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REFLECTIONS ON RACE AJ Aguado (Weinberg ‘10) delivers a spoken-word poem Tuesday at Norris University Center. The event featured Asian American studies faculty and alumni who spoke about Asian-Americans in society.
Speakers challenged the meaning of the phrase “fresh off the boat” at an event Tuesday hosted by the Asian American studies program. “Fresh Off the Boat: Reflections on an Asian American Life Beyond Northwestern” was organized in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month. Carolyn Chen, director of Asian American studies, said the goal of the event was to subvert the meaning of the off-color phrase and give what she characterized as a “derogatory, offensive term” a positive spin. “It’s a term that’s been really divisive within the Asian-American community,” Chen said. “Americanborn Asians don’t want to be confused with being FOB. There’s an experience of being perceived as being an outsider and I think it’s one that we all face.” University President Morton Schapiro also attended the event, and Chen and some students joined him for dinner at his home afterward. Chen gave Schapiro honorary Asian-American status for the day, joking that his original name was “Shu-pih Roh.” In December, when The New York Times published an op-ed written by Chen, Schapiro met with her to discuss the disadvantages AsianAmericans face during the selective
college admissions process. “I don’t think that there’s a real worry that we have higher standards,” Schapiro told The Daily in February. “I think the worry is whether Asian-Americans enjoy this place and avail this place the way non-Asians do.” Tuesday’s event featured speeches by two of the program’s former students, AJ There’s an Aguado experience of (Communi‘10) being perceived cation and Joseph as being an Lee (Weinberg ‘09), outsider, and and Nitasha I think it’s one Sharma, an that we all face. Asian American studies Carolyn Chen, and African director of Asian American American studies studies prof e s s or. A brief Q-and-A followed. “We wanted to have fun and celebrate who we are as Asian-Americans in a way that was more critically engaging than just having an ethnic dance or eating ethnic food,” Chen said. Aguado, who was an ad hoc Asian American studies major at NU, emphasized the importance of remembering history and staying true to one’s heritage. He told anecdotes of growing up as an Asian-American and making fun of
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his cousin, a first-generation immigrant, for his broken English. He said he always considered himself an American, and he did not think about his Asian heritage until later in life. “We become so Americanized as we try to assimilate into society that we forget our roots,” Aguado said. Aguado was followed by Sharma, who broke down what the Asian American studies program is and why it is important into three main points: Asian American studies is not just the study of Asian-Americans, Asian-Americans “do not have small d--k complex” and Asian-Americans do not follow the stereotype of the “model minority.” “People stereotype Asian-Americans as having a dogged focus on getting good grades, getting into a good college and having a good career,” Sharma said. “Asian-Americans have never lived within the restrictions of the model minority. ...We have to stop holding ourselves to such unrealistic standards.” The final speaker, Lee, was an Asian American studies minor at NU who is now attending medical school after participating in Teach for America. He talked about his struggles as an Asian-American and the turning points that led him to accept his culture. “It took me a really, really long time to figure out who I was,” Lee said. “I remember I’d wake up » See HERITAGE MONTH, page 7
NU group serves City residents learn their rights dinner in the dark By JOSEPH DIEBOLD
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When students entered one by one Tuesday into the Jerome B. Cohen Commons in Technological Institute, they were met with a meal in complete darkness. Northwestern’s chapter of Unite For Sight, an organization that raises money to support sight-restoring surgeries, hosted the sold-out event, called “Dining in the Dark.” The group fed 32 students as a fundraiser for surgeries in Ghana, Honduras and India. “It only costs $50 to do the surgery,” UFS co-president Holly Romaniak said. “That’s why one of our main objectives is raising the funds, so we can send it abroad.” Romaniak, a Weinberg junior, started the on-campus UFS chapter last year with a Foster-Walker Complex suite mate. The group’s goal is to raise $750 each academic year through bimonthly fundraisers to send to an eye clinic for sight-restoring surgeries, predominantly cataract removal procedures. The $50 covers the cost of surgery, as well as follow-up care. The national group also helps fund examinations and other basic eye care services.
Most of the fundraisers hosted by UFS are bake sales and other small events, Romaniak said. Other programming by the group included a screening of the documentary “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” earlier this month. Romaniak It only costs s ai d this meal was the $50 to do the first big event surgery. That’s the group has hosted — and why one of our the most suc- main objectives cessful one so is raising the far. Romaniak funds, so we said the idea can send it for “Dining in the abroad Dark” came f rom t he Holly Romaniak, UFS co-president UFS chapter at Carnegie Mellon University. At its blind meal, however, that group only served food from Panera Bread. “We wanted to up the ante,” Romaniak said. The dinner at NU cost $8 per person with food donated from local restaurants including Mt. Everest, Buffalo
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Days after the Evanston Police Department announced it will increase its presence in the 5th Ward, an advocacy group hosted an event Tuesday to educate citizens about their rights when encountering officers. The Citizens Network of Protection brought about 10 Evanston residents to the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, 1655 Foster St., for a film screening and question-and-answer session with Benjamin Wolf, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. The film, “10 Rules for Dealing With Police,” was produced by Flex Your Rights, a nonprofit that aims to improve constitutional literacy so citizens, especially those who have not actually committed a crime, know their rights. Among other “rules,” the film advised citizens to be polite with officers, to refuse warrantless searches and to clarify whether they have been detained for purposes of searches. “You can always ask if you’re detained or if you’re free to leave,” Wolf said. “The movie does a good job of explaining how to do that respectfully so that you don’t pick a fight with an officer.” During the Q-and-A, citizens asked about protecting their children from truancy and curfew laws.
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‘STAY CALM, DON’T RUN’ Benjamin Wolf, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, talks Tuesday night to Evanston residents about their rights when dealing with police officers.
Wolf said he and the ACLU have been fighting to stop racial profiling by police both in the area and around the country. “It’s a problem in Evanston, and it’s a problem in Illinois,” he said. He also praised the film for emphasizing that citizens do not need to consent to a search after routine traffic stops, saying it is a situation commonly associated with racial profiling. The screening came on the heels of an announcement last week by Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington at a 5th Ward meeting that the city may
up its use of stop-and-frisk tactics because of escalating gun violence in the ward, including a shooting in broad daylight that sent the community center into lockdown. CNP organizer Betty Ester said when EPD made a similar announcement several years ago, it did not result in a significant change, but her organization will remain vigilant. “That’s something we don’t need to see,” she said. “Now they’re talking about the ‘zero tolerance,’ so we definitely do have concerns, and we will » See POLICE, page 7
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EPL to hold annual falcon banding By EDWARD COX
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Do not be surprised if you see falcons swooping over downtown Evanston in the next few weeks. Workers from The Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium will come May 30 to the Evanston Public Library to band four recently hatched peregrine falcons. The feared birds known for stunning their prey in 200-mph sky dives have chosen to make the roof eaves of the Evanston Public Library their nesting spot again this year. “It’s different than being in a zoo or a circus,� said Lesley Williams, librarian and head of adult services. “We really are seeing the whole cycle of nature up close. We’ve seen pigeons get ripped apart and eaten.� The library will invite residents to watch the chicks banded, named and sampled for blood during the ceremony. The Field Museum has monitored peregrine falcon populations since the 1960s, when the chemical DDT had killed off much
of the species. Although the peregrine falcon population has since recovered, the urban sprawl of the Chicago metropolis remains a hazardous habitat for the birds, especially fledglings, local birdwatcher Deborah Cohen said. “It takes a while for them before they become strong and competent fliers,� said Cohen, who created an online forum about the library falcons. “It’s a very perilous time for them.� But all of this year’s batch of peregrine falcon chicks have hatched. Out of last year’s batch of four peregrine falcon eggs, only two ended up hatching. The mother of the four peregrine fledglings is called Nona, for “no name,� and the father is called Squawker, Cohen said. She noted that she learned an Evanston falcon named after her was nesting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009. “Most of the time we do not hear about them,� Cohen said. “It’s always exciting when we hear that a falcon from Evanston is nesting.� edwardcox2011@u.northwestern.edu
Police Blotter Shots fired reported in west Evanston
Evanston police received a report of shots fired Sunday afternoon on the city’s west side. At 2 p.m., a witness called the police saying a man with a gun in his hand was running after another person in the 2000 block of Jackson Avenue, Evanston Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. Once on scene, officers encountered several uncooperative citizens and did not locate anyone with a weapon. The case is now considered a disturbance, Parrott said.
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another theft Thursday afternoon, according to police. Three boys came in to the 7-Eleven, 847 N. Dodge Ave., at about 4:19 p.m. and started talking and throwing store items at one another, Parrott said. After the 7-Eleven manager ordered them to stop, the three boys grabbed a box of 30 cigars, valued at $30, and ran out of the store. The 7-Eleven has surveillance cameras but did not share the footage with detectives, Parrott said. The store does not appear interested in pursuing the case.
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Panel urges students to come together, fight violence By REBECCA SAVRANSKY
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The Interfaith Advocates and the Chaplain’s Office organized a panel discussion Tuesday focused on motivating students to come together as a community to combat violence. About 15 people attended the discussion, called The Word Against Violence, where anti-violence advocates Tiffany Rice and Anya Cordell engaged students with suggestions about how to modify a culture that fosters and supports the institution of violence. This event was the first in a two-part initiative by the Interfaith Advocates. On Thursday evening, the group will host a discussion and poetry slam. “We wanted to do something we felt would bring issues relevant to different people to the forefront,� said McCormick senior Keryn Wouden, a member of the Interfaith Advocates. “Whatever your beliefs are, violence in Chicago is something that everyone can come together on.� Throughout the event, Rice, anti-violence advocate and mother of slain Evanston teen Dajae Coleman, talked to students about the importance of addressing violence through a hands-on approach. “It takes us getting up and attacking the issue
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ADDRESSING VIOLENCE Tiffany Rice (right), mother of slain Evanston teen Dajae Coleman, speaks on campus Tuesday about her work to end violence, along with Anya Cordell.
physically to produce change,� Rice said. Rice emphasized the importance of targeting young people and creating programs that encourage them to stay away from violent groups. Cordell spoke about the need to move past stereotypes based on appearance and engage with individuals in oneon-one discussions to promote a decrease in hate crimes and other forms of violence. “As hard as it seems, invite someone actually into
your space and be an ally for some group that is somehow other than whatever you identify as your group,� Cordell said. “It’s hard the first time, but it’s doable, and I think once you do it, you reap the rewards of it.� Members of the Interfaith Advocates, a group created this year geared toward initiating conversations among people of different faiths, planned the event as a culmination of a year’s worth of smaller
Hundreds of other college students linger outside on this early Saturday morning in May, just after finals week at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The students are animated, waving their arms. Some love everyone, and some try to pick fights, even with a road-construction sign. Some can barely walk. Blocks away, students streak naked through the quad, as onlookers rate the streakers on a scale of 1 to 10. For years, studies have pointed out that college students drink too much alcohol. And for years, colleges have tried to rein in problem drinking, by educating students, trying to peer-pressure students into abstinence and clamping down on rowdy fraternities.
At the U. of I., efforts over the last decade have led to some improvements. Crime has dropped significantly on campus. A new office coordinates help for students with alcohol and drug problems. Students in the most recent U. of I. survey said they consume on average 5.2 drinks every week, compared with 6.8 drinks a week 10 years earlier. Still, new surveys, a federally appointed task force and testimony at a recent U.S. Senate committee hearing show that none of the efforts nationwide have managed to curb college binge drinking, considered to be five drinks for a man and four for a woman in one sitting in the previous two weeks.
firesides and discussions. The group, consisting of eight students of different faiths, hopes to inspire building relationships and taking action against injustices. “Everyone, regardless of their faith, has things they can do collectively to fight violence in Chicago,� said Weinberg sophomore Jack Furness, another member of the Interfaith Advocates. At the end of the discussion, students asked questions ranging from why race remains such a prominent method of dividing individuals to what some of the primary contributors to the rise in violent activity are. Students said they drew inspiration from this discussion and agreed with the importance of establishing a collective community to fight violence. Weinberg sophomore Arkar Hein said the discussion made him realize that violence doesn’t only occur within a small community. “As students from NU, we hear about violence, and we think we’re immune to violence and in our own bubble, but we’re really not,� Hein said. Wouden said the event inspired her to take action against these issues within the community. “Change has to start at the personal level,� Wouden said. “You can’t expect everyone else to change unless you change first.� rebeccasavransky2015@u.northwestern.edu
Across Campuses Binge drinking a happy hobby for University of Illinois students
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eve Tucker has downed 11 beers. Her left little toe is bleeding from a cut from a broken beer bottle. It’s 1 a.m., and the bar has closed. But Tucker is not ready for home. She and college roommate Kristen Hoglund stand along the strip of campus bars, glued to their cellular phones, trying to find a late-night party to mark the end of the school year. “We need to find somewhere to go,� said Tucker, 21, a bar napkin wrapped around her toe. “I’m so not done drinking.�
And while no one knows why, binge drinking is growing increasingly common in Illinois. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association published in May showed that the percentage of adult binge drinkers, defined as anyone who consumes five drinks or more once in the previous month in Illinois jumped from 7.3 percent in 1991 to 13.9 percent in 1999, the highest increase in the nation. Among college students, there are about 1,400 alcohol-related deaths every year, according to a federal report released in April. — Kim Barker and Ofelia Casillas (Chicago Tribune)
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Yahoo, Tumblr too different to mesh with each other ARABELLA WATTERS
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We all went through our Tumblr phase. Some of us, including me, are still in it. I don’t know exactly how legitimate I can claim my Tumblr to be when I mostly reblog pictures of cats doing weird things like sitting on top of mountains, food that I have absolutely zero access to since I’m still suffering through the block meal plan, and epic and expansive photos of mountains with words like “freedom� and “infinity� annoyingly superimposed on them. I take no shame because that obnoxious, selfrighteous artistic attitude is exactly the beauty of Tumblr. Tumblr has 109.4 million blogs (and rising) and more than 51 billion posts, and it’s arguable that a lot of those posts are sort of frivolous. There’s a distinctive vintage, grungy, flower-child hipster aesthetic in which a lot of users take pride. Sometimes when I’m feeling contemplative, I’ll post text or a quote. However, I digress because this column isn’t a place for me to try and promote my own Tumblr. If I was really annoying, I’d post the URL right here with a nice friendly hint to “please follow me,� but I’m not, so I won’t. The point of my sentimental rambling about my own blog is to demonstrate just how much the once cult, now extremely mainstream blogging platform can mean to people. Tumblr’s bargaining chip was the cool cache that it somehow held onto, despite its massive amount of users. On Tuesday alone, Tumblr reported more than 76 million individual posts. Somehow, Tumblr figured out a way to latch onto a segment of the population that relishes in the eclectic nature of its style, obscure music taste and highbrow penchant for photography. Tumblr figured out how to make a blogging platform tailored specifically for self-proclaimed
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hipsters. It’s no coincidence that as Tumblr walked onto the scene, the photo-sharing site Flickr, also ironically owned by Yahoo, began to struggle to even keep its head above water. I was surprised at the paltry sum of $1.1 billion that Yahoo agreed to pay to acquire Tumblr, until I realized that Tumblr, for all intents and purposes, is a company that doesn’t yet have any revenue. That being said, Marissa Mayer and Yahoo are purchasing Tumblr purely on the
Construction worker’s death on campus deserves tribute MIKE MALLAZZO
DAILY COLUMNIST
I have asked several of my friends if they recognized the name Michael Kerr. Not a single person did. A few people may remember Kerr as the 57-year-old construction worker from Indiana who died tragically Friday when he was hit by a 70-pound beam while working on the new Music and Communication Building on the lakefront. However, it is doubtful that anyone at Northwestern knows Michael Kerr as the loving partner of Mary Tarne, father of three children and grandfather of three more. He was a brother, uncle, cousin, great friend and one of the Blackhawks’ biggest fans. “Mike Kerr could do it all!� reads a post to the guestbook on his legacy.com obituary page. “From erecting a skyscraper, to building an ocean racer, to being a loving father and family man. His humor was priceless and his zest for life was unmatched! He graced this earth and made it a better place.� Another entry reads, “Mike was one of the nicest guys we have ever known. We have known Mike for almost 25 years and every time we saw him he had a smile and a hug.� However, according to the University, he is nothing but an anonymous construction worker whose memory is not worth so much as a passing mention. This is a new low for NU in responding to a tragedy in our community. Michael Kerr’s life ended due to an accident on our campus. What have we given him for tragically laying down his life to help build our facilities? Nothing. No prayer ceremony at The Rock, no moment of silence, no gesture of support to his family, not so much as an email announcement informing students of his death. The only public response I could find to Kerr’s death was an email sent by University spokesman Al Cubbage in response to an inquiry from
The Daily, indicating that the death was an accident and that the school “extends its sympathy to his family and fellow workers.� It might as well have said, “Let’s hurry up and put this guy in the ground so everyone forgets about this poorly timed incident and we can keep building! Oh by the way, did I mention that the class of 2017 is the most diverse in Northwestern’s history?� NU’s administration has done its best to turn Michael Kerr into another faceless and nameless employee, his death little more than a blip on the radar of an otherwise exciting construction project. It is our job as journalists to erase this marginalization and portray Kerr as the dynamic and caring person that he no doubt was. He deserves to be defined in our collective psyches by his vivacious life, not his unfortunate and untimely death. The rationale behind the University’s lack of response is not necessarily sinister. Perhaps we as a community have reached our absolute threshold of bearable grief in the wake of this year’s tragic deaths. We can’t fathom the thought of sitting through another tear-filled eulogy or candlelit vigil, no matter how necessary it may be. In the wake of tragedy, we try to make sense of our heartbreak, to find reason among the hopelessly irrational circumstances surrounding a catastrophe. But sometimes, there is no suitable explanation, nothing to help us rationalize our sorrow. Sometimes God needs another builder for his columns in heaven, and he summons the best man for the job. I hope to be the first of many to extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to Kerr’s family and my utmost thanks for his service to our university. And I humbly ask that my fellow Wildcats please keep Michael Kerr, his family and everyone we have lost this year in our thoughts and prayers as we finish out the quarter. Mike Mallazzo is a Medill junior. He can be reached at michaelmallazzo2014@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this letter, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
hopes that it will revive the sinking giant by rubbing off some of its “coolness.� It’s no secret that Yahoo isn’t exactly that hot of a commodity on the web, and it’s easy to see why. Despite the fact that I shamefully still use Yahoo’s email system, the site lacks any sort of social media or connectivity aspect that has become all but expected in my generation of digital natives. I believe in the power of Marissa Mayer and her business prowess, but I don’t think the aging
giant with the hot new kid on the block is going to be a great pair. People like Tumblr because it’s cool, and with that reputation degenerated by the influx of advertisements that I’m sure Yahoo will post, the site could easily become another MySpace-era train wreck. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg reported that the usual amount of defections from Tumblr to WordPress run from 400 to 600 per hour, but when news of the acquisition hit, more than 72,000 blogs moved from Tumblr to WordPress in that same period. The truth is that young people liked Tumblr because it wasn’t underneath the vast corporate umbrella that seems so far-reaching these days. But that’s not to say advertising can’t be integrated with some finesse. Somehow YouTube escaped unscathed. If anything, the video outlet site is more put together than it was before its 2006 acquisition by Google. The differences are subtle — the slightly darker and more sophisticated color gradient in its logo, the streamlined search — but then again, the differences between Google and Yahoo are vast. Where Yahoo seems almost obsolete, Google is just as simple and sophisticated as it was the day it was launched. The company is continuing to innovate at a rate just as impressive as it always has. We await Google Glass with palpable excitement and for good reason: Google doesn’t tend to disappoint. Yahoo, however, is a different story. There is nothing to back up the fact that Yahoo could do a cumbersome and heavy-handed job in monetizing Tumblr. We won’t know for sure until Yahoo starts to implement its grand ol’ plans on poor little Tumblr, probably sometime in the third quarter, but all the hipsters with dirty hair might have to find a new place to blog. Arabella Watters is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at arabellawatters@yahoo.com. If you want to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
Online Buzz What commenters are saying When I suddenly realized how much of a workaholic I had become over my time here, the next step was realizing how absolutely hard (and I mean painful, depressing, guilt-inducing, self-worthdecreasing) it was/is to break out of that mindset. Something about talking about it is really relieving ... sso thanks for writing this article. — Katherine
Let’s be honest. the existence of the Holocaust isn’t a matter of “opinion.� It is an indisputable fact whose deniers can all be traced back to antisemitic hate groups. There is a line between controversial ideas and beliefs rooted in racism and hatred, which Butz certainly crosses. — Nicole
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There’s a difference between someone who provides reasoned commentary that’s counter to the “typical� opinions of the NU community, and D’Souza who actually doesn’t believe slavery is bad as it is taught to be and that blacks have themselves to blame for their image. Although I have not read his entire book (The End of Racism), I’ve read enough of it to know that it really is pseudo-intellectualism. There’s a reason that D’Souza is no longer a hero of the right, which is fair because D’Souza definitely was reasoned at some time in his past. —A In response to: “Conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza raises student ire during diversity talk,� submitted 5/21/13 ,
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Protest examines race, campus diversity problems By MADDIE ELKINS
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Students and community members discussed race and diversity problems Tuesday in a freeform demonstration, encouraging attendees to take a stand for what they believe in. People’s Gathering, an unstructured protest event organized to give students the opportunity to use public space for productive change, drew about 45 people who came and went throughout the two-hour discussion. Sitting in a large circle in the grass outside University Hall, students discussed issues ranging from Dinesh D’Souza’s controversial remarks at an event Monday to the framing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by campus groups. Weinberg senior Noah Charles spoke about his reaction to the decision by NU College Republicans to bring D’Souza to campus. He said after reading the first few pages of D’Souza’s book, he had never been so deeply offended by a piece of writing. “That he would ignore 400 years of black slavery in the United States, that he would ignore that black child poverty is over 38 percent, it is delusional,” he said. “I want to express my disgust that I attend school with those of you who hold me and my classmates in such contempt.” The discussion transitioned to address contention that had developed around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, touching on tensions
between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, as well as student media coverage of Social Justice Week. Conversations also centered on how open NU as a community is to different points of view. “One of the problems that we have is that we want to be blind,” Weinberg senior Taylor Layton said. “We don’t ask ourselves questions like, ‘How racially friendly or religiously diverse is this campus?’ As a result, we often don’t really have an understanding of other people’s perspectives.” Several students pointed out that willingness to engage people with differing opinions is key to making progress, although others suggested that the best way to achieve a true collective conversation is to be disruptive. Students transitioned during the course of the event from discussing issues that have offended them to talking about what they’d like to see change at NU. “I’m tired of the marginalization of diversity on this campus,” SESP junior Darien Wendell said. “It has become simply a discussion about race. I attended the Dinesh D’Souza event because I wanted to go as a form of education, and I asked him why he was choosing to marginalize diversity to just include the race issue and why he wasn’t choosing to talk about gender identity, sexuality, sexual orientation or different abilities.” Weinberg sophomore Moira Geary, an organizer of the event, said it was intended to encourage students to fight for social justice. “We tend to think of campus space as a place
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FOR THE PEOPLE Weinberg senior Noah Charles speaks Tuesday afternoon at the People’s Gathering on the lawn by The Rock. Spearheaded by about 20 students, the event aimed to demonstrate the use of public space for positive change.
we walk through or where do homework, but it’s not often used as a place for discourse and gathering,” she said. “This event is to demonstrate to ourselves and to the University that there are people at Northwestern that don’t just
stay in their room all the time and are willing to do something about the issue that we care about.” melkins@u.northwestern.edu
EPL to improve tech service with new Gates grant By JIA YOU
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Evanston Public Library will participate in a national pilot program this summer to figure out better ways to serve the community with technology. The library will participate in the Edge Initiative, a national program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which helps libraries serve their communities’ technology needs. “Our primary goal is to help libraries to use their public-access technology to improve the quality of life for the citizens and communities that they serve,” senior program manager Jake Cowan said. Edge chose about 25 libraries in seven states to roll out its pilot program, which it plans to launch nationally in January 2014, Cowan said. The Illinois State Library worked with the organization to choose EPL as a participant, he said. “It’s important for us to have leading libraries such as the Evanston Public Library to participate in our testing and give us valuable information that we can use to improve the Edge Initiative,” Cowan said. The organization will work with EPL in June and
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July to assess the its technology against 11 benchmarks, such as whether the library offers digital literacy training for users, Cowan said. Based on the results, the organization will train library staff
in August and September to use the assessment to improve services or start new programs. “We are really pleased to be among the first libraries to test out the offerings of Edge,” EPL
director Karen Danczak Lyons said in a news release. “We are committed to meeting the everchanging digital needs of Evanston; Edge provides us with the road map for doing so.” Lesley Williams, head of adult services at EPL, said participating in the initiative fits with the library’s larger mission to serve a diverse community. “A big part of our mission is to enrich and change people’s lives,” Williams said. “We want to empower people ... to use technology in creative ways to communicate and create and disseminate information.” EPL recently launched a smartphone app that allows users to remotely access many of its services, such as searching the library catalog and checking out materials from anywhere in the library. It is also looking into creating a digital learning lab that would help patrons develop necessary technological skills. Williams said these efforts all aim to expand knowledge and technology in the community, especially for those who may not be able to afford it otherwise. “We’re really looking at democratizing technology,” she said. “If you democratize literature or technology, you’re democratizing knowledge.” jiayou2014@u.northwestern.edu
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Township bill targets city By JIA YOU
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Evanston voters may finally be able to decide whether to dissolve the Evanston Township at the next general election. A bill introduced by state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) that would enable Evanston voters to dissolve the township now awaits Gov. Pat Quinn’s signature after passing the Illinois House on Thursday and the Illinois Senate last month. If signed into law, the legislation would allow the Evanston City Council to put a binding referendum question on township dissolution on the next election ballot. It was specifically crafted to apply only to Evanston, where the township shares the same border as the city and the council acts as township trustees. Evanston residents voted to abolish the township by a 2-t0-1 margin in an nonbinding referendum last March. But a similar bill proposed by former state Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg (D-Evanston) last year was defeated following lobbying by the Township Officials of Illinois group. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said the path to dissolution would remain unclear even if Quinn signs the bill. The council would likely organize discussions with the community before putting the referendum on the ballot, she said. The township currently operates on a $1.5 million budget, allowing it to administer the city’s general financial assistance program, run
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an employment program and assist residents with tax-related services. Grover said it is essential that residents continue to enjoy these services even if the township is eliminated. “I read that as just eliminating one level of government, not necessarily services provided by that government,” she said. “What I’d really like to explore is whether general assistance and emergency assistance can be administered by different entities than If they don’t get the township and how we can get there.” access, they But township assesjust won’t get sor Bonnie Wilson said eliminating the townthe help that ship might jeopardize they’ve been services such as property getting duing assessment appeals. The Cook County my tenure. Assessor’s Office, she Bonnie Wilson, said, gives the townEvanston ship access to programs Township facilitating tax appeal assessor services that the city may not enjoy. “If they don’t get access, they just won’t get the help that they’ve been getting during my tenure,” Wilson said. “Taxpayers won’t have the expertise or might have to go to Skokie to appeal their assessments.”
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THE SWING OF THINGS The Northwestern Swing Dance Syndicate hosts a class on swing dancing Tuesday evening at Cook Hall. The class ends next week.
House near ETHS catches fire, 1 injured
Juice in Emeryville, Calif. The app lets customers order their smoothie and pay with their PayPal account, and skip the line when they later come into Jamba Juice to pick it up. Marcus said order-ahead would soon be in Jamba Juice locations nationwide, and there are plans to expand to more retailers in the next several months. Marcus said that while swiping a debit card isn’t too onerous for customers, PayPal wants to bring a new level of convenience to the retail experience. “Ordering ahead and skipping the line is one of ” those conveniences, he said. According to a PayPal study of 5,000 consumers, about 80 percent of Americans wish they could leave their wallet at home. Whether it’s to a bar, the beach or a supermarket, many consumers want to go wallet-free.
