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NU settles copyright suit University to co-publish Leopold and Loeb murder trial book with former employee after claiming she didn’t return research materials By Tyler Pager
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BEATS WITH A MESSAGE Chicago rappers Saba (center) and Mick Jenkins (right) discuss their brand of sociallyconscious hip-hop with African American Studies Prof. Nitasha Sharma.
Rappers talk violence, hip-hop By Shane McKeon
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Two Chicago rappers answered questions about their brand of socially conscious hip-hop and broader issues of race and violence during a Q&A on Tuesday. Mick Jenkins and Saba answered questions from students at an event in Fisk Hall sponsored by Northwestern Community Development Corps,
Officer stops man from jumping off parking garage
An off-duty police officer stopped an Evanston resident Sunday from jumping from the top floor of a downtown parking garage, officials said. Ken Carter, a detective with the Evanston Police Department for 12 years, was leaving a downtown Evanston restaurant around 5 p.m. Sunday when a family member he was with saw a 22-year-old man standing on the ledge atop a parking garage, police said. Carter notified police headquarters of the incident and when officers arrived, they went to the
For Members Only and the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series moderated by African American Studies Prof. Nitasha Sharma. More than 150 students attended. The rappers discussed the term “Chiraq” and the extent to which rappers fetishize violence in the city. Jenkins said during high school he’d sometimes hear about friends of friends being killed, mostly in gangrelated incidents. “I don’t think it’s a misrepresentation,” he said. “I’ve been jumped, held top floor of the garage, officials said. Two on-duty officers spoke with the man, whom police said was distraught and would not get off the ledge willingly. The man — who was not a Northwestern student — threw his wallet and cellphone off the ledge at one point, police said. As the two officers tried to distract the man, Carter crawled on the garage’s ledge behind the subject and grabbed him, allowing officials to pull the 22-year-old to safety, authorities said. Officials transported the man to Evanston Hospital for treatment, police said. EPD lauded Carter for taking action to save the man. — Paige Leskin
at gunpoint, at knifepoint. I jumped other people. … I grew up in that, but I became a totally different person.” This past weekend, Sharma noted, 56 people were shot in the city. Saba said that hip-hop, like most art, reflects its creators and their life experiences. “It’s really easy to be anti-Chiraq, and opposed to the whole phrase,” he said. “But at the same time, I understand why it exists. Because it’s a » See Chicago, page 5
Northwestern intends to jointly publish a book about the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder trial with a former employee after dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit against her. The University announced Tuesday it settled and dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Nina Barrett (Medill ’87) who the University initially claimed illegally refused to return her manuscript and research materials. The upcoming book draws heavily on NU’s materials in the Leopold and Loeb collection. In the original lawsuit, which was filed in July, NU said it commissioned Barrett to write the book after she curated a successful exhibit about the two University of Chicago law students who killed a 14-year-old boy in Chicago. She began working at NU in 2006 as a writer in the library’s public relations department. In 2012, Barrett was awarded the Kaplan Institute’s Library Fellowship to complete the book. The lawsuit said the contract for the book would be between University Press and University Library. However, the lawsuit alleged
Barrett left NU in December 2013 without returning any of the research materials. An examination of her University-issued computer found she transferred files related to the project to a USB drive. The lawsuit claimed Barrett tried to prevent NU from obtaining the files. The lawsuit said Barrett’s acts were “willful, intentional, and purposeful,” and caused the University both monetary damages and “irreparable harm.” Charles Valente, Barrett’s lawyer, told The Daily in July his client had no liability. “The University is trying to bully a previously published author who received the library’s Kaplan Fellowship and seize her work product in violation of her rights under the fellowship,” Valente said. Barrett formally denied the allegations in September, saying NU’s copyright policy gives “copyright ownership and creative control” to the creator of the work. She did admit to restricting access to personal files on NU’s servers. Barrett now owns local bookstore Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. Valente and University spokesman Al Cubbage declined to comment further on the matter. tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
Council approves subdivisions By Julia Jacobs
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City Council approved the final map for new Northwestern campus subdivisions Tuesday, portioning the land into smaller areas to speed up university construction projects in the section without landmark buildings. The two parcels of land east of Sheridan Road will be divided into six, with one subdivision free of any historic landmark buildings. Any major projects on the remaining five subdivisions that include a landmark building must go through the Evanston Preservation
Commission for approval. In an effort to maintain oversight of the land surrounding Sheridan Road, City Council sided with a staff recommendation that the Preservation Committee provide feedback on construction projects within 250 feet of the road within the subdivision without landmarks. This feedback will not be binding, rejecting a recommendation by the Preservation Commission to require projects on that land be approved by the committee. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said the feedback from the committee will effectively protect the city’s interests in the land along Sheridan Road. The only opposition vote was from Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), who said upcoming
development in the area demanded greater decision-making power in the hands of the city and public in order to maintain the “historic thoroughfare.” Requiring approval from the Preservation Committee of construction on that land is a reasonable request, Fiske said. “It gives the public a process to go through that actually enhances transparency and enhances dialogue,” she said. “We need to reassure the community that we’re still taking the appearance of Sheridan Road as an important part of our shared community with Northwestern.” NU initially proposed the subdivisions » See Council, page 5
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