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‘All-males club’
By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*@Cat_Zakrzewski
- e ./01 Associated Student Govern-ment election marks the third race in a row in which a female candidate has not vied for the organization’s highest position.
Of the eight candidates running on a presidential ticket this year, executive vice presidential candidate Jo Lee is the only woman. Women are underrepresented at top positions in ASG, likely because so few run.
Claire Lew (WCAS ‘00) the organiza-tion’s last female president, won in ./0/. No women ran for the top two posts in ./0., and Communication senior Jazzy Johnson unsuccessfully ran for executive
vice president in ./00.“Overall, this isn’t unique to student
body president,” Lew said. “It’s more of a social construct we have around gender than it is Northwestern being unique.”
But the underrepresentation of women in ASG has an acute impact on the women who do get elected. Lauren Masterson, outgoing student groups vice president, said issues that arose in the “male-dominated” organization made her job more challenging.
“I have been de2 nitely faced with situ-ations that made me feel like a sexualized person or a stereotyped person,” Master-son said. “Sometimes I felt that people were uncomfortable with me being a more aggressive 2 gure on the executive board.”
When the academic year began, Mas-terson was one of only three women
serving in the 03 ASG executive board positions. - is disproportionate repre-sentation is not new to the organization. Although close to 4. percent of the cur-rent student body is female, in almost 34 years of history, ASG has only seen 00 female presidents.
ALLEGED DOUBLE STANDARDS Several ASG insiders have noted
women are more underrepresented at the top of the organization than in the Senate. Of the 33 senators in the organization, .5 are men and 06 are women, according to a document obtained by - e Daily. Seven Senate seats were un2 lled as of Tuesday due to ongoing transitions.
Masterson attributed the lack of women rising to the top to the nature of the organization.
“It’s kind of sad to me that once you
cross the executive threshold, there’s not as many women,” Masterson said. “ASG is a tough organization to be a part of. People hate on you and criticize you no matter what you’re doing. I think women might be turned o7 by that more because they’re more oriented toward positive relationships.”
Masterson also noted women were even less willing to run for some ASG positions than others that have tradition-ally been 2 lled by men. She said women in these roles face a double standard. She said in the past she has been called “intimidating” and “scary” for doing her job. Her male successor is more intense, she said, but other ASG mem-bers are less o7 ended by that quality in him. Additionally, there is a perception within the organization that some posi-tions are better suited for women than
others, she said, such as public relations vice president.
Weinberg junior Carly Blumenfeld has also served as an ASG executive board member throughout the year. She said she has not been a7 ected by the double standard as much as other female leaders. Blumenfeld works in the newly-created chief-of-sta7 position, which is respon-sible for maintaining personal relations within ASG. She said her role was one of the more “feminine” ones on the board.
Blumenfeld said she has never received speci2 cally gendered complaints from senators, but from her observations she said women are at times excluded.
“- ere’s kind of this all-males club feel-ing sometimes,” Blumenfeld said. “- ere are cliques in Senate composed of all men
ESPN journalist speaks to studentsBy JOSH WALFISH!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*@JoshWal2 sh
ESPN reporter Adam Schefter earned his masters degree at North-western but never claimed his diploma.
Sche8 er (Medill ‘9/) le8 the gradu-ate journalism program early to pursue an internship in Seattle. He called not attending his graduation ceremony and receiving his diploma one of the biggest regrets of his career.
“I never graduated from Medill,” Sche8 er said. “I think back to the time I spent at (University of) Michigan and the graduation ceremony there, and it was one of the great days of my life ... I didn’t care about (Medill’s) graduation. It didn’t matter to me at the time, and I can say, standing up here today, it matters to me now.”
- e story was the 2 rst of many Sche8 er told Wednesday to a full McCormick Tribune Center Forum. Sche8 er gave attendees career tips and spoke about how he went from Medill to being one of the most respected NFL journalists in the country.
Sche8 er talked at length about being able to bounce back from rejection and
using the word “no” as a motivation to 2 nd the next opportunity. It was this philosophy that helped him get a start in sports journalism at University of Michigan, where he joined - e Michi-gan Daily as an undergraduate a8 er he was not accepted into a fraternity and denied jobs with both the football and basketball teams. He said that every-one experiences rejection, but an indi-vidual’s response to those rejections will dictate his or her life path.
“- e world is not waiting for you to come join their company,” Sche8 er said. “It’s up to you to go 2 nd those jobs and expect the rejection that’s going to come. ... Sometimes the best thing to happen to you is for someone to tell you no.”
