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Authorities delay bus route changes Council asks for reevaluation after residents’ concerns

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Transit authorities delayed changes that would threaten direct transportation to and from Evanston Township High School after unanimous recommendation from aldermen on Monday. The proposed changes were released in April as part of the North Shore Coordination Plan, a joint effort between Pace and Chicago Transit Authority. The first phase of the plan would include the discontinuation of CTA Route 205, the line that currently provides direct transport to and from ETHS. As an alternative to Route 205, authorities suggested extending Pace Route 213 to include two direct trips to ETHS per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. “We want to do the greatest good with the resources we have,” said Pace media relations manager Maggie Daly Skogsbakken. She noted that cutting Route 205 was meant to decrease duplicative routes, but that the importance of the route’s proximity to ETHS may not have been sufficiently

evaluated beforehand. Still, the proposed new service would provide significantly less frequent and less direct service for students. According to city documents, Route 205 currently provides service every 15 to 30 minutes from 6:20 a.m. to 6:35 p.m., with direct stops at ETHS. Accessibility for students traveling to school was a chief concern for residents and aldermen. Evanston resident Cecelia Wallin said the changes would pose a particular challenge for some students with disabilities. Wallin added that her son, now 24, has a cognitive disability that made transportation to school difficult, and that the direct access Route 205 provided to ETHS was crucial for his daily routine. “Access to good public transit directly impacts individuals with disabilities’ independence and self-determination, and the lack of it contributes to their marginalization,” Wallin said. “It is about equity and access for all members of our community, especially those who sometimes cannot advocate effectively for themselves.” Skogsbakken said the changes are part of a larger effort by Pace to provide increased connectivity and access to transit in the greater Chicago area. As part of this » See BUS, page 6

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New York Times columnist Bret Stephens (center) speaks at an event Monday. Stephens and his colleague Bari Weiss (left) spoke about challenging discourse and the importance of free speech.

NYT columnists talk free speech Stephens, Weiss say there is virtue in allowing different opinions By AHLAAM DELANGE

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Reporters at The New York Times had a moment of postelection clarity on November 9, 2016: they did not fully

understand the country they reported, opinion columnist Bret Stephens said Monday at Northwestern Hillel’s annual speaker event. The event, titled “The Virtue of Thinking Different,” was held in the McCormick Foundation Center Forum. Stephens,

accompanied by fellow Times colleague Bari Weiss, spoke about free speech and challenging discourse on a panel moderated by journalist Abigail Pogrebin. Stephens and Weiss both write columns for The Times, and their work has challenged writers from within their own

political communities. Weiss spoke about how her columns often spark heated debates on social media. “I am not trying to violate taboo for the sake of violating taboo. That is kind of troll,” » See VIRTUE, page 6

Committee to discuss ‘brothel law’ First-generation Aldermen unanimously vote to move ordinance onto P&D agenda By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Aldermen unanimously voted Monday to place the discussion about the city’s three-unrelated rule — often referred to as the city’s “brothel law” — on the agenda of the next Planning and Development Committee meeting. The ordinance states that more than three unrelated people cannot live together in a single unit unless the landlord has obtained a valid lodging license. Some have argued that the rule makes housing too expensive and puts students at a disadvantage because a significant number of Northwestern undergraduates live off campus, frequently in houses and apartments with more than three unrelated people. “It’s been on the docket, it’s been discussed for decades so I’m really encouraged that it’s finally going to get the discussion that it evidently deserved,” Michael Deneroff, Associated

students featured ‘I’m First’ SES program includes students, faculty By ALLIE GOULDING

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Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at a council meeting Monday. Fleming voted in favor of placing a discussion about the three-unrelated rule on the Planning and Development Committee’s agenda.

Student Government’s vice president for community relations, told The Daily. “Rents are so high in Evanston, and it’s frankly unaffordable in

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many houses, split-houses and apartments to just split the rent between three people.” Deneroff added that rents are becoming especially

unaffordable as NU increases the number of low-income students it admits. » See HOUSING, page 6

Student Enrichment Services launched its new “I’m First” campaign Wednesday to bring awareness to first-generation college students on campus. The campaign plans to highlight first-generation experiences with speaker events, “First Gen Fridays” — in which faculty, staff and students tell their stories on Facebook — and a community directory of Northwestern faculty who were first-generation college students themselves. “A lot of our programming and services have really focused on the low-income population, but not necessarily the firstgeneration population,” SES director Kourtney Cockrell said. “We really wanted to exclusively focus on our first-gen students.”

To provide students with a list of faculty who were firstgeneration students, SES created a community directory with short biographies, personal experiences and contact information. As of Monday night, the directory included 35 faculty, staff and Ph.D. candidates. However, Cockrell said that number will increase. “We’ve already received 22 new submissions,” Cockrell said. “It’s definitely a living and breathing directory that we expect to grow and develop over the next couple of months.” Medill Prof. and associate dean Charles Whitaker is one of the NU faculty members listed in the directory. He said that to him, being a first-generation college student meant recognizing the sacrifices his parents made to allow him educational opportunities. Whitaker added that the “I’m First” campaign is important to show NU is a welcoming place. “I think sometimes, first-generation students think that they » See FIRST, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Evanston code changes to allow coach house rentals By JANE RECKER

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Aldermen amended city code at an April 23 council meeting to allow the rental of coach houses to non-family members, a change that aims to increase affordable housing in Evanston. The amendment passed unanimously, changing city policy that formerly only allowed property owners to rent out coach houses or detached garages to family and friends, said Evanston housing and grants division manager Sarah Flax. Flax said the change in the code will also lead to a needed increase in available rental units for Evanston’s growing population of renters. Sue Loellbach, manager of advocacy for Connections for the Homeless, said she was pleased the city made this amendment, as many of these dwellings would be located in single-family housing zones. She said allowing for more affordable housing in these areas would increase the standard of living for potential low-income renters. “Single-family home neighborhoods are typically in areas that have good schools, access to grocery stores, access to transportation, all the benefits you get from living in a nice neighborhood,” Loellbach said. “The more access we can provide to a broader range of people, the better.”

POLICE BLOTTER Oak Lawn man arrested in connection with possession of cannabis A 27-year-old Oak Lawn man was arrested in south Evanston in connection with possession of cannabis early Saturday morning. An officer asked the man to pull over in the 1300 block of Howard Street for driving without headlights at about 11:52 p.m. Friday. The officer smelled cannabis when he approached the window and spotted a smoking pipe in the center console, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan

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Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) at Monday’s City Council meeting. Wilson spoke in favor of introducing coach houses as affordable rental units.

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said expansion of affordable housing was the primary goal in amending the code. Officials said the affordable housing opportunities didn’t just apply to individuals qualifying for

subsidized housing — senior citizens could also benefit from this code change. “We have a number of seniors living in their own homes, and they’re really stressed, living on a fixed income to pay their property taxes,” Flax

Glew said. When the officer searched the man and car, he found six grams of cannabis and a small plastic bag of what police suspected was cocaine, Glew said. The man was transported to the Evanston Police Department, where he told officers that he did not know where the cocaine came from. EPD confiscated the drug paraphernalia and charged the man with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of cannabis. He was also cited for driving without headlights.

Man with gun reported in south Evanston A person called EPD on Friday around 4:12 p.m. to report seeing a man with a gun headed toward a park. The individual, who declined to offer personal information to EPD, said five men were headed to the park and one of them might have had a gun, Glew said. The person also offered a description of the man who allegedly was carrying the gun. Officers searched the area and did not find anyone who fit the description and was in possession of a gun.

said. “Additional income from their own property (by) renting (out) an accessory dwelling unit … would generate income that would allow them to stay in their house and age in place.” Flax said individuals with grown children could benefit as well, as they often find their houses have become too big for them. These families could choose to live in their main property and rent out their coach house to generate extra income, she said. Flax said the next step was for City Council to approve the rental of any accessory dwelling, not just coach houses. She said visible effects in the community from these code alterations were contingent upon Evanston residents embracing the new housing options. If they do, the city could see drastic changes in real estate, such as repurposing accessory housing in alleyways as “laneway houses,” she said. Wilson said with the rising costs of building high-rises, it would be frugal to examine how existing properties could be reappropriated. “It’s important to think of alternatives as far as housing is concerned,” he said. “(We) don’t have a one-size-fits-all situation, and if we’re going to be enabling people to live in our community … we want to create an environment that allows for housing that is affordable at market prices.” janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu

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ON CAMPUS Dining change, tuition hike discussed By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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Students, faculty and administrators discussed the University’s new dining contract, tuition increases and the Latinx Asian American Collective, among other topics, at a community dialogue in Foster-Walker Complex on Monday. Robert Brown, the director of Social Justice Education, facilitated the dialogue, titled “Tell Us What’s on Your Mind — We’re Listening!” Vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin said the title was intentionally left ambiguous in response to student feedback from previous dialogues, which are held quarterly. Many students asked questions regarding Northwestern’s transition from contracting with Sodexo and Aramark to Compass Group North America for residential dining services. Jim Roberts, the senior executive director of division services who is overseeing the transition, provided an update on negotiations between Compass and the current Sodexo and Aramark employees. “Compass is negotiating with the union that represents the employees,” Roberts said. “They have a great relationship with that union. We expect in a couple weeks we’ll see a successful negotiation.” Vice president for human resources Pam Beemer responded to questions regarding the use of E-Verify for service workers such as Sodexo and Aramark employees. E-Verify — a service that matches information provided by employees on Form I-9 against government information on their immigration status and subsequent employment eligibility — is currently used in hiring by the University, Beemer said. She said her department is reviewing whether it is necessary to continue to do so for positions that are not supported with federal funding. Beemer said Compass Group, as a separate

agent, will have to make its own decision on the use of E-Verify. “It’s their business decision and we are in conversations with them about what they are going to require, recognizing that we want to do all that we can to make sure that those people who we care about deeply are treated properly in that process,” Beemer said. However, Roberts said it would be difficult for the University to “apply pressure” on Compass Group to abstain from using e-Verify, considering NU does use it. After that discussion, Provost Jonathan Holloway addressed questions about this year’s 3.6 percent tuition increase. Weinberg sophomore Henry Molnar asked what justified the continual raising of tuition and if students should expect a yearly tuition hike. Holloway said tuition increases are common among NU’s peer institutions. He said fewer than half of students pay full tuition, and Northwestern’s commitment to financial aid and increasing the number of Pell Grant-eligible students necessitates tuition increases for those who pay full price. “We don’t want to be the most expensive school, (but) we don’t want to leave money on the table either,” Holloway said. “To hold tuition flat when the cost of running the University keeps going up naturally seems unreasonable to me.” Finally, Holloway answered questions on the administration’s support and timeline for the departmentalization of the Latina and Latino Studies and Asian American Studies programs. Holloway said he is an ally to the Latinx Asian American Collective, a student group that has been advocating for the departmentalization. He said before the process of “greenlighting” the departments can start — which, he added, will be a lengthy task — issues regarding faculty size have to be addressed. He said there has to be a “critical mass” of faculty to ensure the department does not collapse from being too small. Holloway also said faculty

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Director of Social Justice Education Robert Brown speaks at Foster-Walker Complex. Brown facilitated conversation at the community dialogue, a quarterly event in which administrators address student questions.

of color and female faculty are often asked to do more than others, and he does not want them to be “taxed for doing the right thing.” He emphasized that the administration supports the validity of the programs. “The issue for me is not about (if ) I think these areas are ‘legitimate’ enough to deserve that kind of important scholarly distinction (of ) departmental status,” Holloway said. “I think they are. My interest is trying to make sure that they’re done in the right way so that the students and the faculty aren’t suffering as a result of the best of intentions.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Consider racism in criminal justice system holistically KENNY ALLEN

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In 2015, Lakeith Smith, A’Donte Washington and three others committed a burglary in Alabama. When police arrived at the home they had broken into, the two groups began to exchange gunfire. Washington died in the shootout from a bullet fired by the police. Although court proceedings indicate that an officer shot and killed Washington, Smith has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his friend, on top of the already 35-year sentence for armed burglary. Alabama’s accomplice law — which makes it possible to charge someone with murder if a death occurs while they are committing a felony — allowed this to happen. Washington was just one of at least 984 people killed by the police in 2015, which is part of a years-long trend of roughly 1,000 people dying at the hands of police yearly. Research shows that black men are nearly three times more likely than white men to

fall victim to this violence, making the continued murder of black men at the hands of police a distinctly racial issue. But what happens after those murders? Between 2005 and 2017, just 80 officers were arrested for murder or manslaughter, and 28 of them were convicted. As all of the high profile instances of innocent black men being murdered by the police demonstrate, a black man’s life doesn’t have enough value to send a police officer to jail. This is what makes Smith’s case so egregious. When a police officer fatally fires a gun at a young black man, there are often a dozen reasons retroactively provided for why it is legal. But once there is a way to legally pin this murder on another young black man, the law punishes as hard as it can. The officer’s use of deadly force was even deemed justifiable, yet Smith will spend 30 years in jail for it. Compare Smith’s punishment to the one given to Michael Slager, the police officer who shot an unarmed Walter Scott eight times in the back as Scott ran away from him. Slager later claimed that he felt “total fear” during the incident. After shooting and killing a man in cold blood and then lying about it, Slager will spend just 20 years in jail

— much less than Smith, who never killed anyone. These two cases illustrate that, in the eyes of the law, the crime committed is not as relevant as the person who will be sent to jail for it. The lives of black men aren’t valued, and the legal system — from police officers to prosecutors — generally has no issue putting us in cells or graveyards. America is a country where black men have always been understood as threats. We are treated as such when we try to get into our own homes or drive with our families, long before we’re even considered men. That’s the explanation that I’ve arrived at for most examples of police brutality I’ve seen. Police officers see black men in tense situations, and it is easy for them to assume the worst. For instance, in this video showing the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Philando Castile, it is easy to see that the officer who murdered Castile was terrified of the notion of an armed black man. It didn’t matter how safely and calmly Castile warned this officer about his legally obtained firearm and license; the idea that a black man with a gun was in front of him made the officer instantly panic, turning the situation fatal. The murder for which Smith is being

charged took place in 2015, and he was given 30 years in jail for it in 2018. Legal processes like this are slow and deliberate, unlike the high-profile police killings that happen in seconds. The prosecutors involved in this case didn’t ruin Smith’s life because they feared for their own lives. They didn’t mistake his phone for a gun. There was no moment of panic. They thought long and hard about how they would effectively end this young man’s life, and they were able to do it successfully. Though most of the media’s focus on the mistreatment of black men centers on moments of intense police violence, we often don’t look at the violence inflicted at later points in the criminal justice system. We’ve seen headlines about the lives of black men being taken away by police, but we don’t see many headlines about men like Smith, who have their lives taken away by prosecutors. Kenny Allen is a Medill freshman. He can be contacted at kennyallen@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Michelle Wolf ’s WHCD jokes needed to ‘push the line’ ALEX SCHWARTZ

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Good comedy should do more than make you laugh. It should make you cringe and think to yourself, “Yikes.” It should make you question yourself and the world around you. And it should rarely leave you content with the way things are. Good comedy is almost never safe. That brings me to the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this past weekend, a posh event for high-profile journalists, politicians and celebrities. President Donald Trump notably declined to attend the event, instead sending White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders in his place. While ceremonious in nature, the WHCD is known for being the night when Washington’s elite come together by hiring people to make fun of them. Michelle Wolf, like many comics before her, was hired to do the annual roast at the dinner. But she did more than roast; she set the place on fire. Wolf touched on many of the most noteworthy screw-ups of the Trump administration, including Trump’s affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, the lies of Huckabee-Sanders and Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway, the implications of #MeToo and even the complicity of the media in Trump’s election and presidency. She spared no one. As I watched Wolf ’s set, I cringed. I questioned. And I certainly didn’t feel content after it was over. Naturally, I think she killed it.

While past speakers at the WHCD have told some jokes that acknowledged the inherent privilege of the event, Wolf took it to the next level. I’m sure many people in that ballroom felt uncomfortable upon leaving, and that was necessary. Wolf made it clear with her set that she wasn’t speaking for the room — she was speaking for the rest of the country that wasn’t highstatus enough to be invited. Good comedy punches upwards at those in power, and Wolf made us realize that those who work for and report on President Trump deserve to be held accountable just as much as he does. Take Matt Schlapp, who tweeted that he and his wife walked out of the dinner and that he’d had “enough of elites mocking all of us.” Schlapp used to be a lobbyist for the Koch Brothers and is currently the chairman of the organization that stages the Conservative Political Action Conference. He is undoubtedly one of the “elites.” That’s not to say some of Wolf ’s jokes didn’t go too far — one mentioning abortion comes to mind, in which she says, “Don’t knock it till you try it. And when you do try it, really knock it. You know, you got to get that baby out of there.” This isn’t problematic because it mentions abortion. It’s problematic because it trivializes a serious issue for low-income women, particularly women of color, who are losing access to abortion. The joke punched down at them more than it punched up at Vice President Mike Pence, at whom it was directed. But, as a whole, Wolf ’s set was the refreshing, solid roast of Washington we needed to see. Not surprisingly, some were too taken aback. But for me, it is most disheartening to see that many critics of Wolf

have not been politicians, but journalists. It seemed people were most angry about Wolf ’s joke about Huckabee-Sanders, of whom she said, “She burns facts, and then she uses the ash to create a perfect smoky eye.” Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC called for Wolf to apologize to Huckabee-Sanders and “others grossly insulted.” Maggie Haberman of The New York Times called the Press Secretary’s ability to sit through the jokes without walking out “impressive,” while Mika Brzezinski of Morning Joe said Huckabee-Sanders was “humiliated on national television for her looks.” These comments are overblown. Wolf wasn’t insulting Huckabee-Sanders’ makeup. She was calling her out on her peddling of President Trump’s lies. Those criticizing Wolf have failed to remember what her job is. She had an obligation to call out every single privileged person at that dinner, and she did it better than anyone else before her. Wolf has said that she does not regret her performance, and I agree that she shouldn’t. Journalists should be redirecting their swift critiques away from Wolf and toward those she named in her set. They should be asking President Trump to apologize for his grotesque comments about nearly every single marginalized group in this country. They should be holding his administration accountable for gutting the Environmental Protection Agency and pulling out of the Paris climate accord. They should criticize the Republicans who endorsed actual pedophile Roy Moore or enacted legislation restricting women’s health care. It’s as if Wolf talking about the things politicians have done wrong is worse than

what those politicians have actually done. If journalists intend to hold comedians to such high standards, they should certainly do the same for politicians. Or, if they wish to remain objective, they should let the comedians do their jobs and focus on making sure our elected officials get to work. Chicago Evening Post journalist and satirical writer Finley Peter Dunne once said — through a fictional character named “Mr. Dooley” — that “the job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” This is also the job of the comedian. As Kathy Griffin (who was infamously torched when she posed for a picture holding a mock-up of Trump’s severed head) said in a massively insightful Twitter thread, “A comic’s job is to go over the line and then push the line and go over it again. … By pushing the line, we force people to think differently, to ask questions and disrupt the status quo.” The discussion of who should be given the license to push those lines and who should even be allowed to call themselves a “comedian” is valid. But by pressuring Wolf to apologize for pushing that line — for not only doing what was asked of her as a guest of the WHCD, but for also fulfilling her role as a good comedian — journalists are missing the point. Who they should really be criticizing are the people in our government who have said and done far worse. 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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From page 1 endeavor, which kicked off 15 years ago, the company is evaluating each division to maximize resources and efficiency, she said. Going forward, Skogsbakken said Pace will work to amend the changes and address public concerns. She said the changes may go into effect in August, before the new school year, although the implementation has not yet been finalized.

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said providing safe and reliable public transportation is a priority for Evanston, and he added that improving transit will encourage more residents to use it. “We want to make sure that Evanston residents, including those students at Evanston Township High School, can use transit to get where they need to go,” he said. “The easier the transit is for them to use, the more likely it is they’ll use it.” keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Weiss said. “I am trying to (share) the conversation that people are having over their beer, but not comfortable to share out loud.” During the event, Pogrebin asked Stephens and Weiss about practicing free speech on college campuses. Stephens expressed his support for allowing controversial opinions on campuses. “It is important that mainstream institutions accept opinions that, on their face, are outrageous and wrong,” said Stephens. “There is a certain type of virtue that comes with that.” He added that in a university setting, what should be questioned is the intellectual value of the speech; when institutions begin banning individuals, they move down a dangerous road, he said. Weiss emphasized that she does not believe speech can be “violent.” Though speech can be

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City manager Wally Bobkiewicz at Monday’s City Council meeting, where aldermen approved a recommendation for delays to transit changes. Bobkiewicz said safe and efficient transportation is a priority for Evanston.

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Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he wants to repeal the ordinance, particularly after noticing that students have been voicing concerns about the issue since 1975. “I felt pretty strongly about it for a while,” Wilson said, “but just the idea that this has lingered for over a quarter of a century, going on half a century — I just think it’s time to move the conversation forward.” Wilson said he motioned for the ordinance to be up for discussion at the May 14 Planning and Development Committee meeting because not all aldermen want to repeal the ordinance. The committee meeting provides an opportunity for alternative proposals to be brought to the table. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said she wants to wait until next year to have a more informed discussion about the ordinance, as by then, the city may have data on the impact of NU requiring sophomores to live on campus. She added that the result of the two-year on-campus housing requirement may mean that houses previously occupied by students turn back into

affordable housing units for permanent residents. “No one is trying to keep students from having good, clean, safe affordable housing,” Fiske said. “It’s just, how do we do that and protect the residential neighborhoods and make permanent residents feel comfortable? It’s a balancing (act).” Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said while she understands Fiske’s desire to see how housing needs and trends change in the 1st Ward, the council has frequently heard concerns about the ordinance during public comment. Fleming said residents in the 9th Ward have been waiting for the council to move forward with the ordinance. She added that she is not sure why holding off for another year would make a significant difference in the conversation. “There are people who have space they’d like to rent out or have a roommate and such who are trying to abide by the three-unrelated,” Fleming said. “I’m concerned if we wait for a year, then we potentially limit people’s ability to stay in Evanston or have affordable housing, even in the wards that are outside of Northwestern.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

are alone and that everyone comes from positions of privilege, and I want them to know that isn’t necessarily the case,” Whitaker said. “There are lots of people with backgrounds similar to theirs and who achieve success within the institution and beyond.” SES worked with the Northwestern Quest Scholars Network to push the campaign on social media and gave out free swag like shirts and tote bags. Cockrell said since the campaign’s launch last week, the program has already run out of items and has had to order more. “So many students have been so excited and empowered to come by and pick up their stuff,” Cockrell said. “We had no idea what to expect. You never know with something like this. It has exceeded our expectations for sure.” Quest Scholars co-president Christian Reyes said the group also created a Facebook profile

hurtful, she said it would be “absurd” to call it violent. Inviting dissenting opinions to campus and garnering low attendance at those speaker events can potentially be more impactful than banning those individuals from campus, she said. Medill senior Samantha Max, former Hillel president, told The Daily she helped choose the speakers. She said the organization had many different options, but felt strongly about bringing columnists to campus because of the current political climate. In our polarized political climate, it can be easy for people to surround themselves with others who hold the same beliefs and forget to think critically, Max said. “(This event) is an opportunity to break from the norm of how discussions go on campus,” she said. “Weiss and Stephens are great examples of how you can lean into discomfort.” ahlaamdelange2019@u.northwestern.edu picture frame for first-generation students to use. The SESP junior added that Quest Scholars plans to launch a “Humans of Quest” campaign Wednesday, in which students are interviewed about their first-generation and/or low-income experiences on campus. “Everyone’s experience being first-generation looks different,” Reyes said. “My experiences aren’t the same as another person’s experience because my identities don’t always align with theirs. It’s important to not always box us in, but to have something that connects us a little bit.” Looking forward, Cockrell said SES hopes to start a “culture change” with this campaign, celebrating first-generation students and highlighting the strengths and assets they bring to campus. “We hope we can spark dialogue and awareness,” Cockrell said. “We want to open the door for further conversation.” alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu

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District 65 to provide middle schoolers with iPads By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will increase access to technology for its students with the rollout of a 1:1 program in which each student at the middle schools and magnet schools will receive a device. Stacy Beardsley, the assistant superintendent of curriculum and development, presented technology updates to board members at a meeting last Monday at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center. She said the program will begin in the 2018-19 school year, with all 6th graders receiving iPads in the fall. It will then expand to students in other grades in future school years. “The iPads create an opportunity to shift the ways in which we allow students to demonstrate what they know and can do,” Beardsley said. “We also have additional multimedia capacities where students frequently will reach out and find other ways to demonstrate their learning through video and audio, which is easier and has greater mobility on the iPads.” Beardsley said the district has been focusing on improving technology access for almost four years. Chute Middle School and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School started the technology rollout with iPads and Chromebooks, Beardsley said. Using funding from the spring 2017 District 65 referendum, the district will continue the technology rollout, she said. The district held several focus groups to gather student and teacher feedback about technology

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that they’re using, Beardsley said, adding that the groups stressed access and innovation as important features. “(Teachers) said the technology really allowed them to differentiate and allowed them to be increasingly responsive to kids’ interests and needs,” she said. “It creates much greater flexibility for us as teachers and educators.” Board president Suni Kartha emphasized the district is providing as much support as possible for teachers in the rollout, including professional development workshops and online seminars over the summer. Beardsley also said the district would create two new “innovation coach” positions to support teachers. Kartha said these positions would be funded by the District 65 operating referendum. “It’s great … that we have this shift in thinking about technology and understanding it and supporting staff,” Kartha said. Beardsley said the district will use the “Triple E Framework,” a technology model from the University of Michigan, in its new iPad program. The three Es are “engagement in learning goals, enhancement of learning goals and extension of learning goals,” according to the framework’s website. The framework centers on learning objectives instead of the technology itself, Beardsley emphasized. “(Triple E) talks about shifting kids from being passive to active social learners,” she said. “If we challenge kids to address problems, to take on challenges, to take greater ownership of how they’re going to attack their learning by giving them tools, they can become increasingly active in their learning.” 250 members, including architects, artists, composers and writers. “I always dreamed of making some kind of contribution to literature, to readers and writers as well as scholars, through my work,” Cavanagh said in the release. “But studying and translating Eastern European poetry seemed like a pretty roundabout route, so I never saw this coming.” According to the release, Cavanagh is widely regarded as the best translator of Polish poetry and has translated or co-translated 17 volumes of

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Superintendent Paul Goren praised Beardsley and her staff at last week’s board meeting for their work and research to facilitate the continuation of the district’s technology outreach. “This is such a wonderful intersection of high

quality teaching and learning, innovation and equity,” Goren said. “(This is) really a marvelous next step.”

work by Wisława Szymborska, Adam Zagajewski, Ryszard Krynicki and other poets. More than 60 of her translations have been published in The New York Review of Books, The New Republic and The New Yorker. Cavanagh also received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book “Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland and the West,” and she is currently working on a biography of Nobel Prize winner Czesław Miłosz. According to its website, the academy was

founded in 1898 and gives out more than 70 awards and prizes, seeking “to foster and sustain an interest in Literature, Music, and the Fine Arts.” Members of the academy — including Theodore Roosevelt, William Merritt Chase and Julia Ward Howe — are elected for life and don’t pay dues. Cavanagh’s award will officially be presented in New York in May.

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Wildcats fall to Michigan with Big Ten title on the line By CALVIN ALEXANDER

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With a chance to add a tournament championship to its regular season title earned a week ago, Northwestern advanced all the way to the final match of the Big Ten Tournament. The No. 12 Wildcats (21-5, 11-0 Big Ten) had the top seed in the tournament and started the weekend by making quick work of ninthseeded Maryland (11-13, 5-8) and fourth-seeded Ohio State (14-8, 7-4), ranked No. 28 in the country. However, NU’s 13-match Big Ten unbeaten streak came to an end when second-seeded Michigan (17-9, 10-1), ranked No. 23 in the country, outlasted them in the championship match. On Friday, the Cats beat the Terrapins 4-0, but were pushed to their limits. The day began with a loss from the No. 1 doubles team of seniors Erin Larner and Maddie Lipp. The other two doubles teams picked up the slack and secured the doubles point by taking both of their respective sets by a score of 6-4. But NU was not out of the woods yet.

Junior Rheeya Doshi was the first player off the court in singles with a convincing win. Sophomore Julie Byrne followed suit shortly after with a straight set win of her own, but all of the remaining singles matches went three sets. Lipp quelled any uncertainty by trouncing her opponent 6-1 in the final set, leaving three matches unfinished and clinching the victory for the Cats. “Maryland came out the first day and played a really great match against us,“ coach Claire Pollard said. “We really had to compete to come away with that one.” The next day, NU faced off with the Buckeyes and once again got off to a positive start by taking the doubles point. Byrne and Doshi put the Cats up 3-0 for the second consecutive match with two two-set wins. But junior Lee Orn lost her match 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to give Ohio State a point. Still, senior Alex Chatt sealed the 4-1 victory in straight sets and sent NU to its first Big Ten Tournament title match since 2014. The win marked Chatt’s fourth consecutive singles triumph, but the senior said she doesn’t care about individual stats. “I’ve played better because I

changed my mentality to focus more on the team over myself,” Chatt said. “At the end of the day, none of us care who wins; we just care that we win as a team.” On the final day of the tournament, the Cats matched up with the Wolverines. After racing out of the gates with the doubles point, NU lost at Nos. 3 and 4 singles and found itself in a 2-1 hole. Chatt and Doshi both won on their respective courts and turned the scoreline toward the Cats, 3-2. The only two matches remaining were Lipp’s and Larner’s, both of which went three sets. Larner won her first set but lost the next two, leaving NU’s hopes on Lipp’s shoulders. After splitting the first two sets, Lipp found herself up a break, 4-3, in the third set. However, she failed to close out the match, losing the last three games and, in the process, giving the Big Ten Tournament championship to Michigan in a 4-3 nail-biter. “Nothing is different. We all worked hard and left it all on the court,” Doshi said. “We have to keep working hard going into the NCAAs.” Daily file photo by Kate Salvidio

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This past Thursday, Northwestern suffered a tough defeat against Iowa at the Big Ten Championships to conclude the season. In Iowa City at their first and final postseason match of the year, the Wildcats (9-17, 4-7 Big Ten) lost 4-2 to the Hawkeyes (16-15, 4-7). NU lost to Iowa earlier this year, with that match ending with a score of 4-1. The one victory in that early April contest came from Dominik Stary, a sophomore who was named an All-Big Ten honoree on Thursday for the second consecutive

season. Stary, who is the team’s No. 1 seed, beat Iowa’s Piotr Smietana earlier in the season. Smietana lost his match Thursday to freshman Nick Brookes in the No. 2 match up for singles. Brookes said the rest of this quarter and the summer are all about putting solid building blocks into place for the upcoming year. “We are in a good position,” Brookes said. “ We have some really great recruits coming in. We obviously haven’t had the best of seasons, but there have been some positives and plenty of things to learn from. We are now in a better position to move forward.” Brookes’ victory Thursday capped his season off with a team-high 11

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matches in the win column for dual competition. The sole other victory against Iowa came from junior Ben Vandixhorn, despite NU winning the first set in five of the six singles matches. Vandixhorn is in his first year playing in a top-three spot in the lineup. He defeated the Hawkeyes’ Joe Tyler 6-4 6-2, whom he lost to in straight sets earlier this year. Vandixhorn had previously told The Daily he was aiming for revenge and said after Thursday’s match that the victory is a confidence booster. He added that it was nice to end the season on a positive note. “I had fun out there even though I was losing a little bit more,” Vandixhorn said. “As a team it was a rebuilding year — we use that for the next year and keep building on that. We talked about using this as fuel and to remember the feeling of having an early exit from the Big Ten Tournament and not wanting that feeling again.” Iowa faced Ohio State on Friday and lost 4-0 to the Buckeyes. Ohio State went on to win its third consecutive conference championship. Every member of the Cats will return next season, with two highlyanticipated recruits — Simen Bratholm of Norway and Trice Pickens — joining the team. Coach Arvid Swan explained how the match against the Hawkeyes helped NU end on a good mark. Also mentioning last week’s tough loss to Wisconsin, he said the last two matches were “outstanding” regarding team effort. “We need to learn from each match, and the team has grown a lot over the course of the year,” Swan said. “We are in a really good spot to finish the season going into the summer, where it is important for the guys to do the work that they need to, to be ready to take another step forward next year.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu

2 midweek matchups By PETER WARREN

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For the first time all season, Northwestern is coming out of a weekend series on a winning streak. The Wildcats (13-24, 4-14 Big Ten) have won four straight — one over local rival Illinois-Chicago and three over Penn State — and have a chance to extend that winning streak to six with two midweek games: one Tuesday against Chicago State (9-32, 4-14 WAC) and another Wednesday against Western Michigan (18-18, 8-8 MAC). Tuesday’s contest between NU and the Cougars will be the final game of a two-game home-and-home series this spring. The two teams previously played at Cougar Stadium on March 27, with Chicago State picking up the 8-7 victory on a walk-off hit. Junior shortstop Jack Dunn said the Cats want the bragging rights over their local rivals, and he considers the contest a revenge game. “I don’t think we will need any more energy or any more reason to play on Tuesday,” Dunn said. “We lost to Chicago State the first time. I’m pretty sure all of our guys are pretty pumped to play them again and get some revenge.” During that previous game, the Cougars had 12 hits and 1 home run, while NU had 10 hits and 2 round-trippers of its own. Coach Spencer Allen said he expects the game to have a lot of offense, especially with nice weather in the forecast. “They are an aggressive team; they are going to come out swinging,” Allen said. “I think it is going to be more of an offensive day with the park warming up finally. We want to make sure we put some pressure on them offensively as well.” For the past few weeks, NU has utilized a bullpenning strategy during its midweek games. In the last three midweek matchups, no pitcher threw more than three innings and the results were

promising. The Cats were 2-1 in those three games with only 6 runs and 21 hits allowed. However, that strategy will need to be altered considering the two games on the schedule this midweek and then a full three-game series at Purdue over the weekend. “We are going to need some starters to roll a little bit,” Allen said. “I’m pretty excited because when you are playing well you want to keep playing and some other arms may get an opportunity to step up.” Freshman left-hander Ryan Bader will start against the Cougars and junior righty Danny Katz is slated to start against the Broncos. Bader started last Tuesday against UIC and went three innings. During this past weekend against the Nittany Lions, NU had two late-inning come-from-behind victories. Sophomore third baseman Charlie Maxwell, who had five extra-base hits over the weekend, said that the team was confident, even when facing late-inning deficits against Penn State. “There was a feeling in the dugout that we were not going to lose this game,” Maxwell said. “That feeling was part of the reason it did happen. I think that will carry over into this week and this weekend.” This is the Cats’ second four-game winning streak of the season. They previously won four straight against MacMurray, Judson and Central Michigan twice in early March. It is also the only week of NU’s season that features two midweek matchups. Dunn said he is looking forward to the extra opportunity to play competitive baseball. “We want to play games,” Dunn said. “At this point in the season, all of us would rather play a game than an off-day or practice. We are looking forward to it.” Ryan Wangman contributed reporting. peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu