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Students host Palestine talk

By JULIA JACOBSthe daily northwestern @juliarebeccaj

In the aftermath of President Barack Obamas announcement to make com-munity college free, critics are assessing the quality and feasibility of the pro-posal, including the president of Oak-ton Community College in Skokie and Des Plaines.

Obama spotlighted Chicago while delivering the idea in his State of the Union, referring to Mayor Rahm Emanuels own plan to make scholar-ships available to Chicago Public School graduates.

I want to spread that idea all across America, so that two years of college becomes as free and universal in Amer-ica as high school is today, Obama said in his State of the Union.

Margaret Lee, president of Oakton Community College, said community colleges have a unique role in provid-ing invaluable degrees and specialized attention from faculty at a fraction of the cost Oakton is priced at $6,000 for two years compared with pub-lic and private four-year institutions. Oakton serves about 46,000 credit and non-credit students in Chicagos north suburban area, including Evanston.

SESP Prof. James Rosenbaum, who has a research concentration in com-munity colleges, said Obama was right that the labor market has an increased demand for skills and credentials that community colleges offer at a low cost. In many cases, employee shortages are not in jobs that require bachelors degrees but sub-baccalaureate degrees such as certificates and associate degrees,

Rosenbaum said.For the 2014-2015 school year, the

average annual cost of tuition and fees at public two-year institutions in Illinois is $3,526, according to the College Board. Illinois trails 27 other states in afford-ability at two-year colleges on average.

However, Lee said she is doubt-ful that the initiative will pass in the Republican-dominated Congress but more optimistic that the public attention will increase recognition of the value of community colleges. In an interview on 60 Minutes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) dismissed the idea as unaffordable.

Despite usual right-wing opposition to similar initiatives, the conservative business community should support the proposal because it would help fill their own job shortages, said Dan Allen, associate dean for development at Chi-cago Harris School of Public Policy and SESP instructor.

Theres no reason Republicans couldnt support it, Allen said. Whether they will theres a reason to doubt.

For Lee, affordability is no excuse for Congress not passing the proposal. The cost to the government, $60 billion over 10 years, would be a small fraction of the total education budget, Lee said.

But with 25 percent of the cost of the proposal shouldered by the state, Lee worries Illinois would be unable to deliver considering it already pays com-munity colleges much less than what its supposed to, she said. At both a state and federal level, politicians tend to empha-size the importance of education but fail to deliver with funding, Lee said.

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PRESENTING PALESTINE Weinberg senior Serene Darwish speaks Friday during Palestine 101, hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine. During the presentation, Darwish and Weinberg senior Dalia Fuleihan discussed the history and occupation of the area.

By OLIVIA EXSTRUMdaily senior staffer @olivesocean

Students for Justice in Palestine hosted Palestine 101 on Friday, a teach-in for students and Northwest-ern community members to learn more about Palestines history, com-mon misconceptions and its current state.

The event packed Harris 107 and those in attendance were required to present a WildCARD or another student ID.

Were here to give you a break-down of tools of resistance and

oppression, Weinberg senior Serene Darwish said.

The presentation began with Dar-wish and her co-facilitator, Wein-berg senior Dalia Fuleihan, discuss-ing different vocabulary pertinent to the conversation. They explained the meanings of a few Arabic words and defined others. For example, nakba means catastrophe, and refers to the establishment of the state of Israel and the exile of Christian and Mus-lim Palestinians in 1948, Darwish said.

Darwish and Fuleihan then showed different maps of Palestine and Israel that depicted an increas-ing occupation of Palestine by Israel

throughout time. Fuleihan drew the distinction between the two. For the purposes of the presenta-tion, Fuleihan said, when referring to Palestine one is referring to the land of historic Palestine; Israel is the state of Israel.

Noor Ali, assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs, recounted her story of being a high school student during the second intifada of the early 2000s.

I was there for two years, Ali said. The first year, we often called it the year to get to know your land because there were so many

State Dept honors NU adminLess than half of city students low income By EMILY CHIN

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When Julie Friend found out about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris earlier this month, the first thing she thought was to make sure the four Northwestern students studying abroad there were safe.

Friend, NUs director of global safety and security, was in Novem-ber awarded the Technical Advisor Achievement Award from the U.S. State Departments Overseas Secu-rity Advisory Council for her work in addressing safety issues for stu-dents studying abroad, the University announced this month.

Friend serves as one of 34 mem-bers of the OSAC leadership board, part of the security department within the State Department. OSAC draws members from academia, corpora-tions, religious groups and non-gov-ernmental organizations.

I think whats most important is its the first time a member of aca-demia has been recognized in this role, Friend said, and whats excit-ing about that is it demonstrates that the State Department, as well as my colleagues who work in other sec-tors, recognize the impact that aca-demia is having on the international community.

Rich Davis, managing director of corporate security at United Airlines, presented Friend with the award. He works with OSAC to make sure pilots and flight attendants are safe when they fly internationally.

Were both very proud to be on that council and working very closely with the State Department, he said.

As a technical adviser on OSAC, Friends role is to advise the council on security interests for the academic

sector. She also recruits other colleges and universities to become members of OSAC.

Im just not somebody whos going to sit and be really passive, she said. They wanted me to tell them things and help develop products and resources, so I did it.

Friend first got involved with OSAC when she was working as

By MARISSA PAGEthe daily northwestern @marissahpage

The percentage of Evanston students who qualify for free or reduced lunches is slightly below the national average, which for the first time is more than half of all public school students.

A study released by the Southern Education Foundation this month showed that 51 percent of public school children nationally qualify for lunch price reductions. Twenty-one states, including Illinois, had 50 percent or more public school attendees qualifying in 2013. Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics, which was cited in the study, shows a steady growth in the percentage of low-income children in public schools during the past several decades.

According to Evanston/Skokie School District 65s Opening of Schools Report, 38 percent of the districts students were low-income in the 2013-14 academic year. Of the 7,667 total students enrolled in District 65 schools that year, 2,323

qualified for free lunches and an additional 374 were eligible for lunches at a reduced cost.

District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren estimated that this year around 40 percent of students in his district qualified for free or reduced lunches. A free lunch is

provided if a student is at a certain level below the poverty rate and a reduced price lunch is provided if a student is within a certain range of the poverty rate, he said.

Evanston Township High School remains relatively consistent with the state and national averages for reduced and free lunch eligible children, said Marcus Campbell, the schools principal and assis-tant superintendent. This year, the

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Administrator honored at YMCA galaBy MATTHEW CHOIthe daily northwestern @matthewchoi2018

The McGaw YMCA hosted a gala Saturday to honor a local foundation and a Northwestern fac-ulty member with an award that recognizes their contributions to Evanston youth.The gala, themed Fly Me to the Moon, Where

No Star Is Out of Reach this year, is held annually to raise money and recognition for the McGaw YMCAs youth programs, said Cherita Ellens, senior direc-tor of marketing. The honorees this year were the Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation and NU faculty member Lucile Krasnow, who both received the

McGaw YMCA Leader-ship Award. The founda-tion was recognized for the past 129 years the work of those who have substantially contributed to the Evanston com-munity with the award, according to Mark Den-nis, Jr., McGaw YMCA president and CEO.

We are looking for people who have been consistent, who have been persistent, who have been a civil commu-nity broker in the com-munity towards learning and advancing the work

and potential of youth, Dennis said.Dennis said the award was meant to honor groups

who have substantially contributed to the Evanston community.

Krasnow was recognized for her 15 years as NUs special assistant for community relations. The award aimed to equally recognize the efforts of the University in promoting education in Evanston through programs including the Childrens Center and Project SOAR, which arranges for NU students

to tutor local school children. Krasnow is retiring Spring Quarter.

I feel privileged and honored because I have tremendous respect and admiration for the work the McGaw YMCA has done for the community, Krasnow said.

The Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation was recog-nized for its philanthropic sponsorship of many of the McGaw YMCAs programs, including the creation of the MetaMedia Youth Center, which aims to teach students technological skills, and the construction of the Sebring Lewis Center, which was the venue of the gala. The foundation gave $1 million toward the MetaMedia Youth Center in September.The gala began as a small event run entirely by

McGaw YMCAs youth services to raise money for its many youth goals, including teaching children to swim and providing activities to all students,

regardless of family income, said Sue Sowle, McGaw YMCAs senior director of youth services.

We used to set it up ourselves and call people for food donations, Sowle said. It has become a big event in Evanston.

More than 400 guests, including donors, YMCA members and public officials who have supported the McGaw YMCAs efforts, attended the gala on Sat-urday. Among the guests were Mayor Elizabeth Tis-dahl, District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren, D202 board member Bill Geiger and several members of the Illinois legislature.The evening included several fundraising activi-

ties such as auctions and raffles for vacations. NU was the largest gala sponsor.

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Parked cars window broken

The window of a vehicle was broken in north Evanston late Thursday night, police said.

The owner of the car, a 21-year-old Mor-ton Grove resident, left his vehicle parked in the 1800 block of Central Street. Late that night, another man called police to report someone looking through the broken front passenger window of the 1995 Chevrolet, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The man who was looking through the win-dow fled the scene, he said.

Police dont know if anything was taken from the car, Dugan added.

Graffiti painted on garage door of home

Gang-related graffiti was painted on the garage door of a residence in Evanston on Wednesday, police said.

A crown and the letters SGDK were painted near a residence in the 1200 block of Pitner Avenue, Dugan said. Officers believe the graffiti is gang-related and painted in a manner that indicates disre-spect to multiple gangs.

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Setting therecord straight

In Fridays print edition, the story Residential Services searches for new dining director misstated the department hiring the new director. The department is the Division of Student Affairs.

The Daily regrets the error.

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FOR THE YOUTH Attendees and organizers participate in a live auction at the McGaw YMCA on Saturday. The McGaw YMCA held a gala that recognized a foundation and NU professor for their contributions to Evanston youth.

I have tremendous respect and admiration for the work the McGaw YMCA has done for the community.Lucile Krasnow,NU special assistant for community relations

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NU offers study abroad scholarshipBy PETER KOTECKIthe daily northwestern @peterkotecki

Northwesterns International Program Devel-opment is offering a new scholarship this year for Summer Quarter study abroad.

IPD offers more than a dozen programs for NU students including three in China, two in Cuba, one in Germany, one in Mexico and one in Tanzania.

Developed, designed and administered by IPD, several of these programs are specifically for NU students. The new scholarship will be proportional to students financial aid during other quarters, but it will not count toward one of the 12 quarters of financial aid eligibility, said Janka Pieper, mar-keting communications manager of IPD.

In an effort to make our programs more acces-sible to more students, we created this need-based scholarship so that more students can go study abroad, she said. The scholarships help fund a variety of stud-

ies, including public health, culture and energy technology, according to IPDs website.

NU students that have received different

scholarships sponsored by IPD in the past dis-cussed their experiences with studying abroad.

Weinberg junior Lucy Blumberg participated in the Public Health in Cuba program in summer 2014 after receiving the Hill-Urbina Global Health Study Fellowship. The program entailed writing blog posts during the trip and a reflection at the

end of the program, Blumberg said.It was another way for myself to reflect on the

experience and to try to understand a little better how my experience would fit contextually into my academic experience, Blumberg said.

While other IPD fellowships usually range between $1,000 and $3,000, the new scholar-ship will help cover more than that, because it is designed to cover tuition, housing, health insur-ance and other costs, Pieper said.

Studying abroad is a tremendous and valu-able experience, but we know that there are vari-ous costs involved, and that finances can be a burden, Pieper said. Some students dont even consider studying abroad as an option during their academic career because of the cost associ-ated with it.

Weinberg junior Sunny Song also traveled to Cuba last summer as part of the Culture and Soci-ety program.

The reason why I was able to go is because they did give me a scholarship, Song said about IPD. If there was no opportunity like that, I prob-ably wouldnt have chosen that program.

Song said going to Cuba was a very good learn-ing experience, and she was able to use some of her credits received in Cuba toward her Spanish major. One of the four classes she took focused on the Cuban health system, and it was interesting to learn about global health without being in that particular program, she added.The application deadline for the new need-

based scholarship and for other opportunities to study abroad during Summer Quarter is March 1.

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Student groups offer winter South Campus workouts

Associated Student Government, the Panhel-lenic Association and the Residence Hall Asso-ciation have collaborated to bring Wildcat Win-ter Boot Camp to students looking for a South Campus exercise option this quarter.The Wildcat Winter Boot Camp consists of

two classes a week: Zumba on Tuesdays and a Beach Body Boot Camp workout on Thursdays. The program, which started Jan. 20, will continue until Feb. 24, for a total of 10 sessions.

Weinberg freshman Sarah Faruqui, a member of the ASG student life committee, helped bring the project back to campus. The last time it was offered, she said, was about two years ago.

Faruqui said about 60 students attended the first class and about 110 have registered so far.The boot camp is held in Parkes Hall and

charges a $5 fee that covers all 10 classes. Every session includes a raffle for prizes such as yoga mats and Starbucks gift cards. Participants are encouraged to exercise in groups of three or more because that gives them more chances to earn prizes.

What Ill be doing is every morning before class, Ill email everyone who is registered and (let them know what the days prize is), Faruqui

said.Weinberg freshman Isabella Pinerua, a boot

camp participant, said she liked having a place to exercise on South Campus.

The fact that it is down south and I dont have to go to (Henry Crown Sports Pavilion) is perfect, Pinerua said. (Blomquist Recreation Center) isnt the best and the walk to SPAC seems like a workout.

Online registration for the program is still open.

Editors note: The reporter is a member of ASGs accessibility and inclusion committee.

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NU should avoid divestment, invest in peace

Last week, our campus saw a call for North-western to divest from six corporations linked to Israel: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, G4S, Elbit Systems and Hewlett-Packard. In its letter to the editor, NU Divest told us that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has already failed and that the NU Divest agenda, as part of the larger Boycott Divestment Sanction (BDS) movement, provides the alternative. We believe that the peace process is not over, and that investment in conversation and open dialogue that will lead to action, rather than divestment, is our responsibil-ity as NU students.

According to NU Divest, BDS can serve the same purpose as the peace process. But unlike the peace process, BDS focuses exclusively on trying to punish Israel by implying that the Israeli-Pales-tinian conflict is one-sided. This is false. In 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip and in the Olmert-Abbas talks of 2008, Israel offered to withdraw from over 90 percent of the West Bank. Both sides showed an effort to come together, but in this case, it was the Palestinian Authority (PA) that rejected the proposal. The nuance of the situation is beyond what BDS can accomplish by solely blaming Israel.The reality of the

situation is complicated. There are, at minimum, two conflicting narra-tives with two conflict-ing perspectives, both of them valid. We strongly acknowledge that the Palestinian narrative is valid and must be heard, and that the Israeli nar-rative holds equal validity. We want to come to the table to discuss the challenging reality Pales-tinians face in their everyday lives, the question of settlement construction in occupied territory and the feasibility of a two-state solution. We want to find commonalities and create a united front on which we can push for real change together. We cant do this when the conversation surrounds BDS.

NU Divest suggests that supporters of NU Divest do not need to have a historical back-ground on the conflict, nor do they need to be in support of any particular nation or political solution. Rather, those who support human rights for all, including Palestinians, should support NU Divest. This is deeply troubling to us as NU students. We are taught to make well-informed decisions, socially, politically and academically. This rhetoric attempts to minimize the value of inquiry and knowledge in making decisions and unjustly monopolizes the idea of human rights, because to stand with us and support a two-state solution is to support human rights for both peoples.

We call for a Northwestern Coalition for Peace that stands for equal human rights. A coalition that recognizes the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish and democratic state alongside a sovereign and strong Palestinian state. A coalition that aims to bring open conversation and an appreciation of nuance. A coalition that condemns NU Divest for distorting the conflict. We ask that you ask questions. Go to events hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), J Street U and Wildcats for Israel (WFI). Research social change organi-zations on the ground and talk to professors on campus versed in the conflict. Peace is a process that is worth investing in.

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Dont conflate the man, the mission

Clint Eastwood recently argued that the ultimate lesson his film American Sniper that modern war is so hellish and so dehumanizing that it renders transition nearly impossible makes the biggest anti-war statement that any film can.

With a snipers perpetual thousand-yard stare, Eastwoods title character, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, struggles with reintegrating into his old life upon returning home. At a backyard barbecue, he nearly kills a neigh-bors dog; driving his pickup on suburban streets, he makes hairpin U-turns through traffic. The emotional ending, in which Kyle is shot dead at a gun range by a fel-low soldier struggling himself with PTSD, leaves us with a heartbreaking lesson about our need for a collective reckoning with the realities of modern war and its psychologi-cal wounds.

But is American Sniper really an anti-war film, as its director claims?

Theres a whole other half to the movie that unfolds in Iraq, documenting the record 160 confirmed kills Kyle racked up in four tours at the height of the occupa-tion. In those scenes, Kyle is legendary, a professional marksman who specializes in taking out enemies he calls savages. Many critics have interpreted these scenes as the glorification of the war and its flawed sol-dier with a morally problematic worldview. They point to the autobiography on which

the movie is based, in which he callously writes that war isnt really fun I certainly was enjoying it. Bill Maher called him a psychopathic patriot, and Seth Rogen lik-ened the movie to the Nazi propaganda film screened by Joseph Goebbels in Inglorious Basterds.

These critics correctly point to the mov-ies oversaturated patriotism and the charac-ter flaws of its real-life inspiration, but their broader criticisms are misplaced. In the highly professionalized American system of war, the one that allows civilians to lead utterly peaceful lives throughout a decade of conflict, Kyles claim that he was just doing his job rings unfortunately true. As Iraq veteran Corey Buzzell writes in the Guard-ian, Kyle was a Navy Seal he didnt enlist in the Peace Corps. What else do civilians think that combat soldiers do? Hand out flowers?

Despite his docu-mented faults, Kyle was the soldier our distorted American system needed him to be. Heralding him as a true American hero as Sarah Palin did elevates him to a level of adulation he doesnt deserve, but criticizing him as an unhinged sociopath falsely conflates the man with the mission.

The greatest problem of the Iraq War wasnt the conduct of American soldiers, although atrocities like those committed

at Abu Ghraib represent clear instances of misconduct and depravity; it was our being there in the first place. The problem wasnt in the violent efficiency of American mili-tary force; it was in the application of that force.

In his book The Limits of Power, Andrew Bacevich writes, Iraq has revealed the futility of counting on military power to sustain our habits of profligacy. He argues history will not judge kindly a people who find nothing amiss in the prospect of end-less armed conflict so long as they them-selves are spared the effects.

As long as we at home are so far removed from the wars our tax dollars are financing, Kyle will be the soldier our system requires.

So the lesson from American Sniper shouldnt be that 160 confirmed kills con-firms glory, nor that the man behind those kills is a psychopathic patriot. The lesson should be that we need to fully understand our own power, and crucially, to understand its limits, before we put that power into action.

For the sake of the veterans suffering from PTSD from a conflict that has so clearly failed in its stated goals, but no less for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians killed in the occupation and insurgency, we must realize our decisions on the application of American force have real, tragic consequences, both at home and abroad.

William Kirkland is a Weinberg junior. He 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].

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Take a religious studies course at NU

When choosing courses, students often pick the ones they need in order to complete their majors and minors, to fulfill distribu-tion requirements or to simply fulfill interests. The conventional wisdom at Northwestern, especially in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, seems to be that there is a shortlist of must take classes. Russian Lit, Intro to Micro-economics and one of a few psychology classes make the cut.

I would add one of the many classes offered by the Religious Studies department to the list. Despite not being the most common major at NU, religion is an area that every NU student would benefit from knowing more about.

According to a December 2012 Gallup poll, nearly seven in 10 Americans identify as mod-erately or very religious. This statistic means NU students are likely to come across many religious people both during and after their time in school. Understanding why someone doesnt eat a particular food or what holiday someone is celebrating can only be beneficial to understand-ing other people and other ways of life.

Moreover, religion plays a role in the numer-ous political conflicts that show up in the morn-ing headlines and on the nightly news. As the gay marriage issue heads toward the Supreme Court yet again, religion will undoubtedly be alluded to if not outright cited by those who oppose same-sex marriage.

Meanwhile in the international arena, con-flicts such as that between Sunni and Shiite fac-tions in Iraq could be better understood with the help of a religion course. Understanding religion is crucial to understanding why various groups hold the stances they do on international and domestic issues.

Despite playing a major role in many peoples lives and being connected to many areas of study, religion is an area many NU students have probably never formally studied because its controversial nature makes it more likely for public high schools to avoid than other topics. For example, a teacher might pass over teaching about religions role in history in favor of politi-cal, military, economic and cultural histories that do not come with the same inherent risk of offending someone that any discussion of

religion seems to have. But we are in college now, and the time has come to embrace learning about controversial topics.

Students who were not raised in religious families may know little about any religion, and students who were raised in religious families most likely have only had close contact with one or a couple religions. The point being: Religion is an area of life that it is easy to avoid learning all that much about.

Yet religion is still hugely important in 2015. So next time you are thinking about what classes to take, consider taking a religion class.

Matt Gates is a Weinberg sophomore. He 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].

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University announces new vice president for facilities

John DAngelo Jr. will be Northwesterns next vice president for facilities, the University announced Friday.

DAngelo will oversee the Universitys physical

assets on its three campuses, including some 225 buildings and about 10 million gross square feet of laboratories, classrooms, offices and residences, according to a University news release.

I am thrilled that John will be joining us at Northwestern, Provost Daniel Linzer said in a news release. I greatly look forward to working closely with him on space planning, sustainabil-ity and our many construction and renovation

projects.DAngelo will leave a job at New York-Presby-

terian Hospital, where he was vice president of engineering and facilities operations.

He also spent 20 years as a naval officer, during which time he oversaw facilities at a major naval base in Pensacola, Florida.

Johns skills, experience and talents will be a significant asset to the University as he assumes the leadership role for facilities, Executive Vice

President Nim Chinniah said. I am delighted to have him join the team.

DAngelos appointment comes during the Universitys $2-billion We Will campaign, which includes new construction and renovat-ing old buildings.

DAngelo will replace Ron Nayler, who retired in December.

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Power 5 conferences paying cost of attendance worries schools large and small

To Oliver Lucks recollection, his father sent him off to college with good wishes and a $500 check. Or maybe it was $400.

Luck said he was told the money would have to cover his expenses for the entire school year at West Virginia. Even in Morgantown in 1978, that did not go far. Nor did the $15 per month he received from the school in laundry money, as it was known.

I would say my four years in college were somewhat bare bones in terms of what was provided, said Luck, who left Ohio for a full scholarship to play quarterback for the Mountaineers. It was enough to get by. But at the same time, it was a challenge. We liter-ally scraped together money in the car to pay the toll on the Pennsylvania Turnpike back to Cleveland. We used athletic tape to hold on a bumper.

College athletes eternally have told such tales of subsisting on a shoestring budget, but that presumably will change.

At the NCAAs annual convention last week-end, the so-called Power 5 conferences, exer-cising their newfound autonomy, approved a measure to supplement grant-in-aid scholar-ships with stipends to cover the full cost of attendance. Estimates range from an additional $2,000 to $4,000 annually for each full-schol-arship athlete.

For many, a scholarship no longer will entail just tuition, room, board, books and fees. Luck, formerly the athletic director at WVU and now the NCAA executive vice president of regulatory affairs, said his college experience did not play a significant role in his supporting the landmark measure.

He said he can relate, but he would have recognized the need anyway.

I think anybody who has been around college athletics realizes there are costs that inevitably are not covered by scholarships, he said. There are things you need, whether its a winter coat or a trip home or a surprise visit to the doctor (away from campus).

We all realized that its good that its being implemented. Its the most important issue right now in college athletics, how we do this, how were gonna pay for it. There are all sorts of issues, but everyone thinks its the right thing to do from a moral perspective.

Schools from the Power 5 conferences ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC voted 79-1. Only Boston College voted nay, citing increasing expenses, among other reasons. But that is not the only institution that is con-cerned about the financial implications.

If mid-majors and universities from other smaller conferences are to keep pace, that means finding money that may not exist.

Kent State, which competes in the Mid-American Conference, projects the new costs might total as much as $1.1 million. The uni-versity last week hired a consultant to assess its athletic programs and determine whether cuts might be in order.

Some people are projecting a massive nationwide reduction of sports, said Robert Morris athletic director Craig Coleman, who was forced to cut seven sports in 2013.

Luck acknowledged that most athletic departments, even at larger schools, already have trouble covering their costs. As for insti-tutions outside the Power 5, those folks really have challenges, he said.

He noted another added expense looming on the horizon, the OBannon lawsuit settle-ment regarding an athletes name, image and likeness. A U.S. District judge ruled in August that hundreds of football and basketball players

would be entitled to $5,000 apiece, although that number likely will be discussed further.

Luck said he began two or three years ago budgeting $800,000 to cover cost of attendance stipends at WVU. Dan Bartholomae, execu-tive associate athletic director for compliance and administration at Pitt, put the cost at $1 million. Penn State expects to budget $1.75 million, athletic department spokesman Jeff Nelson said.

Thats the kind of cash the big-money schools find between the cushions of their couches once in a while, Coleman said. For some of us, a million dollars is no joke.

Bob Cohn (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Protesters arrested as Ohio University raises tuition

Police arrested two Ohio University stu-dents and a recent graduate yesterday as they protesed tuition increases that the schools board of trustees approved.

Students said that Bekki Wyss and Claire Chadwick, both seniors, along with recent alumnus Sal Lake were all charged with misde-meanor counts of disruption of a public meet-ing. A statement from the Student Union, the activist group that organized the protest, said that the three were among 40 students at the meeting who held signs and chanted as they peacefully protested.

They were protesting a 2-percent tuition increase to take effect next fall for students already on campus, plus a 5.1-percent increase for the incoming class. For new students next fall, campus housing costs will also increase by 5.3 percent and meal plans will rise by 1.5 percent, but then tuition and fees will stay unchanged for up to four years on campus, under the schools Ohio Guarantee.

The four-year tuition lock for new students next fall is the first of its kind among public

universities in Ohio. Some private schools promise not to increase tuition over four years, but the Ohio University guarantee is unusual because it freezes tuition and all other man-datory fees.

Traditional tuition increases are capped at 2 percent under the states current 2-year budget, but OU received special permission from the state for an up-front increase of up to 6 percent.

Total costs for an incoming student from Ohio would be $22,400.

For students returning to campus next fall, university housing costs will increase by 3.5 percent and meal plans will rise by 1 percent under fees approved by the board yesterday.

Students who protested contend that the tuition guarantee is unfair because it raises tuition for students who arent on campus yet and cant weigh in on the decision.

The Student Union was present today to demonstrate to the board that their under-handed scheme to silence dissent will not work, the group wrote in its statement.

In 2013, four students were arrested while protesting a tuition increase during a meeting of the board of trustees. Last year, the trustees met at a regional campus in St. Clairsville, an hour from Athens, to approve a 1.5-percent tuition increase. There were no student pro-tests at that meeting.

Next fall is the first year of the universitys tuition guarantee, which was announced last year as a way to take the uncertainty out of college costs. University officials said that, along with the tuition increase, they have increased student aid, especially for the needi-est students.

A university spokeswoman confirmed that three people were arrested at the meeting but did provide other details.

Collin Binkley (The Columbus Dispatch/TNS)

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Cats overcome loss, finish weekend strongBy MIKE MARUTdaily senior staffer@mikeonthemic93

Northwestern struggled against No. 32 Arizona State on Saturday, but the loss fueled a victory over No. 21 Rice.

Th e No. 17 Wildcats were tied with the Sun Devils three points each with one singles match left . Aft er losing the doubles point, singles victories came from freshmen Erin Larner and Alex Chatt and sophomore Jillian Rooney. With losses from sophomore Manon Peri and senior Lok Sze Leung, the pressure came down on junior Alicia Barnett.

To start her match, Barnett lost four straight games in the fi rst set. But aft er a racket change, Barnett rebounded to win the next six games and the fi rst set. Following the fi rst set, Arizona States Desirae Krawczyk ranked 37th in the country in singles took the second set by the same score. In the third set, Barnett could not fi nd a way around Krawczyk, losing 6-3. NU fell overall 4-3.

(At number one singles) you really cant take a point off , Barnett said. Every point you need to be focused. My serve kind of let me down (Saturday). You need your serves and be able to sit on every point.

Barnett has to fi nd her groove in the No. 1 singles position. When she was a freshman for the Cats, she played at the No. 5 spot, as a sophomore at No. 3, and now as a junior at No. 1. As a player moves up the courts, the balls get faster, the shots are better placed and the intensity overall gets higher. For NU to suc-ceed this season, Barnett will have to battle through growing pains of being the new No. 1.

(Barnett) was capable of being a great No. 1, coach Claire Pollard said. Its a huge adjustment for her, so I was very positive about that.

Th e Cats were able to use the loss against the Sun Devils to dominate against the Owls on Sunday, 6-1. NU claimed the doubles point and made quick work of Rice in singles, with Larner, Rooney and Leung winning their matches in straight sets.

Pollard had Larner, originally No. 4 in singles,

and Leung, originally No. 3, exchange positions for Sundays matches. Both had dominating wins with Larner winning 6-0, 6-1 and Leung winning 6-1, 6-1.

Our game styles matched up well, a little bit in my favor, Larner said. I was able to take control of the points early and really focus on my game. It was defi nitely a confi dence booster getting out here and have my fi rst couple matches go my way, just trying to keep my momentum going.

Leung had everything working for her on Sun-day. Th e senior was able put the ball where she wanted and move quicker than her opponent.

Its always good to win the fourth point for the team, Leung said. My opponent had a similar style to mine, maybe I hit a little bit heavier. I feel like I did everything slightly better: my serve was better, I moved better. I think that made the diff erence.

NU needed a win to boost its confi dence start-ing the season and beating Rice is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Th e thing I keep stressing to everyone, and whats so important, is the only person that is really playing a similar role to what they did last year is (Rooney), Pollard said. In every other aspect of our program, somebody is playing an incredibly diff erent role. Considering we have so many moving parts, I think were really in good shape, considering where we could be.

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NU crushed in lackluster display against top foesBy ALEX LEDERMANdaily senior staffer

No. 22 Northwestern (9-6, 1-5 Big Ten) turned in two disappointing performances this weekend, falling 38-3 to No. 2 Iowa (10-0, 5-0) and 31-9 to No. 10 Illinois (9-4, 3-3).

Th e sense of urgency, the production needs to go up, coach Drew Pariano said. We were obviously in the matches, but we didnt get the job done. It doesnt make you feel any better to be close. If anything, it just gets you more upset.

Iowa won nine of Fridays 10 matchups, including a 3-2 victory by No. 3 Brandon Sorensen over No. 1 sophomore Jason Tsirtsis at 149 pounds. With the win, Sorensen handed the defending NCAA Champion Tsirtsis his fi rst loss of the season and snapped his 40-match win streak dating back to last season.

Tsirtsis said the end of the win streak will be good for his wrestling. Even though he just picked up his fi rst loss of the year, he said he hasnt been happy with how hes wrestled this season.

It really doesnt matter right now about wins and losses, he said. Its about how I execute. I let myself get too caught up in the streak, and I havent been performing well this season because of it. Th ings have to change.

Tsirtsis said he needs to open up and attack his positions more to improve his off ense.

Hes closing himself down, Pariano said. Hes got one of the best arsenals in the country. Hes just got to use it. Th ats great that you can take everyone down, but if you go up here and you dont use it, then it really doesnt matter.

One wrestler didnt underperform for the Wildcats. No. 4 senior heavyweight Mike McMullan pulled out NUs only win of the night in the fi nal match. With his team on the brink of a complete sweep, McMullan notched a 3-1 decision in the second sudden victory period over No. 1 Bobby Telford.

McMullan served Telford his fi rst loss of the sea-son, breaking his 18-match win streak. McMullan now leads the all-time series against his foe 4-3.

I knew I was the better wrestler that match (at

Midlands), McMullan said. I just had a mind lapse and made a tactical error. An opportunity to go into his house, a big arena in Iowa where theres a bunch of fans, to shut them up and get the revenge was pretty cool.

At 165 pounds, No. 6 senior Pierce Harger also took his match against No. 9 Nick Moore into over-time but lost in a heartbreaker.

No. 13 Alex Polizzi suff ered a similar fate against No. 4 Nathan Burak at 197, as a late 3-1 advantage turned into a 4-3 loss.

Sunday at home vs. Illinois didnt fare much better for the Cats. Tsirtsis, Harger and Polizzi did rebound, but every other wrestler for NU lost.

You wrestle Iowa, you dont get any of the results you want for the most part, and you expect our guys to put a show on here, Pariano said. But the fi rst fi ve guys were pretty uninspired, and that falls on me.

McMullan said his struggling teammates just need to have confi dence in their abilities. He said if they calm down and get back to what made them great in high school, they will get back on track.

As for the rest of the season, McMullan said its best to leave this weekend in the past. Th eres good news for his team moving forward, he said.

Th e best way to look at it is the next guys you wrestle arent going be as good as the people weve already wrestled, he said. Th e worst is behind us.

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By KHADRICE ROLLINSthe daily northwestern@KhadriceRollins

Aft er snatching victory away from the jaws of defeat on Th ursday, North-western (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten) ended up on the wrong side of a one-point game in a 76-75 loss on Sunday to Penn State (5-15, 2-7).

Th e Wildcats were playing their sec-ond consecutive contest on the road and without junior Lauren Douglas, and those matters appeared to catch up with them. NU was unable to take care of business against a team tied for the worst record in the Big Ten, and it had coach Joe McKeown praising the conferences parity.

We have to move forward, McK-eown said. Everybodys good (in the Big Ten), teams 1 through 14. I think anybody can beat anyone on any given night. I cant speak for their record because when they walk onto the court, there are a lot of good players.

NU was forced to rely on its thin

bench with Douglas sidelined, and when fouls started to pile up on the Cats, it opened the door for the home team.

Aft er taking a 15-8 lead, NU allowed Penn State to go on a 23-8 run that boosted the confi dence of the Nittany Lions.

Th e normally stout defense of the Cats did not show up in the fi rst half, as they allowed Penn State to put up 41 points. Th e Nittany Lions shot 51.7 percent from the fi eld in the fi rst half and also had 24 points in the paint in taking a 5-point lead.

Th e Cats came out stronger in the second half, but the Nittany Lions had an answer for everything NU did. Th anks to fast break buckets and a tremendous amount of help from its

bench, Penn State held a 58-50 lead with 12:27 remaining.

We just did a terrible job in transi-tion defense the whole game, McK-eown said.

Despite allowing 17 fast break points, NU would not let Penn State pull away. Th e Cats would take a 63-62 lead with nine minutes left , but the lack of depth would be too much for them to overcome.

With 5:35 remaining, sophomore Nia Coff ey fouled out of the game. Cof-fey was the Cats leading rebounder for the game with 11 boards, and without her on the court late, the Nittany Lions were able to capitalize on the glass a deciding factor.

We didnt block out and rebound in the last three minutes, McKeown said. Th at was the diff erence.

With a four-guard lineup following center Alex Cohens fouling out, NU allowed Penn State to get two off en-sive rebounds in the fi nal minute when the Cats trailed by two. NU was able to force a steal aft er the second off ensive board and sophomore Christen Inman

hit the game tying layup.On the next possession, freshman

Lydia Rohde was called for a foul aft er Penn State got another off ensive rebound.

Penn State knocked down one of two free throws to take a 1-point lead with 10 seconds left . NU moved quickly from there, but Rohde missed a shot with two seconds remaining to end the game.

We just wanted to get up the fl oor, and let Ashley (Deary) make a play which she did, McKeown said. And I thought we got a pretty good shot.

Junior Maggie Lyon was a small bright spot in the disappointing loss as she totaled 20 points and seven rebounds in the contest. Th anks to her fantastic scoring eff ort, Lyon was able to eclipse 1,000 points on her career, but she was unable to fully enjoy the accomplishment.

Its exciting, Lyon said. Its pretty cool, but it doesnt really matter to me if we dont win.

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By JESSE KRAMERthe daily northwestern@Jesse_Kramer

Tre Demps created separation, stepped back and lifted off to nail the go-ahead jumper with less than 10 seconds left at Maryland on Sunday.

The junior guard excelled in a key situation, much like he did early in nonconference play this season and conference play last season. This time, though, a last-second putback by Maryland for-ward Dez Wells dealt the Wildcats a 68-67 loss.

Demps has a reputation as a clutch scorer, and Sundays shot only backs that up.

But he is 7-of-19 from the field this season in the final six min-utes of regulation and overtime in conference games. That equals 37 percent.

Demps total field-goal percent-age? 39 percent.

Despite his reputation, Demps is not a high-volume scorer who suddenly becomes efficient when his team desperately needs a bas-ket. He has made his share of clutch shots, but thats bound to happen when he takes so many in

crunch time.Demps has the ability to make

tough shots, like the one that found the bottom of the net Sun-day. Although he made the bucket, Demps was falling away from the basket for a low-percentage look. Also, Wells made a good defen-sive play to recover and get a hand up.

Coach Chris Collins has called Demps his go-to guy since the preseason. Recently, hes said the same about freshman point guard Bryant McIntosh.

I love that kid, Collins said of McIntosh after the loss to Mary-land. I want the ball in that kids hands because he makes good decisions. He can score. He can find guys.

During this tough stretch for the Cats, Collins has talked about how the quality of play is there but the results are not. The one time McIntosh attempted a game-deciding shot, he missed an open floater against Michigan and NU lost by 2.

But McIntoshs floater was a high-percentage shot that will drop most times. The same can-not be said about Demps step-back, long 2-pointer that could have knocked off Michigan State

in regulation Jan. 11 but clanked off the rim.

Even though McIntosh is a freshman, he has a knack for finding high-percentage looks. He proved that again Sunday with 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting and an offensive rating of 140.

As the Cats built a slim lead to 11 points late in the second half, McIntosh had 6 straight points during a two-minute stretch. Each shot was either a clean look in the lane or a shot at the rim.

Giving Demps the rock worked Sunday. However, he is an inef-ficient scorer, so that plan wont work often.

McIntosh is shooting 43.7 per-cent from the field this season and has an offensive rating higher than Demps.

Based on reputation and recency bias, Demps would appear to be the superior option late in the game. But the closer look pro-vides a different answer.

NUs best chance at finally com-ing away from one of these close games with a victory is if Collins sticks by what he said Sunday and keeps the ball in the freshmans hands.

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By TYLER PAGERdaily senior staffer@tylerpager

COLLEGE PARK, Md. It was all too familiar.

Northwestern (10-10, 1-6 Big Ten) jumped out to an early lead in the first half and led until the final minute before falling for its sixth straight loss, this time 68-67 to No. 13 Maryland (18-3, 6-2) at the XFINITY Center.

The Terrapins took their first lead of the game with 20.6 sec-onds left after two free throws from guard Melo Trimble. Junior guard Tre Demps responded with a step back jumper to put the Cats up by 1. On the other end, Trimble missed a 3-pointer, but forward Dez Wells got the rebound and the put back to seal the game for the Terrapins.

Its been a tough couple of weeks, but thats part of basketball, coach Chris Collins said. You can say we should have done this or we should have won these games, but were not. You have to finish the deal, especially in this league when youre playing really good teams.

NU came out firing in the first half, shooting nearly 70 percent from the field and hitting seven 3-pointers. The Cats ended the first half leading 41-30 and kept all of Marylands players from scoring in double figures. Freshman guard Bryant McIntosh led all scorers in the first half with 13 points.

The second half was a completely different story.

The Cats struggled to get into an offensive rhythm and Maryland was able to cut into NUs lead. The Cats shot 40 percent from the field and only 12.5 percent from behind the arc for the final half. NU struggled throughout the game to hold onto the ball, turning it over 17 times.

I thought we played a great bas-ketball game, but the turnovers did us in, Collins said. I thought we were a little sloppy the whole night with the ball.

The Cats also could not contain Trimble in the second half, when he scored 19 of his 27 points. Wells added 17 points for the game.

NU was up 11 points with less than four minutes remaining and seemed ready to break its confer-ence malaise. That was until the

sloppy play turnovers, more late missed layups allowed the Ter-rapins an avenue to fight back.

Maryland crawled closer and had the game down to 1 point when McIntosh went to the line for a one-and-one with less than 30 seconds remaining.

McIntosh finished with a team-high 21 points, but he missed the front end of the one-and-one and le f t the Cats vulnerable at a 1-point lead.

Soon after, NU had lost, once again losing its composure down the stretch.

We got to find a way to have some poise at the end of games and execute and finish games, McIn-tosh said. Thats what good teams do. Right now were playing 37 really good minutes, and we kind of let it go the last three minutes.

Sophomore forward Sanjay Lumpkin chipped in 12 points and junior center Alex Olah added 8 points. The Cats have now lost their last five games by a margin of 3.4 points, proving they can stand tall against almost any Big Ten squad, except with a dearth of victories to show for it.

Collins said the team needs to learn how to win.

I take that personally because its my job as a coach to teach these guys the way to win the last couple of minutes, Collins said. When we break through, I think it can lead to a lot more wins because I think our team has proven that we can play with any team in this league. Were just not getting the results, and thats whats frustrating.

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MISSING PIECE Alex Cohen goes for the block. The senior center fouled out late in the second half, allowing Penn State key rebounding chances against Northwestern.

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LAST SHOT Northwestern suffered another brutal loss, this time a 1-point defeat at the hands of No. 13 Maryland. Junior guard Tre Demps hit a clutch jumper with less than 10 seconds left to give NU the lead, but the Terrapins followed with their own basket to seal the win.

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