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said, the committee can begin to work with the Board during Fall Quarter. “We have a rare opportunity to have a permanent, positive impact on Northwestern University and I want to do whatever we can to not squander that opportunity,” Schapiro said during the meeting. Students of the divestment campaigns — Fossil Free Northwestern, Northwestern Divest and Unshackle NU — said they would have the charter’s first draft by May 5. NUDivest wants the University to divest from corporations its members say violate Palestinian human rights, Fossil Free NU from fossil fuel-related companies and Unshackle NU from companies they say support the prison-industrial complex. All three divestment campaigns advocated for the creation of the socially
responsible investment campaign, which Schapiro and McLean officially announced in a March email to members of Associated Student Government and supporters of the different divestment campaigns. With the committee of about 10 to 15 students, faculty and alumni, divestment leaders hope students will be able to make recommendations that have an effect on the Board’s investment decisions, Scott Brown, Fossil Free NU’s campaign coordinator, told The Daily. SESP junior and ASG president Christina Cilento, a Fossil Free NU member, told The Daily that students should be allowed to elect the representatives by referendum instead of the representatives being elected in ASG’s Senate meeting.
Evanston plans to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, joining other cities around the country that have made the change. In making the decision, city officials worked with the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, which issued a news release Wednesday announcing that the day will be celebrated annually on the second Monday of October. However, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the switch to Indigenous Peoples’ Day is not yet official, as Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl has not issued a proclamation confirming the new holiday. Tisdahl is expected to make the proclamation before October 10, which would be the first Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Evanston, Bobkiewicz said. The city does not officially observe Columbus Day currently, and no public facilities are planned to close with the new holiday. “It might not really have many practical implications to us, but it has symbolic weight,” Bobkiewicz said. “I think the mayor wanted to make that symbolic gesture to the museum.” Bobkiewicz said Tisdahl is a longtime supporter of the museum, and the decision to change the holiday
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found guilty of the double homicide, he was released from prison in 1999 after Ciolino obtained a video of Alstory Simon confessing to the murders. Simon pled guilty and was sentenced to 37 years in prison, but Cook County prosecutors concluded in 2014 that he had been coerced into a confession. After being released from prison, Simon sued NU, his former attorney Jack Rimland, Ciolino and Protess, alleging in the suit that they had “conspired to frame Simon for the murders.” In March, a federal judge ruled to let the $40 million lawsuit move forward. Simon’s lawsuit says Ciolino and Protess used “illegal and deceitful
tactics” to coerce his false confession. Defendants in Wednesday’s lawsuit include Simon as well as Terry Ekl and James Sotos, attorneys who filed the lawsuit against Ciolino in 2015. Ciolino’s lawsuit claims that Ekl, Sotos and Alvarez “conspired” to set Simon free despite believing he was guilty. The lawsuit also said the three were among those who defamed him in a 2015 documentary “Murder in the Park,” which points to Ciolino as having convinced Simon to agree to videotape a false confession with a promise of financial compensation and a reduced prison sentence. Ciolino told The Daily he filed the $25 million counter-lawsuit in response to the federal judge not
dismissing Simon’s lawsuit, which he said is based on “lies and fiction.” Ciolino said the “ridiculous” allegations against Protess and his team are “false and without merit.” “I spent 33 minutes of my life with Alstory Simon — that’s it, 33 minutes,” Ciolino said. “I never talked to him again, never wrote him a letter, never visited him, never had a conversation with him. And so for the State’s Attorney to say that what I did was outrageous, when it’s all on videotape, is just ludicrous.” Alvarez and Ekl could not be reached for comment before the time of publication.
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Emeric Mazibuko is already worried about the next victim of gun violence in Evanston. Mazibuko, the street outreach case manager for Youth & Opportunity United, has worked with the city’s at-risk youth through Y.O.U.’s street outreach program for six years. He said he sees firsthand the impact of violence on children who live near areas in the city that have a high rate of crime — or who know the victims of crime personally. “It’s been tough. It’s been very difficult,” Mazibuko said. “This is supposed to be a suburb where people say, ‘Wow, I want to raise my kids there,’ and yet the things that are happening to the young men of color around the country are happening here too.” Through his work, Mazibuko says he has been touched by the deaths of young men killed in recent years, such as 20-year-old Benjamin “Bo” Bradford-Mandujano, who was killed in January. Bradford-Mandujano was one of two young men killed in Evanston this year. The other, 19-year-old Star Paramore, was found dead in a south Evanston basement in March. A third Evanston resident, Antonio Johnson, 18, was also killed in March, just south of Howard Street in Chicago. Susan Trieschmann, who runs Curt’s Cafe — a non-profit focused on training at-risk youth in foodservice careers — said BradfordMandujano’s death was a shock. He had been a student at the cafe since November, and his death has led Trieschmann to understand the devastating effects of losing someone to violence. » See CRIME, page 6
SETTING STRUCTURE Associated Student Government president Christina Cilento (right) addresses University President Mortono Shapiro and student divestment advocates.
Divest groups, admins meet Committee charter may be finalized by June By MARIANA ALFARO
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University President Morton Schapiro, Chief Investment Officer Will McLean and 20 divestment advocates met Thursday to discuss the charter for a socially responsible investment committee, which they will present to the Board of Trustees and its Investment Committee in June. During the meeting, Schapiro and the students decided that the charter will detail the ways the committee will mediate between the Board, the Investment Committee and the different divestment movements. The students and Schapiro agreed that the charter should be finalized by June in time for the Investment Committee’s next meeting. This way, Schapiro
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A private investigator who worked with Northwestern students and former Medill Prof. David Protess filed a counter-lawsuit Wednesday against Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and others, alleging defamation against him. Paul Ciolino assisted the thenMedill Innocence Project in freeing Anthony Porter, who had been convicted of the 1982 murders of two teenagers in Chicago. Although Porter was originally
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Around Town Residents mull Fountain Square plans By RISHIKA DUGYALA
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Evanston residents and city staff discussed details of the veteran’s memorial in the redesigned Fountain Square Plaza during a meeting Thursday evening scheduled to examine the preliminary plans for the square’s renovation. The square is currently only home to a fountain that is fairly old and beginning to deteriorate, city officials said. The new plaza, which includes Fountain Square as well as Sherman and Orrington Avenues between Church Street and Grove Street, will have a new fountain and the veteran’s memorial. “The consensus that we got from the veteran community is to separate the water and the fountain from the memorial itself,” said Greg Wilson, a former commander of an Evanston-based veterans service organization, during the discussion. “That would make the memorial itself more important than the fountain.” Wilson also said the memorial, which is designed as a wall, should be easily accessible and the flagpole should be installed closer to the memorial than depicted in both preliminary plans. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) told The Daily that she
Police Blotter Man arrested after confrontation with teenagers A 29-year-old Skokie man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with a confrontation with four teenagers that caused them to call the police. The man confronted the teenagers in the 700 block of Church Street, accusing them of recording him, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. The teenagers said the man made a comment about shooting them, Dugan said.
and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl reached out to the veteran community three years ago for their input on the square’s renovation before the project began. Fiske said city officials, consultants and engineers for the project recognize the memorial should be the most important element of the square, which will also serve as a gathering space. Three contracting businesses — Teska Associates, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. and The Waterworx Company — are redesigning the square after the city received input from many Evanston residents that they would like to see the space renovated, said Jodi Mariano, the principal urban designer with Teska Associates. “As Evanston has grown, the fountain has remained in its original footprint — a quarter of an acre,” Mariano said. “So as we have taller buildings, more people coming downtown, visiting downtown, living in downtown, it becomes ever more important to have a public space to accommodate that.” Mariano told The Daily that both options for the plaza had the same elements: fountain, memorial, seating, planting and lighting. She added that it was definitely feasible to distinguish the memorial from the rest of the plaza’s elements and would incorporate the suggestions into the plans. One of the plans Mariano presented included a water wall and a grove of trees, while the other
is characterized by a water table and a trellis in addition to tree plantings. Both options would eliminate Sherman Avenue’s southbound lane from Davis Street to Grove Street, and Orrington Avenue’s northbound lane from Grove Street to Davis Street, Mike Kerr, executive vice president at Christopher Burke Engineering, told The Daily. Kerr said the closings would not be problematic because one lane on each of those avenues is more than enough to accommodate the daily traffic. Aside from wanting the memorial brought to the forefront of the plans, several residents who had been part of the visionary process over the last year said they were satisfied with the options. The renovations are being paid for through the city’s Washington National Tax Increment Financing, which is money collected through taxes by the city to be used for public works and which expires in 2018, so the project timeline has been accelerated in order for the money to be used to complete the project, Fiske said. “It’s cool the way that we’re trying to bring people into the center of downtown,” Fiske said. “I’m very excited about it. But we do need to spend that money. We can’t let that money get away from us because if we don’t have the money we can’t do anything.”
The teens then encountered the man again in the 1700 block of Orrington Avenue near Burger King. They said he exited his vehicle and pulled a bag from the car, Dugan said. The teenagers said they believed he had a gun, so they fled and called the police. Police found the man near the intersection of Sherman Avenue and Davis Street and discovered no gun or weapon. He was charged with four counts of disorderly conduct and is scheduled to appear in court June 13, Dugan said.
Evanston Tuesday afternoon. The 38-year-old owner of the home in the 2100 block of Darrow Avenue left her house at about 11:30 a.m. and returned at about 3 p.m., Dugan said. When she returned, she found her front window — which had been left unlocked — open, Dugan added. Numerous items were stolen including an Xbox One, valued at $300; two Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablets, valued at $120 each; and a 32-inch Sony flat screen television, valued at $300, Dugan said.
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Burlesque provides new perspective on safe spaces NICOLE KEMPIS
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My perspective on safe spaces changed during the Northwestern Burlesque show. It was an unlikely moment for personal reflection, surrounded by discarded and bedazzled clothing, with the high-pitched shrieks of adrenaline-charged performers echoing around our crowded dressing room. Since I’ve been at NU, I’ve found the rhetoric surrounding safe spaces perplexing. The discourse seems to divide sharply between those who believe safe spaces are just a means of pandering to a generation of college students who are incapable of dealing with difference or discomfort and those who believe college should be a place where students are free to discover and express various identities in an inclusive community. Before I participated in Burlesque, my attitude tended toward the former end of the spectrum, as I found the rhetoric surrounding community inclusion increasingly stifling and impossible to navigate. Hearing NU students
discuss the need for safe spaces always seemed vaguely self-indulgent to me considering our privilege. Although social advantage obviously varies within our community, I wished someone would acknowledge that by virtue of our being privy to higher education, students at NU are undeniably more privileged than 70 percent of the global population, arguably more. Yet, it’s also clear to me that NU is an exclusive environment that tends toward ruthless professionalism and away from an inclusive community, a penchant that is worsened if your identity diverges from the majority. As a result, NU’s lack of community is consistently discussed and noted as one of the most critical deficiencies in student life. This is something we should work to change, regardless of our inherent privilege as university students. Lack of community is directly related to the issue of safe spaces because a community implies an overarching identity that can encompass yet celebrate difference. “Safe space” should not mean a homogenous community in which everyone has a similar story and never feels unsettled. It should be the exact opposite, a place in which everyone has to really engage with their own identity, and the identities of others, to forge an encompassing community that honors differences yet creates enough
interpersonal connection for group members to genuinely trust one another. NU administration has tried to tackle the lack of community in a variety of ways such as instating Campus Inclusion and Community, a group of staff that works to promote inclusiveness across campus, and emphasizing our shared identity as “Wildcats” during sporting events. These are significant efforts, but to really become inclusive we need to drastically change our campus culture. As individuals, we need to start listening to one another and confronting our differences if we are going to forge a common identity as NU students that goes beyond generic Evanston experiences and our superficial similarities as college students. This is something I believe the Burlesque cast achieved, despite the tensions regarding safe spaces during the solo audition process. The show was the first time at NU that I felt like I could do anything, say anything and be anyone without judgment. The group fostered this atmosphere by emphasizing its community identity and by encouraging open dialogue because it’s tough to enthusiastically expose your sexuality, your personality and your body unless you’re confident that it will be well received. Perhaps that crowded dressing room was
precisely the atmosphere I needed to realize the intrinsic value of real inclusion. I finally understood that people need to feel safe in order to be themselves in the presence of those who do not immediately comprehend their difference. This “safety” is necessary in a college environment because when you aren’t worrying about what others think of you, you can really concentrate on learning experiences, leading a student group, working on a research team or taking your clothes off on stage. I still think we need to acknowledge our inherent privilege, and I still don’t like the phrase “safe space.” I think it sounds too much like comfort zone, when it’s really the contrary. It should be the potentially impossible challenge of creating an authentic community out of an incredibly diverse group of people. Even though it sounds idealistic and far too collegecliche, if enough people master that particular skill, we might actually change the world. Nicole Kempis is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be reached at nicolekempis2018@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.
Why Asian Americans should be politically conscious JOHAN QIN
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This essay is part of The Spectrum, a weekly forum in our Opinion section for marginalized voices to share their perspectives. To submit a piece for The Spectrum or discuss story ideas, please email spectrum@dailynorthwestern. com. Peter Liang, a former New York police officer, was sentenced to five years probation and 800 hours of community service last week in the shooting death of Akai Gurley. Controversy surrounding the incident has been fierce, with some protesting Liang’s conviction and others motioning for justice to be served. Although this case was covered by numerous media outlets, I was disappointed to find that a good number of my Asian American peers were not aware this even happened. This did not come as much of a surprise to me, unfortunately. When I asked them a few weeks ago whether they would vote in the ASG election, the response I received most
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often was: “Politics doesn’t affect me and has never mattered to me, so why should I care about it?” It seems to me that politics is not at the forefront of many Asian Americans’ minds. Especially here at Northwestern, where many of us are privileged to attend college and often don’t experience overt discrimination, and politics — especially at the national level — don’t seem like a very relevant or personal issue. Although I cannot speak for all Asian Americans, I feel like many of us are unaware of the political issues embroiling America and lack a deep understanding of how Asian Americans have shaped American history. Although we, as a racial group, are generally relatively privileged compared to other minorities in America, this belief blinds us to the struggles that we face in America. For one, the widely-perpetuated model minority myth hurts every single racial group in America except whites. By pitting minorities against each other and leveraging arguments such as genetics, culture and other myths such as “living in a post-racial society,” the misconception perpetuates the belief that America does not have racial issues and that everyone can succeed if they try hard enough. Last month, a Hmong couple and a Puerto Rican man were shot and killed in Milwaukee by Dan Popp, a white man. Popp identified these victims, his neighbors, by their inability
to speak English. Although he was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, he was deemed “incompetent” by judges and ruled mentally ill despite the fact that his actions were clearly fueled by xenophobia and hate. Cases like this show me how little progress we’ve made as a nation in achieving equality and justice for all people. They also make me empathize with the black community every time they learn that yet another black person has been shot and killed by a cop. When it comes to Peter Liang, an Asian man, and Akai Gurley, a black man, interracial politics becomes an issue. Should Asian Americans be fighting for the freedom of Peter Liang, who many thought was held up as a scapegoat for the wrongdoings of many white police officers before him, or should they be calling for justice in support of the black community? I think we should be thinking seriously about these questions. The fact that some of us are privileged does not mean we are immune to the inequities of American society. Ignorance and an inability to see the reality of race relations in America allows for the continued perpetuation of white privilege and institutional racism. It also prevents our ability to see how we are continually erased on the big screen, reduced to stereotypes and inhibited from reaching the top echelons of American society. These are all issues that need to be addressed, but it will be impossible
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to do so if we are unable to wake up from the mental colonization that we have been subjected to by virtue of growing up and living in America. These words are unsettling — I know. But what does this mean for us Asian Americans? Even if these words are true, why should we care about politics? The answer is straightforward: Whether you feel it or not, politics shapes the lives of all people in this country. Politics is the reason we are in America, the reason we have even been able to gain citizenship in America and the reason you are here at NU today. Politics is why platforms that center the lives and experiences of marginalized students are so important. Politics is not just an issue that affects certain groups of people in America — it affects everyone. To be silent in this system is to accept it. To be indifferent is to be complicit in the status quo that perpetuates the oppression of all minorities in America. Don’t settle. What we need in America are people who perceive the status quo and are willing to combat its flaws. To know one’s history is to know one’s self. No history, no self. Johan Qin is a Weinberg senior. He can be contacted at johanqin2016@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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Evanston police officers are investigating an alleged theft at Evanston Township High School caught on a video that school officials said “implicated” staff members. ETHS Principal Marcus Campbell, who also serves as assistant superintendent for ETHS/ District 202, released a statement to students and families Thursday saying school officials were aware of the video. In the statement, he said the alleged theft appeared to occur from a locker in the school’s gym wing. Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan told The Daily he had seen a video shot from the top
shelf of a locker. He said the video depicted a person opening the locker and sorting through items inside, but that it was unclear from the video whether anything was taken. Dugan added that he believed Evanston police had acquired a second related video he had not yet seen. Dugan said it seemed as though the video had been widely circulated throughout the ETHS community via social media. The person who took the video has not revealed their identity to the police, Dugan said — thus, the department does not know what items were stolen or if the person intends to press charges. “We need that person to come forward … so that we can proceed with our investigation,” he said. — Marissa Page
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“When you go through something like that, you just look at things through a different lens,” Trieschmann said. “We’re all still experiencing some PTSD.” The two murders in Evanston this year have also been alarming for some city officials and community members. Although the city’s homicide rate involving firearms has stayed fairly steady — at most five per year since 2002 — the overall violent crime rate has been decreasing. According to Evanston Police Department records, violent crimes in 2015 were down 5.1 percent overall from 2014, and aggravated battery, aggravated assault, theft and criminal sexual assault all decreased between 2014 and 2015. The fall in violent crime can possibly be attributed to an increasingly sophisticated data-tracking system and heightened community involvement in reporting crime, said Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington. He also cited improved outreach efforts from community groups and city officials who have been working to decrease violence at particular properties in the city. “You need to step back and look at this entire mosaic of what the city’s doing to address crime and violence,” he said. “It’s not just the cops — there’s a whole department and people committed to reducing the violence.” A “heat map,” compiled by EPD and released last year, tracked the density of shots-fired incidents from January to July of 2015, and it showed that most of the incidents occur in the city’s west and south sides, namely in the 2nd and 5th Wards, as well as around Howard Street in the 8th Ward. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said although the number of incidents was concerning, not every report of shots fired means a shooting actually occurred.
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“Given the fact that our movements are working for the liberation of people who are marginalized … I think it would be much more representative for it to be a referendum if it’s something of this weight and importance,” Cilento told The Daily. Brown, a Medill junior and former Daily staffer, said during the meeting that one of the biggest roadblocks similar committees on other college campuses face is the lack of access to their schools’ boards. He said he wanted to prevent the committee from only having “recommending power,” meaning the committee could make suggestions to the Board, but the Board would not need to follow them. Schapiro said he does not want students to feel disengaged from the Board’s interactions with the committee and instead would like for the Board to share feedback with the committee so the campaigns can redraft their proposals to be more effective if
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Eddington said a significant portion of the violent crime in Evanston is generated by two factors: gang violence and a family feud, which Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl described as similar to the “Hatfields and the McCoys or Romeo and Juliet.” The feud began in 2005, when 22-year-old Robert Gresham was shot and killed by then-19year-old Antoine Hill at The Keg of Evanston, which closed in 2013. Since then, Eddington said there have been retaliatory shootings and violence among family members and their affiliates and friends, but that the feud has evolved over time. “Unfortunately, the conflict has metastasized from just a series of shootings — it’s now added on gang ramifications,” he said. “It’s kind of like we’ve kicked over a can of paint and it’s running everywhere.” Although the feud is still a factor when it comes to violence in the city, Eddington said neither of this year’s homicides were a result of the feud or any ongoing gang conflicts. they were to be rejected. Schapiro also emphasized his noninvolvement with the Board’s investment decisions. In reference to a protest held outside his house earlier this month, he said students could continue to direct protests at University administrators, but these actions have no impact on how the University invests. “The legal responsibility of investment does not lie on the President or the Vice President of Investment — it lies on the Board,” Schapiro said. “They can ignore anybody they want.” Although Schapiro vocally disagreed with some of the student’s points during the meeting, Cilento told The Daily she was surprised to see how supportive he was of the committee overall. “I’m eager to see him put that support into action and know that he’s going to advocate for the things that we said today and the things that he agreed with,” she said. alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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In the past, Eddington said the location of much violent crime could be predicted because feuding parties were often fighting over specific areas of the city. Now, however, Eddington said the “interpersonal” conflict is driven more by individuals who “don’t like each other” instead of being centered around specific locations. “Now there are these random events … if (those individuals) cross paths, it’s game on,” Eddington said. Local gun control advocate Carolyn Murray, whose 19-year-old son Justin Murray was killed in Evanston in 2012, said more community involvement was needed in creating a strategic policing plan. “Basically we’re seeing a lot of crime on Facebook — we’re seeing a lot of threats,” she said. “Police need to know that it is not the same as it was 20 years ago, and I don’t think Evanston has adopted or accepted that they have to change some of the ways they look at things.”
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was reached in a conversation initiated by museum officials. “The leadership at the Mitchell Museum suggested we use the term Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” Tisdahl said in the release. “I believe it is the right thing to do and thank them for their work on this issue.” Mitchell Museum will offer free admission all day on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, museum officials said in the release, and will host events in the coming months, such as a May “On the Table” discussion about the day and a summer forum for teachers about curriculum and programming around the day. “Evanston was once home to tribes including the Ho-Chunk, Ottawa, Miami, and Potawatomi, and continues to be a home for Indigenous peoples with over 40,000 Native Americans currently living in the Chicago metropolitan area, representing over 150 different tribes,” museum officials said in
Eddington also acknowledged that social media interaction has further exacerbated conflict between groups in the city. “The intense emotion is rekindled by just clicking on the Facebook page,” Eddington said. “It’s like the gift that keeps on giving. You know it constantly fuels that angst and that anger and there’s no cooling off period. It’s 24/7, seven days a week.” Although Eddington said he understands the worry people have about violence, he stressed that crime in Evanston is low, and those not already involved in illicit activity in the city are unlikely to be victims of violence. Efforts to prevent incidents of crime in the city include trying to decrease the number of guns on the street, as well as increased focus by the community on providing employment opportunities for at-risk youth and young adults. One such initiative is the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which helps young Evanston residents find jobs during the summer months when crime tends to spike. “We’ve been told that if we got to 1,000 jobs, that would have a major impact on the homicide rate,” Tisdahl said. “Eventually, the word on the street will be that jobs are good and people are finding a lot of success having jobs.” Tisdahl said similar to other cities, a small number of people are responsible for a large number of the problems. She said employment could be effective in directing the 20-30 young people most heavily involved in Evanston crime down a better path. Although Evanston has taken action to reduce crime, and seen improvements overall, Holmes said she was still frustrated by gun violence in the community. “We have not had as many deaths that we’ve had in past years. … I can go back to 2010 when we had many more,” she said. “But (even) one is too many.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu the release. “By adopting Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Evanston embraces its history and the multicultural community it has become today.” Medill junior Lorenzo Gudino, president of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, said he was “ecstatic” when he heard Evanston was going to be celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Although NAISA was not involved in the discussion to make the change on this issue, it has been active in programming about John Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre. Evans is both the man Evanston was named after and one of Northwestern’s founders. The importance of changing the name of the holiday is in the awareness it raises around American Indian issues both specific to Evanston and nationwide, Gudino said. “It’s not a huge game changer, but it will open different avenues that could really show some great participation throughout the city,” he said. robinopsahl2018u.northwestern.edu
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Three Wildcats headline first-team All-Big Ten roster for 2016 season
After a historic regular season that saw Northwestern break the school record for wins in the regular season, it is no surprise the team would be in line for some conferencelevel recognition. And on the heels of that marvelous season, juniors Konrad Zieba, Sam Shropshire and Strong Kirchheimer were all named to the AllBig Ten first team, the conference announced Thursday. The junior trio was rock-solid all season in the first three singles spots for the Wildcats. Zieba manned the No. 1 position for much of the season, compiling a 14-5 record in singles in dual matches this season en route to being a unanimous first-team selection. Shropshire went 7-0 in singles during the conference season to earn his third consecutive first-team berth. Meanwhile, Kirchheimer had the best singles record on the team this season, notching a 20-1 mark in dual matches. In an already memorable season for the team, NU has now earned three spots on the conference’s 12-man first team for the first time since 1989. The Cats begin their quest for a Big Ten Tournament title Friday. — Max Schuman
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Senior attacker Kaleigh Craig, who leads the team in scoring and total points with 37 and 46, respectively, has been the center of NU’s offense this season. The senior has stepped up after fellow scoring-threat and sophomore attacker Selena Lasota’s relatively disappointing season. Despite the team’s rollercoaster season, Craig said she isn’t ready to give up. “It’s come very fast and it’s pretty crazy that it’s already our 16th game,” Craig said. “I’m definitely really excited, and I don’t feel like the season is over, and it’s not going to be over — we still have a lot of work to do.” NU’s season has been historically difficult, facing 11 ranked opponents in its first 15 games. The Cats started the season off strong with an upset victory over then-No.4 Duke, but the team has floated around .500 since then. Craig said this season has been a bit of an anomaly, but in the end, the challenges the team faced will be worth it. “Every year I’ve been here it’s been a little bit different,” Craig said. “But this year has really tested us more than I have ever been tested any other year here. I really, really believe it is going to pay off. We’re going to make it pay off.” danielwaldman2019@u.northwestern.edu
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right-handed batters. Allen said that disparity “excites” him, especially at Indiana’s Bart Kaufman Field, which he called a batters’ park. Coming off a full week of rest — NU didn’t play a mid-week, non-conference game this week for the first time since mid-March — Dickey said the players hope their refreshed mindsets and rested bodies will equate to successful series. “Not having a mid-week game is nice,” Dickey said. “It’s good to get back to practice and … really work on our skills. I thought it was a good week for us, so I’m really excited going into the weekend.”
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From page 8 cannot be counted on to pitch significant innings in several consecutive games. Wisconsin’s Taylor-Paige Stewart, for example, pitched 15 innings across all three games in a recent series, and Purdue’s Lilly Fecho has started 27 games this season. Letourneau, meanwhile, has made 18 starts and has not pitched in all three games of a weekend conference series. Wood’s return, however, gives the Cats another strong option in the circle. With just seven games left in the regular season, Drohan realizes the importance of having all hands on deck. “That’s huge, especially as we go into these last two weeks, playing two teams that are very familiar with us,” she said. “To be able to work different combinations throughout games is huge.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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After arriving in Bloomington, Indiana, on Thursday night, Northwestern will waste little time getting into the thick of its weekend series against Indiana. Forecasted stormy weather for Saturday forced a schedule change, and the Wildcats (10-30, 2-13 Big Ten) and Hoosiers (23-16, 8-4) will now play a doubleheader Friday afternoon before a Sunday series finale. “When you play a doubleheader, really anything can happen,” senior pitcher Reed Mason said. “You win the first game, and you’re feeling like you have a shot to go into the second game and win a series. That’s always a fun prospect to be able to go into one single day and be able to win the series there.” Based on the course of NU’s past few series, the condensed Friday slate may indeed work in the visitors’ favor. Over the past two weekends, the Cats lost by narrow 2- and 1-run margins, respectively, on Friday games before being routed in the ensuing contests — getting two contests out of the way Friday could maximize that early-series energy. Against Indiana, the team will try to translate Mason’s start in the first Friday game into an early lead, which coach Spencer Allen said is crucial to their ability to play with confidence. “The goal coming in is, ‘Let’s see if we can get a lead and put some pressure on Indiana this weekend,’ versus trying to play from behind,” Allen said. “Reed has done a great job setting that tone and hopefully we can get a couple of other guys to
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… take Reed’s lead.” Junior pitcher Joe Schindler is projected to start the second half of Friday’s doubleheader, but Sunday’s starter had not been announced as of Thursday night. Off the mound, the emergence of freshman outfielder Ben Dickey has also stood out as a bright spot of late, Allen said. Dickey’s playing time has steadily increased as the season has progressed, with him appearing in 10 straight games — eight of which he started in — entering this weekend. The Elk Grove, Illinois, native went 3-for-4 in the team’s most recent win — 12-10 over Chicago State last week — and scored the squad’s lone run in last Saturday’s defeat. “I think I have progressed a pretty good amount,” Dickey said. “Coach is working with me all the time, almost every day about my swing and the mental side of the game. It’s been great to be able to play a good amount this year.” Dickey and NU will be challenged by an Indiana team that has found success through its pitching this season. The Hoosiers rank second in the Big Ten in team ERA and boast the conference’s winningest pitcher, senior Kyle Hart (8-2, 2.57 ERA), as well as its second-lowest individual ERA, senior Caleb Baragar (3-2, 1.95 ERA). But both Hart and Baragar are left-handed, which could bode well for a Cats’ lineup loaded with » See BASEBALL, page 7
For the Wildcats, it could all come down to this. No. 15 Northwestern (7-8, 2-2 Big Ten) will take on No. 19 Ohio State (11-4, 2-2) in Columbus on Friday in what might be the Wildcats’ most important game of the season. NU must finish the regular season and Big Ten Tournament with a combined record of at least .500 to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, meaning a loss to the Buckeyes would force the Cats to have to win the conference tournament to do so. NU is coming off of a devastating 17-13 loss last week to then-No.14 Penn State, dropping the team’s record below .500 for the first time this late in a season since 2002 — the program’s first season as a varsity sport. Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller isn’t used to dealing with the pressure of possibly missing out on the NCAA Tournament, and the coach said she understands the implications Friday’s game has on the team’s future. “Hopefully it gives our kids a sense of urgency,” Amonte Hiller said. “We have to come out to play, because Ohio State is a very good team and it’s a must-win game for them too. We expect a battle just like we got in the last game and we are going
No. 15 Northwestern vs. No. 19 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 4 p.m. Friday
to have to fight for every inch.” The Cats have struggled defensively this season, conceding an average of 10.87 goals per game — ranking them No. 69 in the country in that category. One of the reasons for this poor defensive showing throughout the year is NU has had trouble stopping opponents in transition, especially following fast breaks from lost draw controls and clears. Senior midfielder Nancy Dunbar said the team is not going to change its defensive scheme for its matchup against Ohio State though. “We’re just going to stick to the gameplan, have each others’ backs and play good one-on-one defense,” Dunbar said. “We’re definitely in a different position than we have been before, but I think there is also a bright spot to it since it makes us realize how special an opportunity it is to be in.” For the seven seniors on the team, Friday’s game will be the last regular season match of their collegiate careers. Since joining the Cats, the seniors have a combined record of 55-26, totaling to a .679 winning percentage. » See LACROSSE, page 7
Cats trying to get back to .500 By COLE PAXTON
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Kate Drohan’s preseason expectation of relying on a deep, healthy pitching staff hasn’t exactly worked out. The coach has mostly relied on two arms in Big Ten play instead of the five Drohan had hoped to use. But the return of senior pitcher Kristen Wood from injury has given Northwestern (20-23, 10-7 Big Ten) another option as it travels to Wisconsin (26-19-1, 9-7-1) this weekend seeking to make a late-season push for an NCAA Tournament bid. “Kristen has an awful lot of experience,” Drohan said. “She gives our team a big lift. The team really likes playing behind her.” Statistically, Wood has been far and away the Cats’ best pitcher this season. She leads the team with a 1.94 ERA and .215 batting average against. She has also struck out more than twice as many batters as she has walked. But Wood was injured in late March and missed a month, including NU’s first 14 Big Ten games. The Cats’ pitching struggled during that stretch, allowing at least 8 runs on eight separate occasions. Wood returned with a bang in last weekend’s sweep of Michigan State, starting two games and allowing just 3 earned runs in eight total innings of work. “It was nice to get Kristen Wood back,” fellow senior pitcher Amy Letourneau said. “We’re very different pitchers and we work well together and we’ve been doing it for four years.” All season, Letourneau and freshman Kenzie Ellis have carried much of the load in the circle. Combined, the duo has pitched nearly two-thirds of all innings this season, and their 86 combined innings of Big Ten work is more than three-fourths of the team’s
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 3 p.m. Friday
total conference innings pitched. Freshman Kaley Winegarner and junior Nicole Bond have struggled and tossed fewer innings, leading to NU’s greater reliance on Letourneau and Ellis. Winegarner has a 4.56 ERA, but that number jumps to an even 7.00 in just 16 innings of work in conference play. Bond, meanwhile, has an ERA over 10 and hasn’t pitched a complete inning in a Big Ten game. But Drohan said she remains confident with her whole rotation, as she
has throughout the season. “I like our entire pitching staff and their mentality right now,” she said. Ellis has also struggled somewhat in her seven Big Ten starts with an 8.47 ERA and more walks than strikeouts in those games. Nonetheless, the freshman has an even 4-4 record in conference play and has lowered her season ERA by nearly 2 runs in the last three weeks. Letourneau has pitched well all season — her nine wins are by far the most on the team — and she holds a 3.26 ERA in conference play. But unlike some college pitchers, she » See SOFTBALL, page 7
Softball
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HOW MUCH WOOD Kristen Wood delivers a pitch. The senior pitcher returned to the circle from injury last weekend, winning two of three games against Michigan State.