The Daily Northwestern - May 1, 2017

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The Daily Northwestern Monday, May 1, 2017

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SAE sends admins Remembering Mohammed suspension appeal Fraternity may remain in house for rest of quarter By MARIANA ALFARO

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Mohammed Ramzan, who passed away in April. Friends remember him as a curious, passionate student with an interest in medicine.

Friends remember Weinberg freshman as passionate, driven By MARIANA ALFARO

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One night, Mohammed Ramzan and his friend Samantha Flood were forced to walk back to campus from

the Howard CTA stop. Their phones had no battery left, and they weren’t able to call a taxi. Despite the cold and rain, Flood said Ramzan didn’t hesitate before taking off his jacket and offering it to her. “Even though it was cold

outside and it was 4 a.m., he still walked me back to my dorm,” Flood, a Weinberg freshman, said. “That was the first time we realized like, ‘Hey, I’m really close to this person.’” Ramzan, a Weinberg freshman, passed away April 10

after falling off a nine-person shell during a Northwestern men’s crew team practice on the North Shore Channel. The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled his death an accidental drowning. » See RAMZAN, page 4

Northwestern’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity filed an appeal against its suspension Friday, a University official confirmed. SAE was notified on April 21 of its suspension from campus, and all members living in the house were told they needed to move out by May 6, University spokesman Bob Rowley told The Daily last week. On Friday, however, Rowley said SAE members can now remain in the house until the end of the academic year, pending the appeal process. “They can stay in the house as long as (the appeal) is going on, through the end of the quarter,” Rowley said. “But it’s important (to note) that it is depending on them complying with the conditions of the probation and the standards of the University.” The appeal, Rowley said, will be handled by Northwestern’s Student Affairs. SAE was suspended after a University investigation found that the chapter had “knowingly violated” its disciplinary probation by “repeatedly hosting parties and providing alcohol to minors,” Rowley told The Daily last week. The University notified the

fraternity last week that the suspension would run until September 2018, Rowley said. The chapter had been placed on probation following a conduct investigation in fall 2016, Rowley said. The disciplinary probation was set to run out at the end of 2017, he said. Manos Proussaloglou, Northwestern’s SAE president, could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday. SAE national spokesman Brandon Weghorst did not respond to a request for comment. SAE’s suspension came after another, separate investigation into the chapter earlier this year. In February, the University announced in an email alert to students that the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office had received an anonymous report that four female students had been possibly given a date rape drug at the SAE house on Jan. 21. The report said two of the students believed they were sexually assaulted. The fraternity’s national organization issued a “ceaseand-desist order” to Northwestern’s chapter later in February, and Weghorst said in early April that the national organization was investigating the Northwestern chapter. In late March, vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin announced that no disciplinary action would be taken against the chapter, and that the University had » See SAE, page 4

Five panelists talk Minimum wage bill splits Evanston Trump policies By AARON BOXERMAN

Democratic Party of Evanston holds forum at school By AMELIA LANGAS

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Five panelists criticized President Donald Trump’s immigration policies during a forum Sunday hosted by the Democratic Party of Evanston. The forum was held in light of recent executive orders introduced by Trump that have sought to suspend entry into the United States of people from predominantly Muslim countries. The Trump administration has also looked to suspend a refugee resettlement program and increase security on the U.S.-Mexico border. Some of the orders are currently being challenged in circuit courts. Roughly 100 people attended

the forum held at the Pope John XXIII School, 1120 Washington St. WBEZ Worldview host Jerome McDonnell moderated the panel, which featured Cook County commissioner Larry Suffredin and mayor-elect Steve Hagerty. “The executive orders offended me as an American more than they offended me as a Muslim,” said panelist Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “There’s a reason why (immigrants) chose to be Americans … and the reason is the values of America.” Rehab said the “demonization” of immigrants was sparked by Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail, and that the executive orders are a continuation of such rhetoric. “We MUST have strong borders and stop illegal immigration,” Trump tweeted in 2015. “Without » See TRUMP, page 10

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Local officials and business owners had mixed reactions to a bill in the Illinois House that would raise the minimum wage from $8.25 to $15 an hour by 2022. The effort is part of a national campaign to raise the minimum wage; similar legislation has already been passed in California, New York and Washington, D.C. For Evanston, the push for $15 in Springfield takes place against the backdrop of a recently enacted Cook County ordinance. The ordinance — passed in October 2016 — will raise the minimum wage for employees over 18 to $13 an hour by 2020. Municipalities may choose to exempt themselves under the principle of “home rule” if they wish. Several municipalities — including River Forest, Schaumburg and Rosemont — have already opted out, choosing not to raise the minimum wage.

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Stores lined up along Sherman Avenue in downtown Evanston. Some local business owners expressed doubts about a proposed bill that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Evanston mayor-elect Steve Hagerty said he supports the effort, emphasizing that changes in the minimum wage should first come from Springfield. “I feel very strongly that working people need a livable wage,

and that needs to be implemented on a state level,” Hagerty said. Cook County commissioner Larry Suffredin, who sponsored the minimum wage ordinance in Cook County, said he also supports the bill. He added that one

of the goals of the Cook County minimum wage hike was to prod Springfield to take statewide action. Suffredin said a higher » See WAGES, page 8

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