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Watson, Zorn take ASG presidential election By rebecca savransky daily senior staffer @beccasavransky
Weinberg juniors Julia Watson and Erik Zorn won the 2014 election for Associated Student Government president and executive vice president Wednesday, beating out the ticket of Alex Deitchman and running mate Ronak Patel. The results of the election were announced during the organization’s weekly Senate meeting Wednesday night after the winning pair was informed of the outcome. Watson and Zorn were waiting in Fisk Hall with members of their campaign team. Election commissioner Dana Leinbach called Watson to tell the team about its success. Watson said she was “super excited” upon learning the results and looks forward to serving NU during the upcoming year. “From all the hard work we put into it, I’m excited to get started on the projects,” Watson said.
The pair received 84 percent of the votes, out of the total 1,758 ballots cast this year. The number dropped from last year’s voter turnout, which attracted more than 3,400. Leinbach suggested the decrease could be partially due to both the shortened campaign period and the presence of just two tickets on the ballot, compared to last year’s four. Watson and Zorn organized their campaign around eight core values, noting this unique aspect of their platform allowed them to include a wider range of issues that students face campuswide. During the campaign period, the pair continuously updated their website showing support from student group leaders across campus. They also encouraged feedback through social media platforms over the past several days in an effort to “engage and empower” all students. Watson and Zorn received the support of current ASG president Ani Ajith, a Weinberg senior, and executive vice » See election, page7
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WINNER WINNER Weinberg juniors Erik Zorn and Julia Watson celebrate their win in the ASG presidential election. Watson and Zorn beat out a ticket of fellow Weinberg juniors Alex Deitchman and Ronak Patel.
NU partners with Tel Aviv U. By tyler pager
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Northwestern has officially entered into a strategic partnership with Tel Aviv University in Israel, announcing the addition of three new programs, including two designated for undergraduate students. The undergraduate program includes courses in public health, political science and economics. Seven students are participating in the new program this spring. Additionally, NU students will have the opportunity to take part in an exchange between the universities. NU already had partnerships with Tel Aviv University through the Kellogg School of Management and the School of Law.
Last week, administrators including University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer traveled to Israel to meet with Tel Aviv University officials and announce the new programs. The delegation also met with alumni during a Celebrate Northwestern event. In the past, NU did not offer undergraduate programs in Israel because of the University’s travel policy, which prohibited students from studying in any country that had a State Department travel warning, said Devora Grynspan, assistant to the president for global initiatives and director of the Office of International Program Development. The policy was changed last year to make exceptions for students to study in individual cities that are deemed safe. Grynspan said once the policy was
changed, Israel was a natural choice for additional programs because of its advancements in science and technology as well as their public health system. “We have to go to those countries that are strategic and where faculty and students can learn from some of the top people around the world,” she said. The announcement of the new partnership comes on the heels of NU’s rejection in December of the American Studies Association’s call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. However, Grynspan said the decision to expand NU’s partnership with Tel Aviv University was decided long before the boycott was announced. “The boycott is something more » See Tel aviv, page 7
Kellogg plans presented to city By Bailey williams
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Source: University Relations
COMING SOON? A rendering of the proposed design for a new Kellogg School of Management building at 2211 Campus Drive. The building’s plans were presented again at a meeting of Evanston’s Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee on Wednesday afternoon at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.
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A group of Northwestern representatives presented a final report to the city Wednesday afternoon detailing construction plans for a new building for the Kellogg School of Management. NU’s director of design and construction Bonnie Humphrey and senior project manager Tom Arey were among those who presented the report to the Site Plan and Appearance Review Committee meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The new building at 2211 Campus Drive, which will overlook Lake Michigan, will house the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Department of Economics and the full-time Kellogg MBA program. » See kellogg, page 7
NU files union appeal to NLRB
Northwestern has officially appealed the National Labor Relations Board decision regarding the employee status of NU football players, the University announced Wednesday. The school submitted its brief to the NLRB’s main branch in Washington, D.C., explaining why the Chicago regional director’s ruling that NU players are employees with the right to unionize was incorrect. “Northwestern presented overwhelming evidence establishing that its athletic program is fully integrated with its academic mission, and that it treats its athletes as students first,” the brief says. “Based on the testimony of a single player, the Regional Director described Northwestern’s football program in a way that is unrecognizable from the evidence actually presented at the hearing,” The brief emphasizes the benefits
Biss’ GPStracking bill passes Senate, moves to House
A bill sponsored by state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) that would regulate GPS tracking passed the Illinois Senate on Tuesday and now moves to the House. The bill would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before acquiring location information on a person or his or her property. “Location tracking is just one of many technologies that have advanced rapidly beyond the capacity of existing state law to regulate their use by law enforcement,” Biss said in a news release. “This legislation doesn’t hamstring law enforcement as they appropriately utilize these tools to carry out their mission of protecting the public,
the school provides its players, such as four-year scholarships and strong medical coverage. After five days of testimony in February, Chicago regional director Peter Sung Ohr ruled in favor of the players, saying the athlete-University relationship sufficiently resembles an employee-employer relationship. After the ruling, NU immediately announced its intention to appeal, saying it was “disappointed” in Ohr’s decision. With the team’s spring practice ongoing, coach Pat Fitzgerald and several Wildcats players have spoken out against the potential union. A players vote on whether to unionize will be held on April 25, with more than 50 percent needed for certification. That election will have no bearing on the NLRB decision, and the results of the players’ vote will be impounded until after the appeal, for which there is currently no timetable. — Alex Putterman
but it does affirm the constitutional protections that have always limited police activity and government surveillance.” The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that GPS tracking of suspects in law enforcement investigations requires a warrant. In the case that prompted the ruling, police officers attached a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s car and monitored his movement for 28 days. The ruling did not necessarily extend to all methods of acquiring GPS data on a suspect but dealt with the specific instance of attaching a physical tracking device to a suspect’s property. The Senate bill would extend the protection to data acquired digitally from a suspect’s electronic devices. Biss’ bill passed in the Senate with no opposition. It now moves to the House for consideration. — Sophia Bollag
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