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I was drugged at AEPi. Evanston Hospital failed me.

“NO MORE EXCUSES” 2,000 students protest Greek life after a series of druggings at fraternity events

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By WAVERLY LONG and ALEX CHUN

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Content warning: This story contains mention of drugging and sexual assault as well as explicit language in audio clips. Two thousand students surrounded the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, spilling into Lincoln Street. The crowd stood still, holding a moment of silence in solidarity with the individuals drugged at the house Thursday. Until an organizer’s shout cut through the air: “Abolition is not the end! It is the beginning!” The crowd cheered and shouted back in response. Soon after, students hurled eggs, which splattered against the AEPi house’s walls. The protest, held outside the on-campus houses of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and AEPi Sunday night, followed two University Police crime notices. The first reported multiple druggings

at the AEPi house, and the second, sent just a day later, reported a drugging at the SAE house. The Saturday notice identified both addresses as on-campus fraternity houses, though the Friday notice did not. Neither notice identified the fraternities by name. Sunday’s action was part of ongoing advocacy to remove Greek life at Northwestern. The druggings have spotlighted the movement to end Greek life on campus and brought historic violence in fraternity spaces to the forefront. As students take action, they look to the future and wonder: What would it look like for NU to replace the Greek system with safer communities, and how can the University better support survivors?

Students respond to weekend reports

At 7 p.m, protesters prepared posters on SAE’s lawn. Some signs targeted SAE and AEPi with phrases like “Say bye bye to AEPi and all frats,” while others addressed Greek life as a whole: “IFC enables rapists.” “Not too late to

disband.” The crowd gathered on the sidewalk in front of the house and poured onto the lawn. Students held their posters to the house, though blinds covered the windows. They chanted: “How do you spell rapist? SAE.” “Silence is violence.” “Out of the frats and into the streets.” Around 7:45 p.m. demonstrators moved to the AEPi house. “1-2-3 f--k SAE,” they chanted. “3-4-5 f--k AEPi.” Some protesters banged on AEPi’s door and others spray-painted the sidewalk in front of the house with “abolish Greek life” and “f--k rapists,” among other phrases. UP, Evanston Police Department and officers from Allied Universal, a company contracted by the University, patrolled the protest. Officers stationed themselves around the SAE house, on the street and outside the AEPi house. At the demonstration’s end, Medill sophomore Maggie Sullivan, the event’s organizer,

» See PROTEST, page 6

ASG bans IFC and PHA from Senate seats

The announcement on Instagram follows multiple reports of drugging at AEPi and SAE By JACOB FULTON

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Associated Student Government banned Northwestern’s Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association from holding or applying for Senate seats, the organization announced Sunday.

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This follows multiple reports of drugging at a Thursday Alpha Epsilon Pi event and another account of drugging at a Friday Sigma Alpha Epsilon event. About 2,000 students protested outside of both fraternity houses Sunday evening, demanding support for survivors and calling for an end to Greek life on NU’s campus.

Last April, ASG ended guaranteed representation for PHA and IFC with almost unanimous Senate approval in an amendment authored by former PHA Senator Pamela Chen. Both decisions are part of a campuswide discussion about the Abolish Greek Life movement, which prompted large-scale deactivation from many PHA and IFC chapters.

NU has prohibited members of IFC from holding social events and chapter-sponsored recruitment events until at least Oct. 17 in response to this weekend’s reports. Chapters violating the ban must pay a $1,000 fine and face demotion to associate status for the following quarter, meaning they can’t vote in IFC matters. However, no specific disciplinary

One dead, one injured after shooting

actions have been taken directly against AEPi or SAE by NU or IFC. Some community members have said existing sanctions don’t do enough to address the culture and environment that allowed the druggings to occur. ASG called on NU to remove Greek life from

Warning: This story contains content about gun violence and knife violence. A linked shooting and stabbing left a 45-year-old Naperville resident dead and 27-year-old Chicago resident injured Sunday afternoon, according to Evanston police.

» See ASG, page 6

» See SHOOTING, page 6

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

AROUND TOWN

Haitian American Museum hosts one-day exhibit By KATRINA PHAM

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On Sunday afternoon, passersby in Dawes Park stopped to listen to anthropologist Edward C. Davis IV. The professor of African American studies at an Illinois high school described how he discovered his family’s Black and Indigenous history. He traced his ancestry to Angolan King Dago Gonwelão and Angolan Maroons who left colonial English Virginia to live with the Saponi tribe. As a Maroon, Davis said sometimes it’s uncomfortable to talk about the past, but that it can also be empowering. “We’ve learned to keep it secret,” Davis said. “(But)... it’s uncovering those stories, those links, those truths that can bring us together.” Davis’ presentation was one of three different booths in the “We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community” event hosted by the Haitian American Museum of Chicago and Crossing Borders Music. The exhibition highlighted the Black American community’s contributions to art, science and music in America’s history. HAMOC hosted “We Walk” for the first time in October 2020 as a way for museum members to engage with the community despite being shut down due to the pandemic. Sunday’s event was the second time HAMOC hosted the exhibition, this time with support from an Evanston Arts Council grant meant to support arts in the community. HAMOC plans to host the exhibition again next month in North Lawndale. Carlos Bossard, executive director of HAMOC, said the museum’s main goal is to educate others

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ON CAMPUS

COVID-19 impacts graduate funding By IRIS SWARTHOUT

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COVID-19 stay-at-home orders meant more than weekly Zoom lab meetings and online classes for Ph.D. candidate Melissa Manus. The fourth-year biological anthropology researcher formerly completed her research in Veracruz, Mexico every summer. Manus had to change and resubmit grant proposals to show funding committees how her research would move forward virtually. She also reduced her fieldwork entirely to the Chicago area due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. “It was an extremely difficult decision and certainly not what I wanted to do,” Manus said. “But it was sort of one of the COVID casualties of the past year and a half.” COVID-19 restrictions prevented students like Manus, whose research involved national and international travel, from completing in-person fieldwork. In addition to the limited travel opportunities and on-campus work, students were also impacted by funding changes. Ph.D. candidate Kyle Craig, a fifth-year

anthropology student, said his Fulbright Institute of International Education grant was cut off due to the financial strain of COVID-19. But two other research grants he received, the Wenner-Gren grant and the American Center of Research grant, continued to fund his efforts over the pandemic, Craig said. “Basically, the (Wenner-Gren foundation) didn’t take away my money,” Craig said. “I had to revise my research and explain to them how I’m going to be moving on to digital methods.” The Wenner-Gren foundation is privately funded and distributes grants for anthropological research globally, according to its website. Manus also revised her Wenner-Gren application in summer 2020. The National Science Foundation, which supplied her second grant, was more ambiguous about funding, she said. “The NSF, frankly, didn’t say too much about COVID,” Manus said. “There was nothing from the NSF about redoing (my proposal), so (it) just stayed as it is.” While Manus said she did not receive funding from either the NSF or Wenner-Gren initially, she received both grants after reapplying in the fall. She said she considered the first round of applications as an opportunity to get strong feedback for the next one.

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COVID-19 had a big financial impact on Northwestern research. In addition to the limited travel opportunities and on-campus work, students were also impacted by funding changes.

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Many research students initially had trouble adjusting to conducting their work during the pandemic, according to fifth year chemical and biological engineering student Blake Rasor. Although funding from both the NSF and the Department of Defense were not interrupted, he said in-person capacity restrictions impacted a few of his lab’s research projects. “COVID-19 capacity restrictions led to a couple projects getting cut or reduced significantly so that we could have something finished to report back to our funding agency,” Rasor said. “We were worried that especially the Department of Defense funding, and really all government funding, can be pretty strict on timelines.” While capacity restrictions lengthened research projects like Rasor’s, some students were more concerned with the University’s lack of graduate student funding. NU Graduate Workers reported on how the University laid off hundreds of service workers and did not grant graduate students a universal sixth year of funding despite having the money to do so, according to Craig. Craig said that the University didn’t offer enough financial support to graduate workers during the pandemic. Graduate workers’ contributions to the school are essential, he said, and support for their work came from University workers at the bottom of the payroll. “People that are coming together and forming those mutual aid networks are also some of the lowest paid people in the University,” Craig said. “(They) provide essential resources to an essential component of our community.” Despite issues with funding and research timelines, some students felt that revising research plans turned into a positive learning experience. Manus said she used data collected from projects completed before the pandemic to write two research papers. Manus added that support from her research mentors and advisors was paramount in helping her continue her research journey. “I’ve been extremely well-supported,” Manus said. “It’s great that we have a network of people here to help us know exactly what we should be applying for and have seen students be successful at that.” irisswarthout2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Podolsky: I was drugged at AEPi. Evanston Hospital failed me. ISABEL PODOLSKY

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Content warning: This story contains mentions of drugging. I was one of the students drugged at Alpha Epsilon Pi on the night of Sept. 23. However, the story I’m going to tell has nothing to do with Greek life. Rather, it’s about the ordeal I experienced traveling to and while inside the emergency room of the Evanston branch of the NorthShore University HealthSystem. The night I was drugged, I had consumed two drinks over a period of three hours. I took two sips of a “non-alcoholic” drink that was offered to me, only to realize 30 minutes later that I had been drugged. I ended up on a couch in Kemper Hall, dissociating, able to speak coherently but unsure if I could move my body. I was aware that I had been drugged, so I called my parents. They wanted me to go to the hospital, as they believed I would receive appropriate care in an emergency room. Visiting the hospital would also ensure that I could get tested to determine the drug in my system. I resisted calling for medical assistance at first because I knew that doing so would bring University Police to the scene, but, as my condition deteriorated, I capitulated and allowed the residential director to summon EMS personnel. My memory is patchy, given my situation, but moments stick with me: One EMS worker, standing above me and shaking her head with an expression on her face that said I should have known better. Another EMS worker, after declaring that my physical state warranted bringing me to the hospital, deciding it would be okay for me to walk myself down to the ambulance and not providing any sort of assistance when I did so. The EMS team telling my friend she couldn’t ride in the ambulance with me because she wasn’t family, though my family lives 600 miles away. Then, at the very last minute, after she’d worked out alternative arrangements to get to the hospital, the EMS team reversing course. The attendant in the ambulance choosing to have me sit upright on a bench and condescendingly asking me to move to my “other right” when I struggled to find the seatbelt, which was a challenge for me. At that point, the drug had made my vision incredibly blurry. I should have known even before I arrived at the hospital that I was I should have known even before going to be belittled, disI arrived at the hospital that I believed and was going to be belittled, mistreated. I spent disbelieved and mistreated. two hours in emergency room 20 at OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Evanston Hospital. I was unattended (not even provided with fluids or a blanket) for around three-quarters of this time period. Initially, my vitals were taken (something one hospital staff member thought necessitated asking me to take my shirt off ) and I did a urine test, which I was informed would be a full drug panel. I requested a blood test, too, since I know that these tests are more accurate, but was

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- ISABEL PODOLSKY,

told it would be too “difficult.” I later found out that, instead of conducting a full drug panel with my urine sample, the doctors only tested for marijuana and Valium. The reasoning behind this? I wasn’t “physically assaulted,” so they couldn’t conduct a full drug panel without going to a crime lab. Because of their malpractice, I will never know what drugs were in my system that night. Moreover, it means evidence in the investigation against those who drugged me doesn’t exist. I wasn’t the only victim. The doctor’s negligence is an injustice to all of us. The recurring theme of my hospital stay? The staff didn’t believe me when I said I was drugged. They told me I “probably just couldn’t hold my liquor.” My discharge papers list “alcohol intoxication” as my reason for admittance. Though there are many things I don’t know about that night, I can affirm that I was not drunk, and I am horrified that my words were not taken at face value. This is why victims do not come forward. That being said, even if I were drunk, that would not be an excuse to withhold necessary medical treatment or act without basic human decency. Operating under the assumption that the doctors believed I was just very drunk, when I requested to have an IV of fluids administered, I was ignored. Had I been suffering from alcohol poisoning, this IV would have been necessary. It was apparent the medical staff at the hospital did not care, and would never care, to assist someone they perceived as just another girl who made dumb choices at a fraternity party. After 90 minutes with no further medical attention, a time period during which I was permitted to doze off when doing so could have led to serious complications, I was unceremoniously given my discharge papers and told to leave. My I made it back to campus at friend and I had to walk 4:30 a.m. feeling more violated ourselves than when I had arrived. out of the hospital, with no OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR more guidance than an attendant sitting at his desk screaming, “Wrong way!” as we sought an exit sign. I made it back to campus at 4:30 a.m. feeling more violated than when I had arrived. I am writing today to hold the Evanston Hospital accountable for how they treated me. The medical professionals tasked with protecting my health failed me. I don’t feel safe knowing that, if this happens to me or somebody else again on this campus, we can’t trust that we’ll receive appropriate and compassionate medical care. The hospital dismissed me and denied me the ability to know what drug I and others ingested, but they can’t take away my ability to publicly call upon the administration of the NorthShore University HealthSystem to do better.

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- ISABEL PODOLSKY,

Disclaimer: While my visual memory from that night is perfect, my memory of what was said to me is not. My close friend, who was with me for the entire night, relayed everything that was said to me when I regained full cognitive function the next morning. These words are quoted directly when possible. If you are comfortable sharing stories and reflections related to this weekend’s events, The Daily’s Opinion desk is welcoming community voices. Submit any op-eds or letters to the editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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SOLR releases petition supporting worker strike By ISABEL FUNK

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Students Organizing for Labor Rights released a petition Friday supporting the authorization of a strike by Northwestern’s subcontracted dining and service workers. SOLR urged NU and Compass Group, the University’s food service provider, to guarantee workers consistent health insurance coverage and raise worker wages to $19.88 per hour, among other requests. The workers voted Wednesday to authorize a strike, following two years of negotiations in which Compass did not fully meet workers’ demands. The petition has over 500 signatures, according to SESP junior and SOLR member Neva Legallet. “What makes a strike successful is the community being aware of it and supporting those who are

essentially striking,” Legallet said. “It really needs momentum from the community, and so my hope is that students understand what’s going on with workers and want to get involved.” SOLR is also planning an open meeting where students can hear from workers about their struggles and how they hope to proceed, Legallet said. SOLR has collaborated with the workers and their union, UNITE HERE Local 1, to provide support throughout the pandemic and amplify their voices. Since March 2020, the organization has raised over $130,000 through their monthly donation fund, which they redistributed to workers, Legallet said. “The associates represented by the union are vital members of the Northwestern community, and Compass is a trusted partner to the University,” University spokesperson Jon Yates wrote in an email to the Daily. “We understand the importance of the ongoing contract negotiations between the union representing the food service workers and their employer, Compass.

We hope for a swift and equitable resolution to these negotiations.” NU’s workers are not the only ones going on strike. DePaul University dining workers, who are contracted through Chartwells, voted to authorize a strike the day after NU’s workers did the same. SOLR also encouraged students to “button up” with workers on Sept. 30, when workers will wear buttons stating, “I don’t want to strike, but I will,” Legallet said. SOLR will hand out buttons to students outside the dining halls. Compass’ previous offer to workers, which the union declined, would have provided an immediate $2 raise to all workers, a one-time ratification bonus and over 20% raises over the duration of the contract, Compass spokesperson Sophia Bamiatzis said in an email to The Daily. “We value our associates and want to give them raises,” Bamiatzis wrote. “We have offered better terms as shared previously, however, legally we cannot deviate

from the compensation requirements laid out in the previous (Collective Bargaining Agreement) until a new agreement is reached.” Bamiatzis added that although Compass Group is aware of SOLR and its petition, they are focused on negotiating with UNITE HERE Local 1. Legallet said the workers’ requests are long overdue and encouraged students to get involved and engage with the workers, adding that campus would not be able to function without them. “It’s incredibly meaningful to workers when students explicitly acknowledge that they’re aware of the struggles (workers) are facing, and that they want to help,” Legallet said. “Having those conversations with workers is very reassuring for them because potentially going on strike is a huge commitment and hearing that there’s student support is really important to them.” isabelfunk2024@u.northwestern.edu

NU requires additional COVID-19 testing amid case spike By ANGELI MITTAL

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Northwestern will require all undergraduate students, regardless of vaccination status, to complete at least one COVID-19 test by Oct. 1, the University announced Sunday. The change came following an increase in positive COVID-19 cases the week of Sept. 17. The University reported a positivity rate of 0.65% from approximately 4,000 tests received throughout the week of Sept. 10. While the number of tests over the past week increased threefold, the positivity rate stayed roughly the same at 0.66%, with positive cases accounting for 81 of the tests taken compared to 28 the previous week. While the University’s Sunday email attributes the increase in positive cases among the undergraduate population to “off-campus social activity,” no specific evidence was cited to justify this assertion. The recent influx of new positive cases coincided with Wildcat Welcome events held for the incoming class and the class of 2024, including Rock the Lake and March Through the Arch. Orientation week

culminated with the Six Flags Great America trip, which brought together the class of 2025, the class of 2024 and transfer students, double the number of students who typically attend. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines state that fully vaccinated individuals should seek

testing if they’ve come into close contact with an individual who tested positive or if they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. However, the University is asking all undergraduates to complete a test this week on the basis of “the importance of ensuring our campus remains healthy.” Unvaccinated individuals are still

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Students wait to get COVID-19 tested in long line in front of the Jacobs Center. After a week of Fall Quarter and Wildcat Welcome events, NU reported COVID-19 positive cases statistics and mandates additional testing for all undergraduate students for this week.

required to maintain twice-a-week COVID-19 testing. No mention was made about requiring a COVID19 test this week for NU populations other than undergraduate students. While the University notes that there are no public health restrictions on gathering sizes, social distancing or outdoor events, administrators ask the community to be mindful in the planning of such events to help efforts to contain the spread of the virus. This includes picking outdoor venues over indoor ones, as well as choosing venue spaces accordingly given the number of expected attendees for an event. The CDC also recommends wearing a mask outdoors if maintaining six feet of distance is not possible. While neither the University nor the CDC require outdoor masking, NU’s reminder for the community to be “prudent when planning events or gatherings” falls short of the other CDC-recommended guidelines. Information is still developing as more research is conducted on the spread of the delta variant, especially among fully vaccinated individuals. The University has also mentioned the possibility of extending mandated testing as it continues to evaluate positive cases. amittal@u.northwestern.edu

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PROTEST From page 1

urged students to look out for each other’s safety and stop attending parties hosted by fraternities.

A history of harm

Calls for the removal of Greek life from campus are not new. An Instagram page began posting anonymous, firsthand accounts of sexual assault, racism, homophobia, classism, ableism and misogyny within Greek life in spring 2020. Waves of individual members then deactivated from their chapters and some of NU’s IFC and Panhellenic Association Greek chapters disbanded. But some chapters continued to recruit new members last year, and they plan to continue recruiting this school year. Opposition to SAE’s presence has deep roots on campus. The University suspended the fraternity in April 2017 after a report that four women were drugged at the house that January. Despite the report, the chapter faced no disciplinary action from NU, and returned to campus on probation in 2018 after completing a one-year suspension. In 2017, IFC moved to cease recognition of SAE until 2021 after the chapter violated its suspension by recruiting new members and engaging in actions that “continued to make the Northwestern community less and less safe,” IFC wrote at the time. However, IFC allowed the chapter to rejoin the organization in September 2018 as an associate member with no IFC voting power. In response to this weekend’s events, NU’s Associated Student Government has banned IFC and PHA from holding or applying for Senate seats.

“Just the tip of the iceberg”

Alongside the Saturday crime notice, the University announced the suspension of all IFC social events and chapter-sponsored recruitment events until at least Oct. 17 — but some community members have said the ban is insufficient. A Weinberg senior who wished to remain anonymous said she came to protest because she feels NU needs to take further action. Since assaults in fraternity houses have occurred repeatedly throughout the years, she said the only way to end the harm is to end Greek life. She called SAE a “blatant example” of the system’s irreparable flaws. “This is the first week that they’ve been allowed to have parties on campus,” she said. “This was their second chance. This was supposed to be what fixed them and they’re supposed to come back better and they clearly did not. You need to get rid of (Greek life), because it is the system and the institution itself.” No specific disciplinary actions have been taken directly against either AEPi or SAE by either NU or IFC. This weekend’s allegations will be reviewed by the Office of Community Standards and all University Hearing and Appeals System procedures, as outlined in the Student Handbook, will be followed, University spokesperson Jon Yates told The Daily when asked about further sanctions beyond the Oct. 17 ban. The senior is a survivor of sexual assault, and said

she knows “too many people” who have been drugged and assaulted at NU. She’s calling for the University to not only end Greek life’s presence on campus, but also create safer community spaces for students in the future. “If we just get rid of Greek life, these things are just gonna go underground,” she said. “We need to put systems in place to support survivors… and create community and make sure this doesn’t keep happening.” Sullivan, the organizer, advocates for the abolition of Greek life. She believes residential colleges would provide alternative communities. While the night’s protest focused on fraternities, Sullivan said it’s important to look at the harm sororities have caused as well. “(Sororities) are by no means exempt from the long history of discrimination, oppression (and) exclusion that upholds these systems at their core,” Sullivan said. “We need to make sure that we’re seeing the bigger picture and seeing that the entire system has problems, not just places where sexual assault is rampant.” Weinberg sophomore Rakin Hussain, who led chants throughout the night, said he also came to support survivors. After having an experience similar to that of the survivors — though unrelated to Greek life — they said they felt it was their responsibility to fight for those the system has harmed. He said the turnout touched and surprised him, especially given the protest’s short notice. “Seeing everybody out there really warmed my heart,” Hussain said. “The fact that it was a s--t ton of people and everybody came out with their friends and the message proliferated like wildfire — that was one of the most beautiful things that I have ever witnessed.” Hussain emphasized that the recently reported cases are “just the tip of the iceberg.” They echoed what Sullivan said at the protest — there are many more survivors who are silent, and it’s crucial to advocate for them.

“Abolition is not the end, it is the beginning”

Sullivan said more actions will happen later this week and encouraged students to keep an eye out for more information. She said continued pressure is crucial to change campus culture. In addition to showing up for demonstrations, Sullivan also urged the crowd to stop attending parties hosted by fraternities. Abolition isn’t solely about destruction, Sullivan said. It’s about reimagining new systems to replace those that cause harm. “It’s easy to just say, ‘Burn everything to the ground,’ and that feeling is justified,” Sullivan said. “But I don’t think that we can just leave frats in the dust without seriously evaluating our support system for survivors, which is very negligible right now. And it’s not surprising that there are many people who don’t come forward because they don’t feel confident in the system.” waverlylong2023@u.northwestern.edu alexchun2023@u.northwestern.edu

Council to bark about new dog park location By JORJA SIEMONS

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In 2016, a rising Lake Michigan submerged Evanston’s fenced-off dog beach. Attempts by the city of Evanston Parks and Recreation and city of Evanston Public Works Agency to keep the fenced-off beach in operation — which included trucking in sand and temporary relocation — ultimately failed. Now, five years later, the city’s moving the ball forward on a new dog park. The potential locations will be discussed at Monday night’s Council meeting. Currently, Evanston residents can use Pooch Park, a 2.7 acre dog park located east of the North Shore Channel and north of Oakton. The Skokie Park District operates the park as a shared facility with Evanston, who in turn pays for a share of the maintenance costs. But the park lies outside Evanston. City Project Manager Stefanie Levine said in a memo the park is not easily accessible to Evanston residents who walk or bike. In creating their dog park proposal, city staff’s public engagement process included two public meetings and an online survey, which had over 1,800 responses. Staff found Evanston dog owners overall to be in “great support” of the process, according to the memo by Levine. But some neighbors of potential park locations expressed opposition, though the memo didn’t elaborate on the opposition’s content. The memo lists several options for Council to consider as it moves forward in developing the dog park, including acquiring new property for park development. Though this option has support among

Evanston dog owners and non-dog owners alike, it will require a budget far greater than the current $110,000 earmarked for the park, according to the memo. The 2020 Good Neighbor Fund — rebranded to the Good Neighbor Racial Equity fund last summer — provided $85,000 of the funding for the park. The fund was allocated by former Mayor Steve Hagerty in November 2019. Another proposed option is using existing park space with no other current city programming. However, the memo states staff have not evaluated this option because these spaces are “generally inadequate to meet the current usage demands.” According to Cook County law, off-leash dog areas must be their own permanent park spaces and cannot be used at the same time for other recreation. They must be fenced off with secure gates only accessible to permit holders. From the public meeting and the results of the survey, city staff identified a short-list of potential dog park locations, including Clark Square, Lovelace Park and Ingraham Park. Though all three city parks have adequate available space, staff reported substantial opposition from their immediate neighbors. According to the memo, Clark Square is the “best rated site,” but also prompted the most organized opposition. Residents are expected to speak on the future of the Evanston dog park plans during public comment on Monday night. If council identifies an option to move forward, city staff will proceed with implementation in 2022. Otherwise, the funding will be reallocated in the 2022 budget. jorjasiemons2024@u.northwestern.edu

SHOOTING

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Evanston Fire Department transported both men to an area hospital. The Naperville man died of a gunshot wound and the Chicago man, who was stabbed, is in stable condition. A police investigation showed the shooting and stabbing are related and do not appear to be random, according to an Evanston Police Department news release. The assaults occurred in the 2000 block of Wesley Avenue. Evanston police have not arrested anyone in connection with the shooting or stabbing. The Evanston Police Detective Bureau and North Regional Major Crimes Task Force are investigating.

campus, asked administration to close the AEPi and SAE houses, and demanded an extension on the ban against social events and recruiting. It also pledged to fiscally support community organizations helping survivors and called on NU to publicly commit to improving its support systems for survivors. “Whether or not the perpetrators are members, the presence of these organizations on campus pose a present and direct threat to the Northwestern community,” ASG wrote in the statement. “We will no longer accept the University’s lackluster sanctions which have done nothing to protect its students.”

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NU rushing attack powers Cats to near-shutout win By PATRICK ANDRES

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Thus far, Northwestern’s 2021 season has been defined by slow starts. Against Ohio, the Wildcats went to work early to reverse that trend. The Bobcats mounted a lengthy opening drive, and had first-and-10 from the Wildcats’ 18-yard line out of the gate. NU’s defense stood tall, though, taking advantage of a pair of Ohio penalties to force a field goal — which the Bobcats’ Tristian Vandenberg missed from 31 yards. “That first drive was huge,” sophomore safety Brandon Joseph said. “We realized they were in a tight zone in the red zone, and we were just trying to hold them to a field goal. For them to miss that, that just got our confidence rolling for the rest of the day.” From there, the defense went on to force three turnovers and hold the Bobcats scoreless until the game’s final play. On offense, the Cats ran for 373 yards and put up their highest point total through four games in a 35-6 win. The star of the show was sophomore Evan Hull, who racked up 216 yards on 22 carries and two touchdowns. It was the Maple Grove, Minnesota native’s largest single-game rushing total since he burned Massachusetts for 220 yards and four touchdowns on November 16, 2019.

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Hull touched the ball twice on NU’s initial series, which ended in the first of graduate student Derek Adams’ season-low four punts. When graduate student linebacker Chris Bergin stripped Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke for the Cats’ first takeaway, NU’s running game kicked into high gear. Hull carried the ball three times for 11 yards, freshman running back Anthony Tyus III took back-to-back direct snaps for nine yards, and Hull put the Cats on the board with a 17-yard touchdown run. “Evan’s tough,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “He’s a guy that just embraces being the feature back, and his work ethic is incredible. He’s a guy that’s first in the building and last to leave.” When the Bobcats punted again, Hull provided the game’s offensive highlight. On first and 10 and with the ball on NU’s 10-yard line, he burst through the Ohio defense and raced down the far sideline. The result was a 90-yard touchdown, the Cats’ longest scrimmage run since Bill Swingle’s 95-yard gallop in a 45-0 win over Boston College on September 30, 1961. “He’s playing at a really high level,” Fitzgerald said, noting his importance to the team in the wake of sophomore Cam Porter’s season-ending injury. “We’re gonna need him. If he continues on this path, he puts himself in the conversation to be an all-Big Ten level back.” Graduate student kicker Charlie Kuhbander’s 24-yard field goal in the last minute of the first half extended NU’s advantage

to 17-0 at the intermission. By that point, the Cats had already amassed 297 rushing yards — 154 in the first quarter and 143 in the second. Graduate student running back Andrew Clair’s 32-yard gain on third and seven en route to Kuhbander’s field goal represented NU’s second-longest run of the afternoon. The defense held serve in the second half, picking off its second and third passes of the season. First it was Joseph, who snared graduate student defensive lineman Jeremy Meiser’s tip of a Rourke pass to snuff out the Bobcats’ first drive of the fourth quarter. Then it was senior defensive back Bryce Jackson, who grabbed an errant Armani Rogers pass off a carom to set up the Cats’ final touchdown and earn the first interception of his career. NU’s success on the ground and on defense alleviated much of the pressure on sophomore quarterback Ryan Hilinski, making his first career start after transferring from South Carolina. Hilinski completed just 12 of 20 passes for 88 yards, but hit on seven straight attempts in the first and second quarter. Hull credited his quarterback’s success for keeping Ohio’s defense on its toes, helping the Cats’ running backs to a bountiful afternoon. “[The quarterback and running game go] hand in hand,” Hull said. “When Ryan makes plays, then the running backs start making plays, too. patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats lose to Scarlet Wildkits rout rival New Trier Knights in top ten bout By JOHN RIKER

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A few months ago, Northwestern defeated Rutgers to clinch a spot in the 2020 Big Ten Semifinals and exacted retribution for a regular season sweep. On Friday afternoon, the then-No. 3 Wildcats (8-2, 0-1 Big Ten) did not have the same success, losing 2-1 to the No. 10 Scarlet Knights (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) in the first conference game of the season. “I don’t think we put together our best performance (Friday),” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “Rutgers possessed the ball well and was professional with the way they played.” Coming off a five-game win streak, NU began its competitive conference schedule back on Lakeside Field with a packed stadium. From the first whistle, both groups battled intensively, with each defense preventing easy scoring opportunities. The Cats’ defensive zone was put to the test early with Rutgers earning two penalty corners in the first quarter. Sophomore goalkeeper Annabel Skubisz held her own, defying all eight corners taken by the Scarlet Knights. Skubisz kept the group in the game until the last minute, tallying seven saves on 14 shot attempts — a career high for the sophomore. The defensive zone’s success fueled the offensive momentum, creating shooting opportunities right before halftime. Junior defender Kayla Blas scored the squad’s lone goal in the 29th minute, edging NU to a 1-0 lead. “As a team we connect so well with each other,” Blas said. “Our motto is ‘all-in.’ Every single ball, someone’s going hard to it and it just pushes you to go one step harder.” Alongside her goal, Blas was a crucial component of the backline and corner defense. The First Team

All-Big Ten Honoree praised the program’s defensive coaching unit for their corner success. She said the team practices penalty corners frequently, working to improve its strategy prior to each game. When the second half started, the Cats struggled with the Scarlet Knights’ fast-paced offense. NU faced two consecutive corners before Rutgers scored in the third quarter, tying the game. As the fourth quarter progressed, The Cats’ defense fended off more shots until Rutgers midfielder Milena Redlingshoefer fired a shot straight past Skubisz’s feet. From there, sophomore midfielder Maddie Zimmer and the rest of the team attempted everything — keeping the ball on the offensive side of the field, earning corners, taking shots — to send the game into overtime. Despite not recording a goal, Zimmer had one of her strongest performances of the season, exploiting the fast-break transitions and assisting the forwards inside the circle. “She’s so dynamic and she’s holding her own,” Fuchs said. “She really has some great skills and that’s why she’s on the National Team.” Fuchs highlighted Zimmer’s performance, noting her role helping transition the ball in the midfield and slowing down the Scarlet Knights’ offense. She said her athleticism and agility on the field is tough for opponents to handle. With the first conference game in the books, NU’s next chance at redemption will come with Thursday’s away game in College Park, MD. Outshot by Rutgers 14-10, Blas said the team will work on shooting over the week in preparation. “We didn’t take as many shots as we wanted, but that’s why we have to connect and finish on smaller passes,” Blas said. “I have full faith in our offense that we’ll be able to rip shots, but we will definitely work on it this week.” skyeswann2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Ahead of Evanston Township’s rivalry game against New Trier on Friday night, senior wide receiver Kamau Ransom told anyone who would listen that he’d score on the first play. When the Wildkits offense took the field for the first drive, Ransom did exactly that, dashing past his man on a go route and hauling in a 52-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Dylan Groff. The source of Ransom’s pregame confidence? An anticipated one-onone matchup with no safety help, along with words of motivation from the coaching staff. “They were telling me that if I didn’t catch it, a sub would be coming in for me,” Ransom said. “I told them, ‘ain’t no sub coming in.’” The scoring didn’t stop there. Behind two receiving touchdowns from Ransom and two rushing scores from senior running back/linebacker Sebastian Cheeks, Evanston Township (3-2, 1-0 CSL South) blew past the Trevians (3-2, 0-1) in a 38-24 rout and captured its first win over their archrivals since 2010. “August 9 came, and we talked about milestones this year,” coach Mike Burzawa said. “Beating New Trier was a milestone for us and I couldn’t be more proud of the kids.” Playing in front of a roaring crowd on homecoming weekend, the Wildkits’ offense dissected New Trier with big plays through the air and on the ground. Ransom torched the Trevians’ secondary with five receptions for 164 yards and two touchdowns, while his quarterback finished the night with 297 passing yards and 69 rushing yards. By halftime, Evanston Township had boosted its lead to 24-7. New Trier coach Brian Doll, who competed in the rivalry as a player, said the Trevians did not expect the Wildkits’ offensive approach at all. “We played absolutely horrible,”

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Senior receiver Kamau Ransom bolts to the end zone on a 65-yard touchdown. The host Wildkits knocked off New Trier 38-24 for their first win in the rivalry since 2010.

Doll said. “The first play of the game set a bad tone for us, and we didn’t really respond from it tonight.” For Cheeks, a UNC commit, the crosstown rivalry was incentive enough to return for his senior season. Last season’s matchup, held on April 3 after the postponement of the fall season, left a bitter taste in the Wildkits’ mouths, with a goal-line stand sealing New Trier’s 14-7 win. This time around, Cheeks — who primarily plays linebacker — redeemed himself by rushing 11 times for 119 yards and two touchdowns. “This is one of, if not the only reason I came back this year,” Cheeks said. “The situation I was in, not scoring on the goal line in a clutch moment, it stung me. I’ve been waiting for this game for months.” Evanston Township didn’t let up after halftime, extending its lead

to three touchdowns by the fourth quarter. New Trier’s offense finally built traction in the passing game in the final frame, with senior quarterback Nevin Cremascoli passing for two scores, but the Trevians couldn’t mount a rally to extend their rivalry win streak to 11 games. First held in 1913, the rivalry between the two North Shore high schools now sees its all-time record updated to 55-52-6 in favor of Evanston Township. While the most recent installment didn’t go down to the final minutes, the intensity of the matchup elevated the stakes for both teams. “We haven’t beaten them in a very long time,” Cheeks said. “I’m soaking this all in right now. I knew that number, and it’s our time to start the streak.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu