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By EDWARD COX!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

Longtime Evanston resident Doro-thy King had lived in her spacious four-bedroom home for about ./ years and

was ready to move to smaller living quarters.

King’s home was snapped up in six days last spring, and buyers wanted to move in quickly, giving King only a few months to 0 nd a condominium.

“1 e building went out so fast that I thought, ‘1 ere can’t be much trouble in the real estate industry,’” King said.

Real estate brokers serving Evan-ston and the Cook County region at-large agree that the housing market is starting to recover from the fallout of

the housing bubble’s late-.//2 burst. Since .//3, the median home price in the region has declined by nearly a fourth, according to Midwest Real Estate Data.

1 e data aggregator reports that the combination of a decrease in home inventories and falling median prices have sparked demand for homes from investors and 0 rst-time buyers.

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Innocence project wins big for WriceBy JILLIAN SANDLER$%&'( -#)&*+ -!%44#+

Medill Innocence Project founder David Protess secured what he called a “stunning victory for justice” Friday when his and his students’ investigative work helped spur a judge’s decision to grant an evidentiary hearing for the innocence of a man imprisoned for more than 5/ years.

Stanley Wrice was granted an evi-dentiary hearing by Cook County Judge Evelyn B. Clay. In addition to a hearing for the claim of his innocence, he was also granted hearings on the claims he was tortured into falsely confessing by former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge’s “midnight crew,” and that prosecutors withheld evidence of his innocence, Protess said. Burge, who escaped tor-ture prosecution because of limitation statutes, was convicted in ./6/ of lying about the abuses during a civil trial.

Based on the history of past cases and the desire of prosecutors to avoid tarnishing their reputations, Protess said he believes Wrice will ultimately be released.

“If history is any guide, when an Illi-nois Supreme Court orders a hearing, generally prosecutors drop the charges,” he said.

According to an article written by Protess and published in 1 e Hu7 ngton Post on Friday, Wrice was convicted for involvement in a gang rape in 683. a9 er

allegedly being tortured into confession by police.

Protess, who now serves as president of the Chicago Innocence Project, an organization founded in ./66 to inves-tigate cases of wrongful convictions, said in an email evidence for Wrice’s innocence was “developed” by the 0 rst group of students who worked for the program. All of them were enrolled in his ./66 Investigative Journalism class at Medill, he wrote.

As part of the investigation, the stu-dents contacted two of the perpetrators involved in the case, Michael Fowler and Rodney Benson. 1 ey also tracked down Bobby Joe Williams, the case’s only inde-pendent witness, on the south side of Chicago, said Quinn 1 acker (Medill ’66) and Kira Lerner (Medill ’66), who both worked on the investigation and traveled to Williams’ residence.

Fowler, Benson and Williams all signed a7 davits for students in ChIP saying Wrice was not involved, Protess said. According to Protess’ Hu7 ngton Post story, Williams said in his a7 davit that Burge and his crew tortured him into falsely implicating Wrice. Despite this evidence for Wrice’s innocence, the case faced several judiciary road-blocks. 1 e Illinois Supreme Court, for example, was set to hear the evidence in ./6., but turned the case back to Clay, who granted several continuances until 0 nally hearing the evidence Friday,

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Construction starts on Norris stairwell

Construction on the stairwell leading to the ground : oor of Norris University Center began Wednesday in an e; ort to repurpose the space.

Previously home to dozens of adver-tisements and : iers, the stairwell will soon feature pictures of Northwestern students and other images that “re: ect campus community in the student center,” Norris executive director Kelly Schaefer said.

“1 ere’s a push to really do something that represents Northwestern students in the building,” she said.

Workers began installing drywall panels Wednesday, whichwill continue over the next week. 1 e project should be completed before Spring Quarter.

Schaefer said the area was not very e; ective for publicizing student events. Before, the stairwell was so cluttered with : iers that much of the information got “lost in the shu< e,” she said.

Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president for student auxiliary services, said fallen papers and thumbtacks made

the stairwell hazardous at times.1 e stairwell makeover is one of sev-

eral changes coming to Norris this quar-ter. Last quarter administrators approved plans to install cell phone charging sta-tions, and this quarter the Dell computer lounge was relocated to the ground : oor and hooked up to printers.

Payne-Kirchmeier wrote in an email to 1 e Daily on 1 ursday the project

aims to make Norris “a more welcom-ing space.”

“We want to represent our NU com-munity at Norris and make it a wel-coming and supportive space,” Payne-Kirchmeier wrote. “Our students and community deserve it.”

Jillian Sandler contributed reporting. — Lauren Caruba

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TRANSFORMATION The walls of the stairwell leading to Norris’ ground fl oor are being renovated to include images of students and other members of the community. The project is expected to be completed by the spring.

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Several new faculty members will join the Dean of Students O7 ce within the next few weeks, revamping the depart-ment to bring increased focus to crisis management, mental health issues and student conduct policies.

Todd Adams, former senior associate dean at Duke University, will assume his position as Northwestern’s new dean of students in early February. Joining him are two new assistant deans: Katrina Reynolds, from Indiana University, and Mona Dugo, from Loyola Univer-sity Chicago, who started at NU in late December. Current Assistant Dean Betsi Burns will leave NU next month for a position at Loyola.

Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student a; airs, announced Adams’ appointment in mid-December. At Duke since .///, Adams oversaw the residential life, co-advised multicultural programs, worked with mental health services and established the school’s O7 ce of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

“He has a wide range of experiences within student a; airs and that’s what made him such a strong candidate,” Telles-Irvin said.

At NU, Adams will coordinate emer-gency response, medical withdrawal and student con: ict resolution. He will also chair the Hazing Prevention Task Force and the Community Alcohol Coali-tion and serve on the Undergraduate Council.

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Median Home Prices

Evanston House Inventories

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$308,000

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Declining median home prices and a decrease in home inventories are the contributing factors for increased demand for housing.

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Dropping prices, availability lead to increased demand

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By SOPHIA BOLLAG!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)

In its .rst meeting of the new year, the Evan-ston Housing and Homelessness Commission considered several proposals to provide aid for homeless families and families at risk of becom-ing homeless.

/e Commission focused on a proposal for tenant-based rental assistance, presented by Paul Selden of Connections for the Homeless at its Fri-day morning meeting.

In his presentation, Selden outlined a “rental subsidy program” he said would provide .nancial aid for residents in need.

“Nationally … tenant-based rental assistance is widely discussed and rarely implemented,” said Selden, the Connections executive director. “So go Evanston.”

/e program will target homeless families with children in Evanston/Skokie District 01, which

currently has roughly 234 homeless students, he said. Families would be placed in existing build-ings, and the program would not require the construction of costly new infrastructure, Selden said.

Sarah Flax, the city’s housing and grants administra-tor, said the program would provide funds for an underserved group.

“I really want to stress that I think this is a gap-filler program,” Flax said. “We have not been able to adequately address the needs of (homeless) families with children.”

/e city would be able to put roughly 56 million into the pro-gram if it is approved,

city housing planner Mary Ellen Poole said.“If we would do something like this we would

be really cutting-edge,” Poole said.

Selden said the program would ideally be implemented in June and would attempt to head at least three families per month. However, he said both goals were tentative.

“We don’t know how di7cult this is going to be,” he said.

/e Commission will vote on the Connections proposal at its next meeting on Feb. 22. If the Com-mission approves the proposal, it will have to be reviewed and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before it can be implemented.

Two other proposals, one from the Community Partners for A8ordable Housing and one from Housing Options for the Mentally Ill in Evanston, Inc., were also mentioned at the meeting. Neither were discussed in detail because they had already been presented at the previous meeting on Dec. 63.

/e Commission, formerly the Housing Com-mission, recently expanded to deal with issues of homelessness in Evanston in compliance with a recommendation made by the Homeless Task Force’s 2466 report. /e Commission is currently considering the three proposals in its attempt to carry out the recommendations in the report.

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Portions of Davis Street to close for construction

Evanston will close portions of two lanes of Davis Street on Thursday for a construction project, according to a release.

The release said the Northbrook-based Timm T. Martin Construction Company will close two westbound lanes of Davis Street between Chicago Avenue and the west alley access side of the building under construc-tion at 069 Davis St. Westbound traffic will merge to the right, but one westbound lane will remain open throughout the day.

The company will complete assembling

structural steel on the main roof of the Davis building from about : a.m. to 9:34 p.m. The sidewalk along Davis Street between Chicago Avenue and Orrington Avenue will remain open.

Local nonpro!ts to o"er free tax prep classes

YWCA Evanston/North Shore and the Chicago-based Center for Economic Progress have collaborated to offer free tax preparation classes to low-income Evanston residents this week.

Families who make less than 514,444 collec-tively and individuals with incomes less than 521,444 can attend the classes for free at 6261 Church St., according to a news release. The nonprofits offer the classes on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants can receive help in filing Earned Income Tax Credit claims, opening bank accounts and purchas-ing prepaid debit cards for tax refunds.

Interested residents should bring all W-2 and 64;; tax forms, Social Security cards, a valid photo ID and a copy of last year’s tax return, among other forms.

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University Library is currently home to an exhibit full of pictures and artifacts of North-western alumna Patricia Neal, an Academy Award-winning actress who studied theater at Northwestern from -./0 to -./1.

2e exhibit, which will be on display until March 33, includes nearly -44 of Neal’s personal items in six display cases that span from the library’s entrance at the Information Commons to the Periodicals and Newspaper Reading Room. Neal’s daughter Ophelia Dahl donated the items to the University.

“It’s a really good collection of stu5 and it obvi-ously could have been sold somewhere,” said man-uscript librarian Benn Joseph, the exhibit’s curator. “But according to her daughters, Patricia Neal was very fond of her time here at Northwestern.”

Highlights of the exhibits include photos of

Neal in NU plays, personal letters from celebri-ties including President Ronald Reagan and Paul Newman, a lock of her hair from her baby book and her unused Oscar tickets from -.6/, the year she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

2e items document Neal’s life from her child-hood to her home life with her husband, author Roald Dahl and their 7ve children, to her return to acting a8er su5ering a severe stroke that le8 her unable to walk or speak.

2e exhibit has programs and pictures from the NU production of “Twel8h Night,” where Neal starred as Olivia — in -.11, she named her 7rst daughter a8er the character — and pictures of Neal with her sisters in NU’s chapter of Pi Beta Phi sorority.

2ough she le8 a8er her sophomore year to pursue an acting career, Neal was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts from NU in -../. Neal was in the School of Communication and

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“My Fair Lady,” the ;-st annual production of the Dolphin Show had a successful opening weekend, selling out one show and heavily packing Cahn Audi-torium for another.

Saturday night’s show sold out, with .44 audience members in attendance. An estimated ;44 people went to opening night Friday.

“With each person who gets to see the show, the buzz gets a little louder,” said Communication senior Louis Schermerhorn, the show’s business producer.

Along with Schermerhorn, the show was led by director Tristan Powell and artistic producer Rachel Birnbaum. None of the three were involved with the

show last year, though they attended performances.Birnbaum described her experience working on

the show as both scary and exciting.“It was basically constantly catching up because

I had never seen the process in action,” the Com-munication senior said. “It was also a lot of making it up as I went.”

Schermerhorn said the show’s popularity was due to “My Fair Lady”’s acclaim. 2e traditional aspect drew older audiences while the fresh take on the iconic story brought younger audience members who enjoyed the show’s theatricality, he said.

Powell said he enjoyed bordering this line.“I was interested in playing with the audience’s

expectations because the show is so well known,” the Communication senior said. “I tried approaching it from a di5erent point of view, more theatrical and

expressive.”Audience member and Communication junior

Zoe Maltby said she also enjoyed Powell’s sense of characterization within the production.

“What I loved speci7cally this year was the empha-sis on smaller character moments which sometimes could get lost in the show,” Maltby said. “I was struck with how Tristan made sure those moments were crystal clear and so moving.”

In its ;-st year, 2e Dolphin Show requires as much organization on the business side as on the creative. 2e production is completely student-run and relies heavily on donations. Di5erent events throughout the year helped support the show’s costs, including the Freshman Cabaret and 2e Rock Show, where students spoof a popular production at 2e Rock.

“2e Dolphin Show is a huge institution and it

grows every year,” Schermerhorn said. “By virtue of being a student-run show, we pride ourselves on rais-ing (the show’s) money.”

2e show also served a philanthropic purpose. Schermerhorn, Birnbaum and Powell decided to auction o5 costumes from the show to help fund the lung transplant of Communication sophomore Josie Nordman, who is battling cystic 7brosis. 2e show has raised <-44 thus far.

“2at’s a really beautiful thing that they are doing,” Maltby said. “We talk about theater touching and changing lives, and that’s such a fundamental, concrete example of theater changing someone’s life.”

2e show will continue this weekend with perfor-mances Friday and Saturday night.

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THANK THE ACADEMY The library is currently showcasing an exhibition on celebrity actress and NU alumna, Patricia Neal. The exhibit even includes her unused tickets for the Oscars.» See EXHIBIT, page 7

!e Electoral College, many would argue, is a misguided system designed by the Founding Fathers to protect the presidency from blatantly unquali"ed men but which has instead made presidential campaigns needlessly complicated. Although it is #awed, its results have (almost) always matched up with the actual popular votes of the American voters. If recently-proposed changes to the Electoral College by Republican statehouses in key states had been in e$ect last year, though, our nation would have had another exception to this correlation. Under the proposed new rules, Mitt Romney would currently be residing in the White House, despite losing to President Obama by more than % million votes nationwide and decisively los-ing almost every swing state.

How would such a dramatically di$erent result be possible? Take a look at the pivotal state of Vir-ginia, where a bill to enact such changes is currently being debated. Under the proposed law, Virginia’s &' electoral votes would not go to the winner of the most popular votes in the state (President Obama in ()&(), but would instead be allocated by who won which congressional district. !is change would reward the votes of less-populated, more rural, and more conservative parts of the state, which consistently vote Republican. !en, the "nal two electoral votes would go to the candidate who

won the most congressional districts (Romney); thus, under this setup, Obama would have only won four out of the state’s &' electoral votes despite carrying the state by &%),))) votes.

!e sponsor of the bill, a Republican state sena-tor named Charles W. Carrico Sr., explained the purpose of the proposal as one of fairness, stating, “!e last election, constituents were concerned that it didn’t matter what they did, that more densely populated areas were going to outvote them.” Apparently, Carrico doesn’t grasp the fact that “outvoting” is the whole point of an election and that a more “densely populated area” is an area with more voters. His proposed scheme is especially remarkable considering Virginia voted Republican in presidential elections for *) straight years before Obama #ipped it in ())+. To him, it now appears that the party can only take the state back at the presidential level by engaging in some electoral shenanigans.

!e Virginia bill, which, thankfully has attracted some opposition from inside the Republican Party, is just one example of a series of proposals #oating around Republican-controlled states that Obama carried in November. In Michigan, for example, a proposed switch to awarding electoral votes based on congressional district would have given Rom-ney a majority of the state’s &, votes, even though Obama carried the state by almost *%),))) votes in November. Similar plans are being tossed around in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida — all states won by Obama. Although the likelihood of these changes going into e$ect varies from state to state, there are some powerful backers to the bills. Republican National Convention Chair Reince

Priebus, for example, said the proposals are some-thing that “a lot of states that have been consistently blue that are fully-controlled red ought to be look-ing at.”

If, in November, the proposed switches to allo-cation based on congressional districts had been in e$ect in the six states mentioned, the ''(-(), Obama Electoral College victory over Romney would have #ipped to a (-)-(,+ Romney win, an almost laughable deviation from how the American people actually voted. As badly as Mitt Romney may have wanted to be president, I doubt even he would be comfortable taking o.ce based on such a fundamentally manipulated result.

With demographic changes and the public’s opinion on issues increasingly working against them, some Republicans are getting understand-ably desperate to hold on to viable paths of winning national elections, and are resorting to convoluted and skewed ideas to do so. Passing such bills, a/er all, is much easier than shoring up their support among minorities, women, and young voters, or updating their positions on climate change and gay marriage. It is vitally important, though, that these changes never see the light of day. I’m all for elec-toral reform, but to call these proposals “reforms” is ridiculous. I hope that as more people become aware of these ideas, they die a quiet death in each of their respective states.

Ryan Kearney is a Communication sophomore. He can be reached at [email protected]. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].

01%.1-: the price of a TI-+' calculator from both Amazon and Wal-Mart. The same calculator at the Norris Bookstore? 0&&1.1+. How about the silver edition TI-+*? That’ll cost 0&(*.1- at Wal-Mart, but a full 0&-*.1+ at Norris. Those are just calculators; I don’t even want to get into textbooks, room sup-plies and 0-) hoodies.

I don’t want to complain, and Norris pro-vides students with plenty of essential prod-ucts, such as baby booties. But after I just spent more than 0')) on supplies at the book store this quarter, things officially got real. Now, Daily staffers have already discussed some of the sinister ways that Northwestern robs you blind, so we shouldn’t be surprised. And yet, this process of semi-legitimate exploitation never ceases to amaze me.

Running a university is expensive — I understand and appreciate that. However, that’s why we pay 0%),))) annually in tuition, and why we’re expected to donate pretty much continuously once we gradu-ate. Northwestern students — all students really — pay to take part in higher education, but they shouldn’t pay out the nose for the additional required supplies to continue that education. When you go to a restaurant to pay for your meal, you don’t pay another 0&% for it to be served on a plate and 0() for the rights to use the silverware. Likewise, when you pay to attend class, you shouldn’t be robbed for access to the supplies required to succeed in them.

Even worse, Norris is often the only pro-vider of certain supplies. If you don’t like their textbook prices, you can usually buy them at Beck’s (you can all breathe easy knowing I did just that. How you like them apples, Norris?), but often that option is impractical. Worse, sometimes they’re the only provider for used books or rentals, dif-ferent inks and, of course, graphing calcula-tors within walking distance. Consequently, if you need something now, you’re going to Norris.

It’s tempting to use this unique position to charge uncompetitive prices for your goods, but usually that’ll result in general disdain and more than one flaming bag of dog poop on your doorstep. Whoever is responsible for the pricing at Norris either has somehow been spared this treatment or doesn’t under-stand basic social interaction (my money’s on the first, but you never know). Either way, it doesn’t make those actions appropriate.

Northwestern has the responsibility to provide for its students — that’s what insti-tutions of higher education do. It’d be one thing if this was a for-profit school, but the second you classify yourself as a %)&(c)(') organization, as Northwestern has, your exclusive goal must be to provide educational services in a way that most benefits society. Profiting off the needs of the very people who you claim to be servicing is diametri-cally opposed to the stated goals of an educa-tional non-profit.

This school con-tinues to take their thousands of students, pick them up by the ankles and shake every penny out of their pockets. When they do this by charg-ing 0&+& to replace a lost room key that the student originally got for free, or when they don’t let you use your meal swipes at Norris or any cash-based NU dining option without upgrading to a more expensive option, it’s frustrating, but excus-able. When they do this by forcing on-campus residents — a category including almost all freshmen, who don’t yet have other housing options

— to pay for blatantly overpriced meal plans, or by overcharging for required school sup-plies, it’s disgraceful.

Now, let me be clear. I’m not saying that Northwestern should subsidize their sup-plies and take on some cost — which could certainly be argued. I’m just saying that they shouldn’t profit more than companies like Target or Wal-Mart do by selling the very same supplies. Otherwise, there might soon be a growing demand for brown paper bags. Just don’t buy them at Norris; that place is a rip-off.

Yoni Muller is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at [email protected]. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, email a Let-ter to the Editor to [email protected].

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By LAUREN CARUBA!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

Northwestern is expanding its Asian studies course o-erings with the creation of the new Department of Asian Languages and Cultures this fall.

.e new department will bring a literary and cul-tural focus to the study of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Hindi. Program course o-erings will cover areas including literature and /lm. Although currently in its formative stages, the department will be fully sta-ed and running by Fall Quarter.

Prof. Peter Carroll, director of the Asian and Middle East Studies Program and head of the search committee for several of the department’s new faculty members, said the program will put Asian language studies on par with similar programs in European languages, he said.

“.is is a key area of human culture and expression

which hasn’t been explored as much as it should be in the University curriculum,” he said.

.e establishment of a more specialized Asian studies department is something the University has considered for decades, Carroll said. .e push for the department’s creation intensi/ed in 0112 with the arrival of Weinberg Dean Sarah Mangelsdorf, who identi/ed the need for more Asian humanities courses and played a key role in the creation of the new department, he said.

Prof. Phyllis Lyons, NU’s only currently tenured faculty member in Asian literature, said although NU has strong Asian language classes, those courses do not speci/cally focus on Asian culture.

“If what someone wanted to focus on was language and culture, most likely literature, but maybe even /lm studies, there was no single place that anyone could go to,” said Lyons, who focuses speci/cally on Japanese literature. “.at actually made Northwestern unusual among major universities.”

Continuing through February, a University search committee is conducting interviews with scholars who will potentially join the department as tenure-track faculty members. .e committee is looking to /ll positions in Chinese and Hindi studies, Carroll said.

While on campus, the candidates are also hosting academic talks to give students an opportunity to learn more about both the candidates and the new program. Paola Zamperini from Amherst College gave a talk Jan. 32 about gender and fashion in impe-rial China, and on Friday a4ernoon, Stephen West of Arizona State University discussed the role of sages in Chinese literature.

Bienen senior Rohan .ompson, a major in cul-tural musicology, has taken numerous Asian-related courses while at NU, including /rst-level Mandarin Chinese, translated Chinese literature and Hindi cin-ema. .ompson said the new department will provide a broader and more authentic view of Asian literature

and culture.“It would be really cool if they could o-er literature

classes in that natural language,” he said. “.ings get lost in translation all the time.”

However, .ompson also said the University, which already has the Asian and Middle East Stud-ies Program and the Asian American Studies Program in addition to language classes within the Program of African and Asian Languages, should ensure that the various departments work together and contribute to each other.

Lyons said she hopes the department’s human-istic approach to Asian studies will draw more NU students to Asian studies, especially those interested in studying or working abroad.

“Language has been holding the fort by itself for a long time, and it’s really exciting to have more subject matter,” she said.

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Campus groups to sell wristbands for Nordman

Chi Omega and 00 other organizations from the Northwestern community will sell wristbands this week to raise money to support Josie Nordman, a Communication sophomore with cystic /brosis who needs a life-saving double-lung transplant.

Nordman, a member of Chi O, will need to pay a balance of up to 567,111 not covered by insurance for the 5671,111 cost of the transplant. Already over-whelmed with other expenses and hospitals bills, the family recently turned to friends to help raise funds.

Silicone wristbands that say “Support Josie” will be sold at .e Rock, Technological Institute and Kellogg School of Management from 8:91 a.m. to 9:91 p.m.

every day from Jan. 02 to Feb. 3. .e suggested dona-tion for the wristband is 50.

“.ey are vibrant and visible and they are cheap to order, so the pro/t margin would be really big so we could give as much money as possible to Josie’s family,” said Chi O co-philanthropy chair Sharon Reshef.

.e NU Equestrian Team, Evans Scholars and 01 fraternities and sororities all agreed to help Chi O

purchase and sell the wristbands.“We were thinking that this is something that

the whole Northwestern community could come together to support her,” said Reshef, a SESP junior. “It was a really great showing of support from the community.”

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studied acting under well-known professor Alvina Krause.

“It’s kind of cool to have this person who was a celebrity and has all this Northwestern stu! in her collection, has all these ties to the university,” said Joseph, who narrowed down the items in the exhibit to half of the orignal donation size.

"e University will host a grand opening of the exhibit on February #$.

University archivist Kevin Leonard, who worked with the Dahl sisters to procure the items, said the exhibit is unique from others NU has showcased because Neal’s life story appeals to a lot of people. "ose interested in what NU was like in the #%&'s, in the performing arts or even in medicine can (nd something to view in the exhibit, he said.

“I had never heard of her,” said Weinberg

sophomore Rachel Sachs. “Getting to know her in the context of Hollywood and her husband is really interesting.”

Sachs said she had not seen many people stop by exhibit when they walked into the library.

“It’s a shame that it’s in this hallway and every-body just walks by it,” she said. “"ey should make it a bigger deal.”

Leonard said the University was “delighted” that Neal’s daughters chose to give her artifacts to the school. He said he thought students who view the exhibit would (nd her story inspiring because of her success in her career and her recovery from her health issues.

“She’s known because of her acting ability but her life was most remarkable in a number of ways,” he said. “We’ve been a)er that stu! for a long time and we’re most grateful it found its way here.”

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coming in is selling ... rates are low and prices are low,” housing broker Mary Summerville said, adding Evanston’s real estate situation is greatly impacted by the comings and goings of North-western faculty and students.

Several North Shore-area home brokers simi-larly said people’s feelings about the housing mar-kets have changed. Homebuyers are cautiously but steadily competing for property, convinced the prices of homes on the market have already hit rock bottom.

"e December *'#* median sales price for Evanston homes fell by *' percent compared to December *'##, according to a Coldwell Banker report, accompanied by a similar increase in ris-ing closed home sales.

Martin Walsh, chairman of the North Shore-Barrington association of the Illinois Association of Realtors, said (rst-time homebuyers are return-ing to the market, contributing to a “cascading e!ect” where buyers’ move to cities prompts sell-ers’ move to suburbs such as Evanston.

“("e market) is a lot less scary now, and (rst-time homebuyers are competing with investors,” Walsh said. “First-time homebuyers really drive the market, they’re the ones who buy the con-dominiums and townhouses in the city … and enable people who are married and have kids to move into the suburbs.”

In Evanston, typical sellers include “empty

nesters,” families whose children have moved out, as well as people who have transferred jobs, Coldwell Banker agent Noah Seidenberg said. First-time homebuyers and investors hoping to rent out their properties are among those mov-ing in.

“Evanston is a good place to move because it’s so close to the city and it does not have the suburban feel,” Seidenberg said. “People decide to move to Evanston to start a family.”

And if consumers feel cautious a)er the eco-nomic downturn, one broker said they may feel more attached to their homes.

Broker Hasani Steele (McCormick ‘%%), who is involved in home development, said clients are willing to pay moderately-high prices for a recently refurbished home.

“If someone has something that they really love, they are going to (ght to keep it,” Steele said.

A)er selling her home, King had her eye on a cozy two-bedroom, two-bathroom condomin-ium on Central Street that she initially lost to another woman in a bidding war. "ree weeks later, however, the transaction fell through and she bought it.

“It seems like there’s not enough houses to show people, I think things are loosening up,” King said of the housing market. “I may be sorry I sold when I did, but I think things are looking much better.”

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Adams, who o+cially starts Feb. *$, said his main priorities this quarter will be familiarizing himself with both the student body and NU’s current policies and procedures. Developing relationships with organiza-tions and departments across campus will be key for future collaborations, he said.

Both new assistant deans come to NU with special-izations in mental health and student counseling. Dugo served as Loyola’s campus liaison for mental health training and assessed students in crisis. At Indiana, Reynolds handled issues of sexual assault, domestic violence and students taking medical leave.

As new faculty step into their roles, reviewing NU’s Student Code of Conduct and other policies will be a priority for the o+ce’s new members, Telles-Irvin said. "e o+ce will examine University protocol for

numerous issues, including emergencies, student med-ical leaves and the school’s alcohol policy, she added.

Reynolds said the reorganization of the o+ce pres-ents the chance to develop NU’s policies.

“Any time that you have this type of restructur-ing going on, it’s an opportunity for something really good to happen,” she said. “"ere’s a lot of openness to new ideas, a lot of openness to how can we better improve.”

"e impending review of school policies come a)er the deaths of two NU students this year. In late Septem-ber days, the body of McCormick sophomore Harsha Maddula was found in Wilmette Harbor days a)er attending an o!-campus party. In November, Wein-berg junior Alyssa Weaver took her life while studying abroad in London. Both deaths have contributed to increased discussion on campus of mental health.

"e restructuring of the dean’s o+ce began during the summer, when former dean Burgwell Howard

was named to the newly-created position of assistant vice president for student engagement. Telles-Irvin assumed the dean of students’ responsibilities during the search for a replacement.

When Student A!airs received more money in its budget, Telles-Irvin said it presented an opportunity to reshape the department.

Howard, whose new position speci(cally focuses on aspects of student life, said the recent tragic events at NU require someone like Adams, who has experience in creating and communicating policies.

“"ere are some unique needs for the dean’s o+ce here at Northwestern,” Howard said. “We were look-ing for someone who has good experience organizing around emergency situations. Working with emerging mental health issues and awareness of that is a big primary goal.”

In relation to mental health, Adams said he is inter-ested in establishing (rm communication channels

with students so they are aware of resources.“We need to make it very, very clear where students

can go if they don’t know where to start, where they can begin,” he said. “Where is it you begin that con-versation, so that the right resources and services can be brought to bear.”

With so many personnel changes and Adams not yet on campus, the o+ce is in transition and is “more reactive than proactive at this point,” Dugo said.

“It’s going to take us a little while to get there,” she said.

However, the similar natures of Duke and NU should make Adams’ adjustment here easier, he said.

“"e student body has similar expectations of themselves, and the institutions are similarly placed,” he said. “"e transition from one to another will be somewhat seamless and natural.”

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HousingFrom page 1

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Protess wrote.Lerner, who said she also traveled to Minneapolis

three times to secure an a+davit from Fowler, said the a+davits were “crucial” for Wrice’s case. "ey were cited in Clay’s opinion.

“Knowing (the a+davits) are incredibly important in showing the judge that Stanley is innocent is really

an awesome thing,” Lerner said."acker said though a victory ensued Friday, she

knows the case will likely progress slowly. But even so, she said she is proud of the team’s work.

“It’s not an instant grati(cation,” she said. “You don’t feel like a hero, you just feel like you (nd out these horrible things and injustices and you do the best you can to tell people about it.”

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By AVA WALLACE!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

En route to victory against Northwest-ern on Saturday a- ernoon, Nebraska knocked down pivotal .-point shots and conquered the Wildcats’ usually depend-able zone defense.

NU’s story went di/ erently. Coach Bill Carmody summarized his team’s game in simple terms:

“Everyone seemed a little bit o/ ,” he said.

Nebraska (00-01, 2-3 Big Ten) guarded NU (02-4, .-5) e6 ciently, and the Cats had trouble, as they have all season, gen-erating good o/ ense. In their 7 rst game in Lincoln in .8 years, NU tallied its second road loss of the season 39-94 – its second lowest-scoring game this year.

: e Cats started the game o/ with their typically stout defense and trailed by only 2 points at the half. : e de7 cit seemed minor compared to what they faced before coming back against Min-nesota on Wednesday and rallying against Indiana in the second half on Sunday.

But when Nebraska’s Ray Gallegos, hit three .-pointers in as many minutes toward the middle of the second half, the Cats could not stay organized, and the 0-.-0 zone defense failed to stop the Cornhuskers.

NU also struggled to contain Nebras-ka’s Dylan Talley, who led his team with 21 points, and Brandon Ubel, who had his fourth double-double of the season

against the Cats with 09 points and 02 rebounds.

Sophomore guard Dave Sobolewski said despite the important Minnesota win, his team’s unraveling was not because they overlooked Nebraska.

“I don’t think it had anything to do with us not coming ready to play or not taking Nebraska seriously,” Sobolewski said. “If a couple more shots had fallen in the 7 rst half, it could have been a di/ erent story.”

: e Cats shot 23.9 percent from the 7 eld and 9..; percent from behind the free-throw line. : ey made only 3 of their 24 attempted .-pointers, four of which came from Sobolewski.

Nebraska, who shot .4.2 percent from the 7 eld and 52.2 percent at the free-throw line, scored 09 points o/ NU’s 00 total turnovers.

: e Cornhuskers had 00 turnovers as well, and the Cats’ mere 5 points o/ turn-overs were a testament to their inability to hit shots.

Graduate student forward Jared Swop-shire echoed Sobolewski’s thoughts on the Cats’ unfortunate shooting, but also men-tioned Nebraska’s aggressive defense.

“: ey were playing very tight, they were packing it in the lane and forcing us

to shoot,” Swopshire said. “We just weren’t hitting our open shots. I think that was the biggest thing.”

Although he also acknowledged Nebraska’s well-executed guarding, Car-mody did not skirt the overall issue of this team’s lack of o/ ensive prowess.

“We don’t have any real presence inside to score,” Carmody said. “So you have guys on the perimeter who take shots, and you have to make them.”

With the rest of their team strug-gling to crack the Cornhusker’s defense, Sobolewski and Swopshire had stand-out games.

: e two led the Cats o/ ensively with stats that would impress on any day, but were particularly important a- er a game in which senior guard Reggie Hearn fell by the wayside and clocked only 3 points.

Sobolewski matched his season-high performance against Butler in early December and led the team with 20 points. Swopshire did his part and pulled down a career-high 03 rebounds, the most an NU player has gotten during Carmody’s 0. seasons.

Carmody, as he did a- er the Minne-sota game, spent a while talking about Swopshire’s inspiring playing.

“His e/ ort has been outstanding, you know, he’s playing a whole game … you just wish that when you have a game like that, there’d be a whole team play-ing well,” Carmody said. “But there wasn’t tonight.”

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By ARIEL YONG+<' !"#$% ()*+<='&+'*(

: e Wildcats know how to turn it on in the second half.

Northwestern (4-01, 0-5 Big Ten) fell to Purdue 88-8. last : ursday, but it wasn’t without a 7 ght. : e Cats were down by at most 04 points but managed to close the game within 2 late in the second half.

“We pushed the ball a little better (in the second half),” coach Joe McKeown said. “We (got) the ball up the > oor a little quicker. But we just didn’t make great decisions all the time.”

Despite scoring a mere 2; total points in the 7 rst half, NU scored a whopping 95 points in the 7 nal 21 minutes of the game. Senior forward Kendall Hackney and freshman forward Lauren Douglas both scored in the double digits in the last 21 minutes, and the team as a whole went an impressive 33.8 percent from beyond the arc in the second half.

With just over 8 minutes le- in the game, a string of .-pointers by Hackney, Douglas and freshman forward Maggie Lyon put the Cats within ;, which helped kick start the late game rally.

“In the second half, we were doing a good job of getting it inside and then that opens the outside,” Lyon said. “So I think everybody was 7 nding each other and we were getting good open looks and fortunately knocking them down.”

In fact, this is not the 7 rst time the Cats have come through late in the game to keep the contest close. In its 7 rst conference win over Illinois last week, NU scored .8 second-half points to emerge victorious over the Fighting Illini, 32-5;. Hackney scored 5 straight points to keep the Cats in the game and 7 nished with 20 points. Senior forward Dannielle Diamant, sophomore forward Alex Cohen and Lyon also scored in the double digits.

: e Cats will look to keep up their shooting game when they face Indiana (01-4, 0-5) Monday night.

: e Hoosiers are on a four game skid

but did record their last win of the sea-son against the Cats on January 3. Indi-ana has been struggling on the o/ ensive side, scoring an average of only 9. points in their last four games .

O/ ensive struggles have been a sea-son-long story for Indiana. : e Hoosiers are shooting only .;.. percent from the 7 eld this season. : e Cats’ success in the second half could prove critical on Monday – Indiana has been outscored by .0 points by opponents in the game’s 7 nal 21 minutes.

However, the Cats will need to 7 nd a way to better contain Indiana’s Aulani Sinclair, who scored .0 points in the last contest between these two teams. Sin-clair ranks 9th in the Big Ten in .-point 7 eld goal percentage, averaging 91.4 per-cent from beyond the arc and almost 0; points per game.

NU should have a serious advantage

playing at home. Indiana is only 2-9 in away games this season. In fact, the Hoosiers haven’t had any success on the road in 210., securing their last road win in November against Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

But for the Hoosiers’ shortcomings on o/ ense, they have competed hard on defense. Opponents are shooting only .8 percent against Indiana from the 7 eld, including a dismal 2;.8 percent from .-point territory. : e Hoosiers also aver-age 5.4 steals and 9.0 blocks per game.

“We can do anything we set our minds to,” Diamant said. “We showed (it) in the second half (when) we were down by 0;, 21 points and then we brought it back to 2. We can be a great team, but we just have to play like we know how.”

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By ROHAN NADKARNI!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'*

Not all those who wander are lost.Traveling through snow and sleet to

and from Michigan, No. 2. Northwest-ern (3-3, 0-9 Big Ten) 7 nally found its 7 rst Big Ten win of the season on Friday. : e Wildcats took out Michigan State before losing a heartbreaker to No. 0; Michigan (8-9, 0-.) on Sunday.

Playing in East Lansing, Mich., on Friday, the Cats picked up their 7 rst con-ference win on the road despite forfeit-ing a weight class. In a close contest, NU knocked out the Spartans 0;-05, using a big start to outlast a close 7 nish.

: e Cats won six of the dual’s 7 rst seven bouts. True freshmen Dominick Malone and Garrison White kicked things o/ with back-to-back wins. Another young wrestler who caught the eyes of Pariano and his opponents was redshirt sophomore Pat Greco, who was 2-1 on the weekend. NU picked up three more wins at 058, 035 and 089 pounds a- er a loss at 094 by redshirt sophomore Dylan Marriott.

“I don’t know if relieved is the right word,” coach Drew Pariano said of his team’s 7 rst Big Ten win. “Our guys were prepared to have a good performance. We had guys step up and that’s how you win duals in the Big Ten.”

: e Cats’ fast start was needed to win. NU dropped the last three bouts against Michigan State, including an upset at 048 where redshirt sophomore No. 03 Alex Polizzi lost to an unranked opponent. True freshman Jacob Berkowitz also dropped his bout at 0;9.

Redshirt sophomore Mike McMul-lan, the regular starter at heavyweight, continues to recover from injury. Pariano expressed the importance of making sure McMullan doesn’t return before necessary.

“Mike is real close,” Pariano said.

“But the ulti-mate goal is for (him) to win an NCAA Cham-pionship at heavyweight.”

On Sunday, the Cats’ inju-ries caught up to them in a loss to the Wolver-ines. Michigan led 08-0. going into the 7 nal bout at heavy-weight, but without anyone

to compete, NU ceded the dual and one more chance to win.

Again, NU had a hot start that put them in a position to win. : e Cats won two of the 7 rst three bouts, and wins by redshirt senior Jason Welch and redshirt sophomore Lee Munster cancelled out losses by Marriott and redshirt sopho-more Pierce Harger.

But the Cats faded down the stretch, where Berkowitz and Polizzi both dropped their bouts. Pariano remained proud of his young team’s e/ ort.

“Jacob’s doing everything he can do,” Pariano said. “He’s leaving it all out there and that’s what I like to see. And Gar-rison White won two Big Ten matches this weekend. Say what you want about his opponents but the kid is 0; and won twice in a row in the Big Ten.”

Even with their 7 rst win in the con-ference, the Cats are stuck in a dismal dual season marred by injury. Still, many wrestlers remain in contention for post-season success in the Big Ten Champi-onships and the NCAA Championships. Yet Pariano refuses to look ahead.

“I would never give up on a dual,” Pariano said. “I believe in my guys way too much for me ever to feel that way.”

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HALF FULL Freshman forward Lauren Douglas attempts a shot. The Wildcats are looking to string two solid halves together against Indiana.

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GET THE THERAFLU Sophomore point guard Dave Sobolewski dribbles up the fl oor. The Wildcats suffered a cold shooting night against Nebraska.

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