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By OLIVIA WAINHOUSETHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
Students craving Burger King , Jamba Juice and Panera simulta-neously can once again use the student-run company, Wildcat Express Delivery .
Wildcat Express Delivery, the on ly st udent-r un company at Northwestern that delivers food from restaurants in Evanston to students, has returned for its sec-ond year .
The company, which began de-livery off campus this year, added Merle’s and Jamba Juice to its selec-tion, with more options on the way.
“We have a couple more on the back burner that might be com-
ing,” said Co-Founder Joseph Lis-chwe, a Weinberg senior. “This year we tried to implement new restaurants, new pricing, new hours, so hopefully students are more receptive to that.”
The company was formed last winter by three students, Lis-chwe , Weineberg senior Qiyun Cai and Communication senior Louise Huterstein .The co-found-ers created the company in order to meet students' food delivery needs.
Wildcat Express is a part of Northwestern Student Holdings , an entrepreneurial group run by students and a board of directors. The company delivers food to in-dividual customers from a variety
of restaurants including Burger King, Chipotle , Cosi , Jamba Juice, Merle’s BBQ , Panera and Zoba Noodle Bar .
Nicole Fredericks , a Medil l sophomore, said she found Wild-cat Express especially useful dur-ing freshman year when she lived in Bobb Hall , a far walk from Ev-anston.
“I know I used it a lot last year because whenever it was rainy, cold or nasty out, I would be like ‘I don’t feel like leaving the room,’ so I just ordered delivery,” she said.
Fredericks also found Wildcat Express convenient because she
By AMANDA LAABSTHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
When SESP junior and international student Meixi Ng first encountered the revolving door at Norris University Center , she rushed to squeeze herself into a section already occupied by an-other student, a customary practice for the sake of efficiency in her native country of Singapore .
Not realizing Americans so highly value their personal space, Ng got a few dirty looks.
With the help of a variety of programs, inter-national students at Northwestern can avoid such cultural foibles. The International Student Asso-ciation , in conjunction with NU’s International Office , offers many long-standing and newly in-troduced resources to ease the daunting transi-tion these students face.
“There are transitions and shocks that face American students in their first year of college,” Weinberg senior and ISA President Alex Jeffers said. “But for international students, it’s all of that on top of the transition to a whole new coun-try.”
The International Student Association, founded in the spring of 2008, focuses on helping international students with this cultural learning process. Though the International Office is able to help with the policy and procedure of attend-ing college in an entirely new country, many in-ternational students felt a lack of support when it came to the cultural transition, Ng said.
“They’re wonderful in helping with the pa-perwork and policy stuff, but other than that, we were treated like any other student,” she said. “Even something as simple as having someone there to help you move in — other American stu-dents had their parents — we felt it was impor-tant to provide that.”
Since its formation, ISA has teamed up with the International Office to provide a special ori-entation session for incoming international fresh-men . Beginning the Saturday before Wildcat Welcome , students have four days in which to build a group dynamic and form international
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By ALI ELKINTHE DAILY NORTHWESTERN
Chicago’s public transportation system may soon become one of the most expen-sive in the nation.
If Chicago Transit Authority ’s pro-posed 2010 budget is approved, train fares will spike from $2.25 to $3.00. Bus fares will also increase to $2.50. These fare hikes, along with service cuts, are meant to remedy CTA’s $300 million bud-get shortfall and prevent potential lay-offs.
According to the Web site for the Of-fice of Undergraduate Admission, about 2,500 of Northwestern’s undergraduates live off-campus or commute from home . Several commuting students said the CTA is already an unpopular choice among students who live farther from campus.
“It was killing me when I rode the El,” said Sam Wilson , a Weinberg senior.
Wilson said the CTA’s lack of reliabil-ity and slow speeds pushed him to start driving to campus before he eventually moved to Evanston.
“It probably says a lot that not a lot of commuters use CTA,” he said.
Communication sophomore Meggie Gallina said she travels to Chicago via CTA about once a month, whether to visit family in the city or for weekend sight-seeing.
“It would probably annoy me and I’d probably grumble about it, but it wouldn’t change (how often I go into the city),” she said.
Gallina added that she also takes the CTA to Union station to go home to Car-mel, Ind. for breaks.
Even if the cost were built into her tu-
ition, Gallina said she would feel better about the cost of taking public transpor-tation if Northwestern provided a U-Pass, a pre-paid, unlimited ticket CTA offers for students.
“Every other school in Chicago has them,” she said. “It might just be a mind-set change, but I wouldn’t feel as bad about paying for the train”
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Wildcat Express Delivery offered free food samples to students on Tuesday. Medill junior Kathy Duan (above) is in charge of marketing for the company.
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CTA looks atrate hikes
Fares prior to 2009 Proposed fares in 2010Fares in 2009
$2.25
$2.50$3.00
$1.75
$2.00
$2.00Bus
Train
“It was killing me when I rode the El.”
Sam WilsonWeinberg senior
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peer connections. Though only in its second year, the sessions have received positive feed-back, Jeffers said.
The International Office has also stepped up its own attempts to ease the adjustment for international students. After Sept. 11, the office was forced to focus on new immigra-tion regulations, said Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office. Staff members are implementing new programs to focus more on advising students and are consider-ing working with Counseling and Psychologi-cal Services to accomplish this, Shankar said. Last year, with the support of NU’s adminis-tration, the International Office gained a full-time staff member focused solely on in-ternational student programming and orien-tation.
“Still, our main goal is to take stock of what happens on campus and do our best to integrate international students into this,” Shankar said. “We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel here.”
In addition to new efforts, the Interna-tional Office offers existing programs aimed
at easing this cultural transition, including a 50-year partnership with the Community Council for International Students, a volun-teer group of Evanston residents and North-western students. The council offers pro-grams that allow international students to re-side or partner with an Evanston family, as well as an English Conversation Partners program where international students prac-tice speaking English with fluent English speakers at least once per week.
Betty Dickman, the council’s president, said the organization is always trying to reach out to more students.
Given the variety of programs available at NU, international students now have a wealth of resources at their fingertips to aid with the numerous aspects of cultural adjust-ment, especially with the formation of ISA, Jeffers said.
“ISA gives international students some-thing to be associated with from the second they step on campus,” he said. “I can see it growing exponentially — it’s a new group, but there’s definitely a tangible need for it.”
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NU alumnus, former professor, author dies
Stuart M. Kaminsky, a Northwestern alumnus, professor and noted author, died Friday at a St. Louis hospital. He was 75.
Kaminsky, a native Chicagoan, gradu-ated from NU with a Ph.D. in speech in 1972. He taught film and film history at the university from 1973 to 1989.
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and her friends could simultaneously order from different places.
Julie Ramirez, Merle’s general manager, said the program has been successful so far.
“It is solely for the Northwestern students, and this way they can build a relationship with students and through us as well,” she said.
Wildcat Express is open every day ex-cept during school breaks, delivering from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. to students on campus and off campus.
Last year was a trial period for the ser-vice because restaurants were hesitant to sign on with a inexperienced student com-pany, forcing Wildcat Express to charge a cover charge of 30 percent, Lischwe said. This year, however, Wildcat Express has of-ficially signed with several restaurants and
has been able to cut prices for students.The company charges face value plus
tax with an additional $3.25 delivery fee, Lischwe said.
Last spring, Wildcat Express delivered to more than 200 individual students and received about 450 orders, said McCor-mick sophomore Mike Deem, the compa-ny's vice president of operations.
Last year, Chipotle was the most popu-lar delivery choice, accumulating more than 60 percent of Wildcat Express’ orders.
Lischwe said he is hopeful students will take advantage of the company’s new part-nerships and pricing.
“My goal this year is basically to make sure that students know that this is a busi-ness for students,” Lischwe said.
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In the past, students have voted against the added cost of the tickets.
Wilson said were he still taking the CTA to school, this fare hike would have been enough incent ive to f ind an a lternate route.
Alternate routes are fewer and farther between for many who depend on CTA to get to work, said Patricia Hambrick, a Chi-cago resident.
“There are lot of people who can’t af-ford it, like me for one,” she said. “I only make $600 a month, and that goes to my rent.”
As she waited for the bus on North Broadway Street, Hambrick said she uses public transportation every day to get to work and to doctors’ appointments. She said the proposed increase would force her to walk, jeopardizing her health.
“I’m 67 years old,” she said. “I can’t af-ford it. I’ve got arthritis in my feet, and with having a heart condition...” Hambrick trailed off as her bus approached.
Despite the CTA’s financial vulnerabil-ity, the proposed budget keeps in place a “free rides” program for qualifying senior citizens and other residents.
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forum“Players could follow team juicing regimens...resulting in a race of super-human behemoth athletes
throwing cars as far as footballs.”
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What do Manny, Floyd Landis and Jason Gi-ambi have in common besides being possible
names of Rollin’ To Go sandwiches? Yep, they’ve all been caught using per-formance-enhancing drugs. Star ath-letes will always have access to these substances (I’m on to you, Usain Bolt), so we shouldn’t be policing steroids. We should make them mandatory. This would guarantee a level playing field and make sports about 50 cc’s more fun to watch.
I’m not saying I think all athletes are on drugs. Just that they should be. Barry Bonds never took steroids. He bought them, used them and probably bathed in them, but he never took them from anyone, at least not without asking.
Steroids can’t tarnish our favorite sports if they’re an integral part of them. Players could follow team juicing regimens to go along with their regular workouts, resulting in a race of super-human behemoth athletes throwing cars as far as footballs. Imagine Sports-center’s top 10 plays littered with half-court dunks and quadruple plays. Tiger Woods could get a hole in one on a par 8. Tom Brady could have a passing and receiving touchdown on the same play. Sure, steroids have negative health con-sequences, but pro athletes will have back and knee problems for the rest of their lives. Why not scarred livers and miniature testicles too?
Some will worry about the example this sets for children, but there is a way to ensure athletes will always be posi-tive role models: We ‘roid up our kids from day one. Little Billy doesn’t need Ovaltine. He needs Creatine. Just sprinkle some HGH on his Cheerios and wait for the scholarship offers to roll in. No one enjoys pee-wee soccer games, but that will change once kids start running the 100 in 10 seconds and bench pressing the entire cheer-leading squad (who will now be mak-ing pyramids taller than most build-ings). This pro-doping initiative will continue into college sports. North-western’s women’s lacrosse team is al-ready the best in world, and in this new steroid-friendly age, they’d win every game by 40 points instead of 20. That’s just good TV. March Madness will finally live up to its name with ’roid rage turning players into raving, buzzer-beating lunatics. The Heisman Trophy will have to be altered, though, to include a snug rubber hose tied around its trademark stiff-arm.
The effects of drug liberation in sports would be far-reaching. City planners can design larger sports are-nas to accommodate athletes’ anabolic new skill levels. Congress could get its nose out of baseball’s business and go back to doing what it does best, what-ever that may be.
We’ve been ruining the names of our athletes for far too long. Sports aren’t about being the best in the world. They’re about being the best modern science will allow. Naysayers can enjoy the highlights they’ve been watching for years. I’ll be busy watching Adrian Peterson break the NFL’s single-season rushing record...in one game.
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Zoo-like behavior unacceptable
Remember in elementary school when you were late for the bus and had to run after it? Re-member when you pulled the exact same move Friday night after the John Legend concert? Maybe you don’t because you were too hyped from the awesome performance, maybe you pre-gamed a little too hard or maybe the full meaning of “quarter system” has come crashing down around you this week. But guess what? I remem-ber and I am still irked.
I know standing in the cold is horrible (to the non-Chicago natives wailing loudly Friday: it gets much, much worse. Buy a North Face and suck it up), and I know you probably had some wonder-ful post-Legend activity you wanted to get to. However, the sight of 50 or 60 NU students sprinting into the street every time another bus pulled up, thereby causing the bus driver to ei-ther lay on the horn and roll right by or screech to a stop with a few choice words leaves something to be desired. If I wanted to watch throngs of stu-dents behaving like buffoons outside of Welsh-Ryan, I would have waited another 12 hours and gone to the football game.
Don’t get me wrong: I was just as irritated by the lack of ready return transportation as the rest of my concert-going comrades. I just don’t think attempting to pull a scene from “Mean Girls” is the way to express my frustration.
So, next time the buses aren’t readily avail-able, act like the smart NU student I know you can be and stand patiently on the sidewalk. You left the uniforms, playgrounds and chalkboard back in elementary school. Leave the childhood antics, too.
— Sarah eBerSPaCherdeputy copy chief
Pros, cons ofWildcat services
This weekend, I committed one of NU’s cardi-nal sins. Walking up to the gate at the beginning of Saturday’s football game against the RedHawks, I realized I had forgotten my WILDCard. Of course, after making my way up to Central Street I didn’t want to walk all the way back downtown. By the time I made it to the gate, I had worked out in my head the excuse I would use to finagle my way into Ryan Field. No such luck, and I was directed to a nearby office.
The good: They let you buy a ticket for $25 at a nearby ticket kiosk, and say they will then refund the amount later that week. The trick: You have to go up to Ryan Field during its regular office hours to get your refund by Wednesday of that week. Oh, and bring “proof that you’re a full-time student.” The bad: After I still hadn’t found my WILDCard, I printed out my schedule from CAESAR and headed up to Ryan Field to snag my $25. No dice. They wouldn’t take this proof that I’m a full time student because it wasn’t “proof that I’m a full time student.” Frustrating.
Health Services and its staff, however, get an A-plus. Visiting the office to get a flu shot, I was surprised not only by how quickly they took an appointment, but how pleasantly the staffers, nurses and doctors treated students who were there. They’ve prepared well both for the flu sea-son and swine flu. The Health Department will be there soon to dole out the H1N1 vaccine — and those vaccines will be free.
Plus, they’re doing a great job keeping the of-fice H1N1-free, singlehandedly filling the coffers of the Purell company and the country’s surgical mask manufacturers.
— MaTT SPeCTormanaging editor, paper
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NU as snob school 1/26/65
Northwestern University has somehow gotten a label — snob school.
Northwestern is not as unfriendly as most think! Because everyone decided NU is cold and unfriendly, it became that way. After all, what is the university but its stu-dent body? This negativism needs to be counteracted within the school before its “without” reputation can be buried.
Reservation is the other prevalent mood that needs to be shot down. It tends to pro-duce a stifling action highly undesirable at an American university of youthful opti-mism. Maybe if it were replaced with ideal-ism, NU’s apathy problem would be ab-solved. Maybe when pin-pointed, it is actu-ally this lacking of a spirit of idealism which students find “unfriendly.”
NU is criticized for its lack of intellectual freedom, its homogeneity. Added idealism would work on these too.
Where is the enthusiasm of freshmen in-stead of the criticism by freshmen? Freshmen have to give school a chance. Are their attacks founded on true grounds or on the unpleasant feelings accompanying the first year?
New students come with an expectation of maturity. Can they expect instant matu-rity within three months’ time?
Freshman orientation creates friendli-ness, interest, enthusiasm — the exchange of ideas. Then the inevitable let-down set-tles in along with the routine. Freshmen be-gin reorganizing their values. This becomes a search for the theory and approach that is most rewarded. There is the interplay be-tween fear-dictated actions and the values of coolness.
The warmth of a life-full youth united in purposed could melt freshmanitis, nega-tivism and reservation at Northwestern University.
— B.D.medill ’68
Plastic doesn’t make the cut 3/29/06
I believe it was John Lennon who once said, “Norris University Center desperately needs more durable silverware.” Actually, I said that. But it’s true. Whenever eating a slice of pizza or a stromboli from Sbarro, my dining experience is constantly plagued by the low quality of forks and knives that Norris supplies. I can’t even begin to express my ir-ritation when several pieces of black plastic become lodged in my food. At first, I tried to ignore them. But that just wreaked havoc on my teeth. So now I am forced to meticulously remove the vexing shards, only proliferating my frustration.
Don’t get me wrong: by no means am I sug-gesting Norris start providing us with fine china. All I’m asking for is a little durability. I mean, just imagine all the people, eating lunch in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
Believe me, there’s at least three of us.
— Charlie BroTTMillerWeinberg ’08
Hunger strike coverage suitable for “Onion” 10/3/00
I question The Daily’s decision to give front-page status to the dork protesting the decision to shift some of the weekend meal service from Alli-son to Hinman by staging a hunger strike.
The article is reminiscent of something one would expect to find in The Onion, not a real newspaper.
Willy Bailey’s hunger strike undermines the seriousness of an important protest action by trivi-alizing it as a cute antic.
— DaviD SheMPerWeinberg ’01
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This has been NU’s most dependable group on the offensive side of the ball. Five players are averaging at least two catches per game, led by senior wideout Zeke Markshausen. After pulling in just one pass in his first three years, the former walk-on ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 34 receptions. He is Kafka’s security blanket, often running under-neath routes or quick slants and picking up crucial third-downs. Junior Sidney Stewart has also been effective when healthy.
The superbacks are making an impact — sophomore Drake Dunsmore has been the most consistent contributor, reeling in 25 passes and not missing a beat in his return from an injury that sidelined him all of last year. Senior Brendan Mitchell’s touchdown catch against Minnesota on fourth down was a huge play.
The one element this unit lacks is a reli-able deep threat. The last time NU gained more than 25 yards through the air on a single play was in the loss to Syracuse almost a month ago. Though senior Andrew Brewer got behind the secondary a couple of times against Towson, including a 72-yard hookup with backup quarterback Dan Persa, more than half of his 280 receiving yards came in that game alone. Being able to take a few more shots down the field would make the Cats’ offense more dynamic and unpre-dictable.
Evaluating this unit is difficult, because the pro-jected starter entering the sea- son, junior Stephen Simmons, missed three games with an ankle injury and only got a few touches last weekend. The other backs who have taken snaps failed to replace his production.
Fields showed flashes of his potential, breaking free for a couple of long runs early in the year. He wasn’t as effective getting the bulk of the carries in the past two games, and he lost two fumbles that led to 10 points for the opposition. Sophomore Jacob Schmidt is the other tailback who was in the mix, and was arguably more valuable out of the backfield as a receiver than as a runner. Both players struggled to convert on third-and-short and fourth-and short situations, particularly in the red zone. Sophomore Jeravin Matthews had a couple of medium-length bursts, such as his 16-yard reverse against Miami (OH), but he has not gotten many opportunities.
In reality, this patchwork group probably did not per-form much worse than it was capable of, given the circumstances. All signs point toward Simmons stepping back into his role as the feature back against Michigan State, and that should make a big difference.
Coming into the season, senior quarterback Mike Kafka was an unknown commodity. No one questioned his mobility — Kafka established himself as a dual threat when he rushed for 217 yards against Min-nesota last year — but his passing ability had nev-er been showcased. The first six games suggest he more than holds his own on that front, too.
Kafka is among the Big Ten leaders in several passing categories, including yards per game (second), completion percentage (first), passes per interception (first) and attempts (second). In addition, NU counts on Kafka to provide the majority of its short-yardage and red-zone run-ning attack. His four touchdowns on the ground tie him for the team lead with redshirt freshman tail-back Arby Fields. And discounting 14 sacks, Kafka has gained 229 yards on 55 carries.
Late turnovers in NU’s two defeats hurt Kafka’s grade, but those mistakes would have been in-consequential if not for his performance dur-ing the first three quarters of those games. Interestingly, all five of Kafka’s touchdown passes were in losses. The bottom line is that the Cats have leaned heavily on Kafka in the first half of the season, and he has responded admirably.
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MIDSEASONFORM?Despite a 4-2 record, Northwestern knows it has a ways to go. The combined records of the three FBS
teams the Cats beat is 1-16, and they have yet to dominate on either side of the ball. Here are NU’s grades at the halfway point of the season. By Danny Daly anD RoBBie levin / Photos By Ray Whitehouse
quarterbacks: b+
running backs: c-
wide receivers& superbacks: b
offensive line: d+
defensive line: d+Thought to be the team’s best unit coming in, the defensive line has turned out
to be one of the Cats’ weaknesses. The line was manhandled by Eastern Michigan and Minnesota, who combined for seven rushing touchdowns and a 4.37 yards per carry average. Through the first half of the season it became apparent that Playboy Pre-Season All American Corey Wootton isn’t 100 percent. In limited playing time, the senior has no sacks and seven tackles, compared with 4.5 sacks and 20 tackles through six games last year.
However, the line has shown promise in the Cats’ last two games. NU limited Pur-due and its star running back Ralph Bolden to 62 yards and no rushing touchdowns. Last week against mobile quarterback Zac Dysert and Miami, the Cats notched eight sacks and held the RedHawks scoreless on the ground.
Since the Cats ran for more than 200 yards against an overmatched Towson squad in the opener, it has all gone south for the offensive line. NU is averaging just 3.0 yards per carry through the season’s first half. Part of the rushing struggles fall on the running backs themselves, but there have not exactly been a lot of holes to run through.
The pass protection has not been much better. Kafka has been sacked 14 times so far, and the team’s average of 2.33 sacks allowed per game is tied for 84th-best in the country. Line breakdowns also contributed to Kafka’s fumbles on consecutive snaps late in the loss to Minnesota, which ended any chance of an NU comeback. Fortunately the line hasn’t had to hold off opposing rushers for extended periods of time, since the vast majority of the passing game has consisted of short, quick throws.
Blaming the offensive line for everything would be a gross oversimplification — as coach Pat Fitzgerald and his players are fond of saying, it’s a 12-man operation. Still, the five men on the line need to raise their performance considerably for the offense to have the type of bal-ance Fitzgerald and his staff crave.
linebackers: b+The biggest question mark on the defense coming in, the linebackers have been
good but not great. Junior Quentin Davie has arguably been the defense’s most valuable player, leading the team with 46 tackles, three sacks and three forced fum-bles. Nate Williams has steadily improved in his first full season as the starting middle linebacker. The junior had his best game last week against Miami, leading the team with 12 tackles and recording the first intercep- tion of his career. The Cats have also gotten good production from SAM linebackers Ben Johnson and David Arnold. Together the two sopho- mores have combined for 25 tackles, two forced fumbles and an interception.
Poor tackling has been the unit’s Achilles heel thus far. But after trouble- some performances against Eastern Michi- gan, Syracuse and Minnesota, the group has shown steady improvement.
secondary: bThis defense’s most experience group.Senior Brad Phillips has missed key tackles, most
notably several in the first half against Purdue, but has responded nicely. Phillips is second on the team with 41 tackles while also coming up with three forced fumbles.
On the other side, senior Brendan Smith has been solid but is still waiting for a breakout game. Sophomore
Brian Peters has been a pleasant surprise, already grabbing two interceptions halfway into the sea-
son.The Cats’ cornerbacks struggled early on.
Sophomore Jordan Mabin was burned several times at Syracuse, and senior Sherrick McManis missed much of the first three games with a foot injury. But in his time back McManis has shut down opposing wide receivers. He has
recorded one interception in each of the last three games, earning him the nickname “Pick”Manis.
special teams: c+Junior placekicker/punter Stefan Demos made his first nine field goal at-
tempts before having a 40-yarder blocked against Miami last Saturday. He was named co-Big Ten special teams Player of the Week after making four kicks against Purdue. NU also blocked a field goal against Syracuse, which helped keep that game close. But Demos’ punting has left something to be desired — he averages a mere 35.7 yards per boot, although his ability to mix it up with a rugby-style kick is a big reason why opponents are being held to less than two yards per return.
Meanwhile, the Cats have not gotten anything out of their own return game, especially when Simmons was injured. While their coverage units forced three fumbles against Purdue and recovered two of them, against Minnesota, the Golden Gophers repeatedly gained chunks of yardage on kickoffs
and gave its offense a short field. Plus, a high snap last weekend cost NU a point and prevented the game
from being put out of reach.The Cats have done some things well in the
kicking game, but they could stand to cut down on gaffes that might come back to haunt them
later in the season. Finding someone who can run back kicks effectively would also help.
coaches: b+As evidenced in the Cats’ victory over
Miami, Mike Hankwitz hasn’t abandoned his attacking defense of 2008. The de-fense’s troubles haven’t been a result of play calling—they have been a conse-quence of injuries and poor fundamen-tals.
The loss of Tyrell Sutton and Omar Conteh forced Mick McCall to place an
increased emphasis on the passing game, and the Cats have been successful through the air. But an improved running game would make NU’s air attack much more dangerous.
After two early losses Pat Fitzgerald had to change the direction of the team, and he did. NU snuck away with a season-saving win at Purdue
and kept their foot on the pedal against Miami. But there is still a long way to go—the Cats’
toughest stretch lies ahead, and Captain Cat will have to pull off a miracle to con-tinue the trend and increase the team’s win total this year.
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said. “He can beat teams by getting behind them with his speed, and his strength is underrated.”
Kupe’s story spans not just two sports, but also three continents.
His parents come from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but moved from the war-torn African nation to Europe. Kupe lived the first seven years of his life in the tiny nation of Luxembourg.
“You’re exposed to a lot of different cul-tures,” Kupe said. “And you learn a lot of dif-ferent languages, which helps you out in life.”
Kupe can speak five different languages: English, French, German, Luxembourgish (a language closely related to German, which is one of the national languages of his home country) and Kikongo, an African language spoken by his parents. Perhaps the biggest impact the European upbring-ing had on him is his love of soccer.
“You’re exposed to soccer in a very dif-ferent way in Europe,” Kupe said. “Over there, it ’s not the football or basketball team filling up the stadium. It’s soccer.”
The ski l ls Kupe’s developed from a
young age play an integral role in NU’s at-tack. He leads the team with six assists.
“I’m more of a creator than a finisher,” Kupe said. “I try to get down and beat people and let others score goals.”
His talent at passing to others might be due to his days on the hardwood tossing the ball around the horn.
“He’s got a great vision and talent for finding people,” Lenahan said. “It’s some-thing not a lot of guys have, and I think it comes from his background in basketball.”
He only has three collegiate goals, but they’ve been well-timed. Despite playing 18 games as a freshman last season, he didn’t score any regular season goals, nor did he score in the first game of the team’s NCAA tournament run, nor did he score in the first half of their next game. But when the team was down 1-0, Kupe scored twice, heading home a game-winner with 1:14 remaining on the clock in NU’s 2-1 victory over Notre Dame.
Despite only notching one goal this year, Kupe’s skill set makes him a difficult task for the opposition.
“He’s got a combination of both speed and size,” fellow sophomore Peter O’Neill said, “That’s hard to stop.”
Kupe’s passing skills and physical gifts have been a key factor in the success of No. 16 NU (6-1-4, 1-0-1 Big Ten), who just earned a No. 1 ranking in the most re-cently released RPI.
Being a contributor on a top team gives him peace of mind about turning down last year’s basketball runner-up.
“I get the impression that I probably wasn’t going to play much there,” Kupe said.
ping Illinois’ powerful outside hitters, a chal-lenge junior middle blocker Sabel Moffett is ready to handle. Moffett knocked down a ca-reer-best 24 kills and added seven blocks ver-sus Indiana.
“Just knowing who their key hitters are and who they want to get the ball to makes a big difference as a blocker,” Moffett said.
Both Johnson and Moffett agreed the in-state rivalry makes playing Illinois on the road one of the best matches of the season. For Johnson, this match is the Cats’ biggest test because it determines which team will reign supreme in the state of Illinois.
“We’re looking to be the best team in the state,” she said. “They’ve been good in the past and that just makes us gun for them even more. We love taking a win away from them
at their home court.” But Moffett said she would like to see a
stronger rivalry. The junior cited the intensity between Michigan and Michigan State as an example of what she would like to see be-tween NU and Illinois.
“We play not necessarily for just glory, but also for their respect,” she said. “I think the rivalry could be a bigger component.”
A win against Illinois could mean obtain-
ing that respect. It could also mean hearing Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” at Thurs-day’s practice.
Johnson is okay with that. “Hopefully his good mood will be a little
more often now that we’ve had some good wins under our belt,” she said. “Maybe we’ll hear a little bit more singing.”
Rivalry matchup will set Illinois teams apartFrom vOlleyball, page 8
Hoops skills translate to soccer field
From men’S SOcceR, page 8
“I’m more of a creator than a finisher. I try to ... let others score goals.”
Oliver KupeNU sophomore forward on his ability
to get his teammates involved.
By rodger shermanthe daily northwestern
Oliver Kupe could’ve been in last year’s Final Four.
Instead, he came to Nor t hwe s t e r n , a nd joined a soccer team t hat ended up a ga me a w a y f r o m f i n i s h i n g among college soccer’s fi-nal four teams.
Kupe is a natural f it for basketbal l: he’s 6’3”, quick and athletic, and per-formed well enough in high school that Michigan State, a team that ended up in last year’s NCAA Championship game, was willing to give him a spot as a preferred walk-on.
But growing up in Luxembourg, Kupe was raised on soccer. And the choice be-tween dribbling with his hands or with his feet was an easy one.
“I love Michigan State basketba l l ,” Kupe said. “But I’ve just always loved soc-cer more.”
His teammates and coaches around NU seem to think he made the right choice.
“He gives us an athletic element we haven’t had here,” coach Tim Lenahan
By roBBie Levinthe daily northwestern
All aboard the turnover train.With 10 turnovers forced in their last
two games, the Wildcats have upped their turnover margin from -.75 to .83 per game. Northwestern ranks sixth nationally with 17 turnovers gained and fourth nationally with 10 interceptions. The team has em-phasized a ball-hawking mentality at prac-
t ice, and the results are showing in the games.
“If you come out to prac-tice, you’ll see that we’re al-ways trying to rip and strip
on the ba l l ,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We’re going
for the ball. It’s something that we stress on an every rep, every day basis. You typically achieve what you emphasize, and our defensive staff is doing a great job and our players are buying into it.”
Much of the turnover turnaround has been due to the return of cornerback Sherrick Mc-Manis. The senior has notched one intercep-tion in each of his games back from injury.
“He’s playing probably as technically sound as he’s played in his career,” Fitzgerald said. “He’s played three straight games and made three pretty impressive interceptions, all three at critical times.”
For sophomore safety Brian Peters, the im-pact of McManis’ return cannot be understated.
“Having Sherrick out there takes an ele-ment out of the game,” he said. “You can al-ways rely on him to make big plays and you can rely on that side to be solid. You can get experience, but his tremendous athletic abil-ity and instincts help the whole secondary and the whole defense.”
GETTING OFFENSIVEReflecting on his rotating offensive line
against Miami, Fitzgerald saw some positives after watching film of Saturday’s game.
“They’re close,” he said. “It’s just funda-mental mistakes and some assignment mis-takes. ... Like I said after the game, it’s a 12-man operation — 11 guys on the field and us as a coaching staff. I’m disappointed with our
output, but I’m not disappointed with the way our guys played.”
Fitzgerald has yet to solidify a core group for this week’s contest. The depth chart lists senior Kurt Mattes and sophomore Al Netter as the starters at right and left tackle, respec-tively, but no starter is listed at either of the guard positions or at center. In fact, the word “OR” is listed seven times on NU’s depth chart, showing the team’s competitive depth.
HOME AWAY FROM HOMEFitzgerald often tells his players one of the
hardest things they will do in life is win a Big Ten football game. And winning on the road
is even harder.But not for NU. The Cats have been suc-
cessful away from Ryan Field, winning four of their last five Big Ten away contests, dating back to last year at Iowa.
“Silencing away crowds is a good thing,” Pe-ters said. “It’s something I take pride in. We rally together as a team really well (at away games), and it shows the character of our team.”
Junior linebacker Nate Williams noted the importance of maintaining a high level of en-ergy on the sidelines for away games.
“That’s always a real big factor because you don’t have your home fans there,” he said. “Sometimes you’ve got to look over to the
sidelines if you need a little pick-me-up. At Syracuse, we didn’t come out with a win but our sideline was going crazy.”
The Cats have been especially successful in East Lansing, Mich., winning there in 2005 and 2007. For Captain Cat, success at Michigan State will lie in the team’s prepa-ration.
“What we’re going to need to do this week is handle the noise that we’ll put in the indoor practice facility tomorrow and jack it up as loud as we can,” Fitzgerald said. “I’ll have Ex-cedrin number 10 by noon tomorrow.”
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Ten turnovers keep Cats on track
daiLy FiLe Photo By ray whitehouse
Since returning from injury, senior cornerback Sherrick McManis has been a major factor in forcing turnovers on defense. He has three interceptions in NU’s last three games, including this pick at Purdue, which prompted a late first-half run that ultimately fueled a 27-21 win.
Love of soccer propels Euro athlete to NU
By sarah Kutathe daily northwestern
Though there’s nothing more coach Keylor Chan loves than Big Ten wins, Miley Cyrus is a close second.
Last week-end ma rked several mile-stones for the Wildcats, in-c lud i ng t he team’s first Big
Ten wins of the season and the
11th-year coach ’s 150th career win. Chan has the second-most wins in Northwest-ern coaching history.
These accomplishments added up to one thing: Chan’s very own rendition of “Party in the U.S.A.”
“When he’s happy, he loves to sing,” junior middle blocker Naomi Johnson said. “He’ll be tossing balls at us or hitting balls at us and he’ll just belt out Miley Cyrus or Bob Marley or whatever he’s feeling that day.”
Though Chan, or “Key-Key,” as his team affectionately calls him, may not be modest about his singing voice, he is humble about
reaching the 150-win mark. “Those are nice milestones,
but it’s about this team and this year,” he said. “Hopefully there’ll be a lot more wins in the future.”
Chan’s victory could not have come at a better t ime. After winning three of its first four tour nament s , NU lost four straight Big Ten games. Last w e e ke nd , t he C a t s br oke through to outlast Purdue and Indiana in five sets apiece.
Now, with two Big Ten wins, the Cats (11-7, 2-4 Big Ten) are ready to carry that momentum to Champaign, Ill., where they will go head-to-head with in-state rival No. 12 Illinois. NU hasn’t lost in four trips to face the Fighting Illini.
“We’re going to come out on fire,” Johnson said.
The Illini (12-3, 4-2 Big Ten) also nabbed wins last weekend over Purdue and Indiana, one week after upsetting No. 6 Michi-gan in five sets. Outside hitters Kylie McCulley and Laura De-Bruler led the Illini against Pur-due with 20 kills each.
NU’s main focus will be stop-
Winning lets Chan ‘Party in the USA’
See men’s soccer, page 7
daiLy FiLe Photo By ray whitehouse
Sophomore forward Oliver Kupe has earned the respect of his teammates with his passing. He leads the Cats with six assists.See voLLeyBaLL, page 7
Check out tomorrow’s Daily to read about how the men’s soccer team and volleyball team fared in their mid-week matches.
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“Silencing away crowds is a good thing.”
Brian Peters, NU sophomore safety
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