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FIGHTING FOR EQUAL FOOTING Fifth Ward residents advocate for neighborhood school in historical building By RYAN WANGMAN and COLIN BOYLE daily senior staffers @ryanwangman, @colinbphoto

In the 1960s, Jerome Summers was among the first group of students bussed from the only neighborhood school in the historically black 5th Ward to a majority-white school outside of the ward — an effort to further the school district’s goal of eliminating de facto segregation. As part of that goal, Foster School, the ward’s neighborhood school, began transitioning to a laboratory model in 1967. But just 12 years later, the building closed and its educational programming was moved to a different ward. The area hasn’t had an Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school since. Decades later, children in

the neighborhood are still being bussed to different locations throughout the city. Summers, a longtime 5th Ward resident, said the ward’s children are feeling the ramifications: The lack of a neighborhood school wasn’t fair or equitable then, and it isn’t now. “Our children are being harmed,” he said. “When I went to Foster School, every child knew what it was to be the brightness and the hope for the future for everybody they ever saw. Just like all the other kids that go to school in their own neighborhoods.” Now, Summers said, when classes end, many black and Latinx children board buses to go back to their neighborhood, unable to stay back in their schools’ playgrounds like the children who call those wards home. » See FIFTH WARD, page 8 Colin Boyle/Daily Senior Staffer

Hagerty reflects on first year as mayor Communication, fiscal responsibility key for Evanston By KRISTINA KARISCH

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Chase Stokes (left) stands beside his roommate, Communication freshman Julia Mann. She and Stokes, a transgender man, met on a Facebook page for students seeking female roommates.

BEYOND THE BINARY

Northwestern transgender students navigate NU’s housing process By CHRISTOPHER VAZQUEZ

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When seeking a roommate before his first year at Northwestern, Weinberg freshman Chase Stokes turned to a common resource: a housing Facebook page. However, Stokes, a transgender man, found his roommate in a Facebook group for people seeking female

roommates. “I just felt like it was a bit safer of a play and I didn’t have to go through the bureaucracy of Northwestern or anything like that,” Stokes said. When designating housing assignments, Northwestern uses records received from CAESAR, University spokesman Bob Rowley told The Daily in an email. While The Common Application and the Universal College Application typically ask

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students for both sex assigned at birth and gender identity, Rowley said Northwestern will “pull over sex data” from CAESAR for undergraduate students and send it to Residential Services. Students also fill out a housing application before receiving room assignments. On his application, Stokes said a “gender” field automatically labelled him as “female,” and he was unable to change it. For the 2017-18 academic

year, gender open housing was offered in two wings on the third floor of Foster-Walker Complex, an all-singles residence. However, vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin said she is “reluctant” to place firstyear students there and prefers placing them in buildings she believes are more social in an effort to ease students’ transition into college. » See HOUSING, page 7

More than a year after taking office, Mayor Steve Hagerty said he is fully realizing the “all-encompassing” nature of his job. From overseeing City Council meetings to focusing on the city’s finances and interacting with residents from all walks of life, Hagerty said his tenure has been a “very rich experience” so far. “You get a sense of community that’s hard to understand unless you’re in a role that’s as broad as this,” he said. “And I’ve never been in a role this broad before.” Assuming the position of mayor is Hagerty’s first foray into elected office. He narrowly won the mayoral election in April 2017 — finishing only 115 votes ahead of his opponent, former 6th Ward alderman Mark Tendam. He ran on a platform focused on strengthening the city’s economy and youth development, as well as placing an emphasis on affordable housing. Hagerty’s background is in emergency consulting: He founded an Evanston-based crisis management firm that specializes in helping communities recover from disasters like the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. His experience in the field

translated well to his role as mayor, which similarly combines managerial tasks with community outreach, he said. And in crisis situations, Hagerty said, his experience allows him to ask the right questions at the right time. After Northwestern’s campus went on lockdown for about two hours in March due to reports of an active shooter on campus — a fabricated incident that was later determined to be a “swatting” hoax — Hagerty said he was able to apply his crisis management skills when analyzing and debriefing the hoax with city officials and University administrators. Beyond individual emergency situations, Hagerty said he tries to be approachable in his role — both for residents and city staff. As mayor, he said he has come to appreciate the “human dynamics” of Evanston and the particular viewpoint his role has afforded him. “I took this job in part because I’ve, for the last 24 years, had an incredibly rewarding experience helping communities recover after disasters,” Hagerty said. “I want to see if I can help the community that I live in every day and feel that same sense of satisfaction four years from now.”

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The mayor works in tandem with Evanston’s city manager, Wally Bobkiewicz, who oversees » See HAGERTY, page 7

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AROUND TOWN Residents push for Youth and Young Adult funding By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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About 1,100 residents have signed a petition to support full funding for the Youth and Young Adult division as the program faces cuts during the city’s priority-based budgeting process, the division’s community services manager Kevin Brown said. Brown said he created the petition to raise awareness of the program’s potential to be eliminated and highlight the contributions it has made to Evanston, serving the youth who are “highest at risk.” “We believe the old saying that the youth and young adults are the future of Evanston,” Brown said. “It would have a devastating impact on the city of Evanston if these programs were cut.” On May 10, the city released a survey asking residents to rank their top 10 and bottom 10 budgeting priorities out of a list of 46 items. The Youth and Young Adult division, which provides violence interruption and substance abuse treatment placement, was listed as costing around $940,000. The Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which Brown said employs 600 to 700 young adults each year, costs around $600,000.

POLICE BLOTTER Evanston man arrested in connection with possession of controlled substance A 19-year-old Evanston man was arrested Wednesday in connection with possession of a controlled substance in south Evanston. Police responded to an attempted apartment robbery in the 100 block of Elmwood Avenue at 3:22 a.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The man was leaving the building carrying

According to city documents, the division — created in 2011 — aims to provide opportunities for all Evanston youth and young adults to become “active and productive” citizens by strengthening existing services, establishing partnerships and providing job training and placement. Its operational plan focuses on four areas: education, civic engagement, workforce development and alternative recreation. Nina Kavin, co-founder of Dear Evanston — a community forum discussing race and inequity in the city — said the division’s outreach workers are “invaluable” to Evanston’s youth and families. She said much of their work goes unnoticed to residents as they stop violence from occurring and provide resources to families. “They are an enormous sector in helping to keep the peace in Evanston, to prevent violence in Evanston, to address violence in Evanston,” Kavin said. “If the city of Evanston is going to talk about the need to reduce violence, then you can’t eliminate a program like this.” Evanston resident Lesley Williams said the way the city has asked residents to vote on programs through the survey is particularly “upsetting.” The survey shows which programs are popular but not necessarily which ones are “crucial” for residents’ everyday lives, she said. Williams added that cutting the Youth and Young Adult division would be harmful to the a backpack when officers arrived. Officers thought he might have been involved in the potential robbery and stopped him for questioning, Glew said. The man followed orders to take off his backpack but then turned away from police and began unzipping the bag. The officers, who feared the man had a weapon inside, told him to stop. Glew said he did not, so officers grabbed his arm. The man resisted, and was only compliant for a few seconds when officers threatened to use a taser. Police eventually used Mace to subdue and

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The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Residents signed a petition to support full funding for the city’s Youth and Young Adult division, which faces potential budget cuts.

youth served by the program. She said the city needs to look at budgeting with an “equity lens” to see who will be most impacted and hurt by the decisions. “Just having this program which touches so many low-income (kids), many of whom are handcuff the man, Glew said. Officers found 61 pills of Quazepam, 61 individually wrapped tinfoil packages containing amphetamines and 11 grams of suspected cannabis in the man’s backpack. The man was charged with possessions of a controlled substance, cannabis and drug paraphernalia, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He was also charged with one count of attempt to resist a police officer.

African-American, Latino kids in Evanston, should be an absolute priority,” Williams said. “To me it’s profoundly shocking that that’s even being considered for cuts.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight An article in Thursday’s paper titled “NU community honors Agrawal” misstated John Girotto’s year. Girotto is a fourth-year student. The Daily regrets the error.

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David Tolchinsky’s term as department chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film will come to an end this September, the School of Communication announced to faculty in a Wednesday email. RTVF associate chair Zayd Dohrn will succeed Tolchinsky beginning Sept. 1. According to a news release, faculty members typically serve two 3-year terms as department chair. Tolchinsky, however, served 10 years as chair after he was asked to serve an additional term to “complete his work on the undergraduate and graduate curricula,” the release said. While Tolchinsky was department chair, RTVF developed the Screen Cultures doctoral program and three new master’s programs. The department also implemented the new Media Arts Grant funding system. “Dave stepped up when we most needed new leadership in the RTVF department,” Communication Dean Barbara O’Keefe said in the release. “Twice I had to ask him to extend his service beyond the normal two terms, and the department has

Deerfield Management pledges NU $65 million for drug development

Northwestern announced Thursday it is partnering with Deerfield Management, an investment management company, to launch Lakeside Discovery LLC in order to help develop new drugs. Deerfield, which pledged up to $65 million, will help shepherd potential drugs to the Food and Drug Administration to get them approved for human testing. Alicia Löffler, executive director of the Innovation and New Ventures Office, told the Chicago Tribune that this is NU’s largest

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benefited tremendously from his willingness to set aside his own agenda and see all the department’s projects to a successful conclusion.” Tolchinsky will be on research leave during the 2018-19 academic year, but he will continue to serve as co-director of the Master’s of Fine Arts in Writing for Stage and Screen program along with Dohrn. Tolchinsky was not immediately available for comment. Dohrn said Tolchinsky has been a “fantastic chair.” He said Tolchinsky helped the department expand and allowed it to do “a lot of interesting things” it wasn’t doing before. “One of the things that’s been great about Dave is he sets a tone of tremendous collegiality,” Dohrn said. “It’s a true creative community. People work with one another. They collaborate. They teach together. I think those things are really the hallmark of his term.” Dohrn chaired the planning committee for the department’s program review — which occurs every seven years — and told The Daily that the department received positive feedback and recommendations for change. As department chair, Dohrn plans to take others’ feedback into consideration as the RTVF department continues to expand its programs. “Partly, I’m going to be listening,” Dohrn said.

“I haven’t been chair before. I need to hear from faculty and students about what their priorities are and act accordingly.” Recently, students have pushed for reform in the RTVF Media Arts Grant funding system in a March proposal. Dohrn said the changes that the proposal’s co-authors discussed with Tolchinsky and Eric Patrick — head of MAG productions — will continue as planned. “We have always seen the MAG process as something that’s evolving, and I think that’s something that’s getting better,” Dohrn said. “We’ve been taking student suggestions and we will continue to evolve it … over the course of my term.” In addition to the RTVF administrative changes, the School of Communication announced several other promotions, retirements and changes within the administration. Lori Barcliff Baptista has been appointed associate dean for undergraduate programs and advising, filling the vacant position. Jane Rankin, associate dean for research, will phase into retirement between July 1, 2018 and Sept. 1, 2019. During that period, Sheri Carsello will serve as assistant dean for research to support the School of Communication research office.

pharmaceutical partnership, and that the partnership will strengthen NU’s high standing in the academic medical research community. “Northwestern has a long history in therapeutic innovation that started with the discovery of Lyrica 30 years ago,” Löffler said in a Northwestern news release. “Lakeside will accelerate the translation of these life-saving innovations.” A committee comprised of both Deerfield and NU scientists will assess medications’ potential biological and commercial success, the release said. Project selection will be based on many criteria, but the novelty of biological observation will take precedence, the release said. From there, accepted projects will receive a complete development plan, support for experiments in an expedited

time frame and access to the capital Deerfield is investing. Löffler said she anticipates success for Lakeside and is enthusiastic about the partnership. “Lakeside will highlight Chicago as a preeminent hub for tomorrow’s cures, with the best medical researchers and clinicians working to improve the lives of patients,” Löffler said in the release. The University already has partnerships with pharmaceutical companies Baxter International and AbbVie. NU also has a precedent for effective drug development: The University has earned about $1.5 billion through royalties from Lyrica, a drug that treats fibromyalgia and nerve pain.

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US expected to limit visa stays for Chinese students By ALAN PEREZ

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The Trump administration is expected to impose limits on visas granted to Chinese citizens amid concerns of intellectual property theft, potentially putting Northwestern’s research operations at risk. United States consular offices and embassies have been instructed to shorten the length of visas for Chinese graduate students enrolled in some science and technology programs. The U.S. hasn’t issued a public announcement, but several media outlets have reported that the change will go in effect on June 11. The Associated Press reported that Chinese graduate students in aviation, robotics and hightech manufacturing will be restricted to one-year visas. These areas have been identified by China as ones it wants to dominate in its “Made in China” 2025 manufacturing plan. Such shorter visa stays could impact the admission of Chinese students; at Northwestern, roughly 40 percent of international graduate students are from China. The majority of student visas to Chinese nationals are granted the maximum of five years, but a State Department spokesperson told The Daily in an email that while the application process hasn’t changed, consular offices reserve the right to limit visas on a “case-by-case basis.” “National security is our top priority when adjudicating visa applications — every prospective traveler to the United States undergoes extensive security screening,” said the spokesperson, who did not respond to questions about the specific policy. “We are constantly working to find mechanisms to improve our screening processes and to support legitimate travel and immigration to the United States while protecting U.S. citizens and U.S. national interests.” The spokesman added that “every visa decision is a national security decision, and we must ensure that applicants do not pose a risk to the United States.” The AP reported that the changes are part of President Donald Trump’s plan to “counter alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property by Beijing.” Medill freshman Amy Ouyang, technical chair for the Chinese International Student Association, said while the policy won’t impact her, many of her

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Northwestern’s International Office is preparing for expected limits on student visas given to Chinese citizens. Media outlets have reported that Chinese graduate students in aviation, robotics and high-tech manufacturing will be restricted to one-year visas.

friends with visas are worried about post-graduation plans because many want to stay in the U.S. Though she understands the national security concerns, Ouyang said the policy will limit future opportunities for Chinese students. “The reason we may be upset about this is not really related to whether we’re going to work at some crucial position or not in the future, but whether we just want to have this opportunity to stay if we want to,” she said. Ravi Shankar, director of Northwestern’s International Office, said the office plans to inform and advise students to minimize the policy’s impact, though the office is awaiting a full analysis of the change. A cursory review by International Office staff suggests current students may be restricted from going home, as a shorter visa may mean they have to undergo another vetting process. If a student’s visa application is delayed while at home, they may not make it in time for the start of school. What may generate more enduring effects, however, is the policy’s impact on the University’s research operations. Shankar said visa restrictions

will limit Northwestern researchers’ ability to recruit the “best and brightest” in their fields. Shankar also said the policy will add scrutiny to an already “highly-regulated” population, though he understands the worries about having Chinese citizens involved in sensitive research. “We need to make sure that we support and take care of our students, but at the same time being mindful of the fact that this has some potential impact on our research and teaching mission,” he said. Shankar said he will coordinate with offices involved in admission and others potentially impacted by the policy, such as The Graduate School, the Office for Research and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. The news comes as friction between the two countries continue to rise on the brink of a trade war. China announced Thursday it would suspend tariffs as it prepares to negotiate its trade surplus with U.S. officials after Trump imposed stiff tariffs on Chinese imports. Trump hinted at the academic visa restrictions when his administration released a national security

strategy in December, saying it would tighten visas “to reduce economic theft by non-traditional intelligence collectors,” specifically those studying a science, technology, engineering and mathematics field. The New York Times reported earlier in May that Trump was considering restricting Chinese citizens from conducting research at American universities and other institutions. But while the policy is emblematic of the administration’s “America First” economic philosophy, it also comes as student visa restrictions continue to strengthen. In a statement, Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, said these limitations, though “apparently aimed at Chinese students in certain STEM fields,” could have a chilling effect on the United States’ ability to attract international students from across the globe. “We are anxious to do our part to ensure that America’s national and economic security is protected, while at the same time preserving the U.S. as a destination of choice for the world’s best and brightest students and scholars,” he said.

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State lawmakers pass budget, Rauner set to approve By SYD STONE

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After years of sharp partisan differences, Illinois senators overwhelmingly approved a new spending plan Thursday, paving the way for a full budget to be in place ahead of the next fiscal year for the first time since Gov. Bruce Rauner took office in 2015. The Illinois House approved the $38.5 billion proposal by a 97-18 vote, following a landslide 54-2 victory in the Senate on Wednesday night. The margins indicate a shift in dynamics in Springfield, where Rauner focused on a standalone budget rather than a broader deal that would further his legislative agenda. Instead, Rauner asked for a budget that does not spend more than the state takes in and requires no new taxes. Rauner, who is up for reelection this fall, has been campaigning on a platform of trying to roll back the 4.95 percent income tax rate that was increased last year to end the budget impasse. In a Thursday statement, Rauner said he plans to approve the proposal, calling it a “step in the right direction.”

“The Fiscal Year 2019 budget is the result of bipartisan effort and compromise,” he said. “We worked together to provide a budget to the people of Illinois that can be balanced, with hard work and continued bipartisan effort to deliver on the promises it makes. I’ll be taking action quickly to enact the Fiscal Year 19 budget into law.” However, Rauner said, the proposal doesn’t include “much-needed debt paydown and reforms that would reduce taxes, grow our economy, create jobs and raise family incomes.” State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) said in a statement that the budget is “truly balanced” and keeps Illinois “spending within our means” while also implementing budget cuts and pension reform to “keep our state on a path toward fiscal stability.” “It does all of this while still prioritizing the wellbeing of Illinois’ neediest residents,” she said in the statement. “It provides additional funding for child care assistance and sexual assault services, while rejecting the governor’s proposed cuts to community mental health and addiction services.” Steans called the budget an “investment in our communities,” citing the funding included for cities and towns as well as social services. Not included in the budget, however, is a

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Gov. Bruce Rauner declares victory on election night in 2014. Rauner said he will approve the state’s budget that passed the Illinois House on Thursday by a 97-18 vote.

backlog of unpaid bills totaling up to $6.6 billion, pension debt and Rauner’s call for retirement system changes. State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said the plan was a step in the right direction.

“We can’t breathe easy yet,” she said in a statement. “But having this stability and predictability will at least allow us to breathe.” sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

Community to gather for national Wear Orange Day By SYD STONE

daily senior staffer @sydstone16

Evanston residents will gather in Fountain Square on Saturday to rally in support of gun control as part of the national Wear Orange Day. The campaign begins Friday on National Gun Violence Awareness Day when people all over the country will show their support for gun violence prevention with rallies and marches. The color orange came to represent the gun violence prevention movement ever since supporters wore it in honor of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed in 2013 in Chicago just one week after performing at President Barack Obama’s

second inaugural parade. The local Saturday event — organized by People for a Safer Society, Moms Demand Action Evanston and Dear Evanston — will be the second Wear Orange Day in the city. “We’re aware of gun violence every single day,” said Nina Kavin, one of the event’s organizers. “Whether it’s a mass shooting or a shooting in Evanston, we’re all very aware of gun violence. It’s important to come to the event to stand together in solidarity.” However, Kavin — co-founder of Dear Evanston, a community forum discussing race and inequity in the city — said the Evanston event exists to do more than just raise awareness of gun violence. It is meant to remember Evanston residents who have lost their lives to gun violence, and

to “celebrate life,” she said. Kavin added that there will be a clear focus on actionable steps people can take to create change. The event will tackle gun violence from two perspectives, Kavin said. The first one addresses the trauma of gun violence and working with communities in an equitable manner to prevent gun violence. The second, she said, advocates for “more sensible gun legislation.” Dr. Traci Kurtzer — an Evanston resident, representative of Moms Demand Action Evanston and organizer of Saturday’s event — said the event will address both the “individual” and “community” traumas that occur after gun violence. She said she hopes the event will give families of victims of gun violence an opportunity to share their stories. “This can happen to anybody and anytime in

our country because guns are so prevalent,” she said. “All of the kids across the country, including our kids at (Evanston Township High School) have a sense of trauma and fear of going to school.” Betsy Storm, a co-leader of Moms Demand Action Evanston, said the Wear Orange Day event will have a strong focus on young people and students in particular. “It’s become so very clear that the student involvement is what’s really creating the tipping point in the movement,” Storm said. “When young people decide they’re going to take something on in great numbers, they get a lot of attention. They’re the ones that are growing up with this in their school yards.” sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

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EDITORIAL

The Daily Northwestern’s 2018 Diversity Report For nearly 137 years, The Daily Northwestern has been the newspaper of record for Northwestern and Evanston. And for the vast majority of that time, we have not been representative of either of those communities. It’s no secret that our newsroom’s lack of diversity has led — and continues to lead — to mistakes and poor reporting decisions. Just a few weeks ago, we mistook one woman of color in our coverage of an inequality panel for another woman completely uninvolved with the event. Last quarter, we misquoted a black man and, as a result, perpetuated harmful stereotypes about the black community. And there have been several instances in which we have incorrectly identified sources’ pronouns. While historically, journalism has not accurately or fairly covered or represented people of marginalized identities, we can — and must — take concrete steps to better serve them. Our job as a publication is to deliver information to the communities we cover. This

means not only being aware of what is happening around us, but being representative of those communities ourselves. We are ending our year of publication by releasing this report to acknowledge that this newsroom is, in fact, not representative of the area it covers. This is a way to reflect on a year — and a broader history — of inadequate coverage of marginalized communities and to commit to making this publication a more inclusive space as we head into the next academic year and beyond.

The survey

Moving forward, we intend to regularly produce a comprehensive report of this kind to hold ourselves accountable as a newsroom — a practice we acknowledge should have been put in place a long time ago. While we cannot change The Daily’s mistakes, we view this report as a first step in acknowledging our shortcomings and improving our practices.

Several weeks ago, we circulated a diversity survey among our staff. For publication purposes, individual responses remain anonymous. We received a 100 percent response rate from this quarter’s editorial board and 67 responses from this quarter’s staff, which includes the 26 editorial board members. We believe this survey gives us an accurate picture of diversity at The Daily.

The data

We polled race according to the corresponding question on the U.S. Census while adding separate options for East Asian or Pacific Islander, South Asian and mixed-race — identities that are often overlooked and oversimplified. We compared our data with the University’s fall 2017 enrollment data to gauge how well our newsroom is representative of campus. It’s important to mention that even racial percentages at The Daily that align with NU’s data should not necessarily be considered acceptable, as NU itself is not racially diverse. Our percentage of multiracial students on staff is mostly consistent with NU’s demographic data. Black and Hispanic/Latinx students are underrepresented on staff, and, for black students, that disparity increases within our editorial board. East Asian and South Asian are not separate categories in the University data, which only lists “Asian American” as an option. As a result, we chose not to make direct comparisons between that data and ours. However, the combined percentage of South Asian and East Asian students on our staff approaches the approximately 17 percent of NU undergraduates who identify as Asian American. For the editorial board, that number is slightly less than NU’s. Most importantly, both The Daily’s general staff and its editorial board are overwhelmingly white — disproportionately higher than the 46.9 percent of white students that make up NU’s undergraduate population. No respondents to our poll identified as Native American or as Middle Eastern/North African — which is not a category on the University’s survey. The Daily has a greater percentage of women than men, while the NU undergraduate average is nearly an equal split. Transgender and non-binary representation across the newsroom is quite low. More than 70 percent of The Daily’s staff identifies as straight. While data on sexual orientation among NU undergraduates in general is not readily available, 10.5 percent of students in the class of 2020 openly identify as LGBTQ, according to the University’s 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Report. Fifteen percent of respondents in The Daily’s class of 2020 identify as LGBTQ. A minority of Daily staffers and editors are first-generation college students; this mirrors the 10 percent of NU undergraduates who identify as such. Slightly more than half of our editorial board receives financial aid from the University, while the majority of the staff does not. We felt that framing the question around receiving financial aid from the University would be a more accurate measure than asking students to self-identify whether they were low-income. This does not take into account how much financial aid students receive.

Next steps

It is clear that, in regard to issues of diversity and inclusion, The Daily has a lot to improve on. We need more people of color in our newsroom; we need to represent more people of marginalized identities as sources; and we need to seek out stories about these communities beyond times of crisis. We also need to train our reporters and editors to handle stories with sensitivity, particularly ones that concern marginalized groups who have not been traditionally well-represented in our coverage. The fast pace of a daily newspaper often leads to prioritizing getting stories done quickly over ensuring our reporting is sensitive — however, we understand that we need to be conscious of not only who is part of The Daily, but how they’re working. We’ve planned an all-staff session for the end of Spring Quarter with Northwestern’s Social Justice Education on using inclusive language and thinking about identity in our reporting — and we intend to continue them regularly. We’ve also reached out to faculty advisers affiliated with the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and the Native American Journalists Association to create a dialogue around how to report sensitively. We know diversity doesn’t happen organically. We need to make an active effort to be more representative of our university. We encourage everyone who is interested in journalism and sees holes in our reporting to consider joining us. We need not only your talent, but your voice. We’re also working to improve our recruitment and training process for new reporters by including a more deliberate discussion of diversity and inclusion in journalism. In addition to being trained on the anatomy of a story, new reporters will go through an additional session on how to approach cultural sensitivity and how personal identities affect their work. We are aware that, despite any changes we make to be a more representative, more aware newsroom, we are still prone to errors. Because of this, we will update our correction guidelines to add a specific policy in which — for mistakes furthering harmful biases toward minority communities — we publicly apologize for what went wrong. While dialogues about diversity and inclusion are necessary, it is often easy to just stop there. We understand that, throughout its history, The Daily has not been friendly to students and community members of marginalized identities. We recognize there have been instances in The Daily’s history in which our newspaper has not been sensitive. We can’t erase past errors, but we would like to acknowledge them in the name of transparency. We are committed to taking action to combat bias and ensure we can report on minority communities fairly, accurately and respectfully. We have a ways to go, but we hope this editorial — and the new practices that come with it — can be a step in the right direction. This piece represents the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of The Daily Northwestern. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members or Editorial Board members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Evanston’s day-to-day operations. Bobkiewicz said he appreciates Hagerty’s “unique qualifications” for the job and his deep understanding of how cities work. “He has come on and really hit the ground running,” Bobkiewicz said. “(He’s) wanting to understand, really opening up the hood, so to speak, of the city and understanding how the engine works and … asking very probing questions.” He said Hagerty’s emphasis on stabilizing the city’s finances has been crucial in the past year. After spending nearly two years without a state budget, Illinois lawmakers finally passed a budget last summer after the state’s bonds were in danger of being rated “junk bonds.” Evanston has also faced budget issues of its own. In December, City Council passed the city’s operating budget for Fiscal Year 2018, which had to account for a nearly $6 million deficit. Looking ahead to the 2019 budget, Bobkiewicz said he is estimating another deficit of at least $3 million. Because of this, city staff have already begun to reach out to residents for input on potential program cuts across city departments through a system of priority-based budgeting. Hagerty said the budget and improving Evanston’s overall financial situation are his priorities. His managerial experience, he said, has given him a set of tools with which to approach fiscal issues in the city — as well as a necessary decisiveness. Evanston prides itself on robust programs and services for its residents, Hagerty said. But ultimately, “all of this costs money” and the city must ensure it’s financially sound to be able to fund them.

Evanston residents have always been heavily involved in their communities, Hagerty said, so much so that “it’s part of (the) city’s DNA.” He said that as mayor, he meets with residents who contribute to the city through service work, activism and regular attendance at city meetings. Hagerty added that public comment during council and committee meetings often draws a long list of speakers who bring opinions on practically all the issues voted on by aldermen. Over the past year, Hagerty said he has noticed that residents are increasingly voicing their frustrations with decisions made locally, in Illinois and on a federal level. When aldermen narrowly approved the construction of a 15-story apartment building on Sherman Avenue in November, Hagerty said he remembers a packed council chamber filled with frustrated residents. In total, 82 had signed up for public comment, and Hagerty said he had to figure out how to give them all time to speak in the 45 minutes allowed according to the City Code — which amounted to only 30 seconds per person. He said it was important to him that every resident be given the time to voice their concerns, actively participate in government and engage with their elected officials. He added that he gave “a lot of thought” to the structure of citizen comment that night, and it reflected how he wants to run city meetings going forward. “I know it was a tiny thing,” he said. “But I try to be thoughtful in what I do. I don’t always get it right. … I want people to be able (to) feel comfortable coming up and sharing a point of view that is maybe

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“These are not just black and Latino kids; they’re Evanston kids,” he said. “They should have the same advantages that all the other Evanston children have, simple as that.” The 5th Ward has the highest percentage of black residents in the city at 41.5 percent, based on the most recent census demographic breakdown. Additionally, it is one of the only wards in which no racial group forms a majority and the white population is less than 60 percent.

It is also the only primarily residential ward in Evanston without a neighborhood school. This has drawn ire from those who not only feel their children disproportionately bear the burden of the district’s bussing method, but who also see an absent school as a missed opportunity for increased community cohesion. Family Focus — an organization that provides community services and now owns the former Foster School building at 2010 Dewey Ave. — recently put the property up for sale, amplifying ongoing concerns over future educational

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opportunities in the ward and introducing new worries over the potential loss of a historically significant location. In response, community members have organized two groups in a fight for equal opportunities: one focused on bringing a STEM-focused school into the ward and another on purchasing the Family Focus building.

A ‘historical wrong’

Fifth Ward residents have pushed for a neighborhood school in the past, especially over the last 15 years. In 2002, the District 65 board raised the possibility of housing a school in the Family Focus building. The negotiations to do so were halted a year later when the board cited financial constraints due to a projected multi-million dollar deficit. In 2012, the option of building a new school in the ward was put to a city-wide referendum. Even though 5th Ward residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal, it was shot down 54.7 percent to 45.3 percent due to various concerns, including financial limitations. The referendum would have issued $20.6 million in bonds to fund the new location and bundled an additional cost of over $25 million to fund capital improvements to existing district schools. Summers, who was a District 65 school board member for eight years, spearheaded that push to bring a school back into the area. He said the effort was catalyzed by his mother, Edna Summers — who served as a 5th Ward alderman for roughly a decade. “In the end, she was kind of losing it mentally, but one day in a perfect moment of clarity, she said, ‘Son, I apologize for taking you out of the bosom of Foster School and sending you to school with those white folks,’” Summers said. “‘Not because they were white … and not only because they didn’t treat you well, but also because they did not expect much of you.’” Summers said his mother told him losing Foster School was the “worst mistake” the city ever made. Closing the school, she told him, “pulled the thread that unraveled our community.” “She just starts sobbing, man, I mean sobbing in my arms,” Summers said. “It just etched into my heart.” Currently, children in the 5th Ward are bussed to four District 65 elementary schools: Willard,

Lincolnwood, Kingsley and Orrington. Parents have the option of requesting to send their kids to K-8 magnet schools King Arts, in Evanston, or Bessie Rhodes, in Skokie. Bobby Burns, president and founder of community activism organization Evanston Collective, said the school district should not have to bus an entire neighborhood across the city. He emphasized Evanston’s need to correct a “historical wrong,” which started with those initial integration efforts.

Burns said the lack of a school in the ward can send a certain message to community members as they grow up: that everything “of value” is located outside of the neighborhood. “If you want to go to the movies, you have to go outside of your neighborhood,” he said. “If you want to go to a kind of a well-staffed and well-resourced library, you have to go outside of your neighborhood. If you want to go to school and be educated, you have to go outside of your neighborhood.”

Bussed diversity

Every morning, Burns said he sees young

people waiting at bus stops to be “shipped off ” to other wards. This is happening as the percentage of black residents in the 5th Ward shrinks: Between 2000 and 2010, for example, the ward lost 1,222 of its black residents, or 37.8 percent. He said reestablishing a school in the area would put pressure on other wards to integrate more diversity in their communities, as they then wouldn’t be relying on 5th Ward residents to achieve that goal. Current 5th Ward alderman Robin Rue Simmons, who has been involved in efforts to bring a school to the ward, said she understands the community’s struggle. In her experience, the geographical distance makes it difficult for 5th Ward parents to engage as easily as other parents in the school community. She said the transition for kids over the summer months can be hard as well — children in the 5th Ward often don’t attend the same programming as their friends, so a social gap begins to develop. And because kids don’t live in the same neighborhood, Rue Simmons added that relationship building between children is tough. Play dates, she said, aren’t as convenient as a walk down the block after school. “I know what it looks like ... what it feels like to bus your kids to school, having bussed mine to Willard,” Rue Simmons said. “Knowing that our children are walking past the others that are playing after school on the playground, waiting for their parents to meet them at the playground. And ours are walking to a bus.” The cornerstone of every thriving area is a school, Burns said, because it creates a neighborhood culture. Adding a school, he said, would support Rue Simmons’ goal of making the 5th Ward as “livable as any other ward.” Delores Holmes, a former 5th Ward alderman, said the area’s residents don’t have the same level of agency as the District 65 school board. “We don’t make the decisions, the school board really makes that decision,” Holmes said. “They did not take a (public) vote when they closed the building in ’79, so I didn’t understand why they ever had to take a vote to reopen the school in the 5th Ward, just doesn’t make any sense.” The former alderman added that those affected by the loss of the school aren’t the right people to ask about the likelihood of it coming back. “You’re asking the wrong people,” she said, “You have to ask the people with power for that.”

Dealing with financial realities

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The financial burden District 65 faces in the coming years is significant, even after a crucial property tax referendum passed in April 2017, bolstering school funding to combat rising educational costs. Current projections estimate that district-wide expenditures will exceed revenues in Fiscal Year 2022, though referendum money will allow the district to sustain programs through Fiscal Year 2025 without a deficit. None of these projections include the potential cost of a new school, which District 65 superintendent Paul Goren estimated would first cost about $25 million — if built from scratch — and then would run the district back about $5.7 million in operating costs annually, based on the current cost to operate an average school. Without a drastic change, he said, this is money the district does not have. “The dramatic next steps would be to either raise class sizes significantly and/or to close a school,” Goren said. “We can cut on the margins here and there and everywhere, but … given what our financial situation is, even with the generous

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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 support of the referendum, we really would have to do something dramatic to be able to operate a new school.” Goren stressed that without the operating costs, the community would have a “shell of a school,” with no money to afford hiring teachers, custodians or a principal. In addition, he said to purchase or even accept a building to house a school, the decision would have to be put to a referendum — as it was in 2012. Debate over financial viability was a large factor in that year’s vote and in discussions on the topic over the past several decades. In 2003, then-District 65 board member Greg Klaiber stressed the inability of the board to support a primarily district-funded school. “We have to be honest with the community,” Klaiber said in 2003. “We have to be really tough in light of those circumstances. I don’t think we should raise the hopes of a segment of the community when it’s not going to happen.” Fifteen years later, Goren echoed many of the same concerns. “We are all sensitive to the fact that children and families should have a school in their community,” Goren said. “That’s a key consideration, but it’s juxtaposed with the financial viability of it.” Burns, who was part of the failed 2012 attempt to open a school in the ward, said the activists learned from the bid and this time, “everything is kind of lining up.”

“(Board members) understand the need for a school in the 5th Ward,” Burns said. “People have concerns about the financial realities that are going to play a part in determining whether or not it’s feasible, but I feel like there’s a commitment, there’s a willingness, and that’s suddenly different from the last time.”

Holding on to Family Focus

The building that once hosted Foster School — later renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School — has been home to Family Focus’ Evanston location since the 1980s. This “gem” of a building, as Holmes called it, is on Dewey Avenue and quickly became a focal point of involvement, support and accessibility for the ward’s residents. Family Focus’ mission is to promote children’s wellbeing by supporting and strengthening families in the community. The building houses different neighborhood programs as well as facilities that include a gym, a theater, a computer lab and an event space. Colette Allen, director of the Evanston branch, said there are few locations in the 5th Ward that provide community members with spaces like the theater, which gives residents opportunities to practice skills such as public speaking. “We’re almost a one-stop shop here,” Allen said. Last year, Family Focus president and CEO Merri Ex announced that the organization could not maintain the costs of building ownership and upkeep for its Evanston chapter, which is why it was put up for sale. Now, with revived efforts to bring a neighborhood school to the ward and the building on the market, there is a palpable uncertainty over the future of childhood programming in the community. Rose Johnson, president of the auxiliary board for the Evanston nonprofit, said she is not keen on the idea of returning the Foster School building to its original purpose. More than 40 years ago, Johnson “made a wise move” to Evanston, she said. She now lives on Emerson Street just across from the 5th Ward and has contributed to Family Focus for many years. She said the accessibility of the nonprofit is part of why it is so well-known in the 5th Ward. Johnson said she does not see a need for another school in the ward, but she does view Family Focus as irreplaceable. “The use that (Family Focus) is being put to

now is far superior to another school,” Johnson said. “It enables people who live in that area to get there without having to catch a bus or have a car. It’s a very convenient and reachable place for many different services.” Rue Simmons, who grew up in the 5th Ward, said Family Focus gave her a safe haven and place of refuge that was accessible to community members, regardless of their needs or backgrounds. At Family Focus, she said she found mentors who wanted the best for her and advocated for her in the larger Evanston sphere. She said the nonprofit’s presence in the Foster School building is important because it is located in the heart of the neighborhood. The space is multi-faceted, able to host everything from baby showers to wedding receptions to community meetings, she said. The organization is also able to help residents get referrals to housing opportunities, offer a weekly STEM program for children and match returning citizens — people released from prison — with employment. “I cannot see that building and all the potential that it has and all that it’s done for us go into the ownership of someone who doesn’t have the community on their heart,” she said. She emphasized that it would be difficult to find a space with similar square footage and accommodations at the same rate to take in the programs currently housed in the facility. More importantly, she said, the building’s central location can’t be replicated. George Dotson, whose family has owned property in the 5th Ward for nearly 100 years, attended Foster School in the 1950s. Sixty years later, he still finds himself at 2010 Dewey Ave. as an auxiliary board member at Family Focus. He said the school and the community center have cultivated his identity. “That’s why I work with Family Focus: the (history), and being a member of the 5th Ward and being in this community,” Dotson said. “This is where I got my consciousness. This is where everything kind of started.”

Preserving the building

Holmes, the former 5th Ward alderman who was Family Focus’ first director for more than 25 years, serves on a committee whose interests lie in saving the Foster School building. She said she was concerned with the building being sold because of its historical significance in the ward. The property, she said, is a “symbol of pride, of history and of service” for the community and the last visual representation of what the neighborhood used to be. Currently, the committee is trying to raise funds to buy the building. She said members haven’t begun major fundraising yet — a big task because the roughly $5 million they would like to purchase, renovate and maintain the property doesn’t exist within the ward. Still, Holmes said the pieces are falling into place, and she is pleased with how far the group has come, even though it is operating on a limited amount of time. While these efforts to purchase the property are being made, Dino Robinson, the founder and interim director of Shorefront Legacy Center — which focuses on preserving the North Shore’s black history — is aiding attempts to get the Foster School location designated as a historical landmark. Robinson said the designation would help protect the building, preventing it from being completely razed by a buyer without proper approval and limiting additions that don’t conform to its architecture. Robinson acknowledged that if the building is designated a historical landmark, it may hamper the sale of the property. Robinson added that several past attempts to preserve other buildings in Evanston that were important to the AfricanAmerican community were not seen through. However, he said the designation would provide a “symbolic moment” showing that the city was paying attention to the community’s desires. It would also help create goodwill within the area — Robinson said on a personal level, he often felt that in the 5th Ward, new ideas were challenged more so than they were in other parts of the city. “When it seems there is an effort for a new initiative or new development in this particular area of Evanston, the ideas stall or are sidelined or put on the back burner for a variety of different

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reasons,” Robinson said. “Whatever reasons you can fathom, that’s what the community hears from people who can sign the papers.”

The future of Foster

Eddie Lee Sutton, who was a speech and language clinician at Foster School for decades, wrote and published a book of poems called “Not For Blacks Only.” In one poem, she reflects on a fire that in 1958 burned down a wing of the school — which was later rebuilt — and wrote that the building stood for the dreams and hopes of the past and future.

“The future is now here,” Sutton wrote. “This building still we do revere. (Its) beacon still in our neighborhood. The changes have been very good, guiding again the youth to light and truth.” Community stakeholder Henry Wilkins believes establishing a STEM school in Evanston is the best way he can help the city improve moving forward. After researching the failed attempts of bringing a school into to the 5th Ward, he gathered a

group of community leaders who understood what it would take to start a STEM-based one. Having that focus in a proposal, Wilkins said, will draw people from all across the city and encourage them to be more receptive to the idea of establishing a school in the area. “It cuts against race, it cuts against economic level — everyone is a big proponent of STEM,” Wilkins said. “I felt like having a school in the 5th Ward that people across Evanston would appreciate and want to go to would help with this idea of having diversity in the school district.” In an email to The Daily, Wilkins said the Foster School building would probably be “the least costly and most attractive option” for a new school. He said the group of community leaders pushing for the STEM institution wants to do an assessment on whether it could fit in the building with existing programs. The community leaders haven’t formally made a pitch for the school being at the property, he said, but a future pitch would include the school contributing lease payments to help sustain the building. He added that the group isn’t necessarily tied to District 65 and would perhaps consider pursuing a charter school. Summers, the longtime 5th Ward resident, was more direct about his predictions. “When there’s enough white kids over here, there will be a school over here,” Summers said. “And they’re moving in left and right.” Summers said the ward is being gentrified in a big way, and that with each new family moving into the area, one of his “dear neighbors” has to go — something that is not a joyous occasion for him. In the wake of the Foster School’s shuttering, he said, almost all of the things that had previously sustained the 5th Ward — a hospital, a YMCA and many black-owned businesses — have slowly disappeared as children were bussed out. He said the black community “has paid a huge price for this diversity that Evanstonians love.” “Take children away, communities disappear,” Summers said. “That’s what happening right now. It’s been happening for a while now.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu colinbphoto@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern students flooded Tommy Nevin’s Pub, hoping to soak in one last night at the popular bar before it closed in late November. The line outside the bar, located at 1454 Sherman Ave., stretched down the sidewalk for much of the evening as students eagerly awaited what they referred to as “the last Nevin’s.” “I’m expecting sweaty, sweaty crowds,” Communication senior Devyn Johnson said as she waited to enter shortly before midnight. “Probably being stuck in one corner all night. And decent, cheap beer.”

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3 Jan. 26 — Evanston police to require use of body cameras

The Evanston Police Department decided to require all field officers to wear body cameras while on duty. All patrol, community, tactical, narcotics and traffic officers are required to use the cameras — 120 in total — when working in the field, said former EPD Sgt. Jay Parrott, who oversaw the implementation of the body cameras. The cameras were intended to increase accountability and safety for police officers, Parrott said. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said EPD’s goal is to be one of the most transparent departments in the Chicago area. He added that the cameras will be beneficial both for officers and the general public.

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Police investigated reports of sexual assault against a former Evanston Township High School teacher, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Dugan said school officials called the Evanston Police Department “right away” after some ETHS graduates — through tweets and posts on a private alumni social media page — alleged the teacher had initiated inappropriate sexual contact with them during his tenure roughly 20 years ago. Daily file photo by Allie Goulding

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Feb. 7 — Former Medill students, employees accuse Prof. Alec Klein of ‘predatory’ behavior

Medill Prof. Alec Klein, director of the Medill Justice Project, was accused of “harassing” and “predatory” behavior by former students and employees in an open letter sent to Northwestern administrators. In the letter, former students and employees of Klein and the Medill Justice Project alleged that the tenured professor displayed “controlling, discriminatory, emotionally and verbally abusive behavior” while working at the Medill School of Journalism. The letter accused Klein of attempting to kiss a prospective female employee and asking a female employee to come to his hotel room for drinks during a business trip, among other accusations.

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March 14 — Reports of man with gun on campus determined to be hoax, ‘swatting incident’

Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew told reporters that reports of a man with a gun on the Evanston campus were the result of a hoax. A man called police at 2:17 p.m. and said he had shot his girlfriend at 1915 Maple Ave., Engelhart Hall, a graduate student housing dorm. Students and Northwestern community members were informed of the incident through emergency phone and email alerts and told to shelter in place on the Evanston campus. The shelter in place warning for those who were not in Engelhart Hall was lifted just before 4 p.m. Glew called it a “swatting incident.” He told reporters that officers handled the incident, and that the residence where the man claimed the shooting happened had been vacant since “before November.”

6 March 20 — Pritzker cruises to victory in Democratic primary, will face Rauner in general election

Billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for governor. The Associated Press called the race for Pritzker after more than a third of the vote was reported. Pritzker handily beat out state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), a local legislator who has pushed for progressive policy, and Chris Kennedy, an anti-establishment businessman who is the son of former U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy. Pritzker had roughly 46 percent of the vote, while Biss and Kennedy trailed by nearly 20 percentage points apiece.

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May 4 — Students demand University action on black student experience, departmentalization, dining transition

Students released a list of 47 demands on the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover, urging the University to improve campus culture for black students, departmentalize the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies programs, and provide a smooth transition for food service workers. The list, organized by Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective and Students Organizing for Labor Rights, said the students want administrators to “clearly and definitively” indicate within two weeks whether they will fulfill the requests. “We hereby condemn the University’s hypocritical co-optation of the Bursar Takeover Commemoration,” the list of demands stated. “We conclude these demands with the promise that failure to comply and take immediate action in enacting them will result in continuous confrontation and direct action.”

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8 May 21 — A Wildcat wedding: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry tie the knot in lavish ceremony

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Beaming at her groom, Meghan Markle said her vows: “I, Meghan, take you, Harry, to be my husband; to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part.” And just like that, the Northwestern alumna became royalty. In a wedding most could only dream of, Markle (Communication ’03) married Prince Harry in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on Saturday, becoming the first American to marry into the royal family since 1937.

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5th Ward residents, city clash over pumping station By COLIN BOYLE

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A vacant lot, two villages in need of water and a vocal community caught in between it all. Evanston is set to begin construction on a water pump this summer in an attempt to generate revenue from nearby suburbs. Meanwhile, a handful of 5th Ward residents have been working as a task force for nearly four months in an attempt to fight against the fate of the 2525 Church St. lot. Evanston City Council passed a memorandum in February to partner with the Morton GroveNiles Water Commission to build a water pump station in the empty lot to distribute water to the suburbs by August 2019. The villages of Morton Grove and Niles each have water contracts with Chicago set to expire by the end of 2018. The municipalities set out to find an alternative water source, and — after looking at other sources such as Wilmette and Glenview — eventually looked to Evanston, said Bill Balling. Balling works for the water commission, an independent body that has worked with the local governments to establish the new pump. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) has said that Evanston needs the money. The city is anticipated to raise almost $2 million in revenue per year, based on rate projections and pump predictions. Currently, there is another pump station located in northwest Evanston on Gross Point Road, but it is not powerful enough to pump water to Morton Grove and Niles. Some residents have insisted that City Council hastily approved the water pump station. Verzell James, a member of the task force protesting the water pump, said its passage involved a “lack of transparency.” The task force is gathering information, acting as a liaison between residents and state legislators. “What we’re doing is exposing the city … that it is not including residents (in decision making) –– they have a preconceived agenda on how they (the city) follow the rules,” 5th Ward resident Glenn Mackey, a member of the task force, said. “This is a systemic problem throughout the city.” City engineering and capital planning bureau chief Lara Biggs told The Daily in March that the decision to install the water pump station was quicker than normal but, due to a conflict with Skokie over the water commission’s authority, Evanston officials decided they had to move quickly. However, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the city and water commission sufficiently consulted with local residents. Since City Council unanimously voted in February to authorize the

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The pumping station on Gross Point Road in Evanston. The pumping station being built on Church Street is expected to have a similar set up.

second pump, the city has held many open meetings to discuss plans for the lot. “When (the commission members) realized they need to put a pump station in Evanston,” Bobkiewicz said, “the first thing out of their mouth was, ‘What do we need to do to be sensitive to the residents?’ We said, ‘Meet with the aldermen’ — and that’s exactly what we did.” Former Ald. Delores Holmes (5th), who lives near the lot, supports the station despite not all of the residents being on the same page. “People have to attend meetings,” Holmes said. “You can’t always be reactive, you need to be proactive. In order to do that, you have to get involved and not wait until things are happening to respond to them.” Earlier this year, James went door-to-door talking to residents living near the future water pump’s location to gauge their awareness of the issue. James gathered 42 responses. He had asked if they had received any notice from the city regarding the pump station project — 40 said “no.” Residents said they are also worried about noise that would be emitted from the station. A memorandum about the pump, however, predicted that the station’s noise will comply with local requirements.

the permitting and construction bidding. He recognized that the team has moved “on a pretty fast pace,” but noted that Evanston will be a “major benefactor” once the second water pump is established. Balling said Evanston is going to be selling about 2.5 billion gallons of water per year. “It’s a highly profitable opportunity for the city,” he said. Although the task force has not been able to halt the water pump station’s construction, group members have seen a dramatic change in terms of their own involvement with, and perspective of, the city. “It’s actually changed me from a person that has not been very active in terms of social activism,” James said. “It’s made me more vocal, more willing to speak out to city managers, to not hold my tongue … because we were never given a chance to even think about what they wanted to do.” In the future, the task force hopes to continue its work by recruiting members from every ward to advocate for more local issues. “We plan to keep the task force going because we know that there is a lot of wrong going on, and if the city won’t police itself, then someone will have to police it,” James said. colinbphoto@u.northwestern.edu

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And Bobkiewicz said he is not concerned. “We’re unaware of any issues in any pump station anywhere in America,” Bobkiewicz said. “We’ve been careful to listen to the residents as far as issues with noise. We have dealt with those issues.” However, many residents have also taken issue with the location of the new pump, which is situated on a lot that was initially designated for recreational use. Mackey and members of the task force are not opposed to the construction of the pump station; rather, they wish it were moved to a different place in the area. “It is a benefit for the city, and we’re not saying that the city should not build a pump station, but not in our area,” Mackey said. “Just because it’s more fiscally (advantageous) for Morton Grove, why does it have to be on the backs of the residents who have always been here?” However, Bobkiewicz said the location was determined to connect Evanston’s water system to the pipeline that would be constructed by the receiving suburbs. Balling said since the commission was established, it has been working at a “hyper speed” to organize a design, the easement land preparements,

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Cast of ‘Shot in the Dark’ documentary talks at NU By WILSON CHAPMAN

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National Basketball Association certified agent Daniel Poneman said there’s more to basketball than the sport. “(Basketball) was just a perfect vehicle to tell a human story, and tell a Chicago story, and take that snapshot of what it’s like to be a kid on the West Side of Chicago in this moment in time,” said Poneman, an Evanston Township High School alumnus and producer of documentary “Shot in the Dark.” Speaking to about 40 people at a Thursday event in McCormick Foundation Center Forum, the cast and crew of the 2017 Fox Sports documentary discussed the production of the film and how power and privilege impact experiences in different areas of Chicago. The production, directed by ETHS alumnus Dustin Nakao Haider, follows Orr Academy High School’s Spartan basketball team and was filmed over the course of two years. The documentary tells the story of two student players on the team: Tyquone Greer and Marquise Pryor — who’ve since graduated from high school — as they navigate their basketball careers. Greer suffers from an injury during the final few days of the season after being shot in the foot at a party, while Pryor is incarcerated for gun possession in a separate instance. Although the film addresses gun violence and gangs, the creators aimed to present the

issues from a human perspective. Following a screening of the film, Poneman, Nakao Haider, Greer and Pryor participated in a panel discussion moderated by Medill Prof. J.A. Adande. Also joining them was Chicago Sun-Times writer Rick Telander (Weinberg ’71) and Medill Prof. Brent Huffman. The panelists discussed the process of producing the documentary and the relationships they formed through doing so. Greer said he first worked with Nakao Haider as a sophomore in high school, when he shot a short film about Greer’s basketball career up to that point. Nakao Haider said he would periodically meet with Greer and shoot more footage after the initial project was completed. In March 2012, Greer introduced Nakao Haider to Pryor, who also became involved in the filming process. When Pryor was arrested that summer, Nakao Haider moved to Chicago from New York and gained a clearer vision from what the documentary could be, intending it to represent a more in-depth story. Later, the film expanded to not only track Greer through high school, but also to include what happened afterward in his and Pryor’s lives. Nakao Haider said working on the documentary made him more aware of the differences in privilege and opportunity across Chicago. He mentioned one experience visiting Pryor in jail and seeing the Willis Tower from behind the prison windows, which created a visual contrast of wealth and oppression that he ended up capturing in the documentary. Nakao Haider said the contrast was particularly striking given

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An Orr Academy Spartan takes a shot. The cast and crew discussed the film at a Thursday screening at McCormick Foundation Center Forum.

his own background growing up just miles away in Evanston. “Where Tyquone and Marquise were growing up, that was like a world away, yet it was so close,” he said. Greer said working with the documentary’s creators was a meaningful experience for him because it made him realize “the story (he) didn’t see.” He said the filmmakers came during a time in his life when he needed a mentor. Greer told The Daily that, although he was one of the subjects of the documentary, his story is not

unique to himself. The experiences he went through are common to many, he said. “All the things I’ve been through, it was a part of life. It could have happened to anybody. And I was just the one blessed enough to have cameras following me around to actually capture these moments,” he said. “The things that happened to me are happening to thousands of people all over the world, not just in Chicago.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 15 in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Kim: I will never forget Rich Harvest. Rich Harvest is by far the best experience I’ll ever have (in college). I think that was the epitome of college golf. Having a sea of purple out there, being able to play in our home state and just having that camaraderie of Northwestern athletics all together, it was really special. And being runner-ups, that’s a really big accomplishment. Cho: It was really different. I think that’s why we really loved it. Everyone came out, and everyone was just super into it. It got really loud, just hearing people cheer for every putt, every stroke. That was just really fun. And the way we came off of it was after we lost in our finals, I think that was my favorite moment of all time. And obviously, yes, it sucks to lose, but it just reminded me of how much we support each other. Kim: That’s the beauty of our team. When it comes to golf, we can grind it out, put our heads down and play the best golf that we can. But outside of the golf course, we separate golf and our own individual personalities from that, and I think that’s where we find the joy in it. We really love the small things, and we take it so personally to our heart. In 2018, the team lost in the quarterfinal round of the National Championships. With her collegiate career complete, Kim plans to play golf professionally on the LPGA. Kim: It’s definitely a different type of pressure now. In college, it’s like even if I do play bad, I’m still going to keep my scholarship, I’m not going to get kicked off the team. I feel like there’s a level of comfort with that. With (professional) golf, it’s like, if I have one bad round ... I mean, this is an extremity, but like I might not be able to eat. Cho: (laughing) What? Kim: I’m just saying I’ve got to put food on the table and a roof over my head. (Golf is) my sole income now, so there’s a different pressure in that. But there’s also some excitement and enjoyment because, woah, this is something I’m doing for a living. Cho: This year really opened my eyes, because it was the aftermath of a really good year we had last year, not only golf-wise but really as a team. You really appreciate the really hard practices, the long trips. Even though it’s hard, you find the fun in it. You’re not going to be able to do this again, so you really appreciate it, you enjoy it. Kim: We had a lot of fun these past four years. And if we were asked if we would do it all over again, I know I would. I would do Northwestern all over again. Cho: It doesn’t seem like our impact is that much, or I don’t feel that anyway. I feel when everyone is there together, that’s when we thrive at our best. But then this year, everyone tells us, “Oh we’re going to miss you guys. You guys mean so much.” Kim: “It’s going to be so different without you guys next year,” (they said). Cho: I think that’s special to hear, as a senior especially — to know you did contribute something in that way. josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Gelman: NU athletics may Schuman: Beware college be heading down bad path sports-industrial complex MAX GELMAN

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Early in my junior year, I acquired the nickname “Framps.” It’s a fairly innocuous nickname with a fairly innocuous origin. In the first few weeks of that Fall Quarter, I had repeatedly fallen asleep on the loveseat in my apartment, like many grandpas are wont to do. My roommates took careful note of this and began calling me “Grandpa Gax,” using my spoonerism-ed first name for some nifty alliteration. “Grandpa Gax” soon evolved into “Fratty Grandpa” after I wore a Vineyard Vines shirt one time, which then contracted to “Framps.” (Disclaimer: I am not actually in a fraternity.) So as I prepare to graduate in a few weeks, I figured now is the perfect time to tell Northwestern: get the hell off my lawn. By now, you’ve probably seen several articles about the new, and extremely expensive, Ryan Fieldhouse on the lakefront. The articles gush about its impressive floor-to-ceiling windows, muse how the building looks like a spaceship, or remark how even Alabama coach Nick Saban would be jealous of the new practice facility. Part of me is uncomfortable with just how comfortable the University is bragging about spending all this money. It almost seems like Northwestern is flaunting its wealth because it only cares about its image, that it’s compensating for the fact that Northwestern still hasn’t completely overcome the perception that it shouldn’t be taken seriously as a “sports school.” For a school that prides itself on repeating faux-catchy slogans like “Chicago’s Big Ten Team” and “AND is in our DNA” ad nauseum, it’s exactly the kind of PR campaign Northwestern could have wished for. But something smells fishy underneath all that money. Why, exactly,

does Northwestern feel it necessary to constantly remind everybody how impressive it is? The worst part is that such bravado fuels the narrative that Northwestern does things “the right way.” Throughout the men’s basketball team’s 2017 NCAA Tournament run, influential NU alumni constantly heaped such praise upon athletic director Jim Phillips and coach Chris Collins. That praise, however, occurred in spite of serious allegations over whether the athletic department ran a player, Johnnie Vassar, off the team to free up a scholarship. One simply has to look at other programs nationwide to see the path Northwestern might head down. At Louisville, the men’s basketball team lost a national title after a staffer set recruits up with escorts to convince them to enroll. At North Carolina, student-athletes for more than 18 years took fake classes to remain eligible to play their sports. At Miami, a booster used money from a Ponzi scheme to provide impermissible benefits to football players. Collins’ apparent sleaze could be a warning sign of things to come. I realize that having nice facilities helps attract more recruits, and eventually could lead to the kind of on-field success that Northwestern isn’t historically known for. After all, the Wildcats hold the NCAA Division I record for most consecutive losses in football. The new facilities can also drum up excitement with the fanbase vis-a-vis the potential for those better recruits. But overall, Northwestern has fundraised a disgusting $400 million for athletics during my four years as a student, an impressive total for Phillips. That’s a lot of money. Perhaps it’s warranted given that we’re living in what’s essentially the golden age of NU’s revenue sports: three 10-win football seasons in six years and an NCAA Tournament appearance. Wouldn’t it be nice, though, if Northwestern tried to be more proud of that than its expensive construction projects?

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Northwestern has spent a ton of money on athletics over the course of my four years at this school. It sunk $265 million into the palatial practice facilities of Ryan Fieldhouse, another $110 million into an update of Welsh-Ryan Arena, and millions more into long-term contracts for football coach Pat Fitzgerald and men’s basketball coach Chris Collins. With the clear blessing of sports fans in high places, like University President Morton Schapiro, it seems NU is well on the path to becoming a bonafide sports school. But, as a student, that’s what I’m afraid of most. It’s really hard to see how investing piles of money into the athletic department advances what should be NU’s central goal: Giving students an environment in which they can best take advantage of opportunities to learn and prepare for their futures. How do opulent new facilities help students struggling with the high cost of attendance or mental health issues? How do they promote diversity and prevent sexual violence on campus? Of course, there’s no obvious reason why a University with more than $10 billion in endowment and the capacity to raise billions from its network of donors couldn’t pour resources into both athletics and the institutions needed to give the rest of its students the best chance to flourish. But the energy for fortifying and reimagining sports at NU hasn’t carried over to addressing other fundamental structural problems on campus, ones with wide-reaching consequences that may be harder to solve but could lead to bigger impacts as well. It may not be a choice between the two mutually exclusive options, per se, but it’s sure seemed like one to date. NU is hardly the first school to make this

choice. Across America, athletic departments operate like parasites in universities, with the shared goal of continuing to grow and spread: more revenue, bigger facilities, better recruiting, more wins. By taking its first steps down that path, NU — once viewed as the black sheep of the Big Ten — is proving to have more in common with its brethren than ever before. I won’t claim to know where the money for these athletics endeavors comes from and whether it could easily be transported elsewhere. However, I do think it’s reasonable to claim there must be some opportunity cost to investing money in sports while NU has attempted to take bites out of spaces for marginalized communities on campus and leaves its mental health care system underfunded. And based on how the arms race for facilities and salaries has played out around the country, I imagine this won’t be the last time the school shells out big money now that it’s officially joined the party. It’s possible that the two worst settings for critical, big-picture reflection are a sporting event and a busy newsroom; unfortunately, those are where I’ve spent almost all my time as a staffer at The Daily’s sports desk. I love sports, and have been incredibly fortunate to cover NU’s back-toback bowl wins and its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in men’s basketball. But by the very act of covering these events breathlessly, I’ve helped contribute to an environment that treats athletics as a worthwhile investment for a school that has many flaws it doesn’t seem all too interested in addressing. I don’t think that should be the case, and that’s why I want to make up for lost time with my final treatise in The Daily’s hallowed pages. I want to remind NU fans that there’s more to this school than its sports teams. I enjoy wins, bowl berths and tournament bids as much as the next guy, but those exploits on the field ring hollow if the University doesn’t try to take care of its deeper issues, too. maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Larner, Lipp lift NU women’s tennis back to glory By CALVIN ALEXANDER and BRETT HAENSEL the daily northwestern @calvalexander and @bretthaensel

The dominant doubles duo of Erin Larner and Maddie Lipp that entered the NCAA Doubles Championships as the fourth-best pair in the country almost never existed. Coming into being after coach Claire Pollard paired the two together during their senior years, Lipp and Larner’s partnership was possible only because of a shoulder injury that forced Lipp to redshirt her sophomore year. But a decision that came four years earlier had much greater implications for the future of Northwestern women’s tennis. “My sophomore year (of high school), I remember packing my soccer bag to take to National Clay Courts just in case, because my soccer team made nationals at the same time,” Lipp said. “When my tennis coach figured out that I packed my bag, he basically gave me an ultimatum. He told me I needed to choose. … So I made my decision and quit soccer two weeks after.” Lipp, of course, wasn’t the first talented athlete to have to choose between multiple sports in high school, but her commitment to tennis and later to the Wildcats would impact the program for years to come. A five-star, bluechip recruit coming out of Lake Forest

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High School, Lipp said she was courted by and had to choose between Duke and Michigan — traditionally, two women’s tennis powerhouses — as well as NU, which had dominated the Big Ten over the past decade. “I was having a hard time making a decision,” Lipp said. “Ultimately, Claire had been going to my matches since I was 12, so I think her commitment and interest level is really something that drew me.” When Lipp arrived on campus as a freshman in 2013, the Cats had won a Big Ten title in some capacity (either as regular season champions or by winning the conference tournament) for 15 consecutive years. After bringing in the third-best recruiting class that year, according to the Tennis Recruiting Network, NU added yet another title to its streak. “I always had the expectation that I was going to one of the big tennis schools, like Duke or Michigan,” Lipp said. “Then, freshman year we really slid by that final against Michigan, and it was the most amazing feeling.” But if Lipp expected three more years of similar success, she was sorely mistaken. Even after adding yet another five-star recruit to the team in Larner, the Cats struggled to overcome the loss of key players due to graduation and injury. Lipp and former NU star Manon Peri each fell victim to injury early in the 2014-15 season, forcing Larner to step up at No. 2 singles in her first year.

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“(Peri) got injured, Maddie was already out and they had graduated three seniors that were really solid the year before,” Larner said. “All three freshmen knew that we had to make as much of an impact in the lineup as we could.” Larner was no stranger to contributing in a team setting. She went undefeated in her four years on the Jesuit High School team in Portland, Oregon. Meanwhile, she also made a name for herself on the USTA and ITF junior circuits en route to becoming the No. 1 recruit in Oregon and top 30 in the nation. Despite her achievements, Larner said she felt overlooked because Oregon was not known for cultivating top talent. In fact, she believed Pollard had lost interest in her at one point during the recruiting process. However, the relationship persevered, and when it came time, Larner made her decision very clear. “Northwestern was the best opportunity to play (at a) high level and have great academics,” Larner said. “I also really liked Claire as a coach; I knew she that she would push me to get better.” While Larner and Lipp weren’t immediately able to recreate the success that had largely preceded their arrival — the 16-year title streak turned into a three-year one with no hardware — their faith in Pollard’s abilities as a coach and their own unrelenting work ethic ultimately paid off. Coming off her shoulder injury, Lipp said she worked daily to improve her game in a way that is atypical for a Division I tennis player: by altering her forehand stroke. Lipp explained that coming off her surgery, she became increasingly bothered by what she called a “hitch” in her forehand. To try to solve the problem, she made a bold transition to a rather unorthodox two-handed forehand. “It felt more natural, which is so weird,” Lipp said. “I knew I had to work extremely hard, because I had three years left of tennis, and I had to make up for (the) many balls I hadn’t hit on a two-handed forehand.” That stroke change proved indicative of the work ethic that made Lipp and Larner such a successful senior duo and allowed them to restore the Cats’ program to the dominant state that had once enticed their commitments.

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The two posted a 19-4 record at No. 1 doubles together, becoming the top-ranked doubles team in the nation at one point during the season. Their efforts led NU to an undefeated Big Ten regular season as well as some success on the national stage. Pollard repeatedly referred to Lipp this season as one of the hardest-working players she’s ever coached. And Lipp, in turn, used many of the same words to describe her partner. “Watching someone work for something so hard is inspirational,” Lipp said about Larner’s work ethic. “Say, on a day where I don’t want to work, or I don’t want to go to practice — which is not often, but it does happen — it’s inspirational to see a teammate always wanting to work. It keeps you going, and I think that’s what Erin’s done for me.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern.edu bretthaensel2021@u.northwestern.edu

Oral history: How Kim, Cho built an NU golf dynasty By JOSEPH WILKINSON

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In their four years at Northwestern, Hannah Kim and Sarah Cho were part of the four best f inishes in the history of the women’s golf program, including a second-place f inish at the 2017 NCAA National Championships. Here, they tell their own story of why they came to Northwestern, how they helped build one of the best programs in the country and the fun they had along the way.

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Kim: Both of us wanted to go to Stanford, USC, UCLA. Maybe I’m just speaking for myself, but I did. But I wasn’t getting any offers from them. And I honestly wanted to get out of my San Diego bubble. I wanted to experience something outside of California, and I think Northwestern really offered that opportunity to me. Cho: I only got a few offers, so it wasn’t like I was getting offers left and right. Our class wasn’t necessarily the strongest class. … I was looking more toward the Midwest, and then maybe one or two schools in California. But I knew I kind of wanted to get away from California. Kim: Ooh, well look who’s going back! (Cho plans to return to San Diego this summer for work)

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Cho: A lot of people overlook that just because you come in together as freshmen doesn’t mean you’re instantly going to be buddy-buddy. It’s a process, but I think that’s OK if you don’t click right away. As long as you guys grow together and sit back and realize, “OK, we’re two different people.” But being able to be on the same team and be friends, that’s part of the journey at Northwestern. In addition to their friendship, both Kim and Cho found early success, with Kim f inishing third in her f irst collegiate tournament and Cho winning the Big Ten Tournament as a freshman. Kim: I would never say I’m good because I finish. It was more, “Woah! I finished top-3! I can’t believe it! What just happened?” As a freshman, you don’t really expect much. You’re kind of thrown into the water and expected to learn how to swim. Freshman year is the most refreshing year because no one has expectations for you. Cho: Not to go too deep in the past, but Kaitlin (Park) and (Suchaya Tangkamolprasert), who graduated two years ago, were really, really good about taking care of underclassmen. It may not consciously implement those things in us, but it does. We know what it feels like, and someone else has done it for us, so we just want to pass it on. Kim: Freshman year, obviously, we were just kind of figuring out what the team dynamic was like. They were all older than us. We were pretty intimidated. Sophomore year, we had freshmen to take care of, so we have a sense of leadership in that. And then I don’t know if it came naturally, or it’s something that happens to every player that goes through the Northwestern team, but our team has gotten closer and closer every year. Cho: Some people are more intense, some people are not, so we kind of bounce off each other…

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Kim: We definitely have a really good balance. Cho: Yeah, if we were all like, “I don’t care,” (and) always happy, that would never bring us any success. But then on the opposite end, if we’re always really super serious and down about a bad round… Kim: (Then) I don’t think any of us would even be friends. Cho: And I don’t think we’d even do the best that we could. Having that balance is really nice. The culmination of those efforts came at the 2017 National Championships at Rich Harvest Farms, just a short drive from Evanston » See GOLF, page 13

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YEAR IN REVIEW

The Daily’s Sports Staff examines the past year in NU sports TEAM OF THE YEAR

WOMEN’S TENNIS

A perennially excellent program throughout coach Claire Pollard’s nearly two-decade run at the helm, Northwestern women’s tennis had suffered a slight dip in recent years. In 2018, however, a trio of dominant seniors — Erin Larner, Maddie Lipp and Alex Chatt — brought the Wildcats back to the top. Their efforts helped NU survive a mediocre 3-3 start and establish its contender status with wins over three teams ranked in the top 10 at the time: Vanderbilt, Illinois and Georgia Tech. The Cats ultimately rolled through their conference schedule, with dramatic 4-3 road wins at Michigan State and Michigan in early April proving to be the only near-road bumps en route to a perfect 11-0 Big Ten record. Despite being upset by the same Wolverines in the Big Ten Tournament final, NU still hosted an NCAA Regional and defended home court by sweeping both Buffalo and Kansas State. Although a loss to Duke in the tournament’s round of 16 ended the postseason run, the Cats still finished with their most wins (23) since 2009. Runner-up: Lacrosse. Another longterm dominant program coming off a few down years, a fast-paced offense spearheaded by Selena Lasota and Sheila Nesselbush propelled the Wildcats to a 15-6 record and an Elite Eight appearance. Honorable mentions: Football; Women’s Golf; Fencing

GAME OF THE YEAR

FOOTBALL VS. MICHIGAN STATE For much of the damp afternoon of Oct. 28, NU looked like it would pull off an upset of No. 16 Michigan State in the most stereotypically Pat Fitzgerald-esque style ever: slow, ugly and boring, yet effective nonetheless. Then, as the afternoon turned to evening, the classic Big Ten slugfest suddenly erupted into a dramatic, back-and-forth, triple-overtime shootout that will go down as one of the most memorable games in recent Ryan Field history. The Cats took a 17-10 lead with 10 minutes to play on a halfback pass from Justin Jackson to receiver Ben Skowronek, but the Spartans tied the game with a miraculous 13-yard touchdown catch with 25 seconds left. Then, in both overtime and double overtime, both offenses scored touchdowns to keep the game going. In triple overtime, an electrifying catch and sideline scamper to the end zone by receiver Flynn Nagel — followed by a conversion of the mandated two-point attempt — gave NU a 39-31 edge. Two plays later, linebacker Nate Hall picked off Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke’s illadvised, off-balance hurl to seal the victory. Runner-up: Softball vs. California. In a loser-goes-home game in the NCAA Regionals, the Cats trailed 3-1 and were one out from elimination when Rachel Lewis doubled in two game-tying runs; soon after, she scored on a wild pitch to walk it off, 4-3. Honorable mentions: Volleyball vs. Indiana; Women’s Tennis vs. Michigan

MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

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JUSTIN JACKSON, FOOTBALL Winning this category for the second consecutive year, Justin Jackson remained the indisputable face of Northwestern athletics in 2017-18 and cemented his place as one of the most accomplished players in football team history. The undersized but quick and physical running back ran for 1,311 yards and 11 touchdowns. Although those numbers were down slightly from his unstoppable 2016 campaign, he did set a career high with 276 receiving yards. Jackson, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers in this spring’s NFL Draft, finished his career as a four-year starter with 1,142 rushing attempts for 5,440 yards and 41 touchdowns. He now tops the NU record books in all three categories and stands as just the ninth player in FBS history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in four different seasons.

COACH OF THE YEAR

MATT STORNIOLO, WRESTLING Two years after a disastrous first season as interim head coach, Matt Storniolo revived the once-perennially successful NU wrestling program in 2017-18. Storniolo, a part of the Cats’ coaching

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

LAUREN CLEM, WOMEN’S SOCCER

Lauren Clem’s absolute mastery of the goalkeeper position cannot be more clearly stated than by the following statistic: Her career goals-against average, 0.64, is the best in program history. The second-best mark, set by 2002 graduate

Numbers alone, however, cannot fully describe the impact that Jackson had on both the football team and the University as a whole. As well-known among the student body as perhaps any other figure in Evanston, Jackson’s humble, soft-spoken personality and resilient, unflappable playing style exemplified the team culture that coach Pat Fitzgerald has spent his entire tenure seeking to develop. He leaves NU as arguably one of the most respected and renowned athletes in school history. Runner-up: Dylan Wu, men’s golf. Wu concluded his career with the second-lowest stroke average in Northwestern men’s golf history and led the 2018 team to its first NCAA Championships since 2011. Honorable mention: Jack Dunn, baseball staff since 2009, was unexpectedly thrust in charge when former coach Drew Pariano left shortly before the 2015-16 season. The program’s disorganization and a string of injuries cursed Storniolo’s team to a dreadful 2-13 record that year. But the former Penn State wrestler righted the ship with a respectable 7-8 campaign last year, then transformed his team into the biggest breakout on campus this past winter.

Storniolo’s squad made waves by upsetting No. 16 Wisconsin and No. 14 Minnesota in January shortly after a 6-0 start to the season, then closed the regular season with a three-match win streak over No. 22 Purdue, Indiana and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. NU eventually placed 24th nationally at the NCAA Championships. With almost his entire roster returning in 2018-19, Storniolo’s program is

Susie McCreery, is 1.23 — by comparison, astronomical. Clem finished her career also topping the NU record book in minutes played and the Big Ten record book in career shutouts, with 49. Her 0.78 goals-against average and 11 shutouts in 2017 would have been the best in NU history if not for Clem’s equally jawdropping 2015 and 2016 campaigns. She saved her best form of the season for its final stages, too. The senior recorded four straight clean sheets to close the regular season and helped the Wildcats advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. Then, in

the NCAA Tournament, she stopped three consecutive penalty kicks in a first-round win over Butler, then made a season-best 12 saves in the second round against UCLA, keeping NU alive for 92 minutes despite being out-shot 28-2. Runner-up: Olivia Rosendahl, swimming & diving. The junior from Los Angeles won her second consecutive national championship in platform diving this winter. Honorable mentions: Hannah Kim, women’s golf; Sabrina Rabin, softball; Erin Larner, women’s tennis; Selena Lasota, lacrosse

FEMALE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

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LINDSEY PULLIAM, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

On a remarkably young NU women’s basketball team, a small but overwhelmingly poised and confident freshman provided the biggest reason for future optimism. Lindsey Pulliam, a 5-foot-10 point guard from Silver Spring, Maryland, made it clear at the start of the season that this Cats team was her team. Pulliam scored 18 points in a seasonopening win over Chicago State and never looked back, eventually leading all Big Ten freshmen in scoring with 15 points per game. Pulliam saved many of her best performances for the biggest stages. In a marquee nonconference road trip to Syracuse, Pulliam erupted for 29 points on 13-of-20 shooting as NU nearly pulled off the upset. In an early-February visit to Indiana, she exploded for 33 points to help the Cats shockingly force

overtime. In a win over Wisconsin in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, Pulliam was a very efficient 9-for-15 for 24 points. Runner-up: Rachel Lewis, softball. On a resurgent NU softball team,

second baseman Rachel Lewis ranked second on the roster with a .351 batting average and led the Cats in runs scored, home runs and RBIs. Honorable mentions: Julie Krupnick, lacrosse; Madi Kennel, women’s soccer

likely to only ascend further moving forward. Runner-up: Kate Drohan, softball. Drohan overcame a season-ending injury to veteran pitcher Kaley Winegarner in the second weekend of the season to guide the Cats to a 38-19 record — a 13-win improvement over 2017 — and an NCAA Regionals appearance. Honorable mention: Pat Fitzgerald, football

MALE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

RYAN DEAKIN, WRESTLING

Officially competing for NU for the first time in 2017-18 — he wrestled “unattached” in 201617 while technically redshirting — Ryan Deakin was one of the major reasons the Wildcats experienced a surprising breakthrough as a team. The Colorado native posted a 32-7 overall record on the season, including a 14-1 mark in dual matches (the only ones which count in the team’s record), in the 149-pound weight class. Although he was not the only star freshman on the roster — 125-pounder Sebastian Rivera posted an almost-as-impressive 12-2 record in dual matches — Deakin led the Cats in both wins and falls. Deakin’s star status was cemented Jan. 28 when he pinned Benjamin Brancale of 14th-ranked Minnesota in less than three minutes, giving NU a dramatic 2018 statement victory over the Golden Gophers. His momentum continued into the postseason, culminating with two wins at the NCAA Championships in March. Runner-up: Paddy Fisher, football. The highly anticipated recruit from Texas ably filled the middle linebacker role vacated by Anthony Walker, leading the Cats by a wide margin in tackles and earning third-team All-Big Ten honors. Honorable mentions: Quinn Lavelle, baseball; Nick Brookes, men’s tennis