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The intersection of Central Street and Lincolnwood Drive in the 6th Ward. The ward’s business district is filled with local shops that have been there for decades.
By KRISTINA KARISCH
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John Kessler spent decades building floats for Evanston’s 4th of July parade, which runs along Central Street in the 6th Ward. Kessler, a retired Evanston schoolteacher, began making the floats with his neighbors when
he moved to the ward roughly 40 years ago — in part to get to know them better. Soon, floatbuilding had become a tradition that began every year in June. Kessler said his favorite float was a giant gym shoe, complete with oversized laces that his children could ride in. “Everybody on the block had different skills,” Kessler said. “Some were artists, some worked
construction, some were willing to just give advice. It really helped me to get to know everyone. … Now I know almost every neighbor on the block.” The 6th Ward — bordered to the north by Wilmette and the south by Skokie — boasts a tightknit community with politically active residents, former alderman Mark Tendam said. In the recent municipal election, the 6th
Ward had about 53 percent voter turnout — higher than any other ward in the city. “It’s certainly a very active ward,” said Tendam, who lost to Mayor Steve Hagerty in April’s mayoral election. “(We’re) highly represented on not-for-profits, boards of directors and things like that.” At the same time, the 6th Ward also faces traditional “nuts
and bolts city service” issues like ensuring crosswalks and traffic lights are improved, Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) said. Both Tendam and Suffredin said improving mobility has become a priority in the ward, as longtime residents grow older and new families move in. “The more vulnerable people in our ward are the young kids and seniors,” Tendam said.
Characteristics of the ward
The 6th Ward is a largely residential area, home to families who have lived there for decades. But in recent years, Tendam said, the ward has attracted new residents and diversified its population, and has begun to examine its relationship with downtown » See WARD, page 5
SESP dean reflects Schapiro, Morson discuss new book on 2-decade tenure ‘Cents and Sensibility’ explores applying humanities to economics Penelope Peterson to retire from NU in August By ALLY MAUCH
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When School of Education and Social Policy Dean Penelope Peterson came to Northwestern in 1997, she said she knew she wanted to lead an “innovative school” that would reform the field of education. “ We ’ve succeeded in becoming even more innovative,” Peterson said. “We’re still at the leading edge in terms of trying to do some things that are nontraditional.” Peterson will retire in August as the longest-serving dean in SESP’s history. She will be succeeded by SESP
Prof. David Figlio, who is the director of the Institute for Policy Research. Under Peterson’s direction, SESP undergraduate and graduate enrollment has gone up and SESP faculty receive nearly seven times more research funding now than 20 years ago. Additionally, the school’s endowment has increased from $900,000 in 1997 to $46 million today. Coleen Coleman, (Communication ’88, SESP ’91) SESP’s associate dean, said Peterson’s time at the school is “a story of growth.” “We talk about SESP as being small but mighty,” Coleman said. “We are still small, but mightier because of the time that she’s put in here helping the school grow.” Peterson said her favorite » See PETERSON, page 6
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University President Morton Schapiro and Slavic languages and literatures Prof. Gary Saul Morson spoke at event Monday about their new book, which discusses how the humanities and social sciences can be applied to the field of economics. About 60 people attended the event hosted by Political Union in Harris Hall. Schapiro and Morson spoke with economics Prof. Mark Witte about their experiences writing the book, “Cents and Sensibility,” and the book’s central themes. In “Cents and Sensibility,” Schapiro and Morson argue » See SCHAPIRO, page 6
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University President Morton Schapiro talks about his new book, “Cents and Sensibility,” with Slavic languages and literatures Prof. Gary Morson. Schapiro said though economics is perceived as a pragmatic and logical field, there is a need to think about the moral implications of policies as well.
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Council approves police review group Aldermen vote unanimously to create citizen-led oversight group on EPD By ERICA SNOW
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Aldermen voted unanimously at City Council on Monday to create a citizen working group to review Evanston Police Department policies and procedures on citizen complaints. The working group will suggest improvements to EPD’s current complaint review procedures to increase transparency. The approval of the working group comes after a Human Services Committee meeting earlier this month considered parameters and goals of the group. The “Citizen Complaint Working Group” — comprised of nine Evanston citizens appointed by Mayor Steve Hagerty — will have six to nine months to report its findings to the Human Services Committee. Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington said in January one would be “hardpressed to find a jurisdiction with a more open and transparent discipline system.” Eddington said in January that discussion in an oversight group would be difficult because members of the potential working group may not have experience in making decisions about the police’s use of force. “Use of force is a very complicated matter,” he said in January. “Those are issues that police officers … spend a significant amount of time making a decision on.” Some residents expressed concern at Monday’s
Setting the record straight An article in Monday’s paper titled “Northwestern to welcome 2 Chicago Star Scholars” misstated what the Star Scholarship
meeting that Hagerty’s power to appoint members would remove citizens’ input. Evanston resident Bobby Burns said though he trusts the mayor to appoint the members, he feels Hagerty should make sure the citizens are independent from the police department. “If the community feels as if this is just an extension of the police department investigation … they’re going to feel like it’s not worth even having it,” Burns said. “What folks wanted is … a community-led examination of our police process.”
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Once you form a committee, the natural response to a committee is to feel that someone is being excluded... Judy Fiske, First Ward alderman
Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said it’s important for the working group to be diverse to reflect communities “most impacted” by police. “The purpose of this, really, at the beginning, was to provide a venue to establish trust among the citizens of Evanston in our policing,” Fiske said. “Once you form a committee, the natural response to a committee is to feel that someone is being excluded, and I think that would defeat the purpose of what Program does and how many students received summer internships through the CME Group. The program allows students to enroll cost-free at City Colleges of Chicago, and four students received internships. The Daily regrets the errors.
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we’ve been working for.” Betty Ester, a member of Citizens Network of Protection, said many residents were “deeply frustrated” by the Human Services Committee’s rejection of the creation of a task force proposed at a meeting earlier this month. She said the decision to allow Hagerty to appoint members of the working group did not seem like a compromise, and that it might affect the group’s independence from the police. “What the community is left with now are many unanswered questions and a big criticism that these residents of Evanston will once again be left out of the discussion and the decision-making process,” Ester said before the vote. Fiske said she wants to make sure everyone feels heard in the working group. “I hear everyone, and we will have oversight on the Human Services Committee, which I’ll be chairing for the next few months,” Fiske said. “We’ll make sure everyone’s voice is heard.” Hagerty said he will “take into account” the concerns raised by aldermen, Ester and Burns. Burns said he ultimately wanted to make sure that future members of the standing group would let the evidence decide if a complaint was handled fairly. “That’s really what is at the heart of this: People want this to be separate, for the folks appointed to not have made up their minds in any direction,” Burns said. “Then let’s move together as a community.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu Clarification: An article published in Monday’s paper titled “NU graduate student sues professor for revealing private details about alleged sexual assault in book” was updated online to clarify that Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis does not believe she presented any incorrect facts in her book.
Evanston Police made 3 ‘significant arrests’ over past week The Evanston Police Department announced three “significant arrests” from the past week in a Monday news release. The first arrest occurred Wednesday afternoon, as members of EPD’s Neighborhood Enforcement Team were patrolling in the 7700 block of Paulina Street. The officers observed a 21-year-old Evanston man rolling a cannabis cigar, according to the release. When the man and a passenger exited the vehicle, officers found the cigar and a loaded .40 caliber handgun. Both were transported to the station; the driver was charged with a felony for the use of a weapon by a felon, and a misdemeanor for possession of cannabis. The passenger was released without being charged.
Evanston man arrested in connection with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child
The second arrest occurred Thursday at a correctional facility in Indiana where EPD’s Juvenile Bureau detectives apprehended an Evanston man in connection with a sexual assault investigation, according to the release. During the investigation — which began last month — detectives determined that in 2010 the 30-year-old resident began sexually assaulting two family members who were then 7 and 11 years old. No further information was released due to the age of the children. According to the release, the man was charged with seven total counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse — all felonies. — Sophie Mann
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Fellowship teaches advocacy skills By ALAN PEREZ
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The Social Justice Advocacy Fellowship seeks to shift the mentality of activism and teach students practical skills to engage in social justice advocacy. The fellowship, founded this year by Communication senior Matt Fulle in coordination with Director of Leadership and Community Engagement Kelly Benkert, teaches students advocacy skills and connects them with local community organizations. Students met once a week during Winter and Spring Quarters as part of a new program sponsored by the Leadership and Community Engagement department. The program received more applications than expected partly because it began recruitment the day after the 2016 presidential election, Fulle said. Despite the politically active environment, some people think activism is something others “jump into” rather than something they can learn, he said. The fellowship tries to change this mentality, Fulle said. Fulle said the fellowship will teach skills students can use to advocate for social justice issues. Benkert said some of these skills include coalition building, lobbying and working with the media. The main goal of the organization is to help students apply these skills in partnerships with advocacy groups, she said. The skills, Benkert said, are part of a curriculum she used during her time at Seattle University and adapted as an advocacy organizer. “Students are learning to harness the power of their voices and … and use that power to shape the world that they live in,” she said. “Our work is all about developing sustained partnerships in the community and on campus that will advance student learning, transformation and commitment for a just and equitable world.” Weinberg junior Amelia Brown said she
joined the fellowship to develop the skills to achieve her advocacy goals. Brown said she wanted to take her activism to the “next level” because protesting does not always achieve a resolution concerning social justice issues. Though Brown has attended protests on campus and in Chicago, forming relationships with University officials to discuss contested policies is “key” for activism, she said. “There is a distinct skill set that’s required to push an agenda,” she said. “There are different tactics that you need in order to achieve something. It requires more than just protesting.” Brown’s current project is to interview and publish opinions of people who have a stake in Chicago Public Schools, such as students, parents and superintendents, through Education Post, a nonprofit that seeks to “elevate authentic voices” in an effort to reform education. Other advocacy projects include increasing access to health care for immigrants, passing a bill through the Illinois House to make
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Admin reaction to ICE protest overlooks role of activism as free speech
On May 16, 2017, some students on the Northwestern campus protested a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement representative, who was invited to speak to a sociology class. Since that protest, the students have been vilified in the conservative media as censoring the free speech of the professor and the ICE official. Supporters have also spoken up to defend the students, with some arguing that bringing an ICE official to campus creates an atmosphere that harms marginalized students, including those who are undocumented. But few have emphasized the students’ right to protest and their legitimate exercise of their free speech rights. Instead, the University administration has gone so far as to publicly wave the specter of
unspecified future action against these students, although to our knowledge it has not taken any disciplinary steps at this time. The University’s statement sends a message that mere protest can be subject to punishment. The fundamental issue at stake is the free speech right of the students: The students have the protected right to speak, which includes the right to protest. This is not just our opinion. Free speech remains a constitutionally guaranteed right in the United States. Protest is one form of such free speech, and it is critical to intellectual inquiry and debate. The suggestion that protests are forms of censorship rather than of intellectual life is, as far as intellectual history is concerned, disingenuous. The protests following Martin Luther’s theological revisions brought about the major intellectual transformation known as the Protestant Reformation. The modernizing revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries birthed radical intellectual disciplines — such as history, sociology and
biology — that are now considered traditional. Through the student protests of the long 1960s, traditional fields of inquiry were revolutionized once again, while ethnic studies and gender studies emerged as the new radical disciplines. In many ways, intellectual life as it currently stands in all the disciplines that compose the university is a long reflection on the social, political and theoretical effects of modern social movements. This assessment is not a radical one, as it is worth remembering that reflection on protest and revolution was what gave birth even to modern conservatism; one of the foundational conservative texts is, after all, titled “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” To protect acts of protest as free speech is not a partisan position, and waving the specter of discipline against those who participate in the speech of protest is thus to betray the commitment to common intellectual life for which the University stands. Over the coming weeks, we may perhaps
engage our students in dialogue about these protests. The events of the last week demand impassioned and informed debate about power, immigration, citizenship, documentation, the law, consciousness, protest and the theory and methods of education. Such pedagogical work, which has been initiated by the students and through which they may be teaching us about the present world in which they live as well as future worlds they hope to create, is impeded by the threat of institutional discipline. In order for the University to truly embody its academic vocation, Northwestern University must state formally that there will be no threat of disciplinary reprisals against the free speech of protest on its campus. — Justin K.H. Tse and Ji-Yeon Yuh Visiting assistant professor of Asian American studies and associate professor of history and Asian American studies
Student ICE protest was misguided, counterproductive
JACOB ROWDEN
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
At this point, most are aware of the controversial protest last week in response to sociology Prof. Beth Redbird’s invitation of a public relations officer of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to speak to her class. The protesters succeeded in their goal (according to the Facebook event) to “disrupt and demonstrate that ICE is not welcome and that Northwestern will be a safe campus for undocumented immigrants,” as the protest resulted in the cancellation of the speaker and the class. University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Dan Linzer released a letter calling the protesters’ actions “contrary to the values of the University,” which was met by a slew of statements criticizing their lack of regard for the safety of undocumented individuals at Northwestern. However, I believe the core issue is that many people have a very flawed understanding of the argument against the protest. As I understand, the protesters recognize that there are undocumented students at NU. They understand that although their circumstances are wide-ranging, some individuals may be affected by societal injustice in the U.S. The new administration has enforced deportation policy more strictly and under much more publicity than the Obama administration, which quietly deported
more people than any past administration. As such, they presume some could find it upsetting or even traumatizing to hear an ICE member speak. Additionally, they believe the very act of inviting this speaker carries a symbolic “legitimization” of the position, which they regard as inappropriate. My first issue with the protest is that I believe it was entirely misguided. Prior to the event, specific information about the speaker or the talk was not readily available to students not enrolled in the course. After the cancellation, Redbird claimed that the purpose of the talk was for students to ask questions and better understand discourse surrounding this issue. However, according to the protest’s Facebook event, the role of the ICE member was to “promote their agenda and recruit members.” The mischaracterization is absurd: The organizers constructed a narrative for the speech, and spurred protesters with a nefarious framing of the speaker. The protest was also misguided because their goal was not simply to demonstrate; it was to disrupt and censor the speaker, stemming from the belief that an ICE presence should not be legitimized. To me, this unwillingness to engage signals a profound arrogance or a perceived inferiority of their arguments. Rational people would grant that a public relations officer of ICE possesses some amount of experience or expertise in the topic of immigration that we will never understand without communicating with them. If your goal is to prevent this information from being shared, then you either regard that perspective as entirely useless, or you fear it illuminates flaws in your
ideology. However, the goal of protecting individuals who may have suffered as a result of the speaker was perhaps was the most ineffective aspect of the entire movement. Following President Donald Trump’s election, the University reaffirmed its position of not assisting the federal government with deportation or providing immigration status data to the government, so the only risks posed were emotional. Emotional impacts that can almost certainly be avoided with a sincere email to the professor. So the protest protected people from what exactly? From putting a human face to an agency that’s been characterized as racist and evil? From learning about how said agency operates, and perhaps gaining valuable insight? From realizing that we can face situations that make us uncomfortable or anxious, and emerge a more formidable person? Mischaracterizing the speaker could have intensified students’ anxieties, and it is not obvious whether they did more harm than good. It concerns me that there are many who think listening to someone people disagree with is more harmful to the collective community than a protest that disrupts a class and censors an entire perspective. One of the statements outrageously claimed that “the University legitimized statesanctioned violence,” and it was “literally a matter of life and death for undocumented peoples.” The former claim is illogical, considering every law enforcement or military agency can be construed as “state-sanctioned violence” yet we recognize their necessity to the orderly functioning of a
state, and the irrationality of the latter quotation is self-evident. This is where I regard the actions of the protest organizers as outright dangerous. I can acknowledge that any speaker may carry negative impacts, but to think that those even remotely compare to the dangers of censorship is absurd. In many ways, the protest used what I view as propaganda; protesters untruthfully characterized aspects of the talk’s purpose, ultimately shutting down the speaker and entire class. Across the country, we’ve seen similar trends in many college protests: mischaracterizations of individuals’ opinions and attempts to censor speeches. This should be concerning to everyone, and yet alarmingly few object. We need to seriously consider the consequences of this kind of trend of censorship. What will our society look like 20 years from now if universities (or individuals within them) continue to try to define the “right” side of an issue and deny the other side a platform? This is the next generation of leaders, and we should want them to be prepared for the complexities of real world problems. The University is a place to pursue the truth, not to be indoctrinated.
with “basic biology” concerning gender at birth. As has been argued in scientific literature, neither gender nor sex can be appropriately described using fixed binary terminologies. Thus, Mr. Shapiro appears to be factually incorrect in his insistence on the “fact” of binary gender. On the other hand, Mr. Shapiro’s language of facts is merely a refusal to have a free debate on an issue. His argument consists primarily of him parroting the misleading statement, “the idea that sex or gender is malleable is not true.” In response to challenges to his position, Mr. Shapiro only says that “facts don’t care about your feelings” and ends there. He does not attempt to engage with or critically examine either the challenger’s position, or his own “facts.” Thus, when Mr. Shapiro argues for “facts,” he is not arguing for statements which are universally true, but that no debate can be had on a subject. As he argues for the “facts” of biological gender, he means to say that gender
identity cannot and should not be debated, and those who do so are literally abnormal. It is therefore plain to see that Mr. Shapiro actually advocates against free speech, ironically undermining his professed attachment to it. Most egregiously, this silencing effect actively harms trans people, as it prevents any discussion that does not focus on treating trans people for what Shapiro describes as a “mental illness.” This focus is taken up by some conservative lawmakers as the need to respond to a perceived societywide threat of abnormality, resulting in the curtailment of trans individuals’ civil and social rights, for example in the anti-trans “bathroom bills” of North Carolina. In my opinion, College Republicans seem to at least tolerate Mr. Shapiro’s attacks on free speech and trans students’ identities. Additionally, as a New York Times article highlighted, many conservative speakers, potentially even including
Shapiro in this instance, aren’t actually funded by student groups themselves, but by the Young America’s Foundation, which similarly opposes free speech. Despite Mr. Shapiro’s erroneous “facts,” I believe College Republicans could simply use any student backlash as a potential opportunity to frame themselves as victims. In concluding, I would also like to iterate that the anti-Semitic abuse with which Mr. Shapiro has been lately targeted is also morally reprehensible, and I stand with him in opposing it. However, it is irresponsible and disgusting that College Republicans would essentially attack the campus trans community by inviting him to speak.
Jacob Rowden is a Weinberg junior. He can be contacted at jacobrowden2018@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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Inviting Ben Shapiro to speak disregards his attacks on trans people
To begin, I advertise a content warning: this letter discusses transphobia and anti-Semitism. By inviting conservative media personality Ben Shapiro to speak, Northwestern University College Republicans are acting in an extraordinarily irresponsible manner contrary to the well-being of trans students and campus free speech. Mr. Shapiro’s promotion of the misleading message that transgender identity is “not supported by science” is actually an attempt at silencing discussion on issues. This silencing, most egregiously, actively harms trans students. Mr. Shapiro often argues against the validity of trans identity by saying that one cannot argue
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see each other in the store and catch up over coffee. Megan Hickman and her husband have been living in the ward for two years. Nine months ago, she gave birth to twin boys who had to remain in Evanston Hospital, which is close to the Central Street business district. Hickman said the ward and its businesses helped support her family throughout the process. “(The support) reciprocates between the businesses and the people who patronize them,” Hickman said. “Everybody knows everybody. Not only do you go out and support the businesses, but also they get to know you too and you have this nice back-and-forth relationship.”
From page 1 Evanston. Up until the ’70s, homes were restricted by covenants, making it difficult for people of color, Jewish people and other minority groups to buy or rent homes in the area, Tendam said. He said the 6th Ward was “the last stand” for covenants in the area, which has made some wary of making the move to the ward. But with the abolition of covenants, the ward experienced a slight increase in diversity, Tendam said; there are now more people of color, members of different faiths and LGBTQ residents. In the last U.S. Census, Tendam said the 6th Ward counted about 10 percent of its residents as people of color, compared to around 40 percent for Evanston as a whole. Though still a comparatively low number, Tendam said the increase is a step in the right direction. The 6th Ward, which sits in the city’s northwest corner, is closer to Skokie and Wilmette than downtown Evanston. As a result, Tendam said the ward can feel isolated from the rest of city — something he said he tried to change while alderman. Suffredin, who took over from Tendam earlier this month, said he also wants to make downtown Evanston attractive to residents of his ward. “(There need to be) reasons for people to go downtown,” Suffredin said. “Getting people to go downtown isn’t a geographic eventuality in the 6th Ward. … We need to foster an environment downtown where people are encouraged to spend time (and explore).” Toni and Dana Dogterom, who moved to the ward in 1986, said they came to Evanston from Chicago in search of a unique neighborhood with good schools and nearby amenities. They said they appreciate being able to walk to places like the grocery store and bank, but often go outside the city for other shopping — simply because the stores are closer than similar ones in downtown Evanston. Toni Dogterom said she and her husband do go downtown and have appreciated its expansion in recent years, but most of the time it’s just too far. “We probably go to (Westfield Old Orchard) — sometimes even Wilmette, just because we live this far — more than we do downtown Evanston,” she said.
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The 6th Ward has a nostalgic feeling to it, Tendam said, with vintage buildings and a shopping district filled with local businesses that have been
A tradition of a close-knit community
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A street sign in the 6th Ward. As the ward’s population ages and new families move in, residents and officials are working to make it accessible to everyone.
in the ward for decades. Residents support small businesses through “shop local” initiatives and fundraising, Tendam said. The Central Street Neighbors Association, a group that represents Evanston residents who live in proximity to Central Street, has partnered with the local business owners in their annual fundraising initiatives. Board member Jeff Smith (Weinberg ’77), who ran for mayor this past cycle, said the association has always encouraged residents to support the businesses, which he said are an asset to the city. “The many independent, local businesses are part of what gives Central Street its special flavor,” Smith said. Harolds True Value Hardware, 2912 Central St., is a staple of the ward, Suffredin said. The store has been family-owned for three generations and opened up its Central Street location in 1953. Susan Cawley — daughter of store owner Daniel Cawley — said her family has run the store since 1959. She began helping out at 8 years old and now
works full time with her father, brother and sister. One day, she said, she hopes to pass the store on to her nephew. Although the store is a member of the True Value hardware cooperative, it remains independently owned and operated. Cawley said people in the ward tend to be supporters of small businesses like hers, as opposed to big box stores. Cawley said she spent so much time in Harolds as a child, it felt like she grew up in the store itself. Over the years, Cawley said she has seen families grow and expand in the neighborhood, with new generations choosing to return after college. “It was always special to be here ... and be able to have your grandparents here,” Cawley said. “We spent so much time checking in on everybody. You’re growing up with your family and basically the neighborhood.” The store has stood the test of time and remained a place where the atmosphere is personal, Cawley said. Customers can still take a number and be served individually, and Cawley said neighbors often
Both Tendam and Suffredin emphasized the familial feeling that permeates the area, saying the presence of residents of all ages in the 6th Ward provides for a unique environment where children and seniors can interact and learn from one another. Suffredin himself grew up in the ward and moved back from southeast Evanston with his wife to raise their children. Tendam said residents of the ward capitalize on the relationship between seniors and children, providing opportunities for programming and interaction so both generations can learn from one another. He said block parties are a big tradition in the ward and are a way for neighbors to spend time with one another. “We have more block parties than the rest of the city combined,” Tendam said. “It’s steeped in tradition.” Since moving to Evanston, Kessler has watched his children grow up and has become a widower. He still gets together with his neighbors — also long-time residents — every month to play cards. Kessler said the senior centers in the area often hold programs for local kids that let the two generations come together. Even the 4th of July floats Kessler used to make are a tradition he has now passed on to younger neighbors, who make a point of bringing them to seniors at local centers before the parade. Though Kessler now lives alone, he said children from up and down the street still play on his front yard, just as his daughters did when they were little. He recalled that when he had his windows replaced last year, the workers thought he had five or six grandchildren. “I said, ‘No, no, those are just the neighbors’ kids’,” Kessler said. “My front yard is their front yard.” kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu
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part of being dean has been interacting with students and seeing how passionate they are. “We are a student-centered school,” Peterson said. “We think the students are the ones that we’re here for, and we want the students to have the learning experiences that will help them achieve their goals.” In the past few years, Peterson has also taught undergraduate classes, such as learning philanthropy and an honors thesis seminar. SESP senior Meredith Greene, who has taken classes taught by Peterson, said Peterson takes an individual interest in each of her students. Greene said she felt Peterson got to know her “as a person, not just a student.” She added that Peterson is a challenging professor. “She’s the kind of professor that learns what you’re capable of and then challenges you to meet that standard or exceed it,” Greene said. “She really asks the tough questions and makes you think.” Coleman said Peterson is set apart by her involvement in the lives of students, faculty
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and staff, and seeks to get to know people and their stories. Coleman described her as a “thoughtful leader.” After the U.S. presidential election in November, Greene said she saw Peterson’s leadership shine. Peterson led a conversation with SESP students and faculty regarding the outcome of the election. “In a time of great uncertainty and fear, she was really a voice of calm and reason while still being incredibly understanding,” Greene said. “She does a really great job of creating spaces where everyone feels like their opinion is valued and heard.” After retiring, Peterson said she is moving to Seattle to be with her son and grandchildren and plans on writing a young adult novel with her daughter. She said she has joined a hiking group — Great Old Broads for Wilderness — and is excited to hike and explore the outdoors in Seattle, but said she will miss SESP. “Many of the undergraduates feel like they are a part of a family and I do, too,” Peterson said. “That’s a big part of what I will miss.”
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that the humanities and social sciences offer insights for economists to make better predictions, models and policies, according to the Princeton University Press website. The book contains many examples of how economics could be “greatly enhanced” if economists embraced the humanities and other social sciences in their work, Schapiro said. Though economics is often considered to be a systematic and pragmatic field, there is still a need to consider broader moral implications of policies, he said. Schapiro brought up the example of a memo written in the early ’90s that suggested toxic waste from North America, Western Europe and East Asia be sent to Central Africa. The memo’s reasoning was that Central Africa’s life expectancy was much lower, and even if people there lived longer they did not make as much money as more developed countries, ignoring the value of human life, Schapiro said. “It was the kind of economics that is on one hand makes sense and almost brilliant but on the other hand, everything that’s wrong with our field,” he said. Schapiro said the book argues against such “narrow economics” due to its disregard of morality and perspectives outside of economics. The book gives several examples of such “clever” yet amoral cases, which Schapiro finds “insane,” he said. Morson said studying the humanities allows people to understand the world beyond their own beliefs. When economists appreciate the humanities, they can present arguments and perspectives that are much deeper and more persuasive, he said. “What literature is really good at is getting you to see the world from perspectives not your own,” Morson said. “It pays to understand the
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Paul Zalmezak, Evanston’s current senior economic development coordinator, has been appointed as economic development manager for the city, according to a Monday news release. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz announced the appointment Monday, according to the release. “Paul Zalmezak has been a cornerstone of our economic development efforts over the past six years,” Bobkiewicz said in the release. “His understanding of the role Evanston plays in the larger Chicago metropolitan marketplace, both in commercial and retail estate, has been
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world from different perspectives.” Schapiro said “Cents and Sensibility” is different from any of the books he or Morson had previously written, as most of the content comes directly from their class notes from Humanities 260, a class he and Morson have taught together. Weinberg junior Max Rowe, co-president of Political Union, said the group invited Schapiro and Morson to talk about their book and engage the NU community in a discussion about what two seemingly unrelated fields can learn from each other.
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“It was the kind of thing we wanted to do where we think we really did foster some good dialogue,” he said. “People had good questions and people were really engaged with the material.” Weinberg junior Lars Benson, who took the class Schapiro and Morson taught, said Schapiro’s outlook on economics resonated with him. “What Morty has to say about economics and the humanities kind of working together in this dualistic sense actually gives me a lot more hope for the future of economics,” he said. “If more economists prescribe to Morty’s kind of school of (interdisciplinarity), I think that economics and the humanities, too, would be in a better place.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu critical to our success in those areas. He is the perfect choice to lead our economic development team.” Zalmezak has been working with the city since 2011, according to the release, and has previously worked to bring Valli Produce to Evanston and revitalize the Evanston Plaza shopping center. He is also involved with business attraction and retention efforts as Evanston’s startup liaison. Zalmezak holds a master’s degree in urban planning from Wayne State University, with a focus on economic development, according to the release. Before working in Evanston, where he now lives with his family, he worked with the City of Chicago as a neighborhood economic development planner. — Maddie Burakoff
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Stanford prof talks old age, happiness By JULIA ESPARZA
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A Stanford University professor said the common perception of old age relating to unhappiness is misguided at a talk on campus Monday. Prof. Laura Carstensen spoke about the relationship between age and happiness at a lecture hosted by the human development and social policy program at the School of Education and Social Policy. The lecture, held at McCormick Foundation Center Forum in front of about 70 people, honored former Northwestern Prof. Bernice Neugarten, who helped found SESP’s graduate program in human development and social policy. At the event, Carstensen talked about research from her book, “A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity,” which explains that as people age, they tend to appreciate their mortality. Carstensen noted that there is a false conception that elderly people are sad and lonely. She said as people grow older, they are “pruning their social networks,” leaving the meaningful ones to develop and grow stronger. Based on these observations, Carstensen said she formed the socio-emotional selectivity theory, which says people appreciate mortality more at an older age. She also said people perceive age and mortality differently as they age. People generally believe old age means sickness, but as science increases life expectancies, these views are changing, she said. “Ask people if they want to grow old and they say no. Ask them if they want to live a long time and they say yes,” Carstensen said. SESP sophomore Cassidy Nussman, who attended the lecture, said she was interested in what Carstensen said about goal setting changing with age. Carstensen said goals for individuals at a young age tend to be aimed toward attaining more knowledge, while individuals at an older age set goals for savoring the time they have in the present.
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6-18 after dropping the first game of a nonconference series to Air Force in early April. That Sunday, however, the Cats came back with a season-changing win; the team is 16-10 since junior infielder Connor Lind launched a walk-off home run in the 11th inning to win the game. “I’d never been a part of a walk-off home run,” Hoscheit said. “Connor Lind’s walk-off was pretty special. That was one of the turning points of our season, and I’ll always remember that forever.”
“smart and modest.” Carstensen said she hopes to continue her research into the hopeful side of aging. “We are encouraged that we may be able to use some of this information that we have learned to both encourage social engagement in communities and families in a meaningful way” Carstensen said, “And perhaps find ways that we can help younger people be happier as well.”
It wasn’t all perfect after that day, however, as the Cats suffered emotionally draining walk-off road losses to Illinois, Penn State and Purdue. But when the team went down, the seniors picked them up the next day. After the Illinois loss, Hopfner and Hoscheit both homered as part of an 11-4 bounce back victory, and after the Purdue defeat Hoscheit had a first-inning RBI double, the first of his four hits on the day as the Cats won a wild 8-7 game. “The mindset is different this year,” Hopfner said. “We’ve learned how to win in different ways throughout the year, coming from behind or getting off to a lead at the start. No matter what situation we’re in, we have that hope and belief that we’re going to win.” That combination, and all the work of the previous seasons, culminated with the secondto-last series of the year at Maryland. The Terrapins were 19-1 at home before NU came to town, but the Cats took the series in dramatic fashion. On a day in which the senior outfield trio had combined to go a decent 5-for-14, it was the freshmen who came through at the end, with Alex Erro launching a go-ahead home run and Josh Levy locking down the bottom of the inning to secure the series. For Schieber and the rest of the team and coaching staff, it was a sign that the seniors will leave the program in good hands after this year’s run is done. “I’d like to think I have a positive effect on the people around me,” Schieber said. “Us three, we try to be leaders, we try to do the right thing, be an example for the younger guys. I hope they can learn from us.”
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Stanford University psychology Prof. Laura Carstensen gives a lecture in the McCormick Foundation Center Forum. During the event, which was held to honor former Northwestern Prof. Bernice Neugarten, she shared her research on the some of the benefits of old age.
“She put her research in a way that was easy to follow and more digestible,” Nussman said. Jerry Neugarten, Bernice Neugarten’s son, said he was very impressed with Carstensen’s work and how she made complicated ideas sound simple. He said his mother would have appreciated Carstensen’s positivity. Bernice Neugarten, who died in 2001, also fought the “mythology” of older people being “miserable and sick,” her son said. SESP Prof. Dan Lewis, who worked with Bernice Neugarten, called Monday’s lecture
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Cats take first place in National Championship stroke play By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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One year after coming a single stroke short of the match play tournament, Northwestern ensured there would be no doubt this year, dominating from wire-to-wire and taking first place in the stroke play portion of the event. The Wildcats played the best round on the course Friday and Sunday and entered the final day with an eight-stroke lead, holding off Stanford to win by that same margin. “It ’s awesome,” senior Kacie Komoto said. “Last year we missed out by one, and this year we just weren’t going to be denied a spot in the top 8, so I’m thrilled.” In last year’s ninth-place finish, only then-freshman Stephanie Lau finished in the top 35 in the individual standings, in a tie for 11th. This year, all five NU golfers closed in the top 30, with sophomore Janet Mao leading the way in 13th. Mao put up the second-best score in the entire tournament on par-4s, shooting 3-over-par on those holes over the three rounds. That was good for second among all golfers, behind only individual champion Monica Vaughn of Arizona State. “It was mostly just staying patient
in the conditions,” Mao said. “I tried not to get ahead of myself. Everybody was dealing with the same stuff, so just being patient was key.” The course presented a grueling test on the weekend, with no golfers in the 132-person field finishing under par. A combination of the national championship level course along with gusting winds and onand-off rain sent scores through the roof on the weekend. Komoto and junior Hannah Kim dealt with the conditions admirably just as Mao did, however, finishing in 14th and 17th in the individual competition. Komoto led the entire tournament with 41 pars in the three rounds, while Kim shot 5-under on par-5s on the course to snag her spot in the top 20. Lau and junior Sarah Cho each put up solid performances in their own right, finishing tied for 24th at 13-over. “We had all five of our players contribute in significant ways,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “That was the difference. It separated us from the rest of the field for sure.” Three years ago, this first-place finish would’ve meant the Cats were celebrating and holding the national championship trophy over their heads, but the NCAA changed the format in recent years. NU is now in an eight-team match play
bracket, with play beginning Tuesday morning. The Cats have never been part of the match play portion of the tournament before, and last year’s ninthplace finish was the best in program history before this year’s dominant performance. “You work so hard for something and set it as something you want to accomplish, and then when you finally get it it’s just all about winning that next match,” Fletcher said. “I don’t think it’s fully set in yet what we’ve been able to accomplish these last four days and three rounds, but it’s something really special.” NU will open match play against Kent State. The Cats and Golden Flashes had not shared a course this year prior to nationals this week, where NU was 22 strokes better across the three days of stroke play. If the Cats take down Kent State, they’ll face the winner of the match between USC and Ohio State. NU has already defeated USC once in match play this season, but the Cats aren’t looking that far ahead. “We’ve been paired with Kent State the last three days, so I know a little bit more than I knew previously,” Fletcher said on Golf Channel. “We look forward to going to toe-to-toe with them.” Daily file photo by Keshia Johnson
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After futility, outfielders shine bright Trio of standout seniors leads NU to first Big Ten Tournament in 7 years By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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Two coaching staff s, 136 losses, 14 of those by 10 or more runs. Three heartbreaking walk-off losses in a senior season. And the first Big Ten Tournament appearance by the program since 2010. Joe Hoscheit, Jake Schieber and Matt Hopfner have been through a lot in the past four years of Northwestern baseball, but the trio’s dedication finally paid off with a postseason spot in their fi nal year with the program. “It ’s all I could ask for,” Hoscheit said. “We haven’t made the tournament in seven years, so that’s always been a goal of ours, and it was again before this season. To achieve that is pretty awesome.”
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Before they made the tournament, however, the group had to endure the trials of the previous three years, marked by losing streaks, blowout defeats and a junior season that set the record for program losses. When Hopfner was planning his future, however, he didn’t think about the potential for those things. Instead, he focused on continuing his athletic and academic careers. “I decided to just focus on baseball in high school because I knew that was my best shot to play in college,” Hopfner said. “Academics were always important to me and my family, so I just tried to use baseball to get into the best school possible. Northwestern
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was a great fit.” Though Hopfner came south from Minnesota to join the Cats and continue his baseball career, both Hoscheit and Schieber are local kids from about an hour southwest from Evanston. Both grew up on NU sports. All three were recruited by former coach Paul Stevens, who had been in charge of the program since 1988 but retired after the 2015 season. They had to make a choice whether to stay with an unknown staff or transfer, as many student-athletes do when a new coach is hired. “Everyone was a little uneasy at fi rst just because you never really know what ’s going to happen,” Schieber said. “I was worried for a little bit at first, but the second I met the full coaching staff I realized it wasn’t going to be a problem.” Coach Spencer Allen and the new staff may have had success in the clubhouse, but on the field it was a different story in 2016. After a relatively promising 4-4 start, the Cats dropped 12 of their next 13 games en route to a 15-39 season that set the program loss record. When California came to town at the end of the season, the Golden Bears encountered a demoralized team with nothing to play for, and they walked out with a four-game series sweep in which the combined final score was 59-5. Th e progress wasn’t showing on the field, but off the field a unique chemistry was developing among the outfielders that has carried over to this season. “All of us living together and being together as an outfield group is something special,” Hoscheit said. “It’s great. We spend every living moment together. We’re together as much as
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possible, and that’s something we’re trying to cherish these last couple weeks.” Th e group has been more than leaders in the clubhouse, as they have also powered the offense on the field. All are in the top four in on-base percentage, and Hoscheit and Hopfner are the top-2 on the team in batting average and RBIs. In addition to hitting for average, Hoscheit leads the team with five home runs and a .537 slugging percentage. While Hoscheit has been launching homers, Hopfner and Schieber have been successful on the basepaths, combining to steal 11 bases in 13 attempts. “We’ve just come together as a team and really have an expectation to win,” Hoscheit said. “In years past we’d turned it around at points, but it was too little too late. This year we’ve been playing great baseball consistently.” Last year, part of the problem was an abundance of errors committed by the Wildcats in the field, as they averaged over one per game and totalled 67 on the season. That number is down to 46 in 2017, with Schieber making the most plays on the team in the field without an error on the season. “When you’re with the guys 24/7 and next to them in the outfield, it’s something you don’t experience anywhere else,” Hopfner said. “There’s obviously a lot of trust and belief in each other. That’s the main thing and that’s developed throughout these years.” The chemistry was present from the start of the season, but the results came slowly. The squad sat at a lowly » See OUTFIELDERS, page 7