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3 CAMPUS/Student Groups
Wildcats shine late to push past Penn State
Two Northwestern startups chosen as semifinalists in nationwide college competition
Find us online @thedailynu 4 OPINION/Letter to the Editor
Greek life can foster inclusion, social justice
Biss tops Evanston Dem endorsements
WOMEN’S MARCH
Democratic Party does not endorse in AG primary By AMELIA LANGAS
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A woman looks at the crowd at the march. A group from Indivisible Evanston attended the Chicago Women’s March.
Women’s March draws locals
Evanston residents among those calling for political, social change By NIKKI BAIM
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Linda Tate (Weinberg ’76) –– a Northwestern graduate who attended the Chicago Women’s March last year as well –– helped to organize the morning trip alongside other Indivisible Evanston leaders. Indivisible Evanston is one of over 5,800 Indivisible groups nationwide
formed in the wake of the 2016 election with the mission to resist a conservative agenda on local, state and national levels. “This is a long haul,” Tate said. “It’s very easy to get people motivated for a month, so we see lulls and peaks and lulls. … This march is really about re-energizing people.” Indivisible is comprised of local groups working to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders and realize bold progressive policies, according to
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their website. Tate said the group is currently addressing issues with voter rolls as midterm elections approach. An estimated crowd of 300,000 rallied at Chicago’s second annual Women’s March at Grant Park in anticipation for November’s midterms. The reported crowd exceeded last year’s estimated turnout of 250,000 from the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Evanston fire chaplin David Jones –– who was one of two men in Indivisible Evanston’s group of about 20 people –– said this year’s crowd proved that last year was not a “anomaly.” He added that a lot of people are still motivated to make political changes. “It’s not really any one person’s concern, any gender or any race,” he said. “We’re really all in this » See MARCH, page 6
The Democratic Party of Evanston voted Sunday to endorse State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) for the 2018 Democratic primaries. The group announced in a Sunday news release that Cook County commissioner Larry Suffredin, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago), Cook County Board president Toni Preckwinkle, and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioners Debra Shore and Kari Steele also received the group’s endorsement for the 2018 Democratic primaries. Earlier that night, about 500 members of the organization packed into the Unitarian Church of Evanston to cast their votes for the DPOE’s endorsements in the March 20 primary elections. Biss won the group’s endorsement for governor after receiving 85 percent of the vote — the highest received by any candidate Sunday night. Suffredin received the endorsement for Cook County commissioner, Cassidy for state representative of the 14th District, Preckwinkle for Cook County board president and Shore and Steele for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board, all of whom are incumbents.
“Evanston is a really important community in Democratic politics in general … because we have a lot of voters, they’re progressive and they vote, and we have a diverse electorate,” Eamon Kelly, Evanston’s Democratic committeeman, told The Daily. “It’s an important endorsement in terms of winning.” For attorney general, state representative of the 17th District, Cook County assessor, Cook County treasurer and other positions on the Water Reclamation District board, the DPOE did not endorse a candidate. Kelly said that in order for the organization to endorse a candidate, at least two-thirds of members must agree on the candidate. The turnout Sunday evening was more people than he’s ever seen attend an endorsement vote, Kelly said. He said he views this boom in DPOE membership as a result of two things: the fact that Biss, an Evanston resident, is running for governor and the administration of President Donald Trump. “I think a lot of this is a reaction to Trump and the newly energized electorate that … wants to be engaged in the democratic process,” Kelly said. Gayle Anderson (Weinberg ’64), who attended the event and has been a member of the DPOE for about 25 years, told The Daily she came to hear about each candidate’s experience in government and to see what made each » See ENDORSE, page 6
ASG to connect groups with city
Coalition will pair civic organizations, mayor’s office also involved By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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The Associated Student Government committee for community relations is slated to launch a coalition centered on community engagement, which will have its first meeting on Tuesday. ASG’s vice president for community relations, Michael
Deneroff, said the committee will implement new partnerships this quarter in an effort to connect civically engaged groups with the city. The Community Engagement Coalition, an association of student groups working with residents and organizations in the Evanston and Chicago area, will bring civically-minded groups together so they can share ideas. Later in the quarter, a task force will create a liaison
between the mayor’s office and student associations. Community relations committee member Alex Moore said they expect 15 to 17 groups to attend. Moore said the groups all have a similar goal in mind — giving back to either the Evanston or Chicago communities. “Growing up in Evanston, I saw the gap between the Northwestern and Evanston communities,” the Medill
freshman said. “This coalition will help to bridge that gap by encouraging more meaningful and lasting relationships with the community.” Deneroff said the coalition will be a collaboration between student groups that engage in service or work directly with organizations in Evanston and Chicago. The coalition will meet once or twice a quarter » See ASG, page 6
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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks at an event. Biss received the Democratic Party of Evanston’s endorsement for his gubernatorial campaign.
Alleging HIV exposure, patient files suit against NU hospital By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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A former patient filed suit Wednesday against Northwestern Memorial Hospital, alleging hospital personnel reused a syringe on him that had previously been used on an HIV-positive patient and concealed information regarding the mistake, according to a copy of
the complaint obtained by The Daily. In the complaint, filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the plaintiff, “John Doe,” accuses Northwestern of three counts: reckless endangerment of patient, fraudulent concealment and medical battery. Christopher King, a spokesman for Northwestern Medicine, declined to comment, and told The Daily in an email that the hospital does not comment
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on pending litigation. Doe had a hernia surgery performed at Northwestern Memorial on Jan. 31, 2017, and then had a corrective hernia surgery performed there Feb. 17, according to the complaint. During the second surgery, the complaint alleges employees administered Doe’s anesthesia using a syringe that had been used formerly on a different patient — one who had tested positive for HIV. At this point, personnel
drew blood from Doe without his knowledge to test for HIV, the complaint notes, but then destroyed the blood. Doe was discharged soon after his surgery on Feb. 17, and it was not until his followup visit on Feb. 27 that he was told by Charles Hogue, chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, that the syringe had been reused. At this time, Hogue “intentionally” did not reveal the HIV status of the other patient,
according to the complaint. In a series of email exchanges with Sean Jones, executive assistant for the Department of Anesthesiology, and Jennifer Benton, a lawyer for Northwestern Memorial, Doe repeatedly requested information on the other patient, according to the complaint. Neither Jones nor Benton provided information regarding the other patient’s health information and HIV status, the complaint alleges.
On March 22, Doe met with infectious disease specialist Teresa Zembower, who disclosed that the other patient had been HIV-positive. Zembower told Doe he should use a condom during sexual activity with his wife, according to the complaint. That day, Doe went to the University of Chicago to seek treatment for exposure to HIV, » See HOSPITAL, page 6
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MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018
AROUND TOWN Council to address proposed tower, restaurants By RYAN WANGMAN
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The next chapter in Evanston’s planned development saga will play out at Monday’s City Council meeting as aldermen are set to debate a proposed 33-story residential building on Davis Avenue. The Plan Commission and city staff recommended Council deny the 318-unit proposal, which will be introduced before the Planning and Development committee on Monday. The building, located at 601 Davis, would include 7,481 square feet of ground floor commercial space and 176 on-site parking spaces, according to city documents. Vermilion Development, the real estate company that proposed the Davis tower, is requesting eight site development allowances. That exceeds the maximum site development allowances for building height and floor area ratio, which means a super-majority of two-thirds of Council members is needed for the building’s approval. “It is troubling that we set numbers and we’re still getting requests for variations to those amounts,” Plan Commission member Peter Isaac said at a meeting in November. At the Jan. 8 City Council meeting, the proposal was delayed until Jan. 22 for introduction after the developer asked for more time on the project. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) told The Daily then that developers occasionally decide they want to make changes to their applications because of feedback they have
POLICE BLOTTER Four bottles of liquor stolen from Jewel-Osco in south Evanston A man stole $150 worth of liquor from the Jewel-Osco in south Evanston early Friday morning, police said. A security guard observed the suspect take four bottles of liquor from the store –– located in the 2400 block of Howard Street –– around
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Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) speaks at a meeting. City Council is set to review a proposed planned development.
received from community members or City Council, though she did not know the reason for this delay. The proposed development comes after Albion Residential’s 15-story Sherman Avenue apartment 6 a.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The guard asked the man to stop at the exit, but was ignored. The man fled into Chicago with a bottle of Tanqueray Gin and three bottles of Bombay Gin, Glew said, and has not yet been identified.
Purse stolen at church
A 62-year-old woman reported her purse was stolen at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1509
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tower was approved in November amid some residents’ concerns that the project did not meet affordable housing needs and could potentially increase gentrification. Ridge Ave. The woman set her purse down at the church and it was taken around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Glew said. The purse –– valued at $20 –– contained her wallet with two credit cards and $45 in cash. Charges were incurred on one of the cards. There are no suspects. — Nikki Baim
Also at Monday’s City Council meeting, aldermen will discuss the approval of a pair of potential restaurants — Rubies and Colectivo Coffee — in the city. Robert Crayton, the applicant on behalf of Rubies, is seeking approval for a takeout restaurant located at 1723 Simpson St., and received the recommendations of both the Zoning Board of Appeals and city staff for the proposal. The restaurant would feature breakfast and lunch items including eggs, deli sandwiches and tacos, according to city documents. The building at 1723 Simpson has a troubled history, as the building’s former owner was arrested in 2011 on allegations that he had been selling crack cocaine within the store and conducting fraudulent transactions using Illinois Link cards. The commercial space is currently vacant. Colectivo will look to replace the RadioShack formerly located at the corner of Church Street and Sherman Avenue. The applicant currently owns and operates 16 similar Colectivo locations in Wisconsin and two in Chicago. If approved, the coffee shop would join a crowded market that includes Kafein, Unicorn Cafe and Patisserie Coralie. “Colectivo promises to make a bright open space, reopen the windows and bring a really good brand to that corner,” Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s economic development manager told The Daily in December. “It’s going to be a community gathering spot. It’s exciting.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight
The Friday, January 19 paper printed the incorrect men’s basketball story. An article previewing the men’s basketball game against Penn State on Saturday should have run under the headline “Cats grasp for uptick in scoring.” The Daily regrets the error.
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ON CAMPUS NU startups advance in competition By ALANE LIM
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Two student-owned Northwestern startups are semifinalists in Student Startup Madness, a nationwide college startup competition focusing on digital media. Codemoji and HotPlate are among the 32 semifinalists announced in a Jan. 16 news release. The platform Codemoji uses emojis to get middle and elementary school students interested in programming, and the mobile app HotPlate introduces diners to the best dishes at a restaurant. Student Startup Madness founder Sean Branagan said eight finalists will be selected from the semifinalists and have the opportunity to pitch at South by Southwest — an annual gathering featuring festivals and conferences focusing on interactive media, film and music. “(The competition) gives you the ability to do high-end networking with people who are in that startup and tech world,” Branagan told The Daily. He added that many startups have launched at South by Southwest, including Twitter. Student Startup Madness looks at four metrics: strength of idea, strength of team, market size and market traction, Branagan said. “In the case of (Codemoji and HotPlate), you can see they’re very different,” Branagan said. “That’s the beauty of what we see as the power of innovation and entrepreneurship on campuses across the country.” Codemoji co-founder Livio Bolzon said Codemoji uses an image-based approach to learning. A child is more likely to remember the word “cat” if there’s a picture included with the word, the School of Professional Studies student said, adding they chose emojis related to the code they were teaching — like a camera emoji representing an image tag in programming code. Still, Bolzon said, emojis only constitute a small part — about 10 to 15 percent — of Codemoji’s learning content. The rest of the curriculum
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is based on text-based learning but still geared towards children, he added. “(Emojis are) a good way to get kids acclimated initially,” Bolzon said. “It becomes difficult to teach them some more complex concepts at some point.” The company’s platform has been used by over 150,000 children since it started in late 2016, Bolzon said, and includes countries from around the world. “We want to just keep growing and helping more kids every day,” Bolzon said. HotPlate CEO Sarah Ahmad said that company’s app has over 300 users and currently focuses on Evanston restaurants, though the company plans to expand into other locations. The McCormick senior said she came up with the idea for HotPlate during a summer internship in the greater Chicago area, and continued to build on the idea through a class project at NU. “It was really surprising to me that there wasn’t
really a website that you could go to, to really get that dish-level information,” Ahmad said. “If you’re going in (a restaurant), this might be your only time.” Users can search for a specific dish on the app and get restaurant recommendations, or go to a restaurant and see what the best dishes are. Then, users can leave ratings after eating at the restaurant. Ahmad said this focus on individual dishes differentiates HotPlate from sites like Yelp. Ahmad said she came across Student Startup Madness while searching for pitch competitions, and thought it would be an “awesome” opportunity to pitch at South by Southwest. “As a student startup, you should take as many opportunities as you can get,” Ahmad said. “It’s really about (the) exposure and getting in touch with these people that will later on hopefully invest in your company.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
When committed, tightknit Greek groups can foster inclusion, justice
I come from an overwhelmingly white suburb of Chicago with a median income significantly above the state average. The range of my interpersonal experiences back home is quite limited because of this; yet in my life, I’ve been fortunate to connect deeply with other people of many different identities. On a superficial level, this is because I go to Northwestern. But more deeply, it’s because I joined a fraternity. Ariel Sheffey’s recent column implored members of Greek life to defend their affiliations given the notoriety our organizations have around campus and the country. At the root of Sheffey and others’ complaints is a concern that Greek life stands in the way of increased inclusion and equality for marginalized groups in our society. Since Greek life is typically defended from the
perspective of tradition and nostalgia, it makes sense that it would seem anathema to progressive values. But my experience in a fraternity shows how Greek life actually has the potential to lead the way in fostering these values on campus. In the time I’ve spent in my fraternity, I’ve developed meaningful friendships with fellow brothers who are students of color, from low-income families and non-U.S. citizens. The pernicious reality of segregation in our country along racial and class lines already makes this fact an anomaly for someone like me. Perhaps more importantly, though, these friendships are informed by the full spectrum of human life, from the defining to the banal. I’ve heard first-hand stories of discrimination and hardship from marginalized brothers. But I’ve also come to know their personal tastes and dispositions — knowledge that can only be gained over months and years in the same organization, but is essential to shattering crude stereotypes based in a lack of understanding. Overall, my fraternity has created a diverse, inclusive environment that integrates members of
disparate social groups into an authentic community, a small but concrete victory for social justice. Of course, diverse, inclusive student groups exist all across Northwestern, so why is Greek life in particular necessary for the promotion of social equality? Greek life is indeed uniquely positioned to promote these values because it is the most expansive, institutionalized kind of community on campus. The close brotherhoods and sisterhoods formed in Greek organizations, the same bonds that are accused of being cult-like by detractors, are actually the most effective means by which students from privileged backgrounds can really hear otherwise-silenced voices. Hallmates in dorms often drift apart as they became involved with student groups — especially, as it turns out, Greek life — and most of these student groups seldom interact in person outside their weekly meetings and the occasional social gathering. Greek brothers and sisters, however, live together and eat together. We work together and play together, laugh together and cry together. The unparalleled scope of Greek life allows it to significantly shape
the lives of its members, so with a conscious commitment to integration and inclusion, Greek life can do more than any other campus institution to inculcate progressive values. To do this, Greek life as a whole still needs to change in substantial ways. Fraternities and sororities must actively seek out new members who have historically been excluded from membership. Greek organizations must also eliminate pledging in order to fully ensure the equality of all brothers and sisters from the moment they drop their bids. Thankfully, my fraternity has done both. In the past, Greek life has all too often been an incubator for toxic values, but my experience in a fraternity at Northwestern shows that in the present, Greek life can instead be a source of egalitarianism, inclusion and respect for all people. I hope that Sheffey and other critics of Greek life will help us make that a reality.
student debt since 2012. The freeze likely allowed Purdue to increase enrollment of low-income students. A similar freeze of NU’s tuition and room and board costs would be a solid step toward the University’s goal of recruiting more low- and moderate-income students. Two years ago, Northwestern announced that starting in the 2016-2017 school year, all incoming first-year undergraduate students who qualify for assistance will receive fully grant based financial aid packages, without loans. Even while increasing financial aid, NU has raised the total sticker price to more than $72,000 a year. To further reduce student costs, Daniels also started a three-year program for B.A. degrees called “Degree In 3.” Students can carry a larger course load during the normal academic year and take courses over the summer. By doing so, they complete the same number of credits required for a four-year degree. The faster academic pace can save out-of-state students over $18,000 and in-state students approximately $9,000. Some private universities have experimented with threeyear degrees, but primarily for students who took
Advanced Placement high school courses. Purdue is one of the first large universities to offer this program to students without prior AP credits. Not every student wants this option, but why not offer it to those who do? Can Northwestern say “We Will” to that proposal? To reduce textbook costs, Purdue initiated a precedent-setting partnership with Amazon in which students can save up to 30 percent on textbooks yearly. Many NU students complain about high textbook costs. How about launching a similar partnership with an online vendor? In a separate bold and largely controversial move, Purdue acquired Kaplan University, a primarily online, for-profit institution. This venture — titled NewU — is aimed at raising Purdue’s web presence, but it raised fierce faculty protests after the deal was announced. Critics claim that Purdue risks ruining its reputation by working with a firm that paid millions in legal settlements for allegedly unscrupulous business practices. But Daniels said the move is vital for a traditional university to survive during rapid technology changes and a
growing concern over the value and cost of a college degree. “There are a lot of people who think that residential higher education is on borrowed time,” Daniels said in a 2017 Bloomberg article. New entrepreneurs “backed by a lot of big money, using dazzling technologies” say to prospective students: “‘Why would you pick up and move somewhere and pay rent for four years when I can bring the best education available to you while you sit in your pajamas’ … We’ve got to pass the ‘pajama test,’” he declared. How will NU pass that test? Purdue and NU share other similarities besides Big Ten membership. They gained excellent academic reputations and large enrollments. But despite facing similar pressures and responsibilities running large, prestigious academic institutions, Mitch Daniels and Morty Schapiro have clear disparities in their leadership styles. Perhaps NU should take Purdue’s commitment to truly putting students first.
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Northwestern can learn from Purdue, other Big Ten universities
As a member of the Big Ten, NU shares hefty revenues from the conference’s cable TV sports network. Why not share other schools’ practices as well? Purdue University is a good place to start. Mitch Daniels became Purdue’s president in January 2013 after serving two terms as Governor of Indiana. He launched a new program called “Purdue Moves,” with a series of bold initiatives — many of which NU’s administration could benefit from adopting as well. In one of his initiatives, Daniels froze tuition and all fees for the first time in 36 years. Out-ofstate students’ total tab was capped at $28,804, while tuition sat at $9,992 for in-state students. That freeze was later extended to 2019, and has resulted in a 35 percent drop in undergraduate
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Think about words, which reflect personal character
JARED BAAS
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A recent conversation between friends in my room sparked an avid cultural debate, one that transformed my viewpoint on how language is perceived by modern culture. The question that sparked our discussion was whether it is acceptable for non-black people to use vocabulary, like the N-word, which has historically been derogatory towards black people, when repeating lines from a rap or song lyric. Some claim that the N-word should not be used by anyone at any point in time, due to its grievous history and offensive nature. Others say that it empowers members of the black community due to the fact that they have overcome burdens associated with the word, and can now use it in a free manner. Still others will argue that anyone can use it as long as they aren’t using it offensively, like in a song or essay. While everyone seemed to have a stance on the matter, I was definitely torn. I was confident in the fact that I never use the word and don’t condone the use of the word by white people, but I
also considered that the artist had some intention in using it. Just because one person isn’t offended when the word is used doesn’t mean everyone feels the same. The question became this: Do we all have a moral obligation to avoid using the N-word and other offensive words no matter what, or do our identities govern what we are and aren’t allowed to say? Seeking answers to this question, I performed a quick internet search and found a video of Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking to an audience at Evanston Township High School. Responding to Lil Uzi Vert’s performance at A&O Blowout, one non-black Northwestern student in the audience asked if it was appropriate to use the word when repeating song lyrics and how to react when friends do. In his reply, Coates outlined how words that have historically been considered derogatory can be reclaimed by different racial and ethnic groups as a means of empowerment. To help explain his argument, Coates used examples of socially acceptable uses of certain words — his wife can appropriately call him “honey,” but a random person wouldn’t be able to. Within other groups, people regularly reclaim derogatory words traditionally used against their identity that wouldn’t be proper
for outsiders to employ in conversation. Coates argued that privilege conditions people to believe they can use whatever words they want but that this concept doesn’t apply to the N-word. Ultimately, he says white people shouldn’t be using the word and can learn a lot by having to refrain. I found much of what Coates said to have some depth of truth, but we can also expand on his logic. Coates said that it’s not your skin or hair color, but rather the laws of your culture that tell you these things. However, culture is a dynamic compilation of many factors beyond race, and one culture cannot be applied to all people who have a certain skin color. Because I am white, the word is not derogatory to my race. But does that mean I shouldn’t be the one to step in when someone uses the N-word? Is that not my place? At the end of the day, the N-word will always carry so much history and emotional turmoil. Collectively, people decide which words are acceptable and which are offensive. Therefore, can any individual really decide whether it’s acceptable for others to use the word? What this debate boils down to is the fact that our language reflects who we are as people, and how we examine what goes on around us. It isn’t our job to control other people’s thoughts, but rather to critically examine our own.
We have a responsibility to think about what our words mean, and how they will affect other people. Words like the N-word will always have roots in racism and suffering, and there is no way to reuse them in a casual context. The best way we can make a difference in our language is to lead by example and say — or not say — the words that will best represent what we want our society to be. Even if as a non-black person you aren’t sure if you should get involved with someone using the N-word, you have an obligation to decide if that language is the best representation of yourself. If each and every one of us began to think critically about what we said and why we said it, we wouldn’t end up hurting other people by our language as often as now. That is truly the discussion we should be having: What our language says about who we are, and how we can be better examples for future generations to bring unity to all cultures throughout the country. Jared Baas is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at jaredbaas2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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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of them stand out. She added that an endorsement from the DPOE is “valuable” to candidates because it comes from a large number of informed community members. Anderson said she was happy to see the women
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From page 1 together and we have to stick together and not allow people to divide us.” Tate and other members of Indivisible Evanston joined a sea of the event’s signature pink knit hats in the park, where crowds began gathering before the rally area opened. Music and chants such as, “This is
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 who are running, and she thought they were “some of the best candidates.” She said she was also interested in Biss. “I’ve spent a great deal of time investigating who I think would be the best governor,” Anderson said. “Daniel Biss, he learns from his mistakes. He has made some errors, he has felt, in some of his legislative issues, but he’s the only one who has legislative experience
and that’s important.” While all candidates for each position were given a chance to speak, the crowd applauded Biss with particular energy. Biss described his visit to Mahomet, Illinois — a historically conservative town, he said. He said he wasn’t expecting a huge turnout, but when he entered the room where his talk was being held, it was packed.
“People were excited to take back our state, to transform our society,” Biss said. “People have been energized and engaged by the tragic nightmare of having Bruce Rauner as our governor and Donald Trump as our president. … we are witnessing my friends, the Evanstonization of Illinois.”
what democracy looks like” and “I believe that we will win” echoed from the event’s center stage. Indivisible Evanston member Kathleen Johnson carried a sign that said “Our children are watching!! VOTE” as she and the Chicago crowd navigated the route from Grant Park to Federal Plaza. “Every single day I’m horrified by the things I hear Trump saying and doing and I think, ‘Oh my god, our kids are watching this,’” she said. “Our little kids
are learning to be distrustful and act without dignity.” But Tate said this year’s march was not about being angry. She said she saw it as a “ray of hope” going into a future, with less apathy toward voting. Rachel Heuman also traveled from Evanston to bring attention to the various young organizers’ who are fighting deportation. Heuman represented the Immigrant Advocacy Project –– a local group working to reform
immigration. Group members collaborate with organizations such as the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to help share information and alert people who face deportation. “We’re going to win this eventually,” Heuman said. “These young leaders are not going to go with selling their parents down the river.”
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A sign reads, “I am woman, watch me vote.” Many Evanston residents attended the second annual Women’s March in Chicago.
A crowd marches to Federal Plaza. About 300,000 people attended the Women’s March on Saturday, which was held in conjuction with others across the country.
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Deneroff said though grant money and resources from NU will help benefit the missions of the groups, the most effective part of the coalition will be groups working with each other to improve their collective impact. “The biggest thing is getting a handle of the potential that these groups have,” the SESP junior said. “I actually think the information sharing and the collaboration between the groups will be the most beneficial part of the coalition.” The committee will also set up a specific way for student groups to communicate with the mayor’s office, Deneroff said. The Mayoral Task Force,
which Deneroff expects to start by the end of the quarter, will serve as a mechanism for the mayor’s office, community partners and other city officials to share resources and opportunities with students. He said the idea grew out of a need for a formal process that connects student groups and community organizations looking for more student involvement. Mayor Steve Hagerty said he sees the task force as a way for the city to receive feedback from students and share ideas that will better their experience in Evanston. While Deneroff said they are still in the process
of formalizing their plan for the Mayoral Task Force, Hagerty said he hopes he will meet with them once or twice a quarter to talk about issues going on in the city. “It’s important because the students are as much residents of Evanston as a child here in this community or a senior in this community is,” Hagerty said. “They have a voice, and I want to hear that voice.”
The complaint alleges that over the course of the alleged syringe reuse and information concealment, the hospital exhibited “reckless disregard for the safety of John Doe,” and as a result Doe sustained “physical and emotional injuries of a personal and pecuniary nature.” Though the plaintiff has not contracted HIV,
the alleged incident was still “life-changing” for John Doe in that it left him with “a complete lack of trust in physicians,” Doe’s attorney, Shawn Kasserman, told The Daily. “As long as nothing gets done when something like this happens, if you just kind of let it go, sweep it under the rug, it’s going to happen
again,” Kasserman said. “The things that I think both John Doe and my law firm are striving for is to make sure the hospital changes its policies, so that there’s mandatory and immediate disclosure to the patients when something like this happens.”
From page 1 to share information and best practices as well as plan collaborative events. He said the coalition will be a collective effort among ASG, the groups and the Office of Leadership Development and Community Engagement. Groups will also be able to apply for grant money from Northwestern. Derenoff said $5,000 has been allocated for the pool, though the details of the grant and application process have not been finalized.
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and was told by a representative from the infectious disease department that it was too late for antiretroviral medicine to be effective, the complaint claims.
Rishika Dugyala contributed reporting. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
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MLK Arts Festival event showcases black voices By KEERTI GOPAL
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Fifty years after the Bursar’s Office takeover — a 38-hour student-led protest demanding that Northwestern provide more resources for black students — Communication senior Kori Alston said he wanted to honor that legacy by creating a platform for NU’s black students to be heard. “When there is so little black representation on campus, the minute you put one person on stage they are forced to represent the entirety of black Northwestern students,” said Alston, development director of Vertigo Productions. “I wanted to create an event where we can have all of these diverse black voices on stage doing their thing at the same time, and people could just witness.” On Friday, over 60 people gathered in McCormick Auditorium for Lift Ev’ry Voice, an event hosted by Vertigo Productions as part of the MLK Arts Festival, to fulfill that vision and showcase black students’ voices. The event began with the trailer for “The Takeover: The Revolution of the Black Experience at Northwestern University” — an in-progress film about the
1968 Bursar’s Office takeover and its legacy at NU — followed by a student presentation about the protest’s history. Then came a series of performances: two students presented spoken-word poetry, and one sang an original song with a friend. The show also featured a guest performance from Chicago rapper Add-2 and ended with a sing-along rendition of “Lift Ev’ry Voice,” led by the Northwestern Community Ensemble. First-year McCormick graduate student Eden Aklile said she came to the event as a new student hoping to get more involved with NU’s black community. “It was just breathtaking to know that people are here doing that kind of work,” Aklile said, adding that she was impressed by the caliber of students’ pieces. Ike Ihemeson sang an original song he said was inspired by his Christian faith. “With my eyes looking up to the hills, help is coming all the way,” the Bienen junior sang, accompanied by acoustic guitar. “My brother, I promise we will make it through another day.” The need for continued progress was a recurring theme of the night. Communication sophomore Kimani Isaac, who performed spoken word at the event, said that though the NU administration is making an effort to help black students, the University still struggles with systemic barriers to accessibility.
“I think we are dealing with a lot of really old and really angry policies … (but) it’s really refreshing to see a school and an administration that actually tries to listen,” Isaac told The Daily. “(NU) doesn’t always get it right for sure, but it definitely tries to listen and is actively trying to overcome those legacies.” The show was just one component of the MLK Arts Festival, three days of programming by student theater board Vertigo Productions that included multiple readings of student-written plays and a discussion on structural inequality in Chicago. Vertigo Productions is the only student theater board at NU that solely produces original undergraduate work, Alston said, adding that the MLK Arts Festival was about celebrating the creations of students. He added that he hoped white audience members in particular could take the opportunity to step back and simply listen. “To sit there and be truly not heard for a while, and to listen for that long, I think there’s something to learn there,” Alston said. “But even more than that, I want people to just appreciate the depth and diversity of black voices that we have on campus and to work to start celebrating those voices.” keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Ike Ihemeson performs an original song at Lift Ev’ry Voice. The Vertigo Productions event focused on showcasing black student work to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy.
MEN’S TENNIS
Youthful Northwestern splits pair on opening weekend By BENJY APELBAUM
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An inexperienced Northwestern team got a taste of heartbreak in its season-opening loss to North Carolina State by the narrowest of margins. The Wildcats (1-1) dropped a tight 4-3 contest to the Wolfpack (4-0) on Thursday at home before going on the road to easily defeat Boise State (0-1) 5-0 on Sunday. In its first match, NU’s highly-touted freshman class shone, but the Cats struggled in close matches and performed poorly in doubles. The singles lineup featured four players who did not regularly start for the team last season: three freshmen and sophomore
Chris Ephron. In doubles, pairings at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots were broken early in their sets and did not come back. The one-point deficit would come back to bite the Cats in the end. “Doubles for all three pairs was a little bit disappointing,” freshman Nick Brookes said. “We didn’t come out of the starting blocks quick enough.” Early on, it appeared that NU would be able to overcome the early deficit thanks to impressive straight-set wins by Brookes at No. 4 singles and fellow freshman A.J. Joshi at No. 6. After losses by junior Ben Vandixhorn at No. 3 and Ephron at No. 5, the Wolfpack held a 3-2 lead, meaning the match would be determined by what happened on the top two courts. At No. 2 singles sophomore Dominik Starý was
engaged in a back and forth match against North Carolina State freshman Tadas Babelis. Starý won the first set 6-1 and lost the second by the same score. It looked like he would run away with the match when he took a 4-0 lead in the third set, but Babelis battled back. It appeared as if the match would go to a deciding tiebreaker when Babelis fell behind 0-40 while attempting to serve out the match ahead 6-5. Then, Babelis flipped a switch and came up with several huge first serves to close out his match and clinch a Wolfpack win. Freshman Antonioni Fasano would go on to close out an impressive 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over the No. 16 player in the country, Alexis Galarneau, at No. 1 singles to give the Cats’ freshmen a 3-0 mark in singles play. “To see those three not shy away from the spotlight
was awesome,” Vandixhorn said. “They’ll bring a lot to our team.” NU had an easier time in the Boise State match, where it did not drop a set during singles play. Junior Jason Seidman played in the place of Ephron at No. 5 singles, but that was the only lineup change. Next up, the young team will face off against even tougher competition in No. 18 Oklahoma at the ITA kickoff event. Coach Arvid Swan said he hopes the Cats will be able to use the lessons of their opening weekend to improve in the future. “I think we could have played maybe a little more aggressively on some of the break points or deuce points in some spots in singles,” Swan said of Thursday’s match. “I was really pleased with the fight.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Together, it was a collective effort. I thought we put on a pretty good defensive clinic. — Bryant McIntosh, senior guard
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Cats pull out win over Penn State after trailing most of game By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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ROSEMONT — Northwestern trailed for over 30 minutes of game time and 14 minutes in the second half, but the Wildcats pulled ahead when it mattered to secure a 70-61 victory over Penn State on Saturday afternoon. Trailing 59-55 with just over 7 minutes remaining at Allstate Arena, NU (12-9, 3-5 Big Ten) ran three successful plays to get junior center Dererk Pardon open looks at the rim, locked down the Nittany Lions on the other end, and took a 2-point lead. And then, on a tip-out rebound from senior forward Gavin Skelly, junior forward Vic Law buried possibly the biggest shot of the game, a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the hosts a 5-point lead with 4:10 left. “That was pretty satisfying, especially when I wasn’t in the play at all and didn’t do any of the work,” Law said. “It was a great game. Gavin played very, very well … He did a lot of good things.” Law, who led NU with 18 points, may have hit the biggest shot, and that was enough to blunt Penn State (13-8, 3-5) guard Shep Garner, who
scored 22 points to lead all scorers. Garner was a long-range marksman, going 6-for-11 from 3-point range, with a few of those shots coming from far beyond the arc. While Law couldn’t match Garner shot for shot, the Cats hung around thanks in part to effective production off the bench, with freshman guard Anthony Gaines and junior guard Jordan Ash combining for 11 of NU’s 13 bench points. The visitors could manage only 8 points among their reserves. “He’s just growing up right before our eyes,” senior guard Bryant McIntosh said of Gaines. “He’s really going to be a great defensive stopper, first off. His game is coming around offensively. … He’s really been working hard on it.” Gaines also contributed on the glass, grabbing two of NU’s 16 offensive rebounds and helping the Cats take 22 more field goals and two more free throws than the Nittany Lions. In an efficient but disjointed first half, the teams combined to shoot 56 percent from the field. That was partially due to Garner’s standout performance, but the Cats also went 12-for-20 inside the arc and outscored the Nittany Lions 20-16 in the paint. In the second half, however, Garner cooled off and the Penn State
offense fell apart. The Nittany Lions went the final 10:37 of the game without a made field goal and were outscored 19-6 during that stretch. “As the game went on, we did a better job of staying attached to Garner,” McIntosh said. “Our bigs did an excellent job protecting our basket. … Together, it was a collective effort. I thought we put on a pretty good defensive clinic.” Notably absent from that defensive clinic was sophomore forward Aaron Falzon, who played only three minutes and recorded no stats after sitting out Wednesday’s game against Ohio State with a back injury. This time, according to coach Chris Collins, it wasn’t an injury keeping Falzon out of the game. “Matchup-wise, he was available to play. I just liked what our smaller lineup was giving us,” Collins said. “Having three athletic forwards, I thought that was being effective.”
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NU drops another road contest Cats up intensity in order to get revenge 46 Northwestern
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The second time was not the charm for Northwestern this weekend. The Wildcats (9-12, 2-5 Big Ten) traveled to Madison to take on Wisconsin (8-13, 1-7) for the second time in as many weeks. This time, though, instead of adding a win to their record, the Cats will head home with a 58-46 loss. The first four minutes of the first quarter were very telling of how the game would end: Less than halfway through the period, Wisconsin held a 7-0 lead. When the Cats came out on top two weeks ago, they led 12-11 after one quarter. This time, however, NU trailed 16-7 at the end of the first. Wisconsin made moves both offensively and defensively from the getgo with key contributions coming from forward Marsha Howard and guard Cayla McMorris. Howard led all scorers with 21 points while McMorris added 12. For the visitors, sophomore forward Abi Scheid led the way with 17 points, but freshman guards Lindsey Pulliam and Jordan Hamilton had a tough day offensively, combining to shoot 1-for-20 from the field. NU’s defense struggled throughout the game, allowing Wisconsin to shoot 46 percent from the field. The Badgers’ largest lead of the game was by 15 points in the second quarter, and the hosts led for the majority of the game. The Cats, on the other hand, never led by more than 1. The visitors were stuck playing catch-up until midway through the fourth quarter. NU got closer to
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snagging a lead with each period, closing the deficit to three by the end of the third quarter. Then, in the fourth quarter, the Cats made it happen, but it was too little too late. A layup by junior
center Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah gave NU its first lead of the game at 45-44 with only a little over four minutes left in the game. Ultimately, after getting its first lead in the game, the team was unable to keep the momentum going. Wisconsin closed the game on a 14-1 run, icing the game at the free throw line to secure its first conference win of the season. cassidyjackson2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah goes up for a layup. The junior forward had 12 points and 11 rebounds in the loss to the Badgers.
Dispirited effort left team ‘embarrassed’ after first matchup By BEN POPE
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ROSEMONT — Bryant McIntosh walked onto the Allstate Arena court Saturday for warmups and didn’t like what he saw — or felt. “The most embarrassing thing was walking out today and having (Penn State) look at us,” the senior guard said. “In warmups, you look across the floor and judge how a team’s feeling, and you could tell they were very confident. We used that a little bit as motivation.” The sting of a 78-63 loss just over two weeks ago in Happy Valley evidently still hadn’t left McIntosh — nor the rest of the team, coach Chris Collins said. Northwestern (12-9, 3-5 Big Ten) was physically dominated across the board that Friday night, giving up a whopping 48 points in the paint, and humiliated to the extent that McIntosh was left questioning his teammates’ mindsets. The two starting big men for the Nittany Lions (13-8, 3-5), 6-foot-9 center Mike Watkins and 6-foot-8 forward Lamar Stevens, combined for 48 points and 22 rebounds. “I didn’t think we played with nearly the kind of fight or effort that we needed the first go-round,” Collins said Saturday. “A lot of us were embarrassed by that performance, and I think everybody was eager to get a
chance to see if we could be … tough enough to beat a physical team like this.” And in Saturday’s 70-61 win, the Wildcats indeed were tough enough. NU controlled the paint, fought for rebounds, bodied up Penn State’s oversized interior players and effectively flipped all the statistics in its favor across the board: 40-24 in points in the paint, 16-6 in offensive rebounds and 17-4 in secondchance points. Watkins and Stevens combined for just 21 points and 10 rebounds this time, in addition to five turnovers. Collins credited his switch to a zone defense as part of the reason for the marked improvement, saying that he learned not to play the Nittany Lions man-to-man after the first game. Instead of matching junior center Dererk Pardon with Watkins again, the Cats defended the rim with a by-committee approach and found much more success — although it came at the cost of leaving guard Shep Garner, who tallied 22 total points, open throughout much of the first half. It wasn’t just the schematic adjustment that made the difference, though. Junior forward Vic Law, who finished with a team-high 18 points, said the coaching staff also reminded the players of the indignity they felt two weeks ago in Saturday’s pregame speech. “Before the game, some of our coaches questioned our energy and said that we needed to pick it before the game started,” Law said. “Because this was not a game that was going to be the same.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu