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Student rights to unionize in danger A proposed NLRB rule would roll back grad student rights By AMY LI

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The exterior of the Black House. The renovations are scheduled to be completed next fall.

Students miss old Black House

The Sheridan Rd. location is closed for renovations until fall 2020 By NEYA THANIKACHALAM

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Northwestern’s Black House hosted the Black to School Barbeque on Monday

at the space’s temporary location, 1856 Orrington Ave., to welcome new and returning students before the start of classes. The Black House is currently located in the Sorority Quad, as its previous location,

1914 Sheridan Road, has been closed for renovations since late June. The University selected the current temporary location after hearing input from various sources, including students, faculty and the Black

House Renovation Steering Committee — and after students raised separate concerns during the search process. However, some students felt a difference between the » See BLACK HOUSE, page 6

Student workers at Northwestern and other private universities would lose employee status and unionization rights under a proposed regulation by the National Labor Relations Board. The proposal, announced last Friday, would strip all graduate students working as teaching and research assistants of federally backed rights to unionize and collectively bargain. The rule would only affect private universities, as the jurisdiction of the 1935 National Labor Relations Act is limited to the private sector. The rule is a reversal of the 2016 landmark rule, borne out of a petition filed by a group of graduate students at Columbia University that granted them the ability to hold legally binding union votes. In August 2016, after the NLRB rule in the Columbia case, Northwestern said it did not classify graduate students as employees and did not support student unionization efforts in a University “Frequently Asked Questions” document on student unions. “Northwestern believes that unionization and collective

bargaining are not the appropriate methods to address concerns raised by student assistants,” the document stated. Since then, five private universities have signed student union contracts and 15 have held union votes. Kitty Yang, co-chair of Northwestern Graduate Workers — a graduate student union unrecognized by the University — said the proposal strategically targets a time in which graduate student unions are gaining momentum nationally. “They can see that grad students are unionizing and they’re trying to stop it,” Yang said, “and by ‘they’ I mean Trump, his NLRB, and the University. We don’t see why this rule has to come up unless somebody at the university is pushing it.” The Friday proposal holds a 60-day consultation window. Over the next two months, NUGW will be working on a collective comment with student unions at the University of Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Princeton University, Yale University and Brown University. “What we’re trying to take advantage of is NLRB as a federal agency has to at least read and respond to significant comments, so what we’re trying to do is at least slow down the process, and hope that there’s a new NLRB,” Yang said. » See NLRB, page 6

D65 employees support teacher

Aldermen delay city manager search

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By SNEHA DEY

For three years, Park School special education teacher Ren Heckathorne has faced continuous abuse and harassment over their gender identity. About 35 community members called for a policy change to better protect LGBTQ+ staff members at the Evanston/ Skokie School District 65 board meeting Monday. “I can’t help but wonder if you really care about me and how I feel,” Heckathorne said at the meeting. “It is truly terrifying to be emotionally vulnerable in a space that has never protected me...as space that has allowed me to get hurt time and time again...a space that has suggested that maybe I am the one people need to be protected from.” Transgender flags in hand, community members

said the current staff policy fails to include LGBTQ+ staff members. D65 educator Jessica Manning recommended the district hire an independent consultant and that all staff undergo adequate training. “There is no way to ensure appropriate action has been taken to prevent such incidents from occurring again,” said Manning. She said the request is in direct alignment with the district equity statement which “recognizes that excellence requires a commitment to equity and to identifying and addressing practices, policies, and institutional barriers.” Heckathorne filed their first formal grievance in Februar y 2017. A D65 employee had been making hateful comments on a daily basis for months, Heckathorne said. The grievance said the » See D65, page 6

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City manager recruitment firms to be selected at October meeting By CASSIDY WANG

City members on Monday held off on approving a contract with the executive recruitment firm GovHR USA to conduct the search for the next city manager. Aldermen will instead choose three firms to review at the Oct. 7 Rules Committee meeting. The selected firm will conduct a nationwide search for a city manager to replace Wally Bobkiewicz, who attended his last City Council meeting Monday. After serving ten years as Evanston’s city manager, Bobkiewicz will assume the role of city administrator in Issaquah, Washington on Sept. 30. Aldermen voted to appoint assistant city manager Erika Storlie as the interim city manager at the Sept. 9 council meeting. Council did not specify how long the search will take. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said she was concerned with

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Erika Storlie at Monday’s meeting. Storlie will act as the interim city manager until a permanent replacement is hired.

past searches GovHR USA conducted for the city, while Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said the lack of diversity of the firm’s associates does not reflect a commitment to inclusion in

their representation. The city has used GovHR to hire three employees recently — two African Americans and one LGBTQ person — Bobkiewicz said. He said the search

firm should understand what the city is looking for and involve officials in the hiring process. “ There are very few » See SEARCH, page 6

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Residents to pay higher sales tax post-Council vote By JOSHUA IRVINE

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City Council on Monday barely passed a vote to raise Evanston’s sales tax, leaving aldermen deflated as the city approaches upcoming budgetary discussions. Aldermen voted 5-4 in favor of an ordinance to raise the sales tax for retail goods from 1 percent to 1.25 percent. The ordinance, expected to bring an additional $1.5 million in revenue when it goes into effect Jan. 1, puts Evanston’s sales tax rate in line with Chicago and many of the suburbs on the city’s northern border, while raising it above many of the western suburbs and on the North Shore. After deciding to stabilize the city’s finances in April, City Council requested staff prepare an ordinance to raise the sales tax at an Aug. 5 meeting. A report from the city’s chief financial officer showed revenues from several sources, including sales tax, were on track to meet 2019 budget projections. However, the same report anticipated heightened expenses for 2020, including an additional $1.6 million owed for union contracts. Alds. Judy Fiske (1st) and Tom Suffredin (6th) led the opposition to the tax increase, having voted against the introduction of the ordinance at the council’s Sept. 9 meeting. Both aldermen argued higher taxes would drive shoppers away from Evanston. Suffredin said the tax

POLICE BLOTTER Cash stolen from wallet at Whole Foods Credit cards, IDs and $370 in cash were stolen from a Wilmette woman’s purse while she was grocery shopping, Evanston police said. The 52-year-old reported her black wallet stolen

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Ald. Donald Wilson (4th). Wilson voted in favor of an ordinance to raise sales taxes in Evanston; the ordinance passed 5-4.

increase is “regressive.” “I won’t vote to nickel-and-dime our residents like this,” Fiske said. Fiske said council had to think of “holistic”

solutions to revenue concerns and said council would have raised property tax revenue if it had approved proposals like a development on Chicago Avenue.

from her purse Sept. 21 at around 10:25 a.m. She was shopping at the Whole Foods on 2748 Green Bay Rd. Police spoke with a witness at the scene who described the person who may have stolen the items as a 55 or 60-year-old man, about 5’7” and wearing a striped shirt and dark shorts, said Perry Polinski, Evanston police communications coordinator. Police checked the area for the man and were

unable to locate him, Polinski said.

License plate taken from car at Steak ‘n Shake

A Wilmette man reported that his license plate was taken from his car while parked at an Evanston restaurant, police said. At around 10:15 p.m. on Sept. 22 the

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) called for greater fiscal responsibility by the council and criticized the burden the ordinance placed on retailers. “We can’t keep identifying ways to spend money without identifying ways to raise revenue,” Rainey said. Rainey said City Council needs to put pressure on the city’s wealthy professional residents. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) did not oppose the sales tax directly, but said she wanted to see revenue from the ordinance earmarked for affordable housing or other underfunded measures. “I am just not comfortable with handing a blanket check to the general fund,” Fleming said, her last public comment before voting nay on the ordinance. Supporters of the ordinance spoke little during debate, with Alds. Donald Wilson (4th) and Melissa Wynne (3rd) insisting that the tax increase was necessary. “We’re not bad people, we’re not trying to hurt people, we’re just trying to do the right thing,” Wilson said, adding he would work on decreasing the city’s additional levy on alcohol to counteract the effect of the ordinance on restaurateurs. Both Wynn and Wilson argued the city did not have other options for raising revenue, citing property tax increases and, in Wynn’s case, parking fees as more harmful to residents. “At least someone else who’s driving in from Highland Park is gonna pay for this,” Wynne said. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu 46-year-old parked his car at the Steak ‘n Shake, 2209 Oakton St., and discovered his front license plate was missing from his 2006 GMC when he returned several minutes later, Polinski said. Polinski said the only suspects were a group of teenagers who entered the restaurant. — Samantha Handler

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Schapiro pens academic freedom op-ed By DAISY CONANT

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American colleges, universities and federal policymakers should work hand in hand to combat the threat of academic espionage, Northwestern president Morton Schapiro and Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie wrote in a recent op-ed for The Hill. In the piece, Schapiro and McRobbie — the acting chair of the Association of American Universities board of directors — dispute the “current drumbeat” of concern voiced by the intelligence community that foreign actors are exploiting the ideals of collaboration and academic freedom on American campuses to steal, attack or sabotage U.S. research and technological advances. “This erroneous narrative holds that colleges and universities have failed to take these concerns seriously,” they wrote. “This is far from the truth.” University-sponsored research is considered a critical pillar of Northwestern’s reputation — among other factors, the university’s climb from 10th to ninth place in the U.S. News and World Report rankings has been largely attributed to its record $797.8 million in sponsored research funding. In a statement to The Daily, Schapiro said he co-authored the piece because of how important the issue of addressing foreign threats is to American research universities. International students, researchers and faculty — those most likely to be pinpointed as threats in this case — were also a continuously emphasized attribute of Northwestern’s campuses in the op-ed. Despite highlighting AAU recommendations to “underscore for faculty how systematic programs of foreign influence can jeopardize core scientific and academic values of our institutions and the integrity of our research,” Schapiro and McRobbie argued it would be a “significant strategic mistake” for U.S. policymakers to question the recruitment of international students and

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academics to American schools or consider denying them entry altogether. “Closing our campuses to foreign visitors, ignoring the major contributions our international students and scholars make to the advancement of American science and abandoning the very openness that has been a central ingredient to the success of American innovation would ultimately do more harm to the U.S. research enterprise than good,” they wrote. “It would also send a horrible signal to the rest of the world.” The presidents wrote that colleges and universities like theirs have been aggressively engaged in addressing threats of foreign interference, noting AAU-backed policies such as conducting an inventory of campus activities involving security matters and ensuring that faculty, staff and students are meeting all existing federal disclosure and export controls compliance requirements. However, Schapiro and McRobbie acknowledged that institutions of higher learning may not be best positioned to fully secure the nation and its intellectual property. Within that vein, they voiced support for the “Securing American Science and Technology Act,” a piece of legislation

introduced by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio). The act would establish an interagency working group that ensures that security controls are properly employed to protect national security while maintaining the free flow of fundamental scientific information, facilitating dialogue between academic and federal actors. “Colleges and universities should continue to play their part by strengthening their protocols,” they wrote. “Federal policymakers should base any new laws or rules on what is actually happening on our college campuses rather than on a narrative that is not based in reality.” It is not uncommon for Schapiro to use national news as a platform to voice his political convictions. In April, he co-penned a Washington Post op-ed where he claimed a “recommitment to prudence” is necessary to gain headway on issues such as climate change and minimum wage, and in June 2016 he authored a piece in The Post vocalizing support of safe spaces on college campuses. daisyconant2022@u.northwestern.edu

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After listening more, Chance’s album shows growth GREG SVIRNOVSKIY

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It’s been over three years since Chance the Rapper released his last solo effort, “Coloring Book,” a stunning collection of Gospel-infused tunes and soft but fast rap tracks. Effortless, introspective, polished. The only album that’s ever made anyone want to smoke and go to church at the same time. It got me into rap — seeing this artsy crooner who I’d only ever heard before in “Sunday Candy” with songs that made you think, feel and dance. So naturally, I eagerly awaited his debut album, dubbed “The Big Day.” I missed my stop on the L last night so I’d have more time to finish the album in its entirety before coming home, listening to its tunes in his native Chicago. “The Big Day” has its moments. But it’s different, a sign of his age. Gone are the sermons and gospel choirs from “Coloring Book,” the youthful exuberance of “Acid Rap,” the eternal optimism from “10 Day.” It’s different now, that Chance has grown up. The remnants of his past, though, they keep me coming back. It starts with the first song, “All Day Long,” which harkens back to Chano’s gospely days. It sounds like a love child of “Smoke Break” and “All We Got.” John Legend reminds us all why he’s so great, belting the song’s namesake with ease and grace. “Eternal,” the album’s third track, complete with a cameo from St. Louis-based rapper Smino, is as electrifying as it is reflective — Chance comes to grips with how much he values his wife, both practically and emotionally. Her name is Kirsten Corley; the couple married in March and share a 3-yearold daughter.

During the song, he commits himself to a new life of monogamy, of responsibility, to prove to his family that he’s capable of justifying their inherent love: “You send him to the store and forget that he left / You send me to the store, I come back with a chef / I’ll come back out of breath.” The track has his trademark cuts in direction and speed. I’ve never heard a rapper so easily change rhythm midline and sound as good as Chance. The word “eternal” is sung and said six times during the chorus, interspersed over itself, cut in half, or softly in the background. It’s a bop, a banger, a love song, a story, a poem. If he commits to his wife in “Eternal,” he confirms it in “We Go High,” crooning about a time when he wasn’t so sure, when the “Lies on my breath, she say she couldn’t take the smell of it.” He writes about the melancholy loneliness in short-circuited love, in accepting fault. Not anymore. “This the part of my life my lifetime movie prolly ‘bout / When they come to jump a board, I won’t ollie out.” It’s a central theme in the album, one that is echoed in “I Got You (Always and Forever),” “The Big Day” and “5 Year Plan.” The features are striking, if only in their sheer number. Shawn Mendes is his trademark heartthrob self in “Ballin Flossin,” where he sings the chorus, and Chano’s brother, Taylor Bennett, guest stars on “Roo,” an eccentric mashup of what feels like multiple songs, banding together in unholy matrimony. Nicki Minaj is featured in not one but two of the album’s songs, “Slide Around” and “Zanies and Foolies.” For all of the album’s hits, it battles with a fair share of clunkers, where there’s less effort put into the lyrical choice, base and

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Chance the Rapper.

backdrop. In “Hot Shower,” it sounds like each word comes out without any emotion, no effort. He just pushes them out, with careless delivery, tone rarely changing. It’s like a half-price Famous Dex song. And in “Ballin Flossin,” “Slide Around” and “Zanies and Foolies,” there’s no tonal change, no inflection and seemingly no desire. It’s like, for a third of the 22-song album, he’s sold out. Which begs the question: Why on earth is this album 22 songs? Still, the album is great, capturing “Chano’s” transition to full-blown adulthood. He’s

a father, a husband, a protagonist, a man. And in the end, that’s how we all ought to view him. As a man. Greg Svirnovskiy is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Taylor Swift’s summer predicament wasn’t new at all EMILY WONG

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Ever since Taylor Swift spoke out about Scooter Braun acquiring Big Machine Records, and therefore ownership of all of the masters recordings of her first six albums, the story has made recurring appearances in the news. Countless celebrities, from Justin Bieber to Kelly Clarkson, have weighed in on the situation from varying sides. While much of the conversation has centered around personal issues between Swift and Braun, a larger question still arises — should artists be entitled to own their songs? My natural inclination is to answer yes, as it only seems fair to allow musicians ownership of work that’s personal to them. Swift wants you to think this as well, making an emotional argument in her Tumblr post about the issue as she mentions “music

I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums.” However, the reality is that the majority of artists signed to labels don’t own their own masters, according to a Billboard article about the issue. While I’m hardly an expert on the legal side of the music industry, I have been to enough open mics and underground shows to know that there are plenty of hardworking, talented musicians who release their music independently of a record label, by choice or otherwise. While they are able to retain full ownership of their songs, they don’t have the privilege of making a comfortable living from their music alone. For better or for worse, signing a contract implies an understanding of a tradeoff between your personal rights and the career boost of a respected label. Despite the sentimentality with which we treat it, music is still a business, and Swift should know that better than anyone. Her latest estimated net worth amounted to $360 million, a value that I doubt she would’ve

reached solely by self-promotion. There are obviously more layers to this story than a standard legal rights battle. Given Swift’s contentious history with Braun, the fact that he owns her masters seems to upset her just as much as the very fact that she doesn’t. Furthermore, she also takes issue with not being offered a chance to buy back her songs. According to Swift, the only option to gain ownership of her masters was by signing a new deal with Big Machine Records and earning them back with each new album. Nonetheless, the argument that writing songs on your bedroom floor should grant you indefinite rights to that music is no more than a shameless appeal to pathos. Intellectual property rights are neither new nor exclusive to the entertainment industry. Plenty of other businesses require their workers to give up autonomy over their own work in exchange for the stability and benefits that come from their employment. For example, it’s not uncommon for tech companies to make their employees sign

an agreement that any side projects they conceive while working at the company will belong to their employer. I’m not vouching for the morality of this practice, but profitable industries have a long history of taking advantage of smart, earnest workers in order to benefit a few major players. It doesn’t only become unfair once it happens to Taylor Swift. In an ideal world, Swift would own her own masters, and so would every other artist, regardless of with whom they produced. It’s a shame that we needed an outspoken multimillionaire to grab the public’s attention on this issue, but now that she has, it’s time we make up our minds on how we allot value in the music industry. Emily Wong is a Medill junior. She can be contacted at emilywong2021@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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IDPH investigates cases of vaping-related illness By KALEN LUCIANO

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The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating 13 individuals who have experienced severe breathing problems after vaping, following 69 reported cases of people suffering from respiratory symptoms including cough, shortness of breath and fatigue. The use of e-cigarettes and vaping products recently surpassed conventional cigarettes as the most commonly used tobacco product among young people — the age range of most affected by the vaping-linked respiratory illness. People who experience any type of chest pain or difficulty breathing after vaping in the weeks or months prior to these symptoms are told to seek immediate medical attention by IDPH. “The short- and long-term effects of vaping are still being researched, but these recent hospitalizations have shown that there is the potential for immediate health consequences,” IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said in a statement. Though there have been no cases reported to Evanston Health and Human Services, most of the cases have been found in the northeastern part of the state, which includes Evanston. The department is going to community festivals and fairs in Evanston to raise awareness about the

epidemic and the potential dangers of vaping, said Ike Ogbo, the interim director of Evanston Health and Human Services. Vaping is treated the same way as other tobacco products in Evanston. Illinois law prohibits the purchase of tobacco products for people under 21, but Evanston bans those under 21 from selling as well. Under the Clean Air Act, restrictions on vaping prohibit smoking in public areas and businesses. These restrictions extend to Evanston schools. According to IDPH, 42 percent of U.S. and Illinois high school students reported using an electronic vaping product in 2017 — double the number of those smoking cigarettes 10 years ago. At Evanston Township High School, the focus is on educating students about the health risks associated with vaping. Though it is against school rules and there are consequences for vaping on school property, it’s difficult to keep track and enforce this policy. “We do not have vaping detectors. We have 1.3 million square feet in our school located on 65 acres,” the ETHS communications office said in an emailed statement to The Daily. “It would require countless detectors and still would not stop students from vaping in other settings away from school where they spend most of their lives.” The vaping-linked illness isn’t just limited to Illinois. Federal officials reported that there have been at least 530 cases in 38 states as of Thursday. Last month, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) speaks to a group of Northwestern students in the spring. The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating 13 individuals who have experienced severe breathing problems after vaping.

learned of the first Illinois resident who died from the nationwide outbreak. “I am angry because that fatality and the others that have followed it were preventable,” Schakowsky said in an email to The Daily. IDPH is working with local health departments, other states, the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the names, origins and types of vaping products linked to this illness. The department plans to use this information to determine which chemicals led to these respiratory illnesses. kalenluciano2022@u.northwestern.edu

NU receives $50 million donation toward financial aid By AMY LI

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Northwestern received a $50 million donation towards scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students — the largest gift made to financial aid in the University’s history. The donation by trustee and alumnus Jeff Ubben (Kellogg ‘87) and his wife Laurie Ubben will support the University’s Thrive at Northwestern initiative under We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern. The initiative’s priorities including enhancing financial aid resources and new programs, services, and mentoring opportunities for low-income and

first-generation college students to help all students feel welcomed and supported at Northwestern. In a University release, President Morton Schapiro thanked the Ubben family for its “remarkable generosity” that will help generations of highly qualified students obtain a Northwestern education. “Making Northwestern accessible to talented students from every walk of life is essential to our efforts to build the most vibrant academic community possible,” Schapiro wrote in the release. The University states that financial aid is a top funding priority for Northwestern. Northwestern has enrolled 9 percentage points more Pell Granteligible students in incoming classes over the past decade. Last year, 61 percent of undergraduate

students and 47 percent of graduate and professional students were able to receive financial aid. The gift follows Northwestern’s recent ranking as the ninth best U.S. university in U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Colleges lists, which introduced a “social mobility score” in its ranking methodology. Though Northwestern continued its move up the rankings, it fared poorly in the Top Performers on Social Mobility ranking, landing in the No. 251 spot with other highly selective universities like Cornell University, Stanford University and Duke University. This fall, the University has eliminated loans from undergraduate financial aid packages.

Undergraduate students can still take out federal and private loans for other expenses. In 2017, Jeff Ubben completed a nine-year tenure as chair of The Posse Foundation’s national board of directors, a foundation Northwestern has been a partner institution of since 2012. During his tenure, Jeff Ubben played an important role in developing Northwestern’s partnership with the college access and leadership development program. “Laurie and I can think of nothing more worthy than to make a Northwestern degree accessible to as many outstanding students as possible,” Jeff Ubben said. amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

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two spots. Medill sophomore Imani Harris said the temporary location doesn’t feel as “homey” as the original site. “This feels like an office now with study space versus the Black House feeling like our space,” Harris said. “The Black House is just a space where we’ve set our norms. We know you could walk in. I just don’t really think I would come here to chill as much as I did in the other Black House.” Plans for renovating the Black House were in place since July 2016. Following a period of

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 extensive preparations, construction only began in August, following extensive preparations, which included selecting an architect, finalizing the design and getting the Black House ready for relocation. Renovations on the Black House are scheduled to be completed in Fall 2020. Still, Harris added she was glad the temporary location came with services the original Black House had, such as free printing. Despite the differences between the two locations, Harris said she would still be coming to the Orrington location, especially for organization meetings and to use the printer. Like her, SESP sophomore Sophia Simon said she can tell there is a difference between the

environment of the Black House on Orrington, and hopes that renovations will be completed as planned. “It’s important that (administrators) make an effort to make the process as quick as possible, because the Black House is a very important house to a lot of students on campus,” Simon said.“If they start slacking or are behind schedule, there will be a need for a student push.” Soteria Reid, the Associated Student Government executive officer for justice and inclusion, said ASG will be “keeping tabs” on the progress of the renovations and start “asking questions” if renovations are pushed back. The

SESP junior noted that although ASG did advocate for a temporary location of the Black House, it does not have a specific role surrounding renovations. Reid said she was glad the temporary location was well-suited to meet the needs of Northwestern’s black community, but she is excited to see the renovated location on Sheridan. “I miss the squeaky floors, I miss the smell of it, honestly,” Reid said. “I miss my Black House. It’s what I know, it’s what I remember, but they’re trying to make it better, and I can’t be mad at that.” neyathanikachalam2022@u.northwestern.edu

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employee had students pray for Heckathorne’s salvation and refused to use the correct pronouns. In a meeting with an administrator, the employee used slurs toward Heckathorne and refused to acknowledge “they/them” as Heckathorne’s pronouns. The grievance was determined by human resources after an investigation as unfounded. A second formal grievance was filed by Heckathorne on April 1. The complaint cited a breach of confidentiality by a district administration. The admin’s colleagues reported details of the case had been shared, including the name of the teacher. Teachers emailed school administrators, district administrators and the union about feeling unsafe at work because of Heckathorne’s gender identity. Heckathorne was not included in the emails. Last week, all D65 employees received an email from the human resources department, reminding them to support LGBTQ+ identifying staff members to comply with board policies. “Truthfully, I felt that that the email was condescending and missed the mark,” D65 employee Lisa Levine said in a statement at the meeting. “Just as I strongly believe our kids of color need to see teachers and figures of authority that look like them, I believe that our LGBTQ youth should be able to see themselves reflected in who they interact with at school.” After participating in a training last week facilitated to learn to support LGBTQ staff, Levine, who is raising a gender-fluid child, said she did not feel the training was effective in fulfilling its purpose. She emphasized the need to support teachers like Heckathorne in an effort to create an inclusive community. “I am done holding this district’s hand as they fumble and fall and refuse to do what is right,” said Heckathorne. “I will no longer accept that this is the best you can do.”

to mental health treatment more expensive. Members of NUGW reached out directly to administrators demanding clarifications before the announcement was made. Unlike Northwestern, the University of Chicago is “not opposed to unions,” the Provost Dan Diermeir wrote in a June statement this year. Despite echoing parts of Northwestern’s position on student unions — including the concern that a third-party mediator between faculty and students can compromise the academic environment — the University of Chicago believes a productive relationship with labor unions is possible. “As always, the University stands for freedom of expression and respects these students’ rights to protest and express their views,” Diermeir wrote. Richard Cohrs, director of communications and outreach of TGS, told the Daily that the school has no comment on the proposed NLRB rule at this time but continues to stand by the University’s 2016 statement, disappointing members of NUGW. “What we want Northwestern to say is that ‘we do not support Trump and his NLRB,’” Yang said. “What we want is to make sure that they’re standing up for us rather than against us with Trump.”

communities like Evanston,” Bobkiewicz said. “Those that you want to apply for this job will ultimately do that because they will see this as one of the great challenges in local government in America.” Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said the city has had success with GovHR in the past. She said the Midwestbased firm can better understand Evanston as opposed to others that are based on the West Coast. “We aren’t a run-of-the-mill community and we really need a recruiting firm that very much understands us,” Wynne said. “A very critical element is that they come in and hear from us.” Mayor Steve Hagerty said at the Sept. 9 meeting that the selection of a new city manager is “arguably the most important responsibility of the Evanston City Council,” and residents will have a part of the recruitment process. “Once a search firm has been hired, we will begin a process of seeking community dialogue, obtaining input on what skills, experience, and traits residents would like to see in the next city manager,” Hagerty said. Residents should also have the opportunity to provide feedback on the city manager’s job description and be able to serve on a community panel in a meeting with final candidates that the entire community will be able to attend, Hagerty said. Hagerty said council members will ultimately hire a city manager whose “values, skills, experience and knowledge align with the elected representatives of this city.” Ninth Ward resident Elliot Zashin [CQ][CQ] said at the Sept. 9 meeting that “restoring the city to a sound financial position” and “calming the internal conflicts” between elected officials and city staff will be a challenge for the next city manager. “Citizens need to have some sense of how the new manager will tackle these problems and how much information about the city’s condition she or he will share with the public,” Zashin said. “A great deal of public confidence has been lost. Allowing us to have a significant role in the selection of the next city manager will be a first step in restoring that confidence.”

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From page 1 Northwestern, along with many other private institutions, argues that recognizing students as employees would create a hostile dynamic between the student and faculty bodies and interrupt an otherwise peaceful academic environment. Students, however, contend that administrators who have significant power over students’ academic and professional futures must be kept in check by unions. Yang said she is disappointed by the University’s lack of regard for the importance of student labor. “We take assistant shifts, we pay taxes,” Yang said. “The fact is that we are workers. If you look at the work that we do as TAs, as RAs, it’s absolutely work.” The proposal is also politically motivated. Over the past two years, the Trump administration has steadily replaced members of the NLRB who championed the 2016 decision with a conservative majority. They’ve since been lowering obstacles for employers to oust worker unions. NUGW, however, said it has renewed faith in the power of student unions after Aetna, Northwestern’s health insurance provider, ceded to student outrage and reversed changes to the Student Health Insurance Plan that made access

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Regan Steigleder looks to pass the ball. The junior midfielder scored the Cats’ lone goal on Saturday.

The last time Northwestern traveled to Champaign to play Illinois in 2017, the Wildcats lost 1-0 in what was considered a major upset. Much has changed between the last two seasons ago and Friday’s game, including most of NU’s roster. A young Cats (2-5-1, 0-1 Big Ten) team fell 3-1 against the Fighting Illini (7-1, 1-0) in their Big Ten opener. Illinois scored the first three goals of the match — including two in the first fifteen minutes of the second half — to secure their second win in the last three games against NU. Fighting Illini forward Kelly Maday scored the first goal of the game in the 13th minute, running down a long cross and chipping it over the Cats’ sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood. Midfielder Hope Breslin added to the lead with a goal early in the second half, finishing a

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through ball that reached her right in front of the net. Midfielder Arianna Veland added to the lead with a goal in the 60th minute, and the Cats couldn’t overcome the three goal deficit. The Fighting Illini have come a long way since the 2017 season, when the team finished with only two conference wins. Illinois improved its in-conference record to above .500 last season and were slated to finish eighth in this season’s opening Big Ten Women’s Soccer Preseason poll. The Cats have only three players left on the roster who started in the 2017 game, and the current team has struggled to create chances on its side of the field. NU possessed the ball in the box only 14 percent of the time, and the Cats were outshot

11-7. Junior midfielder Regan Steigleder made a penalty kick in the 80th minute, netting her first goal of the season. But with Illinois up two goals with ten minutes remaining, the Fighting Illini played conservatively the rest of the way and allowed just one more shot on goal. Looking for the right combination of players, coach Michael Moynihan used eight substitutes, more than the typical number who see the field. Freshman Lily Gilbertson came off the bench and had two shots on goal, bringing energy to a team that has scored just once in its last three games. Defender Taylor Hallmon, a graduate transfer who was expected to be a stabilizing force for the offense, missed her second consecutive game. As a difficult Big Ten schedule continues on, Moynihan kept rotating through options in the midfield and on defense to try to end the team’s recent slide. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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It’s been a while since Northwestern won four straight games. The Wildcats came close in 2014, with a tie separating two pairs of wins, and they got even closer in 2017 with three straight wins in the middle of the season. But the last time NU won at least four games straight was 2013. The Cats (4-3, 1-0 Big Ten) have a chance to reach that magic number again Tuesday. Currently on a threegame winning streak, NU will look to fend off its neighbors, IllinoisChicago (6-1, 2-0 Horizon) at home and keep its record well above .500. Though the Flames beat the Cats 3-1 last year, NU is in a different position than a year ago. For one, the Cats just beat the defending national champions, No. 25 Maryland, 3-1 on Friday. “Winning in the Big Ten is hard — winning on the road in the Big Ten (is) even harder,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “Defeating the defending national champions is a special win.” NU has also upped its scoring in the past few games. Until Sept. 12, the Cats had only scored once, and since they’ve found the back of the net seven more times — and quickly, too. Sophomore midfielder Bardia Kimiavi struck in the fourth minute against the Terrapins on Friday and

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in the 17th minute against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 15. Senior midfielder Matt Moderwell and sophomore midfielder Richie Bennett also hit the net after 28 seconds and nine minutes, respectively, against Western Illinois on Sept. 12. “We never quit. We had good energy. We worked hard,” Lenahan said. But despite this hot streak, UIC still won’t be easy competition. The Flames come to Evanston with a five-game win streak of their own and a host of talented players. One of those standout players is forward Bar Hazut, who leads the Horizon League in points and goals. He’s scored seven times this season — one fewer than all Cats goals combined. Midfielder Jesus Perez poses another threat to NU. The senior won Horizon League Player of the Year last year and led the NCAA in assists with 12. This year, Perez is almost halfway there with five. Lenahan, however, still has confidence in his players. “We’re creating chances,” he said. “I still think we have a very good team.”

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Looking to continue their fourgame winning streak, Northwestern traveled to Ohio for two games against No. 12 Ohio State and Miami University (Ohio). By the end of the weekend, the Wildcats (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten) had extended their streak to six games, beating both teams by three goals. After a disappointing season last year, NU has played at a much higher level and with the win over the Buckeyes, the Cats have won four games against ranked opponents, matching their total from last season. The Cats had no trouble scoring this weekend, putting nine goals in the back of the net in two games, led by freshman redshirt forward Bente Baekers, who outscored NU’s opponents 6-3 herself. NU beat the Buckeyes 4-1, with its offense being sparked by the Netherlands native, who became the first Wildcat to record a hat trick since 2017. The point barrage started less than five minutes into the game, when junior midfielder Lakin Barry scored

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off a rebound to catapult the Cats to an early lead. Less than ten minutes later, Baekers scored her first goal of the game from the top of the circle to double the lead. Ohio State scored a goal to cut NU’s advantage in the first half, but the Cats kept the Buckeyes off the board in the second half while Baekers took over the game. Right before the end of the third quarter, she scored her second goal of the game and almost six minutes later, completed the hat trick. Two days later against the Redhawks, the Cats had to play from behind after a back-and-forth first ten minutes of the game. The Redhawks scored just over three minutes into the game, but less than a minute later, senior midfielder Saar de Breij tied the contest when she scored off of a penalty corner. Just when it seemed like the Cats took momentum, Miami scored their second goal of the quarter to quickly retake the lead.

Fortunately for NU, Baekers picked up right where she left off in Columbus, scoring two goals within 27 seconds of each other early in the second quarter to put the Cats ahead for good. Two more goals later, one from senior defender Kirsten Mansfield and another from Baekers, and the game was out of reach by the end of the third quarter. With her back-to-back hat tricks this weekend, the redshirt freshman phenom earned Big Ten Freshman and Player of the Week. Baekers has been the key to NU’s success this season, as she has scored in eight of the Cats’ wins this season and her 14 goals are the most in the nation. This is the second straight week that Baekers has won the Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week and, for back-to-back weeks, NU has had a Big Ten Player of the Week as Barry took home the award last week. andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Bardia Kimiavi dribbles the ball. The sophomore forward scored the team’s first goal against Maryland last week.

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Kristen Mansfield looks at the field. The senior scored in the second half against the Redhawks.