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Committee talks housing solutions Members evaluate housing ordinance, discuss future goals By CATHERINE HENDERSON
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Medill Prof. Alec Klein at an event in 2012. Klein was accused of “harassing” and “predatory” behavior by several former students and employees.
Prof accused of ‘predatory’ behavior
Former students, employees write open letter to NU administrators By MARIANA ALFARO
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Medill Prof. Alec Klein, director of the Medill Justice Project, was accused of “harassing” and “predatory” behavior by former students and employees in an open letter sent to Northwestern administrators on Wednesday. In the letter, former students and employees of Klein and the Medill Justice Project allege that the tenured professor displayed “controlling, discriminatory, emotionally and verbally abusive
behavior” while working at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. The letter accuses Klein of attempting to kiss a prospective female employee and asking a female employee to come to his hotel room for drinks during a business trip, among other accusations. The letter states Klein “talked about his sex life and pressed for explicit details about others,” and gave “unwanted neck massages while a female employee was trying to work.” The letter alleges that there was one settlement paid out because
of Klein’s behavior. According to a document reviewed by The Daily, the University paid $8,000 to a former employee to settle a complaint made against Klein in 2015. In a statement to The Daily, Klein “categorically” denied the allegations made in the letter and said he intends to take legal action. Klein did not specify who he is planning on taking legal action against. Klein alleged in the statement that many of the claims made involved a “disgruntled former employee who had been on a corrective-action plan for poor-
work performance several years ago.” Klein also said the “bulk” of the other allegations made were reported to Northwestern’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Access, but the office did not find any violations in his conduct. “Investigating potentially wrongful convictions is rigorous work, and it requires the highest-levels of accuracy, fairness and thoroughness because we are publishing for the world,” he wrote. “Our work sometimes challenges powerful institutions and is always closely scrutinized.” » See KLEIN, page 6
The Inclusionary Housing Ordinance Subcommittee proposed changes to affordable housing in Evanston, including the possibility of an additional real estate transfer tax, at their second meeting on Wednesday. Committee members, including aldermen, nonprofit workers and developers, evaluated goals for the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance at the meeting. Implemented in January 2016, the ordinance requires developers to make 10 percent of units affordable, pay a fee-in-lieu, suggest an alternative equivalent proposal or petition for a reduction of requirements. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said since passing the ordinance, officials have realized the fee-in-lieu might be too low to be effective. “We’re not going to rewrite (the IHO) tonight,” Wilson said in the meeting. “We have to look at this with the lens of … the math of developing.” Wilson said demand for affordable units is high while, supply is low. The choice the city faces, he said, is between building more units and collecting money for an affordable housing fund. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) suggested a referendum for an additional transfer tax separate from
the existing real estate transfer tax. However, Wilson said he doubted it would pass. “People deserve decent housing,” Rainey told The Daily. “People here are very much in support of housing, and it would be very important, thoughtful and hopefully highly supported if everybody could share the burden. If this community is for housing for everyone, maybe it will get support.” Rainey told The Daily it is “too bad” members of the community have turned against development in Evanston. She said she felt most of the “progressive community” supported projects such as the 33-story residential development on 601 Davis St., which City Council denied at a meeting last month. Rainey said the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance was a small but important part of a larger discussion about affordable housing. “When we started this, there were so many projects coming down the pike,” Rainey said in the meeting. “Now the community has risen up and said no. It’s a very small portion of the community, but they’ve had a major effect on the council.” Housing and grants division manager Sarah Flax told The Daily it was “important step” that the committee looked for sources to fund affordable housing needs other than the ordinance. She added that alternatives such as a real estate transfer tax could help meet Evanston’s housing needs. » See HOUSING, page 6
Community dialogue addresses Black House renovations
Students, faculty discuss updates to textbook initiative, Black Student Experience task force report By ALLIE GOULDING
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Administrators are asking for feedback from students regarding projected plans for Black House renovations. The announcement was made at a community dialogue event Wednesday, which brought together more than 50 students, faculty and administrators to discuss updates on University initiatives including the renovations, Books for Cats and the Black Student Experience Task Force. Steering Committee co-chairs Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson and Julie Payne-Kirchmeier announced that the committee, which will oversee the Black House renovation, has moved from the “feasibility” part of the renovation plans — where students discussed what the ideal Black House would look like to them — into the “schematic design” phase. In this phase, the committee is putting “bricks and walls” to students’ ideas for the house to see
what it would actually look like, Brown-Henderson said. Brown-Henderson and PayneKirchmeier said the committee will launch a website tomorrow for the “engagement” phase, which will allow students to submit feedback on projected plans for the renovations and the spaces they would prioritize in the Black House. Students can also attend two live presentations, on Feb. 12 and Feb. 15, to learn more about the plans and share their feedback, they said. “What we really want from (students) now is to get engaged in this process these next two weeks,” Payne-Kirchmeier said during the dialogue. After the schematic design is complete, the committee will meet Feb. 26 to work with the architects to put together a design based on student suggestions and committee discussions. Payne-Kirchmeier said they are expecting this step to be complete April 2018. Also at the dialogue, associate provost and chief diversity officer Jabbar Bennett discussed progress that has been made in three main areas for the Black Student
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Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, Campus Inclusion and Community director, discusses Black House renovation plans at the Community Dialogue. Brown-Henderson said the committee has moved from the “feasibility” part of the plan to the “schematic design” phase.
Experience Task Force report recommendations, including increasing the number of black students, faculty and staff on campus, listening to black students regularly and
creating a “physical academic hub” for black students on campus. These areas were identified by 75 administrators and faculty as initiatives that need to happen
campus-wide level, Bennett said. So far, progress in these areas has included creating the Academic Support and Learning Advancement center in the library.
The task force has also formed five groups —which include 39 students, faculty and staff — to work on listening to black students regularly, not just in times of crisis. “In a way (that initiative) is going to better the experience of black students overall,” Communication sophomore Kimani Isaac, who is in one of the groups, told The Daily. “Not just when it boils over to a tipping point, so that way they can create a good enough working relationship that they don’t need to organize a protest.” The goal, Bennett said, is to have a concrete implementation plan for each of these three recommendations submitted to leadership by the end of Spring Quarter. Brown-Henderson, executive director of Campus Inclusion and Community, also mentioned she has heard concerns over the current vacancy of four positions at the Multicultural Student Affairs office. MSA director, one of the vacant positions, will be filled by Daviree Velázquez Phillip on Feb. 12. » See DIALOGUE, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Trudeau talks international relations at UChicago By JULIA ESPARZA
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event. Trudeau talked about President Donald Trump and the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement deal.
POLICE BLOTTER Pizza delivery man robbed at gunpoint
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a Panino’s Pizza delivery man Tuesday. A 47-year-old Chicago man arrived at an
empty home in the 2100 block of Foster Street to deliver a pizza, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Two suspects wearing dark clothing approached the man. One pointed a gun to his head while the other searched through his pockets, Glew said. The suspects took $500 in cash and the
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CHICAGO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed President Donald Trump’s leadership style and the state of international trade at a University of Chicago event Wednesday. The event was hosted by the Institute of Politics at UChicago, which brought Trudeau to campus to speak for its five-year anniversary. Trudeau shared his views on the relationship between the United States and Canada and had a conversation with Institute of Politics founder and director David Axelrod, a former senior advisor to former President Barack Obama. Trudeau noted the social, cultural and economic interconnectedness between the U.S. and its neighbors to the north. “There is no other country in the world that has a greater vested interest in the United States being successful than Canada, because not matter how good we are doing in Canada ... when you sneeze, we catch a cold,” Trudeau said. The two discussed Trump’s effect on foreign relations and North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Trudeau said he would rather not have a NAFTA deal than have a deal that doesn’t benefit Canada. Axelrod noted Trump ran his presidential campaign on an anti-trade agenda. Despite the common language and economic interests Trudeau pointed to, Axelrod pressed the Prime Minister to discuss the disruptions Trump’s presidency has created in Canada. Axelrod mentioned a recent poll that measured Canadians’ man’s wallet. No suspects have been identified, Glew said.
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approval of the American leadership at 20 percent. “Our countries and our peoples get along so well and are so closely intertwined that the relationship is much bigger and much deeper than the ideologies or the perspectives of whoever happens to be Prime Minister of Canada and whoever is occupying the White House,” Trudeau said. Trudeau also acknowledged that while Canadians are actively engaged in American politics, people from the U.S. know less about their neighbors to the north. Caroline Hutton, a public policy major at UChicago, introduced Trudeau and pointed to the similarities between the United States and Canada. She said both countries are committed to democracy and human rights and that Canada has provided a “model” for these values. She said Trudeau’s early career as a teacher displayed his “dedication and belief in Canada’s young people” before he entered politics. “Prime Minister Trudeau sets an extraordinary example of the power in public service, in progressivism and in young people,” Hutton said. Trudeau, Canada’s second-youngest prime minister in its history, encouraged students to get involved with politics and to not become jaded into thinking they don’t play a significant role in shaping policy. Trudeau said many young people today focus less on the partisan aspect on politics and more on the “substance” of the policies. “We as a world right now … have an awful lot to learn from you, from your approach, from your dynamism, but also your willingness to challenge the way things have always been done,”Trudeau said. juliainesesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu The man left his vehicle locked in the lot from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Glew said. When he returned, the vehicle was missing. The lot was not under surveillance. Police have not yet located the vehicle. — Nikki Baim
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ON CAMPUS Ethnic studies teach-in raises support By RACHEL KUPFER
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The Latinx Asian American Collective held a teach-in Wednesday to introduce a published proposal for the Latina and Latino Studies Program and Asian American Studies Program to become academic departments. It was the first of a series to educate students about the initiative. Around 30 students attended the teach-in, which gave an overview of the programs and the proposal’s key points. These included the designated facilities and faculty members that would be provided if the programs become official departments. The Collective was formed by the student groups MEChA de Northwestern and the Asian Pacific American Coalition. Members hoped the teach-in would raise awareness in students outside of the programs for their efforts, APAC member Isabella Ko said. “The goal is to get the word out and have a reach beyond groups of people that we are always around,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “We want to get as much support as possible, especially in terms of seeking people willing to help with the collective.” The teach-in was the first public meeting hosted by the Collective, which formed last quarter. The group also published a petition of support along with their proposal. It currently has about 830 signatures, with a goal of 1,000, according to members at the meeting. Members want the voices of students of color to be heard and represented at Northwestern, said Erykah Nava, a member of the Collective’s education committee. “When we enter these spaces, we should be allowed to transform them. That means being able to critique them and being able to disrupt them and give feedback,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “It’s important to not only take up space but know how we’re taking up that space, how we’re using our voices and going against being silent.” One key point of the meeting was the need for
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Students at a teach-in hosted by the Latinx Asian American Collective play Kahoot as an introduction to their discussion. The Collective introduced a published proposal for the Latina and Latino Studies Program and the Asian American Studies Program to become departments within the University.
designated space, which the proposed departments currently lack. Many professors do not currently have offices, making it difficult to arrange office hours or meetings with other professors, Nava added. Additionally, due to a lack of money designated by the University, LLSP and AASP faculty members and directors must raise money for programs and research, Ko said. “Most of their time is spent fundraising,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “Department heads, who are academics, have to fundraise and think about administrative things, giving them added pressure.” Because programs are not primarily in charge
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of their own faculty and hiring, the departments that faculty are hired under have greater say in the courses taught and the research done. Obligations to departments force faculty to work “two full-time jobs,” one with their department and one with their program, said June Choe, an education committee member. “LLSP and AASP are their own fields with their own unique histories,” Choe added. “When they’re often treated like a special topic within another discipline, it makes us question whether we’re truly reflected in our courses or if the courses are really meant for us.” rachelkupfer2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Source: Charles Osgood
“The Antelope Party” features a group of “bronies” living in rural Pennsylvania who trade their love of “My Little Pony” for fascist neighborhood politics.
Play uses ‘Pony’ fan club to analyze 2016 election By ANDREA MICHELSON
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Jeremy Wechsler (Communication ’90) was seeking a script that looked at the current political landscape from an “off-kilter” perspective. But “off-kilter” doesn’t even begin to describe “The Antelope Party,” a colorful and at times eerie journey into an impressionable My Little Pony fan club. Eric John Meyer’s “The Antelope Party” tells the story of a group of well-meaning ‘bronies’ — adult fans of My Little Pony — who get wrapped up in a dangerous neighborhood watch group with a political agenda. “It’s a terrifically weird and original look at the election,” Weschler said. “If you look around the country, I think it is extremely unlikely that you will find as offbeat and insightful a play written about these social pressures as this one.” Wechsler is the artistic director at Theater Wit, a theater company in Chicago that aims to produce plays that are both humorous and argumentative, he said. “The Antelope Party” exemplifies this style
of theater: the script and scenery employ comedic measures to emphasize serious social and political pressures. “The world the bronies have created at the beginning is so delightful and hilarious that I think the audience feels actual emotional pain as it recedes,” Wechsler said. “I think it’s a difficult thing for (the audience) to negotiate, as the space that they’re in becomes less and less safe.” Wechsler said while some of the audience members have viewed “The Antelope Party” as an allegory for the rise of Nazism in Germany, the play is meant to explore an ideological phenomenon closer to home. Playwright Eric John Meyer said he started writing “The Antelope Party” during the presidential primaries in 2016. “When I saw the violent footage of Trump’s rallies, and watched as people who once considered him a joke start twisting themselves into knots in order to rationalize supporting him (or not not supporting him), I decided to use fandom and cosplay as a lens for examining the dangerous nationalism that was spreading,” Meyer said in an email to The Daily. Annie Munch (Communication ’12), who plays
one of the bronies, said the marginalized position of the subculture also makes the characters vulnerable to the fascist ethos of the neighborhood watch group. “These are people for whom a sense of belonging has been elusive, and to have someone offer you a sense of belonging when you’ve generally been denied it, that’s a powerful thing,” Munch said. Most of the play is set in Ben’s — one of the bronies — apartment in rural Pennsylvania, where a small group of My Little Pony fans meet to discuss their love for the show and its subculture. The apartment is a “My Little Pony wonderland” that acts as a haven from the outside world, Wechsler said. The creative team added painstaking details to the space — such as a shelf of Beyoncé themed Ponies that combine Ben’s two favorite fandoms — to elicit delight from the audience, Wechsler said. He noted this delight is replaced with unease by the final act. As the plot develops, the scenery reflects the shift in the characters’ ideals, Wechsler said. Some of the characters shed their colorful cosplay outfits, and details like propaganda for the sinister neighborhood watch group appear on the set after intermission,
he said. “Slowly, the movement of the design is going to move us from Equestria into the real world, in a slow and subtle fashion so we do not know it is happening,” Wechsler said. “And by the end, we’re like ‘Oh my god, here we are.’” Wechsler, Meyer and Munch all said the audience is visibly affected by the ideological exploitation of the bronies. They said as the characters get sucked into the neighborhood watch group, audience members have physically flinched and even yelled. But Wechsler said “The Antelope Party” is ultimately a show about understanding rather than panic. He said he hopes the play can delve into the emotional and social reasons why people voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. “In some ways, the theater is always about trying to create a window of grace where we can see someone else’s position,” Wechsler said. “If you understand in ‘The Antelope Party’ why the bronies change the way they do, you understand a lot more than I did going into this about the Trump voter.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu
Alumni to star in ‘Phantom’ sequel’s Chicago debut By MADELEINE FERNANDO
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Source: Joan Marcus
The cast of the national tour of “Love Never Dies.” The stand-alone sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” picks up the story ten years later in a new setting: Coney Island.
Both Alyssa Giannetti and Michael Gillis grew up with a love for composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his best-known musical, “The Phantom of the Opera.” So, it was only appropriate that the two be cast in the national tour of “Love Never Dies,” the stand-alone musical sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera.” The two Northwestern alumni will return to the area this Wednesday for the show’s Chicago debut, playing at the Cadillac Palace Theatre from Feb. 14 through March 4. Fresh out of college and working day jobs while “auditioning like crazy” in New York, Giannetti (Bienen ’16) said she woke up at 5 a.m. the morning of an open call to throw her hat in the ring. Gillis (Bienen ’99)— who previously covered Raoul and 13 other male roles in “The Phantom of the Opera” — had been out of the professional theater industry for the last 10 years due to an eye injury. He recently made the decision to return to the stage and flew from Chicago to New York to attend auditions, he said. About eight callbacks later, both were offered their roles: Giannetti as a Swing and Christine’s understudy, and Gillis as an ensemble member and the Phantom and Raoul’s understudy. “Love Never Dies” picks up roughly 10 years after the end of “The Phantom of the Opera.” The setting is no longer the Paris Opera’s Palais Garnier, but rather Coney Island, where the Phantom has established a new life for himself, according to a news release. Giannetti, who grew up listening to the original “Phantom of the Opera,” said the sequel is a
“completely different world” that draws inspiration from the original. “Love Never Dies,” she said, has a similar creative structure and references exact quotes from the original show. “It’s really cool to see a sequel that can stand on its own but also have elements of the first one as well,” Giannetti said. “(It’s) an amazing ending to this epic love story.” Bienen Prof. Pamela Hinchman, Giannetti’s former voice teacher and mentor, recalls Giannetti as one of her “most gifted students,” noting her versatility as a vocalist and possession of a natural stage presence. Hinchman said she was thrilled when she learned Giannetti landed the understudy role for Christine and believes it is the beginning of a future of success. “She’s just this optimistic person,” Hinchman said. “If somebody says, ‘Oh my gosh, this character needs to have darker hair,’ she’ll go out and dye her hair darker for the audition. She does everything she can to make it work. … You just want her dreams to come true.” Gillis said the show allows for significantly more character development than “The Phantom of the Opera.” Since the musical is set roughly a decade later, the characters are older and posed with challenges that incorporate more adult themes, he said. Gillis said his favorite part of the show is its music, which he said encapsulates “all the emotions you could possibly imagine from music.” In addition to the score, Gillis said the show itself holds powerful messages that will resonate across audiences. “This show has a lot of wonderful sentiments within the lyrics of ways to live life and ways to treat people and words of wisdom to live by,” Gillis said. “If you love ‘(The) Phantom of the Opera’ … you’re going to love this show.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Jazz Orchestra to perform Mardi Gras-style concert By JANE RECKER
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Audiences might notice something strange when attending the Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra’s Mardi Gras-themed concert on Feb. 13: some of the songs will require the performers to play without any sheet music. Jazzers are familiar with doing shorter improvisations, but trumpet player Sam Wolsk said getting through an entire tune without any score or lead sheet posed a real challenge to the group. “It was tough. I remember that I completely forgot the melody,” the Bienen junior said. “(Our director) was like, ‘Ok trumpets, play this,’ and I was like, ‘Wait, do I come in on one or two?’” However, Wolsk said that once the group found their groove, they ended up having a ton of fun, with people even getting out of their chairs and dancing
around. While dancing musicians might be frowned upon by jazz purists at one of the group’s typical concerts, this blatant grooving to the music is appropriate for their New Orleans jazz set, Wolsk said. Unlike New York jazz — the style the group usually performs — New Orleans jazz was born from parades and people jamming in the streets, Wolsk said. Bienen senior Jared Decker, one of the drummers for the group, said the New Orleans jazz-themed program was the brainchild of Bienen Prof. Victor Goines, who serves as the Jazz Studies director and is a New Orleans native. Decker said Goines thought programming the musical style would be appropriate, as their concert is scheduled for Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, a historically important holiday in New Orleans. No jazz band is complete without a strong drummer, but Decker’s role is even more important for New Orleans style, as he said much of the music originated from parades.
“If we’re doing swing, that approach to the drumset is totally different stylistically than this type of music,” Decker said. “Because it goes back to parades (where) there’s specific snare drum grooves. To get it to sound authentic you really have to know what you’re doing.” Decker also noted that these parade-origins are part of New Orleans jazz’s predominantly oral tradition. Historically, different groups would march in the parade playing the same melodies, but all would sing different lyrics depending on where they first learned the tune, he said. Bienen junior Louis Danowsky, who plays saxophone in the group, said this oral tradition can be heard in the music itself. The originators of New Orleans jazz wouldn’t have played off of sheet music, but rather would have played off their fellow musicians, he said. “It’s one melody that keeps getting passed around (and) is treated like a dialogue between sections,” Danowsky said. “It mimics the way that there’s a
dialogue between actual people. Asked what the hardest aspect of performing the music was, Danowsky laughed and said “we never play it!” He explained that although New Orleans jazz is important as the predecessor to other jazz forms, most jazz musicians rarely perform in the style. Lacking a long-standing exposure to all of the nuances and grooves of the music made it more difficult to perform with ease, Danowsky said. The best way to combat this problem for Decker was by listening tirelessly to acclaimed New Orleans jazz recordings. He said before he even knew what songs would be in the concert, he started listening to recordings in the genre just to get the grooves and rhythms in his head. Although the drummer has a soft spot for the classic tune “Big Chief,” he said he was excited about all of the pieces on the concert. “I think it’s gonna be a party,” he said. janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu
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The cast of “My Wonderful Birthday Suit!” plays in front of the “Thinking Tree.” The show runs at Chicago Children’s Theater through Feb. 18.
Source: Charles Osgood
“My Wonderful Birthday Suit!” aims to tackle the tough topics of diversity and race in a colorful, kid-friendly way.
Alumni create Children’s Theatre play about diversity By CARMEN FERNANDEZ
the daily northwestern @carmenmfern
Tackling topics of diversity and race through art is never easy — especially when it comes to children. But in the world of “My Wonderful Birthday Suit!” colorful costumes, cheerful music and fun characters’ names present diversity to children through the scene of a birthday party. Will Wilhelm (Communication ’14), who will be performing in the play at Chicago Children’s Theatre from Jan. 16 through Feb. 18, described the play as a means through which adults can start conversations about “hot button issues.” “What’s really important is we’re giving both children and their teachers and families tools and building blocks and vocabulary of how to talk about these things with children from a very young
age,” Wilhelm said.”I think it’s really, really easy and common for people to try to ignore those issues with children.” The show is aimed at audience members from the ages of 4 to 7, according to Wilhelm. The rehearsal process for this show was incredibly fast, with rehearsals beginning early January and the show opening two weeks later, understudy Communication junior Grace Bobber said. “The rehearsal period was so demanding and exhausting because it was very physical and (required) mental work every day to try to create this world characters live in and to try to create relationships between the characters,” Bobber said. “My Wonderful Birthday Suit!” opens with a tense situation caused by Wilhelm’s character calling another character “brown” several times in a negative manner, Wilhelm said. They said the characters then discuss celebrating diversity, while Wilhelm’s character reflects upon his thoughts in
the “thinking tree.” Playwright and director Gloria Bond Clunie said she wanted the thinking tree to represent a positive location where children can reflect, rather than a negative place where they must sit in a time out. “It takes you higher up to give you another perspective,” Clunie, an NU alumna, said. “It doesn’t give the answers, but springing from it there’s vocabulary that helps one explain and understand; it helps the person find language to understand and negotiate their world.” After the show, the actors aim to further engage children by asking them questions about the key themes they remembered, Wilhelm said. Both Clunie and Wilhelm mentioned the importance of children immersing themselves in live theatre at a time when many seem to be attached to their electronics. “We are often looking into a screen, even if we
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• Bienen School of Music, “Contemporary Music
• Bienen School of Music, “Guitar Ensemble,”
• Bienen School of Music, “Symphonic Band,”
Ensemble,” Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall 7:30 p.m.
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 3 p.m.
• Bienen School of Music, “Gail Williams, horn,”
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Aquarius”
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• Jewish Theatre Ensemble, “Fly By Night,”
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• Jewish Theatre Ensemble, “Fly By Night,”
• Wirtz Center, “Vinegar Tom,” Josephine Louis
• Wirtz Center MFA Lab Series, “White,” Hal &
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• Wirtz Center, “Vinegar Tom,” Josephine Louis
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Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 2 and 8 p.m.
Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 8 p.m.
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KLEIN
From page 1 Klein was hired by Medill in 2008 and became director of the Medill Justice Project, an investigative journalism center that enlists both undergraduate and graduate students to investigate potentially wrongful convictions. Klein also sent The Daily copies of his CTECs, which are course and teacher evaluations made by students at the end of a quarter. Klein said in his statement the CTECs show that students have “overwhelmingly indicated they had a wonderful experience in (his) classes and not once have they accused (him) of any mistreatment.” Klein provided over a dozen CTEC reports. Most show high ratings from students for “overall rating of the instruction” and “overall rating of the course,” among other questions. However, none of these reports included responses from every student enrolled in his courses. The letter, sent to Medill Dean Brad Hamm and Provost Jonathan Holloway, was signed by 10 former students and employees of Klein and the Medill Justice Project. Olivia Pera, a former Justice Project employee who worked for Klein from 2014 to 2015, filed a complaint against Klein with the Illinois Department of Human Rights in July 2015, according to documents reviewed by The Daily. In an interview with The Daily, Pera said she felt Klein “preyed” on the fact that she was a single mother, adding she feared losing her job because of the way he treated her. “Being at Northwestern, I thought, was such a prestigious, good place and I was so happy when I got this job,” she said. “(But) working there was the worst six months of my entire human existence.” Pera’s complaint echoes some accusations in the letter, including statements that allege Klein attempted to kiss her.
Three 2009 Medill graduates — Alison Flowers, Meribah Knight and Kalyn Belsha — worked to coordinate its creation and distribution. In interviews with The Daily, the former students said their intent was not to highlight a single experience but to instead present multiple negative interactions students have had with Klein. Flowers, a former Medill Justice Project research associate, first met Klein as a student in Medill’s graduate program when she took his investigative reporting class in 2009. Klein taught the class for three years and then became director of the Medill Innocence Project — now the Medill Justice Project — after former Medill Prof. David Protess stopped teaching at the school. Protess left NU in 2011 after the University alleged he doctored emails and concealed documents from prosecutors, who accused him of ethical misconduct in a murder conviction investigation. Shortly after taking over Protess’ job in 2011, Klein told The Daily that he aimed to “restore trust in the class and the project and rebuild it so that it becomes again a point of pride for students, faculty, alumni, Medill and Northwestern.” Flowers was hired to be Klein’s first research associate. She told The Daily her time working for him, from 2011 to 2013, was “one of the most painful experiences” of her life. “He exerted a lot of power over me, he was my professor and later my boss,” she said. “At the time, I was still finding my place and voice as a journalist.” Though Flowers said she is grateful for the professional experience the program granted her, she said she considered leaving the research associate job “almost as soon” as she started. Flowers said she did not report Klein’s behavior to human resources while she was at NU because she was afraid of his possible retaliation. After leaving Medill, Flowers began connecting with other former students and employees of the program and found that many, like her, had kept quiet while they were
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“We’re focusing on (the ordinance) because it isn’t working as effectively as it could,” Flax told The Daily. “There’s been a lot of change in the development market, and that means you have to reevaluate more quickly than you might want to, but that’s just life when you’re dealing with development.” During the meeting, Wilson said the subcommittee would attend a workshop about inclusionary housing to understand the vocabulary. For example, he said one of the terminology issues the committee faced was a recent misunderstanding about the meaning of “internal rate of return.” Flax clarified this does not refer to profit, rather the percentage of each dollar earned for a period of time. The subcommittee will hold their workshop, meet again March 7 and present to the council April 30.
“I know that it creates some angst … when you see people of color leaving campus, you wonder what that’s about,” Brown-Henderson said. “I can only share what I know about people and how they decided to leave and move on. … We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to fill the positions soon.” Lee West, director for undergraduate education, provided an update on Books for Cats — an initiative started this year to provide first-year, low-income STEM students with textbooks for certain classes. The program has expanded from including 14 classes Fall Quarter, to 24 classes this quarter and 29 classes next quarter, West said. More than half of the eligible students in these classes are taking advantage of the program, West said. The program is looking to
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at NU about negative interactions with Klein. After releasing the letter Wednesday afternoon, Flowers said former students reached out to the email she and the other signees set up to receive complaints against Klein. In his statement to The Daily, Klein said he has “tried to lead The Medill Justice Project with honor.” “I strive for all of the students in my classes to have a wonderful experience,” he said. “It is also true that I have high expectation for my students and expect them to do their best because the goal is for them to become better journalists.” In an email, Hamm and Medill Associate Deans Charles Whitaker and Beth Bennett said Medill takes “all complaints of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct seriously.” They added that individual schools do not handle investigations or sanctions. “Northwestern University is a direct report university, which means all issues are sent or directed promptly to the University’s Title IX office,” they said. “This university process is intended to protect the privacy of complainants and ensure that a trained professional staff handles investigations and assigns any sanctions.” In a statement, University spokesman Al Cubbage said Northwestern will review the allegations published in the letter. Cubbage also said “many of the allegations” in the letter had been brought to NU’s attention several years ago by a former employee in a complaint but that a University investigation had not “substantiated” the complaint. He encouraged victims of alleged harassment or misconduct at Northwestern to contact the school’s Office of Equity, which he said handles all complaints regarding sexual misconduct. Other claims made in the letter include allegations of bullying and sexism in the workplace. According to the signees, Klein “repeatedly accused students of insubordination and reprimanded them to the point of tears over minor or perceived expand to include lab materials and potentially online homework services. Several students proposed factors to consider when expanding the program, such as the use of course packets and test preparation material. “There’s a lot of work being done to reach the right people to make sure that students have the experience where they pay for their classes when they pay for tuition, but also can afford to take their classes,” Isaac told The Daily. Events related to the 50th commemoration of the Bursar’s Office Takeover were briefly mentioned toward the end of the dialogue, but students were unable to participate in a discussion about the Takeover since the dialogue was already running past the projected end time. A few students, including NU Quest Scholars vice president Madisen Hursey, raised concerns over the format of the dialogue, which consisted mostly of faculty and administrators giving updates about campus initiatives without leaving
offenses” and once told a student “she needed an A- to earn his recommendation. He later promised a male student in the same class a recommendation in exchange for a B+.” According to emails reviewed by The Daily, multiple former students of Klein and MJP employees offered to share their experiences with Klein with a coordinator at NU’s Title IX office in December. At least two former students received responses Monday from the University’s human resources office. In the email responses, the office said it had reviewed their concerns regarding Klein’s alleged conduct and determined that there was not enough information to warrant “a formal investigation into a potential violation of the University’s Discrimination and Harassment Policy or the University’s Policy on Sexual Misconduct.” Dwight Hamilton, Northwestern’s Title IX coordinator, declined to comment on the matter Wednesday. The office told the former students that their allegations were enough to trigger an “Informal Action,” in which the office will meet with Klein “to inform him of the concerns raised, to review the protections afforded by these policies, and to discuss any necessary modifications to his approach.” “We are writing this letter because despite numerous allegations, investigations and complaints — and at least one settlement — Alec Klein is still teaching,” the letter said. “He still has tenure. He is still leading the Medill Justice Project, a crown jewel of the institution. Many of us have spoken to Title IX officers. We’ve spoken to other university officials and still, nothing happens.” A Medill Justice Project information session scheduled for graduate program students Wednesday evening was cancelled after the allegations were made public, according to an email sent to students that cited “unforeseen circumstances.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu time for student discussion and feedback. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for Student Affairs, said during the meeting that administrators are trying to reach a balance between giving updates and students providing feedback, and while they might have been “offbalance” at the dialogue, they wanted to “make sure students knew (administrators) heard them” and that they were being clear with the actions taken. Hursey said she appreciated the updates, but felt there could’ve been more time for student comment. “It seems like the kind of thing they could have drafted up in an email or in a flyer and sent out for e to see beforehand so they could come to the dialogue with questions,” Hursey told The Daily. “But a dialogue isn’t a speech with listeners. A dialogue is a conversation.” alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats hoping experience leads to success in 2018 By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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After missing the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time since 2013, Northwestern will lean on a veteran core this year as it looks to return to the postseason. The Wildcats lost just three members of last year’s team that finished a disappointing 25-29 and are adding five freshmen to the roster. NU returns all four pitchers from last year. The addition of a freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey will give the Cats an unusually deep staff, as most teams carry just three pitchers on their roster. Four of NU’s top five hitters from 2017 also return. “We have a lot of key veterans,” coach Kate Drohan said. “They’ll be playing some different roles defensively, but I’m counting on their experience offensively to really anchor our lineup and take it up to another level (by) adding some power.” Offensively, senior shortstop Marissa Panko and senior centerfielder Sabrina Rabin will likely be the stars. Panko hit .329 last season
and stole 14 bases in 17 attempts. Rabin, the Cats’ leadoff hitter, was even better, hitting .354 and leading the team with 47 runs scored. She also led the Big Ten in stolen bases with 27. Junior infielder Morgan Nelson and junior pitcher Kenzie Ellis also had solid seasons at the plate, particularly in the power categories. Ellis topped NU in RBIs last year with 31. “I always take my role very seriously about trying to start the offense, but we’ve got a lot of really great players who are coming up,” Rabin said. “We definitely have a lot more speed, (and) it makes the other team have to rush a little bit more.” On the pitching front, junior Kaley Winegarner emerged as the Cats’ ace late last season. She finished 10-6 with a 2.85 ERA, holding opponents to a .245 batting average. Winegarner will be joined by Ellis, sophomore Morgan Newport and senior Nicole Bond, all of whom performed adequately last year, as well as Wilkey. Drohan said she wants NU’s pitchers to be comfortable in any role — starting, middle relief and closing games — and Winegarner
thinks they are up to the challenge. “I think our pitching staff is going to be really strong this year,” Winegarner said. “In different situations, each pitcher is going to have something different to offer, so it’s going to be a very dynamic team.” As they usually do, the Cats have scheduled a difficult non-conference schedule to prepare them for Big Ten play. NU opens the season this weekend at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona, playing five games in three days. The Cats open on Friday against No. 7 Arizona, and later that day play San Diego State, which received votes in the preseason Top 25 rankings. NU will then play what should be easier games against Boise State and fellow Big Ten member Indiana on Saturday before taking on South Dakota on Sunday. “It’s about us getting ready to compete at the national level early on in the year,” Drohan said. “We have to get out of the gates fast, play a really tough, strong conference schedule and then make a good run in the postseason.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Kaley Winegarner throws a pitch. The junior leads a deep Wildcats pitching staff into the 2018 season.
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NU finalizes recruiting class with two new signings By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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Pat Fitzgerald wanders the sidelines. Fitzgerald and Northwestern signed 18 scholarship players in the class of 2018.
Northwestern filled out its recruiting class of 2018 on Wednesday, signing two more players to scholarship and bringing the class total to 18 scholarship players and two preferred walk-ons. Of the scholarship players, 16 of the 18 signed in December during the early-signing period. The only two new signees are offensive lineman Sam Stovall and defensive back A.J. Hampton. Both were previously unofficially committed to other schools — Stovall to Western Kentucky and Hampton to Toledo — before flipping to sign with the Wildcats. “Kids will say, ‘I’m committed to a school,’ but when you talk to them they’re not,” Fitzgerald said Wednesday. “We’re going to ask a kid a direct question, and if he’s not committed, he’s not committed.” Four-star defensive end Devin O’Rourke, one of the top high school players in the state of Illinois, is the headliner of the overall group. Coach Pat Fitzgerald had high praise for O’Rourke when asked about NU’s 2018 crown jewel recruit in December.
“(He’s) long, really athletic, can run,” Fitzgerald said. “Very rarely had one-on-one matchups throughout his (high school) career, especially later in his career where he was getting double- and triple-teamed. (I’m) just looking forward to getting him in to come in and compete because I think his upside is so huge.” O’Rourke, however, is the exception to the rule for the Cats. The defensive end is the only four-star recruit according to 247Sports and Rivals. ESPN lists guard Wyatt Blake, quarterback Jason Whittaker and linebacker Khalid Jones as fourstars as well. The names of running back Drake Anderson and superback Brian Kaiser, both the sons of former players, will also be familiar. The Early Signing Period debuted this year, representing the first change to a recruiting system that Fitzgerald called “antiquated.” The coach told the Chicago Tribune in December he hopes the NCAA will eventually migrate to a system where recruits can officially sign letters of intent to their chosen school within days of receiving a scholarship offer. For now, Fitzgerald seemed pleased with the relatively less revolutionary adjustment. “I like the fact that those guys
could end their process and be done on (December) 20th,” he said. “I also like the fact that it gave me a chance to evaluate big picture some things and where I wanted to add some things, and maybe it was at (defensive back) getting a little more depth.” In addition to Hampton, NU was also in the running for sought-after cornerback D.J. Brown until the last minute, but Brown committed to Notre Dame over the Cats and California on Wednesday. Fitzgerald also mentioned that five recruits — Jones, running back Isaiah Bowser, cornerback Greg Newsome, safety Jeremiah McDonald and defensive end Andrew Leota — have already enrolled at NU and have begun working out with the team. While outside services did not rank the Cats’ class highly, Fitzgerald noted that NU’s high academic standards limit the pool of players he is able to recruit and said he pays little attention to the third-party recruit ranking systems. “A lot of those recruiting things are beauty contests, and I don’t get caught up in it,” the coach said in December. “I get caught up in getting the right fit.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats open winter season at Big Ten Match Play in Florida By SOPHIE MANN
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After a three-month break in competition, Northwestern will start up the winter and spring season with Big Ten Match Play in Palm Coast, Florida, this weekend. Coach David Inglis said the golfers are looking forward to competing again after a rocky fall season. Inglis said he told the team to buckle down after a slow start to the fall, and they did just that by winning their last two tournaments.
The team has been working hard in the gym this winter and on their two training trips to Florida and Arizona, Inglis said. As a northern school, the team uses winter a bit differently than schools in warmer areas, he said. “We’re a little anxious to see how we’re playing and get back there,” Inglis said. “It’s kind of like we start a new season again.” Although they haven’t competed for Northwestern since October, senior Dylan Wu said that most of the team members play one tournament over the break to keep up their skills. Additionally, the first practice
trip was one week into the quarter and the second came at the end of January, about two weeks from competition. This, Wu said, makes the season seem more continuous, even with the break. What makes this competition both special and a challenge, Wu said, is that it marks the first match play tournament of the year and of the freshmen’s collegiate matchplay careers. In contrast to this one, most of the tournaments the team plays during the year are stroke play, which Wu said means they play against the course more than they have to strategize against a specific
opponent. “Match play is a different kind of golf; you don’t have to focus on every shot,” Wu said. “It’s a little bit of a more aggressive mentality in match play ... you’re playing against an opponent. Strategy is a big thing.” Despite this being his first opportunity to take on Big Ten Match Play, freshman Eric McIntosh said that he feels ready for and enjoys match play. He said that growing up in Britain, match play was common — especially at European events — and he feels as though he thrives in the one-on-one environment. McIntosh and Wu both echoed
Inglis’ excitement about getting back into competition. Despite only Illinois breaching the Top 25 at No. 15, Inglis said the Big Ten is not a golf conference to overlook. He said this event is a chance to get the season started with 72 holes of competitive play with less impact on the rankings than stroke play tournaments have. “As far as Illinois is concerned and the rest of the Big Ten ... we’re looking forward to the competition,” Inglis said. “We’ve got Nebraska in the first match on Friday, and we aren’t looking much past that.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu