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Evanston man injured in arrest Police handcuff man mistaken for robbery suspect By NIKKI BAIM

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Former Feinberg Prof. Alice Dreger. Dreger discusses sexuality and academic freedom at a talk sponsored by Northwestern’s Queer Pride Graduate Student Association. Dreger resigned from NU in 2015.

Former prof discusses censorship

In a return to campus, Alice Dreger says retraction ‘broke her heart’ By ADRIAN WAN

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Former NU Prof. Alice Dreger said when the University censored work addressing sexuality, they violated academic freedom and “broke her heart.” Dreger, a former Feinberg School of Medicine professor, resigned in 2015 after she alleged NU censored

the faculty-edited magazine Atrium. Speaking to about 30 attendees on Wednesday, she discussed academic freedom and obstacles in research on sexuality. As guest editor of Atrium’s Winter 2014 issue, Dreger edited a controversial essay describing the author’s experience of a nurse performing consensual oral sex on him after he was paralyzed at age 18. Digital issues of the magazine were

later retracted after NU officials raised concerns about the article. After she said the Feinberg dean’s office failed to address her concerns over censorship, Dreger resigned. Dreger said the retraction of the magazine points to a larger issue of censorship and academic freedom. Dreger said she feels that administrators worry more about how much money an article will bring in rather than its scholarship.

“If we have the situation where Northwestern medical school’s dean has the right to decide what people are allowed to read, to know and to say,” Dreger said in her talk. “The right … to learn and to go forward is taken from us. It’s severely disappointing.” At the event, sponsored by Northwestern’s Queer Pride Graduate Student Association, » See DREGER, page 6

A 60-year old Evanston man was injured Monday when he was handcuffed by Evanston Police after they mistook him for an armed robbery suspect. Two officers approached Gregory Hall as he was leaving the Evanston Public Library south branch, located at 900 Chicago Ave., around 5 p.m. Police were searching for suspects in an armed robbery at 920 Chicago Ave. that occurred around 4:30 p.m., Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Hall, who is black, said two officers approached him as he was crossing the street in front of the library. The officers drew their guns and commanded him to stop. Hall said he was handcuffed and frisked amid his objections. Police searched through Hall’s pockets for a gun and patted him down. The handcuffs were too tight and police forced him down to his knees, Hall said. “I’ll never forget this the rest of my life,” he said. “They said that I had just committed an armed robbery and had a gun. … I’ve never owned a gun in my life.”

Police said Hall — who had his hood up and was wearing multiple layers of clothing — matched the description of the suspect from the armed robbery. The suspect was described as a black male in his 50s to 60s with a scruffy beard. One witness to the robbery said the suspect wore a plaid shirt, police said. Hall said he was wearing a blue Champion t-shirt. Elisha Hall, the son of Gregory Hall, said his father does not have a scruffy beard. Gregory Hall said he asked the police repeatedly to ask the librarian if he had just come from the library, but they refused. Glew said Hall was not physically resistive, but was not “very cooperative.” Police instead brought the woman who was robbed to see if she could identify Hall. She said she didn’t know, but added that Hall was not wearing a plaid shirt. “When people are leaving the area, they will shed clothes or put on clothes,” Glew said. “Clothing description is good, but not always the most reliable.” Police released Gregory Hall a few minutes later when the suspect was located in another part of Evanston. The suspect police found was 5-foot-8 and “thicker in build.” Gregory Hall described himself as a “thin man” who is 6-foot-2. » See POLICE, page 6

Evanston residents Senate to allocate budget surplus respond to tax bill Student Enrichment Services to receive half of leftover $20k Residents rush to prepay taxes after new legislation By ALAN PEREZ

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After taxpayers rushed to prepay property taxes after the Republican tax bill was passed in December, Cook County announced it is removing fees for online tax payments. The initiative is a “change designed to boost the growing number of taxpayers who make electronic payments,” according to a news release from the office of the Cook County Treasurer, Maria Pappas. The removal of the $1 fee, which taxpayers were previously required to pay, will make payments more “convenient,” the release said. The move comes after nearly 4,000 Evanston residents prepaid their property taxes in hopes of delaying the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which capped

the State and Local Tax deduction at $10,000. The cap on the deduction — which exempts income paid on state and local taxes from federal taxes — will predominantly impact Americans in high-tax jurisdictions like Evanston, where taxpayers were previously allowed an unlimited deduction. The tax overhaul was advertised by Republicans as a relief for the middle class, with President Donald Trump calling it a “gift” to the middle class. But many of the tax cuts in the new law are offset by the elimination of some current provisions. Tina Foster, a 5th Ward resident, said though the state and local deductions limit won’t affect her immediately, she expects it will in the future, saying she is worried that new developments may increase Evanston property values. She said she opposes developers’ efforts to build more high-rise buildings and turn the “quaint little college town” into “Little Chicago.” » See TAXES, page 6

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Associated Student Government president Nehaarika Mulukutla announced in Wednesday’s

Senate meeting that the group currently has a $20,000 surplus due to a budget misallocation. “As an executive board, we just got to decide what we were going to do with it,” Mulukutla said. She said the executive board had already decided to allocate

$10,000 of the sum to Student Enrichment Services. Chief of staff Lars Benson told The Daily that ASG decided to donate the $10,000 to the SES Student Activities Scholarship Fund in addition to the $10,000 ASG has donated

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Associated Student Government chief of staff Lars Benson presents to ASG on Wednesday. During the meeting, ASG announced they had a $20,000 surplus.

annually to SES for the past three years. “The fund is available to students who need money to participate in extracurricular activities,” Benson said. “So this can be anything from club sports, to Greek life dues, to trips to Chicago.” The extra money came from a student group that applied for an additional $20,000 from the University for their budget last year, speaker Daniella Lumpkin told The Daily. She said the money was intended for an event, but it wasn’t spent and rolled back at the end of Fall Quarter into the general A-status group funds. The remaining $10,000 is not yet allocated, but Lumpkin said ASG is evaluating which departments would best use the funding to make the greatest impact on the student body. “(Mid-October), we were in communication with that student group as well as different administrators that were involved … about what should we be doing,” the Weinberg senior said. » See ASG, page 6

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AROUND TOWN EFD hosts open house for young explorer program By CAITLIN CHEN

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The Evanston Fire Department hosted an open house Wednesday for the Evanston Fire Explorer Post 911 program, an initiative that trains students who are interested in fire service careers. The program is available to North Shore residents between the ages of 14 and 20, with preference given to Evanston applicants. It was launched in 2012 under former fire chief Greg Klaiber, who now serves as Northwestern’s director of emergency management. Participants work with EFD firefighters and paramedics to learn about firefighting and participate in activities such as water rescues and fire control exercises to build camaraderie. Roughly 30 people attended the event, held at EFD’s headquarters on 909 Lake St. “You’re assigned to a company, which is either an ambulance or an engine,” Benjamin Newman, a former Explorer and part-time firefighter/paramedic at Beach Park Fire Department in Lake County, told The Daily. “Wherever the company goes, you go, because fire service is all teamwork. If one person goes, everybody goes.” Participants use EFD’s fire and emergency medical equipment to practice rescues and vehicle extraction or to participate in ridealongs to emergency calls, program lead advisor Megan Kamarchevakul said at the open house.

POLICE BLOTTER Police charge man with unlawful use of a weapon Police arrested a 20-year-old man on Tuesday in connection with unlawful use of a weapon. Officers were on patrol at about 11:55 p.m. near the 1600 block of Foster Street when they spotted a person walking on the sidewalk who looked like he was under 17 years of age,

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A firefighter participates in a first responder training. The Evanston Fire Department hosted an open house for people interested in the Fire Explorer Program on Wednesday.

Participants also train to become CPR-certified. Though there were only five members in the program’s first year, Kamarchevakul expects that this year’s class will include 20 returning members

and about 10 new members. Fire Chief Brian Scott said at the open house that he is currently working on an apprenticeship program for graduates of the Explorer Program

Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Officers stopped the 20-year-old Evanston resident on suspicion of a curfew violation. Officers attempted to conduct a pat-down of the man, Glew said. The man then fled from the officers on foot. After a short foot chase, the man slipped and fell on the sidewalk. When officers reached the man and lifted him off the ground, they discovered a .25-caliber handgun lying under him, Glew said.

The gun was loaded and had a round in the chamber, according to a news release. The man admitted to police that the gun belonged to him. Police charged the man with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. The man’s court date and bond amount are pending. — Julia Esparza

to have a more streamlined path to being hired by the department. As of now, students who graduate from the program gain preference points when applying for a job at the department but are still entered into a general applicant pool, Kamarchevakul said. Jeremiah Thompson, a former Explorer and North Shore Academy sophomore who attended the event, said though his ADHD makes it hard to “keep being responsible,” the program helps keep him accountable. “I’ve learned a bit more communication skills with people, like how to advocate when there’s something I can’t do alone and how to email more,” Thompson said. “I’ve learned various fire systems and security things, but I’ve also learned a lot of teamwork stuff.” The program requires participants to attend at least 80 percent of the meetings, which are typically held twice a month. Participants also need to maintain good grades and refrain from using drugs and alcohol to stay in the program. Kamarchevakul said the program helps invest in young adults that may become members of the department. “Even if they don’t go on to join the Evanston department, they may join other departments, and they also just go on in life,” Kamarchevakul said. “We like to make sure that we’re teaching them respect and life skills in addition to leadership skills and being good members of society.” caitlinchen2021@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight In an article in Wednesday’s paper titled “Endowment tax implications worry Schapiro,” the University president’s last name was misspelled on a second reference. The Daily regrets the error.

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Researchers created a new algorithm that uses brain scans to predict and maximize language learning for deaf children with cochlear implants. Researchers from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Chinese University of Hong Kong used the algorithm to predict how deaf children with cochlear implants could understand speech, according to a Jan. 16 news release. Cochlear implants are medical devices which help people with severe hearing loss to “hear” sound by directly stimulating the auditory nerve. “We were looking at young children who were candidates for cochlear implants, and as part of that evaluation process, an MRI is included to look at the anatomy of their ears and the brain,” Feinberg otolaryngology Prof. Nancy Young told the Daily. “We’re able to take the data contained inside these (brain) scans and use that information to build models.” Helping children who are deaf achieve the language levels of hearing children is essential to “academic success, social and emotional well-being, and employment opportunities,” according to the news release. Young, the medical director of Audiology and Cochlear Implant Programs at Lurie Children’s, said in the news release that the study is the first to provide concrete predictions about how much language improvement can be expected at the child’s age. “It will lay the groundwork for future development and testing of customized therapies,” she said. She told The Daily that previous work, which considered factors such as age of implant, could not reliably explain the variability in children’s language development after they receive a cochlear implant. The process her team used, she said, also involved comparing the scans of deaf children and hearing children. The main goal of the study was to be able to help children, especially those who do not learn language

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as well as others, Young said. She said all children tested were under 3 ½ years old. Feinberg otolaryngology instructor Erin Ingvalson told the Daily that recognizing deaf children’s struggles earlier in development will help them receive the treatment they need. “We really want to identify those children who might need a more intensive therapy, or might need to start therapy right away or go to therapy more regularly,” Ingvalson said. Through therapy, the children learn how to understand and speak language properly, Ingvalson said. A cochlear implant gives these children the opportunity to be more socially engaged, as they can communicate with the hearing population, she added. Ingvalson said hearing is required for kids to reach

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The cast of the the 76th Dolphin Show, “Ragtime.” The show will run in Cahn Auditorium from Jan. 26 to 28 and Feb. 2 to 3.

2018 Dolphin Show ‘Ragtime’ to premiere in Cahn By CARMEN FERNANDEZ

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The largest student-produced musical in the nation will return this week, as the 76th Annual Dolphin Show meets the massive scale of New

York in “Ragtime,” a classic turn-of-the-century musical. The Dolphin Show involves more than 150 students and a budget of nearly $90,000, said executive producer Michael Kelleher. The production will run in Cahn Auditorium from Jan. 26 to 28 and Feb. 2 to 3. “The budgets we are able to work with are

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Robert Cunningham plays the role of Coalhouse, an African-American pianist from Harlem.

higher than budgets some designers see for their whole professional career,” production manager Abby Doermann said. “To be able to have an organization where we trust each other … to do a thing this massive is so cool.” “Ragtime” follows the stories of three characters: Mother, an upper-class white woman in New Rochelle, New York; Coalhouse, an African-American pianist from Harlem; and Tateh, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia. Throughout the course of the show, their lives cross paths, converging until the three stories meld into one. Doermann said the show’s inclusion of three, starkly different storylines will allow audiences to relate to the characters. Its portrayal of battles against racism and prejudice is a particularly relevant theme given the current political climate, she added. “Despite this being a story that takes place in the early 1900s, so many of those things are still happening in America over a hundred years later,” Doermann said. True to its name, the show’s score features a significant amount of ragtime music. Since ragtime music originated in African-American tradition, its acceptance by the general public in the 1900s represented a major dynamic shift in the previously white-dominated popular culture, said choreographer Tucker DeGregory. DeGregory said he attempted to represent this cultural change in his choreography by allowing each character’s background to show through the movements. A major theme in the show is the “duality of staying true to your roots while also acknowledging and accepting the newness,” he said. “The director and I are working so hard

to make sure all the communities’ physicality revolves around where they came from, their cultural roots and this shared experience that birthed the movement that they have on stage,” he said. “We see them change physically and emotionally as they encounter these new people.” One challenge for DeGregory was capturing the dance culture of the “Ragtime” era, which embraced dance as a more commonplace form of entertainment. He said he attempted to combine formalist movement, which is more set and stylized, with the pedestrian gestures of expressionist movement. Students not only choreographed the show, but also designed and built the set. Students returned to campus before the end of winter break and worked for eight seven-hour days to build the set, said Doermann. “Dolphin is an educational environment and that’s something that was really important to us,” she said. “Every year (we’ve made) sure that people who didn’t know how to use chapsaws or routers or jigsaws were comfortable enough to ask questions.” Kelleher also echoed the educational value of an entirely student-produced musical. “It has given me unparalleled opportunities to learn by doing,” Kelleher said. “Our designers, they get to build these massive sets, these crazy light plots. Our sound designer gets to work with (many) artists performing at the same time. You just have these opportunities to work at such a scale and do the best possible work.” carmenfernandez2021@u.northwestern.edu

Alum’s novel, ‘Are You Sleeping,’ inspires TV show By CHARLOTTE WALSH

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Kathleen Barber (School of Law ’08) had been writing in her spare time for years, but it took a major life adjustment for her to start working seriously on her first novel. In 2014, she and her husband decided to quit their jobs at law firms to backpack around the Middle East and parts of Africa. It was during this transition that Barber finished her debut novel, “Are You Sleeping.” “We needed to quit our jobs because we really needed to clear our heads,” Barber said. “But I was like, ‘If I can write this book and sell it, that’s what I want to do instead of finding another job.’” Barber’s novel, “Are You Sleeping,” tells the story of a woman named Josie whose family falls apart after her father’s murder. Years later, a popular podcast reinvestigates her father’s death and forces Josie to confront her past. The novel was published in August 2017 and will be released in paperback this March, Barber’s publicist Meagan Harris said. It was recently picked up by Reese Witherspoon’s production

company, Hello Sunshine, to be created as a series for Apple TV. Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, star of “The Help,” “Hidden Figures” and “The Shape of Water,” is set to act in the series. It does not yet have a release date. Barber said she is thrilled that Witherspoon’s company — which has previously developed other female-driven books like “Big Little Lies” and “Gone Girl” into visual thrillers — will be involved in the production of the show. Based on talks with producers, Barber said she felt Witherspoon’s team intimately understood “Are You Sleeping” and its characters. “(Witherspoon) is somebody that really champions other women as artists and has really made a considerable effort to get women-centered stories out there,” Barber said. “So it felt like a really good fit for ‘Are You Sleeping.’” The novel delves into America’s fixation with murderers and true-crime stories, Barber said. Inspired by the podcast “Serial,” she said she wanted to know more about the families involved in these narratives. Sarah Koenig, the host and producer of “Serial,” is set to consult on the series in an advisory role, according to Deadline. Barber said having her novel developed into a television series rather than a movie will allow

for more character development. She said her story will be a bit more “quiet” than a movie like “Gone Girl,” and will focus on one woman, Josie, and how the murder has affected her. Lauren McKenna, Barber’s editor and the executive editor of the Gallery Books Group, said she is excited that artists like Witherspoon are using books as inspiration for their art. “In today’s book world, it takes something like a TV show to make a book explode onto a bestseller list,” McKenna said. “So I’m thrilled about this.” Barber said her experience with the novel and television series has been “pretty crazy.” Her husband has returned to work at a law firm, while she is devoting her focus to her writing. While Barber said she is excited to see what the production will do with the book and its characters, she still sees the book as something that lives in the confines of her computer. “I know (the novel) is out there in the world and people are reading it, but still it feels to me like this Word document of things I made up,” Barber said. “It’s pretty wild to know they will be taking it and bringing it to life.” charlottewalsh2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Bienen prof receives second Grammy nomination By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Most people would react to a Grammy nomination with smiles, celebration, maybe even tears of joy. Director of choral organizations Donald Nally’s initial reaction was pleased, but far more laid-back: “It was just kind of like ‘Yeah okay, this again,’” he said, laughing. Nally, Northwestern’s John W. Beattie Chair of Music, received his second Grammy nomination for his direction of English composer Gavin Bryars’ “The Fifth Century,” performed by his chamber choir The Crossing in collaboration with award-winning chamber ensemble PRISM Quartet. Nally is nominated for best choral performance, the same category he was in last year for The Crossing’s recording of Thomas Lloyd’s “Bonhoeffer.” Founded in 2005, The Crossing is a professional chamber choir dedicated to contemporary music, according to their website. The group of 38 vocalists regularly performs works from modern composers that are written for the group. Nally said development for “The Fifth Century” began in 2013 after he commissioned a

work from Bryars, who was a “very close friend of a very close friend.” Nally suggested using the works of theologian Thomas Traherne as inspiration for the piece. Bryars took immediate interest in Traherne’s writings and was ready to begin crafting the piece when, in the spring of 2014, Jeffrey Dinsmore, co-founder of The Crossing, died of a heart attack right before one of the choir’s rehearsals, Nally said. Spurred by the passing of such a crucial member of the group, Bryars decided to create a series of movements based on Traherne’s writings about eternity. The nine-track, 50-minute “The Fifth Century” naturally came to fruition. The Crossing typically performs works that address social issues, but Nally said “The Fifth Century” is a departure from this norm. “The Crossing does a lot of pieces that have some background in social advocacy because that’s what I want to commission,” Nally said. “This piece actually doesn’t do that. It’s a very beautiful and profound meditation on what is to be alive.” Nally said the piece creates a “feeling of timelessness,” with long, drawn-out words that seem to slow down time. Robert Eisentrout (Bienen ’15), a current member of The Crossing, said the work contemplates

themes like the vastness of the world and feels like “the longest piece” he’s ever sung. “When I’m singing it, I think, ‘Will this ever end?’ but at the same time, it is truly special because of its meditative quality and the way you can zone out in this aural atmosphere that it creates,” Eisentrout said. Nally said he identified this project as the perfect collaboration between The Crossing and PRISM quartet because of the “color world” implied by Traherne’s writings that would lend itself well to the saxophone timbre. Bienen Prof. Taimur Sullivan, a member of PRISM quartet, said the piece is unlike most works that the group performs, describing it as “hauntingly beautiful.” “It’s really quite gratifying to play, to be sort of encompassed in this sort of lush orchestration of these voices and these haunting vocal lines,” Sullivan said. “The saxophone itself has a very vocal quality. … (Bryars) melds that in with the voices in a really beautiful way.” The Crossing will come to NU in March for a four-day residency through the Bienen School of Music, culminating in a concert on March 16 where the group will showcase Michael Gordon’s “Anonymous Man.” This year’s Grammy Awards, held in recent years in Los Angeles, will take place in New York

this Sunday, coinciding with the award ceremony’s 60th anniversary. Nally said he will not be in attendance. As The Crossing is based out of Philadelphia, Nally travels to the East Coast almost every weekend. The day of the Grammys fell on the one weekend this quarter he doesn’t have to make the trip, he said. “I just decided that I’m not going back to the East Coast to sit in Madison Square Garden and hear someone else’s name called for our award category,” Nally said, laughing. “So yeah, not going.” Although Nally is not expecting to claim the Grammy, he said he hopes the nomination will draw more listeners to The Crossing and his groups at NU. He considers himself “the most fortunate person” to be able to work with groups of musicians on a daily basis who put up with his sometimes “crazy” ideas. “The greatest thing about (the nomination) is that it brings attention to a new piece of music that we were a part of creating and that I believe in wholeheartedly,” Nally said. “I love this piece of music … and now a whole lot more people have heard the title Gavin Bryars’ ‘Fifth Century,’ so that’s huge for me.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

Dittmar exhibit explores intersection of surveillance, life By JAKE HOLLAND

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Sabba Elahi is fascinated with drones — and not just the kind that deliver Amazon packages. Inspired in part by U.S.-led airstrikes in Pakistan, Elahi created “Drone Stories,” her new exhibit at Dittmar Gallery exploring the intersection of war technology and domestic life. The exhibit sheds light on the government’s use of drones for war and domestic surveillance, and will run from Jan. 11 to Feb. 12. Elahi, who expresses her art through hand and machine embroideries, quilts and wall text, said mixing different forms of media allows her to engage with a range of interconnected themes. “It’s a way to present the complexity and range of ideas … and hopefully a way to further engage the viewer,” Elahi said. “I was attracted to machine embroideries because of how surveillance today is so high-tech.” Elahi started the hand embroideries in 2014 and shifted to machine-crafted works in 2017. Though this involves mechanic weaving, she still creates the designs by hand, mapping the designs digitally and giving the machine a template from which to make the piece. Her earlier, hand-crafted embroideries feature black thread on a white background with the occasional thread of green, whereas her later, machinedcrafted work is much more colorful. Artist Steve Amos, who worked with Elahi at Chicago-based arts nonprofit Marwen, said he particularly likes Elahi’s injection of color into her later embroideries. Amos said while Elahi’s new work still retains the intimacy of the hand-embroidered pieces, the mechanization of the creation echoes the mechanization of surveillance tools, such as drones. He added that when Americans hear about surveillance and drone strikes from national media outlets, they are usually presented with statistics — many

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Sabba Elahi’s art displayed at the Dittmar Gallery. Elahi, whose work explores the intersection of surveillance and domestic life, created both hand-crafted and machinecrafted embroideries.

of which are “often wrong” and desensitize people. Elahi’s work, he said, adds “a face” and a story that helps viewers contextualize and humanize these issues. “It’s much harder to ignore (her art) when that human element is added,” Amos said. “It forces you to engage with it on a deeper level.” Elahi said the juxtaposition of cold surveillance machinery and warm, domestic scenes in her work reflects the growing sophistication of drone technology. Not only do drones give the government power

to infiltrate the intimacy of the American home, but they are also now commonly used by businesses and citizens, she said. With a fish-eye style in her embroideries, she forces the viewer to take a closer look, making it “seem like you’re peering into someone’s private world or moment.” This intimacy is typical of her emergent works, said Ahalya Satkunaratnam, who worked with Elahi on a show commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Satkunaratnam said Elahi’s earlier works centered

on widely-circulated images, incorporating elements of newspapers and other mass media. Over time, though, she said Elahi’s images have become much more intimate. “Over the course of time, (her art has) become much closer to home for her,” Satkunaratnam said. “It’s her at the center of this piece, in a way that makes her and makes us think about these everyday situations.” jacobholland2020@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 As Gregory Hall left the scene, he called his son yelling and screaming about being arrested. “It was extremely scary,” Elisha Hall said. “I’ve never had to tell my father to calm down before. I thought if he didn’t calm down he was going to have a heart attack.” Gregory Hall brought a sergeant into the library after his release, and the librarian confirmed he was in the library minutes before his arrest. He frequents EPL, though his son said he prefers the main location. A minor bike accident just before the arrest led him to visit the south branch, which he can reach on foot from his Evanston home. Police said they tried to document Hall’s injuries, but he did not want to identify himself. Hall said he was taken to Saint Francis Hospital about a half hour after the arrest. He received a brace on his wrist, though no bones were broken, and was referred to an orthopedic specialist to undergo treatment. He also had swollen fingers and bruised knees. Elisha Hall shared his father’s story on his blog to capture the public’s attention. About 300 people shared the post on Facebook and over 600 people have reacted to the story, he said, adding that friends

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 and strangers have responded to the post with their own stories. Gregory Hall has worked as a wellness consultant and massage therapist throughout the Chicago area for 25 years. He said the brace on his wrist is preventing him from working. “I need my hands for my livelihood,” Hall said. “If I don’t have my hands, it hurts my income. It hurts everything.” Hall’s arrest comes three months after Evanston’s city manager and police chief signed a letter expressing regret to the father of Iain Bady, a 12-year-old boy arrested in July for riding on the back pegs of a bike in downtown Evanston. Early last year, EPD also released a video showing the 2015 arrest of Lawrence Crosby, a Northwestern graduate student someone mistook for stealing a car, which belonged to Crosby. Two body cameras captured Hall’s arrest and are being used in an investigation into use of force by the officers, Glew said. Gregory Hall said he doesn’t believe the scene needed to escalate to the use of force when the officers could have verified his story at the library. “I’m not happy with what’s going on so I want to let other people know that they have choices,” Hall said. nikkibaim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Dreger said she believed administrators retracted the article because it “threatened the brand agreement” between Feinberg and the hospital. She said the censorship placed her in a “disturbing situation,” as it violated academic freedom in conducting scholarly research. During the Q&A panel, some students said they did not agree with Dreger’s argument against the censorship. Lauren Herold, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Radio, Television and Film, said retraction of controversial articles could sometimes avert potential harm to readers. “Retraction is actually a way for people to say like, ‘This was a mistake. This was a really bad scholarship,’” Herold said. “(It shows) this way of thinking is a probably damaging one.” In response, Dreger said the retraction deprived authors of the opportunity to express their regrets or publish corrections of previous statements. It also showed that people

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Police vehicles in Evanston. Gregory Hall, an Evanston resident, was mistaken for an armed robbery suspect and forcibly arrested on Monday.

ASG

From page 1 “Ultimately, it became clear that we could kind of do what we wanted with this, so obviously we then took that to mean: Let’s do something that makes sense for students.” Additionally, executive board members announced that Senate has opened the applications

for B-status funding next academic year and the Student Group Seat Apportionment application, which allows student groups to apply to send representatives to Senate. Both applications will close Feb. 21. Senate ended the meeting by voting to establish the Senate Reform Ad-Hoc Committee. This temporary committee, proposed by Medill sophomore Gabrielle Bienasz and Weinberg freshman

Greg DeStefano, a real estate businessman, said the deduction limits would likely increase his tax bill because he typically goes over $10,000. The Evanston resident added that provisions meant to benefit the average American don’t “quite offset” the elimination of previous benefits. The standard deduction will nearly double to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for married couples filing jointly. For those who itemize, however, personal exemptions will be eliminated. Additionally, income limits for the child tax credit — doubled under the new law — will increase, meaning more Americans will benefit from the credit than before. Evanston resident Liz Arthur said with a 2-year-old child, she’ll benefit from that increase. But the limit on state and local tax deductions, she said, “dissuades” her from making the transition to become a homeowner. “It’s a factor when thinking about buying a house,” Arthur said. “Somewhere else, it wouldn’t make a difference, but here it does.” Katherine Conte, will submit a report to the Senate about possible internal reforms for equitable representation. “If we find that’s what’s best for the body, I’m prepared to ask people in this room to vote away their own seats,” Bienasz said. “I’m prepared to locate really radical restructuring to Senate, and then hopefully a really radical change in how the student body perceives the student government and

are “afraid to teach anything that might be controversial.” While acknowledging potential harm the author might bring to people, Dreger said if administration decides “who can speak,” minority groups may be further marginalized, given that the conversation about LGBTQ people is usually contentious and risky. “Historically speaking, when people in power come after people, they always end up coming after those that are already marginalized,” Dreger said during the talk. David Miller, president of QPGSA, said although the organization is interested in talking about marginalized sexual experiences and fighting the norm of heteronormativity, the “inherently controversial nature” of sexuality shares similarities with censorship. “It’s important for us to be critical of our administration’s actions,” Miller said. “I hope the conversation could lead to one productive dialogue about standing up for robust academic policy in the future.” limingwan2021@u.northwestern.edu As Evanston property values continue to rise, more residents will likely reach the $10,000 limit, and development efforts throughout the city may also contribute to the rise in property values. But DeStefano said he welcomed the proposed development because tax revenue will likely increase, allowing city and county officials to potentially decrease tax rates. Affordable housing requirements, he added, “complicate” that possibility and should be “relaxed.” Still, many low-income Evanston residents who don’t reach the $10,000 limit will likely benefit from individual tax cuts, at least initially before the provisions expire in 2025. While many residents are uncertain how the new law will impact their taxes, many individuals — including Foster — are looking forward to the tax breaks. “For myself, it’s something very much needed, being a single parent with a child in college,” Foster said. “I need the tax breaks, and I need to be able to have as many tax deductions so we can afford to live.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu perceives their representation and the efficacy of the student government. And I think (ASG is) effective, but I don’t think it’s as representative as it could be.” Wednesday’s meeting marked ASG’s first Facebook livestream of Senate, which will continue with future meetings to increase transparency, said vice president for public relations Emily Ash. alexiswhite2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Expecting pressure, NU prepares to face Maryland By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Bryana Hopkins’ strongest quality — which coach Joe McKeown said he considered before naming the sparingly-used forward Northwestern’s fifth starter — is her patience. Playing in the Big Ten brings one talented opponent after the next, but perhaps none of them are more daunting than first-place Maryland. With such a difficult opponent ahead, patience is the quality McKeown said NU (9-12, 2-5 Big Ten) needs to pull off the upset against the Terrapins (17-3, 6-1 Big Ten). It took 13 games and an injury to the Cats’ senior captain, Lydia Rohde, for Hopkins to get her first opportunity with the starting five in their first Big Ten game in December. The sophomore forward, who played just 26 total minutes last season, was not surprised by McKeown’s selection for her to replace Rohde, and Hopkins is valuing this opportunity. “It’s definitely a lot of fun compared to last year,” she said. “I’m definitely playing a lot more and it’s just a good time being

No. 14 Maryland vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m. Thursday

able to have such a big role on this team.” While she has the lowest scoring average of the Cats’ five starters, Hopkins frequently guarded the opponent’s best perimeter threat in the six games she has started. In the dramatic 69-60 win over Wisconsin, she scored five points in the last five minutes, and against Purdue, she helped hold senior guard Andreona Keys to three points five days after she scored 34. McKeown said Hopkins’ defense and basketball IQ have been as important as Lindsey Pulliam’s scoring in stabilizing NU’s rotation. Both Hopkins and Pulliam did not begin the season as starters, but after Rohde’s injury and Amber Jamison’s departure from the program, they’ve become linchpins for the Cats. “They’re both doing a good job in different circumstances this year,” McKeown said. “They earned that right regardless of who was here, and now they’re both getting thrown into the fire in a lot

of different ways and I think they’ve responded well.” But No. 14 Maryland will be the highest ranked team Pulliam and Hopkins have played against in their careers. The Terrapins have the 11th best defensive rating in the country and hold their opponents to just a 37.2 shooting percentage. With 32 points and 7 rebounds from sophomore guard Kaila Charles, Maryland beat No. 8 Ohio State 99-69 on Monday. The Terrapins held two-time Big Ten player of the year Kelsey Mitchell to just 15 points, and they will likely put that same emphasis on limiting Pulliam, who leads all Big Ten freshmen with 14 points per game. But when Maryland pressures NU players who haven’t seen as formidable an opponent in their careers, Hopkins said the Cats will know how to react. “We have a plan,” she said. “We’re really working on our defense and we learned from the game against Wisconsin. We honestly think we can play with heart and play our game and the outcome will come through that.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Ranked teams set to test Cats By CALVIN ALEXANDER

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Northwestern will head to the Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Kentucky this weekend to participate in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend. They will join host No. 21 Kentucky (2-0), No. 16 UCLA (1-0) and North Carolina State for a brief two-match road trip. If the Wildcats (2-0) win both matches, they will qualify for the ITA National Indoor Championship in February. The Cats are off to a hot start after two straightforward victories on opening day. However, the level of competition will be high this weekend. “We are going to get two really great quality matches,” coach Claire Pollard said. “Two potential top-25 wins.” While NC State is not ranked in the top 25, it received top-25 votes in the first ITA poll of the year. NU will face off against Kentucky to get the tournament underway on Friday. In that contest, the Cats will look to come out of the gates firing. The team boasts two of the top eight doubles pairings in the country and that puts it in a strong position to win the doubles point. In singles, the Cats do not lack leadership. Seniors Erin Larner, Maddie Lipp and Alex Chatt will all likely make large contributions. Junior Lee Or, another experienced player, led the Cats at No. 1 singles during the first two matches. Even with strong leadership and impressive doubles partnerships, however, Or said she is expecting a difficult battle. “We don’t look at the rankings,” Or

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Lindsey Pulliam pulls up for a jump-shot. The freshman guard leads Northwestern in scoring with an average of 14 points per game.

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NU to battle defending champs Notre Dame By PETER WARREN

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Maddie Lipp prepares to hit a volley. The senior is hoping the team wins both of its matches this weekend to qualify for the ITA Championship.

said. “But we know they are not going to give anything to us.” Win or lose, the Cats will have one more match to play. Saturday, NU will face off against either UCLA or NC State to close the road trip. Junior Rheeya Doshi and sophomore Julie Byrne breezed through their preliminary matches of the season, but experience is not NU’s only strong suit as a team. Younger players, freshmen Inci Ogut and Caroline Pozo, have already made contributions as well. “We learned that we have a very

deep team,” Pollard said. “For the first time in a while we have eight players who deserve to be in the lineup.” NU has lofty ambitions for the year, and these matches could be a springboard into a successful regular season if they deliver a good weekend. However, Pollard is making sure the competitors do not get ahead of themselves. “We have three goals in mind for this week,” Pollard said. “To be hungry, fresh and prepared.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern.edu

With the regular season winding down, Northwestern continues its stretch of five straight weekends competing. The Wildcats will travel to Notre Dame to compete at the DeCicco Duals on Saturday and Sunday. After going weapon-to-weapon with some of the best teams in the country at the Philadelphia Invitational, NU faces a lighter schedule in Indiana, with only one team ranked in the top 10. That team happens to be the defending national champions and current No. 1 Notre Dame. “This upcoming weekend, the level of difficulty for our opponent is certainly not as strong as the past weekend,” coach Zach Moss said. “After (Notre Dame) we are not fencing anyone who is even in the top 15. The competitive difficulty isn’t necessarily at the same level, so the expectations are to beat everyone and be competitive with and beat Notre Dame.” This will be the first time the Cats and the Fighting Irish face off all season despite being the third tournament both teams have attended at the same time. In November, Notre Dame and NU both competed at the Elite Invitational and last week, Notre Dame attended the second day of the Philadelphia Invitational. Notre Dame is 13-1 on the season, with their only loss coming to No. 2 Columbia at the Philadelphia Invitational. The Fighting Irish fell to the Lions 17-10, the same score as the Cats’ loss to Columbia. Notre Dame is led by two-time NCAA Champion sabre Francesca

Russo and 2017 NCAA third place finisher epee Amanda Sirico. “We will have to see how we match up with them,” Moss said. “Seeing some of their results, they are definitely, if not the strongest, one of the strongest teams in the country. Them and probably Columbia are probably the top two.” Historically, Notre Dame has constantly been a thorn in NU’s side. Notre Dame holds a 54-9 edge in matchups all-time, with the Cats’ 0.143 winning percentage its worst against any opponent in program history. At last season’s DeCicco Duals, NU went 4-1, with its only loss coming at the hands of Fighting Irish. With only a few weeks left in the regular season, the Cats have only two more duals to hone their talent before postseason competitions begin. Moss said the team continues to show a great level of consistency and grow stronger as a team. “We have this weekend and next weekend and then our regular season is over,” Moss said. “We want to continue to try to work on that consistency, continue to try to become the strongest team and tightest-knit team that we can be.” Team unity has been at the forefront of both Coach Moss’ and the team’s mind this season. Junior foil Yvonne Chart said the team could still improve the bonds created with each other. “There is always more you can learn about your teammates to support them as well as you can,” Chart said. “Putting that effort in with everyone and building those individual relationships to keep improving our team will really help in the future.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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