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Associated Student Government and Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators hosted a town hall Wednesday to solicit student feedback on revisions made to Northwestern’s sexual misconduct policy. Attendees discussed the new policy’s standards and definitions to help ASG better gauge the student body’s perspectives before submitting an official proposal of recommendations to the administration, ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla said. Facilitators introduced the policy’s guidelines surrounding consent, which prompted requests for clarification regarding who “initiates” sexual activity. Students expressed an overall unfamiliarity with the definition and complexities of language used to describe consent, in both the old and new policies. “It was really important to understand: What is consent, and how do you acquire it, and how do you know it’s not present?” Mulukutla, a Weinberg senior, said. “That is the underpinning of the entire situation surrounding » See MISCONDUCT, page 6

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By ALANE LIM

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Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and businessman J.B. Pritzker — sounded off on Rauner’s address and tenure in office following the speech on Wednesday. Biss challenged Rauner’s calls for bipartisanship in a news release, saying that the governor has spent his time in office blaming Democrats for his failures rather than taking responsibility for his actions. He said Rauner has taken advantage of the very property tax system he criticized, and that Rauner blames others for perpetuating it. “Bruce Rauner is a failed governor, and we can’t afford to give him and his right wing agenda another chance,” Biss said in the release. “But we also know it ’s not enough to just beat Bruce Rauner, because our state’s problems began long before he was elected to office.”

Economic Development Committee members narrowly voted to approve an amended resolution concerning the construction of a building that would house Northlight Theatre at a meeting Jan. 31. Committee members voted 4-3 in favor of the amended resolution, which removed language specifying the proposed location in the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue and authorized the city manager to investigate how a “single purpose unit of government” and public parking could support the return of Northlight Theatre from Skokie. In 1996, the Illinois General Assembly created a unit of local government to finance and enable the construction of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, according to city documents. The center is where the theater is currently housed. In September, Farpoint Development proposed the building which would include Northlight Theatre, a boutique hotel, a restaurant, residential units and parking spaces. At the meeting, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said she would like to receive more information about how such a government entity could help finance the Northlight project, and especially whether it would benefit other projects in the city. “It is not like this council, and certainly not like this community, not to want to understand a tool that allows for development” Rainey said at the meeting. “It is an opportunity to get information about something we’ve never known about and we’ve never used.” City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said he wanted permission to investigate, not take action on, whether Northlight could finance itself in a way similar to how Skokie funded its facility. More than 20 residents raised concerns with the resolution at the meeting. Several said they were worried about the transparency of the project and whether it would compromise the identity and personality of Evanston. Additionally, residents noted the possible loss of many local businesses to the construction.

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Evanston artist Melissa Blount. Blount hosted a quilt-making circle to honor the lives of black women and girls lost to interpersonal violence.

Quilt artist honors black women Participants sew patches, remember names of victims of violence

By TEJAS SEKHAR

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Evanston artist Melissa Blount held a quilt-making session Wednesday to honor the lives of black women and girls lost to interpersonal violence. Held at the Segal Visitors Center with over 100 in attendance, the event also featured Blount ’s

“Black Lives Matter Witness Quilt,” a project that engaged community members to highlight the pervasiveness of interpersonal violence — violence against spouses, partners or family members — and its connection to institutionalized state violence. “The enormity of the loss of these lives that go unrecognized … really hit me,” Blount told The Daily. “People see the statistics, but

don’t really personalize or connect with the loss.” Following a reception at the Block Museum of Art, Blount spoke about her art at the visitors center, where community members engaged in discussion and stitched patches themselves, which when completed, will eventually be stitched together to create a new quilt. Many participants embroidered the words “Say Her Name” to commemorate

the lives of women lost to violence. Blount said she hopes her work will further the interests of the Black Lives Matter movement, which she said experiences polarization and misrepresentation, especially through the media. Trauma caused by white supremacy exists not only nationally, Blount said, but within Evanston as well. » See QUILT, page 6

Rauner promises budget proposal in address Speech urging term limits, improved job growth met with criticism from Dems By RYAN WANGMAN

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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner at a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago, Ill. Rauner delivered his State of the State speech on Wednesday.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner called for term limits on state politicians, encouraged property tax reform and challenged Illinois residents to unite to promote job growth in his State of the State address on Wednesday. In the address, held in Springfield, Rauner also promised assembled lawmakers that he would present a balanced budget proposal to them next month, a commitment that brought a cheering crowd on both sides of the aisle to its feet. He said the proposal would offer a path to reduce spending and lower taxes. “It is time we do what the people of Illinois want,” Rauner said. “Halt the advance of taxes. Stop spending money we don’t have. Get our pensions under control. And give

power back to the people of Illinois.” “No one” is happy with the property tax assessment system in Illinois, he added. The governor asked lawmakers in attendance to pass legislation that brings “true property tax relief ” to state residents and give them the ability to lower their taxes through a voter referendum. Rauner also emphasized that about 80 percent of Illinois voters want to see term limits, joking that the other 20 percent were sitting in the chambers and in elected Illinois courts. He said term limits would help regain the public’s trust in the government. “It is past time to make this good governance move,” Rauner said. “Put term limits on the ballot and let the people decide.” The Democratic frontrunners looking to challenge Rauner in November’s general election — State Sen.

