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Chemistry instructor Eberhard Zwergel’s annual show celebrates Halloween with chemicals, cheerleaders and music.
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By Meghana Puricontributing writer
Weinberg senior Brenna McLean canceled her Halloween plans and drove more than 700 miles to attend Jon Stewart and Stephen Col-bert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” on Saturday.
“My roommate is from D.C., so a group of us rented a car, drove up there and lived at her house,” McLean said. “We’re big ‘Daily Show’ watchers. It started as a what-if plan.”
McLean and other Northwestern students were among the hundreds of thousands of people who descended on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to witness the rally. Estimates vary, but an independent com-pany commissioned by CBS counted about 215,000 people.
Weinberg senior Tija Berzins also drove to D.C. for the event with five friends from the Chicago area.
“It was crazy; there were so many people,” Berzins said. “I love (Stewart and Colbert),
and it was a good time to take a road trip. It just worked out perfectly.”
But for Lizzie Schiffman, the road trip didn’t go so smoothly.
“The journey was long and painful,” the Medill senior said.
She left at 4 a.m. on a bus provided by The Huffington Post, but she said it got lost along the way. By the time it arrived, Schiffman had missed the beginning of the rally. But then she found a good spot to watch the rest of the event.
“There were two JumboTrons and we were right behind the second one, so we had a really great view,” she said.
The Rally, according to its official website, was not targeted at people of any specific politi-cal view, but merely for all those who were nor-mally too busy to express their opinion – the “Busy Majority.” Colbert’s Rally to Restore Fear was an ironic response held in conjunction
By Katie Parkthe daily northwestern
One day after federal authorities stopped a plot to send explosive packages to Chicago-area synagogues, nine light bulbs were ripped from their sockets on the 6-foot Hanukkah menorah in front of a Northwestern Jewish center. One arm of the menorah was torn at its base, left hanging limply.
Someone vandalized the menorah in front of the Tannenbaum Chabad House, 2014 Orrington Ave., on Saturday night, Chabad director Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein said. The Evanston Police Department, which could not be reached for comment, informed Klein of the vandalism early Sunday morning, he said.
“I’ve been in this community for so long, and we’ve never had vandalism of this nature,” Klein said. “I was pretty saddened by it. I felt somewhat violated.”
Chabad plans to address the incident in a forum Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. in an undecided location, Klein said.
Rachel Zinn, president of Chabad’s
student executive board, said though the details of the forum are tentative, she wants participants to engage in a conversation about how incidents like the vandalized menorah affect the community. Zinn has been in touch with the chaplain’s office and hopes President Morton Schapiro will be involved with the forum.
“I hope that anyone who feels that hate crimes are unacceptable will be there,” the SESP senior said. “I hope there are people there who want to learn about different reli-gions, particularly about the symbols of those religions.”
Klein compared the Chabad vandalism to previous Halloweens, when students dressed up in blackface — causing heated debate about race on campus — as well as the chalking of stick figure versions of Moham-med by Secular Humanists for Inquiry and FreeThought last year. He said it is impor-tant to have formal and casual conversation among NU community members to address these issues.
Vandals hit Jewish center
D.C. Stewart-Colbert rally trumps Halloween plans
Mackenzie McCluer/The Daily Northwestern
Vandalism: Someone damaged the menorah in front of the Tannenbaum Chabad House on Saturday. Evanston police classified it as a hate crime. See CHABAD, page 5
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By Peter Larsonthe daily northwestern
Free, confidential HIV testing offered by Rainbow Alliance and the LGBT Resource Center ran out Friday before the three-hour event ended.
Students lined up outside the Wild-cat Room in Norris University Center for the confidential tests supplied by Asian Human Services, a Chicago-based organization.
Testing lasted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and was open to walk-ins. The organiza-tion supplied about 20 tests.
“This was sort of a test run to see how much interest there is and how logistically it would work out,” said Caroline Perry, Rainbow Alliance student outreach and guidance and peer solutions chair.
The Weinberg senior said the organiz-ing groups felt fortunate to find an organi-zation willing to provide off-site testing.
The Chicago-based Howard Brown Health Center used to make rapid, anony-mous testing available for six NU students each month through University Health Services. Those spots filled up weeks in advance and students were often placed on a waitlist.
Now, however, costs prohibit the Center from continuing its on-campus option. Health Services still offers its own confidential testing appointments. They cost $30 and the results are entered into the student’s health record.
The demand for the tests has not changed, Perry said. She said students
have shown increasing awareness of their sexual health.
“HIV rates have been decreasing in general, but among youth, and especially in certain subgroups of the population, they’re actually increasing,” Perry said.
Anonymous, “on-the-spot” testing is the most popular option among students, said Lisa Currie, NU’s director of health promotion and wellness.
The distinction between confidential and anonymous testing is all in a person’s name. Anonymous testers don’t need to give one.
Instead, they can use a string of num-bers or an alias. There is still a unique identification attached to the test, but it’s impossible to trace back, Currie said.
She said she doesn’t think the stigma surrounding getting tested is as much of a concern for today’s students as it has been in the past. It’s the cost, she said: anony-mous tests are usually offered for free.
“There may be some leftover stigma for some people, but not as much with today’s students,” Currie said.
Whatever their reason for getting tested, she said students are getting in the habit of protecting themselves. The top three sexually transmitted diseases are HPV, gonorrhea and chlamydia, all of which are treatable.
HIV is less common, she said, but also much less manageable.
“We’re trying to make sure students understand that if you’re protecting your-self from HIV, you’re protecting your body from a whole host of STDs,” Currie said.
Rainbow Alliance and the LGBT Resource Center plan to hold another test before the quarter ends and several during the winter, Perry said.
NU students get free, confidential HIV tests
See RAlly, page 5
Alex Finkel/The Daily Northwestern
Rallying: About 215,000 people, including several NU students, attended the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
HIV testing service runs out during three-hour event
Online VideoWatch BLAST dancers practice their moves at a Halloween-themed dance party.
BlogsThoughts on NU alumnus Rod Blagojevich’s latest TV appearance — a pistachio commercial.
Jazz artists to perform at Evanston SPACE
� e Willie Mariani Group, the Midwest Young Artists jazz ensemble and Roosevelt University Bebop and ECM ensembles will perform at Evan-ston SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Mon-day. � e show, “Generation SPACE: Young Jazz in Chicago,” will also feature special guest Fred Simon. An open jam session will follow the four performances.
Tickets are $8 for students, $12 for non-students and $17 for a reserved table seating. � ey are avail-able online at SPACE’s website, www.evanston-space.com.
Polls open for midterm elections Tuesday
Election polls for the 2010 midterm elections are open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit cityofev-anston.org for a list of poll locations.
Flu shots available for Evanston residents
Flu shots will be available at the Levy Center, 300 Dodge Ave., on Friday for $25. Vaccines will be administered to adults and children ages 3 and up on a walk-in basis starting at 1 p.m. � e vac-cine includes H1N1 protection. Credit cards are not accepted. For more information, call 847-448-8250.
Kat Eggleston and Kate MacLeod to perform at Evanston SPACE
Folk artists Kat Eggleston and Kate MacLeod will perform at Evanston SPACE Sunday night.
Kate McLeod’s album “Blooming” came out last year and is a combination of folk, bluegrass and pop music styles. Kat Eggleston’s latest album, “Speak,”
also came out in 2009 on an independent release.� e show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in
advance and $15 the day of the concert. Tables can also be reserved for $20.
Local center hosts � ea market Saturday
� e Robert Crown Advisory Board will host a � ea market Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. � e market will take place at the Robert Crown Center, 1701 Main St. Admission is free.
Samples of free local food at Market Day
Evanston residents and Northwestern students will be able to sample and learn about a variety of locally produced food products Saturday at
Now We’re Cookin’, 1601 Payne St. � e North Shore Artisanal Food Product Market is hosting this inaugural Market Day to share the talents of local restaurateurs with the Evanston community. Admission costs $5.
Professionals, students to hold circus show
� e Actors Gymnasium will perform a circus show at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., on Saturday.
“Circus in Progress: An Evening of Daring New Works” features circus professionals and Actors Gymnasium students performing circus art. � e two showings for the event will be at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10 and are available online or over the phone.
— Alex Kane Rudansky and Kris Anne Bonifacio
Obama back in Chicago
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Sheldon Harnick, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Ben Moore, and others. Featuring members of the Graduate II Opera Workshop at the Bienen School of Music.
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Rallying call: President Barack Obama spoke at a Democratic rally in Hyde Park Saturday in his fi rst public appearance in Chicago since 2008’s election night.
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In partnership with the Center for Civic Engagement, the Center for the Writing Arts is offering a course in Winter Quarter 2010-11 titled “The
This course is intended especially for students with recent experience in service and community engagement. Students interested in writing who wish to link their interest more fully to civic engagement are also invited to apply.
Students in this course will work together to explore the uses of writing to
persuade, and engage readers. Each student will also have the opportunity to develop plans for a sustained writing project based on individual interests and goals. The course will give special attention to the themes, issues, and ideas in Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, this year’s selection for One Book One Northwestern.
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By Sherry Jiaocontributing writer
Wild � ames, loud explosions, and a roaring audi-ence set the scene at chemistry instructor Eber-hard Zwergel’s annual Halloween chemistry show Friday.
� e Northwestern instructor, whom students know as “Eberhard,” performed the show four times
to a packed lecture room in the Technological Insti-tute. � e audience included NU students and mem-bers of the Evanston community. What used to be an open show has become so popular that this year audience members needed tickets to get in.
� is year’s theme, “Rocky Horror Chemistry Show,” was complete with balloons, spotlights, cheerleaders, three bands and plenty of chemicals.
� e show began with bursting Halloween -col-ored � ames and tap dancers on a table of popping chemicals. Next, a few of the graduate students per-formed an oscillating reaction in which a liquid transformed between blue and clear.
When Eberhard put a burning match in a jar, it went out in a whirl of blue gas, causing the audience to clap and cheer. A� er demonstrations of root beer � oat sparklers and � ammable soap water, two dance teams performed and a band played.
“It’s all really awesome and it’s cool to see
chemistry in action,” said McCormick junior Wes-ley Sutton, who has attended or played in the band during Eberhard’s last three years of performances. “You’re seeing what you learn in chemistry and you’re seeing the application of techniques from the textbook.”
� e show ended with loud chemical reactions as the band played a grand � nale piece.
Eberhard waved a � aming torch and popped bal-loons one at a time. � e chemical-� lled balloons got louder with each pop. � e audience sat in suspense as Eberhard got to the � nal balloon, and when the � ame and the balloon � nally touched, it produced an explosion felt around the lecture hall.
“De� nitely a great buildup for a great ending,” McCormick freshman Jolo Aguilar said. “� e best part was de� nitely the grand � nale. … You wouldn’t do anything like this normally in a lab and I am de� nitely more interested in chemistry now.”
Eberhard said his favorite parts of the show were the student performances in between the reactions, including the cheerleaders and dance groups.
“I wish I could sit and watch sometimes… but somebody must put on a show,” he said.
In addition to the Halloween show, Eberhard puts on another performance in the spring with the Undergraduate Chemistry Council . � e show on North Beach is free and open to the public.
Before the grand � nale, Eberhard also proved he could put on a show in more than one way and joined one of the performing bands to sing a short song.
“� is song is about how I’m feeling because I can do something that makes you all happy and I can tell you all like it very much,” he told the audience. “And this makes me very happy also.”
Annual chem show ends with a bang
By Annie Changthe daily northwestern
� e Daily Q , Northwestern in Qatar’s � rst student publication, is up and running a� er o cially launch-ing � ursday.
� e publication, a multimedia website at www.dai-lyq.org, has been in the works for more than two years, said Professor Janet Key , the publication’s adviser.
“It’s something I hoped would come from our pro-gram, but it just knocks me out that it has been so amazing,” she said.
� e New York Times chairman and publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. and editorial page edi-tor Andrew Rosenthal were present for the site’s unveiling.
“Sulzberger hit the button, and that was it,” Key said. “We launched.”
Key said the two were in town for the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and came to campus to give a question-and-answer session and help launch the site.
“Serendipity does not get any better than that,” Key said.
Richard Roth , senior associate dean for journalism at NU-Q, said the publication will give journalism students real-world experience.
“� at leads to better residencies and better intern-ships,” Roth said.
� e new site had 2,785 hits in its � rst three days, Roth said.
Medill sophomore Sidra Ayub who has been writ-ing feature stories, news articles and pro� le pieces on her own, said it is an honor to be a member of the � rst � e Daily Q sta� .
“It’s extremely special, for the very reason that we are its pioneers,” she said. “It’s like setting the footsteps in snow, giving a direction for others to follow.”
� e site includes breaking news coverage, photo essays, video packages and opinion-editorial pieces produced by NU-Q students. Story ideas are either pitched by sta� writers or assigned by Key.
“It was really a terri� c experience,” Key said. “We worked long, we worked hard, but wow. � ere is a whole world of enthusiasm here for newspapering.”
NU’s Qatar campus launches a multimedia news website
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Breaking news: With the help of leaders from The New York Times, students at NU’s Qatar campus launched its fi rst student publication, a mulitmedia website.
the daily northwestern’s 2010 Election Endorsements
U.S. Senatealexi giannoulias
In the race for the Illinois Senate seat le� open by Presi-
dent Barack Obama between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk is one of the most highly contested in the country and there is considerable controversy surrounding each candidate. Giannoulias, while work-ing for his family bank as a senior loans o� cer allegedly made millions in loans yo Chicago crime � gures and Kirk has admitted to and apologized for consider-ably embellishing his military service record. For both parties, each Senate seat is crucial to either maintaining or gaining a majority in Congress. In this race, where polling has placed either candidates’ lead within the margin of error, voting will be particularly in� uential.
While both candidates are flawed, The Daily endorses Giannoulias for the Illinois Senate seat as the best rep-resentative of the largely-liberal citizens of Northwestern, Evanston and Illinois. Voting Democrat in this particular race is especially important because when this Senate seat could be the difference between a Democratic and a Republican Senate majority, and The Daily largely disagrees with the decisions that we anticipate would be made by a Republi-can majority.
The Daily acknowledges that Kirk is a seasoned politician with a real dedica-tion to public service. Kirk’s stance as a moderate Republican in support of envi-ronmental issues and military service, regardless of the embellishment scandal, are commendable.
U.S. House of Representativesjan schakowsky
Based on both her policy stances
and the advantages of her incum-bency, The Daily endorses Jan Schakowsky for the U.S. House of
Representatives. Schakowsky was � rst elected to the House in the 1998 election and has represented the 9th congressional district ever since.
She is a member of the House Demo-cratic leadership, serving as Chief Deputy Whip and is a member of the Steering and Policy and Energy and Commerce committees, as well as the House Select committee on intelligence. In addition to holding a leadership position in Congress, Schakowsky has remained very popular in her district throughout her terms.
Schakowsky is an advocate for women’s issues and immigration reform. In the past, she has been a major player in the healthcare battle, which indicates, even if you disagree with the policy, that she has had an impact on the national politi-cal landscape, which is always a desirable quality in a Representative.
Illinois Governorpat quinn
The Dailyendorses Quinn for the
position. As an incumbent, he has the traditional ben-efits of experience. His platform as a “strong, outspoken supporter of equal rights for all” is one we avidly support.
Quinn, having served as lieutenant governor under Rod Blagojevich, has been criticized for his connection to the corrupt official. But ample investigation by the FBI have led nowhere and Quinn’s record remains clean.
His opponent, Bill Brady, is a social con-servative who believes in teaching intel-ligent design in schools. He is also com-mitted to writing into legislation a � rm de� nition of marriage as being between one man and one woman. Not only does he reject gay marriage, he even opposes civil unions. Brady’s close-minded LGBT policy is one we � nd unacceptable.
Despite an anti-incumbent sentiment pervasive throughout politics, Quinn’s experience and progressive social values make him better suited for the position of Illinois governor.
Additionally, the race for Illinois governor is especially important this year because of the impact that the next governor will have over the redrawing of congressional districts that will occur in the next few years.
Editor’s note: Our endorsements were decided by the vote of all Editorial Board members present at a meeting Sunday afternoon.
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Calling all aspiring educators: NU-TEACH alternative teacher certi� cation program is an option
Claire Brown’s recent Daily article (9/30/10), “In Focus: Why is everybody at Northwestern joining Teach for America?” was well-written and informa-tive. However, I feel light needs to be brought to Northwestern’s own Alternative Teacher Certifica-tion Program, NU-TEACH.
NU-TEACH’s director and Founder, Sylvia Smith-DeMuth, established the program in 1998. Over the past 13 years, NU-TEACH has educated hundreds of talented teachers who teach in Chicago elementary, middle and high schools.
The program is an intensive twelve-month, three-phase course of study that prepares career changers and recent baccalaureates to teach in public and parochial Schools in high need urban areas. The intention is to encourage individuals with non-education degrees who have a desire to teach, who possess a strong knowledge base (con-tent and subject matter mastery) and the ability to help students learn.
NU-TEACH interns who successfully complete the initial three phases are given eight NU/MSED course equivalencies. For those NU-TEACH stu-dents who wish to continue along the MSED track, and are accepted into the MSED program, these eight course requirements are waived.
The three-year retention rate for teachers who completed the NU-TEACH Program is nearly 90 percent. This far exceeds the estimated three-year national average of 54 percent, and is almost four times higher than the estimated retention rate of 24 percent in high poverty areas. (Ms. Brown cited a New York Times study that puts the fourth-year retention rate in New York City schools at an alarmingly low 15%).
Over the past thirteen years, the program has produced the 2010 Presidential Award winner in mathematics from the state of Illinois, twenty-five National Board Certified teachers (one achieving the highest score in the Board’s history, and sev-eral receiving outstanding mention), two Golden Apple Award winners, two Golden Apple Teachers of Excellence, the 2010 Intel Star Innovator Award Winner and numerous other educational award winners.
The retention rates and ongoing professional involvement in education are compelling evidence that the NU-TEACH Program has an effective plat-form for preparing teachers who view teaching as a career and are dedicated to serving urban students in underserved areas.
The NU-TEACH Program does require a four-year commitment after the initial twelve-month term is completed. The program is intended for those participants who want to make teaching a life-long endeavor. I strongly encourage North-western graduates who want to teach to consider applying to the NU-TEACH program. Tuition assistance and a limited number of donor fellow-ships are available to qualified candidates.
—Mark GlennNU-TEACH Administrative Coordinator
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� e Drawing Board By Bri� a Hanson
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Nathalie Tadena
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Public EditorBen Armstrong
When I tell people where I’m from, everyone is surprised at � rst, and then they never stop giving me crap for it.
Maybe I hide my accent, and maybe I’m good at vocalizing my progressive beliefs, but underneath all that, I am a Texan and I’ve learned that being a Texan at a top tier Chica-go-area school comes with some di� culties.
In my freshman dorm, I had friends who loved to poke fun at my (very slight) accent. � ere were two of us Texans in my friend group, and when we said “y’all,” everyone else loved to respond with “w’all,” their makeshi� contraction for we all.
� is was the � rst ridicule I heard, but de� nitely not the last. Last year, the Texas State Board of Education voted to make huge changes in its history curriculum to convey more conservative views, such as illuminating the in� uence Christianity had on the forma-tion of the country and presenting Republican policies more positively. How did I � nd out about this? A link posted on my Facebook wall from one of my NU friends along with her comment, “Your state is o� cially coocoo.”
Since I’m the Texan, my friends here some-times see me as the campus representative of what they (and usually I) consider to be utter ludicrousness, and then they start to see me through this lens. � is summer while I was studying abroad, we would o� en meet people who wanted to know about certain American traditions and ideals. Sometimes when I tried to answer, one of my friends would interrupt saying, “She’s from Texas,” as if that meant that I wouldn’t convey America well, despite my two years at Northwestern and my consistently democratic voting pattern.
� e thing I struggle with the most is � nd-ing a balance between proving that I’m not a stereotypical Texan and pridefully defending my home state. Apart from the politics, I’ve always found it easy to love my state. � e word Texas comes from a word meaning “friends,” and everyone I know always exhibits that. I get all caught up in the patriotic spirit, whether it’s for our state, our country, our or baseball and football teams. But my love for Texas usually stops when I take a look at the government.
Last year, I was always complaining about my state. I was embarrassed when my con-gressman who uncivilly yelled, “It’s a baby killer,” during Congress’s healthcare debate. I threw a � t when the current governor, Rick Perry, was elected Republican gubernatorial candidate because voters thought that his opponent, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, was too closely tied to Washington because of her years as a senator.
But in the past few weeks, I’ve found several reasons to stand up for my state on a political level as well. Joel Burns, a gay Fort Worth City Councilman, gave a speech during the Coun-cil’s meeting urging gay teenagers to stay away from suicide. � e speech can now be found on YouTube as part of the “It Gets Better” cam-paign. I was � rst impressed that a gay man was serving on the city council of a Texas city, and doubly so because of this speech.
� e second thing I’m excited about is the events that have unfolded in the gubernato-rial race. All of the major newspapers have endorsed Bill White, the Democratic can-didate. At least newspaper editors are smart enough to realize that an idiotic Republican governor is worse than a Democrat, despite Texas’s commitment to Republicanism.
So even though I’ve spent the last two years shaking my head in disbelief at Texas politics so my Northwestern friends won’t pigeonhole me into the Conserva-tive Christian box, right now, at least, my Texas pride is extending beyond football spirit and big bright stars to the acts of political and media leaders.
Let’s see if the rest of Texas can follow suit on Election Day tomorrow, so I can stop � ghting against my state and start extolling its greatness.
Meredith Wise is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at [email protected].
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“It’s about learning from everybody and trying to gain understanding from di� erent people in our community and around the world,” he said. “We need to stand up as a community and say this is not acceptable.”
Although Klein said police have classi� ed the inci-dent as a hate crime, he does not know if the vandal intended to target Chabad.
“Sometimes people throw eggs at houses (on Hal-loween), but it’s very di� erent when you’re targeting a religious organization on campus,” he said. “Even if
they did it accidentally, or it was just mischief on Hal-loween, it’s a lack of sensitivity and a lack of awareness of the importance of Jewish items and symbols.”
In the more than 15 years the menorah has stood outside the Chabad House, Klein recalls only one other act of vandalism targeted at Chabad, which occurred about 12 years ago.
Although Klein said he doubts Saturday’s vandal-ism is connected with the explosive packages directed at Chicago synagogues Friday, he said the incidents give him a sense of risk in the community.
“Maybe you have to look over your shoulder once in a while for people who feel hatefulness toward the
Jewish community,” he said. “It’s a signi� cant campus community, so it’s an attack on the entire campus.”
Michael Lobel , president of NU Fiedler Hillel Leadership Council , said NU and its Jewish com-munity should be more aware of these threats.
“It was de� nitely a little bit of a reminder that despite the fact we live in a very supportive and great environment at Northwestern and in general, there’s people out there that don’t like the Jewish people,” the Weinberg senior said. “And they would like to hurt me, my friends and my family because of who I am — that’s disturbing.”
Hillel Executive Director Michael Simon said
Hillel will be heightening its awareness of the situa-tion and monitoring suspicious activity. However, he does not believe the explosive packages are connected to the Chabad vandalism.
Simon said he hopes the vandalized menorah is an isolated incident and not meant to target a par-ticular group.
“We stand in solidarity with our colleagues at Cha-bad House and hope there are not further actions of this kind,” Simon said. “It’s not in keeping with neighborly environment of Northwestern.”
Forum planned to discuss vandalism of Jewish centerFrom CHABAD, page 1
with Stewart’s “sanity” rally. Colbert worked to drown out optimism and reason in America.
Despite Colbert’s message, Schi� man said the audi-ence was generally “really nice and friendly.”
“� e presentation was really nice, but the audience was my favorite,” she said. “� ere were interesting characters and great signs.”
� e entire rally acted as a satirical reaction to Glenn Beck’s Aug. 28 “Restoring Honor” rally, but Berzins appreciated how the rally focused on a message about tolerance and logic.
“� ere were a lot of anti-Tea Party posters, but
what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were saying was mostly against media and over-exaggeration,” she said. “It was de� nitely di� erent from other political rallies I’ve been to.”
Even though McLean didn’t make it to the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Madison for Halloween as she had originally planned, she said the trip was still worth it.
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she said.Plus, the Halloween atmosphere still permeated
the event. “It was a fun, relaxed atmosphere, and everyone
was in costume,” Berzins said.
Road trip can’t keep students from Stewart-Colbert rallyFrom RALLY, page 1
Daily wins Associated Collegiate Press honors
The Daily won the two most prestigious hon-ors in college journalism on Saturday.
� e newspaper, now in its 131st year, won 2010 Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker awards in the newspaper and online categories.
The Daily was one of four winners in the four-year daily newspaper category, joining � e Red and Black of the University of Georgia , the Indiana Daily Student of Indiana University and � e Daily of the University of Washington .
The Daily last won the newspaper Pacemaker in 2008 and has won six times in past 10 years.
� e ACP Newspaper Pacemaker contest was
co-sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation and judged based on cover-age, in-depth reporting, content, editorial leader-ship and design — including photography, art and graphics.
Dailynorthwestern.comwas one of 10 newspa-per websites to receive the Online Pacemaker for schools with enrollment under 10,000. � e online awards were given to publications with excellent multimedia, photography, design, interactivity and writing, according to the ACP website .
Daily sta� er Ray Whitehouse received third place in the sports photo category of the ACP Photo Excellence award.
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“If you have too many white people at a rally, then your cause is racist. But if you have too many people of color at a rally, well then you must just be asking for something, special rights, like eating in restaurants or piggy-back rides.”
-Jon Stewart
“They’re reasonable for now, Jon, but soon they’ll be a mindless panicked mob once I release the bees.”
-Stephen Colbert
More than 200,000 attended the rally.
Fewer than 100,000 attended Glenn Beck’s
“Restoring Honor” rally.
Glassroth chosen as Feinberg interim dean
Dr. Je� rey Glassroth has been named interim dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern announced Friday.
Glassroth replaces Dr. J. Larry Jameson , who is tak-ing a job at the University of Pennsylvania as executive vice president and dean of the School of Medicine.
Glassroth will become interim dean Jan. 1. He is currently the president and CEO of the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation as well as Vice Dean and Chief Academic O� cer of Feinberg.
Jameson was dean for three years and has been a member of the Feinberg faculty for 17 years, Uni-versity President Morton Schapiro said . He will stay
on as vice president for medical a� airs and dean emeritus a� er Jan. 1, according to a University announcement.
“It was a great opportunity for him,” Schapiro said in an interview with The Daily . “Brilliant scientist, member of the Institute of Medicine , I wish he’d stay, sure, but I wish him all the best. Penn is an extraor-dinary opportunity for him and he took it.”
NU has yet to form a search committee for a permanent dean, but will soon, according to the announcement. � e committee will have a di� cult task, Schapiro said.
“Anybody want to try to replace Larry Jameson?” he said. “Good luck.”
— Lark Turner
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By Minjae Parkthe daily northwestern
Even with a late rally, Northwestern could not overcome NCAA Tournament hopeful Minne-sota, losing 2-1 to the Golden Gophers at Lakeside Field on Friday.
A� er going down 2-0 in the 70th minute, fresh-man forward Bo Podkopacz scored 11 minutes from the end to hand the Wildcats (6-8 -3, 2-5-1 Big Ten) a lifeline, but the Gophers (11-5-3, 3-4-2) held onto their lead to deny NU a senior night victory.
“Our performance was awesome today,” senior mid� elder Sam Greene said. “Everybody played for the seniors. We played hard, we deserved to win that game.”
Before the game, seniors Colleen Antas, Ally Arca, Jennifer Baumann, Carolyn Edwards, Leigh Jakes and Greene were handed � owers and hugs from their teammates, coaches and parents as they were honored for their time at NU. � e seniors,
aside from � � h-year senior Jakes, are the � rst class to have played every home game at Lakeside Field, which opened in 2007.
“Pretty surreal, I would say, because (senior night) has happened the last three years, and we do all the same things every time,” Greene said. “Now it’s for me and it’s kind of crazy. I still can’t believe this is the last game on this � eld.”
As promised, coach Stephanie Foster started all six graduating seniors.
� e � rst clear chance of the game fell to junior mid� elder Emily Langston, whose shot inside the six-yard box was smothered by Gopher goal-keeper Cat Parkhill . Minnesota took the lead in the 17th minute, when defender Tamara Strahota had a shot blocked by the Cats defense inside the penalty area but persisted, forcing the ball past Edwards.
� e Cats responded with a shot from Greene from inside the six-yard box that sailed high above the target. � e Gophers nearly doubled their lead 11 minutes from the end of the � rst half when
Jennie Clark leapt high to head the ball onto the crossbar from a corner kick.
NU returned to the second half with an unusu-ally o� ensive lineup. Greene, who had been play-ing in the central defense, was pushed up into a � ve-member mid� eld, leaving just three players at the back.
“We were going for it,” Foster said. “All we can do at this point is go a� er the three points and wins. So, we just wanted to go for it right away. We didn’t want to wait until mid-half.”
Despite the Cats’ daring approach to the second half, neither side opened up the game beyond what was on display in the � rst half.
Minnesota grabbed their second goal in the
70th minute when forward Steph Brandt struck a hard shot into the bottom-le� corner that le� Edwards rooted to the spot.
“It’s really hard when you go down 2-0, but it’s a great scoreline to be playing against — better than 1-0 — because the team who’s up feels comfort-able,” Foster said. “We were saying that the whole time, ‘2-0’s a terrible scoreline for them.’”
� e Cats pulled a goal back when Greene sent in a cross that Podkopacz guided into the far cor-ner. It was Podkopacz’s � rst goal in an NU shirt.
“It’s a bittersweet thing,” Podkopacz said. “Unfortunately, we lost but I guess it’s still nice that I scored.”
� e goal gave NU renewed purpose as it searched for an equalizer, but nothing materialized.
“You certainly get hope when you put one away,” Foster said. “We had the chances. We cer-tainly had the chances. We just didn’t put them away.”
Fitzgerald said he talked to the training sta� , who told him Persa was “woozy.”
“� ey were going to hold him out for precaution-ary measures,” Fitzgerald said.
Despite Persa’s injury, the Cats managed to put points on the board on that drive — points that proved to be the margin of victory.
Redshirt freshman Evan Watkins completed a 13-yard pass to junior wide receiver Jeremy Ebert on his � rst play under center to move NU into � eld goal range.
“(Persa) went down, and it’s my job to be prepared to step in at any point,” Watkins said.
Senior kicker Stefan Demos then booted a clutch 45-yard � eld goal into the wind, putting NU up 20-10.
“I got back there, and a little bit of gust picked
up,” Demos said. “I just stayed with it.”For the second consecutive week, Demos was
perfect on his kicks, converting on two � eld goal tries and two extra points. In addition to the 45-yarder, he nailed a 23-yard � eld goal as time expired in the � rst half to tie the game at 10-10.
Defensively, the Cats shut down the Hoosiers’ run game, holding Indiana to 65 yards rushing . However, NU gave up more than 300 yards pass-ing for the second straight week as quarterback Ben Chappell completed 30-of-54 passes for 308 yards with a touchdown. He also scrambled for another, capping a 16-play, 97-yard drive just before hal� ime.
While NU’s defensive emphasis was on getting to Chappell to force him to rush throws, the Cats did not record a sack. � ey did, however, have � ve quarterback hurries, including three by senior line-backer Quentin Davie .
“� ere were some times that we didn’t get to him that we should have. It cost us on that long drive going into hal� ime.”
� e Cats seemed to have the game well in hand, possessing the ball inside two minutes le� in the game and up 20-10. However, when Trumpy failed to move the chains on a fourth-and-three run with 1:21 remaining, the Hoosiers took advantage. Chap-pell connected with wide receiver Duwyce Wilson for a 39-yard touchdown, bringing the game within three.
“(Indiana) can make you pay when you make a mistake,” Fitzgerald said. “We can’t let that happen towards the end of the game.”
On the ensuing kicko� , kicker Mitch Ewald pushed the onside kick out of bounds, giving the ball to the Cats and wrapping up the victory.
Trumpy’s breakout performance was part of a productive ground game for NU, something that had eluded the Cats since their 37-3 victory over Illinois State in the second week of the season. Collectively, the team rushed for 155 yards on the ground .
Before leaving the game, Persa completed 18 of 28 passes for 212 yards with two touchdown passes , both to Ebert.
A� er being held to a season-low 20 yards receiving
in NU’s 35-27 loss to Michigan State , Ebert returned to form with � ve catches for 98 yards .
“He’s pretty good,” Fitzgerald said with a smile. “� at is what an All-Big Ten receiver looks like. He’s dynamic and makes plays all over the � eld. He makes the tough catches.”
Both his touchdown grabs gave NU the lead. With the Cats trailing 3-0 a� er failing to score the � rst points of the game for the � rst time all season, Persa scrambled and found Ebert in the end zone for an 11-yard score . In the third quarter, Ebert beat the secondary deep and hauled in a 30-yard strike from Persa .
“(� e play) wasn’t really supposed to go to me,” Ebert said. “Dan gave me a little nod and it was man (coverage), so I just ran right by the guy and Dan threw a perfect ball.”
From FOOTBALL, page 8
NU earns bowl eligibility for fourth straight season with win
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ALUMNIBuilding on themes from this year’s One Book One Northwestern program, this university-wide conference explores ways students can build meaningful lives and successful careers for themselves. Please see below for a detailed lineup of the civically engaged young alumni coming to campus this week. All events are free and open to the entire Northwestern community. You are welcome to attend any panel.
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Wednesday, November 3
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Kickoff Event: The Will Butler Keynote TalkLeverone Auditorium - NOTE: Space for this event is limited. Doors open at 6:30pm. The event is free and open to Northwestern students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests. Wildcard required for admittance (limit of one guest per Wildcard).
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McCormick School of Engineering AlumniCohen Commons, Tech L482Moderated by IRINA DOLINSKAYA, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, featuring:
CARL ALLEN (‘04) - Kennedy School of Government; Peace Corps alum; created project to construct dormitories for female students in GhanaANITA BUDHRAJA (‘06) - Founder of Engineers for a Sustainable World at NorthwesternBRIAN SABINA (‘05) - Co-founder of Reach the World - Chicago
School of Education & Social Policy Alumni Annenberg G21 Moderated by FAY COOK, HDSP Professor & Director of Institute for Policy Research, featuring:
DIANNA ENGLISHUS State Department; Peace Corps alum; founding member of GlobeMedEL DA’ SHEON NIXCabrini ConnectionsSAM SCHILLER (‘09) - Renewable energy and carbon offset project developer, Wabashco, LLC
Moderated by MICHAEL DIAMOND, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, featuring:
MIKE HOAGLINALEXANDRA KOMISAR (WCAS ‘09) - Research Fellow, Unit of Special Investigations, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoSARA MELILLO (J ‘04) - Technical Specialist/Grant Writer, Catholic Medical Mission BoardDANNY O’FARRELL (WCAS ‘07) - Master’s Student, Harvard School of Public HealthKRISTINA REDGRAVE
4pm
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School of Communication Alumni Kresge 2-370/380Moderated by MICHAEL ROHD, Assistant Professor of Theatre, featuring:
LUKE HATTON (‘00) - Artistic Director and company member, Barrel of Monkeys theatre groupJAMES TROUPIS (‘03) - Founding Principal, Gary Comer College Preparatory Charter School on Chicago’s South Side NIKKI ZALESKI (‘08) - Youth Organizer, Sisters Empowering Sisters, a young women’s social justice and leadership program at the Chicago Girls’ Coalition
Medill School of Journalism AlumniMcCormick Tribune ForumModerated by MICHELE BITOUN, Assistant Professor and Senior Director of Undergraduate Education, featuring:
JACOB FRIES (‘01) - Editor of Inlander and creator of the paper’s Injustice Project; former New York Times reporterMICHAEL BLAKE (‘06) - Associate Director, White House
NATALIE MOORE (‘99) - Public Affairs Reporter, Chicago Public Radio
7pm
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Bienen School of Music AlumniMusic Administration Building (MAB) 109Moderated by MAUD HICKEY, Associate Professor of Music Education, featuring:
MICHELLE EDGAR (‘05) - Founder and Executive Director of Music UnitesTED EHNLE (‘08) - Served in the Peace Corps; Chicago Public Schools teacherLEXI CARLSON (‘08) - Studied El Sistema as a Fulbright Scholar in Venezuela; teaches music for the YOURS Project
Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences AlumniKresge 2-370/380Moderated by HELEN SCHWARTZMAN, Professor of Anthropology, featuring:
ROEL VIVIT (‘98) - Co-founder & Dean of Instruction, Polaris Charter Academy; former co-director of NU’s NCDCJESSICA SPANIER (‘09) - Data Analyst, CNT EnergyJOHN PFEIFFER (‘87) - Executive Director & CEO, Inspiration CorporationKATHY CHAN (‘01) - Associate Director, Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition
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”“ SPORTSSPORTSSPORTSFinding Mr.
Right, not Mr. Right Now
Let’s count the number of times that Northwestern has � nallyfound the answer at running back since the heralded Tyrell
Sutton exited stage right for the NFL.Stephen Simmons , now a senior,
took the reins and came out of the 2009 gates strong with 77-yard and 73-yard performances, but he hasn’t been the same since he sat out the following three games due to injury. � en-sopho-more Scott Concannon had a breakout game in NU’s 25-point comeback against Indiana with 73 yards, but he hasn’t found that mojo again.
� e back� eld was a muddled mess all season, with Arby Fields emerging as the team’s leading rusher with only 302 yards. He came into 2010 as the proverbial leader in the eyes of many fans, and put together 96 yards against Illinois State. His fourth quarter fumble against Central Michigan, however, put him on the sidelines.
Jacob Schmidt , who started in the opener at Vanderbilt, got the call again a� er that Fields fumble, but ran for only 60 yards in the next three games and fumbled himself against Michigan State, hurting his ankle on the play. Freshman Adonis Smith was a sexy pick a� er dashing and cutting for 44 yards against Michigan State, but he couldn’t do much against Indiana on Saturday.
Enter Mike Trumpy . � e redshirt freshman got his � rst career carry in garbage time against Illinois State, and saw his � rst signi� cant playing time against Central Michigan. A� er quietly putting together a 50-yard and two 53-yard games, he got the start in Bloomington.
But if you had told me that Trumpy, backup to the fourth power at the start of the season, would break that 100-yard mark not seen since Sutton, I’d have called you crazy.
When Trumpy came into that game against Illinois State, an editor at The Daily and I joked about admittedly-terrible headlines we could use if Trumpy ever had a big game. “Trumpy blows his horn” and “Trumpelstiltskin” were among our favorites, but we � gured we’d never get the chance to use them (and never will — they’re that terrible).
Looking back at his stats, his emer-gence was bound to happen eventually. He averaged at least four yards per carry in three games not counting Indi-ana, but only got 13 carries at most.
On Saturday, Trumpy got a bulk of the carries, rushing 22 times for 110 yards. He’s already topped Fields’ sea-son total from last year with 307 yards (Dan Persa leads the team with 360).
Maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised. In a running-rich program with names like Darnell Autry and Damien Anderson , the Wildcats haven’t had a big name since Sutton. At this point, between fake punts and the loss against Purdue, I’ve learned to expect the unexpected.
No doubt coach Pat Fitzgerald has grown tired of questions about the running game, � guratively and literally, from us media types, but these past two seasons show that the running game is fraught with uncertainly. Trumpy is Mr. Right Now, just like Simmons, Fields and Schmidt before him.
So is Trumpy the answer at running back? Maybe, but in the spirit of for-mer NU coach Dennis Green , let’s not crown him just yet.
Sports Editor Andrew Scoggin is a Medill Senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
By Colin Becht the daily northwestern
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Even in its � rst win in nearly a month, North-western su� ered a potentially crippling loss.
� e Wildcats (6-2, 2-2 Big Ten) became bowl-eligible for the fourth-straight year with their 20-17 win over Indiana (4-4, 0-4) on Saturday. How-ever, depending on how junior quarter-back Dan Persa’s head feels, they may have lost more than they won.
NU ran away from the Hoosier State with the victory mostly on the legs of redshirt freshman Mike Trumpy , who produced the greatest game by an NU running back in nearly two years. A� er blowing fourth quarter leads in their past two games, the Cats managed to seal the victory.
“We always put an emphasis on � nishing in our program,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We � nally found a way to get it done.”
Trumpy rushed 21 times for 110 yards , becoming the Cats’ � rst 100-yard rusher since Tyrell Sutton in the 2008 Alamo Bowl . Trumpy also had three receptions for 54 yards .
Still, the win came with an air of somberness as the Cats lost junior quarterback Persa to an apparent concussion.
On a second-and-11 midway through the fourth quarter, Persa rushed for three yards before he was hit by safety Mitchell Evans and middle linebacker Je� � omas . Persa talked with NU trainers on the � eld for several minutes before leaving the game. His status for next week at Penn State is currently unknown.
Trumpy delivers rare 100-yard day for NU
By Jonah L. Rosenblumthe daily northwestern
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — North-western has been looking for some-one to break through the pack like Tyrell Sutton for a long time.
The Wildcats finally found that someone in redshirt freshman Mike Trumpy .
Trumpy ran for 110 yards Satur-day in NU’s 20-17 win over Indiana and was the first NU running back to reach the 100-yard mark since Sutton accomplished the feat in the 2008 Alamo Bowl.
“It’s great to get that monkey off our back and get a 100-yard rusher,”
coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “Tre-mendous job by our offen-sive line, our superbacks, ou r w i d e receivers, our running backs and obviously by (offensive coordinator Mick) McCall and the offen-sive staff.”
Yet, Fitzgerald stressed that getting a running back into the triple dig-its is not one of his team’s main priorities.
“We want to be run-efficient ,” Fitzgerald said. “With the way that we run the spread, being run-effi-cient is more important than it is for a 100-yard rusher. We could run for
90 and it could be the most impor-tant 90 yards of the game.”
Trumpy took the reins of the Cats’ rushing attack Saturday, with an ankle injury keeping junior running back Jacob Schmidt , the team’s listed starter, out of the game. Trumpy said he had a feeling he would get more carries this week but wasn’t told anything specific leading up to the game.
“I kind of had an idea,” Trumpy said. “I wasn’t exactly sure. Coach McCall never told me how much or how little. I just have to come prepared.”
Trumpy filled in admirably, aver-aging 5.2 yards per carry, and also caught three passes, combining for 164 all-purpose yards.
Overall, NU’s running game was adequate, averaging 3.7 yards per carry. Freshman Adonis Smith added 14 yards and sophomore Arby Fields picked up 10 yards, but Trumpy was given the vast majority of the carries with 21. He was quick to credit the offensive line for his success.
“They did an outstanding job,” Trumpy said. “I give all the credit to them. There were obviously some holes there and it was just my job to read them.”
Questions surfaced about NU’s rush attack after the Cats ran for just 84 yards against Purdue, but the Cats have addressed the prob-lem nicely in their past two games. They rushed for 170 yards against Michigan State and for 155 yards at Indiana.
“ The more we work together, the more confidence we have in each
other and the more we trust each other,” Trumpy said. “It’s basically second nature to everyone here, so we just go out and play.”
Up ten points late in the fourth quarter, the run game once again came through for NU, accumulat-ing 46 yards on 10 rushing plays. The drive took up nearly five min-utes and gave Indiana little time to muster a rally.
“I wish we could’ve stopped their run there a couple of times there in the last five minutes so we didn’t get so out of time,” Indiana coach Bill Lynch said. “Anytime you leave it up to an onside kick, that’s a pretty icky thing.”
From start to finish, NU’s running game provided the balance that the Cats have lacked much of this sea-son. On Saturday, NU picked up 10 first downs on the pass and nine on the run, representing the team’s most even distribution of the season.
“We got to be able to have some sort of semblance of balance,” Fitzgerald said. “More importantly, we have to be efficient. Most of the year, we’ve been really close, we just haven’t been over the hump. It’s a fin-ish here, a finish there, run through a tackle. We’ve been close and we were able to get it today.”
Cats win game, lose Persa
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The running back is back: In Mike Trumpy’s fi rst career start, he notched NU’s fi rst 100-yard game from a running back since 2008.
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Mr. Third Down: Junior wide receiver Jeremy Ebert, who leads the Big Ten in receiving yards, had all of his team-high fi ve receptions — and both of Northwestern’s touchdowns — on third downs.
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ON THE RECORDIt’s my job to be prepared
to step in at any point.— Quarterback Evan Watkins, on starter
Dan Persa leaving Saturday’s game
ON DECKWomen’s Soccer
NU at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. MondayMen’s Basketball
NU vs. Robert Morris (exhibition), 6:30 p.m. Thursday
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