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Spring Quarter class will offer real-world philanthropic corollary By ADRIANNA RODRIGUEZ
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A group of individuals have stolen copper piping from Evanston religious institutions five times since the beginning of the year, a worrying trend for owners of older buildings with the pricey copper gutters and downspouts. Three different Evanston churches have reported the theft of copper downspouts on the exteriors of their buildings since January. The Evanston Police Department believes the same group of individuals are perpetrating these thefts, EPD Spokesperson Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Thieves have stolen downspouts from St. Nicholas Parish, 806 Ridge Ave., several times in the last five weeks, church business manager Suzanne Lefevre said. The recent incidents are the third major thefts in two years at the church, Lefevre said. Built in 1904, St. Nicholas has at least two of its five buildings equipped with copper gutters and downspouts, Lefevre said. The rest have downspouts made of galvanized steel. Lefevre said the thieves located the copper fixtures ahead of time and targeted those specifically. Because it is fairly easy to pry the copper off the building, the thieves generally work at night or in the early morning and
The School of Education and Social Policy will offer a new class during Spring Quarter in which students will allocate $100,000 to a philanthropic organization of their choice. The class, “Learning Philanthropy: Engaging in the Study and Practice of Giving,” will be taught by SESP Dean Penelope Peterson and Lauren Jones Young, former director of the Spencer Foundation, which aims to support education-related research. Offered for the first time this year, Peterson and Young are already planning to include the course in the SESP curriculum in future years. According to the course description, the money was made available through an initiative by the Once Upon a Time Foundation of Fort Worth, Texas, an organization that Peterson said has given money to other universities in the past for similar courses. The organization approached SESP with the proposal a year ago, and the school has been preparing for the course throughout the year. Peterson said her aim for the class is to teach students how philanthropy improves the lives of children, youth, families and adults. “Not Not only does it only does it improve improve people’s people’s lives to improve l i v e s t o organizations, improve organibut also the zations,” idea is that the Peterson said. “But person who also the gives the money idea is that person benefits in some the who gives way. the money benefits in Penelope Peterson, some way.” SESP dean The class will consist of 33 students who were required to submit an application by Feb. 11. The application asked students what they would do if they were given $10,000 to donate to a cause. Peterson said the class will be interdisciplinary and should not be viewed only as a sociology course. The plan is to incorporate all perspectives in the science of philanthropy, including those in economics, political science and psychology. “The issues that we are dealing with are too complex to be solved by one discipline — no one discipline can have the answer,” she said. “You have to bring different
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STREAK SLAYER Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald raises the Gator Bowl trophy after the Wildcats’ win at on Jan. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla. Head to www.dailynorthwestern.com to read The Daily Northwestern’s oral history of the Fitzgerald era of Wildcat football, complete with stories from the players and alumni who watched the entire story unfold.
Copper heists continue Thieves steal from religious institutions five times in 2013
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GUTTED Expensive copper gutters and downspouts have been stolen overnight from Evaston religious institutions several times this year.
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