Since its incorporation in 1996, the Children’s Heart Foundation (CHF) has directed $3.6 million to 37 research projects dedicated to the most common birth defect.

NUDM selected CHF, who was NUDM’s primary beneficiary in 1999, in hopes of making “a direct impact on both children affected by congenital heart defects and their families through the organization’s support programs,” said Catrina Miksis, Executive Co-Chair of Dance Marathon 2011, in a press release.

Evanston Community Foundation will be the secondary beneficiary for the fourteenth consecutive year.

More information can be found on NUDM’s press release.

Lights dimmed down low tonight in the Louis Room where six a cappella groups performed to raise money for Dance Marathon.

Purple Haze, Significant Others, Treblemakers, The Undertones, Extreme Measures and X-Factors all came together in a show organized by Weinberg junior Sarah Pierz. The show began at 7 p.m. with 26 people in attendance, according to SESP junior Pei Chen, an alumni and university relations committee member. While tickets were $7 per person, many of the attendees donated far above and beyond the entrance fee.

Karen and Ernie Pierz naturally came because “[their] daughter organized the event,” but were also enjoying the different performance groups.

“Of course, we wanted to hear all the a cappella singers,” Karen said. “We get the chance to hear a good variety [here].”

SESP sophomore Kirstin Nordhaus came to support her roommate, a member of Significant Others.

“I’m a fan of a cappella, so that’ll be really fun and cool,” said Nordhaus. “And [it's cool] just to get to see a different aspect of DM.”

The show was divided into two halves, with a short intermission after the Treblemakers performance. The crowd was filled with friends and families, eager to support the singers as well as a good cause. From Beyoncé-inspired ballads to a choreographed performance of “Bad Romance,” each group showed off their vocal skills and unique flair for a cappella.

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CONTENTS

FEATURES

THEIR CAMPAIGN
Why students are championing a living wage for Northwestern’s unsung workers
By Christie Thompson
Plus! How living wage campaigns at
Harvard, Stanford and Georgetown succeeded
By Vanessa Dopker

SHALL WE DANCE?
The truth about how Dance Marathon handles money
By Nick Castele

CULTURE ABLAZE
Photo essay: The South Asian Student Alliance’s annual show
By Jared T. Miller

HUSH HUSH
What we still can’t say out loud, despite the efforts of CAPS, an ASG committee and a now-defunct mental health alliance
By Angelica Jaime

OUTLOOK

Overheard on listservs
By Staff

Context-free comments from NorthbyNorthwestern.com
By Staff

Glossary: Redefining winter’s buzzwords
By Caleb Melby

The science of Greek life
By Alexandra Sifferlin

Faceoff: What was your most embarrassing winter accident?
By Annie Chang and Hannah Bricker

Data: A look at how NU makes and spends money
By Alex Campbell

How to stay friends after any kind of breakup
By Alex Freeman

The best on-campus jobs
By Tom Schroeder

Winter health deathtraps
By Katherine Zhu

The truth about 3 flu fighters
By Amber Gibson

Our Dance Marathon kit
By Julia Haskins

Human Sex prof: My favorite sex scenes
By Myrtie Williams

CHECKOUT

Student superheroes
By Amina Elahi

On ice with NU’s synchronized skating team
By Bettina Chang
With additional photos!

Finding peace with Northwestern Zen Society
By Sourav Bhowmick

Northwestern Quiz Bowl’s tips for memorization and competition
By Laura Rosenfield

Students spill about their ink
By Aubrey Blanche and John Meguerian

How to deal with social anxiety at Northwestern
By Heather Devane

The one-handed Zorro of women’s fencing
By Colin Becht

Chicago, the under-21 way
By Zoe Fox

How to get into a 21+ concert
By Sara Hetland

Stylesheet: Communication junior Yaa Boakye
By Abby Shure

Workout diet advice from NU basketball’s “Juice” Thompson and Alex Marcotullio
By Josh Sim

Get tipsy: 3 ways to make shitty vodka taste better, how to start your first bar and playground favorites gone alcoholic
By Kevin Sullivan

The curator of the Block Museum’s gallery recommendations
By Amanda Lerner

Best movie theaters of Chicago
By Nick Merrill

Meet your classmates on iTunes
By Nolan Feeney

SCOPE

Creative writing: Steelin’ home
By Dan Camponovo

Essay: Awake
By Sam Allard

Don’t fret: Tabs to Go U Northwestern and our alma mater
By Staff

How to spend every day of reading week
By Shaunacy Ferro

The allocation of Dance Marathon funds from 2006-2009. Graph by Taylor Soppe / North by Northwestern.

Months of preparation go into Dance Marathon: From fundraising to planning the event, hundreds of students dedicate their time to making the philanthropy a success. The amount of money raised is kept secret until the last block of the event, when the grand total is revealed and celebrated. But does anyone really know how much of that total goes to the organization they’ve strived to help? Or what happens when the check is handed over?

“When Dance Marathon reveals the final fundraising total, the number shown includes two main components: the cash total and the product/in-kind total,” says Communication senior Rucha Mehta, Dance Marathon Public Relations Co-Chair. The product and in-kind donations are products and services that companies provide, such as the food given to dancers or advertising assistance. These contributions are only included in the total if they are deemed necessary for DM’s success. The event itself, of course, incurs expenses as well. “Our overhead is about ten percent,” Mehta explains.

The rest of the money is divided between the primary beneficiary, which receives roughly ninety percent, and the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF), which gets about ten percent. The ECF uses funds to staff and run its endeavors and gives grants to community organizations in Evanston.

In 2009, Dance Marathon raised $917,834, and Project Kindle received $576,470 of this. The previous year, Bear Necessities was given $593,739.97 of the $933,855 grand total. And in 2007, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) received $423,027, according to Megan Morrow, Program Associate for CURE. That year, the DM fundraising total was $708,711.

In recent years, the primary beneficiaries have focused on medical causes. Dance Marathon initiates no formal contact with the organization after the donation is made, leaving it up to the beneficiary to spend the money responsibly. They do however, review proposed uses for the funds prior to selecting a cause to sponsor. In recent years, most organizations have suggested using the donation to fund research. And so they have.

Last year’s recipient, Project Kindle, could not be reached. However, the 2008 beneficiary, Bear Necessities, says the endowment allowed them to fund more research than ever before. “That was the largest donation we’ve received ever from anybody so it made a very big impact on our organization,” says President and Founder Kathleen A. Casey. “It heightened the public awareness of our organization. It has helped us grow our mission.”

Bear Necessities funded a symposium grant and five medical grants that ranged from investigation of the biology and genetics of metastatic osteosarcoma to trials utilizing focal radiotherapy. Some of the funds are still in the bank, earning money in interest.

In 2007, CURE benefited from the largess. This organization also directed the money towards research. According to Kathy Bodd, a CURE representative who worked as the DM liaison, they named grants in honor of DM “so the organization Dance Marathon itself would feel like it made a lasting effect.”

The donation doubled CURE’s budget that year, as described in a study done by Kelly Kirkpatrick, a student who interned for ECF. The study, “The Impact of Northwestern University Dance Marathon on Primary Beneficiary Organizations 1998-2008,” explains that the money allowed the organization to up its funding for both research and awareness advertising. With the DM donation, CURE was able to offer two new grants and contribute to a third. According to Kirkpatrick, there was a 22 percent increase in applications for the seed money as a result of these funds and some restructuring. The projects funded included “The Role of CREB in Epileptogenesis,” “Prevention of Neocortical Post-traumatic Epileptogenesis” and “Predictors of Cardiac Risk and Beneficial Effects of Pharmacotherapy in Epilepsy.”

“It’s just really incredible to see such a large group of people organize and dance on behalf of your cause,” says Bodd. “It was incredible, very touching, very moving, very energizing.”

The 2006 recipient, Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative, was on the brink of closing due to lack of funding. The Dance Marathon endowment allowed them to continue operations and start new services for directly observed therapy and co-located housing, according to Kirkpatrick.

This year’s organization, StandUp for Kids, proposed that the donation “will strengthen and expand their existing coverage with some concentration in the Midwest,” says Mehta.

All of the organizations interviewed expressed sincere gratitude for the donation, saying the students they worked with were highly professional and the committees were well run. One of the most important benefits was the publicity for both the organization and its cause.

“It’s just an incredible amount of money that’s being raised for a single charity that it really does make an impact,” says Kathleen A. Casey of Bear Necessities. “Hopefully the people donating know that.”

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• Send us anything! Hear someone say something funny? Text it to 847-834-9NBN (847-834-9626) or tell it to an NBN reporter who will be roaming the tent and we’ll publish it as “Overheard at DM.” We’ll also accept messages from you to send to friends and family. For example: “Hey Mom. Thanks for the donation.” or “ISRC, bring me cookies, NOW.” You text it to us, we’ll publish it online.
• Drop by the Armadillo room. We’ll be the ones in the corner frantically typing. If you’re visiting and you happen to record some video, bring it to us and we’ll take care of the uploading and publishing. Same with pictures – stop by with your digital camera and we’ll snag those suckers from you. Citizen journalism is where it’s at.

Have a great, fun and easy DM, and make sure to check back with NBN all weekend for full-on coverage of the biggest campus-wide event of the year.

Participants gathered inside Ryan Auditorium Wednesday night for the Dancer Kickoff Meeting. After months of raising money for StandUp for Kids, dancers are finally just a few weeks away from the 30 hours of dancing they’ve been waiting for.

Dancer Relations Co-chairs Elizabeth Green and Aaron Jacobowitz reminded dancers to sleep well and exercise in preparation for the event. Although they announced that showers have been eliminated from the list of luxuries for dancers who collected over $1,200, they also promoted the Spirit Competition, a new add-on to the main event that encourages students to attend Dance Marathon-related events, such as the upcoming Battle of the Bands.

“There are a million different ways to get involved,” Green said. “They have been great events so far and should continue to be.”

“Come out! It’s really, really fun,” Jacobowitz added.

Emcees Chika Nwosu and Wade Askew also introduced this year’s Block Themes, or music categories played during the ten three-hour intervals of dancing, including “Dirrrty BLOCK!” and “Only the Good Die Young.” As the event staff modeled each theme, the emcees encouraged dancers to dress up accordingly, promising a fun time.

Rick Koca, the CEO and founder of StandUp for Kids, also drew cheers from the crowd with his enthusiasm.

“You all ready to dance your ass off?” Koca asked the crowd.

At the same time, Koca reminded the dancers why they were there. The money raised for StandUp for Kids will help the organization provide shelter for homeless children. He explained that there are about 1.3 to 2.9 million homeless children living on their own in the United States and expressed his gratitude to the dancers.

“It really means a lot to me that you would do this, that this would be important enough to you,” he said. “Thirty hours is a long time but I‘ll be here with you and I want to thank you.”

Of course, most participants are excited for the dancing. Lauren Troy, an Executive Co-Chair for Dance Marathon, has been working on the event since May and can’t wait for the event to start.

“It’s just really invigorating,” she said. “We’re super – super – pumped to finally see a year’s work come to fruition.”

Dancers better get ready; the 30 hours of dancing will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 5.

Jerred Roggensack, Chika Nwosu and Wade Askew. Photo by Natalie Krebs / North by Northwestern.

Between them, they possess potent love for Beyonce, dreams of learning to breakdance, and a weakness for dropping gs from the end of words. Meet Wade Askew, Chika Nwosu and Jerred Roggensack, DM’s newest emcees. We played 20 questions with them. Note: Roggensack was interviewed separately due to scheduling conflicts.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Wade Askew: 30-hour long dance party.

Chika Nwosu: Living in a candy store.

Jerred Roggensack: I see perfect happiness as like being with people that I love. You know what? Dancing with people that I love.

What is your greatest fear?

Chika: Being stuck in an elevator. I don’t like crammed spaces.

Wade: I’ll go with being stuck in a cage of all tarantulas, scorpions and snakes. All at the same time. That’s number one.

Jerred: I’d say to look back at my life at the end and just have a lot of regrets.

Which living person do you most admire?

Chika: Beyonce. She’s a baller.

Wade: Beyonce is a baller. I can’t believe you took Beyonce, what’s left now? I’ll go with Alicia Keys.

Jerred: My roommate, Speedy, who’s in Scotland – he’s a baller. He’s the man.

Which living person do you most despise?

Wade: I’m full of love. But I’d say the Grinch. He stole Christmas, and I’m not down with that.

Chika: Well, I’m gonna have to say Miley. Even though I love her music. She’s supposed to be a sweet little Disney star, and she’s not. But her music’s good. I love “Party in the USA.”

Jerred: I’d probably say the lead singer from Nickelback.

What is your greatest extravagance?

Wade: Gosh, I’m a pretty simple man. You see how I dress, I wear sweatpants and slippers. I’d say free lodging, wherever I can get with my free flights.

Chika: Getting to go backstage and be VIP for any concert. To be able to walk in and just be like, “Hey, Miley Cyrus, what’s up?”

Jerred: My Macbook. It’s my baby.

What is your current state of mind?

Chika: Should I go to my next class?

Wade: I would just say my mind is just a continually bubbly, happy place that is kind of like bunnies prancing through a meadow with blooming flowers everywhere. And I’m just bouncing around in that happy meadow – with the bunnies.

Jerred: I’ve got an Empire State of Mind.

What is the quality you most like in a person of the opposite sex?

Chika: Someone who likes me just the way I am.

Wade: A genuine caring person with a big smile.

Jerred: Someone who’s passionate about helping other people.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Chika: I always say, “You da bomb dot com.” That’s like my tagline.

Wade: I feel like being around Jerred just makes me say things like “homes” and “tight.”

Chika: “Ballin’” – he always says ballin’.

Wade: Jerred really does rub off on you. He’s like a hybrid between California surfer and ghetto language. So mesh those two together and if anything falls in those categories, it’s starting to rub off on me. But I’ll go with “y’all.” That’s my official answer. I’m from Georgia.

Jerred: Oh gosh, you’re gonna get a couple here. “Dude,” “man,” “ballin’,” “homie,” “dawg,” “whatup whatup” – the double. I call my parents “dudes” sometimes. It’s just the weirdest thing. For a while they resisted, but now, they accept it.

Which talent would you most like to have?

Wade: I would love to be able to do back flips and back handsprings on command. That would be ballin’.

Chika: I wish I could be super flexible and be a human pretzel.

Wade: Wait – are superpowers in play here? That changes everything.

Chika: I think to be invisible.

Wade: Flying is kinda cliché, who doesn’t want to fly? I would love to just be smart. To have some intelligence, that would be great.

Jerred: I wish I was an amazing break dancer.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Chika: This. Being a DM emcee.

Wade: Yeah, Dance Marathon.

Jerred: I just don’t like looking at stuff I’ve done like achievements. I’d say becoming an Evans Scholar.

If you were to die, what would you want to come back as?

Chika: I already said Beyonce…

Wade: I would probably be the bunnies in my state of mind.

Chika: I think I want to come back as the president.

Jerred: Actually, I’ve had this conversation. But my answer always switches. I would really love to fly. Because of Space Jam, I want to fly like an eagle. So an eagle.

Where would you most like to live?

Wade: Atlanta, Ga.

Chika: Somewhere really warm, like Jamaica.

Wade: I feel like I should do something better than just my hometown. I would probably say the British Virgin Islands.

Chika: Ooh, snazzy.

Jerred: This is tough, I want to live everywhere. I’d say top three are the Canadian Rockies, I’ve heard awesome things about Kenya, and then you gotta Chi-town dude. You gotta say Chi-town. Chi-town’s where it’s at.

What is your most treasured possession?

Wade: Jerred Roggensack.

Chika: I would say my phone. I always lose it, but I really love it.

Jerred: It’s probably my baby. My MacBook.

What is your favorite occupation?

Wade: Choreographer of Beyonce’s music videos.

Chika: Back-up dancer for Beyonce’s music videos.

Wade: Can we both be back-up dancers for “Single Ladies?”

Jerred: Being Bono.

What’s your most marked characteristic?

Chika: I’m always jumping, moving, I can’t sit still.

Wade: I’ll just say upbeat, optimistic. Smiley. That’ll be the official adjective.

Jerred: I’m an extremely positive and energetic person, and on the dance floor, I always look like I just got done swimming in Lake Michigan. (I sweat. A lot.)

Who are your favorite writers?

Wade: I’m illiterate, so…

Chika: I haven’t read a regular book in so long – like not for school…

Jerred: C.S. Lewis, Dostoyevsky and Phillip Yancy.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Chika: All I can think of are celebrities that are not historical figures…

Wade: I’ll go with the guy who invented the Harlem Shake.

Jerred: Can I say Will Smith? That dude’s the man. I wish I was more like Will Smith.

What is your greatest regret?

Chika: That I didn’t meet Wade sooner.

Wade: Same.

Jerred: Not starting a band sooner.

How would you like to die?

Wade: Yes, good question. A lot of thought has been put into this.

Chika: I think in my sleep, cause then you can’t feel it.

Wade: I think I would like to be –

Chika: Oh dear.

Wade: I have to be doing something awesome at the time. So at the time of my death, I will be saving a school bus of children while the bus is on fire. And at that point, somebody’s going to try to attack the children, and I will simultaneously disarm them, and catch fire from the flaming school bus while I do, lighting the people who killed the children on fire. So I take them out and save the children. That didn’t make any sense. I need to start over. I would like to die in a ball of flaming glory.

Jerred: Skydiving. That’s gotta be it. Only way to go.

What is your motto?

Wade: Pop, lock and drop it. I don’t even know what that would mean.

Chika: Better light a candle in the curse of darkness.

Jerred: Don’t worry, everything’s gonn be alright. “Gonn’.”

Participants filled out their forms online and then brought in a printed waiver and their registration fee to Norris. According to a Dance Marathon press release, the organization is moving towards a paperless registration system in the future.

“In the past, everything was done in paper,” said Allister Wenzel, DM’s finance co-chair, in a press release. “The Exec board and Finance committee would spend hours upon hours the week after registration meticulously entering the data from these paper forms into a Google spreadsheet. We saw online registration as the future, not only in streamlining the workload on our end, but also allowing the dancers to register in a more convenient way and being environmentally-friendly in the process.”

The first all-DM dancer meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 27 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Fisk 217.

Freshman year is like a series of snapshots of moments, most of which usually occur outside the confines of Deering. When any individual Northwestern student fashions a collegiate bucket list, there are the old standbys of a visit to The Keg, the key-jangling taunt of football matches versus the lesser institutions of the Big Ten and even the frustration-releasing tradition of Primal Scream.

With all this in mind, I’ve created a guide of other things I believe all Northwestern freshmen should experience during their career at Northwestern, preferably in their first three quarters. I, admittedly, have yet to experience all of them. I’m a giant coward and a creature of comfort, so some of these have been a bit beyond my capacity. I have, however, gathered from fellow freshman friends’ activities they would recommend to an incoming Wildcat, and I, in turn, am passing them on to you.

1. Brave Dance Marathon
Sure, I was bitching about arch support and wobbly legs just two hours into the fundraiser, one of the largest college philanthropies in the nation. The resulting sense of pride and accomplishment was worth every moment of monitored bathroom use, every listen to a poorly produced dance track and every sweaty apology after again bumping an individual I’d yet to meet prior. My calves were temporarily toned and my heart was permanently light, my spirits acutely aware of making a difference in the world.

2. See a show in Evanston and/or Chicago
Chicago’s music scene is slowly allowing the trickle-up effect to work its way to Evanston. The blues scene is translating well to the suburban venues, from SPACE (where, full disclosure, I’m an intern) to Bill’s Blues, but the undeniable hub of the music scene is still within Chicago. Gather some friends and hit the mean streets of the North Side, from Schubas to the Metro to Subterranean. Catch up on the acts you’ll love to brag about later, and take in the city scenery (and the streetside citizens) in the process.

3. Step outside of your comfort zone and flash your assets — liberally!
I’m not an RTVF, theatre or music major, and I’m not talented in any of these arenas. I’m self-aware enough to admit this. Working on a film set, however, has taught me that talent isn’t always particularly necessary, as long as I am open to gaining knowledge and taking orders from those whose visions are more defined. I’ve found that, by watching others and practicing shameless imitation, I can glean the skills I need to successfully participating in film. Along these same lines, try directing or producing a student play. Take your vision, whether it be an original work or your favorite manuscript, and stage it. It must be liberating and enthralling to watch something of your creation flourish and come to life on stage as you watch, bright-eyed and beaming. Regardless of your area of academic concentration, find something you love and exploit it! Pretend your peers are actually interested in your review of the new Halo game or your brilliant Southern opera reworking of N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton.”

4. Go on a No-pants El Ride
Here’s the first suggested tip: in January, the No-pants El Ride brings pantsless businessmen and granny-pantied professionals out in droves, all nonchalantly refusing to acknowledge the lack of leg coverage. It’s allegedly freeing, almost spiritual, but I don’t know if that’s necessarily the right word. It’s certainly an experience to remember.

5. Buy scalped tickets to a Chicago Cubs game.
See Wrigley Field. Bask in the glow of history and poor athleticism. Also, no Jumbotron equals no KissCam? Gotta love Wrigley. And if you want to avoid scalpers, just hit NU Day at Wrigley Field this Spring Quarter.

6. Skinny-dip in Lake Michigan
You must be kidding, right? I’m about as close to being a Never Nude as you can get. Take off my clothes and dive uninhibited into the waters of one of the Great Lakes? Hah, no. But yes. Grab your closest friends — not literally, if you’ve already donned your birthday suit — and splash in the shore. Make sure to wait until the weather hits double digits.

7. Take part in wacky Greek philanthropies
From braving the fickle May winds and experience the cold splash of mud in an erratically organized day of muddy events to throwing watermelon at your frenemies, enjoy the sweet burn of uncomfortable victory as you writhe in jello or flaunt your goods for charity. It’s for a good cause, and there’s something endearingly harmonious about dousing your closest friends in culinary (or plain ol’ yucky) substances and watching them squirm in discomfort.

8. Do Dillo Day right
You don’t have to get your drank on for Dillo to be delightful, but experiencing Dillo Day is a time-honored tradition for Northwestern brethren. Put on your most comfortable shoes, hide your eyes with those stunner shades and dance yourself silly to tunes you probably didn’t like in the first place. Sneak in line for pizza midday, and start an impromptu game of “slyly poke the inebriated frat boy in front of you who is blocking your view from Mike Posner and his pretentiously catchy Macy-Gray-ish vocal stylings.” Gather for a post-party in a seedy off-campus apartment and sleep off your, erm, sun-induced coma. Most importantly, pose behind the sorority girls in their neon caps brazenly displaying their chapter names (sorry, ladies) to provide hilarious and lewd surprises in their later photo reviews.

Consider this a loose template. These are the things that I, and my closest compadres, would recommend for you in your time at Northwestern. Honorable mentions include sledding on a cafeteria tray down the library hill or neglecting studying for finals for a trip to the beach. Build your own personal scrapbook of Northwestern to-dos. The possibilities are limitless, and the memories are unforgettable. I spent a year making a fool of myself, dancing, dining, working to tears and being entirely grateful for every second.

On my list for this year? Steal two apples from the dining hall. I won’t be held back by large-lettered signs and rules!

Yeah, I’m dreaming big.

Hour 10: Your Memory
Leave Reading Week studying until after DM. A German study found that sleep deprivation negatively affects students’ ability to commit information to memory. Students who weren’t allowed to sleep for 10 hours after they memorized vocabulary lists were able to recall 15 percent less information 48 hours after studying even though they were allowed to go home and sleep the day and night before testing.

Hour 13: Your Heart
And you thought the only beat you had to worry about was the one banging from the speakers. A Turkish study found that by 8:00 the morning after a sleepless night, healthy young adults were more prone to arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. Just look to last year’s DM dancers for proof.

Hour 30: Your Body’s Ability to Self-Rule
And by self-control, we don’t mean your sudden inability to stop yourself from assaulting your ex dancing a few feet away. A Finnish study found that 60 hours without sleep caused a decreased heart rate and lower body temperature, indicating a change in your heart’s self-regulation and your body’s overall thermoregulation.