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As town-gown strains subside, concerns over communication gaps, University contributions linger By RISHIKA DUGYALA

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When Morton Schapiro stepped into his role as Northwestern’s president in 2009, Elizabeth Tisdahl, who had just been elected Evanston mayor, immediately reached out to him. Tisdahl said she threw Schapiro a welcoming party and gave him

homemade baked goods to send a clear message: She wanted the town-gown feud to be over. Relations between the city and the University had long been strained due to persisting studentresident conflicts and property tax concerns, coupled with brief land ownership battles in the 1960s and lawsuits filed in the late 1990s. Though some of the conflict was not unusual to most towngown relationships, officials said

few community discussions were led to mitigate the tension before Schapiro and Tisdahl entered office. “It was like a bad marriage for many years, decades I guess, where they hurt themselves just to hurt the other party,” Schapiro told The Daily in March. Over the last eight years, Schapiro said he and Tisdahl developed a great friendship, in addition to their working relationship.

Town-gown relations improved under their leadership, said Alan Anderson, NU’s executive director of neighborhood and community relations. He said NU increased its financial contributions to, and sustainable partnerships with, the city, which weren’t as visible prior to Schapiro’s tenure. But even as the ties grow among top-level officials and begin to extend into the broader community, communication gaps remain.

There are few direct avenues for residents to contact the University and even fewer for students to contact the city’s government. Residents continue to worry about NU acquiring properties — therefore taking them off the tax roll — and some say the University’s initiatives in Evanston haven’t reached enough community members. With a new mayor elected this year and Northwestern hoping to maintain the relationship’s

positive trajectory, several residents, students and officials said there is more to be done. “I want Evanston to feel like they own the University, and the University to feel like they own Evanston,” Anderson said.

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Many concerns in the years before Tisdahl and Schapiro came » See TIED, page 6

Officials block road plan NU reacts to ICE protest Roadway would have cut through Isabella Woods

Schapiro, Linzer call protesters ‘disrespectful’

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The board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago voted unanimously Thursday to block the construction of a roadway through Isabella Woods, an undisturbed oak forest in northwest Evanston. Isabella Woods is located north of Isabella Road and is

currently leased to the city by the MWRD. The oak forest sits on clay soil and is part of the North Shore Channel, a wildlife corridor. Clay soil assists in stormwater drainage, making Isabella Woods a natural drainage site, said Libby Hill, the Evanston North Shore Bird Club program chair. “We have very little remnant oak forest in Evanston,” said Leslie Shad, a lawyer and Evanston TreeKeeper. “It just makes no sense to destroy it. You can get access to the landlocked property

from the north. Why do we have to destroy this little, unique public asset that we don’t have any others of?” Shad added it was very heartening to see the unanimous support from MWRD commissioners for a natural habitat in Evanston. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th), who attended the Thursday meeting, said about 15 Evanston residents came to speak. She » See ROAD, page 11

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University administrators said participants of a Tuesday protest that led to the cancellation of a guest lecture by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement public relations representative were “disrespectful.” In a statement to students,

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Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) speaks at a city meeting. Revelle and other Evanston residents advocated against a proposed access road that would have cut through Isabella Woods in northwest Evanston.

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unidentified ICE public relations representative to Sociology 201. Student demonstrators said the ICE representative’s presence could be disturbing and harmful for undocumented people on campus or students who’ve seen a loved one detained by the federal agency. In their statement, Schapiro and Linzer said “faculty members are free to » See RESPONSE, page 11

Target to open new location By SYD STONE

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University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Dan Linzer said the student protesters’ behavior was “inappropriate and contrary to the values of the University.” They said the University is reviewing facts around Tuesday’s events to “determine the appropriate actions to be taken by the University.” Tuesday’s protest was held in response to sociology Prof. Beth Redbird’s invitation of an

Target has signed a lease for a small-format store in downtown Evanston that is projected to open in March 2018, according to a Thursday news release. The 27,400-square-foot store, slated for The Shops at Sherman Plaza, will be the company’s 84th location in the Chicago area, according to the release. The Evanston location — 1620 Sherman Ave. — will be the company’s ninth smallformat store in the area. Target already has a location

in Evanston at 2209 Howard St., but according to the release, Target is focused on expanding small-format stores in urban and suburban neighborhoods, as well as near college campuses. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), whose ward will include the store, said she thinks the small-format store is a good fit for downtown Evanston. “Our downtown is really a walkable downtown,” Fiske said. “Their larger stores are placed in shopping centers where there’s tons of parking, but the smaller stores fit in better with an established and walkable downtown community.”

The new location does not need approval from City Council, Fiske said, as the space will be leased through Sherman Plaza’s private leasing agent, Highlands REIT, Inc. Although she said she is unsure how long the city has been working to attract Target, she said it seems they’ve been talking about it “for years.” Fiske said the long wait time is to be expected because corporate tenants tend to take longer to sign contracts than smaller businesses. “I’m just really glad that it finally happened,” Fiske said. “It » See TARGET, page 11

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Community discusses Robert Crown Center plans By ROBIN OPSAHL

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Plans for the new Robert Crown Community Center went through a second round of discussions during a Thursday night meeting, which brought

up issues of parking, green space and sustainability. Architects with Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, a Chicago-based firm, presented 12 schematics for outdoor and indoor space at the new center to a group of more than 40 Evanston residents who gathered at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The goal of the meeting was to narrow down a direction for the center’s plans, Andy Tinucci of Woodhouse

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Andy Tinucci of Woodhouse Tinucci Architects presents design plans for the new Robert Crown Community Center at a meeting Thursday. Construction for the new center is slated to begin next spring.

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Johanna Leonard was named Evanston’s new director of community development, the city announced in a news release Thursday. Leonard started working for the city in 2010 as an economic development coordinator and most recently served as economic development manager. As economic development manager, Leonard oversaw “retention, expansion and attraction of businesses,” the release said.

During her time in economic development, Leonard was responsible for attracting Trader Joe’s to Evanston, expanding the city’s only car dealership and revamping city-owned spaces on Howard Street for business use, according to the release. Prior to working for the city, Leonard was a community organizer with the Center for Neighborhood Technology, a nonprofit organization that works to make cities function more effectively. She also worked for a development consultant that served clients “seeking development advisory services, tax increment financing analysis and studies and real estate market studies,” according to the release. Leonard grew up in Evanston and went to

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Tinucci said. “It’s essential we have these discussions because as designs develop, considerations change,” Tinucci said. “Our plans already took a lot more form after hearing back from the community during our last discussion, and we will make changes with these considerations again.” The city shifted the Robert Crown project from renovation to replacement in January, a project that is estimated to cost $30 million, assistant city manager Marty Lyons said. However, the city won’t know exact costs until the construction designs are finished, which will likely happen in fall, he said. “The cost of the new center isn’t nailed down yet,” Lyons said. “It depends on what materials we use, and the specifics of the building that will be decided in the next phase of design.” So far, the city has secured more than $7.6 million in donations for the new building, in addition to a city contribution of $12.5 million in bond financing. Northwestern pledged $1 million to the Robert Crown renovations in February. Currently, plans for the outdoor space include two full-length turf soccer fields, expanded parking spaces and tennis courts. The building will include a preschool, athletic center, two ice rinks and a library branch. Some residents at Thursday’s meeting expressed concerns about the changing character of the center. Evanston Township High School before earning a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology with honors from Loyola University and a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Evanston is fortunate to have such a talented, home grown professional take on the important job of Director of Community Development,” city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said in the release. “Johanna is a thoughtful, smart community builder whose passion for Evanston is unmatched. She is the leader we need as the city continues to enhance the livability of Evanston.” — Sophie Mann

Right now, the Robert Crown area is largely undeveloped green space with a small building, nearby resident Tom O’Brien said, but will see much higher use with the new athletic facilities. “I get that soccer guys and hockey guys raised a lot of money for this, but it’s not going to be what it used to be,” O’Brien said. “It’s going to be a great facility, but it’ll be very different.” O’Brien and his neighbor, Charles West — a resident who lives a half block away from Robert Crown — came to previous meetings to make sure existing tennis courts remain in place, a feature not included in the original schematics. Looking at how neighbors of the park use the area right now is important to consider, West said. West also said even with plans to expand parking, the streets surrounding the center will likely see even heavier traffic and street parking. “It’s going to be a traffic nightmare,” West said. Designers will return for another community feedback meeting in July before presenting a final design to City Council. Officials said construction is slated to start next spring, with hopes to finish in 2019. “This is the kind of project that only comes up once every 40 years,” Lyons said. “If it takes a year, it’s fine.” robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight An article in Thursday’s paper titled “EPL board reiterates commitment to diversity, declines to discuss Williams’ suspension” misstated when meetings between EPL and various community leaders occurred. There were two separate meetings. The Daily regrets the error.

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Junior goes viral with design project By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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Jason Yuan said he has long understood the power of visual communication. Growing up bilingual, Yuan would often sketch pictures for his Canadian classmates when they couldn’t understand what he was translating from Chinese. “I’m a really visual person,” the Communication junior said. “When I see something, one symbol carries so many notations for me. That’s the thing that drew me into graphic design.” During Spring Break, Yuan, now an aspiring graphic designer, brought his sketchbook — a constant companion without which he said he “would feel naked” — on a trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Though he called it a vacation, Yuan was on a mission: After a rejection from an internship at Apple Music left him feeling “stuck,” he said he decided to redesign the app as a case study. After three months of visiting museums, interviewing users and creating prototypes, Yuan published the culmination of his project as a blog post in Medium last week. To his surprise, the post went viral, sparking a flurry of online responses as well as internship and freelance offers, he said. Rather than take one of those offers, though, Yuan said he will transfer to Rhode Island School of Design in June to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design. Northwestern does not offer an undergraduate design major, he said. Though the Apple Music project has been a “career-defining” moment for him, Yuan said he wants to keep studying to achieve his full potential as a designer. “It’s not a fairytale,” he said. “It’s not like I’m going to be whisked off to Silicon Valley forever.” Yuan said becoming a graphic designer wasn’t always his goal. Over the years, he also experimented with music, costume design and theater. At NU, Yuan majors in theater. He found himself uninterested in the actual theater curriculum, he said, but learned a lot about

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empathy — a necessary skill for user experience design, a field that requires one to “put yourself in someone else’s shoes,” Yuan said. Brandon Williams, maker in residence at NU’s Segal Design Institute, said this human connection was important in setting Yuan’s Apple Music project apart from others. Many redesigns try to make things look beautiful, Williams said, but Yuan’s project tried to design solutions to real user problems. “There was a level of depth that I think people appreciated,” Williams said. “He had talked to people, gotten tons of feedback and had really considered the person in it.” Though Yuan said he always incorporated elements of design into his activities, such as designing posters for shows, he didn’t fully consider graphic design as a career path until halfway through his freshman year. Once he started digging into graphic design, though, Yuan said he was inspired and finally felt “hungry to learn.” He took classes at Segal, but because the offerings are limited, Yuan said much of his design knowledge is self-taught through

long hours poring over books and figuring out online prototyping tools. Communication junior Evelyn Ma, who is friends with Yuan, said he sees design as more than just a career path. “He thinks design largely defines what kind of person he is,” Ma said. “That’s why he always talks about work, because for him he’s not really talking about work. He’s talking about his life and what matters to him.” After graduating, Yuan said he hopes to continue pursuing design, likely in Silicon Valley. One day, Yuan said he hopes to be “one of the greatest visual UX designers of (his) generation.” Though he recognizes this may sound “egotistical,” he said he always sets high expectations like his personal inspiration Steve Jobs, even when they may seem impossible to achieve. “If you don’t dream big, what else are you going to dream?” Yuan said. “Like, ‘One day I’m going to be a designer at a medium-sized law firm?’ I’m not interested in that.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Dual citizenship complicates identity LOUIS OH

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Four years ago, I wrote about “identity” for my college applications. Naturally, I was advised against the overdone topic, but I thought I was onto something. My story was centered on a life-altering legal decision: to be among the first generation maintaining dual Korean and American citizenship through adulthood. At the time, the full implications of this were unclear, but I believed my choice spoke something important about who I am. I am not just Korean American; I am Korean and American. I was born in the United States but my Korean parents entitled me to a Korean citizenship. Many Korean Americans are born this way with the understanding that someday they would renounce one of the two, as Korea did not accept dual-citizen adults at the time. For most of my life the choice was obvious. My entire childhood I identified as Korean American — Korea was my parent’s homeland, not mine. But after 7th grade, my parents moved us to a Seoul suburb and, despite the inevitable struggles, I adjusted fairly well. In a few years I could convincingly pass as a regular Korean kid. But it was just a guise. It was still clear to me and others that I was not from Korea. When high school came around, I was luckily surrounded by friends who spoke English, with whom I could make “Friends” references and share a love for classic rock. They were my gateway to Korean teenhood. I had a k-pop phase; I could eat increasingly spicier foods; and Korean variety shows became hilarious. In 2011, the year I turned 18, it was time to decide, but it wasn’t so simple anymore. Amendments to citizenship law that year allowed certain exceptions for those who are born with multiple nationalities. However, it came with stipulations: One must sign a legal agreement not to exercise foreign citizenship on Korean soil. In addition to taxes and travel rules to abide by, the biggest consequence was that I would be conscripted.

I was shocked: The possibility that I could keep both had never occurred to me. Staying an American was no question, but did I feel compelled enough to stay Korean at the cost of military service? Korean men have gone to extraordinary lengths to dodge the draft. The notoriety of service is known to nearly anyone with a Korean father, and many would deeply envy my opportunity. After months of deliberation, I decided to retain my citizenship. My family had settled in Korea, and I wanted to leave the option of living and working there open in the future. Most importantly, I now identified as Korean. It no longer felt right to relegate it behind a hyphen.

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People have asked me how it’s been being back. School has been a strange mix of familiarity and alienness. In some ways, it’s like starting over, reintroducing myself. Nine months after the college application, I was finally at Northwestern, my first longterm return to the United States since moving away. I had imagined it would feel like coming back home. In Korea, I was the Korean from America, a “yang-kee.” But upon returning to the U.S., I was surprised to find how Korean I had actually become in those seven years. Sometimes, Korean felt more comforting; small talk in English was awkward. On occasion, other Korean Americans mistook me for an immigrant, “fresh off the boat,” a FOB. I had absorbed more from my time in Korea than I had realized. For nearly my entire secondary education, I worked hard so that I could come back to America because that’s where I believed I could feel at home again. Instead, I returned feeling different and distanced. Less than a year ago, I had been so sure when I wrote about my decision and then here I was, lost as ever. Following freshman year, I enlisted in the Republic of Korea army, served the 21 months and was discharged from active duty in August 2016. Luckily, my service experience was far more rewarding and less back-breaking than

most. Though I was naturally elated to finish, in the final weeks of my service I also felt somewhat worried. I had built a fantasy around the idea of finally finding release and freedom upon returning to NU, but as it neared there was a sobering truth to face. I had been warned that military service would be one of the most quintessentially Korean-izing experiences of my life. I was afraid I would return again to my firstyear struggles, further entrenched in reinforced Koreanness. People have asked me how it’s been being back. School has been a strange mix of familiarity and alienness. In some ways it’s like starting over, reintroducing myself to a new slug in a familiar shell. The question of “Where are you from?” continues to be a flustering challenge. I understand that this question isn’t meant to be complicated, but I don’t have a nice and simple answer like everyone else. I’ve moved several times across the U.S. and have little memory of Iowa, where I was born. Having lived and worked in the Seoul area for nearly 10 years now, I now identify with Seoul more than anywhere else. But people often make assumptions based on your “origin.” Especially for Asian Americans, the question has a looming load to it. Often, it is followed by, “But where are you really from?” Answering with “Seoul” naturally lends to the assumption that I’m Korean. And yes, I am Korean. I served for 21 months for the right to call myself that, but it kills me to reinforce the presumption that someone who looks like me must be foreign. I don’t want to have to overcomplicate a simple question with a life story. Sometimes I wish I could just reply with a place like West Chester or Cupertino. Four years ago, I was so sure, and in a way, I still am. I am proud to be American and Korean. Today, with all the political turmoil and turbulence here and in Korea, the significance of the rights, liberties and responsibilities as a citizen have become more apparent to me than ever. And yet, I’m still a little lost. In all my confidence, I couldn’t tell you where I’m from. Louis Oh is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at eunsangoh2017@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.

We can deconstruct perfectionism at NU ARCHIT BASKARAN and NEHA BASTI OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS

Northwestern’s academic, extracurricular and social pressures challenge us toward an unreal standard. We celebrate and compete about our packed schedules, boast about sleepless nights and ultimately champion perfectionism. Yet, this competitive culture is a double-edged sword. We mask our stresses, self-doubts and insecurities under a guise of invulnerability. But how can we counteract this culture? How can we help each other? Self-care, the obvious answer, is debatably our greatest tool, but most of us are glaringly inadequate at using it. We’ll both be the first to acknowledge that our day-to-day lives are fictitious projections of hidden vulnerability. Many personal struggles simmer beneath the surface — the pressure to be included, the fear of failure, the grueling struggle to balance social, academic and extracurricular lives while appearing carefree (read: fun and flirty) — in person and via social media. We know many of our friends face similar challenges. So, why pretend we’re impervious to them? What’s the point in saying, “I’m good,” if we’re genuinely feeling like crap? Where’s the authenticity, the honesty, the vulnerability? Vulnerability generates trust, which in turn breaks barriers to humanizing people and building support systems. It’s at the core of what we ought to be doing. It follows that fostering an open culture — one in which sharing and discussing struggles, failures, shames and fears as ubiquitous — is crucial to our well-being. This led to the inception of the Ad Meliora Initiative, a project that aims to deconstruct the culture of perfectionism

on campus by making vulnerability appealing and accessible. We came up with AMI to create a space for students to discuss and work through their personal struggles, moving toward becoming more resilient and authentic people. To combat the culture of perfectionism head-on, AMI encourages honest conversation, something often ignored as students sweep issues under the rug to focus on responsibilities. We strive to create confidential, commitment-free spaces that are completely open to anyone, where participants can share personal stories and obtain support and solidarity from other students. We picked the name “Ad Meliora” because the Latin phrase meaning “toward better things” perfectly aligns with this initiative’s intentions and what we believe is needed for NU’s community as a whole.

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At some point in our lives, we are all victims of a perfectionist toxicity. In our experiences at NU, many of our friends have expressed variegated struggles across a wide gradient of issues.

In such spaces, the depth of disclosure should remain the student’s choice to prevent anyone from feeling prematurely pressured to share. The goal of sharing personal stories should always be to spark meaningful conversation and ultimately answer two important questions: How are we all similar, and how can we help each other (and ourselves)? Only then will NU’s culture be one in which students can find judgement-free support from their peers about personal problems. We hope that by hearing other students’ narratives,

participants will come to realize they are not alone. At some point in our lives, we are all victims of a perfectionist toxicity. In our experiences at NU, many of our friends have expressed variegated struggles across a wide gradient of issues, such as fear of judgment, need for external validation, insecurity about body image and feeling excluded or isolated. And while some hide behind closed doors — projecting ulterior, picture-perfect representations of themselves on social media — others feel the need to lie or disguise hidden struggles to obtain respect and influence among their peers. We are all privy to it — if not now, then at some point in our lives. In turn, campus spaces for honest introspection like AMI are necessary, as they can help students face the challenges of life with a stronger foundation of calmness, resilience and optimism. Let us help build one another up, not tear one another down. Despite a campus culture that often says otherwise, it’s OK to have insecurities. It’s OK to feel worried, lonely, overwhelmed or lost. However, when students feel alone in their struggles, their greater experiences at NU can suffer. Moving forward, it’s essential to leave feigned perfectionism and unrealistic expectations behind to talk about the things that really matter. As a campus, let’s commit to working together to care for ourselves. Archit Baskaran is a Weinberg senior and Neha Basti is a Weinberg freshman. Archit can be contacted at ArchitBaskaran2018@u.northwestern.edu and Neha can be contacted at NehaBasti2020@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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Attending class is essential, at heart of university experience Many people consider Northwestern a leading research university, with topflight faculty and bright students who have worked hard just to get accepted into the school. And then there is the vision of Chase Reed — who wrote “Attendance policies can be detrimental to student mental health, life balance,” published May 15 — that proposes an online educational commune that eliminates the need for waking up or, for that matter, even going to class. Extrapolating from the example in his column of being allowed to miss four classes per course, one could miss 16 classes, or about a week, for each quarter. Thus it appears that Mr. Reed has already found the solution to “taking a break from the college grind” outside of summer, winter and spring vacations. Somebody is paying over $70,000 a year for each student to attend NU through some combination of parents paying tuition, possible direct financial aid from the University, and an endowment that subsidizes the overall cost. In essence, the student has a “job” of going to class, doing homework and preparing for the next day. Without a doubt, not every class in every subject is going to stay with you for the rest of your life. And as any graduate will tell you, not every day at an office is paradise. But in the real world, bills need to be paid, and that doesn’t happen by asking the boss to fill in for a meeting you should attend and then having them email the notes. Similarly, actually going to class, engaging in discussion and increasing intellectual capital is the heart of the collegiate educational experience. It should also be noted that NU’s faculty is not without compassion to true problems that inevitably come up. Once, while battling a particularly nasty case of the flu, I had to trudge down from North Campus to Scott Hall to ask for postponement of a midterm. The professor, observing my obvious bloodshot eyes, dripping nose and possibly contagiously infected state, granted my request without a second’s thought and provided sound advice as to how to proceed: Get plenty of rest and eat some chicken soup. The process went this smoothly because of an obvious need and the fact that she knew who I was … because I had gone to class. — Alexander W. Stephens, Weinberg ’87

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State candidates call for Trump’s impeachment Biss, Pritzker, Pawar release statements on president’s behavior By JONAH DYLAN

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Three Illinois gubernatorial candidates have called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump in a series of statements released over the past week. State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) all released statements regarding Trump. Their calls for impeachment follow a series of developments that have raised bipartisan calls for an independent investigation into Trump’s potential ties to Russia. Former FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed Wednesday as a special counsel to lead the investigation. Mueller’s appointment comes after Trump dismissed former FBI Director James Comey. In a letter last week, Trump said he agreed with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that Comey was “not able to effectively lead the Bureau.” In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Pritzker said Trump obstructed justice. Pritzker called on Republicans and Democrats to come together to protect the nation, and he released a statement calling on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner to “stand with Illinois families” and reject Trump’s policies. “With credible reports that President Donald Trump obstructed justice in the investigation of the Russian hacking of our democracy, I knew it was time to act,” Pritzker said in the statement. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Trump had asked Comey to back off an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The information comes from a memo allegedly authored by Comey in which he details a private, Oval Office conversation with the president. Flynn resigned in February after various news outlets reported him misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of his contact with a Russian ambassador. Responding to a question about Mueller’s appointment, Trump on Thursday said the special counsel “hurts our country terribly.”

“I respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt,” he said. “And there is no collusion between, certainly, myself and my campaign — but I can always speak for myself — and the Russians. Zero.” In a page on his campaign website, Biss asked his supporters to sign a petition for Trump’s impeachment. “Trump’s shameless abuse of power puts the safety and security of all Illinoisans in jeopardy,” the page reads. “It’s time for Congress to hold him accountable and begin drafting articles of impeachment.” But some Democrats have sought to dampen the calls for impeachment.

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Trump’s shameless abuse of power puts the safety and security of all Illinoisans in jeopardy. Daniel Biss, State senator (D-Ill.)

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) publicly opposed those who have called for the president’s impeachment, asking “the base” to stick to “an orderly process.” “This is a marathon, it’s not a sprint,” Durbin said, according to Politico. “We have an orderly process in our government. We’re going to follow it. They don’t like to hear it, but I think that’s the facts.” Pawar announced he is introducing a resolution in City Council calling for the House of Representatives to impeach Trump. “Trump has failed to divest himself from his business interests and it certainly appears he has obstructed justice by firing the FBI director,” Pawar said in a statement. “If he hasn’t already broken the law, he is dangerously close.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 into office ranged from issues with students living off campus to the impact of Northwestern events and construction. As the two entities struggled to integrate their communities, Tisdahl said, city officials for a long time blamed NU “for all of its problems” based on one reason: The University does not have to pay property taxes. Northwestern is exempt from these taxes due to its nonprofit status and a charter from the state of Illinois that predates Evanston’s establishment as a city. “(Aldermen) would say, ‘If only NU paid property tax, we could fix this or that’,” Tisdahl said. “(That mindset) worked well for the city because we never had to solve any problems, and Northwestern never had to contribute to the city.” There are still many community members who look for examples of stronger economic ties between the city and the University, Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said.

Revelle said some residents’ fears worsen whenever NU acquires a new off-campus property that is then taken off the tax roll. Some residents worry their own property taxes may then increase, she said. Under Schapiro and executive vice president Nim Chinniah, there has been greater transparency from the University whenever it plans to purchase another property, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. And, for the three properties it purchased in the past three years — 1840 Oak Ave., 630 Clinton St. and 2522 Orrington Ave. — the University decided to annually reimburse slightly more than what it would have paid in taxes. After the University sent a Jan. 31 letter to City Council members saying it would acquire the Oak Avenue property, Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) asked city staff to examine past agreements between the city and Northwestern to determine whether the building must remain on the city’s tax roll and if city officials had to approve the sale. The property is located in “Research Park,” an area that hosts firms and startups created by Northwestern faculty. Under a 1988 agreement, no property in the area could be sold or leased to a tax-exempt entity without city approval, according to council documents.

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However, 1840 Oak Ave. was later exempted from this rule. The University decided to make an annual, voluntary payment of $350,000 to the city to cover all three properties it acquired. The estimated 2016 tax amount was $317,253, according to council documents. Bobkiewicz said the city hopes to work with University administrators to solidify a regular process for determining which properties will be funded. Even though NU has decided to reimburse the last three properties it acquired, 3rd Ward resident Bob Norris said he is concerned there hasn’t been a commitment made for all future acquisitions. Norris said he hopes if the value of the purchased buildings rises over time, the amount of money Northwestern pays for them will also increase so that tax dollars aren’t lost. Anderson said the University reimbursed the tax on the three properties because the acquisitions occurred while Evanston/Skokie School District 65 was considering an increase in property taxes to stabilize its finances. Though the two issues weren’t related, Anderson said University administrators didn’t want to further impact the community. Although the University made some financial contributions to the city before 2009, Anderson said there seems to have been an increase in spending under Schapiro. Administrators said NU directly contributes to the city through millions of dollars in permits, taxes and fees. Northwestern is also the source of sales tax from athletic merchandise and money for shared health care services, school systems and nonprofits. Additionally, earlier this year, NU donated $1 million for the redevelopment of the Robert Crown Community Center. Another major donation to the city is made through the Good Neighbor Fund, which was set up in March 2015 and gives the mayor $1 million annually for five years to fund programs and services agreed to by Schapiro. Still, 3rd Ward resident Alex Block said many residents feel NU is not fulfilling its “responsibility” to help during a tight economic environment. While Northwestern has a $2.2 billion budget, the city’s adopted fiscal year 2017 budget is just over $311 million. Several residents said they know the University contributes to the community in more collaborative ways than just the Good Neighbor Fund donation, but they do not know the full impact. Block, who ran for 3rd Ward alderman, said to move forward, the University needs to put out a clear audit of all the ways it is contributing. “We need to figure out what dollar figure that equates to,” Block said. “It’s really important because there are a lot of people in this community who are struggling, whether it’s feeling the burden of increased property taxes ... that want to know everyone in the city is doing their fair share.” Anderson said he is working on compiling a public document detailing the finances behind the University’s community involvement. But the cash flow shouldn’t be the entire story, Anderson said, as Northwestern’s collaboration with schools, nonprofits and the community has grown since 2009. “I always say jokingly that unless the University pours out the entire endowment over the city of Evanston, everyone will say the number is not enough,”

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he said.

From money to impact

Hundreds of partnerships were formed across various sectors of the city and university alike in an effort to shift the conversation from money to impact, Anderson said. Historically, NU engagement was fragmented, as the administration, schools and departments all had their own initiatives. Before Schapiro, officials and residents said, there was much less of a desire on the University’s part to engage with the community. “You got the feeling that the former president, (Henry) Bienen, couldn’t care less about town and gown relationships,” said Peter Lobin, a 1st Ward resident. Bienen, however, rejected this characterization. In an email to The Daily, Bienen said under his administration, Northwestern sold off property to help the city and put funds into the local school districts, safety programs and the parks. “Of course I and others cared a great deal,” Bienen said in the email. Over the past few years, as Anderson and other administrators have worked to provide a cohesive messaging frame for all of NU’s initiatives, a few partnerships directly impacting Northwestern and Evanston residents rose in prominence. In fall 2012, for example, NU created a formal partnership office at Evanston Township High School, said Kristen Perkins, the NU-ETHS partnership coordinator. Such partnerships, she said, increased contact between teachers and Northwestern professors, helped ETHS implement classes mirroring NU courses and invited guests who benefited both ETHS and NU students. There has been an increase in ETHS students enrolling at Northwestern, Schapiro told The Daily in March. Until a few years ago, fewer than half a dozen ETHS students would come to the University, but the class of 2020 has about 20 students who get need-based aid and special scholarships for being local, he said. Anderson said NU’s stronger and more visible presence at the high school invariably leads to more students and families considering staying local for college. “People say, ‘Hey, wait. I never thought Northwestern might be an option for me. I never felt that the University was open or welcoming or available or that I can access it’,” Anderson said. “And now they are feeling that as more interactions happen.” The University also opened a partnership office with District 65 last fall focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In addition to the roughly 2,400 Evanston residents already employed by NU, the city’s government partnered with Northwestern Facilities Management in fiscal year 2016 to roll out two labor and growth programs focused on intentional partnerships, Anderson said. One assists small businesses, while the other trains six residents per year in a skilled trade, vice president of Facilities Management John D’Angelo said. The trade pre-apprenticeships are paid, D’Angelo said, and those who “graduate” the program after one year are given jobs as full-time NU employees.

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In an April interview with The Daily, Schapiro said he was walking down Sheridan Road a few days prior and bumped into an employee from Northwestern Facilities Management. The employee introduced Schapiro to one of the young people training with NU and told the president that he would be “lucky to hire this kid,” Schapiro said. “The whole rest of the way I smiled,” Schapiro said. “I was thinking, ‘This is a kid with tremendous talent being realized and developed through a relationship between the city and the University.’ You can always do more of that.” Evanston resident Joshua Emanuel, one of this year’s cohort of six, said the opportunity opened his eyes to a side of Evanston he had never experienced in his 28 years living there. “When I thought about Northwestern I thought about purple, the Rose Bowl team and a super, super smart university,” Emanuel said. “Since working with Northwestern, I found out there are so many caring individuals that work here.”

Lacking communication

Although perceptions of the University are changing, some residents still feel they’re left out during much of Northwestern’s planning process for initiatives and developmental projects. Seventh Ward resident Laurie McFarlane said when NU began its redevelopment project for Ryan Field’s west parking lot last year, it informed all neighbors within 500 feet of the parcel about its plans. “The project manager for the parking lot redevelopment initially was not very interested in the neighbors’ concerns,” McFarlane said. “(Developers) naturally focus on the things they care about.” McFarlane said residents were worried because the initial proposal included plans for bright LED lights, an unwanted entrance from the neighborhood into the parking lot and landscaping that would insufficiently block light and noise. Revelle, the 7th Ward alderman, said she facilitated meetings between neighbors and University staff to convey residents’ concerns. After discussions and an online petition, Revelle said administrators returned with ideas that benefited the community, including the installation of a fence to block out tailgaters from

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Anderson said the University needs to overcome fractured communication to engage residents when it builds or redesigns a property. Administrators have found their communication with residents must be more personalized rather than just electronic, he said. Residents said recent hires such as Anderson and D’Angelo have more assertive attitudes than their predecessors in expanding resources and engagement opportunities for residents. However, McFarlane said the marketing of new opportunities needs work because many residents still don’t know how to utilize them. Block, the 3rd Ward resident, said it is City Council’s responsibility to educate residents, not the University’s. “There’s always the thing in Evanston that you can have a million meetings and the same 15 people are going to show up,” Block said. “They’re going to give their input, whatever happens, happens, everyone else finds out about it and then everyone gets riled up.”

Student-resident rifts

As engagement opportunities increase for residents, several students said they feel their interests are ignored by the city because there aren’t adequate avenues to reach elected officials. Because of this, McCormick senior Sean van Dril said he found many undergraduates had little knowledge of local politics while he was doing student outreach for now-Mayor Steve Hagerty’s campaign. “It seemed like the outreach was going to be, ‘Oh, here’s Steve Hagerty. He’s this great guy who’s running

for mayor’,” van Dril said. “Quickly it became clear that it was actually going to be informing people that we have a municipal government, that there’s an election that’s happening, what the issues are and then why my candidate is the best.” Anderson said although there are tools to facilitate learning about the city, there hasn’t always been an intentional way of disseminating information to students. Communication junior Adam Gross said many students, including himself, feel that the city doesn’t care about them. “They don’t treat us as full residents,” Gross said. “We’re seen as nuisances that need to be contained for the sake of the rest of the city’s residents.” Gross said the cancellation of a block party students recently organized on Garnett Place, which city officials shut down after receiving complaints from local residents, is an example of students not being treated with respect. Medill senior Dani Levy, one of the party’s organizers, said city officials were helpful in facilitating the event. However, she said it was unfortunate they valued the concerns of a few residents who opposed the party over the residents who didn’t mind and the thousands of students who were interested. In early May, Bobkiewicz said “the true scope of what was requested wasn’t completely disclosed or understood by the city.” Fifth Ward resident Barbara Blades said some residents try to get to know their immediate student neighbors, but it’s challenging to establish meaningful connections. “They come and go, so we can’t figure out who’s there and who isn’t,” Blades said. “We never know the next year (who) we’re going to get.” Prior to 2009, there wasn’t much meaningful problem-solving being done to improve the studentresident conflict, former 5th Ward alderman Delores Holmes said. Students and residents who have different sleeping and working schedules struggled to communicate, especially when the former would throw parties or leave red Solo Cups on their lawns overnight, Holmes said. She said renewed student education of the city’s rules and regulations, University-sponsored outdoor cookouts and increased attendance at quarterly ward meetings have improved communication. “We have had to work really hard to get students and get the University to realize this is not their campus, this is a neighborhood,” Holmes said. “And citizens had to learn that students are residents, and they have rights as well.”

Engaging the student body

Hagerty, the new mayor, will soon meet with a group of students — Associated Student Government vice president for community relations Michael Deneroff, Communication freshman Jillian Gilburne and van Dril, the McCormick senior — to discuss how to create lines of communication between students and the city government. Gilburne, a member of ASG’s community relations committee, said the three students want to create a mayor’s task force of NU students to provide feedback on policy decisions. The students will also pitch a separate student caucus to work with existing Evanston committees. Hagerty said he has committed to quarterly meetings with students on campus and possibly addressing incoming students during Wildcat Welcome. The mayor said his actions will demonstrate that he and others in Evanston know students “have much to offer” the city. “Right now, students have to seek out and find avenues into the community,” Hagerty said. “There’s no general portal to build those relationships.” Valerie Buchanan, assistant director of NU’s Leadership and Community Engagement office, said the University is piloting some ideas to have incoming students receive welcome messages from city leaders to give them an Evanston context.

But even outside of city government, there is a feeling that the student body is not actively involved in the community, Buchanan said. Buchanan said the 25 student organizations with local, direct service as part of their missions may have

issues establishing long-term relationships with Evanston nonprofits. “Without community input or voice, (groups) can look to implement something and actually cause harm or be disruptive, even with good intentions,” Buchanan said. Deneroff, a SESP sophomore, said ASG plans to work with Buchanan to encourage more student groups to shift their programming toward the Evanston community. Buchanan said the University hopes to implement a pilot program in some southern residential halls to get students engaged off campus. Her office also might create a coalition for groups and individual students to self-select into opportunities for community involvement, she said. “It’s difficult for city leaders to insert themselves into Northwestern, so it’s up to us to issue the invitation to find ways to create pathways,” Buchanan said.

A full-on embrace

When then-mayor Tisdahl checked her schedule on March 18 this year, she realized she wouldn’t be able to watch the Northwestern men’s basketball team play its second — and final — game in its first-ever NCAA Tournament. Instead, she went to two evening events. There, she found attendees clustered around TV screens, eagerly cheering and, when the team lost, groaning. Both events were either cut short or delayed so residents could watch the Wildcats. The excitement and spirit around this basketball season was the first time Anderson said he saw such a full-on embrace of Northwestern, from the viewing parties to the NU decorations and gear popping up across the city. “Obviously it was our first time going to the tournament,” Anderson said. “But just the rallying around a great story and having people feeling like it’s okay to feel proud of having Northwestern here — this is a good thing.” Still, there’s a lot left to improve on in terms of creating partnerships and eliminating communication gaps between officials, residents and students, Anderson said. And, he added, there will always be people from the University and from the city who “hate” the other entity. “My hope is that those voices become so marginalized that they’re not the dominant narrative,” Anderson said. “The dominant narrative hopefully is one of saying, ‘Hey there’s progress.There’s partnership. There’s growth, success and support’.” rishikadugyala2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Visiting professor discusses Zionism, democracy By ERICA SNOW

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Israel can be both a Jewish and democratic state, visiting Prof. Ruth Gavison said during an event Thursday. Gavison delivered the annual Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization, presented by the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies and the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. More than 300 people attended the lecture in PickStaiger Concert Hall. Gavison has studied human rights as well as religion and politics. Religious studies Prof. Claire Sufrin introduced Gavison and stressed her speciality in Israeli legal and political issues. “If you Google her name looking for biographical facts, what you get is a series of articles in which she is quoted, representing all of the topics of the day,” Sufrin said. “Everybody turns to her to get her opinion, so that in it of itself is a biography.” Gavison is one of the founders of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and a professor emerita of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law. She said people question if Israel can be both Jewish and democratic while still prioritizing human rights. She said she disagrees with claims that Israel must choose between its Jewish and democratic identities.

“This is a claim that doesn’t really actively understand that when a complex society has a vision and the vision has more than one element … the relationships between these elements are always relationships of mutual reinforcements and creative tensions,” Gavison said.

Gavison described Zionism as a movement to establish a national home for the Jews following years of persecution and discrimination. She said Zionism and democracy are compatible because they stress self-governance. The United States has strong Christian roots,

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Visiting Prof. Ruth Gavison speaks in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Thursday. Gavison lectured about the Jewish and democratic aspects of Israel.

Gavison said, which disproves the claim that democracies must be religiously neutral and “privatize” religion. “In a way, the inspiration for both Zionism and all forms of nationalism and democracy are the same source,” Gavison said. “The source is the wish of a group to have a measure of selfrule, to have a measure of autonomy.” McCormick graduate student Ray Jacobs said she entered the event with an open mind because she tries not to be emotionally connected to the state of Israel “as a way to get by.” Jacobs said Gavison was interesting because she studies Israel for a living and isn’t originally from the United States. “It was good to get a perspective that’s from that place,” Jacobs said. “A lot of the things that we hear here on campus are from people our age and from here in the U.S.” Gavison ended the talk by discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She said the political question of the future of the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is one of the “most hardest.” Both sides do not seem willing to reach an agreement, Gavison said. Though she hopes for an agreement soon, she said it “takes two to tango.” “It really is tragic, and as far as I’m concerned, I’m becoming more pessimistic about it all the time,” Gavison said. “I’m not sure what can be done.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu

New library archivist to focus on black experience at NU By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Northwestern University Libraries hired an archivist to document the lives of black students, faculty and alumni, the University announced Tuesday. Charla Wilson will be the first archivist for the black experience, according to a news release. The position was created in collaboration with the NU Black Alumni Association, NU Libraries and the Office of the Provost, dean of libraries Sarah Pritchard told The Daily. The first official proposal for this position came from NUBAA and a group of NU students following demonstrations held in 2015, Pritchard said. Despite the position’s recent proposal, Pritchard said there have been people within the NUBAA and at NU Libraries working on archival materials separately for some time.

“Time is of the essence in terms of chronicling these legacies,” NUBAA president Jeffrey Sterling said in the release. “We will have a living, breathing archive that helps encourage and motivate students, community members and alumni to engage with Northwestern and support each other.” NUBAA submitted a proposal directly to the Office of the Provost noting several ideas for how the University could better support NUBAA archives and the Black House, Pritchard told The Daily. She said Provost Dan Linzer then reached out to her asking for her opinion about a new archivist position and about NU Libraries’ process regarding the NUBAA archives. Pritchard told The Daily that NU Libraries were “very supportive” of the idea and spent about six months in conversations with members of NUBAA, library staff and Jabbar Bennett, the associate provost and chief diversity officer at Northwestern. According to the release, Wilson will join the NU Libraries staff in July. In the past, she worked at the

Barona Cultural Center and Museum of California, the release said. She also worked as a library, archives and museum collections manager at the Women’s Museum of California, the release said. Wilson’s first project at NU will be working with the NUBAA to coordinate the donation of its archives to the University, Pritchard told The Daily. “Not only will this collection tell the stories and experiences of African American students, faculty and staff, but it also will broadly enrich the history of African Americans in the Midwest, Illinois and in higher education,” Wilson said in the news release. Pritchard told The Daily that Wilson will also prepare archival materials for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Bursar’s Office Takeover, which will be commemorated next year. Some material from the archives would be featured in an exhibit, Pritchard said. Although the first priority is the time-sensitive work on the NUBAA archives, Pritchard told The Daily the position is called the archivist for the black

experience because NU Libraries envisions this role extending beyond the NUBAA archives and relating to many different students, faculty, academic research and organizations at Northwestern and in the Evanston area. “The position is fully within (NU Libraries) and yet expected to be heavily collaborative,” Pritchard told The Daily. “There’s so many audiences that this person will work across.” University archivist Kevin Leonard said Wilson’s position will assist NU Libraries and archives to do much more work in expanding and improving their holdings relating to the black experience. Leonard said the new position is a “very positive development,” adding he is looking forward to Wilson’s arrival on campus. “She has the right experience that we need for the job,” Leonard said. “We are very optimistic about her chances for success here.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Training space could open August on Dodge Ave. By AMELIA LANGAS

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A new CrossFit training facility may open in Evanston’s 2nd Ward to provide residents with an additional workout option. Evanston resident Tani Mintz, who is looking to open the gym on Dodge Avenue, said CrossFit is “the most effective way to perform functional fitness,” and involves working out in a broad range of fitness areas like gymnastics, weightlifting and cardio. Mintz said she hopes to open the new facility in August. Mintz said she was a speedskater for 10 years beginning when she was 17 years old, and she competed in three Olympic Trials for the U.S. Speedskating team. Six months after she stopped skating, she said, she began CrossFit training. “When I started CrossFit I was hooked immediately because I got to be an athlete again and I could coach,” Mintz said. “The more involved I got with CrossFit … I started seeing a lot of things that gyms were doing that I felt like I could do them, but I could do them better.” Mintz said the CrossFit community drove her to want to start her own gym. She said she wanted to lead a CrossFit community that focused not only on “getting fit,” but also on giving back. Many of Mintz’s friends and family supported her while she was speedskating live in the Skokie-Evanston area, she said, so she wanted to start a business in that area. Mintz said she hopes the gym will allow people to set goals and reach them, much like she does. “There is so much potential to bring so many communities together,” Mintz said. “Not just young communities … but also the older generations, too.” Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s senior economic development coordinator, said the “trend” for businesses now is toward “food, fitness and finance,” and Mintz’s business would fall into

the fitness category. Zalmezak said a CrossFit facility in one of the vacant spaces along Dodge Avenue would be a “good re-use” of the space. “The Dempster and Dodge corridor has really come around over the last couple years … (the CrossFit facility) would be a good complement to that area,” he said. He also said the opening of the facility would benefit the area surrounding Dodge Avenue, providing residents with a convenient gym location and somewhere to spend money in their own neighborhood. Zalmezak said Mintz’s business model does not depend on her gym having hundreds of customers, but instead focuses on training no more than 10 people at any given time.

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“People are spending more time in smaller gyms and (Mintz) is filling that niche,” he said. “In the short run this is definitely a trend and we’re going to see more of it … you can’t work out online. You have to go somewhere to work out.” Melissa Klotz, Evanston’s zoning planner, said in an email she had received Mintz’s application, but it had yet to be processed. She also said the gym requires a Special Use Permit — which must be approved by City Council — for a Commercial Indoor Recreation Facility. Klotz said the case is tentatively scheduled for the Zoning Board of Appeals on June 6. amelialangas@u.northwestern.edu

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excelling on multiple levels, and has spoken highly of the team’s senior leadership, particularly in terms of keeping the younger players calm in high-pressure situations by maintaining the preparation routines. Although Wetherbee’s is impact on the mound is clear, Allen stressed his appreciation for the senior both on and off the field. “On the field he’s been great, but even behind the scenes, just what he brings, it’s just a really cool story,” Allen said. “But beyond the cool story, he’s our Friday night guy that has pitched really well.”

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Wetherbee excels not only on the field, but academically as well. He was Salutatorian and a National Merit Scholar in high school, then chose to attend his father’s alma mater. Despite his growth on the field, one thing is unchanged from high school: Academics is something Wetherbee still strives to “go above and beyond in.” He will graduate with a double major in economics and environmental science and a minor in transportation and logistics shortly after his playing career ends. “Academics is obviously really important to me, and part of that is just coming in not recruited as an athlete and just having planned on being here as a regular student,” Wetherbee said. “When I

joined the team, it was something that I didn’t want to have to sacrifice.” With a time-consuming workload and practice schedule, Wetherbee has had to make some sacrifices. He said he has needed to carefully manage his time to put in the work necessary in each aspect of his NU life. “The sacrifices are probably more in the social life,” Allen said. “Coop, he’ll say he’s a nerd, he likes it, but he’s going to study, he’s going to work hard and be around his teammates, and those other things. He’ll sacrifice parts of his social life and not the weight room, the work he’s putting in there, those types of things, he’s going to make sure he’s fully committed.” Wetherbee will transition to the professional world immediately after graduating, beginning work at a consulting firm in the summer. Though his college career began in far different fashion than it will end, Wetherbee said the journey has taught him many life lessons, including the need to consistently put in effort and maintain a work ethic in whatever he does. “When I joined the marching band I’d never marched before and that was something that was completely new to me,” Wetherbee said. “It was also just really, really difficult to be pushed at something that I wasn’t that naturally talented at, and I think that helped me develop a work ethic to kind of get where I am as far as baseball goes as well.”

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also condemned Redbird’s decision to invite the ICE representative, saying it was “reckless.” The students’ decision to protest, they said, was not academic censorship but “a disruption prompted by the silencing of our voices.” The students said the University “failed on its promise following the November elections of ‘providing support and reassurance’ to those threatened with deportation.” “As students, we value academic spaces to learning dissenting views, but cannot compromise the safety of our community members,” the students’ statement said. “The myopic rhetoric of ‘academic freedom’ and ‘hearing the other side’ effectively offers up the humanity of undocumented migrants as a valid topic of debate.” Associated Student Government also released a statement in response to Schapiro and Linzer’s email, saying though it respects Redbird’s “desire to educate students about discriminatory and hostile power structures,” the presence of an ICE representative was not necessary for the class. “We stand with undocumented and Latinx students, and we support the protesters’ demands and their exercise of free speech,” ASG’s statement said. In its statement, ASG also asked that the University develop a resource center for undocumented students, declare the campus a sanctuary for undocumented people, eliminate E-verify and other discriminatory employment practices and divest from companies they said “aid in the privatization of state violence against immigrant communities.” “ASG supports the expression of diverse viewpoints, but we must recognize that for millions of Americans, the presence of ICE does not represent a simple opinion,” the statement said. “It represents Evanston City Council before its Monday meeting. Aldermen in Evanston voted Monday to reject the roadway and send the resolution to MWRD for consideration. The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways asked the MWRD in April to build a road through the woods for the Keefe Family Trust, which sought to develop a series of residential homes on the vacant land, according to city documents. The department requested a 75-year lease on the property on April 28 to build the road. The portion of Isabella Woods that would have been affected by the easement contains 55 trees in an undisturbed forest, which provides a habitat for birds and other wildlife, according to city documents. A tree survey by city staff determined

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Wetherbee moves from marching band, to walk-on, to Friday night starter By TALIA HENDEL

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Forty percent of students at Northwestern are in Greek life. Only 6 percent are varsity athletes. Most who do both likely don’t have a double major and a minor. But senior pitcher Cooper Wetherbee is one of those select few. “We tell our guys that it takes a special person that can balance all of that and then still, with the rigors of a Northwestern education, you have to really, really have your time management skills and just have everything balanced out,” coach Spencer Allen said. “You just have to be special, and Cooper is.”

An increased focus

Wetherbee’s route to becoming the Wildcats’ Friday night starter is particularly unconventional. He didn’t join the varsity team until a successful walk-on tryout before his junior season, after deciding to leave the club team. He spent two years on the club team, during which he also played trumpet in the NU marching band. Prior to his tryout, Wetherbee said he had no intention of joining the team. When a club team captain initially suggested the idea, Wetherbee said he had a “defensive, knee-jerk reaction.”

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“He just said, ‘I think you have the talent to be successful, try to move up a level. Why wouldn’t you give it a shot’,” Wetherbee said. “Immediately I came up with all of these excuses: I don’t have time; I like what I do already; I don’t want it to affect school. I’m not sure that I care enough about baseball to actually make it that big a part of my life.” Despite his initial opposition, Wetherbee considered the idea. He said he wanted the opportunity to see how good he could be at the sport that up until then he had described as “just something fun that I did to blow off steam.” Wetherbee said he did not have significant playing time in high school until his senior year and didn’t think of baseball as a cornerstone of his identity until joining the NU team. “It’s kind of wacky when I step back and look at myself as somebody who now, that’s a very central part of who I am at this school and who my friends are, and kind of the way that people relate to me,” Wetherbee said. “So it has definitely been a journey.” His tryouts coincided with Allen’s first season as the Cats’ head coach after leaving his assistant coaching position at Illinois. He credits the timing as a contributor to his making the team. Wetherbee said Allen and the rest of the coaching staff came to Evanston seeking players to fill holes in the roster, and it worked out in Wetherbee’s favor. “It’s crazy to think (of Wetherbee as) a walk-on tryout, a goofy lefty sitting there,” Allen said. “I keep telling people I’m glad I didn’t know he was in the

urtain all band before we offered him the spot.”

Friday nights under the lights

Nearing the end of his NU career, Wetherbee has become a key component of the Cats’ success. He has made 18 appearances this season, beginning as a closer and working his way to becoming the Friday night starter. After 11 mixed appearances early in the season, highlighted by a scoreless inning with two strikeouts against Western Michigan on April 11, Allen made a move: He inserted the former walk-on into the weekend rotation. Wetherbee had a rocky Friday night debut against Illinois, throwing an inefficient 106 pitches in 5.1 innings and allowing six hits and 3 earned runs. Since then, however, he has settled down, tossing 7 scoreless frames against Rutgers in his most recent appearance. Statistically, Wetherbee is among the best arms on an NU team on the brink of earning a berth in the Big Ten Tournament. His 3.03 ERA is the lowest on the squad, and he has struck out 45 batters in 59.1 innings this year. “He’s been huge. He’s been one of our most consistent arms day in and day out, he really gives us a chance on Fridays,” freshman infielder Alex Erro said. “The other teams’ Friday night starters have been pretty good that we’ve faced, and I have no doubt on my mind that when Cooper’s on the mound, he’s going to go out there, pound the zone and give us a close start.” Allen described Wetherbee as » See WETHERBEE, page 10

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At nationals, NU hopes to erase last year’s heartbreak By JOSEPH WILKINSON

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Last year, Northwestern turned in the best performance in program history, finishing in ninth place at the NCAA National Championships. For the Wildcats, however, it was a slight disappointment, as they were a single stroke from reaching the final match play tournament, which features the top eight teams and determines the final national champions. This year, ninth won’t be good enough for NU. “The value of one shot hasn’t been lost on us,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “At the end of the day, you can play four rounds of golf, and it can easily come down to one or two shots. There’s a mindfulness of staying in the present and fighting for every shot that we have now.” The Cats lineup last year was the youngest in the field, and the entire squad is back for another run at the championship this year. Senior Kacie Komoto is the veteran of the squad. She has been part of the national championship roster in each of her four years at NU, and this will

be her final tournament as a collegiate golfer. After struggling at the beginning of the winter season, Komoto has turned in back-to-back clutch performances at the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Regionals to help put the Cats in championship contention. “As long as we go out there and trust ourselves and the work we’ve put in over these past years really, I think we’re going to like our results,” Komoto said. “I’ve been polishing off my swing and getting it more accurate and consistent.” Hannah Kim is the star of the squad, having won back-to-back Big Ten Player of the Year awards in her first two years at NU. The junior holds every individual record in the program record book and has five top-10 finishes this season, including two individual titles. Last year, however, Kim finished tied for 36th at nationals and posted her worst score of the weekend in the final round to finish 4-over-par on the weekend. “We’re just more determined this year,” Kim said. “I’ve been working a lot on more short game. Around the greens there’s a lot of rough, so that was a big focus for me.”

Sarah Cho is the other junior on the squad, but she has also posted the fifth-best scoring average in program history this year. Cho has two National Championship appearances and two individual titles to her own name. Sophomores Stephanie Lau and Janet Mao could be the difference makers for the Cats. Both have shown flashes of incredible potential: Lau put up the best performance on the team at last year’s nationals and Mao tied for medalist honors at last year’s regional tournament. However, both have struggled this year, posting the two highest scores at the regional event and finishing 10 more strokes over par than any other NU golfer. Though the entire lineup has championship experience after last year, Komoto is the only golfer who’s been part of national championship teams all four years at Northwestern, each year helping the team to a new programbest finish. “It’s exciting,” Komoto said. “It’s been a great ride. I’ve had great teammates all four years, and I’m just excited to see what we can do this year.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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