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Friday, April 18, 2014
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City: SafeRide wasn’t in danger By marshall cohen and patrick svitek
daily senior staffers @Marshall_Cohen, @PatrickSvitek
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SCHapiro speaks University President Morton Schapiro answers audience questions after his “Conversations with President Schapiro” talk in the McCormick Tribune Center on Thursday morning. Schapiro will hold a similar event Wednesday at Northwestern’s Chicago campus.
Schapiro talks future goals By rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
University President Morton Schapiro held a forum on Thursday to share and discuss the University’s challenges and successes over the past year and his goals for the future. Students and faculty filled the McCormick Tribune Center for Schapiro’s talks.
Schapiro spoke for half of the 90-minute time slot before opening the floor to those interested in asking questions. During the speech, Schapiro covered a variety of topics, including the progression of certain undergraduate programs, diversity and inclusion improvements and campus construction projects. He began the speech by commending the University for its significant accomplishments and noting his appreciation for staff members for their continued
devotion to NU. “I’m proud to say that the staff at Northwestern is one of the things that distinguishes us from other great peer institutions,” Schapiro said. “I’ve never been in a place where the staff were more eager to recognize themselves as educators.” NU is currently a member of the Association of American Universities, an accomplishment Schapiro said » See schapiro, page 6
Evanston officials say SafeRide was never in danger of being shut down for violating city codes, refuting claims the University made earlier this week as it defended its decision to stop offering rides between off-campus locations. A senior NU official also admitted for the first time Thursday the University did not do enough to make sure students knew of the reduction in service, which quietly went into effect after Spring Break and was revealed on the first days of the quarter. “The place that we did not do our due diligence really was developing an appropriate communications strategy for students in a timeframe that they could hear it and absorb it,” said Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, assistant vice president of student auxiliary services. Associated Student Government mobilized against the new policy — SafeRide’s most drastic service change in years — and an online student petition against it garnered more than 600 signatures. Payne-Kirchmeier responded Tuesday, saying the University learned SafeRide would violate a city ordinance if it continued to provide rides between
off-campus sites. If the old policy were reinstated, the University would run the “risk of losing the SafeRide service all together,” she said. That explanation left senior Evanston officials who work closely with the University scratching their heads. “Where did the threat come from?” said Ald. Jane Grover (7th), whose ward includes most of the NU campus. “I can’t imagine we would want to have any role in shutting down SafeRide.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz on Wednesday confirmed SafeRide was never at risk of being shut down, at least from Evanston’s perspective. While the service SafeRide provides may fall under the city’s taxi ordinance, “it’s never come up as an issue” in talks between the city and University, he said. In an interview Thursday, PayneKirchmeier stood by her letter to students, maintaining the decision was made because SafeRide was “creeping outside of its original intent” to safely transport students to and from campus. She also reiterated “there’s always a possibility” that programs operating in a legal gray area are at risk of getting shut down by authorities. Payne-Kirchmeier traced the decision to late Fall Quarter, when, she said, SafeRide coordinator Bernard Foster » See saferide, page 6
Alumni group to Funding sought for religious groups advocate for athletes By alex putterman
daily senior staffer @AlexPutt02
With the April 25 union vote hanging over the heads of Northwestern football players, program alumni are looking to take matters into their own hands. A group of former Wildcats players and other alumni are organizing to form an advocacy group, leader Kevin Brown, a defensive back for NU during the 1980s, told The Daily on Thursday. “The actual players now have a four-year shelf life,” Brown said. “But the alumni are here permanently, and we’re not going anywhere. So we have the capacity to make the University greater.” Brown, who also works as Evanston’s Youth and Young Adult Program manager, said he and other organizers of the group, which is yet to be named, discussed the subject with other former players at Wednesday night’s meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. After some debate over
Former Medill Dean Janeway dies
Michael Janeway, former dean of the Medill School of Journalism,
whether dialogue should focus specifically on the union, Brown said program alumni reached a general consensus. “Everyone agreed changes are necessary for college scholarship athletes,” he said Thursday. “Where there was division was the issue we were not taking a position on one way or another, and that’s whether a union was appropriate or not for our athletes at Northwestern.” Brown said the group will form before the union vote but will not attempt to influence the vote. Former players in NU’s mentor program, he said, should not proactively voice opinions to current players and should only share their thoughts if their mentees ask for them. Instead of focusing on the vote, the alumni group will speak to University administrators and trustees about how to increase player rights, Brown said. “We want to step higher (than the union vote),” Brown said. “We » See alumni, page 6 Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, died Wednesday, the school announced Thursday. Janeway served as dean of Medill from 1989 to 1997. During his time at NU, he was
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Northwestern officials are working with Associated Student Government to draft a proposal that would provide funding for campus religious groups, most of which do not currently receive any money from the University. With the Center for Student Involvement and the Chaplain’s Office, Alex
Van Atta, ASG student groups vice president, is spearheading the effort by analyzing past funding records and researching initiatives at other universities. As a member of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Van Atta said the cause was important to him personally. “I was originally interested in the project because I was really frustrated with all the fundraising hoops I had to jump through,” Van Atta said. Currently, the only groups with a religious affiliation to receive funding from NU are the Fiedler Hillel Center and the Muslim-cultural Student Association, both of which have ASG representation. In the past, religionbased student organizations have not received funding for several reasons, including certain leadership policies and a lack of campus-wide programming, Van Atta said. Hillel puts on several events throughout the year that act as “cultural events,” welcoming all students. McSA organizes similar broad programming. Van Atta said the process is still in the early stages of development but those working on the initiative are looking for a donor in order to pilot the program. He said he hopes to have the proposal completed by mid-quarter in
order for it to be sent through the development stages so the pilot can be implemented by Fall Quarter. “In order to do that we need to come up with a very specific proposal on what we’d like, so that’s going to be informed by the peer-institution benchmarking,” Van Atta said. Currently, the main priorities of the effort include compiling data, looking for an official donor and gauging religious group interest in the funding, said Natalie Furlett, associate director of the Center for Student Involvement. Several alternatives are being considered and Furlett said she hopes to take a “two-pronged approach.” The group will attempt to combine ASG funding from the Student Activities Fee with funds from a donor willing to contribute money, she said. She added she is looking into why religious groups are currently not funded through the SAF. “I think there are things that we can fund through ASG and there are things that we may need a special fund for, so I’m hoping that we can come up with some sort of special hybrid,” Furlett said. She specifically mentioned ASG does not fund food, a vital aspect
responsible for leading the rededication of the school’s Fisk Hall in 1989. After leaving NU, he worked as an administrator of the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University’s graduate school.
Janeway also worked as the executive director of the Trade and Reference Division of the Houghton Mifflin Co. publishing house, editor of The Boston Globe and executive editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
He served as a co-editor of and contributor to “Who We Are: An Atlantic Chronicle of the United States and Vietnam.”
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‘two-pronged approach’ Northwestern officials in collaboration with Associated Student Government are drafting a proposal in an effort to provide funding for religious groups.
By rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
» See RELIGION, page 6
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