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EPD set to require body camera use Policy for all onduty field officers will begin Friday
to seek funding for the cameras and create an implementation plan after Gov. Bruce Rauner legalized their use in August of the same year.
By JULIA ESPARZA
Last summer, 11 Evanston officers piloted the body camera program to test “reliability of the equipment and address possible procedural or technical issues,” police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan told The Daily in June. Cmdr. Ryan Glew said the pilot program went well as more officers become comfortable with the cameras. He said the cameras “solve a lot more problems than they cause.” “( The c amer as) wil l improve police transparency and be as much of a benefit to EPD as it is to the citizenry,” Glew said. Parrott said once an officer returns from a shift, they will upload all the recorded footage to a secure cloud. He said the process will help organize footage and ensure its accessibility when necessary. However, he said citizens will only have access to the footage by filing a Freedom of Information Act request, which requires approval from the department. Furthermore, Parrott said if the person arrested does not give their consent, the public cannot have access to the footage.
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The Evanston Police Department will require all field officers to wear body cameras while on duty beginning Friday. All patrol, community, tactical, narcotics and traffic officers will be required to use the cameras — 120 in total — when working in the field, said Sgt. Jay Parrott, who oversaw the implementation of the body cameras. The cameras will increase accountability and safety for police officers, Parrott said. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said EPD’s goal is to be one of the most transparent departments in the Chicago area. He added that the cameras will be beneficial both for officers and the general public. “Whenever there is a question about factual matters regarding an incident … we will have the actual recording in video, ” Bobkiewicz said. “That will be a good thing for all involved.” Rising tensions between police and citizens nationwide prompted EPD to consider the use of body cameras in 2015. The department decided
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New York Times columnist Charles Blow delivers the keynote address for Northwestern’s MLK commemoration. Blow addressed issues of racial inequality and mass incarceration in his speech Thursday.
Blow addresses racial inequalities New York Times columnist talks criminal justice in MLK keynote By EMILY CHAIET
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If people in the U.S. want to address issues of racism, they have to focus on not only individuals, but also larger institutions such as the criminal justice system, New York Times columnist Charles Blow said at a Thursday address. “Our present culture rests on historical context,” Blow said. “More black men are now behind bars or under the watch
of the criminal justice system than were enslaved in 1850, just 11 years before the Civil War.” Blow spoke to a crowd of about 600 people in Ryan Auditorium, including University President Morton Schapiro, about race, poverty, mass incarceration and how these issues have evolved since the time of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blow’s keynote address was part of Northwestern’s two-week commemoration of King, organized by the the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Associated Student
Government. The evening also included a performance by the NU Jazz ensemble and a benediction from Rev. Jackie Marquez, an associate University chaplain. ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla introduced Blow. “Every year this becomes a larger and larger event because we’re beginning to see the importance of not just Dr. King, but the entire idea of civil rights and human rights for all, and this notion of inequality in the United States being persistent but overcomable,” Mulukutla, a
Weinberg senior, told the Daily. “It’s something that we need to constantly be fighting against.” Blow said liberal cities are still profiting from “black and brown flesh” by means of mass incarceration and over-policing in predominantly black neighborhoods, which allows them to gain funds from fines and prison fees. Blow said that consequently, black families are stripped of their male family members. Throughout the U.S., nearly » See BLOW, page 6
LEED-platinum house completed Misconduct policy Green home is first in Evanston to receive top-level certification By CAITLIN CHEN
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Construction recently finished on Evanston’s first LEED platinum-certified house, designed by Chicagobased architect Nathan Kipnis. The one-stor y house, located at 1426 Mulford St., is the first single-family home in Evanston to gain any form of LEED certification, Kipnis said at a presentation at the Evanston History Center Thursday. LEED is a green construction program that certifies buildings — based on elements of energy and resource efficiency — at several levels, with platinum being the highest. Kipnis said he is a proponent of passive solar building design, a building style that capitalizes on solar energy and the home’s structure for heating, rather than using technologies like geothermal heating. The house, built for
Dana Pearl (Weinberg ’80), has a distinctive butterfly roof, a design that creates a valley by sloping two surfaces.
This pushes rising hot air to the corners, where remotecontrolled windows allow the air to escape.
Instead of standard gaspowered appliances, the » See LEED, page 6
update cues survey Language changes lead ASG to solicit student feedback By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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Nathan Kipnis speaks to an audience of 70 at the Evanston History Center on Thursday. Kipnis designed Evanston’s first LEED platinum-certified home.
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In response to recent changes in Northwestern’s sexual misconduct policy, Associated Student Government are asking students to give their feedback. ASG created the survey in response to a Dec. 7 memo from Dwight Hamilton, the associate vice president for equity and Title IX coordinator, which asked for comments from students, faculty and staff on the new policy. Changes to the policy include making the definition of stalking consistent with Illinois law and revising the definitions of dating and domestic violence. The current policy defines dating or domestic violence as “so
severe, pervasive or persistent as to significantly interfere with an individual’s ability to learn and/or work or cause substantial emotional distress.” In addition, the new policy explains the complaint evaluation process and amends the section about retaliation to maintain consistency with the new non-retaliation policy. The University updated the policy because it was due for review, Hamilton told the Daily in an email, and also to reflect the new standards required by the Illinois Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla said she is encouraged that the administration is seeking student input. “It’s important that students have the chance to sit at the table and be involved in the policy that adjudicates our campus with regard to sexual assault and sexual » See POLICY, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Evanston-based band finds prominence on Spotify By ALANE LIM
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Jamie McNear sings while his band performs at the Chop Shop in Wicker Park on Aug. 11, 2017. McNear is the lead singer of Manwolves, an Evanston band that was streamed for over 10 million minutes on Spotify in 2017.
POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man arrested at Evanston Public Library, charged with assault
Police arrested a 31-year-old Chicago man Wednesday afternoon at Evanston Public Library and charged him with assault. A security guard at the EPL main branch — 1703 Orrington Ave. — called police to report a man with a gun, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The security guard then escorted the man out of the library. Once outside, the man put his bags on the ground and motioned to his waistband, Glew said.
Manwolves, an Evanston band, formed only a few years ago, but in 2017 people listened to their music for more than 10 million minutes on Spotify. The band’s six members — Jamie McNear, Ari Garfin, Henry Wolf, Julian Freeman, Eli Cohen and Michael Werner — are all recent Evanston Township High School graduates. They all met at ETHS or Nichols Middle School in Evanston, Wolf said. “A good way to describe (our band) would be a group of friends making music,” Wolf, the band’s bass player, said. “To me, that’s always been a true way of describing who we are.” Wolf said that the band members were friends long before they worked together. The name “Manwolves” came from lead singer McNear, whose mother told him stories about a manwolf, he said. Wolf added that the band members — two of whom still live in Evanston, with the rest in Chicago — now work in the band full-time. They don’t have a daily routine, and could be rehearsing, writing or doing other things on any given He then said he would shoot the security guard. The security guard told police they saw the handle of a black handgun in the man’s waistband, Glew said. The man left the scene before police arrived. Police found the man at 1637 Orrington Ave. around 4:20 p.m. The man and the area were searched, but Glew said no weapon was recovered. Police charged the man with assault.
Chicago woman charged with possession of hypodermic needles at CVS
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day. “Every day we all meet,” Wolf said, “but the reason that we’re meeting, where we’re meeting – that all changes.” The band has performed all across the Midwest, including playing shows in Wisconsin, Minnesota and many appearances in Chicago, according to the group’s Instagram. Recently, Wolf said the band has focused on working on new music, so they’ve been in the studio more often. Garfin, who plays the keyboard, said the band writes and performs their own songs, combining genres like jazz, rock and hip hop to produce the band’s sound. “We aren’t confined to one or even two genres,” Garfin said. “There’s a lot of different stuff.” He added that each band member writes his own parts. The lead singer writes the lyrics and the band does all the instrumentals, he said. Freeman said they never planned their music to be any sort of way, adding that the band’s music came together because it combined everyone’s tastes. They occasionally play covers, but add their own “Manwolves flair” to them, he said. Garfin said the band’s music can be found on music streaming sites; several singles have been released on Spotify. Freeman added that their rising popularity hypodermic needles at a CVS in south Evanston. Police responded to a call from a CVS employee who said a woman was stealing merchandise, Glew said. When officers arrived on the scene, they stopped and searched the woman outside the store at 101 Asbury Ave. at 12:10 a.m. They found two hypodermic needles inside the woman’s purse, Glew said. He added that one of the needles was uncapped. Glew said the woman did not have a prescription for the needles. She was charged with possession of a hypodermic needle. — Nikki Baim
can be attributed to maintaining support from a loyal fanbase, getting noticed by influential sites, releasing and promoting content and putting their music out to other places in the world. “We grew a fanbase on SoundCloud, and then moved our music over to Spotify,” Freeman said. “A lot of our fans from SoundCloud came over to Spotify, (and) that allowed us to get a bigger surge of fans earlier on Spotify.” Freeman said he thought Spotify noticed them because of their early popularity. Spotify then placed the band on some of their bigger playlists, like the United States Viral 50 — where they were No. 4 for a while. The band also trended on “r/listentothis” on Reddit, he said. Their listeners include people from all over the country, including Los Angeles, New York City and Houston, according to their Spotify page. Garfin said that he’s excited to keep working to grow what the band already has. The band is always looking to improve on themselves, he added. Freeman said he would like the band to have a lasting, positive impact on people. “I would like the band to be remembered as six good guys that made good music that affected people in a positive way,” he said. alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight Clarification: An article in Thursday’s paper titled “Evanston man injured in arrest” used the word “arrest” to describe Gregory Hall’s encounter with police. Evanston Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew later clarified the word “detainment” is the preferred language.
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ON CAMPUS Illinois College Democrats start PAC By ALAN PEREZ
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College Democrats of Illinois announced that they formed a political action committee this month, as congressional Democrats begin their effort to retake control of the nation’s legislature. The Illinois College Democrats PAC will allow the organization to fund candidates ahead of the highly-anticipated midterm election, said Calvin Anderson, membership director of College Democrats of Illinois and co-president of Northwestern College Democrats. The committee will also fund conventions, voter registration efforts and other political activities of its chapter organizations, the Weinberg junior said. “It’s definitely been a struggle trying to do everything that we want to do in the past without money,” Anderson said. “It’s definitely exciting that we’re going to have (the PAC) going into the future.” PACs allow organizations to pool money from donors to fund candidates and other political activities while complying with campaign finance laws.The new financial structure will allow College Democrats of Illinois to more easily fund its chapters, which proved difficult in the past because of legal obstacles, said Jack McNeil, president of the organization. Though the group had previously formed PACs, they were dissolved because students were not familiar with campaign finance laws. This left chapters without funding from College Democrats of Illinois, said McNeil, a junior at DePaul University. However, Anderson said the lack of funding did not affect the NU chapter because the group has remained largely self-sufficient through funds raised from guest speaker ticket sales. To better comply with the laws, the PAC will be managed by a financial advisory board that will also guide funding allocations, said the organization’s finance director Victoria Koffsky. McNeil said the advice of the advisory council and a variety of other factors will determine where the PAC money is spent.
The PAC is just one effort by Democrats nationwide to mobilize in hopes of turning the federal and state legislatures blue. While College Democrats of Illinois and its PAC won’t fund or endorse candidates before the March primary election, Koffsky, a junior at the University of Chicago, said the organization is closely monitoring races statewide. “It basically comes down to where do we think we can be competitive, where can we flip seats, and then where are College Dems involved,” he said. “This election will be the first test of what a budget could do … in the general election.” The two Illinois Senate seats are considered safe for Democrats, but Republicans control seven of the 18 congressional districts in the state. Most of the surrounding Chicago area is likely to remain blue, and experts consider the Illinois 6th Congressional District, currently held by a Republican, to be contentious.
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Diverse faculty are invaluable to students of color TROY CLOSSON
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This is my fifth quarter on campus. And prior to this one, I only had two black professors during my time here. Within my journalism major, the number was zero. Thankfully, this winter been a little different. I’m only taking three classes and two of them — both Medill classes — are taught by black faculty members. And I didn’t realize how much of a difference that would ultimately make. Even before coming to college, my classes were rarely led by black teachers. Though I wasn’t oblivious to that issue back then, my high school was much more racially diverse than Northwestern. It didn’t feel like such a pressing issue because so much more of the student community was black in the first place. Coming to this campus, that changed. Having professors who look like me almost means more now, and each one has been significant. Some of this lies in the fact that there are obvious impacts when students of color have professors who look like them. I’m often one of a few — or the only — black students in most classes here. Multiple times, I’ve felt like when
black students and professors. This week, the Latinx Asian American Collective wrote a letter to The Daily discussing how simply providing departmental status to the Asian American Studies Program and the Latina and Latino Studies Program could have a great impact by allowing faculty in those programs more time to devote to students. I’m sure many students would benefit from having more people who look like them teach classes. But even just within Medill, faculty of color are few and far between. And that has to change. So often, it can feel like NU administration is confused about or doesn’t understand how to improve marginalized students’ experiences. For people of color, having more professors and faculty members who share our identities would go a long way to creating spaces where students can feel fully included and able to participate. And even beyond students’ discomfort in classrooms, creating more faculty diversity would provide access to unique perspectives that many students just can’t get from their white professors.
But more deeply, having black Medill professors this quarter has shown me the importance of the opportunity to learn from people who look like you. Even this early in the
quarter, I’ve already been able to talk with them about navigating the lack of diversity in newsrooms and dealing with sources who have an issue with my race. Yes, I could learn some of the same reporting techniques or interviewing skills from anyone — but that can’t be completely removed from my identity. My experiences in journalism will inherently be different from those of my white professors, and being able to learn from black faculty members provides invaluable knowledge beyond what others could give. A few years ago, conversations arose surrounding additional University funding for Counseling and Psychological Services to hire staff members of color who could better grasp and relate to the challenges students of color have on campus. It wasn’t that other CAPS counselors weren’t qualified or couldn’t do their jobs, but that a full understanding of certain experiences isn’t always accessible when you don’t share the same identity. Having black professors and faculty members is no different. It’s just not the same learning skills that will apply to your career when the person teaching them has no context for what you’ll actually experience. What I learn in other classes is obviously valuable, but when my professors are black, what I learn often holds a different significance. And to be clear, this doesn’t solely apply to
is an essential aspect of our society, and we have strayed from this goal by being so heavily bogged down with politics. Sadly, while these idealistic solutions may help one feel better, they do nothing to dismantle the systems of oppression in our society that actively disenfranchise minorities, women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community. This dangerous ideology can preserve existing power imbalances while also disregarding the systemic inequality that exists throughout the United States. Ignoring political problems does not make them go away, and especially in the current Information Age, there is no excuse to not be an informed citizen. A plethora of problems plague our country, and each one of them — many of which are inherently “politicized” or at the very least, could be addressed through political action — deserves our attention and activism, beyond mere tweets or Facebook
posts. Aside from this, Trump has engaged in a substantial campaign aimed at delegitimizing the independent press, which led to an FBI arrest for a terrorist threat at CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta. In my eyes, Trump is the most dangerous individual alive — he has threatened nuclear war with North Korea, given the wealthiest people in the country a monumental tax break and stolen former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick through the help of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by denying Merrick Garland a confirmation hearing. We do not live in normalcy anymore, and sitting back and pretending we do won’t change that fact. The Republican Party has manipulated partisanship to advance a radical agenda that the majority of Americans do not agree with. This has been useful for all those able to benefit from it, as the GOP has by advancing
gerrymandering and discriminatory voter ID laws to limit and restrict democracy and voter turnout in states across the country. Should we just pay no attention to all these political issues — even temporarily — because ignorance is bliss? The author’s piece had good intentions, and I will not fault him for that. But to argue that politicization must end this year is an outlandish claim with little merit. One of my favorite quotes is “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” by South African human rights activist Desmond Tutu. It is a testament to one’s privilege to be able to espouse such an ideology that advocates for political disinterest. Being political is a requirement for the advancement of equality in the modern era.
something to hold on to. It’s nice moments that pass by that affirm life as something worth living — but it shouldn’t always necessarily be the end-all, be-all goal. Being absorbed in our own happiness is a dangerous state to be in. It’s one that can lead to narcissism, complacency and stagnancy in life. And it’s especially dangerous in something like politics, as the column’s author discusses, suggesting people ignore the world around them and the often pressing issues people face in favor of happiness. Taking breaks from paying attention to
something like the U.S. government can lead to eventual stagnation in our overall attention. Sure, taking a break could be nice after the past year, but it could also lead us to just constantly ignoring the real situation going on around us. Ignoring the world around you doesn’t just make you blissfully ignorant in the state we’re in: it makes you an active, complacent participant. With constant news and social media, we have the opportunity to have deep knowledge about, which can then even lead to learning or creating ways to affect change or
empower those around them with information. But not taking the opportunities we have available to do so for the sake of our own happiness is selfish and unaccountable. It’s equivalent to selling out those around you so you can have a breath in the sinking ship. But you should be conscious you’re not the only one in the boat: we’re all in here together, and rejecting politicization in favor of personal happiness will get us nowhere.
professors have expected me to speak up or represent my race when talking about topics that I’d supposedly have knowledge about because I’m black. And in my experience, faculty members of color often have a stronger cultural competency than others. Last quarter, the professor of my psychology class, who is white, used the N-word when quoting an interview with a black research participant. I immediately felt uncomfortable. While he later said he was only trying to convey the same experience, I thought my professor could’ve easily communicated his point without needing to say it. With black faculty members, I don’t have to deal with that.
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What I learn in other classes is obviously valuable, but when my professors are black, what I learn often holds a different significance.
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.
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Taking an apolitical stand only serves to perpetuate oppression
A recent column by Wesley Shirola lambasted the tide of polarization that has swept over our country in recent years. He first cites President Donald Trump, but then, in an act of false equivalency, contends that we should all be held accountable for the present political climate. He further adds that “both (political sides) are equally responsible and equally affected” by the current situation, and seems to imply that as a result, we are on the verge of a generational crisis. His proposed solution to this pandemic polarization is to temporarily “disconnect” from social media and ignore what is happening in Washington from time to time. Happiness, he claims,
— Kevin Corkran, SESP senior
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Personal happiness shouldn’t be prioritized over political discussions
In response to Wesley Shirola’s column “Ending politicization in 2018 will make everyone happier,” I believe there are some fundamental issues with the idea of treating happiness as an end goal and something to strive for. To me, happiness should just be considered a byproduct of living, not
— Clayton Mills, Communication sophomore
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Local nonprofits offer solutions to food insecurity By VICTORIA LEE
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Representatives of local nonprofit organizations discussed Thursday how they could more efficiently organize their resources to reduce food insecurity in the Evanston area. The event, held at Evanston Public Library, was the second session of a four-part series presented by EPL and Meals at Home, a local nonprofit that delivers nutritious meals to homebound, disabled and elderly people. The panel considered current organizations’ accomplishments and their future plans to tackle the issue. Meals at Home’s executive director Debi Genthe said the group’s biggest challenge is keeping up with the demand for its services. “The need is so huge,” Genthe said. “We can get more volunteers and more routes, and right now we are trying to solve where ... we get more food.” Daniel Jariabka — president and founder of Hunger Resource Network, which re-allocates surplus food to organizations in need — said transportation is a major issue when people try to access local food pantries and shelters. He shared an anecdote about a family who could not reach a soup kitchen
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Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. Representatives of local nonprofits discussed solutions to food insecurities.
because they could not afford gas to go to both work and the kitchen. Lisa Todd, the community relations manager at affordable housing nonprofit Connections for the Homeless, added that the root of food insecurity comes from a lack of economical housing.
Todd said upwards of 3,500 households in Evanston spend more than half of their income on rent, meaning many people have to dip into their food budget to pay off their housing bills. The government and landlords must offer affordable housing so people can pay for necessary living expenses, she said.
ETHS starts antenna system to improve wireless cell coverage
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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. ETHS created a distributed antenna system to improve wireless cell coverage.
Evanston Township High School launched a new project to improve wireless cell coverage on its campus in an effort to improve public safety, according to a news release on Thursday. ETHS collaborated with partners, including wireless coverage and mobile communications company Cobham Wireless, to create a new distributed antenna system — a system of small antennas throughout a large building to deal with poor coverage. Because the partners covered the cost, the project was designed and installed at no cost to District 202. Keith Radousky, president of Radvisory 5G, a partner in the project, said cellular technology is a “fourth utility” for schools. Radousky said the
Several audience members agreed with Todd and said government intervention in funding such volunteer organizations is necessary. However, Pastor Maiya Lueptow, the director at Hillside Food Pantry, said the government sometimes makes it more difficult for nonprofits to help the community because funding may fall through, leaving a gap in service. “I’ve just watched too many of my colleagues have to cut or shut down their programs because they relied so heavily on (government funding),” Lueptow said. Participants of the panel also said they are beginning to distribute a monthly calendar that lists the schedules of shelters, soup kitchens and other services in the area. They said the calendar will help organizations coordinate their resources and will inform the public of where and when they can volunteer. SESP junior Joanne Huang, who presented her study on food insecurity at the first event of the series, told The Daily that having a centralized group to coordinate these organizations would help promote collaboration. Still, she said there is work to be done. “We just don’t know who’s accountable. Is it the city or these local organizations?” Huang said. “I think that’s why the conversation still needs to continue, to sort that out.” victorialee2021@u.northwestern.edu system would improve public safety by expediting contact to Evanston first responders. According to Radousky, 80 percent of 911 calls are made wirelessly. In a ews release, Radousky said ETHS may be the first public school to use a “pure hybrid public safety and cellular digital system.” The cost of system maintenance is covered for the first five years, and the school anticipates a reduction in operational costs over time since the antenna system uses 30 percent less electricity than traditional systems, according to the news release. ETHS assistant director of safety Terrence Doby praised the system for being more efficient and accurate than regular cell coverage at ETHS. “With this implementation, we’ve been able to … take steps to remain at the forefront of the best technology in public safety communications,” Doby said. — Catherine Henderson
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From page 1 600,000 black men between the ages of 25 and 54 are in prison, according to The New York Times. This means in some cities — like Ferguson, Missouri — half of the young black men are missing from the community, which has a devastating economic impact on the communities. Mass incarceration has become “the new Jim Crow,”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 Blow said in reference to Michelle Alexander’s book on the subject. Blow emphasized that racism was prevalent even in supposedly “liberal” places like the North and the West during King’s time, referencing a march in Chicago where 10,000 white people showed up in violent opposition to the civil rights movement. Blow said that these areas still remain racist today, calling them “the new civil rights battle grounds.”
“I often think of racism as having developmental cycles,” Blow said. “In the South it’s just an old man. His racism has not vanished; it has just mellowed and made peace with itself. In the North, racism is raging like a teenage boy, acting out the way the old man had done years ago.” Though King is best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech, Blow said his lesser known “The Other America” is more influential as it deals with economic inequality and its link to racism.
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Parrott said the city spent $1.2 million on the five-year contract with Axon, the company that provides the cameras. The contract includes upgraded car cameras, taser weapons and recording equipment for interview rooms as well as storage and insurance for the new technology. Brian Miller, the former 9th Ward alderman, said though he is happy about these improvements and protections, they are just “one piece” of police accountability. Miller pointed to the incident on Monday where officers handcuffed a 60-year-old Evanston man, Gregory Hall, mistaken for an armed robbery suspect. Hall said he told the officers he could not have been a suspect since he was in the
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The Sexual Harassment Prevention Office at 1800 Sherman Ave. Associated Student Government created a survey to collect student feedback on Northwestern’s newly updated sexual misconduct policy.
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From page 1 misconduct,” Mulukutla told the Daily. “Especially given the recent events on campus that have put it in such high focus.” Typically, the administration allows 45 days for reviews of university policies, but Hamilton said the period was extended to 60 days to account for Winter Break. Students can suggest revisions through Feb. 5, according to the memo. After the review period, administrators will review the feedback and incorporate any pertinent changes, Hamilton said in the email. The new policy will be finalized in early summer for publication and training materials to be up-todate for the 2018-2019 school year. The likelihood that a student-proposed revision ends up in the policy “depends on the feedback,” Hamilton wrote. “We can’t incorporate a proposed revision that is contrary to federal or state law,”
Hamilton wrote. “But, we certainly want the policy to reflect the needs of the Northwestern community.” Mulukutla said any student who comes across the survey should fill it out. By creating a survey, she said she thinks ASG can help Hamilton’s request for feedback reach more people. She added that she is deciding on potential revisions to propose and promote through ASG. Mulukutla said she will meet with Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators to discuss specific revisions, and hopes conversations with SHAPE can ensure that any ASG proposal both promotes safety and protects survivors. “It’s one thing to get as much student output as possible,” Mulukutla said. “It’s another thing to also use our student voice to push for the most responsible manner of dealing with sexual assault and sexual violence on this campus.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu
house uses electric water heaters, cooktops, dryers and mechanical systems. The house uses heavy insulation and is estimated to use 74 percent less energy than a conventional house would, Kipnis said. The house’s 24 solar panels, located on the roof, provide 39 percent of the house’s power, saving its homeowner around $560 each year, Kipnis said. The remaining electricity comes from the energy company Dynegy, which provides entirely renewable energy to residents and small businesses. During the presentation, Kipnis also criticized President Donald Trump’s administration’s stance on the environment, noting the president’s recently imposed a 30 percent tariff on imported solar panels. In light of this, however, Kipnis praised Evanston’s environmental efforts. “We’ve been through this before, where we’ve had the government kind of turn on us, and look what Evanston did when that happened,” he said. “With Bush … Evanston stepped up and we’re one of the greenest cities in the country. So we’re used to this, and I think we’ll do fine.” Chuck Harrington, a member of Citizens’
Blow said the country must continue to work toward equal rights for all, just as King tried to achieve. “Pity does not dismantle privilege, but supports it,” Blow said. “Pity can be a violence, and to this day America and these supposedly liberal cities in the North and West are still profiting from oppression.” emilychaiet2020@u.northwestern.edu Evanston Public Library and told them to ask the librarian for confirmation. Miller said officers have been operating under a policy of “arrest first, ask questions later.” Glew told The Daily Wednesday that two body cameras captured the incident and will be used in a use-offorce investigation. Miller also mentioned the arrest of Iain Bady, a 12-year-old who police took into custody for riding on the back of a bicycle that violated traffic laws last August. Miller said he believes officers were not held accountable. “This is a recurring pattern in the city and and I’m glad they are implementing body cameras, but it doesn’t matter unless there is a change in how officers handle arrests,” Miller said. “Without a good complaint review process the body cameras don’t matter.” juliaesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu Greener Evanston, attended the event and told The Daily he felt confident in the growth of renewable energy. “Green energy and green things have gone down the road enough that I don’t think there’s any stopping it now,” Harrington said. “Things would probably move along faster if everybody in the government understood what’s going on, but (Trump is) not going to stop it.” Kipnis said his company, Kipnis Architecture and Planning, is participating in the 2030 Challenge, which asks participants to dramatically reduce fossil fuel usage, with the goal of carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. Out of 20,000 architecture firms in the United States, 200 signed on to the challenge. In 2017, 331 projects met the target of a 70 percent reduction, including Pearl’s house. Pearl said developers and designers have their own idea of how they want a house to look, and sometimes she has to remind them that she’s the one who’s going to live there. “Most of the time, the arguments are about design, not about environmental stuff,” Pearl said. “When Eco Achievers says you have to use this spray foam insulation that’s made out of soy, those are not negotiable.” caitlinchen2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Schakowsky talks economic equality, job opportunities By SAM WEBBER
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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) fielded questions from audience members at a Q&A event Thursday, saying economic inequality is the country’s most serious domestic issue. About 20 people attended the talk, hosted by Northwestern Political Union at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. Schakowsky addressed topics ranging from the automation of manufacturing jobs to potential changes in the 2020 Census. Schakowsky started off the Q&A by emphasizing her concern with the country’s growing economic inequality, a topic she said she keeps in mind when making decisions as a representative. “The frame in which I consider economic issues and vote on them, is does it increase economic inequality in this country or decrease it?”
Schakowsky said. Northwestern Political Union’s director of development Max Rowe said the group brought Schakowsky due to her prominence to the community and the likely draw of students who have a passion for politics. Schakowsky said one trend in the current economy is the continuing loss of previously held “guarantees,” such as pensions and rollbacks. To find its way back to an economy that works for everyone, the U.S. should pursue a higher minimum wage, increased infrastructure spending and further investment in public education, she said. When asked about any talk on Capitol Hill concerning the potential of job elimination due to increased automation, Schakowsky acknowledged that is a valid concern. But, Schakowsky noted that there have been major technological changes in the past and that automation may bring jobs as well. “The problem with some of those jobs is they
don’t pay a living wage,” Schakowsky said. “Often it’s not about their job; it’s about the wage. So we have to make sure these jobs pay.”
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Lois Taft, a retired professor who attended the event, said she came because she was “interested to see where Jan stands on certain issues.” Taft said she was most interested by Schakowsky’s concern over Republican talks to
add the question of “Are you a citizen?” to the Census. Schakowsky said including the question could even reduce response rates among U.S. citizens, which she predicts could decrease the population estimates for blue states such as California, or states such as Texas that Schakowsky believes to be “flippable.” A decrease in the response rate would predictably reduce those states’ proportional representation in the House, hurting Democrats, she said. Rowe said he thought the event went well, and that he appreciated Schakowsky’s willingness to come to campus. “I think it gave us a real chance for a mixing of political bodies,” Rowe said. “And that’s our mission as Northwestern’s Political Union, to allow for Northwestern kids to see that side of politics and vice versa.” samuelwebber2018@u.northwestern.edu
MEN’S TENNIS
NU heads south seeking improvement in doubles By BENJY APELBAUM
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Nine times, Northwestern has faced off against Oklahoma. Nine times, the Wildcats have been on the losing end. No team has beaten NU more often without taking a loss in the history of the program. The Cats (1-1) will travel to Norman, home of the No. 18 Sooners (5-0), this weekend to play two matches as part of a four-team, tournament-style ITA Kickoff Event — with the winner earning a spot in the ITA Indoor Championships in February. Depending on the result of the first match, NU will then play either No. 16 Illinois or Georgia Tech (3-1) on Sunday. The regional placement was decided based on a draft. The top 15 teams from last season have the opportunity to host a regional, and the
full draft order for placement is determined by the rankings at the end of last season. Coach Arvid Swan had the seventh pick in the draft and was the third coach to choose to play at Oklahoma, a team that finished ranked No. 13 and was one of the lower-ranked hosts. Swan said another appeal was the indoor location that would be similar to the environment the Cats practice in for most of the year. “We’ve played there before many times, we feel comfortable in the environment,” Swan said. “It’s an indoor facility, and we wanted to play inside.” The last time NU played in Norman was in 2015, and while none of the members of this year’s team were in on that squad, this will be the third time in the last five years the Cats will play at the Oklahoma regional of the ITA kickoff. However, the Sooners are a familiar opponent even to these players. Last year, the Cats lost a 4-3 nailbiter that went down to a third
set tiebreaker in the deciding match. In that match, which was played at last year’s ITA Indoor Championship, NU’s loss in the doubles point played a critical role. Winning two of three doubles sets gives a team the first point of the match before singles play begins and can provide critical momentum. Doubles has been a focus for the team early in this season after a loss in the doubles point hurt the team in a 4-3 defeat to North Carolina State. “We’ve got to still play a lot better at doubles,” Swan said. “Making sure we have the right energy in doubles, it’s a little different energy than singles.” Freshman Antonioni Fasano said doubles requires having more energy and confidence than in singles play. Fasano and his partner, fellow freshman Nick Brookes, struggled in their first two doubles sets at the No. 2 spot, losing 6-3 to both the
Wolfpack and Boise State. However, Fasano is optimistic that as the new pair plays with each other more, their synergy will improve. “Over time if we keep on playing together we’ll manage to understand each other better,” Fasano said. “I think we are playing well, we just need to focus on getting an early break and keep our confidence high.” Along with Fasano and Brookes, junior Ben Vandixhorn and sophomore Dominik Stary have had an up-and-down start at the No. 1 doubles spot in their first year competing together. Getting an early boost from the doubles point could be key as the Cats head into two competitive matches where they will need every edge they can get. “We’re going into every match as if we should win it,” junior Jason Seidman said. “We’re all going to be ready and play hard.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats push No. 14 Maryland in surprisingly tight battle By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah was forced to the ground three times against No. 14 Maryland. The first two lit a fire for Northwestern in its late comeback, but the third fall finally knocked the wind out of the charge Kunaiyi-Akpanah led. Down a point with eight minutes to go, the junior forward was checked by Maryland forward Brianna Fraser, and the Wildcats’ leading rebounder was helped off the court. She returned to the game three minutes later and converted an and-1 that tied the game, but Fraser elbowed her in the face with three minutes to go and Kunaiyi-Akpanah left the game again. Then with 53 seconds to go, down by a basket, Kunaiyi-Akpanah was overpowered and called for a foul as she challenged the Terrapins’ forward. Fraser converted the layup and the free throw, all but sealing the Cats’ 68-65 loss. Kunaiyi-Akpanah, who finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, said NU’s (9-13, 2-6 Big Ten) physicality
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took Maryland (18-3, 7-1) by surprise and forced Fraser and her teammates to play with more intensity down the stretch. “I think they didn’t expect us to come out so strong, so they reacted the only way they knew how to react,” she said. “When teams are being physical with you, you can’t second guess yourself.” With Kunaiyi-Akpanah’s absences throughout the fourth quarter, freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam played a significant role in the Cats’ offensive turnaround. After NU scored just 10 points in the second quarter and spotted the Terrapins a 41-33 advantage at halftime, Pulliam scored 11 of her team-leading 19 points in the last 20 minutes. Facing the Big Ten’s first-placed team, which beat No. 8 Ohio State 99-69 on Monday, Pulliam said she knew the importance of shooting aggressively and inspiring the Cats to do the same.
“We didn’t settle for anything,” she said. “We just kept going at them and we were aggressive throughout.” As Pulliam and the Cats’ offense kept matching Maryland’s scoring, they gained momentum as the second half went on. NU trailed by 12 points early in the third quarter, but sophomore center Abbie Wolf ’s buzzer-beating layup cut the deficit to 5 heading into the final period. The Cats tied the game twice in the fourth quarter, but Fraser scored 5 of Maryland’s last 9 points against a hobbled Kunaiyi-Akpanah, including the post move with under a minute to go that sealed the result. NU turned the ball over three times in the final three minutes, and coach Joe McKeown said giveaways plagued the Cats down the stretch. But aside from a few possessions, he said he was satisfied seeing his players show the most physical and mental toughness they have all season. “I told our players, ‘That’s why you came to the Big Ten,” he said. “We just had opportunities in the fourth quarter with the game tied where we just couldn’t get a stop.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats hit road for ranked contest Strong start gives NU By ALISON ALBELDA
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Following a tough loss by tiebreaker last Friday to No. 18 Nebraska, Northwestern looks to bounce back against No. 14 Minnesota this weekend. Despite the loss, the Wildcats (7-2, 2-2 Big Ten) sit at No. 20 in the rankings for the second consecutive week. Six matches remain, five of them against conference foes, for NU to maintain momentum heading into Big Ten Championships in early March. But keeping the pace will not be easy in one of the best wrestling conferences in the nation –– where 11 of 14 teams are ranked. Sebastian Rivera, a redshirt freshman ranked 10th at 125-pounds, said the Cats need to bounce back from last week’s loss and get a win against another top-20 team. “I need to wrestle hard for seven minutes,” Rivera said, “and score as many points as possible. We have been working on bottom (positioning) and then riding on top and scoring on top now
No. 20 Northwestern vs. No. 14 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 1 p.m. Sunday
is (key).” Redshirt junior Johnny Sebastian, 18th in the 174-pound weight class, has won his past four Big Ten bouts and will look to pick up a fifth Sunday along with a team win. Against Minnesota (5-3, 2-2 Big Ten), however, that won’t be easy. The Golden Gophers have won every match between the schools in the past 18 years. The teams last met in 2016, which ended in a 22-20 NU defeat. “They like to wrestle hard and all of their guys are pretty solid,” Sebastian said. “It will be cool to wrestle in a nice atmosphere where they are passionate and it will be a good opportunity for us to knock out a team that is ranked higher than us.” The Golden Gophers, however, will also be facing a packed weekend schedule, travelling to Penn State on Friday before flying home to host the Cats on
Sunday. That’s not the only reason this year could be different, as the Wildcats have a deeper squad compared to previous years, with four ranked wrestlers in the projected lineup. Along with Rivera and Sebastian, redshirt freshman Ryan Deakin and true freshman Colin Valdiviez are both ranked at their respective weights. Deakin, after his ninth major decision victory of the season, is the highest-ranked wrestler for NU at No. 5 at 149 pounds; Valdiviez sits in 20th in the 133-pound weight class. While the Cats have talent at the top of the lineup, coach Matt Storniolo has emphasized the need to get away from evenly splitting the 10 individual matches and getting more positive production from the bottom half of the lineup. “The ongoing theme is we need a sixth man to step up,” Storniolo said. “We want to come back from this weekend with a minimum of six guys getting their hand raised … and a team win.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Sebastian Rivera grapples with an opponent. The redshirt freshman will be a key part of Northwestern’s efforts against Minnesota this weekend.
chance to pull upset By CASSIDY JACKSON
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On its temporary home court at Beardsley Gym on Thursday, it looked like Northwestern would get off to another slow start. Less than a minute into the first quarter against No. 14 Maryland, the Wildcats were 0-for-4 from the field. But sophomore forward center Abi Scheid and freshman guard Jordan Hamilton turned the first quarter around for the Cats and put them in the lead 6-4 three minutes in and set the tone early, indicating this game may be different. Junior forward Pallas KunaiyiAkpanah put up 5 points in the opening period, making her the second-leading scorer in the quarter behind Scheid, who had 7. Kunaiyi-Akpanah said the team’s opening tone contrasted with many of its performances this season, and kept NU in the eventual 69-65 loss to the Terrapins until the final moments. “We tried to come out strong early because we have a recurring theme of coming out soft,” Kunaiyi-Akpanah. “It seems like when we get a hit we have to dig out of our hole.” When NU travelled Sunday to Wisconsin, which sits one notch above the bottom of the Big Ten, the Cats came out weak and eventually paid for it. By the end of the first quarter, the team was down 16-7. NU fell to the Badgers 58-46, but a stronger start could have made the difference for the Cats. By the end of the first quarter on Thursday, however, the Cats (9-13, 2-6 Big Ten) had put up 23 points, just a basket shy of their seasonbest 25 points in a period. The team slowed down on offense in
the second, putting up their lowestscoring quarter of the night with 10 points. But that coincided with a strong defensive effort, as NU managed to hold the Terrapins, (18-3, 7-1) to 15 points. Freshman guard Lindsay Pulliam, the team’s overall lead scorer with 19 points, said the team came out with a confidence she believes caught Maryland off guard.
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I’m really proud of our team. It’s probably ... the hardest game, physically, that we’ve played. Joe McKeown, coach
“I thought it was a hard-fought game,” Pulliam said. “We played with confidence, and we acted as if we could beat them. I think they didn’t expect us to do that.” The Cats carried that confidence all the way into the fourth quarter. Within two minutes, Pulliam scored twice, closing the gap and tying the game for the first time since halfway through the second quarter. Coach Joe McKeown said though the final outcome wasn’t what he would have wished for, NU handled itself well in a game where they were tested both physically and mentally. “I’m really proud of our team. It’s probably … the hardest played game, physically, that we’ve played all year,” McKeown said. “We had the crowd going, our defense was locked in… we just had opportunities we didn’t convert.” cassidyjackson2021@u.northwestern.edu