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‘Word Salad’ open mic highlights local poets At Noyes Cultural Arts Center, artists share their works By SELENA KUZNIKOV
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The event was an opportunity for pets to receive blessings in a special service.
Pet blessing brings spirituality
Unlike a typical mass, dog barks filled the room at Alice Millar Chapel By DAVIS GIANGIULIO
daily senior staffer @giangiuliodavis
Northwestern students and Evanston residents gathered in
Alice Millar Chapel on Sunday morning for an unusual service. It began similarly to a mass, with a choir singing hymns and lectors reading scripture, but unlike typical services, dogs also filled the chapel with barks as they
found seats in the pews and aisles typically reserved for their owners. “We are blessed to care for one another, for creatures,” the Rev. Kristen Glass Perez said during the meditation sermon. The mass, an annual pet
blessing organized by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, supported the Evanston Animal Shelter this year. Representatives of the group attended the event
» See PET BLESSING, page 6
Weinberg freshman Cathy Apolot confidently stepped up to the stage — a small makeshift lectern in front of a few seats filled with attendees — and began to proudly recite her poem off of her iPhone. Apolot was performing at Noyes Cultural Arts Center’s “ Word Salad” second-ever spoken word open mic on Friday. Northwestern and Evanston guests alike were invited to sign in on a sheet and share their work. “I’ve been looking for different ways to connect to poetry or spoken word here,” Apolot said. “Originally, I wasn’t planning on speaking, but then I was like, ‘you know what, whatever, I’ll do it.’ There’s a lot of solace in the fact that a lot of times, I’m not going to see these people again.” Apolot said some of her inspiration stems from her time performing in jazz clubs in her home state of Nebraska, and more recently, how her Black and African identities tie into life as a college student. She read a collection of recent poems relating to her femininity and experience as a Black woman in the U.S. Leah Leviton, an Evanston
resident who moved to the city about a year ago, said she read a short essay on end-oflife planning that inspired her spoken word. She also said her own personal experiences, humor, art and details inspire her work. “I’m a visual artist who has gotten more interested in writing over the past few years,” Leviton said. “I’m very shy, but it seemed casual and lowkey. I’ve attended many (open mics) over the years but never read at one.” Leviton said she saw the flier for the event in a city email and intends to continue attending and performing. Angela Allyn, Evanston’s community arts program coordinator, said she plans to continue hosting open mics monthly throughout the school year. She said she wants it to be a safe space for writers to perform their work. Allyn said the next open mic event will be at the end of October to celebrate Halloween. “We have a lot of visual arts, we have some performing arts, but it seemed to me that there wasn’t anything like this for people who sit at home and write poems, people who write lyrics, people who write memoirs,” Allyn said. “I’m just excited that we have a program for writers.” Allyn also said she hopes to see more students attend the open mics –– she said the events are accessible and close
» See WORD SALAD, page 6
Report analyzes Rug trade event connects artisans crime on campus Pakistani rug creators share work globally, promote fair trade practices Property crimes decrease, sexual violence increases By RUSSELL LEUNG
daily senior staffer @rjleung7
Northwestern released its Annual Security Report on
Thursday with 2021 crime and safety statistics for its campuses. Several property crimes decreased in number compared to 2020 on the Evanston campus. Burglaries fell from six to two and robberies fell from three to zero, while motor vehicle thefts
» See SECURITY, page 6
By LILY CAREY
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When Weinberg freshman Isabel Toghramadjian decided to attend Northwestern, she was disappointed to learn there were no Armenian student organizations on campus.
» See FAIR TRADE RUG, page 6
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