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Dolezal film more damaging than helpful

Trustees to review Bill Cosby degree

Council refers small-lot proposal City sends special use process to P&D committee

Board will discuss honorary degree’s status in June

By SYD STONE

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City Council members referred a potential special use process that would support affordable housing and ensure equitable access to community benefits to the Planning and Development committee after a Monday meeting.. Aldermen made the motion after considering creating a special use process that would enable developers to purpose the construction of modestsize homes on smaller lots than currently allowed by Evanston zoning policies. The program would make the development of “starter homes” more affordable and accessible to both first-time homebuyers and less affluent residents by reducing land costs associated with developing single-family homes, according to city documents. The special use process would also allow parcels that are currently “undevelopable” based on zoning to be used. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he appreciated the suggestion to amend city zoning ordinances because the proposed program could create more balance in the city’s residential market and help break a cycle of replacing small houses with bigger developments. “There ought to be some ebb and flow instead of ebb and knock everything out,” Wilson said. “So hopefully this can be something that can be utilized to create some balance in what is available throughout the city.” Evanston housing and grants division manager Sarah Flax, who presented the program to council on Monday, said escalating housing costs in the city have been “pushing out” younger families and older residents who want to live in smaller homes. She said though effective, Evanston zoning laws can restrict more creative housing options. “It’s definitely had an impact on our residents and who can live here and who can own,” she said. “We have fairly stringent zoning that is set, euclidean zoning to accomplish consistency and make sure that we have a healthy and pleasant environment … but one of the things we would like to explore is a special use to take a lot or a parcel and … perhaps get small lot housing.” » See HOUSING, page 6

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By JONAH DYLAN

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ambition, our resilience, our resourcefulness and so much more,” Cockrell said. “All the talents that we’re bringing are really what ‘I’m First’ is about — bringing those to the forefront and raising awareness that we are here and that collectively we are making Northwestern a more inclusive space.”

Northwestern’s Board of Trustees will discuss whether to rescind Bill Cosby’s honorary degree during a meeting before June’s commencement ceremonies, a University spokesman told The Daily in an email. Cosby, who was given the honorary degree in 1997, was found guilty Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. He was convicted of three counts of aggravated indecent assault and could face 10 years in prison on each count. The comedian has been accused of sexual assault and other misconduct by more than 50 women. He was tried in Pennsylvania, where his first trial ended last June with a hung jury. But in the retrial, which took place in the wake of the #MeToo movement, a jury found Cosby guilty of all charges.

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Women’s Center director Sekile Nzinga-Johnson speaks Tuesday to students and community members at the Segal Visitors Center. The event was the keynote speech of Student Enrichment Services’ Money Matters Week, hosted in collaboration with Northwestern Quest Scholars.

Nzinga-Johnson talks identities Women’s Center director speaks on first-generation background By ALLY MAUCH

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In the keynote event for Student Enrichment Services and Northwestern Quest Scholars’ Money Matters Week, Women’s Center director Sekile Nzinga-Johnson spoke to a crowd of about 50 students and

community members Tuesday. The event, held at the Segal Visitors Center, was also a part of the SES “I’m First” campaign, which centers on firstgeneration students, faculty and staff at Northwestern. NzingaJohnson’s speech focused on her own experience as a first-generation student earning bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees.

SES director Kourtney Cockrell said Nzinga-Johnson’s speech related to the themes of both Money Matters Week and “I’m First,” which launched last week. She added that the “I’m First” campaign will be an ongoing effort to celebrate the strengths of first-generation students and what they bring to NU. “We bring things like our

CTEC reform efforts address bias, usefulness Group of students, faculty, administrators call for University review of system By ALAN PEREZ

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A group of students, faculty and administrators are calling on Northwestern to conduct a review of its course evaluations, the first step toward what they hope will be a revamp of the system. Students and professors have long expressed concerns about the evaluations. Recently, student and faculty leaders met to discuss steps toward initiating a review process of the system. The proposed overhaul has the potential to transform the University’s academic functions, from how students choose classes to how professors assess their teaching and curriculum. Any review process or policy change would be overseen by Northwestern’s chief academic officer, Provost Jonathan Holloway. University Registrar Jaci Casazza, whose office collects and manages data on course evaluations, said she collaborated with Bennett Goldberg,

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assistant provost for learning and director of the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, to submit a proposal to the Provost’s office. That proposal is currently under review, she said. “I’d like to move this pretty quickly, but it’s a really big undertaking,” she said. “It’s really important to the community that we do it thoughtfully. I don’t know if it’s something we can solve in a single academic year.” Faculty Senate passed a resolution last week calling on the administration to conduct a review process, and Associated Student Government is working toward passing a resolution of its own. The University requires that students complete quarterly course evaluations administered by the Course and Teacher Evaluation Council. Students who do not complete the evaluations, commonly referred to as CTECs, are barred from accessing them while registering for classes the following quarter. The evaluations are used for a variety of reasons: In addition to class choice for students and

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Rebecca Crown Center, home to the offices of the University Registrar and Provost. The two offices would be involved in a CTEC review process that faculty and students are calling for.

course improvement for faculty, they are used by administrators in annual faculty reviews and for faculty tenure deliberations. But stakeholders have

identified several problems they say make the system inefficient. For one, there is no committee that evaluates the CTEC system, only one that manages it,

Casazza said. This also generates uncertainty over how access to the data is granted, she said. » See CTEC, page 6

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AROUND TOWN City, ETHS partner in housing education program By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Aldermen approved Monday an agreement with Evanston Township High School to formalize a partnership between the city and a housing education program. The program — Geometry in Construction — is one of the most popular classes at ETHS, according to city documents, with 99 students registered this year. The documents state that the class is in its fifth year and has developed five affordable homes, addressing an “important need for ownership housing” for moderate- and middle-income families. Monday’s agreement solidified an already existing partnership between the city and ETHS in which the city provides the lots for the houses that the ETHS program plans. “I’m glad that this has come forward,” Mayor Steve Hagerty said. “We actually need something written on paper, so I think this is a smart idea.” The program was inspired by the “Geometry in Construction” class at Loveland High School in Colorado. In 2005, three Loveland teachers discussed ways to receive a technology funding grant and came up with a curriculum that combined geometry and construction. According to the course website, the “true beauty” of the program is the combination of the two curricula,

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Evanston housing and grants administrator Sarah Flax speaks at a Monday council meeting. Aldermen approved an agreement with Evanston Township High School to formalize a housing education partnership.

in which students can see the relevance of math. “For the first time, all students will be able to see the relevance through world models of skills being used,” the website says. “They not only see this in the classroom but also recognize the knowledge attained in

class outside by being able to recognize topics related to their own homes and lives.” For the last five years, the city has provided a lot for the program’s houses, Evanston housing and grants administrator Sarah Flax said. Flax and deputy city

Shots fired in south Evanston

Police checked the area and did not find any evidence of shots fired.

The Evanston Police Department and the Chicago Police Department received three calls Tuesday reporting shots fired near the intersection of Dobson Street and Elmwood Avenue. At about 12:20 a.m., EPD received two calls from Evanston residents, who reported hearing shots fired nearby. CPD also received a call from an individual who heard two to three shots fired, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

A 23-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with resisting arrest and obstructing an officer. The Evanston man was involved in an incident Feb. 23, in which he allegedly knocked a phone out of another man’s hand and ran away with it. When police stopped him on the street to question him afterward, he ran away, Glew

said. As an officer took the man into custody, he injured the officer’s thumb, causing the officer to need surgery. EPD originally charged the man with a misdemeanor resisting arrest, but following the severity of the officer’s injury EPD changed the charge to a felony. Officers arrested the man Friday at about 5:45 p.m. and charged him with resisting arrest and obstructing an officer, a felony.

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attorney Michelle Masoncup have been working on creating a pipeline of properties for the class and have identified four so far, Flax said. The city provided four of the lots in the past five years, acquiring three from foreclosures. The original homes were demolished because of their “severely deteriorated” condition that was deemed unrepairable, and the site for this year was purchased by the city using the Affordable Housing Fund. All but the first house the class built — at 1941 Jackson Ave. in 2014 — have been two-story homes. Their most recent project — 2005 Grey Ave. — is under construction. The first three homes have been sold, and an ETHS employee has expressed interest in purchasing the fourth home, which is slated to be completed by the summer. ETHS and city employees have priority in purchasing the homes, and Community Partners for Affordable Housing manages the sales. In the future, Flax said, the program and the city may build accessory dwelling units and other types of affordable housing units on the properties. She added that the homeownership program and coursework overall have been “very successful.” “One of the things that we were asked to do was create an intergovernmental agreement between the city and Evanston Township High School to memorialize the rules and responsibilities,” Flax said, “just keep that program moving forward.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight An article published in the Feb. 27 paper titled “Students perform original works” misstated the name of Elliot Sagay’s play. The play was titled “What’s in a Name?” The Daily regrets the error.

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ON CAMPUS Student starts non-credit ASL classes By CATHERINE KIM

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When Ruthie Charendoff attended a conference on inclusion last fall and saw everyone speaking in American Sign Language, she said she realized for the first time how large the deaf population is in the United States. The experience inspired her to bring the language to Northwestern to build inclusion. “Having students on campus who are just aware of deaf culture or aware of ASL is really helpful in starting to build that culture, build that awareness,” the SESP junior said. With a $1000 inclusion programming grant from the Ruderman Family Foundation, Charendoff established non-credit ASL classes at NU this quarter. The class, taught by Columbia College Chicago Prof. Matt Andersen, has enrolled 16 people and is held in Kresge Hall every Thursday evening. Even with limited promotion, Charendoff said the class garnered a lot of student attention and already has a waitlist. Charendoff said she established the class to promote more accessibility on campus. While more people have been advocating for mental health awareness, she said, there also needs to be more conversation around physical disabilities including deafness. “You don’t really talk about inclusion in terms of physical disabilities because you don’t really see that many people in wheelchairs on campus,” she said. “Because the campus is not accessible for people with disabilities, they don’t even come here in the first place.” SESP freshman Henry Lang said he decided to take the class to learn ASL as a resource for inclusivity. As a secondary teaching major, he said he could use the language as a tool in the classroom. He added that he hopes he can learn to translate his theater group’s performances for the deaf community. Though the silence of the classroom took him aback at first, Lang said he has now grown more comfortable with the classroom environment. He

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A sign outside Weinberg’s Office of Undergraduate Studies and Advising, 1922 Sheridan Rd. SESP junior Ruthie Charendoff established non-credit ASL classes at Northwestern this quarter.

said the language is accessible for anyone to learn and is surprised with the progress he’s made. “It’s a very different way of learning, one that I haven’t experienced before, but the whole class being in silence really makes you (hyper-focused), and the instructor is phenomenal,” he said. “It’s honestly the highlight of my week.” Charendoff said the end goal is to establish ASL as a for-credit class on campus, and she is looking for departments and administrators that would support the program’s establishment. This isn’t the first time students have petitioned for ASL as a for-credit class. Though ASL classes were offered in 2010 at students’ request, the school removed the course after two years due to low enrollment numbers, said Mary Finn, Weinberg associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs. Despite newly rising interest in ASL on campus,

Finn said there are no plans to make the language a for-credit class. A language has to be offered for two years to fulfill the Weinberg language requirement, and the college has no plans to develop a two-yearlong ASL curriculum for now, she said. Costs also pose a challenge because of the money that goes into building a curriculum and hiring new faculty, she added. The college, however, will look into helping fund ASL classes as an extracurricular activity for students next quarter, she said. “What I will do is reach out to a number of other units who should have an interest in this because it is an issue of inclusion and accessibility,” Finn said, “and see if we can get some funds together to help that extracurricular activity.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Dolezal documentary more damaging than helpful MARISSA MARTINEZ

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Last week, Netflix released “The Rachel Divide,” its documentary about Rachel Dolezal, a former NAACP chapter president who made headlines in 2015 after being outed as a white woman presenting herself as black. After reading initial reviews, I had planned to not give the movie any attention and legitimacy. However, I reluctantly decided to give watching it a shot. The documentary is mostly sympathetic in nature. While it does showcase ugly parts of her life, Dolezal is given many opportunities to double down on her version of the story: that she was born to two white parents, thus making her white by blood, but now identifies as a black woman. Disregarding evidence to the contrary, Dolezal refuses to drop her narrative and explore the reasoning behind her “transracial” identity, making me lose any potential respect I would gain for her from watching the documentary. The film tries to give some context for Dolezal’s racial transition. Dolezal’s biological parents were white and extremely religious. They allegedly physically abused her and her adopted black siblings and created a toxic household, leading Dolezal to help her sister Esther move out and adopt her brother Izaiah. Because she cared for her younger black siblings in a motherly role — and because her parents’ version of whiteness was so particularly violent — Dolezal found solace in her version of a black narrative. Sources who worked with Dolezal in the

NAACP say she often equated blackness with suffering through her work with the organization. They mentioned how she consistently brought up hardship and societal difficulties when she talked about her identity. In addition, she used her two black sons as further validation of her identity — a “struggle by proxy,” as one source put it. Blackness is not only struggle. Yes, much of the African American experience comes from a somewhat shared sense of discrimination as well as residual trauma from slavery, systematic racism and having little connection to a grander ancestry. Through this film, however, Dolezal continues to perpetuate an unfair and damaging narrative that blackness is singularly linked to oppression, rather than the wide spectrum it encompasses: pride, community, strength, activism. Dolezal’s use of what is essentially blackface takes full advantage of an inclusivity in the black community that stems from the systemic “onedrop” rule of the past. As has been stated dozens of times over the past few years, she used her privilege as a white woman to break into a community that was never hers — rising to NAACP prominence even as her disguise as a light-skinned black woman was viewed with suspicion by many sources, who said she resembled a white woman in a black woman’s wig. In the film, she repeats that race is a social construct, a concept she believes should allow her to be transracial. Then why choose to identify as black, rather than white? That argument completely erases so much of the complexity and nuance of being African American — like the common phenomenon of black Americans having to pass as white to protect themselves from discrimination. For Dolezal to casually throw out that “race is a social construct” infuriates me.

As someone who has struggled with her race in the context of a complicated American system for years, I find it offensive that Dolezal is able to claim blackness just because she believes her struggles are enough to be a member of the “African American club.” Additionally, the documentary had an extremely negative effect on Dolezal’s teenage sons, Franklin and Izaiah. While at the beginning of the film, their interviews show frustration at the hate channeled toward their mother, the tone quickly changes toward the middle. Izaiah leaves for Spain at one point, in part to avoid the resurgence of media attention, and is unclear about when he will return. Franklin, the youngest, doesn’t want to attend school to avoid the bullying he faces for having Dolezal as his mother. Near the end, Franklin shows clear anger at his mother for moving forward with publishing her book, claiming that pushing herself back in the limelight won’t help anyone. He wishes the whole situation would go away, and claims he’s running out of patience for his mother’s antics. This film should not have been made in the first place. Dolezal certainly was a recognizable name throughout 2015, occasionally appearing in the news when she publicized her book or changed her name. When her book first came out in 2016, it sold just 596 copies, according to the documentary. But by now, Dolezal, for the most part, had faded into the background. (Even when I told people I was writing this column, the main response was, “Who?”) She is pretty much universally hated or ignored, and does not need any additions to her platform. Creating a documentary only legitimizes her point of view and places her in the spotlight again, reviving an old and tired narrative. This is part of a larger complaint: So many

media organizations are once again giving her a platform, but still fail to do the same for black women who have been fighting for recognition for years. This documentary is part of a bigger pattern of giving white women priority over black voices. Notably, Netflix, the producer of “The Rachel Divide,” offered black comedian Mo’Nique half a million dollars for a stand-up special while giving Amy Schumer, a white comedian, $11 million. To be fair, much of the film did highlight black women as sources in contrast to Dolezal’s interviews, but the fact that the movie exists in the first place shows a clear prioritization of white women’s perspectives. In the last scenes, Dolezal cuts out her protective hairstyle (which does not seem to be protecting her naturally straight, thin hair), and puts on a black, curly wig — one of many hair changes highlighted in the film. She heads to the DMV and requests a name change to Nkechi Amare Diallo, a name that reflects Nigerian and Fulani heritage. It is a final punch to the gut. As Dolezal states multiple times, there is absolutely no regret or shame about her deep appropriation of black culture. She is cementing her transracial identity by clutching onto yet another aspect of what she perceives as blackness: an African name. Clearly, she has learned nothing from her experience, making me question what viewers are ultimately expected to gain from this film. Marissa Martinez is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Comey’s memoir should be taken with a grain of salt WESLEY SHIROLA

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I’m not quite sure what James Comey set out to accomplish when he published his No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership,” in April. While there is a driving theme, much of the book reads like a man pouting over the fact that he was fired from his job as FBI Director rather than a qualified exgovernment official telling us that we should be extremely concerned about the values and leadership skills of our current commander in chief, which seemed to be what Comey was attempting. The book is part memoir, part manifesto — a call for what Comey terms “ethical leadership,” a set of guiding principles including truth, integrity, respect and tolerance. “Ethical leaders choose a

higher loyalty to those core values over their own personal gain,” he writes. The reasons Comey wrote the book are obvious. “Donald Trump’s presidency threatens much of what is good in this nation,” he argues. “His leadership is transactional, ego driven, and about personal loyalty.” He likens the Trump presidency to a forest fire inflicting constant damage and suggests that it is up to the few “fortunate ethical leaders” who still exist in Washington, as well as the American public, to contain it. Indeed, Comey raises some important concerns about Trump’s leadership capabilities: that he is self-centered, unprincipled and so focused on personal loyalty that he threatens America’s democratic foundation. Yet, while some of the points Comey makes are undoubtedly legitimate and worth our time to consider, I think it is important that we all be somewhat skeptical of his opinions on Trump. Perhaps he goes a little too far. In fact, on several occasions Comey compares Trump to a mob boss:

“As I was sitting there (in an intelligence briefing), the strangest image filled my mind. I thought of New York Mafia social clubs,” he writes. Furthermore, instead of advancing his claim, Comey all too often resorts to the good old “ad hominem” fallacy, aka attacking the opponent himself or herself instead of their actions. “His face appeared slightly orange, with bright white half-moons under his eyes where I assume he placed small tanning goggles, and impressively coiffed, bright blonde hair, which on close inspection looked to be all his. I remember wondering how long it must take him in the morning to get that done,” he writes. Perhaps Comey should have concerned himself more with Trump’s erratic policy choices and leadership style than on making pointless critiques of his physical appearance. Rather than proposing solutions for Washington’s ethics problem and discussing how leaders can live up to high ethical standards, Comey seems to wallow in what he apparently believes to be his undeserved firing. “I can be stubborn,

