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Racially charged fliers reported Fliers falsely attributed to black student groups By MARIANA ALFARO
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Fliers denouncing relationships between black and white people, reportedly seen on campus Friday, falsely listed five black student organizations as its creators. The fliers said black people who date white people are “alt-right” and that such relationships “will not be tolerated.” None of the groups listed as its authors said they had any part in creating the posters. The poster falsely listed the African Students Association, the Alliance of African Scholars, the National Association of Black Journalists, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and FMO as its authors. Cheron Mims, outgoing coordinator of For Members Only, NU’s black student alliance and one of the five groups mentioned in the poster, said the groups did not create the poster and do not condone its statements. “ We support people regardless of who they
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choose to date or whatever they choose to engage in, that’s not our focus,” she said. “Our focus is on building community … and this flier is an attack on our ability to do so.” Mims said her group was made aware of the poster Friday. She filed a complaint to University Police but had not heard back on any leads or updates on the case as of Monday morning. Though Mims said she has not personally seen one of the fliers on campus, friends and community members concerned by the fliers’ contents reached out to her. UP communications officer Carl King deferred comment to University spokesman Bob Rowley. Rowley told The Daily in an email that the posters have been removed since posting signs of campus is reserved for members of the Northwestern community. Rowley said the beliefs expressed in the flier “are in direct contradiction” of NU’s values of inclusion and community. “(NU) is also committed to the principles of free inquiry and free expression, which are central to the mission of the University,” he said. “Incidents of hate and » See FLIER, page 6 spokesman said in a statement. Washington was arrested in connection with possession of a controlled substance early Sunday morning near the intersection of Brown Avenue and Simpson Street, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Dugan said officers were called to a disturbance in the
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The McCormick Foundation Center lobby. The Medill School of Journalism will no longer be reviewed by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
Medill pulls out of accreditation
Journalism school decides not to renew status with review council By MARIANA ALFARO
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The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is not reapplying for accreditation 1900 block of Foster Street at about 3:30 a.m. Washington fled on foot, and was stopped by officers who found 0.5 grams of cocaine on his person, Dugan said. Washington was charged with one felony count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The University is currently
under the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, an international organization that evaluates journalism programs in colleges and universities. Medill Dean Brad Hamm told The Daily the school’s administrators no longer agreed with the
investigating the matter, the statement said. Athletic department spokesman Paul Kennedy deferred comment to the University. Washington is a consistent starter for the Wildcats. The Texas native is a Communication junior.. — Ben Pope
Author Zadie Smith to speak at NU By ALLYSON CHIU
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Award-winning author Zadie Smith will speak at Northwestern on May 11, the Contemporary Thought Speakers Series announced Monday. Smith will be joined by African studies and comparative literature Prof. Michelle Wright in Ryan Auditorium for a conversation followed by a Q&A session with students. Smith’s novel “White Teeth,” published in 2000, won multiple literary awards and was named one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923-2005 by Time. Smith was also named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People
in 2006. CTSS co-chair Samantha Rose, a Communication senior, said members of the group are “really big fans of Zadie” and had been wanting to bring another author to campus. CTSS polled NU students after inviting Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Smith’s name was one of the names that kept appearing in responses, Rose said. Rose said Smith’s novels –– which focus on issues including race, class, gender, sexuality and immigrant experiences –– will resonate with an audience because “she’s writing about things people care about.” The topics Smith focuses on in her books as well as her » See CTSS, page 6
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terms imposed by the accrediting organization. Hamm said in a statement that the move was motivated by concerns regarding ACEJMC’s leadership, transparency, and the strength and expediency of its review process. The University of California, Berkeley also decided to not reapply for
accreditation this year, Hamm said. “By not continuing to be a part of this group, we’re saying that we’re very hopeful that all schools have a better model going forward because we have a great » See MEDILL, page 6
Transgender locker room policy passes School board votes to let transgender students choose By RYAN WANGMAN
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The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board voted six to one at a meeting Monday to pass a policy that will allow transgender students to use the locker room of their choice. The policy, which was introduced last month, was crafted after the Board Policy Committee decided it needed language to better support its gender discrimination policy. ETHS superintendent Eric Witherspoon commended the board for taking “a huge step forward” at Monday’s meeting in front of more than 50 students and parents. “I hope you understand that this board just made history,” Witherspoon said. “These are people who have put in place statements and policy about honoring transgender students
in a way that no other district that we know of in the state has (done).” During the meeting, audience members held up homemade posters and typed-up signs urging board members to vote for the policy. A multicolored sign distributed at the door by a student read “Vote Tonight For Equity.” Previously, transgender students could use the bathroom of their choice at ETHS but had to request access to a separate locker room. Students, teachers and administrators who spoke to The Daily last fall, however, shared different interpretations of those procedures, and none could point to any public documentation. Board member Gretchen Livingston, who voted for the policy, said the board had an obligation to “do better” for its students. She said transgender students having to use a separate locker room was a problem that required the board to take another look at its policies and procedures. “Simply put, we do not » See D202, page 6
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AROUND TOWN City committee reviews EPD working group proposal By KRISTINA KARISCH
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A proposal for the parameters of a “Citizen Complaint Working Group” was reviewed by members of the Human Services Committee on Monday and passed along to City Council for further deliberation. Members of the Evanston Citizens’ Police Association, the Citizen Police Advisory Committee and other concerned residents held a series of five meetings starting in February to answer a series of questions regarding the proposed working group. Once created, the working group will be allotted six to nine months to compile findings and report back to the Human Services Committee. The new committee will be tasked with assessing EPD’s current complaint review procedures and developing suggestions to increase transparency. Attendees were tasked with looking into the possible goals, roles and responsibilities of the working group. In addition, they deliberated on the process of selecting its members, and what interests and demographics should be included in the group. The report states that the goals of the new committee should be to remain “authentic and representative of community voices,” provide a “new structure for oversight and how citizens are heard” and be transparent and independent of City Council. The report also emphasizes the need for diversity, suggesting that members be representative of various groups and organizations throughout the city. “This group should look like Evanston,” the
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report states. Aldermen reviewed the findings at the meeting and voted to pass the recommendations on to City Council. Since a new City Council will take office on May 8, the final decisions regarding the working group and committee will be made by the new officials later in the month. In addition to recommendations on goals for the committee, the report proposed the creation of an eight-member task force to coordinate and manage the member selection process for the working group. Members of the prospective task force have already been appointed. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) opposed the idea of a task force at the meeting. She said that this extra step would be unnecessary, and that applications for the working group should be submitted directly to the mayor. Holmes and the other aldermen also proposed reducing the number of eventual working group members to nine, not counting a facilitator. Carol Jungman, a prospective task force member, said the decision not to enact a task force was disappointing. She added that the task force was suggested to make a more solid recommendation to Council, and bring continuity to the process of creating a working group. “The eight of us are probably going to meet and continue the work,” Jungman said. “We don’t need the blessing of the committee to do that. We’re all passionate about this and we’ll keep working on it.” Evanston sees rise in traffic stops in 2016 The number of traffic stops in Evanston rose by 1,199 from 2015 to 2016, according to data
presented by Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington at the meeting. In 2015, EPD conducted 12,024 traffic stops; that number rose to 13,223 in 2016. Most traffic stops were moving violations, and the data showed that in both 2015 and 2016 roughly half of those stopped were white and a third were black. The percentage of Hispanic individuals who were stopped was roughly 10 percent in both years, and the percentage of Asian individuals remained at around 7 percent. Of the traffic stops, 732 drivers were searched in 2015, and 886 in 2016. Black individuals were searched most often — 479 searches in 2015 and 579 in 2016 — followed by white individuals, who were searched 126 times in 2015 and 171 times in 2016. Eddington said that Evanston has entered into an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union to search only with “reasonable articulable suspicion.” Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) noted the high percentage of searches of minorities when compared to their rates of being stopped in the first place. “Overall, the black community — by percentage — is still over-policed in comparison to their white counterparts,” Braithwaite said. Eddington said he agreed with Braithwaite’s concerns and sought to explain the reason for the demographics. “Our job is to suppress crime,” he said. “Until the demographics of victims and offenders changes, I don’t think our stop data or search rates are going to change.”
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Journalist talks international career By JULIA ESPARZA
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After earning a degree in foreign affairs, Jason Motlagh took a job in Kodiak, Alaska, as a fisherman. He was in search of an adventure, he said. This same sense of adventure led Motlagh to a career in international crisis reporting, which he spoke about to students during an event Monday. The talk, held in Fisk Hall in front of about 20 people, was sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Motlagh, a multimedia journalist and filmmaker, talked to students about the toll that crisis reporting took on his mental health. He has reported on human rights in more than 40 countries, and visited NU as a grantee of a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Motlagh shared a memory of reporting from Afghanistan when a suicide bomber detonated two blocks from where he was sleeping. Reporting from high-intensity environments began to affect his emotional health, he said. “I got to a point where I was so numb and making reckless decisions that you could argue I had a death wish,” Motlagh said. Motlagh said he became familiarized with danger because he often found himself in its midst. While reporting, he caught malaria in Niger and was held hostage at gunpoint in India, he said. Earlier in his career, Motlagh took an editing job at the American Press Institute, but he was “immediately bored to tears.” He wanted to be back in the field. Realizing this, his editor sent him to Afghanistan to satisfy his desires and keep him on staff. “I went, spent two weeks drawing experience, got back, quit my job, then went back to Afghanistan,” Motlagh said. “I said, ‘As long as I can make ends meet, I’m going to continue freelancing.’” Since beginning his journalism career, Motlagh has broadened his skillset to audio and video. He has freelanced for The Atlantic, National
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Geographic, Al Jazeera Plus and Al Jazeera English. Medill sophomore Isabella Jiao, who attended the event, told The Daily she was interested in how Motlagh utilized film to tell stories. She said she likes to learn about areas that are very different from her own, and being an international student, she said she is fascinated by people with interesting stories. “When I hear a good one (story) I want to tell it,” Jiao told The Daily. “His outlook and his work is similar to what I want to do in the future.” Journalism runs in Motlagh’s family –– his great-grandfather was a “radio man” and his grandmother traveled around Europe with a
typewriter reporting on post-World War II conditions, he said. Medill Prof. Craig Duff said the school brings people like Motlagh to campus because they offer a different perspective from many Medill professors who continue to report domestically while teaching. Instead, Motlagh represents another aspect of the industry that consistently works abroad. “Any opportunity to have real journalists talk about what they’re doing and how they’re out in the world functioning is really useful for students,” Duff told The Daily.
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Lack of transparency from NU raises questions about rower’s death In an April 19 article published in The Daily Northwestern, titled “Schapiro, administrators address campus safety during state of University talk,” University President Morton Schapiro stated that campus safety is Northwestern’s first priority. He cited changes on Sheridan Road following the biking death of a first-year student Fall Quarter. But he failed to address
another fatal accident that happened eight days before his speech: the drowning of freshman Mohammed Ramzan, who fell overboard from a shell during a rowing team practice. NU has kept silent about this since memorial services were held. But on April 14, a Chicago Tribune report titled “Northwestern student’s death raises question: Why don’t rowers wear life vests?” raised some disturbing questions. Tribune Reporter John Keilman asked why rowers didn’t wear life vests or have personal flotation devices kept on a launch boat as required by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. USRowing, one of the sport’s top
organizations, “recommends that launch boats accompanying rowers have enough life jackets for everyone on the water, and that all rowers pass a swimming test.” But Keilman said NU officials would not answer questions about whether its rowing team follows these guidelines. Why not? Do they fear a lawsuit filed by Ramzan’s family? Please tell us. Keilman interviewed Marc Messing, a veteran rower and EMT in Ithaca, New York, who said coaches risk danger when they send rowers onto rivers and lakes without personal safety gear. Messing added that he has spoken to many Olympic rowers who wear life
jackets in cold water because “that’s not the way I want to die.” Who coaches NU’s rowing team, and what are their rules for personal safety gear? Keilman said NU’s rowing team is “student-run.” Does that mean it’s not under the control and responsibility of NU’s Athletic Department? By refusing to provide more details, NU administrators appear to avoid the truth rather than confront it head-on. But their silence only raises more speculation. Speak up, don’t cover up.
student groups, comprised of both fraternity and Greek-unaffiliated men, specifically recommended that fraternity men do not attend this march — and if they did, to remain inconspicuously attentive. I did not attend the march because fraternities have been criticized in the past for attempting to publicly support the cause. Just as survivors and allies deemed our banners from last year to be insensitive, many fraternity men, including myself, were cognizant that their presence at the Take Back the Night march might create an equally negative reaction and further cause harm to those who found this march to be a safe space. We were told that there were much better ways to support survivors than to attend this march. Obviously, I cannot speak to why every other fraternity man did not attend the march. However, I was recently informed that the organizers of this march requested
any fraternity man in attendance, given recent circumstances, not wear or display letters in order to be sensitive to any survivors or allies in attendance who may feel threatened or otherwise uncomfortable. It seems entirely possible that the fraternity men who did attend, so as to follow the wishes of this march’s organizers, did not make themselves known, thereby decreasing their active presence. Pieces like Davies’ do not seem to provide any progress toward the goal of this march. I only see this op-ed as a means to further polarize the campus into two sects: those for and those against Northwestern’s Greek life. Generalizing the entirety of Northwestern’s male Greek contingent with a misinformed argument can not only encourage anti-fraternity students and faculty to further dislike fraternities, but can also influence those in fraternities to segregate themselves from
the rest of the campus community in order to avoid such accusations. Davies’ op-ed has the potential to expand the rift that is intra-campus relations and even discourage dialogue. I am undeniably aware of how lucky I am to be a Northwestern fraternity man who has never experienced the hardships and tragedies that the Take Back the Night march sets out to prevent and support the victims of. However, sending conflicting messages about what members of Greek life should do to support causes like Take Back the Night, as Davies’ op-ed does, is not productive. We as a campus need to stop these partisan accusations and engage in meaningful conversations about how members of fraternity life can support causes that prevent issues it is often accused of creating.
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I admit that I did not attend the Take Back the Night march this year — but not for the reasons Adam Davies claims in his op-ed “Fraternity men neglect responsibility with absence at Take Back the Night march.” I am not “unwilling to take the blame and ownership for the toxic culture fraternity men perpetuate.” In fact, I fully support the message of the march, and I would have been happy to support not only Davies’ speech, but also the experiences and opinions of Northwestern students that need to be heard in order to harbor a safe and supportive campus. I did not attend the march because I was told not to. It should be noted that several
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Grappling with Korean language is an experience in growth YVONNE KIM
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My parents often tell me of the first time they sent me off to preschool. They recount standing outside the classroom, secretly staring in through the window out of concern, to observe me crying in confusion. I understood none of the English spoken by the teacher or my peers — my parents had taught me Korean when I first learned to talk — and I spent my earliest years in school struggling to navigate a new language. That was the last time Korean was my preferred language, and — as is standard for a U.S.-born Korean American — I have since become entirely familiar with English. English is, for me, a very safe and comfortable space. While growing up, my mom often said — in typical, honest Korean mother fashion — that I had no real skills beyond studying (I can’t help but agree). In fact, as I moved from middle school to high school and college, I continually came to realize that even my academic passions are limited, lying within the world of language. I shrunk away from lecture halls full of STEM students, where I soon realized upon arriving at Northwestern that I was merely average at best. Where I did find excitement was in doing class readings and writing papers. I have concentrated my studies in journalism and
English, in hopes that I can continue improving in this art, and found comfort in how safe and predictable this language feels. But it is easy to value and treasure something that feels natural. For someone who takes pride in English — even looks forward to an entire career in it — it’s hard to grapple with the realization that this is exactly why my love for Korean, conversely, is so much more tiring. English is light, natural and easy. Korean is heavier and slower; it requires thought behind each word and phrase to make it work. And as a result, I’ve come to find insecurity and fear behind it.
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But I know that each time I actively make the decision to use Korean instead of English, I am paying homage to the people who raised me and the language that raised them. I first started engaging with Korean culture, from an interest in music to a love for visiting the country itself, shortly before high school when I began to truly appreciate the language beyond Korean classes or a formal linguistic study. With this increased love for my parents’ mother tongue came a greater desire to fully grasp it in its entirety and all its nuances — not
only to make myself proud, but more importantly, to truly feel a part of the culture I valued so dearly. But over time, I’ve grown to feel that the more I connect to and appreciate my background, the more difficult it is for me to fully delve into the complexities of the language. In my standard perfectionist efforts to do everything immaculately or not at all, I often avoid Korean out of fear for not doing it well enough. While I am more than comfortable with other aspects of being Korean, language is different in that it requires me to question the ageold question of whether I am Korean “enough.” I feel stuck in an in-between. Being the stickler for grammar and spelling I am, I refrain from texting even my mother in Korean unless I feel confident in the words on the screen. Despite my personal sense of pride in the level of Korean I have achieved, my relatives’ constant affirmations about my Korean, and my parttime job translating news articles, I continue to deny my fluency, feeling that it is not perfect enough. It is a sphere of uncomfortable growth that constantly makes me feel incompetent, an experience in vulnerability that forces me into discomfort whenever I try to lose any trace of an accent while in Seoul, or fail to write proper emails in Korean, or need subtitles to watch a Korean video. But I know that each time I actively make the decision to use Korean instead of English, I am paying homage to the people who raised me and the language that raised them. When I am willing to send an email without asking for someone to proofread it, fully aware that it may
be awkward or flawed in sentence structure, I battle my pride of having to be perfect in both my Koreanness and my Americanness. English — my preferred language, passion and favorite area of study — might bring me a familiar sense of comfort, but Korean is a space that helps me grow. And most importantly, I know that my relationship with Korean, just like any difficult relationship, is one of love and understanding. Each time I stumble on my words while explaining something to my mother, I remind myself that this is the same experience she has struggled with for over two decades — who am I to prioritize my own comfort over hers? With my uneasiness comes a better empathy for hers, and those of others who speak English as a second language. For many second-generation students and immigrant children, this experience is a relatable one. Language carries with it not only generational weight, but also individual insecurity, but if I can, I urge all of us to take on the burden it brings. Only by putting away my pride and giving up my expectations for errorfree, perfect Korean can I really grow in learning the language and understanding the experiences of those who came before me. Yvonne Kim is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at yvonnekim2019@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 at The Daily Northwestern.
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District 65 board elects new president, vice president For first time in recent memory, both positions filled by women of color By SYD STONE
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The District 65 board elected Suni Kartha as its president and Anya Tanyavutti as its vice president during a special reorganization meeting held Monday. Board members narrowly elected Kartha to serve a one-year term as president of the board, replacing Candance Chow, who has served since May 2013. Tanyavutti, who will now serve as vice president, ran unopposed to replace Claudia Garrison. Tanyavutti told The Daily while traditionally the board president serves two one-year terms, it is not mandated. She said Monday’s decision was “historic” because this was the first time in recent memory that both leadership positions have been filled by women of color. “It speaks to the national climate — people are engaged and want to be impactful in every way possible to ensure that we protect our democracy,” Tanyavutti said. Kartha told The Daily she and Tanyavutti ran their campaigns on inclusivity, transparency and equity. She said it is her goal to work with the rest of the board to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard. “District 65 is on a path to recognize and address systemic inequities in our schools,” Kartha wrote in her statement of nomination for board president. “It is my priority to ensure that we continue on this journey in a robust and meaningful way.” During Monday’s meeting, several Evanston residents voiced their support for Chow rather than Kartha — highlighting the former president’s success on passing the District 65 referendum in April and her leadership skills. “There is no one better than Candance to continue to lead the board through this critical post-referendum period,” Evanston resident and District 65 parent Andrea Mainelli said. “She has the experience of having guided the residents in the district through the strategic planning process.”
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People are engaged and want to be impactful in every way possible to ensure that we protect our democracy. Anya Tanyavutti, District 65 Board vice president Clockwise from top left: Erin Waxenbaum, Tracy Vaughn-Manley, Michael Jewett, Jeremy Birnholtz, Nick Davis, Francesca Tataranni, Vasili Byros
Charles Deering McCormick Professors of Teaching Excellence JEREMY BIRNHOLTZ VASILI BYROS MICHAEL JEWETT The Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor NICK DAVIS Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Professors of Instruction FRANCESCA TATARANNI TRACY VAUGHN-MANLEY Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer ERIN WAXENBAUM
The referendum passed with more than 80 percent of the vote and will raise property taxes by about $450 dollars annually for the average Evanston property owner. The increased taxes will allow the district to work on improving student achievements, investing in technology and keeping class sizes small. Tanyavutti said she recognizes “all of the voices” that supported Chow as president, but hopes to move forward and work together. During the meeting, Evanston residents and board members also paid tribute to the two retiring school board members, Garrison and Tracy Quattrocki. Garrison spoke about her time on the school board and her decision to run at the meeting. She said after 11 years of teaching, she still felt she could to contribute more to Evanston’s educational community. “Serving on the school board for the past eight years has been a privilege to engage in such an important conversation and to have my voice heard,” she said. Two new board members, Lindsay Cohen and Joseph Hailpern, were sworn in Monday evening after paying tribute to the retiring members. Board members also discussed committee appointments and school liaison assignments for the upcoming year but decided to wait to finalize the assignments at an upcoming meeting later this month. sydneystone2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Audience members stand in support of a new transgender policy. The ETHS school board voted Monday 6-1 to pass a policy that will allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice.
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From page 1 bias that violate Northwestern’s rules, regulations and policies are not the proper exercise of academic freedom.” Kasey Brown, FMO’s incoming coordinator and AKA treasurer, said the groups immediately sprung into action after finding out about the poster. To avoid public distress, especially
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From page 1 interest in all of journalism education,” Hamm said. Accreditation terms, Hamm said, run six years. Instead of being reviewed by the ACEJMC, Medill will conduct a self-study beginning in July and will bring in “national leaders in our field” who will examine the school. “Medill is making a statement that our field deserves a much better accreditation,” Hamm said. “Sometimes people view it the opposite. They think you don’t want to go up for program review or accreditation. We’re saying the opposite. We think program review and accreditation should be far better than it is currently.” Northwestern as a whole is still accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, which according to the University’s website is one of six regional accreditors in the U.S. The ACEJMC’s accrediting council is made up by media professionals and educators. In an email to
treat our students differently on the basis of characteristics like skin color or disability, nor should we do so on the basis on gender identity,” Livingston said. The policy passed among state and national controversy surrounding transgender rights. The Trump administration rescinded in February federal protections put in place by Barack Obama that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom and locker room that align with their gender identity. In a two-page “Dear Colleague” letter, the Trump administration said that previous guidelines did not “contain extensive legal analysis” or “undergo any formal public process.” In Illinois, the debate has centered around a Palatine-based school district that in 2016 allowed a transgender student to use the bathroom and locker room corresponding with their gender identity. The action sparked a pending lawsuit by more than 50 families. Doug Holt, who voted against ETHS’ new policy, told The Daily he thinks there is legal uncertainty regarding transgender policy. He said that privacy has also been a concern in
among NU’s black community, Brown said the groups tried to keep the issue among their leaders, but the fliers began circulating on social media after being shared on a Facebook group for NU’s black students. “Our main concern here is the safety of our community and making sure that … black students feel safe and welcomed, and a flier like that is definitely alarming and startling to us,” Brown, a Weinberg junior, said. “When we first
saw it, we just wanted not to hide it or anything but also not raise too much concern or shake the community as much as it shook us.” Both Mims and Brown said they do not know where the fliers were found on campus but did not hesitate in reporting them to UP due to their inflammatory content. A picture of one of the fliers was shared in a Facebook group by Weinberg senior Ima Samba, a member of the Alliance of African Scholars, who
The Daily, Hamm said it usually takes 18 months to complete the evaluation, time he said could be “better invested in our students, our signature programs on five campuses, our research and creative activity, and our partnerships with leading organizations in the U.S. and around the world.” “The review process takes an enormous amount of time and we want it to be focused on major goals and high standards,” Hamm told The Daily. “The current model of accreditation is fairly minimal. In other words, for a tremendous amount of work, Medill doesn’t move one inch forward.” In an email to The Daily, ACEJMC executive director Susanne Shaw said Medill announced its decision to not apply for accreditation last summer. “Accreditation is voluntary,” she said in the email. “No one at Northwestern told me why the decision was made to withdraw.” Medill Prof. Mei-Ling Hopgood, who used to represent the Asian American Journalists Association in the ACEJMC’s accrediting council, said she was removed from the council after being told
ACEJMC rules do not allow educators from nonaccredited schools to serve on it. She was also told the council did not plan to fund representatives of AAJA, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists or the National Association of Black Journalists. Members of the council must pay a fee to be represented, and Hopgood said organizations representing minority journalists usually can’t front the costs. For some years, these positions were paid for by a grant, but that grant seems to have run out, she said. This, she said, is worrisome, because minority journalists must be represented in these kind of organizations. “It’s an imperative that we look … nationwide that journalism schools and communication schools are diversifying their faculty, their enrollment, their support for students on campus of different diverse backgrounds,” Hopgood said. alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
talking with community members and when looking at the Palatine lawsuit. “The other side is that a locker room is not a place for educational opportunities; it’s a place where you have an expectation of privacy,” Holt said at the meeting. Before passing the policy, the board voted to remove a line that required the superintendent to form an advisory committee of stakeholders. Various board members emphasized their commitment to hearing community voices, but cautioned against mandating that the superintendent form a committee. Later during the meeting, the board also gained two new members, and another two members saw their terms renewed. The new members — Jude Laude and Patricia Maunsell — replaced Holt and Anne Sills on the board, and joined Livingston and Pat SavageWilliams as the four members elected in the April municipal election. After the new board was sworn in, they reelected Savage-Williams and Monique Parsons as president and vice president of the board, respectively. They each ran unopposed for one-year terms. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu said someone had emailed it to her. The five groups released a joint statement Monday afternoon condemning the fliers. “We are hopeful that the individuals responsible for the creation of this flier are identified and reprimanded,” the statement said. “We feel deeply disrespected by those who created this flier in our name.” alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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From page 1 commentary on current social and political issues makes her an ideal speaker for the series, said CTSS co-chair Ben Zimmermann. “She’s really pushed boundaries of the way we think about a lot of issues that are extremely important,” the Weinberg junior said. “She’s changed the way we’re thinking about them and she’s talking about these issues in a really, beyond thought-provoking, funny and interesting and notable way that’s unlike any other writer or author of her time, which makes her stand out and makes us really excited to host her.” Admission for the event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available online for NU students, faculty and staff through Eventbrite. allysonchiu2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Thousands rally for May Day in Chicago CARE grant By VICTORIA CABALES
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CHICAGO — Despite President Donald Trump declaring Monday to be “Loyalty Day,” thousands of people marched through the rain to protest the president’s immigration policies. The Rally for Immigration Justice, composed of more than 100 immigrant activist groups, began with a march at Union Park toward Daley Plaza in support of reforming a broad range of topics, like education, the criminal justice system and conditions for minimum wage workers. Sen. Dick Durbin, (D-Ill.) who attended the rally at Union Park, criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies and called on people to “speak up for our values.” “The election of Donald Trump is a challenge to all of us,” Durbin said at the rally, according to Windy City Times. “We’ve seen people coming together. The question is whether we will take this energy and emotion and translate it into political action to elect men and women who will stand up for the values of America.” Monday marked International Workers Day — or May Day — commemorating the anniversary of the 1886 Haymarket Affair, in which approximately 40,000 people went on strike in Chicago for the right to an
eight-hour work day. Latinx workers and local businesses on Monday followed this tradition by closing their shops to fight for fair wages and just hours. Maya Arcilla, a secretary general of Anakbayan Chicago — a Filipino youth organization that fights for democracy — told The Daily that May Day is an opportunity to strengthen solidarity between various diverse groups.
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I’ve got yours. You’ve got mine. We cannot allow people to come to our schools and take our children out and separate families from each other. Karen Lewis, CTU president
“Through building coalition(s) with one another, we’ve realized that so many of our struggles are similar,” said Arcilla, who helped organize the event. “May Day is a really important moment to make people aware that we have a stake in this, that we can say no. We have power, we have a voice and we can fight through this.”
Many of the activist groups view these rallies as part of a string of events to promote immigrant rights. Anakbayan, for example, plans on hosting a weeklong peace tour throughout Chicago. Cosecha, a national movement to protect 11 million undocumented workers, said on its website that the May Day strike is the beginning of a series of “massive boycotts.” Chicago Teachers Union also supported the protests, but decided against a one-day strike to challenge ongoing budget struggles. “ We’re all in this hot, buttery mess together,” CTU president Karen Lewis said at the rally. “We have to stand shoulder to shoulder, back to back. I’ve got yours. You’ve got mine. We cannot allow people to come to our schools and take our children out and separate families from each other.” Beyond Chicago, workers participated in May Day rallies both nationally and internationally. Other major cities were rallies were held included Paris, Istanbul and Moscow. “Today is a unity of communities, particularly communities of color that are being targeted by this administration,” Gabriela Benitez, a representative of Organized Communities Against Deportations, told The Daily. “(The march) was amazing; it was beautiful.” victoriacabales2019@u.northwestern.edu
to expire in September By CATHERINE KIM
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A federal grant that funds the coordinator of men’s engagement position within the Center for Awareness, Response and Education will expire in September 2017. The Coordinator of Men’s Engagement, which is currently filled by Paul Ang, is a position that focuses on men’s engagement in “ending gender-based violence,” Assistant Director of CARE Erin Clark said. The threeyear grant, which is funded by the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, has been used not only to fund the Coordinator of Men’s Engagement position as well as other parts of CARE’s outreach, marketing and education programming, Clark said. Colin Clayton, the communications chair for Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, said the University needs to continue to support the position if they want to include men in conversations about sexual assault. He is one of the 1117 students who signed the NU Petition to Address Rape Culture published in February. The petition includes a condition asking for guaranteed permanent funding from the University for the position to prevent its termination after the federal grant ends. “The University should fund Paul’s position because, without him, there will be a deficit of programming targeted towards men for changing their attitudes about masculinity,” the Weinberg junior told The Daily in an email. Clark said CARE will continue to support the goals of the coordinator of men’s engagement, such as ending “toxic masculinity” and keep men involved in prevention education. “To end sexual violence, men must be included in the conversation, and we look forward to continuing to make this work integral to CARE’s role on campus,” she said. The position advises Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, a student group dedicated to combating sexual violence, MARS President Kevin Pu said. The coordinator comes to each meeting to provide advice, especially regarding the group’s communications, the Weinberg junior said. Pu said he is concerned the possible termination of the position will impact MARS’ relationship with CARE as the position is the group’s direct connection to CARE. This would cut off the group from the resources and outreach opportunities that are currently available to them as a group affiliated with CARE, Pu said. “It would be a really big blow to our credibility of our organization, our ability to be aware of where we are at,” Pu said. “It’s really important to us that the grant that is funding his position is taken on by the University.” Clark said in the email that CARE has “increased growth” in its prevention education program across campus, particularly within Greek life and athletics, because of the position. “The work of men’s engagement is integral to ending gender-based violence because so often men play a role in perpetuating rape culture in ways they may not even be aware,” Clark said in the email. “Prevention education that specifically targets these aspects of toxic masculinity by someone who identifies as male can have far-reaching positive impact on creating change.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu
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The office of the Center for Awareness, Response and Education. A federal grant funding funding CARE’s coordinator of men’s engagement will expire in September.
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It’s not really helpful when I shoot 73 the first day. We were 17 shots back. — Dylan Wu, men’s golf
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Cats blow past most of the Big Ten, but not rival Illinois By JONAH DYLAN
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Once again, one poor round cost Northwestern significantly. If only the final two rounds of the Big Ten Championships counted, the Wildcats would have beaten No. 8 Illinois and won the tournament. But the Fighting Illini outshot NU by 17 strokes in the first round, essentially putting away the tournament before it started. “Illinois just played a great round,” coach David Inglis said. “We weren’t quite on our game the first day. We weren’t sharp from the beginning, and it cost us a chance to play for the championship.” The Cats struggled across the board Friday, including a rough day from junior Dylan Wu, who had hoped to compete for the overall championship. “It’s not really helpful when I shoot 73 the first day,” Wu said. “We were 17 shots back.” He was three-over par after the first round, 10 strokes back of Illinois’ Dylan Meyer, who shot a course record of 63 on the first day. Meyer eventually won the tournament at 5-under-par.
Wu turned it around over the last two days, shooting a 3-under 67 on Sunday and finishing in ninth place at 1-over for the tournament. Sophomore Ryan Lumsden finished in a tie for second place after carding rounds of 69, 69 and 68. Lumsden said after a tough Boilermaker Invitational, in which he finished behind all of his teammates, he worked hard during the week to get his game back on track and played with a newfound sense of confidence. “I was confident but also patient,” he said. “When I made a mistake, I knew it wasn’t the end of the world, and I was able to make a good couple birdies. … It was a good tournament, and it gives me a lot of confidence going into the next couple of weeks.” After the first round, NU sat in third place, with no realistic chance of catching Illinois. The Cats did the next best thing, obliterating the rest of their competition and finishing at five-over, 10 strokes ahead of third-place Ohio State. Inglis said he still wasn’t satisfied with the final result. “We came here to get a win,” he said. “Unfortunately we didn’t get that done, but at the same time with the position we were in after round one, it was
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always going to be tough.” Freshman Everton Hawkins and graduate student Conor Richardson finished tied for 23rd place at 7-over, while senior Andrew Whalen finished tied for 48th at 14-over. NU has now finished in second or third place in its last four tournaments. At the Redhawk Invitational, the Cats blew a six-stroke lead with just three holes to go. At the Boilermaker Invitational, NU faltered in the opening round but outplayed the field in the second and third rounds, eventually finishing in third place. The Cats had hoped to compete with the Fighting Illini for the Big Ten title, but instead Illinois cruised to its third straight championship. NU will now shift its focus to the NCAA Regionals; it will learn its destination Thursday. Wu said the team needs to have each player perform at a high level at the same time. “We haven’t had one round where every player shoots a good number,” Wu said. “When we go to regionals, we’re going to be with a bunch of good teams, but I think we’re going to have that mindset of, we’re going to try to win the tournament.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats’ Big Ten run ends in semis NU’s skid lengthens By SOPHIE MANN
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After a winning rematch with Michigan State, Northwestern just missed its chance at the Big Ten Tournament final with a loss to No. 10 Michigan in the semifinal round Saturday. The No. 3 seed Wildcats (14-11, 9-2 Big Ten) secured a first-round bye in the tournament because of their high seed, then awaited their second meeting with the Spartans in less than a week. NU had grabbed a narrow win Apr. 23 in Evanston, taking down the Spartans in a 4-3 battle that came down to the wire in both singles and doubles. The Cats began the rematch strongly by securing the doubles point. The No. 60 duo of junior Maddie Lipp and sophomore Rheeya Doshi pushed past a higher ranked Michigan State pair, then sophomore Lee Or and junior Alex Chatt won the clinching set. Coach Claire Pollard said that doubles play in particular allowed NU to begin the weekend on a high. “I thought we played an excellent doubles point against them on Friday and got the weekend off to a good start,” Pollard said. “We were up three pretty easy. … We weren’t too fatigued going into the Michigan match.” A weekend earlier, the Spartans gave the Cats a run for their money in singles play. Their postseason meeting proved different, however, as Michigan State was no match for NU. The Cats took three of the four finished matches, and none went to a deciding third set. The win set up another rematch, this time with a Michigan team NU had played just eight days prior. After dropping the doubles point against the Wolverines the previous week, the Cats again struggled from the outset. Lipp and Doshi had no response for No. 9 Kate Fahey and
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Alex Najarian at the No. 1 court, and junior Erin Larner and senior Brooke Rischbieth fell at No. 3. Singles proved no better. Lipp played a strong first set against No. 24 Brienne Minor, but faded late and lost in straight sets. No. 79 Larner took a first-set lead on her opponent before stumbling to a three-set loss that clinched the match for Michigan. “We just came short, and it was just unfortunate,” Or said. “We brought on the court whatever we had, so we can’t be sad about it.” Without a signature win or a place in the Big Ten final, the Cats sit firmly on the NCAA Tournament bubble, a fate that will be
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decided on Tuesday. Pollard said that being a bubble team is bittersweet, although she is proud of what her team has accomplished. During the first eleven years of her tenure at NU, the team won the Big Ten Tournament every year. With the expectations as high as they are for NU’s program, this finals drought is not what the team is used to, Pollard said. “The truth is our goals are really high as a program; we’re not used to losing in the semifinals,” Pollard said. “Our goals are a Big Ten championship every year. We’re not that this year.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Lee Or watches the ball. The sophomore and the Wildcats fell in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
with weekend sweep By RONALD KIM
the daily northwestern
Coming off a blowout loss to Notre Dame, Northwestern stormed into Lincoln needing a series win. But despite keeping each game close and mustering several comeback efforts, the Wildcats (20-27, 6-12 Big Ten) were swept by Nebraska (24-25, 13-7 Big Ten) in the three-game set. The first game started off as a pitcher’s duel between NU’s Kaley Winegarner and the Cornhuskers’ Kaylan Jablonski as both teams were held scoreless through the first three innings. But Nebraska got on the board after MJ Knighten’s two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth. The Cornhuskers added two more runs in the fifth, putting them up 4-0 going into the sixth. NU later took advantage of two Cornhusker errors and mounted a furious rally in the top of the sixth, plating three runs and closing the cap to one. But the Cats could not complete the comeback and eventually fell 4-3. Winegarner fell to 6-6 with a 3.07 ERA on the season while Jablonski, who threw her first complete game without surrendering an earned run, improved to 11-14. In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, NU fell behind early as freshman starter Morgan Newport lasted just 0.1 innings, allowing six earned runs on just three hits. Nebraska’s big first inning was enough to keep the Cats’ comeback hopes late in the game at bay, as NU totaled 4 runs in the last few innings of the game but eventually lost 7-4. Offensively, sophomore infielder Morgan Nelson led the way for the Cats, sparking the comeback effort by going 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, a run and a walk. Freshman pitcher Kenzie Ellis added a hit while keeping NU in the game with 5.2 solid innings of one-run ball in relief of Newport. The series finale and second game of the doubleheader proved to be one of the more heart-wrenching games of the
season for the Cats. NU and Nebraska battled throughout the game and the Cats led 4-3 entering the seventh inning. However, an RBI single from Jablonski tied the game up 4-4 and pushed it into extra innings. In the eighth, Taylor Otte’s leadoff double eventually set the stage for Gina Metzler’s game-winning chopper to first that drove in Otte and gave Nebraska the win in walk-off fashion. Just like in the first game, Ellis and senior outfielder Krista Williams had strong performances. Ellis tallied three hits and two RBIs while Williams tacked on another two hits. Senior outfielder Anna Petersen failed to record a hit for the fifth straight game, continuing her recent slump in which she has gone 0-for-11. NU will be back in action Wednesday when it will face Big Ten rival Illinois. ronaldkim2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Morgan Nelson runs the bases. The sophomore infielder had a strong weekend offensively, but the Wildcats were swept by Nebraska.