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NU signs amicus brief on travel ban University joins 30 other schools supporting suit By ALAN PEREZ
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Northwestern reaffirmed its opposition to President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions last week after an amicus curiae brief was filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Hawaii filed a lawsuit Feb. 3 against Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order, which restricted travel to the United States from people of seven Muslim-majority countries, causing delays for travelers with valid visas. Trump signed a revised order on March 3, whose terms lowered the number of barred countries to six and revoked and replaced the earlier order on March 16. The case was put on hold in light of a similar suit in Washington, but litigation resumed after the second order was issued. Northwestern joined 30 other universities in filing a brief supporting Hawaii’s lawsuit in opposition to Trump’s immigration policy. The brief, filed April 20, said the order threatens the institutions’ “interest in ensuring that individuals from around the globe can continue to enter the U.S. and share their unique skills and perspectives.” The University previously joined another amicus curiae brief Feb. 13 along with 16 other universities in support of a lawsuit filed by New York attorney
general Eric Schneiderman against Trump’s initial executive order. NU decided to join the brief because the order would limit the University’s ability to recruit internationally, said vice president and general counsel Philip Harris. According to University data, 49 students and 22 scholars at NU during the 2016-17 academic year are from the six countries affected by Trump’s executive order. Harris said NU has been working in collaboration with a large group of private universities to address the executive order. Jenner & Block, a Chicago-based law firm, filed the brief on behalf of the universities after collecting information about the order’s potential impact on the institutions, Harris said. International Office director Ravi Shankar said his office is leading the response to the executive order in collaboration with the Office of General Counsel and Office of the Provost. “We’re taking the lead on this, but not by ourselves because this has to be an institutional and strategic response,” he said. Shankar said his staff is doing its best to accommodate students and faculty affected by the new immigration policies. In addition to hosting Q&A sessions, the office worked with Counseling and Psychological Services to respond to student concerns, he said. The University will also connect students and faculty to immigration attorneys and cover » See BRIEF, page 6
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Mayor-elect Steve Hagerty at his victory party earlier this month. On June 8, University President Morton Schapiro will welcome Hagerty to the community at an on-campus event.
Mayor-elect to visit Northwestern Steve Hagerty will meet with President Schapiro at Global Hub By DAVID FISHMAN
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Biss bill on tax returns passes Illinois Senate
A bill that would bar future presidential candidates from appearing on the ballot in Illinois if they do not release their tax returns passed in the state Senate on Thursday. The bill, introduced in February by state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), would require the
release of five years of tax returns from presidential and vice presidential candidates to make them eligible to appear on the Illinois ballot in 2020. Candidates would need to file copies of their returns with the IRS before certification of the general election ballot. The bill was introduced after President Donald Trump declined to release his tax returns during the campaign and once he took office. Every president since Jimmy Carter has volunteered his tax returns, though there is no
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500 individuals for an annual gala. Schapiro said he had always admired Hagerty, a local businessman who “really cares about the community.” Schapiro said he has been close to current Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, who will step
down next month after serving for roughly eight years. Over that time, Schapiro said, she had become a mentor and a friend — even joining his family for Passover seders. » See MAYOR, page 6
Obama staffer to Librarian reports run Biss campaign being suspended By RYAN WANGMAN
Vice President and General Counsel Philip Harris attends University President Morton Schapiro’s state of the University talk. Harris said Northwestern will connect students and faculty to immigration attorneys in light of new immigration policies.
Kellogg School of Management’s Global Hub, University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily last week. He said he had previously met Hagerty at Evanston MashUp, a community event that brings together more than
Abby Witt was a freshman sitting in a political science class at American University in 2001 when planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Witt — who will manage state Sen. Daniel Biss’ (D-Evanston) gubernatorial campaign — said 9/11 was a “life-altering” event that helped energize her interest in politics. She said the attacks law requiring presidents to do so. “I did what was an almost an impossible thing to do for a Republican — easily won the Electoral College! Now Tax Returns are brought up again?” the president tweeted earlier this month. Biss, who is running for governor, said in a February statement that Trump “deprived voters of the opportunity” to check his business record by not releasing his tax returns. The local politician recently released
inspired her to enter politics and make a difference. “Having that crystallizing moment about not just how it might affect one person but how it might affect communities, and what an individual can do about that is what drew me in,” Witt said. Witt, an Evanston native, will lead the Biss campaign through a crowded field of five other challengers in the Democratic primary next year. The winner of that primary will likely take on incumbent » See WITT, page 6
his own personal tax returns and has criticized his gubernatorial opponents for not doing the same. “Today the Senate took an important step toward requiring all presidential candidates to come clean with Illinois citizens before asking for their vote,” Biss said in a news release. “Whether you’re running for president or governor, full disclosure of your taxes should be a no-brainer.” — Kristina Karisch
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Lesley Williams told The Daily on Thursday she had been suspended without pay from the Evanston Public Library after a disciplinary hearing last week — for which the reason remains unknown — drew dozens of community members in support of the librarian. Williams, who has been on paid administrative leave since April 18, said the suspension will begin on Monday and last 15 days. She added that she was in the process of “checking my options with my council,” but declined to elaborate. The decision comes after a public protest over Williams’ disciplinary hearing last week, which drew dozens of local residents and advocacy organizations. Williams is the only black librarian at EPL, and has been active in local advocacy on behalf of minority communities. In a statement, Williams called into question the timing of her
disciplinary hearing, which she said came after four charges and stemmed in part from an incident in September. Williams said none of the charges involved criminal behavior, sexual or financial improprieties: One involved her handling of a library speaker, one involved an interaction with a “disruptive” patron and two involved communication with co-workers. She said she has refuted all the charges and believes they are “completely without merit.” “A fair-minded person would have to ask, why this level of intense and vindictive action now? Why this apparent shoring up of charges, based on manipulations of the facts?” Williams said in a statement. “Other staff members are not treated this way.” The EPL board of trustees released a statement Tuesday expressing support for the library’s director and denouncing recent criticism of EPL. The statement, however, did not include details of Williams’ disciplinary hearing. EPL » See LIBRARY, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Ecology Center set to install beehives
City to receive 40,000 bees in northwest Evanston to pollinate orchards By KRISTINA KARISCH
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Staff at the Evanston Ecology Center are abuzz with excitement as they plan to welcome 40,000 honeybees to Eggleston Orchard in northwest Evanston next month. The center will set up four new beehives, each set to hold about 10,000 bees, said Evanston community engagement manager Martha Logan. Once they have moved into their new home, the bees will begin to pollinate plants in the orchard and surrounding community gardens, Logan said. Erika Doroghazi, a program coordinator for the Ecology Center, is being trained as a beekeeper to
take care of the new bees. She said in an email that once the bees produce honey — which will take roughly two years — the city will be able to harvest the excess honey by extracting it from the combs. The initial decision to purchase the bees stemmed from residents expressing interest in learning more about bees and beekeeping, Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said. “There just seemed to be quite a bit of interest in learning more about bees and certainly a greater awareness of the threat to bees,” said Revelle, whose ward encompasses both Eggleston Orchard and the Ecology Center. “It’s part of a greater trend of local food production and understanding the relationship between nature and people.” Scientists attribute the recent decline in bee populations to Colony Collapse Disorder
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The Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd. The center has recently purchased four beehives, which it plans to fill with 40,000 honeybees.
— which occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen — and they estimate that nearly one-third of all honeybee colonies in the U.S. have vanished since 2006, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Bees are threatened by pesticides and habitat loss due to human development, among other factors. Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world’s crop production and increase outputs of 87 of the world’s leading food crops, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In addition to the bees and beehives, the city has also purchased a number of beekeeping suits. The suits will be used by the Ecology Center staff, as well as people who will be able to participate in programming aimed to teach individuals about bees. When the bees arrive in a few weeks, they will be moved into the four beehives, each of which is painted a different color, Logan said. The different colors will enable the bees to find the hive their specific colony lives in. The city’s newest residents will be the focus of this year’s Evanston Environmental Association Green Ball, which will be held on May 20 at the the Levy Center, 300 Dodge Ave. Jim Chilsen, vice president of the EEA, said there will be facts about the new bees displayed at the ball, which aims to raise money for the Ecology Center’s programming. The center provides summer camps for children and educational programming throughout the year. “(This project) is an excellent addition to the whole philosophy of the Ecology Center,” Chilsen said. “They teach adults and children an appreciation of the plant and how to protect the planet. One of the lessons we learn from these bees is that they may be physically small but they have a huge role to play in our ecology, in our environment.” kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu
POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man charged with disorderly conduct after harassing minor
A Chicago man was charged Wednesday with disorderly conduct after allegedly following a 16-year-old girl who was walking in west Evanston and asking for her number. On April 21 at about 5:00 p.m., the 16-year-old was walking in west Evanston when a bus pulled up next to her, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The driver honked at her and asked for her number in the 1900 block of Dewey Avenue, Dugan said. He then followed her on foot in attempt to talk to her, but she continued to ignore him and walked away. Detectives were assigned to the case and tracked him down, Dugan said. The man was arrested Wednesday and charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. He will appear in court on May 17.
Vehicle stolen from apartment parking lot
A 26-year-old woman reported her vehicle missing in west Evanston on Wednesday. The 2004 Ford, which was left in a parking lot in the 1800 block of Emerson Street, was taken around 10 a.m., Dugan said. The woman told officers she had left her keys in the ignition.
