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Yearly sustainability report shows gains 2016-2017 data hopeful about sustainNU progress By ALLIE GOULDING
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Northwestern diverted about 38 percent of campus waste from landfills during the 2016-2017 academic year, according to a new sustainability report released last week. The report detailed progress NU has made in sustainNU’s program areas — the built environment, transportation, resource conservation, experiential learning and communication and engagement. NU collected nearly 10,000 pounds of food, clothing and household items to donate to charity during move-out from campus housing alone, the report said. Katie Mansur, Associated Student Government’s vice president for sustainability, said recycling opportunities during move-out periods and throughout the year help students pay attention to the things they throw away. “Those are great opportunities where students are able to make a real difference,” the Weinberg senior said. “Not
even by changing their behavior in a great way, but by just changing the way they address student waste.” To attain its goals, sustainNU created a five-year strategic sustainability plan released In October. The plan allowed the University to build on efforts from previous years and “pick up the pace” in some areas, said Stephanie Folk, sustainNU‘s sustainability communications manager. “The strategic plan … brings together all of the big issues and sets specific goals for where we want to get within the next five years, and looking forward a little bit too in some areas,” Folk said. Meanwhile, Divvy bike memberships among NU students reached 667 by the end of the year. The purple, NUbranded bike — introduced to campus in Fall 2016 — took 821 trips with 640 riders for a total of 1,619 miles, the report said. The report also said the University increased its purchases of “real food” — food that is produced in a way that is fair, humane and environmentally sound — from 2 percent to 5.5 percent, with a goal of reaching 20 percent by 2020. Greenhouse gas emissions » See SUSTAIN, page 6
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Floyd’s 99 Barbershop, 1741 Sherman Ave. The barber shop is one of several businesses looking to open in Evanston in coming months.
Barber, barbecue to open soon New businesses will set up shop in downtown Evanston in spring By CLARE PROCTOR
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A new barbecue restaurant and well-known barber shop chain will be opening in downtown Evanston this spring, hoping to establish themselves
in the city’s competitive retail market. Floyd’s 99 Barbershop has more than 100 locations across the country and will be opening in upcoming months. Falcon Eddy’s Barbecue was founded by the owners of Evanston sports bar and sandwich restaurant Bat 17, located just around
DACA talks draw student reaction College Democrats, Republicans respond to partial federal shutdown By ALAN PEREZ
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Students expressed varied reactions to the partial government shutdown, but several students agreed that Congress should find a bipartisan, long-term solution for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The federal government shut down Saturday after Senate Democrats and Republicans failed to resolve a dispute over immigration and the budget, threatening federal funding for University research and stipends for members of Northwestern’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. The government has been operating on short-term funding bills since September as the two parties have been unable to agree on spending levels for the year. Senate Democrats demanded the latest stopgap measure include a solution for DACA recipients. The program, which protects undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, will expire in March. University President Morton Schapiro, who has expressed
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Silverman Hall, 2170 Campus Drive. The partial government shutdown threatened federal funding for University research.
support for the DACA program in the past, told The Daily on Tuesday that his stance has not changed and that the issue is “as important as ever.” Members of College Republicans and College Democrats expressed support for extended DACA protections, though they held differing opinions on the Democrats’ strategy. College Republicans’ secretary of events Dominic Bayer and public relations secretary Sammy Cuautle placed blame on Senate
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Democrats, who blocked the temporary spending bill and did not initially concede despite the risk of a shutdown. “Regardless of what you feel over the program, it’s pretty unreasonable to shut down the government over 800,000 people, especially when you have a much bigger policy agenda on the line that can be discussed,” said Cuautle, a Weinberg junior. “Not a great move by the Democrats.” The move wasn’t strategically sound, he added, because many
Republicans do support immigration reform, which is “long overdue.” DACA recipients continue to live in the “shadows” as a result of partisan gridlock, he said. Bayer, a Weinberg sophomore, echoed Cuautle’s sentiments and added that the decision to hold out on a vote was “highly irresponsible” and rooted in an issue unrelated to the funding bill. The government reopened late Monday night after Democrats » See SHUTDOWN, page 6
the corner. Bat 17 co-owner Jim Hurley said he and his partner had been “kicking around” the idea of opening a Texas-style barbecue restaurant for a long time. When a space opened up under the same landlord as Bat 17’s property, he said the idea became tangible.
Endowment tax implications worry Schapiro After a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — signed into law Dec. 22 — enacted a new endowment tax that could affect Northwestern and a handful of other private institutions, University President Morton Schapiro said he was “worried.” The new law would enforce a 1.4 percent income tax for private universities with at least 500 students and assets valued at $500,000 or more per student. With its reported $10.5 billion endowment, NU’s assets are valued at about $510,000 per student, meaning the University could face the tax in coming years. But the issue was not the money, Schapiro told The Daily on Tuesday. Though he does not want to potentially “throw away” millions in tax dollars, he was mainly concerned that the government had singled out a small number of private universities. “(The provision) wasn’t about raising money,” Schapiro said. “It was about punishing the heavily endowed,
“The space has only very recently become available,” Hurley said. “The landlord has been really amenable in getting us in there. It’s all come together really quickly here at the end.” Hurley added that co-owner » See BUSINESSES, page 6
highly selective (private universities).” Shapiro said the endowment tax would only account for about $1.5 billion of the $1.5 trillion total raised through the tax bill over 10 years. And on the University’s end, the tax would likely take somewhere between $10 million and $15 million out of NU’s $2.5 billion operating budget, which wouldn’t “break us,” he said. The real intent of the tax, Schapiro said, was to send a message to institutions like NU in opposition to their support for philosophies like “safe spaces.” Other provisions that Schapiro said would have had significant negative impacts on the University — like repealing tax exemptions for graduate student tuition waivers — were removed before the bill was signed into law. Still, the law that was enacted was enough to worry Schapiro about the future. “If you look at what a substantial number of Americans think about schools like Northwestern, it’s not a surprise that they went after us … in the tax bill,” Schapiro said. “And who knows what they’ll do next.” — Maddie Burakoff
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Low-income EFD applicants to be covered by fund By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Aldermen at Monday’s City Council meeting approved an expansion of the city’s employment opportunities fund, allowing low-income firefighter applicants to be reimbursed for application and testing fees. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) told The Daily that reimbursements will come from a reserve account of deposits collected from construction companies that violate the city’s Local Employment Program — which requires that at least 25 percent of the company’s labor force consist of women, minorities or area residents. Evanston Fire Chief Brian Scott said the change will help the Evanston Fire Department diversify its force by eliminating a potential cost barrier: Application fees are roughly $25 and the physical agility test costs between $165 and $175. Applicants may receive up to $200 from the fund, according to city documents. “We don’t want those things to be a barrier for someone who is trying to join the ranks of the fire department,” Scott said. “We want as many qualified candidates in as diverse applicant pool as possible, so I think that will help with that particular goal.” Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) told The Daily that she supported the proposal as a way to overcome cost barriers in diversifying the force, as applicants are required to take the
Man dies after earlymorning blaze engulfs apartment building
An Evanston man died after an apartment fire in the 1300 block of Oakton Street early Tuesday morning, according to an Evanston
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Firefighters fight a blaze in the 2800 block of Sheridan Place. City Council on Monday approved the expansion of a fund that will help the Evanston Fire Department diversify its force.
tests before they can be added to EFD’s recruitment lists. Rue Simmons added that in the past, the pool was only available for union construction
workers looking to be reimbursed for certificate training programs. While trying to figure out ways to increase minority participation in EFD, she said she found that it is an expensive
Fire Department news release. EFD responded at 5:04 a.m. to the report of a structure fire in the two-unit apartment building, and first responders on the scene encountered heavy smoke and fire coming from the rear of the building, according to the release. When EFD entered the building, they found “heavy fire conditions” on the third floor of
the building. The 65-year-old victim was found in a bedroom adjacent to the room containing the fire. The man was taken from the building and transported to Saint Francis Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the release. All residents from the first unit were safely outside the building when fire crews arrived,
career path to explore. The deposits currently total around $80,000. She added that she was excited Council approved the change on Monday, since EFD will begin recruitment within the next month. EFD has made a particular effort to reach out to residents in the 5th Ward, Rue Simmons said, by hosting recruitment sessions and becoming more engaged in the community. “It’s something I’ve been working on really since day one in office because the fire department is an amazing organization,” Rue Simmons said. “I wanted to make sure that we were helping remove any barriers that were before them that would prevent them from getting a staff that they recruit.” However, Rue Simmons said she eventually wants to change how the fund works so that it can become a direct payment to the institution, instead of a reimbursement. This would prevent residents from having to come up with the funds while waiting for reimbursement. She said the improvement is currently being discussed by the Minority, Women & Evanston Business Enterprise Development Committee. “This process where you wait for reimbursement has to go through committee and council, and who knows when it’s going to fall on the right agenda,” Rue Simmons said. “Then you have an applicant who already falls under low income struggling to wait.” Keerti Gopal contributed reporting. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu and told responders smoke detectors had alerted them of the fire, the release note. One firefighter was injured during the blaze and was transported to Evanston Hospital, according to the release. He was later released. The cause of the fire is under investigation. — Ryan Wangman
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Film group denied RTVF funding By ALLIE GOULDING
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In its mission to create a feature-length film, the only money Applause for a Cause has received this quarter from Northwestern is about $125 from Associated Student Government. With this level of funding — only enough for one weekend’s worth of food on set — the group is struggling to maintain its productions year to year, co-producers Scarlett Machson and Rachel Fimbianti said. Applause for a Cause, which produces a 90-minute film and holds a premiere each year to donate ticket sales to charity, has raised more than $10,000 since its founding in 2010. The group has never been recognized by the Department of Radio, Television and Film but applied for recognition in October, hoping to receive funding from the department and access the department’s equipment cage. “We’re creating a feature film. We need tools,” said Fimbianti, a Communication sophomore. “We fundraise on our own. We do what we can. We use the resources that the University gives us, but more often than not, we don’t get enough money to make this endeavor a reality.” Applause for a Cause can apply for ASG funding each quarter and has received an average of $125 per quarter this year. In addition, Fimbianti said the
Northwestern tops list of Midwestern schools for academic resources
Northwestern was named the top Midwestern institution for academic resources, according to the 2018 Wall Street Journal/ Times Higher Education College Rankings. NU was followed by the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis in the rankings, which evaluated a mix
group has raised money through Catalyzer, Thank-aThon and smaller fundraisers, totaling about $2,600 so far with a goal of $4,000 this year, but the budget varies yearly depending on fundraising efforts. Fimbianti said the group uses subpar equipment purchased in the seven years since Applause for a Cause was formed. With cage access, they would not have to spend funds on simple pieces of equipment such as the slate they purchased this year, she added. Fimbianti and Machson’s application was denied because there was “no mention of how the group will be cycling in to the new Media Arts Grants procedures” as required by RTVF, according to an email obtained by The Daily. The application to seek department recognition and funding requires groups to be familiar with MAGs and how “co-curricular projects” work in the department. The application also requires them to be in line with current RTVF guidelines, including MAG guidelines “if applicable.” The application review committee reserves the right to deny any application “without comment,” according to the application guidelines. Groups may also be informed of potential areas of improvement for future applications, but there is no guarantee that strengthening these areas would result in department recognition, RTVF department chair David Tolchinsky told The Daily in an email. Tolchinsky said Applause for a Cause’s application was “thoroughly reviewed (and) considered,” and though they didn’t receive funding this year,
they are “welcome to apply again next year (or) next cycle.”The group could continue to operate without department recognition, he added. Machson, a Communication sophomore, said she and Fimbianti took issue with the denial because they thought the application guidelines were vague and didn’t clearly state that a group needed to directly relate to MAGs to receive department recognition. The new MAG system has drawn criticism recently from some students, who believe it has diminished student influence in the funding process. Machson added that that though she could understand the decision better if the group had no experience, it has produced seven full-length films. After the group was denied recognition in October, Machson and Fimbianti reached out to Applause for a Cause alumni, including founders Sarah Jane Inwards (Communication ’13) and Alec Ziff (Communication ’13), to rally support for department recognition. Eleven alumni emailed Tolchinsky and RTVF associate department chair Zayd Dohrn in support of the group’s receiving recognition, copies of which were obtained by The Daily. “I think there’s a certain frustration felt by a lot of the Applause alumni that when we go out and tell people what we did, we’re usually very supported because it’s really a huge feat,” Inwards said in an interview. “But within the school itself, we don’t really feel like there’s much support.”
of research universities and liberal arts colleges in the Midwest, as defined by the Census Bureau. The rankings considered factors such as student-to-faculty ratios and academic spending per student, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the report’s figures, NU was ranked fifth nationwide for academic resources. NU’s academic spending per student is $50,910 and the average salary 10 years after entering college amounts to $64,000 — the third highest among schools in the top-10 list. University spokesman Al Cubbage told
The Daily in an email that “it’s always good to be ranked highly,” especially by a publication such as the Wall Street Journal. He also attributed the accomplishment to University efforts to provide a wide range of interdisciplinary programs spearheaded by leaders in their fields. “I think it’s a recognition of both the breadth and depth of Northwestern’s academics,” Cubbage said in the email. “It’s really a tribute to our outstanding faculty.”
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AASP, LLSP demand resources, autonomy of departmental status “What aspects of Northwestern appeal most to you?” The supplemental Northwestern application supplement is meant to display why you want to be at this institution that prides itself on a “diverse academic community.” However, there is a sizeable gap between the values that the University claims to hold and how it actually distributes its resources. The faculty and programs that give the University its coveted “diversity” are not the faculty and programs that it chooses to support. Without that support, then how are students supposed to know that their “Why Northwestern?” could lie in ethnic studies? The Asian American Studies Program and the Latina and Latino Studies Program are just that: programs, not departments. With that program status comes many deficiencies: deficient space, deficient faculty numbers, deficient resources and deficient autonomy. NU has the potential to become a flagship institution for critical Latinx and Asian American Studies in the Midwest, but the limitations that come with
their current status heavily stunt that potential. Both programs have seen great quantitative and qualitative growth, and require the corresponding resources and autonomy that departmental status can provide. Contrary to popular belief, Asian American Studies and Latinx Studies are not new fields. In fact, they have existed since the Third World Liberation Front student strikes at San Francisco State University in 1968 — a whopping 50 years ago. NU’s AASP and LLSP follow that long history of student activism. AASP was born due to student demand, culminating in a hunger strike that resulted in the program’s creation in 1999. Students fought long and hard with similar demands and collective work for LLSP, which was established in 2008 when the University finally listened and established the program. The two programs have since grown immensely — according to program statistics, the number of AASP minors increased from eight to 36 in 10 years and the number of LLSP majors and minors increased from 10 to 44 in a shorter time span. NU students were unable to major in Asian American Studies until the 2016-17 academic year. Departmental status is an imperative step that the University must take to account for this growth in students. Despite the program’s growth, the AASP
budget has remained the same since 2004, and the LLSP budget has not changed since 2011 — both according to program officials. Both programs are forced to spend valuable time and resources to fundraise for relevant events. Also, AASP and LLSP currently share facilities in Crowe Hall, with insufficient spaces for visiting faculty, post-doctoral fellows and directors. According to the program, the AASP director has had to share a space with a visiting assistant professor due to lack of office space. Beyond the implications for the faculty members themselves, this lack of space prevents them from meeting with students as well. In addition, the programs face a number of obstacles in hiring new faculty, especially since full-time and tenure-track professors in the programs are required to be housed within a department. For example, LLSP director and Weinberg Prof. Frances Aparicio is in the Spanish and Portuguese department. As such, AASP and LLSP do not have autonomy over the faculty they hire and must instead submit to the wants and needs of various different departments. And when professors are hired, they must split their time between AASP or LLSP and their own corresponding department. These split appointments prevent faculty from being able to dedicate sufficient time to AASP or LLSP, and this division of labor especially puts a
strain on program directors. This also results in a heavy reliance on temporary hires, such as visiting professors and post-doctoral fellows, resulting in high course turnover and institutional amnesia. The power of departments prevents AASP and LLSP from hiring faculty within their own fields. A quick look at their faculty rosters reveals that none of the tenure-track professors hold a Ph.D. in Asian American Studies or Latinx Studies. Instead, they are trained in history, anthropology, English and a variety of other academic fields. Facilities and faculty are only two logistical reasons why AASP and LLSP require departmental status. Moreover, granting these programs departmental status ultimately benefits the University in both the short and long term. With the current initiative to have 20 percent of incoming freshman be Pell Grant-eligible by 2020, as well as the Social Inequalities and Diversities requirement for Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences students on the table, there will be more students than ever looking for spaces like AASP and LLSP, and departmental status could give more professors time to be able to teach classes that offer the diversity they need. — Latinx Asian American Collective
Ansari situation highlights nuances in consent dialogue RUBY PHILLIPS
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In the past few weeks, I have found myself engaged in several conversations with my friends, family and even coworkers about the culture of sex and dating today. I’ve heard questions like: Why is it so hard to say no? Why do I feel embarrassed to tell boys what I want? And worst of all: Was this thing that happened to me not OK? Could it be qualified as sexual assault? Much of this introspection was brought on by the story on Babe on recent sexual misconduct allegations against Aziz Ansari. This article has become a referendum for the #MeToo and the Time’s Up movements. It is important to recognize that this movement has been dominated by heteronormative perspectives and stories of sexual assault, which does not account for all the queer, transgender and gender-nonconforming people who face just as much — if not more — sexual violence on a regular basis. Beyond this, neither movement has attempted to equate the acts of Ansari to those of other men who have been exposed, like Larry Nassar or Harvey Weinstein. But, as Marissa Martinez discussed in her Monday column, it shouldn’t even matter
whether these acts are the same or not. Maybe associating them with each other serves to emphasize how interconnected they are. This is one of the most difficult parts about understanding what we have to learn from these movements. It feels impossible to get people to understand that acts of sexual aggression don’t have to be life-threatening or jailworthy to be worth talking about. People who engage in any kind of sex are allowed to create expectations and boundaries for their partner. Moreover, the criteria for these boundaries shouldn’t be seen as limitations to what is “hot” or “flirtatious.” Our conception of healthy sexual behavior can’t just pass the bar of not representing sexual assault. People — women specifically — should be able to bring up their own grievances or preferences in relationships, and if their partner can’t respect that, then maybe they’re not ready to be engaging in casual sex or serious sex in the first place, or any sex at all. This brings me to my larger point, one that was addressed in an piece I read about the Ansari allegations: When I first read the Babe article, I felt angry, uncomfortable and icky. I was upset because I have been in this exact situation. It’s so familiar that I don’t need her details because I have my own. I’m sure hundreds of women everywhere have thought the same thing. My initial reaction was that this simply represented a case of “bad sex,” a phrase that I have seen over and over throughout media coverage. But when I thought more
deeply and delved into the smaller instances of aggressive body language that Ansari used against “Grace,” I realized Ansari only intended to engage in sex with Grace as an act for him — something to “do” to her, rather than something that was for them both. Our culture teaches men that they are entitled to their partner’s bodies. That is what Ansari’s story should represent to us: an example of behavior that is so normal it enables other acts. There can’t be a simple categorization where we view men as “rapists” or “good guys.” The delineation and deviance of rape and sexual assault can’t only be seen in legal or moral terms. It must be reframed as a phenomenon indicative of a system — it’s not a simple dichotomy. This sort of binary allowed Vice President Mike Pence to devise “The Pence Rule,” which refers to Pence’s comments that he won’t eat dinner alone with any woman other than his wife. But when men position themselves as “good guys” in manners like this, they can fail to be held accountable for their negative actions by maintaining the guise of chivalry. Surely the fact Ansari has published books on topics of consent and love in the digital age underscores this reality. It is as if “good” men, those devoted to women and their security, are free to do as they please if conscious and aware of their behavior. But we can’t just accept or expect this behavior from men either. We have to change the standard. Certainly in the past year, this campus has seen multiple reports of sexual assault. Part
of holding ourselves accountable to change is recognizing that this campus — among countless other spaces — is filled with Aziz Ansaris. Moreover, it involves actively acknowledging that abuse of power and sexual disrespect can take several forms and that people react to different sexual occurrences in a myriad of ways. But that should never mean they can’t talk about it. To prevent dangerous situations, we have to start with the little things. As I said before, I’m reflecting on these concepts myself too. These things are scary and can get so complex you just want to give up. But, pushing our conceptions of what’s “hot,” or “normal,” or “weird,” like Babe’s article does, is how we can start. When I reflect on experiences I’ve had that are similar to Grace’s, I recognize that they’re not the same because we each tell our unique, individual stories. Society can teach us that having a bad date, or uncomfortable sex is a more acceptable narrative than calling out toxic masculinity and sexual assault. But your stories are yours. They belong to you. So somewhere along the way, we have to ask ourselves how we got here and who is controlling the story. Ruby Phillips is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at rubyphillips2020@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Infighting marks Democratic gubernatorial forum
be put largely into public health programs because we ought to be treating drug addiction as a public health problem,” Biss said. The candidates also discussed Amazon’s bid to build its new headquarters in Chicago. Pritzker said the state needs to ensure there is a return on investment for taxpayers in Illinois and that benefits from the deal would be spread across the state.
By RYAN WANGMAN
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Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates’ first collective foray into the public eye was marked by infighting and spirited debate on issues ranging from legalizing marijuana to tax breaks for large businesses. The event, broadcast and held at NBC Tower on Tuesday, was sponsored by the station and Telemundo Chicago, and held in partnership with the Chicago Urban League and the Union League Club of Chicago. The forum featured the six main Democratic candidates for governor: businessman J.B. Pritzker, businessman Chris Kennedy, State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), Madison County school superintendent Bob Daiber, 2014 gubernatorial candidate Tio Hardiman and doctor Robert Marshall. Biss and Kennedy, who have emerged alongside frontrunner Pritzker as the prominent challengers in the race, slammed the wealthy businessman for his ties to State House Speaker Mike Madigan and Cook County assessor Joe Berrios. Biss said beating Gov. Bruce Rauner should be the Democratic party’s priority, and that worst case scenario would be Pritzker — a billionaire like Rauner — winning the primary. Pritzker challenged Biss’s relationship with Madigan, saying the state senator voted to appoint him House speaker, an assertion that quickly saw the forum devolve into a shouting match. Kennedy, joining the fray, said he thought Pritzker has emerged as “the poster child for pay-to-play politics in the state.” Pritzker is pushing politics toward a darker future, he said. “Politics will now be described as the golden rule,
Raoul receives teacher union endorsement in attorney general race
Chicago Teachers Union announced its support of former state Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) for Illinois attorney general in a news release from Raoul’s campaign on Monday. The union represents about 25,000 teachers and educational support personnel working in
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Politics will now be described as the golden rule, where those who have the gold make the rules. Chris Kennedy, gubernatorial candidate
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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston). Biss slammed fellow gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker at a forum on Tuesday.
where those who have the gold make the rules,” Kennedy said. “That’s not what we want for the future of our state, not in Illinois, not anywhere.” When asked his stance on legalizing recreational marijuana, Kennedy said he supported it as long as the legalization process is clear. He said he’d like an impartial third party, like the University of Illinois, to draft the legislation.
Biss — who received the Democratic Party of Evanston’s endorsement on Sunday — also said he supported legalizing recreational marijuana, as it is “a racial justice issue.” He argued that the state cannot continue to perpetuate a system that locks up people for drug-related crimes at rates disproportionate by race. “That revenue that we obtain by taxing it ought to
the Chicago public school system. It decided to support Raoul because he will fight for “fair taxes, adequately and fairly funded schools, the health and safety of Illinois residents, and honest, open, accountable government,” CTU vice president Jesse Sharkey said in the news release. A Chicago resident and the son of Haitian immigrants, Raoul was appointed to fill the 13th Legislative District vacancy left by Barack Obama’s election to the U.S. Senate in 2004. During his tenure in state government, Raoul has “voted to increase education funding, fought
for more equity in the State’s school funding formula, and is sponsoring legislation to bring an elected school board to Chicago,” according to the release. “A quality education is a civil right that must be afforded to all the children of Illinois,” Raoul said. “Unfortunately, we live in a state with a separate and unequal public education system that teeters on the brink of educational apartheid.” The eight Democratic candidates will face off in the March 20 primary. Other candidates
The proposal could add up to 50,000 jobs to the state economy, according to the Chicago Tribune. “It has become a race to the bottom, unfortunately, around the nation … where municipalities and states are offering huge tax benefits to bring companies to their state,” Pritzker said. “Remember what Illinois has to offer.” The candidates did come together on the issue of immigration — all six said they would risk federal funding to retain Illinois’ status as a sanctuary state. The Democratic primary is set for March 20. The general election is slated for Nov. 6. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu
include former Gov. Pat Quinn and Highland Park mayor Nancy Rotering. Current Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced she would not seek reelection. “We can count on Kwame to put the people’s business and the people’s needs front and center as Attorney General, something we simply could not expect from some of the other candidates vying for this office,” Sharkey said in the news release. — Julia Esparza
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Jim Pomerantz’s experience living in Texas helped create the inspiration for the barbecue they expect to serve. However, the restaurant plans to forge its own style with a “spin” on traditional Texas-style barbecue. For Hurley, Evanston’s attractions, including myriad dining options, a movie theater, music shows and Northwestern football games, have turned the area into a “flourishing downtown.” “(Evanston has) shown a real propensity to support local businesses, locally owned businesses, and that’s what we are,” Hurley said. “We like that aspect of the community and the way it makes it all intertwined.” The introduction of Floyd’s 99 came as more of a surprise to Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s economic development manager. The shop will likely attract students and office workers in the area, Zalmezak said, leading him to believe the business will be a “wild success.” Floyd’s is unique for its rock music decor and
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compromised, won over by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to take up the immigration issue. But some members of College Democrats were disappointed and expressed skepticism that the deal would result in protections for DACA recipients. “I and many other Democrats are pretty disappointed in (Senate Minority Leader) Chuck Schumer and the rest of the Senate Democrats for more or less caving in to the demands temporarily of Republicans and going off Mitch McConnell’s word,” said Dylan Doppelt, the group’s communication director. The Weinberg junior said it would have made more sense for Senate Democrats to maintain their demands, though he admitted that Democrats may have overestimated their political power. He said it worried him that Democrats caved quickly on what he saw as a questionable promise. The move to hold out on passing a temporary funding bill is the latest in a showdown over immigration between the two parties. President Donald Trump suspended the DACA program in September, saying former President Barack Obama overreached his constitutional authority by establishing the program through an
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 staff with “diverse styles and personalities,” which offer customers unique and authentic experiences, according to its website. “The fact that a really well-known, recognized business opens up on Sherman just sends a signal that Sherman is a strong retail street,” Zalmezak said. “It provides a stabilizing force.” Though the city won’t receive sales tax on Floyd’s services, Zalmezak said the barbershop will indirectly impact Evanston’s economy by creating jobs and filling a space that has been periodically vacant for the past two or three years with a “trendy” shop. Floyd’s 99 Barbershop will be housed at 1741 Sherman Ave. and Falcon Eddy’s at 825 Church St. Other businesses coming soon to downtown Evanston include Target and Colectivo Coffee. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) told the Daily she is “so excited” about the additions to the Evanston community. “People are totally committed to the community,” Fiske said. “That’s why people want to come and open up small businesses.”
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in 2016 were reduced 13 percent from the 2012 baseline, according to the report. 68 new trees were also planted on the Evanston campus, and the University used 50 percent organic-based fertilizers to maintain campus landscaping. The University conducted its first-ever waste audit, sorting through more than 9,000 pounds of waste from 19 buildings across both the Chicago and Evanston campuses. The information from the audit will be used to develop a new approach to increase recycling and composting rates, the report said. This year, sustainNU is working to implement an energy conservation policy for Facilities Management to refer to when planning projects and managing buildings, Folk said. She added that sustainNU is also working to create an energy management information
system to track the University’s day-to-day utility data. “When we can do a better job measuring our utility usage and seeing it closer to real time, then we can see whether our conservation efforts are working,” Folk said. “Then we can make adjustments as necessary.” Mansur said it is obvious NU is committed to giving students options for sustainable living, but that students also need to take initiative. “A lot of these initiatives do require … effort by the student body,” Mansur said. “While I think ‘Wow, the University has made great strides in improving sustainability on campus,’ I think there’s a little bit of room for growth in terms of students actually taking advantage of these opportunities.” alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu
clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu executive order. Trump has called on Congress to pass legislation, and Republicans have expressed they are willing to do so. But with protections for DACA recipients set to end in March, time is running out to find a bipartisan solution. Doppelt said he remained hopeful that protections for DACA recipients will be extended, despite the concession by Democrats. “I can’t speak for what they’re going through, but I imagine it’s horrible to have your life in the hands of a bunch of people in Washington,” he said. Weinberg sophomore and College Democrats co-president Alex Neumann said he worried that a compromise will result in a centrist position on immigration by Democrats that could allow Republicans to pass “extreme” policies, such as a border wall. But with Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, it’s likely an immigration bill will require compromise from both sides. “(For) people who were brought here when they were children, who didn’t make the decision to come break our laws, I think we can find a solution ... and increase our border security,” Bayer said. “We can find a solution that’s going to be good for all parties and good for the American people, but I think Democrats need to be willing to compromise.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu between 6 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Monday, a laptop valued at $600, a coat valued at $500 and $800 in cash were stolen, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The suspect shattered the front window of the store, Glew said. There were no witnesses to the burglary, and Glew said the suspect has not yet been identified.
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A Divvy bike station on campus. NU student memberships with Divvy increased to 667 by the end of the 2016-2017 school year, according to a sustainability report released last week.
Man arrested in connection with domestic battery
A 23-year-old Evanston man was arrested Monday in connection wwith domestic battery in south Evanston. The man and a 21-year-old woman from Chicago were involved in a verbal argument in the 1300 block of Seward Street, Glew said.
An independent witness told police the man — who lives in the 1400 block of Cleveland Street — pushed the woman during the argument. The man was taken into custody and charged with domestic battery in an insulting or provoking nature. — Nikki Baim
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Council gives Divvy one-year contract extension By RYAN WANGMAN
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Aldermen approved a 12-month contract extension with the operators of the city’s Divvy bicycle sharing system at Monday’s City Council meeting, establishing additional time to build Evanston-based ridership and other benefits. Aldermen initially made a motion to table the contract extension in City Council for another 30 days, but the motion failed 7-2 with Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) dissenting. The motion to approve the contract passed by the same margin. Johanna Leonard, Evanston’s community development director, said the city needs to evaluate data for a year to analyze ridership trends. It is working with Divvy to investigate station relocation options, she added. “We’re getting good feedback from businesses, particularly in business districts, where stations are (about) what they’re seeing anecdotally of patterns of use,” Leonard said. Divvy bikes were introduced into the city in
the summer of 2016. The decision to approve the contract follows Oak Park’s decision to cancel their agreement with Divvy, citing low resident membership rates and significant annual losses as a result of the program, according to the Chicago Tribune. In response to concerns about the similarity between the two municipalities, Leonard said Oak Park has not made the same investments in bicycle infrastructure as Evanston. Leonard added that with Evanston’s proximity to Chicago and the bike path that runs along the lakefront, there is a more bike-friendly culture in Evanston. The budget adopted for fiscal year 2018 included over $300,000 allotted for Divvy, according to city documents. Northwestern students also contribute to Divvy bike use in the city, as bike memberships among NU students reached 667 by the end of the 2017 school year, according to a University report released last week. The purple, NUbranded bike — introduced to campus in Fall 2016 — took 821 trips with 640 riders for a total of 1,619 miles, the report said. On the opposing side, Braithwaite said he felt the Divvy contract was a significant investment of taxpayer dollars and that he
would like to know more about alternative options. He said he supported the program when it began, but that his opinions have since changed. “It’s an expensive program, and when we first started it, it sounded really good,” he said. “But when you look at the numbers it’s just not working.” Fleming said that it was a little late not to move forward with discussions about the contract given the new calendar year, but that she was also concerned about the cost to the city to run Divvy. She said she would be interested in a “pretty aggressive” plan to increase ridership or decrease the number of stations. When several aldermen inquired about the possibility of searching for a partner with dockless bicycles, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said though it’s important to consider various options, there are currently no plans to move on from Divvy. “There is no dockless company that we’re prepared to enter into any kind of agreement with,” Bobkiewicz said. “The University has rejected doing that at this time … but it’s something we’ll continue to work on.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu
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Accidents prompt aldermen to examine Ridge Avenue By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Aldermen will consider options to decrease the number of accidents on the Ridge Avenue Corridor after a spike in collisions in 2017. At Monday’s Administration and Public Works Committee meeting, engineering and capital planning bureau chief Lara Biggs presented several options to decrease the number of accidents on Ridge between Howard Street and Church Street. She said there were 143 accidents per year between 2003 and 2005, which led the city to make improvements to traffic signal coordination, but numbers remained similar between 2012
and 2016. Last year, however, the number of accidents jumped to 154, according to a public works presentation. Biggs said the public works department believes the increase was due to detouring from Sheridan Road construction. She added that the pressure from Sheridan traffic will likely continue into 2018, since Ridge will serve as an official detour from the construction in the spring. While the accidents fall into a variety of categories, Biggs said most are due to a lack of visibility for cars turning left or cars hurrying to turn while the light is changing. “I’m not aware of any very, very serious injuries ... but they can be pretty intense,” Biggs said. “Personally, just driving around Evanston, there’s been a number of times when I’ve seen the results
and at least one vehicle is undrivable.” She proposed a number of suggestions, including trimming trees at traffic signals, reducing the speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 and installing speed cameras. The city could also add left turn arrows to signals at certain intersections, though the changes would interrupt the flow of traffic and cost $10,000 per intersection, according to the presentation. Biggs also said City Council could approve an additional engineering analysis that would look into the impacts of installing left turn lanes on major cross streets, pedestrian signal upgrades and mast-arm signals that would improve visibility. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said she would like to change the structure of the traffic signals because she has also noticed the lack of visibility.
“I travel Ridge as well,” Fleming said. “I do find it hard to see the lights, frequently behind the bus.” The study would cost between $75,000 and $100,000, according to the presentation, and the intersection improvements could cost anywhere from $100,000 to $300,000. To move forward, Biggs said the department needs feedback from the committee on which route it should pursue. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said aldermen will review the proposals and convene again with Biggs in February. “We’ll have a few more accidents by then and more data,” Rainey joked. Biggs retorted quickly. “Hopefully not,” she said. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern has seemingly found an unlikely recipe for success: trail for the majority of the game. Yet again, the Wildcats (13-9, 4-5 Big Ten) fell behind for the bulk of the night, only to rally midway through the second half and pull away for a win, this time 77-69 over Minnesota (14-9, 3-7) on Tuesday night. “We feel like, in the last two weeks, we’re starting to play good basketball,” coach Chris Collins told reporters in Minneapolis. “A game like tonight, it keeps us in the mix.” Junior forward Vic Law tallied his second double-double of the season with 18 points — on 6-of-11 shooting — and a career-high 13 rebounds, while senior guards Br yant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey added 18 and 15 points, respectively.
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NU trailed by double-digits on several occasions late in the first half and faced a 40-34 halftime deficit, but gradually made up ground after the break until Lindsey’s only made 3-pointer gave the Cats their first lead — since the game’s early going — with 11 minutes to play. The teams then traded buckets back and forth until a floater by McIntosh with 7:37 left gave the visitors the advantage for good. “Sometimes it’s easy to allow yourself to run offense out at 35 feet (from the basket),” McIntosh said. “I thought we worked really hard, we drove gaps and played off penetration really well.” Two weeks after one of his worst performances of the season in NU’s 83-60 victory over the Golden Gophers on Jan. 10, star Minnesota guard Nate Mason erupted for 25 points and nine assists on Tuesday. Amir Coffey, who missed the meeting in Rosemont with an injury, tacked on 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting. Nevertheless, the Golden Gophers went cold from the field throughout the second half, shooting just 31 percent and making only five field goals over the game’s final 12 minutes of
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play. “We didn’t want to overreact (to Minnesota’s early shooting),” Collins said. “They made shots early, (but) we wanted to stick tight with our principles early and make sure we were protecting the paint, and sooner or later, those shots weren’t going in as much.” If that trend sounds familiar, it’s because it is: The Cats held Penn State without a single bucket for the game’s final 10 minutes in Saturday’s win. The defense has now held opponents to fewer than 70 points in four of the last five games after a streak of four straight allowing more than 70 prior to that. NU’s recent improvement under the rim also continued. Junior center Dererk Pardon, despite sitting briefly with foul trouble early in the second half, went 5-for-7 for 10 points, brought down five offensive rebounds and tallied three blocks, helping the Cats rack up 34 points in the paint. A six-day break before a crucial measuring-stick game at Michigan now awaits NU, suddenly the winners of consecutive conference games for the first time all year. “We can’t look back now and say what we could have or should have done during the early part of the season,” Collins said. “The only thing we can do now is control what we do the rest of the way.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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NU takes down top competition Cats pull off second straight comeback By PETER WARREN
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For the third weekend in a row, Northwestern put on an impressive performance, this time at the Philadelphia Invitational. The Wildcats broke a school record with 25 consecutive wins and finished their weekend with a 9-1 record. “It (was) a great team performance,” coach Zach Moss said. “We fenced a lot of strong opponents: a couple of teams ranked in the top 10, a couple of teams just outside of the top 10.” NU, ranked No. 8 in the first poll of the season released Saturday, faced three fellow top-10 teams: No. 2 Columbia, No. 7 Temple and No. 9 Penn. The Cats also fenced three teams that received votes in the poll: Cornell, New York University and Yale. Despite its tough competition, NU set the record-winning streak before falling to Columbia in the second-to-last dual of the weekend. The streak began back in November at the Elite Invitational. “Originally, I wasn’t really aware of it until we got to about 19,” junior Yvonne Chart said. “When we’re actually fencing over the weekend, it wasn’t something we were focusing on. It happened because we were fencing well.” After the loss to Columbia, the Cats faced another challenge in Yale. After falling behind early, they staged a comeback, highlighted by freshman foil Justine Banbury’s win in the final bout to secure the team victory. Moss said the most important quality the team showed over the weekend was consistency and highlighted the Yale win as a good example. “We lost a really tough match to Columbia,” Moss said. “To bounce back and keep fighting and clawing out against Yale in the last match of the day even though we were really tired, that takes a high level of consistency.”
Other than its matchups against Columbia and Yale, NU dominated its opponents. The Cats blew out Drew 26-1, Fairleigh Dickinson 23-4 and Cornell 22-5. They defeated fellow ranked teams Temple and Penn, 16-11 each. All three NU squads fenced well throughout the weekend, as they dropped only five squad matchups of the 27 in the invitational. Chart, junior Sharon Chen and freshman Sofia Simontov led the foil squad, which lost their only matchup to the Lions. Simontov finished the day with 13 victories while Chart and Chen racked up 12 wins each. “We are losing fewer bouts,” Chart said. “Our team dynamic has improved drastically and that has really helped us to improve our results.”
Freshman sabre Alexis Browne finished with a team-high 15 individual wins, while three other sabres and four epees reached double-digit wins. With the team rolling through competition over the past few weeks, Moss said he credits the commitment the team has shown to his and his coaching staff ’s system. “The team is really buying into the process that we put forward on how we are developing,” Moss said. “The results this weekend and (the) 25-match win streak really demonstrate that we can hang with anyone in the country and we can be a perennial top-5 team if we can continue to display that level of consistency and trust our process.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu
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A Northwestern fencer dodges an attack. The Wildcats did plenty of that this past weekend at the Philadelphia Invitational, going 9-1 against top competition.
By ELLA BROCKWAY
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When senior guard Bryant McIntosh checked back into the game with 8:02 remaining in Tuesday’s conference matchup against Minnesota, Northwestern trailed by a point. McIntosh had yet to attempt a shot in the second half after scoring 11 points in the first, and the Wildcats had missed three of their last five shots. Less than a minute later, McIntosh hit one of his signature floaters in the paint to put NU up 60-59. The Cats would not give up the lead again. McIntosh and junior guard Vic Law combined for 36 points and made clutch plays down the stretch to give NU (13-9, 4-5 Big Ten) its first conference road win of the season over Minnesota (14-9, 3-7) and its second straight comeback win. The Cats rallied back from what was a 10-point Minnesota lead in the first half with a strong secondhalf performance. The defense held Minnesota’s leading scorers, guard Nate Mason and forward Jordan Murphy, to 12 points in the second half. Mason and Murphy had combined for 23 points in the opening period. “They were making some tough shots in the first half, and if you keep making tough shots you’re not going to make them all game,” Law told reporters in Minneapolis. “I think our defense was locked in from the beginning, but as the game wore on we were able to remain tough and hold down.”
NU outscored Minnesota 43-29 in the latter frame. The Golden Gophers shot just 9-for-29 from the field and 3-for-14 from threepoint range in the second half. It was a sharp contrast from their first half performance. Minnesota shot 53 percent from the field and made six 3-pointers before the break. “We wore down,” Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said. “I thought we really scrapped and fought, but just give them credit. They made shots when they needed to, and we couldn’t.” Tuesday’s win was the second straight game in which Law and McIntosh led the comeback for the Cats. Law and McIntosh scored a total 28 points in Saturday’s 70-61 win over Penn State, 14 of which came in the second half. NU trailed the Nittany Lions by 2 heading into the second half Saturday, and came back to outscore Penn State 37-26 after the break. In that game, the Cats held the Nittany Lions without a field goal for the last 10:37, and though Tuesday’s defensive performance down the stretch — allowing just five field goals in the game’s last 12 minutes — wasn’t quite as impressive, it yet again represented a marked improvement over the team’s first half defense. “ We had to shore up some defensive stuff,” McIntosh said. “We couldn’t give up layups and 3s, and (needed to) try and make them take long contested 2s. I thought for the most part in the second half we did a really good job of that.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu