The Daily Northwestern — February 12, 2019

The Daily Northwestern Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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Regular decision numbers ‘flat’ Admissions off ice says applications similar to last year

After years of growing applications, the number of undergraduate applicants to Northwestern is beginning to stabilize.

The number of regular decision applicants for the class of 2023 was “flat” compared to last year, said Christopher Watson, the dean of undergraduate admission.

The Office of Undergraduate Admission received a total of 40,577 applications by the Jan. 1 deadline, he told The Daily.

This is only about 100 more applicants than last year, when 40,425 students applied to NU in total, Michael Mills, the associate provost for university enrollment, told The Daily in an email.

“Overall, the numbers for the class of 2023 are only up slightly,” Watson said. “It’s a very tiny increase from last year.”

Watson estimated that the overall acceptance rate for first-year students is expected to be about the same as last admissions season, which was 8.4 percent for the class of 2022. Each graduating class is made up of just under 2,000 students.

“It’s hard to know right now whether the number is going to be higher or lower,” Watson said, “but it should not be dramatically off.”

Watson also mentioned that the pools of applicants for fall 2018 and fall 2019 are “almost identical,” and that there “really was no shift” in composition. He said most students applied to Weinberg, while McCormick was the second most popular school.

Despite nationwide concern about international students applying in fewer numbers, Watson said NU did not see this trend in the application pool. In an email, Watson said he does not know the reason for this, though University President Morton Schapiro has expressed confidence in Northwestern’s ability to attract top-tier international students.

I n 2 0 1 6 , S c h a p i ro announced a school-wide priority to have 20 percent of an incoming class be Pell Grant-eligible by the fall of 2020. This was achieved with the class of 2022, and Watson said it should happen again with this year’s admits.

“Our class of 2023 Early Decision admits were 20 » See ADMISSIONS, page 6

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Students bundle up for the winter. For low-income students, Student Enrichment Services offers winter gear to stay warm during the harsh elements.

SES coats not enough, students say

Low-income students struggled to stay warm during polar vortex

By AUSTIN BENAVIDES

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Despite Student Enrichment Services’ efforts to provide low-income students

with winter jackets, some students said these coats are not enough to withstand Evanston’s bitingly cold winters.

W ind chills reached between 50 to 55 degrees below zero Jan. 30, prompting NU to close for the seventh

time due to winter weather since 1918. While all students struggle to stay warm, Weinberg junior Sophia Kaiser said winters are especially brutal for low-income students.

“It’s constantly just dealing with issues as they arise

without necessarily being able to prepare for them,” she said. “Like I wouldn’t have sat down in the fall and thought, ‘Oh, my heat might not work in the winter. How am I going » See COATS, page 6

School board talks racial disparities Development plans ETHS/D202 board members review AP course data from 2018

By SUZY VAZQUEZ

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Evanston Township High School/District 202 board members evaluated an increase in students of color taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a three or higher on exams, bearing in mind continued racial disparities in performance.

Four members of teamASAP — a group of administrators and staff at ETHS working to ensure all students have access to advanced placement classes and other opportunities — presented the information to the board on Monday.

In 2018, 132 black students took AP exams, and 49 percent scored a three or higher. Since the adoption of a District-wide equity statement in 2011, there has been a 33 percent increase in black student participation and a 68 percent increase in Hispanic student participation in AP classes. However, 606 white students took AP exams

advance to Council Aldermen vote to proceed with permit discussion

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Administrators and staff members from teamASAP presend to the board. Evanston Township High School/ District 202 board members looked at inequities for students of color in AP classes.

with 80 percent scoring a three or higher.

Josh Brown, an English teacher at ETHS and corecruitment and retention

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coordinator for teamASAP, said the group is creating a space on campus for students of color to be heard and validated. He added that he was

struck by how many students reported feeling isolated or left out in their AP courses. » See D202, page 6

At a Planning and Development committee meeting on Monday, aldermen voted 5-2 to introduce an ordinance to City Council requesting a special use permit and a zoning map amendment for a planned development on Chicago Avenue.

At a City Council meeting on Jan. 29, aldermen and Evanston residents expressed concerns over the planned development and its impact on nearby historical buildings. The planned development would be a 13-story office space located at 1714-1720 Chicago Ave. and would require a special use permit and area zoning amendment that would result in the “most intense development within the city,” according to

city documents.

Although the building’s developers have restructured and redesigned their proposal based on negotiations with the city, many Evanston residents expressed concern that the developers were not providing enough information for the ordinance to be moved to City Council.

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), who voted for the development to advance to council, said the developers had to balance many different wishes, including staff asking for more parking for the library and adjusting the height of the building.

“I appreciate (developers) trying to work this out because they were trying to balance a number of different things on the project,” Fiske said. “I think the conclusion actually turned out to be good.”

Although the ordinance was moved to be introduced at City Council, Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) emphasized possible effects of the development on » See DEVELOPMENT, page 6

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AROUND TOWN

ETHS/District 202 candidates emphasize equity

By CATHERINE HENDERSON daily senior staffer @caity_henderson

As an Evanston resident, parent and advocate, Liz Rolewicz has watched the same issues come up over and over, so she decided to run for Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board to look at the bigger picture.

“Education is ground zero for societal influence,” she said.

Rolewicz is one of four candidates running for three open seats for the District 202 school board elections on Apr. 2. On Friday, the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, a grassroots racial advocacy group in Evanston, released their endorsement for candidates in the District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School Board District 65 elections, supporting Rolewicz, Stephanie Teterycz and incumbent Monique Parsons, as well as other candidates from the District 65 race.

Rolewicz said OPAL’s work is directly inline with her platform. She has seen groups of people who feel unsupported by the school system, and she emphasized the importance of changing the culture of District 202, doing “equity work” to determine who is served, who

POLICE BLOTTER Man charged with battery, injuring hospital employee A man was charged with a misdemeanor for battery on Friday after he hit a security employee at NorthShore University Evanston Hospital.

The 26-year-old employee reported Friday that he was injured by a man who refused to leave the hospital, located in the 2600 block of Ridge Avenue. A 26-year-old woman who witnessed the events said the man had visited the hospital before, and said this time that he wanted to see a doctor. She said the man then

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Evanston Township High School/District 202 board members at a school board meeting. Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said no matter how the election turns out, he is confident all four candidates are “very qualified.”

is affected and where the community can do more.

“My hope for this election is that we can have a board full of people who are willing do the really difficult, challenging work of identifying and addressing the equity issues,” Rolewicz said. “Race is a predictor of outcome in our schools, and we’re not okay with that.”

Rolewicz said ETHS is a trailblazer on the national level. She said the school should be proud and continue working to be a “role model.”

Alex Morgan — a board member with OPAL — said the organization looked for candidates with strong “quality of character” and emphasis on racial equity.

changed his mind and said he needed to charge his phone instead.

Staff members allowed him to charge his phone, and after it had charged the security employee said he told the man that it was time for him to leave. However, the man refused and said “the law” would have to get him to leave, Evanston Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

The security officer said he lifted the man out of his chair and escorted him out of the hospital, and the man made threats to harm him. The man reentered the hospital, approached the security employee, struck him and threatened to return to the hospital and shoot him, Glew said. The

man also damaged the security guard’s glasses, valued at over $100.

The security employee said he decided to call the Evanston Police Department and take the man into custody. EDP arrested the man and charged him with misdemeanor battery.

Man damages property at Presence St. Francis Hospital

A 45-year-old employee of Presence St. Francis Hospital reported Sunday that an admitted patient damaged property in several different hospital rooms.

The employee said the patient pulled wires

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“This is part of why OPAL was started… to hold our local institutions accountable for the outcomes of black students and people of color in Evanston,” Morgan said. “We do that not just through advocacy but also through candidate development and working to get individuals elected to these positions in power.”

OPAL will also host forums for the District 202 school board candidates on Feb. 27 and another forum for Oakton Community College School Board on Feb. 28, where there are 13 candidates for three seats.

District 202 superintendent Eric Witherspoon said he had the chance to sit down with all four candidates, and no matter how the election turns out, he is confident they are all “very qualified.”

Witherspoon highlighted the District 202 commitment to creating equitable opportunities for all students. He added that he considers OPAL an ally in this work.

“The community is really having an opportunity to select who’s going to serve on the board,” “My hope always is that we will get people who are really motivated to contribute the most to making ETHS a better place for students.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu out of a wall outlet, damaged the wires in two separate monitors and damaged a set of bathroom racks.

The patient is a 43-year-old resident of Chicago who was admitted to the hospital for mental evaluation by the Chicago Police Department, Glew said. Hospital employees didn’t observe the patient damaging the property, so he is still at the hospital and is now under observation.

Glew said officers did not speak to the patient so that they would not aggravate his mental state. ­— Ashley Capoot

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019

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SES One Form streamlines funding

By PRANAV BASKAR

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Since its inception in March 2017, Student Enrichment Services’ One Form program has been used by hundreds of students to defray the cost of attending on-campus events and access financial resources.

The program, spearheaded by SES Director Kourtney Cockrell, aims to make the University environment more accessible for low-income students by streamlining and centralizing funding opportunities in a single portal — an application which students only have to fill out once.

Cockrell said One Form received 2,040 distinct applications for financial support last year, and over $330,000 was awarded to students through the program.

At any moment, One Form hosts about 25 different opportunities that aim to support students — ranging from funding opportunities for internships and scholarships for campus events to physical resources in the form of winter gear and clothing. Just last week, some students used One Form to apply for funding to attend a comedy show hosted by A&O Productions featuring Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson.

Cockrell said it was her goal to converge the bounty of opportunities offered by NU into one easy-to-navigate portal.

“The idea came to me because I noticed the number of funds and scholarships for co-curricular experiences offered by campus partners,” Cockrell said. “I just thought, ‘Well, this is great that these exist — but where is the transparency for students? Do they know these opportunities exist?’”

Weinberg first-year Alexander Redding said he appreciated the simplicity of One Form’s setup. On the website, students can see a list of the different funding opportunities available.

From there, they choose programs to apply to, Redding said.

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Cockrell said she worked hard to make One Form’s platform as efficient as possible, modeling it after The Common Application, a standardized portal for college applications. After inputting their basic financial information, Cockrell said students are essentially ready to apply to every funding opportunity offered through SES — though some programs require students to complete a brief set of additional supplemental questions. The goal is to connect students to as many opportunities as possible in the least amount of time.

“It’s so easy,” Redding said. “You just click on the opportunities and the questions aren’t very long. It’s pretty seamless, and unlike a lot of applications – which can be difficult and timeconsuming. Everything on One Form has taken me five minutes or less to complete.”

Weinberg first-year Adoria Randolph said she used One Form to pay for therapy and doctors appointments. She said she appreciated the variety of resources offered by One Form, including scholarship opportunities for students struggling with costs associated with Greek life and the SES SEEN Fund, which covers costs associated with

emergencies and essential needs — like medical support and urgent flights home. “(SES) approves almost anything that’s necessary,” she said. “You just fill out one big form and you can use that same form to apply for other services. It was really quick and easy. I did it one night, and I got a response within three days.”

Cockrell said she hopes that, through One Form, students feel less pressured to rehash “their financial narrative.” One Form has been met with positive feedback, with students routinely viewing it as a “gamechanger” in their ability to participate in the co-curricular experience, Cockrell said.

SES has tracked data on One Form’s reach — and so far, it has been an incredible success.

According to an impact study conducted by SES last year, 98 percent of student survey respondents either strongly or somewhat agreed that they would recommend One Form to their peers.

“Being from a low-income family, I really appreciate all the school is doing,” Redding said.

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Off Script: Stop pushing the ‘tragic mulatto’ trope MARISSA MARTINEZ

OPINION EDITOR

The Bold Type is a Freeform show about three women who work for the fictional Scarlet magazine, a publication similar to Cosmopolitan. The show feels like a contemporary reaction to Sex and the City, a program about a group of female friends that often came off as unrealistic and insensitive. In The Bold Type, the characters work (to varying success) through a variety of social issues that affect millennials, ranging from job instability to the gun debate to getting tested for the BRCA gene.

Kat Edison, one of the main characters, works as a social media director and is often compared to the other, older department heads.

Outspoken (to a fault) and innovative, she is a great example of black female empowerment and, frankly, inspires me to go after what I want. While her relationship with another woman wasn’t always written well, Kat generally seemed to be a well-rounded character.

But something was missing — her race.

Whether purposefully casted or otherwise, the Scarlet office is definitely on the whiter, more female side. Of the secondary characters, only two other black men work at the office, as a writer and fashion editor. Despite the clear lack of people of color at the magazine, Kat’s bisexual identity is arguably much more central to her character’s development than her biracial one. Race is rarely mentioned — if at all — in the first season of the show. While race or ethnicity do not have to be a person’s primary identity for them to still be a “valid” person of color, it seemed odd that no one spoke about it, especially in 2017.

This changes when Kat has to write a short bio for the website as a department head at the beginning of Season 2. She openly struggles throughout the episode to write “first black female department head” in her statement, claiming a variety of excuses, most notably that she didn’t know how to “pick” between white and black and “it’s what’s on the inside that counts.” (Although, to her co-worker’s point, Kat is as black on the inside as she is white.)

While she eventually did include the word

“black,” the entire episode left a sour taste in my mouth and almost made me not want to keep watching.

The United States is made up of about 9 million multiracial Americans, according to the 2010 Census, which is an increase from about 6.8 million in 2000. That relatively small number is steadily growing, leading some to predict our country will be majority-mixed by 2050.

It is certainly naive to claim that rise will fix racism by itself (in the same way that President Obama’s election in 2008 did not single-handedly lob us into a post-racial America), but it is comforting to know the concept will potentially be more accepted in a few decades.

However, pop culture — specifically television and film — hasn’t caught up with this societal trend yet. Much of the multiracial representation is really biracial, usually the result of a white parent and a black one. The issues talked about are often constrained to the trope of “having to choose.” The character is too white for the black kids, too black for the white kids. They get caught up in having to code-switch, or fluidly change mannerisms, in order to fit in, which exhausts them. A strained relationship with one parent extrapolates itself into how the child racially identifies for the rest of their life.

These common themes all fall under the trope of “the tragic mulatto.” The term mulatto came from the Portuguese word for “mixed breed” and was spread during colonization to the Americas. It is now considered outdated and derogatory in the United States, although mulatto, mestizo and similar terms are used regularly in other countries. The word came to encompass the children plantation-owning whites would have with their black slaves.

There was something “mystic” about their light-skinned children, who could pass for white. In early mentions in fiction, the characters who passed would be able to live blissfully without knowing their black ancestry, while those who didn’t were considered black by the “one-drop” rule, and therefore, less privileged.

Some credit the “tragic mulatto” trope to author Lydia Maria Child, who wrote “The Quadroons” in 1842. In the novel, a free woman finds out her grandmother was a runaway slave, which automatically makes her a slave as well, and she commits suicide after experiencing the horrors of slavery. Other

references to this hopeless identity came from books like “The White Girl,” written in 1929

by Vara Caspary. In the novel, Solaria passes for white but is revealed to be mixed by her brother’s dark skin. She eventually kills herself by drinking poison, unable to bear society’s distaste for her black heritage.

Eventually, through novels like these, and like “Passing,” “Imitation of Life” and more, the “tragic mulatto” became synonymous with a stereotype we recognize well today: a bitter biracial person (often female) who faces selfhatred and discrimination from both sides. It also presents a toxic narrative: that miscegenation, or mixed-race marriage, is to blame for mental illness and should be stopped.

While these ideas can certainly hold some truth depending on the person, there is a lot more complexity to being multiracial than just “choosing.” As the mixed population increases in this country, those layers will only skyrocket as well.

Yet pop culture is still stuck in a version of the (now laughable) mulatto trope. And, like much of Hollywood’s ignorance of people of color, the popularized artistic narratives shared as of now hold a strong divide from reality.

There are so many important conversations that hold the same artistic value as this stereotype that simply aren’t written about right now. Production companies are completely missing the complexities of being multiracial in the (idealized) melting pot of America, thus sidestepping the important realities of how we interact with race in this country. More importantly, this lack of representation shows that society is stuck in the mindset that multiracial people only suffer from a limited range of problems, while ignoring the very real issues we do face on a much more regular basis.

I have yet to see a solid characterization of being black and Jewish (no, Glee’s attempt does not count). Several of my friends exist fully in both spheres but often face pushback from the Jewish community, as well as a lot of inappropriate questions about conversion or family structure that a white Jewish person would never have to field. Another problem I’ve noticed is the fear of darker-skinned Asians going to Asia to meet family members.

Myself and some of my peers have felt apprehensive about traveling to more homogenous countries and being mocked by strangers or having our entire identity invalidated due to

what we look like as black Asian-Americans.

Just as white America gets to work through its myriad problems through media, mixed Americans deserve nuanced representation on the screen as well. While we can often relate to characters who are one race and match their experiences to our own, there is still a lot of conversation to be had about the way we navigate this country, which treats race in a highly specific way in comparison to other nations.

Yes, the dual (or more) identity crisis does happen — often due to the internalized stereotypes non-mixed people place on us — but there are so many layers to this problem. Having a well-rounded, relatable character in a movie or TV show would definitely not fix these day-to-day issues, but it would normalize our existence and expose other people to more than one type of narrative.

Before writing this column, I tried to list some positive representations of fictional, mixed characters. I eventually had to settle for problematic ones as well and still came up short of the examples I wanted. There is a growing range of good to not-so-good representation, from Miles Morales, a black and Latino iteration of Spider-Man in the comics and movie who speaks English and Spanish at home, to Sam White, the main character in Dear White People, who thinks she has to fight to be considered black by her peers and falls into the selfhating category many times. Even Black-ish, a TV show about the intricacies of being black in suburban America, takes a few jabs at Rainbow Johnson, the black and white matriarch of the family, and delegitimizes her claims to blackness frequently during the first seasons.

Hopefully, these stereotypes will become a thing of the past as Hollywood gains representation of all kinds. Maybe we’ll see more characters whose multiracial identities intersect with religion, ability, sexuality, socioeconomic status, etc. Maybe my children will see themselves represented properly on TV and use those characters to help shape how they view their world.

Marissa Martinez is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Americans’ disconnect with government unlikely to change MARCUS THUILLIER

DAILY COLUMNIST

Politics happen all the time in Washington, yet we the people — well, most of us — know nothing about it. I, like many Americans, feel disconnected from the government and that feeling is unlikely to change. There are many reasons to distrust a government that had a cabinet worth $4.3 billion in July 2017. However, it seems the rift existing between America’s people and its government originates from a few centuries worth of ingenious design that set it up to be a democracy and a republic at the same time.

Americans have a strange relationship with their government. Those who need

it the most seem to resent it the most. In France, where I grew up, the welfare system in place is generally considered to be an expensive yet fairly successful endeavor (bringing the poverty level down lower than in other similar European countries like the UK or Germany). It is a whole different story here in the United States, where “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,” as president Ronald Reagan said in 1981.

On top of a general resentment towards governmental involvement in private affairs, Americans feel disconnected from the elected officials who are supposed to be representing them. At the local level, there is a feeling that the power has been taken away from the people. But in recent years, The Atlantic reports, things have changed. “Many Millennials do not share in this age-old American experience of improving fortunes.”

This distrust also extends to the federal level, where just 13 percent of Americans feel representatives in Congress are primarily interested in serving the people they represent, according to a CBS News poll.

The general negative feeling towards government is not helped by the frustrating unawareness some politicians seem to have toward everyday life in America, making them seem out of touch. Back in 1992, President George W Bush admitted in a debate that he did not know what a gallon of milk cost. Some people may argue expecting a president to know this kind of detail is irrelevant for their ability to lead the country, but I would argue the contrary. I want a representative who knows the price of groceries, who has lived in my neighborhood and truly understands the struggles of my neighbors over someone who does not know the price of a gallon of milk. Or at least spare me the

one that doesn’t know they don’t have to provide their ID when they buy a pack of gum.

This remains an unsolvable problem. Some elected officials host town halls for example, which still need to evolve from places of anger to places of problem solving in order to be effective. Others might continue to make promises, although most will end up empty.

Regardless of their efforts, they won’t be able to change a system that is inherently antidemocratic, and we the people will be stuck on one side of an ever growing rift.

Marcus Thuillier is a first-year graduate student.

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National News Top appropriators reach ‘agreement in principle’ on funding government WASHINGTON — The top four congressional appropriators said Monday they had reached an “agreement in principle” that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and the rest of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year and would avoid a government shutdown if President Donald Trump signs off on it.

The agreement is now being drafted into legislative text that the House and Senate hope to advance before Friday’s government funding deadline, the appropriators said.

They declined to provide details, but sources familiar with the agreement said it would provide $1.375 billion for physical barriers at the southern border and would reduce the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention beds for undocumented immigrants apprehended in the country by 17.4 percent.

The agreement does not include a cap on detention beds used for interior enforcement that Democrats proposed and led to a breakdown in the negotiations over the weekend.

The appropriators themselves declined to provide details of the agreement.

“We’ve had a good evening. We reached an agreement in principle between us on the Homeland Security and the other six bills. Our staffs are going to be working feverishly to put

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all the particulars together,” Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby told reporters late Monday.

The Alabama Republican was speaking

after the third in a series of Monday afternoon and evening meetings with the other leading Republicans and Democrats on the appropriations committees.

Shelby said the agreement encompasses all seven appropriations bills that have yet to be signed into law but not disaster relief funding.

“We didn’t do that. We’ll do that separately,” he said.

House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey said they hoped to have legislative text of the agreement by Wednesday.

“Some people may think it’s a great deal.

Some people may come and attack it. But we did it together,” she said.

Lowey said she has talked to Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the agreement, and she believes the California Democrat will support it.

Shelby and Lowey led the discussions with their respective minority counterparts Democratic Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Republican Rep. Kay Granger of Texas.

Granger said that whether a one- or two-day continuing resolution will be needed to provide time for the agreement to be drafted will be up to leadership, she said.

“We have agreements in principle on the most important issues,” the Texas Republican said, confirming that included detention beds and the border barrier.

The four appropriators announced the agreement together ahead of Trump’s scheduled Monday night appearance at a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas.

Shelby said he thinks the White House will support the agreement.

“We haven’t put all the particulars together yet, but we believe (based on) our dealings with (Trump) in the last the few days ... they will

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Deputy Gov. Dan Hynes told Politico that the budget transition committee is looking for models of a vaping tax that could be applied statewide. In Chicago last year, for example, the tax on e-cigarettes increased from 80 cents to $1.50 per container and from 55 cents to $1.20 per milliliter of liquid nicotine.

Hynes said the price increase from a possible tax could also address health care concerns to “discourage certain behaviors,” including vaping.

“Every mom and dad who has a teenage adolescent child will stand up and applaud,” Hynes told Politico.

Pritzker will announce his first spending plan to legislators on Feb. 20, though his administration has said it faces a $3.2 billion deficit for the budget year beginning July 1. His administration has placed the blame on Pritzker’s predecessor, former Gov. Bruce Rauner, titling a recently-released budget document “Digging Out: The Rauner Wreckage Report.”

Pritzker has also suggested legalizing and taxing marijuana and sports betting to generate revenue for the state. However, Hynes emphasized that the vaping tax and legalized marijuana still would not be enough to fix the budget.

“It’s a multi-year, multi-budget solution, and so while we take those multiyear steps, we have to be disciplined in spending,” Hynes said. “We have to keep control of spending and make inroads into reducing the deficit.”

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to be OK?’ So when those things happen, I can’t just be like, ‘Oh, I need to buy a heater.’

That’s unfeasible.”

Kaiser said there have been nights in the winter where she’s struggled to fall asleep because of the cold. To help out such students who struggle during the winter, Student Enrichment Services offers free winter gear — including gloves, beanies, scarves, coats and boots — based on need and availability.

Yet, Weinberg first-year Kiana Staples said her winter coat from SES wasn’t warm enough to shield her from the cold once the temperature dipped to around freezing.

Her coat was thin and short, she said, and difficult to layer underneath because of its tight size.

“I found myself trying to have a sweater and then another jacket and then everything under my coat, which I thought defeated the purpose of having a coat,“ she said.

Stables said she ended up spending $100 –– which partially came from her financial aid refund –– to purchase a new coat.

SES Director Kourtney Cockrell said the coats are “brand new” and are the same Under Armour winter coats that are used for athletic teams in the NCAA. SES was able to expand its winter coat program by 40 students since last year, Cockrell said.

However, she cautioned that these coats would not fully protect from an extreme weather event like the polar vortex.

“We expect students to have other layering up, it depends on what you’re wearing. I can’t say that the coat will protect you at negative 40,” said Cockrell, “It’s our attempt to at least make sure students have some resource to deal with the winters in Chicago.”

While Kaiser said she was also not satisfied with the quality of the coats, she appreciates the extra help from SES. Kaiser received her coat from the office during Winter Quarter of her first year. Prior to that she had to borrow a friend’s coat to stay warm.

Staples said winter coats have become a symbol of the economic disparity on campus. Brands like Canada Goose — whose winter jackets can cost around $1,000 — represent privilege, especially when compared to the thin Under Armour coats from SES, she said.

“I’m sure for somebody who has expensive outerwear, that they wear when it’s not even cold outside, they don’t understand what it’s like to be cold,” she said.

“One young woman told me she knew everything she needed to know to be in the class, but she wanted to talk about how it felt to be in that class,” Brown said. “We’re trying to find ways to make sure that is a part of the conversation, always, regardless of what the topic on a given day is.”

Board member Monique Parsons stressed the importance of making students of color feel like they belong in an AP class setting. For Parsons, the presentation indicated where ETHS is and where it needs to be, but she still isn’t satisfied.

In addition, Parsons called for the report to address how many black students started an AP

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its surrounding community.

Revelle said she is concerned that minimal space in between buildings on both the north side and south side of the development will crowd out adjacent landmark properties and doom historic trees right along the border of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union campus.

“I still have two very important concerns that are not being addressed here,” Revelle said. “One

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percent Pell (Grant-eligible), so there is no reason to think that we won’t have 20 percent Pell (Granteligible) in regular decision, too,” Watson said.

Schapiro, an education economist, said in an interview with The Daily on Monday that the number of applicants matches what he had predicted.

“Once you hit 40,000 (or) 41,000 apps, you look at your peers and you can’t go rogue with the changing in demographics,” Schapiro said. “Now with an 8 percent admit rate, it

Bienen professor, NU alumni win at the 61st Grammy Awards

Bienen Prof. Donald Nally and Northwestern alumni Katrina Lenk (Bienen ‘97) and Adam Kantor (Communication ‘08) won awards at the 61st Grammy Awards on Sunday.

Nally, who conducts the Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing, won the 2019 Grammy award for Best Choral Performance for “Zealot Canticles.” The commissioned work was composed by Lansing McLoskey. This is Nally’s

course and then dropped it.

“I’m more interested in the experience,” Parsons said. “If (black students) don’t have that sense of belonging in the classroom, they will either drop or word of mouth will circulate, and there will be a problem going forward with other black students taking those AP classes because they won’t feel comfortable or welcomed.”

According to the report, all public universities and community colleges in Illinois were required starting with the 2016-2017 school year to award college course credit to students who submit scores of three or higher on College Board AP Exams.

In addition, earning a three or above on four AP exams can provide a semester’s worth of credit, potentially saving students thousands of dollars on tuition at a public university in Illinois.

Board president Pat Savage-Williams said when ETHS adopted the equity statement, the district also made the decision to encourage students of color to explore classes and opportunities they had not taken before. She added that white students need to hear and reflect on what their peers have to say because they don’t understand how different their classroom experiences are from their non-white peers.

“We were communicating very loudly that we believe you belong there, and we believe you’re capable of being there,” Savage-Williams said. “(Students of color) don’t always get that message, and even when we are sending that message they are still hearing outer narratives.”

is the impact of such a large building on the adjacent landmark properties.”

In addition, Revelle said the presence of the tall building so close to the WCTU property will cast a shadow over the building for the whole year, presenting challenges for the organization’s landscaping team.

“The $4 million that would come to the city with the sale of the property is certainly appealing,” Revelle said. “But I don’t think we should accept it in exchange for an inappropriate building that’s so incompatible with its landmark neighbors.”

Evanston resident Sara Schastok said the city

should consider other options, as opposed to constructing an office building.

Schastok said the developer did not provide enough details about the development to the city for the proposal to advance.

“The city owns this lot,” Schastok said. “We do not have to sell this lot. If it’s more in the public interest not to have a development and instead something more appropriate for this site, I think that would be a gain for all of us.”

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scares away a number of people who were not remotely admissible.”

The change in applicants, he added, is visible in the number of Early Decision applicants, which rose about nine percent in December 2018. Watson said 4,399 students applied Early Decision to NU for the class of 2023. Those who applied regular decision will hear from NU in the spring, according to the Office of Undergraduate Admission.

Elizabeth Byrne contributed reporting.

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second consecutive Grammy Award win and his third consecutive nomination.

He previously won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for The Crossing’s performance of Gavin Bryars’ “The Fifth Century.” Nally also received a Grammy nomination in 2017 in the same category for The Crossing’s performance of Thomas Lloyd’s “Bonhoeffer.”

In a news release sent to The Daily, Nally said the Grammy award belongs to the singers, instrumentalists and the composer of the piece.

“Having our work heard by an ever-increasing audience is part of the reason we make art, and we are grateful to the Recording Academy and its members for recognizing our work,” Nally said in the release.

“It is truly humbling to have so many artists and friends invest everything into a project that means so much and has a strong message, and then see that it is being heard by many people beyond our local, and amazing family.”

Lenk and Kantor also received Grammy Awards for Best Musical Theater Album for their work as principal vocalists in “The Band’s Visit.” Lenk also previously won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Musical for the production of “The Band’s Visit.”

The televised 61st Grammy Awards took place at the Los Angeles Staples Center on Sunday.

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NU committee searches for new VP, general counsel

By CAMERON COOK

daily senior staffer @cam_e_cook

Northwestern administrators launched a committee Thursday to search for a new vice president and general counsel to take the place of Philip Harris, according to a University news release.

Harris, who was hired as the vice president and general counsel in 2016, was quietly removed from the staff list on the General Counsel’s website in November. President Morton Schapiro said in an interview with The Daily on Monday that Harris left the position for “personal reasons,” but declined to comment further.

Attempts to reach Harris were unsuccessful.

Whoever takes the position will replace Stephanie Graham, who is currently serving as interim vice president and general counsel, though she is being considered for the position.

The Office of General Counsel provides legal advice and representation for the University and all of its schools and departments as one legal entity. The counsel advises the Board of Trustees, officers, faculty and staff who raise questions about the interests of the University.

Craig Johnson, the senior vice president for business and finance, will chair the search committee, which the release said will begin its work “immediately.” The committee will also include representatives from University faculty, staff and Board of Trustees members, the release said.

The committee will also engage with NU

Across Campuses Naming Clemson college for former Vice President Calhoun glorifies ‘racist viewpoint,’ students say COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Some Clemson students are calling for the removal of a former U.S. vice president’s name from a college program, saying it is “glorifying a racist viewpoint.”

Students petitioned for university officials to rename the school’s Calhoun Honors College,

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Rebecca Crown Center. Administrators Thursday announced the launch of a search committee to find a new vice president and general counsel.

community members to “solicit input about the desired attributes and experience of a vice president and general counsel, and to seek assistance in identifying candidates,” the release said. Community members are “invited to share feedback” by contacting the search committee.

The committee will work with a search firm to “cultivate a wide pool of candidates” and is expected to make recommendations for

finalists in the spring, University spokesman Bob Rowley said.

The search will be national, though international candidates can also apply, he added.

“As with all searches, our goal is to identify the best possible candidate to serve in the position,” Rowley said. “The committee wants someone with a strong legal background that includes experience in the range of issues that

affect higher education. A position description will be posted on the search website once the committee develops it.”

The committee will meet in person or over the phone every few weeks, Rowley added.

named after the seventh vice president and South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun.

Calhoun was a staunch supporter of slavery, and notably called the practice a “positive good” in a speech in 1837. He owned 70 to 80 slaves, who worked his plantation in Fort Hill.

Clemson University is built on Calhoun’s old plantation grounds, which was passed along in his family until it was given to the state of South Carolina in 1888, according to the university’s website.

The plantation house still sits on campus.

A petition shared by the Southern Poverty Law Center on Campus _ Clemson proposed that the college simply be called the “Clemson Honors College.”

“Simply put, the university would not be further glorifying a racist viewpoint on a campus that already exists under the scars of slavery and human degradation,” the petition reads.

The petition claims that students are loath to use the honors college’s name on documents and emails.

“The ‘brand’ of the Calhoun name is one that

many honors students leave off of their resumes and email signatures, since they take it to be poorly reflective of the institution,” the petition reads.

The students argue that renaming the college would not be removing Calhoun’s legacy from the university, citing the old plantation home as a stark reminder of the campus’s history.

So far, the petition has gathered about 10 pages of signatures.

Elizabeth Byrne contributed reporting. cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Rivera falls and Northwestern loses twice on road

By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY

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After a season full of major decisions and easy victories, sophomore Sebastian Rivera, the top ranked 125-pound wrestler in the country, knew it was time for a challenge.

In the lead up to Northwestern’s matchup against No. 4 Michigan, Rivera asked to move up a weight class to 133 pounds and face off against the top-ranked wrestler in that class, Stevan Micic, who was eight pounds heavier than Rivera and undefeated in his own right.

Rivera fell for the first time all season in a 10-4 takedown from Micic. While ending Rivera’s perfect run, swaths of fans tweeted about Rivera’s gutsiness after the match.

But the wrestler was just satisfied to have such difficult competition.

“Coming in this Sunday I wanted to really challenge myself and just see where I’m at,” Rivera said. “It was a good match, but I think I learned a lot. And it showed a lot.”

NU (3-10, 1-7) intended to secure two victories in last weekend’s road

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NU freshmen given two Big Ten honors

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

daily senior staffer @bxrosenberg

A pair of freshmen helped lead Northwestern to a 4-1 opening weekend at the Titan Classic in Fullerton, California, and now they are being recognized by the Big Ten. Catcher Jordyn Rudd was named Big Ten Co-player of the Week along with Minnesota first baseman Hope Brandner, and pitcher Danielle Williams was named both Freshman and Pitcher of the Week.

“We had a lot of freshmen who made an immediate impact,” coach Kate Drohan said after Sunday’s win.

“They’re competitors, and even some of the mistakes that we made, we’ll learn quickly from them.”

Rudd tallied seven hits in 15 atbats covering five games, including three doubles and two home runs. She hit a bases-clearing double in the first inning of the season opener against Utah State and hit two homers and drove in five later that same day in a win over Pacific.

She then had a clutch two-run single in the seventh inning Sunday against Idaho State to give NU some breathing room in a 7-4 win. The hit gave her 10 RBIs already this year.

“It was obvious I wanted to go in there and hit the ball,” Rudd said.

“Luckily I was choosing the right

pitches and everything, so it worked out pretty well.”

Williams was one out from a nohitter in her collegiate debut Friday against Pacific. She gave up a two-out double in the seventh before retiring the next batter for a one-hit shutout.

The next day, she tossed a two-hit shutout against Louisville, striking out 13 and walking none, as the Cats beat the Cardinals 1-0.

“I knew I had my team behind me,” Williams said. “They were there to support me through it all. It was a lot of fun.”

Finally, Williams came on in relief in the fourth inning Sunday and gave up just one run and five hits in 3.2 innings. She also had the go-ahead, two-run single in the top of the seventh as NU came from behind to give Williams her third win of the weekend. Through 17.2 innings of work, Williams’ ERA is 0.40.

Following this weekend’s set of games, NU will play four games in Chapel Hill this weekend, against Louisville and North Carolina.

“I’m pleased with the work that our team is doing,” Drohan said.

“There are a lot of areas where we can improve, and we’ll get back to work in practice this week and get after it, but I’m really pleased with how everybody was ready to go.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern. edu

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The team congregates at home plate. Northwestern had two freshmen gain allconference recognition this week.

trip to Michigan State (9-6, 3-4) and the Wolverines (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten) Instead, the Cats were blown out in both showings, falling 30-10 on Friday to the Spartans and 30-9 to the Wolverines on Sunday.

Sophomore Ryan Deakin, the No. 3 ranked 157 pound wrestler in the country, was one of three Cats who won their matches Sunday. Senior Conan Jennings upset Michigan’s Mason Parris at 285 and Shayne Oster took down Malik Amine 8-3 at 149. But they dropped their fifth straight on Sunday, all against Big Ten opponents.

Coach Matt Storniolo said despite NU’s middling record this season, success should be judged by how the Cats perform in postseason tournaments.

“Our wrestlers are judged by how we do in March,” Storniolo said.

“Once we close the books on February, it’s a new start.”

All season, Rivera has encouraged his teammates to be more aggressive.

Following recent matches in which his opponent either forfeited the match or switched weight classes to avoid facing Rivera, NU’s top wrestler was able to able to control his

own destiny in who he would face against Michigan.

When he hit the mat, Rivera said he was he was able to execute some of his game plan against a bigger and equally talented opponent.

“I was worried about getting to my offense and getting better and just challenging myself,” Rivera said.

“The ten pounds definitely played a role in some of my leg attacks and stuff like that, but he’s a good competitor and I definitely learned a lot.”

While Rivera lost, Deakin proved his high ranking, winning his match Sunday in thrilling fashion against Michigan’s Alec Pantaleo, the fifthranked 157 pound wrestler in the country. He claimed an 11-9 decision at the end of the match after falling behind early.

Deakin said he tried not to worry about the clock in the final minutes of his match, instead focusing on his attacking positions.

“I was aware of it,” Deakin said.

“But I knew it was not something I couldn’t overcome. Just keep wrestling, keep looking for the next point, keep chipping away.” gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats fall in their Big Ten matches

By PETER WARREN

daily senior staffer @thepeterwarren

For the second straight year, Northwestern slumped to a disappointing finish in the Big Ten Match Play Championship.

In 2018, the Wildcats finished in 11th place in Palm Coast, Florida.

This weekend, again at the Hammock Beach Resort in the Sunshine State, NU failed to live up to expectations. Despite starting as the No. 2 seed, the Cats failed to win their quarterfinal matchup or either of their consolation matchups, ending the tournament in eighth.

“Across the board, we weren’t quite sharp enough really in every aspect of the game and throughout the team,” coach David Inglis said. “It wasn’t like it was one specific thing.

I just felt like compared to previous seasons we weren’t quite ready to compete.”

In the quarterfinals Friday afternoon, NU faced off with Maryland, the No. 10 seed in the championship. The Terrapins were coming off a first-round victory over Minnesota and continued their hot play with a 4-2 win over the Cats.

Maryland’s top two golfers, Peter Knade and Tim Colanta, were the difference makers. Knade and Colanta played an excellent round of golf and beat NU’s top two, senior Ryan Lumsden and freshman David Nyfjäll.

Inglis said it is difficult to win a six-man match play game when the team’s top two linksmen fall in their individual contests.

“We just got outplayed,” Inglis said. “It wasn’t that we played badly that first day. We really had a pretty solid day of golf and if we’re probably coming up against any other team that day, we probably would have come out on top and we just got Maryland’s best golf.”

The Terrapins went on to advance to the championship game, where they lost to the No. 4 seed Ohio State. The Cats went to the consolation bracket.

In the first round of that bracket, NU lost to Purdue, 4-2. In the next

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Pete Griffith follows through. NU went 0-3 this weekend in Florida.

match, the Cats lost to Michigan State, 3.5-2.5. Junior Everton Hawkins won both of his matches, while Lumsden won against Purdue and sophomore Eric McIntosh beat his Michigan State opponent.

“We were really in good position in probably both matches,” Inglis said. “I know certainly against Purdue in the morning, we were up 5-1 at the turn and we really let that one slip. That one probably stung a little bit and then in afternoon we were just plain bad.”

While NU failed to win one of its three matches, Inglis said the team did win an unofficial match against Illinois on Friday morning. As the two top seeds in the tournament, the teams had no official match Friday

morning so they played an exhibition instead.

Inglis said Griffith’s play was a highlight — the senior went 2-1-1 in his four matches over the two days.

Griffith said he felt confident about his game and wishes the team was more aggressive in attempts to notch birdies.

“The course was really a place where you had to take advantage of the birdies,” Griffith said. “Some of our matches, including myself, I didn’t think we necessarily took advantage of holes where birdies presented themselves and that’s where the others teams got us. They simply made more birdies than us and got up in our matches.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu