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Friday, April 25, 2014
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Students march for survivors Res Services aims to fill 2 openings By david lee
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speak out A student leads a chant Thursday evening at the Take Back the Night March. Students marched around campus and back to Norris University Center to show support for survivors of sexual violence.
By olivia exstrum
the daily northwestern @oliviaexstrum
About 100 students, faculty and community members marched down Sheridan Road on Thursday as part of the Take
Back the Night March, an annual event focused on increasing awareness about sexual violence. The march, sponsored by the Northwestern University College Feminists, was the main event of Sexual Assault Awareness Week. “Raising sexual violence awareness
is especially important on college campuses because rape and rape culture are so prevalent,” said Communication sophomore Sanjana Chetia, a member of the publicity team for Take Back the Night and a co-president of College » See night, page 7
Residential Services has begun the search for a new director of residential life and graduate housing residential director, two positions that recently became available. Mary Goldenberg, the outgoing director of residential life, is being promoted to Assistant Dean of Students over the summer pending finding her replacement. The University is also looking for a new graduate housing residence director. Kristina Richards, who formerly held the position, died in March. Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said the director of residential life is essentially “responsible for the on-campus experience.” Riel, who is tasked with finding a replacement, said the position has numerous responsibilities and oversees the 107 student community assistants and the area-specific residential directors. Residential Services placed the job
offer online about a week ago and is currently accepting applications. An 11-member committee of individuals from various NU organizations will convene Friday to begin sorting through resumes. Riel said the committee hopes to conduct on-campus interviews by May 19 in an effort to fill the position by July 1. “What we’re looking for is a passion for residential students, understanding of the residential environment and interest in expertise and background in staff development,” Riel said. “Certainly someone who has a love of working with students and an appreciation for what an oncampus living experience can do.” Cassie Eskridge, senior assistant director for residential services, is in charge of finding the new graduate housing residence director, who will supervise the roughly 800 graduate students living in University housing. Eskridge said the main requirement for the new employee will be experience. She said whoever is chosen will have worked on other college » See residential, page 7
NU Listens to begin Chicago, city police cooperating service Friday night By julian gerez
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By christine farolan
the daily northwestern @crfarolan
NU Listens will begin offering a pilot version of its peer listening service by phone open to all Northwestern students beginning Friday night. After a long process of training, the peer listeners and working with the administration, the team of undergraduates is ready to introduce a preliminary version of its program. Students can call the group’s number every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. This time was chosen due a higher likelihood of crises occurring. Weinberg seniors Jennifer Siedjak and Leah Grodinsky serve as the organization’s co-directors. Siedjak explained that the service aims to remove the stigma surrounding mental illness by allowing students to speak to one of two peer listeners on duty about any concerns. To reach this point, the team of 11 listeners began its planning stages during Fall Quarter. Starting in January of 2014, they underwent a 10-week training seminar led by Counseling and Psychological Services to better understand a variety of
topics concerning college students. These included LGBTQ issues, eating disorders, depression, drugs and sexual health. Being able to apply this knowledge in a conversation and refer students to proper resources was a key part of the listeners’ training. They use a technique called active listening, which involves certain strategies to help callers feel more at ease. John Dunkle, executive director of CAPS, has served as an adviser for the students throughout the entire process of planning, training and organizing. By ensuring that everything was conducted responsibly under his professional oversight, NU Listens was able to begin creating the peer listening service. He said he and all the CAPS psychologists are excited to see its kickoff. “I’ve worked very closely with these listeners and the exec board and they’ve been great,” Dunkle said. Siedjak said the group’s work began during Spring Quarter of the 2011-2012 academic school year. “Back when I was a freshman, mental health was not as big a part of the dialogue as it is now,” Siedjak said. “It’s only recently, I feel, become a hot button issue.” » See nu listens, page 7
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The Chicago and Evanston police departments have been collaborating in order to combat a recent spike in gun violence, including two fatal shootings this month, near the Chicago-Evanston border, in what Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said is a “very successful partnership.” Although the departments have often worked together in the past, the two parties are cooperating because of the recent upswing in violent crime in the area. “There’s a border between Evanston and Chicago. Crime doesn’t abide by that border,” Parrott said. “Criminals travel back and forth and conduct their business on both sides of the streets. Police discussed the partnership and the recent rise in crime near the Chicago-Evanston border at a Chicago Police Department meeting Thursday, which more than 50 people attended. The meeting, which was held in the Chicago Math and Science Academy, 7212 N. Clark St., allowed members of the community, specifically those in Chicago’s 24th policing district, which includes Rogers Park, to talk about conditions in the neighborhood and to identify crime and develop possible strategies to
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working together The Chicago Police Department’s 24th district holds a meeting in Rogers Park Thursday evening. This branch of the CPD is working with Evanston police to reduce violence around the border between the two cities.
combat problems in the district. Sgt. Robert Kane of the CPD said his department is working closely with Evanston police to help reduce violence and apprehend criminals. Evanston police are helping by redeploying some of their police officers to Howard Street, which divides Evanston and Chicago, Chicago’s 49th ward Ald. Joe Moore said in a news release. Early in the morning on April 15,
a 16-year-old boy was killed near the Chicago-Evanston border. Nearby, a Chicago man was killed and two others were wounded April 7 when someone fired into a convenience store in the 1600 block of West Howard Street. Parrott emphasized the importance of the two departments working closely together. » See Police, page 7
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