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The city hosted an Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration Saturday, designating cleanup spots around Evanston and providing family-friendly activities at the Evanston Ecology Center. The event — “Clean Up, Evanston!” — is the city’s annual Earth Day celebration. The city chose about 10 cleanup spots, though residents could also submit their own neighborhoods or parks as locations to receive support from Evanston, according to a city news release. At the ecology center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., residents participated in seed-planting and nature-play activities. The city and several community organizations including Citizens’ Greener Evanston and the Repair Cafe also provided information about ways residents could live more sustainably. “We hope that people learn a little bit more about what they can do to help the environment and the things they can do to help the planet,” Matt Poole, one of the programming coordinators at the ecology center, told The Daily at the Saturday event. “It’s a little chilly and so it’s not as well attended as we had hoped, but there’s only so much you can do with outdoor-based, weather-based activities.” Evanston sustainability coordinator Kumar Jensen said the city picked cleanup areas based on each site’s needs and how many people the site can accommodate. He said some of the organizations that Evanston partners with for the event — including Canal Shores Golf Course and Ridgeville Park District — also hosted cleanups. Jensen said Canal Shores in particular has been “super gung-ho” about participating in the cleanup event and has seen a lot of participation in their chosen locations along the golf course. He added that Canal Shores has many projects it needs done on its property. Saturday’s event was similar to last year’s, but Jensen said some past Evanston Earth Day events only featured one of the three main components Saturday: a cleanup, tree planting or mulching.

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mater, questioning the choice to build an NU campus in Doha, Qatar (“Some have called Doha the Evanston of the Persian Gulf ”), poking fun at the simplistic name of the CommFest reunion weekend (“It just barely edged out ‘Message Meeting’ and ‘Word Thing’”) and breaking out his best Chicago accent to point out the absurdity of trying to teach “mellifluous speech” in the Midwest. The show, he said, would be both a celebration of the past 150 years of the school’s history and a kickoff for a new chapter with the acting MFA initiative. “Now tonight is called ‘A Starry Night,’ and it’s an evening that’s bound to be historic,” Colbert said. “Partly because we’re being sued by the estate of Vincent van Gogh. But mostly because tonight, we will be surrounded by some of the most talented Wildcat alumni of the past seven decades.” The night was chock full of crossovers between NU’s past and present stars as alumni performed side by side with current students. Adam Kantor (Communication ’08) took a night off appearing in the Broadway musical “The Band’s Visit” for a return performance with a cappella group THUNK. Waa-Mu Show alumni and current members staged a medley of hits from the past decades of the student-written show. And past and present Mee-Ow comedians joined forces to revive sketches from previous years. Some of NU’s biggest Broadway names — including Richard Kind (Communication ’78), Gregg Edelman (Communication ’80) and Heather Headley (Communication ’97) — had solo moments. Brian D’Arcy James (Communication ’90) returned to the role he originated in “Hamilton,” singing “You’ll Be Back” as King George III. The show also honored alumni who had passed away. Garry Marshall (Medill ’56) — who directed the series “Happy Days” and movies including “Pretty Woman” and “The Princess Diaries”

Roughly 70 of Northwestern’s food workers marched Friday to present their current employers a petition asking for support during the transition process to a new company. The group raised concerns about the change from Sodexo and Aramark to Compass Group North America, including the transfer of paperwork and the vulnerability of long-held posts. Aramark employs food service workers in the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub while Sodexo employs most other workers on the Evanston and Chicago campuses. Demonstrators expressed a desire for a seamless transition, and it was not immediately clear what Compass will require of current workers during it. “We just want everybody to stick together,” said Melvin Davis, who works in Sargent Hall. “We’re here as a family. We would like to keep our family together.” Jon Yates, a University spokesman, told The Daily in an email last week that Compass will ask all current workers to join the company with the same pay, benefits and seniority, though he did not specify whether that is a requirement in the company’s contract with NU. The workers’ petition asks Sodexo and Aramark to transfer I-9 employee eligibility verification forms to Compass, and for Compass to accept those forms without requiring new paperwork. It also asks Compass not to participate in background checks, drug tests and the federal E-verify program — which checks if employees are eligible to work in the U.S. — for existing employees. Participation in the E-verify program could threaten the jobs of workers who are undocumented. The University does not reveal if or how many undocumented workers are at NU. Also threatening to workers is uncertainty over whether Compass will take over the contract with UNITE HERE Local 1, the union that represents workers. Compass has not publicly announced whether it will adopt or honor that contract. “It’s my responsibility to make sure there’s a smooth transition between Aramark and the new company,” said Scott Hastings,

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‘A Starry Night’ gala show brings students, famous alumni together onstage for arts performances, fundraising initiative By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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The world isn’t in such good shape, according to Stephanie D’Abruzzo (Communication ’93). D’Abruzzo led the original opening number for “A Starry Night,” the gala hosted by Stephen Colbert (Communication ’86) to cap off the School of Communication’s “CommFest” weekend. After keeping up with world news, she said she wasn’t feeling up to the task of bringing the audience the “happy, punchy, bouncy” opening they wanted. Instead, the “Sesame Street” puppeteer asked the conductor, “Would you please play me something that speaks to the dystopian hellscape that is my soul?” But Ana Gasteyer (Communication ’89), of Broadway and Hollywood fame, joined her fellow alum onstage to remind her that it wasn’t all doom and gloom. The fundraiser, she said, was meant to uplift and pay it forward — literally — to students who would become “the next generations of artists and storytellers.” “Life is rough, life is trash, but now we’re coming together,” Gasteyer sang. “We can sing, they have cash, so now we’re coming together.” That “coming together” became a continuing theme in a night that centered on connecting all different members of Northwestern’s School of Communication. The show, a star-studded celebration of the school’s legacy, was attended by nearly 3,000 students, alumni and faculty. The gala — held in the brand-new Ryan Fieldhouse, which was transformed into a glimmering theater just for the occasion — was equal parts talent showcase, alumni reunion and fundraising effort to help catalyze the school’s plan to add an MFA program in acting. In his opening monologue, Colbert took some jabs at his alma

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Kilwins — a national candy and ice cream franchise — is sweet on Evanston. Chicago resident Jeff Schneider said he is in initial talks with the city government about bringing a Kilwins franchise to Evanston. Schneider, who will own and operate the location, plans on opening the shop this fall at 1724 Sherman Ave., the former location of AAA Chicago. He said he loves Kilwins ice cream and fudge and decided to open his own store. “We’re very excited to join the Evanston community,” Schneider said. “We want to bring a great experience, a great product to the Evanston community, something we can be proud of.” Schneider recently left a 20-year career in finance after he and his wife decided to become small business owners. He emphasized that Kilwins does not operate like a typical chain, but instead gives local owners autonomy in hiring employees and choosing confections that fit the community. He said he looks forward to hearing from the Evanston community about what they want from Kilwins in the downtown area. Economic development manager Paul Zalmezak

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An Evanston man and woman were arrested last week in connection with possession of cannabis and ecstasy. On April 16 at about 8 p.m., police pulled over a gray Chevrolet sedan driving westbound on Howard Street for an improperly illuminated tail light, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. When the officers spoke with the two occupants in the car, they noted an odor of burnt cannabis, prompting a search of the vehicle. Officers located two large plastic bags with

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A sign advertising the opening of Kilwins at 1724 Sherman Ave. Chicago resident Jeff Schneider said he is in initial talks with the city government about bringing a Kilwins franchise to Evanston.

said since Kilwins would be classified as a type 2 restaurant, the shop would need to acquire a special use permit, requiring City Council approval. He said he does not expect Kilwins will have any problems with the approval process. a total of 124 grams of cannabis in the female driver’s backpack, Glew said. They also located a small, oval-shaped, blue pill with an alien face on one side in the glove compartment, which field tested positively as ecstasy, Glew said. The female driver was charged in connection with cannabis possession over 100 grams and traffic offenses. The man was charged in connection with possession of ecstasy. The occupants advised the officers that there was a firearm in the trunk of the vehicle. Officers located a 9mm handgun with 100 rounds of ammunition, Glew said. No charges were made in connection with the recovered handgun. — Colin Boyle

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Ron Burnett, chief design officer at Kilwins, said the new shop will include an open kitchen. He said this will be the 131st store Kilwins renovates, and that he is very familiar with city codes and the processes necessary to open a shop.

Burnett said the Chicago area market has been receptive to Kilwins, and the chain, originally founded in Michigan, is starting to develop name recognition in the area. He said Evanston is exactly the type of place where the candy store thrives. “This is an independently owned and operated store, like all of our stores,” Burnett said. “We license the Kilwins name and franchise and recipes and systems. … (The owners) are residents of the local market and they employ people in the local market.” Burnett said Kilwins has about 1,600 recipes ranging from ice cream to “made-in-store items” such as caramel apples and fudge. However, he said each franchise chooses about 300 items tailored to the local community. Zalmezak said he thought Kilwins would be a fun addition to downtown Evanston, especially in the summer. He described the shop as a “vacation town type of place,” and said it would fit well in the downtown area. “Something that we do pretty well in Evanston (is) a nice balance of independent and national retailers,” Zalmezak said. “You get a national name and attraction, and you discover a shop or a restaurant that you’ve never seen before that’s independent. They thrive off each other.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight A graph in an article published in March 30, 2017’s paper titled “Northwestern raises tuition by 3.6 percent” misstated the amount NU planned to spend on financial aid for the 2017-18 academic year. The University planned to spend $174 million.

An article titled “Plan Commission recommends mixed-use building” in Thursday’s paper misstated Sue Loellbach’s position at Connections for the Homeless. She is the manager of advocacy. The Daily regrets the errors.

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Students honor Columbine victims

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The recently renamed Northwestern Gun Reform Project held Friday events to honor the victims of the Columbine school shooting on April 20, 1999. Friday marked the 19-year anniversary of the shooting, in which two gunmen killed 13 people and wounded more than 20 others. Organizers set up a table in Norris University Center and provided ribbons, fact sheets about gun violence and opportunities to write letters to senators. SESP senior Rachel Wallack attended the event and said she wrote a letter to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urging him to push gun control measures. “I’m hoping to be a voice, right, and to use my voice in any way that I can so that I’m not being complicit in enabling this sort of senseless violence to continue to happen,” Wallack said, “by being knowledgeable about the policies and understanding what needs to be changed, and what small changes can take effect that are super plausible for officials to enact.” The NGRP was originally named Northwestern Stands with Marjory Stoneman Douglas and was established after the Parkland shooting on Feb. 14. Organizers first planned a walkout on March 14 and had planned a vigil later that day, but the vigil was canceled due to the swatting incident that briefly put the Evanston campus on lockdown. Medill senior Stephanie Bernstein, one of the NGRP’s organizers, said the group decided to rename itself so that members could continue planning events in the future. “We agreed as a group to rebrand to something that can have longevity, that can continue to strive to be an organization that promotes public activism and social change in the context of gun violence,” Bernstein said. “And this isn’t just with school shootings. This is also with gun violence in neighborhoods in Chicago and neighborhoods like right around the corner.” In addition to the table in Norris, the group screened the 2002 documentary “Bowling for

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Medill senior Stephanie Bernstein (left) and Communication freshman Valen-Marie Santos sit at a table in Norris University Center. The students are part of the Northwestern Gun Reform Project, which held events Friday to honor the victims of the Columbine shooting.

Columbine,” which was directed by Michael Moore and won an Academy Award. Although the NGRP isn’t currently recognized as a student organization and thus can’t get University funding, Bernstein said the group is in the process of gaining that recognition. Communication freshman Valen-Marie Santos, who is also an NGRP organizer, said the group felt it had to plan an event to remember the victims from Columbine. “It felt weird not to do anything on a day where the whole country was kind of coming together to do this thing and commemorate this day and the tragedy that happened 19 years ago,” she said. “It’s kind of the same feeling we had when we planned the walkout: We don’t want our community to just sit idly by while

the whole country is facing this problem.” Bernstein said she wasn’t sure what the group’s next event will be, but she’s happy to have helped create an organization that is continuing to grow. “This problem isn’t going away, so we shouldn’t go away,” she said. “Unfortunately, I’m graduating, but the students in this group that are younger than me are by far the most passionate, driven and wellspoken students I’ve met at Northwestern, and I have no doubt in my mind that they’re gonna do awesome things with this organization.” Christopher Vazquez contributed reporting. jonahdylan@u.northwestern.edu

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Environmentalism requires greater political action ALEX SCHWARTZ

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Instagram is always popping on Earth Day. People become environmentalists for the day, posting heartwarming photos of themselves enjoying nature and professing their love for the planet. I’ll be honest — I love seeing the pictures. And I think it’s important we have a day to at least remind people that they live on basically the only known spinning rock in the universe that can support life. However, as is the case with any form of activism, a post is nowhere near enough. And with environmental movements especially, slacktivism is the worst thing we can engage in. Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day on April 22, 1970, to connect previously independent environmental advocates across the country. That day, 20 million Americans collectively demonstrated for causes like toxic waste cleanup, wilderness preservation and oil spill prevention. The newly created holiday was a way for eco-activists from across the country to find common values, even though their specific struggles differed. Earth Day, in essence, is a call for all people

to consider the environment as a broader system, to reflect on the connectedness of the issues it faces and — most importantly — to take action to protect the planet. Understanding the origins of Earth Day as an explicitly activist holiday should encourage us to do more than post pretty nature photos. We should be doing tangible work to fight against environmental issues and the systems that perpetuate them. It’s also important to examine the ways in which we push for sustainability. We’re barraged with media that tell us how buying something different will help the environment: We’re told to ditch plastic, change our light bulbs and use less water, and that if everyone were to change their habits with the help of innovative products, we’d be in the clear. But doesn’t all that just sound like someone who’s trying to sell you more stuff ? In his famous essay “Forget Shorter Showers,” Derrick Jensen brings up data that show how widespread change among individuals will have negligible impacts on sustainability. If everyone did everything Al Gore told them to in “An Inconvenient Truth,” U.S. emissions would only fall by 22 percent. Taking shorter showers and turning off our dishwashers would only affect the 10 percent of water that is used directly by humans. The other 90 percent is used in agriculture and industry, which also use the majority of our

energy (individuals use only a quarter of it). And reducing our trash would only get rid of 3 percent of total waste production in the U.S. Jensen says these statistics shouldn’t discourage us from trying to live sustainably, but he puts it in perspective. Subtle messages in our daily lives congratulate us for making sustainable choices (read: buying more “sustainable” products) and absolve us from any other wrongdoing while preventing us from acknowledging our place in an economic system that violently exploits nature and people in the name of profit. We turn off our water without calling our congresspeople. We recycle our plastics without planning marches. We go vegan without addressing environmental degradation in our own neighborhoods. But behavioral change is nothing without political action. In this case, a top-down approach is needed. Individual sustainability measures can prepare us for long-term cultural change, but we need government regulation of destructive corporations that are dwindling our resources and causing our emissions and waste to skyrocket. There is simply no time left to do anything otherwise. We need to center legislative action in our fight for environmental justice, and we need to be courageous enough to take on the systems responsible for the degradation of our planet.

It is possible to make an Instagram tribute that aligns with Earth Day’s true values. Instead of a vague caption that celebrates the Earth, acknowledge our economic system’s role in climate change and other environmental problems. Offer ideas for political action, not just recycling and shorter showers. Signing petitions and contacting congresspeople to support the banning of single-use plastics in several states is a good place to start. And go beyond Earth Day — be disruptive with your environmental activism throughout the year. We will never survive if we don’t take immediate and drastic political action to end the destruction of our planet at the hands of lifeless and greedy corporations. In most ways, the environmental movement is really centered on humans: It’s an effort to save ourselves, since the Earth will live on without us. So keep posting photos. Keep raising awareness. Keep turning off your lights. Keep shortening your showers. But keep going — there’s a lot of work to be done. Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@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.

Normalizing binge drinking supports unhealthy behavior RUBY PHILLIPS

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On Fridays, I teach a class of freshman girls at Lake View High School about healthy decision-making as a peer health educator for Peer Health Exchange. We address topics like sexual assault, alcohol abuse and healthy communication. Being a peer health educator is one of my favorite activities on this campus, but it has unfortunately made me realize I really don’t practice what I preach. The curriculum doesn’t tell the students whether they should or shouldn’t drink, but tries to educate them about the consequences of substance abuse so they can make informed decisions. Ever since I started teaching, I have become extremely aware of all the informed choices I make that aren’t healthy. Just because we are informed about a topic doesn’t mean we always choose the better option. Most of the students ask me about my own experiences with drinking. They are fascinated by alcohol. They believe it gives you confidence and skills you don’t have when you are sober. They view it as a truth serum. I answer them honestly, but even when I tell my students about my own drinking, I neglect to include the poor decisions I’ve made personally with alcohol, like forgetting people’s names right after I met them or breaking my leg. No one wants to hear about the gritty parts of college drinking. People don’t want to see themselves in that way, especially

not Northwestern students who cherish and value their intellectualism. Certainly this campus is aware that blacking out and binge drinking are so normalized that some students don’t even feel like going to a party is worth it if they aren’t extremely intoxicated. Incoming college students are never surprised to see drinking on a college campus. However, the culture around drinking has intensified in the past few years. Drinking and drug use are seen as both social capital and a method for escaping the week’s academic stress. There is no moderation or portion control when it comes to drinking because the goal is to be drunk. Regular binge drinking is defined by public health officials as “a pattern of drinking that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels to 0.08 g/dL.” However, binge drinking is about more than just that number — it is indicative of a larger problem with the way college students think about relieving stress. It is a phenomenon that facilitates student sexuality, alcoholism and self-proclaimed “confidence.” Binge drinking and blacking out are supposed to be liberating for college students, like these actions give them powers they don’t have when they are sober. This emphasis on the power of binge drinking is ironic because in reality, being overly intoxicated can make people feel small. There have been more times when I wanted to run away from what I did the night before while I was binge drinking, than times where I used binge drinking to effectively escape my hectic life. Even though Northwestern’s drinking culture doesn’t match that of some bigger schools like Tulane University, which is ranked the No. 1 party school by the Princeton Review’s 2018

college ranking, this is still a college. No one is to blame for wanting to experiment with alcohol and other substances, but the phenomenon of binge drinking and substance abuse in college distorts our conception of health and is only getting worse. In fact, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that binge drinking rates have stayed above 40 percent for the past 20 years, and trends indicate this number will go up. College students have to work hard to be physically and mentally healthy. In the exceedingly stressful environments we face, there are so many factors working against us, from economic stress to drinking culture to academic pressure. But I always thought that if you just survived, you were healthy. I misinterpreted taking care of myself to mean stretching myself as thin socially and academically as I possibly could while praying I didn’t snap in half. Alcohol and other substances complicate students’ quests to be healthy. They make people believe that to survive, we must partake in substance abuse — not only to be social, but to endure all of the other responsibilities and expectations placed upon us. As I become more introspective about my own drinking habits, I wonder why I can’t even imagine being sober when I go out. I learned that the proper way to have fun in college was through drinking and substance use, but since I have been teaching with PHE, I have been trying to deconstruct these lessons and remind myself that health and fun look different for many different people. For example, following the infamous “holiday” of 4/20 this past Friday, I encourage college students who smoked and celebrated marijuana on this day to think about the romanticized corporate narratives

surrounding marijuana that contrast the deeply criminalized perception of it from 30 years ago. Millions of black and brown people still suffer the consequences of this cultural phenomenon in prison today, even as some communities tout marijuana as a healthy or relaxing agent. As cultural outlooks on substance use have changed over time, so has our definition of health and what it means to engage with these substances in a healthy way. Now, we have moved to a stage where binge drinking is seen as a way to exhale from a stressful work week and let our feelings pour out by any means necessary. I am tired of looking through pictures on my phone and not remembering where they were taken, or making friends with people whose names I don’t remember. I deserve the right to feel conscious in the spaces I take up and to live in a brain I can trust. Drinking in the way our culture has taught me to drink takes away my memories, my choices and my history. And I do it to myself all in the name of fun. But as our generation grows and matures, we must redefine our conceptions of healthy drinking habits the same way I ask my PHE students to do. I hope that moving forward, I can define my own health and live my life through my own perspective — instead of through my friends’ recaps of what I did the night before. Ruby Phillips is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at rubyphillips2020@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.

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Administrators overhaul diversity, inclusion report By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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The Office of Diversity and Inclusion overhauled the structure of the annual diversity and inclusion report for 2017 by breaking down data by school — both graduate and undergraduate — and featuring key initiatives. Though the report is an annual endeavor, Nsombi Ricketts, assistant provost of diversity and inclusion, said her office decided to take a more in-depth look as opposed to addressing general trend data in the April 6 report. “The report this year is more interactive, it’s more dynamic and it’s also aligning the efforts for diversity and inclusion across campus with our office’s four pillars, which are access, equity, enrichment and wellbeing,” Ricketts said.

Northwestern raises tuition by 3.6 percent for second consecutive year Northwestern’s tuition, fees and room and board charges have increased by 3.6 percent for the 2018-19 academic year, according to a Friday news release. This is the same percentage increase as last year. Tuition will increase from $52,239 to $54,120, while student activity and athletic fees will rise 3.3 percent to $247. Room and board fees will increase from $16,047 to $16,626 for undergraduates living in a double room with a full meal plan. According to the release, about 3,600 undergraduates live in University residence halls.

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— received a personalized tribute from mentee Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Communication ’93), who said he was “the single most beloved alumnus in the history of Northwestern.” In a video, Marshall said he had hoped to be remembered as the

Both Ricketts and Jasmine Gurneau, senior program coordinator of Native American and indigenous initiatives, said they were proud of strides made for Native American and indigenous staff, faculty and students. The report included a section on Native American and indigenous initiatives and highlighted the 2016 creation of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research and Northwestern’s 2017 hosting of the Urban Native Education Conference. In addition to the section, Ricketts and Gurneau said statistics and initiatives regarding Native Americans and indigenous people were dispersed throughout the report: “American Indian/Native American” is included as a category in the statistical breakdowns of students and faculty by school. “We have so much to share about Native American and indigenous initiatives,” Gurneau said. “They are a feature of the report, but they’re also woven throughout the entire report, and I feel like that’s a statement

NU will also increase the amount it spends on financial aid, from $179 million to more than $196 million. The University will continue its policy of being “need blind” when considering applicants, meaning a student’s ability to pay will not be considered during the admission process. Accoding to the release, NU will also continue its policy, started in 2016, that all financial aid packages for first-year students will not include loans. Undocumented students who graduated from a U.S. high school are eligible for financial aid as well, and the University has made financial aid more available for international students. Tuition for students in The Graduate School will also increase by 3.6 percent, the release said, but costs for other graduate programs are still being reviewed. — Jonah Dylan

“Norman Rockwell of television.” “I never wanted to change the world,” he said. “I wanted to entertain the world.” After Waa-Mu led a singalong of the show’s traditional finale song “To the Memories,” Colbert closed out the show by anticipating another 150 years of the school’s success, reminding attendees to buy their tickets to the next gala — in the year

about it not just being an isolated initiative, but that it’s woven into the fabric of Northwestern.” The report also provided statistical analysis on faculty in each school by gender. While 50 percent of the School of Communication’s tenure-line faculty were women in 2017, the Medill School of Journalism and McCormick School of Engineering lagged behind the others at 22 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Ricketts said her office partners with the office of the associate provost for faculty and the Organization for Women Faculty to look at data regarding female faculty, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, and try to increase faculty diversity. The report also provided data on the undergraduate class of 2020, which is majority-minority, with 46 percent of the class identifying as white. Ricketts said the class of 2019 is also majority-minority, as 48.5 percent identifies as white. “The statistic is not important just for our office;

Pritzker pushes for marijuana legalization, criticizes Gov. Rauner

On 4/20, Democratic candidate for governor J.B. Pritzker emphasized his push for the legalization of marijuana in Illinois on various social media platforms. In an advertisement posted in February, Pritzker said a legalization bill in Illinois would allow the state to “enter the 21st century.” He tweeted the video on April 20, the unofficial holiday for cannabis use. “For far too long, marijuana laws have led to discrimination and injustice,” Pritzker said. “For far too long, our state has waited and watched and missed out on jobs and revenue. As governor, I intend to sign a marijuana legalization bill to advance the causes of criminal justice reform, of consumer safety and of 2168. S. Jenell Trigg (Communication ’78), who attended the event, said though she ended up on the legal side of the entertainment business, she still feels a strong connection to the school. She said NU values every aspect of the creative process and has a strong tradition of investing in “art for art’s sake.”

it’s important for Northwestern,” Ricketts said. “It just means that our population is more accurately reflecting the changing demographics in the country.” Former Associated Student Government vice president for accessibility and inclusion Austin Gardner said he was excited by the section on Student Enrichment Services, an office that was established in 2014 to support low-income and first-generation students. Gardner said this year’s report discussed the office’s expansion, which he appreciated reading about. Considering University President Morton Schapiro’s goal of having 20 percent of the entering class in 2020 be Pell Grant-eligible, Gardner said the office needs to continue to expand. “It’s one of those things where you won the battle but you haven’t won the war,” Gardner said. “We still have a lot more battles to win before we get to the goal.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu job creation.” On the same day, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced he would introduce a bill to decriminalize marijuana on the national level. The move sparked national discussion about the drug, and Pritzker joined the conversation Friday. In a thread on Twitter, Pritzker criticized Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner for not only opposing legalization but also making medical marijuana “inaccessible.” He said verification for medical use in Illinois takes longer than is required by law, making it difficult for sellers to stay in business and for patients to receive treatment. “Rauner’s failures are hurting patients with illnesses like those suffering from chronic pain,” Pritzker tweeted. “It’s time we move forward and protect medical marijuana patients instead of penalizing them.” — Catherine Henderson

“There’s a legacy here that is unmatched, and there’s a legacy that you want to continue to be a part of,” Trigg said. “And to me that’s important, particularly when art is cut out of middle schools and high schools because of budget, but yet art is what makes humanity.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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He added that the city has received “very good responses.” “We’ve come up with a pretty solid model where we partner with community organizations, we have kid-friendly activities here and family-friendly stuff for people who just want to come and hang out,” Jensen said. “(In past years) we realized we’ve been missing some of the components.” Paul D’Agostino, Evanston’s environmental services bureau chief, said the celebration has been going on for about seven years. He said it started as a litter cleanup event and recently expanded to include more family-friendly activities and a tree planting ceremony. D’Agostino added that Evanston residents have been engaged with environmental issues lately, as many people applied to serve on Mayor Steve Hagerty’s climate task force. “It’s really concentrating on getting people to come out in celebration of Earth Day, just to do something to help the Earth,” D’Agostino said. “There’s a lot of people that are very interested in this, especially in Evanston.”

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Aldermen are set to vote Monday on a request to review bike lanes on Dodge Avenue, following mixed reviews from community members regarding their effectiveness. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) has asked that City Council consider the necessity for bike lanes — which were installed in summer 2015 — on Dodge Avenue between Howard Street and Oakton Street. In 2015, Evanston applied for and received a Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grant with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning for the Dodge Avenue Bike Lane Improvements project. The CMAQ grant paid for 80 percent of the project, leaving the city responsible for 20 percent of the costs, according to city documents. Initial cost of the installation for the bike lanes was $455,186. City Council approved a resolution to authorize the city manager to execute an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the construction of the Dodge Avenue Bike Lane Improvements project in January 2015. After the installation of the bike lanes, the city received mixed feedback from residents. Discussion at City Council meetings in September and October

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Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) speaks at a city meeting. Rainey has asked that City Council consider the necessity for bike lanes on Dodge Avenue between Howard Street and Oakton Street at Monday’s City Council meeting.

2016 led city staff to make modifications to parking that increased visibility at cross streets and created more space for buses to pull to the side of the street at marked bus stops. The speed limit was also reduced

to 25 mph, but the bike lanes were kept intact. Now, aldermen will consider removing the bike lanes from Howard Street to Oakton Street. At Mayor Steve Hagerty’s town hall meeting

earlier this month, some attendees said the bike lanes pose a danger to 8th Ward residents. Others said there is not enough space for a bike lane, parking lane and car traffic on Dodge Avenue. About 20 people voiced their opinions on the proposed changes to bike lanes at an October 2016 City Council meeting as well. Evanston resident Barbara Kerrens said at the April town hall meeting that bikers on Dodge Avenue “act like they’re on cars” and ride too fast on the new bike lanes, increasing the risk of accidents. However, according to city documents, accidents at the intersection of Dodge Avenue and Howard Street have gone down from 10 to three since 2015. Bicyclist accidents have also gone down from 10 to three. City staff would need to prepare contract documents and hire a contractor to remove the bike lanes — costing an estimated $150,000, according to city documents. The city would also likely need to pay back a portion of or the entire CMAQ grant received. Returning the grant may also jeopardize future grants that the city applies for from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Council will also consider a loan agreement and five-year lease with Hip Circle Empowerment Center, a nonprofit dance studio, for city-owned property at 727 Howard St. sydneystone2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Zack McGuire brought his teammates out of the dugout to celebrate with his home run to left field senior reliever Richard Fordon in the eighth. After NU squandered its chance to take back the lead in the eighth and went down scoreless in the ninth, sophomore second baseman Alex Erro said he was taking responsibility to ensure his teammates are taking positive strides to turn around this season. “(I’m) making sure that everyone gets in here and gets their work done,” he said. “Making sure they’re not riding that emotional roller coaster … I feel that a lot of other teams, a lot of other kids, would have given up at this point in the season, but that’s a testament to a lot of hard work we’ve put in.”

Drohan said despite the fact that they hit 4 home runs, their focus in the inning was to hit line drives. “Our plan going into that inning was, honestly, to get on top of the ball,” Drohan said. “We had been popping up a lot of them in the innings before. … The home runs, that was the result of not necessarily trying to hit home runs, but we focused on hitting the ball really well.” The coach said the Cats will focus on being better defensively, specifically in the first inning, moving forward. However, Drohan said NU nonetheless learned a lot about itself this weekend. “It showed that we had a lot of fight in us,” Drohan said. “We’re going to fight each and every game.”

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Sammy Nettling looks to take off from first base. The senior catcher hit a 3-RBI triple to cap off the Wildcats’ dramatic comeback over Rutgers on Sunday.

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Despite late surge, NU finishes 4th at Big Ten tourney By JOSEPH WILKINSON

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Northwestern rolled into Maineville, Ohio, having finished first or second in three consecutive Big Ten Championships, but two brutal early rounds left the Wildcats with their worst finish at the event since 2012. After the team shot 5-over par on the first round, NU sat in fifth place, 10 strokes off the lead. That gap widened to 17 strokes Saturday, as the Cats combined to shoot 4-over while other teams piled up birdies. Junior Janet Mao spearheaded a furious Sunday comeback, in which NU finished with the best round of the day at 8-under. At one point the Cats sat at 12-under, just three strokes off the lead, before falling back. “We just had been a little tentative, and we just hadn’t quite flipped the switch,” coach Emily Fletcher said Sunday. “They just came out this morning and showed that resolve that I know they have. … We made enough birdies to make

a run, but again we need to eliminate some of the mistakes.” Mao was the top individual finisher for NU, shooting up the leaderboard into fourth place on the back of a 6-under 66 in the final round. After shooting 2-over through the first two rounds, Mao finished at 4-under, five strokes off the lead. Mao’s 66 was tied for the lowest round on the weekend from any golfer in the 84-woman field. She birdied three of her first four holes and finished the round without a single bogey. “I was staying patient from earlier in the week,” Mao said. “(Birdying three holes early) was helpful to get myself situated and comfortable and realize the potential I had for the day. I got myself in a good groove and got some momentum going to the next few holes.” Seniors Hannah Kim and Sarah Cho, each playing in their final Big Ten Tournament, both struggled in the opening two rounds as well, combining to shoot 11-over before the final round. While Cho pulled out an even-par final round, Kim powered her way to a 2-under performance and finished tied for 22nd. The six Cats golfers combined for only three individual under-par rounds

on the weekend: Mao and Kim’s final rounds and a first-round 71 by junior Stephanie Lau. “After the round (Saturday), coach got us together and spoke some wisdom to us,” Kim said. “With that, I went into this last round thinking, ‘This is my last Big Tens, this is my last round at Big Tens.’ It just put me in a different mentality that helped me shoot an under-par round today.” Lau, sophomore Brooke Riley and junior Monica Matsubara all finished tied for 25th at 5-over. NU tied for the tournament lead in birdies with 49, but a bevy of bogeys and double bogeys held the Cats back. NU finished well off the pace with only the sixth-most pars in the tournament. The Cats will likely receive an at-large bid to an NCAA Regional, where Fletcher hopes the team can build off its impressive final round. “We need to put our heads down and really grind it out, and that will be something we focus on,” Fletcher said. “I don’t know that we got tired physically, but mentally we have to continue to stay engaged, keep our foot on the gas pedal and keep the momentum going our way.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats’ win streak rolls on; Chelios’ goal headlines blowout win By ELLA BROCKWAY

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Tara Chelios waited a lifetime — if a lifetime is equivalent to the four years of her Northwestern career — for a moment like this. The senior had tallied just one shot on goal and three ground balls in 19 appearances for the No. 7 Wildcats (13-3, 5-0 Big Ten) heading into Saturday’s Senior Day game against Rutgers (7-9, 1-4). Then, with 3:59 remaining in the game, her statline changed. Chelios caught a toss from junior attacker Kim Harker and rolled around the left side toward the goal. Surrounded by three defenders, she bounced the ball past the Scarlet Knights’ goalkeeper and into the net, threw her stick down and jumped up with both arms in the air. The crowd at Lakeside Field erupted, and NU goalkeeper Mallory Weisse sprinted all the way down to the opposite end of the field to join the celebration. Chelios ran to the Cats’ sideline and was again enveloped by a circle of teammates, as Kelly Clarkson’s 2002 song “A Moment Like This” blasted on the loudspeakers. Chelios’ goal was the icing on the cake for a memorable 19-7 Senior Day win for NU, one that kept the

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team’s undefeated Big Ten record and now-eight game win streak alive. “The whole team just wanted me to score all season, and I honestly couldn’t have done it without them,” said Chelios, a natural defender who was sent on at the end of the game to play attack. “I love the team, so scoring it was the most unbelievable moment of my life.” This was the fourth straight game in which the Cats scored at least 17 goals. The strong offensive performance was the product of solid ball movement: In the win, NU recorded a season-high 15 assists as a team compared to Rutgers’ one. Shelby Fredericks finished with a career-high nine assists, one shy of tying the program record for most assists in a game and two away from the Division I record. The senior attacker, who also had a game-high nine draw controls, emphasized the team’s ability to read the opposing defense and find openings in the Scarlet Knights’ zone. “It’s just taking what the defense was giving us,” Fredericks said. “When you’re playing against a zone, there’s obviously someone open on

the backside, so it’s really just credit to my teammates. They were moving really well off ball and I was able to find them a couple times.” Senior attackers Danita Stroup and Sheila Nesselbush each finished with 4 goals, while junior attacker Selena Lasota added 4 more goals and three assists. Nine of the trio’s 12 goals came in the first half, in which the Cats jumped out to an early lead and never relinquished it. NU came into the second half with a 13-5 advantage, and built on that with a 5-goal run early in the period. Scores from junior midfielder Emily Stein, freshman attacker Brianna Stroup, Lasota and Nesselbush gave the Cats an 18-5 lead, their largest of the game. Nine different players scored in the win. At least seven different players have scored in 10 of NU’s 16 games this season, speaking to the depth of this year’s team. “In different games, different people are stepping up based on what kind of defense (the opponent is) playing, but we need everybody to step up at this point in the season,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “Every game is tough (and) these conference games are really tough. You need everyone to really show up and play their best and play for each other.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Shelby Fredericks eyes the Rutgers defense. The senior attacker registered nine assists, falling one short of the program record, in Northwestern’s 19-7 win Saturday.

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Before Northwestern took the field Sunday, coach Spencer Allen addressed the team and told the players exactly how they could become more competitive and find an extra 10 percent to give. Sophomore third baseman Charlie Maxwell said Allen harped on them valuing each pitch more than they had been, so Sunday’s game against Michigan State fittingly came down to a sequence in which the count was full and the go-ahead run was at the plate

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3 2 5 with two outs in the eighth inning. But on that pitch, junior outfielder Ben Dickey chased an outside pitch to strike out and senior Connor Lind was caught stealing at second, ending the inning and NU’s best chance at preventing a series sweep. The Wildcats (9-24, 1-14 Big Ten) lost 6-5 to

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Willie Bourbon takes a swing. The junior first baseman tallied 3 RBIs on Sunday, but the Wildcats still lost to the Spartans, 6-5.

the Spartans (14-21, 6-5), extending their in-conference losing streak to 12 games. “We competed here like we talked about,” Allen said. “We just have to try to stay there, stay consistent and and compete like that. If we can (get) 10 hits and five runs, I’ll take that all day.” In the last outing of the threegame series, NU found confidence against the Spartans’ pitching, and the Cats scored as many runs Sunday as they did in the first two games. Maxwell and junior first baseman Willie Bourbon each hit home runs in the sixth inning. Maxwell said the team readjusted its approach after hearing Allen, and NU’s hitters made the right decision on nearly every pitch to put together quality at-bats. “When you take a pitch off, you might miss a fastball you could have hit, or with two strikes, take a pitch you needed to foul off,” Maxwell said. “Even when hits aren’t falling, we just want to tell ourselves we need to compete with every pitch. We started doing that and had some longer at bats, strung them together and got some runs.” For the second time in three games, a freshman starter gave up four or more runs in the first inning, but both times rebounded to give the lineup the chance to make the game competitive. Quinn Lavelle held Michigan State scoreless Friday from the second to the sixth inning after a five-run first, while Sunday’s starter, Jack Pagliarini, retired the final 15 batters he faced over five scoreless innings. The Cats took the lead in the seventh after Bourbon hit a 2-run single, but Michigan State first baseman » See BASEBALL, page 7

off impressive weekend By ANDREW GOLDEN

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Down to its final three outs, Northwestern was looking for life down by six runs. In the top of the seventh inning, the Wildcats exploded for seven. NU mashed 4 home runs, including three straight to open the inning, and added a three-run triple to complete a sweep of Rutgers. The series win against the Scarlet Knights (1726, 2-12 Big Ten) was the Cats’ (2913, 11-5) fourth in conference this season. In the first contest on Friday, NU dominated in all aspects of the game. The Cats scored 15 runs on 16 hits and freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey gave up one run in five innings. Wilkey pitched in all three games and now has seven straight wins and 15 total for the season. Coach Kate Drohan said Wilkey is stepping up for NU on the mound. “Kenna pitched tough,” Drohan said. “We’re asking a lot of her right now and she’s tough. She’s faced a lot of adversity in these games.” In the second and third games on Saturday and Sunday, the Cats faced some trouble and were losing going into the seventh inning. But both times, NU scored seven runs in the last inning to beat the Scarlet Knights. The Cats, including this weekend’s games, now boast four Big Ten victories when trailing by at least two runs in the seventh, with their other two wins coming earlier in the season against Minnesota. Drohan said her team showed a lot of fight and resilience.

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1 5 7 “What we witnessed in the seventh inning of each of the last two games is pretty unique,” Drohan said. “It’s pretty exciting to watch, nobody tried to do it by themselves and everyone said, ‘What can I do to help the team?’” In the second game, down 5-3, NU tied the game up on a single from senior shortstop Marissa Panko. The team then scored four more runs, capped off by freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis’ three-run double down the left field line, to give the Cats the lead and insurance on it. On Sunday, Panko, senior catcher Sammy Nettling and first baseman junior Lily Novak got NU back in the game with solo home runs to cut the deficit to 7-4. After Rutgers got two outs, freshman third baseman Mac Dunlap gave the Cats life once again with NU’s 4th home run of the inning. After two walks and a single loaded the bases, Nettling once again came through for NU with a three-run triple down the right field line to give the visitors a 8-7 lead. The home runs by Panko, Novak and Dunlap — three of the four players who were part of the comeback — were the first of their respective careers, giving every NU starter at least 1 home run so far this season. » See SOFTBALL, page 7