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NU student groups rally near The Rock Non-tenure eligible faculty, students ask admins to bargain By ERICA SNOW
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Barack Obama speaks during the Opening Session of the Obama Foundation Summit. During his speech, he said it is important to support young community leaders so that they can expand their influence beyond their local roots.
Obama returns for first summit Speakers, including Prince Harry, address more than 500 people By CATHERINE KIM
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Though he might not have “set the world on fire” as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, former President Barack Obama said he learned about the power local efforts have to provoke change. “What I did learn was that ordinary people in local communities can do extraordinary
Former Kellogg dean Donald P. Jacobs, 90, dies
Donald P. Jacobs, dean emeritus of the Kellogg School of Management, died Monday, the University announced. Jacobs, who was 90, served as Kellogg’s dean from 1975 to 2001, transforming Kellogg “into one of the world’s premier management education schools,” according to a news release. “He quite literally influenced
things when they’re given a chance,” Obama told hundreds of people at the Marriott Marquis hotel Tuesday. “I learned everybody has a story in them that is sacred.” In an effort to bring young civic leaders together, the Obama Foundation held its first summit in Chicago on Tuesday, bringing together more than 500 civic leaders. The summit is a “big brainstorming session” held to learn what young people need and
enjoy as community leaders, Obama said. Speakers included Chicago artist Theaster Gates and Prince Harry. During his time as president, Obama said he was inspired by the young community leaders who carried a desire to make a difference. He said the Obama Foundation aims to support these leaders so they don’t just root themselves locally but also “germinate” and bring change to the entire world. Obama told attendees they
should find enjoyment in the process of making a difference rather than thinking of it as “eat(ing) your peas.” “What an extraordinary privilege to be able to make the world better,” he said, “to work with others and be able to look back after a year or five years or 10 years or 20 years and say that child has an education because of the work I did, that person has health care
a generation of business leaders in a way that no one person will ever be able to do again,” Kellogg Dean Sally Blount (Kellogg ’92) said in the release. “For me, he was both a mentor and friend. The bravery he modeled in the choices he made on behalf of Kellogg over his 26 years as dean has been and will continue to be a daily source of inspiration to me and countless others.” At Kellogg, Jacobs — the namesake of the Donald P. Jacobs Center and the Jacobs Wing in the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub — promoted a team-based
learning model, which has since been integrated into many Kellogg courses and into business schools across the world, the release said. Jacobs also “began sowing the seeds” for Kellogg’s executive MBA global network in his time as dean, partnering with institutions around the world and allowing the school to offer a “distinctive” approach to global education, according to the release. He held 10 honorary degrees from the United States, Middle East, Asia and Europe. “To a great extent, ( Jacobs) created the model for business
education through the combination of a dynamic MBA curriculum, outstanding PhD programs and intensive executive education,” University President Morton Schapiro said in the release. “Under Dean Jacobs’ leadership, Kellogg achieved extraordinary success and international recognition that continues today. We will miss him greatly.” In partnership with Jacobs’ children, Kellogg has established the Donald P. Jacobs Memorial Fund in his honor.
About 50 people gathered at The Rock on Tuesday to rally for non-tenure eligible faculty, calling on the University to bargain with their union and raise wages. Representatives from several student groups — including Rainbow Alliance, ZOOZ, Asian Pacific American Coalition and For Members Only — spoke at the rally to show support for non-tenure eligible faculty members. Northwestern has refused to bargain with the group due to several contested ballots from a June 2016 election. Majority support for joining Service Employees International Union was confirmed in May, but the University will not begin negotiations until the SEIU withdraws its objections to 25 uncounted ballots. According to a National Labor Relations Board document obtained by The Daily, the uncounted ballots could play a decisive role in the election — 229 non-tenure eligible faculty voted in favor of joining SEIU, and 219 voted against it. The
union filed unfair labor charges against the University in September for its refusal to bargain. Visiting sociology Prof. Jackson Bartlett told The Daily the union is gaining allies on campus. “Now we’re moving together as a community, whereas before we were moving forward as a union,” Bartlett said. “This is a metropolitan movement.” University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily in an email that the University “has sought to have all voices heard,” and reiterated that the University wants to ensure all uncounted ballots are opened. “The NLRB process will continue until rulings are finalized,” Cubbage said. “Once they are, the University will move forward and honor those rulings.” Jade Mitchell, FMO’s assistant vice coordinator of programming, represented the group at the rally. The Communication senior said she wanted to support non-tenure eligible faculty, some of whom went into debt to attend graduate school and become credentialed to teach. She added that NU has a responsibility to ensure its employees are “above the poverty line.” “The fact that (some faculty) can’t even pay their bills or eat at night is absolutely ridiculous,” » See RALLY, page 6
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Doctoral student Zach Angulo, representing Northwestern Graduate Workers, speaks at a rally. He said efforts to organize in higher education “hold a special place in our heart.”
Evanston-born hockey star returns home to Chicago By NIKKI BAIM
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When Tommy Wingels returned home to play for the Chicago Blackhawks, it was a reunion on and off the ice. After playing with the San Jose Sharks from 2010-2017 and one year with the Ottawa
Senators, the Evanston-born and Wilmette-raised 29-yearold forward signed a one-year deal in June to play for the team he grew up watching. “It’s pretty surreal,” Wingels said. “You grow up here, you dream of playing for the Blackhawks, you never actually think it might happen. I was one of the few people that was able to live their dream.”
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Growing up, Wingels played for Team Illinois AAA Hockey while attending New Trier High School. On the Blackhawks, he joins other former Team Illinois players, including linemate Ryan Hartman. “These are guys who grew up playing with my brother, so I saw them evolve from young 10- to 12-year-olds to NHL players now,” Wingels said. “It’s
cool for both of us, for me to see their development and growth as players from boys to men to where they are now.” Wingels said the Blackhawks wanted to sign players who would bring energy to the fourth line. He added that he can bring that intensity with his skating ability and physicality. This season, Wingels is averaging 3.3 hits per game, more
than Richard Panik, who led the Blackhawks with an average of 1.79 hits per game last year. Alongside his linemates, Wingels provides the much-needed physical presence the Blackhawks have been searching for. “(The Blackhawks) lacked a little bit of that grit,” Wingles’ former Team Illinois coach Jim Marchi said. “That versatile player that is able to do a lot of
the little things and a lot of the dirty work on the ice. I know that Tommy knows how to play that role well.” When he was young, Wingels said, he dreamed of playing in the NHL, but it was only toward the end of high school that he realized he had pro potential. Marchi said Wingels’ ability » See WINGELS, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Coalition proposes affordable housing guidelines By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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A coalition focused on affordable housing issues presented a set of decision-making guidelines at a Monday news conference held before a special meeting of City Council. Connections for the Homeless director of development Sue Loellbach said Evanston is suffering from a lack of affordable housing options. She said the council must start the process of creating a plan, establishing guidelines for making decisions and strengthening the inclusionary housing ordinance. “Our focus is on local issues, fighting NIMBYism — not in my backyard — attitudes and doing education about affordable housing,” Loellbach said. “The lack of affordability is the number one problem facing the ability of our community to thrive and reach its full potential.” Loellbach added that Connections for the Homeless is most successful when it can match people with housing, but finding affordable homes has become more difficult than in the past. As a result, the organization created Joining Forces for Affordable Housing, a coalition of human services agencies, communities and individuals advocating for increased housing affordability. David Luna, executive director of Open Communities, said the combination of price and cost burdens leads to the displacement and “exodus” of moderate- and low-income households,
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Connections for the Homeless director of development Sue Loellbach spoke at a Monday news conference before a special meeting of City Council. She and other Evanston residents presented decision-making guidelines to affordable housing issues.
particularly African-American and Hispanic people. The organization promotes housing, economic and social justice for immigrants and low-income workers in north suburban Chicago. Of the 10,000 moderate- and low-income households, 51 percent are cost-burdened, Luna
added. He said cost-burdened households fall into two categories: Cost-burdened households spend more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing costs, and severely cost-burdened households spend more than 50 percent on those costs. Because communities of color in Evanston
and Chicago Bears hat take several cosmetics items from the store without paying for them, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The employee called police, and officers located the man at the South Boulevard CTA stop. The recovered items were worth $10.48, Dugan said, and the man was charged with misdemeanor theft.
Clothes, identification, medicine stolen from car in west Evanston
Contents from a luggage bag were stolen Friday from a car in west Evanston after the owner left it unattended near the intersection of Greenwood Street and Ashland Avenue, Dugan said. The car’s owner, a 52-year-old Evanston resident, told officers she parked her
are disproportionately low-income, he said, the lack of affordable housing options unduly affects those groups. “The combination of price and cost burden are making Evanston less economically diverse, less racially and ethnically diverse, and more prone to homelessness,” Luna said. “Is this really what we want for Evanston?” Pastor Daniel Ruen from Grace Lutheran Church said the lack of affordable housing is a “symptom” of a bigger problem. His church is a member of the group Family Promise Chicago North Shore, a collection of congregations, synagogues, mosques and other religious institutions that provide housing to people on the North Shore. Ruen said the church houses people three to four times a year. When a family goes to a homeless shelter, they are often split by gender and the children can no longer attend the same schools, he said. “We have a powerful coalition that treats the symptom,” Ruen said. “But it’s the symptom of a much larger disease and the disease is the lack of affordable housing.” Ruen said he rents affordable housing so his own children can have a safe and stable place to return home to each day. He said everyone must come together because it’s “all about the children.” “Together we can move forward with that dream,” Ruen said. “Let’s keep moving forward and keep agitating City Council in our own hearts.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu 2002 Volvo around 4:30 p.m. When the resident returned three hours later, she found the front driver’s side window broken. Missing from the bag were about $200 worth of clothing, $100 worth of medication and the woman’s identification card, Dugan said.
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ON CAMPUS Italy’s former PM discusses politics By ALAN PEREZ
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Brexit negotiations are well underway, and a far-right German party gained seats in the parliament. But at a keynote address Tuesday, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said there was reason for hope. “This time is a time of incredible and remarkable opportunity,” Renzi said. “We can win against populism … but the only way to destroy the populists’ risk is (to) create a great strategy for the future of Europe.” Renzi shared his remarks with an audience of more than 200 people in the Allen Center at an event hosted by the Kellogg School of Management. Michelle Egner, associate director of the
Kellogg speakers bureau, told The Daily the school partnered with business and public policy student groups to host Renzi. “(The clubs) have a very strong interest in international business and the different economic and political factors that may be impacting their roles and their businesses as they move into future leadership positions,” Egner said. Renzi discussed how European politics have weakened the European Union and said the EU is heading in a “lost direction.” Economics Prof. Giorgio Primiceri told The Daily he agreed with Renzi’s diagnosis of populism as a threat to Europe’s economy. Though populism’s rise is not unique to Europe, Primiceri said its implications would have a greater impact on the Euro because of its relative youth. “Institutions within European countries are relatively strong, but institutions in the European
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Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks about populism on Tuesday. Renzi discussed European politics to more than 200 people.
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level … are weaker because the Euro is a new thing,” he said. “If some of these populist parties were to be in charge in one of the major countries in Europe ... the risk is that the general public will lose confidence in the ability of the Euro to resist the crisis.” To protect against an EU collapse and other consequences of populism, Renzi suggested Italy and Europe tackle three specific challenges. He called for a new economic agenda to create jobs and added that a new infrastructure plan could help expand Italy’s workforce. Renzi had previously proposed an infrastructure plan as part of an economic transformation for Italy when he served as prime minister from 2014 to 2016. He resigned after Italian voters rejected a series of constitutional reforms he argued would clear obstacles preventing much needed economic reform. The former prime minister is in contention to reclaim his former seat in 2018, according to The Wall Street Journal. In the future, Renzi said European countries must protect their borders and ensure the security of culture and identity. “If we believe in a world without walls … you have to accept the importance of world identity,” Renzi said. “If we are not able to invest in your identity, you are not able to accept the dialogue, the inclusion, the tolerance. You need a strong identity to open a good dialogue.” Renzi also said the alternative to populism is an increased democratic process, including the direct election of the EU president. Looking forward, Renzi said the EU needs to open its mind to the future and redefine its values. European countries strengthened their relationships in the 1950s due to steel and coal firms, but Renzi said European countries must now find new values to unite behind. “The new coal and the new steel will be culture and innovation,” he said. “The responsibility and the commitment of universities show the future is a beautiful place.” alanperez2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Students of color: Don’t feel forced to talk identity TROY CLOSSON
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This essay is part of The Spectrum, a forum in our Opinion section for marginalized voices to share their perspectives. To submit a piece for The Spectrum or discuss story ideas, please email spectrum@ dailynorthwestern.com. During Peer Adviser training this fall, as we practiced facilitating each True Northwestern Dialogue, I always felt most comfortable preparing to lead the diversity and inclusion TND. I’ve talked about both topics before and I’d reflected on experiences directly related to my identities in the past — I wasn’t worried about doing it in the context of my PA group and facilitating a dialogue for others about the same topics. In the breakout session following the TND, my co-PA and I prompted our group to think about aspects of diversity and inclusion. At one point, I asked “what does your identity mean to you?”
My group members shared their answers and eventually moved on to address different questions. But it was hard for me to move past that one. Afterward — and even still — that question stuck with me. What does my identity really mean to me? My high school was much more racially diverse than this campus, so wherever I went, it wasn’t hard to feel like I belonged. When race-related issues would arise in the news, my parents made sure my younger brother and I were fully aware of the implications of being black men in this country. And personally, I felt like I fully understood how my identity informed my perspective in different situations. Before college, being black meant a lot to me. Coming to NU, that hasn’t changed. But the context has. I have always valued my identity. And here, it continues to mean everything to me — but it’s always on my mind regardless of whether I want it to be. That doesn’t mean occasionally I’m not proud to be black or feel disappointed about my identity. It means I don’t always want to feel forced to think about it and how it impacts me. But on this campus, I often am. We’re over halfway done with publication at The Daily this fall. When I applied to be an Opinion Editor, I hoped to bring more people of color onto this staff. But still, I’m one of
the only black people here this quarter. Nearly every time I walk into the newsroom, I don’t see anyone else who looks like me. Even the Opinion desk continues to lack many columnists of color. And it’s hard not to blame myself for the lack of improvement. It’s hard not to take responsibility for the fact that our staff isn’t more racially diverse. Oftentimes, I feel like if anyone should be able to make change, it’s me. Since I’ve been on campus, being in spaces where I’m the only black man in the room has become all-too common. And it’s tough — feeling like you belong isn’t always easy when you don’t see anyone who looks like you. But this quarter, I’ve realized there’s another layer to that. As one of the few black people in many spaces, it’s hard not to feel the pressure to constantly bring issues affecting members of the black community to others’ attention. I’m not disappointed to be talking about these things or uncomfortable doing so, but being the only one available to address certain experiences can be hard and comes with a lot of pressure. Every week, when deciding what to write columns about, I immediately start with ideas that relate to my identity. Lately, I’ve almost felt that if I’m not writing about experiences related to being black, I’m doing myself, other black students and the NU community
a disservice. No one is going to write about these things if I don’t because no one else even shares the same identity. When I first started writing columns, I was honestly excited to talk about issues that affected me because of my racial identity. But feeling obligated to talk about them all the time is hard — even if I want to write about something unrelated, I feel like I need to write about being black. And here I am, writing this. But in the future, I know I have to stop putting pressure on myself to speak about my identity at all times. That doesn’t mean I never want to write columns about diversity or inclusion. But when I don’t, I need to realize that it’s OK not to. My identity means everything to me, but it shouldn’t always have to. To any other students who struggle with this: this isn’t a call to stop talking about your identities, but understand that forcing yourself to constantly be the one to make others woke only disservices yourself. Troy Closson is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at troyclosson@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.
Charles Murray’s visit to campus will ignore experiences MARIANA ALFARO
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Earlier this week, Ariel Sheffey explained why Northwestern students should be upset about Charles Murray’s visit to campus — a meeting that was surreptitiously slid into NU’s programming as a “lunch for students and faculty.” In extreme detail and with well-backed information, Sheffey wrote about Murray’s racist theories. And while I am upset about him visiting our campus, if College Republicans wants to have a meal with a man who believes black and Latinx people are genetically inferior, let it happen. But the group’s members better not complain when people call them out for it; that would be “snowflake behavior.” Murray twisted science to make others believe non-white people are subordinate; disputing that should not be a partisan issue. It should be a common sense issue, much like so many things we discuss on this campus
— from whether climate change is real (it is), to whether the Affordable Care Act repeal will kill people (it will), to how valuable Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients are to the United States (very). They are still very much worth examining, of course, but these truths should not be drawn on partisan lines. When this happens, when reality is accepted by only one side, debates are reduced to Twitter fights, leaving us unable to move from the most basic of premises. When we get stuck in these arguments, we forget that, at the end of the day, these issues affect real people — humans with beating hearts, with families, who wake up each morning having to carry a burden of proportions many of us will be lucky never to face. When people dispute the existence of climate change, we erase the stories of those who lost their homes, their income, someone they loved or their own lives to rising sea waters, droughts or most recently, hurricanes and massive fires. When people boil down healthcare talk to a tax and money issue, they forget about the thousands whose lives depend on the program, as well as those who love them. When people
dismiss DACA as another disruptive Obamaera policy, they erase the experiences of children who are American in all aspects but one — in paper. By refusing to acknowledge the people impacted by these issues, we strip away not only their humanity, but ours. When Murray says that people like me, who make up around 12.5 percent of this campus’ population, are genetically inferior to nearly 48 percent of the students on this campus, it is not only ridiculous, it is also painful. Not because I feel offended by his lousy attempt at bigotry, but because it erases the many, many reasons why Latinx students at NU are at a disadvantage from their white peers. It erases our struggle, and it erases our humanity. College Republicans said Murray is coming over for lunch because he was in the area. If the members want to pick his brain, they have the right to do that. Freedom of speech is on their side, and I trust them not to pick up his racist tendencies. What is wrong, however, is failing to recognize that they are validating his rhetoric, rhetoric that has been used against others, especially those less privileged. When College Republicans brings Murray
to campus, not only is it giving a platform to lies, it shows it equates the value of his false theories to the experiences and emotions of those he denigrates. It is OK to get angry when people erase the experiences of others — being upset about this does not make someone a “snowflake.” It just means that person is a sentient human. The real snowflakes are those who get upset when they’re called out for endorsing rhetoric that erases experiences. It takes a certain level of sensitivity to be offended when you’re giving a platform to someone who offends so many more. If you’re going to endorse racist theories, then be prepared to take the hit. Because that criticism does not only come from a point of emotion, it comes from points of science and experience, while Murray’s theories come from provenly twisted sources.
will to do anything meaningful. And as Shane McKeon wrote in his series, these institutions benefit from the status quo and thus are incentivized to carry on with business as usual. As long as this remains the case, these institutions will change nothing. In light of this roadblock, several calls to action have focused on the need for individual men, both inside and outside the Greek system, to combat a culture that permits sexual harassment and assault. The imperative for current students to take action is clear, but these calls leave out one key stakeholder: fraternity alumni. Many alumni are understandably apathetic,
having nothing to gain from the Greek system after graduation other than occasional embarrassment. But we’re still important players, and we not only should be motivated to make fraternity life better but also have a unique power to do so. It is alumni, after all, who bankroll the University and keep chapters afloat with our donations, and it is alumni who lend the fraternal enterprise its air of credibility. I imagine many alumni are happy to reminisce about the old days and give little thought to the present, but being removed from campus by time or space does not absolve responsibility. Sexual harassment and assault should not be tolerated
by anyone, anywhere, and those with the most power to effect change have the greatest mandate to do so. So I call on alumni to act. Withhold your donations. Raise your voices. Put pressure on your local and national organizations, and stop perpetuating a system that continues to fail its members and broader campus communities. Fraternities can and must do better, and we need to help.
Mariana Alfaro is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at alfaro@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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Students push for more emergency medical services By ALLY MAUCH
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A petition to expand medical services on campus received more than 200 signatures as of Tuesday night, said Weinberg junior Sophia Settle, the petition’s author. The petition — addressed to the Office of Student Affairs, the Office of Risk Management, the Office of the General Counsel, University Police and Northwestern University Health Service — calls for the University to allow a squad of student emergency medical technicians to respond to calls on campus. The petition also requested that an EMT course be offered to students. Settle, co-president of Northwestern Emergency Medicine Organization, said the emergency medicine interest group wants to expand its services at NU. “Anyone who has talked to me for five minutes knows emergency medical services is my passion, my love, my life,” Settle said. “For the past eight months, I’ve been working to set up an EMT (basic) training course and squad on Northwestern’s campus, but I’ve faced quite a bit of resistance from University administration.” NEMO is currently composed of EMTs and general members, but does not offer an EMT course, Settle said. Though the organization has offered some services on campus, providing medical support at Dance Marathon for the past two years, Settle said the goal is to eventually be the University’s primary emergency response group. Settle said the petition will serve as a way
EPA names Evanston a top local government that uses green power
Out of the top 30 local governments in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership, Evanston was ranked 28th for its annual green power usage. The placement, announced in a Monday news release from the EPA, cited that 79 percent of the city’s total electricity usage is from green power
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Members of Northwestern Emergency Medicine Organization and NU athletic trainers at Dance Marathon. More than 200 students have signed a petition to expand NEMO’s medical services on campus.
to let administrators know that there are many students at NU who advocate for EMT courses in addition to having an on-campus EMT squad.
Kelly Schaefer, assistant vice president for student engagement, said her office has been communicating with NEMO since Spring Quarter.
sources, such as solar and wind power. The Green Power Partnership program encourages participating organizations to use green power to reduce environmental impacts associated with traditional electricity usage. “It’s an excellent recognition,” Evanston’s sustainability coordinator Kumar Jensen told The Daily. “We participate in the EPA’s Green Power Partnership program because we think it’s important to demonstrate leadership so that other municipalities can see who’s leading around the country … and it’s something they can adopt and participate in as well.” Jensen said the city has been a member of the
partnership since 2014 and has a number of green initiatives already in place, such as the Divvy Bike share program and electrical vehicle charging stations. He added that the city also offers renewable energy through alternative energy suppliers to private residences and small businesses. Evanston purchases renewable energy for about 70 to 80 percent of city facility buildings, he said. “The community and the city government have a very strong history of leading in the sustainability realm, not just around climate change but around other topics as well, like habitat restoration, migratory bird habitats, clean water and things of that nature,”
“We’ve been working with NEMO … to hear about what their student group offers in terms of what services they want to bring to the Northwestern community,” Schaefer said. “I really appreciate the advocacy that this student organization has displayed for themselves.” Schaefer added that she looks forward to continue working with the organization. Weinberg junior Casey Benzaken, a member of NEMO, said being in the group allows her to take what she learns in premedical courses and apply it in a practical way. “Emergency medicine in general is a really interesting thing that students are able to get involved with,” Benzaken said. “I felt a disconnect between being a premed in my premed classes and actual medicine, and I think NEMO bridges that gap because you get the first-hand experience.” Benzaken said it is “exciting” to see students supporting the group’s goal by signing the petition. Settle said the student EMT squad could help those who do not know who to call in an emergency or who choose not to call because they fear retribution. “I want to make sure there is never a situation in which a student needs medical attention but for whatever reason … is scared to seek it out,” Settle said. “I believe students should have every medical resource available to them, and an on-campus EMT squad would provide students with faster, more approachable medical response during campus emergencies.” allysonmauch2020@u.northwestern.edu
Jensen said. Mayor Steve Hagerty committed to reducing Evanston’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Paris Climate Accord by more than 25 percent by 2025, and created the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan Working Group to develop a climate action plan for the city. Beginning in November, Jensen said, the city will launch a food scrap composting service available to all Evanston properties to further the city’s environmental work. — Amelia Langas
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Communication senior Jade Mitchell represents For Members Only at a rally. She said Northwestern has a responsibility to ensure its employees are “above the poverty line.”
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From page 1 Mitchell said. “I see a really nice athletic facility up north that probably could’ve put food in a lot of people’s mouths at this point.” Weinberg sophomore Seri Lee, an APAC member, attended the rally and told The Daily that some of her best professors were ineligible for tenure. Lee said students can put pressure on University administrators to treat professors more fairly. “On top of teaching us and mentoring us, faculty have to also provide emotional support and labor for students of color and other marginalized groups on this campus who the University otherwise neglects,” Lee said. “The academic well-being of students rests on the emotional, financial and fiscal well-being of faculty members.” The non-tenure eligible faculty union received support not just from undergraduates, but from graduate students too. Doctoral student Zach
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because of the steps I took.” The summit, Obama said, should not be political or partisan. Instead, attendees should discuss civic culture and be willing to listen to others with an open mind. Josiah Golson, who attended as a representative of 800 Collective –– a group that aims to address social issues through art –– said Obama’s speech was motivating. “(The speakers) were incredibly eloquent but frank and inspiring and realistic about the times we’re currently in while recognizing the potential of this room and people outside of here to do something about it,” he said.
Angulo told The Daily he came to represent Northwestern Graduate Workers, which aims to help graduate students unionize. He said efforts to organize in higher education “hold a special place in our heart.” “As graduate students at Northwestern, it’s very likely that later, after we’re done with our program, we may very well end up as adjunct faculty at different institutions,” Angulo said. “Us showing support now is showing number one that we’re not just connected by our values, but number two, we’re connected by our interests.” Bartlett — the visiting sociology professor — said the “end goal” is to begin bargaining with the University. “As fun as rallies are, we don’t want to do this forever,” Bartlett said. “If tomorrow they said, ‘Alright, we want to start the process,’ we’re there. We’re ready.”
to understand the importance of doing little things right, such as playing smart and leading with a strong work ethic, made him successful. “In my opinion, the biggest strength that Tommy had was what was up between his ears,” Marchi said. “He was interested in being a more diverse player … Tommy understood early on that he needed to be able to bring other valuable assets to his game, and he worked on those things.” On the road to the NHL, Wingels spent three years playing at Miami University. There, he saw how hockey can impact communities beyond the ice. His college teammate and close friend, Brendan Burke, came out as gay to his teammates in 2009. Several weeks later, Burke died in a car accident. In response to the tragedy, Burke’s brother, Patrick Burke, along with Brian Kitts and Glenn Witman, founded You Can Play — a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports. Inspired by his friendship with Brendan Burke, Wingels wrote a check to the organization that allowed the group to open a bank account and begin its campaign. “Tommy has a really unique place in the history of You Can Play and in the history of
LGBT equality in sports,” Kitts, president of You Can Play, said. “He wrote the first check that helped get us up and running.” Wingels worked with the campaign as a member of the You Can Play advisory board, and will continue to do so from Chicago. He said being in Chicago’s familiar environment has allowed him to focus on hockey while spending time with friends and family, especially his parents. “They sacrificed a lot (for me),” Wingels said. “People probably thought my parents were crazy, all the time and money and effort they put into letting me pursue the game of hockey … giving up a big piece of their life so that their kids could have the ability to chase their dreams.” But with Wingels back in Chicago, now playing hockey at the highest level, it’s clear their efforts paid off. Now, not only do they get to see Wingels in action, but they can be there for him as he raises his one-year-old daughter with his wife, Molly Wingels. “It’s what he set his goals to and what he had his heart set on,” Marchi said. “The one thing I can say about Tommy is he embodies exactly what every one of those youth hockey players would love to be.” nikkibaim2020@u.northwestern.edu
ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu Sanchana Krishnan, who traveled from India to represent a storytelling project called Living Stories, said she agrees with the summit’s emphasis on building community. She added that the emphasis on individualism in society alienates people. Humans do not thrive when isolated from one another, she said, referencing John Donne’s book “No Man is an Island.” “That’s why it’s important to bring a sense of community together –– to (discover) the potential of what we can do together and to see how we can undo the damage of what has been done so far,” she said. “Especially right now, especially the youth.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu
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The Chicago Blackhawks’ Tommy Wingels (57) battles against a group of Minnesota Wild players in the first period at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Wingels returned to Chicago to play for the Blackhawks after playing for the San Jose Sharks and the Ottawa Senators.
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The Fountain Square project –– scheduled to be completed in May 2018 after delays due to weather and coordination issues –– will focus on pedestrian access and safety in anticipation of winter. Lara Biggs, chief of the city’s Engineering and Capital Planning bureau, said the goal is to finish paving, clear the sidewalks and contain construction to the north plaza before winter arrives. “The team has been working pretty furiously to get the traffic signals and paving done,” Biggs said. “Unfortunately, and this is always the problem with construction that is scheduled to go right up through the end of construction season, the weather starts to get a little bit more unpredictable in October and November.” The recent rain caused delays in renovations of the south plaza, Biggs said. She said work on the south plaza, as well as paving, is expected to finish in mid-November. More significant delays in the north plaza have stemmed from coordination issues related to the contracting process, Biggs said. The construction team has poured the base of the memorial wall on the north side of the plaza, but more work remains to be done when construction resumes in the spring, she said. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he is disappointed with the contractor’s pace. Wilson said he expected the project to be finished in time for the winter holidays, and he has received feedback that reflects “varying degrees of frustration and aggravation” from business owners and Evanston residents. “I understand and I respect that people are
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A push from aldermen on both the Chicago and Evanston sides of Howard Street to address a vacant property on the street continued Monday in a court hearing attended by 15 residents. Hearings about violations on the property will be continued into January of next year, but the
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Fountain Square in downtown Evanston. The Fountain Square project is scheduled to be completed in spring 2018 after a winter hiatus.
frustrated,” Wilson said. “This isn’t what they bargained for, and this isn’t what I bargained for.” For businesses close to Fountain Square, slow construction means slow business, Wilson said. Jose Hernandez, assistant manager of Freshii’s Evanston location, 1596 Sherman Ave., said he noticed a negative impact on the restaurant a couple months ago.
Hernandez said customers have trouble finding a place to park amid the construction. Parking has also been an issue for drivers picking up delivery orders, he said. Despite having received some complaints, Biggs said the Evanston community has been mostly supportive of the project. “There’s been a clear attitude that ‘Wow, this
construction has been really disruptive, but we cannot wait to see the new plaza,’” Biggs said. “You can see now there’s trees and the lights are in place and the brickwork is almost complete. With each step we’ve taken, we’ve gotten such good positive feedback.”
parking lot and building have been cleaned up a bit as a result of efforts from Chicago Ald. Joe Moore (49th) and Evanston Ald. Ann Rainey (8th). The property at 2317 W. Howard St. in Chicago once housed a Burger King and has been vacant for several years. In 2011, it was bought by Vincent Rizzo, who intended to open a Penske Truck Rental franchise on the site. According to a September news release from Moore, Rizzo never opened the business and neglected the property, allowing trash to accumulate.
Rizzo also refused several offers to purchase the property, according to the release. Moore said he contacted the Chicago Building Commissioner to ask for court-ordered demolition of the building. Although the request was denied, city inspectors identified other building code violations, which were addressed in the hearing. Moore and Rainey led a group of residents to the hearing in downtown Chicago, as they have for previous hearings with the building. Evanston provided a bus to and from the courthouse for those who attended.
Both Rainey and Moore have said they hope the court hearings will make Rizzo keep the property clean. Rainey said Rizzo had already complied with several of their requests, including taking down an old sign and cleaning up the yard and parking lot. “We can’t make him sell it, we can’t make somebody buy it, we can’t make someone tear it down,” Rainey said. “But if he can maintain this type of compliance, we can’t ask for any more.”
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We can’t just go into these matches and expect to just kind of play Northwestern volleyball. We have to show up every — Gabrielle Hazen, middle blocker day.
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After an impressive start to the 2017 season, Symone Abbott missed two matches with a recent leg injury. But the potential return of the Big Ten’s leader in kills per set could provide a boost to Northwestern’s upset chances. The Wildcats (13-11, 3-9) will head south to Illinois (16-7, 7-5) on Wednesday with a familiar goal: to pull off an upset over a highly regarded Big Ten team. The Fighting Illini received votes in the coaches poll, while six other conference opponents appeared in the top 25. Those matchups have been challenging for NU; most recently it lost 3-0 against No. 8 Wisconsin, and the Cats have yet to win a set in any of their five contests against ranked teams this season. They were previously swept by Illinois at home. “Against Wisconsin I think it showed that we’re gonna have to work hard through the Big Ten,” senior middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen said. “We can’t just go into these matches and expect to just kind
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of play Northwestern volleyball. We have to show up every day and be ready to work.” Though the losses can take a toll on the team’s confidence, Hazen said the Cats have to put mistakes behind them to prevent them from compounding and giving the other team momentum. Against the Badgers, NU put together a strong first set but did poorly in the second, losing 25-9. In the third set, the Cats played better, losing by a closer score of 25-16. Freshman outside hitter Nia Robinson said the lessons learned could help them in Champaign. “There’s a lot of growth that happened throughout the sets,” Robinson said. “That fight that we had going into the third set, we are going to start off with that and carry that through the entire match this weekend.” Robinson, who has stepped up while Abbott has been sidelined, helped lead NU in the Wisconsin match and recorded a team-high 13 kills — 10
more than the next-highest player. She shined in the first match Abbott missed against Rutgers, notching 24 kills on a superb .526 hitting percentage in three sets against the Big Ten bottom-dwellers. Coach Shane Davis said he was impressed with Robinson’s ability to play in every spot, even on the back line. “She’s done a great job filling in the role since Symone’s injury playing all the way around, getting very comfortable back there, so that’s been great to see,” Davis said. Even with the freshman taking a bigger role, the Cats distributed the hitting load more evenly to prevent opponents from keying in on Robinson while the team’s leading hitter was out. After a two-game hiatus, Abbott is “back and healthy and feeling good,” Davis said. With a return possible, her presence in Illinois could provide a boost to NU’s upset chances as the gauntlet of Big Ten play continues. “We’re feeling good about where we are,” Davis said. “We’re staying positive and we just got to get over the hump here.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu
Debating the impact of McIntosh, Jackson’s NU careers By GARRETT JOCHNAU and JONAH DYLAN daily senior staffers @garrettjochnau, @thejonahdylan
Watching senior running back Justin Jackson and senior guard Bryant McIntosh lead their respective teams for the past three seasons got The Daily sports desk thinking: who’s had a more memorable Northwestern career? Garrett Jochnau: Last year’s Northwestern men’s basketball team ended a historic NCAA Tournament drought, and will go down as the group that changed Wildcats basketball. It was also Bryant McIntosh’s team. As such, he deserves recognition as NU’s definitive senior athlete. McIntosh enters his final season as one of 20 players on the watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, which annually recognizes the nation’s best point guard. He won’t win, but it’s confirmation he’s more than your average veteran leader. And it only scratches the surface of what he means to this school. McIntosh logged 30 starts as a freshman and averaged 11.4 points and 4.7 assists. His stat line was solid — enough to earn Big Ten All-Freshman recognition — but nothing too splashy. But after setting the program record for first-year assists, McIntosh proved that, alongside second-year coach Chris Collins, NU had a floor general to carry it into the next era. And so he did. McIntosh improved statistically over the next two seasons, and the Cats’ success followed. Even without eye-catching numbers, he established himself as the face of the program. Though others bolstered the scoring attack, it was McIntosh’s brilliance that carried the Cats down the stretch of the definitive 2016-17 season. He paced NU in its February upset over then-No. 7 Wisconsin, and after the Cats ended their drought, it was on McIntosh’s shoulders (a game-high 25 points and a pair of go-ahead free throws) that they won their first tournament game. McIntosh won’t be the best player to ever pass through Evanston, but he anchored a team that will go down in history. For the foreseeable future, his name is synonymous with that gold standard team.
Jonah Dylan: Walk up to any student at Northwestern and ask them to name one athlete on this campus. The answer will almost always be the same: Justin Jackson the ball carrier. After four years as the bell cow running back for the Wildcats, Jackson has cemented himself as a mythical figure at NU, not just now but for the rest of time. So how did we get here, and why is Jackson so beloved? Jackson burst onto the scene as a true freshman in 2014, taking over for the departed Venric Mark and rushing for over 1,100 yards to go with 10 touchdowns. Sometime during that season, the student section adopted the “Justin Jackson the ball carrier” chant and his star was born. In 2015, despite subpar quarterback play from Clayton Thorson, Jackson helped lead the Cats to a 10-3 record after carrying the ball a ridiculous 312 times, third in the country behind Alabama’s Derrick Henry and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey. He also finished second in the Big Ten in rushing, behind only Ohio State superstar Ezekiel Elliott. But even after a successful 2015 season, Jackson broke out in 2016, rushing
for 1,524 yards to finish 13th in the country and win the Big Ten rushing title. The two players right behind him? 2017 Heisman frontrunner Saquon Barkley and NFL Rookie of the Year favorite Kareem Hunt. Again, Jackson took on a heavy workload, carrying the ball 298 times. He capped the season with a dominating performance in the Pinstripe Bowl against No. 23 Pittsburgh, rushing for 224 yards and three touchdowns to power NU to a win. And despite the physical toll that 1,005 career carries have surely taken, Jackson hasn’t missed a game in his four years with the Cats. Jochnau: Jackson is the superior athlete and rightfully more relevant in this moment in time. But fast forward 20 years, and he’s nothing more than another star on a collection of quality NU teams. We’ve seen players like him before. Darnell Autry was Jackson before the Cats’ current rusher could walk, let alone carry a ball. And Autry led NU to a conference title and a Rose Bowl appearance. Jackson isn’t even the definitive face of modern-era Cats football. After all, it was Anthony Walker, not Jackson, nicknamed “The
Franchise.” McIntosh isn’t the national superstar Jackson is — though he’s no slouch — but he’s the face of NU’s most important basketball team, a title he’ll likely never relinquish.
Dylan: Sure, there have been players like Jackson. But don’t you remember just over three weeks ago, when Jackson broke the NU rushing record? He’ll always be remembered for that, while McIntosh won’t come close to breaking John Shurna’s scoring record. Sure, McIntosh has the assist record, but overall his stats aren’t anywhere near as impressive as Jackson’s. And while McIntosh helped lead the Cats to their first tournament appearance, Scottie Lindsey was the best scorer on the team and Vic Law was the best all-around player. Jackson, though, is easily the most memorable player on the football team and is probably the most recognizable NU football player of all time behind Otto Graham and Pat Fitzgerald. Jochnau: If we’re comparing apples to apples, McIntosh’s assist record shouldn’t be discounted. As mentioned, he’s no statistical marvel, but he’s
accomplished plenty, and his crowning achievement can’t be replicated. Meanwhile, Jeremy Larkin appears ready to shine as the Cats’ next rusher. He won’t eclipse Jackson, but eventually, someone will. Even when McIntosh wasn’t NU’s best player, he was still the face of an iconic season. Perhaps Jackson could equal his legend if the Big Ten fell apart and the Cats returned to the Rose Bowl. But don’t hold your breath. Dylan: Even if Jackson doesn’t hold the rushing record forever, he’s had a plethora of memorable moments in just this season. Remember that 23-yard reception in overtime against Iowa where he hit the right stick on Iowa’s whole defense, basically putting the team on his back when it needed him most? And let’s not forget what happened on his first career passing attempt Saturday against Michigan State. As Jackson threw a touchdown to sophomore receiver Ben Skowronek to give NU a late lead, a new legend was born. Jackson isn’t just the ball carrier, he’s the ball thrower. And we’ll never forget it. jochnau@u.northwestern.edu jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Justin Jackson (left) carries the ball, while Bryant McIntosh drives to the basket. The seniors have each had illustrious careers for Northwestern.
Daily file photo by Colin Boyle