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The Buffett Institute for Global Studies held a panel of Northwestern faculty Thursday to discuss the state of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy as his first 100 days draw to a close. The event, held in Scott Hall, aimed to “discuss some of the pressing global issues facing President Trump,” according to its description. Communication Prof. D. Soyini Madison, history Prof. Yohanan PetrovskyShtern, Medill Prof. Peter Slevin, political science Prof. Hendrik Spruyt and Pritzker School of Law Prof. Juliet Sorensen spoke on the panel in front of about 30 people. Panelists discussed topics regarding national security, the role of the media, the future of trade deals and the constitutionality of Trump’s campaign promises. The Buffett Institute hosted a similar panel discussion in January to discuss the international politics of the Trump presidency. Buffett Institute director Bruce Carruthers told The Daily he had hoped Thursday’s panelists would be able to further expand on the topics regarding Trump’s presidency that had not received enough coverage during the previous event. He said he wanted to give the university community an opportunity to hear expert opinions and have conversations of their own. “There was a sense of unfinished business … things we didn’t think were going to matter did,” Carruthers told The Daily. Sorensen said in the past, the U.S. has failed to recognize the importance of “civility and diplomacy,” ultimately causing many of the foreign policy problems the Trump administration currently faces. However, the current presidency exacerbates these issues by failing to keep a consistent stance on them, she said. “At some point the president is going to
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IFC is here to serve entire Northwestern community RODNEY ORR
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I have remained largely absent in the public eye with regard to the conversations surrounding the Greek community. This has been intentional. I have lowered my voice so that others may be heard louder, particularly those of survivors of sexual violence and those who feel unsafe in our spaces. It has been these voices that have continued to demand that we stare in the eyes of the ugly reality of violence and toxic heteromasculinity that still exists. When I first came to Northwestern, I spent the majority of Fall Quarter of my freshman year alone in my dorm room. My high school years were equally as lonely, as I never felt that I had the support of my friends. I felt forgettable, like I was in a glass container banging on the walls, but nobody could hear me, and never wanted to see me. The fact that these feelings continued into my college career terrified me. It was a wakeup call that I could not continue the path I was heading down. That’s how Greek life found me. This letter is not a defense of the oppressive structures that still exist within the Interfraternity Council; on the contrary, it is an outward
acknowledgement of the systems which create spaces where members of the Northwestern community continue to feel unsafe. One of the most difficult decisions I have made was to become a leader in a community that was originally created to exclude people like me. Because of this reality, I have decided to work to restructure it. Being the first black president of Northwestern’s IFC in institutional memory has been one of the proudest and most humbling accomplishments I’ve made. I feel a double consciousness as I try to accept that to deconstruct the problems within our community, I have had to become a part of the problems myself. Knowing that I am the face of a community that has caused implicit and explicit trauma to members of my own social identities is painful, to say the least. Northwestern is an institution where the sidewalks can feel desolate. Often I see the faces of people who stare in the distance or at the ground as they walk from obligation to obligation. This school can drain people emotionally, and students can become absorbed into the fastpaced, cutthroat, career-driven environment. I’ve seen it happen too often to people I love. I want to give a voice those who fear becoming invisible in campus culture. I want people who feel isolated, alone or like they do not matter to know that they can find themselves. I want
marginalized members to know that they can thrive in the community and discover their own voice. These are lessons that even I still continue to learn. I believe IFC can become a place where everyone can feel like they belong, not through disregarding identities, but rather with careful consideration and support of their individuality and experiences. But, as a whole community, we are not there yet. Recent discussions regarding sexual violence have highlighted this. We cannot pretend it does not happen in our community, as this only renews the oppressive cycle. Instead of proclaiming that we or our members are immune to these issues, be hypercritical and ask, “How are we perpetuating these structures, and what can we do to change them?” I ran for IFC president on the platform of mental wellness, community safety, financial accessibility and inclusivity. I believe all of these are connected. My goals are not some grand accomplishments where boxes can be checked off. Instead, they require an extensive alteration of the perspectives and ideologies of members who are complacent or actively participating in rhetoric that marginalizes others. It is only then that the policy changes — such as restructured risk management, survivor support training and a scholarship endowment for low-income members, to name a few — will begin to be
understood. Changing ideologies of people can be difficult, but I will continue to work sideby-side with community leaders to progress our community. To the Northwestern student body, particularly women, minority and LGBTQ people who have felt excluded from or hurt by our community, I know that no words that I write or speak can fully mend that pain. There are many experiences and struggles you have faced that I cannot pretend to understand, but there are many experiences and struggles that we may share in common. Please know that I have not forgotten you, forgotten my roots and identities or forgotten that you matter. It drives me in everything I do. I hope that Northwestern students remain critical of the IFC community and consistently challenge us. If we cannot continue to progress, then we cannot continue to exist. At times we will falter, make mistakes and stumble. But we will keep trying and keep pushing. We must.
Rodney Orr is a SESP junior. He can be contacted at rodneyorr2018@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.
Fraternity absence at Take Back the Night shows apathy ADAM DAVIES
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I am tired of hearing feeble excuses from Northwestern fraternity men: the “not all men” line and the “I’m in a good frat” trope. I recognize the emptiness of those words. At the end of the day, Northwestern administrators and fraternity men have not demonstrated they care about or prioritize sexual assault. Thursday was the Take Back the Night march, and although a fair number of Northwestern students attended, there were almost no fraternity members there; yet in recent memory, they always showed up. On Feb. 8, Interfraternity Council released a statement on Facebook saying its “number one concern is finding ways to support survivors of sexual violence,” and that it was “willing to face (its) own weaknesses and push (itself ) to become a progressive and safe community.”
The words of many fraternity men and campus administrators echoed those sentiments, claiming a recognition of weakness and a willingness to make a change. And yet, just a few months later, Northwestern fraternity men couldn’t even be bothered to show up for an hour to show support for sexual assault survivors on campus. When asked to speak at the march, I prepared myself for the chance to share my message with fraternity men whom I often do not get the chance to speak with. As both a man and a survivor, I find it hard to grapple with my experiences and come to terms with my identity. At the same time, however, it has taught me a lot about the privilege that I have. Being a man puts someone in a position of privilege, but instead of granting free reign over others, this privilege comes with a responsibility. Being a man in a fraternity at a university like Northwestern does not justify the existence of a culture that is complacent in actions of sexual assault. Fraternity men on this campus have a
responsibility to speak up, show up and shut up. It’s their job to speak up when someone is committing an act of sexual assault. They need to go out of their way to protect people who could potentially be taken advantage of, even if that means going up against friends or brothers. It’s fraternity men’s job to show up in support of sexual assault survivors, attend marches and create tangible change within their fraternities. Yet at the same time, it’s necessary to be mindful of privilege and provide survivors the opportunity and space to speak for themselves and tell their own stories. It is no longer enough to just say “not all men” or “I’m in a good frat.” In fact, as a survivor, I find those words offensive — they indicate an unwillingness to take the blame and ownership for the toxic culture fraternity men perpetuate. IFC, Multicultural Greek Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council men actually need to strive to change the toxically masculine culture at NU. To show up as an ally and prove
Holocaust-denying prof must be dismissed BEN TRACHTENBERG
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Monday marked an occasion called Yom HaShoah, a Holocaust Remembrance Day for communities throughout the world to honor the 11 million innocent Jews, Roma, Poles, mentally disabled and LGBTQ people — among others — who died at the hands of the Nazis. Here on Northwestern’s campus, however, student tuition contributes toward the salary of a professor who would rather we forget. Arthur Butz, a professor of electrical engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering, is a Holocaust denier. He’s not just a skeptic or someone who made an insensitive Holocaust joke. He is a consistent denier of one of the most destructive, well-documented events of the 20th century. In 1976, two years after receiving a tenured professorship at Northwestern, and 10 years after joining the University’s faculty, Butz published a book called “The Hoax of the Twentieth Century: The Case Against the Presumed Extermination of European Jewry.” In over 500 pages, Butz attempts to disprove the commonly-accepted knowledge that the Holocaust was meant to exterminate Jews, that Nazi camps were responsible for the deaths of six million Jews and that the gas chambers and crematoria even existed. In response to this, University administration did nothing at the time. It’s hard to blame them; in 1976, memories of World War II were not so distant and the concept of Holocaust denial — now burgeoning across the internet — was new, often prompting bemusement rather than revulsion as a result. In 1977, then-University Provost
Raymond Mack said Butz had “the same right as any person to get published,” lauding the administration as “great First Amendment people.” Butz’s book was one of the first U.S. works of Holocaust denial and has served as a basis for much of the writing that has followed in that supposed field of study. The administration’s initial response can be excused, but its further inaction is unacceptable. Butz’s actions have dragged NU’s name through the mud along with his own, as he slings the so-called “Holocaust revisionism.” Until 2006, Butz promoted “The Hoax of the Twentieth Century” on his Northwestern Pubweb page and even congratulated former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his bravery for calling the Holocaust a “myth.” The extent of Northwestern’s major sanctions against Butz have been to offer duplicates of his electrical engineering classes, so students who disagree with Butz’s ideas can avoid his classroom. That is not enough. In a day and age when White House press secretary Sean Spicer appeared to use the term “holocaust center” to refer to concentration camps and claimed Adolf Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons, hiding behind defenses of tenure and free speech is unacceptable. It’s not sufficient when a leading French presidential candidate has claimed France has no culpability in the mass roundup of Jews during World War II. As far as tenure goes, there are restrictions to what professors may do before they are fired. Butz’s actions have gone far above and beyond these limitations; his continued presence on this campus is embarrassing. The American Association of University Professors identifies moral turpitude, “behavior that
would evoke condemnation by the academic community generally,” as grounds for denying professors their pay. AAUP’s Statement on Professional Ethics also establishes ethical misconduct and the “exploitation, harassment or discriminatory treatment of students” as potential grounds for dismissal. Butz’s book is blatantly false and has done so much harm as a leading source of Holocaust denial that his continued status as an NU professor is therefore a form of passive harassment that uses tenure as a front for academically dishonest work. Butz’s work has played a role in the growth of Holocaust denial, a field rife with fabrication and falsification. Some may say Butz will soon likely retire on his own due to age. That may be true, but allowing a professor who has done such damage to academic integrity, offended so many people and hurt the reputation of NU to leave on his own terms would be a huge embarrassment to this university. These are exceptional times. Members of the worldwide Jewish community are scared about their future and the future of their allies. In the first three months of 2017, anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. increased by 86 percent compared to the same period last year. NU must show its commitment to Jewish students and faculty, as well as to those who value academic integrity, and initiate review and dismissal proceedings against Butz. Ben Trachtenberg is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at bentrachtenberg2019@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.
willingness to make change, fraternity men must lobby for increased education about sexual health and assault prevention within fraternities in order to create a means to end the rape culture that fraternity systems perpetuate. At the end of the day, the fact that fraternity men and University administrators largely did not attend the march today is disappointing, but not shocking. I consider it a sign of the larger campus climate — where students and administration are willing to make the claim that they want to fight sexual violence, yet fail to back up their claims with tangible actions to make a change.
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YWCA, Oakton host gender violence conference By AMELIA LANGAS
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Oakton Community College partnered with the Evanston/North Shore YWCA on Thursday to host the third annual gender violence conference. The workshop aims to educate people on gender violence prevention, with a particular focus this year on how that relates to men, said Alan Kravtsov, Oakton’s program and marketing assistant. Participants gathered at Oakton in Des Plaines to discuss and learn about the issue in a three-hour class. A brochure for the workshop said it focused on educating men on gender violence — how to think about, approach and prevent it. In addition, the program aimed to teach participants how to critically analyze prevention efforts and gain insight into the relations between gender violence and other social problems. “We hosted the workshop … because it gives the opportunity to professionals that are in the health care field to receive (continuing education) hours … and expand on their knowledge, and this helps them maintain a license in the state of Illinois,” Kravtsov said. Participants in the workshop were largely health care professionals, but some Oakton administrators and people who work with gender violence victims and perpetrators took part as well, he said. Participants attended a lecture and later discussed what
they learned in relation to their personal experiences during an “informal networking session,” he said. The guest lecturer at the workshop was Jackson Katz, co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention — an organization that works to prevent gender violence in collegiate and professional sports, and in the U.S. military. Katz’s presentation encouraged men of all ages to work to prevent gender violence in sports culture, the education system and their communities, he told The Daily in an email. “Gender violence is a hugely important topic that, in one way or another, affects virtually everybody in our society and people around the world,” he said in the email. “It is linked directly and intersects with a range of other social problems.” Katz said he hoped his lecture had provided workshop attendees with “cutting edge conceptual frameworks” and “concrete strategies” for engaging men in preventing gender violence. The partnership between Oakton and the YWCA in organizing the workshop is a result of aligning organizational missions, Kravtsov said. He said the workshop would be held again next year, and that he hopes more people will attend as the program continues to develop. “(Oakton’s) mission is to inform professionals of new things that are happening in the field … preventing gender violence from happening again … and (the YWCA’s) mission is to help victims,” he said. amelialangas@u.northwestern.edu
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The Evanston/North Shore YWCA. The YWCA in partnership with Oakton Community College hosted the third annual domestic violence conference on Thursday.
Schakowsky introduces bill to stop involuntary bumping of passengers
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit airlines from involuntarily bumping ticketed passengers from flights, following the violent removal of a United Airlines passenger just over two weeks earlier. “The treatment of Dr. David Dao on United Airlines Flight 3411 demands a permanent response,” Schakowsky said in a news release. “If an airline insists on overbooking, it must find the price that passengers are willing to accept in exchange for giving up their seats.” The bill, authored by Schakowsky and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), instructs the U.S. Department of Transportation to modify its rules to require that negotiations for passengers willing to give up their seats take place before boarding. To ensure the violent treatment of passengers will not be repeated, the bill would also block passenger removal from flights except for “genuine security or safety concerns,” according to the release. Under current DOT regulations, airlines can involuntarily bump travelers after asking for volunteers. The travelers must be compensated — with some exceptions — but airlines are allowed to determine the amount and form of reimbursement. “It is time for airlines to start treating their customers with respect,” Schakowsky said in the release. United reached a settlement with Dao — the passenger who was forcibly removed — on Thursday, but the settlement terms were not disclosed. Both the company and an attorney representing Dao said the agreement was “amicable.” The settlement was reached the same day United announced improvements to its customer experience in light of the incident earlier this month. “Our review shows that many things went wrong that day, but the headline is clear: Our policies got in the way of our values and procedures interfered in doing what’s right,” United CEO Oscar Munoz said in a news release. “Our customers should be at the center of everything we do and these changes are just the beginning of how we will earn back their trust,” he said. — Rishika Dugyala
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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) at an event in October. Schakowsky introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit airlines from involuntarily bumping ticketed passengers.
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From page 1 “She’s not Jewish, but she really loves to be with my family for Passover,” he said. “I told her, ‘You always have a seat at my seder.’ … It’s kind of unusual to have that kind of a relationship.” The president added that while he was “very confident” about having a professional relationship with Hagerty, it would take time to develop a personal one. This year’s mayoral contest featured a rare primary in which two of five candidates — Hagerty and Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) — advanced to the general election. Earlier this month, Tendam lost to Hagerty by 115 votes, capping off a roughly six-month long election
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From page 1 Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in the general election. Witt has worked on both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, first in 2008 as a regional field director and then four years later as the director of political operations. She most recently worked with Chicago Public Schools as director of strategic initiatives. “Building a bold and progressive grassroots campaign requires an organizer leading us every day, and we got one of the best in Abby Witt,” Biss said in a news release last week. After graduating from American University in 2005, Witt signed on with the Center for American Progress, an independent nonpartisan policy institute. While at the center, Witt did research for a policy team and worked on a comptroller race in Maryland. Sam Berger, who met Witt at the center, said his former colleague convinced him to leave law school and volunteer for Obama’s first campaign in New Hampshire and South Carolina. He said Witt’s persuasive skills and campaign experience demonstrate her ability to face the dynamic challenges that come with politics. “She’s just one of these people who has really knocked it out of the park every time she’s gotten an opportunity,” Berger said. “(She’s) made a real difference and (I) don’t anticipate it will be any different this time.” One of those opportunities came as managing director of Organizing for Action, an organization founded in 2013 to focus on progressive issues. The organization aims to translate progressive energy from Obama’s 2012 campaign into more permanent advocacy to keep government accountable, Witt said. Katie Hogan, current executive director
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season that included a slew of contentious legal challenges. “It’s nice that a number of people put their names forward,” Schapiro said. “It’s a great commentary on the city of Evanston that we had two candidates who were fantastic. I don’t think everybody feels that was the case in the presidential election.” Schapiro would not disclose whom he voted for, but said it was “a very tough decision.” He added that Tendam was a “sensational person” who will be missed by the community when he finishes his term as alderman next month. “I hope Mark gets in a race for alderman again, gets back involved because he’s an extremely talented person,” Schapiro said.
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davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu of OFA, said she worked with Witt to set priorities and make sure “all the trains at the organization were running on time.” She said Witt was responsible for communicating daily expectations to the staff and making strategic decisions. Hogan said Witt has an “unending respect” for people who want to make a difference in their community. She said there wasn’t “anyone more qualified” to lead a grassroots campaign. “The first-hand experience is not easily come by in politics,” Hogan said. “Someone who’s truly done the hard, grassroots work, who’s risen up the ranks to get to her level — that’s not something you normally see in a campaign manager at such a high level.” Witt said her various political experiences have been formative, but that she got “the campaign bug” early on. Throughout her career, Witt said she has been driven to work on things she cares about. The opportunity to work on Biss’ campaign, she added, was not one she could pass up. Witt said Rauner and President Donald Trump represent two “inexperienced,” wealthy businessmen who have been allowed to hold high political office. Rauner’s “allegiance to ideology,” she said, is indicative of the problems in state politics over the past 30 years and has prevented him from advancing policy. With Biss, she said, voters have the chance to elect a “rare” candidate who will address those issues honestly. “Do we want to take our state back? Do we want the state of Illinois and those in leadership to represent the interests of the people and be held accountable to them, or do we want to keep going down the same path?” Witt said.
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Lesley Williams speaks to reporters after her disciplinary hearing last week. Williams told The Daily on Thursday she had been suspended without pay for 15 days.
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From page 1 their expenses, Harris said. “If someone presents concerns to us, the International Office will work with us to make sure their needs are addressed,” he said. The new order excludes Iraq from the original list of countries with restricted travel to the United States. Syrian refugees will no longer face an indefinite ban, though all people from the six mentioned countries will face at least a 90-day ban. Additionally, all people with valid visas face no restrictions, and waivers will be granted on a case-by-case basis. Harris said the revisions don’t affect the University’s approach because the students impacted by the order are not from Iraq. Communication Prof. Hamid Naficy said the order is “prejudicial and wrong-headed” because it does not restrict travel from Saudi Arabia, where most of the September 11 attackers held citizenship.The policy targets people with specific religions and doesn’t address the fact that U.S. intervention is the cause to some of the conflict in these nations, he said. “In many ways, the U.S. foreign policy is the culprit in a lot of these displacements and wars,” he said. Despite these efforts, some students have raised concerns about the timing of Northwestern’s response to the executive order, Shankar said. Ana Acevedo, a McCormick junior and president of the Immigrant Justice Project, said when it comes to immigration issues that affect students, the University has a “history of not responding quickly enough.” Shankar said the University didn’t want to respond
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community engagement coordinator Jill Schacter told The Daily in an email Thursday that “disciplinary issues are confidential.” “The unsubstantiated social media attacks on EPL undermine our strategic plan; demoralize our wonderful and hard-working staff; and threaten to burn the bridges EPL has sought to build throughout our city,” the board’s statement said. “Further, these recent attacks convey the innuendo that no other EPL employee promotes social harmony, equity and racial justice. That is flatly wrong and it is offensive.” Still, the board said it could do more to address diversity issues at the library, citing statistics that show about 5 percent of all credentialed librarians are African American, and about 3 percent are Latinx. For her part, Williams vowed to return to her position as head of adult services — which she has held since 1997 — after the suspension and resume work. Over the past week, Williams said she had received support from “hundreds of people” in Evanston and around the country. “This shows that what I do at the library is appreciated very much by people outside of the library,” she told The Daily. “I’m not going anywhere.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu to the order without first examining the content and knowing exactly how it affected the institution’s community. Harris said he thinks NU responded “aggressively” and has been “anything but slow.” “We certainly are responding within the same time frame of other institutions,” Harris said. Acevedo also said she hoped the University would take a clearer stance in emails sent to students. Students who call NU their new home need to feel that the administration is at their side and will fight with them, she said. Past emails to students addressing the order are structured in a way that leaves a lot up to interpretation, Acevedo said. The emails are also careful to not offend anyone who would disagree with NU’s commitment to helping students, she said. The email response is “too political” to make students feel safe, Acevedo said. Harris said he thinks “there’s been no ambiguity about what our position is on this.” Acevedo also voiced the need for the University to declare itself a sanctuary campus. Not coming forth and making this declaration is harmful, even if the institution acts exactly like a sanctuary campus, she said. University President Morton Schapiro said he thinks he made his position clear regarding NU’s response to Trump’s immigration policies. “We are not just sitting around and waiting for Washington to dictate things that are going to affect our community,” Schapiro said. “We are actively involved in lobbying to make sure that we are not adversely affected.” alanperez2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Take Back the Night
Students march to raise awareness of sexual assault About 100 people marched down Sheridan Road on Thursday in the annual Take Back the Night march, holding banners with supportive messages and yelling chants such as “Whatever I wear, wherever I go, yes means yes and no means no!” The march is the centerpiece of Take Back the Night, a week-long program of events sponsored by Northwestern’s College Feminists that aims to raise awareness and educate the campus community about sexual assault. The march focuses on supporting survivors of sexual assault. “We want to keep the focus that this is a survivorcentered event,” Medill junior Sarah Van Cleve, cochair of Take Back the Night, said at the beginning of the march. “If you are a survivor thank you for being here … We want you to know that we are here, we hear you, we support you and we believe you.” Weinberg freshman Adam Davies gave the keynote speech before the march, sharing his experience with sexual assault and emphasizing the community’s responsibility to be present at survivor-centric
events. “We have a sexual assault epidemic on campus, and one incident is just the tip of the iceberg,” Davies said, referencing February reports of allegations of druggings and sexual assaults at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house and another, unnamed fraternity house. Davies, speaking to the largely female crowd, also said he was surprised and disappointed that more men — specifically fraternity members — were not present at the march. Weinberg freshman Riley Ceperich, who attended the march, said she recently joined College Feminists and is looking to get more involved. “After all the stuff with SAE happened, I just felt like there needs to be more of a movement on campus to try to change the culture, because the school didn’t seem to be responding the way that I think they should be,” Ceperich said. “It’s really important to support all the survivors.” — Claire Hansen
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Northwestern’s plan to neutralize top-ranked Maryland worked for 15 minutes. Then it didn’t. The No. 1 Terrapins (17-0, 6-0 Big Ten) quickly recovered from a slow start to put the game essentially away by halftime, rolling to an 18-9 win over the No. 14 Wildcats (9-8, 4-2 Big Ten) on Thursday night at Martin Stadium. “Every time Maryland surged, we would do something bigger than we needed to … whether it was a yellow card, a bad shot or just trying to take it on themselves one person at a time rather than playing as a team,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “I don’t think it was confidence; it was just keeping their heads.” Junior attacker Nicole Beardsley set a career high with 4 goals for NU, and senior attacker Danita Stroup added 3 of her own. Sophomore goaltender Mallory Weisse made seven saves. Their efforts were thoroughly overshadowed by Maryland, however, which got 6 goals from attacker Caroline Steele, 4 more from attacker
Caroline Wannen and nine saves — including several of great difficulty — from goaltender Megan Taylor. “I don’t think it was a question of us having enough skills,” said sophomore defender Claire Quinn. “We had a lot of energy, but when they started going on their run, we got a little startled, and that’s what put us back.” The Cats’ strategy proved effective early on, aggressively stick-checking on defensive possessions, subbing in and running plays through sophomore attacker Liza Elder for offensive possessions and relying on junior attacker Shelby Fredericks. The hosts forced four turnovers in the game’s first dozen minutes, won the first four draw controls of the night and held a slim 2-1 lead midway through the first half. But a explosive stretch by Steele, who scored her first 3 goals all in a 2-minute stretch, flipped the game on its head. Maryland learned how to evade NU’s defense, drawing double-teams along the eight-meter line before dumping down to a wide-open Steele by the side of the net. Once the Cats spread out their coverage to take away this option, the Terrapins began slicing through the new open space with
swift transition passing. The visitors surged to a 9-4 halftime lead and did not slow down after the break, stretching their advantage to 9 before cruising to the final horn. Beardsley’s big outing provided a bright spot for NU. After scoring twice all of last season and three times through her first 12 games this season, the junior has now found the back of the net nine times in her last four appearances. “My teammates have built up my confidence a lot,” Beardsley said. “It’s really just a team effort. Working together, moving the ball — that’s when we’re going to be most successful offensively.” The Cats will have more than a week off before facing Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals next Friday. With a win in that game potentially setting up a rematch with the Terrapins on their home field, Quinn said the team will need to learn valuable lessons from Thursday’s rout. “We have a lot of time to look back on this game and see what we have to work harder for,” Quinn said. “We just have to go back to the drawing board and play with confidence.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Every late-season series is important. But for Northwestern, this weekend could be the key to the Big Ten Tournament as the Wildcats take on an opponent ranked just above them in conference standings: Michigan State. “The Big Ten comes down to oftentimes the tiebreaker … so you want to have an opportunity when it comes down to those tiebreakers to anyone that you’re close with,” coach Spencer Allen said. “You want to have the advantage, so it’s a huge series.” The Cats (16-23, 5-7 Big Ten) will face the Spartans (21-16, 4-6) at Miller Park, their first action in nearly a week after Wednesday’s game against Chicago State was cancelled due to rain. NU enters the series on somewhat of a high, having taken two of three from Penn State last weekend despite losing the finale on Sunday. Though the Cats trailed in both eventual wins, senior outfielder Joe Hoscheit said they were not concerned. “We came back, we didn’t panic, and we were just confident we were going to win the game no matter what,” Hoscheit said. Hoscheit led NU’s offense against the Nittany Lions. He hammered the ball consistently, tallying six RBI and three runs scored — and his second consecutive Big Ten Player of the Week Award. Despite Hoscheit’s exploits, the Cats will need their offense to revolve around more than just one player. “We need someone else to really step up offensively,” Allen said. “We’re going to need someone else, another
unsung hero to really step up and do what they’re capable of.” On the defensive end, meanwhile, freshman pitcher Hank Christie has already stepped into a bigger role. He has assumed a role in the weekend rotation, taking the ball in each of the last five series. Against Penn State, Christie allowed only five hits against 27 batters. As for the upcoming series, he says his game plan is simple: do what he always does. “Just bring the game back to basics,” Christie said. “Play the game the right way, and we’ll see what happens.” Michigan State’s off ense should not be taken lightly, however. Th e Spartans have come up big at the plate, most recently tallying 11 runs in a midweek victory against Toledo. For an NU team that has not made a Big Ten Tournament appearance since 2010, a series win against the Spartans could be a significant aid in getting back to postseason play. “We’re playing some of the best ball we’ve played the last two years, and I feel like we’re ready for the challenge,” sophomore infielder Jack Dunn said. The remainder of the Cats’ schedule does not get any easier, however, with each series against a trio of teams ranked above NU in the conference standings: Purdue, Maryland and Rutgers. Though the team is focusing on treating the upcoming series like any other, the weight of these games is difficult, if not impossible to ignore, Allen said. “We just have to be ready to go this weekend,” Allen said. “Our guys, we don’t have to say a word, they know the magnitude of the game.” taliahendel2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Even though Northwestern and Illinois are often considered rivals, the two schools don’t often have meaningful battles in the Big Ten. But the Big Ten Championships could be an exception. The Wildcats will look to pull the upset on the No. 8 Fighting Illini this weekend at Baltimore Country Club. Coach David Inglis said his team has been working toward this tournament all year. “Obviously this is the pinnacle of the season,” he said. “This is what we work towards all year, and why we’re working so hard. I’m encouraged by our play so far this year, we’ve got a good body of work. We’ve gotta boil it down to just
taking care of the task at hand.” NU is coming off a stretch where it came close to winning a number of tournaments but couldn’t get over the edge and finish on top. At the Redhawk Invitational, the Cats led by six strokes with just three holes to go but fell by one shot after Iowa State freshman Tripp Kinney eagled the final hole. At the Boilermaker Invitational, the Cats got off to a slow start and couldn’t recover, eventually taking third in their last tune-up before Big Tens. NU, however, had the lowest score of the day in the tournament’s final round, which could provide the team with momentum as it moves into the postseason. Illinois is looking to win its third straight Big Ten Championship. The Fighting Illini are led by junior Dylan Meyer, whom Inglis said is a frontrunner for conference player
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Dylan Wu follows through. The junior and the Wildcats are looking to upset No. 8 Illinois at the Big Ten Tournament this weekend.
of the year. Junior Dylan Wu will be paired with Meyer on Friday, and said he’s looking forward to playing alongside him. “Dylan’s a great player,” Wu said. “He’s won a lot of tournaments, but I’m pretty confident in my game right now and I know if I play well I have a good chance, so hopefully it’s a good battle between us.” Wu has been a bright spot for NU this season. He won the Redhawk Invitational individually and has a stroke average of 70.27 on the season, on track to break Luke Donald’s record of 70.45 in a season. Wu also leads the Cats in top-five finishes, birdies and rounds in the 60s. Inglis said Wu has a legitimate shot at winning both the tournament and Big Ten Player of the Year. “Obviously Dylan has had a phenomenal season,” Inglis said. “We rely on him a lot. He’s our leader. We need everybody to be in the game and our depth really comes into play there.” Inglis said the Cats will need contributions from other players besides Wu to be successful this weekend. Senior Andrew Whalen finished tied for ninth at the Boilermaker Invitational, while freshman Everton Hawkins was tied for 13th. Hawkins said entering as underdogs, especially against Illinois, helps motivate the Cats. “It’s just even more motivation for us,” he said. “It’s just greater competition. Ever yone knows they’re the powerhouse and they’re the favorites to win, but I think this is the first year in a while that we think we have a good chance of coming out on top.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu