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Campus hazing policy amended By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI
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ASHES TO ASHES Carolyn Huang, president of the Northwestern Public Health Club, explains the resolution she authored on making NU a tobacco-free campus to Associated Student Government senators Tuesday.
ASG introduces tobacco ban By ALLY MUTNICK
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At its first Senate meeting of the quarter Wednesday, Associated Student Government swore in new senators, reopened the selection process for
its top diversity officer and introduced a resolution which would lend support to the movement to make Northwestern a tobacco-free campus. Weinberg senior Carolyn Huang, president of the Public Health Club, authored the resolution, arguing that a campus free of tobacco products would save money on fire insurance,
as well as custodial and University health care costs. The Faculty Senate has already passed a similar bill. During her presentation, Huang pointed to a national trend, citing statistics from the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation on the nearly » See ASG, page 9
Northwestern has updated its student handbook to include a more specific hazing policy for the 2013-14 academic year — but Greek leaders are not commenting on what prompted the change. Dean of students Todd Adams announced the alteration Oct. 2 in an email to the student body. The updated policy includes more specific examples of prohibited behaviors, another mechanism for reporting hazing incidents and a clarification on Illinois state hazing law. “We wanted to update the policy to reflect institutional values and our expectations for student groups,” Adams wrote in an email to The Daily. “The new policy is more descriptive and was informed by several areas across the University, including Athletics and Fraternity & Sorority Life.” Dominic Greene, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, and Killian Young, Interfraternity Council vice president of public relations, declined to comment on the new policy Wednesday. IFC president John Cowgill, Panhellenic Association president Monika Buska, PHA vice president of public relations Danielle Nash, Multicultural Greek Council president John Castellanos and athletic
department spokesman Paul Kennedy did not respond to requests for comment. Students can now report hazing violations on Student Affairs’ NUhelp website. The updated handbook entry also includes phone numbers for the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution and the dean of students. Adams said Illinois law informed the update. The policy reminds students that hazing violations may result in criminal penalties of up to three years’ imprisonment and a $25,000 fine. The “more descriptive” policy outlines examples of the forms of hazing more generally described in previous versions of the student handbook. The previous policy included several examples and then identified hazing as forcing individuals to participate in activities “not consistent with the University’s mission, rules, regulations, and policies or federal, state, or local law.” For example, the old policy identified paddling as a form of hazing, but the updated version notes any expected physical abuse, including tattooing or branding. The new policy also specifically forbids sexual violations or activity, “whether actual or simulated.” Associated Student Government president Ani Ajith said the update to the policy was the beginning of an increased campus dialogue about hazing. He said » See HAZING, page 9
Rep. Schakowsky ‘proud to join’ arrested protesters By PATRICK SVITEK
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Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston said Wednesday she was “proud to join” about 200 demonstrators arrested during an immigration reform protest in Washington, D.C. Schakowsky was let out of police custody Tuesday night, about three hours after Capitol Police started arresting the protesters near the National Mall. Photos released by her office show two officers escorting the congresswoman toward a police van with her wrists tied together. The congresswoman had to pay a $50 fine before she was released shortly after 7 p.m., Schakowsky spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. Schakowsky, seven other members of Congress and the rest of the protesters were charged with “crowding, obstructing and incommoding,” according to Capitol Police and rally organizers. They were all processed and
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CAT BURGLARS Police said students stole pieces of game equipment during the NU-Ohio State football game.
released by Wednesday morning. Writing for the Huffington Post, Schakowksy explained her decision to block a street with several other legislators of Congress during the rally. As she surveyed the police station, she said she was encouraged to see so many people using civil disobedience to push for immigration legislation, which has reached an impasse in the House after the Senate approved a reform bill earlier this year. “As someone who represents one of the most diverse districts in Illinois with a large immigrant populations representing countries in every corner of the globe, I have seen firsthand the consequences of our broken immigration system — families tragically separated, workers unfairly and dangerously exploited, young people denied opportunities to serve their country, and the stress of living with the constant fear of deportation,” Schakowsky wrote. “Immigration reform is for those thousands of people in my district and the millions of people across the country who want nothing more
than to work hard, provide for their families, and reach for the American Dream.” Schakowsky added that immigration reform would not just help the 11 million people living in the country illegally. It would also benefit the economy, she wrote, citing the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that the Senate bill would cut the federal deficit by about $850 billion and boost economic growth by about 3.3 percent. The Center for Community Change, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that helped organize the protest, said the other lawmakers arrested were Democratic Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Joseph Crowley of New York, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Al Green of Texas and Charles Rangel of New York. More than 20,000 people attended the six-hour rally, according to the Center for Community Change.
NU athletic department investigates game equipment theft
steal several pieces of game equipment during NU’s prime-time matchup with Ohio State. “We have looked into what happened and are continuing to look into the specifics,” said Paul Kennedy, spokesman for the athletic department. The students are accused of stealing a yard marker, football and event staff jackets from Ryan Field on Saturday night. They were arrested and charged
The Northwestern athletic department says it is investigating how two students — one of them posing as an event staff member — were able to
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PUBLIC PROTEST U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) was arrested Tuesday afternoon at an immigration reform rally in the nation’s capital. She was released shortly after 7 p.m.
with theft after authorities surrounded them in the student section. One of the students boasted he slipped past security guards by presenting himself as a “stadium engineer,” according to a witness. Kennedy said the students probably did not attract much attention because they blended in after taking the jackets from the event staff coatroom in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Despite the incident, he said event
staff dealt with few other issues as the Wildcats took on the Buckeyes in front of a sold-out crowd and packed student section. “A lot of our security protocols were proven quite strong,” Kennedy said. “This was just an interesting case of somebody who was able to go in undercover as a stadium employee, basically.” — Patrick Svitek
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