The Daily Northwestern — Jan. 14, 2015

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IN MEMORIAM Tahera Ahmad, associate chaplain and director of interfaith engagement, speaks during the vigil held in honor of victims of the Taliban attack in a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.

By ALICE YINdaily senior staffer @alice_yin

Northwestern’s Panhellenic Asso-ciation banned alcohol consump-tion during this year’s sorority recruitment.

PHA added the rule to its Recruit-ment Agreement, effective this year, said Sarah Parker, the association’s vice president of membership. The rule applied to all active sorority members, both during and outside of affiliated activities.

“Every year, the Panhellenic Asso-ciation and chapters plan changes to the Recruitment Agreement to make the process more values-based,” Parker, a SESP senior, said

in an email to The Daily.Sorority members were informed

of the ban, which lasts through Wednesday, before recruitment began. The rule also applied to members who are of legal drinking age.

Parker said PHA takes a look every year at its previous recruit-ment cycles and at guidelines for recruitment from the National Panhellenic Council, which is the national umbrella organization for sororities.

Officially, the rule states that each university’s Panhellenic Asso-ciation must “prohibit the use of alcoholic beverages in membership recruitment and Bid Day activities,”

By MARIANA ALFAROthe daily northwestern @marianaa_alfaro

Northwestern students gathered at Parkes Hall on Tuesday night to hold a vigil in honor of the schoolchildren, administrators and soldiers murdered in a December terrorist attack on a Pakistani school.

About 40 students attended the vigil, which was hosted by the Muslim-cultural Student Association, the South Asian Student Alliance and Students for Justice in Palestine. The service honored the victims with a reciting of verses taken from the second chapter of

the Quran and a moment of silence.On Dec. 16, 2014, members of the

Pakistani Taliban entered the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan, and opened fire, killing over 140 people, including more than 130 children. The massacre was the deadliest attack by the group in Pakistan.

Tahera Ahmad, NU’s associate chap-lain and director of interfaith engage-ment, spoke during the ceremony Tuesday and explained the choice of verses for the service.

“We decided to use the verses (of the Quran) commonly recited by the families of victims after the attacks,” she said. “When the families were asked to

say anything (after the tragedy), the popular responses that they gave were these verses from the Quran.”

The verses were first recited and then translated by NU students.

“The first verse that was recited rec-ognizes that we come from God and return to him,” Ahmad said. “To hear the tears of a mother and to see her in that state and then she is recognizing that her child came from the Divine and returned to the Divine is a very powerful experience.”

Weinberg sophomore Nora Jan-dali, who attended the vigil, said such services are important to make the

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NEW SISTERS Three Northwestern students celebrate after opening their bids on the final night of sorority recruitment. The recruitment period this year added a new no-drinking policy for active sorority members.

By TORI LATHAMthe daily northwestern @lathan_tori

A local children’s theater com-pany will move into the Noyes Street Theatre this spring, allowing the company to bring its produc-tions to a larger space in the city.

Mudlark Theater Company will move into the theater, located at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., in time to perform two shows this spring, said Christina Ferraro, assistant director of com-munity services for the city.

The space was previously occu-pied by Next Theatre Company, which closed in November after years of financial trouble.

The theater will be available to Mudlark from February to the end of May.

Evanston’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services department began looking for new occupants in December and notified Mudlark of its selection as the new tenant last week, Ferraro said.

“They were our only applicant for the space,” she said. “I expected that to happen because most com-panies already have a schedule

intact at a specific location, but we are looking forward to them taking over the space.”

Michael Miro, Mudlark’s execu-tive director, said the company has performed two shows in the space before — a production of “Antigone” in spring 2012 and a showing of “A Christmas Carol” in December — which is how they first learned about the theater.

“We were in talks to rent the space from Next, and luckily the city honored that agreement once they went out of business,” he said.

Miro said he is excited to begin working in the theater, which offers more space than the com-pany usually has when it puts on performances.

“We typically perform at smaller venues, which is nice for some shows, but for some it’s nice to seat 50 plus people,” he said. “Our shows at 70- to 85-seat venues sell out quickly, so it’s a relief to have a 150-seat house.”

For its upcoming season, Miro said Mudlark has two shows planned. “Mudpie” will be per-formed in March and incorporates writing from local children.

“This will be our fourth year

doing ‘Mudpie,’” Miro said. “We take writing from the kids at the theater, their stories, poems, reflec-tions, but we also incorporate writ-ing from the kids we teach writing workshops to in local District 65 schools.”

In May, Mudlark will put on a production of “Pride and Preju-dice,” a first for the company. How-ever, Miro does not know what will happen once Mudlark’s residency at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center is completed.

“I know they want someone to take on a long-term lease,” said Tim Rhoze, artistic director at the Fleet-wood-Jourdain Theatre, which is also housed at the arts center. “We hope that someone will be able to make it their home in the future.”

Miro said he is not sure that Mudlark could put up a competi-tive offer for a long-term lease, although he appreciates the city’s help in securing the theater for the company.

“I’m not sure about a permanent space,” he said. “That’s a big step for any organization. If they keep it flexible, I would definitely consider making another bid in the fall.”

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By JULIA JACOBSthe daily northwestern @juliarebeccaj

Community members weighed in on potential sites for Divvy, a bike-sharing program that is coming to Evanston, dur-ing a meeting on Tuesday.

About 20 people attended the meeting at the Civic Center, where they were sur-veyed on 17 possible bike stations mapped out across the city. Eight specific locations will be chosen in April or May after input from the City Council and more com-munity members, and the stations will be installed in the summer, said Ylda Capric-cioso, assistant to the city manager and bike programs coordinator.

An online survey will be launched Wednesday to get feedback from a larger group of community members, Capric-cioso said.

“Nothing is set in stone,” said Damir Latinovic, the city’s neighborhood and land use planner. “These are just sugges-tions, and this is why we need your feed-back. It can change, it likely will change, but it will also give us an idea how to move forward.”

Evanston, with Chicago and Oak Park,

received a $3 million grant from former Gov. Pat Quinn in September to expand the program by 70 stations in the region. Evanston will receive $80,000 of the grant to fund equipment installation for its share of new stations, said Catherine Hurley, the city’s sustainable programs coordinator.

Bikers can purchase a $75 annual membership or a 24-hour pass for $7. Both options allow for unlimited 30 minute trips.

At least two of the 17 possible stations, at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Sheridan Road and the intersection of Noyes Street and Sheridan Road, were proposed with Northwestern campus use in mind, Latinovic said. Evanston will offer students with WildCARDS $20 off an annual membership in partnership with the University.

Representatives from Chicago’s Divvy program, which currently has 300 stations, spoke to community members about the safety and sustainability of the program, as well as the strategic placement of sta-tions. In Chicago, stations are positioned no more than four blocks from each other for optimal use as a transit system, said Sean Wiedel, assistant commissioner at

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EPD officers attend slain NYPD officer’s funeralBy HAL JINthe daily northwestern @apricityhal

Two Evanston Police Department officers attended the funeral of New York police officer Wenjian Liu, who was ambushed and killed last month in a Brooklyn neighborhood.

Though neither Sgt. Tracy Williams nor Officer Nathaniel Basner knew Liu personally, the two flew to Brooklyn with donations from other EPD offi-cers for Liu’s family. There they joined thousands of police officers from across the country on Jan. 4 to mourn Liu’s death, which occurred amid nation-wide scrutiny of law enforcement.

“(Liu) did the same thing I do, just for a differ-ent state,” Williams said. “All officers are out every day, no matter what city or state, putting their lives on the line to protect citizens. (EPD officers) leave home, and we don’t know if we’re going to come back. It’s the same with officers in New York.”

Liu and his partner Rafael Ramos were killed Dec. 20 in an unprovoked shooting. The gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, claimed on social media that his actions were driven by anger about the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Garner died July 17 in Staten Island, New York during a confrontation with the NYPD. The cause of death, according to medical reports, was a choke-hold used by one of the officers. Brown was shot in the back and killed on Aug. 9 by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Garner and Brown were unarmed when attacked, and the officers consid-ered for charges in both men’s deaths were not indicted.

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl issued a statement by email Tuesday addressing the “issues of fairness, transparency, and effectiveness of the actions” of Evanston’s law enforcement.

In the email, Tisdahl wrote that EPD’s composi-tion “reflects the diversity of our community” and

applauded the department’s success in connecting with the community.

According to data obtained by The New York Times, 30 percent of Evanston police officers are black, compared to 18 percent of Evanston resi-dents, and 62 percent of officers are white, com-pared to 61 percent of residents.

“EPD works with City of Evanston departments and community partners to address community problems together,” Tisdahl said. “EPD officers participate in ward meetings, work closely with City outreach workers, and have a regular presence through school resource officers at Evanston Town-ship High School. All of us owe a debt of gratitude to the officers of the Evanston Police Department for their fine work.”

There is no known danger out of the ordinary being posed to EPD officers amid recent scrutiny of law enforcement, Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. More-over, to his knowledge, no steps are being taken to increase the safety of Evanston officers because of Liu’s death and related events, he said.

However, Williams expressed concern that recent events have made his profession more dangerous.

“There’s always been an inherent danger to the job,” he said. “But now, with all the media and two officers were assassinated, it’s bringing more atten-tion to the individuals who may want to take that chance to shoot one of us.”

Dugan said recent police shootings were not a factor in the EPD considering the use of body cameras.

Williams said the tragic events have increased his passion for his job.

“It makes me want to do more for the city of Evanston, let them know that we’re here for them,” he said.

Dugan and Williams both declined to comment on their personal views regarding the judicial deci-sion in Ferguson.

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Man arrested in connection with retail theft, indecent exposure

A Schaumburg man was arrested near the Chicago-Evanston border in connection with retail theft and indecent exposure Sunday after-noon, police said.

Police received a call about a person expos-ing his genitals at Target, 2209 Howard St., around 1:55 p.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. On the way there, police found a man who matched the description in the 2100 block of Howard Street, intoxicated with his pants partially down, exposing his genitals, Dugan added.

Police found some bottles of cologne and lotion with price tags still intact and followed up with security in Target where the cameras showed the 54-year-old man leaving without paying for those items, Dugan said. The man also had three unopened bottles of vodka. Police checked with the cameras in the nearby Jewel Osco, 2485 Howard St., which showed a man taking the bottles off the shelf and leaving with-out paying for them, Dugan said.

The man had a previous conviction for retail theft, so he was charged with two counts of felony retail theft as well as a misdemeanor for public indecency.

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By SHANE MCKEONthe daily northwestern @Shane_McKeon

The Northwestern University Community for Human Rights’ annual conference will kick off Thursday, with keynote speakers, panelists and students from around the country coming to campus to explore this year’s theme, “Human Rights in the Digital Age.”

The conference will feature five campus events open to the general public, accord-ing to the conference schedule: an opening and closing keynote and three panels, all of which take place between Thursday and Saturday.

NUCHR’s co-chairs, Weinberg seniors Cal-lie Floyd and Caleigh Hernandez, said the conference’s theme touches students everywhere.

“This year it’s particularly relevant to the major-ity of the population just because everyone can relate to it. Everyone’s on social media. Everyone has a smart phone,” Hernandez said. “As technol-ogy has improved, what does this mean for our rights? What does this mean for our freedoms? How does national security play into this?”

Floyd said the conference is the largest student-attended collegiate human rights conference in the country.

About 40 student delegates from colleges in both the United States and Canada will attend, as will NUCHR’s 24 executive board members and its general membership of about 50 students.

In addition, panelists and speakers will attend, including opening keynote speaker James Bam-ford, an author whose books have explored the National Security Agency’s surveillance prac-tices, and closing keynote speaker P.W. Singer, a Brookings Institution fellow and a scholar on 21st-century warfare.

Weinberg junior Melody Song, who heads NUCHR’s publicity and marketing operations, said she hopes the more technology-focused theme and speakers will attract a different popu-lation of students.

“One of our biggest goals is to draw a new crowd out, and I’m hoping that this topic will do that,” said Song, a former Daily senior staffer. “Normally, the social justice crowd attracts the same group over and over again, but this is a good way of reaching out to a new population at North-western, maybe students with a more science-y background.”

Floyd said NUCHR sought a wide-ranging group of speakers, as one major goal is to com-plicate students’ views of issues related to the theme.

“We’re presenting the most nuanced per-spectives we can on this topic,” she said. “Even if people come in and they think they have an opinion about national security or mass sur-veillance or drones, that they can walk in and have some of those assumptions challenged and walk out with some different thoughts than they walked in with.”

Another major goal, Floyd said, is to dispel the idea that “human rights issues are things that hap-pen in other countries or to the third world.”

“We want to make people realize that this idea of human rights is very relevant in everyday life,” Hernandez said. “Human rights violations are happening here, and significantly, and under-standing that is important.”

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CONTEMPLATING CAMERAS University Police said it is considering using body cameras, although it has not made a final decision on whether to equip officers with them. UP officers currently use dashboard cameras to record traffic stops.

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Body cameras for University Police a possibility, official says

University Police is discussing adding body-worn cameras to its existing surveillance tech-nology as police departments throughout the country revisit the devices’ benefits.

“So much of our relationship with the com-munity is based upon the trust we’ve already garnered,” UP Deputy Chief Dan McAleer said. “If body cameras would enhance the trust of our community, that’s something we would consider.”

UP has discussed equipping officers with body cameras but has not made any decisions yet, McAleer said.

Police departments around the country are reevaluating their use of cameras and looking into body-camera programs.

Evanston police say they will wait until body cameras are made explicitly legal before decid-ing to equip officers with them. Last month,

the Chicago Police Department announced it would begin a body camera pilot program in 2015.

McAleer said body cameras were a point of discussion for UP before President Barack Obama called on Congress in December to fund the devices for departments throughout the country.

No UP officers currently use body cameras, although the department does use video sur-veillance from cameras located throughout Northwestern’s campus, McAleer said. Footage from cameras on campus are used to investi-gate crimes but are not regularly monitored, he added.

In addition, UP officers use in-car video systems to record traffic stops and other incidents. When an officer activates a patrol car’s overhead lights, the car’s video system automatically turns on. An officer can also manually start the surveillance if necessary, McAleer said.

— Ciara McCarthy

The Chicagoland winter: feared by many and, supposedly, survived by few. As a fresh-man not from the immediate area, I have noticed upperclassmen tend to hype up the negatives of Winter Quarter to an extreme degree (almost as extreme as the tempera-ture outside right now). I have been led to believe that not only will I freeze to death during Winter Quarter, but that I will also be absolutely miserable the entire time. Winter Quarter is said to be something everyone should just try to “get through,” but honestly we all need to acknowledge the few positives of living in Chiberia. There is something so magical (and also mildly hilarious) about these 10 weeks at Northwestern.

First off, I personally find the winter outfitting of the NU student body to be

hysterical. Every morning, I watch students walking down Sheridan in ski masks look-ing like bank robbers, and I cannot help but giggle a little bit despite my shivers. Also, the fact that a flock of Canadian Geese seem to descend upon campus every winter fascinates me, especially during sorority rush, when there is a flock of approximately 600 girls all equipped in a black (and the occasional red or grey) parka, almost as if they were all headed to a massive dogsledding convention. Finally, a quick check-in on campus footwear trends — when L.L. Bean boots and what looks like many variations of North Face hik-ing boots are the most stylish shoes on cam-pus, I think we all need to take a step back and laugh at how well prepared (out of pure, unadulterated fear) our campus is as a whole.

Another positive of Winter Quarter is the opportunity to make your friend circle a bit more closely knit. During Fall Quarter, everyone is always going in a billion differ-ent directions — to games, clubs, libraries, meetings (So. Many. Meetings), Chicago and

parties. By week two (after we have all recov-ered from the fantastic fiasco that is Wildcat Welcome), it becomes unbelievably difficult to get everyone in the same place at the same time.

However, during Winter Quarter, it is just too cold out-side to do anything but chill with your friend group and maybe attempt to dig yourself out of the inevitable homework grave we all fall into, but that will never happen.

Winter Quarter challenges us to entertain ourselves with our friends instead of the million different activities we all overcommit to, and honestly I think it brings our campus closer than we would be otherwise.

Finally, I know we all hate to admit it, but

Winter Quarter is beautiful. While it can sometimes be as horrible as an orgo final, I challenge you to find anything more beauti-ful than Deering Library in a fresh layer of snow or anything more peaceful than walk-ing at night as the snowflakes drift down from the sky and the lights twinkle on the trees.

Winter Quarter is both a blessing and a curse. The most dreaded time of the year brings not only nightmare-inducing tem-perature drops, but also closer friendships, hilarious wardrobe experiences and a campus that can sometimes be too pretty to handle. So stay warm out there, Wildcats, and please take a moment to stop posting hate-yaks on winter for just a second to appreciate how special this time can truly be.

Emily Roney is a McCormick freshman. She can be contacted at [email protected]. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].

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The Islamic State and US-Iranian relations

Re-building US relations with Iran would save lives

A relationship with unsteady Iran would be dangerous

After the events of 2014, it is well known among the American public that the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, is an enemy of the United States. Likewise, the public knows that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with Iran and that there has been fear of nuclear weapons being developed by its government. However, 2015 may provide a rare opportunity for the two nations to work together because many Iranians are terrified of the Islamic State group attacks and have the resources to take action. Iran is at risk because it is a Shia-majority country that the Sunni Islamic State group views as an ideological enemy. The Islamic State group has also made direct threats against the United States, highlighted by the beheadings of American journalists including Northwestern alumnus James Foley (Medill ’08). Should the United States abandon its decades-old stance against a nation in order to fight the larger threat of the Islamic State group?

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While it may benefit the United States to work with the Iranian government in the continuing conflict with the Islamic State group, it also has great potential to open doors to new conflict and old griev-ances. This could put the United States in a vulnerable position. We have to consider whether the conceivable benefits of this partnership outweigh the risks.

The United States has not participated in diplomatic relations with Iran since a group of Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 52 American hostages in 1980. Furthermore, we have continued economic sanctions on Iran to this day. According to the U.S. Depart-ment of State, these sanctions have been imposed due to Iran’s “refusal to com-ply with international obligations on its nuclear program and its human rights violations.”

The two governments have tradition-ally butted heads with both sides mak-ing inflammatory remarks about the other. Examples that come to mind are George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil” speech in 2002 or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2010 speech to the U.N. in which he claimed “that most people believe the U.S. gov-ernment was behind the 9/11 attacks.” Questions on Iran’s nuclear program have also been extremely divisive for the past decade or so, especially during the Bush administration.

One of the largest issues facing this potential partnership would be the U.S.’s stance, in general, against extremist

governments. In many ways, Iran’s govern-ment is considered extreme, demonstrated by their alliance or collaboration with al-Qaeda from the 1990s onward.

Since then, according to International Business Times Erin Branco, Iran is “offi-cially an adversary of the U.S.,” I also ques-tion what it may do to our international image. American loyalty to Israel may also be called into question if the U.S. govern-ment were to acknowledge a partnership with Iran in fighting the Islamic State group. Israel may already be concerned, considering their enduring animosity with Iran, which is publicly hostile to the Israeli state.

With Israel as one of our biggest allies, it is possible that an alliance with Iran could reflect negatively upon the United States in the international sphere.

Could the credibility of the United States or our commitment to alliances be called into question?

Although it could pose benefits in the fight against the Islamic State group, as Asha discusses, the uncertainty and poten-tial danger of our relations with Iran are some initial concerns that come to mind. Additionally, the risk of harming the inter-national perception of the United States could damage other diplomatic relations.The traditionally poor or dissatisfactory interactions between Iran and the United States lead me to question not only if an alliance puts the United States in a vulner-able position, but also if the two govern-ments would be able to work together effectively at all.

Abby Stratton is a Weinberg freshman. She can be reached at [email protected]. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].

Despite the proliferation of chemi-cal weapons in Syria by dictator Bashar al-Assad dominating American headlines for months, the United States did not send

troops of their own and has since shifted its focus to the threat of the Islamic State group.

“U.S. pressure to stop bloodshed and civil war through implementing a political solution early in the crisis could have saved over 100,000 inno-cent lives before the Islamic State group became a part of the issue,” Riad Ismat, a

visiting scholar at the Roberta Buffett Center said in an email. “The reluctance to inter-vene and play a positive role encouraged the escalation of violence by both conflicting sides based on false hopes.”

When considering whether Iran is too big a threat to work with, it is important to see both sides of strained U.S.-Iran relations. Brought to a modern-day audience by the movie “Argo,” the Iran hostage crisis severed diplomacy between the nations. Yes, this 444-day crisis at the U.S. embassy in Tehran was an act of terror, but America does not have a clean record itself. Although rhetoric in this country antagonizes Iran for being a theocracy, it was a CIA-led coup d’etat that

overthrew the first democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 who had great promises for the nation. The CIA admitted its role in Mossadegh’s overthrow sixty years after the fact in 2013. The reason for the CIA’s involvement? He wished to nationalize the nation’s oil econ-omy and keep out foreign involvement.

However, what is done is done, and we must focus on the happenings of today. Since the outbreak of civil war, al-Assad and the Islamic State group displaced nine million Syrians, and the Islamic State group directly displaced an additional 1.8 million Iraqis. Neighboring countries such as Leba-non and Jordan are bursting at the seams with 1.1 million and 608,000 Syrian refu-gees, respectively, and as President Barack Obama continues to denounce and promise to take down the Islamic State group, the United States has taken 306 Syrian refugees.

Meanwhile, no direct threats have come from Iran in years, and both Secretary of State John Kerry and Obama have hinted at recreating a diplomatic relationship.

Iran proved its strength when it backed Iraqi militias that went on to beat the Islamic State group in a key battle in November. It is not beneficial for us to depend solely on small nations such as Jordan and Lebanon that have far fewer resources to spare. We have a larger ally that can strengthen us, so we need to collaborate with them. It is time to settle our outdated Iranian tensions to save the lives of the mil-lions of citizens in danger — including our own.

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Evanston Township High School to host annual jazz festival

Evanston Township High School will host the 12th annual High School Jazz Festival on Sunday.

The Jeff Hamilton Trio will headline the

evening’s performance, according to ETHS bands’ website. The trio consists of Jeff Ham-ilton on drums, Christoph Luty on bass and Tamir Hendelman on piano. Hamilton has performed and recorded across the globe and was nominated for best jazz recording in Ger-many in 1997. He has also recorded songs with Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Rosemary Clooney, Barbra Streisand and many others.

The festival is an all-day event intended to

expose students to jazz and let them display their skills.

“The focus is on groups coming, perform-ing and sharing their talents,” organizer Mike Lehman said. “Groups are coming in from all around the state. Some are driving three or four hours to get here.”

Middle school and high school jazz students will perform in non-competitive clinics. They will perform before a group of professional jazz

performers and educators, who will work with the students to make improvements they can take back to their schools, Lehman said.

The Jeff Hamilton Trio will give a lecture in the afternoon and take the stage in the main auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online and proceeds go toward improving the jazz program at ETHS.

— Ben Schaefer

US forecast: Expect cheap oil to stay awhile

WASHINGTON — The federal govern-ment forecasts that low oil prices will continue through the year as a result of the global petro-leum glut.

Oil prices have plummeted by more than half since a high of $106 a barrel in June, giving motorists the gift of cheap gasoline but wreak-ing havoc on energy markets and states that rely on oil tax revenue. The U.S. Energy Informa-tion Administration forecast Tuesday that the situation is going to continue as producers in America and around the world keep pumping more oil despite the glut.

U.S. benchmark crude prices have plum-meted to $45 a barrel. The federal forecasters expect little recovery, estimating an average $55 a barrel price this year.

The agency said Tuesday that it “expects global oil inventories to continue to build in 2015, keeping downward pressure on oil prices.”

The price forecast, released as part of the agency’s short-term energy report, expects a rise to an average of $71 a barrel in 2016 as drilling growth eventually slows in response to the low oil prices, especially in America, and petroleum demand increases in China and the United States. That’s still far lower than in the past few years, though, when prices around $100 a barrel started to seem normal.

Motorists are a big winner in the oil price crash.

Gasoline prices are averaging $2.18 a gallon nationally, according to the AAA motor club, more than $1 a gallon lower than this time last year.

The Energy Information Administration

forecasts that gasoline prices are going to average $2.33 a gallon this year and $2.72 next year.

“With lower gasoline prices, the average U.S. household is expected to spend $750 less in motor fuel costs in 2015 than in 2014,” said Adam Sieminski, head of the agency.

A major question, though, is what the price crash will do to the renaissance in American drilling, which has skyrocketed through frack-ing for oil and gas within shale rock. Some oil companies have reduced spending, and produc-ers are cutting the number of drilling rigs.

The federal forecasters believe the low prices will slow, but not stop, the growth in Ameri-can oil production that has transformed global energy markets.

Major oil companies are expected to fol-low through on the investments they’ve made in highly productive areas like the Bakken in North Dakota and Eagle Ford in Texas, even as companies start “redirecting investment away from marginal exploration and research drilling.”

“We see an impact (on U.S.) production but we don’t see a massive downturn,” said How-ard Gruenspecht, deputy administrator of the EIA.

The agency expects U.S. drilling activity to start declining in less profitable fields this year as prices average less than $50 a barrel, with production forecast to dip by 190,000 barrels a day through the late spring into summer, before oil prices begin to rebound.

As the prices start going up toward the end of the year, the nation’s “drilling activity is expected to increase again as companies take advantage of lower costs for both leasing acre-age and drilling services, causing production to resume rising,” the EIA said in its report.

The agency expects U.S. oil production to average 9.3 million barrels a day this year, up from the 8.7 million barrels a day in 2014.

The EIA forecasts U.S. production to reach 9.5 million barrels a day in 2016, the nation’s second highest output since record drilling in 1970.

The agency warned, though, that its forecasts could be wrong.

“The recent declines in oil prices and associ-ated increase in oil price volatility continue to contribute to a particularly uncertain forecast-ing environment,” the agency said.

— Seam Cockerham (McClatchy Washington Bureau/TNS)

House GOP sets up showdown over immigration

WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House are heading toward a high-stakes show-down over immigration, with financing for the crucial Department of Homeland Security at stake at the very moment that terrorist attacks in Paris last week have Americans on edge.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on a $39.7 billion bill to keep the department open after money runs out Feb 28, but with language attached that would aggressively roll back several of Presi-dent Barack Obama’s immigration actions.

Obama says he wants to sign a bill to keep funding the department but that he will veto it if takes on his immigration orders.

Lawmakers must find a way to fund Home-land Security, which handles immigration and national security issues, after the last Congress agreed in December to pay for the department only through the end of February _ Republi-can payback aimed at Obama for November’s immigration actions.

“This is exactly what could be expected in response to the president’s unilateral action and the past history of broken negotiations,” said Noah Pickus, director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. “The legacy of

distrust on both sides builds and builds until we are now reduced to tit-for-tat actions. This isn’t governance; it’s war by other means.”

In a nod to conservatives, Republicans intend to add amendments to the funding bill to reverse several of Obama’s immigration moves, including last year’s action to shield from deportation some 5 million people who are living in the country illegally and the 2012 executive order that protected many young immigrants.

“Our goal here is to fund the Department of Homeland Security,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Tuesday. “And our sec-ond goal is to stop the president’s executive overreach. This is not the way our government was intended to work.”

The bill faces fierce opposition from congres-sional Democrats and the White House. They say linking immigration and homeland security funding is a dangerous precedent, especially in the wake of last week’s deadly terrorist attack in Paris at the satirist magazine Charlie Hebdo.

The administration condemned the Republi-can plan Monday, saying it would “place restric-tions on the department’s ability to set smart enforcement priorities focused on criminals, national security threats and recent border crossers.”

“There’s never a good time for Republicans to do something like this, but now it seems like a particularly bad time,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday, alluding to the Paris attack.

Obama may not have to worry about wield-ing his veto pen. There’s enough bipartisan ambivalence over the measure in the Republi-can-controlled Senate that it would likely fall short of the 60 votes needed to send the bill to the president.

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the Chicago Department of Transportation.The 17 potential station sites were determined by

overlaying multiple data points analyzed by a group of NU engineering students, taking into consideration housing, employment, destinations and visibility, Hur-ley said. Organizers then added more east and west locations to establish a more balanced distribution.

“Evanston’s only eight square miles, and you can get pretty far across town in the 30-minute time limit,” Hurley said. “There’s actually the ability to connect a large part of Evanston with the stations that we have.”

Officials had to balance the issue of distance between stations with population, density and likeli-hood that the bikes will be put to good use, Latinovic said.

Evanston resident Nicholas Ridder said he thought that the distribution of the 17 potential sites under-served west Evanston. However, other residents said the stations seemed too spread out, potentially diluting the impact of the program as a transit system.

“You’ve got to initially use transportation hubs to be your base, whether folks are starting there or ending there,” Evanston resident Yvette Granberry said. “I think it’s a good first shot.”

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BIKE TALK Community members discuss potential station sites for the Divvy bike share program.

according to NPC’s website.The changes, which were enforced by chap-

ters individually, were meant to align with NPC’s guidelines.

NPC published the change in a press release on its website last November. The new rule was included in its ten “Unanimous Agree-ments,” a set of guidelines for all sororities. Sorority members are required to adhere to NPC’s standards, and individual chapters and universities are not allowed to enact policies that contradict them.

“I’m surprised this rule wasn’t put in place sooner,” said Weinberg sophomore Cara Fromm, who is a member of a PHA soror-ity. “It’s only fair to potential new members if recruiters are clearheaded when they make decisions about who joins their sororities.”

However, McCormick sophomore Helen Lou said the rule extends too far.

“I think they are trying to come from a good place to make sure no people from PHA are … giving their sororities a bad name,” Lou said. “But (PHA) should not control what’s going on (beyond) its own houses.”

Lou, who is a member of a PHA sorority, said members who are 21 and can drink should be allowed to, especially if they do so outside of school grounds.

Sorority recruitment, which officially started last Thursday, ended Tuesday night.

Hal Jin contributed reporting.

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NU community aware of an international tragedy.

“Just keeping Northwestern informed is really important because a lot of people may not even know about this tragedy that happened in Peshawar,” she said. “People who weren’t aware of this situation will look more into it and the poli-tics of it all and gain knowledge from the whole experience.”

Pakistani schools, including the Army Public School, reopened Monday after an extended break following the massacre.

In her closing remarks during the vigil, Ahmad said the attack’s victims live on through their families, who continue to recite those verses from the Quran.

“The verses continue to say that … these people who passed away, they are still alive. They may seem dead, but they’re still alive,” Ahmad said.

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No evidence rape happened at University of Virginia fraternity, cops say

The fraternity at the center of a controversial Roll-ing Stone article has been reinstated by the University of Virginia after police determined that the sexual assault at the center of the piece did not occur at the group’s house.

Although investigators have not cleared the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Charlottesville Police Capt. Gary Pleasants told the Los Angeles Times that investigators haven’t uncovered any evidence to indicate a sexual assault occurred at the fraternity house.

“We’re still investigating ... but there was no reason to keep this house under sanctions,” he said.

In a statement issued Monday morning, the Uni-versity of Virginia announced the decision to reinstate Phi Kappa Psi along with all other Greek organizations on campus.

The university suspended all of its fraternities and sororities in November after Rolling Stone published

an article detailing a brutal gang rape of a woman iden-tified only as “Jackie” at the Phi Kappa Psi house.

But in the weeks that followed, the article came under intense scrutiny, and reporting by The Wash-ington Post and other media outlets uncovered several discrepancies in the victim’s account. Rolling Stone later admitted the reporter did not try to contact “Jackie’s” alleged rapists, and the fraternity said it did not hold a party on the night of the alleged attack, even though the victim claimed she was brought there for a party.

In the campus statement released Monday, Phi Kappa Psi President Stephen Scipione said his orga-nization will use the fallout from the Rolling Stone controversy to improve safety protocols at future events.

“We believe that in the midst of this ordeal, there is an opportunity to move forward with important safety improvements. This has prompted us to take a closer look at ourselves and what role organizations like ours may play in this problem. It’s opened all of our eyes to the problem of sexual assault,” he said in the statement. “Now it’s time to do something about it.”

Pleasants said his office has yet to determine if an

attack occurred, and it has not ruled out the possibil-ity that a Phi Kappa Psi member was involved in the alleged attack.

— James Queally (Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Former FAMU student gets more than 6 years in prison for hazing death

ORLANDO, Fla. — A judge on Friday sentenced Dante Martin to 77 months — more than six years — in prison for the 2011 hazing death of FAMU drum major Robert Champion.

Before her ruling Circuit Judge Renee Roche called Martin a “remarkable young man” with “lim-itless potential” and a strong support system, based on testimony. She added, “On the other hand, the circumstances of this death were so profoundly disturbing.

“Forgiveness doesn’t have a role in the legal sys-tem,” she said. The goal of sentencing, she said, is “punishment. ... All other things are secondary.”

Lawyers for former Florida A&M University per-cussionist Dante Martin had asked Roche to spare

him a prison sentence in Champion’s death.Martin, 27, faced up to 22 years in prison for his

role in the killing.In October, an Orange County jury found Martin

guilty of manslaughter and other charges in the haz-ings of Champion and two other band members.

In testimony Friday morning a number of char-acter witnesses, including Martin’s sister and mother, vouched for him, saying Martin was a dependable, loving person and noting his lack of a criminal history.

Martin himself took the stand, saying he prays for the Champion family and vowing to speak out against hazing.

“Sometimes we just go with what is tradition,” Martin said of the incident that killed Champion. “We don’t second guess it, we don’t doubt it.”

Champion’s father, Robert Sr., then took the stand, saying his son didn’t believe in violence.

“My son was against hazing,” the senior Champion said. “Not one time in court have you heard that my son put his hand on anybody.”

— Stephen Hudak and Jeff Weiner (Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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Wednesday night will be a big test for North-western. The Wildcats (13-2, 3-1 Big Ten) travel to Iowa City, Iowa to take on the No. 22 Hawkeyes (12-3, 3-1) in a classic battle of an unstoppable force versus an immovable object.

The Cats are 5-1 on the road, with their one loss coming in their most recent road game against conference foe Ohio State. The Hawkeyes are 9-0 at home and have won by double digits in seven of these contests.

The Iowa offense is currently averaging 79.6 points per game — third in the Big Ten. The Cats, on the other hand, have the best scoring defense in the conference, only allowing 56.8 points per game.

“It’ll be a good test of how strong our defense is and how it compares against a good offensive team,” sophomore Ashley Deary said.

This game will test NU’s defense. Iowa isn’t just scoring at a high rate — it is doing so efficiently. The Hawkeyes are third in field goal percent-age and first in 3-point field goal percentage in the Big Ten. The Cats possess the top-ranked defensive field goal percentage in the Big Ten and the second best 3-point defensive field goal

percentage.All five of Iowa’s players are high scorers.

By comparison, NU’s last opponent, Michigan State, earned 56 of its 70 points from just three players.

“They’re a very good team,” senior Alex Cohen said. “Their five starters are all in double digits scoring-wise, just trying to contain all of their players, not just one more than the other.”

Of these five starters, three are seniors and they have experience, which coach Joe McKeown says will affect the outcome of the game.

“You’re not going to show them anything as far as surprising them,” he said. “We’re just going to have to play really, really solid defense.”

NU’s defense is looking at a tough task ahead, and it may be its offense that leads them to a victory.

The Cats are second in the conference in scor-ing margin and field goal percentage, both higher than Iowa. Along with that, NU is right behind the Hawkeyes in 3-point field goal percentage, as the third best shooting team from behind the arc in the conference. Iowa is 13th in field goal percentage defense and seventh in 3-point field

goal defense, so the Cats should be able to excel in these aspects of the game.

“We’re a pretty up-tempo team as well,” Deary said. “So if they want to run, we’re excited to run with them. If not, we can play the half-court game as well. Either way, it’s more important for us to play our game and not theirs. Our whole focus is on us right now.”

Outsiders should admire Iowa’s high scoring offense and balanced attack, but McKeown is more focused on defeating Iowa’s defense.

“We’ve had games where we’ve had four or five players in double figures,” he said. “Coaches love that because then it becomes hard to focus in on a Nia Coffey or a Maggie Lyon. One thing that makes us dangerous is that we have seven people who can score. We’re a tough matchup if we can do that.”

This will be the Cats’ third game against a ranked team this season. The previous two were both road wins, including a double-overtime triumph over then-No. 18 DePaul and a victory in their Big Ten opener against No. 20 Michigan State.

“(We’re) very excited to play Iowa,” Cohen said. “Beating another ranked opponent would mean so much for us. Just keep the streak going. Get to the top of the Big Ten.”

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UP-TEMPO Ashley Deary follows through after a free throw. The sophomore point guard is third in the nation in steals per game with 3.8.

Cats’ biggest challenge is doing a better job of defend-ing screens.

“Our ball screen defense has to improve,” he said. “Starting with the guards getting over the ball screens, and obviously against Illinois we’re going to see a lot of that.”

Only three days removed from its loss to Michigan State, NU is working on specific improvements and seems focused and ready to take on a tough Illinois team at home. The Cats bested the Fighting Illini last season 49-43, and this year’s team will be looking to continue the streak.

“We’re capable of playing with just about anybody in this league,” Demps said. “We have to continue that momentum.”

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Nandi Mehta selected for NCAA autonomy committee

The Big Ten announced Tuesday the selection of Nandi Mehta, a junior mid-fielder and co-captain for Northwestern women’s soccer, as a representative for the conference in the NCAA autonomy pro-cess. She is one of three current or former student-athletes chosen to represent the Big Ten.

Along with her co-representatives, former Minnesota football player Chris Hawthorne and current Purdue golfer Ben-Marvin Egel, Mehta will have voting power on proposed rule changes within

the conference.The announcement comes in the wake

of the NCAA’s new autonomy governance structure. Adopted in August 2014, it gives broader independence to member insti-tutions of the Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern conferences to implement rule changes for Division I athletics. Each conference has contributed three student-athletes to the legislative process.

Mehta brings experience to the position, currently serving as a member of the Big Ten Commission on Student-Athlete Issues and as co-president of the Northwestern Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

— Bobby Pillote

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of vivaciousness that will help keep the team’s energy high throughout the long season. Along with their youth and individual skills, Pollard sees early opportunities arising for the freshmen.

“I certainly think all three of them have a chance to play immediately,” Pollard said. “The good thing about our team is there is a lot of parity. That’s a compliment to them that they instantaneously walk in and immediately are on par with a lot of the players. Whether experience will be a factor, we’ll see, but they are certainly positioning themselves and giving themselves a chance to play immediately which is all they can do.”

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After tough loss, NU prepares for Illinois

By MIKE MARUTdaily senior staffer @mikeonthemic93

Northwestern historically gets wins for women’s tennis. Sixteen straight Big Ten Championships speak for themselves. So the gradua-tion of senior leaders Veronica Corn-ing, Belinda Niu and Nida Hamilton posed the question: Who would fill the holes?

The answer came in with the new class of freshmen: Erin Larner, Alex Chatt and Rheeya Doshi. The three come from various places: Larner from Oregon, Chatt from Illinois and Doshi from Singapore. Each arrived at college with a unique set of skills valuable to the No. 17 Wildcats, each a valid substitute for the graduated NU talent.

Lossless Larner

In high school, Larner went unde-feated. Ranked No. 1 in the state of Oregon as well as in the whole North-west region, the former Jesuit High School Crusader raked in the awards. She was a four-time Most Valuable Player and won the state title all four years of her career there. Bringing that sort of resume to coach Claire Pollard and the Cats helps a lot with confidence overall and being able to acclimate quickly to the speed and tempo of collegiate tennis.

“Erin has a great all-around game,” Pollard said. “She can do everything well. When she grew, that really made the difference for me. Some extra height on her really lends to her advantage.”

During the fall season, Larner exceeded the other two freshmen on the singles court, battling to a 12-3 record overall. Larner’s well-rounded tennis game reflects that of Corning’s from years past. Corning played No. 1 singles for Pollard last year as well as No. 1 doubles and really made the court seem smaller than it was with her style of play. Corning was also a silent killer.

“I fight on the court a lot,” Larner said. “I may not be super loud, but I’m never going to give up. And (I will) give 100 percent on every point.”

Look for Larner this year to fill part of the hole Corning left behind. With singles domination in the fall, high level of confidence coming into college tennis and Pollard’s praise, Larner is poised to take down many a ranked opponent.

The pride of Lyons

Chatt grew up wanting to play at NU. Being raised in Western Springs, Illinois, and knowing the Cats’ ten-nis program has been a force to be reckoned with ever since the arrival of Pollard helped Chatt choose NU over conference rival Michigan. Coming from Lyons Township High School, Chatt rose above the compe-tition and found herself ranked No. 2 in the state of Illinois and No. 6 in the Midwest. The former Lion won 115 of her 127 recorded high school matches, earning her the Most Valu-able Player award three times as well as the title of team captain.

“Alex is feisty,” Pollard said. “I like that. She’s a great competitor. Very aggressive baseliner with a dominant forehand. So I thought her weapons between her mental tenacity and her big forehand drew me to her.”

A similar description could be given about Niu. Niu had something many collegiate players struggle to find: the clutch factor. Her domi-nant forehand and calm, cool and collected demeanor under pressure helped the Cats overcome the Wol-verines in last year’s Big Ten Tourna-ment Championship. Chatt’s compet-itive edge and “aggressive baseliner” play gives her an opportunity to beat opponents with a strong long shot while also being patient and letting the ball come to her near the back of the court. The freshman proved this in the fall with her 9-2 doubles record and winning the doubles championship alongside Doshi at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic hosted by Alabama.

“I don’t think I played my best in the fall, but I think now that I’m play-ing better, I have a better chance of playing higher in the lineup,” Chatt said. “At first it was definitely a tough adjustment. College is nothing like high school or … junior tennis. The fall quarter is definitely a great prepa-ration season for the spring, and I’m feeling much better now and playing a lot better. So I’m excited.”

If Pollard places Chatt in a doubles pairing, expect to see some fireworks because with a dominant forehand, Chatt will be able to play her half of the court strongly and make her opposition pay for their mistakes. Although a feisty, aggressive nature may lead to some hasty decisions, being a baseline player will force her to wait back on the ball, time up her shots correctly and balance the haste.

Double Doshi

Being one of the four interna-tional players on the women’s ten-nis team is no easy feat, but neither is being the No. 1 ranked female in

Singapore. Doshi has played on the global circuit, earning a fifth-place title in the Fed Cup Group II out of 13 countries. Doshi also comes into NU with a background of doubles domination, winning five Interna-tional Tennis Federation doubles titles. One of the biggest tasks asked of her, though, is joining her first tennis team.

“It’s been a big change for me because I was homeschooled,” Doshi said. “I was traveling by myself all the time. Coming here and being part of a team has been great for me. Hav-ing people pushing you all the time and being there for you and motivat-ing you … has been big for me. The biggest challenge has been getting adjusted to this because I’ve never been part of a team.”

Although Doshi is just now expe-riencing the team atmosphere, she has proven herself a team player, winning the Roberta Alison Fall Classic with Chatt during the fall season and going 8-6 in both singles and doubles play.

“Rheeya can do a lot of every-thing,” Pollard said. “She has a lot of skill sets, brings a lot of different tools to the table.”

Like Hamilton, Doshi can hold her own on both the singles and doubles courts at the highest level. Hamilton never let her emotions get the best of her, and after interviewing Doshi, she had a way of holding herself much like Hamilton.

With Doshi’s prowess on the dou-bles court and her varying skill sets, she creates a unique utility oppor-tunity for herself that other players may not get. Under the coaching and direction of Pollard, she will special-ize in either singles or doubles. Com-ing in with these compliments from Pollard means Doshi is really a blank slate for the Cats’ coach to work with, a blank slate with a high upside.

When initially asked what the new players bring to the table, Pol-lard responded one word: youth. With that youth comes a sense

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Northwestern is convinced there won’t be a hangover from its close overtime loss to Michigan State last Sunday.

“Win or lose, you have to do that in this league,” coach Chris Collins said about moving on. “If you’re not ready to play, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing, where you’re playing, you can throw out the names on the jerseys … You have to play at a high level to win.”

For the Wildcats (10-6, 1-2 Big Ten), that will be especially true Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena as they take on an Illinois (11-6, 1-3) squad that has quietly impressed this season. The two are seem-ingly equal in record, but all of the Fight-ing Illini’s losses have come away from home against quality opponents. The team also has a win over No. 14 Maryland to hang its hat on.

Fortunately for the Cats, Illinois’ path to victory is greatly complicated by the absence of Rayvonte Rice. The star shoot-ing guard broke his hand in a practice drill Jan. 5 and is out indefinitely, according to media reports. Through 15 games played, he was averaging 17.2 points per game, the fourth highest total in the conference.

“(Rayvonte) was such a focal point as their leading scorer and go-to guy,” Collins said. “The thing about (Illinois) is they have a lot of guys who can hurt you.”

Collins’ point is well supported by the Fighting Illini’s signature win over the Terrapins coming without Rice. The stats also agree there is plenty of talent down the roster.

Shooting guard Malcolm Hill is second on the team in scoring with 13.9 points per game, more than any NU player, and is supported in the back court by point guard Kendrick Nunn, who sports an impressive 41 percent shooting percent-age from three-point range.

Rounding out the lineup down low is Nnanna Egwu, a 6-11, 250 pound center who averages 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Despite the matchup challenges, the Cats are convinced they’ll be up to the task of defeating their in-state rival.

“It’s a new opportunity tomorrow,” freshman guard Bryant McIntosh said. “I’m excited for it. I think it’ll be a fun game, good atmosphere.”

Specifically, the young point guard cited increased pressure on defense as a specific area for improvement. NU had just one steal in 45 minutes of basketball against Michigan State.

“We have to look to be a little more aggressive defensively,” McIntosh said. “You have to anticipate a little bit more, look to be aggressive and get in passing lanes. It’ll come.”

In light of the Cats’ unusually good shooting performance against the Spar-tans, much of NU’s preparation seems focused on the defensive side of the ball. Normally stout defensively, the team has given up more than 80 points in each of its last two games.

Junior guard Tre Demps believes the

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SHOOTING STAR Tre Demps elevates for a shot over a defender. The junior guard leads Northwestern in scoring but is focused on his defensive game against Illinois.

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TRIPLE THREAT Tennis freshmen Rheeya Doshi, Erin Larner and Alex Chatt pose together. The trio is poised to continue the winning ways of Northwestern’s women’s tennis program.

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Illinois vs. NorthwesternEvanston, Illinois8 p.m. Wednesday