prideful, overconfident, and driven by ego,” he admits. “I’ve struggled with those my whole life.” In regard to how he handled the controversial Hillary Clinton email investigation: “I am convinced that if I could do it all again, I would do the same thing,” he asserts. While one can make the argument that the atmosphere in which Comey was fired was questionable, dwelling on it in a book intended to call for and promote ethical leadership counterproductively detracts from Comey’s objective. I wanted to like “A Higher Loyalty,” but unfortunately, in upholding the very standards of ethics he calls for, Comey fell short. Wesley Shirola is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at wesleyshirola2021@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 Nzinga-Johnson, who began working at NU in September, noted some of the unique challenges of being a first-generation or low-income student, such as having to become independent very quickly or feeling a greater pressure to succeed than non-firstgeneration students might. However, she also echoed Cockrell’s statements in celebrating the unique strengths of first-generation students. “I carry the strengths of my working-class resourcefulness and determination,” Nzinga-Johnson said. “We are traversing this terrain with no road map, but we have long histories of success and we can only shine brighter when armed with appropriate resources and support.” Those resources and support, Nzinga-Johnson said, could include professors making sure class books are on reserve in the library, which she did when she was a professor because of her own experiences of not being able to afford textbooks in college. She added that promoting other available resources, such as health care or food pantries, in

syllabi allows students to access information without having to identify themselves as low-income. “Don’t make working-class students have to out ourselves,” Nzinga-Johnson said. “Why should we have to expose our pain for you to provide services?” Weinberg sophomore Sayeed Sanchez told The Daily he agreed with Nzinga-Johnson’s point about professors providing more resources to students, noting that he has had to drop a class before because the required materials were too expensive. Sanchez, who will be the featured student in SES’s “First Gen Friday” social media campaign this week, added that professors and non-first-generation students should be more aware of the challenges firstgeneration or low-income students face, and the difficulty some students have in reaching out for help. “There are a lot of structural issues,” Sanchez said. “Sometimes you can’t overcome it through independence and you have to ask for help and that’s OK. I don’t necessarily know how to do that, so I think having professors who are aware of the issues and make a more inclusive environment and let you know what resources are available can really make a difference.” allysonmauch2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Bill Cosby walks out of the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday, April 26, 2018 in Norristown, Pa. after learning a jury found him guilty of sexual assault. Northwestern’s Board of Trustees will discuss the status of Cosby’s honorary degree before commencement in June.

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From page 1 Cosby holds honorary degrees from a number of other universities. In October 2015, as dozens of women came forward to accuse Cosby of sexual misconduct, a group of universities, including Brown University and the University of San Francisco, rescinded the honorary degrees they had awarded to Cosby. Since Cosby was found guilty on Thursday, more schools have rescinded their honorary degrees. Cosby’s alma mater, Temple University, announced it had rescinded the degree on Friday. Boston College made the same decision Friday, marking the first time the school had rescinded an honorary degree. The Yale

Daily News reported that the Yale Corporation had voted Tuesday to rescind Cosby’s honorary degree, the first time in more than 300 years that it has made such a decision. In the statement to The Daily, the University spokesman said the decision to confer or rescind an honorary degree lies with the Board of Trustees. NU has never rescinded an honorary degree, the spokesman said. “Northwestern University is committed to fostering an environment in which all members of our community are safe, secure, and free from sexual misconduct,” the statement said. jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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She said some parcels of land in Evanston are “odd shapes and sizes” and a more flexible special use process would allow for more creativity in utilizing those spaces. “Rather than trying to design zoning that gives us a different set of regulations that we absolutely have to meet, we would like to have the opportunity to come up with something that is … handled case by case,” Flax said. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said the difficult part of working this program into the city’s zoning

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From page 1 Claudia Swan, chair of the Faculty Senate educational affairs committee, said faculty are most concerned with the questions given to students. Professors are unsure how much weight is given to questions asking students to rank certain aspects of the class, such as how much students learn and overall class quality, she said. Qualitative questions are better, she added, but there are not enough. Overall, Swan said many of the CTEC questions range from “not productive” to “patently absurd.” “They seem poorly formulated to capture the student experience,” she said. “They end up producing responses that are along the lines of consumer surveys.” Meanwhile, students have raised their own concerns about the value of CTECs. Newly elected ASG President Sky Patterson ran on a platform that promised to address those concerns. One of her proposals would allow students who have dropped a class to submit their feedback as well. That way, those students can express reasons for dropping that could help professors foster a better and more inclusive learning environment, such as thoughts on the syllabus, course materials and professor conduct, she told The Daily. Given the rise in textbook prices, Patterson said CTECs should include information on required course materials, textbook prices and previous students’ ability to resell books. This way, the evaluations could be used as a tool to make NU more affordable for low-income students, she said. Reform efforts also address an issue that could compromise the validity of evaluations: bias. Several studies at other institutions have shown that female professors are systematically rated lower than their male counterparts in course evaluations, and others found that racial minorities are evaluated lower as well. Casazza said bias in NU’s CTEC system hasn’t been assessed, but included in her proposal a plan to conduct research on the issue. Even with a University study, the difference due to bias could be hard to identify, said Pritzker

ordinances would be how to manage the special use process. She said historically, smaller houses in Evanston were moved off the lakefront to make room for larger lots and into the other areas like the 5th Ward. “Obviously we’ve done it before, so I’m quite sure that we can figure out how to do this again,” she said. “But we’re going to have to think creatively about our zoning ordinance and that’s going to be tough, but obviously the discussion is an important one to be having.” sydstone@u.northwestern.edu Prof. Michelle Falkoff, who wrote an article on the topic in The Chronicle of Higher Education last week. Falkoff said the problem with bias comes when CTECs are used to evaluate faculty for promotion, often to tenure status. While use of student evaluations differs across schools and departments, Falkoff said the law school considers other factors, such as class observations and informal conversations. “Student perceptions are relevant; I just don’t think they should be exclusive,” she said. “I think it’s important to take a more holistic approach overall.” Additional factors, such as the student’s performance in the class and perceptions of the professor, could also be cause for biased data, she added. While students and professors agree that change is needed, however, they will have to address a more deep-rooted issue about the use of CTECs. “There’s a tension between whether it should be a system that’s designed to be the best for students … or if it’s really supposed to be a tool that’s designed for faculty and the administration,” said Weinberg junior Joshua Varcie, who wrote a letter to the editor calling for CTEC reform. “Northwestern has to decide which goal is more important to them for the system in order to enact the best reform possible.” Varcie said he believes the primary role of CTECs should be to improve learning. While he agrees with many of the student proposals, Varcie said there will be lots of “conflict” between different interests. But those involved in pursuing CTEC reform were optimistic, saying there’s room to balance the benefits of both groups. Patterson said the best solution is one that balances and “optimizes” the benefits for students and faculty. “When you think about it, it’s kind of cyclical,” she said. “When faculty get good feedback on their courses and can use that to improve their courses, that turns around and also benefits students who will be taking that class in the future. So it’s win-win.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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The Evanston Police Department issued 415 citations during Illinois’ first two-week distracted driving campaign, Drop it and Drive. The campaign was part of national Distracted Driving Awareness Month, an effort supported by the Illinois Department of Transportation. “Driver distraction is a persistent issue in Evanston and often has life-altering consequences,” EPD traffic unit Sgt. Tracy Williams said in a Tuesday EPD release. “We implemented this enforcement action to encourage motorists to drop it and drive.” During the campaign, which ran April 16-30, EPD’s traffic unit handled 328 distracted driver citations, nine seat belt citations, four child car seat citations, seven suspended or revoked license citations, 13 uninsured motorists, 11 speeding citations and 41 other citations. “Distracted Driving Awareness Month may be over, but the Evanston Police Department will continue working to stop residents from engaging in this deadly behavior,” Williams said. The Drop it and Drive campaign was funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation, according to the release. — Syd Stone

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Two local Evanston Rotary clubs will plant 100 new trees in the city on Saturday morning as part of the Trees for Evanston Parks project. According to a city news release, the Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse and the Rotary Club of Evanston will partner with Evanston and Northwestern to plant the trees, which come as additions to the 20 that the clubs planted last fall in Penny, Eiden, Grey, Southwest and Dobson/Brummel parks. Rotary members and volunteers will plant trees in Elliot Park by Lake Michigan, James Park in southwest Evanston and Twiggs and Harbert parks near McCormick Boulevard. Over the past few years, the city has lost more than 3,500 trees due to heat stress and disease, so Saturday’s planting project is part of an effort to promote environmental sustainability. The Rotary clubs have been collecting donations on a per-tree basis — individuals could buy trees as gifts for others or to honor someone and then plant the tree themselves. In preparation, Rotary members have been working with the city’s arborist to identify the types of trees they should plant, where to plant them and how to plant them. Volunteers will plant Eastern Redbud, River Birch, Frontier Elm, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Burr Oak and Shingle Oak trees. The city will provide support and care for the young trees, the release said. — Syd Stone

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limiting fouls early on. NU committed eight fouls in the first 12 minutes of last week’s loss, giving Maryland opportunities to restart their offense; when those fouls were committed inside the eight-meter arc, they gave the Terrapins a free opportunity to score. Almost a third of Maryland’s total goals this season have come off of free-position shots. Three of those six early goals came from a free position, and the Terrapins went 4-for-6 on those shots in the first half. But the Cats’ defense held Maryland scoreless on all five of their freeposition opportunities during the second half. A strong opening free of early-game turnovers — the Cats were unsuccessful on three straight clears in a span of six minutes in the April 26 loss — would give the Cats a solid chance of taking down the Terrapins. Pope: Draw controls — almost always a strength of this Cats team — let them down in last week’s matchup against Maryland. In the 2017 regular season meeting, NU controlled 19 of 29 draws and still lost 14-6. Last week, NU won only 18 of 38 draws (including 9 of 22 in the first half ), benched all-time career draw control leader Fredericks in favor of freshman Brennan Dwyer and still only lost 20-16. If the Cats can perform better in the circle, and take advantage of playing on a standard grass field and the lack of a hostile crowd at the Michigan-hosted tournament, they have the talent to keep up with the Terrapins. 3. How far can Northwestern go in the NCAA Tournament? Brockway: A win over Maryland in this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament could vault NU into a position as a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The top eight seeds in the tournament will play their first games of the tournament at home, while the top six seeds receive a first round bye and have to handle only one opponent in regionals. Barring any upsets in the first- and secondround games, NU could matchup against No. 3 Maryland again or even current No. 1 Stony Brook in the quarterfinals. The Seawolves — who took home a 15-10 win over the Cats in Evanston on March 3 — are top-ranked in the latest polls, but their schedule in the weaker America East conference has historically led the selection committee to seed them lower than No. 1, and if they fall to the No. 3 seed, that could set up a rematch with NU. Whichever team is waiting in the quarterfinals, it’ll take a valiant effort for the Cats to make their first Final Four appearance since 2014. Pope: Although advancing past the quarterfinals will absolutely be a tough challenge, this NU team has both the depth and leadership to potentially do so. A third meeting this season with the Terrapins, especially if the Cats drop the second matchup in the Big Ten Tournament, would be the team’s most anticipated game in years. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern (13-4, 5-1 Big Ten) rolled to its best regular season since 2015, but it ended with yet another disappointing loss against powerhouse Maryland. With a rematch against the Terrapins likely in this coming weekend’s conference tournament and the possibility of hosting an NCAA Regional on the line, The Daily’s lacrosse writers convened to discuss this critical juncture in the season. 1. What made this year’s team more successful than the past two, which both finished 11-10? Ben Pope: The Wildcats are both playing at a faster pace and converting more efficiently in 2018, a combination that has unsurprisingly led to great improvement. Increasing sample size is a fantastic way to take advantage of superior talent, and NU is clearly doing that this year, taking 3.2 more shot attempts per game but also conceding 1.4 more attempts by opponents. Goalie Julie Krupnick has made sure that increased pace hasn’t led to more goals against, however, with her .471 save percentage significantly outperforming 2016 and 2017 starter Mallory

Weisse’s .419 and .432 marks. And on the offensive end, Sheila Nesselbush’s transformation into a star, leading scorer Selena Lasota’s return to full health and Holly Korn’s emergence have forced defenses to (try to) cover a wider variety of weapons.

Ella Brockway: By the numbers, NU’s offense is one of its strongest in recent years. The Cats are averaging the most goals (15.24) and shots (32.8) per game since 2010, and their shot efficiency (at 46.4 percent) is its best since the 2012 season. This offense goes beyond attackers Lasota, Nesselbush and Shelby Fredericks; it extends, and runs through, the young midfield. Freshmen Ally Palermo and Jill Girardi and sophomores Megan Kinna and Lindsey McKone work on both ends of the ball to make this team dangerous in transition. These players are a huge part of the reason why the Cats average the most assists per game in the Big Ten. 2. How can the Wildcats get over the hump against Maryland for the first time since 2012? Brockway: The Cats will need to start strong, and part of that will come by » See LACROSSE, page 7

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Shelby Fredericks makes a move. The senior attacker will lead the Cats as they prepare for a potential rematch with Maryland in this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament.

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Coming off a weekend in which Northwestern honored its seven seniors and won two of three against Iowa, the Wildcats will look to stake their claim as the dominant team in the Chicago area when they travel to DePaul on Wednesday. The last time the road team won in this matchup was 2006, when a Cats team that advanced all the way to the final round of the Women’s College World Series swept a doubleheader from the Blue Demons. NU (32-14, 13-6 Big Ten) is hoping to reverse the recent trend in this series. DePaul (30-14, 12-3 Big East) is coming in hot, having won five in a row and 13 of its last 16. The Blue Demons are led at the plate by outfielder Kate Polucha, who is hitting .385 for the season. Missy Zoch leads DePaul in the circle with a 13-4 record and 1.74 ERA, and opponents are batting just .182 against her. “Every year, it’s a really tough game,” coach Kate Drohan said. “This is when you want to be really hitting your stride, and they’ve played very well in conference, we’ve played very well in conference. It’s two very physical, very competitive teams playing each other.” NU’s pitching staff performed well last week, with sophomore Morgan Newport and freshman Kenna Wilkey each throwing two complete games. The Cats allowed just 7 combined runs in a midweek game against Loyola and a threegame series against Iowa, winning three of those four contests. Newport got off to a strong start to the season, highlighted by a complete-game shutout against thenNo. 11 Alabama, but had struggled the last several weeks before a pair of solid performances against the Ramblers and Hawkeyes. Wilkey’s performance represented a continuation of the strong work she has put in all season. She has won 10 straight decisions, improving her

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record to 17-4, and has thrown 64 percent of the team’s innings so far in conference play. Her opponents have been limited to a .221 batting average. “They’re continuing to work on their craft,” Drohan said. “They’re continuing to understand how they can get people out, adjustments to make pitch to pitch and how to pitch to a lineup three or four times through.” Since Drohan changed the lineup April 8, NU’s offense has taken off, averaging nearly 9 runs in its last 11 games. Senior shortstop Marissa Panko, who was moved from second in the order to fifth, has seen her average rise from .265 to .313

and driven in 10 runs during that stretch. Not coincidentally, the Cats have gone 10-1 since the change. Drohan said the way the lineup is structured puts pressure on defenses. Junior first baseman Lily Novak has done a good job extending innings, while Wilkey has been driving in runs from the seventh spot. Senior right fielder Brooke Marquez hits for occasional power, and Newport and freshman third baseman Mac Dunlap, who share the ninth position in the order, have shown the ability to turn the lineup over. “They’re complementing each other in some really interesting ways,” Drohan said. “They’re understanding how this machine works and how they can simply do their part with it. We’re not asking them to be perfect, but they’re loving the game right now.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Kenna Wilkey takes a swing. The freshman will look to keep contributing from both the plate and the circle as the Cats face DePaul on Wednesday.

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Andrew Marty said he first met the man he may replace this fall over the cheesy aromas of a Lou Malnati’s pizza. Marty, now a redshirt freshman quarterback, was then a junior in high school. Clayton Thorson, now a rising senior, was coming off a shaky but victory-laden first season as Northwestern’s starting quarterback. Together, they bonded over football at the popular Evanston pizzeria, Marty said. Marty and Thorson’s past has been intertwined ever since. When Marty officially signed his letter of intent last February, he told the Chicago Tribune he’d “get in (Clayton’s) hip pocket and be a sponge.” When he enrolled last fall, he was then paired with Thorson in coach Pat Fitzgerald’s “big-little brother” mentorship program. Thorson went down with an ACL injury in the Wildcats’ Music City Bowl win Dec. 29, thrusting Marty — along with rising sophomore Aidan Smith and rising junior TJ Green — into an unplanned position competition that may or may not, depending on the rate of Thorson’s recovery, end up mattering. ACL surgery recovery times range wildly, anywhere from 6 to 12 months. The shortest estimate would have Thorson returning to full health a month before NU’s 2018 season opener on Aug. 30 at Purdue; the longest would have him missing the whole season. The Cats must nevertheless prepare as if they’ll need a starter other than Thorson for at least that first contest, and for numerous reasons, it seems clear they should turn toward Marty to fill the role. Marty’s size would make the transition from Thorson — and hopefully from Marty back to Thorson mid-season — easiest for the rest of the season.

The freshman from Cincinnati is listed at 6-foot-3, 218 pounds (and seems even taller in person), while Smith and Green are each 6-foot-2 and 205 and 202 pounds, respectively. Having a sturdy, tall quarterback who plays with the same composed, pro-style approach as the 6-foot-4, 225-pound Thorson will prevent other unnecessary strategy adjustments from having to be made. As the youngest of the three competitors for the job — save for incoming freshman Jason Whittaker, a highly touted recruit who won’t practice with the team until summer — Marty’s age is also working in his favor. Thorson, regardless of his ACL status, won’t be in Evanston much longer; Fitzgerald might as well develop a permanent successor sooner rather than later. Marty’s relationship with Thorson himself means the freshman will be able to get regularly direct and immediate advice from the veteran starter. Marty said Thorson has taught him about the team playbook, advised him about how to carry himself as a quarterback and shared lessons from his own experiences in 2015, when Thorson was a redshirt freshman himself and beat out elders Zack Oliver and Matt Alviti for the job. There’s no reason to believe — all other factors aside — that Marty isn’t the best quarterback of the group regardless. He said there are some slight technical adjustments he’s seeking to make in his throwing motion, and that offensive coordinator Mick McCall is working with him on them, but that his “mindset is nobody is better than me.” Marty backed up that confidence in high school, going 25-3 as a starter and throwing for over 3,200 yards and 43 touchdowns his senior campaign, and looked good in NU’s spring practices, too. If he can replicate anything near that in autumn, the Cats may not have the quarterback concerns they’re expecting at all. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu