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