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Yuracko named new Pritzker dean Law professor Kimberly Yuracko to begin Sept. 1

By JONAH DYLAN

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Pritzker Prof. Kimberly Yuracko has been named the next dean of the Pritzker School of Law, the University announced Monday.

Yuracko will succeed Daniel Rodriguez, who will step down this summer. Yuracko will officially take over Sept.

1, according to a news release.

“It’s a tremendous honor and a privilege,” Yuracko told The Daily. “This is the community I’ve been part of for the last 17 years, and it’s a community that I’ve been so grateful to for all of the professional opportunities that I’ve had here. And so it’s really such an honor to be given the opportunity to give more back to Northwestern and to the law school community.”

In the release, Rodriguez said he’s happy Yuracko was named dean.

“Her long experience at Northwestern will serve her well,” Rodriguez said in the release. “I wish Kim the very best and will look forward to working with her as a colleague in helping her and her

team to take Northwestern Law to even greater heights.”

Yuracko currently serves on the Provost’s advisory council on women faculty and is co-chair of the Organization of Women Faculty. She joined Pritzker’s faculty in 2002 and in 2011, she served as interim dean of Pritzker before Rodriguez took over.

Provost Jonathan Holloway told The Daily that Yuracko was one of three candidates for the position, two of which were internal options. Her experience in her 17 years at Pritzker made her a very qualified candidate, he said.

“She could speak to things about how she imagines the law school interacting with other schools at Northwestern and she could speak to Northwestern broadly speaking,” he said. “She’s able to do it with an incredible confidence and command at every level. That, to me, was a very strong separating factor as a candidate.”

Holloway added that he hopes Yuracko will focus on fundraising, something that he said is very important for law school.

Yuracko said she had a number of things she’d like to work on as dean, such as increasing support for students, both academically and » See PRITZKER, page 7

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Muhammadu Sanusi II, current Emir of Kano speaks at the Islam in Global Africa conference event. Sanusi discussed the role of Islam in government and the importance of education.

Emir of Kano talks Sharia Law

Muhammadu Sanusi II discusses role of Islam, education in Nigeria

By JULIA ESPARZA

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The current Emir of Kano said his daughter asked him why she couldn’t be an Emir

too — while that reform may be too progressive for Nigeria now, he said it is important that she has that dream.

Muhammadu Sanusi II, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, spoke to about 80 people in Harris Hall on

Monday as the keynote speaker of the “Islam in Global Africa: African Muslims in the World, Muslim Worlds in Africa” conference. Sanusi discussed the intersection of Islamic law and the Nigerian constitution as well as the role of education in

Nigerian society.

The conference, organized by the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa, seeks to “explore the multiple dimensions of Islam in the African » See SANUSI, page 7

NU to eliminate executive VP role Aldermen approve University officials have restructured administration going forward

By JONAH DYLAN

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Once executive vice president Nim Chinniah steps down in early May, his position will no longer exist, Provost Jonathan Holloway told The Daily last week.

Holloway said Northwestern has restructured its administration going forward. After Chinniah officially announced his resignation in late March, former Feinberg School of Medicine chief operating officer Craig Johnson was named interim senior vice president for business and finance on April 13.

“Instead of having a chief operating officer, which is what Nim Chinniah was, we have a chief financial officer, which is what Craig Johnson is,” Holloway said. “It’s a different kind of position in terms of how it functions within the University.”

As executive vice president, Chinniah oversaw a number of departments, including

fitness studio lease The nonprofit studio will move to Howard Street

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Executive vice president Nim Chinniah speaks during “Conversations with the President” on April 12. The position of executive vice president will no longer exist when Chinniah steps down in early May.

investments, human resources and community relations.

University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily on Friday that it’s “unusual” to

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expect that one person would be able to oversee the number of things that the executive vice president is expected to, which was a main reason for

the restructuring.

Holloway said he has taken on some of Chinniah’s former » See EVP, page 7

Aldermen approved Monday a five-year lease and $25,000 loan agreement with a nonprofit on Howard Street aimed at empowering women through fitness and dance.

Hip Circle Empowerment Center was previously located in the Main-Dempster Mile business district, but will soon open at 727 Howard St. The center offers dance and fitness classes as well as community events including belly-dancing, pilates, knitting circles and business empowerment group sessions, the center’s founder Malik Turley told The Daily.

“The variety of what we do is incredibly vast,” Turley said.

“The thing that is the same across the board is that it’s all for women or girls.”

Turley — who, according to city documents, has been an active member in the Evanston Chamber of Commerce and Black Business Consortium of Evanston/Northshore — said she decided to move to Howard Street because it will increase the center’s size, allowing the business to run multiple classes at the same time.

Turley added that she has been a big proponent of the businesses on Howard Street and is excited to join them so the center can bring a “nonprofit flair” to an area where most businesses sell food or drinks.

She first opened the nonprofit on the Main-Dempster Mile eight years ago, and said she plans to stay in Evanston in the future as well.

“I’m from Evanston...,” Turley said. “We opened in Evanston. We’ve only ever been in Evanston. I’m very much ‘team Evanston.’”

Donna Wang Su — who previously served on the Minority, Women and Evanston Business » See LEASE, page 7

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Aldermen vote to keep Dodge Avenue bike lanes

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Evanston residents applauded aldermen on Monday as they voted to keep protected bike lanes on Dodge Avenue.

The bike lanes — which were installed in summer 2015 — have caused some controversy among community members. The vote came in response to a request that the committee review the necessity for bike lanes on Dodge Avenue between Howard Street and Kirk Street.

City documents said Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) had requested the review, but Rainey — who was the only alderman to vote in favor of the recommendation to remove the bike lanes — said she resented the claim that she had questioned the necessity of bike lanes. She added that the lanes are important, but she wanted to begin conversation about the particular danger these three blocks pose to elderly residents.

“Never, ever did I question the necessity of bike lanes on Dodge,” Rainey said. “I am accusing the staff member who wrote that of throwing me under the bus.”

POLICE BLOTTER Intoxicated Evanston man arrested in connection with domestic assault An Evanston man was arrested in connection with domestic assault Friday evening following a violent altercation with his wife.

The 43-year-old man returned to his residence in the 800 block of Hinman Avenue at about 6 p.m.

His wife made contact with him and believed he was intoxicated, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

Later in the evening, the woman was sitting on a couch when the man entered the room. Glew said the man grabbed the woman by the ankles and attempted to flip her off the couch. She freed herself and got to her feet.

The woman observed her husband coming at

Rainey went on to explain that the stretch of Dodge Avenue between Howard Street and Kirk Street includes 28 residents who are between 70 and 94 years old, not including residents of Dobson Plaza Nursing Home located on Dodge Avenue. She said although she did not support removing the bike lanes entirely, putting in nonprotected bike lanes for those three blocks would help make the area safer for homeowners.

During public comment, several Evanston residents spoke out in support of keeping the bike lanes on Dodge Avenue, noting that protected lanes are crucial to the safety and security of cyclists. Many of the residents in attendance wore green, which Go Evanston spokesperson Vickie Jacobsen said was a conscious effort by the organization’s members to show their support for keeping the lanes.

Jacobsen said although she sees room to improve the lanes on Dodge Avenue — particularly to make transit stops and parking more accessible — she feels strongly that keeping the protected lanes will be a positive step toward developing Evanston into a comprehensive bicycle network.

“Protected bike lanes are uniquely designed for riders of all ages and abilities,” Jacobsen said.

“A protected bike lane is a dedicated facility that makes a lot of people feel a lot safer.”

Though the majority of residents who spoke were in favor of keeping bike lanes intact, others voiced their concerns with the lanes.

Judy Fradin, who said she lives near the bike lanes in question, said the lanes make driving in the area difficult and dangerous. She urged aldermen to reconsider their decision.

“Making a left turn onto Dodge from the streets west of Dodge, south of Howard is close to impossible,” Fradin said.

She added that a possible solution to the problem could be the construction of a single, wider bike lane instead of the two narrow lanes that currently exist.

According to city documents, it would cost around $150,000 to remove the bike lanes on Dodge Avenue, and Evanston would likely have to pay back part of the $292,000 Congestion Mitigation Air Quality for Planning grant that paid for the original construction of the lanes.

Returning this grant could potentially complicate Evanston’s ability to obtain future grants from CMAQ, according to city documents.

her with a clenched fist. In fear of being struck, she ran and hid as the man chased her. Glew said the woman was able to get the man outside and lock the door before calling the police.

While officers were en route, the man fled the scene, Glew said.

When the police made contact with him at 7:35 p.m., he was placed under arrest for domestic assault. An investigation revealed that the offender had a blood alcohol content of .258, Glew said.

responded to reports from an officer who said he observed the woman strike a 22-year-old man in the face, Glew said.

The man, an Evanston resident, stated that upon arrival at the train station to pick up his daughter, the woman — who is also the child’s mother — began to yell at him. The man said the woman assumed that he was going to bring their daughter around another woman, Glew said.

At that point, the woman spit on the man and punched him in the right eye, causing slight swelling and redness in the area. The man refused medical attention, Glew said.

When officers spoke to the woman, she said the man did not get physical with her.

Chicago woman arrested in connection with domestic battery

A Chicago woman was arrested Friday evening near the Davis Street Metra stop in connection with domestic battery.

At 4:33 p.m., the Evanston Police Department

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Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) speaks out in favor of reconsidering bike lanes on three blocks of Dodge Avenue at Monday’s City Council meeting. Aldermen ultimately voted to keep the lanes intact.

Setting the record straight Due to incorrect information in city documents, an article titled “City Council to review Dodge Avenue bike lanes” in Sunday’s paper misstated the location of the bike lanes. The lanes are on Dodge Avenue between Howard Street and Kirk Street.

The Daily regrets the error.

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Journalist discusses covering Trump

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The New Yorker journalist Evan Osnos discussed the similarities he encountered while covering President Donald Trump’s campaign and authoritarian states at a Monday event.

In a talk at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum, Osnos — who currently covers politics and foreign affairs for the magazine — highlighted his reporting on the alt-right movement that gained traction during President Donald Trump’s campaign, as well as his foreign coverage of authoritarian states such as China.

The event was moderated by Medill lecturer Alex Kotlowitz and was co-sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Center for the Writing Arts. English Prof. Reginald Gibbons, director of The Center for the Writing Arts, told The Daily that the event is part of an ongoing series that brings in journalists for conversations with Kotlowitz.

Osnos told the audience that his experience reporting in China prepared him to cover Trump.

Specifically, he said Trump’s rise rapidly altered the standards of what was considered acceptable among his followers, a process that was very similar to the effect that living under authoritarian leaders has on citizens.

“It’s amazing what a leader can do to people,” Osnos said. “They can make them say things and do things that they find in themselves, these ideas that they might once have found nonpermissible, and that they now find OK.” When introducing Osnos, Kotlowitz addressed the rise of Trump and said the increasingly hostile attitude toward journalists has made him appreciate those who continue to report the facts.

He also said he respects Osnos for his dedication to seeking the truth, and that his work is “imbued” with a sense of deep honesty.

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Evan Osnos speaks at an event hosted by the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Center for the Writing Arts. The journalist discussed his experiences covering President Donald Trump and authoritarian states with Medill lecturer Alex Kotlowitz.

profession,” Kotlowitz said. “It really has nothing to do with what I’ve done, but it’s because of my colleagues, and their courage and defiance in the face of what has become a daily attack on the press.”

Gibbons told The Daily he also admired Osnos as a journalist and as a writer, praising him for his

thorough coverage of foreign and political issues.

“He’s a very thoughtful, very perceptive writer, and he finds out interesting things, just as reporters should,” Gibbons said. “It’s very enlightening to read him. I always learn something important.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Coming to terms with Kanye West’s recent tweets MARISSA MARTINEZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

Kanye West is back on Twitter. In typical Kanye fashion, West started posting sporadic self-help messages last week — advice about individuality, power hierarchies and original ideas. After deactivating his Twitter last May, West returned to the platform in full swing, much to the delight of his 16 million followers, who retweeted and favorited his knowledge bombs by the thousands.

I was amused by all this “good-kind-ofweird” Twitter activity and was especially excited at hinted prospects of another album.

I still maintain that West is one of the most innovative producers and singers of this rap generation, and I looked forward to this new music.

But my happiness in anticipation of another step in the West era flatlined when I opened Twitter a few days later, seeing reactions after the rapper posted, “I love the way Candace Owens thinks.” While this is not a

wholly bad thing in itself, West’s open support for Owens — a black, conservative YouTuber — marked a quick descent into more controversial tweets.

Most recently, West posted a video of Scott Adams, the pro-Trump men’s rights activist creator of the Dilbert comics. The two men discussed how West’s tweets were liberating the public from “mental prisons.” West’s alignment with these Trump supporters isn’t new — he posed for a picture with Trump himself during the then-candidate’s 2016 presidential campaign. I remember feeling uneasy after seeing the photo, which felt like a departure from the values he had professed in his speeches and music.

Thanks to my father, I grew up on West’s first three albums. To me, they symbolized everything from growing up black in Chicago to supporting your family to admitting your mistakes. Whenever I blast his old songs, I become engrossed in his albums’ stories and emotions — these tracks have gotten me through good times and bad ones. I even have a framed cover of West’s first album, “The College Dropout,” on my desk as a reminder of the feelings his music evoke.

To see this 180-degree change from the loud and proud man who claimed, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on national TV after Hurricane Katrina, who deeply honored his family like I do, who changed the rap genre numerous times — was disheartening, but not ultimately surprising.

West has always reveled in being a spectacle. From his outlandish comments during interviews to his boastful self-confidence, he has pushed himself to the center of the spotlight time and time again. Everything he does is planned to be shocking. I used to categorize this as his way of developing his own narrative of what it meant to be a black man in America, and I appreciated his thoughts as a part of his personal brand — his behavior would always elicit a sort of endearing, “Oh, Kanye,” said with a smile and sigh.

More than ever, these recent tweets and glimpses into West’s mind raise the question: Can you separate the artist from the art? At first, many people might say, “No.” If this is who West publicly is now — controversial, flirting with the far right — maybe this is who he always was, which would

mean his music stemmed from those views all along. I certainly would have seen his songs and messages differently if he was praised by members of the alt-right like Alex Jones while he was still an emerging artist.

At the same time, I can’t give up the feeling of freedom and power I felt listening to his music. I can’t change all the positivity he brought into my life. He was a person who refused to fit into any mold society threw at him, and it worked. His celebrity inspired me.

Whether these tweets are really indicative of his core values or simply part of yet another publicity stunt, West has yet again placed himself outside “the norm.” Fans now have to decide if they want to follow him there.

Marissa Martinez is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.

Sanchi spill reveals issues with media coverage, policy ALEX SCHWARTZ

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A tanker spilled more than 136,000 tons of oil into the East China Sea this past January.

But the effects are almost invisible, and chances are you’ve never heard of it.

The Sanchi was an Iranian tanker that collided with a cargo ship around 160 nautical miles off the coast of Shanghai on Jan. 6 earlier this year. The ship exploded, killing all 32 of its crew members, and drifted at sea in flames for about a week before sinking near Japan’s Ryukyu Islands. It’s the largest tanker spill in the nearly 30 years since the Exxon Valdez spilled 270,000 barrels of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound.

The case of the Sanchi is different because of the type of oil it was transporting. The more memorable oil spills of our time have been heavy crude, infamous for its thick, black globs that coat the ocean’s surface. But the Sanchi was carrying light crude condensate, a highly toxic hydrocarbon compound that is virtually impossible to distinguish from water

— and even harder to separate from it. These highly volatile plumes can stretch for miles and are exceedingly harmful to marine ecosystems. Not only is the Sanchi spill the largest maritime leakage of condensate to date, but it is also believed that more than 2,000 tons of bunker oil — a heavier form of fuel used to power the tanker — have leached into the ocean.

Ridding the ocean of condensate is especially difficult, as the substance is both highly flammable and difficult to see. But the Sanchi spill cleanup was plagued by institutional failure as well. China and Japan, which have disputed the area where the spill occurred, seemed hesitant to respond in fear of overstepping each other’s boundaries. But oil doesn’t care about borders; the mess now affects the exclusive economic zones of both countries.

The lack of initial response from both Japan and China brings up the problem with borders during the age of climate change.

Countries are so quick to claim land and water when they see its capacity for production, but once that value decreases, it becomes a no man’s land. This isn’t just true for oil — it’s true for other environmental stressors like emissions and waste, which cause degradation beyond the borders of the countries that

create them.

The spill affects key fisheries off the coasts of Japan and China. The East China Sea contains breeding grounds for squid, fish and blue crabs. Samples of fish from within five nautical miles of the wreck examined in Beijing contained traces of condensate compounds. The spill also passed through the migratory paths of marine life like humpback whales and sea turtles: One sea turtle, asphyxiated by oil, was found dead on the shore of Japan’s Amami Oshima island. Depending on currents and wind patterns, the condensate could reach as far as Tokyo, and globs of bunker oil have already been found on many of the Ryukyu Islands.

This spill is concerning — not just because we can’t see it, but because we haven’t heard much about it. Ocean stocks already plagued by overfishing will experience toxic degradation, affecting fishermen in both China and Japan. Islands, reefs and coastal areas will be littered with harmful carcinogenic chemicals. Evaporating condensate could also degrade air quality in the area. And, most frighteningly, there’s little consensus on how or when the oil can be cleaned up.

Perhaps it’s the distance that’s led to the

lack of international coverage of this disaster. But there’s also something to be said about the way we conceptualize oil spills.

The Sanchi oil didn’t cover adorable birds or wash up on white sandy beaches. There weren’t booms collecting globs of black crude. Because it doesn’t play into the typical narrative of physical destruction, the Sanchi has become a much more insidious environmental disaster.

The visible presence of environmental damage seems to be the most pressing reason for media to cover it and for audiences to care about it. But we need to realize that, oftentimes, the biggest problems facing our planet are ones we can’t see. Think of carbon emissions, ocean trash gyres and even the clearing of the rainforest. We as residents of a developed nation do not encounter this degradation, but someone else does. Soon, if nothing is done to stop it, no one will be unaffected by the destruction.

Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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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Students read genocide victims’ names for 12 hours

By CATHERINE KIM

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Students gathered around The Rock on Monday for a 12-hour reading ceremony of the names of genocide victims, commemorating the victims of mass atrocities.

This is the second year TogetherWeRemember has been held on campus by the Northwestern branch of STAND, a national organization dedicated to ending genocides. Students were encouraged to take 10-minute shifts reading genocide victims’ names and causes of death in honor of Genocide Awareness Month.

As a member of Northwestern University Community for Human Rights, another human rights group on campus, Melana Ellingson said she volunteered to support other student groups that help promote awareness of tragedies to prevent them from reoccurring.

“It is a really good cause to stand for … in such a tangible way,” the Weinberg sophomore said, “and put myself in one of those more vulnerable positions in order to commemorate other people and honor the

lives of those who were lost in unfair ways.”

STAND co-president Andrea Albanez said both the visibility and length of the event are crucial to the goal of raising awareness. The group wanted to hold the ceremony at The Rock to reach as many people as possible, the Communication sophomore said, especially following several reports of millennials being unaware of the Holocaust.

Albanez said the extensive length of the event also represented the wide impact of genocides that cannot be condensed into just a few hours. She said taking the time to read the names of victims humanizes the deaths rather than leaving them as statistics in textbooks.

“What’s interesting is that when you read all these names, you just realize how many people have died, yet if we try to read all the names … it would take years because there’s so many people that have perished,” she said.

STAND co-president Ben Chase, who first proposed hosting the event on campus last year, said the event especially holds importance in the current political climate. Incidents of hate crimes should remind students that now is the time to act against hate, he said.

He added that the event is “very Northwestern” because it promotes activism and awareness, which many students are passionate about on campus. The goal of the event is to keep dialogue around genocide ongoing at NU, he said.

“I hope people realize that these horrible things have happened (and) continue to happen,” Chase said. “While it’s not necessarily expected for any one person to go save the world, you can be a more conscious person just by remembering these events and knowing the basic histories.”

Albanez encouraged students to take action by contacting their representatives in support of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, which seeks to improve the ability of the United States to take a proactive stance against genocides. She said students can collect signatures, host a call-in day or engage on social media to advocate for the legislation.

Most importantly, Chase said, students should take the event as an opportunity for unity.

“Now is the time where we should be working extra hard at just being a little bit more vigilant, and celebrate … the differences we have,” he said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Weinberg sophomore Melana Ellingson reads the name of genocide victims during TogetherWeRemember at The Rock. Ellingson said she volunteered to support the event that promotes awareness of tragedies to prevent them from reoccurring.

District 65 board members support Nichols principal

By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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Evanston/Skokie District 65 board members evaluated successes and areas for improvement in their strategic plan to close the gap between black and white student academic performance. The discussion comes in response to national backlash following claims that the separation of faculty at a District 65 school for a training session was indicative of segregation.

District administrators presented the quarterly progress report and equity update at the board meeting Monday at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center. Despite criticism from media outlets, the board emphasized their support for Nichols Middle School principal Adrian Harries.

On March 23, Peter Kirsanow, commissioner at

the United States Commission on Civil Rights, wrote a letter to Harries, saying his practice of separating teachers based on race for an equity training was “beyond appalling.” However, Harries later received a letter from the chair or the commission saying that Kirsanow’s words do not reflect the views of the commission.

Board president Suni Kartha said the district and Harries had received support from community members and Nichols parents over the past two weeks.

“These attacks are being made by people who deliberately mischaracterize and lack authentic curiosity or concern about the work being done in our district,” Kartha said. “These attacks are being made by people who express inaccurate and frankly offensive assumptions about parents of color and single mothers. … Their agenda is to silence thoughtful and necessary discussions of race.”

Kartha said the board “wholly supports” Harries and highlighted his drive to educate his staff about

racial justice.

Over the past three years, District 65 has revamped efforts to close the gap between white students and black students, superintendent Paul Goren said.

Board member Sergio Hernandez emphasized that the difference in test scores between black and white students is less a problem of “achievement” and more an issue of “access and opportunity.”

Goren said the district has worked to write a more culturally sensitive curriculum, hire a diverse staff, create a positive school climate and increase access to extracurricular and summer activities for minority students.

“Changing the practices and policies of the system takes time, but it must be faced with urgency,” Goren said in a statement to District 65 parents last week.

“Our aim is to create as many opportunities for reflection and conversation as possible so that adults are equipped to support students of all racial identities.”

Though board members were enthusiastic about

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their progress in increasing equity, Kartha said the district could do a better job communicating with minority parents about opportunities for academic and extracurricular support. She also said within schools, equity “teams” can do a better job of disseminating their findings.

Oliver Ruff, vice president of Evanston nonprofit Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, said he was relieved to hear board members explicitly condemn the claims against Harries. Ruff said the district is moving in the right direction regarding larger equity efforts but still has a ways to go.

“We’re encouraged by the fact that it’s moving,” Ruff said. “With everybody working together collectively, I think there will be some progress made.

But we cannot allow the acceleration to decelerate. … People forget. They become complacent, and then nothing happens.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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A Road of Luminous Words: Poetry and Fiction by

Angela Jackson According to Jackson, her life as a poet and writer has been a climb up a rough side of a mountain, but she has worked her way up by making a road of luminous words. For her lecture she will discuss her apprenticeship as a poet and writer at OBAC (the Organization of Black American Culture) Writers Workshop and in creative writing classes at Northwestern. She will also read from her two works, Where I Must Go and Roads, Where There Are No Roads. In addition, she will share poems from It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time and other volumes.

Angela Jackson is a poet, playwright, and novelist and is a recipient of the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. Many of her poetry volumes have won national and international awards; most recently, It Seems Like a Mighty Long Time (Northwestern University Press, 2015) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the Pen/Open Book Award, and was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Poetry. Her plays, including Shango Diaspora: An African-American Myth of Womanhood and Love, have been produced in Chicago, New York, Milwaukee, Barbados, and Cleveland. Jackson’s debut novel, Where I Must Go (Northwestern University Press, 2009) was the recipient of an American Book Award and the Chicago Black Arts Alliance Fiction Prize. Miracle and the Fellas, a young adult novel, will appear through Third World Press in 2018. She is currently at work on a third novel in the Magdalena Grace-Treemont Stone trilogy as well as her next volume of poetry. She lives in Chicago.

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This weekend, Northwestern suffered two tough defeats against Big Ten opponents Minnesota and Wisconsin to conclude the regular season.

On Friday, the first outdoor match of the season, the Wildcats lost 7-0 against the No. 35 Golden Gophers (14-7, 7-3 Big Ten). The second match of the weekend ended with a 5-2 defeat against the Badgers (13-11, 5-6 Big Ten) on Sunday.

Unable to gain a single victory Friday, the Cats (9-16, 4-7 Big Ten) struggled against a Minnesota team on which half of the singles players rank in the top 100 nationally.

Nick Brookes, the No. 2-seed freshman who has a team-high 10 victories this season, faced No. 89 Matic Spec, falling to the Gopher in straight sets.

Brookes said the losses this weekend were tough to take but are seen as growth opportunities. He said collegiate tennis is a learning curve and referenced an upward trajectory for the Cats, a team that will return its entire roster next season.

“Onwards and upwards, that is always the plan,” Brookes said. “You take what you can from it. Playing high up in the order, that has been different, it has been an experience. These are the sort of people you want to be playing because they expose you, you learn the most from these sort of matches.”

Brookes won his singles match Sunday in straight sets, and his doubles partner, junior Jason Seidman, clinched his match as well.

Seidman said this season was not the best for NU overall compared to last year’s Cats, who finished

Illinois state senator joins gubernatorial race, garners mixed reactions

State Sen. Sam McCann (C-Plainview) announced his candidacy for governor Thursday, claiming that Republican incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner has “abandoned” conservative values.

McCann’s presence in the race as a Conservative Party candidate threatens Rauner’s chances for reelection. Rauner is attempting to win back some Illinois Republicans who are frustrated with his decisions to sign laws expanding public funding for abortions and limiting law enforcement interactions with immigrants.

McCann, who was elected to the state Senate in 2010, has chosen Riverton, Illinois, resident Aaron Merreighn — a state employee — as his running mate. At a campaign stop at the University of Illinois on Saturday, Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker said McCann is a “fine human being” and a “public servant,” according

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7-4 in the conference. He said it was nice to end his individual regular season with a win against Wisconsin’s Lamar Remy on Sunday.

“I need to improve on aggression; it is definitely a factor,” Seidman said. “Whoever is a more aggressive player in matches ends up on top. My doubles game definitely improved a lot (this season). I was not expecting to play doubles, but now that I am, I am working with what I have. Overall, it has been good so far.”

Sunday’s loss extended NU’s losing streak to five consecutive games to end the regular season.

Sunday’s match was incredibly close, however, with the Badgers scoring the doubles point in a tie-break and freshman AJ Joshi just falling short in a thirdset tie-break at No. 6 singles.

Head coach Arvid Swan said he was pleased with the competitive effort in both singles and doubles matches Sunday, praising the Cats’ ability to take a more aggressive approach.

“I am really proud of our team, we have a young to Illinois Homepage.

“Anybody who raises their hand, and particularly those who recognize that Bruce Rauner has been an utter and complete failure, I of course am glad to see them in the race to amplify that message,” Pritzker said.

Even though Pritzker said he doesn’t share “much in common” with McCann on the issues, he said he was “glad” McCann decided to run.

Rauner called McCann a “political opportunist,” saying he is only running for governor to “line his own pockets.”

“McCann’s unethical record speaks for itself: He failed to pay his taxes, racked up massive debts, lied about serving in the Marine Corps and used his campaign account as a personal piggy bank, even buying himself an SUV,” the Rauner campaign said in a statement to NBC last week.

It still remains unclear if McCann’s name will appear on the ballot come November though, as he needs to acquire 25,000 valid signatures

by June 25.

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Ben Vandixhorn hits a forehand. The sophomore will look to collect another win this weekend in NU’s final home matches against Minnesota and Wisconsin.

team,” Swan said. “We have always been a developmental program. Even (on) our best teams, it is not that we brought in guys all the time who were (of ) the highest ranking, but they have developed and that is going to continue with this program.”

Assistant coach Chris Klingemann, who acted as interim head coach for just over a month in the middle of the season as Swan took a personal leave of absence, said he is very appreciative of Klingemann, praising his coaching abilities and the team overall.

Although Swan added that he would have liked to have more boxes checked in the win column, he said there is a lot in place for NU to be good going into the future.

“I really am happy with the mentality of the team today, and we are going to take it into the summer and work really hard so that next year, we can return to where we need to be, which is an elite team in the Big Ten,” he said. alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Enterprise Development Committee — said the center is “more than just a fitness center” and has the support of local organizations.

Su said the center is only taking bids from Evanston companies and businesses for the construction contracts.

“I really want to highlight the fact that we should be trying to keep Evanston dollars in Evanston,” Su said.

The storefront was one of two that the city put up for sale to businesses that would bring “vitality” and daytime traffic to the area, according to city documents.

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said she is excited that Turley wanted to rent the space because the center is “very popular” in Evanston.

“Hopefully she’ll be so attractive somebody will want to rent the other half or she’ll get so important she’ll expand,” Rainey said. “We’ve been pretty lucky on Howard Street, and maybe we’ll get lucky with her too.”

Economic development manager Paul Zalmezak said the loan was set up so the city could sell the space in the event that something changes with the lease agreement.

However, Turley said her long-term plan is to stay on Howard Street.

“The five-year lease is really only the beginning,” she said. “We’re hoping to be in a position where we can become that buyer and stay there forever.”

responsibilities while the remaining obligations have gone to Johnson. The University vice presidents who reported to Chinniah will now report to either Holloway or Johnson. The new structure will require that the two administrators work closely, Holloway said.

“Whereas my job is about authorizing the budget, the CFO’s job is about implementing the budget,” he said. “So if we aren’t cooperating, you’ve got a trainwreck on your hands.”

Schapiro said Johnson assumed his new role on April 16. There is currently an overlap period in which both Johnson and Chinniah are at NU before the latter officially leaves, Schapiro said.

While Johnson has only been named to an interim role, Schapiro said he’s been impressed with his work throughout his time at NU and said Johnson would be a strong candidate for the permanent position. There is no official timetable for when Chinniah’s permanent successor will be named.

Chinniah — who has also worked at Vanderbilt University and the University of Chicago — told The Daily in early April he wasn’t sure what he would do next, but said he enjoyed his time at NU. “I’m wide open,” he said. “It’s kind of nice to declare unrestricted free agency and kind of go out in the market. So really I’m just looking at all types of options, both in higher ed, outside of higher ed.

Lots of conversations that will take place over the next three to six months.”

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continent,” said the institute’s director Zekeria Ahmed Salem. Ahmed Salem introduced Sanusi by listing his accomplishments, including his being named Central Bank Governor of the Year in 2010 by Financial Times and one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2011.

Sanusi explored the ways in which varying interpretations of Sharia Law interact with local and national mandates, adding that there is a necessity for a codified law that incorporates both. However, he said, discussions become more difficult when foreign powers attempt to impose their own ideals.

“You have got to remember that there are multiple discourses in an environment… These problems will not be addressed by telling the government what to do,” Sasuni said.

During his talk, Sanusi also advocated for access to contraception and criticized child marriages while refuting the idea that his ideals are shifting the Nigerian government toward a proWestern agenda.

Sanusi rebuked the dominance of the English language in Nigeria, questioning why the language is often a determinant of success.

“The system has been rigged against those who do not have an English education and part of what we have to do in order to maintain authority is to begin to interrogate this postcolonial mindset,” Sanusi said.

Ahmed Salem said Sanusi exemplifies the social, political and economic changes that have affected the way Islamic leaders are perceived in Nigeria.

“I’m delivering on one of my commitments when I took up the position of director of ASITA, that is to engage Islamic authorities from Africa,” he said.

DePaul University professor Heidi Nast told audience members that she worked closely with Sanusi as she wrote her dissertation on the institution of the Emir in Kano. She said that while in Nigeria, she gained a closer understanding of his goals and motives.

Nast said that, having heard Sanusi both talk about women’s rights and education and make rulings in his court, she knows that he “walks the walk.”

“Throughout that period… I saw how his highness has supported me as a woman scholar and of women and girls generally — it was not unique,” Nast said. “Rather it was keeping with his larger interest in a commitment to women and girls education.” juliainesesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu

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to help with students’ careers. She also said she wants to improve Pritzker’s relationship with the Kellogg School of Management.

“Going forward, I’d really like Northwestern to be known as the law school in the country that does the best at sort of developing and promoting and nurturing our human capital of our students, of our faculty and of our other alumni,” Yuracko said. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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“We really had to turn some points around. It was a well contested match. It’s a really satisfying weekend, really satisfying to go undefeated.”

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its perfect conference play with road wins over Penn State and Ohio State this weekend to secure the Big Ten regular season title.

The No. 12 Wildcats (19-4, 11-0 Big Ten) routed the Nittany Lions (7-15, 2-9) 6-1 at State College on Friday before winning a close contest against the Buckeyes (13-7, 7-4) two days later by a score of 4-2. The weekend sweep marked NU’s first undefeated conference regular season and first regular season title since 2009.

“It was a tough victory today,” coach Claire Pollard said after Sunday’s win. “We got behind on a lot of courts, and we really had to turn some points around. It was a well contested match. It’s a really satisfying weekend, really satisfying to go undefeated.”

The Cats made quick work of Penn State, winning the doubles point and the first three singles matches. Senior Alex Chatt clinched both the match win and a

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share of the conference regular season title with her win at No. 5 singles.

“I didn’t even know I clinched until after I got off the court,” Chatt said.

“We knew that Penn State wasn’t going to be the most difficult or demanding match. We were looking more ahead to Ohio State because we weren’t really too concerned with sharing the title; we really wanted the full ownership.”

NU dropped just one match and two total sets against the Nittany Lions, with everyone winning in straight sets except for the match loss at No. 6 singles.

The Cats came into Sunday’s match in control of their own destiny, needing to win against Ohio State to guarantee an outright Big Ten regular season title. They did just that.

The senior doubles pair of Maddie Lipp and Erin Larner, ranked No. 4 in the country, took care of business to secure the doubles point for NU. With the team score sitting at 3-2, junior

Lee Or secured the title for the Cats after coming back from a set down to win the decisive third set 6-4.

“It’s always nice to clinch,” Or said.

“I could’ve done it a bit earlier, but I’ll take what I can get. It’s a nice feeling to win the match regardless of whether we clinched (the) Big Ten (title).”

The win against the Buckeyes marked NU’s eighth straight match win and its 16th victory in its last 17 contests. The Cats have now earned the Big Ten regular season titles and/ or Big Ten tournament champions 17 times in Pollard’s 20 seasons.

The regular season title is Pollard’s 13th at NU, tying her for the most in Big Ten history.

“It means I’ve had great players,” Pollard said when asked about her success as a coach. “I’ve had great players that have taken advantage of opportunities and played their best when it counts. I’ve always been grateful that Northwestern has allowed me to be the coach of the program.”

With the regular season now in the books, the Cats will turn their attention to the Big Ten Tournament, where they have clinched the No. 1 seed.

“We’ll enjoy this tonight,” Pollard said. “We’re not going to talk about the tournament yet. We talked about playing a complete season, and every weekend provides you with a different opportunity.” bretthaensel2021@u.northwestern.edu

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For the last time this season, Northwestern stepped on the strip this past weekend in Virginia at the 2018 U.S. Fencing Division I National Championships.

Three Wildcats finished in the top32 of their events and earned national points at the competition, with another finishing in the top-40.

“This is probably the best showing we have had at a Division I championships since I have been here,” coach Zach Moss said.

For the second straight year, sophomore epee Pauline Hamilton was the highest-placing NU fencer at the tournament. After finishing in 25th last spring, Hamilton finished in 14th this year, going 3-3 in pool play and winning two elimination bouts.

Sophomore foil Amy Jia said Hamilton started off slow and was not at her best when the day began, but her ability to still achieve a solid result illustrates her toughness.

“I respect her a lot,” Jia said. “She can always pull some miraculous results even if she is off to a rough start. She is very resilient.”

Freshman saber Alexis Browne and junior epee Ella Lombard were the two other fencers to finish in the top-32.

Browne went 3-3 in pool play and finished in 29rd place in the Division I saber event. Lombard went 3-2 in pool play and finished in 23rd place in the Division I epee event, her first top-32 finish in a Division I event.

The highlight of the weekend for the Cats, according to Moss, was Jia’s victory over No. 4 seed and two-time

Olympian Nzingha Prescod in pool play. Jia defeated Prescod 5-4.

“It was a very good bout and she did a really good job,” Moss said. “I would say that was definitely a highlight.”

The defeat was Prescod’s only loss of the whole competition, as she went on to win the Division I Foil title. Jia finished 5-1 in pool play and finished in 33rd place.

For Jia, who said she was feeling under the weather the night before, beating the Olympian was “delightful.”

The sophomore said she has looked up to Prescod for years.

“I remember going to a tournament years ago in Shanghai and witnessing her close an eight-point gap and having it be one of the most exhilarating moments that I’ve witnessed in fencing,” Jia said. “Being able to fence her and beat her was incredible.”

Jia’s foil teammates, junior Sharon Chen and sophomore Alexandra Banin, in addition to freshman epee Anya Harkness, struggled at the event. All three failed to qualify for the elimination round.

In her final event as an NU fencer, senior epee Katie Van Riper finished in 53rd place. She won a bout in pool play before she was bounced in the first round of the elimination tournament.

The championships marked the official end of the Cats’ historic season.

NU won a school-record 47 matches, claimed the Midwest Fencing Conference title and had three fencers named All-American.

“I think for the team as a whole it is a really promising overall result,” Moss said. “It displays how their investment and dedication has made everybody better and improved our team results.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Senior reliever Richard Fordon started warming up early in the game and waited for starter Quinn Lavelle’s outing to reach its tipping point. Even after Lavelle gave up 5 runs in the first inning of Friday’s 5-3 loss to Michigan State, Fordon thought he wasn’t going to be needed until the freshman reached 100 pitches.

For one inning, he stretched. In another, he sat. Now and then the lefthander mixed in a fastball, but he eventually entered the game in the sixth and pitched three scoreless innings.

Again on Sunday, coach Spencer Allen didn’t flinch as he watched four runners cross the plate in the first against freshman starter Jack Pagliarini in another loss to the Spartans.

Recently, Allen has been relying on just three starters to eat significant

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innings. For the non-conference oneoffs that take place between series, including Northwestern’s (9-24, 1-14 Big Ten) Tuesday game against lllinoisChicago (20-13), the tipping point will come earlier for the starter and the calculus for Allen’s pitching changes will be substantially different.

“We have to figure out a way to start a little bit better,” Allen said. “I was hoping we could have learned from Quinn on Friday night, again we popped up a 4 spot, there, but (the offense) fought and continued to compete at the plate, make plays in the field. (That’s) all you can ask for.”

Lavelle rebounded with four scoreless innings on Friday and Pagliarini retired the final 15 batters he faced on Sunday, but the two freshmen starters and sophomore Hank Christie aren’t

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Jack Pagliarni throws another pitch. The freshman and Northwestern’s other starters have been relied on heavily this season.

capable of throwing 100-plus pitches multiple times a week. Allen said he must rely solely on his bullpen in these non-conference games, and Tuesday’s starter is likely to be pulled if a similar situation to what Lavelle and Pagliarini faced this weekend occurs.

Despite the starters turning their outings around, the team was swept this weekend by the Spartans and only held one lead in three games. Christie and Pagliarini’s turnarounds, though, were seen as takeaways from the series.

“There’s definitely positives even though the outcome wasn’t what we wanted,” sophomore outfielder Charlie Maxwell said. “We strung a bunch of zeros together in the middle of the game.”

After Sunday’s loss, Allen was only certain that it wouldn’t be Lavelle, Pagliarini or Christie getting a nod. All of NU’s other pitchers are on the table.

“It’s kind of a bullpen game,” Allen said. “(We) might look at a Ryan Bader or Matt Gannon … but a lot of guys will throw.”

In last week’s 6-4 loss against Milwaukee, the count of pitchers Allen used reached eight. Gannon, a sophomore, gave up 4 runs in the first inning, and then he was gone. Unlike Lavelle, he didn’t have a pitch count Allen wanted him to reach, so junior reliever Tyler Lass came in for the second and threw two scoreless innings.

Then he was done for the day, as six more pitchers paraded through the final six innings.

That makes these midweek games prime territory for relievers like Fordon to demonstrate their ability and increase their role in the pitching staff.

“As a competitor, you never want to come out of the game,” Fordon said, “and I always feel that way.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern. edu