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By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*@Cat_Zakrzewski
Rather than celebrating Cinco de Mayo with tacos or tequila, a group of Northwestern students gathered Sunday at the Lakefill to roast marshmallows and break pinatas.
The Alianza Fuego Bonfire, which brought together Latino groups from across campus, came just one day after representatives from Alianza and Associated Stu-dent Government emailed the stu-dent body calling for “respectful” Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The email reminded students to not throw “Mexican-themed parties” and encouraged them to learn the real meaning behind the holiday.
“Drinking tequila shots, eating tacos, and wearing sombreros do not commemorate Mexican culture; on the contrary, that offends, mar-ginalizes, and isolates many of our friends, classmates, and community members, and casts our entire com-munity in poor light,” the Alianza and ASG representatives wrote.
Alianza co-president Sobeida Peralta, a Weinberg sophomore, said the bonfire was originally scheduled for Fall Quarter but was canceled due to poor weather. The bonfire is an annual event that brings together Latino-interest groups across campus. She said the group is considering hosting the bonfire on Cinco de Mayo every year.
“We’re not telling people not to
celebrate Cinco de Mayo,” Peralta said. “We have seen, maybe uncon-sciously, that people have certain parties that hurt certain cultures or are offensive to other cultures.”
Alianza co-president Darlene Reyes, a Weinberg sophomore, said the email was not intended to stop students from celebrating or tell them how to celebrate, but rather to make them think about how to celebrate. She said she does not think many NU students know the reasons behind celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
The holiday commemorates the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexi-can army defeated the well-trained French army twice. In the email, the students explained the holiday
is celebrated primarily within the Mexican state of Puebla and in the United States.
“We’re not talking about how to celebrate it,” Reyes said. “We just want you to educate yourself on the topic so you realize certain things are insensitive, and there are cer-tain things that you should know about the holiday in general.”
ASG president Ani Ajith attended the Lakefill event after co-signing the letter sent to the student body.
“We felt it was important to get the right message out there,” said Ajith, a Weinberg junior and former Daily staffer. “We were not trying
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By JOSEPH DIEBOLD!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*@josephdiebold
Administrators and student gov-ernment officials say a new online portal centralizing Northwest-ern’s mental health and well-being resources will launch before students leave for the summer — potentially as soon as this week.
Associated Student Government president Ani Aj ith said Sun-day the new resource, dubbed “NUhelp,” is in a “very advanced s t age” of develop-ment . He said he hopes it will launch this week.
Ajith, a Weinberg junior, and ASG execu-tive vice president Alex Van Atta, a McCormick junior, met Friday with Dean of Students Todd Adams and John Dunkle, executive director of Counseling and Psychological Ser-vices, to discuss the website.
The website will be broken down into categories, including immediate help, health and wellness and aca-demic support.
It will also feature a general request form for students unsure where their problems can be solved. The form will be managed by the dean of students’ office.
“It’s a one-stop shop website for a whole host of resources that a student could continuously need,” Ajith said.
Ajith said NUhelp will serve as a “central resource point” for wellness programming and support.
“Right now these resources are scattered across dozens of websites, and it’s unclear if you have a cer-tain situation what resource would be best for you in a particular situ-ation,” he said. “This website aims to help that by providing just one place where you can show up on the website if you know you have a concern or an issue of some sort, and the resources and information on that page will guide you to what you need.”
Adams said Wednesday his office was hard at work on the new website but he was “scared to give a date” for the exact launch. He said the exact timing depends on input from ASG and that the new resource needs to be comprehensive before being opened to the public.
“I want to make sure when we launch it that it has all the robustness we’re looking for,” Adams said.
Still, he said the website would “definitely” be available by Fall
By LAUREN CARUBA!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*@laurencaruba
McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov was found dead Sunday morning in Pancoe Hall, sending shockwaves through a com-munity that has already seen two student deaths this academic year.
The New York City native, -., was pro-nounced dead shortly a/ er 0. a.m. inside the building that houses bio-medical research labora-tories, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s O1 ce.
An official cause of death has not yet been determined, but Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said in an email to 2 e Daily that Teplov’s death appears to be a suicide. An autopsy is sched-uled for Monday.
Dean of Students Todd Adams and other NU o1 cials 3 rst announced Teplov’s death 4 p.m. Sunday to a small group of students in an impromptu meeting at Foster-Walker Complex, where Teplov lived. Following that meeting, Adams addressed Murphy Institute
Scholars — an invitation-only engineering program of which Teplov was a member — at Technological Institute.
“On behalf of the University, I extend our condolences to Dmitri’s family and friends,” said Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student a5 airs, in a university-wide email. “We always feel deeply the loss of a mem-
ber of our Northwestern community.”
Teplov’s passing is the third student death since Fall Quarter. McCormick sophomore Harsha Mad-dula was found dead in Wilmette Harbor as classes began in September, and Weinberg junior Alyssa Weaver committed suicide in November while study-ing abroad in London.
Teplov’s classmates described him as intelligent and nice but somewhat shy. His Facebook page lists him as an undergraduate researcher for NU’s Department of Molecu-lar Biosciences.
Students who knew Teplov and lived in Plex with him said they were shocked to learn of his death.
McCormick sophomore Micah
NU sophomore found dead in Pancoe
» See NUHELP, page 7
University readies mental health site
NU celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Slylar Zhang/Daily Senior Staffer
RESPECTFUL CELEBRATION Students roast marshmallows over a fi re during the Alianza Fuego Bonfi re on Sunday afternoon. The event not only celebrates Cinco de Mayo, but also aims to show how to respectfully mark the holiday.