A teenager was in stable condition Tuesday night after jumping from the second floor of a burning house near Evanston Township High School, officials said. Firefighters responded to the fire at about 4:15 p.m. in the 1400 block of Fowler Avenue, according to the Evanston fire department. First responders found the teen, who was taken to Evanston Hospital. Albert Frazier, who lives on Fowler Avenue and reported the fire, said he first noticed the smell of smoke at about 4 p.m. He went to the back of his home and saw smoke coming from a house two doors down, he said. “I could just tell by the smell it was wood, plaster burning,” Frazier recalled. Firefighters put out the fire on both the first floor and a second-floor bedroom in less than an hour, the fire department said. Where and how the fire started remain under investigation. The family will have to live elsewhere for now, according to the fire department. The family living in the house recently moved in, neighbor Valencia Frazier said.
Last week, students at Northwestern’s Relay for Life raised funds for the American Cancer Society. Now, Evanston residents can further help the organization by enrolling in a historic research study on cancer prevention. The society is looking for residents between the age of 30 and 65 from all racial backgrounds and with no personal history of cancer to enroll in Cancer Prevention Study-3, which will help scientists understand cancer causes and prevention, the city announced Friday. Residents can sign up for the study June 20 at St. Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., and June 25 at Evanston Hospital, 2650 Ridge Ave. They can register for the study online at cps3illinois.org or by calling 1-888-604-5888. Signing up for the study requires a one-time in-person visit to read and sign a consent form, complete a survey, and give a small non-fasting blood sample and have one’s waist measured. Participants will also need to complete a more detailed survey at home and will receive periodic follow-up surveys in the future. The society aims to enroll a total of at least 300,000 people in the study.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — PayPal is doubling down on efforts to bring the mobile payment platform to brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants, offering new pay-from-your-smartphone services that threaten to make the physical wallet obsolete. At an event at PayPal headquarters in San Jose on Tuesday morning, President David Marcus unveiled new mobile features for shopping, eating out and attending sports games without needing to use cash or a credit card. The eBay Inc. subsidiary is pushing for a shift from the decades-old habit of carrying wallets in favor of making all transactions digital. “We need to change consumer behavior and habits that have been ingrained for the past 40 years,” Marcus said. PayPal is also expanding the order-ahead service it began testing in January at the Jamba
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wishing I wasn’t Asian, wishing I wasn’t Korean, wishing I was white.” He finished his speech by emphasizing the importance of fighting for all minority rights and encouraging students to dream big. Weinberg freshman Kevin Luong is enrolled in his first Asian American studies class this quarter and decided to attend Tuesday’s event. “I really liked seeing the different perspectives of those three people,” he said. “It’s really interesting because I’m from California, I consider myself an American, so I haven’t felt a lot of the same forces that people are always talking about.” amywhyte2015@u.northwestern.edu
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Wild Wings, Thai Sookdee and Dave’s Italian Kitchen. Participants sat at tables in the dark and were served small plates of food in four different courses. Romaniak said being in the dark is part of a new gourmet-dining trend. By removing sight, the intent is to heighten the other senses. Restaurants across the country, including Chicago’s Opacity, feature this dining-in-the-dark experience. Medill senior Kawther Albader said Tuesday was her first time experiencing eating without lights. She said the salad served at the event tasted better in the dark than it normally does. “We were talking about how the dressing was so great,” she said. “But it was probably just like regular dressing.” Another diner, Komal Sheth, said the event was an interesting concept. She said she connected with UFS and its purpose. “I can definitely see where (the group) is coming from in terms of sight-restoring surgeries,” the Weinberg junior said. “Being blinded or even temporarily blinded for this evening makes me really appreciate it when I can see.”
be keeping an eye on it.” Wolf said stop-and-frisk requires police to find a balance between public safety and avoiding infringement of rights. Ester said she hoped one primary takeaway from the film, especially for the city’s youth, was not to run away from police. “Our members were saying we need to keep reinforcing this until they really get it and know this is what you need to be doing: Stay calm, don’t run,” she said. “In 2010-11, kids used to run a lot, and they would wind up being shot at, hurt.” Some citizens also expressed concern about EPD overreach last year when Diwani Greenwell, the 13-year-old son of Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell, was handcuffed and detained during a search for a nearby burglar. The family later sued the arresting officer and the legal case is still pending. Ester said the group has been working for nearly a decade with two goals: education and the creation of an independent police review board in the city. She added CNP was not satisfied with the creation of the citizen’s police advisory board in 1997 and is continuing its push for the new body. Tuesday’s event was the first of three screenings of the documentary CNP will hold. The film will be shown May 28 at the Evanston Police Outpost, 633 Howard St., and June 5 at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave.
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NU’s three road contests take the team to Palo Alto, Calif., on Nov. 14 to take on Stanford; Chicago on Nov. 20 to take on Illinois-Chicago; and Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 4 to take on North Carolina State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Cats lost to both the Cardinal and Flames last season at home and beat the Wolfpack when the two teams last met in December 2009. The Cats will once again play in a tournament in late November with the Las Vegas Invitational on Nov. 22-29. NU will play four games, including two as the home team Nov. 22 and Nov. 25 against opponents to be announced later, as well as two games Nov. 28 and 29 against either Missouri, Nevada or University of California-Los Angeles. The Cats have won a tournament during the
NU to begin new early phase cancer treatments, studies
Northwestern recently established a $10 million initiative to bring more early phase cancer studies and treatments to Chicago, the University announced Thursday. The initiative, launched by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, will be a game changer for the Chicago area, which currently lacks early phase clinical studies. The program will also implement NU research to create new therapies for cancer and other diseases. “One thing that struck me in my prior positions in a number of U.S. cities was the number of patients I saw from Chicago,” said Dr. Frank Giles, the new institute’s leader, in a news release. “It was quite disproportionately larger than from other metropolitan areas. These phase one trials are a service that’s greatly needed in this community.” Giles, an internationally known physician scientist, also works at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He will bring therapies developed by NU scientists to the international stage and collaborate with physician scientists at sites in Asia, Canada and Europe. He also plans to form relationships between the University and pharmaceutical companies on developmental therapeutics. “We have all of this concentration of science
season for each of the past two seasons, taking the Charleston Classic in 2011 and the South Padre Island Invitational in 2012. The final four games before Big Ten play begins will all be at home, with Brown and Mississippi Valley State returning to Welsh-Ryan Arena, along with Western Michigan and cross-town rival DePaul. The Blue Demons have not played the Cats since 2008, when NU won 63-36. NU’s conference schedule will be released later, although the Big Ten has announced Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin will all make trips to Evanston for the 2013-14 season. — Josh Walfish
here, and we need to be focused on when this reaches a tipping point for developing We have a new therapy,” Giles all of this said in the release. In addition to hostconcentration ing a group of at least of science here, 10 physician scientists, and we need the initiative will also to be focused be open to research fellows as it aims to on when this train young scientists. The clinic will open in reaches a in Northwestern tipping point for July Memorial’s Prentice developing a Women’s Hospital. “The increase in new therapy. novel therapies will Dr. Frank Giles, offer our patients with director of the hard-to-treat canNorthwestern cers important new Medicine options,” said Dr. Steve Developmental Rosen, director of the Therapeutics Lurie Cancer Center, Institute in a news release. “This adds to the remarkable advances in our understanding of cancer that now allow us to determine the most appropriate therapy for our patients using strategies that maximize benefit and minimize side effects,” he added.
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She’s not afriad to take chances. She’s one of those people that you don’t want to play defense against. — Senior midfielder Ali Cassera on Erin Fitzgerald
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TELL-TALE HEART Senior attack Erin Fitzgerald leads Northwestern in goals with 59 so far this season. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller described Fitzgerald as “an emotional player” who “puts everything into it.”
Senior attack Erin Fitzgerald does not run. She charges on the field, more determined than running. Anywhere near a cage, she will rocket — not shoot, but something more aggressive, more determined — the ball past an opposing goalie. Then there is the rare occasion when she is not looking to score. In that case, the senior will charge past defenders half of a foot taller than her 5-foot-4 compact frame (her mother was a gymnast at Iowa, her father a wrestler there) and pull away at the last second to protect a Northwestern possession. Lucky for those defenders, because a Fitzgerald looking to shoot is almost always bad news for the opposing team. “She’s not afraid to take chances,” senior midfielder Ali Cassera said. “She’s one of those people that you don’t want to play defense against.” Fitzgerald has scored at least 3 goals in 12 out of the team’s 21 games this season, two of which were 4-goal games and four of which were 5-goal games for the senior. She tallied 6 goals against Harvard on March 16. This season, the senior has not scored in only two of the Wildcats’ games — NU’s ALC Championship win against Florida and its secondround NCAA Tournament win against Stanford. In fact, those two games were Fitzgerald’s only scoreless contests in her last 24 games, dating back to last season.
Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, who said Fitzgerald’s freshman-year shot is incomparable to Fitzgerald’s polished technique this year, said after the second-round NCAA matchup that when Fitzgerald is not scoring, she still helps the team by drawing defenders away and opening scoring opportunities for her teammates. Fitzgerald also realizes the benefits of not scoring once in a while. “It’s kind of exciting to see so many girls step up and be a scoring threat when your biggest scorer is not. … It’s just been really fun to know that your teammates have your back, and you can focus on the little things,” Fitzgerald said. “I think sometimes you have to know that that’s going to be the decision that makes the team more successful in that game. … Sometimes it’s the smart plays that are better than the home run plays.” Smart playing nonetheless, the senior ended her scoring sabbatical with flair. Fitzgerald — who is known to celebrate her goals by saluting and taking a dramatic bow, among other rituals that she said she comes up with on the spot — netted a hat trick against Penn State in the Cats’ quarterfinal matchup with the Nittany Lions. Both what Cassera calls Fitzgerald’s “little attitude” and her gutsy, tenacious style of play correlate with Amonte Hiller’s description of the attacker. “I think she puts everything into it,” Amonte Hiler said. “There are certain players where they’re just like steady, and you don’t really see them change from play to play, but I think Erin puts it all out there. ... She really
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The men’s golf team may have seen its season fizzle out on a bit of a sour note by failing to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, but it was also a year when a star blossomed. Jack Perry brought his A-game his junior year and led the team in eight of 11 stroke-play events on his way to nine top-20 finishes, five top-10 placings and two victories. His performance did not go unnoticed during awards season, when Perry picked up the Les Bolstad Award for lowest scoring average among all Big Ten golfers, as well as an All-Big Ten first team selection. The Daily spoke with Perry last week on how he got into the game, his family connection to Northwestern and Luke Donald. The Daily: Since what age have you been playing golf and what got you interested in the game? Jack Perry: My grandfather got me into it when I was 5 years old, and it’s kind of been a love/hate relationship since. I really love the challenge of it. I love that it’s a sport you play in solitude. The Daily: Was there a certain player you idolized while growing up? Perry: I really liked Freddy Couples because he was so relaxed, and that’s what I wanted to be: a relaxed, confident golfer. He really epitomized the calm I wanted to play with. The Daily: Is there a certain golfer or golfer(s) you model your game after or that you feel your game is similar to?
Perry: I feel like I’m really similar to Brandt Snedeker, I’m very quick in the way that I play golf and in the way that I swing. The Daily: What really swayed you to come play golf at Northwestern? Perry: I lived in Lake Forest, Illinois, when I was younger, my dad went to Kellogg and my sister graduated from Medill. But also a big part of it was Pat Goss. I don’t think a betI can’t put down there’s ter coach in the number the country. of hours, but I Obviously the school try to wake up a s w e l l , it’s a great earlier than so other people, I school, that was try to work out attractive. The more, and I just Daily: What try to get better. is the one Jack Perry, golfer golf course you dream most of playing, or have you already played it? Perry: I really want to play Augusta (National) — just because of the history, the tradition behind the course, what happens there, who plays there, what it represents. It’s just an American tradition in terms of golf, and I really want to play it. The Daily: How key is it to know that a world-class player like Luke Donald came from this program and to have him come back and practice with the team? Perry: It’s a great resource to have, to see that a player who walked in our shoes 15 years later is one of the top golfers in the world and still
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working with our coach. He’s obviously very generous. He built us a really nice facility, and it’s a great asset for the program to have him around. The Daily: You hold Donald’s old 54-hole scoring record, and you eclipsed his highest total margin of victory. What is it like to know that you have those records over that caliber player? Perry: It’s a nice accolade, but he’s obviously done a lot more than I have. Hopefully they keep coming and I keep getting a little better every day, and maybe one day I’ll be up there with him. The Daily: How much work goes in each week for you to make sure your game is ready for every event? Perry: I can’t put down the number of hours, but I try to wake up earlier than other people, I try to work out more, and I just try to get better. I really believe that tournaments are won more through preparation than the play itself because if you are better prepared than other people then the tournament is just fun. The only reason people get fearful is because they are not prepared. The Daily: Eric Chun was the main guy for this team last year, the consistent No. 1, and you took on that role this year after his graduation. How did you adapt to take on a leadership responsibility? Perry: I don’t think there’s really anything to adapt to. We’re all buddies on this team. It’s not like any of us are demanding things of the other guys. I think we all just kind of egg each other on to work harder and do better. It’s not any one person. It’s just a good team dynamic. kevincasey2015@u.northwestern.edu
Northwestern senior Kate Turvy on Wednesday will begin her march for the NCAA Singles Championship title. Senior Linda Abu Mushrefova and junior Nida Hamilton will begin their fight for the doubles title Thursday. Coming off a controversial end to the team tournament, the three Wildcats have the motivation to advance far in their respective brackets. Turvy lost in straight sets during her singles match in the team tournament. Mushrefova and Hamilton also fought a
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THE OL’ COLLEGE TRY Senior Kate Turvy begins her second consecutive NCAA Singles Tournament with a match against Georgia’s Lauren Herring, last year’s SEC Freshman of the Year, on Wednesday.
wears it on her sleeve and gives it everything she has.” The newfound spirit could be a result of the loss of Fitzgerald’s good friend and mentor, last season’s leading scorer Shannon Smith, with whom Fitzgerald used to jump into a mid-air hip-bump after goals. Fitzgerald said she did not feel pressure to lead the team offensively since Smith graduated, so she just fell into the role. And while following Smith’s footsteps to become the Cats’ offensive leader in 2013, Fitzgerald managed to rack up a few honors along the way. This season, Fitzgerald became the 13th player in program history to reach 200 career points along the way and was named to the first-team All-ALC team and an IWLCA AllWest/Midwest Region honoree. Next up for Fitzgerald and her teammates is a semifinal matchup with North Carolina, and though Friday’s game is what the Cats are focused on right now, Fitzgerald has her post-graduation plans set. The Long Island native said she is moving back to New York next to start a job she has been working on for some time but will be back to visit Evanston periodically. In fact, Fitzgerald said she could not stay away if she tried. “I think Northwestern lacrosse will always be a part of me,” she said. “I’ll always have that connection back to Lakeside Field and back to this coaching staff. They’ve really transformed me into the person I’ve become. … I’ll forever be grateful for that, and I’ll always take it with me.” avawallace2015@u.northwestern.edu
NCAA Singles and Doubles championships Urbana Wednesday-Monday
losing battle in their No. 1 doubles match Friday night. Turvy will face off against Lauren Herring of Georgia, which is ranked No. 6 in the country in singles play. Herring is coming off an unfinished match in the round of 16 and before that, a loss in her regional singles match. Turvy, on the other hand, is moving forward with a loss in the Sweet Sixteen but a win in her regional. Mushrefova and Hamilton will take on the No. 2 doubles in the country, Sabrina Santamaria and Kaitlyn Christian from the University of Southern California. Mushrefova and Hamilton will have a tough time with Santamaria and Christian on Thursday — the Trojans duo has only one loss on its record this season. On the other hand, Mushrefova and Hamilton will enter the match having lost their last doubles match and won their regional match in Evanston. Something the Cats have over their opponents, however, is experience. This is Turvy’s second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Singles Tournament, and Mushrefova and Hamilton have taken on the upper-echelon competition together for three consecutive years. Currently a sophomore, Herring was the SEC Freshman of the Year last year but was unable to make it to the Singles Championship. Santamaria and Christian reached the Doubles Championship once before, but Hamilton and Mushrefova still have two years on their opponents. Turvy’s match begins Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., and Mushrefova and Hamilton start Thursday at a to-be-announced time. The Championships take place on the campus of University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. — Mike Marut