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By CIARA MCCARTHY!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

In the winter months, there is a steady group of Evanston residents who remain committed to breaking city code every day. .e culprits? Dog owners.

.e Evanston dog beach, located south of the Clark Street Beach at /0// Sheridan Road, is o1cially closed from Dec. / to March 2/, but attracts dog own-ers and their pets almost daily despite the restriction.

More than 23 people, including dog owners and city sta4ers, gathered Satur-day morning with Ald. Judy Fiske (/st) at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, to discuss the dog beach, which is within Fiske’s ward. Keeping the beach open year round was the most unanimously sup-ported suggestion.

Fiske said issues such as the dog beach would typically be discussed during /st Ward meetings. But because the beach attracts residents from all nine wards, she decided to hold a community meet-ing to hear suggestions and comments about the beach. Fiske noticed the dog beach was a popular topic of conversation on Engage Evanston, the city’s website where residents can give suggestions to sta4ers.

“.e mayor and I have gotten lots of questions and comments about the dog beach, sometimes the same ones over and over again,” Fiske said.

On Saturday, residents discussed a variety of di4erent ideas to make the dog beach more accessible and enjoy-able for Evanston residents. In addition

to opening the beach year round, attend-ees discussed moving the entrance of the beach to the south end of the park and how to make parking more accessible. Other topics of discussion included the fence enclosing the beach and the avail-ability of seating. Some dog owners were concerned with beach-goers who didn’t clean up a5er their dog.

“I just grin and bear it and pick up everyone else’s poo because otherwise my dog eats it,” dog owner Sari Kadison-

Shapiro said. “I don’t think the city can really address this in an e4ective way.”

Many of these issues are di1cult to enforce, dog owners said, because not all beach-goers were responsible.

Chuck Hager, who takes his border collie to the dog beach frequently, said many of the beach’s problems come from registered beach users who do not police other users.

“I think the onus is on us to step it up,” Hager said. “If we work as a community,

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Last Wednesday, Medill junior Tegan Reyes set foot in her 6rst Associated Student Government Senate meeting to appeal for more funding for the student group she co-chairs, Relay For Life.

Reyes hoped to appeal to the Senate for more funding so that their group could have a photo booth for students to use at their annual philanthropy event. Relay For Life asked ASG for 7833 for the photo booth, but the Student Groups Commit-tee, which determines funding for B-status groups like Relay for Life, chose to allocate them only 7933.

But Reyes said the process was much more “disappointing” than she expected when she attended the Senate meeting to appeal for more money. .eir request quickly turned into a long back-and-forth, where senators and the Relay For Life co-chairs presented pros and cons about awarding the funding. Weinberg senior Lauren Masterson, ASG’s Student Groups vice president, told the Senate her committee had decided before the meet-ing to not allocate Relay For Life the full money because the photo booth was not essential to the event and because there was no precedent for one to be present there. .e Senate eventually sided with Masterson.

“It didn’t seem like an attack, but it just seemed like there was a lot going on,” Reyes said. “I did feel that it was a little harsh.”

Reyes also said part of the challenge of appealing at ASG was a lack of knowledge

about how the process works. She said she didn’t even realize there would be pro and con speeches and debate when she went to Senate. She also said her group was advised by a representative of ASG to continue appealing for lesser and lesser values of money at the meeting, which eventually back6red and frustrated the senators.

“If maybe they made more informa-tion available and more people actually did appeal, it would be better,” Reyes said. “I don’t even know where you would get that information.”

Both Reyes and Masterson said at B-Status funding Senate meetings, most groups don’t appeal for more funding.

“.ere’s a lot of apathy,” Masterson said. “A lot of groups think it’s not worth it for them to come in.”

Masterson said she was glad the group came out to appeal for more money, even though she sticks by her original recommendation.

“I’m glad they came in and tried to operate within the system,” Masterson said. “It’s a good thing to have that kind of debate at Senate.”

But Reyes does not feel the same.“I was uncomfortable with it, and I

probably won’t go to another Senate meet-ing,” Reyes said.

BREAKING DOWN THE ‘B’.is quarter, ASG awarded a total of

7/9,039 to B-status groups for Spring Quarter, and Masterson said due to an increase in applicants, the process was more di1cult than ever before. B-status groups, which receive funding quarterly, have been ASG-recognized for more

than a year and demonstrate a need for minimal Student Activities Fee 6nancing. Every year, a portion of student tuition goes toward the SAF. .ese groups receive 9.:; percent of the total SAF, which trans-lates to about 72<,333 annually.

In order to receive B-status funding, Masterson said the Student Groups Com-mittee expects groups to plan their events a quarter in advance. Midway through the quarter, they turn in an application for funding to group executives and

Masterson. .e committee then recom-mends a funding amount for each group, which is then presented to Senate. A5er a week of deliberation, Senate then votes on the funding as old business at the next week’s meeting, where students like Reyes can appeal the decisions.

Of the =/ B-status eligible groups, 8: applied for funding this quarter, Master-son said. .is is an increase from the typi-cal 23 to 2;, she explained.

“Even though it makes our job harder,

I want more groups applying for B-status funding,” Masterson said. “We could potentially have an increase in the per-centage of the funds for B-status groups, even if that makes things harder in the short-run.”

ACHIEVING THE ‘A’B-status groups receive a small percent-

age of the SAFC about =9 percent goes to

How student groups cash in with ASG

Dog-owners want year-round beach UBPC presents survey findingsBy SUYEON SON!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

A5er months of planning and assessing students’ needs, the Under-graduate Budget Priorities Commit-tee presented its 6ndings to the Uni-versity’s Budget and Planning Group on .ursday in preparation for 6s-cal year 93/8, noting an increase in demand for improvement of mental health resources and persistent con-cern with 6nancial aid availability.

Just before the close of Fall Quar-ter, the UBPC sent out a survey to the undergraduate body, prompting students to voice their concerns and prioritize their requests for improve-ments on campus. .e results were garnered from the responses of the /,802 undergraduates who took the survey.

“.e fact that there is a waiting list at Counseling and Psychological Ser-vices stalls people from approaching them,” said SESP junior Billy Choo, who took the survey. “We had two cases of grievances that we had to take care of as a whole community, and I somehow felt like the Univer-sity cannot just say ‘Please, know that CAPS is available to talk to,’ when they’re really understa4ed.”

Choo, who is also a member of NU Listens, a con6dential peer listening service, felt the problem existed at the

6nancial level of management.“It’s not the fault of CAPS, it’s more

the fault of the administration of not being able to fund enough of that,” he said.

UBPC chair Chase Eck said stu-dents were mostly concerned about easing the process of reaching CAPS’ resources or 6nding out about its other services for less urgent needs.

“It’s a holistic process,” the Wein-berg junior said. “.e answer is not just putting a ton of money into CAPS, but also asking, ‘How can we make our community more supportive?’”

While Eck said concerns about mental health have increased this year, those centering around avail-ability of 6nancial aid have always been prevalent.

“It has been an issue for a while,” he said. “However, it’s sort of hard to deal with that because the University has been putting a lot of funds into the area for the past four or 6ve years already.”

.e proposal process for potential improvements to campus started as early as last Spring Quarter, Eck said. .e UBPC met with student leaders to brainstorm ideas for issues that need to be addressed and sent out a preliminary, open-ended survey question to assess the general needs

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PLAYFUL PUPS Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) hosted a community meeting about Evanston’s dog beach on Saturday. Attendees unanimously requested that the beach be open year round. Currently, the beach is only open from April 1 to Nov. 30, a rule that is largely ignored.

College Democrats: $47,786

Hillel Cultural Life: $41,355

FMO: $37,727

McSA: $37,650

NCE: $29,984

SASA: $23,625

SEED: $22,827

NCDC: $20,550

A&O Productions

$176,300

$261,504

$362,641

Lovers & Madmen

Other Groups2.75 percent

B Status group funding makes up 2.75

percent of total SAF this quarter

Student Groups Committee recommendation: $12,702Total amount awarded: $12,802

A Status Group Funding for 2012-2013 B Status Group Funding for Spring 2013

ASG STUDENT ACTIVITY FUNDING

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Evanston hosts !rst wedding walkBy JIA YOU!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

Evanston resident Jessica Wong did not expect to win a wedding gown when her friend signed her up for the city’s -rst wedding walk.

“I am completely shocked and thrilled,” Wong said a.er the event. “I’m just shaking.”

/e bride-to-be was among 01 people who par-ticipated in the walk on Sunday, which featured local vendors, a fashion show and a ra2e. Wong won a handmade gown worth 34,111 in the ra2e.

Downtown Evanston organized the event to pro-mote local vendors providing wedding services, said Carolyn Dellutri, executive director of the business association.

“We’ve got all the things that someone would need to plan their wedding and have their wedding here in downtown Evanston,” Dellutri said.

/e walk began at noon, with participants regis-tering at Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Shore/Evanston and Hilton Orrington, where they learned about the banquet facilities at the hotels.

Dellutri said her organization promoted the wedding walk locally as well as around the Chicago area.

Libertyville, Ill. resident Trish Eckhart was one of those who received Dellutri’s emails about the event. Eckhart’s daughter Jenny (SESP ‘15) plans to host a reception at Hilton Orrington for her upcoming wedding. On Sunday, Trish Eckhart and three other

moms participated in the walk to check out wedding supplies in Evanston.

/e city’s vicinity to Chicago and Lake Michi-gan makes it an attractive wedding destination, she siad.

“It’s a good location,” Trish Eckhart added. “And (Jenny) likes to take pictures by the lake.”

/e walk culminated with a wedding gown fash-ion show at the restaurant 67 Live, 8186 Church St., where a dozen models showcased handmade gowns from Avail & Company.

/e ra2e at the end of the fashion show featured prizes including a crystal and pearl necklace, a party at 67 Live and the gown won by Wong.

/e Sunday event helped her with ideas for her wedding, Wong said.

“I hadn’t planned anything yet, so it’s great to see all the vendors — especially the venues and loca-tions — to see them all set up the way it would be,” she said. “I really enjoyed it.”

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Three appearances of gang graffiti on local residences may be related

Gang gra9ti appeared on three Evanston residences Wednesday night and early /ursday morning, Evanston Police spokesman Perry Polinski said.

Someone le. gang gra9ti on the garage of a residence in the 8111 block of Florence Avenue. Others le. them on the yards of two homes in the 6111 block of Lee Street. and the 511 block

of Brown Avenue.Polinski said all the gra9ti appeared to

be gang related, and two of the three de--nitely appear to be linked based on their appearance.

Burglar attempts to break into two apartments on Clyde Avenue

Someone tried to break into two apartments at 861 Clyde Ave. on /ursday, Polinski said.

The two burglary attempts are related because there were similar entry methods and the attempts were reported at roughly the same time, Polinski said. In both attempts, police dis-covered pry marks on the front doors of each residence.

It is unknown what was used to pry open the doors, Polinski said.

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HERE COMES THE BRIDE Designer Rachel Alvia thanks the crowd at the end of a wedding gown fashion show Sunday that was part of Evanston’s first wedding walk.

On CampusI never thought that my gender was something that could be put on trial.

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Students, seniors meet for Senior GalaBy JILLIAN SANDLER!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

Northwestern students and local senior citizens enjoyed an a-ernoon of song and dance, wearing ./01s-themed garb at Northwestern Community Development Corps’ Senior Gala on Saturday.

In a room at the North Shore Retirement Hotel, .2.. Chicago Ave., dotted with old album cov-ers and tables decked out with black-and-white checkered tablecloths, students and senior citizens conversed, sang and viewed performances at the annual event.

With its “Fabulous ‘01s” theme, the Senior Gala featured acts by both senior citizens and students, including a sing-along led by North Shore Retire-ment Hotel resident Hattie Buell, a performance by local all-senior citizen band Senior Stompers, ./01s dance lessons from NU’s Ballroom, Latin & Swing Team and performances by Undertones a cappella and Tonik Tap.

3e senior citizens also shared their favorite ./01s memories, some of which included swim-ming at the Boys & Girls Clubs.

NCDC co-chair Amalia Namath said 41 student volunteers, 51 student performers and 61 senior citizens attended the event. She said this was the largest student volunteer turnout yet for Senior Gala, something that stemmed in part from the attendance of student groups.

Namath said the event provides a good opportu-nity for students to escape the “Northwestern bub-ble” and forget about exams and other obligations.

“3e senior citizens are so happy to talk to us about their lives,” the Weinberg senior said. “It makes us realize the little things don’t matter and there’s a bigger picture.”

NCDC Special Events co-chair and Weinberg junior Sheena Desai said planning for the event started at the beginning of the quarter, with commit-tee members obtaining food donations, organizing decorations and advertising the event to student groups.

3is year’s gala was the second one to take place

o7 campus, Namath said. She said the event’s reloca-tion from Norris University Center to North Shore Retirement Hotel made it easier for senior citizens to attend.

Blair Laden, 42, said she started working with NCDC members to help plan Senior Gala several years ago. She said she has appreciated the opportu-nity to interact with a younger generation.

“Age shouldn’t separate us. We still have a lot of issues and problems in this world and it takes a vil-lage,” Laden said. “We should keep going and learn from each other.”

Laden worked throughout the event to encourage people to get up and dance during performances.

“3e important thing is not the quality (of danc-ing) so much, but the spirit to still keep trying,” said Laden, who dances, teaches tai chi and does sculpt-ing. “Our bodies may change, but the spirit is still within us and it has to be nurtured.”

North Shore Retirement Hotel resident Rose

O’Donnell, who attended the Senior Gala for the 8rst time, said she appreciated the music, dancing, decorations and talking with students.

“I enjoy knowing what they were doing and what they were studying,” O’Donnell said of the students. “It’s always nice to see young folks. 3ey’re full of vitality.”

Weinberg junior Talia Romo attended the event with her sorority as a service event. She said she enjoyed hearing the stories of a woman who spent time traveling abroad.

“3ey’re things we read about in textbooks, but she has 8rsthand experience,” Romo said.

Overall, Laden said she appreciates the oppor-tunity the event gives to unite two di7erent sectors of society.

“3is intergenerational mix is a wonderful thing,” she said.

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What Happens to Law in a Refugee Camp?

Monday, 4 p.m. 620 Library PlaceElizabeth Holzer, an assistant professor for the Department of Sociology and the Human Rights Institute at the University of Con-necticut, will discuss her research from a refugee camp in Ghana. She will address the legal rights international actors award refugees in humanitarian camps. 3e talk is presented by the Center for Forced Migra-tion Studies.

Hollywood 101 with Industry Pro Brad Kushner

Tuesday, 7 p.m.Annie May Swift Hall, 1920 Campus Drive Northwestern alumnus Brad Kushner (Communication ‘/0) will give a talk on the inner-workings of the 8lm industry. As a co-founder of Creative Convergence, a con-sulting 8rm that focuses on entertainment industries, Kushner will give details on how to break into 8lm, hire management and become a Hollywood entrepreneur.

NU Food Talks PotluckWednesday, 6 p.m.

Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Drive NU Food Talks, a sustainability advocacy program, is hosting a potluck to foster con-versation about sustainable food on campuses and the role of college students in pursuing the goal of increasing its presence. Attendees should bring a side, dessert or beverage and will receive Green Cup points.

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FAB ‘50S North Shore Retirement Hotel resident Hattie Buell leads a sing-along on the piano at NCDC’s Senior Gala on Saturday afternoon. This is the second year the event was held off campus.

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Embarrassing end to McCain’s legacy

Remember Sen. John McCain(R-Ariz.)? War hero, POW camp survivor, “maverick” of the Senate, rider of the “Straight Talk Express?” He ran for president twice, and was a particular beacon of integrity in his !rst run?

It’s easy to forget that this John McCain, the one who regularly reached across the aisle and opposed his own party’s President on issues from taxes to torture, once existed. Since his decisive loss to now-President Barack Obama in the "##$ election, the man who once seemed capable of tackling big issues and putting “country !rst,” to quote his "##$ campaign slogan, has vanished. In his place now stands a cynical and downright unpleas-ant old man, one who is more concerned with opposing the man who beat him than in leav-ing any positive historical legacy. I hesitate to devote a column to the man and give his antics attention, but his recent actions have proven to be so outrageous that they must be acknowledged.

McCain’s fall from respectability has been a long time coming. In contrast with his "### Republican primary campaign, his "##$ cam-paign was something of an embarrassment. His use of non-issues like Joe the Plumber and Bill Ayers was maddening, and his choice of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice president quickly proved to be a misjudgment of epic proportions.

Since deservedly losing that election, McCain has shi%ed from being a “maverick” to acting as a reliable opponent of Obama’s agenda. However, it is his behavior in the a%ermath of the president’s re-election that has truly crystallized just how lacking McCain

now is in integrity.McCain’s post-election pattern of embar-

rassing himself began with his vehement and unjusti!ed opposition to the possibility of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s nomination as secretary of state. Taking issue with Rice’s pub-lic handling of the September "#&" Benghazi attacks, McCain lashed out at her for being “not very bright” and “unquali!ed” to serve as secretary. 'at he would label an accomplished diplomat as “unquali!ed” to serve as the nation’s top diplomat was especially galling, given the obvious lack of judgment in “quali-!cations” that McCain demonstrated when he selected the "#-month governor of Alaska with no expertise or interest in any actual policy area to run as his Vice President.

McCain continued his questionable crusade against the President’s foreign policy team by vehemently opposing the nomination of his former Senate Republican colleague Chuck Hagel, a friend and fellow Vietnam veteran, to serve as secretary of defense. McCain’s reasons for opposing Hagel so strenuously, many of which I explained in a previous column, are as (imsy as his rationale for !ghting Rice.

Once again ignoring the fact that his vice presidential pick le% him as perhaps least-quali!ed member of Congress to ever judge the merits of anyone for a job, McCain ludi-crously labeled Hagel as unquali!ed to serve as secretary, and complained about his willing-ness to attack former President George Bush’s Iraq policy and be “anti his own party and people.” 'e old, “maverick” McCain would be proud of Hagel’s independence — but not today’s McCain, who never lets an opportunity to oppose the Obama Administration go to waste.

McCain’s unreasonableness and grand-standing may have hit a new low last week, though, in a Phoenix town hall exchange with the mother of a victim of the Aurora, Colo. theatre shootings. Responding to the mother’s

question about the need for an assault weap-ons ban to prevent tragedies like Aurora from happening again, McCain responded not with compassion or an open mind on the thorny issue of gun control, but with condescension and false bravado. Breaking out a tired slogan for the grieving mother, McCain told her that she needed some “straight talk” because an assault weapons ban would never pass the U.S. Senate. 'e mother, a Republican, was “appalled” by McCain’s rudeness, and she and her husband have vowed to never vote for him again.

In his strident opposition to any and all policy proposals or nominations that come out of the Obama Administration, McCain has forsaken his sense of bipartisanship and rea-sonableness. It is an immense shame that the career of this )* year-old war hero is conclud-ing not in triumph, with McCain acting as the senior statesman and dealmaker of the Senate, but in embarrassment, with him looking like little more than a crotchety old man who is still drowning in bitterness over a lost election. I hope that McCain remembers why he used to be a successful senator and why people used to actually like him, but based on his conduct of late, I will not hold my breath.

Ryan Kearney is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at [email protected]. If you would like to publicly respond to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to [email protected]

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Earlier this year, Northwestern started playing music over the loudspeaker in the indoor facility during its - a.m. practices.

. e music is meant to get the team’s energy going early in the morning, but also unavoidably provides a soundtrack to the Wildcats’ practice.

One of the songs playing the Wednesday morning before No. / NU hit the road to battle No. 0 North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., was “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons. It’s a base-thumping, electronica-adjacent pump-up song, with a chorus that goes, “I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones/ Enough to make

my systems blow/ Welcome to the new age, to the new age.” . e song gives the early-morning practice an added air of

intensity, especially during a drill in which three players charge down 1 eld to begin a scrimmage. But the Cats’ rule over women’s college lacrosse is nothing new – one of the following songs, Will.I.Am and Britney Spears’s “Scream and Shout,” is more appropriate for the seven-time National Championship win-ning Cats.

. e song’s mantra summarizes NU’s 23/4 season, as well as its half-dozen seasons before that: “All eyes on us.”

‘REDEMPTION DOWN THE LINE’. e Cats are coming o5 their seventh national title in eight

years, the blip in the streak being a loss to Maryland in the

23/3 NCAA Championship game. But among the team’s East Coast foes, Florida was NU’s Achilles heel more than anyone last season.

A6 er losing twice to the Gators during the 23//-23/2 cam-paign , both junior mid1 elder and draw-control specialist Alyssa Leonard and senior mid1 elder Taylor . ornton are looking forward to playing Florida toward the end of April.

NU also faces No. 2 Syracuse, the team they beat in the 23/2 NCAA Championship game, toward the end of March.

Despite staying focused on her team’s improvement through-out the season, Leonard is excited for the two opportunities.

“Long term, it’s about the everyday – all season, being able

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nine years, hoping to avenge losses along the

way with mix of senior stars and fresh faces.

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By ALEX PUTTERMAN!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

Wildcats coach Paul Stevens talks about baseball like some people talk about a favorite television show. Smiling throughout, he exudes an increasingly perceptible cheerfulness, gain-ing vocal momentum and inflection as he shares the virtues of the game and his team.

Unless you mention last year.“I was very disappointed with last year’s

(result),” he said of ./0.’s 01-23 campaign. “I really don’t have too much to say about it. It’s in the past, and that’s where it’s going to stay with me. If I had something good to say about it, I would, but it’s behind me.”

And it’s with that as a backdrop that North-western begins Stevens’ .3th year as coach.

Like their predecessors of a year ago, the ./02 Cats, 4-. two weeks into the season, will rely on starting pitching. Sophomore Brandon Magallones, who struck out a team-high 35 bat-ters his first season in purple , and senior Luke Farrell, who struggled in ./0. after an excel-lent ./00, will pitch plenty in the upcoming months. But it’s fifth-year senior Zach Morton who, early in the season, has assumed the role of “ace.”

In ./0., Morton kept runs off the score-board, posting a 2.43 ERA over 04 appearances — 02 of them starts — and 12.0 innings. But in front of a defense that made more than 0.6 errors per game and an offense that produced less than 4 runs per game, the righty went 0-0/, by far the team’s worst record among starting pitchers.

The early days of ./02 have wrought Morton spectacular results and even some run support. The veteran has allowed only 1 hits and . runs in 04 innings this season, for a 0..7 ERA and /.13 WHIP. In his two starts, the Cats have scored 02 runs and haven’t made an error. Pitching better than ever and finally getting help from his teammates, Morton is .-/.

Morton and shortstop Trevor Stevens are

NU’s oldest players and possibly the team’s best. Stevens hit .2/6 in ./00 with an impressive .4.6 on-base percentage, as well as a team-high 0/ stolen bases before losing all of ./0. to injury. Now he’s back, batting first, playing shortstop and, with fellow fifth-year senior Morton, lead-ing the Cats.

“I want to make sure I want to take in everything on my last go-round, have a good time,” Morton said. “I’ve been around a while — Trevor and I — so I think both of us have responsibility, along with the other seniors and upperclassmen, to lead the way a little bit.”

NU has a variety of expectations for ./02, ranging from realistic—outfielder Walker Moses said the team would like to qualify for the Big Ten tournament—too far-fetched—Coach Stevens said that winning a national championship is “what you put on a uniform for.”

Everyone, however, expects improvement.“We have such good team chemistry this

year,” Moses said. “It’s a lot different than last year. Everyone works a lot harder, people are getting in here early to work out more. Every-thing’s looking really good.”

While Moses, a sophomore, pointed to the team’s “young talent” as a reason for high hopes, Magdallones suggested that the experience of NU’s “older guys” could be the team’s catalyst.

Maybe that balance—between talented youth and seasoned old guys —is why the Cats express such optimism about ./02. That, plus the type of intangible spirit that gets their coach excited.

“This group has got a phenomenal approach,” Stevens said. “Their attitude, their work ethic, their ability to sit there and see strengths and weaknesses in themselves and the people around them and help each other be account-able for what you do, when you do it and how you do it. I think this is absolutely a stellar group of guys.”

He’d much rather talk about this year.

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Northwestern came back from Texas disap-pointed and hungry.

9 e Wildcats had just lost a doubleheader to No. 3 Texas, eliminating them from the NCAA Championships. With a majority of the team com-ing back this season, NU hit the practice : eld with eyes toward returning back to the NCAA Champi-onships and getting all the way to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series. 9 e players said the losses in Austin were not a real motivating factor, but it was more of a taste of the ultimate goal the Cats were working toward.

Under the direction of sports performance coach Tyler Jorgensen, the Cats set o; on a lengthy : ve-month-long o; season program in anticipation for the ./02 campaign. 9 e regimen was split into three phases – fall ball, o; season workouts and preseason workouts. 9 e end result was what coach Kate Drohan described as “the best o; season in

program history.”“It’s de: nitely the best one we’ve had,” senior

pitcher Meghan Lamberth said. “We never took a day o; and we were always getting better every single day.”

9 e di< cult process began at the end of Septem-ber and beginning of October with six games in fall ball. However, the toughest parts remained ahead for the Cats as the weather got colder and the so= -ball season was still only slowly approaching. Junior in: elder Marisa Bast said the most di< cult part of the o; season was understanding the bene: ts of the hard work wouldn’t be realized for awhile.

“For me, it’s knowing that I have to come and be consistent every single day and know that this work will pay o; in the spring,” Bast said. “It is hard knowing you’re not going to step on a : eld for three or four months, so you just have to have the mindset to show up every day and know that the work you put in in the weight room and in the turf room is going to translate onto the : eld.”

9 e hallmark of the o; season program was creating competition between teammates. Every

Friday the team was split into di; erent groups which competed against one another in an array of challenges. 9 e groups rotated around di; erent stations of di; erent exercises and competed with one another.

Jorgensen said one of his biggest goals with the program was to help the team learn how to come together and support one another. In order to accomplish that, Jorgensen tried to push the team out of their comfort zone and force them to rely on their teammates to get them through unfamiliar circumstances.

“Our plan in our o; season was essentially to compete as hard as we can,” Jorgensen said. “Our competition Fridays were geared toward getting them in uncomfortable situations and getting them to compete with each other and also develop that trust within the team to rely on each other.”

9 e e; ects from the o; season are already paying dividends on the : eld for NU. Lamberth said she has gotten her : tness level up, which has allowed her to get more velocity on her pitches and lead the team with a 0.31 ERA, almost two full runs lower

than last season. 9 e improved : tness level has also given Lam-

berth more power at the plate, and she has delivered with four extra base hits on this young season a= er having six combined in her previous three years.

9 e program has also helped make the Cats battle tested. NU won seven straight games and eight of their last nine contests a= er losing the : rst : ve games of the season.

9 e improvements were seen most prominently during this past weekend when the Cats came from behind three times in the seventh inning and broke ties late in the game twice en route to going a perfect 6-/ at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.

A rigorous o; season plan teaches people a lot about themselves and about their teammates. Bast said she learned about how far this team is willing to push itself to accomplish its goals.

“I learned how much we thrive in competition and how hard we’re willing to work each pitch and each game,” Bast said. “9 at will take us far.”

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Cats hope to continue reign in Big TenBy ALEX PUTTERMAN!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

Life can be tough for a powerhouse with a schedule to match its reputation.

The No. 7 Wildcats have finished the bulk of non-conference play, in

which they have gone 3-4 with several big wins and a few dis-appointing losses. Northwest-

ern has defeated two teams in the nation’s top 0/ and four in the top ./,

but lost twice to then-No. 2 Duke and once apiece to No. .0 Vander-

bilt and No. 04 Texas. Although coach Claire Pollard

said the Cats have “missed some opportunities to convert,” she praised the team’s balance as a key component to its success.

“I like that we don’t have any hole in our

lineup,” Pollard said. “We’re solid at every position now, and I really like that.”

Perhaps the most impressive player for the Cats has been No. 12 Belinda Niu. At the Indoor Team Championships from Feb. 1 to 0/, the then-unranked junior won all three of her matches, including two victories over ranked opponents and NU’s only point against the Blue Devils.

“Something I’ve always struggled with is staying mentally composed and not getting too frantic when I play,” Niu said. “At indoors, in all three matches, I was able to stay calm and keep fighting, even under whatever circumstances. I think that’s always really important for me.”

The start of Big Ten play, March . against Illinois, provides a set of pressures for the Cats. NU has finished first in

the conference 0. times in Pollard’s 04 seasons

at the helm, includ-ing in ./0., when the Cats went 0/-0 in the conference. Despite the reg-ular-season title, the Cats failed to win the conference

tournament last year for the first time

under Pollard.As the current highest-

ranked Big Ten team , NU has an opportunity to return to champion-ship glory.

“We’re definitely excited for Big Ten play,” Niu said. “It’s particularly meaning-ful for us because we’ve had an incred-ible history in the Big Ten, and part of our program legacy is taking the season title and the tournament title every year, so we always want to work very hard to

defend that.”Though the conference schedule is no

cakewalk for the Cats, the worst might be behind them. NU hasn’t faced an oppo-nent ranked outside the top 4/, but the Big Ten includes unranked teams like Iowa and Wisconsin amidst titans like No. 0. Michigan and No. 06 Nebraska. The players will likely appreciate the occasional respite.

“It’s tough to have that tough of a schedule,” No. 35 Kate Turvy said. “Just back-to-back-to-back tough teams, but it’s what we like and what we came here to do, so it’s good, but at the same time it’s exhausting too.”

Turvy, the Cats’ top player, epitomizes the uncertainty of college tennis at this level. Like the team as a whole, the senior has won and lost against the country’s best, going 2-4 so far in the dual-meet season. Turvy has dropped three consec-utive matches since leading NU’s victory over No. 00 Miami.

The ups and down don’t trouble the Cats, who consistently emphasize pro-cess over results. Pollard called the loss to Texas a better performance than the team’s win over Notre Dame the week-end before, and Turvy said she doesn’t know the Cats’ record or judge success based on it.

“I can’t think of a match I’ve been dis-appointed in the team with,” she said. “If you would tell me where we’re at now and how hard we’ve fought to get here, I wouldn’t be disappointed at all.”

So, with process as her criteria, is Pol-lard satisfied with her team’s performance to this point?

“Jury’s still out.”

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By ALEX PUTTERMAN!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

Life can be tough for a powerhouse with a schedule to match its reputation.

The No. 7 Wildcats have finished the bulk of non-conference play, in

which they have gone 3-4 with several big wins and a few dis-appointing losses. Northwest-

ern has defeated two teams in the nation’s top 0/ and four in the top ./,

but lost twice to then-No. 2 Duke and once apiece to No. .0 Vander-

bilt and No. 04 Texas. Although coach Claire Pollard

said the Cats have “missed some opportunities to convert,” she praised the team’s balance as a key component to its success.

“I like that we don’t have any hole in our

lineup,” Pollard said. “We’re solid at every position now, and I really like that.”

Perhaps the most impressive player for the Cats has been No. 12 Belinda Niu. At the Indoor Team Championships from Feb. 1 to 0/, the then-unranked junior won all three of her matches, including two victories over ranked opponents and NU’s only point against the Blue Devils.

“Something I’ve always struggled with is staying mentally composed and not getting too frantic when I play,” Niu said. “At indoors, in all three matches, I was able to stay calm and keep fighting, even under whatever circumstances. I think that’s always really important for me.”

The start of Big Ten play, March . against Illinois, provides a set of pressures for the Cats. NU has finished first in

the conference 0. times in Pollard’s 04 seasons

at the helm, includ-ing in ./0., when the Cats went 0/-0

win the conference tournament last

year for the first time under Pollard.As the current highest-

ranked Big Ten team , NU has an opportunity to return to champion-ship glory.

“We’re definitely excited for Big Ten play,” Niu said. “It’s particularly meaning-ful for us because we’ve had an incred-ible history in the Big Ten, and part of our program legacy is taking the season title and the tournament title every year, so we always want to work very hard to

Pitching key for NU to forget last season

Daily fi le photo by Rafi Letzter

TOSS UP The Wildcats will rely on pitching for any hopes of success during the 2013 season. Currently, redshirt senior Zach Morton leads the team with a 2-0 record and 1.29 ERA.

Daily fi le photos by Mackenzie McCluer

BACK FOR MORE The Wildcats fell short during the NCAA Championships last season, a miracle run not good enough for Northwestern’s leaders, such as senior Meghan Lamberth.

Upset Cats not satisfi ed with last year

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If this season has proved anything, it’s that last year was no anomaly.

With their non-conference season now over, Northwestern has tallied a 02-2 record , a con-siderable improvement over last year’s 5-6 mark, which served as a precursor to the Wildcats’ best conference season in three years.

“We just had more of a belief in ourselves,” senior Chris Jackman said . “My freshman and sophomore years, it was awful. And then last year, we had a good freshman class and it was our time. We had a couple good matches early on and then we just kept it going. 9 is year, it’s going to be even bigger because we have that con: dence from last year.”

9 e hallmark of the Cats’ season so far has been their tenacity. With over a 3/ percent winning percentage in three-set matches , NU has not only soundly defeated its lower-ranked opponents but also scored wins against pre-viously problematic foes. 9 e Cats took out Notre Dame for the : rst time in nine years and defeated the University of Louisville, Denver University and North Carolina State , a team that dealt NU one of its most disappointing 5-/ losses last season.

With a packed Big Ten schedule on the hori-zon, in which nine of the 00 other teams are ranked , the Cats have their work cut out for them. But for coach Arvid Swan , the key is to take it one match at a time.

“When you’re looking in conference, every

match is critical,” Swan said. “You’re trying to improve your seed position in the conference and get wins to help you get into the NCAA tournament and you just can’t look ahead. 9 at’s what I talk to the guys about but it’s really the case.”

Following the team’s two victories over the weekend, three players are now tied for : rst in most dual match singles wins. At the No. 2 spot, senior Sidarth Balaji has earned an 00-2 singles record and with doubles partner junior Raleigh Smith, who also holds an 00-2 singles record, has only surrendered one doubles match all season. 9 e duo fell 1-5 against Harvard a= er pushing the No. 0 Crimson team to 02-00 in a tiebreaker.

“Last year, I didn’t play in the fall,” Balaji said. “I only started playing in November, December. 9 is year, I had the full fall to get ready and I’ve been able to get a lot matches in so I think that’s helped me get better and stay focused through-out the course of each match.”

Sophomore Alex Pasareanu is the third player with an 00-2 singles record, a noticeable upgrade from his just over .6// record last season.

NU will open its Big Ten season on the road this Saturday against Illinois .

9 e Fighting Illini are ranked No. 05 and the Cats have struggled in the past several years against their in-state rival, with their last win coming in 0775.

“I think now, me and the other two seniors, we’ve played (Illinois) three times and we know what to expect,” Balaji said. “9 ey’re a good team and I think the experience should help us. 9 is year, I felt like we’ve been able to play a

more complete match, more so than last year. It took until the Big Ten season for us all to come together, but I think we’re all together right now so I think that’s going to be a key against Illinois.”

One of NU’s most memorable Big Ten matches last season was a win against then-No. 23 Minnesota on a cold and windy Chicago spring day . 9 e Cats fought back from a .-/ hole to wrestle the match from the Golden Gophers, with Pasareanu winning the decisive sixth singles match 5-6, 6-5, 5-6.

Looking ahead to the rest of this season, NU’s toughest test will likely come in Ohio State, a team that is consistently ranked in the top : ve and currently holds the No. 4 spot in the nation.

“Big Ten is a highly competitive conference,” Swan said. “You have to play good doubles, you have to play a complete match as o= en as you can because the talent level is so high. We’ve played a very competitive non-conference schedule to get prepared for a very competitive Big Ten season, so we just have to keep getting better. I think the team as a whole competes well so we just need to continue to improve our skills.”

Although Jackman’s “dream come true” would be a Big Ten Tournament title, for Smith, every victory is similarly sweet.

“I equally dislike every other team in the Big Ten,” Smith said. “Illinois is in-state so that’ll be a good atmosphere there. I’m de: nitely looking forward to that one. But I want to beat every team in the Big Ten equally bad.”

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By JOSH WALFISH!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

Lauren Weaver has helped put Northwestern back on the map.

- e senior has led the Wildcats to the NCAA Championships in each of her . rst three seasons at NU. She holds the program records for lowest round, lowest single season scoring average and lowest career scoring average.

Coach Emily Fletcher told NUs-ports.com that Weaver is “a competi-tor,” and she expects the senior will play an important role this spring.

“She is so competitive and I feel like

once the gun goes o/ and once we put the team on the ground, she’ll . nd a way to sort of count for us and sort of grind it out,” Fletcher told NUsports.com. “She is excited. I can’t tell you the number of times she’s texted me or we’ve talked and she’s super excited about these last three of four months and being able to go out and accom-plish great things.”

Weaver will be one of two upper-classmen, along with junior Devon Brown , who will compete for the Cats this spring. NU will bring six golf-ers to every event even though most events only allow . ve golfers to be a part of the o0 cial team, because at the Big Ten Championships, six golfers

will comprise the team with only four scores counting.

Fletcher told NUsports.com she expects to bring three freshmen, along with sophomore Hana Lee , Brown and Weaver to the three remaining spring tournaments to help prepare the team for the conference championships.

- e Cats have already competed in one tournament this spring in Puerto Rico. NU . nished in a tie for ninth as a team led by freshman Kaitlin Park. Park has had an impressive start to her NU career, with the second-best scor-ing average among those who have played in all . ve events so far.

Fletcher told NUsports.com Park plays above her age level with two

top-12 . nishes already in her career.“She’s an extremely hard worker

and she’s a tremendous player,” Fletcher told NUsports.com. “She’s done a good job at settling into school and adjusting. She’s someone, as a freshman, that doesn’t look like a freshman out there on the golf course. She really stays in control and what I love about Kaitlin is, when she’s play-ing well, she’s not just trying to hurry up the hole, she’s trying to get as many under-par as she can.”


to bring it every day. - ere’s an opportunity to get better every day, and if we’re not taking advantage of it, someone else might,” Leonard said. “But de. -nitely, with Florida and Syracuse … there’s a little redemption down the line.”

Syracuse and No. 3 Florida are only two of the Cats’ scheduled . ve top-12 ranked opponents this season. NU will also face No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Vir-ginia and No. 6 Notre Dame in April.

‘A COLLECTIVE APPROACH’ - e reigning NCAA champions take on their

demanding schedule armed with a mix of sea-soned veterans and fresh talent this season.

- e Cats have some big-name returners includ-ing - ornton, Leonard and senior attacker Erin Fitzgerald . All three players have been named to the preseason watchlist for the Tewaaraton Award. - is is - ornton’s third straight year on the watch list.

Fitzgerald ended the 7211-7217 season 18th in the country in goals scored with 9: goals in 73 games. Leonard was 16th in the nation in draw controls with 62 draw controls in 77 games.

Leonard, one of NU’s most important players, has had a strong start to the season. She racked up 78 draw controls in the Cats’ . rst two games, including an NCAA single-game record-tying 19 against Southern California. - e mid. elder is now 7nd on NU’s career list for draw wins with 729 and tied for 17th all-time in Division I for draw wins.

And a; er shi; ing slightly from her role as a more traditional defender to an all-around mid-. elder, - ornton became one of NU’s most valu-able whole-. eld players. Last season she scored 33 goals.

In her last chance to win the Tewaaraton Tro-phy, - ornton said she has bought into the team mentality coach Kelly Amonte Hiller emphasizes: one game at a time.

“I honestly haven’t even thought about (the Tewaaraton Trophy),” - ornton said. “When you start reading hype, it’s just hype. I have to go

play.”Despite her veterans’ accom-

plishments on the . eld, Amonte Hiller said replacing former team leaders such as attacker Shannon Smith and mid. elder Alex Frank will have to be a team e/ ort. Smith ended last year’s season ranked 9th in the nation for goals scored with :: in 73 games, and Frank caused 1.94 turnovers per game for the Cats.

“I think it’s a collective approach,” Amonte Hiller said. “We’re using a collective approach rather than saying, ‘Hey you’re going to take the role of Shannon Smith’ – you can’t do that with those types of personalities.”

Still, Amonte Hiller stressed that practice more than individual talent will determine her team’s success this season.

“We’ve got some good people on both ends of the . eld and in the mid. eld … so we feel like we have some good components,” she said.

In addition to the veteran leadership the three members of the watchlist and their classmates, senior mid. elders Gabriella Flibotte and Amanda Macaluso, bring to the team, the Cats have new blood to add to the championship-winning squad – namely, a new goalkeeper. Sophomore goalie Bridget Bianco heads the team this year a; er three-year starter Brianne LoManto graduated.

Bianco recorded a career-high : saves against Massachusetts in early February, a stat she matched during NU’s loss to North Carolina.

EXTENDED FAMILYWhen the Cats journeyed to Los Angeles in

February to play the University of Southern Cali-fornia, the team saw some familiar faces on the sideline.

Amonte Hiller, who is in her 17th year of coaching at NU, has made a noteworthy mark on the coaching world in women’s college lacrosse.

Amonte Hiller has . ve former players who are now head Division I coaches, including Lindsey Munday, who was voted captain of Team USA in July and heads Southern California’s program,

Angela McMahon, who heads Massachusetts’ program, and Smith, who heads Hofstra University as the young-est head coach in Division I. Because of Southern California’s familiar sta/ , both Amonte Hiller and her players said being able to play in Los Angeles was a treat.

“It’s amazing,” Amonte Hiller said. “It’s some-thing that I’m de. nitely proud of – to know that I’m inspiring people to want to stay in the game and provide an experience for a new generation of student athletes..”

With this weekend’s win over Vanderbilt, Amonte Hiller is one win away from 722 wins with a 166-31 career record.

THE SEASON SO FAR- e Cats (3-1, 1-2 ALC) steamrolled their way

through games against N2.18 Massachusetts and Southern California in early February, and beat Vanderbilt, NU’s . rst American Lacrosse Confer-ence opponent in the 7213 campaign, 19-5 two weeks later.

- e one blemish on the team’s young season is an 11-5 loss against No. 9 North Carolina (3-1) on Friday. In the Cats’ . rst loss since their 18-4 fall to Florida last May.

But when talking mentality in general through-out the season, Amonte Hiller again mentions taking things one day at a time.

“We focus on the game that we’re going to be playing,” Amonte Hiller said. “If you look ahead, you lose your opportunity to take advantage of today.”

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ports.com that Weaver is “a competi-tor,” and she expects the senior will

“She is so competitive and I feel like

ers to every event even though most events only allow . ve golfers to be a part of the o0 cial team, because at the Big Ten Championships, six golfers

ing average among those who have played in all . ve events so far.

Fletcher told NUsports.com Park plays above her age level with two


Despite her veterans’ accom-plishments on the . eld, Amonte Hiller said replacing former team leaders such as attacker Shannon Smith and mid. elder Alex Frank will have to be a team e/ ort. Smith ended last year’s season ranked 9th in the nation for goals scored with :: in 73 games, and Frank caused 1.94 turnovers per game for the Cats.

“I think it’s a collective approach,” Amonte Hiller said. “We’re using a collective approach rather than saying, ‘Hey you’re going to take the role of Shannon Smith’ – you can’t do that with those types of personalities.”

Still, Amonte Hiller stressed that practice more than individual talent will determine her team’s

“We’ve got some good people on both ends of the . eld and in the mid. eld … so we feel like we have some good components,” she said.

Angela McMahon, who heads Massachusetts’ program, and Smith, who heads Hofstra University as the young-est head coach in Division I. Because of Southern California’s familiar sta/ , both Amonte Hiller and her players said being able to play in Los Angeles was a treat.

“It’s amazing,” Amonte Hiller said. “It’s some-thing that I’m de. nitely proud of – to know that I’m inspiring people to want to stay in the game and provide an experience for a new generation

With this weekend’s win over Vanderbilt, Amonte Hiller is one win away from 722 wins

- e Cats (3-1, 1-2 ALC) steamrolled their way through games against N2.18 Massachusetts and Southern California in early February, and beat Vanderbilt, NU’s . rst American Lacrosse Confer-ence opponent in the 7213 campaign, 19-5 two

- e one blemish on the team’s young season is an 11-5 loss against No. 9 North Carolina (3-1) on Friday. In the Cats’ . rst loss since their 18-4 fall to

But when talking mentality in general through-out the season, Amonte Hiller again mentions

“We focus on the game that we’re going to be playing,” Amonte Hiller said. “If you look ahead,

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Losole, Perry lead squadBy JOSH WALFISH!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

Northwestern’s spring campaign normally begins with a win.

- e Wildcats had won 13 straight matches at the Big Ten Match Play Championships from 7226 to 7217, but in the . rst match of the 7213 tournament, the three-time defend-ing champions lost to Michigan State 8-1. NU rebounded to take . ; h place with wins over Michigan and Indiana, but the event did not set the tone for the rest of the spring.

NU will only compete in four events this spring a; er a successful fall season. - e Cats . nished in the top half of the . eld in four of their . ve fall events, including a win in the Inverness Intercollegiate to open the sea-son. - e team followed up that win with a second-place . nish the following week at its own tournament, the Windon Memorial.

- e Cats are led by senior Nick Losole and junior Jack Perry, who have combined for nine top-72 . nishes, including . ve in the top 12. Perry has an individual win to his credit this season with a victory in a two-person tiebreaker at the Inverness Intercollegiate in September. Losole made late charges to . nish third at Inverness and second at the Fighting Illini Invitational.

NU’s stroke-play schedule began last week in Puerto Rico with a sixth place . nish out of 19 teams. - e Cats struggled mightily in the . rst round with Losole’s one-under 41 and Perry’s 47, the only players at even-par or better. - e other three players combined to shoot 1: over par, but luckily for NU, only two of those scores counted and it sat in 11th place 15 strokes o/ the pace at 6 over.

Coach Pat Goss challenged his team on Twitter to score at least 72 birdies in the sec-ond round and the Cats responded.

NU carded exactly 72 birdies as the team shot a season-best seven under-par to make a charge up the leaderboard to seventh place. - e di/ erence was four of NU’s . ve golfers went under-par in round two, including a :6 from sophomore Matthew Negri. In the . nal round, Negri one-upped himself with a :5 and Perry shot a 41 to help the Cats into sixth place. Losole really struggled in the . nal round in Puerto Rico, shooting a 49 to fall from a tie for ninth into a tie for 78th.

- e . nal three tournaments prior to the Big Ten Championships on April 7: to 75 will be important for determining the . nal two or three golfers in the starting lineup. Losole, Perry and sophomore Bennett Lavin are the only three golfers to play in all six stroke play events so far for the Cats. Negri should be in the lineup in Fresno a; er his

performance in Puerto Rico, but the . nal spot will be tightly contested between the two freshmen.

Josh Jamieson and Andrew Whalen both have been the . nal starter this year.

Jamieson was the . ; h man in Puerto Rico, . nishing 31st, and halved both matches at the Big Ten Match Play Championships, but Whalen . nished third at Inverness and went 1-1-2 at the Big Ten Match Play Championships.

Whalen’s average score is about a shot bet-ter than Jamieson’s, but Jamieson has more rounds of par or better this season.

- e Cats next hit the links on March 8 and 9 at the Fresno State Lexus Classic in Fresno, Calif. NU returns to Cali-fornia at the end of the month for the U.S. Intercollegiate hosted by Stan-ford before . nishing the regular season at home on April 19 and 1: with the Kemper Sports Intercollegiate.


Weaver, Wildcats expect success

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THIRD TIME THE CHARM? Senior Taylor Thornton earned a spot on the Tewaaraton Watchlist for the third straight season.


Sculptors begin exhibit at Art CenterBy EDWARD COX!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sculpture Prof. Stephen Cartwright originally used his global positioning device to create an “old lady’s map” to track the traveling habits of seniors.

More than a decade later, Cartwright has recorded about ./0,111 hourly entries into his handheld global positioning device, tracing his own traveling habits and transforming the data into art. Cartwright showcased his work Sunday at the Evanston Art Center, as part of the center’s Evanston + Vicinity Biennial Solo Shows with two other artists.

“It’s hard to have an accurate picture of what life is like just relying on perception … you really realize how sort of local you are,” Cartwright said pointing to photo-graphs of lasers that showed his traveling habits around the Illi-nois campus. “I’ve got this much (data), it seems crazy to stop.”

C hic ago juror Shannon Stratton selected three artists from a group of 23 to present at the Solos

shows from online submissions. All of the artists who presented were sculptors.

“It’s just appealing to look at, I’m not so sure if it has some meaning … if (it means) another revolution is coming, but it is worth looking at,” Evanston resident Alan Birman said of one of sculptor’s work.

Chicago artist Scott Carter created a band instrument set out of drywall and other con-struction material. After demolishing the gui-tar and drum set during a recording, Carter built up the instruments again for the show.

“My focus is trying to find ways to use sonic forms,” Carter said. “(It’s) what I’m interested in now, but I’m not sure what my

conclusion is.”Evanston Art Center executive director

Norah Diedrich joked that Evanston resi-dents would have to sign safety forms before demolishing the music set toward the end of the solo shows.

In another room with a hardwood floor, pieces of plywood were clamped together and twisted into loops. A lone broomstick leaned against one of the sculptures.

“Part of it changes space perception, it changes the perception of the way you move through space,” artist Emily Hermant said of her work called “Spatial Drawings.”

Diedrich said the pieces are representative

of an interdisciplinary movement in art which incorporates themes from music, space and movement. The Block Museum of Art uses such an interdisciplinary approach, she said.

“It’s a lot more porous the way people are working,” Diedrich said. She said she hopes to work with Lisa Corrin, the director of the Block Museum who was chosen last year.

The show will run until April 3. The cen-ter will invite the University of Hip Hop in May to talk about graffiti writing as a cultural movement.

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Feinberg study shows veterans with re!ux are over-medicated

A new Northwestern Medicine study shows some United States veterans are being pre-scribed higher than recommended doses of medication for time periods that are too long, according to a University news release pub-lished Thursday.

Veterans with gastroesophageal reflux dis-ease are often overprescribed proton pump inhibitors, more commonly known by brand names such as Prilosec.

This study, which examined .,411 patients at a Veteran’s Association hospital in Hines, Ill., was the first to look at the initial doses given to veterans who suffer from the reflux disease.

Proton pump inhibitors are one of the most widely used drugs in the U.S. According to the news release, the drug generates 5.. billion in health costs each year.

The main findings showed almost /0 per-cent of patients were taking daily dosages that were too high. A majority of veterans received more than a three-month starting supply and very few had reductions in high dose treat-ments more than two years after staring the initial prescription, according to the news release.

“It seems that once these veterans are pre-scribed a PPI, they are rarely taken off of it,” said Andrew Gawron, a gastroenterology fel-low at the Feinberg School of Medicine who co-wrote the study, in the release. “Two years after their initial prescription, most are still on the drug.”

The lowest effective dose for the inhibitors lasts for one to two months, and if symptoms do not subside then other treatments should be considered, according the release.

Gawron co-wrote the study with senior author Sherri LaVela, a research assistant pro-fessor at the Center for Healthcare Studies at Feinberg.

The study, which used data from /116 to /117, was funded by a grant from the Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Develop-ment Service. It was published Feb. .4 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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SOLO SCULPTURES University of Illinois sculptor and professor Stephen Cartwright shows laser mechanism which he has used to transform years of global positioning system recorded data into photographs.

“My focus is trying to !nd ways to use sonic forms. (It’s) what I’m interested in now, but I’m not sure what my conclusion is.Scott Carter,Chicago artist


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of the student body.With the topics narrowed down to about !" dif-

ferent concerns, UBPC then asked undergraduates to prioritize those needs in terms of how important they are and how much they would spend on them. Finally, the committee presented a report of these #ndings to the Budget and Planning Group, who decides if and how to implement changes.

$e committee doesn’t present all of the data, though, Eck said.

“Some things, we don’t propose merely because so and so has been spending an entire year and a half of their job on it and it’s about to roll out,” Eck said.

For Maggie Mantel, a Communication freshman, it was her problem with the dining halls that encour-aged her to take the survey.

“$ey label every condiment except for the

ambiguous white liquid-y goo,” she said. “It could be white chocolate for all I know.”

Eck said the UBPC’s job of garnering the student body’s concerns is done for now. He said it is not known if or when improvements relating to acces-sibility of CAPS resources, improved #nancial aid or other issues will be implemented by the University’s Budget and Planning Group.

Eck said part of the challenge is balancing the concerns of a smaller portion of the undergraduate population with those that impact a greater number of individuals.

“All these people who are running the University fundamentally really care about what undergraduates think and want,” he said. “$ey’re working extremely hard to make the college experience as best as it can be.”

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funding for A-status groups, ASG-recognized groups that have shown a history of merit, growth and ability to properly use funds. Funding for A-status student groups annually is governed primarily by the Student Activities Finance Committee, a board of %! associate executive members that is chaired by Girish Pendse, ASG #nancial vice president. $e committee advises the ASG Senate on how to allocate more than &% mil-lion to about '( groups every year. $e committee is also must leave at least #ve percent of the spring funding for supplemental funding.

“Working on this committee is an impactful way to get involved with improving student group culture on campus,” said Pendse, a Weinberg senior. “People really love the groups that they work with and want them to succeed.”

Spring funding is when the committee plans out its recommendation for the next academic year. At the beginning of Spring Quarter, the committee sends out funding applications. A)er applying, each group must meet with the committee and present a pro-posal. When all groups have met with the committee, SAFC members spend about two weeks debating how much funding each group needs and creating a #nal recommendation.

Student groups are given funds depending on two main quali#cations: merit and event attendance, said

SAFC associate executive Jason Arnold, a McCormick sophomore.

“We base it o* of the group’s individual growth,” he said. “Sometimes there’s a big boom and we reward them for that.”

When the committee #nalizes its budget proposal, it meets with the student groups for a #nal time to disclose its decisions. $is gives groups a chance to ask questions and express concerns, but the committee usually stands by its recommendations, Arnold said.

During the sixth week of Spring Quarter, the com-mittee presents its proposal to the ASG Senate, which usually the committee’s judgment, Pendse said.

Last year, only about two groups showed up to the meeting to contest the committee’s funding allocation, Arnold said.

“Generally, people believe in the system,” Pendse said.

Masterson said an important part of that system is allowing people to come to Senate to contest the committees’ recommendations.

“It keeps us in check,” she said.But not all students see this opportunity as a fea-

sible option.“People don’t know much about it or they just

decide not to appeal,” Reyes said. “It seemed like it was not actually something you could do.”

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$omas Beatie is known by the media as “the world’s #rst pregnant man.”

But it is more than just the pregnancy that has shaped his experiences, he said. It’s that some hospitals labeled him as the mother on his children’s birth certi#cates. It’s that his father, with whom Beatie developed a strained rela-tionship a)er his decision to undergo a female to male change, recently referred to Beatie as “his son” for the #rst time. It’s the memory of his #rst semblance of facial hair; how he felt his muscles respond to injections of testosterone; being addressed as “sir” in the grocery store.

Beatie came to Swi) Hall on Saturday night and encouraged an audience of more than 8( people to “de#ne normal for themselves.” Kai-bigan, Northwestern’s Filipino cultural group, invited Beatie, who is one-fourth Filipino, to speak as part of their Fil*Anthrophy series, during which they dedicate their fundraisers to a speci#c cause. $is event’s proceeds went to Believe International, a non-pro#t that pro-vides education to disadvantaged youth in the Philippines.

“His story is very unique in that he was so true to himself,” said Kaibigan co-president and Weinberg junior Angelica Cabrera. “I was empowered and inspired by his story, and hope-fully it will spark new conversations among the Northwestern community.”

Beatie, who attracted the attention of Oprah Winfrey and other prominent media a)er he became pregnant by arti#cial insemination, has since become a reproductive rights and LGBT activist although he continues to face legal implications.

He recently #led for divorce from his wife Nancy, but the Arizona judge in the case could not decide whether the marriage was valid. He questioned whether Beatie should be classi#ed as a male or female and therefore deemed the marriage a possible domestic partnership.

$e case, which will be decided within the next week, will be sent to the Supreme Court if the judge determines the marriage is not valid.

“I never thought that my gender was some-thing that could be put on trial,” Beatie said.

Beatie said he had felt like a boy since an early age. He remembered wanting to be just like his father and do the things that boys typi-cally do.

“It’s not that those inclinations, or likes alone,

made me feel like a boy,” he said. “It was some-thing beyond that – it was a masculine energy inside of me. “

However, Beatie’s father was insistent on playing up Beatie’s femininity, encouraging him to get into the modeling industry. Beatie, who was a contestant in the Miss Hawaii Teen USA pageant before cutting his hair o* and assuming the male gender in his !(s, said he was glad he did it because it made him realize exactly what he was not.

“When I had my mastectomy, literally and #guratively, I felt like a weight was li)ed from my chest,” Beatie said.

McCormick sophomore Jonathan Li, who attended the event, said he was glad for the opportunity to explore some of the social top-ics that he has not studied as an engineering student.

“$ere are still some issues that I am uncom-fortable about, but he was a great speaker,” he said.

However, not all have been receptive to Beatie’s situation. Insensitive reactions o)en ensued, Beatie said, recalling how a gynecol-ogist refused to see him because the doctor did not feel comfortable seeing a transgender patient. He fought rumors that he was creat-ing a sensation for the money, though he said he only received a t-shirt, mug and hat for his interview with Oprah.

“Once the media gets a hold of your story, they do with it what they want,” Beatie said. “In some places, I was giving birth to kittens. I had to set the story straight.”

Beatie, whose wife could not conceive, said one of the most frequent questions he received about his pregnancy was why he did not adopt or have a surrogate mother. He said it was nearly impossible for the couple to get a surrogate because doctors turned them away. Beatie also dealt with criticism from individuals who did not understand his decision to carry a child.

“I don’t know how many people ask that of the next happily married couple, when they have a child, ‘Why didn’t they adopt?’” he said. “When people ask that of me, ‘Why didn’t you adopt?’ it’s more of a command.”

$e father of three children – Susan, Austin and Jensen – reiterated that his struggle was everyone else’s struggle.

“I’m just a man on this planet who wanted a family, and I did what it took to have one,” he said. “I believe that our dreams are universal: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

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we can solve a lot of these problems.”Doug Gaynor, the city’s parks, recreation and com-

munity services director, announced that city workers would increase sand cleaning of the dog beach to three times a week, and took an informal poll from attendees as to when would be the best time. $e sand has to be cleaned regularly to eradicate E. coli

bacteria, Gaynor explained.$e department will issue a response to the meet-

ing’s suggestions in the coming weeks. Gaynor said most of the suggestions discussed at the meeting were feasible.

“Residents pay for the dog beach, so (city govern-ment) should be responsive to their suggestions,” Fiske said.

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Wildcats take three of four over weekend after initial games cancelled

A last-minute trip to Nashville resulted in three wins and one loss for Northwestern (!-").

A# er being snowed out of a series with the Uni-versity of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., the Wildcats made last-minute travel plans to arrange a four-game slate over three days of action.

On Friday, the Cats defeated Ball State behind a second consecutive strong performance from ace Zach Morton. $ e right-hander hurled % innings, allowing & run on ' hits, improving to "-( while maintaining his &.") ERA.

Morton also contributed at the plate, driving home the game’s * rst run with an RBI double in the * rst inning and an RBI single in the fourth. Le# * elder Walker Moses was "-' with a run scored and an RBI.

NU split Saturday’s doubleheader, defeating Western Kentucky University but falling to Saint

Louis University.Morton was the Cats’ hero again against the

Hilltoppers, this time just with his bat. $ e * # h-year senior hit a three-run home run in the third inning, NU’s * rst long ball of the season, to give the team a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

Cats starter Brandon Magallones would last % innings, allowing + runs on , hits and a walk and earning his * rst win of the season, as the team prevailed !-+.

$ e back end of the twin bill went less smoothly for NU, as the Billikens scored + runs in the second inning, ! in the fourth and + in the seventh to grab an unimpeachable &(-( lead that withstood a !-run ninth inning Cats rally.

Saint Louis bullied NU freshman starter Matt Portland, who le# with two outs in the third inning, having allowed % base-runners plus a wild pitch and " balks, all of which resulted in + runs, only & earned. Junior Nick Friar, who relieved Portland, pitched ! innings, allowing the Billikens’ other % runs.

Sunday’s game paired the Cats with the Lip-scomb Bisons, who proved no match for NU

hurler Luke Farrell . $ e senior right-hander struck out a career-high &" batters, most for a Cats pitcher since J.A. Happ’s &, in "((+, over % score-less innings. $ e bats provided support, and NU cruised to an &&-! victory to close the weekend.

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plagued the Cats. NU trailed Wisconsin by only & point with just over &( minutes left but the Badgers went off on a )-( run, making use of backdoor cuts. The Cats went scoreless for six minutes.

However, they rallied late in the first half. With just over two minutes left, the Cats drew within % on a +-pointer by senior forward Ken-dall Hackney . NU sat in a zone defense and continued to rattle the Badger offense. Wiscon-sin shot only "-% from beyond the arc.

NU scored , points in the last minute and +( seconds. Sophomore guard Karly Roser hit a jumper at the halftime buzzer to bring NU within !.

“If anyone’s got the ball with seven seconds left on the clock, I’m going to put it in Karly’s hands,” Hackney said. “I know that she can score ... I was just waiting in the corner. I was just like sitting there. I knew she was going to take it and it was going ... We needed that ‘cause that just continued the momentum over the second half for us. ”

The Cats opened the second half with a full court press and picked up right where they left off in the first half. NU forced , Wisconsin turnovers in the first six minutes. The Cats finally found their hot hands and shot an impressive ,,.% percent from beyond the arc and +%.) percent from the field.

Freshman forward Lauren Douglas hit a layup to tie the game at !+. Both teams then went scoreless for four and a half minutes.

Sophomore forward Alex Cohen missed a layup but Diamant came charging in to grab the rebound and make the shot, giving the NU the lead for the first time in the second half with just over five minutes left to play.

The Badgers defended against the Cats’ late game rally by hitting their free throws, shooting '-' from the foul line in the last five minutes of the game. However, Lyon was hot from the +-point line, ensuring the Cats shut the door on the Badgers.

The win improved their record to five con-ference wins, surpassing their win record from l last season .

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TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN Freshman forward Maggie Lyon surveys the fl oor. Lyon’s three-pointer with less than two minutes left gave NU the lead against Wisconsin in a 54-52 win.

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THREE FOR ALL Sophomore third baseman Reid Hunter takes an at-bat. This weekend, the Cats won three of four games.

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Amonte Hiller still one win shy of 200 wins for career

Northwestern’s second away weekend this month was a tale of two cities.

The Wildcats split their weekend games during the team’s road trip to No. ! North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Vanderbilt in Nash-ville, Tenn.

The Wildcats ("-#) could not get a handle on the Tar Heels ("-#) during a rainy, Friday evening game.

The story of the game’s first half was all about North Carolina – the Tar Heels put together a $-# lead for the Cats to overcome in the second half.

Despite junior midfielder and draw specialist Alyssa Leonard dominating on the circle, NU had % turnovers in the first half and a yel-low card, which gave North Carolina a man-up situation and a goal, and got only & ground balls compared to the Tar Heels’ ##.

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said her team dug themselves into too deep of a hole with their first-half flounders, especially against a team as highly ranked as the Tar Heels.

“I thought we fought back but it was a little too late,” Amonte Hiller said. “We made some really poor plays in the first half, bad decisions, not coming up with the ball, and that’s going to eat away at you when you play good teams.”

Senior midfielder Taylor Thorn-ton did not want to blame some of the Cats’ slip-ups on weather – she mentioned the rain causing more turnovers than usual for both teams – and she praised her teammates for showing heart in their comeback.

In the second half, NU out-shot North Carolina #'-( and the teams had ) goals a piece. Still, Amonte Hiller said her team was lacking the passion they usually started

executing their plays too late in the game.

“I just think that we didn’t really go after it,” Amonte Hiller said. “We didn’t have that pop that we nor-mally have.”

The Cats were able to turn things around in their conference opener against Vanderbilt in Nashville two days later, however.

NU ("-#, #-* ALC) beat Vander-bilt (#-), *-# ALC), #!-(.

This time it was the Cats who had an unanswered hot streak — NU had a $-* run toward the beginning of the second half.

Thornton and Leonard overpow-ered the Commodores’ defense. Thornton won five draw controls and nabbed four ground balls. Leon-ard scored a career-high four goals.

Defensively, Thornton also had a

career-high five caused turnovers and sopho-more goalie Bridget Bianco had a new career-high of % saves.

After Sunday’s win, Amonte Hiller has a chance to go for her '**th career win at home on March & in the Wild-cats’ home opener against Boston College.

— Ava Wallace

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I think as a team there’s not much more to be said than just keep fi ghting. You just have to fi ght, show some more heart. — Reggie Hearn, senior guard

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Wildcats can’t stand the heat at Purdue

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Northwestern made a total of ( field goals in their first half against Purdue, and the rest of the game remained just as futile for the Wildcats.

In their third straight contest end-ing with points in the low-)*s, the Cats (#"-#!, )-## Big Ten) traveled to West Lafayette, Ind. to battle the Boilermakers (#"-#), &-() on Sunday night with whoever was still healthy. Nothing seemed to go right for NU. The game ended in a "#-point loss for the visiting team, )"-$).

Purdue had one of its strongest offensive showings this season in the second Cats-Boilermakers matchup of conference play. NU took the first contest between the two teams earlier this season $!-&*. But that time, it was playing against a Purdue squad Boilermakers’ coach Matt Painter called “undisciplined.”

Sunday night was a different story, as Purdue shot !'.% percent from the field and )&.$ percent for three-pointers. The Boilermakers also had ) players with points in double-digits. Guard Terone Johnson led his team with '' points, including #' three-pointers.

Purdue was also able to achieve exactly what NU coach Bill Carmody

said he wanted his team to prevent: shooting in the paint. The Boiler-makers made "& of their $) points in close proximity to the basket, although Carmody wanted his team to force Purdue to take more shots from the perimeter. The Boilermak-ers’ offensive edge was also in part due to the Cats’ debilitated defensive effort. At one point, Purdue forward Travis Carroll had ' shots and an offensive rebound in a single pos-session, without a serious challenge from NU.

Moving slowly, the Cats could not keep up with the Boilermakers’ offen-sive movement and despite execut-ing their #-"-# defensive zone, were not able to effectively guard Pur-due’s jumpers. Senior guard Reggie Hearn, who led NU with & rebounds, said his team faltered on executing defensive nuts-and-bolts well, as they did throughout the beginning of the season.

Freshman guard Tre Demps said the game outcome generally follows how the team’s defense performs, so it was difficult for NU to fight back after its slow start.

“They came out and set the tone a little bit … and we couldn’t stop them defensively to start out,” Demps said. “Whenever we get a good start defen-sively we have a pretty good chance of winning the game.”

NU also had ## tunrovers, off of which Purdue was able to score #* points. Offensively, the Cats’ young lineup seemed unsure on the court and hesitant in decision-making. They had only ) points off of fast breaks and ( points off of

#! Boilermaker turnovers. No one on the NU squad scored in double digits. Demps led the team with % points.

For the Cats, Demps said the Boil-ermakers’ defense was particularly hurtful on the all-important back-door cuts and off-ball movement, two crucial aspects to NU’s slower-paced offense. Demps also mentioned off-ball movement as a particular aspect of the game the young team is still working on in practice.

“They were … hitting us through our cuts, and those things make a difference because that is the differ-ence between getting an open shot and not getting an open shot,” Demps said.

The Cats threw up shot after missed shot, especially in the game’s second half. After talking about offensive woes – NU shot '(.& per-cent from the field – an exhausted-sounding Hearn mentioned how much NU is missing graduate student forward Jared Swopshire who is out with an injured knee, and repeated what his team has adopted as a creed for this season.

“I think as a team there’s not much more to be said than just keep fight-ing,” Hearn said. “You just have to fight, show some more heart.”

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Daily fi le photo by Meghan White

DOWN IN THE DEMPS Redshirt freshman Tre Demps drives to the hoop. Demps led Northwestern in scoring with 9 points in Sunday’s loss.

Lyon leads Cats past Badgers lateBy ARIEL YONG571 +,-./ 234578105142

It was another nail-biter at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Saturday afternoon. But this time, North-western emerged victorious.

NU (#"-#), !-% Big Ten) battled back from a #*-point deficit in the first half to outlast Wisconsin (##-#&, "-##), taking a !)-!' win in a tough battle that went down to the wire.

“(It was) a l i t t l e crazy fin-ish there,” coach Joe McKeown said. “It was kind of like cha-otic. It was a re a l ly good win. You ge t this late in February, (and) you just want

to get out of here with a W.”After trailing for the majority

of the game, the Cats clung to a #-point lead with one minute left. Wisconsin’s big center Cassie Rochel fouled out with "& seconds left and senior forward Dannielle Diamant hit # of ' free throws to give NU the lead, !)-!' .

With five seconds left, freshman forward Maggie Lyon stole the ball but missed the layup on the other end. Fans held their breath as Wis-consin’s Jacki Gulczynski caught

the outlet pass and sprinted toward NU’s basket — and missed a layup right at the buzzer .

“When I got the steal, I went in hard to get a layup,” Lyon said. “In retrospect, I probably should have pulled it out cause we didn’t need the points but I thought I had a clear shot to put us ahead by ) ... but unfortunately it didn’t go in. I think it’s a learning moment but it was exciting to get the steal and I know for next time I’ll just pull it out and not take the layup.”

Lyon finished with #" points and " steals. She leads the Big Ten in scoring among freshmen, aver-aging #'.$ points per game .

“Maggie Lyon is, to me, one of the premiere freshmen in the country,” McKeown said. “She just kept making plays at the end of the game. Those threes that she made just were daggers and we really needed that so I was really proud of her.”

The first half was a roller coaster for the Cats. Both teams went scoreless for the first three min-utes until the Badgers put them-selves on the board with a jumper by Tiera Stephen . The lead changed numerous times between both teams until about midway through the first half when cold shooting

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Daily fi le photo by Mackenzie McCluer

GROUND AND POUND Senior Taylor Thornton picks up a ground ball in a game last year. Thornton picked up four ground balls in the Cats’ 15-8 win over Vanderbilt on Sunday. Northwestern split their weekend games.

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“It was kind of chaotic. It was a really good win. You get this late in February (and) you just want to get out of here with a W. Joe McKeown,coach

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