» See BONFIRE, page 7
“It’s a one-stop shop website for a whole host of resources that a student could continuously need.Ani Ajith,ASG president
» See TEPLOV, page 7
“He’s kind of the de! nition of a
Northwestern student. ... It’s hard to ! nd
the words.Frank Avino,
classmate of Teplov
Source: Stuyvesant High School 2011 Yearbook
IN MEMORIAM McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov, pictured as a senior in his 2011 high school yearbook, died Sunday morning. He was 20.
McCormick student, 20, remembered by community as ‘humbly intelligent’
Dmitri Teplov
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— Keith Brown, education director of Evanston Art Center
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WEDNESDAY8WEDNESDAY8WEDNESDAYA Night at the MoviesPick-Staiger, 7:30 p.m.FreeThe Student Advisory Board presents an evening of selections from popular #lm scores, performed by students from Northwestern and Chicago-area music outreach programs. The program will include music from Les Misérables, Chicago, and West Side Story.
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By EDWARD COX!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+) @EdwardCox./
In front of about 01 people at the Evanston Ecology Center, Evanston Township High School junior Ashley Smith talked about her struggle to make sense of the death of friends from violence and accidents.
“It’s difficult to come to school and dif-ficult to know you might not see that person again,” Smith read from an essay.
Smith was one of the winners of an essay and poster contest organized by the Mental Health America of the North Shore this year. The .0 contest winners, mostly ETHS stu-dents, shared their stories Sunday afternoon. Their tales centered on the theme “How I deal with difficult times.”
“That’s another way we are really trying to reach young people because we know life is really stressful for young people,” said MHANS president Dr. Kristin Kenefick, a psychologist.
In their presentations, students talked about how they turned to to hobbies such as listening to music, writing and dancing to cope with stressful situations ranging from parents’ divorces to family illness.
Many admitted that they had entered the contest for class extra credit points but said the project had made them more aware of mental health issues.
Niles West High School freshman Amina Dzananovic, who wrote her essay about cop-ing with an illness in her family, said she hopes to contribute to progress in mental health studies. She said she was surprised to learn she had taken first place in the 2th-.1th grade category.
“I was just like, ‘Oh, my God, I have to call my mom,’” Dzananovic said before the
ceremony began. “I think it was a great opportunity to let my story out.”
High school stu-d e nt s subm it te d about 311 entries to the competition this year, more than triple the number received last year, board mem-bers said. MHANS board of directors, which includes sev-eral psychologists, decided to introduce a poster contest this year, Kenefick said.
MHANS awarded students 4.,.11 in total for the competition. The Forrest E. Powell Foundation contributed 4.,111 to the contest, the third year it has sup-ported MHANS, said Hecky Powell, a contest judge and the founder of the foundation.
Ald. Delores Holmes (0th), who attended
the ceremony, said talking about mental health issues will benefit Evanston youth.
“Mental health is something people used to shy away from.” Holmes said. “Now people can say it is a problem in the community.”
Edward Cox/The Daily Northwestern
DIFFICULT TIMES ETHS student Imani Davis presents an essay on mental health Sunday.
ETHS students win big in essay contest
Sherman Avenue Starbucks to close Tuesday, Wednesday
The Starbucks in downtown Evanston will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday in
preparation for its relocation steps away.The coffee shop, which has been in busi-
ness for 3. years at .53/B Sherman Ave., will re-open Thursday at a larger space less than a block away, .567 Sherman Ave.
The new location, a LEED-certified store featuring brick walls and vintage maple floor-ing, will be able to accommodate more than
21 customers, according to the business asso-ciation Downtown Evanston.
Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, Ald. Judy Fiske (.st) and members of Downtown Evanston and the Evanston Chamber of Commerce will attend a grand re-opening 0-5 p.m. Friday.
— Jia You
“Mental health is something people used to shy away from. Now people can say it is a problem in the community.Delores Holmes, 5th Ward alderman
On CampusWe are very hopeful of Jim’s release, and we are totally committed to bringing Jim Foley home.
— Philip Balboni, GlobalPost CEO and co-founder
“ ” Missing journalist likely being held by Syrian government Page 6
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Chet Baughman,
saxophone12 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Timothy McAllisterWorks by Maslanka, Mellits, Saint-Saëns, and moreMaster's Recital:
Claire Werling, clarinet3 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Steven CohenWorks by Bach, Brahms, Bernstein, and moreMaster's Recital:
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A&O, DM come together for bene!t rock concert By AMY WHYTE!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+) @amywhyteNU
Rock music attracted Northwestern students and Evanston residents to Norris University Center’s East Lawn on Sunday a.ernoon for a bene/t concert featuring Geographer and whysowhite.
Nearly 012 students gathered outside Norris for a concert hosted as part of A&O Produc-tion’s co-sponsorship with Dance Marathon. Attendance was free, though a 31 donation was suggested. Money raised at the concert will go toward the 0245 DM bene/ciary.
“It went really well,” said DM spokesman David Harris, a SESP
junior. “6e concert’s a lot of fun, and it’s a great opportunity for us to collaborate with A&O.”
6e concert was opened by whysowhite, who tried to pump up audience members, despite slightly cold weather conditions, by asking them to dance. 6e Chicago-based band made several shout-outs to the crowd, pausing between songs to acknowledge their Evanston roots.
“We chose whysowhite partly just because they’re great, but also because some of them are North-western alum and current students,” A&O concerts
chair Justin Lehmann said. “Having people be able to come back to school and play for their friends was really ni.y.”
6e band, which includes current Weinberg senior Andrew Abramowitz and alumnus Chris Miller (Bienen ‘44), played a mix of original songs and covers, including renditions of “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” and the “All 6at” theme song.
A.er a short intermission, headliner Geogra-pher came on stage. Despite cooling temperatures, many students stayed outside and danced in front of the stage.
“I heard about them a few weeks ago and started listening to their stu7 and really liked it,” said attendee Sunny Lee, a Weinberg junior. “And then I found out they were coming here, so that was exciting.”
Lehmann said Geographer was a good choice for the show because of its “good, relaxed vibe.”
Shelly Tan, A&O’s co-director of marketing and media, said the concert was great because it got students outside and raised money and awareness for “one of the most important organizations on campus.”
“Both bands are really fun and really great for just chilling on an a.ernoon,” the Medill junior said.
Lehmann said the a.ernoon setting and outdoor venue are taken into account when planning this bene/t.
“Bands work well for this show,” the Weinberg senior said. “A band you can easily come see and enjoy, whether you know their music or not.”
Hip-hop artist Danny Brown to perform midday act at Dillo Day
Hip-hop artist Danny Brown will return to his Midwestern roots this June as a midday act on Dillo Day.
6e Detroit-born artist will perform from 8 to 5 p.m. on June 4. A.er starting as a member
of Reser’vor Dogs, Brown is known for his 0244 mixtape “XXX” and his “Detroit State of Mind” series.
Brown will appear at the same time rapper Ken-drick Lamar took the Dillo Day stage last year. Brown has collaborated with Lamar in the past, as well as rappers A3AP Rocky and Lil B.
Mayfest concerts director Xander Shepherd said Brown’s “hype on campus” and student feedback contributed to his selection for this year’s lineup. Shepherd cited Brown’s recent appearances at music
festivals Coachella and South by Southwest make him a topical choice for the mid-a.ernoon set.
“Danny Brown is somebody known for really high-energy performances, something that we think are perfect for a daytime act at Dillo Day,” the Weinberg junior said.
Mayfest co-chair Jeremy Shpizner said Brown’s performance style and recent addition to the Mad Decent Block Party tour make him a good /t.
“We really over the past couple of years have tried to spread out the talent throughout the day
to keep people engaged on the Lake/ll,” the Com-munication senior said. “We think he’s just going to be a perfect /t for that slot.”
Brown made headlines last week a.er a con-troversial concert in Minneapolis. While he was performing, a female fan reportedly rushed the stage, pulled down his pants and performed oral sex on him against his will, according to the New York Daily News.
— Lauren Caruba
Melody Song/Daily Senior Staffer
BENEFIT CONCERT Whysowhite singer Charles Haines, known by his stage name “Charlie Moonbeam,” interacts with the crowd Sunday afternoon during a benefit concert hosted by A&O Productions for Dance Marathon. The groups joined together to raise money for DM 2014.
“Both bands are really fun and really great for just chilling on an a!ernoon.Shelly Tan,A&O Productions co-director of marketing
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Admin must instate effective mental health plan
Charity canvassers can be too aggressive
Growing up, I always learned to smile and maybe even give a little wave at random people with whom I made eye contact on the streets. !is strategy usually worked in my hometown of Austin, Texas, where most people would courte-ously smile back at me. But it has gotten me into trouble in Evanston and the Chicago area, where countless charity canvassers have harassed me when I have made the mistake of making eye contact.
My weekly trip to CVS has become perilous, "lled with shouts of workers from children’s charities, environmental organizations and even a local church soliciting holiday donations. “Do you have a minute to save the children?” they loudly inquire as I scurry by the CVS storefront. “Do you have a minute to sign our petition?” environmental groups shout as I avert my eyes. Around Christmas, church children held a bucket up to me silently, making me feel guilty as I refused their donation and walked on by like Ebenezer Scrooge.
!e worst instance was on Michigan Avenue last quarter. While walking to the El a#er an interview, I encountered a mob of workers from the Human Rights Campaign, an organization
that supports LGBT rights. I curtly smiled at a female worker as I walked briskly to catch the train back to campus in time, which ended up being a huge mistake. !e worker started pac-ing alongside me shouting, “Hey, where are you going? Can I come with you?” while shoving past the crowds. Although she may have thought it was a nice gesture to get me to sign her petition, I felt that she invaded my “bubble,” and that my personal space had been violated. I lost her at the crosswalk and didn’t look back.
I support LGBT rights, I generally try my hardest to preserve the environment and yes, I would like to take a minute to save the children. But when these canvassers harass me and make me feel awful for simply giving them eye contact, I end up ignoring the causes they so passionately care about. !ere has to be a way for charities to get the support they need without literally chas-ing people down on the streets.
But I do have to point out that the work of a charity canvasser can be quite di$cult. I was complaining about this particular topic to some friends when one revealed she worked as a can-vasser for one of these organizations one sum-mer. She talked about the demands of the job and said canvassers would be "red if they didn’t hit their target of signatures or donations for a cer-tain number of days.
She explained that any passersby that smiled or gave canvassers a slight amount of eye contact provided hope for these workers, who are o#en
young people desperate to meet their quota for payment. By smiling and acknowledging the canvassers, I was unsuspectingly giving them the promise of a new signature or donation to cross o% the list.
One charity this past weekend demonstrated how to ask for donations on the streets respect-fully. Misericordia, a community that provides care for individuals with developmental disabili-ties, held its annual Candy Days donation drive April &'-&(. Individuals from Misericordia and other volunteers were scattered in the streets of Evanston with brightly colored vests, waiting to trade donations for jelly beans.
I was not asked or yelled at once to donate. Had I not been in a rush, I would have gladly stopped and given some money to Misericordia. !e volunteers and individuals were gracious and smiled and waved back at me, not even asking for money as I kept on walking.
I hope other charities can follow Misericordia’s example and trust that if pedestrians want to stop and donate or learn more about the cause, they will do so of their own accord. In the meantime, I will continue to avoid awkward eye contact on the streets of Evanston and stare at the ground as I make my dangerous trips to CVS.
Meredith Goodman is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at [email protected]. If you would like to respond publicly to this letter, send a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].
MEREDITHGOODMANDAILY COLUMNIST @merbear_77
NRA’s arguments on gun rights should be dismissed
In the wake of a series of mass shootings like the one that took place in Newtown, Conn., in December, the topic of gun rights and gun control has been one of &)*+’s most pressing issues. With the recent defeat of a series of gun control measures in the Senate, such as a bill to expand background checks on gun purchasers, few players in the debate seem to hold as much sway over our elected leaders as the National Ri,e Association.
!is weekend, the NRA gathered for its annual convention in Houston, where it celebrated the Senate’s inaction and made predictions about the state of gun rights under leaders like President Barack Obama. In looking at the speeches and mes-sages coming out of the NRA convention, though, the organization appears to be little more than a fringe group with apocalyptic visions of a tyranni-cal government wiping out its freedoms. !e lack of a rational discourse, or even speeches that were semi-rooted in reality, was stunning, and it begs the question of why so many politicians are at the mercy of a ragtag group of gun extremists.
!e common thread throughout the convention was the use of “freedom” as a synonym for “guns,” as if the possession of automatic weapons is some God-given and inalienable right that must never be touched in any way whatsoever. !e speakers’ list, which was a who’s who of Republicans considering
a run for the White House in &)*', all made this idea the centerpiece of their addresses. From Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and rising-star Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, all heaped praise on the NRA and saluted their work in "ghting tirelessly for the “freedoms” of America, all while highlighting their defense of these “freedoms” in their own states.
Breaking down an issue as complicated and signi"cant as the availability of lethal weapons into a simple matter of “freedom,” the ultimate catch-all word in American politics, turns unlimited gun rights into some kind of sacred cornerstone of our society. !is prevents politicians from taking even the tiniest action, like passing the watered-down Senate bill, to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands.
!e strong emphasis on “freedom” at the con-vention was motivated by a genuine fear among the attendees that their guns are the only thing keeping our elected government from transforming into an evil tyrannical regime, which is what Obama is striving to create with his push to “come a#er our guns,” to paraphrase one attendee. !us, any gun control action would start us down a slippery slope to total government control.
Notwithstanding the absurdity of the notion that the guns of the freedom-loving NRA mem-bers would protect them from the “tyranny” of a government with such an extensive military, the widespread fear of a gun-free dictatorship is astoundingly paranoid and removed from reality. One would imagine such fears to be reserved for the YouTube comments section, not the o$cial
convention of one of the nation’s most powerful interest groups. Yet, there they were.
!e speakers and attendees weren’t the only ones who expressed some almost comically extreme views on guns, though. !e NRA leadership is in just as big of a frenzy over the perceived menace of the Obama regime, if not a bigger one. James Porter, the group’s new president, has a history of incendiary stances — he has called the Civil War the “War of Northern Aggression,” for one — and "rmly believes his organization is on the front lines of, in his words, a “culture war” for the very soul of America. He called for every single American to receive military weapons training as a line of defense against tyranny, a position that would be extreme for a regular person to hold, let alone the leader of a millions-strong lobbying group.
!e willingness of the NRA convention-goers to oversimplify serious issues and engage in silly con-spiracy theories is not my main issue here — they
have every right to do so, a#er all. My issue is that a group that engages in such behavior has advanced to such a prominent role in dictating what legisla-tion can and cannot pass through Congress. !ere are members of Congress, grown men and women, who cower in fear before this group and the clout it holds. It is mystifying, and very detrimental to both our gun safety and the ability to even discuss gun safety, that the NRA is so feared in the halls of power. I can only hope that more Americans — and, more importantly, more politicians — reject the power of this organization and work to pass sensible gun legislation that can make this country a safer place, a possibility that will unfortunately remain small if the NRA is able to maintain their sway over our elected leaders.
Ryan Kearney is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at [email protected]. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].
RYANKEARNEYDAILY COLUMNIST @rkearney892
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!e state of mental health resources at Northwestern has dominated campus dialogue this year and will likely culminate in a decision this month on whether and how to expand the sta% at Counseling and Psychological Services. As administrators examine whether to imple-ment CAPS’s strategic plan, which calls for four additional full-time therapists, demand for services is increasing among the student body. University President Morton Schapiro declared at the “Conversations with the President” forum April &- that there is “no limit to how much we would spend to ensure the health and safety of our students.” Although the support for improved mental health services from top members of the University’s administration is admirable, !e Daily urges them to ful"ll their promises and put into practice substantial and e%ective programs for students.
As this editorial was being written, the NU community was noti"ed of the death of McCor-mick sophomore Dmitri Teplov. !e cause of
death remains unknown, but Evanston police say a preliminary investigation indicates it was a suicide. If this turns out to be the case, then Teplov’s death should increase the urgency with which these measures should be implemented.
Each of the proposed additional four full-time therapists would take on a speci"c task. !e "rst would work speci"cally to address the needs of minority students, while a second sta% member would facilitate the peer-to-peer mentoring program NU Listens. A third would seek to expand the Question-Persuade-Refer Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training Pro-gram, which teaches students how to question a person about suicidal thoughts, persuade them to seek help and refer them to professional resources. !e last additional sta% member would facilitate long-term care for students, expanding upon the *& free sessions that CAPS currently o%ers and providing additional coun-seling opportunities.
!ough these proposals should be put into
practice immediately, administrators must take great care to ensure their long-term e%ective-ness. For one, the therapist who works with minority students must be highly trained to deal with the speci"c issues facing those com-munities. Additionally, NU Listens must be highly monitored to ensure the utmost degree of con"dentiality among students, and those who participate in the program should undergo extensive training in order for their services to be as e%ective as possible. Administrators and student leaders should also o%er initial QPR training sessions to the maximum number of students, as well as refresher courses to keep the techniques at the top of everyone’s minds. Finally, administrators need to "nd a way to ensure long-term care will not just be present, but also useful. It should not just repeat content of the *& free sessions, but rather build upon what was initially covered so that students can reap the greatest bene"ts.
But even with all of the work to be done, !e
Daily recognizes the e%orts of CAPS to address the shortages within the University’s mental health care system and urges students to do the same. CAPS has obstacles to overcome, speci"-cally "nancial ones. Administrators are work-ing to improve the status quo, and their work should not go unnoticed.
!e Daily hopes CAPS and the University can implement the measures outlined in its strategic plan, as well as address other mental health-related problems on campus. In the wake of the death of Weinberg junior Alyssa Weaver, who took her own life in the fall while study-ing in London, administrators should consider strengthening the mental health-screening pro-cess for students going abroad. !is and other measures should be of utmost importance to administrators, as they will be key to improving student safety and happiness. !ose in charge should be taking every step possible to ensure not just that these programs are implemented, but that they also possess quality and longevity.
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Evanston Art Center educates community on street artBy SOPHIA BOLLAG!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @SophiaBollag
-e Evanston Art Center hosted presentations on slam poetry, hip-hop and gra.ti over the weekend in an e/ort to educate the community on street art.
Keith Brown, the center’s education director, said he had looked forward to carrying out the program since assuming his position more than a year ago.
“-is is something that I’ve long wanted to do,” Brown said. “It’s just an opportunity to give the
Evanston community a taste of what hip-hop and gra.ti culture is like.”
-e program, titled “Street Arts as Public Peda-gogy: Learning From the Margins,” began Friday with a screening of “Louder -an a Bomb,” a critically acclaimed documentary telling the story of a Chicago poetry slam for teenagers. -e center, 0123 Sheridan Road, also hosted a hip-hop education day Saturday and a gra.ti writers art presentation and an educators panel discussion Sunday.
A major focus of all the events was to educate the Evanston community on the artistic motivation behind street art, Brown said.
Andrew O’Brien, a 45-year-old Evanston Township High School student who attended the art presenta-tion Sunday, said residents typically are not exposed to gra.ti as an art form.
“Gra.ti’s frowned upon, generally,” O’Brien said. “I guess there isn’t really too much space for it (in Evanston).”
Many Evanston residents do not appreciate the di/erence between gra.ti created as art and gra.ti that is simply vandalism, said Jordan Nickel, one of three gra.ti artists at the Sunday presentation.
“Gang gra.ti is very di/erent than gra.ti art ... that we do,” said Nickel, who goes by “POSE.”
-e presentation was part of the center’s e/orts to engage a broader segment of the Evanston commu-nity, especially young people, said Norah Diedrich, the center’s executive director.
“Sometimes they feel like it’s not a place for them, even though it is, and this programming is working to reach out to a broader audience,” Diedrich said.
Teenagers and older residents attended the events this weekend, which Diedrich said is unusual.
Ciara McCarthy contributed reporting.
Medill alumnus likely captured by Syrian governmentBy LAUREN CARUBA!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @LaurenCaruba
A Medill-sponsored event Friday for journalist James Foley (Medill ’26), missing in Syria, shed new light about his whereabouts.
More than 52 students, faculty and Northwestern alumni gathered Friday morning in the McCormick Tribune Center forum to watch a live broadcast of “Silenced Voices: When Con7ict Journalists Go Missing.” Held in Boston by Foley’s family and inter-national news outlet GlobalPost, the event marked the 02th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day and 410 days since unidenti8ed gunmen captured Foley in northern Syria near the Turkish border.
At the beginning of the broadcast, GlobalPost CEO and co-founder Philip Balboni announced investigators now believe with “a very high degree of con8dence” that the Syrian government is holding Foley in a detention center near Damascus.
Although investigators have had no communi-cations with Foley’s captors, Balboni said Global-Post representatives are meeting with the Syrian ambassador to Lebanon and are in contact with the Syrian government through diplomatic and private channels.
“We are very hopeful of Jim’s release, and we are totally committed to bringing Jim Foley home safely and as quickly as possible,” Balboni said.
Foley, 39, was reporting 40 miles from the Turkish border Nov. 00 when he was captured. It is believed he is currently detained in a facility con-trolled by the Syrian Air Force Intelligence service with at least one other Western journalist.
-is is the second time Foley, a freelance con-tributor to GlobalPost and Agence France-Presse, has disappeared while reporting in con7ict regions. Libyan soldiers detained Foley and two other jour-nalists in April 0244 and held him for :: days.
Foley’s parents, who turned to Syrian social media for information in February and initiated a Free James Foley campaign, spoke brie7y a;er
Balboni’s announcement.“-e angst of his living in captivity returned,”
his mother Diane Foley said. “As a family we’ve experienced cycles of anger, frustration, terror, sad-ness and hope.”
In Boston, Medill Prof. Jack Doppelt moder-ated a panel of veteran con7ict zone journalists, several of whom had also been captured while reporting, including author Roxana Saberi (Medill ’99), Reuters columnist David Rohde, Pakistani journalist Beena Sarwar and AFP correspondent David Clark.
Saberi, who was imprisoned in Tehran and sentenced to eight years for espionage before her conviction was overturned in May 0229, noted the important role her supporters and media had in her eventual release.
“When you 8nd out that people are speaking out for you, it empowers you and makes you feel like you’re not alone,” she said. “It helps you to carry on much more easily.”
-e fact that Foley is in the hands of the
government rather than insurgents is encourag-ing, she said.
Baindu Kallon, a member of the Medill Under-graduate Student Advisory Council, said she was interested in the discussion on the hazards of reporting and being captured in con7ict zones. -e experiences of Foley and the panelists demonstrate the special nature of war reporting, she said.
“T he line has been blurred between being a journalist and being involved in a con7ict,” the Medill junior said.
Representatives from the Northwestern Alumni Association’s Alumni Regents also attended the broadcast.
“I could sit there and listen for two more hours,” Alumni Regents chair Charles Sansone (Weinberg ’10) said. “We have a lot to be thankful for, that people are willing to literally put their lives on the line to try to get information to the rest of the world about what’s happening.”
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Quarter, and a soft launch is likely in the next six weeks.
Adams said when the website launches, his o!ce will give the “full fanfare” necessary to promote it. Likewise, Ajith said ASG will take an active promotional approach, bringing infor-mation about the resource to dorms and student groups.
Adams said the website will be mostly a cen-tralization of existing resources, including the revitalized Student Assistance and Support Ser-vices branch of the dean’s o!ce, which is coordi-nated by Mona Dugo, whose position was created in December to bridge the gap between the o!ce and students.
He and Ajith both expressed hope that it will help students struggling to "nd answers to their questions.
“It’s just a combination of resources and a col-laboration between ASG and our o!ce to pro-mote ways to be in touch, particularly if you don’t know where to start,” Adams said.
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to blame people or make them feel bad.”Weinberg senior Leticia Saenz, a member of
the LaFe Latino Intervarsity Christian Fellow-ship, said she celebrated Cinco De Mayo with her family growing up. She said the Lakefill gathering was a great way to commemorate the day.
“I think we just try and best celebrate our heritage,” Saenz said. “I love the idea of being outdoors. A lot of the times we’re just so accus-tomed to being in a certain space on campus. … It gets us out in the open, and people can acknowledge that we’re here, and we have a presence.
Air Force school accepts ETHS gradBy JOSH WALFISH#$%&' ()*%+, (-$..), @JoshWal"sh
A year a/er being rejected by the U.S. Air Force Academy, Philip Strunk realized he was not ready for military life.
But a/er spending a year at a military prep school, the Evanston Township High School graduate "nally got a nomination from Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) to the Air Force Academy, where he will enroll at the end of June.
He spent the past year at Greystone Prepara-tory School in Kerrville, Texas, preparing for his second chance at the military. 0e school works in coordination with Schreiner University.
“I realize the hard work of how hard the aca-demics are at a university,” Strunk said. “I know that the academies are that much harder because you have military training on the side. (0e last year has) really taught me things I didn’t have coming out of high school. I would have basi-cally been hit by a train if I had gone straight to the academy.”
0e decision to enroll at a military academy was one Strunk said he made early on. Faith is a large part of Strunk’s life, and he said he joined the military not only to serve his country, but also to serve God.
He applied to only the Air Force Academy out of high school, but said he was open to enrolling
in other service academies a/er spending the year at Greystone.
Strunk learned attributes needed to succeed at a service academy during his four years at ETHS. He was a three-sport athlete, competing in soccer, diving and volleyball.
He said he learned how to stay disciplined and to manage his time as a student athlete in high school. Strunk said soccer helped him with his "tness test for the academy, and his position as captain of the diving and volleyball teams helped him develop his leadership abilities.
Strunk said he misses his family and friends the most, but he also misses the Evanston win-ters. He said he was excited to see snow on the ground when he returned home for Christmas. However, he said he does not dwell on the life he le/ behind in Evanston.
“I don’t really have time to sit down and think about the things that I miss,” Strunk said. “It’s my home and it will always be my home because that’s where I grew up.”
He said he trusts in his faith to help him deal with whatever struggles he has to face — most notably the danger of being in the military.
“I know the profession that I chose. I could be put in harm’s way,” Strunk said. “And I know what happens is all in God’s plan.”
As for his mother, she said she understands the risks, but won’t spend her time worrying about her son’s safety.
“It’s not my personality to worry a lot,” Pam
Strunk said. “We know about the dangers, and it breaks my heart to hear about the crashes. 0ere is no place that’s totally safe, and you can’t live your life in fear.”
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ACCEPTED Evanston Township High School graduate Philip Strunk was recently nominated for the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Zuckerman, one of Teplov’s suitemates, said o!-cials from Counseling and Psychological Services knocked on his door about 1 p.m. Sunday to tell him the news. Although Zuckerman had only met Teplov this year and did not know him very well, they were both chemical engineering majors.
“He was pretty motivated, I would say,” Zuck-erman said. “He was like pretty fun to talk to, nice person.”
McCormick sophomore Vince Cericola took several classes with Teplov, and the two were in a chemistry study group together. Cericola said Teplov kept to himself but was “very nice” and talked a lot when they were together.
“He joked around,” said Cericola, who is also a Plex resident. “He had a kind of computer guy sense of humor. He would have technology-re-lated jokes.”
Monica Sadek, Teplov’s community assistant, said she o/en stopped by his room down the hall to ask questions about physics. Teplov was always willing to help, said Sadek, a Weinberg sophomore.
“It’s unfortunate that we won’t be seeing him anymore, and that we’re losing a really bright chemical engineer,” Sadek said. “And a good friend, too.”
Frank Avino, another former classmate of Teplov, described Teplov as quiet and smart but “never overbearing” about his intelligence.
“He’s kind of the de"nition of a Northwestern student,” said Avino, a McCormick sophomore. “He was just so humbly intelligent.”
Matt Zhou, Teplov’s lab partner in a chemistry course last year, said it was hard to get to know Teplov at "rst. But Teplov eventually revealed himself to have a “very wry and sarcastic sense of humor,” said Zhou, a Weinberg sophomore.
Associated Student Government representa-tives expressed their condolences Sunday night.
“On behalf of ASG and the undergraduate student body, we extend our deepest sympathies to Dmitri’s family, friends, and classmates,” ASG president Ani Ajith and executive vice president Alex Van Atta said in a joint statement. “0e loss of one of our own is always sorrowful, and we must stand with each other in this time of mourning.”
Many students struggled with the news of yet another student death.
“With the other deaths that have happened, it’s hard to "nd the words,” Avino said.
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NU stifles Florida to reclaim ALC crownBy AVA WALLACE!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @AvaRWallace
Gone was the -at, uninspired North-western from its last matchup against Florida.
Florida coach Amanda O’Leary was right when she predicted the two teams’ second meeting this season would not go as smoothly as the .rst, when the Gators walked away with a //-0 win. Florida faced a di1erent NU in the American Lacrosse Conference cham-pionship game Sunday, and it could not keep up.
2e second-seeded Wildcats (34-/, 0-3 ALC) played a slow, deliberate game against the top-seeded Gators (34-/, 0-3) and were able to stump Florida where it mattered most — in NU’s defensive end. 2e Gators’ usu-ally high-powered o1ense could not get anything going and fell to the Cats 5-6 in Baltimore.
With the victory, NU regains its ALC championship a7er Florida bested them in /83/ to become the .rst team other than the Cats to win the ALC Tournament. NU has now won the ALC Tournament six of the seven times it has been held.
2e Cats’ defense held the Gators to just 9 shots Sunday, compared to the /5 the Gators took during the teams’ .rst meeting in April.
NU took a whopping /0 shots against the Florida on Sunday and edged the .rst seed in the circle, winning 38 draw controls while the Gators had 6.
Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said her team’s tight defense made the o1ensive di1erence this time around.
“(Florida) usually come out at
us hard, and we talked about that, and we really just played lockdown defense,” Amonte Hiller said. “I think our defense helped our o1ense, and we talked a lot about helping them back by having a good possession … and really waiting for quality shots and quality opportunities.”
Although the Cats’ o1ense certainly took advantage of their ball control and took calculated shots, goals were not coming in from the team’s usual o1ensive leaders. Neither the Cats’ leading goal scorer, senior attack Erin Fitzgerald, nor any of her senior coun-terparts — mid.elder Taylor 2orn-ton, mid.elder Amanda Macaluso and mid.elder Ali Cassera — netted any shots against the Gators.
Instead, and perhaps .ttingly for a team that will graduate seven seniors in a few weeks , Sunday’s contest was all about the junior class.
Juniors Kate Macdonald, Kat DeRonda, Alyssa Leonard and Kelly Rich handled the goal-scoring for NU, with DeRonda leading the pack with a hat trick.
Sunday’s championship match was the .rst time in // games Fitzgerald did not score a goal.
Still, the Cats’ o1ensive success was a team e1ort. Junior defender Kerri Harrington led the team with 6 ground balls, and NU ultimately collected 36 compared to Florida’s 38. 2ornton and senior mid.elder Gabriella Flibotte tied to lead the team for caused turnovers
with / each.Leonard, the team’s draw control
specialist, grabbed 4 of the Cats’ draw controls to bring her season total to 33/, the most in a single season at NU.
The Cats played a conservative o1ense, and both teams were particu-larly careful with their possessions, evidenced by the game’s relatively low score. When both teams were scoring regularly, goals generally came within two to four minutes of each other, and possession battles were mainly fought
at the .eld’s ends.Transitions were quick and, although
not always unchallenged, both teams seemed to prefer to play settled o1ense and defense. NU had 6 assists on the game.
2e Cats started the game on their own terms a7er the Gators dominated the .rst period both in April and their semi.nal matchup with Ohio State on Friday.
Rich scored in the third minute to get NU out of the gates .rst, some-thing Leonard said her team has been
focusing on since April’s loss.“I think the last time we played
(Florida) it was humbling,” Leonard said. “It made us realize you can’t come out and kind of expect it to happen. You have to will it to happen, and I think we did just that.”
NU is the No. / seed and will open the NCAA Tournament at home May 3/ against the winner of Friday’s matchup between Notre Dame and Stanford.
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TITLETOWN, ILL. Northwestern added to its extensive trophy case with its sixth ALC Tournament title in the past seven years. The win avenges last year’s loss to Florida in the title game, the only tournament NU lost.
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Wolverines blow past Cats By REBECCA FRIEDMAN+:' !"#$% ()*+:;'&+'*(
2e Wolverines’ bark seemed to be as .erce as their bite this weekend.
No. 38 Michigan swept Northwest-ern in a three-game series hosted in Ann Arbor, Mich., concluding the regular season for the Wildcats.
NU heads into the Big Ten Tourna-ment starting 2ursday as the No. < seed, squandering its chance at the No. 0 seed and a bye with the three losses to Michigan. 2e Wolverines’ three victories locked up the top seed in the tournament.
2e sweep put a halt to the Cats’ impressive .ve-game win streak the week before but didn’t put a halt to their rising con.dence.
“We’re much better than the begin-ning of the season,” sophomore pitcher Amy Letourneau said. “We have room to grow from this weekend, and we just need to show the .ght we did (Sunday) and bring it into the tournament.”
Letourneau opened the weekend in the circle for the Cats on Friday, pitch-ing well despite the /-3 loss. She came back Sunday to limit the Wolverines until the .nal couple of innings, when Michigan extended its margin of vic-tory to 9-6.
“Amy did a nice job mixing it up,” coach Kate Drohan said. “2ey just got to her by the end of (Sunday).”
Letourneau completed Friday’s game allowing only / runs on 4 hits with = strikeouts.
2e Wolverines struck .rst in the third inning on a /-out single. 2e Cats responded in the top of the fourth: Letourneau, sophomore Anna Edwards and sophomore Andrea DiPrima strung three singles together on two outs, tying the game at one apiece as Letourneau crossed the plate.
After two 3-/-6 half innings,
Michigan got it going again in the bot-tom of the .7h. Following a leado1 double, Letourneau gave up two con-secutive singles to bring in the ultimate winning run.
“2ey do a nice job clutch hitting,” Drohan said of the Wolverines.
2e next game was a whole di1erent beast for the Cats.
NU fell 3=-3 to Michigan in a .ve-inning run-rule. 2e Wolverines got on the board early with a two-run .rst inning and then a four-run second. Senior Meghan Lamberth started the game for the Cats but was relieved in the second inning by junior Sammy Albanese a7er Michigan’s second multi-run home run of the game.
2e Wolverines pushed the game to 9-3 in the fourth on a double to right center and a two-out error by the Cats allowed Michigan to push it all the way to 3=-3.
2e teams’ .nal meeting proved more like the .rst game at the begin-ning, with the two teams battling within one run in the .rst few innings.
2e Wolverines struck .rst as they did every game of the series, going up /-8 in the bottom of the .rst a7er a series of NU mishaps.
2e Cats battled back in the third with a 6-run homer by Letourneau to put them ahead 6-/.
However, NU’s lead did not hold long. Michigan came back in the bot-tom of the inning with a /-run home run of its own to go up 0-6 and contin-ued the inning, extending its lead to 4-6 with another 6-run homer.
A /-run double in the bottom of the sixth gave the Wolverines a 9-6 lead they would not let up.
Daily file photo by Meghan White
HELPING HER OWN CAUSE Sophomore pitcher Amy Letourneau scored NU’s only run in Friday’s loss to Michigan and hit a three-run home run to bring in the only Cats’ runs in Sunday’s loss to the Wolverines.
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NU splits first 2 of 3 games with Ohio St. By ALEX PUTTERMAN+:' !"#$% ()*+:;'&+'*( @AlexPutt8/
Northwestern’s close loss in a nearly must-win game was not what had Wildcats coach Paul Stevens on the verge of tears.
It was Senior Day at Rocky Miller Park, and a particularly meaning-ful group of seniors was leaving the program. Five NU mainstays — red shirt seniors Zach Morton and Trevor Stevens, Paul’s son, and seniors Colby Everett, Jack Havey and Luke Farrell – were honored in ceremonies both before and a7er the <-6 loss to Ohio State (63-30, 36-4 Big Ten).
“2is team plays with emotion,” Ste-vens said. “2ey play with a lot of heart. It’s a great day, and it’s a sad day.”
2e Cats’ (/8-39, 5-3/) Senior Day loss was the second game of a three-game set that will end Monday. NU won 5-8 Saturday behind another terrific performance from its best pitcher.
In his .nal home start, Farrell con-tinued his dominance of Big Ten hitters, throwing eight scoreless innings and striking out eight hitters while allowing no runs on / hits. In his last four starts, all against conference teams, the right-hander has allowed only / earned runs in a remarkable 66 innings.
“I’m just kind of in a routine right now,” Farrell said. “I walk out there with con.dence based on previous starts. I’m trying to carry one over to the next.”
2e o1ense Farrell needed came early. NU scored = runs in the second inning, half courtesy of junior Kyle Ruchim’s 6-run double. Havey drove in / runs on the day, knocking home
Ruchim with RBI singles in two dif-ferent innings.
2e Cats’ second through fourth hitters – Ruchim, Morton and Havey – combined to bat =-for-30 Saturday, and sophomore nine-hitter Walker Moses broke from a slump with a /-hit a7ernoon.
Sunday’s game was at least as exciting but lacked Saturday’s happy ending.
Down /-3 in the sixth inning, the top of the Cats’ order produced a rally. With Stevens on .rst, Ruchim pulled a line drive just past the third base-man’s glove. 2e ball rolled to the wall, where it bounced around long enough for Stevens to score as Ruchim cruised into second. A7er Ruchim advanced to third on a wild pitch, Morton -ew a sac -y to right .eld, and NU led 6-/.
With the score tied at 6 in the ninth inning, Ohio State’s Pat Porter, who had homered earlier in the game, led o1 with a 6-/ walk.Two batters later, with runners now on second and third and the in.eld in, Aaron Gretz lashed a low liner to second. Morton, playing nearly on the in.eld dirt, attempted to scoop the ball on one hop but let it squirt behind him for a /-run single.
“If I’d stayed in front of it I could have gotten him, probably,” Morton said. “I tried to back-hand it, got past me, and they got some runs.”
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