- e other main theme of Sche8 er’s
“Northwestern is
a part of me, it’s in my soul, it’s on my resume and it’s always great to
be back.Adam Sche! er,
ESPN reporter
» See SCHEFTER, page 7
» See WOMEN IN ASG, page 6
1st Ward results by precinct
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Fiske takes all precincts but Parkes in election
Ald. Judy Fiske (0st) beat chal-lenger Ed Tivador in every pre-cinct but the one with the polling location on Northwestern’s cam-pus, according to full election results released Wednesday.
At Parkes Hall, Tivador received 4. votes and Fiske received 10. Fiske bested Tiva-dor by margins ranging from 1/ to 5/ votes. Turnout in the first precinct was a dismal 6 percent, compared to .4 percent through-out the ward.
The precinct-level numbers confirm the student vote was likely insignificant in the alder-manic race, which was decided by about 03/ ballots.
Steven Monacelli, a Commu-nication senior who worked on the Tivador campaign, said Tues-day evening that student turnout “wasn’t what we hoped” despite several events on campus.
Both candidates have been quiet since Election Night, when Tivador conceded to Fiske in a phone call she described as “very nice.” They did not respond to requests for post-election interviews.
— Patrick SvitekGraphic by Lori Janjigian, Walter Ko and Chelsea Sherlock/The Daily Northwestern
1st Ward results by precinct
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Voted for Judy Fiske
Voted for Ed Tivador
37.3%
62.6%
56.3%
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43.7%
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Vote Breakdown by Precinct
Parkes Hall
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North Shore Retirement Hotel
Presidential race highlights gender gap in Associated Student Government
Photo illustration by Skylar Zhang/Daily Senior Staffer
Ani Ajith, David Harris, Benison Choi and Aaron Zelikovitch are up for election in Associated Student Government’s presidential race April 19. The campaign season kicked off this week.
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“ ” ASG fills vacancies at weekly Senate meeting Page 6
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Zelikovich, Brooke base ASG bid on student inputBy STEPHANIE HAINES!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @SHaines-.-/
Aaron Zelikovich and Henry Brooke said they do not have a written platform yet, but it is not because they are behind on the /012 Associated Student Government presidential elections.
The candidates, both Weinberg juniors, launched their campaign website Monday. It includes a forum for students to submit requests and optional solutions for the campaign. Zelik-
ovich and Brooke said the website has garnered about 30 submissions so far with requests per-taining to mental health, alcohol policy and ath-letic facilities. 4ey said they will formally write and release a platform Friday based on student submissions.
“We’ve addressed all these issues ourselves, but we just wanted to make sure we were in line with the student body,” Brooke said.
4e student submis-sions are part of the team’s larger push to make ASG focus more on its student constituents. 4e candidates said they have met with about 13 stu-dent groups, asking their ideas and “putting a face to ASG,” Zelikovich said.
“Everyone on ASG knows each other,” Zelik-ovich said. “We want to break the ASG bubble and go out to the di5erent groups and get everyone involved. We aren’t sitting back and waiting for the students to come to us.”
“You don’t ask a girl to prom via text,” Brooke added.
Zelikovich and Brooke said face-to-face meet-ings with students will continue beyond their cam-paign and into the year. As part of ASG executive o6cer o6ce hours held in Norris University Cen-ter, the team will request the o6cers devote an hour to an athletic event or a student group event, along with an hour to Norris. At the executive board meetings, Zelikovich and Brooke said they want each executive member to highlight indi-viduals they met with during the week. Even with Campus Voice in place, they said they still feel this face-to-face interaction should be their most important way of gauging student opinion.
“We love NU, we think ASG is imp0rtant, but our passion is about helping people, and at the end of the day, ASG is here to serve people, and that’s what sets us apart,” Zelikovich said. “We feel the best way to do it is through face-to-face interaction. 4ere’s no reason not to have Cam-pus Voice. But for us, I don’t want us relying on Campus Voice. It shouldn’t be a primary method of communication.”
Zelikovich and Brooke also have their own goals in mind, which they believe are realistic and feasible. 4ese include focusing on medical amnesty in the alcohol policy and adding a shuttle stop in the sorority quad. Since serving as Greek Caucus whip his sophomore year, Zelikovich said he has aimed to increase safety in the sorority quad. While addressing longer-term projects, such as the construction of the new student center, the team said it would keep the more immediate goals of current students in mind.
“I feel it is wrong to be spending valuable time on that when we could be putting valuable time in for students now,” Zelikovich said.
4e pair is not without experience. Zelikovich was a student group senator his freshman year and Interfraternity Council senator and Greek Caucus whip his sophomore year. He is also a member of Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault. He served on the NU Hillel and Tannenbaum Chabad House executive boards. He is also a tour
guide, a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi and part of the Sodexo Student Board of Directors. His experience with Sodexo makes his plans for din-ing improvements on campus feasible, Zelikovich said.
Zelikovich said he took this year o5 from being an ASG member to assess how ASG fares with the rest of the student body. Based on hearing “ASG doesn’t do anything,” he decided to run and change ASG’s focus.
Brooke has served on the Community Rela-tions Committee, the Rules Committee and the Election Commission. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and played men’s varsity baseball
for two years. He said his personal goal is to bet-ter accommodate student athletes who miss class for travel.
Maddie Kriger, the team’s campaign manager and a Medill sophomore, highlighted the team’s emphasis on individual student needs. On their website, students have created personal pro7le pictures that resemble Periodic Table elements as a way to support the campaign.
“4ere’s a lot to say in the tone of the cam-paign,” Kriger said. “4ey are here to make people happy.”
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LET THEM EAT CAKE ASG presidential election running mates Aaron Zelikovich and Henry Brooke host a “cake talk” with Kappa Delta. During these talks, the Weinberg juniors supply cupcakes and ask for input from various student groups.
“Our passion is about helping people, and at the end of the day, ASG is here to serve people, and that’s what sets us apart.Aaron Zelikovich,ASG presidential candidate
On March !", high school senior Suzy Weiss wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal about a batch of Ivy League rejection letters she received. # e article was cynical, angry and popular, and, as with all things that meet these criteria, the online community quickly took notice.
Millions lined up into one of two camps: the group that criticized Weiss and considers her entitled and bitter, and the group that’s quick to rush to her defense, prepared to explain how the college system is rigged to let in minorities, rich students and resume-padding “tiger cubs” at the expense of hard-working, regular kids like Weiss. Our own Julian Caracotsios penned a column yesterday taking the supportive stance on the argument.
In an attempt at full disclosure and trans-parency, I hated the letter. It wasn’t a pity party — it was a pity bonanza, and the entire nation was invited to attend. Weiss is quick to make what she considers a “satire” attacking the entire college community, students and faculty alike. I myself am a white, middle-class male who was accepted by multiple schools (and rejected from multiple schools) without “scoop(ing) up some su$ ering child” for a photo op to game the system, as did many others. It’s unfair to belittle the achieve-ments of college-bound students by saying they had to cheat or take advantage of exter-nal factors to get accepted. It’s worth noting, as well, that the schools she got rejected from include Harvard and Yale, while she got into schools like Penn State and the University of Michigan (which happens to be the fourth best public school in the country), so saying that colleges lied to her maybe isn’t entirely fair.
However, even in what I see as a self-indul-gent train wreck, I think Weiss is approaching the real problem with college education (or the real problem before you see your tuition bill, at least). # e problem is not that univer-sity representatives lied to us so they could scream “Gotcha!” and high-% ve over our mis-fortunes; it’s not that you have to be gay, black or an opportunistic, no-mercy title-chaser to get into a good school. # e real issue at hand is that the college atmosphere is becoming more crowded, and thus more competitive, than it has at any point in history.
# e number of applicants to Northwest-ern has increased by more than &',''' since !''(. In just six years, the number of appli-cants has increased by almost )' percent. Not &* years — six. As a result, NU’s acceptance rate plummeted from !( percent to a record-low &+." percent. Part of this is undoubtedly because of NU’s growing reputation, but a large part is due to an increased pressure to get into good schools. Of all the Ivy League
schools (which haven’t had any major reputa-tion changes), only Dartmouth got less selec-tive this year. Columbia and Yale accepted less than ( percent; Harvard broke a new col-lege record with a )." percent acceptance rate.
So how did it get to be this way? Are we the next baby-boom generation, and we didn’t even know? Are schools giving out iPads to all enrolled students like a giant sweepstakes? # e real problem is with the emergence of globalizing technology, and the realization brought about by the housing crisis that we are all vulnerable to replacement and cut-backs. People feel the need to secure them-selves. Unfortunately, in America the only way to do that is with a college degree; a fancy, presti-gious one if possible. Specialist schools and apprenticeships don’t have the same legit-imacy or clout that they do in Switzer-land (where there are many more opportuni-ties, such as
investment banking apprenticeships), for-pro% ts and online schools are still looked down upon, and people who graduated high school without pursuing more educa-tion couldn’t % nd a good job if their lives depended on it — which, for many, it does.
Plenty of this we can’t help. Education is important — in a world where almost ( billion people can compete for any job around the world, you need to be smarter and more capable than the rest. But we can make changes. We can invest in online pro-grams that employers can take seriously; we can develop hands-on vocational programs with partners, such as banking with Gold-man Sachs or computer engineering with Microso, . We can accept that four years in a non-pro% t university may be great for some, but it’s not the only path. Or we can stick to the status quo — I’m sure kids like Suzy don’t mind.
Yoni Muller is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at [email protected]
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Anna Kottenstette clear choice for ASG student life vice president
Over the past year, it has been a remarkable honor to serve the Northwestern student body as ASG president and executive vice president. Our experience has been engaging, rewarding, jar-ring, occasionally excruciating and always unpre-dictable. But more than anything else, one facet of our role has stood out. When we ran for o- ce one year ago, we asked students to express them-selves. Northwestern responded emphatically and the stories told by our peers were inspiring — they elicited emotion in a way that facts and % gures never could.
# e stories told by our fellow Wildcats immersed us in excitement and engaged us on a deeper level. Stories are what bind us. Stories are what motivate us. Stories bring people together, united in common emotion. And, therefore, the people who can harness the power of stories are able to inspire, unite and motivate. # e people who can harness the power of stories are able to lead.
Anna Kottenstette has an amazing story to tell. As a transfer student, Anna has bled purple since the moment she arrived on campus. She has engaged on a deeply personal level with the NU community and committed countless hours to improving our home. She has been an invalu-able member of our ASG team over the past year, establishing relationships with administrators and % ghting for tangible improvements in our residence halls. Moreover, she has been a stu-dent advocate representing ASG to our athletic department and has sat on numerous university-wide committees.
But more important than Anna’s personal story is her commitment to hearing your story. On April &", you will have the opportunity to vote for the students who will represent your voice for the next year. Over the course of our time at NU, thousands of words have been writ-ten debating the e$ ectiveness of ASG. # ousands of conversations have taken place bemoaning students’ inability to have their voice heard by the NU administration. Nothing can be accom-plished, and nothing will ever change, unless you stand up and speak out.
Each opportunity — each interaction — causes a ripple. It is not possible to experience a place without leaving a mark. Your NU experi-ence is active, dynamic, and hopefully, impact-ful. If we want to leave NU a better place than it was when we got here, we must shi, the way we think about our experience. We must be the change we seek. # is shi, starts on April &". Vote for Anna for student life vice president because she wants to hear your story and she wants to help you achieve your vision for Northwestern. Vote for Anna because your experience matters.
Sincerely,
ASG president Victor Shao and executive vice president Brad Stewart
Editor’s note: Anna Kottenstette is a Daily sports reporter.
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Gas prices stay !at in Chicago, decline nationallyBy JIA YOU!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @jiayoumedill
For the first time in a decade, March gas prices stayed flat in Chicago and actually dipped nationwide, AAA announced last week.
The national average gasoline price decreased -. cents during March, the first drop since /001. Traditionally, gas prices rise in the spring and peak during the summer driving season.
“It is very unusual for gas prices to decline
in early spring like we have seen this year,” AAA spokesman Avery Ash said in a news release, citing an increase in refinery produc-tion as a main factor.
In Chicago, gas prices stayed flat at 23.04 on the first and last days of March, said Patrick DeHaan, an analyst with the gas price-tracking website GasBuddy. Instead of increasing gradu-ally over the spring season, gas prices spiked up in late January and February, DeHaan said.
“Instead of a slower, longer ascent in prices, prices went up very quickly earlier than they normally do, and then started to lose territory again,” DeHaan said.
One reason for the early hike might be a
strong Dow Jones industrial average in Janu-ary — one of its best performances in years. Oil prices tend to follow the Dow average because a higher performance in the latter indicates a good economy that would trickle down to keep oil prices high, DeHaan said.
“A lot of that bullish optimism may have spilt over to commodities,” DeHaan said.
Nami Nem, an employee at Citgo, -5/. Green Bay Road, said gas prices at her station dipped a little during the past month, staying just below 23 after a two-month increase.
The biggest factor contributing to the March gas prices might be a smoother season in refin-ery production. Typically, refineries undergo
maintenance in the spring to prepare for sum-mer oil production, a process vulnerable to mechanical breakdowns that may limit supply and raise prices.
“The equivalent would be your car stalls out,” DeHaan said. “Something’s bound to hap-pen when you restart a facility.”
This year, however, things have been “rela-tively quiet” in refineries located nationally and in Chicago, DeHaan said. He predicts prices could stay at or below 23 throughout the spring if refineries continue operating smoothly.
Evanston Public Library receives donation from former board president
For her husband’s 44th birthday, Evanston resi-dent Una Malkinson spent 2-.,000 on a gi6 – to the Evanston Public Library.
7e library hosted a reception for Fred and Una Malkinson last week to celebrate their involvement with the library, where sta8 told tales of Fred Mal-kinson, a former president of the Evanston Library Board.
Fred Malkinson played a key role in planning the construction of the main library that opened at -901 Orrington Ave. in -553. He helped organize a con-test for the library’s architectural design and worked with the Evanston Arts Council to select art pieces to display throughout the library.
“He’s one of the main reasons we have such a beau-tiful library,” said Margaret Lurie, vice president of the library’s board of trustees.
7e donation will be spent on expanding the library’s American History collection, Una Malkinson said. He is also working with Northwestern librarian Harriet Lightman to purchase an electronic database for the collection.
7e library, which reclaimed its Chicago Avenue/Main Street branch in January, needs more donors to keep programs running, Lurie said.
“(7e Malkinsons’) donation is like the icing on the cake and much appreciated,” she said.
— Jia You
Monday, April 16th.
This year's One Book One Northwestern, Never a City So Real,
and Na onal Library Week focus on community. In that spirit,
Northwestern University Library and Northwestern University
Press present an evening highligh ng two poets from the
Northwestern and Evanston community.
EEvanston poets Rachel Webster and Chris na Pugh will read
from their work and fellow poet Parneshia Jones (NU Press)
will moderate a discussion of the influence of community on
their poetry.
Light refreshments to follow.
National Library Week 2013April 14 - 20
Poets in Our Corner
Monday, April 15 at 5:30 pm FREE and open to the publicNew Book Alcove, Northwestern University Library
ASG !lls vacancies, passes crosswalk legislationBy MEGHAN MORRIS!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @MeghanEMorris
Associated Student Government’s -rst female speaker in more than two decades presided Wednes-day over a short senate session.
Katie Funderburg, a Weinberg junior, ran the last meeting with the current executive board before the April ./ elections. 0e Senate voted new students in for the election and the rules commissions and passed legislation supporting a new crosswalk.
Former Speaker Ani Ajith opened the meeting with his closing statement to the Senate.
“I spent only one week on this campus without being a member of the Senate or the leadership team,” the Weinberg junior said. “Your ability to e1ect positive change is limited only by the extent of your voice.”
A2er standard debate, the Senate voted Weinberg senior Ian Coley into the vacant election commis-sion seat.
Coley’s proponents noted his knowledge of the complex election rules. Because the date is quickly approaching, multiple senators stressed the need for experience to sort through infractions that have already occurred and handle punishments
appropriately.When asked how familiar he was with election
guidelines, Coley replied, “I wrote them.”0e rules commission went to a white ballot vote,
so all three candidates were automatically elected for the year-long position. Communication junior Dave Richards was elected to a one-quarter term on the rules commission.
A2er the votes, McCormick sophomore Alex Lower presented legislation supporting the construc-tion of a new crosswalk on the east side of Hinman Avenue, crossing Sheridan Road. 0e current cross-walk is on the west side, and Lower said students dangerously jaywalk across the road.
He also said a new crosswalk would improve safety and convenience for tour groups going to the O3ce of Undergraduate Admissions and those walking to the Center for Civic Engagement, both of which are located on the east side of Hinman Avenue.
“I want to ask Northwestern and Evanston to coop-erate in constructing a crosswalk,” Lower said.
0e legislation does not include a funding allot-ment for a new crosswalk, but rather sends a message to University and Evanston o3cials, Lower said.
During the meeting, Tony Kirchmeier, the director of o1-campus life, introduced a website to better aid students’ housing search. NU joined ../ other schools nationally that partner with Places4Students.com, a
site showing rentals, sublets and roommate pro-les.0e company began marketing the site several
weeks ago, said Mark Taylor, director of accounts. As of Wednesday night, the site listed 56 properties and -ve graduate students looking for roommates.
Kirchmeier said the roommate pro-le function was particularly important because many graduate stu-dents need help trying to share their lease.
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PARTING WORDS Outgoing Associated Student Government Senate speaker Ani Ajith hugs his successor after delivering his final remarks in the position at Wednesday’s meeting. Ajith told the ASG Senate to remember the power of their voice.
… I have felt my ideas didn’t have as much support because I wasn’t a part of that voting block.”
WOMEN MISSING IN STUDENT BODY-ELECTED POSITIONS
Both Blumenfeld and Masterson said a lack of con-dence o2en prevents women from running for top ASG positions. Weinberg junior Carla Berkowitz was the only female candidate for an ASG student-body-elected position in 67.6. She lost, and all those positions were -lled by men at the start of this aca-demic year.
Lee, the only female candidate for president or vice president in this year’s election, said she con-sidered breaking down gender barriers in ASG as a way to improve the organization as a whole and
said assumptions about “institutions built for men, by men” need to be challenged.
“I think when I start to see not only women’s issues that way, but my interaction and relationship with organizations that way, it then becomes an issue of not what we’re going to get done, but how we’re going to get it done,” Lee said. “Can we do it better?”
Both Blumenfeld and Masterson commended Lee for having con-dence to run. Masterson said she thought other women had been prevented from running due to fears about public perception.
“You really have to put yourself out there,” she said.
Lew said she had fears about such perceptions when she was running, but she didn’t know if those worries are greater for women than they are for men. She said her own qualms were trumped by her desire to improve Northwestern.
STEPS TOWARD CHANGE0ree women already will likely -ll positions
formerly -lled by men on the executive board next academic year.
Weinberg junior So-a Sami is running unopposed for academic vice president. McCormick junior Abby Klearman will be parliamentarian, and Weinberg junior Katie Funderburg will be the -rst female ASG speaker in more than 67 years.
Funderburg was a Panhellenic Association senator prior to moving up to speaker. She said working in the Greek Caucus with other women was helpful and gave her con-dence.
“0at is why I moved on to take other roles in the organization,” Funderburg said. “I think it’s a positive change.”
Her predecessor, Weinberg junior Ani Ajith — a former Daily sta1er and current presidential candidate — said she was the most quali-ed of the
candidates. Still, he said he was additionally inclined to support her because he believes the executive board needs diversity.
“I think when you are looking at the people who are representing not only ASG but the campus on the executive board, we have to make sure that a very diverse set of viewpoints are represented,” Ajith said.
Masterson also noted that the creation of the chief-of-sta1 position in the past year to deal with personal relations issues would likely improve the issue. She said ASG needs to change.
“I have a legacy of doing a good job, but being a bitch,” she said. “I’ve never been a bitch.”
Joseph Diebold contributed reporting
Women in ASGFrom page 1
The Department of Economics presents:
Esther Duflo
"Hope, Aspirations and the Design of the Fight against Poverty"
Thursday, April 11
5:15pm Leverone Auditorium, Donald P. Jacobs Center
Free and Open to the Public, Reception to Follow
A “poverty trap” exists when the poor are unable to improve their situation due to limited resources and a perception that any actions will have little effect. Esther Duflo explores whether hope, or the lack of it, can be the source of a poverty trap, and the implications for the design of economic policy.
Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Susan Schmidt Bies Lecture on Economics and Public Policy
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talk was the importance of treating people the right way in advancing one’s career. He used the example of the New York Jets, whose o!cials interviewed janitors and taxi drivers about how prospective play-ers treated them. Over time, the Jets found that the most successful NFL players treated everyone respectfully.
Weinberg sophomore Jimmy Feterman said he was surprised by Sche"er’s discussion of journal-ism as a people profession. He said he had thought journalism was based more on personal accom-plishment, but the moral was applicable to him and his career goals.
“What he said about being kind to others and making yourself approachable — those are social skills that are applicable for whatever you do in life, for whatever career path you want to take,” Feterman said.
Sche"er’s return to Evanston may be his #rst time
on campus since he le" in $%%&. He said he still feels a connection to the school.
“Everything is so di'erent that it’s hard to rec-ognize things,” Sche"er told (e Daily before the speech. “On the one hand, you always get a warm feeling when you go back to a place where you spent time, but on the other hand, it’s a very di'erent place from what I remember. ... Maybe it doesn’t have quite the emotional attachment as other people, but Northwestern is a part of me, it’s in my soul, it’s on my resume and it’s always great to be back.”
Sche!erFrom page 1
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NOSTALGIC RETURN ESPN reporter Adam Schefter (Medill ‘90) shares career advice with a packed crowd at the McCormick Tribune Center Forum during a speech Wednesday.
» ONLINEAssistant Web editor Rohan Nadkarni inter-views Sche"er for the “Rohan Report” pod-cast. Listen at dailynorthwestern.com.
SPORTSThursday, April 11, 2013 @Wildcat_Extra
ON DECK ON THE RECORDLacrosseNU vs. Duke, 7 p.m. Friday
We deserve to win just as much as them. There’s no reason why they should always keep winning. — Chris Jackman, senior tennis player
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Column
Every school has its arch-rival.Duke has North Carolina. Michigan
has Ohio State. Alabama has Auburn. Oklahoma has Texas. !e list is endless.
Yet, I came to Northwestern not sure which school "t on the other side of the equation. I assumed Illinois was the answer, but it felt like we cared more about beating them than they did about beating us.
However, as soon as I covered my "rst NU-Illinois duel for !e Daily, I realized just how much the men and women in purple and white loved beat-ing the men and women in orange and blue. !e rivalry did not include the same hatred one sees from a traditional college rivalry, but the satisfaction from winning was just the same.
Let’s use the so#ball team’s recent sweep of Illinois as an example. When talking with sophomore pitcher Amy Letourneau a#er Sunday’s win, she told me “beating Illinois is fun.” If the laughs in the NU dugout are any indi-cation, the Wildcats had a lot of fun dominating the Fighting Illini from the opening pitch Friday to the "nal out Sunday.
!e coaches will tell you the games with Illinois are important for recruit-ing, which they are, but even they can’t hide their smiles a#er beating Illinois. Watching Pat Fitzgerald stride up to the podium with the Land of Lincoln Trophy in his hand, grinning from ear-to-ear, gives you a sense of how much it means for the various NU coaches to beat Illinois.
But Fitzgerald will be the "rst to tell you it is a rivalry based on respect, not hatred. !e Cats don’t hate the Fighting Illini, and Illinois does not hate NU. !e fans certainly don’t hate each other, but there is that friendly competition on game day.
!is is a very unique trait for many traditional sports rivalries. !e Bears hate the Packers. !e Red Sox despise the Yankees. It seems like rivals are supposed to hate each other on principle.
Even what I’ll deem as one-sided rivalries are based on hate. Maryland hates Duke and fans view the Blue Devils as the Terrapins’ biggest rival despite the fact the feeling is not reciprocated.
It is the hatred derived from sports rivalries that tears apart friendships and ruins our society as a whole. Sen-sible fans see the silliness in hating someone based solely on a rivalry, but unfortunately not every fan is rational. For example, the construction worker who buried a Red Sox jersey at the new Yankee Stadium was hoping to curse the Yankees.
We are all fortunate NU does not have a rivalry that has escalated to such extremes. When the most controversial part of a rivalry is the post-game music selection, it’s safe to say it is a healthy one.
Once again, NU proves it is what is right in college athletics. !e rivalry with Illinois is important, but the Cats conduct themselves the right way. !e two teams come in on the basis of respect and, most importantly, have fun.
Winning should be enjoyable, and maybe it is more entertaining when you beat a rival, but the fun cannot be out of spite.
Rivalry should be funJOSHWALFISHDAILY SPORTS@JoshWalfish
Doubles point crucial for NU successBy ABBEY CHASE$%&'( )*+&,- ).%//*- @Abbey_Chase
An unsuccessful weekend on the road left Northwestern with a los-ing record in the Big Ten for the first time since its loss to Illinois in the first conference match of the season.
Although doubles has continued to be a weak spot for the Wildcats, who have dropped the first point of the match in seven of their last nine matches, coach Arvid Swan said he is confident in the progress the team is making, even if that hasn’t translated to wins yet.
“Michigan State played a good match, first of all,” Swan said. “We, after that match, decided to just try three different, new teams against Michigan. I actually thought we made a lot of progress. We didn’t win the doubles point against Mich-igan, but I thought with the energy and our aggressive play we made an improvement from the Michi-gan State match to the Michigan match.”
As a result of its doubles tribula-tions, NU has had to rely on singles results to help make up the differ-ence. Anchoring the No. 0 spot, senior Chris Jackman owns the best conference singles record on the team, with his first and only loss coming against Michigan on Sunday in a tough three-setter that came down to a tiebreaker in the final set.
“Obviously it was a lot nicer to win, but I think you just have to take it for what it is,” Jackman said. “You have to realize that you can’t change the outcome, and, at the end of the day, if you put in your best effort, you’ve just got to shake the other guy’s hand, and the only thing you can do is get ready for the next match.”
First up for NU this weekend will be Penn State. The Cats hold
a 12-3 record and have won their previous four meetings. The Nittany Lions are just 1-4 in the conference this season, beating only Iowa and Wisconsin, two teams NU handled with ease.
Sunday’s match will feature the Big Ten’s toughest test when No. 4 Ohio State comes to Evanston. The Buckeyes’ last loss to the Cats came in 1224 with a 4-1 defeat. They stride into the match boast-ing a perfect 5-2 record in Big Ten matches.
However, in the 1261 meeting between the two teams, junior Spen-cer Wolf and senior Josh Graves upset the No. 6 doubles team in the country of Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola, who would go on to win
the NCAA Division I doubles title that season. The upset clinched the doubles point for the Cats, but the Buckeyes still won five of the six singles matches to take the duel 4-1 in Columbus, Ohio.
“Last year they were extremely deep so we were pretty happy to get the doubles point,” Wolf said. “They have a good coach who recruits very well, and players get a lot better when they’re there.”
Jackman said the key for NU to succeed this weekend is control-ling what goes on between the ears,
especially against the No. 4 team in the nation.
“The biggest thing is if you don’t believe you’re going to win, you’re not going to win,” Jackman said. “We just have to remember that we’ve put in the training, we’ve put in the hard work, we’ve prac-ticed just as much as these guys, if not more. We deserve to win just as much as them. There’s no rea-son why they should always keep winning.”
No. 5 Ohio Statevs. No. 34 NorthwesternEvanstonNoon Sunday
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JACKED UP Senior Chris Jackman has the best singles record on the team for Big Ten play. He said the Cats need to remember they have practiced just as hard as the Buckeyes and should believe they can win Sunday.
Men’s Tennis
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Freshman 15: Strub talks !rst year at NU By JOHN PASCHALL$%&'( )*+&,- ).%//*- @John_Paschall
While most freshmen on campus are worrying about the dreaded Fresh-man Fi!een, we know one group of new students who won’t: the athletes.
Instead of packing on the pounds, these new faces answers "# questions
about what it’s like to wear the purple and white for the next four years.
Fran Strub is one of the main pinch-runners on the team, appear-ing in 17 games with only one start. She has scored 5 runs and has 6 stolen base, but she struck out in her only at-bat of the season.
She spoke with !e Daily about some of the worst jokes she’s heard about her home state and her biggest
freshman moment this year.!e Daily Northwestern: What’s
your favorite TV show?Fran Strub: “Friends.” I didn’t
really watch it when it was on, but now I watch all the re-runs.
!e Daily: Who do you want to see for Dillo Day?
Strub: Carrie Underwood.!e Daily: I hear that Ashton
Kutcher went to your high school. Did you ever see him there, and what’s it like?
Strub: He comes back for at least one football game and maybe some basketball games a year. Usually when he comes around, it’ll be all over Twitter that people saw him at the store.
!e Daily: Since you’re from Iowa, what’s the worst Iowa joke you ever heard?
Strub: Farm and corn jokes are pretty bad. Someone asked if I was born in a farm once.
!e Daily: Team Edward or Team Jacob?
Strub: Team Edward. I don’t fol-low it that closely though.
The Daily: North or South Campus?
Strub: North.!e Daily: Best dorm food?Strub: !e grilled chicken at Sar-
gent is pretty good. You just have to go at the right time.
!e Daily: Favorite part about NU?
Strub: !e community aspect.The Daily: Who’s the biggest
prankster on the team?Strub: Amanda Mehrsheikh. Her
failed attempts are actually funnier sometimes. But on April Fools Day, Google did this thing that said you could smell through your computer. She got a couple of people to do that, and it was pretty funny.
!e Daily: Who was your role model as a kid?
Strub: Caitlin Lowe. She was an out"elder for Arizona.
!e Daily: If you didn’t play so#-ball, what sport would you play?
Strub: It’s a toss up between soccer and basketball. It kind of depends on the time of year.
The Daily: Biggest freshman moment so far this year?
Strub: Finding buildings has been hard because they aren’t labeled well. In the fall, I looked over my campus map a million times to make sure that I wouldn’t be one of ‘those’ kids.
!e Daily: What’s harder to hit: a baseball or so#ball?
Strub: Probably a so#ball. It’s because a so#ball can move up while a baseball can’t. !e distance is also shorter too.
!e Daily: Hardest class you’ve taken so far?
Strub: Populism in Latin America. It was a bad idea.
Source: Northwestern Athletics
RUNNING IN A PINCH Freshman outfielder Fran Strub has appeared in 23 games this season, mostly as a pinch runner. She has scored 7 times this season but struck out in her only official at-bat of the year.
Penn Statevs. No. 34 NorthwesternEvanston6 p.m. Friday
