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Alderman concedes mayoral race to Steve Hagerty
By JONAH DYLAN
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Weinberg juniors Nehaarika Mulukutla and Rosalie Gambrah won the uncontested Associated Student Government election Friday and will serve as ASG’s new president and executive vice president. Mulukutla and Gambrah won 76.8 percent of the vote, election commissioner Shayna Servillas told The Daily. More than 23 percent of voters voted no confidence in the first uncontested presidential election in institutional memory. Following the 2016 election, which featured one of the highest voter turnouts in ASG history, only 894 students voted this year. There were 4,060 total votes in 2016, when Christina Cilento and Macs Vinson narrowly beat Joji Syed and Archit Baskaran. The 2017 election had the lowest voter turnout in at least eight years. Mulukutla said her reaction to seeing the number of no confidence votes was “complete shock.” However, she said the pair is looking forward to the upcoming term. “We have this amazing, incredible opportunity to actually enact all the things we stand for,” she said, “in terms of pushing for students’ wellbeing and making students happier on this campus, and providing better Northwestern » See ELECTION, page 8
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self-help through social movement,” Ogwumike said. Ogwumike worked with the other co-chair, Carolyn Brooks, to bring Mckesson to campus. Brooks, a Weinberg senior, said Mckesson is particularly relevant to NU students because many are interested in the Black Lives Matter movement. “(We) sensed that there was a campus-wide need for someone to address the social movement going on,” Brooks said. “We thought DeRay Mckesson would just be the perfect speaker to address sustaining yourself in the midst of a social movement.” Brooks described activism as “long, hard, unforgiving work,” which makes a seasoned activist like Mckesson qualified to speak to students who may be frustrated if their work doesn’t
Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) conceded the mayoral race to businessman Steve Hagerty on Sunday, capping off a roughly six-month long election season that included a rare primary and a slew of contentious legal challenges. In a statement provided to The Daily, Tendam expressed his support for Hagerty and pledged to help him fulfill campaign promises. Tendam — who trailed his opponent by just 129 votes as of Friday afternoon — encouraged voters to celebrate the successful Evanston/Skokie District 65 referendum, which will help alleviate rising costs associated with an uptick in new students over the past decade. “As Evanstonians, we came together over that issue to send a message: Whatever else divides us, we are united in our support for the values that bind our community together,” Tendam wrote in the statement. “A community that wants to give every child the same chance to succeed can and will work together to stamp out inequity wherever and however it rears its ugly head in our town.” Evanston had the second highest turnout rate — roughly 36 percent, or more than 18,000 voters — among Cook County municipalities with contested mayoral or presidential races. As of Friday, that rate was significantly higher than that of the last contested election in 2009, when only 10,375 people voted. Tendam said he decided to concede after updated results came out Friday, which narrowed the already close race to 129 votes. The slight improvement in his direction was not enough to make a “long shot” viable, Tendam said. At the end of last week, about 450 mail ballots had not been received by election officials, Cook County clerk communications director Nick Shields told The Daily in an email. However, those ballots may never be returned because voters have the option to discard their mail ballot and vote on election day; others may choose not to send them back at all. In an interview Sunday night, Tendam said he would remain invested in the issues he campaigned on, particularly those
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Transgender activist Janet Mock speaks to an audience in Alice Millar Chapel on Friday. Mock discussed intersectional identities and encouraged people to be allies to the transgender community.
Janet Mock discusses allyship
Transgender activist speaks at Family Action Network event By ALAN PEREZ
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Writer, transgender rights activist and TV host Janet Mock addressed issues on intersectional identities and encouraged people to take an active role in “carving out” safe spaces for the transgender community during an
event at Alice Millar Chapel on Friday. More than 50 people listened to Mock’s conversation with Medill senior and former Daily staffer Bailey Williams, during which Mock reflected on her own intersectional identity. The event was hosted by Family Action Network, an organization that uses collaborative programming to connect and
inspire people. Mock spoke about her experience growing up poor and black and how those parts of her identity made it more difficult to come out as a transgender woman. “I had learned through culture, the world, family, friends (and) haters that by speaking out I will be shunned or exiled,” Mock said. Mock said her activism
began after finding a community where she felt comfortable enough coming out as a transgender woman. Though Mock told the audience about her personal life, she decided not to tell most of her stories. Instead, she encouraged people to read her book, “Redefining Realness.” She said she wrote the » See MOCK, page 8
DeRay Mckesson to visit NU for GES event By ERICA SNOW
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Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson will speak at Northwestern on Thursday as Global Engagement Summit’s inaugural keynote speaker. Mckesson, known for his Black Lives Matter activism and signature blue puffer vest, will speak in McCormick Auditorium at Norris University Center. Tickets are free and will be available for pickup with a Wildcard at the Norris front desk starting Monday. The event is open to all Northwestern students as well as the international and domestic delegates involved in the summit, which begins Wednesday. Mckesson helped create Campaign Zero, an organization that proposes data-driven
methods to combat police violence. Previously, Mckesson taught 6th grade math in the Teach for America program. He ran for public office in 2016, placing sixth in the Baltimore mayoral primary. As part of his activist work, Mckesson travels to different protests and shares pictures and videos to more than 775,000 Twitter followers. Weinberg sophomore Jessica Ogwumike said Mckesson’s talk will be valuable to student activists. As one of the co-chairs of campus relations for GES, Ogwumike said the group wanted to bring a prominent speaker and host an event open to all students because many would be interested in his message. “I’m really interested in Northwestern student activists learning (from) him techniques for sustaining optimism and sustaining self-care and
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Alderman, gubernatorial candidate visits Evanston By EDMUND BANNISTER
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Ald. Ameya Pawar of Chicago (47th), a Democratic candidate for governor, said only a progressive leader could fix the state’s budget issues and restore dynamism to Illinois during a Saturday event in Evanston. Pawar, who announced his gubernatorial bid in January, laid out his plan for Illinois in front of about 30 people at the Hip Circle Studio, 709 Washington St. The event was organized by the Evanston chapter of Action for a Better Tomorrow, an Illinois-based progressive advocacy group with chapters across the state. During his speech, Pawar said the only way to resolve Illinois’ severe budget crisis without cutting essential social services is to institute a graduated income tax — a tax that varies based on income. Currently, Illinois has a constitutionally mandated flat tax, which charges high- and low-income citizens the same percentage. “The flat income tax is the reason we can’t pay our bills,” Pawar said. The candidate also criticized the state’s criminal justice system. He said Illinois puts too many low-level drug offenders in prison and then bars their reentry to society by disqualifying them from college scholarships and state financial aid. After his speech, Pawar fielded questions from
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Ald. Ameya Pawar of Chicago (47th) speaks at Lane Tech College Prep in 2015. On Saturday, Pawar addressed about 30 people at an event organized by the Evanston chapter of Action for a Better Tomorrow.
the audience and addressed other issues like environmental policy and public education. Since Pawar launched his gubernatorial bid, he has been joined in the race by State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), Chris Kennedy — son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy — and most recently, businessman J.B. Pritzker. The Democratic
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nominee will likely face incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner in the general election next year. At the event on Saturday, an audience member pointed out that both Pritzker and Rauner are billionaires with the means to self-finance their campaigns. When asked about his strategy to compete with these candidates, Pawar emphasized
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the importance of face-to-face conversations and bringing together Cook County with the rest of the state. “We’re barnstorming our way around the state, having the same conversation,” Pawar said. “Our plan is to go to every county in the state and go talk to people on a very retail level.” Pawar said Rauner is employing a “divide and rule” strategy to drive a wedge between Chicago and downstate counties, and pledged to represent all voters. He made an appeal to the audience to turn out to vote in local and state elections, and encouraged more women to run for political office. Malik Turley, owner of Hip Circle Studio and an ABT member, told The Daily the group’s mission was to translate progressive enthusiasm into tangible political results. “We’re really working on getting people engaged and participating in their government,” Turley said. In the future, the group wants to host more forums for gubernatorial candidates to express their ideas, founder of Evanston’s ABT chapter Alisa Kaplan told The Daily. “I’m glad that there are several candidates for governor that are advancing unabashedly progressive visions for the state,” she said. “This is an alternative way to leverage the energy of the state and the energy of progressives that could actually lead to some real change.” edmundbannister2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Partnership offers free CTA passes By MADELEINE FERNANDO
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Through a partnership with Associated Student Government, the Center for Civic Engagement started a pilot program to provide free Chicago Transit Authority passes for students participating in civically-oriented activities in Chicago during Spring Quarter. The new Civic CTA Fare Initiative allows students to request free CTA passes to Chicago each week to participate in activities such as service projects, civic-themed speakers, museums or cultural institutions, said Rob Donahue, associate director of the Center for Civic Engagement. Donahue said with the new partnership, there will be up to 100 single-ride passes available each week. According to the center’s website, to request transit assistance, a student must fill out an online form briefly explaining what they want to use the pass for. Each student is only allowed one request per week. After being approved, students may pick up two single-ride tickets at the center, he said. The initiative was started as a way to ease financial burdens and encourage students to take advantage of all the opportunities and resources in Chicago, said Michael Deneroff, a member of ASG’s community relations committee. “Our goal is that all Northwestern students (of ) any socioeconomic status will be able to have the same social, academic, civic education and experience at Northwestern as those of a different higher socioeconomic status,” the SESP sophomore said. “We didn’t want train fare to be a prohibitive barrier for students entering the city.” Medill junior Ross Krasner, ASG vice president for community relations, said last year the community relations committee discussed the idea of providing all students with free CTA U-passes, a pass that provides unlimited CTA rides for fulltime students. However, the committee ran into logistical issues due to the passes’ high cost, he said. To counter this, the group launched the partnership with the
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Center for Civic Engagement to pursue a “creative solution” to provide students with CTA passes on request, he said. “The ideal situation would be everyone has a CTA pass but realistically a program like this is the next best thing,” Krasner said. Giving students passes is part of the center’s Spring into Chicago program, which aims to connect students to Chicago through free visits to local neighborhoods, speaker events, museums and other community-related events, according to the program’s website. The Spring into Chicago program was started last year as part of NU in Chicago, and capitalizes on the warmer weather to encourage more students to visit the city, Donahue said. As part of that campaign, the center also experimented with providing free CTA passes, museum passes and other resources that would allow students to
explore Chicago on their own. These efforts were “hugely successful” and the resources would often fill up within minutes of becoming available online, Donahue said. Although the CTA initiative is in its pilot phase this quarter, it is possible that the service may continue year round, Donahue said. Depending on the interest and feedback from this quarter, ASG and the center will continue to improve the process to best serve students, he said. “We’ve realized as an institution we can do a better job of educating and orienting people to the city and exposing them to some resources that could help sort of amplify or expand their learning experience,” Donahue said. “We are always chipping away at finding the best ways to facilitate that … this is just part of that effort.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Fight against sexual assault needs action, not just words ALANA FARKAS
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Since last year, when former President Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation on sexual assault, April has been observed as sexual assault awareness month. And given the recent sexual assault allegations at Northwestern, it is especially important now more than ever, to not only promote awareness in April, but also to act. According to an email vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin sent out to the NU community March 30, there will be no disciplinary action or further investigative action taken after two fraternities received allegations of druggings and sexual assault. Many students and faculty alike have expressed frustration after the University’s response. But even though the desired results of sexual assault activism may not have been achieved, we as students can still stimulate change. It is our responsibility to erase the stigma associated with discussing sexual assault and encourage education and awareness around the issue so we can create a strong,
unified campus community. Fortunately, it has become increasingly uncommon for people to outwardly shame sexual assault survivors for their experience. Regrettably, however, other, more passive factors of shame and judgment around sexual assault still persist: silence and stigmatization. Silence is dangerous. Though it sometimes does result from genuine misunderstandings about victims’ experiences, not knowing what to say or how to react, bystanders remain silent in some cases because of fear of judgment. The topic of sexual assault remains acutely taboo in our society, and people often have difficulty discussing it. Similarly, stigmas still exist around both the event of sexual assault and survivors themselves. These behaviors and beliefs are exactly what we need to work to change, and now is the perfect time to do so. Our ultimate goal is to eliminate sexual assault from campuses and society in general. But we need to first take baby steps toward achieving that major goal. It’s extremely important to foster a community of safety and understanding for sexual assault survivors. The more comfort survivors feel, the more likely they will feel safe to speak, whether through pressing charges against their assailants or promoting
activism. We also must create a sense of empowerment for survivors and allies alike.
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Even though the desired results of sexual assault activism may not have been achieved, we as students can still stimulate change.
That is exactly our goal in Students Promoting Education, Awareness and Knowledge for Change, a student organization dedicated to sexual assault activism and support for survivors and allies. SPEAK has been around on campus for four years. It first started as a safe environment for people to share their stories and offer support, and recently we have worked to gain traction toward promoting change through activism. One of the ways we will be observing April
as sexual assault awareness month is through an event called the Clothesline Project. CLP is a national project that began in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women and help them express their emotions. Women, and now men as well, affected by violence decorate t-shirts with quotes and pictures, sharing a small part of their story for others to see. CLP has been a major proponent of breaking the silence and stigma associated with sexual assault. Projects like these help build an environment of empowerment around sexual assault because it creates a visual representation of survivors’ resilience. Whether you or someone you are close to has been affected by sexual assault, it is extremely necessary for all of us to unite in promoting a safe and empowered NU community. Remember to observe April as sexual assault awareness month and help promote change on campus. Alana Farkas is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at alanafarkas2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members
Studying journalism still matters in age of ‘fake news’ TROY CLOSSON
DAILY COLUMNIST
The federal government and Twitter have recently come to a clash. After the owner of an anonymous anti-President Donald Trump Twitter account claimed to be an employee of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection condemned the account until the federal government was sued by Twitter and forced to withdraw the summons. While an interesting development, this incident honestly didn’t surprise me at all, and instead just felt like the Trump administration’s latest act of opposition to free speech. Since taking office, Trump has consistently branded many negative polls, articles and reports as “fake news,” promoting an image of journalists as the “opposition party” and creating an environment where media organizations are often evaluated based on their political leaning. Since Trump’s inauguration, constant assertions of “fake news” have become so predictable they are almost humorous. However, they’ve continued to present tangible and wide-ranging challenges for journalists, both in terms
of maintaining public trust and bridging the gap between those on different sides of the political spectrum. And even though I haven’t had to personally experience increasing hostility toward media as frequently as professional journalists may, it’s still forced me to question whether pursuing a career in journalism is even worth it.
It’s crucial to find a way to break down the echo chambers existing both throughout this country and on many college campuses like NU’s.
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When I arrived on campus this fall, I didn’t have any prior experience with journalism, but wanted to come to Medill to blend my range of interests in sports, politics, health and social issues. I came to NU with a simple and straightforward perception of what being a journalist was like, hoping to do social justice reporting, tell interesting stories and raise attention for important problems within U.S. society.
Since Trump’s “fake news” trope has gained prominence, however, at times I’ve felt journalism might not be the best path. While not necessarily berated by Trump himself, student journalists throughout the country are often targets for harassment and racist comments from those enabled to speak out by Trump’s rhetoric. It’s demoralizing to think that I may be unable to reach wider audiences due to public distrust in media, only writing stories for a void of like-minded people who are already fully aware of the issues I’m reporting on. Even prior to Trump taking office, I already had reservations about pursuing a journalism career. I’m sure I’m not the only person in Medill who’s been met with bewilderment and confusion when telling people I’m majoring in journalism, a “dying industry.” And I too entered college fully aware of the drawbacks of being a journalist, when employment in newsrooms is only expected to continue decreasing in the coming years. I initially thought I’d just double major to have a backup plan in case journalism didn’t work out. But in this era of “fake news,” my reservations have only increased, and I’ve often wondered if I’ll look back in the future and regret staying in Medill. At the end of the day, however, I do believe pursuing a journalism career is worth it despite the obstacles. Not because journalism
ASG Senate failed me as I failed Senate BEN CHASE
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I should never have become a senator. After nearly a year serving in Associated Student Government, I realize I lack the experience, passion and dedication necessary to succeed in this position. When I first ran for Senate, I lost the election within my own residential community, which includes Allison Hall, Shepard Hall and 1838 Chicago. Instead of my Senate career ending then and there, I was offered a different seat as a senator representing Foster-Walker Complex. Not one person in Plex viewed Senate as a worthy endeavor, exemplifying Northwestern students’ extreme apathy regarding student government. The absurdity of a freshman representing a building full of mostly upperclassmen, a place where I did not even live and only had access to the ground floor, continues to perplex me. It was the first in a series of red flags highlighting Senate’s inefficiencies. My rocky start with Senate continued into our first meeting. All new members arrived 30 minutes early to receive a well-intentioned yet completely ineffectual orientation. Senate runs on Robert’s Rules, a set of parliamentarian guidelines I still cannot describe if you asked. Procedurally, I did not understand how anything in Senate worked until the fourth or fifth meeting. Right from the start, Senate failed to take advantage of the opportunity to smoothly orient and teach new members.
My next wakeup call was a speech by Senate Speaker and soon-to-be president, Nehaarika Mulukutla, about the importance of attendance. Immediately, I was reminded of my chemistry professor insisting in vain that Chemistry 101 is not a weed-out class: The more Mulukutla urged senators to attend, the more convinced I became that people shirked their senatorial responsibilities for a reason. Soon after, the reasons behind Senate’s attendance problems became clear. The largest factor is simple: Senate lacks teeth. We are allowed to make changes only as far as the administration will allow. So, in order to truly challenge the administration, Senate must demonstrate an ability to mobilize the entire student body behind a cause. Yet Senate cannot even unite itself. As an example of our failure this past year, examine how we responded to the sexual assault allegations against Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Senate should have quickly and unanimously passed a bill condemning SAE and calling on the University to take actions to protect students on campus from sexual assault. Instead, a multi-week drama unfolded as we rushed out a bill, and an Interfraternity Council senator and substitutes staged a walkout. What did we accomplish? Senate drew attention away from the survivors, and onto itself. Furthermore, Senate fails to create a positive working environment. In all of my time at Senate, only Mulukutla actually attempted to get to know me. I still do not know many of the other senators’ names. If we are to address critical issues facing Northwestern today, we need to at least know each
other, respect each other and maintain functional working relationships. To be clear, I am not trying to minimize Senate’s accomplishments. President Christina Cilento and executive vice president Macs Vinson have led several impactful initiatives, including adding menstrual products in several restrooms, distributing free bike helmets and changing ASG code regarding sexual assault. Yet in the end, Senate lacks the power to stand up to the administration on many truly important matters, as seen in the wake of the recent sexual assault allegations. Until we commit to creating a more open, less corrosive atmosphere, the student body will remain voiceless. To this day, I attend every Senate meeting with a pit in my stomach. I will finish my Senate term and run for the hills, but not everyone has to have the same experience that I did. Like so many others in ASG, I had my own attendance issues and never fully committed to representing my constituents. Only when Senate changes its culture to promote functional working relationships can it build a united front and increase its influence. Only then might attendance issues disappear. Only then will Senators more qualified than me take the job that I did not deserve. Ben Chase is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at benjaminchase2020@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
represents some “ultimate pursuit of truth” or because of any other overused cliche, but because for me, journalism provides an opportunity to talk about topics that genuinely matter to me and illuminate underemphasized issues within them. As someone passionate about issues within U.S. criminal justice and education, coming to Medill felt like a way to actually produce tangible change through journalism. And despite the Trump administration’s hostility, I still believe it is. Truthfully, regardless of the present challenges of being a journalist, I still have no idea whether I will be graduating from NU with a Medill diploma. I do know, however, that it’s crucial to find a way to break down the echo chambers existing both throughout this country and on many college campuses like NU’s to encourage conversation about the issues that have real impacts on real people — and I believe journalism has the potential to do that, even if some people insist on calling it “fake news.” Troy Closson is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at TroyClosson2020@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Ubben family gift starts climate studies program By ALLYSON CHIU
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A $5.5 million gift to the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern created a program dedicated to climate change and carbon science research, the University announced Wednesday. The donation was made by NU trustee Jeff Ubben (Kellogg ’87) and his wife, Laurie. The couple has donated a total of $21.6 million to the University’s “We Will” fundraising campaign, which has raised $3.31 billion as of February. The family’s most recent gift created the Ubben Program for Climate and Carbon Science, which combines research in science and public policy to study climate change in addition to developing solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation. “Jeff and Laurie are exemplary members of the Northwestern community, and their continued support has advanced programs across the University,” said University President Morton Schapiro in a news release. “Their passion for developing sustainability and energy solutions is inspiring, and we are so grateful for their partnership in this area.” Earth and Planetary Sciences Prof. Brad Sageman, chair of the department, said Jeff Ubben was interested in the work ISEN and the University have been doing related to climate change. “It’s fantastic timing because the way the winds are blowing in Washington, support for climate change research might be threatened at
Female reproductive system model allows realistic disease research
Northwestern researchers have created a miniature model of the female reproductive system, which they hope will change the future of research and treatment of diseases that affect women. The model, called EVATAR, is made out of human tissue and is small enough to fit in
this point,” Sageman said. “So to have people … step up to make contributions, it’s just fantastic.” According to the program’s website, research will focus on areas such as developing climate models to better understand and predict change, finding low- and zero-carbon energy solutions and implementing policy and business solutions related to carbon emissions and climate. ISEN executive director Michael Wasielewski said the purpose of the program is to “move the ball forward” on understanding the climate’s current state, while also looking for solutions to mitigate carbon problems in the future. The first step of developing the program will be to use the funding to recruit post-doctoral researchers, Sageman said. The process of reaching out to colleagues to find promising candidates is currently underway, he said. People who have just completed their Ph.D.s are ideal because they are an “excellent engine of research,” Sageman said. The program’s unique feature is its interdisciplinary approach to addressing the issues surrounding climate change, Wasielewski said. Most science and engineering-focused programs do not also include areas of study related to public policy, law and communication, he said. “We really do think that kind of confluence of ideas and directions are necessary to solve these big societal problems,” he said. “You don’t want to wait until the very end of a scientific or technical development to think about the economics, or to think about the public acceptance or the ramifications in society.” allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu a human palm, according to a University news release. It will let students conduct testing for new drugs for “safety and effectiveness on the female reproductive system,” the release said. According to the release, “the ultimate goal is to use stem cells of an individual patient and create a personalized model of their reproductive system.” EVATAR contains 3-D models of ovaries, fallopian tubes, the uterus, cervix, vagina and liver with a “special fluid” that pumps through the system, performing the function of blood, according to the release.
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Lead investigator Teresa Woodruff said in the release that the system will help doctors create individualized treatments “and see how females may metabolize drugs differently from males.” “If I had your stem cells and created a heart, liver, lung and an ovary, I could test 10 different drugs at 10 different doses on you and say, ‘Here’s the drug that will help your Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s or diabetes,’” Woodruff said in the release. “It’s the ultimate personalized medicine, a model of your body for testing drugs.” Woodruff, director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at the Feinberg School of
Medicine, collaborated in the project with other NU scientists and scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Draper Laboratory, Inc. According to the release, the model will also allow scientists to “test millions of compounds in the environment and new pharmaceuticals to understand how they affect the reproductive system and many other organs in the body.” “This technology will help us look at drug testing and drug discovery in a brand new way,” Woodruff said in the release. — Mariana Alfaro
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experiences so that every student from here on out can have a place in this community.” Although the pair ran uncontested, they still campaigned and participated in three forums to discuss their goals for their administration. Mulukutla said they planned to meet with more than 60 student groups during the campaign process. Gambrah said unlike Mulukutla, she wasn’t surprised by the number of no confidence votes and thought it was more a reflection of students’ perception of ASG than of their ticket. “I even had close friends who voted no confidence, just because they really don’t believe ASG has the ability to enact change,” Gambrah said. “But it doesn’t matter to me because I have a whole year to prove that wrong.” Mulukutla and Gambrah launched their campaign March 28. Their campaign website highlights three main issues they plan to address — mental health, sexual assault and inclusivity and accessibility. Mulukutla previously served as speaker of the senate, while Gambrah served as vice president for student activities. Cilento attributed the low voter turnout to the
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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 discussed how to become an ally. The first step is to recognize the complexity of every person’s identity, Mock said. She said education about identity, inclusion and how to be an ally should go further and was critical of environments that are unwilling to change the “language of cisculture” that excludes transgender people. Mock recalled when a teacher made an extra effort to create a safe space for her by speaking with other students rather than leaving her to handle the situation alone. That kind of action is needed to make transgender students comfortable with their environment, Mock said. single ticket running. “People just didn’t want to engage in an election in which there was only one ticket running,” she said. “But I was really happy to see that Nehaarika and Rose went out and were meeting with people and hosting forums and still doing what you would normally do during an election period.” Cilento dealt with a controversy at the onset of her term when a member of the election committee leaked the voting margin to her campaign before polls closed. However, Cilento said, students typically forget about election details by Fall Quarter. ASG vice president for community relations Ross Krasner, who said he had thought about a potential presidential campaign, said the uncontested election could have a negative impact on ASG. “It’s a problem when the only people on campus who are going to remember a contested election that didn’t end in controversy will be the seniors,” he said. “It has potential to hurt ASG’s legitimacy. With that said, I strongly believe that Nehaarika will be able to prove anybody wrong who looked at the election and was discouraged by it.” Mulukutla and Gambrah will be sworn in during Wednesday’s Senate. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu The local businessman, who ran with the current mayor’s endorsement, attributed this year’s high turnout in part to the District 65 referendum and the November presidential election, after which “more citizens are looking to engage in local politics.” But he stressed that no single theory could explain the turnout, or why one candidate beat out the other. During his campaign, Hagerty focused on three major issues: expanding economic development to all neighborhoods, strengthening youth development to reduce violence and maintaining diversity through affordable housing. “The role of the mayor is to balance lots of competing demands,” Hagerty told The Daily in February. “Strike that balance between smart and sensible economic development and not losing the character of the city. Between keeping all of our neighborhoods safe and not infringing on people’s rights.” Hagerty, a lifelong emergency consultant, moved
“Students are not dropping out of school,” she said. “They are being pushed out.” Transgender individuals know coming out to unsupportive and unwelcoming peers is violent, Mock said. She called on people to take greater initiative toward becoming allies of the transgender community. Lindsay Janasiak, an Evanston resident, said she attended the event to learn how to be the best ally she could. She said Mock delivered her message with a lot of “poise” and “levity.” “It inspires me to examine my own challenges
that I encountered,” Janasiak said. Stonitsch said she hoped the conversation with Mock would encourage empathetic dialogue that would “connect with others and open their hearts.” Part of the event’s goal was to educate people who were less fluent in vocabulary and issues of the transgender community, Stonitsch said. “Any time you can create a shared vocabulary you are creating the groundwork for collaboration and connection,” she said. alanperez2020@u.northwestern.edu
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to Evanston in 1999 so his wife, Lisa Altenbernd, could attend graduate school at Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy. After settling into the community, he founded a local firm that currently employs more than 100 people across the country. In February, Hagerty told The Daily he wanted to move away from his business and focus on helping the community. Since he began considering a mayoral bid two years ago, Hagerty said he has built a strong management team to run day-to-day operations. “I can continue to have a part-time role here with my company, but it affords me the flexibility that I need to help the city,” Hagerty told The Daily in February. The new mayor will assume his role on May 8, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said.
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immediately result in change, she said. Weinberg senior Allie Baxter, co-director of GES, said even though the summit is the group’s primary event, she and her co-director wanted to make an open event to the public that aligns with the group’s emphasis on social change. Ogwumike said Mckesson’s talk shows that GES wants to bring speakers who are timely. “This sets the precedent of a portion of our programming (being) reflective of our state in this country, as well as our position as a university that is engaging in these conversations where a lot of students are taking up activism,” Ogwumike said. ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Storyteller recalls Japanese-American incarceration By AARON BOXERMAN
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Storyteller Anne Shimojima spoke Sunday at the Evanston Public Library about her family’s experience as Japanese Americans during World War II, when they were forcibly expelled from their homes and incarcerated in camps. Shimojima’s talk was organized by EPL and co-sponsored by North Shore Village, a nonprofit organization that provides educational and cultural programs for the elderly. The event, attended by about 40 people, was the second in a two-part series on Japanese-American history at EPL. The hour-long story — complete with family photos and documents from the National Archives — spanned four generations and an ocean, recounting how Shimojima’s family came to America and weathered one of the darkest events in American history: the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Shimojima said her initial goal was simple
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— to use her brand-new computer to create a family photo album. But the story grew and grew, she said, especially after Shimojima discovered her grandmother’s collection of photographs and personal papers. “In my family, we didn’t tell stories about the past … what it was like to be locked up behind barbed wire, even though you had done nothing wrong,” Shimojima said. Shimojima discussed how two months after Pearl Harbor, with “wartime prejudice and racial hysteria” running high, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order, which divided the western United States into military zones and permitted the military to move populations at will. As a result, 122,000 Japanese-American men, women and children were deported to what Shimojima called “incarceration camps.” More than half of them were citizens who had not been charged with any crime. Shimojima said the impact on her family was immediate — they were expelled from their home and deported to a camp.
“My family was told they had to leave their home,” Shimojima said. “They did not know where they were going, or for how long … they could only take what they could carry.” Glenview resident Lois Shikami said, as a survivor of the camps, she found Shimojima’s story moving.
He suff ered a brutal fi nish to his Friday round, bogeying each of the last three holes to tie for the the worst second round of any player who made the cut. It marred an otherwise strong tournament for Fitzpatrick, who carded a 1-under 71 in the opening round Thursday and closed with a 2-under 70 on Sunday to finish the tournament at 4-over. The 22-year-old English golfer, who played
at NU for one quarter in 2013, briefly led the tournament early in the first round after recording three consecutive birdies in the eighth, ninth and 10th holes. His round ended poorly, however, with a double bogey on 18 after he was concerned about hitting a spectator leaning onto the narrow fairway. “I’ve seen photographs of everyone poking their heads out and that suddenly crept up on
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three runners on base in the first and second games, respectively. But on Sunday, the Cats stranded 11, preventing them from orchestrating a large comeback. “We definitely put the ball in play more and put more runners on base than the previous weekend,” Rabin said. “We obviously still need to work on scoring those runners and getting that clutch hit.”
behind once again and pulling out a 6-5 win. NU silenced the Hawkeyes’ offense entirely over the last 5 innings, largely due to an impressive performance by senior pitcher Pete Hofman. Hofman, who entered the game in the seventh inning, faced 12 batters and only allowed two hits, neither of which translated into runs. “From a pitching standpoint, I think we walked 12 the first game, and we really limited those free bases these past two games, so I think
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“It really got the history down,” she said. “It was very truthful and very touching. I almost felt like crying.” Shikami is herself a second-generation
that made all the difference,” Hofman said. As crucial as Hofman’s maintenance of the Cats’ lead was, it wouldn’t have made a difference without the offensive comeback. That began with four runs in the fourth inning, sparked by Kaplan’s 2-run double down the left field line. The freshman went 2-for-4 with two hits and a pair of runs batted in. “I feel like I have to take every at bat the same way. I just go up there, see the ball and hit the ball,” Kaplan said. “I can’t think of how big the situation is or what it means if I do this or if I do that. Just go up there, see the ball as long as I
Japanese American. In 1942, when she was 10 years old, she was incarcerated along with her family. Like Shimojima, she said she has shared her experience with her family and the public. North Shore Village Program Committee chair Nancy Bashook, who helped plan the event, said she was especially struck by Shimojima’s description of how Japanese Americans persevered even behind barbed wire. “People made a life for themselves, in the camps,” Bashook said. “You wouldn’t expect that — for them to have schools, and play baseball, and have a life. It’s amazing what people can do, even under those circumstances.” Shimojima said she thinks the story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans is especially relevant in today’s political climate. “It is not right to put people in prison because they look like the enemy,” Shimojima said. “I think that it is even more important for me to tell this story today, given what is happening in our country.” aaronboxerman2018@u.northwestern.edu
me,” he told reporters. “I just didn’t want to kill anyone.” Fitzpatrick’s overall performance was a significant downgrade from last year’s, when he finished tied for seventh after a stellar final round. In five tournaments for the Wildcats in the fall of 2013, Fitzpatrick won once and finished in the top 10 twice. — Cole Paxton
can and put a good swing on it.” No matter the bumpy path, NU secured the game and series wins. Not only did they come against a solid opponent, but also they were the first Big Ten victories of the Cats’ season. “It’s huge … We’ve been close; we just haven’t been able to get over the hump, and I think today we got over the hump,” coach Spencer Allen said. “We still have to go out and play good baseball, but there’s no doubt that it’s going to give us some confidence.” taliahendel2020@u.northwestern.edu
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It all came down to Jason Seidman. After opening the weekend homestand with a decisive 4-0 win over Nebraska (4-14, 0-7 Big Ten), the No. 21 Wildcats (17-7, 5-2 Big Ten) found themselves on the brink of a collapse against Iowa (11-11, 1-6) on Sunday. And with the score tied at 3, the match fell to the sophomore on court No. 5. “Once I saw Ben (Vandixhorn) was down, I expected it to go down to me,” Seidman said. “I was having nightmares from Virginia, when I lost the (Oklahoma) match.” But unlike Virginia, when Seidman fell in a third-set tiebreaker to seal a 4-3 Northwestern loss, the sophomore held off opponent Jason Kerst, winning 7-6, 7-6 to lift the Cats over the Hawkeyes. It was an exciting ending to the back-and-forth barnburner, but one that coach Arvid Swan would have hoped to avoid. NU has struggled with consistency, and after steamrolling the Big Ten-worst Cornhuskers, the Cats entered Sunday’s contest with an opportunity to build greater momentum heading into the back end of the conference slate. However, early energy was marred by a disappointing outcome in the doubles slate. Sophomore Michael Lorenzini and freshman Chris Ephron dropped a swift match at No. 3 doubles, and seniors Konrad Zieba and Sam
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Shropshire lost seven-straight games after opening a 5-0 lead to give Iowa a 1-0 advantage. The match marked Shropshire’s third since his return from injury against Nebraska. He and Zieba won at doubles in the weekend’s opening match before Shropshire pulled out a three-set victory in singles. After Sunday’s early heartbreak, Shropshire — who said it was “definitely nice to be playing instead of cheering” — looked to rebound at singles. “Arvid always talks about four quarters. Doubles is the first quarter, the three singles sets are the other three quarters,” Shropshire said. “We always try to divide stuff up and block out whatever happens previously.” That he did, dominating his opponent at No. 3 singles to the tune of a 6-3, 6-0 win. Executing with balanced ground strokes, the senior hardly looked shaken by his recent injury. Swan said he hopes Shropshire’s return pushes the Cats to the next level now that the team is at full health. “He’s been one of the best players in the Big Ten, if not the best player in the Big Ten, over four years, so it’s a huge boost to us,” Swan said. “He’s a winner.” His teammates also looked inspired
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in the opening frames of singles play, with all six singles competitors jumping out to first set wins. And while freshman Dominik Starý and senior Strong Kirchheimer — who had together led 5-4 before their doubles match was stopped — continued to roll, securing straight-set wins to put NU ahead 3-1, Zieba and Vandixhorn began to slip. Zieba, the Cats’ top singles player, never found his early magic and lost 2-6, 6-1, 6-0. Vandixhorn made a late push in the second frame after falling behind early, but saw the set — and eventually, the match — slip away 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. But Seidman’s heroics staved off the visitors’ comeback, giving NU an intense, ugly and much needed win as it prepares for a competitive closing stretch. And with the team at full health and in winning form, the Cats are ready to challenge the Big Ten’s best. “We just need to keep building,” Shropshire said. “The next two weekends are the biggest weekends of the regular season so far.” Benjy Apelbaum contributed reporting. jochnau@u.northwestern.edu
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After alternating between fifth and seventh in the lineup a week ago, senior right fielder Anna Petersen was installed as the clean-up hitter for this weekend’s series against Maryland. She responded as only a true clean-up hitter would. Throughout the series, Petersen slugged 6-of-8 with two home runs, two doubles, three runs scored and eight RBIs. Her production led the Wildcats (15-20, 3-6 Big Ten) to a doubleheader sweep of the Terrapins (8-28-1, 1-8 Big Ten) on Saturday and a close loss in the series finale Sunday. Moreover, the weekend marked a milestone for Petersen — the first multi-home run series of her collegiate career — and her robust stat line makes her a strong candidate for this week’s Big Ten Player of the Week honors. “She was outstanding,” coach Kate Drohan said. “She was completely dialed in. Her extra-base hits were outstanding, as were her extra-base hits with two outs, (and) when she started an inning by taking a walk … She just had great poise and was really seeing the ball well, fouling off some tough borderline pitches.” Over the weekend, Petersen’s batting average jumped from a pedestrian .267 up to .306. She continues to lead the team in doubles (10), home runs (6), RBIs (23), total bases (58) and slugging percentage (.592). She ranks second in the Big Ten in slugging percentage in conference games, with an astronomical 1.174 rate.
“I try not to think about it too much,” Petersen said. “I’m just trying to be aggressive at the plate. I’m not trying to do anything too special … just keeping it simple.” The senior was dominant at an important crux in the Cats’ season. Following a tough series with thenNo. 20 Michigan, in which NU was stymied and unable to score a run in any of its three contests, Petersen’s output helped create positive momentum for the offense. Others pitched in, most notably junior outfielder Sabrina Rabin, who tallied three hits, three walks, five runs scored and four RBIs atop the lineup. However, the outcome of Sunday’s game — a 5-4 loss that came after NU outscored Maryland 17-9 in two games Saturday — put somewhat of a damper on that momentum. A disastrous second inning, in which NU committed three errors and allowed all five of the Terrapins’ runs, put the Cats at a deficit they couldn’t overcome. It paled in comparison to the defense the Cats have played earlier this season; the team averaged less than one error per game in its 10 games prior to the Maryland series. “I don’t have a good reason for how (that happened),” Drohan said. “But we gave up a lot of runs in front of us.” The Cats had numerous chances to take the lead throughout the game but failed to capitalize on advantageous situations. In the bottom of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, NU loaded the bases with two outs, but Maryland escaped each time with a timely strikeout. Converting base runners into runs wasn’t a problem in Saturday’s doubleheader, as the team left just six and » See SOFTBALL, page 10
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Northwestern’s series against Iowa didn’t get off to an auspicious start. The Wildcats (10-20, 2-4 Big Ten) responded, however, putting Friday’s staggering 14-2 loss behind them to win the next two games and take the series against the Hawkeyes (19-11, 3-3 Big Ten). Winning in this fashion strikingly resembled NU’s series against Air Force last weekend, in which the Cats
pulled out a pair of wins to take the series despite falling 11-3 in the initial contest. NU has struggled to find consistency within each individual series. However, the Cats say there is one common thread: a battle to the end. “Just keep grinding,” freshman outfielder Leo Kaplan said of the team’s mentality. “We’ve worked hard all year … and we always say ‘deserve to win’ so we’re just trying to work hard enough to deserve to win.” After falling behind 2-0 early in Saturday’s game, the Cats found their offensive groove, scoring five runs in the
third inning and never relinquishing the lead to grab a 7-5 win and rebound from their series opener. Despite the deep hole early in the series, Kaplan said his team was undeterred. “The big losses … are obviously something you want to avoid, but they really lit a fire under us for the next two games and made us come out motivated to go win,” Kaplan said. The Cats brought the momentum from Saturday’s win into the final game of the series, clawing back from » See BASEBALL, page 10
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Alex Erro takes a swing. The freshman infielder had the go-ahead hit for the Wildcats in Sunday’s series-winning victory against Iowa.