The Daily Northwestern — April 29, 2016

Page 1

SPORTS Lacrosse Cats not ready to give up as they face Ohio State » PAGE 8

NEWS On Campus Twin researchers remain close through the years » PAGE 3

OPINION Kempis Burlesque provides new perspective on safe spaces » PAGE 4

High 46 Low 42

The Daily Northwestern Friday, April 29, 2016

DAILYNORTHWESTERN.COM

Find us online @thedailynu

Gun deaths on city radar

City plans to replace Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples’ Day would be celebrated in October By ROBIN OPSAHL

daily senior staffer @robinlopsahl

Murders create concern despite decreasing violence

said, the committee can begin to work with the Board during Fall Quarter. “We have a rare opportunity to have a permanent, positive impact on Northwestern University and I want to do whatever we can to not squander that opportunity,” Schapiro said during the meeting. Students of the divestment campaigns — Fossil Free Northwestern, Northwestern Divest and Unshackle NU — said they would have the charter’s first draft by May 5. NUDivest wants the University to divest from corporations its members say violate Palestinian human rights, Fossil Free NU from fossil fuel-related companies and Unshackle NU from companies they say support the prison-industrial complex. All three divestment campaigns advocated for the creation of the socially

responsible investment campaign, which Schapiro and McLean officially announced in a March email to members of Associated Student Government and supporters of the different divestment campaigns. With the committee of about 10 to 15 students, faculty and alumni, divestment leaders hope students will be able to make recommendations that have an effect on the Board’s investment decisions, Scott Brown, Fossil Free NU’s campaign coordinator, told The Daily. SESP junior and ASG president Christina Cilento, a Fossil Free NU member, told The Daily that students should be allowed to elect the representatives by referendum instead of the representatives being elected in ASG’s Senate meeting.

Evanston plans to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, joining other cities around the country that have made the change. In making the decision, city officials worked with the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, which issued a news release Wednesday announcing that the day will be celebrated annually on the second Monday of October. However, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the switch to Indigenous Peoples’ Day is not yet official, as Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl has not issued a proclamation confirming the new holiday. Tisdahl is expected to make the proclamation before October 10, which would be the first Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Evanston, Bobkiewicz said. The city does not officially observe Columbus Day currently, and no public facilities are planned to close with the new holiday. “It might not really have many practical implications to us, but it has symbolic weight,” Bobkiewicz said. “I think the mayor wanted to make that symbolic gesture to the museum.” Bobkiewicz said Tisdahl is a longtime supporter of the museum, and the decision to change the holiday

» See DIVESTMENT, page 6

» See INDIGENOUS, page 6

found guilty of the double homicide, he was released from prison in 1999 after Ciolino obtained a video of Alstory Simon confessing to the murders. Simon pled guilty and was sentenced to 37 years in prison, but Cook County prosecutors concluded in 2014 that he had been coerced into a confession. After being released from prison, Simon sued NU, his former attorney Jack Rimland, Ciolino and Protess, alleging in the suit that they had “conspired to frame Simon for the murders.” In March, a federal judge ruled to let the $40 million lawsuit move forward. Simon’s lawsuit says Ciolino and Protess used “illegal and deceitful

tactics” to coerce his false confession. Defendants in Wednesday’s lawsuit include Simon as well as Terry Ekl and James Sotos, attorneys who filed the lawsuit against Ciolino in 2015. Ciolino’s lawsuit claims that Ekl, Sotos and Alvarez “conspired” to set Simon free despite believing he was guilty. The lawsuit also said the three were among those who defamed him in a 2015 documentary “Murder in the Park,” which points to Ciolino as having convinced Simon to agree to videotape a false confession with a promise of financial compensation and a reduced prison sentence. Ciolino told The Daily he filed the $25 million counter-lawsuit in response to the federal judge not

dismissing Simon’s lawsuit, which he said is based on “lies and fiction.” Ciolino said the “ridiculous” allegations against Protess and his team are “false and without merit.” “I spent 33 minutes of my life with Alstory Simon — that’s it, 33 minutes,” Ciolino said. “I never talked to him again, never wrote him a letter, never visited him, never had a conversation with him. And so for the State’s Attorney to say that what I did was outrageous, when it’s all on videotape, is just ludicrous.” Alvarez and Ekl could not be reached for comment before the time of publication.

Leeks Lim/The Daily Northwestern

By NORA SHELLY

the daily northwestern @noracshelly

Emeric Mazibuko is already worried about the next victim of gun violence in Evanston. Mazibuko, the street outreach case manager for Youth & Opportunity United, has worked with the city’s at-risk youth through Y.O.U.’s street outreach program for six years. He said he sees firsthand the impact of violence on children who live near areas in the city that have a high rate of crime — or who know the victims of crime personally. “It’s been tough. It’s been very difficult,” Mazibuko said. “This is supposed to be a suburb where people say, ‘Wow, I want to raise my kids there,’ and yet the things that are happening to the young men of color around the country are happening here too.” Through his work, Mazibuko says he has been touched by the deaths of young men killed in recent years, such as 20-year-old Benjamin “Bo” Bradford-Mandujano, who was killed in January. Bradford-Mandujano was one of two young men killed in Evanston this year. The other, 19-year-old Star Paramore, was found dead in a south Evanston basement in March. A third Evanston resident, Antonio Johnson, 18, was also killed in March, just south of Howard Street in Chicago. Susan Trieschmann, who runs Curt’s Cafe — a non-profit focused on training at-risk youth in foodservice careers — said BradfordMandujano’s death was a shock. He had been a student at the cafe since November, and his death has led Trieschmann to understand the devastating effects of losing someone to violence. » See CRIME, page 6

SETTING STRUCTURE Associated Student Government president Christina Cilento (right) addresses University President Mortono Shapiro and student divestment advocates.

Divest groups, admins meet Committee charter may be finalized by June By MARIANA ALFARO

daily senior staffer @mariana_alfaro

University President Morton Schapiro, Chief Investment Officer Will McLean and 20 divestment advocates met Thursday to discuss the charter for a socially responsible investment committee, which they will present to the Board of Trustees and its Investment Committee in June. During the meeting, Schapiro and the students decided that the charter will detail the ways the committee will mediate between the Board, the Investment Committee and the different divestment movements. The students and Schapiro agreed that the charter should be finalized by June in time for the Investment Committee’s next meeting. This way, Schapiro

Private investigator files lawsuit in Alstory Simon case

A private investigator who worked with Northwestern students and former Medill Prof. David Protess filed a counter-lawsuit Wednesday against Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and others, alleging defamation against him. Paul Ciolino assisted the thenMedill Innocence Project in freeing Anthony Porter, who had been convicted of the 1982 murders of two teenagers in Chicago. Although Porter was originally

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

— Peter Kotecki

INSIDE Around Town 2 | On Campus 3 | Opinion 4 | Classifieds & Puzzles 6 | Sports 8


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.