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ASG aims to fill diversity spot Cabinet moves forward with plans to find a new nominee for top diversity position By SOPHIA BOLLAG
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After internal discussions and consultation with outside officials, Associated Student Government has released an updated job description for its top diversity official in hopes of filling the vacancy next week. The position of diversity and inclusion associate vice president has been empty since Hayley Stevens’ (Weinberg ’13) term expired in the spring. In May, Senate voted down the confirmation of Stephen Piotrkowski, then a Medill sophomore, whom the cabinet selection committee selected as Stevens’ replacement. In response to criticism raised by some senators about the nomination of Piotrkowski — a white, straight male — the changes specify that ASG will not discriminate against applicants based on race, gender or sexual orientation. “There is no identity requirement for this position,” said ASG president Ani Ajith, a Weinberg senior and former Daily staffer. “You don’t have to look a certain way or be from a certain place, be in a certain group or identify as something to be in this position, and if that’s something we didn’t make clear enough in the spring, then we’re certainly going to make it clear this fall.” Three weeks after Piotrkowski didn’t win confirmation, the second person to be nominated for the position, Aanchal Narang, then a Weinberg junior, declined the nomination shortly before Senate was scheduled
to vote on her confirmation. This year, ASG cabinet members rewrote the position’s description in consultation with representatives from the Coalition of Colors and Lesley-Ann Brown, director of campus inclusion and community. “The fallout from last year, a lot of it, in my opinion, was because there wasn’t a clear description of what this role actually was and what it wasn’t,” Brown said. “So my suggestion to them was to be as clear as possible to be able to get the kind of candidates that they were lookThe ing for and the ones that fallout from last would be successful.” year, a lot of it, in The new my opinion, was specificabecause there tions state wasn’t a clear that applicants must description of have worked what this role for a minimum of one actually was and academic what it wasn’t. year in a diversityLesley-Ann Brown, or inclu- director of campus sion-related inclusion and student community group or committee. It also says applicants must have made “tangible contributions” to diversity and inclusion at Northwestern. Sofia Sami, ASG’s academic vice president, said the updates also clarify how the diversity and inclusion associate vice president will work with Brown and her department’s student committee, the Inclusion Task Force. “When that position was created, she wasn’t here,” said Sami, a Weinberg senior. “The position wasn’t created to be malleable when she arrived. We’ve had discussions with her about what
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‘GRANDE’ PLANS City manager Wally Bobkiewicz and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl listen to citizen comments at Evanston City Council on Monday. Liquor license approval for the downtown Evanston Starbucks is postponed.
Starbucks booze on hold City delays vote on coffee shop’s liquor license By KELLY GONSALVES
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Aldermen on Monday night held off on approving a liquor license that would allow Northwestern students to find a different type of buzz at the Starbucks in downtown Evanston. City Council voted Monday night to postpone a decision on whether to grant a liquor license to Evanston’s newest Starbucks location, 1734 Sherman Ave., which would allow the coffee shop to serve beer and wine during evening hours. With the license, the store would become the eighth Starbucks in the Chicago
Pols answer questions on ACA By KELLY GONSALVES
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MANAGING MISCONCEPTIONS Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) speaks during a panel discussion Sunday at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave. The talk focused on how Evanston residents can benefit from the Affordable Care Act.
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Almost two weeks after the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces opened, a panel of Illinois government officials praised the law’s benefits but said they hope for a statebased exchange in the future. In the fourth installment of his Critical Issues Series of panel discussions, state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and five other speakers Sunday sought to ease their constituents’ concerns about the health care overhaul, President Barack Obama’s signature legislation. About 50 people, mostly senior citizens, came to the discussion at the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave. The panelists included Biss, state Rep. » See CRITICAL ISSUES, page 7
area to participate in the “Starbucks Evenings” pilot program. The aldermen voiced a variety of concerns regarding the license provision, ranging from approving the license too hastily to the use of false identification by underage Northwestern students. Harlan Powell, an attorney who spoke on behalf of Starbucks regional director Paul Groshko, assured aldermen that all employees would be formally trained in serving alcohol and checking IDs. Every customer would be limited to one drink at a time, Powell said. Powell said the casual atmosphere would not provide “incentive to have four cocktails at Starbucks” and that
Northwestern gives $188K to youth groups
Northwestern announced Monday it will donate more than $188,000 to six youth organizations in Chicago and Evanston. The money comes from the football bowl revenues relinquished by Penn State to other Big Ten schools earlier this year. Each group will receive about $31,000, according to the University. “These organizations provide important services to protect and assist children and youths in Evanston and Chicago,” University President Morton Schapiro said in a news release. “We are pleased to be able to provide this financial support to help them carry out their important missions.” In Evanston, the donation will benefit Metropolitan Family Services Evanston/ Skokie Valley, the Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, YWCA Evanston/North Shore and Youth Organizations Umbrella. The Chicago groups are the Night
all drinks would be served in glasses to deter buy-and-run attempts. He emphasized the purpose of Starbucks Evenings is to replicate the early and mid-morning social environment with the addition of small plates and relaxing beverages at night. Despite the attorney’s assurances, Ald. Don Wilson (4th) said the council should have more time to discuss the issue. Powell said Starbucks applied for the license under an accelerated process in hopes of having the pilot program ready for the holiday season. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) questioned » See COUNCIL, page 7 Ministry, which helps homeless young people, and Northwestern Settlement, which offers preschool and after-school programs to children and families in the West Town area.
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We are pleased to be able to provide this financial support to help them carry out their important missions. Morton Schapiro, University president
In July, all 12 schools in the Big Ten agreed to donate what would have been Penn State’s football bowl revenues to youth causes. Penn State would have earned almost $2.3 million during this year’s bowl season if it were not banned due to NCAA sanctions stemming from assistant coach Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children. — Patrick Svitek
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