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More than600 students relaxed on theNorris East Lawn on Sunday afternoon,dancingandlisteningtobluegrassbandsaspartofPhilfest,anannualmusicfestivalor-ganizedbyStudentsforEcologicalandEn-vironmentalDevelopment. This year, theeventwasco-sponsoredwithA&OProduc-tions.
With performances by bands TeaLeafGreen,Cornmeal,theGivingTreeBandandtheGentleman ofNUCO,Philfest offeredmore than justmusic for students.For the
firsttime,Philfestincludedagreenfairwithbooths for environmental groups on cam-pus, includingEngineers for a SustainableWorld,ECOand theEnvironmentalPolicyProgram.Concert-goersalsohadtheoppor-tunity to plant seeds and paint a Philfestmural.
Sunny springweather helpedmake theeventmore successful than last year’s con-cert,whichwas rainedout andheld insideNorrisUniversityCenter,organizerssaid.
“We’resohappywehadniceweatherto-day,” said Stephanie Jarzemsky, a Philfestco-chair.“Wecouldn’taskforabetterday.”
McCormickfreshmanChristinaLeesaidshe enjoyed the event’s laid-back atmo-sphere.
“Iwanted somewhere to chill on aSun-dayafternoon,thiswasagoodplacetorelaxoutside,”saidLee,whoaddedthatsheplans
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studentsandcommunitymembersalikegatheredonthenorriseastlawnonsundayafternoontoparticipateinPhilfest,co-sponsoredbya&oProductionsandseed.theannualmusicfestivalhonorsPhillipsemmer,whodiedin2000,andraisesmoneyfortherockymountaininstitute.
Vehicle burglary rates up
By nIcole honGthe daily northwestern
After late-night partyingwith friendsinOctober,AaronHoffmancamehomeataround2 a.m. anddidn’t notice anythingsuspicious. The nextmorning, theWein-berg senior wokeup to f i nd t hew indow o f h i sfront driver seatw i n d o w c om -pletelyshattered.
“ T h e r e w a sg l a s s e v e r y -where,” Hoffmansaid,recallingtheincident . “Theyt o o k m y C Dplayer, a changecup w ith $2 .50and lef t a l l myCDs in the frontseat. I called thepol ice and theydid awhole investigation, but they neverfoundwhodidit.”
Incidents such as this are on the rise,accordingtotheEvanstonPoliceDepart-ment.
In the past twomonths, police havenoticed“asignificantincreaseinburglarytovehiclereports,”withsuchcrimesmorethan doubling between February andApril, EPD Cmdr. Tom Guenther said.Evanston residents reported 46 car bur-
πWith car break-ins more than doubling from February to April, EPD is focusing on prevention
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Withmoreparticipantsandteamsthaneverbefore,Northwestern’s sixthannualRelayForLifehassofarraisedmorethan$100,000fortheAmericanCancerSociety.
About750peopleparticipatedinthe12-hourrelay,held in theSportsPavilionandAquaticsCenterfromFridaynighttoSaturdaymorning.Theeventstartedat6p.m.andendedat6a.m.onSaturday.
Theeventhasmadeprogressoncampus,al-readyraising$10,000morethanlastyear’srelay,saidJenniferLong,oneoftheevent’sco-chairs.DonationscanbemadeuntilAugust31,soorga-nizerswillnotknowthetotalamountraisedun-tilthen,shesaid.
“This isonly the secondyearweheld it inSPAC,” theWeinberg senior said. “A lotmorepeoplecametovisitthisyear,soourpresenceon
campushasgrown.”TeamSeyfarthShaw,namedafter the law
firmatwhichtheparticipantswork,raisedthemostmoney:$10,000.DaveRowland,acancersurvivorand teammember, said the teamhadabout 100 people “tag-teaming” the eventthroughoutthenight.
See relay, page 8
Record participation marks sixth annual Relay For Life
Philfest attendees enjoy fun in sun
Heading to the Deuce? Read about the new Caboose to the Mark II Lounge PAGE 3
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The R&B singer-songwriter Estelle has been conf irmed as the third headliner for Dillo Day, the Mayfest co-chairwomen announced Friday night. The concert will be co-sponsored by the Panhel-lenic Association and the Interfraternity Council. The announcement was made Friday during the second night of Mayfest’s annual Battle of the Bands com-petition.
Rotimi & the Rainmakers won Battle of the Bands on Friday evening, beating out nine other stu-dent bands for a spot on the Dillo Day lineup.
“My knees almost gave in,” said Rotimi Akino-sho, a Communication junior and the band’s front-man. “It was unexpected … I’m looking forward to performing in front of all those people and to be able to show off what I can do.”
Mayfest announced Thursday night the hip-hop group N.E.R.D. and indie-rock band The December-ists will also be headliners at the May 30 concert series.
Estelle, a United Kingdom-born artist, is best known for her collaboration with Kanye West on the song “American Boy.” The song brought Estelle
international exposure when she and West won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2009.
“We’re really excited because she is def initely on top of her fame right now,” said Mayfest co-Chairwoman Diana Richter. “She’s a female – which is something Dillo Day hasn’t had in a long time. She’s really hip, she’s really great and she’s pop – she def initely is the perfect package for us also, and we’re really proud of this one.”
The Weinberg senior said the Dillo Day lineup thus far is one of the most contemporary in recent memory. Last year’s concert featured the ’90s band Third Eye Blind.
“Whether it’s contemporary or whether it’s a throwback, we were just fortunate because The Decemberists are on tour, so it worked out really well,” Richter said. “Estelle def initely wants to get her name out there, so we’re just at the right place at the right time, which is basically how all of our decisions are made.”
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Friday’s article on Mayfest’s Battle of the Bands incorrectly stated three student bands would be chosen to perform at Dillo Day. Only one band, the winner of the Battle, is selected.
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PAGE2 CALENDAR MONDAY | A look at upcoming events, on campus and off
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FRIDAY5:30 p.m. NU’s Freshman Class of Voice Majors will perform in a free show held in Lutkin Hall. 7:30 p.m. The NU Jazz Orchestra performs a tribute to Benny Goodman on the 100th anniversary of his birth at Pick-Staiger. $7 for the general public and $4 for students.
10 a.m. Distribution of Syllabus yearbooks to begin at the Rock. Yearbooks purchasable with a valid ID and $55 by cash or check. Distribution to continue at the Rock through Thursday this week and at different locations next week. 8 p.m. Mayfest and A&O present Aladdin Sing-Along on the Norris East Lawn.
7:30 p.m. MCSA brings University of Wisconsin Law School Prof. Asifa Qurashi to discuss the relationship between Shar’iah law and the U.S. Constitution. 7:30 p.m. Performance of Gunther Schuller’s Symphony for Brass and Percussion at Pick-Staiger. . 7:30 p.m. Sinclair Sexsmith, author of the blog Sugar Butch, leads an “interactive workshop” in Kresge 2-430, sponsored by the Rainbow Alliance. 7:30 p.m. A&O brings Comedian Daniel Tosh to perform at Pick-Staiger Concert
7:30 p.m. Zuzana Stefkova, a curator at the Centre of Contemporary Art in Prague, discusses how the social and political conditions following the fall of iron curtain has affected art in Central Europe in the Block Gallery. 7:30 p.m. The College Republicans and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority will bring Leslie Sanchez, an award-winning author, entrepreneur, strategist and commentator to speak in Technological Institute Lecture Room 2..
8:00 p.m. The senior dance performance “Forward shift” will include a world premiere piece at the Theater Interpretation Center. Performances to follow on Fri-day and Saturday. 8:00 p.m. Block cinemas hosts its “Sonic Celluloid” concert, featuring live musicians performing against the backdrop of silent and experimen-tal film. 8:00 p.m. Brown Sugar a cappella group will celebrate its 10-year an-niversary with its last show of the year, in the McCormick Tribune Center.
Stones assail Evanston resident in backyard, one strikes hip
Someone bomba rded a n Eva nston woman with stones Thursday, authorities said.
The 39-year-old woman was in her back-yard in the 1700 block of Brummel Street when stones started f lying into her back-yard at 11:55 a.m., Evanston Police Depart-ment Cmdr. Tom Guenther said. One hit her in the hip.
The ambush appeared to come from the north, leading the woman to think the of-fenders live in houses north of her own, Guenther said.
Officers arrived on scene but did not find any culprits.
She sustained no injuries, and no prop-erty was damaged.
Police are not investigating.
Man steals Evanston woman’s credit card from unlocked car
An Evanston woman yelled at a man bur-glarizing her car, who fled after stealing a credit card Thursday, police said.
The burglar cut through the resident’s yard in the 800 block of Grey Avenue and went up to her car. It was probably unlocked because there were no signs of forced entry, Guenther said.
The woman yelled at the man, saying she had called the police, Guenther said. He ran, but not before snatching a credit card from the car.
Police have no leads.
— Chris KirK
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MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009 | 3NEWS | THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
this week in musicMAY 18 - 22, 2009
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The ConsulCahn Auditorium 7:30 p.m., $18/15/8Also on Saturday, May 23
Jay Lesenger, director Joel Revzen, conductor
Gian Carlo Menotti composed the darkly suspenseful score of The Consul — his first full-length opera — in 1950 to his own libretto. This nightmare thriller focuses on Magda Sorel, a woman trapped by borders and politics. Her husband’s activities in the resistance have brought the secret police to her door, and she must free her family from the state’s suffocating oppression. Her only hope is to obtain a visa, all too rarely granted, from the consul of a neighboring country. This production marks the first time this thought-provoking opera has been seen at Northwestern. Performed in English.
Northwestern University Jazz OrchestraPick-Staiger7:30 p.m., $7/5/4
Victor Goines, conductor
The music of jazz legend Benny Goodman is featured in a program celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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Evening of BrassPick-Staiger 7:30 p.m., $7/5/4
Gail Williams, conductor
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MyCat’s ‘Deuce Caboose’ saves students cash
Greeks unite for 2nd annual Black and Gold BowlBy CLARA LINGLE
THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. joined forces Saturday to host the second annual Black and Gold Bowl , a flag football tournament that included students from each of the four Greek councils.
The event was a step forward in connecting Northwestern Greeks, said Theta Special Events co-Chairwoman Hannah Fraser-Chan-pong .
“It’s one of the only events on campus that brings together all four of the councils,” the Medill sophomore said. “That’s our main goal – to bring everyone together and bridge the gap between what people consider the more main-stream fraternities and sororities and the mul-ticultural ones, because they’re no less impor-
tant on campus even though they might be a little less visible.”
About 90 participants competed at the event – each chapter was asked to volunteer three members, and teams of nine mixed students from all four councils – the Interfraternity Council , Multicultural Greek Council , National Pan- Hellenic Council and Panhellenic Associa-tion – attended.
Meredith Dawson , a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority, said she thought Black and Gold succeeded in building connections between Greek chapters.
“It was really a good chance to meet peo-ple,” the Communication freshman said. “We were split into different teams according to dif-ferent houses, so you’re exposed to a lot of peo-ple you don’t know.”
Theta sold baked goods and Jamba Juice
smoothies while Alpha Phi Alpha grilled hot dogs. Brandon Brooks , social chairman of Al-pha Phi Alpha, said holding a free event was important for a campus with a large Greek community.
“There was a push in Greek leadership to make (Black and Gold) an event of Greek unity,” Brooks said. “We needed a free event where people could come and connect.”
But he said the event might have attracted fewer people than last year because it moved from Deering Meadow to Long Field.
“We wanted to incorporate not just North-western Greeks but the whole NU campus,” the SESP junior said. “We were hoping for Deering (Meadow) because you can draw in passersby , but I feel like we were still able to have a wonderful event.”
The tournament last year was held at Deer-
ing Meadow with approval from the president’s office, but Fraser-Chanpong said the adminis-tration was more stringent in approving a space for them this year.
“We were definitely worried about (Long Field), because it’s so far north,” she said. “But it turned out to be a great space. I feel like we were still able to achieve what we wanted.”
Fraser-Chanpong said she hoped that as Black and Gold becomes more popular, the event will continue to help unify the Greek community at NU.
“It’s really important for bringing people to-gether under the umbrella of being Greek in-stead of dividing ourselves in different houses,” she said. “I wouldn’t say we’re totally integrated now, but we’re definitely moving forward.”
By MINA SHANKAR THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
For many students, heading to the Mark II Lounge, 7436 N. Western Ave., on a Thursday night is a Northwestern rite of passage.
Paying for the trip, however, is a major chal-lenge – with fares at about $15 for a taxi to the bar, nicknamed the Deuce, some students are unwilling to spend the money for the trip, or scoff at the prospect of cramming into a cab with 10 of their closest friends .
A newly organized student business, MyCat Enterprises , wants to take the headache out of Thursday nights with its new venture, the “Deuce Caboose,” a discounted shuttle. For $2 each way, students can hit up the bar without breaking the bank.
“It seemed like a natural idea because we’ve all been there before,” said Weinberg freshman and MyCat team member Alessio Manti . “We all want to go but we don’t. Sometimes you can see the cab drivers pulling up and already pushing
the (fare) button six or seven times.”MyCat Enterprises is a team of 12 students,
many of whom are former members of the Asso-ciated Student Government. About six to seven members of the team were heavily involved in organizing the shuttle.
Communication freshman Kelsey Kenady, a former ASG member and current MyCat team member, said she and others were frustrated with ASG after working on Medill junior Bill Pulte’s presidential campaign.
“What I was looking for in student govern-ment wasn’t what I saw happening,” Kenady said. “We wanted to do something that more di-rectly affects students.”
Kenady said she did not think MyCat was un-dermining ASG because “we offer different things.”
The Deuce Caboose made its first trip May 7, and Kenady said the inaugural week was “in-sane.” The buses were filled to capacity, she said. The bar was closed down later that night. Ac-cording to MyCat organizers, the shuttle saved
students $700 on its first night of operation. Weinberg freshman Sarah Spielberger was
among the students who tried out the shuttle. She said she would “definitely” ride the bus again.
“It’s a really good idea because it’s cheaper and more fun to go on a bus with your friends,” she said.
Red Bull is currently offering complimentary Red Bulls to students on their way to the Deuce, organizers said. The energy drink is distributed to sober students and is limited to one per student.
The founders of MyCat Enterprises, who seek to provide services “for students, by students,”
said they are not done addressing the student body’s concerns.
Currently MyCat’s only other offering is a laundry service, but it plans to expand in the near future.
Manti said breakfast delivery for early morn-ing classes and paralegal help for University Hearing and Appeals System and Sexual Assault Hearing and Appeals System are in the works .
The Deuce Caboose may extend its services to the weekend and address “how nothing hap-pens on Fridays and Saturdays” by partnering with Greek organizations and other student groups to take NU students to Chicago and other bars, Manti said.
The Deuce Caboose runs every Thursday night, with pick-up locations at Patten Gym and the Arch. Pick-up times from Patten are at 11:45 p.m., 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. The shuttle re-turns to the Deuce at 2:00 a.m., 2:30 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.
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$700amount the shuttle saved students on its first night of operation, according to MyCat organizers
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ETHS alumni return for 125th anniversary By AMIE NINH
THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
Evanston Township High School alumna Jeannie Culver can still find her way around the halls of the school 27 years after her graduation.
In 1982, Culver was a high school cheer-leader, and Saturday, the stay-at-home mom from Atlanta rediscovered her ties to the school for one day.
ETHS wrapped up its 125th anniversary celebration by holding an All-Class Reunion on Saturday. The celebration events began in September and culminated with the re-union, open to all alumni of the school.
“I was excited to connect with friends from different grades,” Culver said. “A lot of the same things are here.”
Kathy Miehls, director of public/alumni
relations at ETHS , said she planned a vari-ety of events for the anniversary geared to-ward certain groups of people, including the staff and the public.
More than 40,000 alumni were invited to attend the reunion, she said.
“It just made sense to hold an event for all the alumni,” she said. “Who would you single out? Who shouldn’t come? It’s every-body or don’t do it.”
Events this year included a 125th All-Staff and Retirees Party, Distinguished Alumni Awards and a Backyard Birthday Bash.
The afternoon reunion events included group tours and scavenger hunts that al-lowed alumni to become reacquainted with the building.
On a group scavenger hunt, Steve Gagen (c lass of ’68) pointed out the “unbelievable
amount of change” he saw in the school.“For as many years as you spend here
and as much as you forget, it’s so neat to see the school again,” he said. “This place is enormous.”
ETHS was originally founded in a single classroom and was relocated several times before settling at its current site in 1924.
The scavenger hunt evoked memories for both Gagen and Culver, who reminisced about food fights in the cafeteria.
Both acknowledged the wide range of op-portunities ETHS offered them.
“It’s amazing how many programs Ev-anston has,” Culver said. “It’s an incredible school.”
Culver said after receiving a flyer in the mail about the reunion, she and her fellow classmates used Facebook to communicate and organize a meet-up at a bar the night
before the reunion.Evening events at the reunion included a
meet-and-greet for classmates, a perfor-mance by musician Ronnie Rice (c lass of ’62) and a dance featuring DJ John Nance (c lass of ’71).
“Ronnie Rice knows every rock ’n’ roll song known to man,” Miehls said. “It should be fun.”
ETHS plays a significant role in the his-tory of Evanston, and a lot has been in-vested in the school, Miehls said earlier this month.
“(The reunion) brings alumni back to the school to see how we are now, to meet up with their classmates again and renew those kinds of friendships and ties,” she said. “It’s a nostalgia trip.”
By GRACE JOHNSON THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
Growing up in India and being taught by her mother, who worked with Mother Te-resa , Indira Freitas Johnson quickly learned to help others .
After Johnson immigrated to the United States with Mother Teresa’s help , she came to Evanston, where she founded the Shanti Foun-dation for Peace, 917 Fowler Ave ., in 1993 .
“In 1993, there were wars taking place all over the world,” said Johnson, who is also co-executive director of the foundation . “It just seemed like the intensity of violence was cru-eler than it used to be.”
The Shanti Foundation started out as an or-ganization that raised money for other small grassroots organizations through greeting cards that featured quotes from Mahatma Gandhi , John Lennon and others, Johnson said.
Eventually, Shanti started its own programs.
“The basis of the organization is the idea that the processes of art-making and non-vio-lent decision-making are similar,” Johnson said.
Shanti’s first project drew inspiration from drawings of fourth- and fifth-graders to paint a CTA bus in order to spread messages of peace , Johnson said. This initial project led to work-shops in Evanston/Skokie District 65 schools as well as after-school programs.
Co-Executive Director Gerry Garner said he believes the children benefit immensely from Shanti’s programs.
“They learn a new way of communicating with each other,” she said. “Especially when we work with children in younger grades, they gain awareness that they can use differ-ent approaches to communication to ad-vance their ideas.”
Shanti sub-contracts with artists to run programs, using art as a teaching tool to bring up issues of peaceful interaction with others, Johnson said.
“Shanti doesn’t always get brought in be-cause of a conflict,” said Monika Neuland-Kim-rey, a Shanti artist . “They also are brought in to examine social situations.”
Neuland-Kimrey said she likes to talk to administrators and teachers first to get a “bird’s eye view” of the situation, before she formulates exact projects which allow chil-dren to work together.
“In communities where there are problems, when you look deeper, you see that people don’t often have a chance to create together,” she said. “When there’s creativity in groups, differ-ent dialogues come into play and it makes a sig-nificant impact as conversations start.”
Sometimes artists must use their training to get all of the students to open up. Garner recalled a time when a junior high school stu-dent wasn’t interested and wanted to go home until the artist started discussing spoken word and writing poetry. The student lit up and suddenly had plenty of ideas to contrib-
ute, she said.“All of our artwork is collaborative,” Garner
said. “The artwork that the Shanti programs produce are made by a group, so there are a lot of different mediums utilized.”
The group approach helps Neuland-Kimrey feel connected to the community.
“I’m a teaching artist that does community development work,” she said. “I feel like the most important thing is to do projects that allow people to participate and feel like part of the creation, rather than just consume it.”
Neuland-Kimrey is currently following a group of students for the second year in a row, so she has been able to see the progress the students have made.
“I know what I learned from these stu-dents last year, and it’s great to come back and see how they’ve grown and matured,” she said.
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Present-day medicine and health care are flashpoints for a bewildering array of controversies--about whose interests the health care system should serve and how it should be organized; about the security and reliability of the medical knowledge we rely on when we are confronted with the threat of illness; about the politics and ethics of biomedical research; about whether health care can be made affordable; about how the benefits of good health can be shared equitably across lines of class, race, and gender; and about the proper roles of health professionals, scientists, patients, consumer groups, activists, and the state in establishing medical, political, and ethical priorities.
By providing a broad introduction to the domain of health and biomedicine, this course will take up such controversies as matters of concern to all. We will analyze the cultural meanings associated with health and illness; the political controversies surrounding health care, medical knowledge production, and medical decision-making; and the structure of the social institutions that comprise the health care industry. We will examine many problems with the current state of health and health care in the United States, and we will also consider potential solutions.
BRIEF INSTRUCTOR BIO: After 15 years of teaching at the University of California, San Diego, Steven Epstein joins Northwestern this year as the John C. Schaffer Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Sociology. Prof. Epstein does research and teaching in a range of areas that include studies of biomedicine, health, and illness; sociology of science; gender, race, and sexuality; LGBT studies; and social movements. He has written extensively on the HIV/AIDS epidemic and AIDS activism. His most recent book examines the “politics of inclusion” and “management of difference” in biomedical research.
BRIEF INSTRUCTOR BIO: Born in Rome and educated in Italy and the United States, Professor Lombardi-Diop has taught at the American University of Rome and the University of California-Berkeley. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University in African and African American Studies and her Ph.D. is in Comparative Literature. As a faculty member she is committed to intercultural, interdisciplinary exchange and international education. This commitment is apparent in the intellectual range of her classes and in her publications. Her teaching and research interests include interrelated issues of gender, class and race in Italian cultural history, Italian colonial literature and culture, and the contemporary African diaspora in Italy. In the Fall of 2009 she has been appointed Jean Gimble Lane Professor in the Humanities. She is currently at work on a book on Italian Women in Colonial Africa in the period 1890-1942 and on a project on immigration in Rome.
HUM 395-0 Humanities Seminar Italian 380 Introduction to Italian Cinema
SEMINAR TITLE: Neorealism and
International Cinema: Fantasies of Otherness
in Postwar Italian Cinema
INSTRUCTOR: Cristina Lombardi-Diop
DAY: TTHTIME: 12:30 – 1:50 PM
ROOM: Kresge 2-370
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course explores the ways in which postwar Italian cinema has been a mirror of Italy’s many doubles: vagrants, gypsies, southern peasants, illegal immigrants, foreign invaders, luscious women, that is, the many internal and external others that have become object of fantasies in filmic representations. While becoming familiar with canonical film, students will also learn how to identify the hidden and blurred areas that the cinematic screen unveils about the Italian national imagination. As an inclusionary and exclusionary visual practice, postwar Italian cinema will reveal past and current ideas about the extension and limit of identity boundaries. The course opens with Rossellini’s classic Open City (1945) and includes canonical authors such as Pontecorvo, Antonioni, Pasolini and less know ones such as Amelio and Munzi.
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By Emily Wraythe daily northwestern
Lycra and sparkles took over the Rob-ert Crown Community Center & Ice Complex on Sunday afternoon, as local figure skating students from the Figure Skating School and the Competitive Ice Program drew their families and friends to the f inal performance of Skate by Numbers, their annual spring ice show.
The show explored the link between artistry and numbers, with each perfor-mance choreographed to songs with nu-merical t it les and themes. Kicking off with Prince’s “1999”, the countdown showcased a series of routines from stu-dents ranging from high school seniors to toddlers led across the ice by adult spot-ters.
Audience members came to support their children but said the event had an additional draw: the chance to bond with fellow parents and neighbors.
“It really shows the community get-ting together and supporting their chil-dren in their efforts to be skaters,” said Chris Martin, an audience member wait-ing with a bouquet of f lowers to give his 11-year-old daughter after her perfor-mance.
“Extended famil ies come to these events, and it’s a nice thing for families to get together to do,” he said.
Martin said he thinks high levels of community participation in events like Skate by Numbers will encourage the city to expand the Robert Crown Community Center’s ice complex and general facilities.
“Hopefully, when the City Council
sees this sort of participation level, it will see the need to expand,” he said. “The facility is being used more and more by people both in and outside of Evanston.”
Chicago resident Maria Olmos at-tended the show to support her friend’s daughter. A fan of figure skating, Olmos said she thinks the sport helps children develop useful skills.
“The students have good choreogra-phy, and even for the little kids, it’s good for their mental and physical develop-ment,” she said.
Mary and Elizabeth Grady, twin sis-ters who compete on the competitive syn-chronized skating team, have taken fig-ure skating lessons at the Robert Crown Community Center for 11 years. After skating in the Act One finale, the high school juniors said they looked forward to the concluding speeches honoring the graduating seniors after their final per-formances.
“It ’s a nice tradit ion,” Mary Grady said. “It’s good to see everyone here at one time.”
And that’s what it all adds up to: en-tertainment, athleticism and community.
“I know a lot of people enjoy the show and figure skating in general,” Martin said. “It’s a feel-good kind of sport.”
Skate students perform in annual spring showπ Students of all ages and abilities showed off their skills on the ice Sunday in ‘Skate by Numbers’
“It really shows the community getting together and supporting
their children in their efforts to be skaters.”
Chris MartinParent of figure skating student
The Titanic Players’ All Titanic Global Improv Summit, held Sunday in the Mc-Cormick Tribune Center, brought together Titanic teams from across the Midwest. The Daily asked performers and audience members, “What is your favorite corny joke?”
all TiTaNic GloBal improv SummiT
Two guys walk into a bar. The third ducked.
What do you call an elephant crossed with a rhino? Elephino.
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”What’s the opposite of Christopher
Reeves? Christopher Walken.
”What do you call a Frenchman wearing sandals? phillipe-flop.
”What did the mother buffalo say to her
son when he left for school? Bison!
Pro-choice Catholics should leave the church 10/31/08
As Kathleen Flaherty reported in the Daily last week (“Prof speaks on abortion debate,” Oct. 22), Loyola law professor Charles Murdock came to campus to defend the most surprising demographic in Amer-ica, the nearly half of Catholic voters who support Barack Obama.
A handful of Catholics have crawled to the task of championing the idea that Sena-tor Obama is more pro-life than pro-lifers. How daunting is this task? Think a banana slug soaked in Vaseline climbing up an icy hill.
But still they hammer away. Cardinals implore church members who politically support abortion to refrain from taking communion; they rush to the table never-theless.
Rudy Giuliani, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Christopher Dodd and Edward Kennedy can tell you all about how they are keeping Cardinals Egan, O’Malley and Ri-gali awake at night. This must be the strangest of scenes for the Protestant evan-gelists who would do almost anything to keep members coming back, yet the priests cannot get these people to leave a church that fundamentally disagrees with them.
Why? Because some people have crafted abortion into an issue of religious opinion, which makes the political de-mands of any religious groups appear as acts of theological domineering. What ac-tually happened is that the Catholic Church and many other faith-communities accepted, as organizations, the following argument.
First, since people begin at conception, to kill anyone from conception onwards is to kill a human being. Second, it is wrong to intentionally kill any innocent person. Therefore, abortion is killing someone who has the same right not to be killed as every-
one else. The political standard of all members in
these organizations is to not vote for candi-dates making killing lawful. If anything, as our derision at Pope Pius XII for not doing more to resist the Holocaust suggests, polit-ical assertiveness is recommended.
The many and revolting adventures of Senator Obama trying to remove limits on abortion deny organizations committed to the pro-life argument room to yield. The momentous, though under-reported, prom-ise he gave at a July 2007 speech to Planned Parenthood is that “The first act I’d do as president would be to pass the Freedom of Choice Act.”
This act is the culmination of all the abortion lobby’s desires in a single sweep: removing “conscience clause” laws that protect doctors refusing to perform abor-tions from losing their jobs, repealing all parental notification laws, using the public purse to pay for abortions and guaranteeing abortions throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
In spirit and in letter, it makes abortion a national entitlement and takes away all remaining power local legislatures have to self-regulate. Like in Maryland where the abortion rate climbed after the passage of a state Freedom of Choice Act, the federal version will lead to a steady increase abor-tions nationwide.
And it gets worse when adding in Sena-tor Obama’s opposition to restrictions on Partial Birth Abortion and to the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, a three-sentence-long piece of legislation protecting the rights of infants who survive botched abor-tions in the Illinois that Senate Senator Obama voted against four times.
Catholic ethicist Robert P. George says it all: Senator Obama is guilty of “abortion ex-tremism” and that makes voting for him an offense to Catholic belief. It is time for ref-ormation.
—NATHANIEL ZEBROWSKI
Weinberg senior
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“since when did assertions complaining, ‘he’s the worst babykiler in the country’ ... become coherent arguments against the attendance of any
commencement speaker, let alone the president?”
Diana Nielsen, Monday columnist
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This weekend President Obama presented the commencement ad-dress at Notre Dame, following weeks of press folly and student
protests surrounding the Catholic institu-tion’s decision to invite the president, whose position on abortion diverges strongly from that established by the Vatican.
I agree that Notre Dame could have picked a less controversial speaker, or one who’s ideals match up more clearly with the student population there. And the increased frustration – on moral grounds – by Notre Dame students after Obama lifted a ban on giving federal funds to international organi-zations that either provide abortions or in-formation about them, is somewhat under-standable. Nonetheless, I am still con-founded by this nagging trend – namely the erosion of secularism in America.
For weeks, students have protested both the choice of Obama as a commencement speaker and the decision by the school’s ad-ministration to give him an honorary de-gree. While watching the news this week, I was appalled by the words coming out of the mouths of some interviewed Notre Dame students. Since when did assertions complaining, “He’s the worst baby killer in the country” and “He denies my Catholic identity” become coherent arguments against the attendance of any commence-ment speaker, let alone the president?
As a matter of full disclosure: I object to the use of abortion except for in cases involv-ing rape, maternal health or severe health problems on moral grounds. That being said, I believe equally, if not more strongly, that both the legality of abortion should never be made on the basis of anyone’s personal moral standards, and that every woman should have the right to obtain an abortion as long as that right is defended by legal precedence.
That being said, the backlash of Notre Dame students is an example of a broader pattern of what I see as the inappropriate conflation of the moral and the political. You need look no farther than the debate over gay marriage to see this phenomenon in action. In that case, religious conserva-tives routinely argue that same-sex mar-riage soils the institution of marriage that should be reserved for a man and a woman. This institution they are talking about is a religious rite, not a political institution.
One can find a plethora of condemna-tions of abortion throughout more than two centuries of Catholic writings. Most of these arguments equate abortion with murder. In a 2006 speech, Pope Benedict went so far as to call abortion “perhaps the greatest in-justice of today.” Looking at these texts from a moral philosophical perspective, many of these arguments are logically con-sistent and supportable. However, they are based on the presupposition that the life of a fetus is of equal worth to that of its mother. It is here that Catholic doctrine dif-fers from legal arguments. None of these theologically rooted arguments are valid in the legal debate over abortion.
In 2003, the Supreme Court issued a ruling banning partial-birth abortion. This ruling was based on the argument that abortions performed after the point of viability – that is the point in develop-ment after which a fetus could survive outside the womb — was considered im-moral. For the Catholic church, this “point of viability” begins at conception.
These differing points after which fe-tuses are considered to possess human dignity may seem like arbitrary distinc-tions. However, the legal definition of via-bility was reached through the delibera-tion of the Supreme Court combined with the consideration of legal precedence – a hallmark of the American common law tradition – which should be preserved as distinct from religious institutions.
Weinberg junior diana nielsen can be reached at [email protected].
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Let’s talk about The Weekly. When people refer to The Weekly, both at The Daily Northwestern offices and around campus, it is often as though
it is an entirely separate entity from The Daily. To a certain extent, this is true: The Weekly has its own set of editors and writ-ers, boasts a magazine-style format that is quite different from The Daily’s and, of course, is published only once a week.
Now I’m not here to criticize The Weekly’s editorial content for not conforming to a more “Daily” style, since part of the magazine’s ap-peal is its departure from The Daily’s drier, more straightforward reporting. But I believe it is worth determining the extent to which The Weekly should follow some of the same stan-dard practices as those at The Daily.
This topic became more prominent after a few reporting problems from Weekly sto-ries presented themselves over the course of the quarter — more specifically, issues of anonymous sourcing and the line between what is on and off the record.
Two quick examples: In one Weekly story published earlier this spring, a writer inappro-priately used an anonymous source — a source that turned out to be one of her friends. Then, in a May 6 story about the radio station WNUR, one source protested that something she had said off-the-record was both used and accredited to her in the story (Full disclosure: the source is also a friend of mine).
The Weekly’s responses in these cases were prompt and measured. The writer of the first story was sent back to The Daily’s devel-opment desk, where she must write three new stories as a contributing writer before having the right to rejoin the Daily/Weekly staff. As far as the WNUR story, Editor in Chief Emily Glazer and Weekly Editor Kyle Berlin con-ducted a thorough investigation and deter-mined — I believe accurately — that the re-porter, though maybe not as clear with her sources as she could have been, was ultimately in the right when publishing the quote in ques-tion. What’s more, Berlin held a staff meeting last week, and sent out a subsequent e-mail to The Weekly listserv, in which he and Glazer went over The Daily’s rigorous stances regard-ing anonymous and off-the-record sourcing.
Even though The Weekly has admirably handled what Berlin called some “close calls,” their emergence revealed a few fundamental problems in the magazine’s reporting structure. As I mentioned earlier, The Weekly is run a little differently than The Daily is. While this is both helpful and necessary in many cases, if only due to the fact that it’s a magazine, it also means Weekly staffers don’t always go through the same rigorous development pro-cess as Daily writers. In fact, Berlin said he of-ten tries to reach out to non-journalists, who might offer a different perspective when cover-ing an event. However, this means the publica-tion is more likely to have writers lacking a fa-miliarity with sound reporting ethics.
So what is The Weekly to do? Sending all of its writers through Devo wouldn’t work, since much of the unique coverage Berlin is looking for would then be lost. At the same time, The Weekly needs to do a better job of emphasizing the importance of good reporting practices. Holding a meeting and sending out an e-mail are solid first steps, but is it enough? After all, only three writers came to that meeting, and saying something is important is different than get-ting that point across to your staffers. Hope-fully, The Weekly will continue to effec-tively prioritize sound reporting with its writers. Otherwise, “close calls” could turn into full-fledged controversies.
— BEN LARRISON public editor
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“It’s something that we started doing as a firm five years ago,” he said. “This is my fifth year of surviving and my fourth year of walk-ing, because I wasn’t able to walk the first year.”
At 6 p.m. Friday, the 77 teams began to ar-rive and settle on the gym floor. One hour later, the opening ceremonies began with McCor-mick Prof. Bill White, who spoke about his ex-perience working with the American Cancer Society as the chairman of the Illinois state or-ganization and eventually as part of the na-tional board.
“During that time I was healthy as could be, and as soon as I was moving on to something else a year later, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer,” he said. “I am very happy to tell you to-night that 14 years later I am lucky to be a can-cer survivor.”
White led the survivors in a lap around the
track as those watching gave them a standing ovation.
Weinberg sophomore Zachary Hayden was one of the survivors to walk around the track.
“I didn’t really expect it,” he said. “I thought it was a little awkward at first, but as I was walking around the track it was kind of cool to hear all of the applause.”
Throughout the rest of the night and into the morning, members from each team walked around the track while student groups includ-ing Deeva Dance Troupe, the Undertones and Tonik Tap performed. When they weren’t walk-ing, team members could play games, such as water pong, flip cup and tug-of-war.
At 9 p.m. at the tennis courts, the Luminaria Ceremony of Hope took place with the lighting of candles inside decorated bags to represent those who have won or lost a battle with cancer.
NU students who attended Relay For Life came for different reasons.
SESP freshman Connie Chang said her par-ents originally motivated her to participate in high school as a “good opportunity to do com-munity service.”
“Then last year my mom actually got cancer, and she’s a survivor,” she said. “I’m doing this
for her, too.”Jennifer Haag and other residents of the
Residential College of Cultural and Community Studies used the event as a chance to bond with other members of the residential college.
“It’s a really good way to do a little bit of ser-vice, and our dorm is based on the theme of community service and cultural studies,” the McCormick sophomore said. “It’s a really good event for us to do together.”
Relay co-Chair Allan Cheng said he hopes Relay For Life will have a larger impact on campus in the future.
“I know Northwestern is mainly known by Dance Marathon, and every year we try to compete and become more well-known around campus,” the McCormick senior said. “Hope-fully one day we’ll be in the same status as they are.”
Nonprofit promotes urban garden produce
Organizers hope to increase event’s future impactFrom RELAY, page 1
By MARgAREt RhodESthe daily northwestern
At this weekend’s Evanston Garden Fair, Linda Kruhmin stood behind a table overflow-ing with potted vegetables and herbs, each one planted with organic seeds and soil. The Talking Farm’s plants are grown in volunteers’ homes and are part of their initiative to provide locally produced food.
The nonprofit organization is two and a half years old and is in the process of developing an urban farming space just north of Howard Street. Talking Farm’s land-use proposal in-cludes a depository for collecting rainwater, a demonstration garden and an environmental learning center.
The design shows one acre for an “agri-for-est” comprised of fruit and nut trees and a vari-ety of plants that flourish in the shade, such as ginseng and currants, and an allotted two acres
for vegetable and herb production. In order to survive during the harsh winters, the farm uses hoop houses – tent-like, unheated structures that can house growing plants 11 months out of the year.
“It’s about tying together all the different sus-tainability ideas,” Kruhmin said.
The farm plans to use the small land space efficiently. Some fruit can grow vertically and so can hops, which could lead to small micro-brew-ing classes, Kruhmin said.
“In any urban garden, you don’t have as much horizontal space, so you try to grow up vertical with fences, specially made lattices, and they even have things called green walls that have … window boxes built into it that you plant into,” she said.
The project emphasizes the importance of locally grown food as an environmentally sus-tainable way to eat healthily.
“The average piece of produce travels 1,500 miles – it’s coming from California or Florida or New Zealand or China,” she said. “If you factor in petroleum products … and then include pes-ticides and refrigeration, you’re looking at a re-ally large carbon footprint, rather than some-
thing grown within, say 200 miles of your home.”
Patsy Benveniste, vice president of commu-nity education programs at the Chicago Botanic Garden, said the plan for urban farming repre-sents an economically independent way to pro-duce food.
“Evanston is in an advantaged position,” said the Talking Farms board member. “It has a pro-gressive, activist, educated community that puts a high price on healthy food. It can help advance a local, living sustainable economy.”
Individual urban farms are also cost-friendly projects, Kruhmin said. The Talking Farm pro-posal only plans to use about 50 percent of its space to grow food to accommodate for side-walks and visitor space. The goal is to encourage residents to take the concept into their own backyards.
Kruhmin sells potted peppers and eggplants for $3 each, and tomato plants for $3 to $5 each. If properly cared for, each plant can yield several pieces of food. Kruhmin said some cherry to-mato plants have the potential to grow 100 pieces of fruit.
The Talking Farm aims to incorporate an el-
ement of education; along with the proposed en-vironmental learning center, the organization collaborated with Kingsley Elementary School to form the Kingsley Green Acres and Talking Farm. The urban farming project comprises 4,000 square feet and 25 different gardens.
The farm created the space in the commu-nity garden and then turned it over to the stu-dents of Kingsley.
Sharon Smaller, a Kingsley parent who helped start the program, said the goal is to teach the students about why sustainable farm-ing is important and to incorporate the farm into their studies.
“It’s engaging and hands-on, to tie into the curriculum,” she said. “For example, the third-grade class had a unit on Native Americans and pioneers, so they planted a “three sisters” gar-den with corn, squash and beans.”
Kruhmin said the Talking Farm hopes to continue working with schools.
“(We have) a dual mission to grow for the lo-cal community and educate,” she said. “It’s about taking an idea and running with it.”
π The Talking Farm is working with schools while continuing to grow fruits, vegetables here in Evanston
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Saturday:Pi Beta Phi Pie PhightKappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Phi Alpha Black & Gold BowlDelta Chi’s Queen of the Beach Party
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Philfest aims to improve sustainability
to attend the concert next year. “The music was nostalgic for me since I’m from the South.”
The event, held from 1 to 7 p.m., drew a diverse crowd of frisbee throwers, tight-rope walkers and Evanston residents.
Philfest is held every year to honor Phil-lip Semmer, an NU student and SEED member who passed away in 2000. The concert raises money annually for the Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmen-tal nonprofit think tank for which Semmer wanted to work.
The event raised approximately $600 in donat ions , Jarzemsk y sa id. Semmer ’s mother will also match the funds raised by Philfest and donate an additional $600 for the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Jarzemsky said the co-sponsorship with A&O helped make the concert a bigger show than in years past. Both groups worked to-gether to book performers for the show.
“It’s traditionally a bluegrass festival, but we looked for groups with a rootsy vibe or a jammy vibe,” said Forrest Wickman, A&O concerts director.
Weinberg sophomore Natalie Noble said she enjoyed the event, adding that it was the first time she saw a musician play the banjo.
“Music and concerts are good outlets that encourage people to come out, but (stu-dent involvement) is really the nuts and bolts of promoting sustainability,” said No-ble, who attended the event to help promote a new student group, CarboNUtral.
One of the event’s main missions is to raise awareness of environmental practices, said SEED co-Chair Elisa Redish.
“We’re really trying to get our name out there, increase our draw and educate others on how to achieve sustainability,” the Wein-berg sophomore said.
Students were asked to sign a petition that will be sent to incoming University President Morton Schapiro requesting that he hire a campus sustainability coordinator, assess NU’s environmental impact and cre-ate a comprehensive climate action plan. In return, students pledged to cut back on their environmental impact through day-to-day activities such as recycling, using cold water for laundry and utilizing reus-able water bottles.
“We’ve already started coming together with staff and faculty members to start working on recommendations for President Schapiro,” Redish said. “I think he will be very receptive.”
From PhilfESt, page 1
glaries in the month of April alone.A high percentage of these cars were
unlocked with personal items inside, mak-ing these crimes “extremely hard to pre-vent,” Guenther said. In April, 59 percent of reported car burglaries affected unse-cured cars, a 23 percent increase from January.
“We almost have to be omnipresent in that situation because there’s no noise, and they just open the door and take those things,” Guenther said.
This surge in car burglaries is not re-lated to the recession, Guenther said.
“It always goes up and down,” he said. “If you’re thinking that it might be soci-etally related with people losing jobs, I don’t think that ever bears out.”
Most of the incidents occurred in the Third and Sixth wards, which Guenther said makes him believe select individuals are breaking into these cars and not a group of people. He added that he didn’t think it was a “trend.”
“You could have one guy who goes down the st reet and f inds var ious cars un-locked,” Guenther said. “The stat ist ics
make it seem like there’s this crime wave, but if you analyze it, it’s not that in-depth.”
Northwestern University Police have observed “a few” car burglaries on cam-pus, but most of them occurred at off-cam-pus locat ions, UP Assistant Chief Dan McAleer said.
“It’s certainly something of concern to both departments,” McAleer said.
Commonly stolen items include GPS systems, iPods, computers, stereos and other personal and electronic items, Guen-ther said. He advises keeping valuable items in the trunk or the glove compart-ment instead of leaving them in plain sight.
Jake Simpson, a former Daily staffer, said he’s “kept all of his valuables out of (his) car” since he lost a $200 GPS system when his car was broken into in October.
“It’s not worth it to these guys to break into a car if they don’t know that there’s something valuable inside,” the Medill se-nior said. “But if they see an iPhone or a laptop, it ’s very easy to smash a window and take something and run.”
McAleer reminded students and Evan-ston residents to contact police if they no-tice suspicious behavior, including acti-
vated car alarms. “If you hear someone’s alarm going off,
a lot of times it’s malfunctions, but it might be the real deal,” McAleer said. “If they’re not deactivating the alarm, it’s a good idea to call the police.”
Hoffman said more act ion from his neighbors would have been helpful.
“A lot of times when you live off cam-pus, you’ ll get calls from neighbors with noise complaints,” he said. “So to have a window shatter at 2 a.m. and have no one notice was really frustrating.”
To deter future car burglaries, EPD will try to show a more visible presence of squad cars and educate the public on pro-tecting their vehicles, Guenther said.
But he added the most important thing is for residents to take common sense pre-cautions to protect themselves.
“Don’t leave anything in your cars, even something as small as pocket change,” Guenther said. “If there’s something of value in the car and you leave it unlocked, the crime takes literally 30 seconds.”
Brian Rosenthal contributed reporting.nicolehong2012
@u.northwestern.edu
From Burglary, page 1How to protect
your veHicle
n Never leave your vehicle unlocked
n Never leave any keys in your car
n Never leave windows partially open
n Never leave items of value in your vehicle
n Install a burglar alarm
n Write the make, model and serial number down immediately after purchasing a stereo system, computer, or any other electronic equipment
n If you see a suspicious person trying door handles or looking into vehicles,call 911 or the non-emergency number 847-866-5000
Source: Evanston Police Department
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Nothing went right for Northwestern in the NCAA tournament.
As recently as five weeks ago, the Wildcats were the No. 6 team in the na-tion, but since went 8-7 (5-5 in conference play). This week-end, NU couldn’t break out of the slump, bowing out of the double elimination regional tournament at Waco, Texas, as quickly as possible. The Cats lost a run-rule contest 8-0 to Texas State on Friday and fell 3-2 in an elimination game against Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday. They became the only seeded team in the tournament to be eliminated in two games.
“This is a time you’re never ready for,” coach Kate Drohan said. “You have to say goodbye to the class of 2009, and that is a heartbreaker for Northwest-ern softball.”
The 12th-seeded team in the nation did not look like the team that earned that distinction.
After hitting .294 with 79 homers over the course of the season, the Cats were one-hit by Texas State’s Chandler Hall.
NU’s only extra-base hit came in Friday’s first inning – a double by senior Tammy Williams
Lauren Delaney, last year’s Big Ten pitcher of the year, had control issues, allowing 11 runs in two games, despite surrendering only five hits. Delaney walked 19 batters on the week-end. Teams have learned how to face and beat Delaney, who threw a one-hitter on Saturday, without getting hits.
“We did a really good job of doing exactly what we talked about all week long,” said Texas State coach Ricci Woodard. “We were going to force them to throw strikes.”
Even fielding, one of NU’s consistencies, wasn’t there: Catcher Erin Dyer, who had committed only one error all season, commit-ted three in the fourth inning of the Texas State game, providing the catalyst for a six-run Bobcat outburst.
“We didn’t play very good softball,” Drohan said after the first game.
Offensively, the team was held hitless after Williams’ first inning double, and Delaney walked 11 in the five-inning affair. The team’s bad play culminated in the fourth inning. With the score 1-0, Delaney walked the bases loaded, then two consecutive Dyer errors al-lowed runs to score. The damage was done.
“When someone is rattled, we want to take advantage,” said Texas State sophomore McKenzie Baack. “I think we did a good job of that.”
However, due to the tournament’s double elimination format, the Cats still had an op-
portunity to advance to a rematch against Texas State by beating Louisiana-Lafayette. Delaney was much better, allowing only a sin-gle, and that runner didn’t come around to score. However, three runs scored due to an unseemly eight walks and four wild pitches.
NU had a chance to win until the end of the game. The Cats fought back, plating a run in the fourth to cut the Ragin’ Cajun lead to one, and looked ready to score again in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Emily Haug drew a walk to lead
off the inning, and after two fielders’ choices and a wild pitch, Jordan Wheeler stood at third base with two outs and Big Ten freshman of the year Adrienne Monka at the plate.
However, in an at-bat representative of the team’s performance all weekend long, the freshman with 19 homers could only muster a grounder back to pitcher Donna Bourgeois.
NU players were unavailable for comment.
Wildcat woes in Waco: Two and out in Texas
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Junior Kelly Dyer (center), sophomores Jordan Wheeler (left) and Kelly Quinn (right) and the rest of the Wildcats were anything but smiles this weekend in Waco, Texas, falling out of NCAA tournament play.
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NU grabbed the doubles point in that match behind an upset victory in the first doubles slot. NU’s 24th-ranked doubles team, Georgia Rose and Lauren Lui, took down the nation’s top-ranked pair, Fresno State’s Anastasia Petukhova and Renata
Kucerkova, 8-6. In singles play, Rose and Robison struck quickly for the Cats, before Lui picked up the decisive point in the fourth slot.
Even though NU was unable to advance to the semifinals for the first time in school his-tory, Pollard said she feels more confident heading into future NCAA tournaments.
“I now know it is possible for us to win this tournament,” Pollard said. “It doesn’t matter that we are a cold-weather team, that we don’t have a strong schedule in the month of April. We can win this tournament.”
For the seniors, this year’s result leaves a bad taste in their mouth. But the Cats’ veterans are choosing to relish the sweet
moments throughout the season. “Obviously, our goal was to win the
tournament,” Robison said. “But it would be pretty bad if we looked back and said this wasn’t a great season. To say it wasn’t a success just wouldn’t be right.”
Bittersweet feat: Cats come up short in quarterfinalsFrom wOmen’S TenniS, page 12
beating Princeton goalie Erin Tochihara twice before the first 60 seconds had ticked off the clock.
NU’s offense cooled off after that, going nearly nine minutes before scoring again. Tochihara made a pair of difficult saves on shots by Spencer to keep Princeton (14-4) close.
“We knew that she plays a l it t le bit higher out on the crease so that you really have to put it around her, you have to throw some sort of shot fake,” Spencer said. “We kind of had those first-half jitters and forgot about putting it around her.”
The sophomore goalie finished the after-noon with 14 stops – a valiant effort against an NU attack that fired 39 shots at her, three-quarters of which were on goal.
But Tochihara could not hold off the Cats (21-0) forever. They built a 5-1 edge, then went silent for an 11-minute stretch before closing with three more goals to take a comfortable 8-5 lead into halftime.
“Northwestern’s attack has seven great shooters – all of them can put the ball wher-ever they want,” Tochihara said. “I tried to keep things as simple as possible, but in that situation they’re shooting a lot of shots.”
Still, the Tigers were fairly pleased with
how they played before the break. Their at-tack had been efficient, converting on five of eight shots.
Sophomore midfielder Lindsey Drumm net-ted four goals in the opening 30 minutes and said she thought NU’s defense was vulnerable.
“This type of defense is the best defense you want to play against,” Drumm said. “They pressure so far out that it gives you so much room to take it hard to the goal one-on-one.”
Princeton’s problem was that it never had the ball enough to consistently exploit those opportunities.
Just as they did in the first half, the Cats controlled the draw and kept the Tigers
from having the ball for extended periods of time. Princeton did not have a possession in its offensive end until seven minutes into the second half and won only seven of 27 draws for the game.
“They really made it difficult for us with their time of possession, their dominance on the draw control,” Sailer said. “We knew that to win this game, we were going to have to compete on the draws and we just weren’t able to do that.”
Sailer’s squad mixed up its approach to taking the draw, but to no avail. The Tigers had no solution for the 6-foot-2 Spencer, who repeatedly capitalized on her size advantage.
As a result, Princeton did not score in
the second half until more than 17 minutes had passed, too late to mount a serious charge because NU had extended its lead to 13-5. The Cats proceeded to run out the clock, setting up their fourth game in the past two years against Pennsylvania.
NU’s physical style of play contributed to Princeton’s offensive struggles.
“The one aspect of the style of (North-western’s) defense and their athleticism all over the field is that it can make you a little tense,” Sailer said. “It can make you wonder who’s coming behind you and you have to make that perfect pass.”
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Draw dominance prevents Princeton possessionFrom lacROSSe, page 12
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4th place finish sends NU to Championships
“We came. We saw. We conquered. On a blustery final round we hung tough and punched our ticket to Toledo – a ticket that not too many people believed we could obtain.”
Blogging for golfweek.com, that was senior Andy DeKeuster’s lead summarizing Northwest-
ern’s weekend in Stillwater, Okla., at the NCAA South Central Regional. Despite entering as the ninth seeded team in the field, the Wild-
cats finished fourth out of 13 squads. NU earned a berth to play at the NCAA National Champion-ships from May 27-30 in Toledo, Ohio.
NU was one of five teams in the region to qualify for the NCAA National Champion-ships. It will be the school’s 23rd appearance in the championships and the sixth during coach Pat Goss’ 13-year tenure.
Although the Cats shot a 22-over 310 in Saturday’s final round and entered the club-house on the outside looking in, Baylor and TCU could not keep pace.
Big Ten Freshman of the Year Eric Chun shot a 10-over 226 to pace NU and finish 13th overall, while junior David Lipsky shot a 76 on Saturday to place 28th. DeKeuster fired a 24-over 240 on the weekend.
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Postseason record well within junior’s reach
Assistant Sports Editor Brian Regan is a McCormick senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
times this postseason to break the NCAA tournament record of 17 goals. The tough part is, she probably won’t have the Cats’ Sesame Street fan club cheering her on.
Dowd’s recent play has made her the most dominating force on a team that has scored more goals (373) than last year’s of-fensive juggernaut (347), despite playing one fewer game so far.
But it isn’t just her scoring that has made the difference. Bowen’s return let Dowd play more midfield, her original position, instead of attack. She helped cause two turnovers and picked up several clutch ground balls to frus-trate the Princeton offense.
“I definitely put more responsibility on myself,” Dowd said. “I have to be a leader now and have to step my game up.”
She sure has done that recently. A not-100 percent Bowen still drew attention from the defense, allowing Dowd and fel-low junior Danielle Spencer to have their way. But this isn’t anything new for a player who has consistently stepped up in the postseason.
In her freshman season, Dowd scored three goals in the national championship game against Virginia, including the final goal to ice the Cavaliers. She had another hat trick against Princeton in last year’s NCAA quarterfinal as well.
With at least one more game this season, 24 career postseason goals and another full regular season, Dowd is well on her way to establishing herself as the most prolific postseason scorer in the NCAA. While Bo-wen is unlikely to win her third tournament MVP award due to her injury, Dowd is well positioned to keep it in the NU family.
When Bowen sustained her injury, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said the one positive was that other players would have the chance to show their abilities. Thank-fully for the Cats, Katrina Dowd 2.0 doesn’t look like she is going anywhere now that Bowen is back. That should leave Penn quaking in their boots before Friday’s semifinal matchup.
From Regan, page 12
2005First Round: NU 16, Mount St. Mary's 3Quarterfinals: NU 8, Princeton 6Shots: NU 59, OPP 26Draw Controls: NU 21, OPP 14Ground Balls: NU 49, OPP 38NU High Scorer: Aly Josephs (8)
2006First Round: NU 17, Stanford 9Quarterfinals: NU 17, North Carolina 6Shots: NU 66, OPP 38Draw Controls: NU 35, OPP 17Ground Balls: NU 46, OPP 36NU High Scorer: Kristen Kjellman (7)
2007First Round: NU 19, Holy Cross 7Quarterfinals: NU 14, Syracuse 9Shots: NU 83, OPP 38Draw Controls: NU 37, OPP 16Ground Balls: NU 30, OPP 28NU High Scorer: Meredith Frank (7)
2008First Round: NU 15, Notre Dame 7Quarterfinals: NU 18, Princeton 11Shots: NU 61, OPP 42Draw Controls: NU 28, OPP 26Ground Balls: NU 37, OPP 27NU High Scorer: Hannah Nielsen (9)
2009First Round: NU 23, Massachusetts 6Quarterfinals: NU 16, Princeton 9Shots: NU 83, OPP 34Draw Controls: NU 43, OPP 15Ground Balls: NU 42, OPP 35NU High Scorer: Katrina Dowd (14)
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Junior midfielder Katrina Dowd scored seven goals for the second consecutive NCAA tournament game, tickling the twine 14 times to lead NU. Dowd sits three scores away from tying the tournament record.
By DANNY DALYTHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
So far in this NCAA tournament, op-ponents have mapped out a variety of gameplans for slowing down the Wild-cats’ attack. None of them have figured out what to do with Katrina Dowd.
Massachusetts faceguarded junior at-tacker Danielle Spencer throughout its
f i r s t-round contes t w it h Nor t hwester n a nd kept her f rom f inding the back of the net , but Dowd ’s c a r e e r - h i g h s e v e n goals fueled her team’s 23-6 victory.
During Saturday’s q u a r t e r f i n a l s matchup, Pr inceton played especially tight defense on defending Tewa a raton Trophy w i n n e r H a n n a h Nielsen and fellow se-nior attacker Hilary
Bowen (in her f irst game back from tearing her left ACL), holding them to one goal combined.
Dowd came to the rescue again, send-ing her team to the national semifinals in Towson, Md., by lighting up the score-board with seven scores. Those goals were the margin of victory in the Cats’ resounding 16-9 win over the Tigers.
“We had no answer for Dowd,” Princ-eton coach Chris Sailer said. “She really hurt us. She’s the player in my mind that has progressed so far from her first two years to this year that’s just made them a different team.”
Dowd has already racked up 14 goals this postseason – only three shy of the tournament record, which Bowen tied last year en route to her second straight MVP award. Dowd also helped out in other areas, causing two turnovers and picking up four ground balls. Her re-cent success comes despite not starting for a three-game stretch at the begin-ning of March.
Against Massachusetts, Dowd got the scoring started during the opening min-ute. She did one better on Saturday,
See LACROSSE, page 11
Dowd, Cats ready to shake the Quakeπ NU meets Pennsylvania in rematch of 2008 championship game, with trip to final on the line
INSIDESPORTS
By BILL CAREYTHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
All season long, No. 1 North-western said things would be dif-ferent this year.
In the end, it was all the same. For the second straight year,
top-seeded NU fell to No. 8 Cali-fornia, 4-2, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, ending the Wildcats’ national title hopes prematurely. After holding the No. 1 ranking for the entire sea-son, the Cats fell short again, in their third trip to the quarterfi-nals in the last four years.
Even if the results were the same, coach Claire Pollard said NU’s level of play was not.
“We had chances,” Pol lard said. “It was a lot different than
last year. It really shows we are a lot of better than we were last year. We just ran into a better team.”
The Cats (28-2, 10-0 Big Ten) started slow in Sunday night ’s matchup, dropping the doubles point for only the second t ime this season.
NU’s struggles continued when singles play began, as the team fell behind quickly in four of the six matches.
It looked as i f t he Golden Bears would advance easily to the next round.
“There was definitely a point where we could have given up and lost quickly,” senior Georgia Rose said. “But we didn’t . We fought really hard. I was really proud of how we played.”
After dropping her f irst set 6-0, senior Keri Robison took the next two sets to pick up a win and momentarily tie the score at one. Robison was rat t led, but knew she could recover.
“I felt very uncomfortable out there,” Robison said. “I thought ‘I need to make a match of this,’ and a few things started going my way.”
But only seconds after Robi-son finished off her win, the na-tion’s top-ranked singles player, Maria Mosolova fell in the first singles slot to give the Golden Bears a 2-1 lead.
After losing her first set, 6-1, senior Nazlie Ghazal battled back to grab a three-set victory. Knot-ted at two, three matches were ongoing, and all of them were in a third-and-decisive set.
After going back and forth all night, junior Samantha Murray finally lost a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 battle
in third singles. Moments later, senior Georgia Rose fell in sec-ond singles, closing out the match and NU’s hopes for a nat ional championship.
The loss ended one of the most successful seasons in school his-tory. NU became the first Big Ten school to win the Indoor Team Championships, beating four of the nation’s top six teams in the process. The Cats also won their
11th consecutive Big Ten champi-onship.
Despite being unable to break its cold-weather curse, NU ap-peared on track toward its first national championship. The Cats advanced to the quarterfinals for only the third time in school his-tory, picking up a 4-0 victory Fri-day against No. 16 Fresno State.
Elimination in College Station: Bears knock off Cats
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REGANBRIAN
Lacrosse’s Tom Brady has arrived
Injuries to stars can do won-ders for teammates’ ca-reers, provided the replace-ment steps up. Matt Cassel
is now rich beyond his wildest dreams, thanks to Bernard Pollard’s hit on Tom Brady. Ditto for Brady when he replaced Drew Bledsoe.
While college lacrosse is not the same money-machine that the NFL is, the same principle has applied to junior Katrina Dowd this season.
When senior Hilary Bowen went down with a knee on April 4 against California, someone had to fill those shoes for the Wildcats – to stay both unbeaten and on track to win their fifth straight national championship.
The person to fill those shoes has been Dowd. In eight games without Bowen, she has scored 34 goals, compared to 26 in her previous 12 games. Something must have clicked for her, both after the injury and after an ear-ly-season benching took her out of the starting lineup for three games in March.
When Bowen returned to the lineup against Princeton on Sat-urday, Dowd didn’t defer to her elder. The Tigers had the nation’s third-best defense, but Dowd still tore through it with the fury of one of the worst hurricanes in history, which happens to share her name.
With another seven-goal game, Dowd needs to find the back of the net only four more
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NCAA WOMEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT: ROUND OF 16
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