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Evanston’s police force may get a new set of wheels next year.
If the Evanston City Council approves the proposed budget for 2011, police
will be using more bicycle patrols to cut down criminal activity and the city’s budget deficit. The city suggested increasing the number of bicycle patrol hours from last year’s 242 to 900 to reduce fuel costs.
About two years ago, the city
increased the number of Evanston and Uni-versity Police bicycle patrol officers to cut costs. The Evanston Police Department’s
bike patrol started in the 1990s when an officer decided to ride his bike on the job. The community became so excited upon seeing a bike patrol officer they donated six bicycles to the police department, EPD officer Rick Whitehead said.
“You can get your workout while you’re on the job.” Whitehead said. “You’re out in the fresh air, meeting people. It’s a no-brainer.”
A police cyclist, unlike other cyclists, is a professional comparable to an athlete, said Kirby Beck, experienced police cyclist and police consultant. He helped create the International Police Mountain Bike Asso-ciation Police Cyclist course and came to Evanston to train police cyclists. They are trained to go on grass, curbs and side-walks, up and down stairs, and through buildings and crowds, Beck said.
“They need to be able to ride just about anywhere,” Beck said. “The hardcore
Evanston police to go into ‘stealth mode’
By Sammy Caiolathe daily northwestern
By day, the renovated Willard dining hall serves standard dining hall fare. But this year, after dark, it becomes Fran’s Cafe, a study lounge and snack spot for students.
Fran’s Cafe opened Sept. 21 as part of an administrative effort to create more “third spaces” on campus — areas where students can gather beyond class or resi-dences. Lisa’s Cafe on North Campus and The Great Room, 610 Haven St., serve a similar function.
Katherine Bowers, assistant master of
Willard, said students once considered Burger King the “unofficial third space of the south.” Now, students on South Cam-pus can study and eat after dining hall hours without leaving campus.
A significant change from the din-ing hall food, Fran’s Cafe serves pub-like eats, including burgers, milkshakes and tater tots. It is open from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday.
While mostly Willard residents attend regular dining hall hours, students from across campus use Fran’s Cafe, said Habib Osman, operations manager for the cafe.
“We’re starting to see a lot of non-Willard students, even some kids from up north,” Osman said. “But it’s mostly the kids from around here that are becoming regulars.”
A new patio area that will operate during both Willard dining hall hours and Fran’s Cafe’s hours will be done by January.
“It’s great to have another venue open at two in the morning, but you haven’t seen anything yet,” University President Morton Schapiro said in a meeting with The Daily last month. “The patio is going to be another fabulous addition.”
Unlike dining halls, food at Fran’s Cafe
must be purchased with cash or points.Communication junior Derrick Clif-
ton, who lives off campus, said Fran’s offers a more laid-back atmosphere than other dining locations on campus.
Fran’s Cafe becomes ‘third space’ number three
See FRAN’S, page 9
See COPS, page 9
By Jim An the daily northwestern
After a weekend marked by North-western student partying, Dean of Stu-dents Burgwell Howard sent an e-mail to off-campus students Thursday after-noon to ask for better behavior in hopes of mending relations with Evanston residents.
Howard’s e-mail included an excerpt of a message an Evanston resident sent to University officials detailing the stu-dent behavior last weekend, including urinating in an alley and “hollering about ‘bl** j*bs.’”
“Obviously urinating in public is unacceptable anywhere,” Howard said in an interview.
Many residents contacted city and University officials, Howard said. Although Howard said there were a number of factors leading to the week-end’s reports of student misbehavior, he said these issues were not unique to NU. Students have a very different schedule from Evanston residents, who sleep and rise early and often have young children, he said.
Students need “to adapt to the cycle of the community they’re living in,” Howard said, adding that excessive noise is disruptive to Evanston resi-dents and a violation of city ordinances,
which prohibit noise that can be heard more than 100 feet away past 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on week-ends. Howard said despite efforts to the contrary, many students still do not understand the Evanston ordi-nances regarding noise and trash.
Ethan Merel, external relations chair for the Asso-ciated Student Government, said a mandatory off-campus orientation for new off-campus residents could help solve the problem.
Still, such measures may not fully address the problem, Merel said.
“Nothing can be done to directly affect childish actions college students do,” he said.
Off-campus resident Ben Zhu has a different view.
“I don’t think it’s fair to place the blame wholly on the students,” Zhu said.
Zhu and his roommates, who live in a house on Lincoln Street, have thrown
See OFF CAmPuS, page 9
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Mobility: From left to right, officers Richard Ryzewski, Gregory Polnik, Jose Aviles and Latori Bartelle, Sgt. Timothy Reuss and officers Andrew Zarate and Howard Park showcase different modes of transportation.
Photo courtesy of Burgwell Howard
Town-gown woes: Photos of trash left outside by students after an off-campus party were included in Burgwell Howard’s e-mail.
‘Unacceptable behavior’
“It’s great to have another venue open at two in the
morning.”Morton Schapiro,University President
“Obviously urinating
in public is unacceptable anywhere.”Burgwell
Howard,Dean of
Students
Dean of Students e-mails off-campus students after receiving many complaints
“You can get your workout while you’re on the job.”Rick Whitehead,EPD officer
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From the WiresDuke grad’s honors thesis joke goes viral
Karen Owen, a 2010 Duke University gradu-ate, created a 42-page PowerPoint presentation with the title “An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics.”
It’s a joke in which she rates 13 guys she says she had sex with while she was a Blue Devil. She names the men, includes photos of them and o� ers details of their encounters, including loca-tions , descriptions of body parts, quotes and how much alcohol was consumed.
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Feds: Blago claims are ‘completely baseless’
Federal prosecutors denied claims by Rod Blagojevich that they acted improperly during their investigation of him as well as his trial and charged that it was the former Illinois governor and his defense team who lied.
� e accusation came � ursday in a court � ling in which the government objects to Blagojevich’s bid to throw out the lone count of conviction from his trial this summer. � e jury deadlocked on 23 other counts; a retrial could take place as soon as January.
In a motion last month, Blagojevich and his lawyers alleged a “plethora of errors” led to his conviction for lying to the FBI.
On � ursday prosecutors countered by telling the court it was overwhelming evidence that led to the conviction, not trial errors. � e govern-ment called claims of prosecutorial misconduct “completely baseless.”
— Chicago Tribune
Young voters vent frustration to Obama in MTV forum
By Margaret TalevMcClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — If Democrats are count-ing on young and minority voters to keep them in power in next month’s elections, the under-30 audience at a nationally televised youth forum Thursday showed President Barack Obama that they’re feeling dissatisfied, too.
Over the course of the hour-long event hosted by Viacom networks MTV, BET and CMT, Obama took one critical question after another from among the 225 young men and women in the studio audience and thousands more sending their thoughts via Twitter.
A young Republican woman from Austin, Texas, in the audience, kicked things off, say-ing she had “very much respected” his pledge in his 2008 campaign for more bipartisanship but “to be frank, when all was said and done, I don’t think that actually happened.” A young man from Mississippi thought Obama was too soft on illegal immigration.
A young man from Washington said despite the bailouts and stimulus, unemployment’s still above 9 percent and college graduates can’t find work.
“Why should we still support you going forward with your monetary and economic policies, and if the economy does not improve over the next two years, why should we vote you back in?”
Viewers were asked to send in via Twitter their greatest hopes or fears. Two messages were read aloud to the president: “My greatest fear is that we are turning into a Communist country” and “My greatest fear is that Obama will be re-elected.”
Obama mostly took it all in stride, although the criticism got under his skin a couple of times. He said his administration’s policies didn’t cause the recession and had staved off
a second Great Depression. He also said that “taxes aren’t higher” than they were when he took office.
One woman quizzed Obama on why he hadn’t yet ended the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning openly gay Americans from military service. Her question came on the same day the Obama administration appealed a federal judge’s ruling that the military must stop enforcing the 17-year-old policy.
Obama wants gays to be able to openly serve, but defended his team’s steps, saying, “Congress explicitly passed a law that took away the power of the executive branch to end this policy unilaterally so this is not a situation in which with a stroke of a pen I can simply end the policy.” He added that, “It has to be done in a way that is orderly, because we are involved in a war right now. . . This policy will end, and it will end on my watch.”
Not everyone had an ax to grind.Some just wanted to tell Obama about their
experiences, including a young woman await-ing her green card and victims of Internet bul-lying, domestic violence and poor schools.
Others wanted to know more about his feelings.
Does he think sexual identity is a choice? “I don’t think it’s a choice,” Obama said. “I think people are born with a certain makeup and that we’re all children of God.”
On a question about racial tensions, Obama blamed the economy, saying that people out of work or afraid of losing their homes become more worried “about what other folks are doing, and sometimes that organizes itself around kind of a tribal attitude, and issues of race become more prominent.”
He said the racially diverse audience, though, puts those problems in perspective. “This audience just didn’t exist 20 years ago,” he said.
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Kellogg professor predicts problems for NYC’s pension system
Kellogg School of Management Prof. Joshua Rauh has bad news for New York City’s pension system.
� e � nance professor found that unless New York City undertakes serious reform or raises taxes and cuts spending, the system will not be able to handle increasing retiree costs.
As a result, it could become insolvent in 10 years because of $122 billion in unfunded bene� ts, according to the study.
� e study, 32 pages long and co-authored with Professor Robert Novy-Marx from the Uni-versity of Rochester, is titled “� e Crisis in Local Government Pensions in the United State s.”
Unless the system is reformed, New York City’s assets to meet its pension obligations could be depleted by 2021, the study reports.
Rauh and Novy-Marx also reported that the Big Apple would need to set aside 23 percent of its budget revenues — twice the amount of funds currently allocated — to meet its pension obliga-tions if the city uses a “pay as you go” � nancing system.
Renowned violinist to perform, conduct Q-and-A at Pick-Staiger
Violinist Arnold Steinhardt will take the stage of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Steinhardt is best-known as the � rst violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet.
He will perform as well as conduct a Q-and-A session in what Pick-Staiger describes as “an inti-mate evening.”
� e event is open to the public, with dis-counted tickets for NU faculty ($9) and students ($6).
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ZTA holds week of breast cancer awareness activities
� ink Pink Week , a series of philan-thropy events sponsored by the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, ends Saturday.
� e week was held in support of breast cancer awareness and education. The sorority sold T-shirts and passed out rib-bons around campus throughout the week. On � ursday, the sorority organized a pink lemonade stand at � e Arch. It will also be hosting a Yogurt Eating Contest Friday at � e Arch and a pumpkin-carving contest Saturday a� ernoon in the sorority quad. Students who have purchased ra� e tickets during the events this week are eligible to win prizes at the � nal event Saturday.
— Peter Larson
Mackenzie McCluer/The Daily Northwestern
Thinking Pink: Medill sophomores Alisa Romney, left, and Naomi Nason gave out pink ribbons at the Arch on Thursday as part of Zeta’s Think Pink Week.
Fire in Tech classroom disrupts ongoing classes
Several � retrucks responded to the Technological Institute, at about 10:45 a.m. � ursday morning.
� e trucks were responding to a � re that started in a classroom, according to a � re� ghter on the scene who said authorities were investigating the cause of the � re.
At least two � re alarms have been con-ducted at Tech since the quarter began. � e � re and alarms have had one impact that students may be happy about — they’ve disrupted classes.
— Sta� report
Kirsten Salyer/The Daily Northwestern
Fire!: Several fi retrucks responded to a fi re at Tech on Thursday morning. A fi refi ghter on the scene said that the fi re had started in a classroom but the cause was unclear.
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Skokie haunted house will be open until Halloween
A Skokie haunted house offers scares throughout the month of October.
Scream Scene, located in Oakton Park at 4701 Oakton St. , is open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 31 .
Tickets cost $8, and sales end 20 minutes prior to closing .
Volunteers looking to serve as actors or guides can register at screamscene.com .
Light Opera Works musical explores 50 years of marriage
Musical theater company Light Opera Works is presenting the marriage-themed musi-cal “I Do! I Do!” � e musical follows a couple from their wedding day through 50 years of marriage .
� e show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. through Nov. 14 at Second Stage, 1420 Maple Ave . Tickets cost $27 to $42 and are half price for people younger than 21 .
Learn about immigration at Evanston Library
A member of the Illinois Coalition for Immi-grant and Refugee Rights will give a presenta-tion on immigration history, myths, policy and political manipulation � ursday at 7 p.m.
� e presentation will take place in the Com-munity Meeting Room of the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave.
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Two workers steal cell phones from OfficeMax delivery truck
Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with a theft at an office supply store, police said.
Evanston police arrested Davon Lee and Richard Schneider after the two men admitted to stealing two cell phones from OfficeMax, 2255 How-ard St. , Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther said.
A loss prevention officer notified police that two Samsung Epic 4G phones, valued at $500 each, were missing from the store’s inventory following the unloading of a delivery truck, Guenther said. Upon arriving at the store, police questioned the two workers who unloaded the truck. The workers admitted to taking the phones from the shipment, hiding them in their backpacks and leaving the store without paying for the phones, Guen-ther said.
Lee and Schneider are being charged with retail theft.
Two mailboxes punched out, damaged inside Evanston condo building
A tenant found that mailboxes inside his condominium had been smashed Tuesday, police said.
Police responded to the 500 block of Michigan Avenue on Tuesday after-noon in response to a criminal damage to property call. Two mailboxes in the foyer area of the building had been punched out and the locks were dam-aged, Guenther said.
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Evanston police arrested Davon Lee and Richard Schneider after the two men admitted to stealing two cell phones from OfficeMax, 2255 How-ard St. , Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom
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By Kris Anne Bonifacio the daily northwestern
Police, � re and the public library were among Evanston residents’ top priorities in the city’s bud-get process, according to the results of an online budget poll conducted earlier this month.
Residents rated the most important city ser-vices in the city’s online budget poll that ran from Oct. 1 to 5 . About 62 percent of the 1,100 respon-dents voted police the most important, and � re came in second at 50 percent. � e library and the library branches tied for third, both at about 44 percent.
City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the survey was part of the city’s initiative to involve residents in forming the budget, which includes a de� cit of about $3 million.
“Last year, we tried to increase citizen involve-ment and reach out to folks to get their ideas for helping us with budget issues,” Bobkiewicz said. “Not everyone has a chance to go to community budget meetings, so we wanted to give people another opportunity to let us know what they’re thinking.”
Residents also voted on ideas to increase rev-enue and to decrease spending, which were gen-erated at the budget input sessions held on Sept.
14 and 29 . Top ideas included renting out space at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. , reducing outside consulting costs, eliminating Evanston Township and limiting the Evanston City Council’s spending.
“It’s always interesting to hear people’s take on what we should be doing about the budget,” Bobkiewicz said. “Certain things like leasing out the Civic Center and spending less money on outside litigation we’re already looking into. We’re also considering selling Lake Michigan water to surrounding residential communi-ties because right now, the water is for city use only. ”
Bobkiewicz said that in terms of the top city services, police and � re being high priorities is not a surprise.
“We already spend a lot of money on police and � re, so that’s more of a recon� rmation that we should be spending that money on those ser-vices,” he said.
Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Tom Guenther said he could not comment on EPD’s budget concerns, but he said he felt the results of the poll were feedback on how the department is doing.
“� e public did view police as a city service which they felt ranked high on their list of priori-ties, re� ecting their faith in us as an organization,” Guenther said. “It also tells us that we do a good job, that we’re very professional and we serve the public in a good manner.”
� e bigger debate over budget concerns is on the issue of library branches. Bobkiewicz said while he recognizes the importance residents put
on the branch libraries, he thinks the budget dis-cussion’s focus should be somewhere else.
“In my recommended budget, the focus is on the main library,” he said. “Resources are tight, so I think we should invest as much as we can into one library to make sure we have a main branch that’s very strong, rather than trying to focus on the library branches. I know some people in the community will disagree with that, but that’s what I told city council.”
� e city council will begin budget discussions Oct. 23, and the � rst public hearing will be Nov. 8. Bobkiewicz said the council hopes to have the budget � nalized by Nov. 22.
By Ganesh � ippeswamy the daily northwestern
The National Cancer Institute has recently awarded Northwestern a $12 million grant in an e� ort to further advance the role of nanotechnology in diagnosing and treating cancer.
� e funds will support the NU Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence , a collaborative venture between NU’s International Institute for Nanotech-nology and the Chicago-based Robert H. Lurie Com-prehensive Cancer Center .
Kathleen Cook, project manager of the NU-CCNE, said the center will focus on implementing nano-scale science to develop revolutionary therapies and diagnostics that target brain, breast and pancre-atic cancers in particular.
“� e grant is a cornerstone in an e� ort to harness the developments of nanotechnology at Northwest-ern in creating new approaches to cancer diagnostics and therapy,” said Chad Mirkin, director of the IIN and co-principal investigator of NU-CCNE . “It posi-tions Northwestern to continue to be a leader in the development of nanomedicine.”
� e IIN was established at NU in 2000 to explore materials that are as small as one-billionth of a meter. � ough miniscule, nanoparticles may be key in revolutionizing a number of industries and addressing some of the world’s most pressing health problems.
� e IIN website states nanotechnological break-throughs will drive the future of medical care.
“(Scientists) are working on the development of new (techniques) that will increase the accuracy of diagnosis by orders of magnitude, new imaging tech-niques and methods for targeted delivery of chemo-therapeutic agents,” the institute’s website states.
� e IIN’s partnership with the Lurie Cancer Center will bring together interdisciplinary teams of nanoscientists, clinicians, cancer biologists and engineers from NU, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago to work on � ve cancer-related nanotechnology projects.
� is $12 million award adds to funding the NU-CCNE received beginning in 2005 from the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer Program. Since then, the center has developed a number of novel technologies, Cook said.
“� ere could be particles that will sense a cancer tumor and give us a signal that can be read ... maybe through a color change that shows up on an MRI,” she said. “Scientists are also working on � lling very tiny nanoparticles with chemotherapeutic drugs ... to target tumors.”
� e NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Can-cer Program will continue to provide funds to the NU-CCNE until 2015 to continue not only research e� orts but also training in nanotechnology and cancer. � e funding will also support summer fel-lowships in nanotechnology for medical students and summer research programs for undergradu-ates, Cook said.
By Andrew Kasparthe daily northwestern
� e Northwestern School of Law appointed an interim dean late last week and also named the search committee responsible for � nding a permanent replacement for departing Dean David Van Zandt.
� e appointments come about six weeks a� er Van Zandt indicated his intention to resign .
� e outgoing dean announced in late August that he would step down to become president of � e New School in New York . Kim Yuracko , currently the associate dean for academic a� airs and a law professor , will take over as full-time interim dean beginning Jan. 1. Prof. Dorothy Roberts will chair the 14-member search com-mittee responsible for selecting Van Zandt’s suc-cessor, and the committee’s � rst meeting will take place Oct. 25 .
“We are just starting the process of having outreach meetings with alumni and faculty and students and other community members to solicit their advice, counsel and ideas about the attributes we would like to see in the next dean,” Roberts said.
University Provost Daniel Linzer would like to have the new dean “at least identi� ed by next fall 2011, if not installed as dean,” Roberts said.
Van Zandt’s successor has to � ll shoes of the school’s second-longest serving dean . His 15-year tenure included the implementation of a “Stra-tegic Plan” designed to improve graduates’ mar-ketability and the creation of a three-year joint J.D./M.B.A. degree with the Kellogg School of Management . � e School of Law — nationally ranked 14th in March 1996 — was most recently ranked 11th by U.S. News & World Report , a point of pride for a dean who penned an April essay on rankings’ importance.
“I strongly believe in them,” Van Zandt wrote. “Rankings o� er prospective law students an important source of consumer information with which to evaluate law schools.”
In a news release announcing his departure, Linzer said Van Zandt has “led continual e� orts to analyze the legal market to maximize our
graduates’ success. � e resulting initiatives for students, along with the faculty focus on disci-pline-based research that furthers understanding of law and legal institutions, have set the Law School apart.”
In an interview with The Daily earlier this month, University President Morton Schapiro praised Van Zandt’s “remarkably long reign.”
“It’s almost unheard of to stay for more than 10 years,” Schapiro said. “He had a great run.”
As chairwoman, Roberts said the search com-mittee’s mission is clear.
“Under his leadership, the Law School has gained in prominence and distinction,” she said. “And we hope to continue that trajectory with the new dean.”
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It’s interesting what kinds of things people tell me when they � nd out I’m a journalism major. Sometimes it’s about how the industry is “dying” or about
getting to meet famous people, but a lot of times the response is, “Well, I hope you can bring some truth to the industry.”
A poll released by Gallup on Sept. 29, 2010 showed � ndings that 57 percent of Americans have little or no trust “in the mass media to report the news fully, accu-rately and fairly” — a record high.
Last year for an assignment, I inter-viewed people in their late teens and early twenties about where they get their news. I was shocked to hear people list Facebook as an outlet. Given the Gallup poll num-
bers, in some ways it makes sense that people would go to Facebook because the “news” they get is from “friends” they trust. However, I hardly think that the mental-ity is a result of exas-peration with media bias.
� e results of some recent polls also seem
to contradict the notion that people are concerned about fairly-reported news. In 2007, the Pew Research Center for the Peo-ple and the Press took a poll of Americans’ favorite journalists and Jon Stewart came in at number four. Rasmussen Reports found similar information in March 2008 when they took a poll revealing that 40 percent of Americans under 40 think shows like � e Daily Show with Jon Stewart and � e Colbert Report are replacing traditional news outlets. Both air on Comedy Central and neither of the hosts would call them-selves journalists. Both shows are blatantly biased, which is ironic given that a com-plaint against mass media is accuracy.
I think what Facebook, Colbert and Stewart have in common is that they elimi-nate the classically-American fear of being tricked into believing something false. Stewart’s and Colbert’s shows have the pretense of bias, so the viewer has a sense of full disclosure. Facebook friends have no ulterior motives and their news isn’t really big enough to need one.
When looking at these new news alter-natives, none seem to meet “fully, accu-rately and fairly” criteria. While sources like Facebook friends have no real reason to skew facts, as long as people have opin-ions there is an inherent bias in the way facts are delivered. Also, there is no way for people who seek only the news that a� ects them to meet the “fully” criterion with the information they can provide.
I don’t think that the mistrust is entirely a re� ection of the reliability of reporting in mass media, though the recent polls � nd-ings raise some questions as to why the number has grown. I � nd it hard to believe that mass media institutions would exist if people weren’t seeking what those insti-tutions o� ered. I think the results of the Gallup poll merely re� ect America’s default reaction to be skeptical of the media, which can really be traced back to the days of the Revolution.
I think that this deeply ingrained skep-ticism is important because public opinion plays a large role in shaping professional reporting; we are right to demand the most accurate version of the truth. � at said, it is equally important that we don’t compro-mise our standards for the sake of conve-nience or entertainment so that we can provide legitimate criticism and continue to hold the media to a high standard.
Emily Alvarado is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at [email protected].
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NU professor to receive Nobel prize
NU economics professor Dale Mortensen will become the second Nobel laureate in the University’s history. � is week, Mortensen was named one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in economics for his “contribu-tion to the understanding of unemployment and other market imperfections,” The Daily reported on Tuesday. In the current job mar-ket, Mortensen’s prize-winning models on unemployment seem especially relevant. He has served on the NU faculty since 1965 and according to his colleagues, has been very in� uential and is very well respected in the NU economics department.
Trashy pre- and post-game behavior
On � ursday a� ernoon, Dean of Students Burgwell Howard sent a message to the o� -campus listserv informing students that mul-tiple incidents related to the “social activities” of Saturday, Oct. 9 have “severely damaged the relationship between student-neighbors and year-round neighbors in the areas west of campus, as well as between the City of Evan-ston and NU.” According to the mail, NU administrators’ o� ces have been � ooded over the last several days with reports of student rudeness to residents, public urination and vomiting, littering and taking too long to clean up the messes le� over from parties. � e real-ity is that many students probably did manage to party last weekend without frightening children, but if we want to avoid serious o� -campus neighbor and town-gown relations problems, we should all be more conscious of our weekend behavior and that of our friends going forward.
Innocence Project in the Supreme Court
For the � rst time, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a case that involved a heavy amount of reporting by the Medill Innocence Project. On Wednesday, the high court heard the oral arguments on the death penalty case of Hank Skinner and four NU alumni who had worked
on the case travelled to Washington D.C. for this event. NU alumni developed most of the evidence in the brief � led with the court. � is deserves a thumbs up for two reasons. First, the case making it to the high court indicates the immense impact that the Project has had on the issue of wrongful convictions during its 11 years of existence. Second, the presence of the NU alumni at the appearance re� ects the level of commitment that these alumni have for the Project and the issues it stands for, which is de� nitely something to be commended.
Inappropriate post-game � reworks
� ousands of Northwestern students and fans poured out of Ryan Field on Saturday night feeling angry, bitter and disappointed. � e sound that greeted them as they walked dejectedly to their cars, buses and bikes? An extravagant � reworks display. � e � reworks, put on by the Athletic Department, lasted sev-eral minutes and could be heard blocks away. It sounded like we were celebrating the victo-rious end of a war. Administrators, inspired by the � rst football night game in several years, meant the � reworks to generate excitement about a rising program. � at’s understandable. It’s also understandable that administrators planned the � reworks before the game and did not want to waste the time and money that went into them. But try explaining all of that to the NU fan. To them, already wounded by the devastating loss, the � reworks were simply adding insult to injury.
NU Volleyball team ranked in the top 20
� e Wildcats are currently ranked 20th in the nation in women’s volleyball, following wins against Iowa and No. 16 Minnesota last weekend. Currently 15-2, the team is o� to the best start in program history, according to NUsports.com. � is weekend, the team is on the road, where they will take on No. 15 Michigan and Michigan State. According to Tuesday’s volleyball article, NU is currently in a “virtual tie” for � rst place in the Big Ten with Michigan and No. 8 Illinois.
Nobel prize, Innocence project and o� -campus partying incidents
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national editorial pages featuring opinions from specialists within and without the paper’s sta� . � e purpose of edito-rializing is to o� er a uniquely informed perspective on an issue that will contribute to community dialogue. � e ques-tion for The Daily and its readers is whether this editorial board’s opinions matter enough to merit publication.
� is question arose in this paper’s editorial board meeting two weeks ago. � e Editor in Chief asked section editors what the coming week’s editorials should say. � e debate not only explored what issues the paper should explore, but also what editorials should seek to accomplish. Should The Daily present questions to stimulate a broader discussion, or must it represent a decisive opinion? � e debate ended without resolution.
� e editorial board seemed so concerned with its “responsibility” to opine. When I claimed that an editorial should raise a question about what the Teach for America employment numbers says about the Northwestern student community, the larger board insisted that editorials must express an opinion. But the frivolity of this paper’s most recent editorial on the Dean/Santorum debate illustrates that these articles might not be useful at all.
� e editorial’s ‘opinion’ was concentrated at the top, where Dean and Santorum each received a grade of “check” for their debate performance based on criteria that the author never fully explains. � e rest of the article was a mere recapitulation of the debate; there was no clear argument beyond an assessment of the debaters’ performance as “adequate.” � e purpose of this column is not to mock one editorial or to throw a � t over this paper’s editorial policy; it is instead to highlight The Daily’s editorials as an example of a deeper question: when do student opinions matter?
The Daily’s editors think that their opinions matter enough to write editorials. Student columnists trust the importance of their opinions enough to have them published each week beneath fear-inspiring caricatures of themselves. Student leaders write guest columns and letters to the editor as purported experts on the issues that their groups confront. I am perhaps the guiltiest, burying my opinion in a critique of others’ right to express their opinion in the public space. Our expression is arrogant, but does this mean that we should stop?
Student writing has a role on campus, but it o� en risks self-indulgence. � e same self-indulgence that lines the Forum page has clogged the airwaves and the “series of tubes” on-line. Let’s strive for more data, less published opinion. When this paper feels an obligation to publish editorials every week, it seems focused more on generating copy than contributing a new perspective to an ongoing dialogue. Student opinion should teach us something that was neither obvious nor super� uous. When The Daily publishes editorials to � ll space, they distract from interesting and constructive student opinion.
� ere is a middle ground between solid reporting and classic editorializing. � e New York Times calls it news analysis; others might call it linkage. � e purpose is to string together discrete but related stories surrounding a particular topic and begin to raise questions about the broader narrative that these stories combine to form. The Daily’s specialty is understanding the landscape of student discussion; this paper’s editorial board becomes valuable when it can weave together disparate narratives in order to build reader comprehension of what is happening in our community and what it means.
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A green RV parked beside the Rock on Thurs-day recruited Northwestern students to go on all-expenses-paid summer roadtrips.
The vehicle was from the public television series “Roadtrip Nation,” which sends students on summer roadtrips to interview people they find interesting, ranging anywhere from a New York movie producer to a local fisherman, said Molly Gazin, a “roadie” who travels on the “Roadtrip Nation” tour of 40 college campuses.
“It’s a really cool opportunity,” said Mac Slavin, another roadie. “You get to travel the country, learn about yourself, meet new people. When I first heard about the opportunity, I thought it was too good to be true. It’s just awesome.”
More than 100 NU students visited the “GreenRV” during the day and received informa-tion, applications and RV tours. Each summer, “Roadtrip Nation” sponsors one to three teams of three students each, known on the show as “roadtrippers,” who will travel America in the “GreenRV.” These teams decide where to travel,
whom to interview and will be followed on the television series. “Roadtrip Nation” pays for all their expenses except souvenirs.
Communication sophomore Lisa Guo said she was definitely thinking about applying.
“It’s really inspiring,” Guo said. “A lot of stu-dents aren’t sure what they want to do yet, and a roadtrip, interviewing inspiring people, is really great.”
Gazin said students respond well to the trips, which focus on “defining your own road in life,” according to the show’s motto.
“It’s very relatable to people in college, just trying to figure out what the next step is,” Gazin said.
In addition to the six-week “GreenRV” summer trips, there are also many “Indie Opportunities” available. These are shorter trips that can occur over spring break or over a single weekend. Indie roadtrippers have photo, blog and film opportu-nities, and they may be featured in a short two-minute segment at the end of an episode of the television show.
Teams of students on Indie trips will receive film equipment, as well as a grant between $300
and $700 to cover gas, food and any plane tickets. “Roadtrip Nation” will also edit the footage for the teams, though the students do have the option to edit it themselves.
This is the first year “Roadtrip Nation” has vis-ited NU, though Gazin said they have wanted to for a long time.
Gazin said she was very pleased with the atmo-sphere at NU.
“Students here have really connected with the Roadtrip Nation,” she said. “It seems like they can relate to it, and a lot of students have actually heard of it.”
Students who wish to apply for either a “GreenRV” trip or an Indie trip can visit road-tripnation.com.
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Life is a highway: The public television series “Roadtrip Nation” parked a green RV by the Rock Thursday to recruit Northwestern students to apply to be “roadies” on a trip.
By Zachary Silvacontributing writer
Karl Marx said it before: Capitalism is a dan-gerous social power. And historian and anthropol-ogist David Harvey said it again Thursday night in a speech based on his new publication, “The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism.”
But Harvey also issued a warning.“Be very careful about putting faith in Marx’s
one-liners,” he said.Speaking to a crowd that packed the McCor-
mick Tribune Center Forum, Harvey stressed his own opinions of the risks involved with capital-ism. A Distinguished Professor of anthropology at the City University of New York, he believes
systemic problems “need systemic solutions.” And a main problem right now is “politics are domi-nated by the Party of Wall Street,” in which he groups the capitalists.
“We’re looking more like a model where we’re focused on making money, getting power and manipulating the political process,” Harvey said.
He compared our current crisis both to past economic accounts as well as to recent events.
“We’ve been told that a free market would be a benefit to all,” he said. “If only we’d stop having this sand thrown in our eyes by the Tea Party and FOX News.”
Weinberg sophomore Rafael Vizcaino appreci-ated Harvey’s timely references.
“I was expecting more relating to the future,
but he connected well to recent events,” he said. “He’s inspiring to us young guys.”
Harvey also discussed how specific areas suffer economic freezes when disaster hits. He mentioned former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to keep New Yorkers spending after the Sept. 11 attacks. He then spun another serious example of an economic disaster — the 2010 eruption of an Icelandic volcano — into a quip.
“You saw how the Icelandic bankers took revenge by erupting that volcano,” he said, not-ing the eruption halted travel business.
Joking aside, Harvey offered further examples of specific crises. He spoke of the Southwestern United States’ subprime lending problem, as well
as international epicenters of crisis. For exam-ple, countries and cities that host the Olympic games expect a major economic boost but end up “going bankrupt after overspending on the opening ceremonies.”
A close friend of Harvey’s and a sociology pro-fessor, Georgi Derluguian called Harvey “the best historical geographer in the world.”
Still, Harvey wanted to explain why he would speak about a subject that has already been dis-cussed at length.
“I say, ‘What can I say about a situation that others aren’t saying?’ And for me,” Harvey said. “that’s not too hard because I’m a Marxist.”
Historian David Harvey talks capitalism, economic crises
two parties this year and a tailgate last Saturday. Although one of the roommates provided a neigh-bor with contact information at the beginning of the school year, that neighbor called both the police and the landlord without contacting them this past weekend, the Weinberg senior said.
Still, several Evanston residents have said they are less likely to call the police on students with whom they’ve had face-to-face interactions, according to Merel.
“One-on-one communication seems to solve a lot of the problems that are currently being faced by off-campus students,” he said.
Howard and ASG President Claire Lew agreed the friction between off-campus students and non-student residents is not near the levels experienced by some other Big Ten campuses but stressed NU students are a part of Evanston as well as NU.
There are also consequences for parties,
Howard said, and hosts can be liable for their guests’ actions.
“We don’t want students to have to go to a hospital or to court,” Howard said.
The Office of Student Affairs is having indi-vidual conversations with the houses that were cited for ordinance violations, he said, and some landlords planned to meet with tenants.
Despite the recent rash of incidents and a town-gown relationship that has always been troublesome in part due to off-campus students, Howard said there are currently no plans to expand on-campus housing.
“That’s one of the things people love about NU: having their own apartment, having their own independence, cooking their own meals,” Howard said.
Suite-style dorms such as Kemper provide an intermediate living situation between the freedom of off-campus living and the security of having utilities and other services taken care of by the University, Howard said.
“It would be in (NU’s) best interest to see if we could provide some (more) of those options,” he said.
Lew said the weekend incidents were “unfor-tunate,” but NU students are “responsible and conscientious” people.
“We care about the community,” she said, cit-ing several projects such as ReNUvation by which NU students have volunteered and contributed to Evanston.
ASG and the administration are also plan-ning meetings with ward residents and students in order to foster open communication. And while acknowledging the historical acrimony between NU and Evanston, Morel said, “You’ll be hard pressed to find among our peer insti-tutions any student government that’s putting as much effort into repairing those relations as we are.”
On Lincoln Street, Zhu said he and his room-mates are making efforts to be as courteous as possible.
“It’s a tough situation, and it’s not going to get better any time soon,” he said.
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criminals are far more frightened of bike offi-cers than any other officer.”
UP Sgt. Timothy Reuss said being on bike patrol has allowed him to see more of the cam-pus and made his job much more enjoyable.
“For me it kind of rejuvenated my career,” Reuss said. “It’s more hands-on.”
Reuss established UP’s bike patrols about 15 years ago by persuading police and NU offi-cials that bike patrols could get around campus faster and reduce fuel costs. Using a bicycle also allows officers to sneak up on unsuspecting criminals, Reuss said.
“You’re in a stealth mode,” Reuss said, cit-ing a recent successful pursuit and arrest of a bike thief. “I was on a bike that particular day, and I was able to follow him and corner him. When he realized who I was, he was already under arrest.”
Police cyclists are common on many col-lege campuses because they move around more areas of the campus and are more approach-able than when they are in a patrol car, said Ross Petty, a marketing law professor at Babson College who wrote a paper on the history of police cyclists.
“I think most campus police no longer want to be sitting in an office, waiting to get called,” Petty said. “They want to be in the campus and talking to students. That helps them do their job and earn a little respect from students, which means the students are less likely to misbehave.”
While NU Cycling Team President Alexan-dra Navas has only seen police cyclists once or twice, she said she thinks they are a good idea.
“It’s a new concept for me,” the Medill junior said. “They’re on the same level as the people they’re giving tickets or citations to.”
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“The library is very stale and gray, but Nor-bucks is too noisy,” he said. “This is cozy and relaxing.”
The space has undergone other renovations as well. Willard dining hall’s signature buzzer sys-tem, used for the past four years, was re-vamped during summer construction.
“The old software wasn’t very responsive, and kids didn’t know how to use it,” Bowers said.
The lines are also shorter because ordering takes less time on the new system, she said.
In addition, the floor was retiled, the layout
was changed and a C-Store, offering grab-and-go items, was added to complement both the dining hall and Fran’s Cafe.
The changes are creating a buzz on campus.Zach Wichter, a Medill sophomore and
the Associated Student Government Senator for Willard, said prior to Fran’s Cafe, Willard dining hall was primarily occupied by Willard residents.
“People aren’t quite as happy about the extra attention during dining hall hours,” Wichter said. “Now we have less seating and more outsiders.”
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From OFF CAmPuS, page 1
Willard dining facility gets new buzzers, convenience store
Bikes make police more approachable
Off-campus students raise noise concerns
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Fran’s: The new cafe has been attracting more students to South Campus.
Town-gown relations are strained by NU students who throw loud parties, violate city ordinances
in the film. They were just really disappointing losses, but we did some good things over the weekend.”
The Spartans (8-3-2, 2-1-1) have one of the Big Ten’s most airtight defenses, conceding seven goals in 12 games. They have the conference’s highest number of shutouts for the season, nine, compared to the Cats’ three.
They’ve also yet to drop a game at home this season in six games. Their undefeated run at home stretches back to last season — eight games with seven wins and one tie. They won their last two home games against Indiana and Purdue.
“Michigan State is super-organized,” Foster said. “They play hard, they’re dangerous, they’re very good at home. Any game in the Big Ten, any game at this point in the season, is going to be a battle. It’s extra hard on the road.”
NU has played just three away games this sea-son, winning its Big Ten opener at Indiana and losing at Purdue and BYU. The Cats are halfway through the Big Ten schedule and have two home games and three away trips remaining.
“It’s crunch time in the Big Ten season,” Foster said. “So we’re definitely getting after it, and we want to get out there and get a win.”
By Michael Kelleycontributing writer
Senior cornerback Justan Vaughn knows his job for the Wildcats is to cover opposing receiv-ers, but he admits there is a job with the team that he could not do — be a Northwestern student-manager.
“They don’t get any glitz and glory, but they have a huge impact on the success of the team,” Vaughn said. “Whatever we’re doing moves quickly and efficiently because the equipment managers and student-managers are on top of their game. You see the students out there working the hard-est — they’re the ones sometimes getting run over and hit by balls. Personally, I couldn’t do it.”
NU’s football team has 10 student-managers this year who put in 20 to 30 hours per week help-ing the operation of the team. They take care of the work that needs to be done but is only noticed when it’s not done.
BE INVISIBLEBill Jarvis has been NU’s equipment manager
since 1976. He is quick to point out that student-managers surpass the archetype of a typical student.
“You think about a student going to class, sit-ting at a desk, taking notes,” Jarvis said. “You don’t
think about a student getting soaked, dragging dummies, dragging boards, bringing things out, putting things away — that type of labor I don’t think the general student thinks about managers doing that because they don’t see practice.”
New student-managers are chosen and men-tored by experienced student-managers so the toil of the job can be fully explained. One of the main lessons student-managers must learn is to hone ninja-like discipline so as to “be invisible,” he said.
“They are an extension of our hands,” Jarvis said. “If people don’t notice us, it’s a great game.”
Once the season starts, student managers arrive at 6:45 a.m. for practice on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. They set up and facilitate practice by following a script of six-minute segments that states when and where to spot the ball at specific yard markers and what specific equipment is needed.
“We couldn’t run practice or a game without them,” Jarvis said. “It’s important because of the physical amount of work that needs to be done.”
GAME TIMEAnthea Fuentes became a football manager as
a sophomore in 2007. As an undergraduate she worked for and traveled with the team for three seasons and two bowl games.
“Gameday gets very hectic because we have to get all of the equipment ready for the team, the polos and pants ready for the staff,” Fuentes said. “It gets really busy making sure everybody has what they need, keeping it in order, and any changes that come up you have to be ready to handle that.”
At home games, student-managers arrive four hours before the game and leave two hours after-ward. They’re responsible for accommodating the chain crew and referees, setting up the field with end zone markers and goal post pads, and testing the coaches’ communication system. They sort and hang the game jerseys as well as taking extra equipment — including parkas, heaters, ball dryers, plastic bags and long sleeves in inclement weather — and towels out onto the field.
During the game, student-managers stand on the sidelines, waiting for a moment when a coach or player needs them. If a piece of equipment is broken or a player can’t get the mud off his shoes, it has a direct impact on the game. Players and coaches appreciate the fact that they don’t have to worry about the little things while playing for a big win.
“The only thing that I want to focus on is what I have to do for us to win,” Vaughn said. “If I’m out there and I’ve got a chinstrap that’s loose, I would have to worry about playing the whole game and that’s going to be a distraction. Luckily the
equipment staff and student-managers that we have make sure stuff like that gets taken care of.”
WHAT’S THE PAYOFF?After a home game, student-managers disas-
semble aspects of the field and sidelines, pick up extra equipment and towels, help put away the first-down chains and retrieve the phone system from the press box. The managers clean the locker room and start throwing towels into the washing machines. On Saturday and Sunday, managers work in shifts to fold, bag and shelve uniforms as well as clean, apply stickers to and shelve helmets in preparation for the following week. Pick up, wash, rinse, dry, shelve, repeat.
Despite this grind, Fuentes beams when talking about her job. She graduated earlier this year but returned to the equipment department to work as an intern.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world,” Fuentes said. “Every manager that I know stepped out onto the field for the first five minutes of their first game and was like ‘I can never not do this.’ It’s just a completely different experience from the stands to the sideline because you have so much more adrenaline, and you know everybody and how hard everyone has worked. It makes it sweeter.”
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position, which it used to kick a field goal.Bates dropped another punt early in the
fourth quarter but managed to fall on the fumble to prevent another turnover.
“It was as good of a curveball as I’ve ever seen,” Fitzgerald said. “As it came down, it really crossed his face.
“As soon as he got to the side, he said, ‘I should have hotted it up. I should have stayed away from it.’ Because it crossed from about
two body lengths over to this side of his hands,” Fitzgerald said, motioning diagonally to his right side.
Though Bates’s costly mistakes against Pur-due have engendered speculation that freshman wide receiver Venric Mark ought to be returning punts, Fitzgerald said he remains firmly com-mitted to Bates.
“He’s been consistent for us,” Fitzgerald said. “He was a block away from popping one on Sat-urday.” Fitzgerald also mentioned Bates’ 33-yard return against Rice.
Regardless of breaking big returns, Fitzgerald said he cares more about feeling confident with who he’s got lined up to take the punt.
“As I look across the league and who’s back returning punts, it’s typically about trust,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s typically about guys that are going to be consistent and then make plays for you.”
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It doesn’t take a long look at Northwestern’s schedule to realize that the second half of it features far more challenging opponents than the first half.Gone are the days when the Wildcats might be favored by double-digit points or possibly even favored at all.Still, the second half is also when Pat Fitzgerald-coached teams have thrived, as indicated by NU’s 6-1 record in November over the past two seasons.Playing the same teams last year as they will play in this season’s second half, NU rallied from a disappointing start that included two giveaway losses to finish the season on a 4-2 hot streak. The Cats won their final three games of the season, including upsets over No. 4 Iowa and No. 16 Wisconsin.Here’s how the rest of the season should shape up:
Looking forward: The Daily examines the rest of the football season
Oct. 23 A dark horse candidate to be a legitimate Big Ten title contender before the season, Michigan State has shown to have all the makings of potential BCS-bowl team. The Spartans are undefeated on the year, including wins over No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 18 Michigan. Featuring a balanced offense that has thrown for 1489 yards and rushed for 1350, combined with a defense that has allowed just over 18 points per game, Michigan State may be the toughest team on the Cats’ schedule.
Why NU might win: The bye week gives the Cats two weeks to prepare for Sparty and to solve the issues that their 20-17 loss to Purdue exposed. And much like Iowa last year, the Spartans could get caught looking ahead to their Oct. 30 date with the No. 15-ranked Hawkeyes and fall to a trap game.
Why Michigan State might win: On paper, the Spartans are unques-tionably the better team. Their offense is essentially NU’s plus an explosive running game, while the defense has allowed more than 20 points just twice this season.
NU’s odds: 1-5
Oct. 30Indiana has proven a tremen-dous ability to put up points. What remains in question is the Hoo-siers’ ability to prevent opponents from doing the same. Indiana has given up 27.6 points per game, 80th among Football Bowl Sub-division teams. They’ve remained competitive thanks to the arm of quarterback Ben Chappell, who has thrown for 1476 yards with 12 touchdowns this season.
Why NU might win: Junior quar-terback Dan Persa should have a field day in this one, picking apart the Hoosier secondary. In its two Big Ten games — both losses — Indiana gave up 625 yards passing. The Hoosiers have also proved vulnerable to the scramble as Michigan quar-terback Denard Robinson illus-trated, rushing for 217 yards.
Why Indiana might win: Unless the Cats defense makes tremendous improvements over the next two weeks, this game will likely be a shootout, meaning anything can happen. Chappell will undoubt-edly rack up passing yards, and if the NU defense bends too far, it just might break.
NU’s odds: 3-2
Nov. 6 The Nit-tany Lions have had an abysmal start to Big Ten play, dropping contests to Iowa and Illinois. True freshman quarterback Robert Bolden sim-ply hasn’t gotten the job done, throwing four touchdowns with seven interceptions. Running back Evan Royster, who was considered a Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year candidate before the season, hasn’t lived up to expectations, gaining less than 65 yards per game on the ground.
Why NU might win: This isn’t the same Penn State team that was a year-in, year-out title contender. It won’t take much offense to give the Cats a shot at a road win, as the Nittany Lions are 107th among FBS teams in points scored with 18.2 per game. While the Cats might be one-dimensional on offense, one is certainly better than none.
Why Penn State might win: Let’s not forget that the game will be played in Beaver Stadium. While Illinois proved that it is possible to win in Happy Valley, the Cats might not fare so well against a crowd of 107,000.
NU’s odds: 2-3
Nov. 13Although the Hawkeyes’ hopes of a second straight BCS-bowl appearance took a hit when they fell 34-27 to Arizona, Iowa has since come back with a ven-geance, winning its next two games by a combined score of 69-3. Quarterback Ricky Stanzi remains a potent threat as the nation’s third-most efficient passer — one spot higher than Persa — and the Hawkeyes boast one of the best defensive lines in the country, anchored by defen-sive end Adrian Clayborn.
Why NU might win: The Cats just seem to have Iowa’s number recently, winning four of the last five contests. The Arizona game demonstrated Iowa’s weakness at offensive line, so if junior defen-sive end Vince Browne can get to Stanzi, he could cause some Corey Wootton-sized problems for the Hawkeyes.
Why Iowa might win: The Hawkeyes are simply a team you do not score on. They’ve given up 10.2 points per game, best in the FBS. With the exception of the Ari-zona game, Iowa hasn’t allowed more than seven points in a game.
NU’s odds: 2-5
Nov. 20While the Il lini were considered a consensus bottom-feeder among the Big Ten this year, coach Ron Zook and his new crew of coordina-tors have revitalized Illinois with very promising results. The Illini have opened the season 3-2 including a huge 33-13 win at Penn State. They also hung in with Ohio State before fall-ing 24-13.
Why NU might win: Much like with Iowa, the Cats have enjoyed regular success over their in-state rival, winning six of the last seven. True freshman signal caller Nathan Scheelhaase can be a liability for the Illini as he threw for just 190 yards with four picks in Illinois’ two losses.
Why Illinois might win: Following a 23-13 loss to Missouri in the season opener, the Illini seem to have found a groove, winning three of their last four, with the only loss coming against Ohio State. Illinois also may have a lot to play for, as it could very possibly enter the contest with five wins and close to bowl eligibility.
NU’s odds: 3-1
Nov. 27
Wisconsin’s hopes of breaking into the Big Ten elite took a major hit when the Badgers lost 34-24 to Michigan State. Still, this team is not one to play with, as reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year John Clay remains an incred-ible threat out of the backfield. While Clay’s 692 yards rushing and nine touchdowns get most of the hype, quarterback Scott Tolzien has quietly put up solid numbers with seven touchdowns and only two interceptions.
Why NU might win: Wisconsin is vulnerable defensively as Michigan State proved, amass-ing 444 total yards of offense. If the NU offense can create slow, methodical drives and keep the Badger offense off the field, the Cats could pull off the upset for a second straight year.
Why Wisconsin might win: Clay should have no problem run-ning all over the Cats, and the Badgers’ 70-point production against Austin Peay leaves no doubt that they can score ... a lot. Add to it that this game is at Camp Randall, and NU will have a lot on its hands.
NU’s odds: 2-9
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By Colin Becht the daily northwestern
Following Northwestern’s first defeat of the season, a 20-17 loss to Purdue riddled with mistakes, Wildcats fans looking for blood have focused their displeasure primarily on the spe-cial teams.
However, as coach Pat Fitzgerald has made clear, the fans will get none. He is sticking with senior kicker Stefan Demos and sophomore punt returner Hunter Bates .
Demos failed to convert two fourth-quarter � eld goals, including a 45-yarder with 58 seconds le that would have tied the game. Bates mu ed two punt returns, one of which gave the ball to Purdue at the NU 24-yard line.
“We’ve got to be better than that,” Fitzgerald said.
Still, that doesn’t mean he’ll be switching up the depth chart anytime soon.
“Stef ’s made so many of those kicks throughout his career,” Fitzgerald said. “I have all the con� dence in the world in Stef.”
A er being named to the All-Big Ten second team last year and to the Lou Groza Award Watch List before this season, Demos has made just eight � eld goals in 13 attempts .
“Early (in the season) we had some operational issues,” Fitzgerald said. “We had a new snapper out there. We went back to (senior long snapper) John Henry (Pace) from a standpoint of he had been out there and he’d done it.”
Demos’s troubles have continued, despite the switch in the long snapper. In addition to his two missed � eld goals against Purdue , he missed an extra point against Minnesota and another � eld goal against Central Michigan .
� is is not the � rst time Fitzgerald has had to defend his kicker against harsh criticism. Demos was the source of much anger a er the Cats’ 38-35 overtime loss to Auburn in the 2010 Outback Bowl, in which he had an extra point blocked and missed three � eld goals, including a game-winner and a game-tier .
In his bio on NUsports.com, Demos said he was “maybe the most hated guy on campus” following his performance in the bowl game.
Still, Fitzgerald said any loss of con� dence Demos may have su ered a er the bowl game is not still a ecting him. Instead, it’s been injuries that have plagued him.
“He has been a little dinged up throughout the course of the year, and he’s battled through it,” Fitzgerald said, declining to elaborate on the speci� cs
of the injury. “I wish I could say he’s been 100 percent the whole year, but he hasn’t.”
However, Fitzgerald said Demos’s injury doesn’t give him a free pass, and while the kicking job is still his, Demos needs to return to form.
“We all have a job to do. It’s about consistency,” Fitzgerald said. “He knows that. He wants to do anything he can to help the team.”
Sharing the spotlight of special teams failures is Bates, whose two dropped punts cost NU three points — the margin of the Boilermakers’ victory.
On Bates’ � rst fumble, Fitzgerald said Bates had simply taken his eyes o the ball at the last moment to survey the � eld.
“He’s been really consistent seeing the ball into his tuck, and he just picked his eyes up,” Fitzgerald said.
� at mistake gave Purdue great � eld
By Minjae Park the daily northwestern
Until last weekend, Northwestern was riding high and had yet to see their record dip below .500. � e Wildcats saw that evaporate with close losses against Penn State and Ohio State.
NU will use that disappointment to spur it on against Michigan State in East Lansing on Sunday.
“(� is game is) very important,” senior defender Alison Schneeman said. “All week, we’ve been focusing on getting a er the game, playing the game that we know how to play and � nishing a full game.”
� e small margin of last week’s home defeats to two of the Big Ten’s
best teams — Penn State has won the Big Ten title the last 12 years and Ohio State, now No. 24, leads the conference with a perfect record — only adds to the determination of the Cats (5-6-3, 1-3-1 Big Ten), freshman mid� elder Julie Sierks said.
“Everybody’s frustrated, but we’ve been working hard,” Sierks said. “So this whole week we’re working on � xing those little things that we can make better to win.”
Against Penn State, the Cats scored the opening goal a er a strong start, but their momentum faded and the Nittany Lions scored a goal in each half. And against the Buckeyes, the two teams battled to a draw in regu-lation, but Ohio State won with a late
goal in the � rst half of overtime. “I thought they were two of our
better games when it came to com-peting physically and just showing up with intensity,” coach Stephanie Foster said. “A er watching the � lm, we cre-ated a lot of chances, some that were squandered, some that were really dangerous. I liked a lot of what I saw
NU stays with Bates, Demos despite errors
RPI rankings reveal bleak outlook for Cats’ postseason hopesBy Katherine Driessen
the daily northwestern
As if Northwestern needed more of a reminder of the importance of Sunday’s matchup against Penn State, the Rating Percentage Index rankings released this week provided yet another proverbial tap on the shoulder.
Or maybe a kick in the pants.� e day before NU’s 2-0 loss to
Northern Illinois on Wednesday , coach Tim Lenahan said he expected the team to fall in the top 30 or 40 teams .
� e RPI gods were not so kind, slot-ting the Wildcats at 64th .
To put that number in starker per-spective, NU � nished last season 10th in the RPI rankings .
“� is season we’ve had some great performances and some not-so-great performances,” Lenahan said after Wednesday night’s loss. “We need to work on approaching each game with a more professional attitude. We can’t have any more losses like this one.“
� e RPI rankings, which are the most important criterion used to deter-mine the 48-team � eld for the NCAA tournament, are compiled based on a team’s schedule and record .
Although a cursory glance at the rankings is hardly cause for celebra-tion, it’s all a matter of perspective. As a young squad regularly starting up to � ve freshmen a match, NU (6-5-1,
1-1 Big Ten) has been inconsistent this season but not without promise. � e RPI rankings, historically � ckle and widely contentious in the soccer world, don’t necessarily spell disaster
for NU considering how it has fared against some of the top-ranked teams this season.
NU’s regional rival Notre Dame is ranked 16th , but the discrepancy between the two teams is not indicative of a talent-gap. A er a slow opening start, the Cats earned a 1-1 draw against the Fighting Irish at Toyota Park in a game many of the players have cited as a turning point for the team. Senior forward Matt Eliason, NU’s all-time leading goal scorer, notched his � rst non-penalty kick goal of the season from a more withdrawn formation that NU debuted against Notre Dame .
Sitting higher in the RPI rankings at fourth is No. 16 Ohio State , a team NU upset in its best game of the season Sunday.� e Cats possessed the ball and mounted a strong attack that yielded two run-of-play goals from forwards freshman Reed Losee and season-lead-ing goal scorer junior Oliver Kupe .
In the back third of the � eld NU managed to stave o a high-pressure Buckeyes offense that blemished Akron’s perfect opening record by scoring a tying goal in the � nal two seconds of regulation.
“We showed how good we were against Ohio State,” junior defender Peter O’Neill said . “We know we have to play that way from here on out. We can’t a ord to lose.”
NU especially can’t a ord to lose to Penn State (8-4, 1-2) on Lakeside Field on Sunday if it wants to claw its way into serious tournament contention.
� e Nittany Lions sit at 11th in the RPI rankings and are coming o a 2-1 upset of then-No. 18 Michigan State on Sunday and a solid showing against No. 1 Akron .
Penn State pushed Akron to double overtime before losing in the 107th minute on a penalty kick .
“We know Penn State is a really solid team,” Kupe said. “But at this point every game is important in terms of getting us in good position for the playo s. We need to win every game from here on out.”
See FOOTBALL, page 10
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Dropped: Stephen Simmons accounted for one of the three fumbles on special teams on Saturday against Purdue. However, Simmons and Hunter Bates, the punt returner, will retain their roles going forward.
ON THE RECORDI have all the confidence
in the world in Stef.— head coach Pat Fitzgerald, on his faith
in senior kicker Stefan Demos.
ON DECKMen’s Soccer
NU vs Penn State, Lakeside Field, 1 p.m. SundayVolleyball
NU at Michigan, 6 p.m. Friday
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Crunch time: Piero Bellizzi and NU will have an opportunity to improve their chances of postseason play with wins against a tough schedule.
Sunday, 1 p.m. Lakeside Field
NU (6-5-1)
Men’s SoccerPenn State
(8-4-0)
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Bouncing back: Northwestern’s recent losses put Julie Sierks and the Cats in a must-win scenario for this week’s game against Michigan State.
NU hoping to shake disappointment
Sunday, 11 a.m. East Lansing, Mich.
NU (5-6-3)
Women’s SoccerMich. State
(8-3-2)
See WOMEN’S SOCCER, page 10
“We all have a job to do. It’s about consistency.”Pat Fitzgerald,
head coach
