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Vigil held for ferry victims City drafts youth
education program By PAIGE LESKIN
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Nathan Richards/Daily Senior Staffer
IN MEMORIAM Students pause during a candlelight vigil Friday for victims of the Sewol ferry disaster. The event was organized by several student groups, including the Korean American Students Association.
By ALICE YIN
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Members of the Northwestern community gathered Friday night under the soft glow of a candlelight vigil to commemorate the lives lost in last month’s South Korean Sewol ferry sinking. About 50 students, alumni and faculty members attended the vigil, which was organized by NU’s Korean American Student Association, Koreans At Northwestern University and Asian Pacific American Coalition.
Standing around The Rock, the crowd remembered the tragedy, which occurred on April 16, when a Sewol ferry capsized with 476 people on board. Most of the people on the ship were high school students, and at least 236 individuals died and 66 are still missing. “Korea is talking about how they can make the country safe but the most important thing is just remembering all the young lives lost,” Asian languages and cultures Prof. Eunmi Lee said at the start of the event. “Nothing can be replaceable … (as) the mother of two children, I’m just very angry and sad about the whole thing.”
As the vigil began, the glow of a sea of white candles gradually radiated from the area as people passed the flame from one wick to another. The vigil started by taking a moment of silence to reflect on those affected. Individuals then wrote messages on a banner while a student initiated the singing of the Korean national anthem. The event concluded with people taking turns sharing their initial reactions and feelings about the tragedy. Many members of the crowd were in tears throughout the vigil. » See VIGIL, page 9
NU reviews guidance on Title IX, gender
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Although Northwestern policies have protected students from discrimination against gender identity since 2009, NU administrators are reviewing these policies following a new federal guidance document that explicitly states that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity. The Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education released the document Tuesday with guidelines regarding educational institutions’ obligations under Title IX. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the document is the first to explicitly discuss the protections Title IX provides to transgender students. “Title IX’s sex discrimination prohibition extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity or failure to conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity or femininity, and OCR accepts such complaints for investigation,” the OCR said in the guidance document.”Similarly, the actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of the parties does not change a school’s obligations.” Sarah Brown, a senior equal employment opportunity specialist, said NU’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment prohibits
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discrimination on 16 categories, which include sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. “Although Northwestern’s policies already cover the transgender community, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access is reviewing the recent guidance by the Office of Civil Rights to determine if any policy revisions are necessary,” she said in an email. Title IX Coordinator Joan Slavin said the Title IX Coordinating Committee is also reviewing their policies to see if any changes are needed. Devin Moss, director of the LGBT Resource Center, said OCR’s guidance serves to clarify existing policies. “There’s not just University backing. There’s a wider backing to ensure people are safe and have the ability to live life just like anyone else in regards to their gender identity and expression which I love,” he said. “Now it’s time for people to live up to these polices of inclusion and making sure there is space for trans and gender nonconformity individuals to exist within all aspects of our community.” Moss added the document has implications beyond just college campuses. “I do think this a really great thing on campus but also in society as a whole in order to protect individuals to make sure everyone has the same safe experiences to the best of our ability,” he said.
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Evanston community leaders are drafting a proposal to bring a long-term education initiative called Cradle to Career to the city. Cradle to Career has established itself with the vision that “by the age of 23, all Evanston young adults will be leading productive lives, building on the resources, education and support that they and their families have had to help them grow into resilient, educated, healthy, self-sufficient, and socially responsible adults.” It relies on a “collective impact” model that aims to mobilize various organizations and entities in order to better serve a common goal. The idea for a community-wide move came to light in October 2012 at a meeting with leaders in Evanston, school district 202 superintendent Eric Witherspoon said. They picked up Cradle to Career from the national Strive Network and decided to apply its basic concept to the Evanston community. Witherspoon and a few key leaders have met continuously in order to mold the model to fit Evanston’s structure. “It’s a game-changing proposal and initiative for our community,” Witherspoon said. “It will save youth in so many effective ways for a long, long time.”
The effort focuses not only on developing the parts of the community that deal with youths in district schools, but also the parts concerning teenagers and concerning young adults transitioning to the job market; hence the initiative’s name. Witherspoon said that for Cradle to Career to work, it needs the involvement of all sectors, including businesses, schools and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Witherspoon said this full-blown engagement is critical to the program’s success. The entire community must learn its responsibility in furthering the lives of young people by making the most available to them, he said. “We’re still not getting all the outcomes of youths that we could be getting,” he said. “There are still gaps in the system. We have to make sure no children fall between the cracks. We all agree that we will hold ourselves accountable to shared metrics.” Several community groups have already expressed interest in participation, including the Youth Organizations Umbrella, the McGaw YMCA, the YWCA Evanston/North Shore, and the Second Baptist Church and Childcare Network of Evanston, Witherspoon said Cradle to Career has also reached out to Northwestern University and Oakton Community College to span its work to
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Firm presents citywide bike plan By SOPHIA BOLLAG
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A consulting firm presented the latest draft of a citywide bike plan on Saturday that would add features to make bike travel safer on some streets and prohibit it on others. The plan would add safety features to eight “corridors,” including parts of Asbury, Chicago, Sherman and Maple
avenues, Noyes and Howard streets, Green Bay Road and several other streets, in most cases by creating protected bike lanes. It would also prohibit bike travel on parts of Dempster, Main and Central streets, South Boulevard and Green Bay Road. The plan also proposed adding safety measured to parts of Greenleaf Street, Oakton Street, Callan Avenue, South Boulevard, Sheridan Road, Edgemere Court, Lincoln Street, Harrison Street and Lincolnwood Drive.
The corridors were selected based on bike and automobile traffic studies and width of the streets, Public Works director Suzette Robinson said. The draft was presented at a workshop Saturday morning to collect feedback from residents before Evanston and the consulting firm T.Y. Lin International finalize the proposal and present it to City Council in June. About 20 people attended the » See BIKE PLAN, page 8
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