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As Northwestern’s one-year COVID-19 tenure clock extension ticks down, women faculty call on the University for more support amid research delays, child care difficulties

By HALEY FULLER

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Instead of digging through archives in Paris and Geneva, history Prof. Helen Tilley, a single mother, spent the spring of her sabbatical researching and writing on the bed while her then-11-year-old daughter completed virtual assignments next to her.

Tilley, a Northwestern faculty member since 2012, was on research leave in Cambridge, England. When COVID-19 caused worldwide shutdowns, Tilley and her daughter remained in their rented townhouse bedroom, which didn’t have room for a desk.

Her daughter would interrupt her several times each day about making lunch, walking the dog or completing her homework. Although Tilley said she wanted to help her daughter, the situation wasn’t conducive to getting her

research work done.

“You want to be calm and positive about the interruptions, and you want to accept that that’s going to make it bearable for her to be out of school,” she said. “Every day is this balancing act of, ‘How much can I get written today?’”

Tilley said her daughter’s school wasn’t prepared for virtual learning. After three weeks of online work, Tilley said she began to find other ways to keep her daughter engaged and excited about learning, essentially creating a

whole curriculum on top of her research.

She said everyone responsible for raising children is constantly trying to figure out how to balance their child’s needs while also advancing their own career.

“What do women do when they have a career goal, and then they have community issues that also rear their head where people’s well-being, your kids’ well-being matters or

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Beaches to be free three days a week Schapiro talks After advocacy against token sales, beach access free Saturdays to Mondays

Schapiro admits he “made the wrong decision”

By ILANA AROUGHETI

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Residents will have free access to Evanston beaches on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays starting this summer.

City Council was initially set to vote Monday on a resolution proposed by Ald. Devon Reid (8th) discontinuing the sale of beach tokens and refunding tokens already sold, which would have made Evanston beaches free seven days a week.

Alderpeople unanimously voted for an amended resolution after a contentious debate that lasted multiple hours and included a suspension of procedural rules. The city will also develop a budget to allow all residents free

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A lakefront at sunset. All Evanston beaches will be free to access Saturdays through Mondays this summer, though beach passes will remain for sale.

University President Morton Schapiro discussed Mike Polisky’s promotion and resignation as athletic director and his hopes for future leadership in a Wednesday Faculty Assembly meeting.

Schapiro spoke in the second half of the meeting, after a panel discussion on Northwestern’s fall reopening plans. Faculty Senate President Therese McGuire moderated the conversation, asking Schapiro questions submitted ahead of time by faculty.

McGuire said many questions submitted pertained to Polisky, who was named a defendant in a

federal lawsuit concerning sexual harassment in NU’s cheerleading program.

“The allegations from the current former cheerleaders of racism and sexism were very sad and painful,” McGuire said.

While the AD search committee assembled a slate of candidates for the position, Schapiro said he ultimately chose Polisky and had “complete authority” over the call.

Along with endorsements from varsity coaches, Schapiro said his choice was motivated by an independent University investigation that concluded Polisky had not violated any policy and conversations with Polisky himself during the hiring process.

“If he had said, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong,’ I wouldn’t have offered it to him, but he said, ‘I learned from the experience, and

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City Council defers Welsh-Ryan pilot program approval

By JOSHUA IRVINE

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City Council deferred on whether to approve an extension on a controversial pilot program permitting Northwestern to host for-profit events at Welsh-Ryan Arena, potentially jeopardizing the University’s plans to host professional sports and concerts.

Alderpeople instead referred the proposed U2 zoning district amendment to the Rules Committee for further review.

The previous council voted 5-4 to approve a twoyear pilot program in November 2019, which would have allowed the University to host six single-day events and one multi-day event each year, with crowds of up to 3,000 people outdoors and 7,000 indoors. The

program was met with widespread opposition at the time, particularly from 7th Ward residents who lived in the vicinity of Welsh-Ryan.

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic sank any plans to host professional events for the next year and a half. And with the pilot set to expire on Dec. 31 of this year, the University is seeking a 1-year extension to the amendment.

As in 2019, Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) was opposed to extending the pilot program.

“Northwestern has tried for years to gain permission to host professional events and entertainment, and sometimes has gone ahead without city approval,” Revelle said. “Northwestern has tried to go ahead with this for years, and each time the City Council has said no, and I believe we should say no now.”

The future of the pilot program largely rests on the verdict of the council’s four new members. Of the

five alderpeople who voted in support of the original amendment, only one, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), remains in office after April’s general election.

Alds. Bobby Burns (5th) and Devon Reid (8th) said they were open to the economic benefits for extending the pilot program. A presentation by Dave Davis, the executive director of Northwestern’s Neighborhood and Community Relations, projected an additional $1.4 million in revenue during the pilot period.

“We have a stadium that can seat 40,000 people,” Reid said. “By not getting proper utilization out of this space we are leaving quite a bit of money on the table.”

But Reid suggested a hold be placed on the amendment until he and other new council members could familiarize themselves with both support and opposition to the pilot program.

Reid’s comments prompted a response from Braithwaite, who contrasted Reid’s restraint on the

pilot program with his advocacy for “big ideas” like mandating hazard pay for employees of large retailers and abolishing beach tokens.

“Several hours ago we removed $1 million in revenue,” Braithwaite said. “Here I’m seeing an idea for $1 million in revenue.”

But a vote showed the council sided with Reid.

Only three alderpeople voted against moving the amendment to the Rules Committee for further review: Braithwaite and Revelle as well as Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd), who also opposed the pilot program in 2019.

Reid had one other advantage: it was past 10:30 p.m., and the new council wanted to go home.

“Let’s get on with it and get out of here tonight,” he said. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu

Council moves forward on retroactive hazard pay proposal

By JOSHUA IRVINE

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City Council members moved forward on a proposal that would mandate big box employers to provide a substantive payout to frontline employees during the pandemic.

The ordinance, requested by Ald. Devon Reid (8th), would require retailers with over 500 employees nationwide to retroactively pay essential Evanston workers an additional $6 for every hour worked during Phases 1 through 3 of the state’s Restore Illinois program, and $3.50 for every hour worked through Phase 4.

The proposal was brought to City Council only two weeks after Reid first requested the ordinance. City staff declined to issue a recommendation on whether the ordinance should proceed, citing a lack of time to conduct research and analysis or solicit public input.

The council ultimately voted to move forward with the ordinance with a 6-3 vote. A decision on whether to enact the proposal will come in the following weeks.

Some alderpeople expressed concern about the legal viability of retroactively mandating hazard pay, which under the proposal would apply some 15 weeks prior to the date of the ordinance’s passage. Illinois currently remains in Phase 4.

According to Corporation Counsel Nicholas Cummings, there was no law that preempted the city from passing such an ordinance in the coming weeks. However, he made clear the city could face legal challenges if the council ultimately chose to pass this ordinance.

Ald. Bobby Burns (5th) said he wanted to hear more from the business community before signing the ordinance into law. He referenced a Brookings Institution study that found record profits for large retailers despite little pay increases for frontline workers, but also acknowledged that some retailers have provided hazard pay to their employees without a government mandate.

If the ordinance passed, he said the city would be obligated to offer hazard pay to its own frontline employees.

“If we come together as a council to say these employees should have hazard pay, it wouldn’t strike

me as out of the box to suggest employees of big box companies with more than 500 employees should do the same,” Burns said.

During public comment, Tanya Triche Dawood, a representative from the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, criticized the proposed ordinance, characterizing it as a “slap in the face” to the grocery industry and stores, who she said had spent “a lot” of money on safety and “uplifting employees.”

Council members said they received a letter from Valli Produce, a regional grocer, in which the retailer claimed it had already issued hazard pay to employees.

Under the ordinance, employers who paid employees an additional $4 or more for the prior consecutive 15 weeks could continue to pay their employees at that same rate.

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) brought up how the ordinance could drive businesses away, saying large retailers are a necessary part of Evanston’s tax base. She said that the proposed mandate would put the city at a disadvantage compared to surrounding communities.

But Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) pushed back against Wynne, cautioning the 3rd Ward alderperson against

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giving retailers too much credit — including those that have provided hazard pay.

“Aside from wanting big box stores and wanting jobs, we want jobs that treat our residents well,” Fleming said.

Fleming ultimately declined to vote for the ordinance to proceed, along with Wynne and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), saying doing so would be hypocritical without a commitment from the council to pay city staff hazard pay as well.

Among the votes in support of moving the ordinance forward, Alds. Tom Suffredin (6th) and Eleanor Revelle (7th) made clear their votes were only meant to support continued discussion into the ordinance; Revelle said they would not vote for the ordinance in its current form.

Nonetheless, Reid expressed confidence in his proposal’s eventual success.

“We have a brilliant council here, we have a brilliant law department and I think we can come together and come up with something that can stand up legally,” he said. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern plans to lift the testing mandate for fully vaccinated and asymptomatic community members this summer, according to Vice President for Operations Luke Figora.

Figora was joined by Feinberg Profs. Richard D’Aquila and Michael Ison at a Wednesday Faculty Assembly meeting on a panel that addressed faculty questions about NU’s COVID-19 response and planned return to in-person operation. NU’s forthcoming decisions, like the testing mandate, will follow public health guidelines as Illinois enters Phase 5 of reopening.

The University has not yet made a decision on indoor mask mandates, vaccination requirements for faculty and staff, potential vaccination passports and use of the Symptom Tracker app this fall, Figora said.

“What we’ve heard from the state is that (Phase 5) really does mean kind of a full reopening,” Figora said. “So no capacity restrictions, no types of things that we can’t do.”

According to communications from public health authorities, Figora said the University expects to move from Phase 4.5 — the Bridge Phase before full reopening — to Phase 5 on June 11.

Figora highlighted promising trends in the University’s COVID-19 positivity rate. NU has reported a 0.01 percent positivity rate for over a week, and he said no students have been placed in Quarantine & Isolation Housing for the past several days.

D’Aquila said these trends are largely due to increased vaccination rates, as recent data has shown that even fully vaccinated people who contract COVID-19 only have small amounts of the virus in their nasal swabs. This means the chances of a fully vaccinated individual spreading the virus is “miniscule or nonexistent,” D’Aquila said.

Ison said fully vaccinated people can continue taking precautions if they wish.

“Even if the mandate isn’t there, there’s no

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reason why you can’t wear masks…I will still be wearing a mask for a while in indoor settings until we get more of the public vaccinated,” Ison said.

“The key thing is if the majority of people around you are vaccinated, and you are vaccinated and avoid people that are sick, that’s the best approach to prevent infection.”

The University announced a fall 2021 vaccine mandate for students earlier this month. Asked why NU has not yet mandated vaccines for faculty and staff, D’Aquila said the Food and Drug Administration’s full authorization of the PfizerBioNTech and Moderna vaccines will factor in NU’s decision to issue a mandate.

Unlike emergency use authorization, the full authorization process is more rigorous and based on a larger body of data, D’Aquila said.

“We sort of had to give the students advance warning (of the vaccine mandate) to get it done,” he said. “If the vaccines get full approval, I think then we’re on firmer ground in saying to everybody, ‘Look they’re safe, and we really want everybody to be vaccinated for the sake of our

community.”

Considering data from the City of Evanston, Figora said he would not be surprised if current NU faculty and staff vaccination rates exceed 80 percent.

Given the existing concerns around taking employee medical data and other legal questions, Figora said he is unsure of the public health benefits of mandating vaccines for the small percentage of community members who will still be unvaccinated by the fall.

D’Aquila added that he is relatively unconcerned about this slim percentage of unvaccinated faculty and staff endangering others.

“People who want to get vaccinated can get vaccinated, and if you don’t want to, well, you may or may not be protecting yourself,” he said, “but we’re not going to be concerned that there’s going to be a lot of spread from a small number who are isolated and hopefully surrounded by people who are protected.” maiapandey@u.northwestern.edu

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your students’ well-being matters?” Tilley said. “I go for the well-being first. It’s so important, especially for young people, to give security and to give support, because that’s what will make a difference in their lives.”

Over the past year, many faculty members, particularly women, have priori-

tized wellness over research and academic productivity. But when it comes to earning tenure, a near-lifelong appointment at a university, the quality and quantity of a candidate’s research, as well as their national reputation in their field, is crucial.

Time spent teaching, holding service positions within a department and working with students could all impact professors’ chances of being promoted. But positive Course and Teacher Evaluation Council surveys, or CTECs, don’t quite compare with an internationally-recognized name or research.

Across the country, fewer women are tenured compared to men.

Women hold 49 percent of total faculty positions, but just 38 percent of tenured positions which means they typically earn less than those on the tenure track. At NU, a 2017 Provost’s Office report found that male full professors make just under five percent more than their female equivalents, and women spend more time at the associate professor level. Access to the data is restricted to University faculty members.

Even associate professors, who are tenured, have yet to reach the highest academic rank: full professor. The promotion comes with a salary increase, but women are 10 percent less likely to be promoted to full professor, according to the American Association of University Professors.

“Pre-pandemic, (it was) an unequal playing field for women anyway,” Tilley said. “It’s an unequal playing field for parents, the primary caregiver, which tends to be women, though it’s not always.”

“Thrashing in these waves” The early stages of the pandemic disproportionately impacted women faculty across the country, who conducted less research, wrote fewer articles and had to respond to increased caregiving responsibilities in academia and at home.

There was already a gender gap in publishing before the pandemic — one study found that between 2014 and 2018, women accounted for

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just 38 percent of academic authors. And studies have confirmed gender disparity continued during the early months of the pandemic.

There has been little research published about the recent months of the pandemic, but anecdotal evidence suggests this has continued into 2021.

Studies show men have submitted more articles for review during the pandemic. One study compared over 1,000 early papers on COVID19 to more than 37,000 general papers from 2019 in the same journals, and found women’s authorship has dropped 16 percent overall.

One possible explanation for this disparity stems from changes in academic caregiving responsibilities. Faculty members said this has included supporting students as they navigate virtual learning and personal difficulties, such as the loss of family and friends. Professors also reported spending time assisting students in obtaining the technology they need and finding alternate ways to teach and connect with them.

Political science Prof. Mary McGrath faced increased at-home caregiving expectations in addition to her academic responsibilities. Instead of focusing on conducting research or publishing articles, she was taking care of her children, then ages 2 and 4, while her husband self-isolated due to health concerns from his kidney transplant.

“It was like me and my two boys thrashing in these waves,” she said. “I didn’t know what else was going on in the world, except from seeing what was happening in The New York Times.”

McGrath and her husband have handled child care themselves, each adjusting their schedule to take care of their sons when the other is working. Dressing and feeding her kids in the morning can take two hours, she said, so taking her next steps toward tenure was on her mind but not at the top of her to-do list.

“I was just trying to maintain my sanity and keep my two kids alive,” she said.

The track to tenure Academic tenure was formally established in 1940 by the AAUP and the Association of American Colleges and Universities to provide lifelong employment to faculty members who show notable success in research and teaching.

A tenured professor can be dismissed only under extreme circumstances, such as sexual assault, fraud or the discontinuation of their program or department. While the exact figure at NU is not publicly available, as salary and funding is determined on a case-by-case basis, the average median salary of a tenured NU faculty member with a promotion to full professor was over $175,000 during the 201718 academic year, and over $136,000 for associate professors. NU’s data regarding gender disparities at the professor level is not publicly available.

Only 31 percent of faculty members on the tenure track at NU are women, according to the 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Report, which measured

the University’s progress on its diversity and inclusion initiatives and the demographics of students, faculty and staff.

According to the AAUP, tenure was established to give select professors near-complete freedom of speech and research, as they cannot be fired for controversial research findings or political opinions.

To be tenured, non-Feinberg School of Medicine faculty must submit a dossier to their department during their sixth year at NU including a curriculum vitae, copies of their research and at least five letters from tenured professors at other institutions. It also includes a personal statement with the candidate’s past teaching, research and service experience and future plans in these areas, according to the Policy on Tenure and Promotion Standards and Procedures.

To be more competitive, candidates for tenure often include over eight letters from professors at other institutions, and these can describe a candidate’s status compared to other professors in their field, the policy states.

The dossier then goes to a departmental committee and the school dean, followed by the Promotions and Tenure Committee. According to the policy, the candidate’s department writes a letter on the candidate and their work, and the committee provides a short summary of its discussion with an explanation for its vote.

After the addition of a letter from the school’s dean explaining the recommendations and rationale for each faculty member, the provost and president review the decisions before they are finalized.

The dean informs the candidate of the decision, and the Board of Trustees approves the decisions over the summer.

While teaching and service are important for faculty who want to be tenured at a research university like NU, political science Prof. Karen Alter said the candidate’s quantity of research and the journals’ reputations are crucial.

NU’s Policy on Tenure and Promotion Standards and Procedures echoes this sentiment, stating that the quality, importance and creativity of scholarly work is most important when evaluating research, but the quantity of published work is a factor.

Provost Kathleen Hagerty did not respond to a request for interview, but she has been working with the OWF since the fall.

At an October 2020 forum between OWF members and senior administrators, Hagerty said she supported the OWF’s efforts. She added that she looked forward to working with OWF members to reduce preexisting inequities in academia, especially as they are exacerbated by the pandemic.

“Treading water” In a September letter to senior administrators, the OWF called on the University to take 11 actions to increase gender equality and combat the pandemic’s impact. The letter included excerpts from 196 responses collected as part of an anonymous survey sent to all women faculty.

Responses outlined the professional and personal impacts of increased daily child care and household responsibilities.

“I have (only) had about 60 percent of my normal working hours because of caretaking needs,” one respondent wrote. “I’ve turned down an opportunity to write for a major popular newspaper because I don’t have child care. I’ve put my research on hold and feel as though I’m treading water.”

Another respondent said she’s provided a higher level of emotional support to her students since the start of the pandemic. This has included coaching and supporting six students as they prepared for an

exam and four separate two-hour Zoom sessions with one student, for example.

Additionally, the respondent wrote that she supported Black students after the murder of George Floyd, and helped international students navigate the Trump administration’s policy changes to visa guidelines for those enrolled in virtual school.

Women faculty members of color also helped students process the police brutality and antiAsian violence that have occurred over the past year. Although professors said they’re happy to support their students, the added volume of work takes an emotional toll on them.

The letter’s requests included a meeting with the deans and provost to discuss other suggestions, guaranteeing faculty the option to work remotely for the entire year, providing teaching relief and more options for child care and granting access to on-campus offices.

These pandemic-related uncertainties and increased responsibilities prompted NU to delay tenure decisions by a year. This decision was made as professors scrambled to move their classes online while simultaneously adjusting to life during the pandemic.

Sociology Prof. Christine Percheski was at home with her two young children, then ages 3 and 5, when NU shut down last March. She and her spouse kept a nearly constant watch over them while transitioning her graduate workshop to a virtual format.

As associate chair of her department, she had to support faculty and graduate students, coordinate teaching assistants and troubleshoot, all without a dedicated office space — and with her children running underfoot.

When stay-at-home orders ended, Percheski’s nanny was able to help with child care again.

She said she and her husband are lucky they have assistance with child care, as many others can’t afford it.

“I was glad to be able to help my colleagues and our students, but it is draining and taxing work,” she said. “I love teaching, but I also love my research and I’ve just had very little time for research in the past few months.”

Percheski has taught more over the course of this academic year, which she said has taken up more energy. But she said she’s also been able to spend more time doing research as the year continues and vaccinations roll out.

Keith Bender, a professor at the University of Aberdeen, has been conducting research on how the pandemic has impacted women faculty members. Although all professors are dealing with challenges, regardless of gender, fewer women are tenured and more are teaching track faculty, so they end up with more teaching responsibilities, Bender said.

This causes women to bear the brunt of transitioning classes to a virtual format and other related work, which is even more difficult when compounded with increased child care, Bender said.

Department disparities Not all women faculty members at NU are experiencing the pandemic the same way — individual schools and departments are taking their own approaches to equitable treatment.

The OWF has focused on taking action, writing reports and finding solutions. Separately, Feinberg’s Women Faculty Organization has supported women faculty members by holding a virtual meet and greet for them to connect.

They’ve also hosted other online programming, such as speaker events and mentoring, said WFO co-chair and Feinberg Prof. Lisa Hirschhorn.

For some, the pandemic has created small opportunities to connect with family and students. Kellogg Prof. Angela Lee said she found herself with more time during the pandemic

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because she didn’t have to travel as much. She’s used the time to reach out to other faculty members and check in with students, especially international students, hosting daily, then weekly, coffee chats to build community.

Lee said another silver lining to the pandemic was the ability to teach from anywhere. Virtual classes gave Lee the ability to spend over a month in Canada with her daughter and grandchildren.

Medill Prof. Susan Mango Curtis said Medill has tried to be helpful, and has provided a lot of technology support. However, she said women faculty typically mentor students more and have taken on a “mothering” role with their students, in addition to doing the bulk of child care and housework.

Even though she doesn’t have any children at home right now, she’s made an effort to help those who do, especially after raising a child herself.

When Medill asked Curtis to move her class time so another woman could help her children with online classes, she was happy to change time slots.

“I jumped to it,” she said. “I knew exactly what it felt like for someone struggling to deal with both worlds at the same time.”

The tenure clock is ticking When NU announced it was pausing the tenure clock, the timeline tenure-eligible faculty follow as they apply to receive the appointment, McGrath said it seemed like a lifeline. The extension means that the file will be submitted a year later than planned, and no additional research, service or teaching will be expected. However, she said the solution feels like a temporary fix.

“It’s not going to be adequate to recoup what has been lost and what has changed and how this is affecting everyone’s capacity to do their jobs and take care of their families,” McGrath said.

Without the large chunks of time she used to have during her workday, she said she focuses during her children’s naps and after about 9 p.m. She said she tried to balance her family’s needs and her research but both were “suffering.” McGrath told The Daily the delay was essential but insufficient to make up for lost time.

The University’s tenure clock extension applies to tenure track-faculty who were still in their probationary period during the 2019-20 academic year. NU updated the policy this April, also giving tenure-eligible faculty who were hired during the 2020-21 academic year an automatic one-year extension.

Professors are typically granted tenure clock extensions for reasons like childbirth, adoptions or other extenuating circumstances, and they can only receive these on two occasions. However, the automatic extension does not count toward that maximum, nor does it prevent professors from receiving future tenure clock extensions.

Faculty can request a second pandemic-related extension that doesn’t count toward their limit of two if COVID-19 has upended their plans. They receive these by going through the typical process for tenure clock extensions.

Despite the extra year, preparing dossiers during the pandemic is still difficult. While an extension gives faculty more time to write their personal statement, obtain recommendations and update their CV, the extra year won’t always allow them to conduct research and complete larger projects. Many field and research projects needed to change entirely to be completed during the pandemic, Percheski said.

Percheski uses data at a federal restricted data center in Chicago, but it was closed for months, putting the project on hold. She said she couldn’t even access some of the data necessary for her research for five months.

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As an already-tenured professor, these delays won’t determine Percheski’s job security, but they will for others. If an assistant professor isn’t granted tenure, they have a year to leave the University and find a job elsewhere.

Having to change a project or deal with personal issues arising from COVID-19 can complicate the path to tenure. With women being promoted and getting tenure at lower rates than men, these pandemic-related complications may further affect that disparity.

“It’s going to be hard to make up for this time,” Percheski said. “I don’t know if one year is going to be enough, especially for those with caretaking needs, or whose research was really impacted, and who have to redo research designs or wait for archives to reopen.”

Alter, who is on the editorial board of multiple journals, said she has watched submission rates soar, but men have been sending in more articles than women. This higher submission rate indicates men may publish more articles in topranked journals, giving them an advantage in the tenure process, she said. Because the quantity of published work is considered during the tenure review process, she said publishing research is crucial.

Due to the longer turnaround times caused by the pandemic, many faculty are submitting to less-prestigious academic journals because there’s a greater chance of acceptance, she said. However, she said women have done this more, especially prepandemic, which can hurt the quality of the file for promotion and tenure.

“That’s another way in which the male advantage is going to play out, (the) number of publications and placement of publications,” Alter said. “It’ll play out starting next year, it’ll have a long tail.”

Moving forward The pandemic has altered academia and affected faculty even beyond transitioning classes to Zoom, taking care of their family members and contracting COVID-19. Community members have been pushing for tangible action to promote gender equality on campus.

The OWF’s September call to action requested the implementation of ombudspeople at various institutional levels, providing support to faculty.

An ombudsperson is a “neutral, independent, impartial and confidential” third-party that works to solve academic and work-related problems and conflicts. In addition to conflict resolution, an ombudsperson directs faculty to University resources or policies.

After a nationwide search, NU named Sarah Klaper the first University ombudsperson two weeks ago. She will start on Aug. 1 after serving in the same position at Northern Illinois University for nine years. Klaper will report directly to the provost and is responsible for creating an Office of the Ombudsperson.

While this is a single position, an ombudsperson can advance the OWF’s goal for University personnel tasked with reaching out to faculty and advocating for those who need accommodations and support.

The OWF also requested NU appoint a new associate provost for faculty. Hagerty held the role before becoming interim provost in April 2020, then provost on Sept.

1, 2020. After a 10-month vacancy, Sumit Dhar, formerly the chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the associate dean for research in the School

of Communication, stepped into the position on Feb. 1.

All of the OWF’s 11 requests have been acknowledged, and at least nine have been addressed in various ways. Some schools and departments have made advances quietly, such as reopening offices, reducing non-essential events and providing various avenues for teaching relief.

Alter said the OWF is still working toward equality while the pandemic’s lasting impacts remain to be seen.

“Because (of) this year, you really can’t use the standard practices — to use the standard practices will exacerbate inequities, which is what everybody’s been worried about,” she said. “So now we have a historic moment to actually address past inequities to say we can’t use the old metrics.”

Moving forward, faculty will keep fighting for equitable pay and inclusive promotion and hiring practices so women, gender minorities and faculty of color will be considered and their various experiences and hurdles will be taken into consideration when decisions are made.

On May 14, NU announced the Diverse Slates Candidate Policy, which defines new mandatory hiring practices as part of June 2020 commitments to social justice. It will require diverse representation on hiring committees and partnerships with affinity groups.

In addition to equity in hiring, NU has identified the need to rectify a gender gap in faculty salaries. University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily on May 21 that the disparity can be addressed by the current budget surplus.

“It’s been very difficult because we’ve been in a situation where we’ve kept salaries flat,” Schapiro said. “I think we’re now in a position, now that the budget’s back in surplus, to really address any residual imbalances that were discovered… Now that we’ve reinstituted increases for the faculty, it’s a chance to address it.”

Right now, many women faculty are focusing their advocacy efforts around preventing sexual assault and racism, especially after Mike Polisky was initially chosen as the University’s next athletic director, only to resign 10 days later.

Polisky came under fire because of his handling of complaints of sexual harassment and racism on

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NU’s cheer team. He was also named a defendant in a lawsuit relating to his responses to sexual harassment complaints. As a result, the OWF released a statement on May 13 in response to Polisky’s promotion.

“The University’s response to recent events and allegations regarding the cheer team is deeply problematic, illustrating the power dynamics that perpetuate sexist and racist harassment and contribute to a toxic climate for women faculty, staff, and students and members of minoritized groups,” the statement read.

These minority communities aren’t just limited to cisgender women faculty and faculty members of color. Political science Prof. SB Bouchat said the University focuses too heavily on traditional conceptions of gender, and should acknowledge the different needs of gender non-conforming and transgender faculty.

“There is a really acute and serious concern for people who have child care responsibilities, but I do think that leaves a lot of other aspects of gender out of the conversation,” Bouchat said.

While administrators and advocates push for short- and long-term changes to advance gender equality at NU, it’s still hard for women to keep on top of teaching, research and personal responsibilities. Additionally, professors continue to support their students, make virtual learning gratifying and manage their personal lives.

However, Tilley said acknowledging the gaps and working toward closing them has helped people feel like someone has their back, even though systemic change is still necessary.

“Quick thinking and flexibility can make a big difference in helping people feel like, even if there are not big institutional changes, there’s a leadership that sees that there’s a problem and recognizes a problem,” Tilley said. “That actually can make a big difference to morale.” haleyfuller2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Daily file illustration by Jacob Fulton

First-years joining the acting sequence have had to choose their instructors for the next two years entirely remotely.

Theatre freshmen criticize acting sequence process

By DIEGO RAMOS-BECHARA

the daily northwestern @d_ramos42

Communication freshman Courtney Sullivan Wu waited for months to hear from the theatre department about the instructor ranking process for the major’s acting sequence.

But when she received instructions for the process on May 17, Sullivan Wu said she was disappointed. Sullivan Wu and several theatre students participating in the ranking process this academic year said they were disappointed with how little information they were given about the professors.

“When I think about the fact that this is going to be my education for the next few years, and understanding the weight of that, given what appears to me as a lack of care regarding it just frustrates and concerns me,” Sullivan Wu said.

At the end of their first year at Northwestern,

students majoring in either theatre, dance, performance studies or completing the Music Theatre Certificate can participate in the acting sequence.

The two-year program requires that students rank their preferences for an acting instructor. They take intensive classes with that same instructor and a cohort of students.

Students normally sit in on the instructors’ classes, and they talk about their preferred acting techniques, methods. But amid the pandemic, the process was modified –– the department instead offered students an hour-long Q&A Zoom call with each instructor.

Though the sessions are ongoing, freshmen in the theatre major have already voiced their concerns.

Communication freshman Mantra Radhakrishnan expressed disappointment over the lack of action and timeliness with which the department communicated the information. Radhakrishnan also expressed that a Q&A is not enough to know whether you’ll be a good fit with the instructor.

“(Professors) haven’t been as transparent about what it is they’re bringing to the table, and I can’t exactly blame them for it,” Radhakrishnan said. “I’m sure sitting in on a class is more helpful when judging something as physical and active as performance, and it can’t translate as well on Zoom.”

Some freshmen also criticized professors’ lack of accessibility. Undergraduates are not allowed to email the professors with questions pertaining to the sequence, and can’t rewatch Zoom calls because they are not recorded, presenting a problem to students whose classes conflict with the sessions.

Though she is not participating in the sequence, Communication freshman Amy Reyes-Gomez said she was concerned with the department’s handling of the process.

“Seeing how stressed everyone is about the process makes me glad I’m not going through it,” Reyes-Gomez said. “I don’t understand why they’re expecting us to ask them questions when we’re the students, and we still don’t know what we even

should be asking or what they expect us to ask.”

Sullivan Wu said the process was executed with such lack of communication, “it felt like a halfhearted process,” a sentiment shared by Radhakrishnan and Reyes-Gomez.

It has been a tumultuous year for students and faculty alike, Sullivan Wu said, and she said she appreciated efforts to foster engagement with instructors. Still, she wished they would have taken the time to ask students what kind of information they felt would prepare them for the rankings so that they could make a proper decision.

“I would be devastated (if they just gave) us the survey and expected us to rank them with no information, so I’m thrilled they’re trying to do something, and I recognize the effort,” Sullivan Wu said. “We have such nice professors and staff in our community, and I just want to get to know them better.” diegoramos-bechara2024@u.northwestern.edu

Evanston Made showcases local artists in annual exhibit

By LAYA NEELAKANDAN

daily senior staffer @laya_neel

Evanston Made’s Annual Members Group Show is returning in-person this year, featuring over 175 contemporary art pieces, according to the organization’s website.

The in-person exhibit will take place from May 28 to June 30 at the Evanston Art Center. Visitors must wear masks, take their temperature and social distance throughout the exhibit, according to the Evanston Made website.

John Wangendo, one of the featured artists, will exhibit a pencil drawing in the show. He never trained as an artist but said he picked up drawing as a hobby during the pandemic. After posting one portrait on Facebook, he said “it just went wild.”

“One thing led to the other, and the next thing I knew, I was at the pop-up gallery in downtown Evanston,” he said. “That’s when I realized there was something there.”

Wangendo started by drawing portraits of friends and family but soon began drawing famous Black figures in American history like the Obamas and Martin Luther King Jr. He then decided he wanted to make art about his own community.

Wangendo, a Kenyan immigrant, submitted a drawing to the show that depicts a Kenyan bride.

“I want to educate Americans about my people from Kenya,” Wangendo said. “I’m trying to explain about the people of Kenya through my artwork.”

Photo courtesy of John Wangendo

A pencil drawing by John Wangendo entitled “Maasai Girl in Traditional Beadwork.” Wangendo is one of the many artists featured in Evanston Made’s upcoming Annual Members Group Show.

Bonnie Glassner, another featured artist, said she likes working with alcohol inks. The medium is tricky to work with, she said, because the colors

often flow and mix together. But, over the years, she has learned to control her inks.

“They’re fun to paint with,” Glassner said. “It’s

not like watercolor — it’s very vibrant. It depends on how much vibrancy you want, but you can control that.”

Glassner said she focuses on representational painting rather than realistic painting. Her piece in the exhibit depicts nature and is based on a photograph. She used her interpretation to add her own spin to the piece.

Yancey Hughes said he submitted a photograph he took on his cell phone. He primarily takes portraits, headshots and slices of life, but he said the photo he submitted shows how a phone can serve as a photographer’s best camera.

Hughes said he has always enjoyed the instant gratification that comes with photography. The ability to instantly send high quality images to editors impresses him, he said.

“Technology has come quite a long way,” Hughes said. “I love to be able to be on the street and to be able to capture the slice of life as it unfolds right in front of you, not having that second chance to capture it.”

The inspiration behind Hughes’ photography comes from many street photographers whom he looks up to, he said.

But most of all, he said he enjoys being able to express himself through his art.

“Photography is a visual language that I’m still learning,” he said. “Our visual literacy is pushed by innovation. I strive to see better, to communicate better, as I look at the ever-changing world around me.” laya@u.northwestern.edu

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NU Community Ensemble celebrates 50th anniversary

By OLIVIA ALEXANDER

the daily northwestern @oliviagalex

In 1971, three students performed at a Northwestern student’s fundraiser for a legal defense fund.

Northwestern Community Ensemble held a virtual concert celebration on May 8 to celebrate exactly 50 years since the club’s founding.

NCE, the school’s premier gospel group, featured the choir members, alumni and guest artist Grammy-awarded gospel singer Pastor Donnie McClurkin in their “Legacy of Praise” concert.

Running the choir “isn’t easy,” NCE Vice President Claudia Kalisa said, so she was thankful for the students and alumni who have put in the work needed over the years to keep the organization alive.

“This 50th anniversary was just (about) gratitude and acknowledging the people, the founders of NCE who basically set this path for us,” the McCormick senior said. “And acknowledging the work that they did, especially in the White climate that was the campus on campus at that time.”

Weinberg sophomore and choir co-director

Emmanuel-David “E-D” Tadese said throughout the year, current choir members have connected with NCE alumni from all five decades it has been around. Tadese said alumni have shared the challenges of officially establishing the ensemble on campus.

Tadese said they also praised NCE’s current members for honoring the choir’s history. He said he felt reassured by their compliments and the amount of people who showed up virtually for the performance.

“For people to continue to build on what we’ve done over the past 50 years and to be a part of this huge celebration where we have literally hundreds of people across the decades coming to celebrate with us — it means a lot,” Tadese said.

Tadese praised the efforts of NCE President Cleon Beckford for keeping the organization alive throughout the pandemic. He said Beckford’s contributions made the concert possible.

Choir co-chair and Weinberg junior Sarah Davis said the virtual concert, although presented in a different manner than previous years, followed old traditions, featuring both the choir and guest artist.

The Zoom call displayed pre-recorded videos edited

Photo courtesy of Northwestern Community Ensemble

Members of the Northwestern Community Ensemble perform at their 50th anniversary concert.

together live to an audience of over 300.

As the choir returns to in-person rehearsals and events, Davis hopes the group will grow and continue to be an environment where people celebrate, amid tough times, the good that has still been present throughout the pandemic.

Davis said the organization serves a clear purpose on campus and gives a community to people who

need it.

“Even before we had funding, before we had a lot of the resources that we have now, people were able to gather and come into community,” Davis said. “It was really filling a need on campus because it was able to persist over these 50 years.” oliviaalexander2024@u.northwestern.edu

Alumna talks nonprofit passion project, Encircled Jewelry that I might have used. But a lot of the time that idea that I was envisioning doesn’t actually happen. I change stuff last minute — it’s kind of a jumbled process.

By SARA KADOURA

the daily northwestern

When a global pandemic disrupted her gap year before law school, Kourtney Kinchen (Weinberg ‘20) started an online jewelry shop. Inspired by Northwestern student-run Friends Who Earring, Kinchen gives all profits from Encircled Jewelry to groups that support and uplift current and formerly incarcerated people — raising $2,700 so far.

Kinchen is currently accumulating profits to donate $2,500 to the Compassion Prison Project to fund the publication of a book of creative writing written by incarcerated people. The Daily sat down with Kinchen to talk about her jewelry shop, creative process and inspiration. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.

The Daily: How did you come up with the name “Encircled Jewelry” for your shop?

Kinchen: I graduated in September. I didn’t have a job yet, but I knew I wanted to do something. And so I started looking at Pinterest and different types of jewelry making. I watched a few videos on YouTube and just decided that I was going to make a business out of it within a week.

So I was rapidly trying to come up with a name.

Encircled is kind of communal, like a hug. But I was also thinking encircled, like people who are incarcerated are encircled by walls and just this horrible experience.

The Daily: Could you expand on where you got

Photo courtesy of Kourtney Kinchen

Kourtney Kinchen crafts an earring order from her most recent collection. The Weinberg alumna started Encircled Jewelry in November after graduating in 2020.

the idea for the business?

Kinchen: I had been volunteering a lot at the Northwestern Prison Education Program, so I felt very directly connected. And obviously, because of the pandemic, no one’s connected to anything that really matters to them. And I’d always wanted to start a business. And I like jewelry and fashion. So I thought that Encircled Jewelry would be an easy way to combine different interests and passions.

The Daily: What does the creative process look like for you?

Kinchen: I do go on Pinterest sometimes and piece together different things that I like. My dad, for Christmas, bought me a little sketch pad. I’m not a good drawer, but I can do little circles. I also go on Etsy and search for materials. Materials inspire me. I try to take the first week after a collection release to experiment with different colors I might have purchased or different parts

The Daily: Where do the profits go?

Kinchen: It’s changing every time. The first time, I donated to an organization that helps pregnant incarcerated mothers. The second time, I donated to Northwestern Prison Education Program. And then there was this really cool organization that I found from a woman who had previously been incarcerated. She was pioneering this jailhouse lawyer project that created a network between people who are currently on the outside and people who are on the inside. So just giving people the resources inside to have the ability to advocate for themselves was kind of her mission.

This current one that I’m donating to — the Compassion Prison Project — is helping people deal with their childhood trauma.

The Daily: What’s the inspiration for the next collection?

Kinchen: Every time I finish a collection, I stop liking it. I’m just looking forward to the next one. This current collection might actually stay my favorite one. Bright colors, flowers, natural elements. I think it’s cool to combine mediums more than just metal and resin, which is what I have done in the past. I think it gives a broader range for creativity. sarakadoura2023@u.northwestern.edu

NU alumna starts spooky podcast, “Homespun Haints”

By REBECCA AIZIN

daily senior staffer @rebecca_aizin

After growing up in East Tennessee’s Appalachian Mountains, where “spooky storytelling” is part of the culture, Becky Kilimnik (Weinberg ‘00) started her own podcast, “Homespun Haints,” with her longtime friend Diana Doty.

The show, which launched in July 2019, invites guests to tell their ghost stories, among other varieties of haunted tales. Kilimnik said majoring in anthropology

at Northwestern sparked her fascination with humancentered storytelling, so the podcast felt like a natural passion for her to pick up.

“We’re both just aging goths who love scary stories,” Kilimnik said. “We don’t try to come up with an answer, it’s really an examination of how we respond as human beings to things we don’t understand.”

Doty joined the podcast after struggling to find authenticity in her career as a physician, she said. After a promising opportunity fell through, she decided to shift her energy toward something more creative.

“I thought maybe I should embrace my roots as a spooky weirdo, instead of who I’ve built this ego to be,”

Photo courtesy of Becky Kilimnik

Becky Kilimnik and Diana Doty. The two co-host “Homespun Haints,” a podcast about spooky stories.

Doty said. “Regardless of what your training is in, you can always find some value in your life experiences and your education to put toward a creative outlet.”

Through the podcast, Doty felt ready to share her own haunting story of “accidentally teleporting.” When she was a teenager, she worked as a docent at a museum that used to be an orphanage, and was purportedly haunted. At one point, she got up to use the restroom in the middle of the night, but when she left the restroom, she said she was in an entirely different place.

After 20 years, “Homespun Haints” was the first time Doty felt comfortable sharing her story, she said.

“The underpinning of our show is you don’t have to be able to explain it, that’s why it’s interesting,” Doty said. “As long as you’re willing to express how it made you feel, that’s the important thing when it comes to storytelling.”

Both women said balancing the show with their daily lives has been challenging. Kilimnik is a mother and owns a graphic design business, so she has struggled to juggle the two with online school during the pandemic. Since starting the podcast, Kilimnik has also undergone a personal transformation by putting herself “out there” in an uncomfortable way, she said.

Though dealing with a potentially controversial topic, the two have yet to receive any hate comments or anyone doubting the stories told on the podcast. Doty said this could be attributed to their supportive listeners, but also to the fact that “everyone has a ghost story.”

Many guests leave the show feeling cathartic, citing the experience as the “best unpaid therapy session,” Kilimnik said. The podcast has the opportunity to help people, she said, as guests share stories they might have been hesitant to share before due to the tales’ atypical nature.

Kimberly Gordon, a recent guest on “Homespun Haints,” shared only positive reviews of her experience.

After listening to the show for about 5 months, she

responded to the hosts’ call for guests and was invited on.

“I’m so pleased to be part of their podcast family, I feel like they’re friends to me, not just in my head anymore,” Gordon said. “They have such great flow together, they really blend and have great tempo together.”

While it still feels authentic, Kilimnik and Doty will continue telling people’s stories on the podcast — one weird story at a time.

“What we’ve found since starting this is everybody has a paranormal experience that they can’t explain,” Doty said. “If you start thinking long enough, you start identifying with some of these things that you thought you’d never believe, it’s more about connection.” rebeccaaizin2023@u.northwestern.edu

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MSA plans second year of virtual graduation ceremonies

By ELLA WEAVER

the daily northwestern @ellaweav2023

Multicultural Student Affairs is preparing for its second year of virtual affinity-based ceremonies for graduating seniors within LGBTQ+ communities and communities of color.

This year is a continuation from last year’s programming, when MSA had to transition from in-person End-of-Year Celebrations to virtual ceremonies after the campus closed to students due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virtual ceremonies will begin with the JubilAsian Senior Send-Off on May 28, followed by a June 3 Native American and Indigenous Community Celebration, which will also host a virtual watch party. On June 8, MSA will facilitate the Lavender Graduation, followed by The JOY: NU’s Black Congratulatory on June 9, Then, the two weeks of graduation celebrations will conclude with the Latinx Congratulatory on June 10.

Linda Luk, an MSA administrative assistant who helped to plan all events, said MSA hired a production company to create the videos for each ceremony.

The production company helped assemble pre-recorded videos, create a smooth ceremony, and provide a positive viewing experience for students and their families, Luk said.

“With the support of a production company, we’ve been able to carry out the vision that we want to celebrate and recognize our students,” Luk said.

MSA has also worked to modify traditional parts of its celebrations for a virtual format.

Grammy-nominated duo Chloe x Halle to perform at 2021 A&O ball R&B singer duo Chloe x Halle will virtually perform at A&O Productions’ 2021 Ball on May 30, according to a Wednesday news release.

Along with a recorded performance and

While staff or loved ones typically distribute stoles to graduates this year, students received them through the mail.

Matt Abtahi, an assistant director of MSA, helped coordinate the stoling ceremony at the Lavender Graduation, the celebration for LGBTQ+ students.

“We are excited to get to spend lots of time celebrating the many accomplishments of the community we hold so dear,” Abtahi said. “So however folks want to engage with us virtually, we hope that they are able to.”

When MSA looked at vaccination and case numbers, it found that the communities it served were disproportionately affected by the pandemic and under-vaccinated, Abtahi said. He said that, unfortunately, a physical ceremony did not seem accessible to their communities.

MSA assistant director Alyscia Raines, said she will miss the in-person contact with students and their families.

“The thing I miss the most are the hugs, the smiles, the families, the pictures, putting a physical stole on a person,” Raines said. “We tried to recreate that connection by still having kind of a way, virtually, that we’re still putting stoles on people or having a way to still recognize the brilliance of our students who are graduating.”

For Black graduating seniors, one opportunity for an in-person celebration is touring the newly renovated Black House for the first time since its closure in 2019.

Although the ceremonies have changed formats, MSA staff remains excited for the Endof-Year ceremonies, Raines said. Her hope is that students will remember that she and MSA question answer session, A&O will also host an in-person screening for up to 150 students at Deering Meadow and the virtual event will stream on Zoom — both starting at 8:30 p.m.

Chloe and Halle Bailey, a sister musician duo, released their debut EP “Sugar Symphony” in April 2016 and appeared in Beyoncé’s Lemonade visual album later that same year. The pair also opened for the European leg of Beyoncé’s “The Formation World Tour,” and are currently signed

Illustration by Carly Schulman

This year is a continuation from last year’s programming, when Multicultural Stude had to transition from inperson End-of-Year Celebrations to virtual ceremonies.

will continue to be a family and resource for graduates.

“It’s just important that we honor and recognize our students, regardless of the context and circumstances that we’re in, because they

deserve it,” Raines said. “They deserve to be celebrated, and we’re excited to find creative ways to do so.”

with the artist’s management company, Parkwood Entertainment.

Chloe x Halle’s first mixtape, “The Two of Us,” was featured on the Rolling Stones’ Best R&B Albums of 2017 list. Their albums “The Kids Are Alright” and “Ungodly Hour” received Grammy nominations for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Progressive R&B Album, respectively.

The duo also wrote the theme song for Freeform’s “Grown-ish,” which they have co-starred

in since 2018.

“Chloe x Halle, beloved for their gift of creating jaw-dropping harmonies and genuine musical moments, have garnered millions in (audiences) around the globe,” the A&O release said.

Sign-ups for the virtual and in-person components of the Saturday event are forthcoming, according to the release.

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City to discuss proposed 5th Ward TIF district

By MARY YANG

daily senior staffer @maryranyang

Evanston’s Joint Review Board will meet to discuss the creation of a tax increment financing district in the 5th Ward next Monday — a change that would divert future property tax revenue increases toward development.

In tax increment financing districts, or TIF districts, property tax revenues above a certain baseline are reallocated for public works or economic development improvements in the area. When a TIF district is installed, the existing tax rate becomes the baseline. Property tax revenue above this rate is reserved for development projects.

“Taxes are frozen for the city and the schools at today’s tax rate,” said former 7th Ward aldermanic candidate Mary Rosinski.

As the tax rate increases, all additional revenue will go directly into the TIF fund where it can be spent at the discretion of the municipality and private developers, she said.

This leaves other areas, particularly schools, underfunded, she added.

“The residents have to make up the difference with higher taxes,” Rosinski said.

The city currently has four active TIF districts: Howard and Ridge, West Evanston, Dempster Dodge and Chicago Main. In 2019,

Altura Solutions to update city’s ADA accesibility plan by 2022 The city will pay Altura Solutions LLC about $155,000 to create an updated Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan to keep municipal and public spaces compliant with the ADA. Altura is a Texas-based company that specializes in renovating spaces to adhere with the ADA. They regard accessibility issues as a civil rights concern in consulting with cities, according to a memo by Stefanie Levine, a senior project manager with Evanston Public Works Agency.

total TIF revenue across the four districts yielded over $4.3 million.

The proposed Five-Fifths TIF district would cover multiple areas to the east and west of Green Bay Road. These areas exist between Clark Street to the south and Payne Street and Leonard Place to the north, according to a report by financial services firm Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc. The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center would also fall within TIF boundaries, making it fair game for “adaptive reuse or redevelopment,” according to the report.

At a May 10 City Council meeting, Economic Development Manager Paul Zalmezak said the creation of a TIF district will help the city build new, affordable housing and renovate existing buildings. If passed, the Five-Fifths TIF district will last for 23 years. A public hearing will take place next month.

Some residents are concerned about the lack of community discussion surrounding the move.

Rosinski said the public needs to be fully involved before discussions begin. She said TIFs are one of the most complicated financial tools, and the city should hold numerous town halls to help residents understand the potential impacts.

Former mayoral candidate Sebastian Nalls said most people in the community don’t understand what a TIF district is.

Nalls argued that the 5th Ward doesn’t need a TIF district, because there are better alternatives to create more affordable housing, such as establishing a community land trust. He said TIFs can stunt the growth of the area it’s meant to improve.

Community discussion is particularly important, Nalls added, because TIF districts typically exist for around 20 to 30 years.

“You are capping the amount of tax revenue you’re getting from a general area, and that can end up being negative in the long run,” Nalls said. “It is definitely important that residents understand what a TIF district is, what the potential impacts (are and what) the pros and cons of it are.”

What makes a successful TIF district is different for municipalities and residents, said University of Illinois at Chicago Prof. Rachel Weber. For municipalities, an effective TIF district would generate a sufficient amount of property tax revenue within its lifetime to pay off initial development expenses, shesaid.

Weber said TIF districts are often used to convert underutilized property into more dense types of development. In other words, revenue from TIF districts could be used to turn vacant lots into multi-story apartments, she said.

“TIF districts are designated in areas that the municipality and the development community want to see redeveloped as something else,” Weber said.

Weber said affordable housing is arguably a good use of the revenue, because it’s often subsidized by the private sector.

There are some concerns, Weber said, that the use of TIF hurts overlapping jurisdictions such as schools, because they can’t apply their tax rates to the incremental revenues that are generated within the district.

“A lot of the authority rests with the municipality,” Weber said. “They decide what you use it for.”

Under Title II of the ADA, which became federal law in 1990, Evanston is legally mandated to maintain an updated version of the ADA Transition Plan, which explains future plans for improvements to ADA requirements in public buildings.

The update needs to reflect the current state of city buildings since they were last surveyed in 2012. It also has to address existing barriers to public spaces and detail future steps for improvement, Levine said.

Transition plans can look multiple decades into the future as long as they receive periodic updates, City Engineer Lara Biggs said. The city’s previous ADA Transition Plan Update took place in 2012, according to the memo, and followed internal investigations conducted between 2001 and 2005

that primarily addressed city parks.

Since the city does not have enough in-house staff to complete the update on its own, Levine said Altura Solutions will focus on conducting new assessment surveys for all city buildings and parks. The company must also ensure city websites and registration forms are ADA compliant and make municipal policy recommendations.

The project should be finished by the end of February 2022.

The city reviewed proposals from six consulting firms before choosing Altura, adding that the review team, composed of seven city staffers including Biggs, was excited about Altura’s plan to provide tools and resources for training city staffers in ADA compliance.

For some state and federal grants, the city also

needs the updated ADA plan to apply. Biggs said two separate grant applications asked city staffers about the city’s update plans in the last month.

“Not only is this an equity issue, but people are starting to look into it more frequently,” Biggs said.

Evanston recently installed additional ADAaccessible bus stops, according to Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th). The city also conducts accessibility surveys and offers accommodations for access to city buildings, programs and services.

Residents can request mobility assistance or a sign language interpreter at city meetings, for example, by calling the Office of Facilities management 48 hours before the meeting starts.

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access to Evanston beaches every day during summer 2022 and beyond.

“We don’t charge for access to any other (public) place,” Reid said. “What they’re paying for is to keep Evanston residents who can’t afford to frequent our beaches out.”

Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Director Lawrence Hemingway said getting rid of the beach token system in the middle of a fiscal year would create a $1 million gap in revenue for the Parks Department. Reid said even a $1 million revenue loss could be absorbed by the city’s general fund without dropping below the amount the city reserves in the fund full-time.

Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) motioned to replace this resolution with another that provides free beach access on Sundays and Mondays, with the intent to pilot free access to all Evanston beaches in summer 2022. Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) then brought up a proceeding proposal to expand free access to Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, which council unanimously passed.

The change in city policy comes after ongoing advocacy by residents against beach tokens. Earlier this month, Evanston Fight for Black Lives created a petition — which has since garnered over 6,500 signatures — demanding Mayor Daniel Biss and City Council pass free beach access for all residents. Free beach access is a step towards the city’s recent resolution towards racial equity, given the token system’s history of explicitly barring Black residents from beaches, the petition said.

“Two factors make beach tokenism racist; the policy’s original intent, and its impact,” Evanston Township High School teacher Abdel Shakur said. “Beach tokens are just one item in a suite of racist systems that destabilize Black lives to prioritize White comfort and power.”

In an effort to expand beach access, EFBL will host an initiative this summer to raise additional funds to pay for beach tokens.

This will allow residents to obtain free

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tokens without providing income documentation to the city, EFBL organizer Sarah Bogan said.

“There’s no dispute that the barrier of beach tokens is classist and racist,” Bogan said.

“We believe that everyone should have access to public property.”

Since beach tokens went on sale in April, about 4,000 have been sold to residents of Evanston, Skokie and Chicago, according to Hemingway.

Some residents under a certain income level can currently claim a free beach token at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, under programs including Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s fee assistance for residents in zip codes 60201 and 60202.

However, resident Karla Thomas said the process of standing in line and presenting income documentation can be dehumanizing.

“Technically, everybody is allowed to get to the beach if they want to, if they only subjugate themselves, go down to (the Civic Center), prove that they are poor enough, and beg,” Thomas said.

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th), Shakur and Thomas said there’s a long way to go in making Black and brown families feel welcome on Evanston beaches regardless of cost. Thomas said her children have a hard time finding others who look like them on an average Evanston beach day, and Shakur said his family often feels scrutinized by predominantly White beachgoers during the summer.

Regardless of whether beaches are free, Fleming said most are still not accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She criticized the council’s discussions about diversifying public spaces by lowering access costs, saying they unfairly associate poverty with the experiences of Black and brown residents.

“We talk a lot in this community (about) ‘if we want to diversify spaces, we have to make them free,’” Fleming said. “That comes from a very deficit model, and the assumption that everybody Black in town is poor… let’s just please be mindful of that stereotype that we put into our community.” ilanaarougheti2023@u.northwestern.edu what to send to drafts? And what do their students think about their professors’ Internet presence?

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I’m sorry.’ ” Schapiro said. “I believe now, in retrospect, it didn’t work out, and I made, as I said, the wrong decision.”

McGuire raised questions about why Schapiro chose Polisky when the candidate slate reportedly included women and people of color who were sitting athletic directors at other universities.

Schapiro said he believed, at the time, that Polisky was the best-suited for the job.

“I believe in diverse slates, I’m very supportive of that — that doesn’t mean you never hire the White man if you think he’s the best candidate,” Schapiro said.

Asked how NU plans to ensure survivors of sexual harassment feel comfortable stepping forward without fear of retaliation or insenstitve administrative responses, Schapiro said the Office of Equity, the Office of the General Counsel and the Division of Student Affairs are continually available resources.

McGuire also asked Schapiro if he believed the women involved in the lawsuit were telling the truth regarding the racism and sexism they faced.

While he could not comment on ongoing litigation,

Evanston Public Library to expand hours and services starting June 1 Beginning June 1, Evanston Public Library will expand its hours and services, including increasing its capacity and allowing visitors to stay for a longer time, according to a Tuesday news release.

The library can expand services now that Illinois is in the Bridge Phase between Phases 4 and 5, the release said. The library will extend public computer time to two hours per day and add more tables and chairs at both Main Library and Robert Crown Branch Library. EPL will also open study rooms at a capacity of one to two people.

Main Library will open again on Sundays starting June 6, from 12 to 6 p.m. The Robert Crown Branch will open on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning June 3. The first hour open will be reserved for high-risk visitors.

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Schapiro said he was “horrified” when multiple sources alleged of anti-Black racism and harassment in a February investigation published by The Daily.

“Some bad things happened there,” Schapiro said.

“Clearly, we should have known, we should have responded.”

McGuire shifted to faculty questions around University priorities for hiring moving forward. While he is not directly involved in hiring faculty, Schapiro said the University is emerging from the pandemic in a strong financial position and plans to hire more faculty across various departments and schools.

The University also has plans to transform the Donald P. Jacobs Center into “the social science hub of our dreams,” Schapiro said. He added that in meetings with the search committee for his predecessor, he has emphasized the importance of humanities to campus culture.

“I’m optimistic that when all these hundreds of new faculty join us over the next couple of years… that it’s going to be across the traditional fields that make a great research university,” Schapiro said. “I think it’s just a very bad decision to narrow your focus.” maiapandey@u.northwestern.edu Visitors will still need to wear masks and observe social distancing in the libraries, per guidelines from the city’s Department of Health and Human Services. EPL will continue to hold library programs virtually and some outdoors.

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For the second straight time, Northwestern lacrosse is headed to Baltimore for a chance to claim its eighth national title.

The No. 2 Wildcats will face No. 3 Syracuse in the NCAA semifinals Friday following a dominant win over Duke in Evanston last weekend.

However, NU has historically been successful against the Orange in the postseason, defeating Syracuse in the 2019 quarterfinals to advance to the Final Four. But before the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19, the Cats lost to Syracuse by five.

Both teams have transformed tremendously since that last face-off. The Cats went undefeated this season and were crowned Big Ten Champions, while Syracuse went as far as the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. With both programs clinching the second and third berth into the NCAA tournament, the matchup certainly won’t be quiet.

NU’s quarterfinal win over the Blue Devils sent a statement about its star-studded offense. Junior attacker Izzy Scane has had a strong season leading the unit, recording 94 goals — tied for the most in Division I lacrosse. The Tewaaraton Award finalist

also broke the program’s single-game goal record in a March game against Rutgers and set a new single-season goal record in the squad’s Denver win.

Scane said the team is ecstatic to go to the Final Four again, especially with the uncertainty of this season due to the pandemic.

“We’re all super grateful and thankful that we’re back here again,” Scane said. “We (are happy) to celebrate together and play the game we love for another day.”

Scane gets support on the field from senior attacker Lauren Gilbert, graduate student attacker Lindsey McKone and graduate student midfielder Sammy Mueller, who all combined for 221 goals. Gilbert said having so many offensive threats on the field at one time makes their unit “deadly.”

Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller felt similarly, saying the attack would be a great threat against a strong Orange unit. Syracuse junior attacker Meaghan Tyrell and Syracuse freshman attacker Emma Ward are the Orange’s top offensive producers ranking first and third, respectively, in the program for goals. Two of Syracuse’s strongest offensive threats, junior attacker Megan Carney and graduate student attacker Emily Hawryschuk, are out for the rest of the season with ACL injuries.

“We just have to play good team defense,” Amonte Hiller said. “We have to play together, support each other, and

stop goals.”

Senior defender Jill Girardi, one of the Cats’ top players on the draw, will have a tough battle against Syracuse on the circle.

Draw specialist Morgan Widner and graduate student defender Ella Simkins have been a dynamic duo on the circle for the Orange, but Girardi is ready for the challenge, she said, and will rely heavily on Gilbert and McKone on the outside.

Although this is only NU’s second time competing against an ACC team this season, the players and coaches are not worried about the skepticism regarding their conference-only schedule.

Scane and Gilbert both played in the 2019 Final Four loss against Maryland at Homewood Field and agreed that the experience has prepared them for this year’s NCAA semifinal game. Gilbert said the extended preparation time due to COVID-19 has given the team a “chip on their shoulder.”

Amonte Hiller said the Cats’ last Final Four game wasn’t NU’s best outing, but she thinks the squad is ready to show themselves and play their game this time around.

“We’re very excited to be back,” Amonte Hiller said. ”(The 2019 Final Four) experience will help us handle this situation and give us confidence going into the weekend.”

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In search of a Senior Day victory and an end to its eight-game losing streak, coach Spencer Allen gave the starting nod on Saturday to graduate pitcher Hank Christie. Allen made the move in part out of necessity, with most of the Wildcats’ starters unavailable due to health and safety protocols.

But for Christie, a 2017 All Big Ten Freshman Team selection who saw his career derailed by a shoulder surgery, his Senior Day offered a chance at redemption.

Going against an Iowa lineup that had scored 15, 12 and 6 runs against NU’s pitching staff in the season’s previous matchups, Christie stood tall on the mound, holding the Hawkeyes without an earned run across five innings of work. In his final inning, the Oak Park, Ill. native forced two straight flyouts to strand two baserunners and jogged off the field to a rousing ovation from the home crowd.

“That was probably one of the most special moments because Hank’s been through a lot and he just competed,” Allen said of Christie’s performance. “I told him (Sunday) morning — that was a fun moment.”

Christie’s surprise start was one of the rare shining moments for the Cats in a season defined by health concerns and struggles against the Big Ten’s top teams. But against Iowa, the Cats filled their weekend with plenty of them, winning their final two matchups in the late innings and earning their first series win since March 28.

In Friday’s home opener, the Hawkeyes continued their dominance of NU with a 6-1 rout. Hawkeye pitcher Trenton Wallace held the Cats’ offense to just three hits and no runs across his six innings. While Allen credited Wallace as the primary reason for Iowa’s standout win, he acknowledged the challenge of the irregular pauses in his team’s schedule.

“Baseball’s such a game of rhythm,

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Senior outfielder Leo Kaplan smiles during Northwestern’s April 16 game against Indiana. Kaplan hit a home run in his final home game as part of an 8-6 NU win.

and so I was proud of the guys just for battling,” Allen said. “Maybe not being extra sharp, but they fought through and that’s not easy to do.”

After holding their Senior Day celebrations Saturday, the Cats brought the energy to the diamond with a prolific first inning. Redshirt junior outfielder David Dunn, one of NU’s 10 Senior Day honorees, opened the scoring with a basesclearing, three-run double.

Christie pitched his longest outing of the season with five innings to keep the Cats ahead, but the Hawkeyes scored two unearned runs in the fourth inning and drove another runner home on a seventh-inning single to tie the score.

In the top of the eighth inning, junior shortstop Shawn Goosenberg lined a single for his second hit of the game and stole second before sophomore designated hitter Stephen Hrustich’s single brought Goosenberg home for the go-ahead

run. Another single, this time from junior catcher Michael Trautwein, scored Hrustich for an additional run.

“Getting that extra run in the eighth was huge,” Allen said. “It came up big, and I was proud of the middle of the lineup this weekend.”

The Hawkeyes pulled within a run by scoring on a fielder’s choice call, but reliever Sam Lawrence struck out Iowa first baseman Peyton Williams to secure the win and snap the Cats’ eight-game losing streak.

NU jumped out to an early 4-0 lead Sunday on home runs from Goosenberg, Trautwein and senior outfielder Leo Kaplan in the first two innings.

With limited options in the pitching staff due to health protocols, Allen opted for a committee approach using seven pitchers against Iowa’s lineup. The Hawkeyes couldn’t keep up with the Cats’ home run pace, but rallied and tied the game at 6-6 on a

seventh inning single.

Following a scoreless eighth inning, Calarco reached first on a single in the bottom of the ninth, bringing up Goosenberg for a chance at his third walk-off home run of the season and first since NU’s April 10 home opener against Rutgers. After taking two balls and a strike, the star shortstop swung hard, sending a moonshot home run out to the left field pole to win the game.

Barring the rescheduling of the Cats’ earlier postponements, NU will travel to Columbus, Ohio for the regular season’s final series against Ohio State.

“I just want the guys to continue to create those special moments,” Allen said. “ W hatever that is, whether they’re little victories or big moments like this, and enjoy the finish.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern senior guard Jordan Hamilton will join Stanford women’s basketball program for the 2021-22 season as a graduate transfer.

The Frisco, Texas native announced her decision to join the reigning national champions Wednesday following four years playing for the Wildcats. Hamilton was a key player for NU during her senior year, scoring 225 points and starting all 25 games. Highlights included notching a season-high 19 points against Iowa in January and having a standout performance against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament, where she scored 17 points, including 3 three-pointers.

Overall, Hamilton played in 110 games during her four years with the Cats, averaging 7.6 points and 2.6 rebounds. She recorded 3.3 assists, 1.5 steals, and a double-double in her senior season. She also notched a career high of 22 points her freshman year against Wisconsin.

Hamilton is the first NU player to claim a fifth-year eligibility and transfer to a different university.

The guard will join a Stanford program coming off its third national title in the team’s history. Stanford and NU have not faced off since 1998, when the Cardinals won a matchup between the two.

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Senior guard Jordan Hamilton attempts a jumper against Wisconsin defenders on Feb. 20. She announced Wednesday her commitment to Stanford women’s basketball fo the 2021-22 season.

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Ameet Sachdev ’93, ’94 MS Lisa Sachdev Jay Sakai (’23 P) Linda Lachin Saltzman ’91 Kevin G. Salwen ’79 (’17 P) Robert R. Samuels ’06 Agnes Bundy Scanlan (’22 P) John Scanlan (’22 P) Daniel Schack ’03 Jennifer Scheer Lieberman ’87 (’21 P) Scott Schmid ’86 Rebecca Schnur ’87, ’90 MS Peter A. Schoenke ’92, ’93 MS Schwab Charitable Fund Kirsten Michelle Searer ’00, ’01 MS Mary Beth Searles ’91 Luke M. Seemann ’98 Christine E. Seliga ’87 Michael D. Selinker ’89 David C. Sell ’85 Gail S. Sell Heather Lalley Sennett ’97 Gregory Shea ’95 John Shea ’96 MS Audrey D. Shepps Mark ’85 Chelsea Lynn Sherlock ’16 Christopher D. Sias ’89 (’22 P) Sidney Lee Dream Foundation Inc. Janine M. Sieja ’88 Andrew Markowitz Simon ’09 Stephen K. Sink ’69, ’70 MS Bonnie J. Sinnock ’89 Denise Gould Smith ’96 Elliott J. Smith ’97 Molly Elizabeth Smith ’05 Barbara Nordby Soderlin ’99 Joshua Abraham Solomon ’14 Roselyn Spencer (’17 P) Wesley Spencer (’17 P) Michael H. Sperling ’83 David B. Spitulnik ’80 MBA Elizabeth Sporkin (’11 P) Aurin Autry Squire ’01 Julie Squire (’23 P) David S. Steinau ’86 Alexander Whitehall Stephens ’87 David Paul Sterrett ’05 Anne Zidonis Straub ’86 Emlyn Struthers Pandell Eugene S. Sunshine ’71 (’01, ’08 P) Hollis A. Sunshine ’71 (’01, ’08 P) Rachel Swarns Calvin H. Sydnor III The Blackbaud Giving Fund Paul M. Tenorio ’07 Joe K. Thiegs ’96 Lisa Price Thiegs ’96, ’97 MS Robert G. Thomas ’80 Donna J. Thompson ’62 Zhenyu Tian ’18 Lauren Elizabeth Todd ’05 Kenneth N. Traisman (’18 P) Sara Marsh Tueting ’93, ’96 MS Lisa Tuomi (’24 P) Sam Valenzisi ’95, ’96 MS Peter Vincich Christine Oliva Wachter ’01, ’01 MS Joshua Walfish ’14 Lisbeth Elsa Walker ’07 David J. Wallace ’85 Linda R. Walton ’64 Michael W. Walton ’65, ’80 MBA Cynthia H. Wang ’93 Yizhou Wang (’23 P) Ryan O'Connell Wangman ’20 Suzanne Louise Wardle ’06 Sonjia Waxmonsky Graham Thomas Webster ’06 Charles Weisman ’81 (’18, ’19 P) David J. Weiss ’87 (’17 P) Melanie Koff Weiss ’89 (’17 P) Shari Gail Weiss ’09 Shanna Wagner Wendt ’00 Sonia Miriam Wengerhoff ’05, ’09 MD, ’12 GME Sonja A. Westerberg Mary Ann Weston ’62, ’63 MS Michael C. Weston Ivey L. Whalen Paula K. Wheeler ’92, ’92 MS Charles F. Whitaker ’80, ’81 MS Beth A. Whitehouse ’83 Amy Sue Wilen-Buckman ’86, ’86 MS Janessa Wilson (’23 P) Edward Rouse Winstead ’89 Catherine Mei Wong ’80 Jason Wong Deborah Leigh Wood John Wright Susan Wu ’97, ’01 MD Yurui Wu Andrew J. Wuellner ’82 Yiren Yang ’15, ’15 MS Charles Yarnoff Rebecca S. Yuan ’98 Fatema Singaporewala Zanzi ’00 Yuxing Zheng ’07, ’07 MS Mark E. Zuckerman ’98

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