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Onion writers talk free speech
By TONY CHENthe daily northwestern @tonychenshuzhao
Speakers from The Onion and the White House visited Northwestern and spoke about freedom of speech Wednesday in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings that left 12 people
dead in January.Mike Gillis and Steve Etheridge
from The Onion and Hannah Rosen-thal, who formerly headed the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism for the Obama administration, came to NU to share their thoughts on the boundary of free speech to a room of more than 60 people. The panel was hosted by Northwestern Community
Development Corps and Northwestern Political Union.
“When the Charlie Hebdo incident happened, we knew we could provide a public outlet for the event to create dialogue around important justice (issues),” Weinberg sophomore Ben Levey, an organizer of the panel and
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SPEAKING SATIRE Mike Gillis, a writer for The Onion, speaks about freedom of speech at a panel hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps and Northwestern Political Union. Gillis, Steve Etheridge from The Onion and former Obama administration official Hannah Rosenthal visited NU to discuss the Charlie Hebdo shootings.
Developers plan new hotelBy TORI LATHAMthe daily northwestern @latham_tori
A new extended-stay hotel and apartment complex are planning to open in Evanston, said Mark Muen-zer, the city’s director of community development.
A Hyatt House hotel will open at 1515 Chicago Ave. and is expected to open in the first quarter of 2016,
said Justin Dickinson, associate director at Janko Group, the invest-ment firm working with the develop-ers on the project.
“Evan-ston is a great place to develop
because of its proximity to the third largest city in the country,” Dickin-son said. “We’ve noticed a lack in this specific product and it’s a nice area to develop an extended-stay property.”
Dickinson said developers are trying to work in a collaborative
manner with the community, while also staying true to the direction Hyatt House wants.
“We can’t completely deviate from the brand, but we are creat-ing something new and original,” he said. “We’re hoping that people will use and enjoy it, possibly even as a space for meetings. We’re really trying to revitalize that area of Chi-cago Avenue.”
In an attempt to bring more res-idents to the Central Street area, Real Capital Solutions and McHugh Construction have plans to build a 47-unit apartment complex that will open late summer 2016 at 1620 Central St., said John Myefski, the architect for the building.
The market-rate housing is aimed
Source: Justin Dickinson
IN THE WORKS Hyatt Hotel has plans to open an extended-stay hotel at 1515 Chicago Ave., shown in this rendering. The hotel, along with a planned apartment building, expects to add to the Evanston economy.
ASG to lobby for committeeBy SHANE MCKEONthe daily northwestern @Shane_McKeon
An Associated Student Gov-ernment task force will lobby for the creation of a commit-tee to oversee the University’s investment practices, following the passage of a Northwestern Divest-sponsored resolution call-ing for increased transparency in investment.
The forthcoming task force will advocate for “an Advisory Committee on Socially Respon-sible Investing” in NU’s Budget-ing Office, ASG President Julia Watson explained in Wednesday’s Senate agenda.
The task force would make recommendations to the NU Board of Trustees on ethical issues related to investments in the University’s endowment.
Watson, a Weinberg senior, told The Daily that ASG will choose members for the task force on Thursday. She said the group will advocate for an advi-sory committee similar to Yale University’s Advisory Commit-tee on Investor Responsibility, which comprises faculty, alumni and students who oversee Yale’s investments.
The task force will meet with William McLean, NU’s chief investment officer, before the end
of the quarter, Watson said.Watson cited several peer
institutions as having similar committees, including Yale, Georgetown University and Brown University.
NU’s lack of such a committee, Watson wrote, is “indicative of an outdated transparency policy and a poor commitment to socially responsible investing.”
Wednesday’s meeting was the first since Senate passed the NUDivest resolution after a con-tentious, five-hour debate early in the morning on Feb. 19.
Speaker of the Senate Noah Star began the meeting by defending his decision to require a secret ballot in that vote. Two alumni wrote a Letter to the Edi-tor in The Daily critiquing his decision last week.
“A secret ballot is not a mea-sure that allows you to hide your vote,” Star, a Weinberg junior, said. “It is merely a measure to prevent public intimidation from affecting the outcome of a vote.”
Star also alluded to incidents of “intimidation and harassment” toward senators following the vote, and he encouraged sena-tors to approach him if they’ve encountered either.
Later in the meeting, Jenny Puchtel, who oversees NU’s accreditation process for the
» See SENATE, page 7
Voucher program to fund event ticketsBy JEE YOUNG LEE the daily northwestern @jennajeeyoung
Associated Student Government is working with the Center for Stu-dent Enrichment Services to create a voucher program that covers the ticket costs for students with finan-cial need to attend performances and other events on campus.
The initiative, called the Student Activities Voucher program, was started by the ASG accessibility and inclusion committee. It will be run by the center to provide funding for students to attend events starting in the next academic year, said Wein-berg sophomore Jourdan Dorrell, a committee member.
“Originally, it was developed as a possible program for QuestBridge scholars, however, 14 percent of campus is eligible for QuestBridge, and that’s very broad,” SESP sopho-more Matt Herndon, another com-mittee member, said. “We thought the best way to do it was to have students apply (for the aid), so that we can determine eligibility solely based on need and interest.”
Herndon said the center would promote the program in the begin-ning of the next academic year
to let students know about the opportunity.
Students will be able to apply for the vouchers through the Center for Student Enrichment Services.
After receiving applications, the center will work with the Center for Student Involvement to create a list of students eligible for the program. They will then hand the list to the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid to determine students’ financial needs, Herndon said.
“The Center for Student Enrich-ment Services is working on a kind of ‘Common App’ on which students would set up an account and put their financial information,” Dor-rell said. “The online site would let students know which financial resources are available to them.”
The committee is figuring out methods to accommodate some smaller student groups that have their own cash boxes instead of the Norris Box Office system, Dorrell said.
The online sale of tickets would secure the privacy of students’ socio-economic status, she said.
“We’re trying to figure out the best way to relieve the stigma that comes with vouchers and being a
» See VOUCHER, page 6
» See HEBDO, page 6
» See CONSTRUCTION, page 7
“We can’t completely deviate from the brand, but we are creating something new and original.Justin Dickinson,Janko Group associate director
Making of Patisserie Coralie’s croissants » PAGE 3 Kellogg students do Polar Plunge » PAGE 4 Seniors host YouTube show » PAGE 5
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Site recaps city’s 2014 success stories
By BILLY KOBINthe daily northwestern
Evanston100.com, which was unveiled last month at the Evanston Chamber of Com-merce’s annual awards night, features 100 Evanston success stories from 2014.
Miguel Wong, co-founder of the collabo-ration space coLab Evanston, and Patrick Hughes, founder of Inclusion Solutions and a recently retired Chamber of Commerce board member, created and developed the site. Wong and Hughes used Evanston busi-ness districts, the city’s Economic Develop-ment Division and Chamber of Commerce records to help with the development.
“The singular thing that we wanted to con-vey was how vibrant of a business community we have,” Wong said.
The website includes recaps on Northwest-ern events, new business openings, nonprofit achievements and notable people among other topics.
The content aimed to cover all of the dif-ferent Evanston business districts, Hughes said.
“It was a team effort,” Hughes said. “It was sort of a fun, creative thing.”
Wong said he and Hughes had about three weeks to design the site before the annual awards night, so time was limited.
“I think it actually shows that a couple of local people working together with a pretty well-managed structure can make something pretty cool happen in a pretty short time,” Wong said.
Michael Corr, president of the Chamber of Commerce and First Bank & Trust’s senior vice president of commercial banking, said the website has received a good amount of traffic so far, and plans are underway to begin
receiving story nominations for next year’s edition of the website.
“We, as a board, have to get together and determine what the best thing would be for the ongoing Evanston100 program,” Corr said. “It’s been discussed whether we should (update the site) a lot more frequently, so that would certainly be an option, but I’m assuming at this point that it would be more of an annual thing.”
Wong said he, along with Hughes, will likely be part of a task force that plans future editions of the website.
Hughes hopes Evanston residents submit ideas for the website as well, he said in a news release.
“We know this is not a complete list of city accomplishments,” Hughes said in the news release. “We hope that the list will grow.”
Corr thinks the website is successful in promoting Evanston, he said.
“If you just kind of go through there and look, there are a lot of really great articles about some of the things going on in our city,” Corr said. “And I think that the more we promote ourselves, the more people will consider Evanston as an option to move their business or to do business in general.”
Woman arrested in connection with battery of postal worker
A 66-year-old woman was arrested in con-nection with the battery of a U.S. postal service worker Tuesday morning in downtown Evan-ston, police said.
The incident occurred Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. in the 800 block of Main Street, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The postal worker, 42, was confronted by the 66-year-old woman
when she brought a package to her home, Dugan added.
The woman said the mail was late and then pushed the post office employee with enough force to almost knock her to the ground, Dugan said.
Detectives followed up on the case after the postal service worker identified the 66-year-old woman, police said. She was arrested at the Evanston Police Department station, 1454 Elm-wood Ave., on Tuesday morning and charged with misdemeanor battery.
The woman is scheduled to appear in court
March 27.
Car license plate stolen
The license plate of a vehicle in south Evanston was stolen this week, police said.
The car, a 1999 Land Rover, was left parked in the 1900 block of Keeney Street, between Sat-urday afternoon and Monday afternoon, Dugan said. The car was on the street outside of the home of the owner, a 53-year-old man, police said.
— Julian Gerez
Police Blotter
New website showcases achievements of Evanston businesses, nonprofits
“The singular
thing that we wanted to convey was how vibrant
of a business community we have.
Miguel Wong,coLab Evanston co-founder
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By HELEN LEEthe daily northwestern
Flaky croissants and colorful macarons are always on the menu at downtown Evan-ston’s personal slice of Paris.
With its convenient location, 600 Davis St., and beautiful seating area, Patisserie Coralie is
a place you’ll want to return to. Owner Pascal Berthomieux and head
Patissier Manuel Bouillet ensure this with an ever-changing menu that keeps regu-lar customers happy and in tune with the French tradition.
Bouillet started working with pastries at 15 when he began pastry school. Aft er four years of learning from the best, he headed to Paris to work at Fauchon, a
famous international pastry shop legend-ary for its reputation and quality. Next, he worked at an all-chocolate concept bak-ery called “Un Dimanche a Paris,” which translates to “a Sunday in Paris.” In 2013, he decided to move to Chicago to experience new things. It’s been a year and a half, and Bouillet says he’s had an amazing experience in Evanston.
“Th e French tradition lets me be creative,”
he said. “Aft er I had mastered the basics, I used what I had learned to create new things. When I’m in my offi ce, I’m always looking for new fl avors and combinations.”
Bouillet let Th e Daily inside his kitchen to see his pastry-making skills in action.
Here’s how he makes the classic chocolate croissant:
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Creating croissants: A step-by-step guide
1. After making the dough, Bouillet folds it in three layers and puts it through the dough machine to evenly fl atten it out. He repeats this several times.
2. When satisfi ed, he folds it in the three layers again and waits for the dough to cool. Once the dough is cold and hard, it is ready to be shaped.
3. With fl our to keep it from sticking, he fl attens out the dough again.
4. He then uses a tool called a bicycle to make precise cuts and starts shaping the dough.
8. A second layer of chocolate is added. 9. Bouillet fi nishes shaping the croissant by folding it over one last time.
10. After all the croissants are fi nished, he places them in a white tub to be refrigerated.
11. At 4 a.m. Bouillet puts the croissants in the proffer for three hours. At 7 a.m. when Patisserie Coralie opens, he brushes them with egg wash and bakes them.
5. When the dough is evenly cut into rectangles, he uses his fi ngers to fold over a layer.
6. Next he adds a layer of chocolate. 7. He folds over another layer.
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The value of theatre for young audiences
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Communication seniors host comedy show “Black Friday” on YouTube
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Kellogg students embrace chilly waters for charity
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By KIMBERLY GOthe daily northwestern @kimberlygo2018
A team of Kellogg students called the Kel-logg Ice Krushers will dive into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan from North Avenue Beach in Chicago for the Polar Plunge on Sunday.
The Polar Plunge is an annual winter event when participants plunge into bone-chilling waters for a few minutes to raise money for the Chicago Special Olympics.
This year, Kellogg’s team of about 20 people was started by second-year MBA student Wil-liam Connor. Connor created the team because he has a personal connection to the cause.
“I have an aunt that has Down syndrome, and I have always been very close to her grow-ing up,” he said. “She was sort of my inspira-tion, so when I heard about the event I thought it would be a great way to raise money for the cause.”
After creating the team and sharing it with
friends and Kellogg email list, Connor said he got a great response from both people he knew and didn’t know who came together to participate.
“When I see someone who has a personal connection with an organization and they’re willing to put themselves out there and get other people involved, I really admire that,” team member Lisa Battisfore said. “I really wanted to support (Connor) and hence sup-port the group to get out there to do it.”
Having lived in the Midwest her whole life, Battisfore also said participating in the Polar Plunge has always been a personal goal of hers.
To participate in the Plunge, participants have to raise a minimum of $175. Battisfore said she raised money several different ways, including by reaching out to family mem-bers and friends and asking them to donate using social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
“It’s really surprising, the people will come out of nowhere and donate money because it’s something that’s important to them and you
would never think to ask them,” she said about using LinkedIn groups to let people know she was raising money for the Special Olympics.
Although this is the first year Connor and Battisfore will be participating in the Plunge, this will be team captain Benjamin Dowell’s second time doing it. Dowell said his friends encouraged him to join last year, and although he was a little apprehensive at first, it ended up being a great experience.
“When you jump in the water, it’s amazing how your physiological response takes over and your body gets pumped full of adrenaline and you literally don’t feel cold at all,” he said.
On her expectations for the Plunge, Battis-fore said that she thinks it’s going to be really painful but also a lot of fun, and hopes to come out of it with a lot of new friends.
Dowell said that he is definitely less worried about the Plunge the second time around.
“(This year) I have a little more confidence,” Dowell said. “And I’m more excited about pro-moting it to other people now.”
Dahl classic a youth theater ideal
Source: Ben Dowell
ICY ENDEAVOR Kellogg student Benjamin Dowell (right) participates in the Polar Plunge last year. Dowell is the captain of “The Kellogg Krushers,” and will embrace chilly waters to raise money for Special Olympics on March 1.
MADELINE BURGCOLUMNIST@MADELINEBURG
I have seen far more theater in four years on this campus than I’d care to admit. Northwest-ern puts on an obscene number of productions — both department- and student-run — each year, all of my roommates have been involved in at least one show and I’ve always been par-tial to a good musical. It’s the perfect storm. It would’ve been impossible for me to have gradu-ated unscathed, never experiencing the splendor that is the Dolphin Show.
But let me tell you, I’ve never been more impressed with productions on this campus than when I’ve gotten the chance to see theater geared toward children, often referred to as “TYA,” or Theatre for Young Audiences. The Theatre and Interpretation Center’s production of “The Little Prince” in the spring of 2012 was a magical, mind-blowing theatrical experience only made more so by the addition of circus ele-ments, with the help of the Actors Gymnasium. I was enchanted, much like the young people sitting around me, mouths open in amazement.
“James and the Giant Peach,” presented through Imagine U in the Musseter-Struble Theater from Feb. 13 to March 1, is similarly enchanting, engaging and, on the surface, for children. Based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story, the musical features a score by Tony award winning team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Timothy Allen McDonald.
Directed with a playful touch by Commu-nication Prof. Rives Collins, this production is simply delightful. The characters come to sparkling life, impressively so, seeing that they’re confined to the minuscule space of the Struble black-box theater. It’s difficult to single out an aspect as the most well done — everything is executed perfectly, from the whimsical choreog-raphy to the beautiful shadow play accomplished with umbrellas and flashlights. The music, an eclectic mix of styles that includes both a tango and a jazzy blues number, is provided by a single piano player stationed onstage who I immedi-ately forgot was there, as I was steadily drawn deeper into the magic of the show itself.
Adorable insect puppets, miniature dioramas, an inventive “giant peach” made of umbrellas and witty costumes coalesce into a visually stim-ulating hour and 15 minutes. Several aspects lend a meta quality to the proceedings: The character of the narrator, performed jubilantly by Communication junior Myrna Conn, contin-ually addresses the audience, while stagehands in bowler hats interact with the cast members and appear amidst the action in smoothly cho-reographed sequences.
It is a visually and musically rich show, with intricate staging countering the minimal set. The audience is swept up in the aesthetics, but what holds them rapt is the charm of the performances.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cast appear to have more fun than the cast of “James and the Giant Peach.” The enthusiasm of the actors for the material shines through the characters, add-ing a dimension to the portrayal of fantastical figures that is perfect for creating the whimsical world of Roald Dahl. Theater for young audi-ences in particular affords an actor the oppor-tunity to really enjoy herself, something that can be rare in a world of serious actors being serious.
Hilarity is the order of the day for James, and the exuberance of the cast is matched only by the wonder engendered by the striking visu-als of the production. I love a good “Titanic” or “Cabaret,” but it’s unbelievably refreshing to experience theater performed with such obvi-ous enjoyment by those involved, and in such a professional manner.
Audiences agree: Every one of last week’s performances was sold out, and this weekend’s shows are already beginning to fill up. Children, adults and NU students are flocking to the Struble.
“James and the Giant Peach” is exciting because it’s what theater for young people should be, that is, children’s stories brought to life on stage so well that adults want to experi-ence it.
It’s also a great outlet for actors to have fun. When the actors have fun, the audience has fun. It’s good for everyone involved.
People love TYA — let’s have more of it.
Kellogg students to take Polar Plunge
By PETER KOTECKIthe daily northwestern @peterkotecki
Comedian and Evanston resident Jimmy Carrane will bring his podcast, Improv Nerd, to Northwestern for a live recording Thursday. Carrane will interview Noah Gregoropoulos, a Chicago improviser and Northwestern alumnus, about his experiences in the comedy industry.
Carrane, a graduate of Columbia College Chi-cago, said he didn’t know what he wanted to do while in high school, but he took a year off before college to work on improv.
“Everything that I had done, that I had gotten in trouble for as a kid, I was now being rewarded for in improv,” Carrane said.
The show itself is divided into two parts.“The first 20 or 25 minutes is a straight-on
question-and-answer with the guest,” Carrane said. “What I think is different about it in terms of the interview part is, what I get that people like, is they feel like it sometimes can be a therapy session. They like people talking about their insecurities, how they got over their insecurities, their fear about perform-ing, all of that stuff.”
For the second part of the podcast, Carrane and his guest perform a 10-minute improv scene together. Carrane and his guest then deconstruct their perfor-mance and discuss it in front of the audience, after which they turn to the audience for another Q&A session, he said.
Carrane has known this week’s guest for years.“Noah was a little ahead of me at the Improv
Olympics, and I would say Noah and I have been in at least six improv groups together over probably 25 years that I’ve known him,” Carrane said.
Gregoropoulos has known Carrane since the late 1980s. Carrane started at the iO Theater, formerly known as the ImprovOlympic Theater, a couple years after Gregoropoulos did. The two friends partici-pated in several shows together, he said.
Gregoropoulos (Communication ’81) has been on Improv Nerd before. He participated in one of its first episodes, he said.
Currently, Gregoropoulos is involved in several shows, including The Armando Diaz Experience at the iO Theater and TNT (Tuesday Night Thing) at the Annoyance Theatre and Bar in Chicago. Grego-ropoulos also teaches at the iO Theater and at the theater department of DePaul University, he said.
Communication junior Wes Humphreys invited Carrane to speak at Northwestern. Humphreys said he began working for Carrane during the summer of 2014 and has worked on the Improv Nerd podcast as an intern for the past few months.
Humphreys said he has been interested in bring-ing the Improv Nerd podcast to campus and inviting
NU alumni to be interviewed on the show.Carrane said he has completed over 120 episodes
of Improv Nerd since launching it in 2011. Before launching the show, Carrane said he worked for Chicago Public Radio for 10 years. Carrane hosted the show Studio 312, during which he interviewed people in the comedy and pop culture world.
“I thought it would be really fun, after I was done on public radio, to combine two of my passions, which were improv and interviewing people, and both of those things are very similar,” Carrane said. “I thought it would be really great to spotlight impro-visers that either started here in Chicago or are still here in Chicago.”
Source: Lauren Carrane
COMEDY CHAT Host Jimmy Carrane chats with Chicago improviser Noah Gregoropoulos (Communication ‘81). The two will be reunited Thursday when Carrane hosts his show, “Improv Nerd,” in Harris Hall with Gregoropoulos as a guest.
Comedian brings ‘Improv Nerd’ to NU
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By RACHEL DAVISONthe daily northwestern @razdav5678
Move over, Jenna Marbles — two Communica-tion seniors are putting their hilarious friendship on screen in the YouTube web series “Black Friday.”
Janice Theard and Khari Shelton both appeared in “The Laramie Project” in Fall Quarter 2014 and worked together, outside of the theater, to help pro-mote another show on campus.
They created a promotional video for Arts Alliance’s production of “Good People” and joked around about the title.
“A friend of ours later on joked that the video was so popular that we should have our own TV show,” Theard said. “That also started out as a joke and then all of a sudden we were in (Shelton’s) apartment and we called up our friend Emma to
come over, and interviewed her.”The first episode was called “Black Friday,” as a
joke between the two, and the title stuck.“We got back from Thanksgiving break and I was
like, ‘Khari, how was your Black Friday? Did you go shopping?’ and he was like, ‘I mean, it was just Friday for me because I’m black,’” Theard said.
The episodes showcase the friendship and silly behavior between Shelton and Theard, as they do improv conversations on different topics and inter-view friends.
“Khari’s really good at editing so we just sit in iMovie after we’re done filming everything and we just edit it all together,” Theard said. “A lot of the humor comes from the ridiculous editing.”
The duo has heard of friends showing “Black Fri-day” episodes to their families and were surprised to learn that Communication Prof. Rives Collins had seen the show online.
“Rives came up to me when I was in T.I. one
day and he was like, ‘When’s the next episode of ‘Black Friday’ coming out?’” Theard said. “It was really surprising to know that he was keeping up with ‘Black Friday.’”
Filming the show has become a pastime for Theard and Shelton, though their schedules dictate when they can film.
“It’s cool to have a thing that we do together that seems to make our friends laugh,” Theard said. “If we manage to keep doing it the rest of the year, that would be a huge success on our part.”
After its somewhat accidental start, the show has become a way for the friends to share their humor with their friends and family, Theard said.
“My favorite part is bringing all of our friends on to it,” Shelton said. “It’s literally so informal. It’s all one take and then it’s done. We’re just playing with our friends and then we put it online.”
Source: YouTube screenshot
ON SCREEN FRIENDSHIP Communication seniors Khari Shelton and Janice Theard perform the Jan. 16 episode of “Black Friday.” The pair began the weekly YouTube series after working on a show together during Fall Quarter.
By RACHEL YANGthe daily northwestern @_rachelyang
Between dancing, trying to stay awake and resist-ing the urge to crawl back into bed, Northwestern students taking part in Dance Marathon starting March 6 will also get the chance to hear RUCKU5, who is known as Weinberg junior Dane Rucker when he is not on stage. Rucker, the winner of the Battle of the DJs, will play an 80-minute set at DM. He competed against three other DJs at 27 Live on Feb. 19, and sat down with The Daily to talk about his pre-DM excitement and what originally drew him to DJing.
On what it was like to win the Battle of the DJs:
It feels great. I mean, obviously, it’s something when you start DJing, you do it because you really enjoy it and one day you hope that you’ll be able to play the music that you like for other people. So it’s a perfect opportunity to do that.
On what the experience was like:I know I can DJ, so I definitely wasn’t nervous
and I was pretty excited because there’s a lot of music recently that I was just excited to play out … a lot of my friends got really hyped for it and about 30 of them showed up and they were just going crazy, it was awesome. The best part of the competition, most exciting part, I think, was just when I was opening up, because everyone was just so excited and I was pumped up, and the intro was cool because I was the first person to play at the competition. So that was just an exciting moment.
On the tracks he played:I played a lot of progressive house. … I really like
the drops but obviously you want to play lyrics that a lot of people know, too. So, what I like to do gener-ally, is just play a lot of lyrics that people know. And put it over a lot of songs that I like, personally.
On what made him want to be a DJ:I’ve always been super interested in music my
whole life. I used to be really into rap and stuff like that. And then I’d only listen to rap and some alter-native stuff, but then senior year of high school, my
friends had an extra Swedish House Mafia ticket … I was like, ‘Oh, yeah sure, why not? I’m sure it will be pretty fun.’ … So I just went and I knew it was house music, and it was the best concert I ever went to. And then after that I was like, ‘All right, I’m getting my own DJ stuff. I’m going to try this out,’ and then ever since then, I’ve just been doing it for fun.
On what inspires his work:My inspiration is just listening to the DJs that I
like. … And if you’ve been to an EDM concert, you know it’s pretty crazy and a lot of fun. And just when I hear new songs, for some reason I just picture that song playing at a music festival or really loud speak-ers, and it just gets me pumped up.
On getting to play at DM:I’m so excited. I think it’s probably going to be
the biggest thing I’ve ever played. … It’s a ton of fun. And it’s for a good cause. (I’m excited to) see all of my friends’ faces and just being excited and hope-fully getting pumped up to see me on stage. And then, hopefully getting the crowd to start dancing, because I’m going on at such a brutal time, it’s like 4 a.m. I’m sure everyone’s going to be exhausted.
Hopefully my music doesn’t annoy people and gets them to dance.
Friends share humor in web series
Q&A: DM Battle of the DJs winner Dane Rucker
thursdayArcadia (Lovers & Madmen)Louis Room - 7 p.m.
friday saturday
CALENDAR
sunday
Arcadia (Lovers & Madmen)Louis Room - 7 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
James and the Giant Peach(ImagineU)The Struble Theater - 2 p.m., 5 p.m.
Arcadia (Lovers & Madmen)Louis Room - 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
How High is Up (Purple Crayon Players)Shanley - 7 p.m., 10 p.m.
How High is Up (Purple Crayon Players)Shanley - 10 a.m., 2 p.m.
True West (MFA Collaboration)Wallis Theater - 2 p.m.
James and the Giant Peach(ImagineU)Struble Theater - 7 p.m.
James and the Giant Peach(ImagineU)Struble Theater - 11 a.m., 2 p.m.
How High is Up (Purple Crayon Players)Shanley - 7 p.m.
True West (MFA Collaboration)Wallis Theater - 8 p.m.
True West (MFA Collaboration)Wallis Theater - 2 p.m., 8 p.m.
Dead Man Walking (Bienen)Cahn Auditorium - 3 p.m.
Danceworks 2015 (Wirtz Center)Louis Theater - 7:30 p.m.
Danceworks 2015 (Wirtz Center)Louis Theater - 7:30 p.m.
Danceworks 2015 (Wirtz Center)Louis Theater - 2 p.m.
Purple Haze Jones Great Room - 11 p.m.
Purple Haze Jones Great Room - 11 p.m.
Dead Man Walking (Bienen)Cahn Auditorium - 7:30 p.m.
Dead Man Walking (Bienen)Cahn Auditorium - 7:30 p.m.
Art students to open studios, workspaces to publicBy SOPHIE MANNthe daily northwestern @sophiemmann
In the basement of Locy Hall, artwork of all media is being created constantly.
Northwestern’s Masters of Fine Arts program and its students will strive to bring the work cre-ated underground to light at the MFA program’s Open Studio this weekend. Matthew Martin, assistant program director at the Art Theory and Practice department, said that the event is one of the first of its kind at NU. Graduate students will invite people into their studios and bring awareness to their work and the program itself, which is a smaller MFA program of only 10 students.
“This is something the graduate students themselves have spearheaded,” Martin said. “They haven’t had a public open studio, so
we helped them publicize this as much as we can.“
Daniel Stephen Miller, a first-year MFA stu-dent who pushed for the event, said the Open Studio will give NU’s program some necessary exposure in Chicago.
“We wanted to share our work with the wider Chicago art community, so it’s really about shar-ing who we are and where we are and what we do to create a bit more visibility for the pro-gram,” Miller said. “We’re respected, but under recognized.”
Each student will open up his or her studio to the public this weekend to let others into their workspace. There is no theme to the event, since each artist is working on something different, Martin said. In addition, each student chooses how they want others to perceive their studio space. Some will be using this as a means of social interaction and displaying their work to the community, but others will be using this as
a “quasi-exhibition space,” Miller said.Another MFA first-year student, Max Guy,
will be using the open studio as an exhibition-type setting.
“I’ve done a couple of things in my studio to make the setting always sort of an exhibition space,” Guy said. “I painted the walls, and I have some pieces here and there; it makes it more homey for me, but it also gives everything else a different context.”
On the other hand, Laura McGinn, a second-year student, isn’t quite sure what she’s showing yet.
“My studio is pretty big, and I haven’t figured out what I’m going to be showing,” McGinn said. “It’s going to be a kind of interesting space angle because I’ve been working with blue lights, so I don’t know if it’ll feel like a studio space or a night club.”
Martin also noted that the work is related to the students’ research and interests, not
coursework, as undergraduate showcases often are. Artists will be showing pieces that interest them and emphasize their areas of research.
“The thing I want to caution against is that the graduate students aren’t showing work,” Martin said. “It’s focused around the idea of research, which happens to have a physical or production component. They say, ‘I have this idea. This is a topic I want to research.”’
Opening their studios to the public allows each artist to show what interests them, but also creates a safe space, allowing the com-munity to come see what’s happening on the artists’ turf.
“I think we’re trying to be more inviting into our studios, and I think that alleviates expecta-tions,” Guy said. “I think in everybody’s studios you’ll probably see sketches and other materials that will show you what’s on our mind.”
Source: Dane Rucker
RAISE THE ROOF Dane Rucker, who goes by his DJ name RUCKU5 when performing, spins his set at Dance Marathon’s Battle of the DJs. The Weinberg junior will pump up the crowd at DM next weekend.
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A 21-year-old Chicago resident was arrested in Evanston on Tuesday in connection with
aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, police said.
During a traffic stop for minor traffic viola-tions in the area of Howard Street and Asbury Avenue, Valgas Etheard, who was in the front passenger’s seat, fled on foot westbound on Howard Street.
Evanston patrol officers apprehended
Etheard near Asbury Avenue, however, he resisted and did not comply with the offi-cers. When he was taken into custody, police found a loaded Smith and Wesson revolver on Etheard’s person, police said.
Police found that the handgun had been stolen from Chicago.
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part of this program,” Dorrell said. “Some-times you forget that there are students at NU that can’t afford to go to NU activities that are great experiences.”
Dorrell said she hopes to provide stu-dents with as many resources as possible so they can fully appreciate the activities at NU without financial distress.
“I really like opportunities like this which give students ability to participate in North-western culture without being penalized (otherwise),” Dorrell said.
VoucherFrom page 1
NCDC exec board member, said.Th e panel discussed issues ranging from the
role of satire in society to how the government can protect freedom of speech. Panelists also brought up the debate over balancing freedom of speech and national security.
“We are really interested in freedom of speech and what is the balance between exercising the right fully and respecting other people’s belief,” Weinberg sophomore Gabriela Dago said. Dago is a part of the Dialogues Lecture Series in NCDC.
Gillis, of Th e Onion, spoke on how “special” satire is in journalism. He said satire is one of the
rhetorical tools that could expose others’ short-comings to readers.
“Satire is an argument and laughter is an agree-ment, and our job is to make readers realize the absurdity,” Gillis said.
Rosenthal called for activism not just from the government but also from students. She talked about student activist group NU Divest, which through arguing for divestment from six cor-porations the resolution’s sponsors say violate Palestinians’ human rights, showed how North-western students can play a role in changing the status quo, she said.
“It is not just about Th e Onion and Charlie Hebdo. Th ank God they are here,” Rosenthal said. “But students in higher education also make an impact.”
Th e panel also received many questions from the audience. Th ere were questions concerning the diff erence between European and American media, and also about whether Charlie Hebdo’s satirical writing should be encouraged.
“Jokes should never cost life,” Etheridge said.Aft er the panel, Gillis and Etheridge hosted a
mini workshop on writing political satire. Th ey talked about the importance of using absurdity and hyperbole.
“It was not just about Charlie Hebdo,” Gene Kannenberg, a NU library research and media assistant who attended the event, said. “It was also about what larger context would be, the graphic satire. Th at’s why it was interesting.”
HebdoFrom page 1
NU’s recently installed 2-3 zone defense. No longer the victim of pick-and-rolls, Olah is free to sit under the basket, which he said allows him to better see the action on the court.
The big man now has 52 blocks this season, nearly half the team’s total 113. Even with the impressive season he’s having, Olah is still well short of the single-game and single-season block records, both of which are held by Jim Pitts.
Pitts recorded the first triple-double in Cats his-tory, producing 10 blocks against Purdue in 1966 to contribute to his total of 123 that season.
But despite the significance of Olah’s accomplish-ment, Collins has his eyes focused on the future.
“I have great respect for the history of the pro-gram,” Collins said, “but for me it’s all about what we’re doing going forward. … Hopefully we see a lot more blocked shots in the next year and a little bit of change.”
had to offer,” coach Joe McKeown said. “You have to have a vision.”
Cohen said that she’s always kept that vision in perspective.
“Knowing that we were going to come in here and help build a program was really special,” she said. “Coming from where we were as freshmen to where we are now has been an interesting jour-ney — but an amazing one — and we’re really happy with way the season is going. It’s a great way to go out.”
Yet, before Roser and Cohen can close out their last regular season in Welsh-Ryan Arena, they know that they have hard work to do.
Right now, Roser said, they’re just focusing on going “day by day.”
Sophomore forward Nia Coffey, who leads the team in points and rebounds, said that above all, the Cats will be resilient in the coming week.
“Our goal is to play hard. We are not backing down,” she said. “We are going to play our game, play how we know we can play and hopefully we can come out with the win.”
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Office of the Provost, spoke about the Univer-sity’s upcoming re-accreditation this spring.
Accreditation is required every 10 years for NU to receive federal financial aid money.
Senate also considered a resolution call-ing on Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to increase funding for Monetary Award Program grants,
which provide need-based financial awards for low-income, in-state students.
According to the resolution, more than 500 NU students receive MAP grants, with qualifying students receiving an average of $4,500 annually.
Senators will vote on the resolution next Wednesday.
SenateFrom page 1
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SPEAKING FOR STUDENTS Weinberg senior Anna Rennich speaks at Associated Student Government’s Senate meeting Wednesday night. An ASG-created task force will lobby the University to create an advisory committee that includes students to oversee its investments.
OlahFrom page 8
Women’s BasketballFrom page 8
control of the game.“I just said to the team at halftime, whatever
team kind of has an extended series of stops is going to win this game,” Collins said, “because both teams are in such an offensive rhythm.”
Demps took control with 16 of his 23 points coming in the second stanza.
And when the Hoosiers made their late run, NU stayed calm and focused.
“We just got in the huddle and said we’ve got to stop this,” said junior center Alex Olah, who had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. “Eliminate turnovers and finish this game.”
The Cats did just that, but their eyes are already set on getting a fifth win in a row Saturday at Illinois.
“We’re hungry,” Demps said. “We’re not satisfied with where we’re at.”
Men’s BasketballFrom page 8
to attract all types of people while still offer-ing them more luxurious amenities, including the use of environmentally friendly materials, Myefski said.
“It’s really spectacular from a green perspec-tive,” Myefski said. “There are going to be a lot of green benefits and it will serve as a public gift to the community.”
The building will be designed to be transit-oriented, Myefski said, as it is adjacent to the CTA station on Central Street.
“We want to provide a solution that promotes public transportation and the use of bikes,” he said. “We want that option to be available to the public and we want to show people that they do not just need to rely on vehicles.”
Like Dickinson, Myefski said developers have been trying to work with the city, gathering input through community meetings.
“We’ve had 22 meetings thus far with the neighbors,” he said. “We want to make the vast majority of them happy and we’re
striving to make this one of the best projects in Evanston.”
Both developments will bring in money for the city’s economy. Dickinson said the hotel will contribute to an increase in the city’s tax base and allow for more people to stay in and explore Evanston. Muenzer said the apartment complex will generate property tax revenue, which will also spin off into sales tax by adding customers who will support the neighboring businesses.
“The people who move in there will then patronize the restaurants and shops that sur-round the property,” Muenzer said. “We are trying to work in a responsible manner to increase the pedestrian experience on Central Street while still being respectful of existing neighborhoods.”
While the public has voiced some concerns about the projects, both Dickinson and Myef-ski said they were excited to be building into Evanston.
“It’s a tough place to develop, but we’re happy to be where we are,” Dickinson said.
ConstructionFrom page 1
SPORTSThursday, February 26, 2015 @DailyNU_Sports
ON DECK ON THE RECORDWomen’s BasketballRutgers at NU, 7 p.m. Thursday
Coming from where we were as freshmen to where we are now has been an interesting journey — but an amazing one. — Alex Cohen, senior center
FEB. 26SPORTS ON DECK ON THE RECORD
Cats humble Hoosiers, prolong streakBy JESSE KRAMERdaily senior staffer@Jesse_Kramer
When Indiana cut Northwest-ern’s 14-point lead to 8 with 2:12 left, some may have been reminded
of when the Wildcats lost control of a 14-point advantage against Maryland in January and fell to the Terrapins in the final seconds.
But coach Chris Collins was not looking into the past.
“I’m done with flashbacks,” Col-lins said.
This time, the Cats (14-14, 5-10 Big Ten) withstood their oppo-nent’s run. Indiana (19-10, 9-7) trimmed the score to 70-65 in the final minute, but NU survived with two free throws and then a defensive stop on the game’s final possession for a 72-65 victory.
NU wiped its slate clean after a 68-44 home loss Feb. 10, its 10th straight defeat at the time. There’s new music playing during prac-tice, a new defensive strategy and a new mindset.
Since hitting the reset button, the Cats have won four straight games, their first such Big Ten winning streak since the 1966-67 season.
“Right now, we’re thinking about being 4-0,” Collins said. “That’s where we are since we started fresh.”
The new mentality was clear from the start of Wednesday’s game.
When Indiana punched North-western in the mouth, the Wildcats punched right back, beginning a back and forth first half.
“The guys are confident,” Col-lins said. “There’s nothing like winning.”
The Cats’ 2-3 zone dared the Hoosiers to shoot jumpers, and Indiana accepted. In the first half, the road squad buried 9-of-14 from 3-point range.
Despite the barrage from down-town, NU and Indiana went into halftime tied at 40.
The Cats didn’t panic and stuck with its defensive strategy, and the decision worked out. The Hoosiers made just 3-of-17 from deep in the second period, and as a result their 3-ball-dependent offense stalled.
“I thought we were a little more active, but I also thought they got
cold,” Collins said. “The shots they were making in the first half, they just went dry a little bit.”
Collins and junior guard Tre Demps credited freshman forward Vic Law, freshman guard Scottie Lindsey and sophomore forward Nathan Taphorn for making the difference with their defense on the wings of the zone.
“The wings were doing an unbeliev-able job talking, getting out to the corner shooters, guarding the short corner,” Demps said. “They made the guards’ jobs really easy.”
By the latter part of the sec-ond half, NU had Indiana on the ropes.
After Troy Williams’ layup for Indiana cut NU’s lead to 49-48 with 13:23 left, Indiana did not score another point until the 3:17 mark. During that 10-minute stretch, NU poured in 13 unan-swered points to take complete
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COLLINS REBORN Chris Collins celebrates a big play. The coach has taken a revitalized tact, saying the team is 4-0 “since we started fresh.”
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Olah sets blocks recordBy BOBBY PILLOTEdaily senior staffer@BobbyPillote
Six minutes into the fi rst half of Northwestern’s game against Indiana, Alex Olah sealed his place in the Wild-cats’ record books.
Th e junior center pivoted under his own basket and swatted away an incom-ing layup, recording his 137th career block to pass former NU great John Shurna and take his place as the Cats’ all-time leader in the category.
“It feels great. It’s an honor,” Olah said of setting the record. “I’m a big part of Northwestern history now. I’m going to try and make (the record) impos-sible to beat.”
Th e historic block was one of two Wednesday night for Olah, who other-wise had a strong showing in the game with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Over the course of this season he’s been one of the premier rim protectors in the Big Ten, ranking second in the conference with 1.9 swats per game.
“He’s worked, he’s changed his body,” coach Chris Collins said. “I’m just really proud of him. He’s become a force in this league.”
Th at dominance under the basket has been a boon to NU’s recent success. Olah had fi ve blocks, a season high, to spark the upset win over Iowa that launched the Cats’ streak and recorded a com-bined four more in ensuing victories over Minnesota and Penn State.
Th e uptick in production is due to Olah’s position as the centerpiece of
Newly ranked NU in for tight battle against RutgersBy CLAIRE HANSENthe daily northwestern@clairechansen
Aft er claiming a spot in the AP poll for the fi rst time since 1996, No. 25 NU (21-6, 11-5 Big Ten) is returning home to face No. 20 Rutgers (20-7, 11-5) on Th ursday, followed closely by No. 5 Maryland (25-2, 16-0) on Sunday.
Hot off a seven-game win streak, the Wildcats sit poised to attack their next opponents.
“I think we’ve really proven in the last few game that we are fi ghters and we are not going to lay down and let them beat us,” senior center Alex Cohen said. “We’re feeling really good right now.”
Th e Scarlet Knights and the Ter-rapins, both Big Ten newcomers, are NU’s fi nal foes before the start of the Big Ten tournament.
Rutgers and NU are tied for third place in the Big Ten with 11 conference wins apiece.
Statistically speaking, Th ursday’s
game is promising to be nothing if not exciting.
NU sits in second place in the con-ference in fi eld goal defense, right under Rutgers, who edged them out for the top spot. Th e Scarlet Knights and Cats are third and fourth respec-tively in fi eld goal percentage in the Big Ten.
As for a plan to slow down Rutgers’ robust off ense, NU is focused on turn-ing up the heat.
“(We’re focusing on) pressuring them defensively,” senior guard Karly Roser said. “Th ey’re not the best shoot-ing team, so if we can stop the drive and contain the ball we should be all set.”
Th e Cats off ense is looking to play a calm game, but that is easier said than done against a swarming Scar-let Knights defense. The peaceful
approach is not to be misconstrued as weakness, though, as NU’s “calm” set will be attempted through tactical, aggressive play.
“We can attack their defense,” Roser said. “Th ey’re known for their pres-sure defense, but lately we’ve been pretty poised and been minimizing the turnovers.”
“Pretty poised” may be an under-statement. NU is fi rst in the Big Ten in turnover margin and also claims the top spot in steals. But Rutgers is close behind, taking third place in both categories.
With so much success on their heels and just two games yet to play in the regular season, it’s hard for Cohen and Roser to avoid refl ecting on their jour-ney as Cats players.
Th is year’s team is the fi rst NU squad to earn 20 or more wins since the 1995-1996 season.
“Our seniors came here to a program that wasn’t that good and they just bought into things that Northwestern
No. 20 Rutgers vs. No. 25 NorthwesternEvanston7 p.m. Thursday
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LONG-TERM PAYOFF Alex Cohen guards the inbounds pass. The senior is a part of a class that has seen the Wildcats slowly grow into an NCAA tournament contender.
Women’s Basketball
All hail the fourth
» See WOMEN’S BBALL, page 7
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“I just
said to the team at halft ime,
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extended series of stops is going
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