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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018
ON CAMPUS ASG Senate unanimously confirms vice presidents By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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Tyler Washington speaks during ASG Senate. The Weinberg junior was one of nine vice presidents confirmed at Wednesday’s meeting.
Associated Student Government Senate unanimously confirmed the nominations of nine vice presidents to its executive board Wednesday in what chief of staff Lars Benson said was the most competitive application process in institutional memory. Weinberg junior Agneska Bloch Skyped in from abroad to answer questions from senators regarding her application to be vice president for academics. ASG President Sky Patterson, who formerly held the position, said Bloch remained engaged with the committee even while abroad. Bloch said she hopes to expand Patterson’s legacy by advocating for the Books for Cats program to administrators. “The only way to properly (expand) is to continue to garner support from faculty and administrators,” Bloch said. “Often faculty and administrators will not really want to listen to us unless we come in with numbers, with collaboration, with other student groups” Weinberg junior Peter Hillenbrand was confirmed as vice president for campus life. Weinberg junior Rebecca Lazer, who has served as vice president for health and wellness for the past 10 months, was confirmed in the same position. Medill sophomore Gabrielle Bienasz was confirmed as vice president for public relations. Weinberg junior Tyler Washington was confirmed as vice president for accessibility and
inclusion. His biggest goal, he said, would be to expand the work-study program. Katherine Conte, a Weinberg freshman, was confirmed as vice president for analytics. She said the analytics committee has traditionally been isolated from the rest of ASG, and she hopes that under her leadership it can be a “bridge” between committees and help them collect data. “All parts of our life here at Northwestern can be tracked with statistics,” Conte said. “We love stats, the administration loves stats.” Weinberg sophomore Meilynn Shi was confirmed as vice president for community relations, and Weinberg freshman Juan Zuniga was confirmed as vice president for sustainability. McCormick freshman Spencer Colton was confirmed as vice president for services. Colton served on the services committee this year and said he has been revamping ASG’s website. “We could really use technology to our benefit to make ASG a more efficiently-run organization and one that’s more transparent to our students,” Colton said. ASG also amended a resolution introduced last week to change the code for parliamentarian impeachment procedure. The amendment — written by Zuniga and passed unanimously — changed the definition of the judicial pro tempore, who would lead impeachment proceedings in the event that a parliamentarian would be impeached. With the amendment, the position will be elected by the Rules Committee rather than automatically designated as the most senior member. gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu
Boeing CEO talks plans to put first human on Mars By AMY LI
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Dennis Muilenburg, chairman, president and CEO of The Boeing Company, told a crowd of students and industry professionals Wednesday that within the next couple of years, Boeing will put the first human on Mars. “The world is on the cusp of a revolution and a transformation into the next age of space exploration,” Muilenburg said. Muilenburg spoke at the 37th annual Patterson Transportation Lecture in Lutkin Hall. The lecture was sponsored by the Northwestern University Transportation Center. Boeing takes pride in its four missions: “connect, protect, explore and inspire the world through space innovation,” Muilenburg said. The company is the main contractor of NASA’s Space Launch System — a 384-feet-tall rocket that has 9.2 million pounds of thrust, which is roughly equal to 208,000 Corvette engines, Muilenburg said. He said although it is still in its beginning stages, the Space Launch System will be the first spaceship to put humans on Mars. Muilenburg added that this will be the first deep-space rocket launch in the past 50 years. The Space Launch System’s first launch test will take place in about a year and a half, he said. At the event, Muilenburg also introduced some of the projects that the company anticipates launching in the next several decades, saying Boeing is in the middle of a “crescendo of activities
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Hernandez said the board plans on addressing practices that disproportionately affect female students and students of color in order to create a more equitable framework for the dress code. “This is the actual racial equity manifesting itself in policy and then in practice and through supports,” he said. “We need to give all stakeholders the capacity to carry out these
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“We’re really talking about providing relief for everyday people,” Laatsch said. “We’re working every single day to make sure that we can give a voice to people who have typically felt that they’re not being represented.” If elected, Trujillo said he would prioritize budget reform, campaign finance and pension reform. He also expressed support for universal health care in
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Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a Wednesday event. The Boeing CEO spoke about the future of space exploration at the 37th annual Patterson Transportation Lecture.
“lower-orbit space ecosystem” and “a viable commercial economy.” Muilenburg said technologies such as space hotels and smart manufacturing facilities in space that take advantage of low gravity conditions will be available in the near future. Pushing the boundaries of the new frontier of human space exploration has “enormous” benefits in other areas too, Muilenburg said. He said science in cutting-edge digital devices, advanced materials, sports and fitness and biotechnology all have connections to the ongoing investment in space exploration. Muilenburg added that companies like Boeing have a responsibility to inspire future talent in engineering. He said his two children, who both have interests in engineering, joined him in witnessing several spacial launches at Boeing. NUTC director Hani Mahmassani, who introduced Muilenburg, said the center was honored to invite someone with a distinguished career in space science. “Boeing is one of the leading corporations in space exploration, at least in my generation.” Mahmassani said. Ryan Albelda, a McCormick junior who attended the lecture, said while she’s met professors who work in the space industry, it was helpful to hear from CEOs about scientific innovation outside of NU. “Seeing some of these industry professionals and seeing people with jobs I want to work towards is really inspiring.” Albelda said.
and energy.” “Programs on the way today are bigger and more significant than the Apollo program,” he said.
Boeing also sees potential in creating new destinations in low-earth orbit, Muilenburg said. The company is also looking into human physiology and medical technologies necessary to create a
changes, which in the end will benefit everybody because it makes a less punitive approach and then it kind of works off of this equity lens where we’re not judging others.” Kartha said the administration will change language in the student handbook to address issues of inequity and body shaming while allowing more freedom in clothing choices. She also said that the board hopes the proposed changes to the dress code will create an environment more conducive to learning instead of targeting students for violations.
“We had such a focus lately on, ‘How do we address the needs of the whole child and make sure that kids feel comfortable and included and ready to learn at school?’” Kartha said. “So making these changes and making sure that we have the inclusive and welcoming school climate that we want to have for our kids is important.” Although no concrete policy changes will be enacted until next school year at the earliest, Kartha said the administration will take time over the summer to meet with focus groups
to develop specific changes to the dress code. The board requested that the administration create a “fusion” of the Portland school districts’ code and that of ETHS, she said. “What we’re telling students and what we’re actually doing in school isn’t going to be about body shaming or discrimination,” Kartha said. “We’re just letting kids be kids and learn and be comfortable and whatnot, and not feel like the adults are necessarily policing what they wear.”
Illinois. As an educator and research fellow at Northwestern as well as a father, Trujillo emphasized education as an important issue. He said public schools funded through property taxes lead to schools in wealthier neighborhoods getting more resources, perpetuating inequality. Gabel, the incumbent, is running on her record of passing 50 bills during her time in office. She has held the position for eight years and said her role is multifaceted: Her work includes “cutting the red tape”
for constituents and writing and passing legislation. “When you run every two years, you’re always running,” Gabel said. “I spend a lot of time doing what people would normally consider campaign work, and I just consider it being in touch with the district.” She also highlighted a campaign election reform bill she co-sponsored that aimed to create a matching system for small donors. Though she said she receives some money from corporate donors and political action committees, Gabel said she doesn’t have to
raise much money to run her campaign. The Trujillo campaign has not taken any donations from PACs or corporate donors. “Our campaign is a really face-to-face campaign,” Trujillo said. “It’s funded by small donors. We don’t take any corporate donations. … It’s really a grassroots campaign.”
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Syd Stone contributed reporting. catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu