writer’s corners,” depicting the playwright’s development process.
By JACQUELYN GUILLENthe daily northwestern @jacqui_guillen
Want convenience and a good price? Go to the Norris University Center Ice Rink.
Price: free admission, $3 skate rental for students, $5 skate rental for faculty/staff, $7 skate rental for guests of Northwestern community
Wait time: You can skate right away, usually.
Unless you own a pair of ice skates, Norris has the best deal for ice skating. It’s like the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink, except a bit smaller. It may be a little difficult to skate there for beginners because there aren’t any railings or walls to support skaters. You can meet up with friends easier, though, and then head to Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts for some hot chocolate.
Want to make a day of it? Go to Chicago – Mag-gie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon located in Maggie Daley Park.
Price: $12 skate rental, free admission
Wait time: If you’re lucky you can skate right away, but if you get there when the Zamboni is on the ice, it could be up to an hour.
There are opportunities to ice skate on campus, but it’s fun to have some outings to Chicago once in a while. If you have time, grab a couple of friends and check out the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon downtown, which was just constructed this winter. There are a series of turns because it is shaped like a ribbon, but it allows you take a break from the tra-ditional ice rinks that are shaped in the same oval or circle shape. The rink also features hills; they’re not too steep — you barely realize you’re going up one. However, be aware that it does get crowded. Because it lacks the traditional ice rink shape, the path is nar-row, and you can easily bump into people.
If the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon is too crowded, go to the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink located in Millennium Park.
Price: $12 skate rental, free admission
Don’t like ice skating outdoors? Check out the rink at the Robert Crown Community Center in Evanston, located at 1701 Main St.
Price: $8 admission, $3 skate rental
Wait time: None. Just make sure you go at the designated public skate times. (Check website for details.)
It can be intimidating to skate outside where anyone can see you. Maybe you don’t want people on campus to see you fall at the ice rink at Nor-ris. For a more relaxed setting, check out the ice rink at the Robert Crown Community Center. They have open public skate from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in their main ice rink. On weekdays, there aren’t many people skating, and even if you fall once (or twice) nobody cares. Another plus is the con-trolled temperature. It’s not too cold, and you don’t have to worry about the weather ruining your day. Afterward, check out The Brothers K Coffeehouse near Main Street and Chicago Avenue, which is about 15 minutes from the ice rink. Warm up with a cup of their thick hot chocolate. They even do hot chocolate art.
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CHILLING OUT Students enjoy the ice rink outside Norris University Center. With multiple rinks to choose from, the Evanston and Chicago scene offers a diversity of frozen options.
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Wait time: Not too long — sometimes you can skate right away or it could be longer if the Zamboni is on the ice.
If narrow paths and small hills aren’t your thing, the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink is less than a five minute walk from the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon. The McCormick Tribune Ice Rink is a tra-ditional ice rink, shaped similarly to the one outside of Norris University Center. It’s the same price as Maggie Daley, but skaters don’t have a narrow path and there are no hills. There’s some space in the middle for people to do tricks, and they play music while you’re skating.
Whether you’re leaving Maggie Daley Park or Millennium Park, stay warm with a cup of hot chocolate. Although there are multiple Starbucks downtown you can go to when it gets too cold, try one of the other coffee houses. There’s a Peet’s Cof-fee & Tea between Washington Street and Madison Street on North Michigan Avenue, and they make a good cup of hot chocolate with a swirl of chocolate syrup on top!
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Local bank extends Facebook donation campaignBy TORI LATHAMthe daily northwestern @latham_tori
First Bank & Trust has decided to extend its Facebook donation campaign through May and will give money to five local nonprofit organizations.
The bank, which is based in Evanston, began the campaign in August, giving $2.50 to a non-profit for each “like” the bank received on its Facebook page. The beneficiary organization varied by month and the bank donated to five different local groups, including the Evanston Community Foundation and the Youth Job Cen-ter last year.
This year from January to May, First Bank & Trust will donate to the McGaw YMCA, the
Shorefront Legacy Center, the Woman’s Club of Evanston, Citizens’ Greener Evanston and Curt’s Cafe.
“We started it as a way to grow our Face-book community and shine a light on the fact that we are a bank for nonprofits,” said Michael Yohanan, marketing manager at First Bank & Trust. “It was a great success and we want to continue to grow more visibility.”
The bank has a long list of customers, of which about 850 were nonprofits, Yohanan said. From that list, they chose one to partner with for each month of the campaign, he said.
“We partner with these businesses to help cross-promote,” he said. “We want to show that we are a place to go in the community and help promote other organizations in the city.”
Susan Trieschmann, the executive director at Curt’s Cafe, 2922 Central St., said she asked First
Bank & Trust how to become involved when she saw the campaign being advertised at one of the bank’s branches.
“I’m hoping to put the money into our pro-gram for students,” she said. “It probably won’t be a lot, but I hope to use it as a stipend for our students or as a way to get more kids into the program.”
Yohanan said during the last campaign, the bank maxed out on their donations, which came to $500 a month. He estimated that First Bank & Trust’s Facebook page received around 200 likes per month, contributing to their current total of 1,105 likes.
“We decided we’re sticking with $500 this time,” he said. “I imagine we’ll have similar num-bers this time, but I would like to see growth.”
Dino Robinson, founder and director of the Shorefront Legacy Center, 2214 Ridge Ave.,
said he hopes to put the money they receive toward different programs at the center, which is dedicated to documenting black history in the city.
“I’d like to put it toward our traveling exhibit,” he said. “We have panels of people and entities that talk about black history in Evanston and the North Shore. History doesn’t look good in boxes, so we try to take it out of those boxes and put it in context.”
Yohanan said he was not sure about the future of the program, but that the bank will reassess it after May.
“We want to be a partner to help create a future,” he said. “The community has been very supportive. There are a lot of smiles and people are excited to say that this is my bank.”
Car stolen, recovered from Evanston pizza delivery driver
A car was stolen from a pizza delivery driver as he stopped to make a delivery Tues-day night in Evanston. It was recovered soon afterward.
The 32-year-old pizza driver, an Evanston resident, left his car running on the corner of Darrow Avenue and Crain Street when he saw someone get in the car and drive away around 11 p.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.
Minutes later, police found the car, a 1998 Toyota, empty after it had been involved in an accident, Dugan said. The car lost control and went through a yard, hitting a fence in the 1600 block of Greenleaf Street, he added. Police returned the car to its owner.
Man arrested in connection with more than $500 of stolen cosmetics
A Chicago resident was arrested in connec-tion with the retail theft of more than $500 worth of cosmetics near the Chicago-Evanston border Monday afternoon, police said.
A store security guard observed the 50-year-old man leaving Jewel Osco, 2485 Howard St., without paying for several items. The man tried to run away, but the security guard stopped him until police arrived, Dugan said.
The Chicago resident was charged with felony retail theft and is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 27.
— Julian Gerez
Police Blotter
Paris attack has US lawmakers questioning visa waivers
WASHINGTON — In the wake of last week’s Paris terrorist attack, some top U.S. lawmakers want to review a visa program that they worry could enable similar attacks on American soil.
They fear that European citizens associated with or sympathetic to the French terrorists’ cause might attempt to come to the United States using the Department of Homeland Security’s Visa Waiver Program, which allows residents of 38 European countries to enter the United States without visas. But business groups and security analysts are push-ing back, saying the program serves as a vital eco-nomic engine for the country —and actually helps improve security.
“We have a lot of questions about how to keep America safe,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., as she left a closed intelligence briefing Tuesday afternoon on the Paris attacks.
Mikulski said it was important to take another look at the program to better understand its purpose. The U.S. also needs to find out more about what security threats exists in the countries involved and who from those countries are on watch lists, she said.
Thousands of European citizens flocked to Syria to join jihadi fighters over the past year, according to European reports. Some are then going back to their home countries hardened by their expe-riences. One of the men involved in last week’s attack, Said Kouachi, traveled in 2011 to Yemen, where he received training from an al-Qaida branch before returning to Paris to help carry out the assault at a French satirical newspaper that left 12 people dead.
The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, on Sunday called the Visa Waiver Program the “Achilles’ heel of America” while talking on CNN of her concerns about a U.S. attack.
The purpose of the Visa Waiver Program has been to promote tourism and business travel to the United States. Last month, local officials from South Carolina and Kentucky were lauding the economic benefits and promoting the program’s expansion at local chamber and visitor bureau events. In 2012, nearly 20 million visitors entered the United States under the program, accounting for 40 percent of overseas visitors, according to a 2014 Congressional Research Service report on the program.
— Franco Ordonerz (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)
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Missing Chicago man last seen in Evanston
A Chicago resident who has been missing since Dec. 31 was last seen in Evanston, police said.
Walter Smith, who lives in the 6400 block
of South Claremont Avenue, was last seen near Presence Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., on New Year’s Eve, the Chicago Tribune reported.
“We have the release that Chicago Police sent out with his picture and frequent hangouts,” Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. “Officers have been given copies and are on
the lookout for him.”Police described Smith, 49, as a black man
with black hair and brown eyes who is 6 feet tall and weighs 230 pounds,.
Chicago police are asking anyone with infor-mation to call detectives at (312) 747-8380.
— Julian Gerez
deep in the second half but still struggled to keep Illinois off the board. Fighting Illini guard Kendrick Nunn had a game-high 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting, and backcourt mate guard Aaron Cosby added 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting.
The duo had plenty of room to operate behind the arc thanks to a complete lack of defensive pressure from NU. After only record-ing one steal against the Spartans, the Cats had none against the Fighting Illini.
“Our hands weren’t active at all,” McIntosh said. “They threw the ball in the air anywhere they wanted on the floor.”
Illinois’ ball security resulted in the team taking 10 more shots than NU over the course of the game, which was a critical difference in the 5-point contest.
The Cats’ next game is on the road Saturday against Michigan, a tough matchup in which NU will try to stop its losing skid.
“We have to take another step forward,” McIntosh said. “It’s nice that we’ve made prog-ress, but losing is not acceptable.”
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DAY OF SERVICESaturday, January 17, 2015 8:30 AM to 1:00 PMNorthwestern students will engage in a variety of service projects throughout Evanston and Chicago area. During lunch students will have the opportunity to reflect over their experience. Sign up for Day of Service at bit.ly/MLKsignup
EVA JEFFERSON DAYMonday, January 19, 2015 8:45 AM to 2:45 PMCPS students will come to Northwestern to enjoy a full day of arts, crafts and discussion about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
STUDENT ORATORICAL CONTESTMonday, January 19, 2015 1:00 PMNorris University Center's McCormick Auditorium (1999 Campus Drive) Contest finalists will recite their orations inspired by MLK at this event. There will be a performance by Northwestern University a cappella group Soul 4 Real, along with spoken word pieces between orations. A small reception will follow. The contest winner will have the opportunity to recite their oration at the MLK commemoration keynote event on January 26th at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Please see the Oratorical Contest page for more information bit.ly/MLKOratorical
MLK STAGED READING OF "THE GIFT HORSE"Monday, January 19, 2015 2:00 PMPenned by Lydia R. Diamond (Broadway's Stick Fly and NU Alumna), The Gift Horse explores the complexities of human interaction in love, commitment and tragedy and celebrates the resilience of the soul. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at bit.ly/MLKGiftHorse
CAMPUS OBSERVANCE: CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FEATURING CAROL MOSELEY BRAUNMonday, January 19, 2015 7:00 PMAlice Millar Chapel (1870 Sheridan Rd.)Join us as we hear from Carol Moseley Braun, first permanent female member of the Senate Finance Committee and president and founder of Good Food Organics™. There will be musical performances by Northwestern student groups and a reception to follow.
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION OF WHITE LIKE ME REFLECTIONS ON RACE FROM A PRIVILEGED SON BY TIM WISETuesday, January 20th, 4:30 PM to 6:30 PMThe Graduate Student Commons 2122 Sheridan Rd, 1st floor
CAMPUS OBSERVANCE: KEYNOTE SPEAK-ER MICHELLE ALEXANDERMonday, January 26, 2015 6:00 PMPick-Staiger Concert Hall (50 Arts Circle Drive)Join us for this University-wide observance featuring music and performances by Northwestern student groups and a keynote address delivered by Michelle Alexander.
HARAMBEEFriday, January 30, 2015 7:00 PM to 10:00 PMNorris Center, Louis RoomSwahili for “pull together.” It's co-sponsored by African American Student Affairs (AASA) and For Members Only: NU's Black Student Alliance. Come and enjoy free food, performances, and presentations. CLAUDE STEELE: ONE BOOK ONE NORTHWESTERN KEYNOTEWednesday, February 4th4:30 PM to 5:30 PMCahn Auditorium, 600 Emerson StreetIn Whistling Vivaldi, Steele looks back on his 30-year career investigating the impact of social biases and prejudices on everyday life. Finding that stereotypes can influence behavior and affect performance. He will share important strategies that may prove helpful in lessening their negative effects. There will be a book signing to follow lecture.
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Evanston children and their families, talked about baseball and met Negro Leagues player Ray Knox, a former catcher for the Chicago American Giants.
Darnell Johnson, the operations manager for the restaurant, said the event was more than just a chance for residents to meet young superstars.
“These kids are an inspiration for everybody in Evanston, especially our Little Leaguers,” Johnson said. “If kids of the same age are able to see what others are able to do at that age — like win a U.S. baseball championship — it inspires them to follow their dreams and work hard like the team does. It makes a huge impact on them.”
George Daniels, an attendee and an investor of the restaurant, said he was impressed by the team members’ humility despite the publicity they have received.
“I’m so proud to see the job that the coaches and the parents have done with these kids,” he said. “They’ve kept them so humble and
maintained them as young gentlemen in all of the limelight they’ve received after what they’ve accomplished.”
Once at NU, the Jackie Robinson West play-ers and coaches walked onto the court and received a standing ovation in the first half of the basketball game.
“Evanston treated us like champions,” Butler said.
Butler said the team was thankful and happy with the way it was welcomed by NU athletic director Jim Phillips and the entire men’s bas-ketball staff.
The players got the chance to watch a close game at Welsh-Ryan Arena, but had to leave at halftime. Although the team has traveled across the country and become national stars, they are still in middle school and had to travel back to the South Side, Butler said.
“I got to get the boys home,” Butler said. “They have school in the morning.”
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“Traditionally the purpose of the candlelight speakers is to recognize the importance of the religious conventions that Dr. King embodied,” Stevens said. “He was a minister, he served churches … all of this was important to his civil rights work and with the candlelight vigil we hope to highlight that.”
Both the keynote and the candle-light vigil events are open to the general public, with sign language translation provided.
A screening of the documentary “White Like Me” is scheduled for Jan. 26 at 4:30 p.m. at the Graduate Student Commons, as well as Harambee, an event co-sponsored by African American Stu-dent Affairs and For Members Only: NU’s Black Student Alliance that will be held Jan. 30 at the Louis Room in Norris Uni-versity Center.
to students for free.Old business was brought up by SESP senior
Austin Romero, vice president of diversity and inclusion, who last week proposed ASG change the name of its Diversity and Inclusion Committee to the Accessibility and Inclusion Committee.
“The new name would align more with what the committee actually does,” the bill said. “It introduces the extremely important concept of accessibility. The campus cannot be inclusive (let alone diverse!) if it is not accessible to all.”
The legislation was passed.In addition, Leinbach was elected as ASG par-
liamentarian, replacing Weinberg senior Petros Karahalios, who resigned from the position this quarter. Weinberg junior Kevin Harris, commu-nity relations vice president, also announced the Association of Big Ten Students’ annual winter conference will feature about 85 students from other Big Ten schools. The conference will be held at Northwestern Jan. 16-18.
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Cats face stern test in spring opener down SouthBy MIKE MARUTdaily senior staffer @mikeonthemic93
No. 17 Northwestern begins the highly com-petitive spring season this weekend in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at the Mal Moore Invitational, where the Wildcats will take on the Crimson Tide as well as Florida State and Georgia Tech.
Without the star power of graduated players Veronica Corning, Belinda Niu and Nida Ham-ilton, NU’s freshmen will need to step up their game. During the fall season, the three new play-ers showed off their skills for the rest of the col-lege tennis world to see. Freshmen Alex Chatt and Rheeya Doshi won the doubles title in the Roberta Alison Fall Classic and freshman Erin Larner dominated singles, earning a record of 12-3.
“I’m looking forward to getting some answers to some questions,” coach Claire Pollard said.
“We have a lot of questions at the moment with such a young team, so much upside. We’ve got to realize that and actualize that pretty quickly. So I’m looking forward to seeing (the team) against outside competition.”
One of those questions is the doubles lineup,
with the doubles point being of the utmost importance to the Cats going forward. Of course losing the doubles point in a dual match puts the team down 0-1 instead of up 1-0, but, even
adjusting for this disadvantage, the splits were still alarming. In last year’s dual season, NU posted a 2-6 record when losing the opening doubles point, and accrued an 18-1 mark when winning doubles. Pollard mentioned earlier in the week that the team has a lot of “parity,” so the players for doubles are almost interchangeable due to the “really good chemistry” of the team.
Traditionally, the Cats start the season fac-ing Alabama, which proves to be a true test of strength. This year, NU opens against three top-30 teams: No. 8 Alabama, No. 18 Georgia Tech and No. 30 Florida State. The Cats will have to be firing on all cylinders to make it through the season-opening gauntlet.
“We’ve all done a lot of hard work, all through the fall,” sophomore Brooke Rischbieth said. “I know everyone did a really good job over break. We had our fitness tests on Sunday and everybody came back with a higher score than when they left so that’s always a fantastic sign.”
This will also be the first time Pollard reveals
the starting six for singles and doubles. Earlier this week, Pollard said everybody has a chance to start, even the freshmen. To help the team prepare, Pollard has the players watch themselves and focuses practice more on NU than anybody else. This helps the players see their own mistakes and polish them off before the recorded scor-ing starts up in two weeks at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
“We’ve watched some video, and we’ve been trying to teach high-percentage tennis,” Pollard said. “We play high-risk tennis too much for our liking so we’re trying to get back to high-percent-age, low-risk tennis.”
With this being the opening weekend of the spring season, albeit unrecorded, the Cats are clawing at the gate to get started.
“I’m looking forward to see our team compete and see where we’re all at,” sophomore Manon Peri said. “We’ve all been working hard.”
“We play high-risk
tennis too much for our liking so we’re trying to get
back to high-percentage, low-risk tennis.
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ON DECK ON THE RECORDMen’s TennisNU at NC State, 3 p.m. Friday
I don’t know why he’s not getting mentioned as one of the best freshmen in our league.
— Chris Collins, on guard Bryant McIntosh
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By BOBBY PILLOTEdaily senior staffer@BobbyPillote
One late-game thriller just wasn’t enough for Northwestern.
Th ree days removed from an over-time loss to Michigan State, the Wild-cats (10-7, 1-3 Big Ten) took the Illinois Fighting Illini (12-6, 2-3) wire-to-wire but ultimately fell 72-67. Th e defeat is the third consecutive one for NU.
“We could easily say we should be 3-1 (in conference), but we’re not,” coach Chris Collins said. “It’s not about coming close, it’s about fi nding ways to win.”
Despite the loss, NU continued the off ensive renaissance it experienced dur-ing regulation against the Spartans. Th e Cats maintained an up-tempo pace and reaped the benefi ts, shooting 46 percent from the fl oor.
Aft er drawing some criticism for his recent play, junior center Alex Olah led the way for NU with 14 points, 12 rebounds and four assists, the latter two being team highs. Th e assists stick out — the off ense was at its best running inside out through the post.
“We worked on (passing) a lot because there was a period I was getting double-teamed,” Olah said. “Passing out of the post, passing out on the perimeter, everything is open.”
Many of Olah’s initial feeds came from freshman point guard Bryant McIntosh, who continued to dazzle with a team-high 16 points. Collins trusted the star with many of the Cats’ crunch-time pos-sessions late in the second half.
“Th e kid’s a great player,” Collins said. “I don’t know why he’s not getting men-tioned as one of the best freshmen in our league … I feel good with him running my team.
Senior guard JerShon Cobb returned
to the lineup aft er missing the second half against Michigan State but was lim-ited, scoring just 7 points in 27 minutes played. It was fellow senior guard Dave Sobolewski who stole the spotlight off the bench, sinking back-to-back threes midway through the second half to elec-trify the Welsh-Ryan Arena crowd and keep NU in the game.
And beyond providing a quick injec-tion of points, Collins also believed Sobolewski’s veteran presence had a calming eff ect on McIntosh down the stretch.
“I turned the ball over a couple times,” McIntosh said. “And having (Sobo-lewski) out there allowed me to settle down and fi nd myself.”
But calmed or not, McIntosh and the rest of the team stifl ed their improved
off ense with a series of miscues. Th e Cats turned the ball over 11 times, and the Fighting Illini happily turned those chances into 14 points.
And each step forward on off ense seemed to be associated with a step backward on defense. NU allowed Illi-nois to shoot 17 fi rst-half 3-pointers, more than half of its 33 total attempts during that frame. Th e Fighting Illini’s robust 41 percent shooting from beyond arc in the fi rst half was enough to give Illinois a 4-point halft ime cushion.
“Our aggressiveness on the defen-sive end just wasn’t there,” Collins said. “We’re playing good teams. It needs to pick up.”
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BIG MAN RESURGENCE Junior center Alex Olah posts up an Illinois defender. The Wildcats lost 72-67 to the Fighting Illini despite Olah’s 14 points and 12 rebounds.
By JESSE KRAMERdaily senior staffer@Jesse_Kramer
Th e more shots you take, the more shots you make. Th at’s how percent-ages work.
But Northwestern has not been attempting many shots in compari-son to its opponents, and that has had an impact on the scoreboard.
Overall, the Wildcats have taken 25 fewer fi eld-goal attempts than the Big Ten teams they have faced.
Illinois put up 62 shots Wednes-day compared to NU’s 52.
Th e Cats have also shot fewer free throws than their Big Ten opponents, which only adds to that disparity in productive possessions.
Despite outshooting the Illini from the fi eld by several percentage points Wednesday, the Wildcats lost 72-67.
Part of the reason behind this fi eld goal diff erential is how much NU struggles to force turnovers. Th e Cats rank No. 311 in the nation and No. 13 in the Big Ten with a 16.7 percent defensive turnover rate.
Forcing turnovers leads to shot attempts — oft en easy ones in tran-sition — for the defense while tak-ing shot attempts away from the opponent.
Th e Illini turned the ball over just three times in 61 possessions. Th at’s just a 4.9 turnover percentage for the Cats defense.
“I haven’t seen that in any college basketball game I’ve been a part of,” Illinois coach John Groce said.
All of those turnovers were off en-sive fouls, and the dead balls kept NU from capitalizing on the Illinois’ miscues.
Th e Cats fi nished with zero points off turnovers. Th e Illini had 14 off NU’s 11 miscues.
Th at is in large part by design. Coach Chris Collins has said he would rather contain and protect the
basket than extend for steals.Still, he was disappointed with
Wednesday’s result.“We have to be a lot more active,”
Collins said. “We need to be get-ting some more defl ections. Give Illinois credit, but for them to have only three turnovers it just shows our aggressiveness on the defensive end just wasn’t there. Th at’s got to pick up.”
Th is turnover disparity also fl us-tered freshman point guard Bryant McIntosh.
“It’s tough to win that way,” he said. “You can’t turn the ball over, especially when you’re not forcing turnovers either. And they did a good job of getting a shot every time down the fl oor.”
To boot, NU does not possess the lockdown defense it had a year ago. Save for awful shooting by Rutgers, the Big Ten’s second-worst off ensive team, Big Ten teams have torched the Cats.
In three NU losses, opponents are shooting 48.1 percent from the fi eld. Th eir eff ective fi eld-goal percentage — a stat that accounts for the added value of a 3-pointer—sits at 54.4 per-cent NU has lost back-to-back games that were close to being wins. One was to Michigan State in overtime, and then Wednesday the Cats’ defi cit was 1 point in the fi nal minute.
In these close games, getting just a small handful of extra shots up, and making just one or two, could be the diff erence.
Collins said turnovers as well as rebounding are two areas that need to improve if the Cats are going to turn these close losses into close wins.
“It comes down to a possession here, a possession there,” Collins said. “It’s not about coming close … Th is league is about close games. It’s about winning close games.”
By CLAIRE HANSENthe daily northwestern@clairechansen
Northwestern (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten) notched its third loss of the season Wednesday night in Iowa City as No. 21 Iowa (13-3, 4-1) proved to be too hard for the Wildcats to contain.
Th e Hawkeyes shot 50.8 percent from the fi eld while the Cats sank just 34.7 percent of their shots in the 83-70 loss. Despite a back-and-forth fi rst half, Iowa pulled away in the second period to secure the victory.
“We could never get the ball or the lead in the second half,” coach Joe McK-eown said. “I thought we fought really hard and had plenty of chances.”
NU came out strong, building a 16-9 lead early in the contest. Th e Hawkeyes, however, responded, methodically cutting the Cats’ advantage and jump-ing out to its own over the next nine minutes.
In the fi nal minutes of the fi rst half, the Cats, led by junior forward Lauren Douglas, found their footing once more.
Douglas tallied 12 points in the last 1:44 of the period as NU inched closer to Iowa. NU sat just three points behind Iowa as the teams headed into halft ime, the score board reading 41-38.
The second half was a different story.
While the Cats continued to struggle with shooting, the Hawkeyes proved to be effi cient, knocking down 51.9 per-cent from the fi eld in the fi nal period and growing their lead to as much as 20 points. Despite a late surge by the Cats, NU was unable to make much of a dent in the Hawkeyes’ lead. In the end, Iowa handily defeated the Cats by 13 points.
NU’s defense did have success when defending against threes. Th e Cats limited the Hawkeyes to 27.8 percent shooting from beyond the arc. In con-trast, the Cats netted a third of their three-pointers.
Such a split would’ve appeared important to NU’s prospects heading into the contest. Although the Cats actually hit on a lower rate from beyond the arc than their season average — 34.2 percent — NU pummeled one of the best long shooting teams in the land.
Iowa entered the contest 2nd in the nation from three, posting a potent 40.5 percent clip. Th e Cats’ eff ort forced the Hawkeyes nearly 15 percent below their season average beyond the arc.
But that came with a consequence. Th e Hawkeyes put in a robust eff ort down low, outscoring NU 40-36 in the
paint, with Hawkeyes center Bethany Doolittle notching 29 points and grab-bing 12 rebounds.
Junior guard Maggie Lyon attributed much of Iowa’s off ensive success to this ability to defeat NU down low.
“Th ey really spread the court well on off ense,” she said. “Th ey pulled us out, and we left the basket vulner-able — something we need to fi x for Michigan.”
McKeown agreed, simply stating, “When they come to NU, we will have to defend a lot better.”
Sophomore forward Nia Coffey recorded her sixth double-double of the season — the 14th of her career — with 12 points and 15 rebounds. Lyon and senior Alex Cohen both tallied 16 points.
Lyon asserts that the loss wasn’t fully about the Cats’ off ensive or defensive struggles but rather a dip in eff ort.
“Team intensity, which we have been doing all season, just wasn’t as good tonight,” she said. “It’s something that shouldn’t be lacking … We need to play harder, practice harder.”
As the team looks to play Michigan on Saturday, McKeown remains confi -dent in his team’s abilities.
“We are playing great, and there’s no reason to let this game be anything but a learning experience,” he said. “To be 13-3 in mid-January says a lot about our program and our kids.”
NU undone by shooting, Iowa scoring barrage
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SHOOTING STRUGGLES Nia Coffey brings the ball up the fl oor. The sophomore forward pulled down six offensive rebounds among 15 total boards Wednesday, but she could only manage 4-of-22 shooting from the fl oor.
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