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Aldermen discuss renovation funding Property tax levy proposed to cover $1.5 mil deficit By KEERTI GOPAL
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Aldermen discussed moving forward with the Robert Crown Community Center project at Monday’s City Council meeting, reviewing plans for the project while continuing discussion on alternative funding options. The funding options presented by the city would leave a $1.5 million deficit, which staff said could be filled with a property tax levy. Next week, a construction manager will be presented to the council for approval. “How do we fill that deficit?” Mayor Steve Hagerty said. “Those are the decisions that we’ll have to make but ... (it seems) this Council is committed to moving forward with bringing a new Crown Center to Evanston.” Hagerty outlined several possible solutions, including increasing property taxes, selling assets and reducing expenditures elsewhere in the city budget. The staff ’s current plan included an increase in property tax, but city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said there will be continued discussions on alternate methods to obtain the required funds for the project.
Aldermen agreed that the renovation of the center is important for the Evanston community, and Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said it should be a top priority. “I find that Robert Crown is basically unusable now,” Fiske said. “It has been an embarrassment for several years. … I can’t imagine putting this off, (and) I think if we put it off we are going to basically undermine the entire project.” The current Robert Crown Community Center provides sports and recreation programs as well as child care and access to free WiFi. The proposal for the new center includes three turf fields and a library, and Friends of the Robert Crown Center representative Pete Giangreco said the goal of the center is to bring the Evanston community together and increase equity. “Having all of these educational and recreational resources in one place is really a paradigmshifting opportunity,” Giangreco said. “The new Robert Crown as the city has envisioned is quite simply what our community needs and what our community is demanding.” As of Friday, FRCC has raised $11.1 million, mostly in fiveto seven-year pledges payable through 2023, according to city documents. The project cost estimate — including the $1.4 million spent in the past two years on fundraising and architectural and engineering services — is » See COUNCIL, page 6
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A panel including Provost Jonathan Holloway discusses ‘An Outrage,’ a film on lynching in the American South. Holloway said violence was a response to black people receiving opportunities during the Reconstruction Era and for “not behaving” in the eyes of white people.
Provost speaks on lynching film
Panelists discuss racism, history after screening of ‘An Outrage’ By ALAN PEREZ
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In the documentary “An Outrage,” Provost Jonathan Holloway said it’s important to remember the history of lynchings in the Jim Crow South because the pain and memory carry on for generations. “Being forgetful — truly forgetful — is a luxury that whites
could afford but blacks couldn’t,” Holloway said in the documentary. “And if you have that luxury, the problem is the system could keep repeating itself because no one remembers.” The documentary, screened Monday to an audience of about 60 in Norris University Center, seeks to tell the history of lynchings in the American South from the perspective of descendants, community activists and scholars. The 33-minute documentary was
Journalist talks #MeToo activism
Washington Post’s E.J. Graff speaks on campus about movement
By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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The #MeToo movement is a “wildfire moment” for the nation as emerging women have exposed the pervasiveness of sexual harassment, journalist E.J. Graff said at a Monday event. “They have been wandering in the wilderness, often traumatized,” she said. “Resentful of how these powerful creeps derailed their careers and their lives. Furious, as we now know.” Graff, currently the managing editor of the Monkey Cage at The Washington Post, spoke about the “#MeToo moment” to an audience of about 50 at Annenberg Hall. The event, sponsored by the Women’s Center, consisted of a presentation by Graff and a Q&A panel that also included Women’s Center staff. Other historical instances have similarly sparked national conversation and outrage, Graff said. For example, after U.S. attorney Anita Hill alleged she was harassed by her former boss,
current Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, more women than ever ran for office, Graff said. However, she added, social change requires time to “metabolize,” and no single moment can “change everything.” While the Anita Hill hearing brought much more awareness to the idea of sexual harassment, it did not stop harassment from occurring, she said. To create lasting change, Graff told The Daily, people have to follow through after the initial burst of energy ends and hold their institutions accountable. “There are wildfire moments and there are institution-building moments,” Graff said. “You need both. The wildfire can’t last; it’s just not human nature to stay in full outrage for too long.” In her presentation, Graff listed some ways she would combat sexual harassment if she were “queen of the world,” like by replacing every man ousted for sexual harassment with a woman and giving raises or promotions to five women for every year a predator worked at an
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Journalist E.J. Graff speaks at an event Monday. In the presentation and Q&A, Graff addressed the historical precedents and future possibilities for the #MeToo movement.
organization. John Wilson, an Evanston resident who attended the event, said while such solutions seemed unrealistic, it was refreshing to hear something aside from the “cynicism” many express. “In many ways it’s encouraging that she has a very optimistic view of this current movement, because it’s easy to look at the past and see where things haven’t changed,” Wilson said. “It’s good to hear those kinds of idealistic appeals.”
During the Q&A session, the panel addressed how to report on issues of sexual harassment and assault to an audience that included many journalism students and faculty. Graff stressed the importance of respecting a source’s decision to share or withhold their story. “No means no” when people do not agree to have their experiences or their names published, she said. Women’s Center director of » See METOO, page 6
followed by a panel discussion with Holloway and the film’s two directors, Lance Warren and Hannah Ayers. The film builds off of the statistics in a report by the Equal Justice Initiative, which found that more black people were lynched than previously thought. Warren said he originally planned to use only one story, but expanded the narratives after seeing that no lynching was typical and that there was a “disgusting
Medill Justice Project to offer spring classes
The Medill Justice Project will continue offering Spring Quarter courses to undergraduate and graduate students after its director, Medill Prof. Alec Klein, took a leave of absence following accusations of harassment and bullying. In a statement to The Daily, Medill Associate Dean Beth Bennett said the school will be “finalizing the faculty for that course over the next few weeks.” Students enrolled in the Winter Quarter Medill Justice Project course are currently being taught by Medill Profs. Patti Wolter and Peter Slevin. According to an email sent to Medill undergraduate students by Allisha Azlan, project coordinator for the Medill Justice Project, applications are open for the program’s two-unit spring course. Graduate students can also apply to join the Medill Justice Project in the spring, according to an email sent to students. The application for the project opens Feb. 19 and will close Feb. 23. Undergraduates will be notified of their selection by Feb. 26. Earlier this month, 10 former Medill Justice Project students
diversity” between instances. Holloway, a scholar on black history, said lynchings emerged after the Civil War because white people viewed former slaves as a threat to their economic wellbeing. Violence was a response to black people receiving opportunities during the Reconstruction Era, he said, and for “not behaving” in the eyes of white people. Tanikka Mitchell, the » See OUTRAGE, page 6
and employees published a letter accusing Klein of sexual harassment and said he displayed “controlling, discriminatory, emotionally and verbally abusive behavior.”The letter, widely circulated online, was sent to Provost Jonathan Holloway and Medill Dean Brad Hamm. A day after the accusations were made public, Klein took a leave of absence while Northwestern investigates the allegations brought up by the 10 women. Both graduate and undergraduate students can apply to the Medill Justice Project’s spring courses, which offer students a “ hands-on experience surrounding the criminal justice system through investigation, research and reporting on potentially wrongful convictions,” according to the email sent by Azlan. When the allegations were made public, Klein said in a statement to The Daily that he has “tried to lead The Medill Justice Project with honor.” In a statement sent to The Daily following the letter’s publication, Klein’s lawyer Andrew Miltenberg said Klein “denies the allegations that are being made … (and) intends to respect the confidentiality and privacy of Northwestern University and its internal process.” — Mariana Alfaro
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AROUND TOWN City Council considers delaying library renovations By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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Aldermen at Monday’s City Council meeting discussed delaying next steps for the renovation of Evanston Public Library’s main branch, saying the Robert Crown Community Center project is the main priority at this time. The city cannot currently afford both renovation projects, and the declining state of the Robert Crown Center is more pressing than EPL, aldermen said. The Robert Crown Center project also includes plans for a library, which would cost $2.5 million and would fill a “service gap” for potential library patrons in the 9th Ward, EPL director Karen Danczak Lyons said. Mayor Steve Hagerty said the council has expressed concerns about whether Evanston can take on both projects at this time, considering the city’s revenue and expenses. “The reality is we do have capital needs in this community,” Hagerty said. “There has been a conversation going on with the prior City Council and this City Council about what are the priorities with the community centers and the community gathering spaces, in which the library is one of the primary (priorities), as is Robert Crown.” Danczak Lyons and representatives from
POLICE BLOTTER Evanston man arrested in connection with domestic battery An Evanston man charged with murder more than 20 years ago was arrested at a hospital Thursday in connection with domestic battery. The 41-year-old man and his 50-year-old girlfriend were drinking alcohol at her friend’s apartment in the 700 block of Seward Street when they got into an argument, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The woman told police her boyfriend was trying to sleep with
renovation architectural firm Wight & Company presented a master plan for the floor-by-floor design overhaul for the library, which modernizes the building in a cost-efficient way, Danczak Lyons said. Michael Barnes, design principal at Wright & Company, said the firm began working with EPL administration and staff two years ago to assess what residents want from the library and how to make those improvements while keeping the library open to patrons. “The mission and offerings of libraries today are very different than what they were before, but libraries are used as much, if not more, but just in different ways,” Barnes said. “Based on the needs and desires we came up with for what this library ought to have, we actually had to put it together as a complicated puzzle.” The current total cost estimate for the renovation is $10.5 million, though the cost would escalate each year if the city chooses to delay the project, Barnes said. If the city delayed the renovation until 2023, the cost would increase to about $12.7 million, according to EPL’s presentation. The plan creates more public space by converting staff-only areas to private and semi-private workspaces and community meeting rooms. The renovation also provides a larger space for teenagers, digital media and technology enhancements. There will also be a gender-neutral bathroom, first-floor
her friend. The man became threatening and the couple left the apartment separately, Glew said. The woman returned to her home in the 700 block of Mulford Street around 4 p.m. Her boyfriend met her at the back door and demanded the keys to the car they were renting, Glew said. She said she denied him the keys because the car was rented in her name, though he had paid for it. Her boyfriend then pushed her to the ground in front of a witness, Glew said. An ambulance transported the woman to Presence Saint Francis Hospital to treat a scratch on her wrist and bleeding coming from behind her ear.
cafe and a computer lab. Danczak Lyons said this project is intent on providing equal access to technology, as learning and job searching have become increasingly dependent on digital media. “This is really a community-driven vision for the main library,” Danczak Lyons said. “The community depends upon us not just for shelter, but for information and for community building. And that’s the vision that’s guiding this proposed renovation.” During the discussion about EPL, Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said “this is the right time” to move forward with the library renovations, and that it is important to start now to avoid the escalation of the cost. Still, she said she “reluctantly” agrees that the Robert Crown Center takes priority at the moment. She added that the current spaces in EPL do not support the many programs that the library provides, and she has heard of “tremendous demand” for the individual and group meeting rooms that the renovation would create. “Of all the city facilities that we have in Evanston, the ways that we use the library have changed the most dramatically of any other building I can think of in Evanston,” Wynne said. “(The renovation) is really important for us to continue to innovate.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu
In possession of the car keys, the man went back to his girlfriend’s friend’s apartment around 7:30 p.m. He was met there by the friend’s boyfriend, whom he struck over the head with a bottle and left, Glew said. The man then went to the hospital where his girlfriend was being treated. There were multiple stab wounds on his body, though he denied being involved in a disturbance with anybody, Glew said. He was arrested at Saint Francis at 11:14 p.m. and charged with domestic battery.
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Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) speaks at a council meeting. At Monday’s City Council meeting, aldermen discussed the next steps for the library renovation.
Setting the record straight An article published in Sunday’s paper titled “Group aims to connect with local musicians” misspelled Weinberg senior Aaron Clarke’s name on a second reference. The Daily regrets the error.
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Alum launches transcription startup By ALLIE GOULDING
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When Andrew Mason founded Groupon, he said the goal was to get people out of their homes and away from their computer screens. “The thing that I always loved about working on Groupon was the idea that we were catalyzing people to get out of the house and do something,” Mason said. “I always saw myself as firmly on the side of pushing people away from their screens rather than pulling them in, in terms of technology that I wanted to build.” After a controversial ousting from Groupon in 2013, Mason (Music ’03) founded Detour — a virtual tour guide app — in 2015. When that startup stalled, he used the technology from Detour to create his latest startup, a transcription service called Descript that launched Dec. 12. Descript works like a word processor program and can be used to simultaneously edit any audio file being transcribed, Mason said. The goal is to make transcription services easier and more efficient for professionals, he said, but also make it more “accessible to people who wouldn’t be doing (audio editing)
Kellogg to host panel with former Obama administration officials Kellogg School of Management will host a panel with former officials from former President Barack Obama’s administration to discuss the forces shaping the nation’s executive branch, according to a Monday news release. The panel will include Obama’s deputy assistant Roy. L. Austin, former Vice President Joe Biden’s director for domestic and economic
otherwise.” Mason said he worked with 11 other people to build Descript from the technology used for Detour, which eventually fell to the side. Mason said Detour fit into that same idea as Groupon. The startup allowed people to step into an augmented reality of various major cities around the world and away from their television — but eventually, “television won,” he said. Descript, on the other hand, is an audio editor that allows for editing by text instead of typical waveforms. “It doesn’t fit neatly into that paradigm at all of pulling people away from their screen,” Mason said. “It’s mostly just a creative tool that people can use to better realize their ideas as audio experiences.” Medill sophomore Nicole Stock said she used a beta version of Descript over the summer at her magazine internship in San Francisco. “It‘s the most accurate transcription service I’ve used,” Stock said. “I haven’t really found anything that’s comparable to it in terms of services. I’ve used other services where you can press pause on the interview and take notes alongside of it, but it’s the only one I’ve actually found that actually transcribes your whole
interview.” Mason graduated from Northwestern with a degree in music technology, though he was originally accepted as a material science engineering major. After a couple of years as a material science major, he realized he wanted to play in a rock band instead. Mason said rather than drop out of school to fulfill that goal, he chose to do it within school by transferring into music even though he had no performance background. Linda Jacobs, Bienen School of Music assistant dean for student affairs and Mason’s academic advisor, helped by working classes that fit his interests into the requirements of his music degree, she told The Daily in an email. Jacobs said she was never surprised by Mason’s entrepreneurial work after graduating, as music majors have to be “constantly accountable for their individual work,” she said. “To be successful takes an incredible amount of resourcefulness, perseverance and creativity,” Jacobs said. “(Mason) was always trying to look for ways to just make things happen, so whatever it took to get something done — whether in music or not — he would be ready.”
policy Don Graves and Biden’s director for legislative affairs Tonya Williams. Alumna Dorothy Tucker (Communication ’77) will moderate the panel. Kellogg Prof. Ben Harris, who served as the chief economist and the economic advisor to Biden, helped coordinate the event. “The panelists’ collective expertise will foster an insightful conversation on a host of topics relating to social and economic policy, with a particular emphasis on issues facing the black community,” Harris said in the release. The panel is part of NU’s Black History Month observance and is co-sponsored by the
Black Management Association, the Public Policy Club and the Kellogg Public-Private Initiative, according to the release. “By bringing top policy officials to Kellogg, we are helping to introduce tomorrow’s business leaders to the inter-workings of government which will prove critical to their future performance in business,” Harris said in the release. The event — which is open to students, faculty and staff — will take place Feb. 20 in White Auditorium in the Kellogg Global Hub.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor: It’s time for us to act for my hometown, Parkland We know them all by name. Columbine, Newtown and Orlando are just a few. Last Wednesday, another place was added to this list: Parkland, Florida, my hometown. I’ll be the first to admit that past shootings in the United States have often seemed distant. Yes, shootings motivate us to send thoughts and prayers on social media, and maybe even briefly bring the topic of gun control to our conversation. Eventually though, my motivation for keeping the gun control debate at the forefront of my attention would wane. Being directly connected to a shooting changes all of that. Before this event, I would bet most people outside of South Florida wouldn’t be able to find Parkland on a map. Parkland is a peaceful city that borders the Everglades and a place where you were more likely to notify the authorities about an alligator sighting than any kind of crime. It was voted
one of the safest cities in Florida last year. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has consistently been ranked among the best public high schools in Florida as well. While I did not attend, I live among and am friends with so many who do. Now this community and this school are synonymous around the world with tragedy. Nothing could have prepared me for seeing my community all over the news, ravaged by such an evil act. There is no way to unsee the videos of students, many of whom are neighbors and friends, running with their hands above their heads outside of their high school — a place that should always be safe. But what I have felt is nothing compared to the pain students and families of Stoneman Douglas High School have experienced. That pain I cannot express in words. It was always easy for me to assume that these types of events would never affect my community, but nothing was further from the truth. We must all view this travesty in regards to where we live and ask ourselves, what if this happened to my community? Through the pain, I have watched Parkland stand up. Look up Emma Gonzalez, Cameron Kasky or David Hogg as proof. The aftermath of
this shooting is going to be different, and the passion and action we have seen from so many Douglas students have already demonstrated as such. The vocal pushback on guns from so many in the Parkland community is too loud to ignore. It’s time for Donald Trump and all NRA-backed politicians to listen. Politics aside though, this is about people. This cannot be a Democrat vs. Republican issue where we only see our differences. Rather, we need to unite around our similarities and what we all want for our communities. We should all want students and teachers to be safe at school anywhere, period. I have yet to hear a better alternative to gun control from anyone, liberal or conservative. Do we really want to arm all teachers with guns? That’s perhaps more dangerous. There is merit to addressing mental illness, but guns enable those who fall through the cracks to kill in mass amounts. What we really need is swift action to take guns like the AR-15 out of circulation. I’m not saying this because I’m liberal, but because I never want any community to feel the way my home of Parkland is feeling right now. In honor of Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron
Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Chris Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup, Peter Wang, my friend Joaquin Oliver, and all those who have passed because of senseless gun violence, it is now time for us to act. Everyone must hold their political representatives accountable to pass gun legislation and preemptively stop another tragedy like Parkland is dealing with. We cannot afford to let the conversation on gun control disappear again. I know for a fact Parklanders will not let this happen, and I hope the rest of the nation is ready to follow. I am inspired by my hometown. No community should ever have to experience this kind of loss, but Douglas students have turned this horrible event into a call to action. Parkland will be added to a troubling list, but history will remember Parkland for the incredibly brave students, teachers and first responders who will begin a nationwide movement to address mass shootings. They will need all of our help. Think of Parkland, pray for Parkland, but, most importantly, act for Parkland. — Stender Von Oehsen
If I’m ever killed by a gun, remember these sentiments ALEX SCHWARTZ
DAILY COLUMNIST
If I’m ever killed by a gun, please make sure my name appears nowhere near the words “thoughts and prayers.” I see it as an indignant way gun advocates try to convince us of their humanity, an attempt to distract us from the fact that a culture they have worked tirelessly to uphold has taken yet another group of innocent lives. Of course we’re all thinking and those of us who pray are praying. Someone explicitly saying that to the world tells me that thinking and praying is all they plan to do. If I’m ever killed by a gun, know that you could’ve done nothing to prevent it. Know that the responsibility of protecting us is being shirked by those we trust and pay to represent us. Make sure they feel your sadness, your anger, your hopelessness. Make sure they feel it a thousand times greater than you do. This is their fault just as much
as the person who pulled the trigger, the person who sold them the gun and the person who built that gun. Know that our country houses a system that perpetuates gun culture and gun violence. If I’m ever killed by a gun, please don’t diagnose a person you know nothing about as “mentally ill.” Please don’t demonize mental illness by associating it with violence when most violent people are not mentally ill. The real illness is our collective denial that a machine whose sole purpose is to kill has a role in all this killing. The real illness is our fetish for the power and fear these weapons bring. The real illness is our politicians’ refusal to do even the slightest bit of work to stop their constituents from getting murdered. If I’m ever killed by a gun, don’t say that I wasn’t killed by a gun. Don’t say it was the shooter’s mental illness, obsession with violence or lack of faith. If you’re tempted to say “guns don’t kill people; people kill people,” think about how just calling someone a “shooter” intrinsically links their personhood to a gun. Regardless of who pulls the trigger, the gun does the killing. Don’t diminish my death by not attributing it to a larger problem.
If I’m ever killed by a gun, know that this is part of an ailment that plagues my generation. We’ve existed in a period when school shootings have become increasingly commonplace, but no less terrifying. We’ve grown up with active shooter drills and locked classroom doors. Because shootings happen in all types of communities and because guns exist in all types of communities, we knew there were few reasons why our schools wouldn’t be next. And then there were the movie theaters, malls, offices, churches and bars. Places where we normally felt safe now came with their own risk of death by gunshot. Why, we wondered, are our nation’s children so alone in their fear? Why is this problem so unique to us? If I’m ever killed by a gun, please politicize my death. I don’t want to be just another victim in an endless procession of people whose lives were taken from them by bullets. I want what happened to me to influence positive change that will prevent more people from meeting the same fate. But stay committed; don’t let people forget. Politicize me because there’s not enough time to grieve before the next tragedy happens. Politicize
me because people need to care before their communities are impacted. Politicize me because while no solution will fix everything, people can’t keep dying like this. My chances — and those of everyone else in this country — of being killed by a gun increase every day that guns are purchased legally by people who should not own them, every day that a pro-gun culture our political leaders refuse to do anything about promotes gun violence in this country. Even though I’m incredibly thankful to have evaded gun violence, it’s important to acknowledge the risks each of us faces and how we can push for policies that can mitigate them. So, if I’m ever killed by a gun, now you know what to do. Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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.
Schools must do more to encourage girls’ interests in tech RACHEL HOLTZMAN
DAILY COLUMNIST
Last Saturday, about a dozen Girl Scouts visited the Northwestern University Knight Lab, where they experimented with the Knight Lab’s virtual reality headsets. It’s one of many components of the Girl Scouts’ new STEM programs, which foster mentorship and focus on exposing girls to hands-on science and technology projects. As Silicon Valley reckons with its toxicity towards women and people of color, it’s clear that schools have failed to educate children and young adults — especially girls — for the digital age. The presence of advanced technology in the classroom doesn’t necessarily guarantee equal opportunity or access.
In a world increasingly dependent on digital literacy and technological skills, schools do girls a disservice by reinforcing the stereotype that technology is an exclusively male industry. We can’t rely on Silicon Valley to push a new generation of women into tech; it’s up to schools and after-school programs to encourage girls to enter these fields. By providing young girls with hands-on programs and role models, we can undo biases around women in technology and equip them with the tools they’ll need to succeed. The problems of gender discrimination and sexual harassment plaguing top industries begin with gender stereotyping early in our education system and have real-world consequences. Only about 20 percent of college degrees in computer science nationwide are awarded to women, and girls are discouraged from entering technology fields long before. A study released last summer found that when a group of first graders was asked whether boys or girls were better at robotics, programming,
math and science, the majority of all students answered, “Boys.” So how do we change that perception? Early exposure to tech can have a marked impact on both boys and girls, and must be encouraged by both parents and teachers. In a study in which some students were given a chance to play with a toy robot, the girls who got to program the bot reported an equal interest in tech to the boys — but the gender gap persisted with girls who were given a non-tech task. Hands-on experience in the classroom and afterschool activities can expose girls to technology and robotics early. But exposure alone won’t encourage girls to pursue jobs in tech. Like in any other field, mentorship, job shadowing and hands-on projects targeted specifically at girls will show them that it’s possible for people who look like them to succeed. Meeting a woman working at a startup as a coder, robotics expert or product developer can serve as valuable examples for what they can achieve. They’ll be more
likely to have confidence in their own abilities and be adequately equipped to pursue the education and training needed to succeed. In today’s digital age, tech has affected almost every field — from the finance industry to media to commerce. If we change nothing about the way we teach boys and girls to view women in tech, we’ll continue to widen the gender gap, making it even harder for girls to survive and thrive in new industries. On the other hand, increasing budgets for technology programs, mentorship and hands-on experiences will play a key role in changing the face of tech innovation for good. Rachel Holtzman is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at rachelholtzman2018@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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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Artist examines black womanhood in performance By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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Midway through her performance, Lynsey Ann Moxie stopped the music and spoke directly to the audience. As a black woman and artist, she said that it was time for her to be vulnerable. Moxie sang, danced and recited poetry as part of “100 Acts of Resistance” on Monday at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. The performance was one of 100 across the Chicago area this year, in which artists express their experiences as marginalized Americans. Moxie said her piece aimed to pay homage to black women and the diversity of their experiences. As an “interdisciplinary artist,” Moxie said her piece used multiple art forms to mirror the wide-ranging obstacles and successes black women encounter. “When I was creating this show, my conversation of resistance revolved around the dimensionality of black women,” Moxie told The Daily. “I sit on the shoulders of all these black women who have helped me have the audacity and the courage to be vulnerable. And so, as I wrote this thesis, it was really important for me to share all the dimensionality and the versatility of what it means to be a black woman.” The first half of the performance involved spoken-word poetry and music, quoting Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit” and recounting the story of Emmett Till, a black teenager who was murdered in the 1950s. Moxie delivered poems on racial paradigms, colorism and the
Police identify body found on Thursday as Evanston resident
Police identified the body found near the Metra line track in downtown Evanston on Thursday as 34-year-old Evanston resident Jason Arcangeletti. Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said initial indications show Arcangeletti’s death was a suicide caused by blunt force trauma after being hit by a train. He added the cause and manner of the
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center at 927 Noyes St. Lynsey Ann Moxie sang, danced and recited original poetry as part of a performance in the ‘100 Acts of Resistance’ series at the Center on Monday.
“dimensionality” of black sound. Moxie also performed original songs from her EP, “Forget Me Nots.” The songs took the audience of approximately 15 people through the stages of her relationships. Lisa McDonald, a Wilmette resident who attended the event, said she appreciated the death are not official at this time. Police delayed the autopsy until Sunday because the body was too frozen, Glew said. The accident was reported to the Evanston Police Department by a Metra engineer at 8:06 a.m. Thursday. The accident on the Dempster Street overpass caused delays to the Metra’s Union Pacific North line for about 30 minutes. Arcangeletti, who lived a few blocks away from where his body was found, was pronounced dead at 8:59 a.m. Thursday. — Nikki Baim
structure of the performance. McDonald also said she valued the inclusivity of the performance’s discussion of colorism. “(Moxie) touched on a lot of topics that are still pertinent and have always been pertinent,” McDonald told The Daily. “I loved how she closed it with love and the concept that we need to be
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vulnerable.” Moxie works as an English teacher at Southland College Prep Charter School in Richton Park. She said as an English teacher, she believes in the power of words to enact change. Having attended Spelman College, she said the historically black college for women helped her learn important aspects of history. Tim Rhoze, the artistic director at FleetwoodJordain Theatre, said Moxie’s show was a part of the Noyes Cultural Arts Center’s Black History Month programming. Rhoze said Moxie’s piece managed to inspire the audience. “I thought it was absolutely brilliant,” Rhoze told The Daily. “She has consciously raised her performance to a level where we’re going to be aware of our actions as human beings and our interactions as human beings.” Moxie’s performance also touched on reclaiming black culture and allowing black women the space to experience a range of emotions. In the piece, Moxie listed emotions ranging from joy to anger, explaining that it is okay for black women to feel and express these sentiments. Allowing yourself to access multiple feelings is a statement of humanity, she said. Ultimately, Moxie said she hopes the piece serves as a space to confront discomfort and learn from it. “There’s nothing wrong with having discomfort,” Moxie said. “If we’re all comfortable and we’re all kicking it with people who agree with us, then how do we grow? That’s what this show is about.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu morning. The rain and warm temperatures will accelerate the snow melt, creating the possibility of flooding, NBC Chicago reported. Forecasters expressed concerns that the frozen ground might cause water to run faster rather than absorbing the moisture. The city posted a tweet Monday afternoon, urging citizens to “help prevent localized flooding by clearing drainage structures of snow, ice and debris.” The city also encouraged residents to call Evanston 311 if they need assistance. — Catherine Henderson
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Artist hosts quilt workshop for annual art series By AHLAAM DELANGE
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Community artist and organizer Jason Brown launched a collaborative art project Sunday in a shared effort to bring residents together during the “cold, isolating” winter months. The “unCovered” installment, the first workshop of Evanston’s 2018 Winter HeARTh community project, was hosted at the Evanston Ecology Center and will be followed by a second workshop on March 10. The annual public art series is a collaborative effort sponsored by the Evanston Arts Council that pursues community engagement during the winter. This year’s project involves community members sewing square pieces that answer prompts about
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their sentiments toward the community, which will later be incorporated into a collective quilt. The assembled quilt or garment will be worn in a “future community empowerment event,” according to the city’s website. “I like the idea of people coming out and putting down their opinions and feelings about the community in a tangible way,” Brown told The Daily. “Art and craft is empowering in that way.” Brown said the more comfortable people are in expressing themselves, the more likely they will “push those feelings out” into society and improve the community. The series has initiated collaborative events since 2014. This year’s main collaborator is Evanston artist Melissa Blount, who uses her background as a clinical psychologist to explore the notions of trauma, white supremacy and bearing witness to the unjust
on the 2019 bill. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said she was concerned about the prospect of the levy, saying it put vulnerable residents in a difficult position. “I don’t agree … that the only way to pay for this is to extract money out of the taxpayers sitting at home trying to figure out how to pay their bills,” Rainey said. “It’s really easy for you (as aldermen) to write checks for your tax bill, but it’s not easy for everybody else.” Despite disagreements on the logistics of filling the $1.5 million deficit, aldermen decided in favor of allowing the project to progress.
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$48.5 million, an increase from the September estimate that fell between $40 million and $46 million. This increase is based on the completion of final design documents by architects and the work costs associated with newly discovered subsoil problems at the site. The funding plan presented Monday accounted for most of the program costs, but found the aforementioned $1.5 million deficit. Staff proposed to cover the gap with a property tax increase of $25 per $100,000 of property value on the 2018 tax levy bill and an increase of $16
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In response to an audience question about men’s role in the #MeToo movement, Women’s Center director Sekile Nzinga-Johnson said everyone, regardless of gender, has a role to play in fighting harassment. Men throughout history have supported women’s rights movements, she said, although many still contribute to the problem by remaining “bystanders.” Graff pointed out that the group of harassers is proportionately small, and “men are human beings too.” Many need to pitch in for change to occur, she said. “It can’t be done without all humans,” Graff said.
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coordinator of research programs for the Office for Sponsored Research, told The Daily that Holloway’s analysis resonated with her, adding that the desire for domination largely fueled racism and racial violence. “There’s perpetual fear among the dominant race that makes them feel that they need to have an unfair advantage over other races in order to survive,” Mitchell said. “That perpetual fear drives that unorthodox and unnatural behavior.” The film also draws links between the public killings of black people today, noting the recorded deaths of unarmed black boys and men at the hands of police officers strike an uncomfortable similarity to the past. “There’s a reinstitution of publicly recorded displays of African Americans being killed before our eyes that is occuring at a similar rate to that of lynchings during the earlier part of the 20th century,” said Isabel Wilkerson, a scholar interviewed for the documentary. “That is a heartbreaking symmetry of public attack on people who have been of the lower
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madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu caste from the time of the founding of the country.” The film features the stories of black people who were publicly murdered and lynched, told by their descendants. The directors said it is important to tell this marginalized history because the nation has yet to come to terms with its violent past, and racial violence isn’t just a phenomenon in the South. “Every locality that we’ve been to has a history of racial violence,” he said, referring to screenings he’s attended across the nation. “Nearly every single one of those is an unmarked history. That’s a problem.” Holloway added that a citizenry informed on the truth of the past would be better prepared to strive for social justice. He also discussed his own personal reaction to the history of lynchings, saying that while he understands the stories may trigger anger, he chooses a different approach. “If I’m going to get out of bed, I’ve got to be hopeful,” Holloway said. “I choose a politics of love instead a politics of rage. Not that I’m blind to the madness that’s going on, just I need to get out of bed.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018
NU wins one of three games vs. Nebraska-Omaha By ALAN PEREZ
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Northwestern won just one of three games in its opening series of the year as the Wildcats showed up at the plate but failed to contain the Nebraska-Omaha bats. The Cats (1-2) were swept by the Mavericks (2-1) in their opening doubleheader Saturday despite scoring 13 runs between the two games. NU’s pitching recovered Sunday, however, posting a shutout through eight innings and ultimately snatching the Cats a 3-1 victory. Relief pitching ultimately failed NU on Saturday, despite early leads in both games. In the first game, senior pitcher Tommy Bordignon allowed four hits and two walks in his appearance and was pulled after 2.2 innings. Though junior outfielder Ben Dickey and junior infielder Jack Dunn each hit well, going 2-for-5 and 3-for-5 respectively, Nebraska-Omaha overpowered the Cats, 14-8. NU raced out to an early lead in the second
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Willie Bourbon and Nick Paciorek celebrate crossing the plate. The Wildcats didn’t do enough of that against Nebraska-Omaha this weekend, going 1-2 in the series.
game, led by a strong start by junior pitcher Danny Katz, but that advantage vanished when an unearned run in the seventh tied
the game. The Cats were unable to catch up as the Mavericks put five more runs on the board throughout the final three innings to
win 10-5. But the Wildcats bounced back Sunday and held Omaha to just one run. Freshman pitcher Quinn Lavelle threw five scoreless innings in the first start of his college career, allowing just three hits and striking out five. The Mavericks challenged NU’s lead in the top of the ninth, scoring their only run of the game on a wild pitch and loading the bases, but sophomore outfielder Kyle Burnett ultimately caught a long fly ball for the final out. Productive at-bats backed up the strong pitching performance in the final day victory, but the Cats still did not meet expectations on the weekend, losing the series to a NebraskaOmaha team that finished last year 3-21 in nonconference play. The series was originally scheduled to start Friday, but flight cancellations shortened the series from four games to three. NU traveled Saturday morning to Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, where the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox hold their spring training. aperez@u.northwestern.edu
Wildcats go 1-3 in Raleigh’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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Northwestern failed to build on its momentum from a 4-1 start to the season, dropping three of four games this weekend at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wildcats (5-4) were swept in a doubleheader by Louisville (6-3) on Friday before splitting two games against North Carolina State (5-4) on Saturday and Sunday. The two losses on Friday were especially frustrating for NU. In the opener, the Cats rallied from a 2-0 deficit to take a 6-2 lead into the seventh and final innings. Sophomore pitcher Morgan Newport, who had been stellar to that point in 3.1 innings of scoreless relief,
simply could not close it out. With runners at first and second and two outs, Newport committed a throwing error, allowing a run to score and extending the game. Cardinals catcher Jenna Jordan then hit a three-run home run to tie the game and eventually sent it to extra innings. Louisville pushed across a run in the eighth to secure a 7-6 victory. “I just have to understand that that game is over and I can’t change anything that happened in that game,” Newport said. “All I can think about is how I can help my team the next game and my next outing.” NU had a shot at redemption later that afternoon, but once again came away disappointed. The Cats took their first lead of the game in the sixth when junior Morgan Nelson scored on a wild pitch, but Louisville answered
in the bottom half with a run against junior pitcher Kaley Winegarner, who pitched well despite the 3-2 loss. The Cardinals scored the winning run in the seventh on a failed fielder’s choice. “Our struggles came in giving them too many free bases,” coach Kate Drohan said. “We gave them too many chances. Top to bottom, our staff got some gritty outs, and then we had some opportunities to shut it down and we didn’t.” NU did pick up a 3-1 win Saturday against the Wolfpack behind a complete-game twohitter from freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey, who improved to 2-0 on the season. Wilkey struck out 11 and had three hits and an RBI in support of her own cause. She continued to impress at the plate and in the circle, raising her batting average to .360 and lowering her
season ERA to 2.62. Freshman Rachel Lewis was also a bright spot, hitting two home runs in Raleigh. She is hitting a team-high .393 for the season. But with a chance to sweep NC State and finish 2-2 on the weekend, the Cats came up short, falling 4-2. Senior pitcher Nicole Bond struggled, walking four batters and giving up three earned runs in just 1.1 innings. Newport and Wilkey were solid in relief and Lewis hit her second home run of the weekend, but a NU rally in the seventh fell short. “In terms of offense, I think we had a lot of missed opportunities, we left a lot of people on base,” Drohan said. “We did a good job generating those chances, but we didn’t do a good job of delivering the runs.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats lose sizeable second-half lead, suffer 10th conference loss By BEN POPE
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Another goblin clambered into Northwestern’s escalating nightmare Monday night. Unable to snap out of their ongoing streak of late-game meltdowns, the Wildcats (15-14, 6-10 Big Ten) blew a double-digit second-half lead for the third straight game and lost their fourth straight overall, this time 71-64 at home against Maryland. “We were in a pretty good rhythm, and then the turnovers were the story,” coach Chris Collins said. “(Maryland) got us out of some of the stuff we were trying to do, and we just got really sloppy. I thought we had a lot of careless turnovers.” After a 3-pointer by junior forward Vic Law gave the Cats an 11-point lead early in the second half, the Terrapins (19-11, 8-9) steadily fought back into the game, then erupted on a 16-2 run — taking advantage of several gaffes by sophomore center Barret Benson — to grab a 9-point advantage. Already missing senior guard
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NU’s second-half meltdowns continue By ELLA BROCKWAY
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Bryant McIntosh’s first shot attempt of Northwestern’s game at Maryland came with 10:22 left in the first half. The senior guard found an opening in the lane late in the shot clock, drove down the middle and put up a floater that missed the rim. That first attempt foreshadowed how the rest of the afternoon would go for the Wildcats. McIntosh was held scoreless for the first time in his career and NU (1511, 6-7 Big Ten) continued to struggle from the field in Saturday afternoon’s 73-57 loss to the Terrapins (17-10, 6-8). The Cats shot only 33 percent, their fourth lowest percentage this season. The offense felt the effects of McIntosh’s quiet day. The senior was held to a season-low one assist in the loss, and it was just the third time in his 125game career that McIntosh finished with more turnovers, with three total, than points. “Any time a good player struggles like that, I think you have to credit the defense,” coach Chris Collins said. “I thought they did a great job swarming in our pick-and-roll game. I thought for whatever reason he was a step slow with his energy today.” Senior guard Scottie Lindsey led the team with 20 points, but only five of those 20 came in the second half. The Cats, coming off of a 61-52 win over Michigan in which they held the Wolverines to a 25 percent second-half shooting percentage, faced a Maryland
offense that hit eight of its first nine shots of the game and shot 53 percent from the field overall. NU’s defense showed some promise in the second half, forcing the Terrapins to go 2-for-7 from 3-point range, but the Cats were unable to convert on the opposite end. Three of McIntosh’s five attempts came after the break, a seasonlow number of attempts for a player who averages 12.5 points per game. “We just tried to double him basically,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. “Our backside of our ball screen defense was terrific today, and that made the whole difference.” Shooting has been an issue for NU this season. The Cats have the thirdlowest scoring offense in the Big Ten, averaging 70.4 points per game, and the second-lowest field goal percentage in the conference at 43 percent. Another offensive statistic that stands out comes from the free-throw line: NU has the best free-throw percentage in the Big Ten at 76 percent, but has only 462 free-throw attempts on the season, the second-lowest in the conference. Collins said he hopes the Cats — and specifically, McIntosh — will be able to be capitalize on more offensive opportunities in their next few games. “(Maryland’s) principles were really good against us and we could just never really free (McIntosh) up for clean looks,” Collins said. “Hopefully we get a chance to play these guys again and we’ll get to watch film and put him in a position to be more effective when they come to our place.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Bryant McIntosh for the second straight game, Law played through an apparent leg issue for much of Monday’s contest but eventually came out in the final minutes, and his team was unable to rally late without him. Collins said he hadn’t gotten an official diagnosis, but that he thought Law had just rolled his ankle. Junior center Dererk Pardon said the team got away from their offensive game plan in the second half. “Offensively, we started trying to do things by ourselves,” said Pardon, who tallied 14 points and six rebounds. “We’re not connected on the offensive end, more so in the second half (when) people start getting tired.” Senior guard Scottie Lindsey led NU with 15 points, while sophomore guard Isiah Brown set his season high with 11. Proven Cat-killer Kevin Huerter topped them both on Maryland’s end of the court, however, shooting 7-for-12 Monday to up his season total in two meetings against NU to 40 points and nine assists. Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said he told his team at halftime, at which point the Cats held a 37-30 lead, that they needed to change things quickly — and they responded. “I said if they score 37 in the second half, we’re done, and it won’t be close,” Turgeon said. “(Then) our defense got going, our press helped them get out of
a little bit of a rhythm, we guarded well the last 15 minutes, and that was really the difference.” Collins shifted his team’s defensive stance from its typical hybrid zone to a conventional man-to-man in the first half in response to Maryland’s guardheavy, floor-spreading style, he said. But the combination of a poor night at the rim — NU was outscored 34-18 in points in the paint thanks to numerous failures to box out — and plenty of turnovers leading to fast breaks in the other direction allowed the Terrapins to continue their offensive success nonetheless. “We had 10 turnovers that led to about 20 points or so off turnovers in the second half,” Collins said. “That really energized them — those turnovers I think gave them life, because they were able to get layups on the other end and they were able to get the lead.” As the season winds down and the injuries pile up, Collins said his squad is experiencing both physical and mental fatigue. The fans seem to be fatigued of watching a losing team, too — Monday’s announced crowd of 6,014 in Rosemont was the smallest since Jan. 10 against Minnesota. As Pardon put succinctly after the game, simply earning one more victory has become the Cats’ all-encompassing challenge. “Winning is the only thing that can motivate us right now,” he said. “The only thing that should be on our minds right now is just winning a ballgame, by any means.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats stage rally, get fi rst ranked win By CALVIN ALEXANDER
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Northwestern pulled out a thrilling win over No. 22 Washington on Saturday and followed it up with a rout of Milwaukee later in the day. The Wildcats (5-3) entered the day on a three-match losing streak, and freshman Inci Ogut said she recognized the importance of these two wins. “This was very important for the team,” she said. “We were not at our best these past weeks, but this is a sign of better things to come.” The Cats went down 3-0 to the Huskies (7-4) before winning four matches in a row and completing their comeback. The first point did not go as expected, as NU dropped its first doubles point of the season. After taking No. 2 doubles and dropping No. 1 doubles, the Cats’ pair of junior Rheeya Doshi and sophomore Julie Byrne fought back, only to lose the set 7-6 (3) and concede the doubles point. “We didn’t play a great doubles point, I’m a bit disappointed with that,” coach Claire Pollard said. “It’s poetic justice that we win finally after losing the doubles point.” The losing continued into the start of the singles portion. Junior Lee Or lost quickly and senior Alex Chatt followed suit. Down 3-0, the Cats needed to win every remaining match to sneak away with the win. The comeback began with a 6-2, 6-4 win from senior Maddie Lipp. Byrne and senior Erin Larner followed Lipp with two straight-set wins of their own, leveling the match at 3-3. “We responded really well to dropping the doubles point,” Larner said.
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“We knew we needed to go out and dominate and we did.” With the score tied, the only match left was at No. 5 singles between Ogut and Washington’s Kenadi Hance. It was a back-and-forth affair from the first shot to the last. After squandering four set points, and allowing the final four games of the first set to go to deuce, Ogut finally took the set 7-5. Then, after being up a break on multiple occasions in the second set, Hance forced a tiebreaker and took it 7-6 (3), forcing a third set to decide the winner.
“I didn’t think about losing the second set,” Ogut said. “I thought of it as a new opportunity and I knew I couldn’t waste it.” Hance got up an early break in the final set, but the NU freshman fought back and took a 5-4 lead. Just two points from victory, the chair umpire overruled a call made by Hance, giving Ogut a match point. Ogut won it and clinched the match for the Cats. After the dramatic win, NU dispatched the winless Panthers (0-8) in the late afternoon by a score of 7-0. The Cats did not lose a set in the quick win, capping off the doubleheader. “It’s another weekend down,” Pollard said. “Time to roll our sleeves up and get ready for the next one.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern. edu
Daily file photo by Noah Frick-Alofs
Alex Chatt prepares to hit the ball. The senior participated in an exciting weekend for the Wildcats, who went 2-0 Saturday.