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Medical examiner: Construction worker’s death at NU an accident

!e death of a construction worker struck by a falling beam on campus !ursday has been ruled an accident, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s o"ce.

Michael Kerr, #$, died from multiple injuries a%er he was hit by the &'-foot, $(-pound beam at the lakefront con-struction site of the new Music and Communication Building, the medical examiner’s o"ce said Friday a%ernoon.

!e fatal accident triggered an inves-tigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that could last six months. !e agency is inspecting the site, interviewing employees and checking to see what safety practices were used by the project’s contractor, Power Construc-tion Company of Schaumburg, Ill.

“Our only statement at this time is that the details of the accident are being investigated and Power is working in cooperation with OSHA,” said Je) Karp, Power Construction president and CEO, in an email to !e Daily. “Our thoughts and prayers are for the family and friends of Mr. Kerr.”

Karp said he expects construction to resume Monday.

— Patrick Svitek

Crash rate declines after cellphone banBy JIA YOU*+,-. /01,23 /4+5503 @jiayoumedill

Evanston has seen a signi6cant reduction in car crashes in the past three years since a City Council ban on using handheld cellphones while driving went into e)ect.

!e number of roadway crashes declined &$ percent from 7((8 to 7(&7, according to the Evanston Police Department. !e number of car acci-dent injuries dropped &9.# percent during the same period.

Ald. Jane Grover ($th), a longtime advocate for safe driving, said though the ban enactment may not necessar-ily have caused the reduction in car

crashes, it might have helped raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving.

“We didn’t get the dramatic improvement in the crash rate from the year before, but the trend over these three years is really positive,” Grover said.

!e council unanimously passed the cellphone ban in January 7(&(. !e ordinance prohibits texting, Web browsing, listening to voice mail or talking on a handheld phone while driving, but permits talking on a hands-free device. Motorists who vio-late the ordinance, which went into e)ect March 7(&(, receive a :#( 6ne with an additional potential penalty of :7(( if the violation may have contrib-uted to causing an auto crash.

!e ban has been a “key compo-nent” in ensuring public safety in Evanston, where cars, bikes and pedes-trians o%en cross paths, EPD Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

“Clearly, driving and texting or driving and using a cellphone is dis-tracting to drivers,” Parrott said, not-ing driving while using a cellphone is as dangerous as driving while drunk. “We have to have (the ban) in place

to stop people from being distracted while driving.”

During the past three years, the EPD issued more than $,((( tickets to motorists who have violated the ban, according to the city. Grover said the collection rate on these tickets is more than ;( percent, which she said indi-cated general acceptance of the ban.

“It suggests to me that people don’t consider the cellphone ban overreach-ing,” she said. “!ey acknowledge that this is dangerous behavior.”

Education of residents from young drivers to parents is another piece of ensuring safe driving in Evanston, Grover said. Many Evanston Town-ship High School students may have

By MADDIE ELKINS4<0 *+,-. 1234<=0/4031 @maddielkins

Top representatives from Student A)airs and Counseling and Psychologi-cal Services spoke Sunday a%ernoon about the stigmas generated through race, sexuality and culture that prevent students from seeking mental health care.

Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice presi-dent for student a)airs, joined CAPS o"cials including executive director John Dunkle at a panel discussion titled “You Crazy!: Social Stigmas and Mental Health.” !e event, presented by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. in Har-ris Hall, kicked o) Northwestern’s 6rst annual mental health series spon-sored by Multicultural Student A)airs, ARTica Studios, CAPS, Associated Student Government and Panhellenic Association.

“Mental health issues are taboo in

the African-American community,” said Becca Abara, second vice presi-dent of Zeta Phi Beta. “You can enter into almost every community and 6nd some kind of stigma on mental health, so we thought it would be a good idea to gather a group of professionals so that this could be a place for people to ask questions that they wouldn’t neces-sarily feel comfortable asking in a more traditional forum.”

About 7( students attended the talk, which highlighted the speakers’ unique backgrounds and experiences with stig-mas surrounding mental health among minority groups, including the LGBT, black, Latino and Asian communities.

“!e issue I have here at Northwest-ern is that we send a lot of mixed messages,” Telles-Irvin said. “We tell you that you are the most talented class who have the most exceptional grades, and we create a culture where a student can’t really stop and say, ‘I need help.’”

Social stigma panel talks mental health

Skylar Zhang/Daily Senior Staffer

PANEL Patricia Telles-Irvin, the vice president for student affairs, speaks Sunday afternoon about some of the issues that prevent people from seeking counseling. The panel was sponsored by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

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LUMINARIA Students gather around a memorial dedicated to cancer victims Friday evening. Relay for Life, which raises money for the American Cancer Society, was held this weekend at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Aquatic Center.

Relay for Life surpasses goalBy AMANDA GILBERT and REBECCA SAVRANSKY4<0 *+,-. 1234<=0/4031 @amandadance#, @beccasavransky

More than '(( Northwestern stu-dents came together Friday night to participate in Relay For Life, an event dedicated to raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.

Throughout the night, students walked around the track at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center to raise money and show their support for 6nding a cure for cancer. !e event, running from ' p.m. to ' a.m., is meant to symbolize the life of a cancer patient, with darkness repre-senting the diagnosis and sunrise rep-resenting hope. !is year, NU raised :&;(,$>8.#>, surpassing its goal of :&'#,(((.

“I really like when they announce the total at the end,” said Communi-cation junior Michelle Spies, Relay for Life public relations co-chair. “It’s a tangible way to see your e)orts.”

Phi Delta !eta and Pi Beta Phi came in 6rst place for fundraising for large teams, and Slivka Residential Col-lege of Science and Engineering won the medium teams category. Bobb Hall placed 6rst for small teams.

Cancer survivors Jonny Imerman and Karyn Israel (Beinen ‘;>) spoke during the opening ceremony. Both speakers praised participating students and engaged the audience with their stories.

Imerman was diagnosed with tes-ticular cancer when he was 7' years old and has since overcome more than six months of chemotherapy and a series of surgeries.

» See RELAY, page 7

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“The trend over

these three years is really positive.

Jane Grover,7th Ward alderman Patrick Svitek/Daily Senior Staffer

ACCIDENTAL DEATH Michael Kerr, 57, died Thursday after he was hit by a falling beam at the lakefront construction site of the new Music and Communication Building.

OPINION Kovac, FuleihanExploring Israeli

Palsestinian relation» PAGE 6

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

Evanston residents waged friendly bidding wars Saturday in an outdoor tent during the annual Evanston Art Center spring benefit, the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

The art center, 0/12 Sheridan Road, netted more than 324,111 from admission fees and the auction of donated art pieces, executive director Norah Diedrich said.

More than .11 artists donated works to be auctioned off at the benefit, where residents and artists sampled hors d’oeuvres and a wide range of works including ceramics, paintings and sculptures. The center held a silent auc-tion and a live auction.

“Sometimes two couples bid against each other, and it’s a bit of a show,” Diedrich said. “The live auction is kind of the theatrical por-tion of the night.”

Only a handful of pieces was presented dur-ing the live auction, which featured rare works of art, Diedrich said.

At the beginning of the live auction, resi-dents appeared hesitant to bid even as the auctioneer urged them not to miss out on the

opportunity to purchase undervalued pieces. However, the abstract art piece “Exquisite Corpse 5.,” marked “priceless” for retail value, sparked rivalries among residents, who drove its price tag to close to 30,111.

The money brought in from the auction and grants, such as 301,111 from the John and Frances Beck Foundation, will help pay the center’s 3..0 million operating budget, Diedrich said. Although the center pays neg-ligible rent for the property as a nonprofit organization, maintenance costs make up a large part of the budget.

“(People) don’t realize we have to do main-tenance and upkeep,” Diedrich said.

With talks of selling the Harley Clarke Mansion to local billionaire James N. Pritzker, who plans to remodel the city-owned building into a boutique hotel, the art center has been exploring options to relocate, Diedrich said.

Artist Jean Sousa said small art centers are vital to communities such as Evanston.

“I think they’re going to survive,” Sousa said. “It’s just going to be a matter of finding the right home.”

Communication sophomore Breanna Lucas, who interns at the center, said she hopes the center will find another home to carry on its art programs.

“It’s definitely a beautiful building and hopefully they do find another place just as beautiful to showcase the art here,” Lucas said.

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Young people jump on cars on Asbury Avenue

A group of young people Wednesday dam-aged 6ve cars parked on Asbury Avenue, Evanston police said.

Witnesses reported a group of people who appeared to be in their late teens, possibly college-aged, jumped from car to car between .. p.m. and midnight in the 0411 block of Asbury Avenue, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said.

7e group dented 6ve car roofs, damaging a 0111 Buick, a 0118 Saab, a 0114 Toyota, a 0119 Honda and a 01.1 Chrysler, Parrott said.

Thief steals iPhone, other items from LA Fitness locker

A thief stole an Evanston man’s possessions from a locker 7ursday at LA Fitness, police said.

7e thief cut the lock and stole an iPhone

4, keys, credit cards, sunglasses and cash from a locker belonging to the 20-year-old resident, Parrott said. 7e stolen items are valued at about 3411.

Parrott called locker the: a “continuing prob-lem” at the gym, ./.; Sherman Ave. Detectives will review video surveillance of the area, he said.

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AUCTION Norah Diedrich, Evanston Art Center executive director, introduces the abstract piece “Exquisite Corpse” during the live auction portion of the center’s annual spring benefit Saturday evening.

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On CampusMental health issues are taboo in the African-American community.

— Becca Abara, second vice president of Zeta Phi Beta

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This weekend’s Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival was the culmination of an intensive, quarter-long endeavor for three Northwestern students.

“It’s a fast and furious process,” Communica-tion Prof. Laura Schellhardt said.

Schellardt teaches the class in which the three winners of the Agnes Nixon Playwrit-ing Award workshop and rehearse their work before showing it in front of an audience. Com-munication senior Emily Acker, Communica-tion sophomore Benjamin Sullivan-Knoff and Communication junior Hilary Flynn won this year’s prize after a competitive process Winter Quarter.

The three student playwrights did every-thing involved in putting on a play, from choos-ing directors to auditioning actors. The writers were even adding new pages to their work up until the last days before the performance at Struble Theatre, Schellhardt said.

The class and festival occur every year, and Schellhardt said both are unparalleled oppor-tunities for undergraduates to have their work performed in a festival setting. The festival’s sponsor is Agnes Nixon (Communication ‘..), who Schellhardt described as a “soap opera maven.” Nixon created “All My Children” and “One Life to Live.”

“It’s a rare opportunity for young writers to

hear their work read out loud,” Acker said.Acker said the class is helpful in teaching

how much of a collaborative effort playwriting is because students are working with directors, actors and producers to put together the per-formance in less than a quarter.

Acker’s play was performed / p.m. Saturday on a stage that was empty, with the exception of six chairs and six stands with scripts on them — one for each actor. The play tracked the struggles of a pregnant young girl at risk of expulsion from her religious high school.

Sullivan-Knoff, another winner, said he had a great time pre-paring the play, espe-cially working with his directors and actors to turn it into a cohesive performance.

“The cast is amaz-ing,” Sullivan-Knoff said before the per-formance. “When I’m doing revisions, I even hear their voices.”

Communication senior Stacy Moon, a friend of Acker, attended the Saturday night performance and said she thought the play was wonderful.

“There’s so much nuance in how she writes,” Moon said. “I loved the detail of everything.”

The students also have the opportunity to write an episode of “All My Children,” which was re-launched online in April.

Although the three playwrights originally planned to write the episode before, Acker said they postponed it until after the festival.

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NORTHWESTERN NIGHTS Northwestern students Jeremy Ford and Josh London, dressed in a Disney costume, watch “Aladdin” on Sunday evening outside Norris University Center. Mayfest, A&O Productions and the Happiness Club hosted the sing-a-long.

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. e Northwestern University Black Alumni Association’s Race for Diversity on Saturday helped the organization raise /01,111 for a scholarship that will be endowed by NU for the 2 rst time this year.

. e annual NUBAA 0K walk/run, the orga-nization’s largest fund-raiser of the year, had its eighth run on the Lake-2 ll. . e scholarship will be divided next year among incoming black students who demon-strate 2 nancial need.

“Once you hit the /01,111 mark, then Northwestern o3 cially endows the scholarship, and it continues in per-petuity,” said Veronica Hancock (Weinberg ‘45), the event’s chief organizer. “We reached that /01,111 mark this

year so we’re very proud of that.”About 611 people participated in the race,

Hancock said.“It’s a lot of people that are a3 liated with

Northwestern, either alums, students or faculty, but we also reached out to a lot of schools in the area,” Hancock said of the turnout. “We have a lot of students, both high school and grade

school students, participate this year, which is the 2 rst time we did that as extensively as we did.”

Younger participants ran in a “fun run” sepa-rate from the 0K, but everyone prepared for the events together. Monica Lewers (Weinberg ’74), a personal trainer and 2 tness consultant, led stretches and other warm-up activities.

“I’m an alum, so this school is near and dear to my heart,” Lewers said. “I also was a secretary for NUBAA soon a8 er I graduated, so being a part of an organization that gives back and pays for a wonderful school like Northwest-ern, I couldn’t have a better place to spend my time.”

Weinberg freshman Karley Woods was the 2 rst runner in the female category to cross the 2 nish line.

“I am a black undergraduate student, and I plan on being a part of the Northwestern Uni-versity Black Alumni Association,” Woods said. “So I just think it’s good way to come out and support the alumni who I know are always there for me if I need them.”

Graduate student Guillermo Munoz (Bienen ‘56) came in 2 rst in the male category, 2 nishing in an impressive time of 59:09 for the 0K. He said he raced Saturday because he could have fun and contribute to an important cause at the same time.

“For one thing, I was just looking for 0Ks online one day, and this came up at the top of the search,” he said. “. en I read more about it and the purpose of the scholarship ... and I 2 g-ured it would be a good cause. What better way to do it than with something I like to do?”

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5K raises money for $50,000 NUBAA scholarship

“Being a part of an organization that gives back and pays for a wonderful school like Northwestern, I couldn’t have a better place to spend my time.Monica Lewers,5K participant

Schapiro receives 2 honorary degrees from Notre Dame, Garrett

University President Morton Schapiro received honorary degrees from the University of Notre Dame on Sunday and the Garrett-Evangelical . eological Seminary on Friday.

Schapiro was one of six recipients of honorary degrees at Notre Dame’s 597th commencement ceremony. Schapiro gave the address at Garrett’s 509th commencement.

He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Notre Dame, which described him as “a lead-ing authority on the economics of higher educa-tion and college 2 nance and a: ordability.” Other recipients of honorary doctor of laws degrees included a nun who was in; uential in the civil

rights movement and the chairman of one of the country’s largest construction companies, along with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York and Notre Dame’s commencement speaker.

At Garrett, Schapiro received an honorary doc-torate of humane letters and addressed more than 71 graduates at the ceremony Friday.

“I couldn’t be more pleased to have Dr. Schapiro as our commencement speaker,” Garrett president

Philip Amerson said in a news release. “His dedi-cation to learning, expertise in the economics of higher education, and experiences as a person of faith make him the perfect person to provide our graduates with 2 nal thoughts as they leave Garrett-Evangelical. Moreover, we are honored to award Dr. Schapiro with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.”

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SCHOLARSHIP RUN Runners and spectators gather after the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association’s Race for Diversity on Saturday morning. The 5K Walk/Run raised money for a $50,000 scholarship for African-American students at Northwestern.

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Missing the peaceful point of Social Justice Week

As leaders in the student activist community and organizers of Social Justice Week, we were deeply disappointed by Jonathan Kamel’s recent column, which contained numerous factual errors and sim-plistically labeled Students for Justice in Palestine and Social Justice Week more broadly, as “anti-Is-rael” and an obstacle to peace. On the contrary, we believe that any possibility of a just peace requires !rst acknowledging the power di"erential between the Israeli state and occupied Palestine, and last week’s events were planned with that in mind.

SJP hosted three events during Social Justice Week: Ha#a by the Rock, Interfaith Perspectives on Palestine and a screening of the documentary “Roadmap to Apartheid.”

Ha#a by the Rock commemorated the Nakba, when about $%%,%%% Palestinians were expelled from their homeland. It is a celebration of the steadfastness of Palestinian culture and resistance in the face of continued occupation and denial of rights.

Interfaith Perspectives on Palestine brought members of the three Abrahamic faiths to discuss their personal experiences surrounding Palestine, highlight the common ground that exists between members of the three faiths and emphasize that

collaboration is possible to resolve a con#ict that is political rather than religious, as it is o&en portrayed.

'rough the use of legal documents and historical facts, the documentary “Roadmap to Apartheid” draws parallels between the Apartheid system in South Africa and Israel’s policies of land and resource control and appropriation in the West Bank and Gaza, the restrictions placed on internal Palestinian movement within those territories, and the secondary status of and denial of rights to Pales-tinian citizens of Israel. As the !lm shows, some of the most vocal advocates of this analogy are South Africans who lived under apart-heid, including Desmond Tutu, who believe that Israeli policies are as bad or worse than what they experienced under apartheid.

'e purpose of these events was to educate the campus community on the oppression faced by Palestinians on a daily basis and provide a starting point for dialogue and action toward achieving equal rights and jus-tice for all living in Israel and the Occupied Territories. 'is was also part of the larger goal of Social Justice Week, which was to give voice to oppressed and marginalized groups.

Kamel did not attend any of these events with the exception of Ha#a by the Rock, but he claimed they were unnecessarily divisive, one-sided and anti-Israel. We object to this characterization for several reasons. Criticizing Israel’s oppressive poli-cies does not make one anti-Israel any more than criticizing U.S. policies makes one anti-American.

Kamel’s con#ation of Judaism with support for Israeli policies seeks to delegitimize alternative Jewish perspectives like that o"ered by Rabbi Brant Rosen, who argued that Judaism has historically opposed colonialism and military conquest.

Finally, as demonstrated by SJP’s events, the power di"erential between Israel and Palestine clearly favors Israel. 'e Israeli Defense Forces con-trol the West Bank and Gaza, not the Palestinian National Authority or Hamas. 'e IDF controls the

movement of people and

goods, as well as resource allocation of land and water. Similar issues exist inside Israel itself.

Palestinian citi-zens of Israel have

second-class status and are subjected to a

policy of house demoli-tions, unequal access

to resources, education and employment, to name only a few examples of this imbalance.

Furthermore, Kamel’s column contained numer-ous factual inaccuracies about SJP, SJP’s events, and basic facts about the situation in Israel, Palestine and South Africa. For example, Kamel stated that Israel and apartheid-era South Africa are “incom-parable” because South Africa, unlike Israel, was not subjected to terror attacks. In fact, the armed wing of the African National Congress headed by Nelson Mandela routinely carried out violent attacks during the apartheid period, some of which targeted civilians. We ask that Kamel carefully check and properly source his facts in the future.

'e goal of Social Justice Week was to highlight oppressed voices and

groups. It is not the respon-sibility of SJP or any other participating

group to feature per-spectives that attempt to

justify oppressive policies.While Kamel’s

unfounded attacks on Social Justice Week were clearly

directed at SJP, his com-ments on the week as a whole

detract from valuable dialogue on a number of other social justice issues and are a disservice not only to SJP, but to all of the other participating groups.

Dalia Fuleihan is a Weinberg sophomore and co-president for Students for Justice in Palestine. She can be reached at [email protected]. Matthew Kovak is a Medill junior and member of the Peace Project. Both planned Social Justice Week events. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to [email protected].

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Clarifying the intent of Alianza and ASG’s Cinco de Mayo letter

Dear Northwestern Community,Over the past weeks, there has been a signi!cant

amount of discussion over the letter sent to the student body regarding Cinco de Mayo celebra-tions. As collaborators on this letter, we would like to clear up some of the discussion surrounding the subject.

'e intent of the letter was to bring to North-western students’ attention that Cinco de Mayo is a cultural holiday that should be respected and celebrated in a way that is not culturally insensi-tive. Past celebrations of this Mexican-American holiday have led to derogatory “Drinko De Mayo” events across university campuses. It doesn’t take much digging to !nd instances of negative portray-als of Mexican Americans on college campuses. However, nowhere in the letter do we tell students, whether they are Mexican-American, Latinos or non-Latinos, how to celebrate the holiday.

Our organization, is formed to raise an aware-ness about the place of Latino peoples within the history of race and ethnic relations in the U.S., the nation within which most of our lives and our university are situated, and a nation within which Latinos represent a clearly disadvantaged, under-represented, and misrepresented population within public and higher systems of learning/education.

Our initial goal was not to discourage students from consuming staple foods or beverages. 'at is, in fact, how many commemorate their cultures. However, more o&en than not, celebrations of Cinco de Mayo by non-Mexicans, as well as other types of “cultural celebrations,” go beyond taco and

tequila consumption to include rude commentary and behavior, belittling people of Mexican descent and contributing to their marginalization. Alianza understands that much of the disadvantage faced by Latinos in the U.S. derives from misunderstand-ings and stereotypical representations of their/our history and culture. We thus !nd our struggle for empowerment connected to the struggle of groups like African Americans, Native Americans, and minoritized Asian American populations, groups that have been systematically disenfranchised, in part, as the result denigrating and normalized rep-resentations of who they are and what they value. Our campus, unfortunately, has not been a refuge from such conditions. In fact, such conditions seem to have proliferated here as of late, resulting in serious racial and ethnic divisions amongst the student body.

Considering this, our goal was to communicate to our peers, to the student body, a reminder about the things that divide us, about the kinds of insen-sitivity that students of color interpret as denigra-tion and as contributing to their marginalization. Put simply, the mockery of the holiday under scru-tiny by drinking tequila shots while saying things like “cinco de drinko” are unacceptable as they demean Mexican culture. It is our responsibility, as an organization, to address these matters as they contribute to a campus climate that has proven to make many students of color, and especially those from the most historically disadvantaged and underrepresented segments of our society, feel unwelcomed if not o&en unsafe.

For the COMPLETE and unabridged version of the response letter please refer to the Alianza Facebook page.

Darlene Reyes, Alianza Co-President, 2013-14 Alianza Executive Board, 2013-14

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Daily editorial failed to move diversity conversation forward

Editorials should be a voice of reason in service to the community, a guiding light, a tempered caretaker of heightened, elevated discourse. In response to the Associated Student Government Executive Board con-!rmation hearings, 'e Daily Northwestern Editorial Board posted what amounts to an anti-diversity rallying cry. 'e sentiment was rallied in the comment section and at Fox News, who made great use of 'e Daily’s words. Arrogant and ignorant in tone, with-out respectful consideration of both sides, 'e Daily Editorial Board disregards the fundamental values of an editorial; it was not reasonable, it was not tempered, it provided no guidance in any direction forward.

'e Daily needs the same education that Stephen Piotrkowski received at the con!r-mation hearing: If you are not quali!ed in knowledge or experience, you should not aspire to authority. Contrary to 'e Daily’s ignorant suggestion, being a white male did not disqualify Piotrkowski from holding a position of leadership. However, as a white male, Piotrkowski has enjoyed the privilege of not having to meaningfully encounter multi-cultural communities and leaders. Inhabiting and embodying a dominant culture, category,

or communities allows for insulation and iso-lation from di"erence, at one’s wishes. When asked whether he had worked with or even knew leaders in the multicultural communi-ties, he was caught out, only to learn that having a lesbian sister or growing up Jewish in a Christian community does not qualify leadership of diversity initiatives anymore than being queer or of color; taking initiative and promoting cross-community diversity quali!es leadership. So being white does not disqualify you from leading a diversity board, but being out of touch with anything other than white spaces, white faces and white social graces and making no e"ort to change that most certainly disquali!es you.

Any possibility that Piotrkowski was the best option means that ASG needs more quali!ed leadership on diversity and inclu-sion. Settling for the “best available” can-didate shows that the selection committee didn’t take ASG’s diversi!cation seriously. When it comes to equality and justice, set-tling is unacceptable. 'e Daily Northwestern needs to get hip to this. Its leadership embod-ies the problem of diversity at NU: ignorance aligned with power. Being born into insulated and isolated privilege does not disqualify you from !ghting insulation and isolation, but the !rst insulation and isolation you have to !ght is your own, as an individual or an organization.

Paul Jackson, Weinberg senior

Prentice ads in !e Daily are one-sided, don’t o"er chance for opposition

Dear Editor,I write to complain about the full-page ads

that appeared in 'e Daily during the past sev-eral days by a group trying to save Prentice.

I am disturbed by the fact that the ad provides a number to call to protest the demolition of Prentice but does not provide a similar contact for those who object to their cause. True, they

provide a Facebook page, which you can com-ment on if you wish to have a Facebook account (which I do not). It is also interesting that they provide a medium (Facebook) that can only accepts “like” but does not allow “dislike”.

Furthermore, I !nd the building ugly and too young to be declared a landmark (one saves such designation for truly old buildings that need to be preserved).

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“People are scared, alone, nervous,” Imerman said. “!ose are all the emotions people go through during the "ght.”

Israel went on to thank NU students for sup-porting the American Cancer Society, an organi-zation she said helped her immensely during her experience.

“Cancer does not discriminate,” Israel said. “It knows no boundaries.”

Israel was diagnosed with cancer #$ years ago, and, a%er more than &$ surgeries, stood cancer-free Friday.

Throughout the night, students took laps around the track as various groups performed, students participated in activities and games and di'erent commemorative ceremonies took place. Some other forms of entertainment included a photo booth and a knockout tournament with the men’s varsity basketball team.

Although some students were participating in Relay for Life for their "rst time, others had been active supporters of the event even before coming to NU. Participants thought it was a great experi-ence and an important cause to support.

“I think it’s a cause that’s timeless and universal,” Spies said. “Cancer can a'ect anyone. It’s a cause anyone can commit to.”

Event co-chair Kristin Palarz, a Weinberg junior,

said she started getting involved with Relay for Life in high school and has been committed to the cause ever since.

“Seeing a community of students come together all for one cause is really great,” Palarz said.

!roughout the event, many students said they felt most touched by the luminaria ceremony, which is held each year to honor those who have passed away from cancer.

“It’s very sad and somber and reminds every-one why they’re here,” Weinberg sophomore Peter Cleary said.

Weinberg freshman Alex Wagner, a member of the Chi Omega team, attended Relay for Life for the "rst time this year. She said the event was extremely important to her because of the bond she felt with her teammates during the ceremony.

“It was de"nitely one of the best experiences I’ve had here,” she said. “It brings everyone together toward a common goal.”

Although individuals have di'erent experiences at the event, most students attend for the same reason, Spies said.

“I feel a strong connection to the cause because I know so many people that have been a'ected by cancer,” Spies said. “It makes me feel so good that I’m helping.”

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MEMORIAL Jessica Stahmer and Andre Segurra pay respect to cancer victims during a memorial at Relay for Life on Friday evening. Students raised money to participate in the 12-hour event benefiting the American Cancer Society.


RELAY PERFORMANCE Evan Bakker, lead singer of the band Nebula, performs at Relay for Life early Saturday morning. Relay for Life featured a variety of student performances.


KNOCKOUT Men’s basketball center Alex Olah makes a lay-up on Friday evening at the annual Relay for Life event at SPAC. The men’s basketball team was present to support a knockout competition held for Relay participants.


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PHA begins Women’s Empowerment WeekBy JEANNE KUANG!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+) @jeannekuang

The Northwestern Panhellenic Association put its values of female health and wellness into practice Friday by starting the first Women’s Empowerment Week.

Women’s Empowerment Week, which lasts through Saturday, will involve Greek-only events as well as film screenings, discus-sions and philanthropies open to the entire campus.

“We want to build community,” PHA presi-dent Monika Buska said. “We want to provide opportunities for personal development.”

The Weinberg junior said PHA wanted to co-host many separate events with different organizations on campus but decided to bring the events together in the same week to “give them significance.”

“We’re always concerned with over-pro-gramming our members,” said Danielle Nash, PHA vice president of public relations. “So we decided to take all of these events we had going on and sort of create this umbrella for them all. They all really fit into this idea that we are promoting the values of empowering women and supporting the health and well-being of women on campus and throughout the world.”

On Saturday, PHA partnered with food mag-azine Spoon for a demonstration on healthy eating Saturday. On Monday, it will partner with the Women’s Center for a screening of “Miss Representation,” a film about media

portrayals of women and NU Gives Back for the campus-wide community service event Saturday.

The week is also aimed at improving com-munity relations among different sororities within PHA. On Saturday new members from each house jointly hosted a Women’s Empow-erment Week Kickoff on the sorority quad to raise money for IMPACT Chicago, an organiza-tion that teaches women self-defense.

Weinberg freshman Lauren Wang, a member of New Member PHA and Kappa Delta Soror-ity, said the event featured food, outdoor activi-ties and a speaker from IMPACT Chicago.

“A lot of times sororities do things on their own, but this event has all of our involvement,” she said. “I think it’s important that (PHA) have a presence on campus and show people that we are dedicated to philanthropy and want to work together to make Northwestern a bet-ter community.”

Both Nash, a Communication junior, and Buska emphasized that the week will be low-commitment for all PHA members.

“Anyone who wants to take advantage of these resources, we’re excited to see them come enjoy what we have to offer,” Buska said.

Nash said she hopes to see the event grow and continue in the future.

“We’ll see how it goes this year, see if it really sparks conversation and dialogue about the different topics,” she said. “But I would love for this to be something that happens every year. I think it’s a good way to bring attention to different issues affecting women.”

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ANNIVERSARY BARBECUE Blues singer Shemekia Copeland performs Friday afternoon on the Norris University Center East Lawn. Norris celebrated its 40th anniversary this weekend with a free concert and barbecue for students.

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Use of ADHD drugs as study aid raises concern on campuses

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — .e controlled stimu-lants that many college students seek, if only for a momentary edge, carry familiar brand names such as Adderall, Vyvanse, Focalin and Ritalin. .ey’re all standard drugs for treating attention de/cit/hyperactivity disorder, o0en successfully.

.eir misuse, however, is thought to be on the rise at campuses nationwide -- creating a potentially serious health hazard and trips to the emergency room for students not diagnosed for ADHD.

“.e only people who don’t know about it are

the parents,” said University of Kentucky com-munications professor Alan D. DeSantis. “I’m sure the majority of my students will be using Adderall at some time during /nals week..”

DeSantis has analyzed several years’ worth of surveys of Kentucky undergraduates to conclude that at least one-third of the student body has taken ADHD medication without prescriptions. Another 1 percent use the drugs legally under a doctor’s supervision, he said, and half of them provide pills to other students.

— Rick Montgomery (The Kansas City Star)

Across CampusesEvanston police !nd missing elderly man with Alzheimer’s

Evanston police have located an elderly man with Alzheimer’s who went missing Saturday morning.

Carlos Rodriguez, 12, was found at a Chicago-area hospital, police said Saturday night.

Rodriguez’s family last saw him at about 3:43 a.m. in the 522 block of Callan Avenue, near the Chicago-Evanston border.

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FOUND Evanston police located Carlos Rodriguez at a Chicago-area hospital after he went missing Saturday morning.

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may 20Master’s Recital: Autumn Chodorowski, violin6 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Almita VamosWorks by Bach, Haydn, andPiazzolla

Master’s Recital: Brian Logan, euphonium8:30 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Rex MartinWorks by Telemann, Puccini, Bourgeois, and more

may 24Doctoral Recital: Yoorhi Choi, violin6 p.m., LutkinStudent of Blair MiltonWorks by Mozart and Strauss

Master’s Recital: Joseph Peterson, trombone6 p.m. RegensteinStudent of Michael MulcahyWorks by Jongen, Persichetti, Hindemith, and more

Jennifer Bolmer, violin8:30 p.m., LutkinStudent of Robert HanfordWorks by Bach and Sibelius

Senior Recital: Marissa Olegario, bassoon8:30 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Christopher Millard and Lewis KirkWorks by VIvaldi, Koechlin, Grovlez, and Wolfgang

Master’s Recital: Xuan He, piano6 p.m., LutkinStudent of Alan ChowWorks by Poulenc, Brahms, and Britten

Senior Recital: Anne McTighe, violin6 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Robert HanfordWorks by Bach, Massenet, and Mendelssohn

Paul Juhn, piano8:30 p.m., LutkinStudent of Alan ChowWorks by Schubert and Schumann

Master’s Recital: Jessica Ling, violin8:30 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Almita VamosWorks by Shchedrin, Pärt, Bach, Ysaÿe, and Franck

Master’s Recital: Samuel Cotten, baritone8:30 p.m., LutkinStudent of W. Stephen SmithWorks by Mussorgsky, Schubert, Mozart, and Rossini

Senior Recital: Jeremy Levine, jazz piano8:30 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Jeremy KahnWorks by Levine, Mingus, Kosma, Tyner, and Owl City

may 21Master’s Recital: Jacob DiEdwardo, horn6 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Gail WilliamsWorks by Bujanovsky, Mozart, Czerny, and Reynolds

Master’s Recital: Thomas Mesa, cello8:30 p.m., LutkinStudent of Hans JensenWorks by Crumb, Barber, and ��â��

Ethan Hoppe, violin6 p.m., LutkinStudent of Almita VamosWorks by Paganini

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Master’s Recital: Kara LaMoure, bassoon6 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Christopher Millard and Lewis KirkWorks by Nussio, Bonneau, Berauer, and Steinmetz

Master’s Recital: Bryce Bartu, tenor12 p.m., LutkinStudent of W. Stephen SmithWorks by Finzi, Buckley, Poulenc, and Grohl

Senior Recital: Zachary Thomas, trumpet12 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Charles GeyerWorks by Bozza, Bach, Puccini, Bernstein, Copland, and more

Senior Recital: Laura Schatz, soprano3 p.m., LutkinStudent of Sunny Joy LangtonWorks by Bach, Wolf, Debussy, Donizetti, Thomas, and more

Master’s Recital: Geoffrey Miller, conducting3 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Mallory Thompson��ǡ��ǡ��ǡ�and Palestrina

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Master’s Recital: Julie Tabash, soprano3 p.m., LutkinStudent of Pamela HinchmanWorks by Rachmaninoff, Britten, and Verdi

Senior Recital: Erin Gallagher, viola3 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Roland VamosWorks by Bach, Persichetti, Gershwin, and Hindemith

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may 23

Master’s Recital: Austin Fisher, cello8:30 p.m., LutkinStudent of Hans JensenWorks by Tchaikovsky, Haydn, and Rachmaninoff

Senior Recital: Andrew Sabene, clarinet8:30 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Steven Cohen and Lawrie Bloom��ϐ��ǡ��ǡ�Berio, and Schubert

Master’s Recital: Jaimy Kim, violin6 p.m., RegensteinStudent of Gerardo RibeiroWorks by Veracini, Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven

Senior Recital: Dasom Kim, piano6 p.m., LutkinStudent of Alan ChowWorks by Schumann, Scriabin, Beethoven, and Liszt

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Nate Silver talks political predictions, college rankingsBy SOPHIA BOLLAG!"#$% &'(#)* &+",,'* @SophiaBollag

CHICAGO — Nate Silver, the much-discussed journalist behind -e New York Times’ Five-ir-tyEight blog, revealed at a Sunday talk topics for a potential new book and made predictions about the ./01 presidential race.

Silver addressed an audience of about 2// organized at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, talking about his recent book “-e Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t,” and the importance of probability in life.

“A lot of things that look great on paper, in a

statistical model or in a PowerPoint presentation fail fairly miserably in the real world,” he said. “-inking in terms of probability is the way to bridge the gap between omniscience, which none of us except God would have, and ignorance. Probability is the halfway point in between.”

In his talk, Silver discussed the importance of probability and statistics in the real world, from natural disaster prediction to the impact tweets have on the daily 3uctuations of the stock market. He gave examples of situations in which misinter-pretations of data had disastrous consequences, such as when statisticians inaccurately predicted the magnitude of the ./00 earthquake in Japan.

During the question-and-answer session, several audience members asked about the real-world topic Silver has become famous for making

predictions about: politics.In response to a question about how he

thought the ./01 presidential race would turn out, he said he anticipates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be voted the Demo-cratic nominee if she decides to run. Still, Silver said he questions whether she will continue to be as popular among independents as the polls currently indicate.

Silver also spoke about the role probability plays in the way grade schools and universities operate, saying he would like to write a book on the subject in the future.

“It’s a tricky subject … how data has been used in academia,” he said. “I think it’s some-thing that requires a book-length treatment to address properly.”

He speci4cally cited college rankings, which use “fairly arbitrary formulas” but dramatically shape the policies and goals of universities that aspire to move up in standing.

Steve Edwards, deputy programming director at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, remarked on the University of Chicago alumnus’ popularity among students when introducing Silver.

“-ere is no hotter alumnus, no more fascinat-ing, more interesting, more inspiring 4gure to the university community and speci4cally under-graduates right now than Nate Silver,” Edwards said, eliciting laughter from the audience. “He is the megawatt star in Hyde Park.

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It was not just schools celebrating their stu-dents’ successes this weekend as their years came to an end.

The Evanston Wilmette Community Golf Course Association honored students who par-ticipated in new, after-school golf programs at a celebration and clinic Friday.

More than ./ students participated in the programs, which are held at Robert Crown Cen-ter, 08/0 Main St.; the McGaw YMCA, 0/// Grove St.; and Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 0177 Foster St. The programs began in April and are designed to teach golf to children with little experience.

The city partnered with the golf association to host the event and recognized the progress participants made over the past month. Students demonstrated their shots and played games on the 09-hole course, which runs along the North Shore Channel.

Course manager Tom Hotchkiss said he was happy residents could see the strong partnership

the city and the golf association have developed this year. Unpaid water bills had caused ten-sion between the association and city officials, he said.

“Things got a little shaky,” Hotchkiss said. “I think city officials were worried they would have to start paying for the bills that weren’t being paid.”

The association recently elected a new board with members who live close to the course. Hotchkiss said the new board includes a lot of people who are passionate about seeing the golf course succeed.

“Now the bills are being paid and the rela-tionship is improving all the time,” he said.

Hotchkiss said Friday’s event showed the success of the first spring youth program. Par-ticipants practiced chipping and putting in between meeting other golfers. Students were given certificates, rule books and golf balls for completing the program. They also received two free rounds that can be used later in the season.

“We’d really like kids to come to the course more,” Hotchkiss said. “The program teaches more than just golf. It also involves etiquette.”

Golf Shop manager Casey Ryan said the golf

community seems to be gaining a stronger pres-ence in the city. When the economy took a hit a few years ago, golfing was not a priority for most people in Illinois, he said.

“It is definitely bouncing back, which is important,” Ryan said. “You learn a lot about yourself when you play golf. It shows integrity and honor. That’s what the game of golf is built on.”

Hotchkiss said the Evanston Wilmette C ommunity Gol f Course is unique in that it covers two towns and is one of the only courses without a fence around it. People can ride their bikes around

it or walk their dogs through it, he said. “We don’t want to lose this gem that has been

around for over :/ years,” Hotchkiss said.

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“Now the bills are being paid and the relationship is improving all the time.Tom Hotchkiss,Evanston Wilmette Community Golf Course Association course manager

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HITTING THE GREEN The Evanston Wilmette Community Golf Course Association is hosting youth summer golf camp sessions due to the success of the new fall sessions.

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seen their parents using the cellphone while driv-ing to pick them up at the school, she said.

“One thing that I really wish we could do more … is really more on the education side,” Grover said. “If the new generation is brought up seeing parents using cellphones while driving, they may not understand the danger.”

According to a National Safety Council estimate, about !" percent of crashes in !#"" involved talking on handheld and hands-free cellphones.

Currently, Illinois law bans texting while driv-ing for all drivers. $ e state also prohibits using handheld devices while driving for school bus drivers, drivers younger than "%, drivers within &## feet of an emergency scene or in school and construction zones. $ e state House approved a measure in March to prohibit using handheld devices while driving.

Moving forward, Evanston aldermen should consider imposing a total ban, which would prohibit talking on hands-free devices, as well, Grover said.

“$ ere is no di' erence when it comes to the cognitive impairment,” she said. “$ ey both are the equivalent of driving drunk. It’s a type of mul-titasking that human brains are not able to do.”

In !#"!, Grover introduced a proposal to to the Human Services Committee to ban talking on hands-free devices while driving. However, she said she has yet to garner enough votes to pass the measure.

Ald. Delores Holmes (&th) said she would like to see further research before supporting banning hands-free devices.

“It’s distracted driving ... when you listen to your radio,” Holmes said. “But hands-free devices allow you to be much more in control of driving.”

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Telles-Irvin discussed how mental health care is most successful when it takes into consideration each individual’s background and culture. Telles-Irvin compared generalizing about all members of the Latino community to mental health profes-sionals assuming the same practices work for all people seeking therapy.

Henry J. Perkins, coordinator of NU’s Stress Management Clinic, described how systemic issues that block blacks’ access to quality treat-ment relate to their tendency to take care of their own and avoid acknowledging vulnerabilities. He talked about the similarities between this reality and perfectionism within the NU community, pointing out how not wanting to be seen as weak or not up to the challenge takes a toll and leads students to wait until a problem is critical before

seeking help.“My idea of addressing stigma is more re-fram-

ing it as resilience,” Perkins said. “We all have the ability to absorb life’s hard knocks and bounce back, but given individual di' erences and experi-ences, it may be di( cult at times, and we can all bene) t from learning tools to take life’s slings and arrows and get back on course.”

Abara, a SESP junior, said Telles-Irvin’s and the CAPS o( cials’ attendance showed the University recognizes the mental health issues its students face.

“Having members of CAPS come in and speak on their experience and how they want to help us, not just because it’s their job but because of the experiences they have had, really shows that there is help out there, even as high up as the Depart-ment of Student A' airs,” Abara said.

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Davis Street viaduct repair starts Monday

$ e Chicago Transit Authority on Monday will start repairing the viaduct on Davis Street between Benson and Elmwood avenues.

$ e project will carry on from mornings to evenings on weekdays and a' ect vehicle tra( c

and pedestrians in the area, according to the CTA. Maintenance work on the supporting ends of the bridge will restrict parking in the construction zone.

$ e construction will be done by June "#. Until then, nearby pedestrians should expect some noise, the CTA said.

— Edward Cox

By ALEX PUTTERMAN*+, -./01 234*+5,6*,42@AlexPutt#!

A once-promising Wildcats season once again yielded a sub-.&## record.

Northwestern lost three straight games to Wich-ita State (78-!&) this weekend to ) nish the year !!-!9, its "#th consecutive losing season. $ e Cats were eliminated from contention for the Big Ten Tournament last weekend against Indiana, making a .&## record a chief remaining objective.

“It was de) nitely a goal,” junior Kyle Ruchim said of ) nishing .&##. “$ e overall record isn’t as important to us as conference success. Once the conference tournament was out of reach that was a little bit of a more likely thing for us as a team.”

A: er falling ;-! on $ ursday, the Cats needed to win Friday and Saturday to reach .&##. Friday’s game was winnable almost to the end. Sophomore Brandon Magallones submitted his second-straight strong start, throwing < innings and allowing only " run, in the seventh. Until that point, neither team had scored, despite scattering a handful of hits.

When Magallones exited with a "-# lead, the Cats were very alive. When freshman Reed Mason was through with the eighth inning, they were not. $ anks in small part to an error by Ruchim — playing third base, a secondary position for him — Mason allowed 8 runs in one-third of an inning and NU lost &-#.

Mason played a key role in the loss the follow-ing day as well. On Saturday, neither team scored for < innings, until the Cats broke through in the eighth. NU scored 7 runs on & consecutive singles, ) rst taking the lead on a hit from redshirt sopho-more catcher Scott Heelan, who went 8-for-& on the day to ) nish the season with a team-best .799 batting average.

Junior Ethan Bramschreiber gave two runs back in the eighth without recording an out, but Mason escaped further damage, facing four batters and recording 7 outs. A: er allowing a leado' double

in the ninth, Mason was removed for junior Jack Livingston, who allowed a single and a game-tying sacri) ce = y before retiring the side.

With Livingston still on the mound the follow-ing inning, Wichita State knocked three consecu-tive singles to walk o' with another victory.

Blown leads in the bullpen have burned the Cats in recent weeks, as several potential wins slipped through the hands of the relievers. Heelan, how-ever, was hesitant to lay blame on the relief sta' .

“Our bullpen’s been great all year,” the catcher said. “Baseball’s such a team game that you can’t really blame anyone. You can easily say that we lost those games because the hitters didn’t keep adding on to the scoreboard or there wasn’t a play that could have been made. Our bullpen did everything they could.”

$ e Cats ended the year on a four-game losing streak. $ ey lost eight of their ) nal "# games and "9 of their ) nal !8 a: er starting the season "8-"#.

“Baseball is such a di( cult game, and sometimes momentum carries over,” Heelan said. “It happens both ways, for winning and losing. We just lost a couple one-run games. … Most of the games came down to one little ball sneaking through the hole for their team and we don’t get that hit. It kind of just ran away from us at the end.”

NU last ) nished .&## in !##7 and last ) nished better than .&## in !###.

“A lot of us were caught up in it being the last weekend for the team,” Ruchim said. “And because of that, it was a little less disappointing. We want to value every moment we have.”

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We pride ourselves on being a tough out and putting forth a good effort and getting a lot out of ourselves.

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Cats can’t convert in RegionalsBy KEVIN CASEY!"# $%&'( )*+!",#-!#+)@KevinCasey./

About .,000 miles from home and still reeling from a poor showing at Big Ten Championships, Northwestern cemented a less-than-stellar 1 nish to the season by failing to advance beyond the NCAA Regionals on Saturday.

Needing a top-2 showing in the .3-team NCAA Baton Rouge Regional to move on to the NCAA Championships, the sixth-seeded Wildcats could only mus-ter a solo eighth-place performance. 4 e team completed the 1 rst round of the tournament in seventh place and failed to improve from there.

4 e Cats actually slipped to eighth a5 er 36 holes, and without the charge the ladies’ squad experienced last week, they remained in the position by tournament’s end.

4 e team never seemed comfortable down in the bayou, a factor coach Pat Goss attributed to the event’s location.

“We got a really tough draw here, as it was such a regionally based event in that .. of the .3 teams here were from this area, which no other Regional came even close to matching,” Goss said. “4 e style of golf course we played at the University Club was very di7 erent from what we do in the Midwest. It made things tricky.”

4 at is not to say the team’s uneasy rap-port with the course was the only thing to blame for the disappointing showing. A layout that does not suit the Cats’ game only made it harder on NU.

Goss certainly did not disagree there, as his team’s deteriorating level of play down the stretch run le5 him disappointed going into the o7 season.

“We seemed like we were playing well and were well prepared, and then we strug-gled at Big Ten Championships and never recovered,” he said. “It’s heartbreaking. To work that hard and feel like you have such a strong program, and ultimately to lose momentum at the most important time of year is a bit devastating.”

For NU, it will be the second consecu-tive year the team failed to reach NCAA Championships, but it was not for a lack of e7 ort. Senior Nick Losole le5 NU on a good note, posting a tied-for-.8th-place 1 nish that was the team’s best showing.

Losole attributed his strong play to a combination of good putting and solid course management, but it gave him little solace with NU failing to advance.

“It’s most important that the team didn’t do well and that overshadows the individ-ual performance this week,” Losole said. “It seemed like we had a good shot, but we just couldn’t put it together, we couldn’t get everyone to play well enough.”

Actually, getting anybody to play well at all was a challenge. Other than Losole, Bennett Lavin may have been the only player to really step up, as the sophomore produced a tie for 39th, landing him in the team’s third spot that he had solidi1 ed in the fall.

Sophomore Matthew Negri and fresh-man Andrew Whalen were not so lucky. 4 e duo had four rounds of :/ or higher, combined, both 1 nishing tied for 62th in the process.

Jack Perry also did not have his best in Louisiana, never shooting below :9 on his way to a tie for .:th.

4 e junior was none too pleased with missing out on Nationals, but with the sea-son over he had a chance to project what was to come in his senior campaign.

“I’m really excited for next year — there’s a lot of great golf to be played from me,” Perry said. “I’m going to work really hard this summer and come back and be a 1 rst team All-American.”

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Northwestern fell to No. 6 Univer-sity of Miami late Friday night in the NCAA Tournament round of .6.

In a thrilling match against the Hurricanes, the Wildcats took the contest all the way to : points but lost 9-3.

Nida Hamilton lost the 1 rst set 6-: on court 6 a5 er leading 3-0. 4 e junior then defeated Melissa Bolivar in the second set 6-. to force a decid-ing third set. Hamilton was losing 2-9 and fought o7 two match points to reach 30-90.

“I just really wanted to make up for playing terribly in doubles,” Hamil-ton said. “I came out really feisty. I wanted to try and get another point for my team.”

On what was to be the 1 nal shot of the game, Hamilton sliced one to the le5 side of the court. 4 e ball

appeared to bounce inside the line and the crowd, a mix of tennis play-ers and fans, roared in approval of the great winner. However, Bolivar saw it di7 erently and called the ball out of bounds. 4 e umpire did not overrule the call and with that, the match ended.

4 e crowd went into an uproar about the controversial call. Hamil-ton stood on the far side of the court in stunned silence. Many said they believed the ball had landed within the lines.

“I knew it had the potential to come down to me,” Hamilton said. “I really wanted to win it for us but came up a little short.”

Hamilton and Bolivar shook hands and parted ways. 4 e Cats’ team sea-son was over.

4 e Hurricanes had the Cats on the ropes even before the Hamilton-Bo-livar match, with Belinda Niu losing 2-9 in her third set. Niu then held on and won the game to tie her set at 2. Niu stormed ahead to win the thriller

on court 3 and tie the score 3-3.“A5 er a particularly disappoint-

ing doubles point, I actually go into singles more motivated because I’m kind of looking for redemption,” Niu said. “I try to make up for the bad performance in doubles. 4 at feeling was particularly heightened during this tournament because it’s our last tournament of the year. I knew I had to get my act together.”

NU’s doubles teams did not get o7 to a great start, as both the No. . and No. 3 duos lost by demoralizing ;-. scores. 4 e doubles point has been important for the Cats this season. NU was ./-8 through the season when it won the doubles point and only .-: including the Sweet Sixteen contest when it lost the point.

“It was such a disappointing dou-bles point,” coach Claire Pollard said. “It was shocking. I hadn’t seen us play that poorly and give something away that easily in a long, long time. Com-ing o7 that I wasn’t really sure what to expect in singles.”

A5 er quick defeats on courts . and 8, the Cats buckled down on courts 3, 9, 2 and 6. At fourth singles, senior Linda Abu Mushrefova cleared her court with a 6-0, 6-9 victory. On court 2, freshman Alicia Barnett went three sets and emerged victorious 6-3, .-6, 6-.. 4 e wins shrunk Miami’s lead to 3-8, but the Hurricanes proved to be too powerful for the Cats in the end.

“I was just really proud of the e7 ort they put forward,” Pollard said. “4 e character of our team cannot be ques-tioned. I’m really proud of them. We pride ourselves on being a tough out and putting forth a good e7 ort and getting a lot out of ourselves. Today was a great example of that.”

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It took No. 8 Northwestern four minutes to score, and from there the Wildcats never let up.

NU scored 1 ve times before No. : Penn State even manufactured a shot as the Cats advanced to their ninth consecutive Final Four with a .2-: win over the Nittany Lions on Sat-urday night.

“We came out strong right from the 1 rst whistle,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “We’ve been focusing in on that, so we cannot be more excited to take another trip to the Final Four.”

4 e Cats started strong and early, scoring .3 goals on 80 shots in the 1 rst half while limiting the Nittany Lions to just 9 shots in the opening stanza. 4 e run was fueled by NU’s .3-9 edge in draw controls.

Junior Alyssa Leonard took most of the draws for NU but only captured two of them. Instead, the mid1 elder directed the ball into open space and allow her teammates to scoop up the ball and gain possession for the Cats.

“It was a battle in there,” Leon-ard said. “4 e girls in the circle are working super hard, but we’re seeing a huge di7 erence in the people behind

the lines. … A lot of the draw controls were from the girls behind, whether they’re boxing out or they’re coming up with these loose balls.”

The Nittany Lions entered the contest averaging more than .3 goals per game, but NU’s high-pressure defense puzzled them early on. 4 e Cats forced 3 turnovers in the Nittany Lions’ 1 rst 9 possessions, and Penn State struggled to 1 nd any consistency on o7 ense. Penn State coach Missy Doherty said the lack of cohesiveness on o7 ense was a direct result of NU’s dominance in draws.

“It’s not like we got it down there and then missed a shot or never got people open. We just never had the ball down there,” Doherty said. “When you win four draw controls in a half, you’re not going to have many possessions to even start working the ball around.”

Leading the way for the Cats on defense were their two senior leaders, Gabriella Flibotte and Taylor 4 orn-ton. 4 e pair caused 9 turnovers and started a fast break the other way. 4 e Nittany Lions turned the ball over .. times in the loss.

Flibotte credited the defensive success to o7 ense’s ability to pos-sess the ball so much. She said when the team is on defense, the goal is to just try and attack the o7 ense almost

immediately.“We’re just trying to go at people

as hard as we can and wreak havoc,” Flibotte said. “If we come up with caused turnovers quickly, that’s great. If it makes a minute or two, that’s 1 ne, too, but if we can control the tempo and the attack gets the ball, that’s our motive.”

4 e game was a stark contrast to the matchup just two shorts weeks ago in Baltimore in the ALC semi-1 nals. 4 e Cats won /-; in overtime May 3, but Saturday resembled the ..-3 NU win on April 2 against Penn State.

Both Flibotte and Leonard pointed to the quick start as one of the main di7 erences between the two games.

“We’ve been working hard super hard in practice every single day … and I think it just kind of showed today,” Leonard said. “We were going to come out hard at the 1 rst whistle and play a full 60 minutes.”

Leonard was the focal point of the o7 ense in the early going, 1 nding an abundance of space near the cage with

which to work. She tied a career high with 9 goals Saturday night, all of which came in the 1 rst half. Senior Erin Fitzger-ald scored three times after being held score-less in her previous two contests. 4 e attacker capitalized twice from ; meters out and now has a team-high 2/ goals on the season.

NU moves on to play No. 3 North Carolina in the national semi1 nals Friday. 4 e Tar Heels beat the Cats ..-; on Feb. 88, and even though the game was several months ago, NU is hungry for revenge.

“4 at game was so long ago, but I think redemption is sweet,” Flibotte said.

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9 IS FINE The Wildcats celebrate their ninth consecutive appearance in the NCAA semifi nals under coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. Northwestern has won its previous eight semifi nal matches and will face North Carolina on Friday.

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