The Daily Northwestern — February 19, 2019

The Daily Northwestern Tuesday, February 19, 2019

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Yalitza Aparicio and native representation

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Police, fire dept. present reports Crime down 2.7%, use of force down 3% in 2018

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Northwestern students listen to speakers at The State of Sustainability in Scott Hall. The event featured updates from ASG, sustainNU and ISEN about sustainability initiatives on campus.

NU holds sustainability dialogue ASG, ISEN, sustainNU talk goals, progress following five-year plan

By ANDRES CORREA

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SustainNU, Associated Student Government and the Institute for Sustainability and

Energy at Northwestern encouraged students to engage in sustainable practices and advance sustainability throughout campus at Monday’s The State of Sustainability event.

About 15 students attended the first community dialogue in

Scott Hall to discuss the University’s sustainability goals, statuses of current projects and other ways NU can adopt more sustainable practices. Prior to the community dialogue, sustainNU held quarterly student sustainability roundtables; however, NU

Director of Sustainability Kathia Benitez said these meetings were only limited to student sustainability leaders and not the entire student body.

SustainNU announced a » See STATE, page 6

The Evanston Police Department and Evanston Fire Department presented their yearly updates to City Council at a meeting Monday, reporting an increase in emergency calls and a decrease in crime in 2018.

According to the EPD report, crime went down 2.7 percent and use of force decreased by 3 cases. The fire department received 3,595 calls in 2018 and faced the city’s first fire fatality since 2013.

For the third year in a row, the city surpassed 10,000 9-1-1 emergency calls, according to city documents. EFD chief Brian Scott said he expects this increase to continue at a rate of about 2 percent per year as part of a national trend.

Despite this increase, Scott emphasized that the EFD has maintained a response time below the national standard of four minutes at three minutes and 12 seconds. By responding efficiently and keeping fires

contained, the EFD prevented $99 million dollars worth of property damages in 2018, Scott said.

Still, Mayor Steve Hagerty asked the EFD to try to reduce the number of non-emergency calls.

“I’m so impressed — with the same amount of staffing you’ve been able to maintain (services),” Hagerty said. “But this isn’t sustainable when we’ve got budget challenges.”

Scott also highlighted the Fire Department’s community engagement programs like the Evanston Fire Explorers, the Evanston Township High School Public Safety Program and the Citizen Fire Academy.

In particular, Scott said the Citizen Fire Academy is “one of the best in country” and aims to create a “cross-section of our community” that is wellinformed about the EFD’s work.

In October 2018, national analytics firm Insurance Services Office awarded the EFD the Class 1 Public Protection Classification, the highest ranking of ten. ISO evaluates over 46,000 offices and gives only 300 offices the award for superior fire protection, Scott said. » See UPDATE, page 6

Microgreens come Lecturer talks Saudi Arabia, Iran to NU dining halls Simon Mabon fears second Arab Spring within next three years Partnership ‘boosts’ Garf ield Produce Company’s business

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In a 6,000-square-foot warehouse on the West Side of Chicago, the staff at Garfield Produce Company spends their days tending to crops of microgreens. The small business, founded in 2013, grows these edible plants for food distributors, such as Northwestern’s new food provider, Compass Group.

What may look like a typical indoor farm from the outside is also a company that aims to provide jobs to those who face barriers when entering the workforce.

“Our mission is twofold,” said Mark Thomas, the co-founder of Garfield Produce. “We want to create a great product that is well-received by the food community while also creating jobs in under resourced communities.”

After years of selling their

By JAMES POLLARD

microgreens to restaurants and caterers in Illinois, Garfield Produce decided to expand its reach.

Judy Thomas, the co-founder of Garfield Produce, said microgreens are “miniature versions of adult plants,” such as kale, broccoli and radishes, and are used by chefs in salads or as garnishes.

She said the company is now focused on selling its products to food distributors in order to “be sustainable” as a business.

One of Garfield Produce’s latest partnerships is with NU, specifically through Compass, and Midwest Foods, the food distributor that supplies Compass with produce.

“This partnership with Northwestern has increased our customer base and allowed us to up employment,” Judy Thomas said. “It has created a boost in terms of being able to expand our production too.”

The Thomases’ journey to launching Garfield Produce began while they were volunteering at Breakthrough Urban Ministries, a nonprofit organization in East Garfield Park.

Here, they learned about how » See GARFIELD, page 6

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Author and scholar Simon Mabon described the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran as much more complex than it is often portrayed, and he fears uprisings like the Arab Spring in 2011 will occur again within the next three years.

Northwestern’s Middle East and North African Studies Program and the Evanston Public Library hosted Mabon, a senior lecturer in international relations at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. More than 90 people packed the community meeting room on Monday evening to hear the former advisor to an international relations committee in the House of Lords — the upper house of the UK’s parliament — present the findings of his new book, “Saudi Arabia and Iran: Power and Rivalry in the Middle East.”

With the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi officials in October and the Warsaw Summit led by the U.S. last week to discuss national security concerns

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Simon Mabon speaks to a crowd of about 90 on Monday night. Mabon evaluated 30 years of history to deconstruct relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

from Iran, Mabon gave a historical breakdown of how tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have escalated. He began in 1979 with the Iranian

Revolution, which led to the establishment of an Islamic republic.

“It was greeted in such a way by a range of actors

across the region,” Mabon said.

“From Saudi Arabia, the king said, and I quote, ‘It gives me » See MENA, page 6

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Council accepts plan to modernize streetlights

By CASSIDY WANG

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At Monday’s City Council meeting, aldermen voted 7-0 to accept both the January 2019 Street Light Master Plan, which standardizes and modernizes the city’s lighting system, as well as the Tallmadge streetlight proposal request.

In alignment with Evanston’s strategic vision to create the “most livable city,” the proposed plan advises the city to “reevaluate and address current and future needs of the community” to reflect current industry standards through utilizing contemporary lighting technology and improving energy efficiency. The last streetlight plan was developed in 1979.

In addition to increasing overall energy efficiency of the city’s lighting systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the plan also addresses how to meet Illuminating Engineering Society of North America recommended lighting levels, which the city does not currently follow.

Mike Kerr, the project manager of the plan’s consultant team, said the majority of Evanston residents said streets are too dark, according to a survey of 700 residents conducted by Kerr’s team. In addition to addressing this concern, Kerr said the city needs to strive for uniformity in the types of lighting it uses.

“Evanston has too many types of lights,” Kerr said.

“We need to standardize.”

Lara Biggs, Evanston’s engineering and capital

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for aggravated assault and possession of controlled substance A 45-year-old man reported Saturday that his co-worker threatened him with a gun after they had a business dispute in the 1800 block of Washington Street.

The man said the two had an argument about the vehicles they were selling, and his

planning bureau chief, said the plan and Tallmadge lighting proposal will work in conjunction to create a uniform lighting system and aesthetic across the city.

Biggs said the system has 6,000 lights, making it fairly complex.

“We want to make sure we’re providing not seventeen different types of lighting, but really come up with something that’s more standardized to make it easier to maintain,” Biggs said. “We want to make sure that what we’re doing is cost-effective for the residents, while allowing them to weigh in … on what the aesthetic of the city should be.”

According to city documents, existing lighting in the city is a significant source of light pollution. Biggs said the city considered environmental sustainability, energy efficiency and dark-sky friendliness in constructing the plan.

“We don’t want to be known as a community with lots of light pollution,” Biggs said. “These are things that have a lot of quality of life impact for our residents.”

According to city documents, the Tallmadge request for proposal seeks to supply Tallmadge poles and lights. About 4,200 of the city’s 6,000 lighting units are Tallmadge streetlights, historic street lamps designed in the 1930s, according to an October 2017 assessment of city infrastructure. One of the purposes of the plan’s goals is to maintain the city’s existing historic Tallmadge lighting aesthetic wherever possible.

Although aldermen discussed replacing all Tallmadge lights to create uniform height throughout the city, Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said the cost is

co-worker retrieved a revolver handgun from his vehicle and threatened him. The man said he ran, hopped over the fence and called the police.

Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew said the offender fled the scene in a 2002 Ford Explorer, but EPD officers stopped the vehicle near the intersection of Callan Avenue and Mulford Street. The man was arrested and taken into custody, but he denied having a weapon during the altercation.

The offender was positively identified by the

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Council Chambers in the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Aldermen voted to accept the January 2019 Street Light Master Plan, and the Tallmadge streetlight proposal

“staggering,” and it would take decades before the city would have uniform lighting. A full replacement of the city’s power centers and lighting systems would cost $80 million, according to city documents.

“At this point, we want to move forward and get

the new poles ordered because we have accidents all the time where poles are taken out,” Wynne said. “We really need to start moving forward to standardize.”

man who reported the incident, and the EPD later found a 2-milligram tablet of Xanax, 1.6 grams of cannabis and a substance that was potentially cocaine in his vehicle, Glew said.

He was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance.

at 919 Chicago Avenue.

The man said security camera footage showed the offender enter through the front door and take $75 in cash and $25 in quarters.

The footage showed the offender looking in different rooms in the store but not taking anything else.

There is currently no suspect and no one is in custody.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019

ON CAMPUS

Professors differ on laptop use in class

By THEA SHOWALTER

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Some Northwestern students slip their computers into bags and backpacks without so much as a second thought, but the laptop — the ever-present symbol of on-the-go college students — and its role in the college classroom are still up for debate.

NU professors who ban laptops often cite a 2014 study that suggests writing notes by hand helps students retain information better than typing notes.

However, a recent study published in the Educational Psychology Review found that there’s not a significant difference between typed and handwritten notes. In NU classrooms, this topic is contested.

Chemistry Prof. SonBinh Nguyen said he doesn’t allow laptops during lectures because he finds they distract students from the material.

“If you really want to learn a subject, you have to write it down,” Nguyen said. “You have to use the muscles in your hand to coordinate with the imprinting in your brain.”

Nguyen added that for STEM majors, handwritten notes can be important because much of the material consists of drawings and diagrams, which require pen and paper.

However, some NU professors allow laptops in their classrooms because of their practical benefits.

Sociology Prof. Marshall Jean said laptops shouldn’t be blamed for distracting students, and the benefits of typing notes more than make up for any potential pitfalls.

“Electronic notes are easier to save, easier to search and easier to share,” Jean said. “Certainly students can be distracted by it, but that’s something I allow them to manage themselves.”

Jean added that small distractions can be beneficial, since it can be difficult for some students to focus for an entire 80-minute class. Just like doodling, small distractions on laptops could be a way for students to manage their attention to increase overall productivity, Jean said.

Weinberg junior Luke Cimarusti said laptops can be extremely distracting for students not even using

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their laptops. He said he remembers sitting in past classes where he couldn’t ignore a student sitting in front of him scrolling through Twitter during lectures.

“I exclusively use notebooks, and I like to draw in them,” Cimarusti said. “It really helps me to focus when I can draw visual aides.”

A study published in March 2013 found that students who multitasked on a laptop during class and students who were in direct view of the multitasking student scored lower on a test compared to students who didn’t.

Kyle Kaplan, a fifth-year doctoral student in musicology and a Mellon Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellow with the gender and sexuality studies program, said he doesn’t allow laptops when teaching. Kaplan, a teaching assistant for the gender and sexuality studies department, said a classroom should be “a place to develop a new skill set” and that if a professor requires handwritten notes, it is an opportunity for students to practice a skill set that might otherwise go unused.

“So much of it isn’t about individual student learning but about the community as a whole,” Kaplan

said. “In small classes you can do that a little bit more … but it’s a disciplinary thing in the sense of how you create the most focused learning environment.”

Some NU professors and graduate students are able to find a middle ground in the debate.

Grace Kessler Overbeke, a sixth-year doctoral student studying theatre and drama, said she allows her students to use laptops to access readings and other course material during lecture but prefers that students take handwritten notes.

Nguyen said he uses an honor code when students want to bring technology into the classroom, asking that they disconnect their devices from the internet.

The University does not have an official laptop policy for classrooms, allowing each professor to tailor rules as they see fit. Jean said he allows students to choose their own styles of note taking.

“I don’t know people’s learning styles,” Jean said.

“Rather than make one policy that everyone can’t use laptops, I allow students to make those decisions themselves.” theashowalter2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Yalitza Aparicio is furthering indigenous representation MARISSA MARTINEZ

OPINION EDITOR

Yalitza Aparicio, the star of the hit Mexican film “Roma,” is coming into her own. Though she was originally training to become a teacher, Aparicio decided to try out for the film’s main character on a whim, never having officially acted before. Instantly, director Alfonso Cuarón knew she was right for the role and worked with her to create a nuanced, beautifully-acted character.

Aparicio, who was nominated for Best Actress in the upcoming Academy Awards, received a lot of deserved attention, not only for her acting skills, but also for the indigenous representation she brought to the big screen. However, the 25-year-old got a fair amount of hate from fellow Mexicans.

Most recently, famous telenovela actor Sergio Goyri posted a video calling Aparicio a “pinche india” (a “f---ing Indian”) who only says “‘yes, ma’am, no ma’am’” in the movie, which didn’t warrant a Best Actress nomination in his eyes. The actress responded to his video saying how proud she is to be a Oaxacan indigenous woman. Goyri walked back on his comments and apologized in an Instagram video, claiming he didn’t mean to offend anyone, and that Aparicio deserved the nomination: “For me, it is an honor to see a Mexican be nominated for an Oscar.”

However, his initial comments show how the reaction many have had to Aparicio’s success is deeply tinged with anti-indigenous sentiments.

The movie has brought up a larger discussion, as well: the role of colorism in Latin media. Just as in the United States and many other countries, colorism affects so many daily and large-scale interactions, and it began with European colonization.

Mexico’s colonization

Hernán Cortés conquered Tenochtitlán, the former capital of the Aztec empire, in 1521, and with his arrival came mass destruction, slavery and murder. Through the Spanish invasion, many indigenous languages were stomped out by the forced introduction of the Spanish language. It came to represent power and privilege as Spain forced its rule over Mexico. While indigenous people certainly still exist — and have staged many revolutions against colonizers since the first conquistadors attempted to take over their country — the number of languages spoken in Mexico suffered greatly since Cortés’ brutal entry.

In particular, Cortés enforced European racial standards and categories, creating barriers based on perceived racial and ethnic differences. He and future colonizers introduced a caste system including whites, mestizos (those of mixed indigenous and Spaniard heritage), indios (native peoples) and many other subcategories. The system was based heavily on physical features, particularly color. Legal and social discrimination prevented indigenous and low-caste individuals from holding office, practicing some trades and living in certain neighborhoods,

Source: Alfonso Cuarón

Yalitza Aparicio in the hit Mexican film “Roma.” Her nomination for Best Actress in the upcoming 2019 Academy Awards has already made history.

although the severity varied by region.

Legal restrictions and slavery were abolished in the 1820s after the independence movement, but European supremacy continued. As time moved on, the lines between castes became blurred as indigenous, white and African people having children together grew more common. Many Mexicans now identify as mestizo while about 12 to 15 percent of the population identifies as indigenous. The divide became more about culture and language than color.

However, this doesn’t mean Mexico moved on from its colorism and racism. Many members of the upper- and middle-classes are more likely to be white-passing than darker, and darker-skinned Mexicans are more likely to be less educated because of institutional and social barriers, which leads to lower socioeconomic status.

Media’s color divide

The color divide is deeply ingrained in Mexican (and Latin American) media.

Telenovelas, or soap operas, are a clear example. Many of the most famous shows, like “Teresa,” “Lo que la vida me robó,” and “La reina del sur” feature very light-skinned actors with European features. When darker-skinned actors appear, they often play members of the help or are depicted as lowincome, uneducated and separate from the white-passing characters.

The Netflix reality show “Made in Mexico” received a great deal of backlash upon its release for portraying Mexico’s white-passing elite when the country faces so much class divide. While show producers wanted to illuminate another side of Mexico to counter negative stereotypes, they ended up displaying a whitewashed narrative instead.

Though there is still a large gap in representation, indigenous people are continuing to push back on the industry’s standards. Over the past few decades, the independent film movement has increased representation, especially when it comes to female indigenous producers, who have used the growing digital technology movement as a form of decolonization and empowerment. While said directors and producers are often from privileged communities, the movement is growing more diverse.

A star is born

Through her role as Cleo in “Roma,” Aparicio brought much-needed nuance to the screen, forcing many people to contend with the unfair and systemic treatment of indigenous domestic workers, who are often poorly paid and have little opportunity for social mobility. Indeed, the scenes where Cleo is simultaneously loved and denigrated by the rest of the middle-class family she worked for were heartbreaking to watch.

Although set in the 1970s, the film brings up important, albeit uncomfortable, messages about class and race divisions that can be applied to present-day Mexico.

“Roma” doesn’t vilify the family Cleo works for — instead, it shows how easy and ingrained the prejudice and poor treatment of indigenous people is within the home.

She is visually separated from the family she works for during much of the movie, despite how much they rely on her work. It’s also important to note that the film is based on Cuaron’s own experiences with his nanny Libo, who helped raise him.

While some white critics of the movie — especially a particularly tone-deaf New Yorker review — claim Cleo’s voice was robbed and missing, it’s this portrayal that calls out the role indigenous women have in many Mexican households, adding nuance that goes over many American heads. This is why Cleo’s role in this movie is so important: Her position in the household is a contentious mix between love and distance. However, because media rarely shows a detailed look at domestic workers in Latin America, that context has to be sought out by viewers after the movie.

During the film, Cleo speaks in both Spanish and Mixtec, a group of languages spoken in Southern Mexico. This portrayal is incredibly powerful, especially considering the erasure of indigenous languages in Mexico since colonization. One scene near the beginning shows the curiosity and fear of non-Spanish languages, as one of the children asks Cleo to stop speaking in Mixtec, a language he does not understand. Viewers can see that when Cleo talks to other indigenous people during the movie in Mixtec, she is more relaxed, more herself.

Aparicio’s entrance into popular media has meant a lot to the global audience. In particular, her January Vogue Mexico issue went viral on social media, as she became the first indigenous woman to be featured on the cover. People across the world talked about how happy they were to see a woman who looked like them in such a visible light.

A BuzzFeed Mexico analysis explained that the country’s top magazines typically show photos of darker-skinned people only 20 percent of the time, often accompanying stories about events rather than features.

During her video interview with the publication, Aparicio said, “My skin, very Mexican, very Oaxaqueñan and very human,” and that “other faces of Mexico are now being recognized. It is something that makes me so happy and proud of my roots.” In a country where four out of 10 Mexicans believe they are treated unevenly due to their skin color, according to a 2010 survey, Aparicio’s cover means a lot, even though the country still has a long way to go. On the cover, Aparicio looks regally into the camera, wearing a stunning Dior dress. To her right, the words “A star is born” are written in Spanish and Mixtec.

The Academy Awards are on Sunday, and even if she doesn’t win Best Actress, Aparicio’s nomination has already made history.

Very few indigenous people have been nominated for an Oscar, and the only person to win one has been Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree woman, for an original song in 1983. Indigenous and native voices have been erased from media for decades, but Aparicio represents a slow but necessary shift from that institutional trend.

Everyone deserves nuanced and accurate representation in the media. I hope Aparicio’s success isn’t seen as a fluke, but as a needed first step toward more complex, mainstream roles for indigenous Latinx people.

Marissa Martinez is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019

NU sees decrease in new international students

By CATHERINE KIM

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Like many universities nationwide, Northwestern saw a decrease in enrollment of new international graduate students last fall, according to new data published by the International Office last week.

Still, total international student enrollment rose more than 10 percent to 4,332, according to the report.

The numbers mirror trends nationwide, as the total number of international students in the U.S. continues to rise, making the country the number one spot for students globally. But as enrollment of new international students begins to decline, higher education groups are raising concerns that the U.S. is becoming less welcoming for these students.

In an interview last November, University President Morton Schapiro expressed confidence that the decline in new enrollments would hit other schools harder than research universities like Northwestern. “It tends to come from less prestigious institutions,” he said, referring to findings in a November 2018 report that research universities saw an uptick in new enrollment, while less selective schools experienced a decline.

But the new data suggests Northwestern isn’t safe from the declining trend. When asked what he thought was contributing to this reduction in new international students, Schapiro pointed to the report, which found that the social and political environment in the U.S. presented challenges to international student recruitment.

“It might be a little bit more of a hassle to for a visa, but it’s not something you can’t get,” he said. “So it’s more like, ‘Is this country welcoming to people from other countries?’”

International graduate student enrollment dropped by 314 students in 2018 –– declining for the fourth year in a row since 2015.

Undergraduate international student enrollment, on the other hand, slightly increased by 15 students. For both new undergraduate and graduate enrollment, most students came from

Graphic by Roxanne Panas

China: 21 percent and 51 percent, respectively.

25 percent of the total international undergraduate student population comes from China, followed by India at 12 percent, South Korea at 10 percent, Canada at 7 percent, Turkey at 6 percent and Singapore at 3 percent.

An undeclared major was the most common among international undergraduate students at 21 percent. The second most popular major was econometrics and quantitative economics at 10 percent, followed by industrial engineering at 9 percent, journalism at 6 percent and

computer science at 6 percent.

The most common country of origin for international academic masters students was also China, at 21 percent. India followed at 6 percent, South Korea and Canada 2 percent and Chile at 1 percent.

Computer science was the overwhelmingly popular major among international academic masters students with 66 percent of students enrolled in the program. Engineering/industrial management was second most popular at 31 percent, journalism at 30 percent, bioengineering and biomedical engineering at

21 percent and applied mathematics at 19 percent.

Even more international professional masters students came from China, at 43 percent.

The second most common country of origin was South Korea and Canada at 15 percent, then Taiwan at 4 percent.

Among doctoral students, 39 percent came from China, followed by 8 percent from India, 6 percent from South Korea, 5 percent from Canada and 3 percent from Turkey. catkim@u.northwestern.edu

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five-year strategic plan for campus-wide sustainability programs in October 2017. The framework includes five program areas, including a communication and engagement category, with a goal to “foster a University-wide culture of sustainability and environmental stewardship,” according to the plan.

Students kicked off event by reflecting on their current sustainability practices at Northwestern. Some daily practices students brought up included composting, avoiding single use plastics and walking to class.

Communication sophomore Maggie Olson, a communications assistant for sustainNU, said eliminating single-use plastics is an easy shift the University could make, but understands it will take time.

“Because so much has changed this year, it was good to get everyone together and talk about projects everyone is working on,” she said.

Benitez said sustainNU is working to catalogue the amount of energy used by each building on campus, auditing all of the University’s energy data for the past two years. From this research, sustainNU is set to unveil the Lucid BuildingOS, an interactive tool that will show the campus community how much energy, water and gas buildings on campus are using. The tool is set to be released at the end of April and will be available on the University’s sustainability website, Benitez said.

In addition to the interactive tool, sustainNU is also rolling out utility consumption reports for each building.

Through this initiative, building managers will receive a report on how much energy their respective building is using and its associated cost. The data will then be used to improve energy use on campus.

Juan Zuniga, the vice president of sustainability for ASG, said his committee is currently working on composting at residential colleges and Greek houses, creating a grant for student organizations to pursue their own sustainability initiatives and educating students about sustainable practices.

While ASG is working to engage students to advance sustainability on campus, NU has cut its Northwestern Sustainability Fund for the 2018-2019 academic year, which had set aside a pool of $50,000 for students to pursue sustainability projects. Despite these changes, ISEN provides research grants for undergraduates students interested in sustainability. Jeff Henderson, the associate director of ISEN, said students should advocate for the change they want to see in sustainability on campus.

“Ultimately, the University is here to respond to student needs and student demand,” Henderson said.

“There a long history of things changing because of student demand.”

While the focus of the community dialogue focused on updating the campus community on various projects, the organizations encouraged students to use their voices to advocate for what they want.

“I wanted students to walk away feeling like they can do something,” Benitez said. “It’s, ‘I am raising my voice and letting administration know that this is an important issue and we need to raise it as a top priority.’”

“We’re really proud of this classification,” he said. “We’re going to use it as a benchmark moving forward.”

For EPD, Evanston saw a total of 1,848 incidents of crime, down 2.7 percent from the previous year, according to city documents.

The number of thefts and arson incidents went down, while criminal sexual assault and

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However, Mabon said those feelings did not last. Saudi Arabia had previously relied on claims to Islamic legitimacy to increase its power in the region, and the creation of Iran threatened that legitimacy, he said. Additionally, Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabism — one sect of Islam — was deeply at odds with Iran’s Shia Islam, which Saudis viewed as heretical.

“This wasn’t just a theological issue now,” Mabon said. “It became political. It became security.”

When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, Saudi Arabia began to finance clerics across the world to spread Wahhabism. Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran at the time, also began trying to “share his vision beyond Iranian borders,” Mabon said, and divided societies across the Middle East began to fear these two

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the nonprofit “got people from homelessness to job-readiness,” Judy Thomas said. However, she added, there were no local jobs available for those in the nonprofit’s programs, and people faced challenges while applying for jobs due to their poor resumes and for some, criminal records.

“So, our thought was, ‘let’s start a company,’” Judy Thomas said.

Ever since, the Thomases have been committed to their twofold mission. Mark Thomas said a little under 50 percent of the company’s current employees have a criminal record. The Thomases also continue to support East Garfield Park, the neighborhood where the company is located. If their company has unsold produce, it is donated to the food pantry at Breakthrough Urban Ministries.

NU’s partnership with Garfield Produce is a part of the Real Food Challenge that University President Morton Schapiro signed in 2015. The challenge is a commitment by the University to increase the amount of “real food”— food produced through means that promote social justice

murders went up by two and three cases respectively, according to city documents.

“Any percent (decrease) is a blessing,” EPD chief Demitrous Cook said.

Since 2017, EPD’s use of force has also decreased in every category. There were 27 reported uses of force in 2018, a standard number, according to Cook. Cook said Evanston residents have formulated a number of groups to hold the police accountable for their use of force.

Since his swearing-in ceremony in January, Cook has already receives a large number of inquiries about police misconduct, Cook said.

Only three residents formally registered public complaints for unprofessional conduct.

“Make no mistake about it. Evanston is one of the top police departments in Illinois,” Cook said. “It always has been a police department that upholds the law.”

states as they sought to expand their influence.

However, in 1990, when a huge earthquake hit Iran, the opportunity for cooperation between the two countries rose and tensions subsided, Mabon said. Saudi Arabia sent aid to Iran to help with relief. “(It) looks like things are getting better,” Mabon said. “And then something happens.”

For Saudi Arabia and Iran, Mabon said that “something” was the United States’ invasion of Iraq in 2003. He argued this was one of several events that led to the rise of the Daesh, or ISIS, and that coupled with an increased Iranian presence in Iraq, it led to renewed tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Weinberg senior Dawei Wang said the topic of Mabon’s talk was timely.

“He talked a lot about the historical aspect of the Iran-Saudi Arabian rivalry,” Wang said. “It’s not so clear-cut. There’s a lot of differences in how we view this relationship.”

Evanston resident Lou Schorsch said much of the talk dealt with current events, and if one

follows the Middle East in the news, they would understand Mabon.

He added that he learned how to properly pronounce Khashoggi.

“This sort of difficult insidious role of Saudi Arabia — that’s a very open question how that evolves and what comes next for Saudi Arabia,” Schorsch said.

The last slide of Mabon’s presentation displayed an image of a destroyed street in Aleppo, Syria.

He said that in the midst of these political conflicts and analysis, there are people struggling and rebuilding processes taking place.

“One of the things that people like to ask me is, ‘How do we defeat terrorism?’” Mabon said.

“We all have a responsibility. We need to call out injustice. We need to speak truth to power. We need to challenge people when they use an Islamophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, homophobic … language. We all are responsible because if we don’t, we are complicit.”

and environmental sustainability — served in dining halls to 20 percent by 2020.

Mark Thomas said Compass follows the spirit of the local food initiative now that it is in charge of NU Dining.

“Compass is not only helping the students at Northwestern by supplying them with delicious and healthy food,” Judy Thomas said. “They are also helping a small, local business that is trying to impact its community for good.”

Judy Thomas said she first heard about the idea of partnering with NU at a December 2017 event hosted by World Chicago Business. The Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy event connects major Chicago-area institutions with small, local providers. According to the CASE website, NU is an “anchor institution”, or a large organization that collaborates with local businesses through the program. Garfield Produce is an approved supplier.

After their paths crossed, Garfield Produce was invited to present its business to representatives from NU and Compass in July 2018. Two months later, Garfield Produce microgreens began making an appearance in dining halls.

Lisa Carlson, the University’s dietitian, said

in an email to The Daily that Garfield Produce’s microgreens are a “perfect addition to student menus.” She said she admires how the company blends sustainability, community building and health foods.

“Microgreens pack a nutrition punch because the nutrients are more concentrated compared with baby greens or even their full-grown counterparts,” Carlson said. “While microgreens may be tiny, they are a mighty good addition to NU Dining.”

Judy Thomas said interacting with students has been one of her favorite parts of the partnership.

After meeting with members of the NU community at dining events held by Compass during the school year, Judy Thomas said she hopes to further collaborate with NU students, too. She added that Garfield Produce is in the process of creating research opportunities for those in NU’s Program in Environmental Sciences.

“When students try our product, they ask really good questions and care about what they’re eating.” she said. “But what’s more is that they really care about the story behind their food, too.”

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FENCING

Northwestern’s freshman class has national success

By STEPHEN COUNCIL

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This season, Northwestern’s freshmen have been a force to be reckoned with. For one weekend, it was all about them.

The No. 2 Wildcats sent seven freshman fencers to the Junior Olympics in Denver this weekend.

Early struggles and altitude sickness proved difficult to deal with, but the group came back with some solid results.

At the meet of fencers under 20 years old, Robyn Song took 43rd in the sabre event. In epée, Maggie Snider brought back 52nd, Emma Scala 55th and Natalie Kim tied for 107th. Alyssa Chen led the foilists with a 22nd place finish, with Elina Moon in 132nd and Jerrica Liao in 149th.

The individual competition meant a return for the fencers to the 15-touch bouts they fenced throughout their youth. With collegiate bouts only going to five touches, the shift required some adjustment. After the event, coach Zach Moss said he liked what he saw.

“It’s a very different experience from what we’re used to all season,” Moss said. “But they handled it well. They’re all very experienced fencers, they knew what they were doing.”

Moss said that fatigue was a bit of an issue in

the initial matchups, especially with midterms week just passed. At the Junior Olympics, fencers face six competitors in pool play, which seeds them for the direct elimination bracket.

Chen and Song led the Cats with five wins each in pool play, earning byes to start the direct elimination round. Chen then made it through two bouts but fell in her third. After being eliminated, she said the altitude troubled her.

“I got tired way quicker than I should have, and that definitely was my downfall in the end there,” she said.

While Moss was able to devote more time to each individual fencer than at a typical meet, he also had some help. Chen, among others, had both him and her club coach from home in attendance.

Because of the stature of the competition at the event, Moss said he took some time to recruit high schoolers there.

“It’s a chance for us coaches to get to see a lot of prospective student-athletes who are competing. See how they compete, see how they interact with their coaches, see how they interact with their teammates, see how they respond to challenges,” he said. “It’s a really good environment for us to be able to see that, and evaluate potential recruits.”

With 12 freshmen and nine sophomores on the roster, the Cats are already stacked with young talent. Snider, who also lost in her third direct elimination bout this weekend, leads the freshmen

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A Northwestern fencer moves forward. The Wildcats competed this weekend in Denver.

with 35 wins this year, the third-highest total on the team.

Snider said that this weekend, she dug a hole for herself and wasn’t in the right headspace for all her bouts. With Moss and her club coach in attendance she made it out of the pool round seeded 82nd, and climbed to 52nd for her final result.

Looking forward to the postseason, which starts Feb. 23 at the Midwest Conference

Championships, she said she wants to work on focusing from the first touch. Despite not really knowing what to expect, she said she’s looking forward to starting the postseason off next weekend.

“I’m definitely super confident in the team’s abilities, and we’ve been having a fantastic season so far,” she said. “We’re gonna crush it, for sure.” stephencouncil2022@u.northwestern.edu

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No. 11 Northwestern split a pair of matches this weekend, defeating Baylor 5-2 at home Friday before falling to Georgia Tech by the same score two days later.

In both matches, the Wildcats (5-4) won the doubles point, but after four singles players had a victory in their contest against the Bears (5-7), freshman Clarissa Hand was the only victorious singles player in Atlanta versus the Yellow Jackets (3-3).

No. 59 Hand defeated No. 70 Livia Kraus of Baylor 7-5, 6-1 and No. 26 Kenya Jones of Georgia Tech 7-6, 6-4, continuing her dominant stretch of play. Hand was also undefeated in her doubles matches this weekend, paired with senior Lee Or, and the duo conceded just six games in two doubles matches this weekend.

But the other singles players struggled after successful showings on Friday. Or and sophomore Caroline Pozo both split their singles matches this weekend, beating the Bears but losing to the Yellow Jackets. Pozo clinched the win for the Cats on Friday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Paula Baranano, but she fell 2-6, 2-6 on Sunday against Valeriya Deminova.

Against Georgia Tech, senior Rheeya Doshi and No. 72 Julie Byrne, a junior, each lost potential swing matches that could have turned around the result for NU. Doshi had the closest loss, falling in three sets to Victoria Flores. With the loss, the Cats fell for first time all season to an unranked opponent.

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Lee Orr hits a forehand. The Wildcats split their two results this weekend.

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Northwestern seniors secure 2019’s strong start

By PETER WARREN

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The last time Northwestern and California played each other, the Wildcats were thoroughly thrashed, getting outscored 59-5 over a fourgame home series in 2016 — Spencer Allen’s first season in charge.

Going into Sunday’s matchup, that 2016 stretch was on NU’s (2-2) mind.

And, after having to wait over 1,000 days, the Cats got their revenge in the form of a 9-5 victory over the Golden Bears at Tempe Diablo Stadium Complex.

“Personally, I think (it’s sweeter than a usual victory),” said senior first baseman Willie Bourbon, one of four players on NU to have been on the team in 2016. “You always keep tabs on teams that you play or have played.

To get back and get that win, it felt pretty good.”

Bourbon led the Cats on Sunday with a great day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with two walks, two RBIs and a home run. His fellow seniors all contributed to the win as well.

Shortstop Jack Dunn had three hits, outfielder Ben Dickey scored a run and Danny Katz threw 1.2 hitless innings.

But it was not just the seniors who pushed NU past its former demons to a victory. Sophomore lefty Quinn Lavelle allowed only two hits over the first 3.1 innings before being replaced

by Katz. Junior third baseman Charlie Maxwell, freshman center fielder David Dunn and freshman Michael Trautwein all had two hits.

Bourbon said the Cats came out in “attack mode” and the result was a team win.

“Everyone was ready to go out of the gate. we used a lot of pitchers, a lot of guys had opportunities at the plate,” Bourbon said. “It was nice to have so many guys contribute.”

The victory over Cal (0-3) came after NU lost a three-game series to Brigham Young (2-1) over the previous two days.

In the first game of the series Friday, the Cats fell behind early on a first-inning sacrifice fly, but junior right-hander Hank Christie settled down to throw six solid innings, giving up only three hits. In the sixth, NU was able to break through with three runs via a Trautwein walk and a two-RBI single from junior outfielder Leo Kaplan.

The Cougars pounced on an opportunity in the eighth inning to score two runs and tie the game. The contest went to extra innings, where BYU scored the game-winning run in the 10th and win 4-3.

The following day, NU was able to reverse it fortunes. The Cats scored three runs in the third inning to go up 3-0 and never trailed again. While the Cougars were able to get a few potential scoring opportunities, NU’s pitchers were able to hold BYU to only two runs in the eventual 3-2 win.

“Those guys really locked it down,” Allen said. “That is not always easy to do, especially with what happened Friday night. … Hopefully we can carry that forward.”

Junior left-hander Sam Lawrence was great in his first career start in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, going five innings allowing only two hits and five strikeouts. He then handed the ball to sophomore righty Anthony Alepra, who pitched three innings. Junior right-hander Nick Paciorek, who was on the mound when BYU won the game the night before, closed the game with a 1-2-3 ninth.

In the second half of Saturday’s twin bill, the Cougars jumped out to an early start and a six-run fourth inning put the game out of reach, with BYU winning 11-2.

Junior second baseman Alex Erro hit a home run in the blowout, and finished the weekend with a teamhigh six hits. Bourbon said his partner on the right side of the infield was “phenomenal” at the plate and Allen added that he hit a lot of balls hard.

“Alex Erro had some really, really good ABs,” Allen said. “He’s the guy that each team is probably saying, ‘Hey, don’t let Alex beat you,’ and just getting pitched the toughest. It’s always impressive when a guy can have those type of at-bats sitting in the three hole.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Ben Dickey hits a line drive. The senior scored a run Sunday in a 2-2 weekend for NU.

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NU has big comeback Cats close Big Ten play in style in the waning minutes

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Exactly 364 days later, Northwestern (3-0) avenged its failed comeback against Duke (2-1).

Hope seemed lost for the No. 6 Wildcats many times during Sunday’s 21-20 win over the No. 16 Blue Devils.

NU fell down by five goals before rallying back to take the lead in the opening minutes of the second half.

The rest of the game was a nip-andtuck contest heavily influenced by 50-50 plays. A couple draw controls, ground balls and saves meant the difference between a one-goal margin lead and a deficit for either team in the game’s last 25 minutes. The lead changed hands 7 times in last 30 minutes.

“It was a battle. It was a real battle,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “I was just proud of our girls creating 50-50 balls.”

The Cats found themselves in an eerily similar situation to last year’s matchup, being down one goal with less than two minutes to play. With “Blue Devil” chants ringing throughout the stadium, NU brought one final push that propelled the team to victory.

Senior attacker Liza Elder converted a free-position shot to tie the game before junior midfielder Lindsey McKone netted the game-winning goal with 25 seconds to go.

“I looked up and didn’t see anyone in front of me, so I figured I could take it and try to get it into the goal,” McKone said. “That was pretty cool to end on.”

Free-position shots were a major factor in determining the result. The Blue Devils converted just one of their six free-position attempts, while the Cats came away with a staggering 8-for-12 statline from that area, including two key goals that came within the game’s

Daily file photo by Alec Carroll

Emily Stein operates in the midfield.

She helped lead Northwestern to its comeback victory Sunday.

final four minutes.

Including Friday’s home win against Dartmouth (0-2), NU won two highscoring matchups this weekend despite not having senior attacker Selena Lasota for the majority of the games.

The Cats beat the Big Green on Friday in Ryan Fieldhouse 21-15, led by McKone’s seven points. The wins were impressive considering NU was missing its best player, Selena Lasota.

Lasota suffered a lower body injury during the first half of Friday’s game.

Amonte Hiller said Lasota’s injury, though damaging to the team, gave other NU players an opportunity to shine this weekend.

“Any time you lose your best player, you’re losing some emotional juice and obviously some scoring punch,” Amonte Hiller said. “It’s a great opportunity for other kids to step up, and I think they did.” karimnoorani2022@u.northwestern.edu

The message was clear. In the immediate aftermath of Northwestern’s 25-12 win over No. 24 Illinois, senior Zack Chakonis wanted one thing known: Don’t mess with Jersey.

Of the seven Wildcats wrestlers who won matches Friday, three of them are from New Jersey: sophomore Sebastian Rivera, the top-ranked 125pound wrestler in the country; senior Johnny Sebastian, who earlier in the dual recorded a 10-5 decision over Illinois wrestler Carver James; and Chakonis, whose fall over Andre Lee was his first of the season.

In a rare victory against NU’s interstate rival, it was the boys from Jersey who led the Cats (4-10, 2-7 Big Ten) to a win over the Fighting Illini (2-9, 1-9).

Chakonis, who won on Friday by flipping Lee on his back 30 seconds into the start of his matchup’s second frame, said being from New Jersey is an identity. More than just a geographical fact, it’s a mindset.

“It just goes to show you how tough Jersey kids are,” Chakonis said. “We got a bunch of them on our squad, hopefully adding more soon in the future. But it feels awesome representing New Jersey at the Division 1 level, especially in the Big Ten.” After Chakonis’ win in the 197pound weight class put NU up 6 points, the Cats never again trailed in the dual. Senior Conan Jennings and Rivera won their next matches to put NU 13 points ahead with two matches left.

By earning just their second win against a Big Ten opponent all season, the Cats beat Illinois for the first time in nine years. Last season, NU lost to Illinois in an 18-17 heartbreaker, which ended its hopes for an undefeated campaign in the seventh match

Daily file photo by Katie Pach

Zack Chakonis wrestles with an opponent. The New Jersey native was victorious in a major win for NU.

of last year.

“It feels unbelievable,” Chakonis said. “It was a great win, especially heading into the postseason. Get some momentum underneath us and really full steam ahead for March.”

Rivera won his match in dominant fashion, taking down Carter James 10-5 after falling behind 5-4 in the second frame of play. He won a quick reversal to take a slim lead into the third period and never trailed again.

In the midst of a season marred by injuries and inconsistency, Rivera said his match win was an important confidence boost and morale builder.

“I’ve had an up and down season,” he said. “To end the Big Ten season with a win is really nice. Any time you win a match it’s very nice. I got to my attacks which I haven’t in the past. It felt right.”

For coach Matt Storniolo, the dual win was especially important because of its proximity to the national tournaments.

Storniolo said Friday’s win reversed much of the frustration he felt after

close losses to Illinois in two of the last three seasons.

“It’s always a good day when Northwestern beats Illinois,” Storniolo said. “That’s a big in-state rival. That’s a win that’s been a long time coming.

We’ve been really close two of the last three years and two of those duals we thought we had all but locked up. It feels good to actually put the final nail in and get it done.”

With the postseason less than three weeks away, the Jersey boys live to fight another day having dominant wins on the eve of their postseason tournaments. Rivera said the trio’s performance is emblematic of the state’s wrestling prowess.

“I think everyone knows that New Jersey is pretty much a top state,” Rivera said. “It’s cool whenever New Jersey gets its credit, especially around here. We’re very proud of our state.

It’s awesome when everybody gets to contribute like that.” gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern. edu