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AROUND TOWN Businesses oppose liquor licensing for new store By JULIA ESPARZA

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At a Liquor Control Review Board meeting on Wednesday, Mayor Steve Hagerty told city staff to explore different classification options to accommodate a new liquor store, following pushback from other Evanston business owners. Binny’s Beverage Depot, which is looking to open at 1111 Chicago Ave., filed for a Class K liquor license, which is specified for specialty wine, beer and spirits shops. Representatives from The Wine Goddess, Vinic Wine Co. and Beer on Central objected to Binny’s being given the classification because it would make unfair allowances, they said. “The proposed changes to (Class K) liquor code would unevenly benefit Binny’s,” said Sophia Feddersen, a representative from Vinic Wine Co. “They want all the perks but none of the costs.” Binny’s is a chain liquor store that boasts being the “Midwest’s largest wine, spirits, beer and cigar superstore,” according to the company’s website. The company hopes to open in the 20,000 square foot space that previously housed a Whole Foods grocery store. However, the license Binny’s applied for doesn’t completely fit the features of the store. The Class K liquor license Binny’s applied for is

POLICE BLOTTER Man charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver

Police recovered about 205 grams of marijuana when they pulled over a car for violating traffic laws Tuesday. At 3:25 p.m. police pulled over a man driving in the 1400 block of Noyes Street for disobeying a stop sign. When officers approached the car, they smelled cannabis, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The 23-year-old Evanston

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Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty speaks at a mayoral forum in 2017. Hagerty advised the Liquor Control Review Board to consider different license classifications for Binny’s Beverage Depot.

designated for stores under 5,000 square feet and has a $5,000 initial fee. The Class E license with a $25,000 initial fee, while appropriate for the size and scale of Binny’s, is confined to only be used in downtown Evanston.

Binny’s owner Michael Binstein said the store fills a “void” in Evanston and would deter residents from crossing the city border to find certain types of alcohol. “We are all about offering people something

resident then turned over 10 grams of marijuana and police, during a search of the vehicle, found about 195 more grams packaged in different bags, Glew said. “Based on the amount of weed and how it was packaged, it was determined he intended to deliver,” Glew said. Police also found $1,113 of U.S. currency in the vehicle. The man received violations for disobeying a stop sign and not having a working brake light. He was also charged with driving with a

suspended license and delivery of cannabis.

Woman arrested in connection with disorderly conduct in downtown Evanston

Police arrested a woman after several reports of disorderly conduct in downtown Evanston. The 48-year-old Evanston resident entered Steven Papageorge Salon on Jan. 20 around 2:36 p.m. without an appointment and demanded attention, Glew said. She made a mess of the complementary drink station, insulted the manager and told

else that can’t find in Evanston,” Binstein said. “We need a big box in order to offer a big selection … and offer lower prices.” Representatives of other Evanston liquor establishments objected, saying Binny’s does not offer anything that isn’t already offered by other Evanston businesses. Board member Dick Peach countered by saying big box stores like Binny’s won’t necessarily hurt small businesses. Additionally, Corporation Counsel Grant Farrar said the board made amendments to its license codes for The Wine Goddess, Vinic Wine Co. and about 50 other businesses. “Amendments are made on a routine basis for many prospective and current license holders,” Farrar said. Hagerty said it’s important that Binny’s adds some “uniqueness” to its store so it is not just a large building that sells alcohol. Binstein said the store plans to offer tastings as well as feature a section called “drink local, eat local,” which would feature Evanston-made food and alcohol. City legal staff will work with Binny’s to create a new license and present the new classification to City Council on Feb. 26. Hagerty said Binny’s will then apply for a license under the new code and re-present its application, likely at the March Liquor Control Review Board meeting. juliainesesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu

her “you’re going to get bombed,” Glew said. The salon manager filed a complaint with Evanston Police Department, but the woman was not arrested until Tuesday when police received other reports of disorderly conduct at Crossroads Trading Co., Starbucks and CVS. Glew said this does not seem to be an isolated incident. Police arrested the women and charged her with disorderly conduct. — Julia Esparza

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ON CAMPUS NU team works on light manipulation By ALANE LIM

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Harry Potter fans, take note: Northwestern researchers have discovered how to build structures on surfaces out of gold nanoparticles and DNA, which could lay the groundwork for devices akin to Harry’s invisibility cloak in the future. Led by Weinberg Prof. Chad Mirkin and McCormick Profs. Vinayak Dravid and Koray Aydin, an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers used DNA assembly and “top-down lithography” to organize nanoparticles in two and three dimensions, according to a news release. Nanoparticles are typically between one and 100 nanometers in size. The study was published in the journal Science on Jan. 18. Conventional methods have used either topdown lithography or “bottom-up” chemical methods like the DNA assembly used in the study, but not both, Aydin told the Daily. He added that the team’s approach combined both methods to achieve significant control over the resulting nanoparticle structures. “We have a wide range of knobs we can tune,” he said, adding that the parameters they could control included size and shape of the nanoparticles, spacing between nanoparticles and DNA length. Jarad Mason, a chemistry professor at Harvard University and former postdoctoral researcher at NU, told The Daily the team used gold nanoparticles because they interact very strongly with light. This allows them to create new materials that can manipulate light in ways that conventional materials would not be able to. He added that DNA — which can change its structure in response to changes in the environment, such as different concentrations of ethanol — allows researchers to change how close the gold nanoparticles are to each other. When the nanoparticles are farther apart, the surface they are on appears red, turning green and then brown as they get closer

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together, he said. Aydin said that the method used in the study could ultimately have applications in biosensing and metamaterials — materials not found in nature — like cloaking devices, though cloaking devices had not been investigated in the study. “It’s really an enabling material platform that would open significant possibilities in designing optically active materials, metamaterials,” he said. Aydin said simulations helped guide the researchers toward making particular architectures that previous researchers had not been able to make. He said the the effort relied on expertise from the three groups — Mirkin is an expert in nanoparticle synthesis and DNA assembly, Dravid in lithography and Aydin in simulations and optical characterization, he said. Mason said that with the new method, nanoparticles of different sizes and shapes could be stacked

together with precision. “Architecture is everything when designing new materials, and we now have a new way to precisely control particle architectures over large areas,” Mirkin said in the release. “Chemists and physicists will be able to build an almost infinite number of new structures with all sorts of interesting properties.” Qing-Yuan Lin, a former graduate student who worked on the project, compared the architectures to houses. Just like a house is made up of different building blocks like bricks, doors and other components, he said, the architectures can be composed of nanoparticles of different shapes and sizes. “If you want to build a building you can’t only have one type of block,” he said. “Different building blocks can serve different functions because they have different properties.” alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu

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‘Vintage House’ celebrates Chicago house musicians By CARMEN FERNANDEZ

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Lady Laronda Maestro participates in a live broadcast of WNUR’s “Vintage House.”

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“Vintage House,” part of WNUR’s Streetbeat programming, invites influential figures from the house music scene on-air to tell their stories.

As a 17-year-old, Lori Branch — struggling with her bisexuality — snuck into The Warehouse club. She described the experience as “magical” and said the house music club provided a space where she could be herself and fit in. “It was one of these things that I had never experienced,” Branch said. “The sound system, the type of music, the energy and the very unbiased and non-judgmental environment stuck with me.” Branch is now co-host and co-curator of “Vintage House,” a show on Northwestern’s radio station WNUR that invites influential figures from the house music scene on-air to tell their stories. The show airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. as a part of Streetbeat, WNUR’s programming for underground music. House music is a form of dance music that originated in Chicago in the late 1970s. Although the name’s origins are debated, Branch said one theory says it stems from the aforementioned Warehouse club. Streetbeat producer and McCormick junior John Williams said Streetbeat’s mission is not only to celebrate this sub-genre of dance music, but to highlight and feature artists that “historically have been marginalized” in the house music scene. The show presents the stories of individuals involved in all facets of house music, including producers, promoters, club owners and DJs, said Lauren Lowery (McCormick ’89). Lowery, founder and co-host of “Vintage House,” said she hopes to portray an accurate documentation of the music’s history by giving appropriate recognition to its key players. “What happens with history generally … is that if it’s not recorded right or if people in power get to create the narrative, then of course the narrative goes to somebody else,” Lowery said. Branch said existing documentaries about house music are often limited because they always interview and feature the same people. She cited BBC as an example, saying they recently came to Chicago to interview people in the house music scene, but perpetuated the issue by only including the “usual

suspects.” “We think (‘Vintage House’) is a way to get alternative stories, stories that really demonstrate the nuance, the background, the class structure, the academic part,” Branch said. “There’s lots of ways to look at it and we think that’s important, because this was something that was a movement and that has worldwide influence and we want to get it right.” As it moves into Black History Month, “Vintage House” will highlight the diversity in house music by bringing prominent black Chicago house music performers to discuss their careers, share memories and techniques and reveal “behind-the-scenes magic” about the creation of iconic songs, Lowery said.

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The sound system, the type of music, the energy and very unbiased and non-judgmental environment stuck with me. Lori Branch, Co-host, “Vintage House”

The show will discuss the influence of Chicago’s first black mayor Harold Washington, who created a positive political climate for black Americans in the ’70s that likely influenced house music’s positive tone, Lowery surmised. “I definitely want the listeners (and) our artists to recognize how powerful black music is,” Lowery said. “(There are) a lot of the positive messages in the music: the message of love and unification for blacks, for gays, for people who were ostracized — that music form really embraced everybody.” Branch emphasized the importance of events and festivals in Chicago that draw people together through music. “There is a type of alchemy that happens when you bring people together whose sole purpose is to be present with the music and with each other,” Branch said. “I think part of our mission is to say ‘Let’s spread love through music, and let’s show activism and advocacy through music.’” carmenfernandez2021@u.northwestern.edu

Teen drama takes on fresh angle in ‘The Other Kids’ By CRYSTAL WALL

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Chris Brown could never identify with his favorite teen movies growing up. Now, working as a director, he decided to make one he could relate to, inspired by his and his friend’s experiences as young adults. On Jan. 18, Brown’s film “The Other Kids” was shown at Block Museum of Art to students and the general public as part of New Docs, a documentary film series at the Block. The fiction-documentary hybrid is a comingof-age story that follows the experiences of several high school seniors before they have to embark into the real world as independent adults, Brown said. The cast is comprised of real teens whose characters’ storylines were based on their own lives and personal struggles, Brown said. He said he tried to direct as little as possible, instead serving as a guide for the actors to improvise in the unscripted film. “The cast was required to do far more than they would have been asked to do in a more traditional film,” Brown said in an email to The Daily. “These actors were true collaborators and co-creators of this story. I chose each of them not only for their acting skills, which were all top notch, but for their intelligence, creativity, courage and willingness to explore aspects of their personal lives for the film.” Communication Prof. Kyle Henry, the interim director of the MFA in Documentary Media program, was part of the brainstorming committee that created and developed the New Docs series. He said he wanted to include a

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“The Other Kids” is part of the New Docs series at Block Museum. The fiction-documentary hybrid is a comingof-age story that follows the experiences of several high school seniors.

documentary-fiction hybrid. Ines Sommer, one of the jurors for the 2017 Big Muddy Film Festival at Southern Illinois University, suggested that “The Other Kids” would satisfy that niche. It was also chosen for the best

narrative award at the festival, and Sommer said she appreciated the film’s dedication to an accurate portrayal of teens coming of age. “The film felt incredibly realistic and didn’t paint that difficult transition from high school to

adult life in rosy colors,” Sommer said. Each installment of the New Docs series includes a screening of the featured film, then a Q&A session with the director, Henry said. He added that the directors’ participation in the program enriches the experience and allows students and general audience members to have their questions answered directly from the source. Brown was pleased with the Q&A, describing the audience as smart and film-literate and the conversation engaging. “It was a lot of back-and-forth, it continued into the lobby and then into a bar afterwards. … It was great,” said Brown. In addition, select MFA students have the opportunity to meet privately with directors. These meetings are facilitated for them to share their work and develop connections with seasoned professionals working in their field. Brown said he met with the MFA students in 30-minute blocks during which he would view and discuss their work. Brown said he was impressed with the caliber of the work he saw. “I was really blown away by the talent there,” Brown said. “It’s a fairly young program, but the work is brilliant. I actually came away very inspired by the work I saw there.” Henry said the MFA students largely took the experience with Brown as a positive learning experience. “(It) was just a great experience to have him in and to be able to learn this unique way that he makes his work,” Henry said. “It opens up possibilities to say that there (aren’t) one or two or three ways to make a film; there are many ways to make a film.” crystalwall2020@u.northwestern.edu

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“Vinegar Tom” runs Feb. 2-11 in the Louis Theater. The show features scenes set in the 17th century and cabaret songs set in the modern era.

‘Vinegar Tom’ addresses women’s issues onstage By ANDREA MICHELSON

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Director Lee Hannah Conrads chose to bring “Vinegar Tom” to Northwestern a year ago as a play she thought was relevant to the times. But she had no idea just how applicable it would become. The feminist play will premiere this weekend at the Josephine Louis Theater at the height of the #MeToo movement, as women both within and outside the entertainment industry are publicly holding men accountable for sexual assault and harassment. For Conrads, creating feminist theater in this political climate has challenged her to be an “effective conversation maker.” “It’s really awful. Obviously you want your theater to be relevant … but you also don’t want to be exploiting that moment to help boost your art,” Conrads said. “You want to be making art that is helping tackle these questions with everybody else.” “Vinegar Tom” explores age-old stereotypes of femininity and violence against women. Playwright Caryl Churchill originally wrote it to be “a witch trial with no witches,” in which the actors perform scenes set in 1640s England and songs set in a modern cabaret. Communication

senior Amy Nadal, said each of the 17th-century characters represents a stereotype about women — such as a mother, a wife and a promiscuous woman — and is shunned in some way. “The songs we sing and the lines given to us hark back to the stereotypes of the characters we’re playing in the 17th century,” Nadal said. “Basically, the message of the play is that not a lot has changed.” The play references several time periods to draw parallels between women’s marginalization in different eras, said set designer Michelle Lilly. In addition to the 17thcentury scenes and the modern songs, the play’s set is modeled after a 19th-century music hall that has fallen into disrepair. Lilly and Conrads said the music hall symbolizes the patriarchy — crumbling, but still present. “(It’s a) very masculine, formal space with these women who have brought their performance in,” Lilly said. “They’re taking this space and turning it into this thing that it was never meant to be. They’re reclaiming it for the purpose of telling this story.” Conrads said it was important for the setting to be a performance space because much of the play centers on impossible performances of femininity. She said she also facilitated discussions offstage for the actors to unpack the subject matter of the play and its relevance to their own lives. Communication junior Simran Bal said dialoguing on heavy subjects so frequently can

feel exhausting, but is ultimately worthwhile. “ The themes we’re working with hit painfully close to home for so many of us — the sexual violence, the pain and uncertainty that come with the female body, and so on,” Bal said in an email. “But my cast and I have always felt cared for. I think because we’re all aware of the difficulty and raw truth of the themes we portray, we band together because of it.” Nadal said the creative team worked to empower the actors behind the scenes. The costume designer, Raquel Adorno, told the actors to “wear something you feel fierce in” to the callbacks and used those outfits to inspire the cabaret costumes in the show. Conrads said she also worked closely with the actors to individualize the choreography to each performer’s comfort level.

“How a young woman is in her body and women’s sexuality is so much a part of this play,” Conrads said. “I tried to not shy away from that in the choreography, but also to have it always be rooted in

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what feels comfortable and empowering for them.” Conrads’ efforts in encouraging conversation and emotional exploration were impactful and educational for male cast members as well. Stefan Schallack, a Communication junior and one of the cast’s two male actors, said though he had worked on predominantly female productions before, he gained a unique perspective from being a part of “Vinegar Tom.” “I’ve learned that a lot of this, (that) a lot of what’s been going on for hundreds of years, is closer than I thought,” Schallack said. “Being in the room where these types of scenes affect people who have actually gone through these things in a completely different way than they would affect me has been very visceral.” Conrads said she hopes “Vinegar Tom” will inspire more than just conversations. “If we actually want to see change in the world, we have to take the things that have been unmasked for us, and then leave the theater and actually go do work in the world that changes that,” Conrads said. “I think the failure of this play would be for all of the conversation and thinking to stop at the theater doors.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu

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• Bienen School of Music, “Symphonic Wind

• Bienen School of Music, “Northwestern

• Block Museum, “Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy

Ensemble,” Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

University Symphony Orchestra,” Pick-Staiger

Portraits from Roman Egypt”

• Block Museum, “Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy

Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

• Block Museum, “William Blake and the Age of

Portraits from Roman Egypt”

• Block Museum, “Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy

Aquarius”

• Dittmar Gallery, “Drone Stories”

Portraits from Roman Egypt”

• Dittmar Gallery, “Drone Stories”

• The Dolphin Show, “Ragtime,” Cahn

• Dittmar Gallery, “Drone Stories”

• Wirtz Center, “Vinegar Tom,” Josephine Louis

Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

• The Dolphin Show, “Ragtime,” Cahn

Theater, 2 p.m.

• New Docs, “Nuts!” Block Museum, 7 p.m.

Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

• WAVE Productions, “Where the Wild Things

Are,” South Lawn of Norris, 8 and 11 p.m.

• Wirtz Center, “Vinegar Tom,” Josephine Louis

Theater, 7:30 p.m.

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Although originally from Detroit, Blount said she also sees similar issues of inequity in Evanston. But, she said, Evanston residents are willing to discuss issues affecting the community and take action against inequity. Just as the “Black Lives Matter Witness Quilt” seeks to memorialize women and girls who were murdered by their abusers, Blount said her next project aims to bear witness to the women and girls incarcerated for killing their abusers. Melissa Blount said her husband, Ben Blount, inspired her to make the quilt after she was unsure how to begin. After her husband, an artist focused on design and printing, completed a project that documents the lives of black men and boys, she said she realized that she could do the same for black women and girls. Ben Blount said though her quilt is a piece of art, its main purpose is fostering conversation and building community. “The quilt is beautiful in itself, but it’s the idea that over a hundred people came together to work on it and sit together and have conversations about it,” he said. “Art as an impetus to action is the unifying element between our artwork.” Medill junior Maddy Ashmun told The Daily she enjoyed seeing women from different backgrounds show up to commemorate women lost to interpersonal violence. “What struck me about this event is how many community members showed up,” Ashmun said. “I think this event has been a really nice way for people to gather and not only appreciate the quilt project, but to also contribute to a new one.”

Peter Demuth, vice president of the Southeast Evanston Association and a small business owner in the 1800 block of Sherman Avenue, said at the meeting that while he supports the restoration of Northlight Theatre, he opposes constructing the high-rise building that would house Northlight. “While we applaud bringing back the wonderful Northlight Theatre to Evanston, we object to doing so at the expense of several businesses, including the Alley Gallery, Saville Flowers and Bookends and Beginnings,” Demuth said. “They are an expression of our city’s uniqueness and its living history.” Ross Martens, co-owner of Alley Gallery, told The Daily that a petition opposing the tower and its location addressed to City Council had been circulated on change.org. As of publication, the petition had over 2,500 signatures, including people from outside Evanston. Craig Smith, a board member of Northlight Theatre, told The Daily he is not sure why there was so much hostility towards the development, since he thought it would be a positive for the city. “It brings life. It brings people downtown,” he

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rape culture and surrounding sexual assault culture.” Additionally, specific words used to describe consent were analyzed. Students particularly called attention to words such as “voluntary,” “coercion” and “active,” and discussed the potential that power dynamics in relationships can subvert expectations of consent. Attendees also discussed the policy’s “Prohibited Conduct” section, the definition of sexual harassment and the definition of a hostile environment:

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BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre’s artistic director, talks about the the proposed project in downtown Evanston. Members of the Economic Development Committee voted to approve an amended resolution concerning the construction of a building that would house the theater.

said. “I think we have over 50,000 visitors a year, so that’ll be over 50,000 people coming downtown to share and going to restaurants and bars.” After the meeting, Martens said he felt uncertain about the committee’s decision.

“We always have an uncertain future because we own a small business,” he said. “But this is scarier and more permanent.”

one which “exists when the conduct is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive.” The conditions of “severe, persistent and pervasive” can set an expectation for individuals to have to prove the extent of their suffering, said Gabrielle Bienasz, ASG senator for SHAPE. “We don’t want people ... who reported Title IX to have to go through this enormous process to prove an enormous amount of distress,” Bienasz, a Medill sophomore, said. “That will discourage people from reporting. It will make it harder for people who are actually doing those things to be punished by the University.”

Mulukutla highlighted attendees’ suggestions that the policy be more oriented toward survivor support, considering Illinois law. For example, the standard of proof used by the University may be subject to change as new national standards are considered, which students said may discourage survivors from coming forward. The new policy will also incorporate the University’s new policy regarding retaliation, which may make it more difficult for student organizations to expel members based on sexual misconduct, or so-called “vigilante justice,” especially in cases when survivors do not report the misconduct to the Title IX Office. “Do we have the right and can we remove people from our groups that make someone uncomfortable?” Bienasz told The Daily. “The University says no, but I think most of the student body would say that they want to be able to do that.” Dwight Hamilton, the associate vice president for equity and Title IX coordinator, told The Daily that the conversation allowed administrators in attendance to better understand the students’ views before the new policy goes into effect. He explained policy specifications and provided insight into how his office has conducted investigations in the past. “One uniform position, regardless of the opinions that people expressed, was a desire to ensure that Northwestern is free from sexual violence,” he said. “I heard a lot of great conversations, and there’s a lot of really, really good things that it’s provoked in my mind in thinking about the process. We welcome that input.”

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Pritzker echoed Biss’s sentiments in a news release, also saying Rauner was a “failed governor,” and calling the Republican out on his “fatal mismanagement” of the Quincy Veterans’ Home crisis. The businessman said even though the governor promised to deliver a balanced budget next month, he has failed to deliver one for the last three years. “After three years of crisis, broken promises and statewide damage, Bruce Rauner failed to tell you the real state of the state,” Pritzker said in the release. “Bruce Rauner is right about one thing — we need to come together as a state, but not to pass his failed agenda.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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Senate approves new guidelines for spring elections By ALEXIS WHITE

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Associated Student Government approved new rules in Wednesday’s Senate meeting for candidates in the upcoming spring elections. The seven-person election commission, which was elected earlier this month, introduced legislation with three proposed changes for the Senate to debate. One of these changes added language to prohibit the current president and vice president from endorsing candidates. Dillon Saks, chair of the election commission who was also on the commission last year, told The Daily some senators were against endorsements because they could sway the opinion of the electorate. “This continues to remain a pretty divisive issue amongst the certain members of the administration (and) certain members of the election commission,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “But it shouldn’t be seen as something that’s hindering the unity of the election commission.” Saks said the rules were changed last year for the first time in several years to allow the president and vice president to make endorsements. The amendment reversing that decision was debated at length among senators.

Weinberg, Searle create centralized academic support service in Main

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching launched a centralized support center this month that offers students easier access to the University’s academic support services. The Academic Support and Learning Advancement center offers many of the same resources Northwestern already offers, but includes Weinberg tutoring to “create a more formalized academic support program,” according to a news release. Located in Main Library, it will offer students easier access to other support services, such as the Writing Place and career counseling.

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Associated Student Government senator Bassel Shanab listens to debate on an amendment to election rules that allow the president and vice president to endorse candidates. ASG ultimately changed the rules to prohibit those endorsements in their Wednesday Senate meeting.

Senator Bassel Shanab introduced an amendment, which eventually failed, to the election commission’s proposal that would keep endorsements in place. He said endorsements would make it more clear to students which candidates would maintain or differ from the current administration’s policies. Resources include peer-guided tutoring for economics and STEM courses, as well as workshops and coaching for learning strategies, according to the program’s website. ASLA also offers leadership development for peer coaches and tutors, including a training course in the School of Education and Social Policy. Additionally, an online portal connects students to ASLA’s support services and provides strategies for studying and time management. ASLA director Marina Micari said in the release that the center will “foster an ecosystem of academic guidance at Northwestern.” “We want to provide support for all students and access to the support they need to navigate academic life because none of our students should have to trudge through courses alone,” she said. — Alan Perez

“People who vote, usually there’s a reason why they vote, they know what’s going on or they can always just google it. We’re in college,” the Weinberg freshman said. The other amendments proposed in this legislation more clearly defined the responsibilities

of the election commissioner and reduced the amount of paper flyers candidates are allowed to post. Another senator introduced an amendment to specify the amount of money allocated to campaigns, which was before listed as proportional to the student activities fee, or about $200. An amendment in response proposed that amount be raised to $300, which was passed in the final bill. Saks said this also spurred some debate. “Arguments made in favor of that were it’s much better for campaigns to be able to get more money,” Saks said. “More money is correlated with higher voter turnout because you’re getting the word out more,” Saks said. Senate also elected three members to their Senate Reform Ad-Hoc Committee, which will recommend ways to improve representation and functionality within ASG. Chief of staff Lars Benson said this committee will begin their work this quarter by examining how Senate is conducted. “(The committee will compare Senate) to the way they do things at other universities, talking to interested students, faculty members, talking to administrators and overall trying to get a picture of how to represent students the best way possible,” the Weinberg senior said. alexiswhite2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Everything that’s happened this year, we can’t go back and change it as bad as we want to. We’ve put ourselves in this position. — Bryant McIntosh, guard

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NU hoping to replicate last year’s monumental win By BEN POPE

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Bryant McIntosh drives to the hoop. The senior said the team will play with a greater stretch of urgency for the final stretch of the season.

Sanjay Lumpkin’s breakaway slam dunk, which sealed Northwestern’s emphatic road win over then-No. 7 Wisconsin, reverberated last February around the college basketball universe as a verification of the Wildcats’ legitimacy. This year’s meeting between NU (1310, 4-6 Big Ten) and the Badgers (10-13, 3-7) will carry significantly less weight outside of Madison and Evanston. Both teams are surprisingly floundering in the bottom half of the conference standings and in need of miracle runs to get back into NCAA Tournament consideration. But the Cats, at least, still have not given up hope — as was clear during interviews Wednesday prior to the team’s departure for Wisconsin — and are hoping to use Thursday’s matchup to propel a February surge. “You’re going to see some teams emerge here in the last eight games and some teams fall back, and we hope to be one of those teams that emerges,” coach Chris Collins said. “I like the attitude of our guys, I think our confidence is in a pretty good spot and I’m excited about the opportunity tomorrow to play Wisconsin and get a chance to get a quality road win.”

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Seven Big Ten teams have received tournament bids each of the past three seasons, but ESPN currently projects just four to make it this spring. That means there’s plenty of room for another team to make a run, and the Cats do, after all, sit just half of a game out of sixth in the conference standings. In the meantime, the team is treating each regular season game like it’s already the tournament, senior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “You have to play with a little bit of desperation,” he said. “Everything that’s happened this year, we can’t go back and change it as bad as we want to. We’ve put ourselves in this position, so now we just have to focus one game at a time.” Collins said he planned to hark back to last year’s upset victory in Wisconsin in his pregame speech Thursday night, but that he’s been primarily focused on strategic changes recently, such as getting to the rim more. The Cats have the thirdhighest 3-pointer attempt rate — and thus third-lowest 2-pointer attempt rate — and third-fewest free throw attempts in the conference. “It’s been a weakness of ours, and

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especially (for) our perimeter guys … Scottie and Bryant,” Collins said. “It’s something that we’re continuously working on: trying to be physical, getting to the basket, being smart enough to create contact and find ways to get to the free-throw line.” The Badgers make the perfect opponent to implement this strategy against: Opponents have taken 70.6 percent of their field goals from 2-point range this year against Wisconsin, the eighth-highest rate in the country, and converted on more than half those attempts. That’s in spite of the presence of All-American center Ethan Happ, who entered the season as a national player of the year candidate and currently ranks sixth in the conference in scoring. Beyond Happ, though, the Badgers are extremely young and raw — a problem only amplified by the fact that veteran guard D’Mitrik Trice has been out since a December foot surgery. Collins nevertheless noted that Wisconsin is “not a just a team — they’re a program,” and junior center Dererk Pardon made it clear the Cats aren’t taking their northerly rivals lightly despite the off-year. “I feel like they’re still a good team,” Pardon said. “They’re very desperate at this point trying to get wins, just like we are. We have to bring our A-game.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats try to end losing streak Cats look to break By CASSIDY JACKSON

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With seven games left in the season, it’s crunch time for Northwestern. The Wildcats (9-14, 2-7 Big Ten) are heading east to Bloomington on Sunday to take on Indiana (11-12, 4-6), which currently sits directly above NU in the conference standings. Last season, the Cats faced the Hoosiers twice and split the series. Adding a win over Indiana to their resume could do the Cats some good. Last year, NU finished with a 20-11 overall record, but with seven games left, the team already has more losses than it had all of last season. Coach Joe McKeown said the Cats are less focused on winning now and more focused on improving for the future. “We’ve been more focused on us than our record,” McKeown said. “Where a lot of teams would be frustrated, I think we’re still in that learning period. They want it

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to be their team, their identity over the next couple years. You’re seeing that right now. You’re seeing the growth every day.” Coming off two tough home losses to No. 11 Maryland and No. 13 Michigan, NU is looking for success against the Hoosiers. Sophomore forward Abi Scheid said the game against the Terrapins proved that the team is capable of competing with the best. Freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam said simply seeing improvement from game to game is the team’s major goal. “Coach says we just have to keep getting better, so we just have to keep working every day and getting better,” Pulliam said. “For me personally, just keep giving everything I have and improving in every area of the game. I want my defense to get better and also my 3-point percentage.” In the midst of a four-game losing

streak, NU will have to pull out all its tricks to break the Hoosiers’ three-game winning streak. McKeown said Indiana and the Cats have a history of playing well against each other and that the team’s biggest weakness at the moment is experience. Similar to NU, Indiana is a young team with five freshmen on its roster, while the Cats have four. Even though the Hoosiers are youthful, they have two all-conference seniors in guard Tyra Buss and forward Amanda Cahill. McKeown said playing against them will be the team’s toughest challenge. Scheid said if NU applies all it has learned from its previous matchups, she is optimistic about its chances. “They’re a decent team,” Scheid said. “They’re very disciplined, and I know they have a few good players like Buss and Cahill. But they lost their big post (player), so I think that’s where we’ll have a big advantage. Just got to play hard and the outcome will be good.” cassidyjackson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Jordan Hamilton surveys the court. The freshman is looking to break the team’s losing streak against Indiana.

school record for wins By PETER WARREN

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After breaking the single-season win streak record two weeks ago in Philadelphia, Northwestern has a chance to smash the single-season wins record. With only one regular season dual remaining, the No. 8 Wildcats’ final shot to break the record will be at the NU Duals this weekend. NU currently sits at 39-5 with 12 bouts to fence this weekend. The team will need seven wins to break the school record set during the 2009-2010 season when the Cats finished with 45 victories. “It is something we are not focusing on,” coach Zach Moss said. “But it would be really cool considering we broke the record for consecutive wins. To break both records in one season, it would be amazing.” The NU Duals, on paper, is the toughest of NU’s season. Including the Cats, there are five top-10 teams attending the dual: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 4 Princeton, No. 5 Ohio State and No. 7 Temple. In addition to those five, Duke, North Carolina, Stanford and UC San Diego are competing and all four received votes in the latest poll, placing them right outside the top 10. NU has fenced against six of those eight teams. Earlier last month, the Cats defeated Temple, Stanford and UCSD, while they lost to North Carolina and Princeton in November and Notre Dame last week. “We are fencing eight teams that are ranked in the top 10 or received votes that basically put them in the top 15,” Moss said. “That is a tough slate. I feel like we are ready and the team will handle it well.” While the dual is technically a home meet, it will not take place in

Evanston or the Chicagoland area. With Henry Crown Sports Pavilion — NU’s usual home — under renovation, the NU Duals will be held in South Bend. This will be the second week in a row the Cats travel to Indiana to compete in a weekend dual. Junior foil Sharon Chen said that while the team wishes it was competing in Evanston, fencing at Notre Dame provides extra motivation to take down the defending national champs. “There has been some negative feelings towards not being able to have it at Northwestern and have our friends and family, our friends especially, be able to see us,” Chen said. “I do know that being at Notre Dame fires us up more to defeat the Irish at the home of the Irish.” An emphasis for the team this year has been team chemistry. Sophomore Adelle Berdichevsky said the team’s improved dynamic has made the team closer off the strip and better on it. “The team dynamic has changed a lot since last year,” Berdichevsky said. “It has become a lot stronger. We are definitely more of a family and all have each other’s backs, and that has really strengthened the team overall and it has shown in our performance.” The NU Duals will also be the final regular season dual for the team’s nine seniors. The senior class includes sabre Sacha Bazzal, epee Anna Tolley, epee Katie Van Riper and sabre Emine Yücel. Chen said breaking the school record for wins would be a great way to honor the seniors. “It is my personal goal to have them leave this season feeling that we have accomplished so much,” Chen said. “(To break the record) would be the best feeling ever. I don’t want the senior class to leave, but if they must they should go with a bang.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu