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By KATIE PARK THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

T his Ha l loween, t r ick-or-treaters may not be the only people swarming the streets.

Since t his week ’s footba l l game against Pennsylvania State University coincides with Hal-loween , city and University offi-cials have planned extra mea-sures to ensure the safety of stu-dents, trick-or-treaters and foot-ball fans.

Representatives from Evan-ston and the University have been meeting over the past few weeks to organize this Satur-day’s events, said Ald. Jane Gro-ver (7th) . On Tuesday, Grover attended a meeting held before all home football games to dis-cuss the day’s events and secu-rity.

“You hope for the best and plan for the worst,” Grover said. “I expect things should go very

smoothly, given that police from four departments will have their presence in the stadium.”

Officers from University Po-lice , Evanston Police Depart-ment , Wilmette Police Depart-ment and Illinois State Police will be at the game, Grover said.

Traff ic, parking issues, pe-destrian accidents and alcohol consumption are some of the problems that can occur at foot-ball games, said Evanston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther.

“I’d say 95 percent of people who do that participate with re-sponsibility, and then the other five percent take liberties with making noise, urinating where they shouldn’t and l it tering,” Guenther said.

In addit ion to the footbal l game, the city and the Univer-sity have planned events before and after the game to create a

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Billy Siegenfeld, a full-time professor in the dance department, works on- and off-campus teaching and doing research.

By SARAH EBERSPACHERTHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

For the 30 dance majors , two graduate students , five full-time professors and seven adjunct professors in the School of Commu-nication Dance program , the craft and study of dance is beginning to reflect the changes of the 21st century.

For instructors, that means dividing their time between the classroom and projects in Evanston and beyond. For students, it means challenging the boundaries of what an un-dergraduate dance program can achieve, both at the academic and extracurricular lev-els.

“(Dance) involves technology,” said Rives Collins , the current Dance program chair , who has worked in the School of Communi-cation for 23 years . “This is an education for me as well. All of a sudden, dance involves spoken word, songs, mash-ups — common in

Dance program takes novel approach

By CLAIRE BROWNTHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN

Every week in an Allison Hall dorm room, a McCor-mick freshman and his friends set up their usual poker game — but only after locking their door to avoid getting caught by Community Assistants.

“People were playing in the lobby with chips and (the CAs) told them, ‘you’re not allowed to gamble,’” said the freshman, who asked to remain anonymous. “They of-fered to play without chips, but (the CAs) still said no.”

From online poker to fantasy sports wagers and bet-ting on games, Northwestern students in residential halls across campus have engaged in gambling, which is a vio-lation of both campus rules and Illinois state law. But NU students are not alone, as about 50 percent of college stu-dents nationwide report having gambled in the last year, according to Kristy L. Wanner , a doctoral student at the University of Missouri . She is also the former coordina-tor of Keeping the Score , a gambling prevention program for college students.

About 3 percent to 8 percent of college students are considered problem- or pathological-gamblers, Wanner said. Problem- or pathological-gamblers tend to with-draw from friends and family, struggle with schoolwork and become more vulnerable to depression and mental illness than non-gamblers, Wanner said.

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Flatscreen TV, Mac computer stolen during daytime burglary

An Evanston resident reported a bur-glary Wednesday, police said.

The burglary, which occurred on the 1400 block of Dempster Street, occurred between 9 a.m. and 2:15 p.m., said Evan-ston Police Cmdr. Tom Guenther.

The burglar stole an LG flatscreen tele-vision and a Mac desktop computer, Guen-ther said.

The suspect entered through an unse-cured rear basement window and exited through a locked rear door, Guenther said.

The house owner discovered the bur-glary when he came home for the day, po-lice said.

Police are continuing to investigate.

Car window found smashed, no items missing from vehicle

A vehicle parked at 626 Sher idan Square was reported damaged Wednesday morning, police said.

The driver’s-side window of the vehicle was smashed, Guenther said.

Police checked the license plate and discovered the vehicle was registered in Oregon.

The vehicle was not ransacked and noth-ing appeared to be missing from the vehicle, although a container full of coins was found in the car, as well as a sign that said, “No dogs without leashes,” Guenther said.

It is unclear whether the sign was placed in the car to send a message or if it was in the car to begin with, police said.

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Even though he has a lot on his plate, Interim Dean of Students Burgie Howard’s calm and jovial demeanor doesn’t neces-sarily reflect the stress of his position.

“I feel like I’m one of those chefs that have like 12 pots on the stove, and I’m try-ing to make sure nothing burns,” Howard said, jokingly.

Howard, formerly assistant to Vice President of Student Affairs William Banis, began his interim role at Northwestern in July after former Dean of Students Mary Desler ret ired to a part-t ime posit ion. Since Desler left the position, the offices of University Residential Life and Frater-

nity and So-r o r i t y L i f e have switched to report di-r e c t l y t o Banis rather than the dean of students.

H o w a r d sa id h i s re -sponsibilit ies a s d e a n h a v e n ’ t changed much f r o m w h e n D e s l e r w a s dean, but he

has gained new perspective in his new role.

“Me being new in the role provides me an opportunity to ask questions and expe-rience things dif ferently than someone who’s been in the job for a long period of time,” Howard said.

Now in his fifth year at NU, Howard said he spends his days meeting with stu-dents and members of the community and attending student events such as Project Pumpkin and the forum held by the Asian Paci f ic A mer ica n Coa l it ion Tuesday,

among other responsibilities.Alex Sims, president of Promote 360, a

group that promotes student minorities within SESP, said she first met Howard when she worked as an assistant in Student Affairs. She said he is a “cool, laid back guy.”

“Burgie is very approachable,” the SESP senior said. “Not all administrators have a welcoming environment where you can walk in and have a casual discussion.”

Among the items that have recently popped up on Howard’s radar are off-cam-pus problems and safety issues. In reference to recent crimes involving members of the NU community, he said students can take a number of actions to help protect them-selves. He emphasized they should not walk alone at night and should take advantage of services offered by the University such as SafeRide and the shuttle system.

“Times are tough in Illinois,” Howard said. “I think Northwestern, in general, — faculty and staff or students — are always viewed as people who are more ‘haves’ than ‘have-nots....’ We’re likely targets.”

Howard said there are a number of issues with students living off-campus, particularly problems with noise, population density and students’ attitudes toward Evanston resi-dents. He said he would eventually like to see an office that would assist students off-campus.

“You can imagine the frustrat ion of someone who is an avid gardener who goes out there and plants their f lowers and puts their mums out,” Howard said, “to find that someone has damaged their garden, dropped beer bottles (and) peed in their bushes and on their plants.”

Howard will serve out the school year as interim dean. He said the search for a permanent dean will start in late winter or early spring. A new dean of students will be named in mid- to late summer, he said.

Associated Student Government Presi-dent Mike McGee, said Howard is a good friend of his, and he would like to see

Howard stay in the role.“He’s done a great job for the short

amount of time he’s been in the position,” the Communication senior said. “I defi-nitely don’t want to lose him to another school.”

From Howard’s vantage point though, “it’s an exciting time to be at NU.”

“I think we’re having a really great year thus far,” he said. “The negative things, they come with the job. But there are far more positives than negatives at North-western. That’s why I decide to come to work every day.”

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Burgie Howard, who became interim dean after former Dean of Students Mary Desler stepped down to a part-time position last July, has handled off-campus and safety issues in his new role and said he would like to see an office dedicated to assisting off-campus students. Howard will serve as interim dean for the remainder of the school year.

“There are far more positives than negatives at Northwestern. That’s why I decide to come to work every day.”

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‘Jewish Jordan’ reflects on love of faith, gameBy JuStiN Nam

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basketball did not always sync with his re-ligion.

Goodman, the first practicing Orthodox Jew to play in Division I college basket-ball, spoke at Northwestern about his jour-ney with basketball and Judaism to about 25 students and members of the Jewish community at the McCormick Tribune Center on Tuesday night.

The recently retired professional bas-ketball player attracted national attention as a junior in high school when he turned down a full scholarship to the then-num-ber-one-ranked University of Maryland because of religious conflict. His message focused on faith and his goal of being a basketball player, along with the trials he had to undergo to achieve that dream. Goodman decided to attend Towson Uni-versity, which changed its entire basketball schedule to accommodate his observance of Jewish holy days.

Goodman credits his good fortune in the “faith that Hashem (a Hebrew name for God) would bring him a better situa-tion.”

According to Goodman, he fell in love with the game of basketball when he was five.

“I wanted to dunk,” Goodman said. “Michael Jordan was everything to me, and I wanted to play just like him.”

As a seventh grader, Goodman tried out for and made the high school varsity team of the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, where he grew up, and he was the leading scorer of the team in eighth grade. As a high school junior, he averaged 35.4 points per game and shot to new heights when Sports Illustrated ran a four-page spread on him in the year’s Super Bowl issue, giv-ing him the nickname, “the Jewish Jor-dan.”

Going into his senior year as the 25th-ranked high school player in the United States, he abruptly gave up his scholarship to Maryland when they tried to pressure him into playing during Shabbat on Fri-days and wound up at Towson. He played for Towson until his sophomore year, when a reported altercation with his coach re-garding Judaism caused him to leave the team. He signed with a professional team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Israel in 2002, which fulfilled his dream of being a professional player. It was there he met his wife, who he describes as “the greatest blessing of my life.”

Instead of focusing solely on sports, Goodman said his talk was about keeping faith and being observant of religious cus-toms even in the face of adversity, while at the same time using the gifts he was given.

“I had to set an example, especially for all the kids who looked up to me,” Good-man said. “If I compromised, I would fail.”

Rabbi Dov Hil lel K lein, who heard about Goodman a few years ago and con-tacted his agent to ask him to speak at NU, said he agreed with Goodman’s lessons and encouraged members of the NU com-munity from all faiths to learn from his story.

“Tamir’s message is important not just to Jews but to everyone because each one of us has commitments, whether religious or ethical,” Klein said. “His story, I believe will inspire us to be able to live our dreams and at the same time not to give up our commitments.”

Goodman is now working with a charity organization called Haifa Hoops for Kids, which collects money to send underprivi-leged youth in Israel to professional bas-ketball games, according to Goodman’s Web site. After the success he has enjoyed, Goodman said he wants to give back to others.

“I’m dedicating the second half of my life to underprivileged kids,” Goodman said. “I feel that everyone has to find their ultimate blessing.”

From the success and fame, to the inju-ries and anti-Semitism, Goodman said he has learned to use what he was given to make himself a better person and player.

“I never gave up, and I always worked,” Goodman said. “Through injuries, through negative articles, I worked my butt off to get where I am.”

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Evanston resident Paul McComas is a novelist by day and musician by night.

For the past 28 years, the 48-year-old has been in a handful of bands, but Friday night, he’s going solo when he performs in Evanston Idol, the city’s version of the popular reality show American Idol.

Eleven performers from the Chicago area will participate in Friday’s show, which serves as the annual fundraiser for the Evan-ston Community Media Center, 1285 Hartrey Ave., and will be broadcast on the city’s pub-lic access television station.

“Evanston Idol is a neat way to get in the limelight for a few minutes and at the same time help out the community access station,” McComas said. “It’s a little bit of a spoof of reality shows, and the performers are quite good.”

The talent show, which will be televised live on Evanston Community Television Channel 6 at 7 p.m., is being held in conjunc-tion with a silent auction to benefit the Center. The auction is public and features items donated from vari-ous businesses, in-cluding Hotel Or-rington, 1710 Or-rington Ave., the Chicago Wolves hockey team and local theaters.

“This gave us the chance to tap into the talent pool here in Evanston,” said Co-producer Brian Cox. “Our goal is to help put the show on the air and help get people interested in joining the center. The station is there for people to use.”

Now in its third year, the show was started by Cox and co-producer Cindy Cort when both were chairs of the fundraising committee for the station. Preparations started last spring for this year’s show.

Out of the estimated 25 people who audi-tioned, the final chosen performers represent a range of ages, Cort said.

“They’re all talented,” she said. “They’ve all got great voices, from the 9-year-old to the 47-year-old. It’s amazing how many people are very good singers.”

From singer-songwriters to a dancer, the show will display an eclectic range of talent, Cox said.

“Every performer on this show has to have a chance at winning,” he said. “We take it seriously. It’ll be a very big challenge to pick a winner this year.”

Three judges will score the performers based on the criteria of originality, talent and entertainment value. The winner will receive a trophy and a professionally produced DVD showcasing his or her talents.

“It’s a fun event,” Cort said. “People should come check out the station and check out the talent. I’m excited to see how our po-tential talent is going to come across to peo-ple.”

Both Cox and Cort are expecting a good turnout this year, they said. The show has around 30 to 50 people in attendance each year.

Though this will be the first time on stage for many of the performers, McComas is a veteran of the show, participating for his sec-ond year.

He will be performing a rendition of a Patsy Cline song, which he rewrote as a com-mentary on the health care debate. McCo-mas called his rendition that of a “blue-state cowboy:” country music combined with lib-eral-leaning lyrics.

“I’m just glad to be able to do a funny but important song about what’s going on in our country right now,” he said. “I don’t get ner-vous. There’s nowhere I’d rather be than per-forming my material in front of an audience.”

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We’re right, you’re wrong. Black and white. Good versus evil. From diehard conser-

vatives like Bill O’Reilly and loud-mouth liberals like Rep. Alan Gray-son, to the Christian extremists like the Westboro Baptist Church and Is-lamic terrorists like al-Qaida, extreme opinions and beliefs appear to be gaining momentum these days.

You would think the rise of global communication and connectivity would allow everyone to see different sides of each issue, and pick and choose what they believe in. However, people tend to ignore opinions differ-ent from their own. Instead of bring-ing people together, the Internet helps separate them.

But why are people drawn to ex-treme ideas, philosophies or politics in the first place? Part of the reason is because it’s easy to believe in abso-lutes, and it makes the follower feel better about themselves. When an in-dividual starts to believe in an idea or group so strongly it becomes infallible to him, he becomes a shining white knight for said cause, a hero in his own mind, and nothing can convince him otherwise.

Everything the extreme belief sys-tem stands for becomes righteous and justified, mirroring another ideology that becomes a symbol for chaos and evil. By turning an opposing group into an “other,” radicals create an en-emy responsible for the horrible world we live in. Zealots need “infidels,” “Arabs,” “liberal socialists” or “big-oted republicans,” to wage a moral war against in order to put their own values in a positive light. Why would Bill O’Reilly have a constructive con-versation when he can bellow and criticize anyone who doesn’t swear al-legiance to his cause, whatever that may be? The number of single-minded and fanatical ideologies seems to be growing every year, feed-ing off humans’ urges to feel like the good guy all the time.

When a person searches on the In-ternet, reads a blog or looks at a news site, they are probably more likely to look for and subscribe to Web sites that reflect their own opinions. Why? Because it feels good to be right and to be agreed with. After all, who likes being told they’re in the wrong? After being immersed in similar sources and ideas for a long time, a person’s belief system gets increasingly nar-rowed and reinforced instead of broadened and expanded.

Without hearing a variety of bal-anced ideas and arguments, people easily accept skewed and radical ideol-ogies, and begin to believe in the abso-lute infallibility of their position. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned after 21-odd years on this planet, it’s that one should never deal in absolutes, be-cause they are rarely — if ever — true.

So the next time you read The Huffington Post, check out Drudge Report as well. And the next time you put down a Bible, pick up a Koran. Whatever you do, keep an open mind. It’s the best (while maybe not the easi-est) type of mind to keep.

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to the delay in the Northwestern bulk e-mail system sending out a notification after a sexual assault report was determined “not a bona fide case” by police.

It took 18 hours for NU officials to send out the security alert after a glitch in the system. This notification was no less significant than any other security alert, and it’s unsettling to think a technical hiccup could leave students in the dark about safety concerns for so long. The bulk e-mail system is useful and necessary, but prob-lems like this could pose a serious threat in dan-gerous situations.

to the monumental grant awarded to the NU’s Chemistry of Life Pro-cesses Institute for cancer re-search.The five-year, $13.6 million grant

from the National Cancer Institute will create an interdisciplinary research center to study the structure of cancerous cell genomes. It comes as an affirmation of the NU science community’s strength and credibility, especially since the center will be one of only 12 in the country set up by the NCI. Progress made at the “virtual” center with scientist teams has the potential to change the scope of cancer research. NU stu-dents will have an invaluable chance to get in on the action through different research projects with the center’s professors.

to spurring downtown business with free parking in Evanston ga-rages for the holiday season.The gesture for shoppers is sure to loosen purse strings this season, trick-

ling over to revitalize local businesses hard-hit by the economic downturn. Even in a tight bud-get year, Evanston continues to prove its com-mitment to its businesses by trying to ramp up sales through free parking. The city will sacri-fice thousands of dollars in revenue, but if it gives small-business owners a fighting chance in this economy, the promotion may be the perfect way to restore the holiday spirit in Evanston.

to NU’s libraries making the much-needed transition from print to digital resources.It’s about time the library featured this new technology. While the pro-

cess has been going on for years, the entirety of the library’s resources may be available elec-tronically in the next 25 years. In an age when students live on their laptops, digitization would make research materials easier to find and end the days of trying to navigate the enormous li-brary for one book.

to the NU football team, now with a 5-3 record, fresh off a win against Indiana and facing off against No. 12 Penn State this weekend.Sorry if you left Saturday’s Homecom-

ing football game at halftime — you only missed the biggest comeback in school history. After fall-ing behind 28-3 midway through the second quarter, Northwestern rallied for a 29-28 victory. After failing to finish games early in the season, NU has won two Big Ten games (Indiana and Purdue) in come-from-behind fashion. Now, the problem will be erasing slow starts as NU faces its toughest two-game stretch of the season. The Cats have positioned themselves nicely for bowl consideration, but an upset over a top-15 team would go a long way to solidifying their status.

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LeTTer To The eDiTor

More to advisers’ roles, resource not underused

I must reply to the “Advising resources go underused” story by Maria LaMagna in Thursday’s Daily.

My response has primarily to do with how journalism works. While the University Aca-demic Advising Center’s Greg Cera is inter-viewed at length, and his wise advice promul-gated, the story focuses on how “there is some confusion among students about how to con-tact an adviser and what classes to take.” The evidence for this assertion is two students who...are confused. This is a classic example of journalistic laziness.

Such scanty anecdotal evidence does not support the headline or reflect the reality of the use of advising resources at Northwest-ern.

First, advising differs between schools. For instance, my understanding is that all McCor-mick students must meet with an adviser to choose courses, but that is not the case in Weinberg or (to my knowledge) other under-graduate colleges.

Second, advising across NU is about much more than just choosing classes. While course selection is important, that’s not most of what advisers in University Career Services, the Study Abroad Office, University Academic

Advising Center, the Fellowships Office or the Weinberg Office of Undergraduate Studies primarily discuss with their advisees. So why is that the focus of the examples chosen?

Third, it is incumbent upon students to take some responsibility for their own advis-ing. If any Weinberg student doesn’t know who their advisers are, it’s because they either have skipped out of their Freshman Seminar (leaving their freshman adviser high and dry), they have ignored email(s) from their college adviser or they haven’t checked the “adviser” field in their own CAESAR account. It’s not like advisers skulk around campus, hiding in some dank lair beneath Deering Meadow. We’re very high profile.

Except, it seems, to Daily journalists writ-ing about the mythic lack of advising and ASG organizers trying to address a problem that is chimerical. Ms. LaMagna should have called the Weinberg Office of Undergraduate Stud-ies and Advising and asked the staff who han-dle booking appointments for our College Ad-visers if we were underused. Once they had a spare minute to reply, they would have as-sured you no, we’re not. The advisers are very booked — but if it’s an emergency, come on down, we’ll fit you in somewhere.

— BiLL savageSenior lecturer, English department

Weinberg adviser

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About 900 costumed children rampaged t hrough Norr is Universit y Center on Thursday af ternoon, clutching bags of candy and pushing to jump in the 15-foot pumpkin-shaped moon bounce located in the Louis Room as part of Northwestern Community Development Corps’ annual Project Pumpkin.

Led in small groups by costumed NU students, the children ranged from 4 to 12 years old and generally hailed from areas where it would not be safe for them to trick-or-treat on their own. NCDC sent out invitations for Project Pumpkin to all local elementary schools as well as to commu-nity groups in both Evanston and Chicago who currently work with the service orga-nization.

Transportation to and from Norris was provided by NCDC for all participating nonprofit organizations, which included the Robert Crown Community Center, 1701 Main St., and the McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove St. Several NU faculty and staff also brought their children to participate in the activities.

“Project Pumpkin is an opportunity for students within Chicago and Evanston to have a fun and unique Halloween experi-ence and to do so in a way that students have a chance to visit the campus and see what it’s like to be at the University,” said Medill junior Sara Fletcher, NCDC’s cam-pus outreach co-chair.

The event began at 4 p.m. with trick-or-treating around Norris and continued until 7 p.m. with arts and crafts, games and a

haunted house. Part icipat ing students f rom Greek organizat ions and student g roups acted a s chaperones and ran booths. This year, more than 60 student groups participated in the event, and doz-ens of NU students could be found in cos-tume.

“Project Pumpkin is always hectic, but it always turns out well in the end,” said NCDC Co-chair Kristen Cragwall, a Com-munication senior. “It is NCDC’s biggest service project event of the year, and it’s such as blast to see all the children having so much fun.”

This year’s organizers ran into a prob-lem when roughly an hour into the event the activity booths ran out of candy. Al-though NCDC spent nearly $1,100 on Hal-loween candy to stock the tables at the event, organizers had to leave Norris to buy more.

“(Participation) has been steadily in-creasing,” said NCDC Co-chair Sharanya Jaidev, a Weinberg senior. “This year we have a little less turnout probably because of the swine f lu concern...(but) it’s always very popular.”

Project Pumpkin began in the late 1980s and aims to help bridge the gap be-tween the NU, Evanston and Chicago com-munities. Two years ago, the group ex-tended the activities to three hours in or-der to maximize attwendance and avoid long lines at the activities.

“It ’s gett ing better every year,” said Natalie Furlett, who advises NCDC as the coordinator of Student Community Service at the Center for Student Involvement. “It’s really a great experience for the kids and the college students. It’s one of my favorite days of the year.”

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermon at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Thurs-day was met with murmurs of approval and, at times, raucous laughter. Choir members sang softly in the background through parts of his speech.

Wright delivered a sermon focusing on do-mestic violence, which he said has long been a silenced issue within the church.

Wright spoke Wednesday, Thursday and will speak again Friday at the church, 1113 Clark St., as part of the congregation’s annual fall revival. He drew about 80 people to the church Thursday, some of whom came from his own congregation, Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 West 95th St., in Chicago.

The reverend spoke at Northwestern last year. In spring 2008, the University rescinded its offer of an honorary degree after some of Wright’s controversial comments emerged in connection with President Barack Obama’s campaign.

Wright discussed the Bible verse Judges 19, in which a member of the clergy allows the rape of two women.

“Don’t confuse a man of God or a woman of God with the will of God,” Wright said. “Do not confuse the customs of the culture with God’s will.”

Wright paraphrased the story and framed it with familiar surroundings, describing a dan-gerous area as “47th and Calumet,” as opposed to Evanston. He described a small town as Skokie, then compared Evanston’s neighboring city to Jena, La., alluding to racial tension and drawing appreciative nods and comments from the audience.

He said the church had failed women by not protecting them and by barring them from the pulpit, saying they had been treated as “pieces to be had, not persons to be honored.”

Wright asked women who had been abused to step up to the pulpit, accompanied by those who knew victims of abuse. About 40 people streamed into the aisle. Rose Stone, a con-gregant, was among them.

“He touched me because I’ve been abused; I’ve been raped,” Stone said. “He got all the way down to the nitty-gritty.”

The Rev. Taurus K. Scurlock, Mount Zion’s pastor, said Wright was one of his seminary pro-fessors.

“I think he brings an approachable inclusion

to the scriptures,” Scurlock said.

He s a i d t h e church’s stance on domestic violence is “usually a position of silence.”

Saman Shaf i i , said he attended the revival after noticing the number of cars in the Mount Zion parking lot Wednes-day and learning of Wright’s speaking engagement.

“I thought maybe there was something I could learn from,” he said.

At Thursday’s ser-vice, Shafii decided to be saved.

“Everyone was just in touch with each other,” he said between hugs and handshakes. “You feel yourself come out.”

Scurlock said the church is mostly African-American. He said Shafii, an Iranian-American,

is the first member of Middle-Eastern descent. “We have started to become more multicul-

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By state law, the city of Evanston has about 24 years to pay $159 million to police and firefighters’ pension funds, according to a re-port released by the actuary Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company.

However, a new bill in the Illinois state legislature would amend the code to allow cit-ies until 2049 to pay for pension liabilities.

The bill was a focus of Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz’s trip to Springfield on Wednesday. In a blog entry Thursday, Bobkiewicz wrote about meeting with a lobbying group that advocated pension reform.

“We learned for the first time that day that there was likely going to be no pension bill this week,” wrote Bobkiewicz in his blog, later referring to the announcement as “unfortu-nate news.”

Regardless of whether pension reforms pass in Springfield, the City Council must ap-prove a budget by the end of the fiscal year on Feb. 28 to address the deficit in pension fund-ing, which increased by $14 million since last year.

The sharp increase in unfunded liability, which is the money owed to the pension funds, is largely due to the stock market’s poor performance, said Ron Brumbach, president of the Firefighters’ Pension Board. Current pension funds assets cover only 42 percent of

the benefits owed to the police and firefight-ers.

“The obligation is bigger because invest-ment portfolios lost money over the last fiscal year,” Brumbach said.

The Finance Department is drafting an of-ficial report that includes the GRS findings in future budget decisions. By law, both police and firefighters’ pension boards must approve the report, but critics of the report said the assumed 7.25 percent interest rate of return was too high considering the current state of the economy.

However, both the police and firefighters’ pension boards are expected to approve the findings.

“Everyone knows stocks had a horrible

year, but the reasonableness of assumptions is proven over a prolonged period of time,” said Assistant Finance Director Steve Drazner.

In addition to poor stock performance, Po-lice Pension Board President Timothy School-master cited the City Council’s funding poli-cies as a reason for the current deficits.

Schoolmaster said taxpayers will pay a dis-proportionately high part of the pension dues because the City Council neglected to set aside enough funds for pension plans in the past. While pension plans are usually funded by investment returns, the council’s failure to set aside adequate funds placed more respon-sibility on taxpayers, he said.

“They’ve chosen to tinker with the funding system, and it’s costing the taxpayer,” School-master said.

Schoolmaster noted the creation of a pen-sion obligation bond as a way to pay for un-funded liabilities in the next 24 years and re-duce the burden on taxpayers.

Although the new bill gives Evanston 16 more years to meet unfunded liabilities, Schoolmaster does not see the bill benefiting taxpayers.

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Gamblers are also more likely to develop problems with drugs and alcohol and to en-gage in risky sexual behavior, because gam-bling triggers the same chemical rush as alco-hol and drugs, she said.

“If people would think that getting ad-dicted to alcohol and drugs would be problem-atic, it’s the same for gambling,” Wanner said.

Some NU students reported gambling reg-u l a r l y e a c h week and said the most com-mon types of ga mbl i ng on c a m p u s a r e poker and pro-fessional sports bett ing. NU’s handbook reit-erates that “Illi-nois law prohib-its gambling in any form” and, therefore, “any event that sug-gests University

endorsement of gambling is not permissible.” Gambling on campus is not on the fore-

fronts of administrators’ minds, said Interim Dean of Students Burgie Howard, and NU has not yet dealt with a case involving gam-bling this year.

“It’s not something we hear about fre-quently,” Howard said. “Is it always a back-of-mind concern? Yes.”

Howard added, however, administrators are most concerned with online forms of gam-bling as they are “something that can be done very privately.”

A Weinberg senior said he has been playing online poker for the last three to four years and won more than $100,000 in a June 2008

tournament. The student said he also plays in a few regular poker games on campus, but “higher stakes games don’t exist on campus at all.”

“The level of action that a serious gambler would be interested in is not on campus,” said the student, who also asked to remain anony-mous.

Wanner said college students are no more likely to suffer from gambling addiction prob-lems than any other demographic.

“It doesn’t correlate with one group,” she said. “It crosses gender, socioeconomic and ethnic lines.”

Another student gambler, who also asked to remain anonymous, said he had a history of addictive behavior.

“I had an arcade addiction,” the Communi-cation freshman said. “I would spend $100 at an arcade trying to win an Xbox and come home with plastic sunglasses.”

If students want to confront gambling ad-dictions, Counseling and Psychological Ser-vices is available to help, Howard said. For more serious cases, administrators would help in connecting the student with an expert in the Chicago area and would deal individually with students on a case-by-case basis.

While it is possible to gamble in a healthy manner, Wanner said it is important to take precautions. She recommends setting time and money limits, as well as bringing a friend along to stay in check. Gambling is considered a social activity, so when students start gam-bling on their own or with people they don’t know, it’s a warning sign of addiction, she said.

Students said despite the risk of addiction, responsible gambling does exist at NU.

“Whatever I’m doing, I like to have at least one person as my conscience so I don’t get ahead of myself,” the Communication fresh-man said.

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“It's not some-thing we hear about frequently. Is it always a back-of-mind concern? Yes.”

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family-friendly atmosphere and control crowds, Grover said.

A pre-game Halloween party will take place from 1:30 to 3:15 p.m. at Wildcat Alley, north of Ryan Field, with events like face-painting, games and trick-or-treating. For the first time, a fireworks show will take place after the game.

“The fans, we hope, will mostly be in the stadium by the time trick-or-treating be-gins,” Grover said. “By the time it empties, hopefully the trick-or-treaters will have gone home.”

Guenther said Halloween is usually an “active night” for the police, as incidents like

suspicious people, vandalism and stealing candy from children can occur.

Evanston’s recommended trick-or-treat-ing hours, 4 to 7 p.m., begin just half an hour after the football game kicks off. UP Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said the number of peo-ple walking and driving on Saturday could cause complications.

“We want people to be extra cautious in driving, to be responsible in the neighbor-hoods so kids can enjoy an afternoon of trick-or-treating and be safe,” McAleer said.

Both Guenther and McAleer said they were increasing the number of patrol units for Saturday.

“We’re prepared, and I know the Evan-ston Police Department is prepared, so we

want to get through the weekend making sure everyone’s as safe as possible,” McAleer said.

Grover said announcements will be made during the game to remind fans to be mind-ful of trick-or-treaters.

NU’s Special Assistant for Community Relations Lucile Krasnow said the University and the city created a f lyer to remind the community of Saturday’s events.

“We don’t get to pick and choose when the football games are,” Krasnow said. “It’s been a delightful partnership in a situation where no one had a choice.”

Grover said “every minute” of Saturday has been planned.

“It’s a busy time in north Evanston on Sat-urday,” Grover said. “We’re hoping just the presence of the trick-or-treaters will bring out the best in the fans.”

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pline come from both students and faculty, Collins said. Students have the opportunity to work on programs such as the New Movement Project, a student-choreographed and -per-formed event taking place in late November. But faculty members also go beyond the Northwestern campus to work on projects out-side of Evanston, Chicago and even the United States.

Billy Siegenfeld is a full-time professor in the program. Off-campus, he focuses on his work as the founder, artistic director, principal choreographer and ensemble performer for the Jump Rhythm Jazz Project. The company puts on performances all over the world, dem-onstrating the “very rhythm-based approach” to dance that has caught on in the last 20 years, Siegenfeld said.

Maintaining ties with a company outside of NU and not just teaching classes as a full-time professor is important for both fulfilling his “re-

search” requirement to the University, as well as for the benefit of the students he teaches, Siegen-

feld said.“This area of

research that I’m pursuing is not meant to be some-thing confined to the academy but taken beyond,” he said. “I’m doing the work outside because it feeds my teaching. I do the teaching to feed my creative my work. It’s a to-tally symbiotic re-

lationship.”Jacklyn Giannitrapani has benefited from

having professors who continue to perform, cho-reograph and work on other ventures outside of NU, she said.

“These teachers have taught all around Chi-cago and beyond,” the Communication sopho-

more said. “They can bring their experiences and their knowledge and even other teachers and guest teachers and guest artists in — with that network of interaction, they have a broader scope to go from.”

Still, Giannitrapani, who is changing her ma-jor from dance at the end of the quarter, said she worries about the small size of the program and the difficulties this poses to non-dance majors who want to take classes in the discipline.

“I’ve been dancing my entire life, and it’s my highest passion,” she said. “(But) I’m worried I won’t have the convenience of taking classes here (as a non-major) because it’s so difficult to get in.”

While dance majors and minors register for classes without a problem, students outside the program can run into trouble when trying to register, said Communication senior Kimberly Dooley.

“It’s sad because there’s just not enough fund-ing and faculty to provide as many classes as we would need to serve that kind of demand,” she said.

The program is aware of its limitations right now, as is the University, Collins said. In light of

economic hardship and limited space for expan-sion, the program must strive for “excellence in the classroom,” rather than increasing the num-ber of faculty members or studio spaces, Collins said.

“I would love to expand the theater faculty, the dance faculty,” he said. “But, I recognize that we are in challenging economic times. I’m talk-ing to colleagues at other universities that are talking about having to cut so many positions — I’m really proud of the fact that we’re not cutting any teaching or staff.”

While waiting for such expansions, the hfac-ulty will continue to focus on their three teach-ing imperatives: teaching, service and research, Siegenfeld said.

“I want students to not just think of being a dancer, choreographer, teacher, or writer — be them all,” he said. “Obviously students can’t do all of those at once, but if they increase the num-ber of options they have, it makes the chances of gaining a foothold in the professional world bet-ter.”

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By Bill Careythe daily northwestern

As No. 20 Northwestern’s senior class goes through Senior Day festivities on Satur-day, the scene will look familiar to forward Jill Putnam.

It will be her second time participating in the ceremony. The fifth-year senior joined her classmates in the celebration last year, when a knee injury prevented her from playing her entire senior season.

But Putnam elected to take a medical red-shirt year so she could play one more season for the Wildcats. She will now have an oppor-tunity to say goodbye to Lakeside Field when NU takes on Ohio State this weekend.

“I got to walk through (the ceremony) with my class last year, but unfortunately not to re-

ally be a part of it,” Putnam said. “It was hard to see them go, but I knew I was coming back for a not her yea r, and it wa sn’t quite the end for me yet . Now, this is my last time, my last go round on this field, and we’re going to make

the best go of it.” Putnam injured her knee during the spring of

her junior year, but thought she would be healthy in the fall. When she was told a week before the season began that she would be on crutches for another two months, she was “devastated.”

But the forward has overcome her injury, coming back to play in all 18 of NU’s games this year.

“It really shows people to just never give up,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “I’m sure she’s not where she wants to be healthwise, but she’s come back with a new lease on playing.”

Putnam still has not regained all of her

pre-injury explosiveness. As a freshman, she started 18 games and led NU in scoring. This season, she has only made two starts and scored a pair of goals.

The senior has adjusted her style to be more of a role player, which has allowed her to contribute off the NU bench.

“She’s adapted well,” Fuchs said. “She knows right now that her body’s probably at 70 percent, so she just goes out, and she’s very smart with the ball. She only plays seven to 12 minutes a half, but it really allows us to rest our other forwards, and we really don’t lose a beat with Jill in there.”

Taking part in two senior days may be be-coming a trend for the Cats. Senior defender Stacy Uchida, who redshirted her freshman season, recently decided to return next year.

The opportunity for Uchida to continue playing — especially with the success the pro-gram has had in Fuchs’ first year — was too good to pass up.

“I definitely wanted to come back for a fifth season to make sure I got the most out of my field hockey career,” she said. “Especially with the new coaching staff, it’s an exciting time in our program. This year’s been excit-ing and I’m sure next year will be just as, if not more, exciting.”

The buzz the program has generated this season has made Putnam believe things sometimes happen for a reason. Had she never been injured, she would have gone out with last season’s 7-13-1 record. Instead, she was a part of one of most prolific scoring of-fenses in school history, and a part of a team searching for its 13th win of the season against the Buckeyes.

“Honestly, I couldn’t have asked for any-thing better,” Putnam said. “I’ve been able to do all I wanted to do with field hockey. I hoped I’d be able to come back a little bit stronger this year, but injury sets you back, and that’s something I’ve been able to over-come. I’ve been able to finish with the senior year I’ve always wanted.”

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Freshman Briana Westlund is two months into her collegiate career, and she has played every single minute for the Wildcats. But the next 90 will be particularly special — the Cot-tage Grove, Minn., native is returning home to play the Golden Gophers.

“It’s actually my hometown’s day at the game, so I’m going to see a lot of people,” West-lund said. “I’m super-excited and pumped, and I just want to crush the Gophers.”

Westlund has been the constant presence at center back the Cats have been looking for, an-choring a Northwestern defense that has given up two goals in its last 350-plus minutes of play.

“I think any freshman who comes in and plays every minute is clearly having a big im-pact,” coach Stephanie Erickson said. “We’ve kind of been missing that true center back, the one who is a great organizer but also athletic enough to play the position well, and she’s all that. She’s a very complete player.”

As the center back, Westlund h a s t o b e a leader on t he f ield. She has earned the re-spect of her fel-low defenders e v e n t h o u g h they are almost a l l older than her.

“I think it ’s hard for a fresh-man to come in

and try to lead your back line, but she’s got peo-ple around her who are willing to listen,” Er-ickson said. “They respect her talent and her ability, and I’m sure having (senior defender Ali Rubnitz) and (junior goalkeeper Carolyn Ed-wards) behind her has been very helpful.”

Northwestern (6-8-2, 3-3-1 Big Ten) will need another strong defensive performance against Minnesota’s potent attack. The Golden Gophers (10-5-3, 3-3-2) are among the Big

Ten leaders in corners, shots and goals.One of the keys to stopping Minnesota’s of-

fense will be clamping down on Katie Bethke. The junior forward leads the Gophers and the Big Ten with 11 goals.

“She’s a very mature player,” assistant coach Danielle Slaton said. “She’s very opportunistic. She’s a goal-scorer. She wants her team to do well, and she is willing to do the things she needs to do in order to make that happen.”

NU is coming into this game with momen-tum from a dramatic 2-1 overtime win at Iowa. The Cats’ 2008 schedule took them on the same road trip. They began with a 3-2 overtime win at Iowa, before losing 2-0 at Minnesota on two second-half goals. NU hopes for a better result against the Gophers this year.

“We just had a hard time getting anything going in that game,” Erickson said. “We also played Friday and Sunday last year. This year, we have a week in between games. I’d like to think that will help us with our legs because we’re going to play a team that’s super high-pressure. They throw everything at you.”

NU will have to be ready for difficult con-ditions on the field. The Weather Channel predicts rain all day on Friday. The wetness will be combined with gusting 20 miles per hour winds and temperatures that may drop into the low 40s.

The harsh weather will increase the im-portance of strong fundamentals on defense.

“It makes us hone in and focus on details even more, because when the field is wet, weird bounces can happen,” Slaton said. “It’s even more important for us to defend to-gether, cover for each other, get bodies behind the ball, so nothing silly or stupid happens.”

No amount of rain, wind or cold will pre-vent Westlund from spearheading this defen-sive effort against Minnesota.

“It’s a testament to her maturity that she can be a freshman center back and play every minute for us,” Slaton said. “We’re very lucky to have her, and we’re excited that we’ll have her for three more years.”

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Madalyn Shalter injured, the Wildcats have had to rely on different players to mount a cohesive offense, specifically their middles. Glab has been finding junior middle blocker Sabel Moffett all season, helping Moffett climb to fourth in the conference in hitting percentage and sixth in points.

“If a set is too high or too out, I need to be able to talk to her to see if I can get a better hit,” Mof-fett said. “Elyse is a really good listener but she

will also give you advice if she sees something is off.”

N U ( 1 1 -1 1 , 2-8 Big Ten) will need Glab and Moffett to con-tinue connecting in order to com-pete with Pur-due (11-10, 3-7) a n d I n d i a n a (14-10, 3-7) on the road . The B o i l e r m a k e r s and the Hoosiers share more than just the same conference re-cord; both teams pushed the Cats to five sets be-fore losing in

Welsh-Ryan Arena earlier this season. NU notched its only conference victories against the pair of teams, capitalizing on strong at-tacking performances from Moffett and fel-low junior middle blocker Naomi Johnson .

“Our offense is stronger than it’s ever been, at least while I have been here and our mid-dles have really been important,” Glab said. “We have this really amazing solid base that we are just looking to build off in the second half of the Big Ten.”

NU will have to rebound after losing on the road to Iowa and Wisconsin last weekend and at-tempt to notch a win away from Evanston for the first time this season. A win this weekend would mark the Cat’s first road win in the Big Ten since their 2008 upset at Illinois last October.

“Being at their places this weekend, we’re probably going to need a little luck,” Chan said. “But hopefully we can make some of our own too.”

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From VOLLEYBALL, page 16

practice and races.” On the young NU cross country team,

Busta has emerged as a leader-by-example, both on and off the course.

“Hallie is a very balanced individual,” Likhite said. “She’s just really a go-getter at everything she does, from her schoolwork to her running. She’s a very impressive and ma-ture individual.”

NU will head to Penn State for the Big Ten Championships on Saturday. The meet will feature six of the nation’s top 30 teams, in-cluding No. 13 Illinois, No. 15 Minnesota and No. 18 Penn State . The Cats finished nearly 250 points behind Minnesota at the Griak In-vitational in September.

NU has finished last in three of the past four conference championships. The excep-tion was 2007, when the team finished 10th. For the Cats to move up this season, they will need a strong performance from Busta.

“What she’s gained in the past couple weeks is the confidence to go out a little stron-ger and attack a race and not be so concerned about sticking with the pack or going out too fast,” Likhite said.

NU in the blocks for Big Ten final

From CROSS COUNTRY, page 16

defenders on the list for college soccer’s most prestigious award.

“It was an honor to join what was one of the elite defensive units in the coun-try,” Pavlovich said. “It was my respon-sibility and help maintain our dominance that had been set."

Pavlovich entered the lineup due to the graduat ion of senior center back Drew Ratner , who Stanley characterized as one of the best defenders he ever played with. The new back l ine took some time getting used to one another.

“We weren’t in a rhythm yet,” Stanley said. “Our intensity has picked up, where we’re going to do whatever we can to not let in a goal. “

Whatever the reason for their early season struggles, the Cats have started to hit their stride just when they need to. After shutting out perennial powerhouse Indiana last Sunday, the Cats have just two games lef t before the start of the postseason .

“We’ve had our ups and downs,” Pav-lovich said. “It was kind of an adjust-ment, but now we’re in the right place at the right time.”

T he turnaround has been dra-matic: After giving up eight goals in the first four games of the year, the Cats have given up four in the last eight games. Over that span, NU has gone 6-1-1, with two of those four goals coming on controversial penal-t ies ca l led in the last minutes of games. And all this comes with an of-fense that’s much more potent than the one NU had last year. Last year’s 1.22 goals per game has turned into this year’s 1.60 .

“We still try to shut teams out as much as we can,” Coleman said. “But this year, we know that if we give up one goal, we might still have a chance of winning with (Big Ten leading goal scorer Matt) Eliason and al l those guys up top.”

After all, you can’t lose if the other team doesn’t score. NU will try to keep Michigan (9-5-1, 1-3 Big Ten) scoreless in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Sunday.

“If we can l imit a team to zero goals, we’re going to have a pretty good chance to win the games,” Cole-man said.

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By Katherine Driessenthe daily northwestern

There is nothing glamorous about being a setter. Kills and blocks yield points and fanfare, but assists in volley-ball are understated and overlooked.

Not that junior setter Elyse Glab is complaining.

“A setter is sort of like a chess master on the court,” she said. “It’s all about putting other players in the position to best score.”

Glab, who is fifth in the Big Ten in assists, has wanted to be a setter since she was 12, when she begged her coach to let her play the position.

“I was so scared to ask him, and then he said no,” Glab said. “But I worked all year and I got to play set-ter the next year. I was so happy and that’s what I have played ever since.”

As NU’s floor captain, Glab is re-sponsible for orchestrating the of-fense while reading the other team’s block. She dictates the pace and style of attack, calling plays like a quar-terback, only without the luxury of much downtime.

“Elyse is the connector,” said coach Keylor Chan, who worked ex-clusively with the setters for the first time over the summer. “Without her we can’t put the pieces together and create an offense.”

With sophomore outside hitter

By Bill Careythe daily northwestern

Sophomore Hallie Busta en-tered her freshman season with a stress fracture, yet battled back to run in the middle of Northwest-ern’s pack later in the season.

Now, with a full summer of training under her belt, Busta is at the front of the Wildcats’ pack.

A f ter being the fourth or fifth NU runner for the major-ity of last season, the sopho-more has been the second NU runner across the finish line in

t hree con-s e c u t i v e races.

“ S u m -mer t ra in-i n g h a s m a d e a huge differ-e n c e i n t e r m s o f p e r f o r -m a n c e s , ” coach April L i k h i t e

said. “Still, her races haven’t really been a ref lection of her performances. She’s been un-derestimated on what she can do.”

Last season, Busta did not

make her racing debut unti l the end of September. Despite the late start, she still factored into NU’s team score in the f ive races she ran, including finishing as the third Wildcat across the line at the Big Ten Championships.

But she has made an even larger impact this season. Busta’s string of races as NU’s second finisher started at the Roy Griak Invitational. In the 6K race in Minnesota, Busta finished 48th out of 193 runners, helping the Cats to a 12th-place team finish.

Her streak continued with a 26th-place finish at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational and a 33rd-place finish at the Brad-ley Classic.

The Cats have relied on their pack running this season. The team typically has its second, third and fourth runners all fin-ish within about 20 seconds of each other and its fifth runner another 15 seconds back.

“It ’s fantastic running to-gether,” Busta said. “At practices, we have a few packs when we’re in training, and in races that transitions over. It’s nice to have four or five girls to run with in

By roDger shermanthe daily northwestern

After a shaky start to the season, North-western’s defense is back.

“We weren’t doing the things that got us there last year,” defender Cody Stanley said. “We weren’t diving in front of shots, we weren’t doing everything to get that shutout. As the year has gone on, we’ve gotten back to the things that got us there last year.”

The No. 12 Wildcats (9-2-4, 2-1-1 Big Ten) prided themselves on their defense last season, allowing only .57 goals per game, good for the sixth-lowest total in the nation. After allowing three goals in a sea-son-opening draw against Green Bay, and two per game in their first four contests, it looked like the Cats had abandoned their stingy defense.

N U h a s since pitched shutouts in six of it s la s t 1 1 games, and it h a s a l l o w e d only one goal in the Big Ten t h a t d i d n ’ t come off a pen-alty kick.

“We’ve com-m i t t e d a s a t e a m t o d e -fense,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “If you’re defending your homeland, you don’t just protect the palace with a couple guns. You defend the beach, you defend the cliffs; there are layers of defense.”

The whole team may contribute, but the lion’s share of the work falls on the goal-keeper and the defensive line: four-year starter seniors Mark Blades and Pat Cole-man, and juniors Stanley and Drew Pa-volvich. All except Pavlovich started every game last year, and Blades’ performance last year earned him a spot on the Her-mann Trophy watch list, one of only eight

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“If you’re defending your homeland, you don’t just protect the palace

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Defense regaining last year’s swagger

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Senior defender Mark Blades goes up for a ball against indiana as fellow defender Cody Stanley looks on. nU’s defense, which allowed only .57 goals per game last season, has shut out its opponents in six of its last 11 games. The team has only allowed one goal in Big Ten play not off a penalty kick.

Busta busts out after battling past injuries

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Glab sets up NU team attack

See volleyBall, page 14

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Junior setter Elyse Glab has numerous roles on the court, including setting the pace and style of the nU offense, and getting a read on the opposing defense.

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