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Students uncertain as abroad resumes Study abroad programs to resume Fall 2021 By JACQUELINE GERMAIN

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storytellers and visual artists. “(It’s) a year-round effort … for the Black community to uplift and to teach and to acknowledge all the

After six quarters of canceled overseas trips, undergraduate study abroad programs are currently set to return for Fall Quarter 2021, according to Northwestern’s Global Learning Office website. All undergraduate study abroad programs for the 20202021 academic year were cancelled as a result of COVID19, including those set for Summer 2021. GLO Director Sara Tully, however, said that the office is hopeful that fall 2021 trips will be possible. “Our hope is that the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic will be under greater control by that time and that we’ll be able to see students safely going abroad to study abroad again,” Tully said. The GLO website encourages undergraduates seeking to study abroad to apply for

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Angela Williams’ mixed-media prints – inspired by African Andira symbols – bring together modern and traditional African art. Williams will speak about her work as a part of the FleetwoodJourdain Theatre’s 24/7/365 Black history broadcast series.

24/7/365 broadcast celebrates Black history Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre highlights community artists, Black history with broadcast series By ILANA AROUGHETI

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Dr. Elisha Hall is neither a stranger to the recording studio, nor to storytelling. He

released his first instrumental album last month, and his three children often clamor for bedtime tales, which he draws from his thesis work on West African storytelling. Now he’ll bring the two passions

together to make his storytelling debut on air. “Storytelling is a genre, yes,” Hall said. “But before it is a genre, it is a way of living, it is a way of being.” Hall will join Evanston’s

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre as the group kicks off its Black histor y project called 24/7/365: A Legacy of Greatness. The series features ten-minute broadcasts by local Black chefs, musicians,

Contract Dino Robinson honored with street name with NU Part of Church St. to be named ‘Morris “Dino” Robinson, Jr. Way” after Black historian reviewed By DELANEY NELSON

NU alum calls for review of contract By WAVERLY LONG

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The University is reviewing its contract with Uline and will make a decision on “how to best move forward” after connections surfaced between the company and the Capitol invasion, a University spokesperson told The Daily. After seeing a WBEZ report that Uline CEO Dick Uihlein contributed over $4 million to the Tea Party Patriots, a conservative political action committee that supported the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a Northwestern

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The city of Evanston will name a part of Church St. after Evanston historian Dino Robinson for his work preserving the North Shore’s Black history. The section of Church St. between Hartrey Ave. and Grey Ave. will be designated as “Morris ‘Dino’ Robinson, Jr. Way,” after Robinson. Robinson, a lifelong Evanston resident, established the Shorefront Legacy Center in 1995, the North Shore’s only community archive for Black history. The center has since accumulated 350 linear feet of records documenting Black history in the area, Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said. Robinson’s work providing historical documentation of the city’s discriminatory policies and practices has helped

further Evanston’s reparations program, aldermen said at Monday’s City Council meeting. Robinson also helped create the Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston, a team of Black residents who will expand reparations work to include education, health and wellness and cultural support. Robinson also initiated the city’s African American heritage sites program, which sets apart eight significant sites with historical markers, as well as its annual Black Evanston History Makers program. At the meeting Monday, Robinson thanked the community for supporting his work at Shorefront and for making use of the archives he has helped collect. “I really owe a debt of gratitude toward the city of Evanston’s community, especially the Black community,” Robinson said. “You helped raise me. I’ve been here since

1980, and all I could think of is how strong this community is and what way can I give back to a community that gives so much.” Shorefront Board President Chip Ratliff said during public comment when it comes to Black history, Robinson’s work has put Evanston on the map. Robinson has received several community awards, including the Community Leadership Association “Distinguished Leadership Award” in 2002 and the Evanston NAACP Education award in 2010. Shorefront has also received global recognition for its archives, and Ratliff said organizations from around the world have reached out to the center as a resource. “His vision is that Black history should be common knowledge,” Ratliff said. “He has spent the last 25 years working hours that some of us

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Shorefront founder Dino Robinson stands among archives. The city will honorarily name a portion of Church St. after Robinson for his work preserving Black history in the North Shore.

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Evanston businesses to celebrate Valentine’s Day Get moving for love In an effort to create community joy, MainDempster Mile and Soul Stories Live are teaming up for 2021 Love Fest - A Virtual Valentine’s Experience from 5-7pm on Feb. 14. The event will feature popular music, dancing and competitions with prizes from Evanston businesses. DJ and event producer Johnny Price said he looks forward to playing family-friendly 70’s, 80’s and 90’s tracks. “The goal is to create awareness for the local area businesses and foster some positive, good times,” Price said.

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Whether you’re spending Valentine’s Day with a significant other, celebrating a lover from afar, or taking the day to treat yourself, Evanston small businesses have you covered with valentinethemed foods, unique gifts and other fun ways to celebrate. Fine eats La Cocinita is serving specialty breakfast sandwiches that will include heart-shaped eggs along with meat, cheese and a sauce between two heartshaped arepas. “We’re not a fine-dining restaurant that takes Valentine’s Day really seriously,” owner Rachel Angulo said. “This is our fun take on how to celebrate sweetly.” Individual heart-shaped cheese-filled arepas will also be available for purchase. Evanston restaurants also have dine-in and takeout options for Valentine’s Day dinners.The Peckish Pig is serving a take-and-bake three-course dinner for two, including steak, lobster, broccolini, potatoes and a heart-shaped molten lava cake. General manager Janek Evans said he is excited about what the restaurant has to offer and he “might even snag” a meal for himself. The restaurant is also offering homemade chocolate covered strawberries, rose bouquets in partnership Saville Flowers, and bottles of rosé

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) apologizes for remarks against Devon Reid Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) issued an apology on Tuesday for remarks made against City Clerk Devon Reid, which aldermen and residents said were racist. Rainey characterized Reid, who is challenging her for the Eighth Ward seat, as a “very scary person” at a

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Evanston businesses are coming up with creative ways to help residents celebrate Valentine’s Day.

bubbles, all available to purchase à la carte style. Sweet treats Interactive desserts are taking over the internet and make for great Valentine’s Day surprises. Lauren Lovinger Barrett, owner of Honestly Organic Cakes, is hopping on the trend and selling hot chocolate bombs filled with heart-shaped marshmallows and decorated with red and white sprinkles. “They’re super fun and it’s a really great way to

get that fun restaurant experience of being ‘wowed’ when you’re at home,” Barrett said. Sandra Silva, owner of Sandy Sweet Cake Creations, hopes customers will feel “excited, happy and amazed” when they break open the chocolate heart she is offering. Silva said the heart will be filled with candies, but customers can also add in whatever surprises they want inside, from gift cards to jewelry. Sandy Sweet Cake Creations will also sell hot chocolate bombs and cookie cakes this holiday.

Feb. 2 debate hosted by the League of Women Voters of Evanston. On Monday, all three mayoral candidates released statements condemning Rainey’s remarks, while residents condemned Rainey during public comment at that evening’s City Council meeting. “I have known and worked with Clerk Devon Reid for the past 4 years. My recent comment about him was inappropriate and for that I apologize,” Rainey wrote in a Facebook post. “While I feel Clerk Reid is not ready to effectively represent the residents of Evanston’s 8th

Ward, in no way do I find him personally ‘scary.’” She extended her apology to any residents she has offended and added she would “be more thoughtful” with her words going forward. Reid has not publicly responded to Rainey’s apology. In a Feb. 2 interview with The Daily, Rainey also criticized Reid for repeatedly referencing his parents’ incarceration throughout his campaign. “He needs to straighten out,” she said. “Maybe he just needs to grow up, I’m not sure.”

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Gifts from the Heart For a classic Valentine’s Day gift, the jewelry boutique Ayla’s Originals is selling a “heart to heart” necklace made of a freshwater pearl with a small ruby attached to it. All other jewelry in the store is currently 20 percent off. For a less traditional gift, Bookends & Beginnings is offering a Valentine’s Day promotion called “Blind Date with a Book,” where customers can purchase a book that is wrapped up in paper with a one-sentence description. Owner Nina Barrett said it is her way of promoting quality reads. “We want to encourage people to take a risk,” Barrett said. “Maybe you think you don’t like mysteries but you are intrigued by the description of the book, and since it’s only 3 dollars it’s not that big a deal if you decide to read it, and you might love it.” wendyklunk2024@u.northwestern.edu Reid responded to Rainey’s remarks in a Feb. 4 Facebook post. “Yesterday, I was scary. Today I’m not allowed to make reference to my lived experience and how childhood homelessness, foster care, and having both parents in prison inform my policy positions and help me relate to residents of our majority Black and Brown Ward,” he wrote. — Joshua Irvine

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Even though NU gave the Asian American Studies and the Latina and Latino Studies Programs the ability to hire, promote and tenure faculty in 2018, those faculty are still not all represented on the Faculty Senate. Tomorrow, the Senate will vote on a proposition to base Senate representation on tenure home units in addition to departments. “There are currently 97 Senate seats and so if we did this, that would bring us up to 98,” Economics Prof. Mark Witte said at the January Faculty Senate meeting. “It doesn’t particularly change the value of the franchise, but it does seem like the cleanest way to make sure that everybody has at least some Senator they can go to with their concerns.” The proposed change connects to years of ongoing student and faculty efforts to increase ethnic studies’ presence on campus. The advocacy resulted in the creation of AASP and LLSP, and most recently, the creation of the Council for Race and Ethnic Studies to allow AASP and LLSP to hire and tenure faculty. History and Latina and Latino Studies Prof. Geraldo Cadava, who also serves as LLSP director, said the Council’s mission expanded after it received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2018. Cadava said the $2.75 million grant allows CRES to hire more faculty, develop its curriculum and advance research. “Faculty members within CRES (have been discussing) what we want CRES to be,” Cadava said. “Do we want it to remain just a vehicle for hiring and promotion into programs, or do we want to see it as a kind of incubator for ethnic studies, classes, research, faculty (and) community outreach at Northwestern?” Cadava said he feels AASP and LLSP are well-supported under the current NU administration, although there has been a history of ethnic studies not being recognized as a legitimate field of study nation-wide.

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However, according to Asian American Studies and African American Studies Prof. and AASP Director Nitasha Sharma, the Mellon Foundation’s grant runs through to 2023. Sharma raised questions about what happens after. “After 2023, (the grant) could be renewed (by the Mellon foundation), but it might not be,” Sharma said. “We do not know if the administrators at Northwestern are committed to CRES as a long-standing program. How can it not (be), if we’re actually hiring people whose membership is in CRES? And then what happens once that funding is dried up?” Sharma said the creation of CRES was a positive step toward giving ethnic studies proper recognition on campus, but the fact that AASP and LLSP are not departments limits them beyond

their lack of Senate representation. If the programs were to become departments, Sharma said they would have more of a say in the direction of their fields on campus and would be able to provide students with more steady course offerings and greater faculty availability. Cadava also said departmentalization would be one way to help support ethnic studies at NU, although he said developing the field of study, in whatever form it takes, is most important to him. “There are still a lot of holes that we need to fill in our curricular offerings and our own research areas of expertise,” Cadava said. “I hope that (NU) continues to support our growth.” waverlylong@u.northwestern.edu

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Noah Toritto set to release debut album in March By GIA YETIKEL

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Noah Toritto knows fish can’t actually hurt him. But when a friend told him about their phobia of fish, the quirky phrase turned first into Torrito’s mantra, then into the title of his first album. “I Know Fish Can’t Really Hurt Me,” will be released on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services on Mar. 5. After realizing he wasn’t going back to school at the start of the pandemic, Toritto started to write a few songs and treat it like a “pet project.” He reached out to Jared May and Seamus Masterson, the bass and violin players respectively, ultimately gathering a total of eight band members. Along with wind instruments, the group features drums, piano and choral vocals. As the project progressed, the band, currently named Noah Torrito, started seeing a lot of potential in the music they were making. While they can’t perform in venues now, the band is still enthusiastic about this album and potential endeavors for the future. “I Know Fish Can’t Hurt Me” is an instrumental jazz album that runs about 20 minutes

long. With some band members residing outside of Chicago because of the pandemic, the musicians used Zoom to work, with calls lasting hours at a time. During the recording process, Torrito took drives around Chicago to inspire and motivate himself. “I love all the views, all the sights, so it was nice to reconnect with that and appreciate some things that maybe I’ve taken for granted in the past,” he said. Toritto felt inspired to write music by “how shitty things were” this year, even outside the challenges of the pandemic. While he has had trouble writing music in the past, Toritto found it easier to focus on this one project as opposed to having multiple projects for other bands. “I think being stuck in one place, you just kind of have to create that inspiration,” he said. Even without lyrics, Toritto believes listeners will get to know him better through this album. To him, this project embodies who he is as a musician and music lover. While there is heavy jazz influence, the music involves many moving pieces to capture the ears of listeners who don’t usually give jazz or instrumental music a chance. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, musicians like Toritto are forging new paths of

what creating in a safe way looks like. Toritto said he has only seen May and Masterson once each since the album was conceived. Toritto said the downside of remote work has been the delay associated with mixing individual tracks, but there has been much more creative confidence. “People have space to work and experiment with their own ideas. There’s no writing in the same room, there’s no pressure to come up with something,” Toritto said. “Since everybody was working individually, it allowed people to take as much time as they needed.” While bass player May embraced the individualism of the process, he also noted that their success came from the band’s communication. Through experimentation and communication, the band was able to virtually make music that embodied their passions and frustrations. May said he hopes that as time goes on, there will be even more room for spontaneity in his work. “The way that we all kind of approached it was really by instinct,” May said. “In having everything that we knew about music, everything we listened to, and (we) just kind of compiled it into whatever came out in the moment.” May described the final song as “overwhelming” due to other stressors, but found himself

hands-on and incredibly driven to do it justice. May said he has a “special connection” with the final song “The End” because he was awake for most of the night trying to write it. “I just got so excited about it, ideas just kept on coming out,” he said. After months of work and mixing tracks, Toritto started to see the album come together. To him, the most significant moment of the process was how tangible the music felt toward the end. Masterson remembers how “raw” the demos sounded at first, but his excitement grew as he saw the project become the album it is now. “The fact that we were all in different states and cities trying to figure this out, there was a really big delay a lot of times, which speaks to the length of time it took to actually record and finish the whole project,” Masterson said. Masterson encourages listeners to have fun with this album, noting how much of an experiment this album was for him and the band Masterson hopes for people to “dance along [and] bump their heads,” and for listeners to “try to feel it the way that we have… just enjoying it for what it is.” giayetikel2022@u.northwestern.edu

Wirtz presents play on Black love, intergenerational pain By VIVIAN XIA

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When first-year MFA directing student Manna-Symone Middlebrooks was asked to pitch and direct a play for the Wirtz Center, she chose a play about Black love, intergenerational pain and Black joy. “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead,” originally written by Suzan-Lori Parks, is the third installment in the “Visions and Voices, a Black Playwrights’ Reading Series.” It will be available on-demand Feb. 12 to Feb. 14 with free tickets for all Northwestern students. The play centers around the last Black man

in the world, who dies over and over again and explores archetypes of Black America through piercing insight and raucous comedy. It includes characters drawn from ancient history and inspired by food, such as Ham, Yes and Greens Black-Eyed Peas Cornbread, and Before Columbus. Instead of following a traditional Western linear form of storytelling it uses the repetitive structures of jazz and call-and-response in both plot and dialogue. First-year MFA student Al’Jaleel McGhee said American culture has embraced a certain way to tell stories that are very Eurocentric in how it dictates plot, dramatic structure and rising and falling action. “When you encounter a story that is not that, it gives you a pause for a second and you have to step back,” McGhee said. “This script gives you

all the pause in terms of the language and the pacing, and even the subject matter.” Since the play was done over Zoom, Middlebrooks said she spent a long time thinking about how to direct it from an “ensemble approach.” Middlebrooks said the play’s writer talks about her language as a physical act with a full body experience, making it challenging to execute over Zoom. Despite these obstacles, Middlebrooks said the actors were able to create some “really great and powerful moments” through the screen. “I’m encouraging the actors to approach the Zoom screen or their cameras like a porous membrane so that we could pass energy to and from each other and get some sense of community, some sense of fellowship,” she said. “If we were all working at doing that, hopefully some

of that would have been felt through the screen.” Al Heartley, the managing director of Wirtz Center and an actor in the play, said putting on this show is a direct response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the call for justice. Working with the crew to achieve this goal was a challenge to do virtually, but he said he was happy with the final product in the end. Heartley said it was a pleasure to be able to act again, especially with both graduate and undergraduate students. “It was exciting to be with a cohort of people ad to develop a relationship, even virtually,” Heartley said. “We certainly all miss the in-person aspects of performing, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t try to recreate that.” vivianxia2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Evanston Made highlights local Black artists with drive By LAYA NEELAKANDAN

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Evanston Made is highlighting local Black artists through their Black Art Drive, which raises awareness and funds for Black artists. This month, Evanston Made is curating an ongoing list on their website of Black artists selling their work, and the organization will be donating 100% of all February sales to Black artist members. From prints to paintings to botanical art to clothes, these artists have much to offer. Local textile artist Bryana Bibbs grew interested in the medium after realizing in college that painting was not a good fit for her. “The beauty that I find in textiles is it can be manipulated in a way you can’t manipulate a painting,” said Bibbs, who is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. “I also enjoy that repetitive process that comes with weaving and spinning because it’s very meditative.” Evanston Made found Bibbs in 2019 at an Evanston Art Center art show, where Bibbs was teaching at the time. Bibbs said she decided then to leave her part-time job in retail management to become a full-time artist. Beyond Black History Month, Bibbs said Evanston Made has been doing a “phenomenal job” of supporting Black artist representation. Evanston Made Executive Director Lisa Degliantoni echoed that the organization is committed to showcasing Black artists yearround, not just during the month of February. “We believe the best and fastest way to help Black artists and creatives is to purchase and

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Evanston Made’s show of emerging Black artists at Backlot Coffee in February. This month, Evanston Made is highlighting local Black artists and their work through their Black Art Drive.

support their work,” Degliantoni said. Artist Ben Blount said Black artists’ work is largely underrepresented, especially in museums. Blount said there has recently been more focus on Black artists in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, but lack of Black representation in the art community has been a longstanding issue.

As a letterpress printer, Blount makes books and other prints on a decades-old printing press, a process he grew to love while taking classes at Columbia College Chicago. “I love the tactile nature (of letterpress printing) and the old equipment,” Blount said. “There’s a history built into it with the sounds of the press and the smell of the ink.” Local photographer James Hopkins, who was

also featured in the Black Art Drive, offered hope for the future of Black representation within the art community. Hopkins, who works in information technology, said he enjoys telling the story behind each picture he takes. “It’s about the ability to view something that, from one angle, may not look like something but if you stare at something long enough and process it, you can normally get something out of it,” Hopkins said. “I like the problem-solving of photography.” Hopkins said Evanston is a great city for diversity in the arts. He also said he is “impressed” by the younger generation’s investment in art. “Here, you will be subject to see every culture, every different viewpoint, from food to imagery to music, and if you open your eyes enough, you’re able to see that,” Hopkins said. For artist Bryanna Christian Renee, centering Black people in her art is the most important and impactful aspect of her work. Renee said the pandemic was actually the motivating factor for getting into art, as the extra downtime was perfect for dabbling in painting. She said she likes painting because it’s “the one thing (she has) control over,” especially during the uncertainty the pandemic has brought. What she focuses on the most is representation for the Black, indigenous and people of color communities in her art. “On social media, there’s such a great BIPOC community of artists, but you don’t see them in galleries,” Renee said. “I would like to create and cultivate a space where Black people are front and center and where they know they are front and center.” laya@u.northwestern.edu

NU students find creative ways to practice a cappella By NICK FRANCIS

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Regenstein Hall of Music, the fourth floor Allison Hall women’s bathroom and a double in Willard Residential College have all been used for the same purpose: to audition for campus a cappella groups this quarter. As students have returned to campus and adjusted to dorm life, many non-Bienen School of Music students face a critical challenge: with limited exceptions, Bienen practice rooms are only available to those who major in the school. Weinberg freshman Lev Rosenberg is a new member of Northwestern’s Purple Haze a cappella group. Though his roommate said he would understand the need to sing in their double, Rosenberg still preferred to practice alone. Because their schedules sometimes require them to be in the room at the same time, he will occasionally have to sing when they are in there together. For Rosenberg, the audition process was rigorous and long, requiring a lot of singing. Practices for Purple Haze, though, are relatively shorter — typically around two hours. Even though he feels self-conscious singing within earshot of other floormates, he said the high concentration of musicians on South Campus and in his dorm makes him feel welcome when he sings in Willard. But he said the trepidation that comes with being heard by other students will never fully go away. “If I were in a place alone or my room at home, I would practice and sing all the time,” Rosenberg said. “Definitely annoying to my family.” Communication freshman Robbie Matthew, a new

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member of Northwestern’s THUNK a cappella group, said he used a practice room in Regenstein for his audition. The room is a separate practice room system from the ones Bienen students use and is equipped with a

piano, a music stand, a stool, window and a mirror. In order to access the rooms, Matthew signed up online and now shares it with a cohort of other students. Matthew and the others coordinate on Google

Dophin Show produces original musical By OLIVIA ALEXANDER

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For the first time ever, The Dolphin Show has produced an original show. This Saturday, “Change My Mind,” a musical co-written by Communication senior Theo Janke-Furman and Bienen senior Lorenzo Pipino will be streamed live on The Dolphin Show’s Youtube and Facebook page. “Change My Mind” explores mental health issues through Holly, a young woman assisting a doctor on an experiment that allows participants to change one thing about themselves. On the last day of the trial, Holly must decide which participant is most eligible for the procedure, leaving the audience to consider whether erasing what we

dislike about ourselves is the best way forward. “Our thesis of the show is that even when things get really hard, it’s always better to work through them and to grow rather than trying to erase the parts of yourself that you don’t like,” Pipino said. Pipino and Janke-Furman began writing the musical last summer after taking a class in the Creating the Musical module. With the aid of the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant, Pipino said he and Janke-Furman formed a “pod” together last summer and met five times a week to work on the show’s music, scenes and lyrics. When Pipino posted a song from the musical on Facebook, a producer at The Dolphin Show reached out and offered to take it on as a Winter Quarter special event. “Change My Mind” will

also show as a part of Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project. “We had finished a bunch of songs at the end of the summer, and then these two amazing opportunities to workshop and see our work on its feet popped up in front of us,” JankeFurman said. “We were so thankful for that, and I think it really pushed us to keep working on it.” “Change My Mind” is Lucia Miller’s directorial debut at Northwestern. Miller said she appreciated the opportunity to work with “a lovely and multifaceted, smart group of actors,” as well as the opportunity to workshop a new musical. Throughout rehearsals, the team said they enjoyed the flexibility of the Zoom environment. They said workshopping a new show adapts well to a virtual space, where edits can be made

to a Google Doc quickly, and actors are looking into the same camera the script is on. Pipino said online rehearsals work well, especially since the cast of six actors is flexible with changes to the material. Those involved with the show said they hope viewers will leave the show analyzing their own perceptions of themselves as needing to be fixed or reshaped. “I think my hopes for the audience leaving this show are (to) equally be delighted by the story and inspired to think about the messages of self acceptance and prioritizing mental health,” Miller said. “I also hope that there’s an equally important conversation about the show as a piece of new work and how it can continue to grow.” oliviaalexander2024@u.

Calendar to split time for room usage. Matthew said his room is not conducive to filming audition videos, and the blank wall in the practice room is more typical of auditions. Being in a practice room — albeit not in Bienen — is much more comfortable than his double. Even though Regenstein practice rooms are not soundproofed, he said he feels better surrounded by other people singing at the same time. “Ideally I would practice in Bienen, because it’s very nice, new, soundproof and large,” he said. “Regenstein is really not that bad, for the time it is a great opportunity.” McCormick freshman Darelle Menendie is a new member in Northwestern’s Soul4Real a cappella group. For her audition, Menendie didn’t film in a practice room or in her dorm room out of consideration for her roommate. Instead, she said she turned to her only other option with good acoustics: the bathroom. Menendie said filming her audition there was embarrassing, but people were supportive and gave her many compliments along the process. “The acoustics in the bathroom are really good, I was just nervous because people were walking in,” she said. “I was just filming as fast as I could then I left.” Practicing on Zoom is virtually impossible, she said. Instead of live practices and performances, the group will be doing everything this year asynchronously. However difficult the process is, Menendie said singing for Soul4Real is helping her “get out of her shell.” But Menendie looks forward to singing in a room, hopefully in the near future. She said being a part of Soul4Real is like a home away from home, with prebuilt friends she has already become close to. “Soul4Real is full of really great friends,” she said, “who also happen to be really great singers.” nickfrancis2024@u.northwestern.edu

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the Fall 2021 term, but said these programs may be canceled based on U.S. Department of State and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, among other considerations. The pandemic is deterring some students from studying abroad even though GLO is offering programming. Weinberg sophomore Gretchen Faliszek had her summer 2020 plans to study abroad in Berlin canceled and does not plan to apply for another program, citing COVID-19 uncertainties.

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alum emailed administrators, calling on NU to end its contract with Uline. “Northwestern competitively bids and negotiates agreements for the goods and services needed regularly by departments and schools on campus,” the University spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily. “We have a vendor screening process that we follow for each contract, and when we become aware of concerns about the social responsibility of companies we partner with, we review that information to determine what next steps may be warranted.” Uihlein, a billionaire businessman from the Chicago area, is the single biggest donor to the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The PAC participated in the “March to Save America” rally that preceded

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wonderfulness that Black Americans, African Americans and those from other countries have contributed to humanity,” Tim Rhoze, the Theatre’s artistic director, said. A conversation several years ago between Rhoze and Lesley Williams — former head of Adult Services at the Evanston Public Library — sparked the idea for the project, an elevenmonth series of Black history programming to sustain celebration of Black accomplishments, rather than limiting historical programming to Black History Month. The Fleetwood-Jourdain Theater worked with Art Encounter, the EPL and the Shorefront Legacy Center to connect with visual artists, storytellers and chefs, respectively. Rhoze worked with musician and composer Anita Turner Baker to recruit opera singer Carl Alexander (Bienen M.M. ‘17) and violinist Natalie Frakes. Alexander plans to speak about the roots of protest music in Black churches, the need for diversity in modern opera and dismantling the notion that classical music is

“I personally just don’t want to even have to deal with the risk or anything like that, because I don’t want to get excited then get let down again,” she said. While Tully said GLO is optimistic, with the dynamic nature of the pandemic, the office is remaining realistic while advising students. Tully noted that students should have backup plans in case some programs are canceled. Despite the uncertainty, some students still plan to apply and are looking forward to studying abroad in the fall. Medill sophomore Jack Izzo said he intends to apply to a program in New Zealand considering how well the country has handled the violent attack at the Capitol and was also part of the “Stop the Steal” coalition, according to WBEZ. NU’s Procurement and Payment Services recently established a contract with the business supply company, which an NU alum was “disheartened” to discover while doing research on the company, the alum wrote in an email to University administrators and The Daily. “I can not in good faith give any donations to a University that will turn around and do business with anyone who supports domestic terrorism,” the email read. “I would imagine that many of your students and their parents would also not be happy about tuition dollars making their way to these organizations as well.” The alum directly called upon the University to immediately end its contract with Uline. Furthermore, the alum urged NU to review its other third-party vendors and contracts and “make it clear to your business partners you will not do a White, Western and archaic space. “With operatic music and art-song music, stuff that is vocal has text, and we’re able to see that not very much has changed,” Alexander said. “We’re dealing with some of the very same human issues now as we did then.” Mixed-media artist, designer and Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Deputy Creative Director Angela Williams hopes to draw a similar historical connection in her broadcast. Though she works primarily through watercolor, Williams has found focusing on African art and textiles helps her connect more closely with her heritage. Lately, she’s started transforming her paintings into collages, a process that reflects her experience learning to piece together her African roots. “Thinking about pieces of things, that’s how African Americans have kind of learned about their heritage,” Williams said. “You get pieces of stories that you hear about, kings and queens in Africa, or families and how they may have lived.” For African student educator Hall, the 24/7/365 series feels especially personal.

COVID-19. “I’ve seen pictures of just full-on concerts,” he said. “You don’t have to wear a mask because, as it turns out, when you actually have a government that puts public health first, it’s significantly easier to contain a pandemic.” Communication sophomore Lauren Kelly said they hope to study abroad in either Nantes or Paris in France in the fall as part of an immersion program to allow her to enhance her French language skills and engage with the culture. Kelly, who is studying theatre, said they hope to attend cultural events during their study abroad trip. “I think it would really be a shame if all of the

museums and orchestras and ballet and operas and theaters were closed,” they said. Tully said she understands student frustrations about the uncertainty and knows that it’s been a tough year, but she hopes interested students will reach out to GLO and consider all their options in relation to studying abroad. “It’s been a year of tremendous uncertainty and our real hope is that we can get past that,” Tully said, “so that those who want to have a study abroad experience as part of their undergraduate experience still have that opportunity to do so.” jacquelinegermain2023@u.northwestern.edu

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might not even imagine, or possibly even have in our bodies and souls, pointed towards making sure that Black history on Chicago’s suburban North Shore is kept.” Both Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) and City Clerk Devon Reid said Robinson’s work has helped them trace their own families’ local roots. Fleming said honoring Robinson with a street sign is the least the city could do to thank him for his work he has done. “I just want to thank you for your love of the Black community here in Evanston,” Fleming said. “You took this on for no money, no glory — just because you love Black people and wanted their history to be kept.”

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Hall, an Evanston Township High School alumnus, will retell West African story Gassire’s Lute on Feb. 16. Hall’s beloved high school drama teacher, Gloria Bond Clunie, is the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre’s founding artistic director. Hall has chosen to dedicate his reading to Evanston resident QuoVadis Harper, who passed away in January. Hall said Gassire’s Lute reminds him of Harper in its message about legacy. “This story is about how our stories live on beyond us,” said Hall, who also chose Gassire’s Lute for its focus on traditional African values like selflessness and community improvement. “We have to keep in constant thought, how is our work right now something that our ancestors would make be proud of, and something that our future generations can look to?” Like Hall, the majority of the 24/7/365 participants have a background in teaching and in art. Now, as they teach audiences how they use art to uplift moments in Black history, they will also engage community members to discuss supporting the next generation of Black artists.

Frakes, another one of Baker’s colleagues, will use her space in the project to emphasize the barriers Black students in underfunded school districts face to studying instrumental music. “I want people to understand that it’s important for people of color to be places where they’ve never been before,” said Frakes. “Especially with string education, there needs to be a serious change and a strategy to make more students of color want to learn these instruments.” When all ten broadcasts have concluded at the end of February, Rhoze and his collective of creators hope that viewers will come to appreciate the role of Black artists in honoring their community’s history, and in using the lessons of the past to inspire future creative pursuits. “When Black artists begin to talk about their processes, and how they come up with their ideas,” Rhoze said. “You get to be a fly on the wall, see these really brilliant, creative minds working and explaining. So it’s about learning something new, and just expanding your own vocabulary about the world around you.” ilanaarougheti2023@u.northwestern.edu

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LakeDance & Watershed Collective talks lake rise By NICK FRANCIS

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Chicago’s LakeDance & Watershed Collective hosted a webinar Wednesday detailing the rise of Lake Michigan’s water levels and its ensuing impacts on local beaches. According to Stefanie Levine, senior project manager for the Public Works Agency, Lake Michigan’s water levels have risen six feet in the past three years and are near historic highs. This has caused damage to existing coastline protective infrastructure and eroded beaches. Lawrence Hemingway, the city’s director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services, said North Chicago, Glencoe, Lake Bluff and Evanston are partnering with the Army Corps of Engineers to apply for a dredging coastline restoration project. The project will dredge inland sand from quarries to restore the coastlines now under the water level, said Hemingway, who is also a member of the Illinois Department of National Resources Sand Management Committee. The restoration project is one of ten approved projects of this nature in the nation and the four municipalities comprise the only coalition undertaking it on Lake Michigan’s shores.

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Lake Michigan in November. According to Stefanie Levine, Lake Michigan’s water levels have risen six feet in the past three years and are near historic highs.

In order to ensure the project moves forward safely, Hemingway said the four communities are hiring GEI Consultants, an independent firm, to serve as the liaison between the Army Corps of Engineers and the restoration commission. They also plan to guarantee dredging sand would be ecologically

appropriate and match Lake Michigan’s natural landscape. “(The project’s) next steps from the four communites are to go back to the Army Corps of Engineers and ask them for a one year extension,” Hemingway said. “None of [them] are quite confident yet of the safety

of the materials, so GEI needs more time.” In the interim, Evanston is taking a more focused approach on certain beaches such as installing revetments and sandbags, both permanently and temporarily, in an effort to protect coastlines and adjacent buildings. Levine said the nearly $700,000 project furnished new revetments near at-risk buildings and installations of temporary sandbag walls along the coastlines. She also said since the transition was both quick and surprising, they chose to focus on the Greenwood and Elliot Park beaches, as well as the Sheridan Rd. Water Treatment Plant, balancing both flooding risk and the value of buildings in danger. However, Levine emphasized that more solutions are in the works, and the high water levels, which could last up to 15 years, will be addressed in due time. Webinar hostess and founder of the LakeDance & Watershed Collective Clare Tallon Ruen, asked whether sandbags will stay on the beaches once permanent solutions are implemented. Levine did not have a conclusive answer. “They’re not a permanent solution—I don’t think any of us want to see that as what the lake looks like,” she said. “Right now they’re doing a job for us, an important job for us.” nickfrancis2024@u.northwestern.edu

Faculty Senate welcomes CDO Robin Means Coleman By BINAH SCHATSKY

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Northwestern faculty welcomed the new chief diversity officer Robin Means Coleman in the February Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday. Coleman, who recently transferred from a similar position at Texas A&M, assumed the role on Feb. 1. Through statistics and an analysis of University goals, Coleman presented her goals and intentions for the position and advocated for community accountability. “You don’t have one (chief diversity officer), but we

are all chief diversity officers,” Coleman said. “And we absolutely must be.” Through the Office of Institutional Diversity, Coleman said she wants to strategically commit to inclusion, diversity, equity and accountability — a set of goals collated under the acronym IDEA. Coleman said advocating for IDEA includes addressing large structural changes at the organizational level, changes within academics and the administration, changes in the climate and culture of the University, curricular adjustments and methods for assessing progress. Coleman emphasized she sees equity as “beyond salary,” and encompasses climate and opportunities for

growth. Coleman also highlighted the need for equitable advocacy for neurodiversity in students, faculty and staff at the University. Communication lecturer Julie Marie Myatt asked what changes are being made at the admissions level to promote diversity. Myatt, who teaches in the theatre department, said she was “surprised” when she started at NU and despite ample conversations around diversity, she has not seen much change over her six years at the school. “It seems like there’s a disconnect between the conversation and the admissions department,” Myatt said. Coleman spoke briefly about reports of applications to NU increasing across the board, including from

students of color, and then directed the question to Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Mónica Russel y Rodríguez. Russel y Rodríguez spoke of investments in diversity being made at the admissions and recruitment level, particularly to the hiring of a full-time “undergraduate admissions expert” in Native American and Indigenous student admissions. Coleman said she plans to assume the role with the goal of being “relentlessly optimistic” while working to implement changes. “Everything isn’t broken,” Coleman said. “We are doing extraordinarily good work at Northwestern.” bschatsky@u.northwestern.edu

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NOT YOUR TYPICAL BIG MAN After two years of learning to lead, Pete Nance is living up to the hype of Big Ten Basketball

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With just seconds left in their district championship and down by two points, the Revere High School Minutemen needed a play. Fortunately, they had Pete Nance. With Revere’s guards covered, the team turned to the towering Nance for their lastgasp attempt. On the inbound, Nance drove the ball upcourt, the waning seconds ticking off the clock. Though not the plan, the play was fitting — the Northwestern recruit and senior leader with the ball in his hands on the biggest stage. That’s where Nance diverged from the superstar mold. Instead of pulling up for the last shot, Nance threw an effortless one-handed pass across the court to teammate Chris Richardson, who was standing wide-open right behind the three-point arc. Richardson’s shot swished, giving Revere a 46-45 win. Nance, the assistor rather than shooter, was in the middle of the celebration, as animated as anyone. Before and after the buzzer, he didn’t need the spotlight on himself. “He’s a guy that doesn’t have to score a lot of points to impact the game,” Revere coach Dean Rahas said. “As any smart coach who would do, we would try to run everything through him because we knew either he was going to score or he was going to give the ball to somebody who was in a scoring position.”

Three years later, those unique aspects to Nance’s game have helped him to hold his own in the loaded Big Ten conference. Through 16 games, the 6’10” junior has made the starkest improvement of any Wildcat, averaging career-highs in nearly every major statistical category. After a challenging first two years, Nance has found his confidence and set the tone for a young NU team. The road to Evanston Pete Nance’s basketball journey wasn’t a choice — it was a natural stage of life in the Nance household. Nance’s father, Larry Sr., was a three-time NBA All-Star and won the league’s first Slam Dunk Contest in 1984. His older brother, Larry Jr., currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and his older sister, Casey, was a captain on the Dayton Flyers in the early 2010s. That meant years of hard-fought oneon-one games on the basket nailed to the side of the Nances’ house in Akron, Ohio, and few victories for Pete. “My brother’s seven years older than me, but I would always try to go up against him and compete with him because I had no other choice,” the youngest Nance sibling said. “It was really hard for me at times, but I think it made me tougher in the end.” After a couple years splitting his time between the court and the football field, Nance fully committed to basketball and took off. Nance starred in his four years at Revere, playing all five positions and bearing the offensive load for the Minutemen. In his senior year, Nance, surrounded by

his best supporting cast, helped Revere overcome an 0-3 season start and win the school’s first district championship, a feat that not even his older brother had achieved. While Nance says that his name got college coaches in the door, his game cemented his status as a prized four-star recruit. Multiple Big Ten programs showed interest, with NU, Michigan and Ohio State among Nance’s suitors. The deciding factor in Nance’s decision — the chance to make a mark on the history of Wildcat basketball. “A lot of other schools you go to, there’s a set history already, those teams have already been good,” Nance said. “But here, there’s a chance to build a team, build something special and be a part of the first part or first team to ever do something.” Unexpected adversity Nance’s first two years in Evanston were rocky. A bout of mononucleosis derailed Nance’s freshman season, causing him to miss nine games and adversely affecting his conditioning. In year two, he began the season in the starting lineup but shooting struggles and a drop in production prompted coach Chris Collins to relegate Nance to the bench. “The average freshman year is a learning experience,” Nance said. “But I think my sophomore year, I had a really tough stretch and I had the mentality of pointing fingers — ‘everybody was wrong besides me.’ I really had to look in the mirror and just get to the gym and work.”

Nance finished his sophomore season on an upswing, scoring in double-digits in four of his last seven games off the bench and rebuilding his confidence in the weight room and gym. Then, hours after the Cats’ season-ending loss to Minnesota in the Big Ten tournament, the sports world came to a halt from the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of a spring of scrimmages and grinding in the gym and weight room, Nance practiced his shooting on the nailon hoop outside his home and traded the free weights and machines for resistance bands. Instead of a couple months of together as a team, Nance and his teammates were dispersed across the country, resorting to texts and FaceTimes to spur each other on. Junior forward Miller Kopp said Nance’s resilience shone through during the quarantine period. “During the pandemic and stuff but throughout his career there’s obviously the ups and downs and that’s visible to everybody watching,” Kopp said. “The thing that he’s done about that is work harder. It taught him how much he had to learn, how much more he can do.” “I’m here to compete” Nance’s offseason work and dedication to becoming a more physical player was evident in his return to the starting lineup this year. Against then-No. 4 Michigan State in NU’s Big Ten opener on Dec. 20, he tallied 15 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists as the Cats pulled off a historic home upset. Nine

days later against No. 10 Iowa and reigning All-American Luka Garza, Nance hit three three-pointers in a 21-point scoring outburst. Two months into the 2020-21 season, he has boosted his field goal percentage from .400 in his sophomore season to .523 and raised his per-game averages in points, rebounds, assists and steals. The little things Nance has done on the court, from his off-ball movement to his unusual passing abilities for his size, have been just as impactful. “I love playing with him because you know you’re always an option,” Kopp said. “We vibe well on the court together because he knows where I’m going to be and which shot I like and he’s like that with everybody on the team.” The flashes of playmaking ability that Pete Nance showed three years ago in the district championship have finally made the jump to the Big Ten stage. It’s emulating the other component of that highlight — the winning result — that Nance has his eyes on next. NU’s 10-game losing skid has dimmed prospects of the team’s second-ever NCAA tournament bid, but Nance has confidence that the Cats can turn it around before his time in Evanston is over. “I’m here to compete for a Big Ten title and that’s something that we can get to,” Nance said. “I’m here to get to the tournament, all the things that Coach Collins talked about when I was being recruited here. Those hopes and dreams are still very much alive for me.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

Cats fall to Indiana in double overtime marathon By JOHN RIKER

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Too often Wednesday night, Northwestern was one play away. One play away from holding onto a seven-point lead with two minutes in regulation. One play away from holding onto a six-point lead with less than a minute in the first overtime period. One play away from snapping a nine-game skid and sweeping the storied Indiana Hoosiers. In a double-overtime contest that NU led for 43:01 of 45 minutes, the Cats (6-11, 3-10 in Big Ten) could not find answers when it mattered most. NU’s 79-76 loss to the Hoosiers (11-8, 6-6). extended their losing streak to 10 games. “I love them as a team, I love our guys,”

coach Chris Collins said. “For them to come out and play as hard as they did, I’m just heartbroken that we weren’t able to come away with a win.” NU’s defense carried the team for most of regulation. Trayce Jackson-Davis, who dropped 22 points against NU on Dec. 23, never found a rhythm due to diligent defensive efforts from sophomore center Ryan Young and junior forward Pete Nance. Jackson-Davis made just one of his six field goal attempts in the first half and finished the night with 10 points. The Cats’ defense opened the game with its best half of the season, holding the Hoosiers to 20 points and just 24.1 percent shooting from the field. But NU failed to capitalize on the offensive end, including an eight-minute stretch to end the first half in which the Cats mustered two points. Indiana’s guard duo of Armaan

Franklin and Al Durham took advantage of NU’s offensive struggles and the defensive focus on Jackson-Davis, each surpassing the 20-point threshold. The Hoosiers offset their struggles with free throw attempts, finishing the game with a 38-12 edge over the Cats. “We did a good job of defending (Jackson-Davis) tonight, and the guards on their team are really good too,” forward Nance said. “It was just the guards’ night.” Still, the Cats had control of the game in the waning minutes, taking a 54-47 lead with 2:16 left in regulation on a layup by Young. NU did not score again in the second half and surrendered seven straight points to Durham, including a jumper with 24 seconds left in the regulation. NU’s offense came alive in the first overtime with 12 combined points from

Nance and sophomore guard Chase Audige, but Indiana’s ability to get to the free throw line gave them their lead. Franklin sank free throws on consecutive possessions to pull the Hoosiers within two, then Durham drilled a long jumper over Audige just before the buzzer to extend the game. Collins said that his team was unfazed in the huddle, even after Indiana’s comebacks. “Even when Indiana made shots or when they were coming back on us, it was real positive talk,” Collins said. “Even when we start the overtimes, just ‘it’s gonna mean even more when we pull this thing out.’ ” In the second overtime period, the Cats’ first double overtime appearance since 2015, Indiana’s offense took control. Jerome Hunter connected on a three pointer to put the Hoosiers up 75-71

with 15 seconds and the Cats could not respond. Sophomore guard Boo Buie had an opportunity to send the game into another overtime, but his off-balance three-pointer was wide left. NU entered its home contest undermanned in the backcourt with freshman guard Ty Berry absent. Berry missed the game after his father died on Tuesday night, and Collins said the Cats hoped to pull out a win for their teammate. “He’s the most energetic, enthusiastic kid,” Collins said of Berry. “We really wanted to just honor his spirit and I thought we did that.” NU’s last-second defeat continued a dubious trend — three straight seasons with a losing streak of at least ten games. NU’s next chance to end its skid will come on Saturday against Rutgers. johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu