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NU adds parent leave benefitsBy OLIVIA EXSTRUMdaily senior staffer @olivesocean

Northwestern staff members who have recently adopted chil-dren or whose partners have recently given birth can now take paid parental leave.

Eligible staff members can take a paid leave of 10 to 12 weeks after they or their partner gives birth. Previously, only mothers who had just given birth were allowed four to six weeks of paid leave. The new policy, which went into effect Jan. 1, also allows staff members who adopt children to take four weeks of paid leave.

Professors were already eligible for paid leave after their partners gave birth.

“The parental leave benefit really came together as a result of a lot of staff concerns around, ‘Why don’t we as staff have benefits that are more in alignment with what faculty have?’” said Anne Fish, director of benefits in the Office of Human Resources.

Before the new policy, staff members were guaranteed job protection under the Family and Medical Leave Act if they chose to stay at home longer than the allot-ted six to eight weeks but without pay, Fish said.

Fish said the office proposed the policy changes to University

President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer in July.

“We’ve been talking about it for a few years,” she said. “We finally got it on paper. … It applies to new dads or new moms. It applies whether you give birth or adopt. We’re really trying to be inclu-sive with it.”

How-ever, Fish said, there are param-eters around eligibil-ity. Staff mem-bers must be in a benefits-eligible position — working at least 37.5 hours a week — and must have worked at the University for at least three years.

“We didn’t want to become the employer of choice for everybody who’s pregnant,” she said. “Even still, people were very receptive to it.”

Lori Anne Henderson, direc-tor of work and life resources in

By JULIA JACOBSthe daily northwestern @juliarebeccaj

The price of road salt from Evanston’s suppliers has increased 30 percent this year, which could lead to a strain on the budget if winter weather ramps up, said Suzette Robinson, the city’s public works

director.Last year’s harsh winter resulted in a

salt price rise of about 20 percent nation-wide, according to the Wall Street Journal. Because last winter’s demand for salt was abnormally high across the country, salt companies began dipping into supplies designated for this winter, said James Mai-worm, Evanston’s assistant public works director. The low supply at the beginning

of this winter led to a necessary budget increase in Evanston to cover the higher price, Maiworm said.

“We broke the record in terms of number of inches of snow in Evanston with the snow season last year, so if we go back and have a normal snow season, we could quite easily strain the budget,”

Rabbi speaks at NUDivest eventBy MARIANA ALFAROthe daily northwestern @marianaa_alfaro

Rabbi Brant Rosen, co-chairman of the Jewish Voice for Peace rabbinical coun-cil, spoke Thursday night to a crowd of about 60 students, faculty and Evanston community members about the impor-tance of demonstration and conversation regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The event was hosted by NUDivest, a student group that calls for the University to “divest from corporations that are prof-iting off of the illegal occupation of Pales-tinian lands,” according to its website.

Rosen, who identifies as an activ-ist and advocate for peace in Palestine, spoke about misconceptions and misun-derstandings about groups like NUDivest — which follows the Boycott Divestment Sanctions model — and the role of Jew-ish activists in the struggle for peace and justice for Palestinians. He compared his role as a pro-Palestine activist to that of a mandated reporter.

“A mandated reporter … is man-dated by law to report abuse that you know is going on,” said Rosen, the Mid-west regional director for the American Friends Service Committee. “In the triage of things that you need to do when abuse is ongoing is to make sure that people or persons who are being victimized is no longer victimized. The first order of business is to end the abuse.”

That, he said, is a model of how he addresses the Israel-Palestine issue.

“There is very real abuse going on against Palestinians, inflicted by Israe-lis right now,” Rosen said. “We know this, I know this. It takes many different forms.”

Rosen said the occupation of the West Bank and the military occupation of Palestine by Israel are some examples of how Palestinians are being pressured and abused.

“Nobody is holding the abuser to account,” he said. “There is no govern-ment in the world, no international body is telling Israel it can’t do this … it is required of us to call out this abuse, to

shine a light on it publicly and to do what we can to end it.”

That, he said, is where the BDS move-ment comes in.

“This is not an effort that is being done on behalf of Palestinians from outside Israel-Palestine. This originated from Palestinians themselves. It is a call from Palestinian society,” Rosen said. “(Various Palestinian groups) basically put out a call to the world to support their struggle for human rights, for civil rights.”

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‘MANDATE REPORTER’ Rabbi Brant Rosen, Midwest regional director for the American Friends Service Committee, speaks to a crowd of about 60 students, faculty and community members at an event hosted by NUDivest.

Superintendents discuss local schoolsBy MARISSA PAGEthe daily northwestern @marissahpage

Superintendents of District 202, which serves Evanston Township High School, and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 delivered a “State of the Schools” address at ETHS on Thursday evening, the first event jointly hosted by the districts in recent history.

Throughout the hour-and-a-half program in the ETHS auditorium, District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren and District 202 Superinten-dent Eric Witherspoon discussed the current statistics, programs, challenges and goals of their respec-tive districts, as well as collabora-tions between the two.

District 65 and District 202 alumna Jacqueline Newsome opened for the superintendents, discussing the academic foundation Evanston’s school system provided her to later attend New York University and the University of Chicago Law School.

“The Evanston public school system is one of the best school systems in this country,” Newsome said. “Where else can a little black girl whose parents grew up on the West Side of Chicago grow up to attend the No. 4 law school in the

country?”Despite her praise of districts

65 and 202, Newsome reflected on microaggressions she endured throughout her secondary educa-tion because of her race. Students of color are a majority both at ETHS and in District 65, and both super-intendents discussed the impor-tance of providing equal opportu-nities and instruction to students from all backgrounds.

“Our challenge by addressing the disparities in achievement between our students is that unfortunately there is often a predictability based on race and there is no excuse for that,” Witherspoon said. “You can-not come up with a logical reason that says that’s okay.”

Goren discussed, among other things, District 65’s top five priori-ties in the coming years: high qual-ity teaching and learning, a thriving workforce, family and community engagement, safe and support-ive school climate and financial sustainability.

One major topic of discussion was the implementation of Partner-ship for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers standard-ized testing in schools, as part of the new Common Core standards

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» See STATE OF SCHOOLS, page 8» See RABBI, page 8

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SALTY The price of road salt from Evanston’s suppliers has increased 30 percent this year, following record-breaking snowfalls in 2014. The city’s reduced need for salt this winter may make up the difference and avoid a budget strain.

“It applies

to new dads or new moms. It

applies whether you give birth

or adopt. We’re really trying to be

inclusive with it.Anne Fish,

Human Resources Office benefits

director

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Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first executive order declared a “financial crisis” in Illinois, but Evanston organizations must wait until Feb. 18 to see his fiscal plan and decide how to adapt.

The most likely changes would involve the Local Government Distributive Fund, a fund collected by income tax and distributed by the state, Evanston’s intergovernmental affairs coordinator Ylda Capriccioso told The Daily.

“What we’ve always heard is that the Local Government Distributive Fund is a fund that could be swept to be used as a stop-gap mea-sure until either new revenues are discovered or created,” she said. “That is not a policy that Evanston supports.”

The state used the LGDF as a quick fix for the deficit in 2011. Local funds balanced out to no overall change when the state increased income tax by 2 percent and decreased the local share of total collections by 4 percent. In February, the income tax is scheduled to decrease while local share will increase. This change is expected to last until 2025, but the overall LGDF effect of this change remains unclear.

“(The budget) will continue to be cost-con-scious,” Martha Logan, Evanston’s community engagement manager, said. “Because, although the national economy and the Evanston econ-omy are doing better, the state’s economy is the wild card.”

Larry Bury, deputy director of Northwest Municipal Conference, said a shrinking LGDF would strain local governments, which cannot collect their own income tax. Property taxes

are the only major tax local governments can collect, and the conference, a coalition of 45 nearby suburban governments, will defend the LGDF, Bury said.

The conference held a legislative brunch on Tuesday, featuring Evanston mayor and conference president Elizabeth Tisdahl, and a keynote presentation from the governor.

Rauner said he will fix finances on all levels by making the state level run efficiently, via ideas and talent from any party. He recently appointed Donna Arduin, known for reform-ing budgets in Michigan, New York, Florida and California, as CFO of his “turnaround team.”

Rauner previewed his Feb. 4 State of the State address on Jan. 22 at the University of Chicago, but provided little information for local governments. Catherine Kelly, a spokes-woman for Rauner, told The Daily the gover-nor will outline his financial plans Feb. 18 in his budget address, but she did not comment further.

Some Evanston funds seem safe from cuts, while others will take a little more maneuvering.

Evanston receives $725,727 in grants, mostly for health and community improve-ment, through the state. However, some of these are paid by federal grants, Capriccioso said, making cuts less likely. The Motor Fuel Tax fund, gasoline revenues distributed by the state, is based on a federal formula, she said.

Pension change will be more complicated, but state and local officials agree it may be the most urgent issue to solve. The state requires Evanston to provide a Police Pension Fund and a Fire Pension Fund, costing Evanston $10.5 million and $7.9 million, respectively.

“Oftentimes if the state can’t feel like they

Van stolen from U-Haul lot

Moving company U-Haul reported a missing van from its lot on 2125 Dempster St.

The company claimed the 2013 Ford cargo van was stolen between Jan. 10 and Jan. 22, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The van was to be sold for auction and was discovered missing during an inventory check.

The keys to the van were found.Dugan said though there has “definitely been

an uptick in auto theft recently,” none of the thefts appear to be related in any way.

Chairs, fire extinguisher stolen from restaurant

Two men were caught on camera stealing two wooden chairs and one fire extinguisher from Pete Miller’s, a restaurant at 1557 Sherman Ave.

The manager discovered Jan. 22 that a fire extinguisher and two wooden chairs, worth about $50 each, were missing, Dugan said.

The manager checked security camera footage and saw two people removing the items from the restaurant. The two then loaded the items into a waiting car and drove off. The manager identified the men as patrons, Dugan said.

Both suspects were men who appeared to be between 30 to 35 years old. One appeared to be 5 feet 10 inches and the other 6 feet 2 inches.

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Student group shows sex trafficking documentaryBy JENNA LEEthe daily northwestern @jennajeeyoung

Fight for Freedom, a student organization that advocates against human slavery in Chicago, hosted an early screening of the documentary “Save My Seoul” on Thursday night in Harris Hall.

Directed by Jason Lee, “Save My Seoul” is a documentary about prostitution and sex traffick-ing in Seoul, South Korea, by Jubilee Project, a nonprofit that produces films on social issues. The documentary explores the issue of the sex trade in Seoul through direct interviews and hidden recordings.

The event started with a brief introduction by Lee.

“I hope that this event is the beginning of a movement to fight against this injustice,” Lee said.

He said sex trafficking is the greatest injustice of our time, citing statistics of 27 million people who are victims of sex trafficking worldwide.

He also mentioned that the version he pre-sented Thursday is the eighth version and is a rough cut, and he foresees the completion of the film in the spring of 2015.

The film focuses on the stories of Esther and Crystal, two teenage girls in Seoul, who became involved in prostitution due to the absence of alternate means of survival. The documentary

unfolds as they reveal their past experience working in brothels to earn money. The film also discusses the history of sex trafficking in Seoul, which has burgeoned since the 1960s as South Korea worked to redeem a war-torn economy.

The documentary tackles the attitudes of ordi-nary citizens and authority figures regarding the rampant nature of prostitution in Korea, suggesting that most people refuse to talk about the issue despite its urgency.

“I think what we need to begin with is just an open dialogue,” Lee said as a possible solution for deep-rooted sexual slavery in Korea.

Lee said acknowledgment of such atrocities is a huge step for Korea. He also said we need a “paradigm shift” and we should reflect on the way we think about women and reinforce the moral values we must maintain as humans. He then extended the discussion to the world beyond Korea, saying this is a universal issue that we must all care about.

Medill senior Yu Sun Chin, president of Fight for Freedom and the host of the event, hopes to continue to “inform students about the issue in a nuanced way.”

She said she wants to ensure students do not feel hopeless about the situation and to remind them of the skills and experiences they have to reach out to those in need through means such as counseling.

“I want to continue to help students under-stand that the issue is very relevant to us,” she said.

She said Fight for Freedom is currently work-ing to partner with non-governmental organiza-tions on initiatives to strengthen the fight against human slavery in Chicago and beyond.

Eunice Lee, a Medill freshman from Seoul said the documentary enhanced her awareness of the issue.

“Living in Korea, I knew that this issue existed, but I was very similar to many other

interviewees in the film in that I didn’t know anyone who was associated with sex traffick-ing,” she said.

She also said she was glad to see the support the Northwestern community had for the cause, noting the members of the audience who were interested in finding ways they could help.

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‘SAVE MY SEOUL’ Fight for Freedom screens a documentary about prostitution and sex trafficking in South Korea. About 100 students attended the event at Harris Hall.

Study: Connections through online communities aid dieters

Dieters who make more connections in online weight-loss communities lose more weight, according to a Northwestern study published Wednesday.

The study, published in the Royal Society

journal Interface, is the first to consider the power of social media in weight loss.

In an online program in which dieters joined weight-loss communities, online dieters who logged in regularly, recorded their weigh-ins and “friended” more than 10 other members lost more than 8 percent of their body weight in six months. Users who did not connect with the community as often lost about 5 percent of their body weight, and users with two to nine friends lost almost 7 percent of their body weight in the same amount

of time.“There is an almost Facebook-like social net-

work system in this program where people can friend each other and build cliques,” said McCor-mick Prof. Luis A. Nunes Amaral, senior author of the study, in a news release. “In this case, we found the larger your clique, the better your outcomes.”

Dr. Bonnie Spring, a Feinberg professor and another author of the study, had access to data from CalorieKing.com’s weight-loss community. Amaral’s lab analyzed this data and uncovered

trends.“In the clinic, we don’t have the ability to con-

nect people with such a large network of others on the same journey to lose weight,” Spring said in a news release. “I was very surprised by how lawfully each step-up in social connectedness translated into greater weight loss. We could clearly see the benefit of the online social network for weight-loss success.”

— Emily Chin

Budget fight looms as Obama wants 7 percent spending increase

WASHINGTON — Setting up a showdown with the new Republican-controlled Congress, the Obama administration said Thursday that the president’s proposed 2016 federal budget would include a $74 million increase in dis-cretionary spending that blew past the caps in place under current budget law.

The fiscal 2016 budget plan, which would take effect Oct. 1, will be released by the White House on Monday. It proposes spending that is 7 percent above the levels agreed to under a multiyear budget deal in 2011.

To sweeten the spending proposal for Repub-licans, President Barack Obama would boost military and domestic spending almost equally. The White House said military spending would total $561 billion and non-defense $530 billion; each increasing by $38 billion and $37 billion, respectively.

Presidential spokesman Josh Earnest said the one-for-one tradeoff “certainly is consistent with the kind of agreement that’s been reached in previous budget negotiations over the last several years.”

The White House proposal would force Republicans to choose between two priorities: national security and deficit reduction.

Obama presented his plan to a meeting of Democrats from the House of Representatives at a retreat in Philadelphia. House Republicans

already signaled skepticism.Until Obama “gets serious about solving our

long-term spending problem it’s hard to take him seriously,” said Cory Fritz, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

The 10-year budget deal agreed to in 2011 sought to reduce future spending by $917 bil-lion over 10 years, forcing automatic cuts in years that lawmakers couldn’t agree on a budget. The idea was to bring down the annual budget deficit, which is expected to reach an Obama administration low of $468 billion in the cur-rent fiscal year.

Even with forced spending cuts in place, defi-cits are projected to grow again in a few years, hitting $1.1 trillion in 2025. That’s because of mandatory spending programs such as Social Security and Medicare, sacred to voters. The White House wouldn’t say whether Obama’s proposal includes any cuts to such programs.

Presidential budgets tend to be dead on arrival, even in the best of times when the par-tisan divide hasn’t been as deep as it’s been. But with Republicans now controlling both cham-bers of Congress and eyeing the White House in 2016, the administration’s spending plan is as much about providing a campaign message for anxious Democrats as it is a serious budget blueprint.

Repeating Obama’s State of the Union appeal to the middle class, Earnest said the budget would “reverse harmful sequestration cuts and, instead, show how we can invest in his vision for middle-class economics by making paychecks go further, creating good jobs here in the United

States and preparing hardworking Americans to earn higher wages.”

Obama, he added, will also make it clear that he would veto a bill that didn’t include full Department of Homeland Security funding. Republicans are looking at ways to starve parts of the agency budget that deal with immigra-tion, to push back on the president’s executive order late last year that allowed millions of undocumented aliens a deportation reprieve and path to legal work.

The proposed 2016 budget would pay for numerous initiatives such as making com-munity college attendance free for millions by closing tax loopholes and tax-advantage pro-grams that disproportionately benefit wealthier Americans. These include already-announced proposals such raising the capital gains tax to 28 percent for the richest Americans, tweaking the rules governing estate taxes “and then some,” said Earnest, hinting at further tax proposals Monday.

Obama’s proposed budget takes a cue from the two-year budget deal Congress agreed to in late 2013, which lifted by $85 billion the spend-ing caps for the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, the latter ending next Sept. 30. Obama proposes a one-year deal that raises spending by just $11 billion less than that amount, something Repub-licans are unlikely to find inviting.

The caps that would be busted come under what’s known as sequestration. Under the Bud-get Control Act of 2011, which took effect in March 2013 and runs through the 2021 fiscal year, automatic spending cuts take effect each

year if lawmakers can’t agree on a budget.“I find it very hard to believe that one of the

first things they would do is ease the 2016 caps,” said Rudolph Penner, a former head of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office who is a fellow at the centrist research center the Urban Institute. “Defense is a whole other issue.”

That’s why Obama’s proposed budget puts Republicans on their back foot. In rejecting his proposal, they allow the Defense Department to be starved of what it says are needed fund-ing increases.

“We are on track now to cut $1 trillion from America’s defense budget by the year 2021,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., bemoaned Wednesday at a hearing he had called to examine the effect of the sequester on the military.

The cuts have made it difficult for the mili-tary to plan for the future or make long-term investments, said McCain, adding that absent action, “sequestration will return in full in fiscal year 2016, setting our military on a far more dangerous course.”

Budget experts loathe the sequestration pro-cess because it forces across-the-board cuts, akin to cutting spending with a blunt sword rather than a sharp scalpel.

“Smart deficit reduction should replace the non-smart deficit reduction that is in place today,” said Shai Akabas, a policy expert with the think tank Bipartisan Policy Center.

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City restaurants join Chicago Restaurant WeekBy MELISSA SHINthe daily northwestern

Four Evanston restaurants will participate in this year’s Chicago Restaurant Week, offering three-course meals at a fixed price.

For the next two weeks, Jan. 30 until Feb. 12, Quince at the Homestead, Farmhouse Evan-ston, Oceanique and Bistro Bordeaux will offer prix-fixe meals.

“The fact that we can participate in the broader Chicago event is great for our restau-rants as far as bringing customers in,” said Paul

Zalmezak, Evanston’s senior economic develop-ment coordinator.

Joe Jochens, assistant manager at Quince, 1625 Hinman Ave., said the timing of Chicago Restaurant Week works well because, for most restaurants, it is the slowest time of the year. Quince is taking the opportunity to showcase some of its regular menu items in a three-course meal for $44, he said.

“We’re pretty proud of everything that’s on our menu,” Jochens said. “It’s a genius idea.”

Jochens said the contemporary American restaurant has been keeping tabs on its visitors for the past five years, and for many people,

the event is the only thing that’s bringing them back.

A more recent addition to Chicago Restau-rant Week is Farmhouse, 703 Church St. As one of the largest restaurants in the city, the staff can serve more than 200 customers. It is the only restaurant out of the four that will offer a prix-fixe lunch menu, which will cost $22. Dinner will cost $33.

The menu Farmhouse has prepared for the event features its most popular items in the same portions as regularly-served portion sizes. Scott Hinden, the restaurant’s assistant general manager, said that customers often only order

one item, such as the popular cheese curds.“This is a chance for people to have the

whole dining experience,” he said.Those who prefer seafood will find it at Oce-

anique, 505 Main St. Normally, a three-course meal costs around $70, but the prix-fixe meal costs only $44. Mark Grosz, the owner and chef, said he recommends the Maine scallops.

Bistro Bordeaux, 618 Church St., will add French cuisine to the mix. Dinner is priced at $33 and features choices such as Parisian-style gnocchi and sirloin steak.

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Offenses run wild in EvanstonThere were fireworks from the beginning at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday as No. 20 Iowa buried four 3-pointers in the game’s first four minutes. From there, the scoring pace remained at full throttle. Iowa raced out to a 58-41 halftime lead over Northwestern. The Wildcats struck back, and almost erased the entire deficit. In the end, NU fell to Iowa 102-99 in an offensive battle for the ages.

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As a student anxious to start college so far from my parents, I enjoyed my Wildcat Wel-come. It was helpful for me to tour campus, register for classes with guidance and meet my peer adviser, fellow students and freshman seminar professor. Plus, I got to roam around Six Flags for a few hours without waiting in line for anything.

That being said, Wildcat Welcome gets a little old after a few days. The endless array of mandatory activities, the need to walk every-where with your PA group and the required lunches and dinners start to make you feel like a little kid back in summer camp. I became overwhelmed by the sheer number of activi-ties and just wanted a few hours to myself to explore the campus and Evanston.

This is why I was surprised to learn that Northwestern will expand Wildcat Welcome to 10 whole days this upcoming school year, up from seven my freshman year and eight the past two years. I know this decision won’t affect me personally, but I feel the need to advocate for the freshmen coming to cam-pus in the fall. Freshmen do not need 10 whole days of required activities for Wildcat Welcome.

Though I disagree with the decision, I applaud the rationale behind it. Rosh Hasha-nah, the Jewish New Year, begins the evening of Sunday, Sept. 13 this year, and classes start the next Monday. Because the organizers of Wildcat Welcome cannot hold required events during the Jewish holiday, they want to expand orientation to accommodate Jew-ish students who want to take days off to observe the holiday, while still finishing all the required activities before the start of classes.

As a Jewish student who takes off class and activities to observe the Jewish holiday every September or October, I do appreciate this reasoning to welcome and accommodate new Jewish students. However, starting Wildcat Welcome and then taking a one- or two-day break from mandatory activities does not make any sense to me or new students. Addi-tionally, Jewish students will miss out on any PA group bonding activities that happen while they observe the holiday.

As a solution, Wildcat Welcome should consider making move-in day Sunday, Sept. 13, and then having two optional days of PA-led programming during Rosh Hashanah. This will give Jewish students the chance to observe the holidays for both days and allow other new students to either explore NU and Chicago or get to know campus with their PA. Perhaps Wildcat Welcome could even subsi-dize El passes so PAs could take their advisees to downtown Chicago. Whatever students choose to do, giving everyone a break before

the madness of Wildcat Welcome will allow everyone to be more relaxed and prepared to start school.

Ultimately, Wildcat Welcome has the important responsibility of making sure that new students are prepared to start their NU journey, but this can be done without over-whelming students with an extraordinary number of mandatory activities. NU should

consider shortening Wildcat Welcome to let new students get to know the campus on their own terms.

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Because of my Jewish upbringing, I had never heard Students for Justice in Palestine’s side of the story when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As a Jew who is pro-Israel and in favor of a two-state solution, I decided to attend the Palestine 101 event last Friday to hear a new perspective.

Members of SJP passed around hand-outs titled “Welcome to Palestine 101” that included a summary of SJP’s presentation, including the subsections “Common Miscon-ceptions” and “Necessary Vocabulary.” At the top of the handout appeared a short passage about activist Angela Davis’ speech on cam-pus last spring. The biggest problem I found in this excerpt was the assertion that one “need not know every detail of Palestinian-Israeli history in order to” join the Palestin-ian solidarity movement. I disagree; I think the details are imperative to the evaluation of the holistic conflict.

Through Davis’ allegation, SJP is effec-tively asking people to remain ignorant of any historical context surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Imagine for a second that NATO took Russia’s annexation of Crimea out of its post-Cold War historical context. What do you think would happen if an economic superpower like Russia sud-denly invaded a nearby country and NATO acted without regarding the Cold War as a sensitive issue?

The most prominent argument taken out of context Friday was a picture on the hand-out illustrating four different maps of Israeli “occupation” since 1946.

These maps, similar to those used for SJP and MEChA de Northwestern’s mock wall last October, attempt to portray Israeli encroachment of “historically Palestin-ian” land. I have a few problems with these

pictures, first and foremost being that one of them is not only taken out of context, but factually inaccurate.

Four maps illustrate “historical Pales-tine” during 1946, 1947, 1948-67 and 2012. The 1947 depiction of Israeli “occupation” stands out as the inaccurate map, because it shows that Israel occupied land before it even declared independence. How can an entity that doesn’t exist oppress people with the government it doesn’t have? The picture that SJP used is really portraying the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan, which was adopted by the General Assembly but never went into effect. Also omitted from SJP’s pic-ture was the international state of the City of Jerusalem, belonging neither to the Jews nor the Palestinians. Six months later, when the British Mandate expired and Israel declared independence, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan all immediately declared war on the newly formed Jewish state. Without this important context, it’s easier for SJP to skew the rhetoric in its favor when addressing people who know nothing about the history of this region.

Another point SJP failed to touch on is that the situations in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip are completely different. While the West Bank is governed by the Mahmoud Abbas-led Fatah military wing and the Palestinian Authority, Gaza is run by Hamas, which the United States recog-nizes as a terrorist group. Despite the two factions recently agreeing to work together, Hamas has tried to undermine Abbas’ rule. In the West Bank, Israel continues to expand Jewish settlements into the internationally recognized State of Palestine, something I believe Israel should cease immediately if it ever wants peace in the region. On the other hand, the Israeli government evacu-ated all Israeli residential complexes from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Since then, Hamas has launched more than 11,000 rocket and mor-tar attacks from Gaza, including from civil-ian areas, endangering more than 5 million

Israeli lives.Additionally, the SJP speakers brought up

how the West Bank security barrier can be considered “de facto apartheid.” According to critics, the barrier restricts the free move-ment of Palestinians unfairly, and represents physical evidence of Israeli “occupation.”

What SJP failed to mention — and the context that is important to understand — is that the barrier was constructed out of a very real need for the security of Israeli citizens, which Israel’s government has an obligation to protect.

From the start of the Second Intifada in September 2000 through the completion of the barrier’s first segment in July 2003, there were 73 “mass murder” attacks, including suicide bombings, in Israel. Only five years later, the number of suicide bomb attacks fell to zero.

Thirdly, I’m most unwilling to excuse how the SJP speakers occasionally used “Jew” and “Israeli” interchangeably, and “Palestin-ian” and “Arab” interchangeably. Distraught at the anti-Semitism conveyed through the images of what the speakers described as “Jewish-only roads,” I sent in a question on an index card during the Q-and-A session about this, which the speakers read aloud. Fully aware of the answer, I asked “Is it pos-sible to be Palestinian, but not Arab, or Arab but not Palestinian?” And my question was answered correctly – yes it is possible. The speakers even listed a couple different ethnic and religious combinations that exist such as Palestinian-Jew, Palestinian-Muslim and Arab-Jew. However, they left out one incredi-bly important ethnic group, one that, without suitable context, punctures a hole through SJP’s narrative: Israeli-Arabs.

Because SJP’s lecturers used “Israeli” and “Jew” synonymously, they painted the picture that certain roads in Israel can only be accessed by Jewish people, and that non-Jews were forced to use decrepit, unpaved motorways.

The truth is that Israeli Arabs living in the

West Bank are 100 percent allowed to use these “Jewish-only roads” despite the fact that none of them practice Judaism. A more accurate description with appropriate context would have been “Non-Palestinian” roads, which became necessary after the sheer num-ber of suicide bomber attacks in Jerusalem during the Second Intifada.

Furthermore, Israeli-Arabs are full citizens of Israel, have the right to vote and account for over 20 percent of Israel’s population. There are even a few who identify as Israeli-Palestinian. And in the Knesset, Israel’s 120-seat parliament, 12 seats are held by Arabs with Israeli citizenship. An audience ignorant of this context will assume that all Israelis are Jewish, and the fact that SJP portrayed the state of Israel as a racist, oppressive entity is indicative of the anti-Semitic undertones its narrative entails.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict ultimately boils down to the fact that the turmoil sur-rounding the narrow strip of land on the Mediterranean coast that the Jewish people call home has existed ever since David con-quered what would become Jerusalem almost 3,000 years ago.

Today, conflict still engulfs the region, and Israel isn’t the only country at fault. I’ll be the first to admit that the biggest obstacle to peace right now, other than Hamas, is the continued construction of settlements in the West Bank.

If there’s ever going to be a realistic two-state solution, both sides need to stop pro-voking each other. But most importantly, the delicacy of the situation must be kept in proper historical context, including all topics like the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Gaza flotilla raid in 2010. Otherwise, the opposing one-sided narratives will not be reconciled and strife will continue to prevail.

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the Office of Human Resources, said in addition to the four weeks of paid leave, parents who choose to adopt will receive a $5,000 reimbursement for the cost of adop-tion. One family can receive up to two of these reimbursements during its time at the University.

“(Adoption) can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $35,000,” Henderson said. “That’s an incredible expense to the family. It’s also emotionally a very challenging time depending on the circumstances.”

Fish said she doesn’t anticipate the new policy will cause a gap in staff services. She said before the policy was enacted, often staff members would come back to work immediately after their leave period ended. Others would exhaust all their vacation time, she said.

The NU Staff Advisory Council, which serves as the representative body for staff members, has been discussing parental leave for some time, said Jonathan Greene, the group’s benefits committee chair. He said the change will put NU “on par” with other institutions.

“It’s essentially a benefit to staff members with no real cost incurred to staff,” he said. “It’s not like in some instances, if we’re push-ing for a benefit they might say … ‘What do you want to give up to get this?’ In this case, there was nothing given up.”

Fish said more than 50 percent of NU’s non-student population is staff members.

“To not recognize that they’re key con-tributors to the success of our students … It was a gap,” she said. “I think what we’ve done over the past number of years is close some of those gaps. People have really applauded the fact we’ve done it.”

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Robinson said.However, because this year’s winter has thus far

been milder than last year’s, the 30- to 40-percent reduction in road salt use could compensate for the increased price, Robinson said. The decrease in fuel prices could also be a balancing factor, as the city is currently spending only 55 percent of the fuel budget, she said.

A week of heavy snowfall early last January left the city with $165,000, only 24 percent of the winter weather budget for the rest of the season, according to city documents.

“Unlike last year where we were using salt like crazy, this winter has not turned out to be that bad, so therefore we’re using less salt,” Maiworm said.

In the effort to further reduce salt usage, the city uses an anti-icing technique that involves priming roads with salt brine and beet juice on the street before a snowfall, Robinson said. This year, the addition of calcium chloride as a liquid additive should further supplement rock salt.

The city dedicated a week in November to raising community awareness of what to do after a snowfall, which included posting videos on snow removal techniques and a view from inside the new salt dome, said Cindy Plante, a local government management fellow. New pro-grams intended to increase compliance among residents regarding shoveling their sidewalks and following parking restrictions during snowstorms stemmed from a survey conducted after last win-ter, Plante said.

The city’s salt dome currently holds 3,200 tons of salt and it is unlikely that the city will require all of the salt that it ordered, Maiworm said. The dome, with a capacity of 4,200 tons, replaced a smaller one that was deteriorating in the fall.

“The more that we can have on hand, it gives us more flexibility to be able to weather salt short-ages,” Robinson said.

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a “non-violent movement,” targets six different corporations that have been linked to the con-flict in Israel-Palestine, including The Boeing Company, British security company G4S and Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s biggest arms manufacturer.

“The BDS campaign is not a human rights campaign,” Rosen said. “It is a campaign that is standing in solidarity with the (oppressed) people.”

NUDivest has drawn both praise and criti-cism for its goals, the latter most recently in an opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune by Law Prof. Steven Lubet, an article Rosen referenced during the event.

“I found this article offensive, I felt that it was patronizing to Northwestern students and to the organizers of this campaign who are important and remarkable leaders,” he said.

Noah Whinston, a Weinberg junior and a member of NUDivest, invited Rosen to speak and created the event.

“There is a sort of misperception on campus and in the world that being Jewish means that you must have some particular type of relationship towards Israel,” Whinston said. “I think Rabbi Rosen is a great example of a great Jew, a great man and a great rabbi who rejects that norm.”

Imtisal Khokher, a Weinberg senior and another organizer of the event, said the event cleared misconceptions regarding NUDivest’s purpose.

“We thought it was a really important conver-sation to have, especially with the misconception that supporters of BDS (and) NUDivest are just Arab or just Palestinian,” she said. “We come from all over the world and from all different struggles. It was important to show that Judaism and Zion-ism are not the same thing. Zionism is a political movement. … Judaism is a religion.”

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for public schools in the country. Audience members questioned the financial practicality of enacting PARCC testing in Evanston schools. Goren explained that their budgets could suffer serious cuts if they refused to comply with state reforms.

An educational bright spot for both schools was collaborating with Northwestern, partic-ularly in fostering science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics education in both schools.

“We’ve been working very closely with North-western,” Goren said. “District 65 couldn’t be more happy to embrace this great university in our town and the graduate students who work with us.”

The seminar closed with a question-and-an-swer session in which Goren and Witherspoon answered questions from the audience and shared remarks about their growing partnership.

“It’s just a fabulous opportunity to find align-ment across the systems,” Goren said. “We serve all of you, you are our families, you are our community members and we are committed to providing the type of world-class education we believe we’re doing and that we will do in the future.”

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Dartmouth College is banning hard alcohol on campus and threatening to disband organizations that don’t shape up as part of efforts to “root out extreme behavior,” the school’s president announced Thursday amid controversies enveloping universi-ties across the nation.

Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon announced the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan in a speech Thursday morning after a school committee had studied campus issues for months. The plan includes banning hard alcohol for students on campus, implementing a four-year sexual-violence-prevention program and creating new residential communities.

“Colleges and universities across the country face the issues I’ve detailed today,” Hanlon said. “We are not alone in facing them. But we will take the lead in saying, ‘No more.’”

The Ivy League school is one of 95 that is under federal investigation in connection with its han-dling of sexual harassment and violence. Last year, Dartmouth adopted a zero-tolerance sexual-assault disciplinary policy, with mandatory expulsion in the worst cases.

Under the new plan, undergraduate students won’t be allowed to have or consume hard alco-hol, which it defines as alcohol that is 30 proof or higher, in residential areas or on other col-lege property, and hard alcohol won’t be served at college-recognized events, Hanlon said. Penalties for those who have or purchase hard alcohol will “ramp up,” he said.

Hanlon also addressed the college’s Greek com-munity, saying many had suggested over the last few months that the college eliminate fraternities and sororities.

“Ultimately, I do not believe that simply elimi-nating this one aspect of campus life would be a comprehensive, or even effective solution to the more pervasive challenges we face,” Hanlon said. “It would not address the charge I placed before our community of purging extreme behaviors where they occur on campus.”

However, he said, Greek and other organizations will face a higher level of accountability than in the past, with the college creating an annual review process to confirm that expectations for student organizations are being met.

“Everything is possible for Dartmouth. But our aspirations will never be realized if we fail to address a vital component: the environment in which our students live and learn,” said Hanlon, who has led the Hanover, N.H., school since mid-2013.

The U.S. Department of Education is investigat-ing a total of 98 sexual violence cases at 95 colleges and universities, and the issue of sexual assault on campuses has been receiving increased national attention.

On Tuesday, two former Vanderbilt University football players were found guilty for their roles in a dorm room gang rape of an unconscious female student in 2013.

In November, the University of Virginia sus-pended all of its fraternities and sororities after fall-out over a Rolling Stone article in which a woman, identified only as “Jackie,” said she was gang raped at a fraternity party.

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can do a job anymore, a particular service any-more, they push that service onto a municipal-ity,” Capriccioso said. “But they often don’t fund it, so it becomes an unfunded mandate.”

Logan was not as worried about the budget uncertainties after speaking with Evanston CFO Marty Lyons.

“The city’s budget is set for the year, but the city is able to make adjustments as needed if they see there won’t be revenue to meet expenses,” she said. “That’s nothing new.”

Evanston schools estimated about 86 percent of funding from local sources across their 2013-2014 budgets, but state funds are still a major chunk of change.

School District 202 predicted $3.8 million of state funding, with about $2.4 million for transportation, special education and bilingual programs, according to the 2014-2015 budget. Evanston/Skokie District 65 expected $11.7 mil-lion of revenue from state sources for 2013-2014, including $4.3 million of unrestricted aid, and about $7.4 million for special education, trans-portation, bilingual education and the Early Childhood Block Grant. Neither district could be reached for comment.

Although potential cuts can be identified, Evanston is waiting for a clear signal from Rauner.

“We are just patiently waiting to see what the governor’s proposed budget will include or not include,” Capriccioso said.

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NU faces final road test before home doubleheaderBy DAVID LEEdaily senior staffer @davidylee95

Northwestern has a lot on its plate this weekend, as the team heads to Notre Dame, Indiana, to play No. 14 Notre Dame on Friday before hosting its home opener with a doubleheader against No. 11 Duke and Illinois-Chicago on Sunday.

The No. 30 Wildcats (2-2) say they aren’t afraid of facing more high-ranking competition. Three of NU’s last four opponents have been top 30 squads, and the team has been able to pick up a couple hard-earned wins while staying close in its two defeats.

“Progress has been good so far this season,” head

coach Arvid Swan said. “We’ve still got a long ways to go, but I still feel good about the direction we’re going.”

Specifically, the Cats are excited to finally be play-ing at home. NU will finish up its five-game road trip at Notre Dame (2-1) and finally start a six-game home stand this weekend. For many of the players, competing at home gives them added confidence and energy going into a game.

“We don’t want anybody coming here and beating

us at our place,” junior Fedor Baev said. “This is our house, and they’re com-ing here. And they’re going to get a beating.”

But some players are just happy not to be on the road. When asked if he was excited to play at home, sophomore Sam Shropshire said it is “nice to sleep in your own bed.”

NU will have to be on its game against a Duke lineup that is firing on all cylinders. The Blue Devils are 4-0 this season, and are coming off of a commanding 4-0 victory against then-No. 23 Memphis. Nicolas Alvarez is the No. 18 singles player in the nation, and spearheads a team that has only lost three sets so far this season.

The Flames (1-3) bring up the tail end of NU’s

doubleheader. Swan and the Cats have been empha-sizing conditioning all season, and they say they feel confident handling both teams.

“We’re fitness-wise fine to do it, so it’s not really a difference in preparation,” Swan said. “We just have to make sure in between matches that we take care of our bodies.”

NU has to make sure it does not underestimate UIC, whose only win so far this season was against lowly Wisconsin-Whitewater. Playing an unranked, local team in the second game of a doubleheader can be a recipe for a shocking result if the Cats are not careful. But they seem cognizant of the upset potential.

“Definitely, (underestimating our opponent) is a big thing that can happen,” Shropshire said. “Oklahoma was doing that a little bit with us, so we definitely have to be ready, focused and be ready for the match.”

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Cats working out kinks in season’s final dual meetBy TYLER KENDALLthe daily northwestern @tylerskendall

Coming off a recent and convincing victory over a ranked Iowa squad, Northwestern is excited about its two-day competition this weekend against Min-nesota and Purdue.

“We won against Iowa which was really great and we want to continue that energy over into this week-end,” sophomore Katie Branch said. “We know we’re not going to win against Minnesota, because they are ranked pretty high, but we can still go and put up a good fight.”

The Wildcats will travel to Minneapolis, Minne-sota, for the Friday and Saturday meet, and indeed the Golden Gophers (6-1, 2-0 Big Ten) are ranked high, as they currently sit at No. 19 in the country.

The Cats (7-4, 2-2) have a little more confi-dence facing No. 16 Purdue (4-2, 1-2) this weekend

— despite the Boilermakers’ higher ranking. Senior Madeleine Klichowski noted that the swimmers will approach every competition with the same mindset and equal determination.

Despite the perceived difficult competition, coach Jimmy Tierney believes the meet has multiple oppor-tunities for the Cats to score points and will be good preparation for future events.

“Minnesota’s one of the best teams in the Big Ten, Purdue’s certainly in the top half,” Tierney said. “More

than anything, it’s putting our girls in a position to race well and get some confidence up for Big Ten (Championships).”

Focus on Big Tens is probably the right tactic, espe-cially with Tierney not expecting to bring any divers on the road for the second straight trip for recovery reasons, burying the Cats in a 32-point hole in the process.

NU beat the Hawkeyes in spite of that same cir-cumstance last week, but the Cats needed a season-best performance to do so.

Although the Cats are less focused on victory, that doesn’t mean the team is willing to settle for medioc-rity in Minneapolis.

“We want to perfect all the little things that we’ve been working on this season,” Klichowski said. “Every-thing has been coming together for us really well as a team, so this is the last chance to touch up things before Big Tens.”

This meet will also help to determine final stand-ings and positions for the races during Big Tens.

Tierney noted the elevated level of competition for NU, especially during this past month, and that spots are still open for swimmers in the 800- and 400-relay teams.

“Hopefully if somebody is a little bit off, it’s not going to do anything to shake their confidence because one meet shouldn’t dictate your whole approach and attitude,” Tierney said. “People still need to show us how bad they want to be on those relays.”

Ultimately this upcoming meet is meant to serve as a final springboard for both skills and morale.

The Cats are hoping an impressive showing this weekend will bode well for a strong finish.

“I think that the team is stoked,” Klichowski said. “We are so excited going into these last three weeks of the season and just want to go and compete, and we’re starting to feel a lot better in the water. I think that every race is just an opportunity to prove our dominance.”

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No. 11 Duke vs. No. 30 NorthwesternEvanston, Illinois11 a.m. Sunday

Northwesterns vs. No. 19 MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota5 p.m. Friday & 12 p.m. Saturday

Illinois-Chicago vs. No. 30 NorthwesternEvanston, Illinois6 p.m. Sunday

Northwestern vs. No. 16 PurdueMinneapolis, Minnesota5 p.m. Friday & 12 p.m. Saturday

No. 30 Northwestern vs. No. 14 Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana4:30 p.m. Friday “

This is our house., and they’re coming

here. And they’re going to

get a beating.Fedor Baev,

junior

Men’s Tennis

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SPORTSFriday, January 30, 2015 @DailyNU_Sports

ON DECK ON THE RECORDMen’s TennisNU at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. Friday

This is our house, and they’re coming here. And they’re going to get a beating.

— Fedor Baev, junior

JAN. 30

NU’s wild charge falls short

By CLAIRE HANSENthe daily northwestern@clairechansen

Northwestern suff ered another bru-tal defeat Th ursday night, this time at the hands of No. 20 Iowa in a 102-99 home loss aft er the Wildcats clawed back from a 23-point defi cit.

Th e Cats (14-6, 4-5 Big Ten) and the Hawkeyes (17-3, 8-1) put on an off en-sive showcase. Th e two teams made a combined 32 3-pointers to break the NCAA single-game record for com-bined 3-pointers set by Ole Miss and Bowling Green in November 1999. Th e Cats fi nished 13-of-18 beyond the arc, only to see Iowa net an equally impres-sive 19 of 28 attempts.

Sophomore forward Nia Coff ey tal-lied a career-high 35 points and also tacked on eight rebounds, despite playing in foul trouble for most of the second half. Sophomore guard Ashley Deary also scored a career high, earn-ing 22 points while going 5-of-5 from 3-point range. Junior guard Maggie

Lyon fi nished with 20 points.Yet, despite this mesmerizing off en-

sive showing, NU was unable to stop Iowa’s nearly unbelievable fi rst-half shooting.

“It was a crazy game,” coach Joe McKeown said. “I don’t ever remember giving up 100 points in 30-something years and I’ve coached a lot of good games.”

Th e Hawkeyes began the contest by hitting four 3-pointers, acquiring a 12-4 lead just 3:23 into the game. Iowa continued to sink 3s while NU steadily began to chip away at the defi cit.

With the Hawkeyes leading 23-15 with 13 minutes left in the fi rst half, Coff ey lit up, leading her team on a 15-6 run in just over four minutes to take the lead. Coff ey scored a whop-ping 18 of NU’s fi rst 30 points as the home team led 30-29 with about eight minutes remaining in the opening period.

Th en, Iowa began to seriously attack. Th e Hawkeyes drained trey aft er trey, going on a 29-11 run to end the half with a lead of 58-41.

Iowa shot 73.7 percent from downtown in the fi rst half, sinking 14 3-pointers out of 19 attempts. NU, in comparison, went 4-of-6 on such plays. Iowa was on fi re from the fi eld as well, shooting 64.3 percent from the paint

compared to the Cats’ 42.4 percent.Melissa Dixon spearheaded the

Iowa off ense, fi nishing with 21 points from seven 3-pointers in the opening half.

“In the fi rst 20 minutes (Nixon) went 7-of-8 from the 3-point line, and that can’t happen,” McKeown said. “We can’t have those kinds of breakdowns and wait until halft ime to make an adjustment.”

Th e second-half began how the last one ended, with Iowa hitting four more triples in the fi rst three-and-a-half minutes.

Down an intimidating 23 points, NU launched a counter attack. Led by Deary, Lyon and Coff ey, the Cats methodically began to whittle down the Hawkeyes’ lead, nailing 3s, layups and jumpers while playing with obvi-ous defensive tenacity. At one point, the Cats went on a 14-0 run.

With just 3:21 to go, the home team found itself within 4 points of its Big Ten foe.

“I think a lot of it was just pride,” Deary said about the renewed attack.

McKeown credits the comeback to energy and better defense.

“I loved our fi ght in the second half,” he said. “We just found Dixon. Some-how we lost her the fi rst 20 minutes of the game. And then somehow we

found her.”Iowa surged ahead to an 8 point

lead with under a minute left , but triples by both Lyon and Coff ey put the Cats within 4. Aft er a layup put the Hawkeyes in front by 6, Coff ey sunk a 3-pointer with just 2.6 seconds on the clock.

Th e Cats were unable to regain

possession before time ran out, and went on to narrowly lose to the Hawkeyes 102-99.

“No matter what the score is — we are down by 20, if we are up by 20 — we are going to play as hard as we can,” Coff ey said.

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SOARING SOPHOMORE Northwestern and Iowa had an offensive display for the ages Thursday night, combining for 201 points and 32 3-pointers on nearly 70 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Sophomore forward Nia Coffey led the Cats with a career-high 35 points on 63 percent shooting.

Lindsey key for Cats vs. PurdueBy BOBBY PILLOTEdaily senior staffer@BobbyPillote

Northwestern seems to inch closer to victory with each passing defeat.

Th e Wildcats (10-10, 1-6 Big Ten) are hoping the seventh time is the charm when they face Purdue (13-8, 5-3) Sat-urday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. NU has lost its last six games, and its last fi ve by margins of 7 points or fewer in an increasingly gut-wrenching fashion.

“We’re being tested,” coach Chris Col-lins said. “Th e fi rst thing is we’re playing really well. Th e second thing is we have to learn how to fi nish the games off .”

Th e Cats are doing their best to keep their eyes focused on the Boilermakers, and forward Scottie Lindsey is sure to be a part of NU’s winning equation going forward. Th e lanky freshman played 21 minutes against Michigan, made his fi rst career start against Ohio State and performed well enough to earn a

subsequent start against Maryland.Th ose 21 minutes against the Wolver-

ines are telling. Lindsey was tasked with the diffi cult job of defending guard Caris LeVert, Michigan’s top off ensive threat.

“He’s constantly moving, he’s con-stantly going around screens,” Lindsey said of LeVert. “I had to be disciplined, stay down and get over screens and give my full eff ort.”

Despite starting the past two games, Lindsey played just 25 combined min-utes and posted only 2 points, three rebounds and two blocks between the two contests. Lindsey said his role is mostly defensive, and teammates insist he also adds energy to the starting lineup.

“He’s brought some juice,” freshman guard Bryant McIntosh said. “I think he

really grew up at the Michigan game. … His growth has really helped us, and he’s playing with confi dence.”

When he does touch the ball on off ense Lindsey is one of the more effi -cient scorers on the team, having hit 12 of his 29 attempted 3-pointers this sea-son. Still, there’s no doubting defense is his primary role.

Lindsey possesses impressive reach and quickness for a 6-foot-5-inch player, traits that make him a perfect choice to defend Purdue’s dynamic backcourt tandem of guards Rapheal Davis and Kendall Stephens. Th e pair is listed at 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-6, respectively, and averages a combined 20.7 points per game.

Lindsey will have his hands full with switches off of picks, but his wide wing-span should aff ord him opportunities to disrupt passing lanes and generate steals for NU. Th e latter will be espe-cially important, as the Cats average an abysmal 3.3 steals per game — last in the Big Ten by nearly two steals per contest. Lindsey is confi dent in his athleticism aiding on this desperate front.

“I think I would play tennis (if I weren’t playing basketball),” Lindsey said. “I’m so long I could cover the whole court, and I think I would have a pretty good serve too.”

Th e new starter has kept a positive attitude in light of the Cats’ ongoing struggles and the added pressure of play-ing more minutes. As Collins continues to experiment with his roster, Lindsey provides a steady defensive presence on the court that can help NU break through for the second conference win it has already come so close to.

But Collins is also taking care that his team doesn’t become stuck with tunnel vision, recalling from his personal expe-rience that the sting of a close loss can become a powerful motivator.

“We won a national champion-ship (at Duke) in 2010 with a bunch of juniors and seniors,” Collins said. “When they were freshmen they lost to VCU in the fi rst round (of the NCAA Tournament).”

Th e Cats now sit alone at the bottom of the Big Ten and still have rematches against Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Michigan State on the schedule. Whichever motivational tact he settles on, Collins should hope it takes hold soon.

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GROWING ROLE Scottie Lindsey elevates for the shot. The freshman forward has seen an increase in responsibility lately and adds a key defensive presence the Cats will need against Purdue’s guards.

By ALEX LEDERMANdaily senior staffer

Th e Wildcats are coming off a week-end they’d prefer to forget.

But aft er losing to No. 2 Iowa and No. 11 Illinois by a combined score of 69-12, they know what they need to do to bounce back.

“We had probably the best talk we’ve had with the team this entire year today,” coach Drew Pariano said Tuesday. “It was one of the best practices we’ve had the entire year. Th e guys were motivated by this past weekend and are looking for-ward to redeeming themselves.”

Th at chance for redemption comes Friday versus No. 10 Nebraska (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten), but it won’t be easy. Seven of Nebraska’s 10 starting wrestlers are ranked.

“You look at Nebraska’s lineups and there’s just no weak spots,” Pariano said. “But that’s Big Ten wrestling and that’s pretty typical.”

Outside of No. 22 Northwestern’s (9-6, 1-5) top four wrestlers — No. 3 sopho-more Jason Tsirtsis at 149 pounds, No. 8 senior Pierce Harger at 165, No. 12 senior Alex Polizzi at 197 and No. 4 senior Mike McMullan at heavyweight — the team did not win a single matchup this past weekend.

“In the past,” Pariano said, “diff er-ent guys wrestling with a lot of pressure on them haven’t performed that well. I think trying to put the pressure on the opponent more than put the pressure on ourselves is key.”

Nebraska’s depth remains a big issue. Th e Cats have fi ve ranked wrestlers among nine of the team’s 10 probable competitors against the Cornhuskers, which still falls short of the Nebraska standard of seven.

In addition, all 10 Cornhuskers com-petitors hold a winning record this sea-son, with six of them having at least a 72 percent winning rate in their matches.

On the Cats’ side, three of their nine wrestlers are .500 or worse this season, and only the top quartet of Tsirtsis, Harger, Polizzi and McMullan can claim that 72 percent or better mark.

Still, Pariano said he feels confi dent for the future, especially aft er the talk he had

with his team.“It was very personal,” he said. “We

went into some things people don’t even want to talk about — competition, readi-ness, warm-up, diet, knowing that you’re going to get tired in a seven-minute match and confronting that head on — those are things that sometimes people don’t want to speak about because it’s like the elephant in the room.”

At the very least, NU could get a boost from its top four leading the way.

Tsirtsis and Harger are slated to both matchup against unranked Nebraska opponents, and McMullan and Polizzi face the Cornhuskers’ fi ft h- and seventh-highest ranked wrestlers, respectively.

It could get dicey on the other side, though. Nebraska’s Robert Kokesh, No. 1 at 174 pounds, may face an unranked opponent. No. 4 James Green at 157 is set to fi ght unranked sophomore Ben Sullivan, and No. 8 Anthony Abidin at 141 pounds will face unranked junior Jameson Oster.

With this sort of lopsided set of match ups. the Cats will need plenty of grit, something Polizzi said the team is focus-ing on gathering now that it is back at practice.

“More grit, it’s a tough thing to prac-tice,” he said. “But it comes down to just, in the practice room you put in the time and the eff ort.”

For his part, Polizzi is 21-6 on the sea-son. He’s having one of the best years of his career.

Still, Polizzi said he knows the chal-lenge ahead for NU with Nebraska, but he thinks the Cats are ready for it.

“We’ve got to make sure that every match we’re putting forth eff ort,” he said, “whether we have a matchup where we’re down, whether we have a matchup that we’re supposed to win, everybody needs to go out there and wrestle every second of every period. What matters is this Fri-day against Nebraska.”

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Purdue vs. NorthwesternEvanston, Illinois5 p.m. Saturday

No. 10 Nebraska vs. No. 22 NorthwesternEvanston, Illinois7 p.m. Friday

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