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Rocky spring changes Wildcats’ outlook
ASG holds elections for 12 Senate seats Election period will last until Saturday night By HANNAH FEUER
daily senior staffer @hannah_feuer
Northwestern’s Associated Student Government is holding elections for 20 Senate seats apportioned based on the population of each undergraduate school. Elections started on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. and will last for 48 hours. Students can view candidates’ platforms and vote for senators to represent their home school on the homepage of Wildcat Connection. This is the first year ASG is using a ranked choice voting system, according to ASG Chief of Staff and SESP sophomore Donovan Cusick. Weinberg elects nine ASG Senators, McCormick elects four, SESP, Medill and the School of Communication each elect two and Bienen elects one, Cusick said. Other members of the Senate represent student groups and are elected in the spring. Senators have the power to vote on ASG resolutions,
legislation and funding. Those decisions include the distribution of ASG’s annual budget for student groups, Cusick said. To appear on the ballot, candidates needed to present a petition with 30 signatures from other students. While the deadline to turn in a petition has passed, Cusick encourages students to consider running as write-in candidates by marketing themselves on social media. “It’s a big part of our electoral process,” he said. “The ballot doesn’t necessarily represent the final choices for who can be a senator.” Last year, two senators were elected as write-ins. Results will be uploaded to the ASG website next week, Cusick said. In the meantime, he encourages all students to vote. “Senators and ASG as a whole are designed to represent the student body,“ Cusick said. “Voting just ensures that you put someone who you think is going to do a job is going to actually dedicate their time and energy toward being a productive member of ASG.” hannahfeuer2023@u.northwestern.edu
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The community fridge outside Childcare Network of Evanston. The fourth community fridge in Evanston will open this fall.
Fourth community fridge to open
Fridge to be stationed outside of Kombucha Brava at Custer Ave. By ILANA AROUGHETI
daily senior staffer @ilana_arougheti
Evanston’s fourth community fridge will open this fall outside of Kombucha Brava at 717 Custer Ave.
Community members built Evanston’s original fridge outside the Childcare Network of Evanston building at 1335 Dodge Ave. Set to open in March, a vehicle crashed into the fridge and destroyed it the night before it was supposed to be plugged in. Within days, Evanston Fight for Black Lives members secured a replacement fridge — and
» See COMMUNITY FRIDGES, page 6
Faculty Senate talks policy changes D65 leaders speak Reporting process adjusts in the aftermath of cheer allegations
Alongside in-person learning, technology to remain a staple
By IRIS SWARTHOUT
the daily northwestern @swarthout_iris
Northwestern’s newlyappointed ombudsperson and an Office of Equity leader discussed changes to NU’s harassment and discrimination reporting process in a Wednesday Faculty Senate meeting. The University announced it would change harassment and discrimination policies by Sept. 3 after releasing the results of an independent investigation into reports of sexual harassment and racism raised by the cheer team. In a February Daily investigation, cheerleaders said NU’s Office of Equity did not appropriately respond to the allegations. The University filed a motion in May to dismiss sexual harassment allegations leveled by former cheerleader Hayden Richardson in a January federal lawsuit.
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on new tech usage By OLIVIA ALEXANDER
daily senior staffer @oliviagalex
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Guest speakers at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting addressed Northwestern’s harassment and discrimination policy updates.
Students in Evanston/ Skokie School District 65 returned to in-person learning this fall, but they didn’t leave their iPads and laptops at home. Instead, devices will continue to be incorporated inside and outside the classroom, the district’s technology team said. District 65 adopted a oneto-one technology program during the pandemic, allowing students access to their own portable device. Middle school students receive Chromebooks and elementary students get iPads, said Jamila Dillard, District 65’s director of social sciences and instructional technology integration. “All of our students have devices that are taken home and brought back to the
school,” Dillard said. “That means that every student, whether they’re in class, or home because of illness or COVID, or whatever the reason that they’re out of school, they can still participate in the school day.” The one-to-one program means no student has to ever miss instruction, Dillard said. They are still able to find assignments, interact with classmates and ask their teachers for help, he said. As for inside the classroom, Dillard said devices don’t take the place of books and pen and paper, but they can serve as useful tools to work on projects and in learning centers. “These technologies are just used to enhance the learning experience, not to replace it,” Dillard said. “We want to make sure what we’re doing in our classrooms is not replacing face to face contact with educators, but just enhancing what educators are already doing.”
» See TECHNOLOGY, page 6
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