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PAYING UP NU students grapple with challenges of finding affordable internship experiences By AMANDA SVACHULA
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When a prestigious publishing firm offered Weinberg senior Haley Dunbrack an internship in Los Angeles last summer, she was thrilled — until she realized she could not afford it. Dunbrack comes from a lowincome background and said she needs to make enough money during the summer to contribute to academic-year costs. The publishing internship was unpaid, and Dunbrack said funds from the Summer Internship Grant Program, which provides $3,000 to students pursuing unpaid internship opportunities
in the U.S., were not enough. “It’s one of those things where you see other people being able to have these opportunities, and you get a little bitter,” Dunbrack said. “Why did I miss out on these things? In what ways could have I done better to not miss out on these?” The creative writing major took a position at a literary agency in Chicago instead with the help of SIGP, and also worked at her oncampus job. Earlier this year, a media company offered Medill junior Helen Lee a low-paying internship in Washington, D.C. Instead of quickly accepting her dream position, she said she asked for an extension to figure out costs and
wait to hear back from higherpaying jobs. Meanwhile, Lee said she began waitressing at Koco Table, 720 1/2 Clark St., in addition to her course load and work-study job, in case the Washington position became her only option. She said finding an internship as a junior is stressful, especially with pressure from Northwestern to work with revered companies. “If you don’t get one, you feel less than,” Lee said. “Having that pressure, plus the added pressure of having to find an internship that is paid, and in a location that you can afford … it’s such a long process.” Dunbrack and Lee are two of many Northwestern undergraduates who receive unpaid and
low-paying summer internship offers, which are often associated with costs greater than some students can afford. Mark Presnell, executive director of Northwestern Career Advancement, said 70 percent of Northwestern students will have participated in some kind of unpaid internship experience by the time they graduate. “Internships across the board are the number one thing employers look for,” Presnell said. “Only 20 percent of certain employers look for a certain major. Those are concentrated in engineering, music, maybe journalism. Most employers really recruit across every major.” » See INTERNSHIPS, page 8
Anthony Porter misses deposition By ALLYSON CHIU
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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board president Suni Kartha at a meeting last week. Kartha assumed a one-year term as president last week, unseating former president Candance Chow.
D65 leader looks beyond budget issues By BILLY KOBIN
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Serving others and her community is nothing new to Suni Kartha (Weinberg ’97), who was elected president of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board last week.
Kartha, who has two children in District 65 schools, has volunteered in Evanston schools and the community for years. In her new position, Kartha said promoting equity will be of the utmost importance. “The community embraces (equity), and I think we are definitely on our way to making some of those strides in
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becoming a more equitable institution,” Kartha said. District 65 school board members narrowly elected Kartha to serve a one-year term as president during a special reorganization meeting last Monday. Kartha replaced Candance Chow, and the board also elected Anya Tanyavutti vice president at last week’s meeting.
Kartha, who has previously worked as an attorney, was first elected to the District 65 school board in May 2013. She volunteers with the Evanston Cradle to Career Initiative, which works to improve education and support for Evanston kids, and serves on the Board » See KARTHA, page 12
Anthony Porter, a former death row inmate whose sentence was overturned due to evidence found by a Medill class led by former Medill Prof. David Protess, missed a deposition May 1 in a lawsuit alleging he committed the double-murders he was originally charged with, according to a court filing. Porter was subpoenaed to give a deposition in a lawsuit filed by Alstory Simon, the man who was convicted for the murders after Porter was freed. According to a May 4 court filing, Porter was served with a subpoena in person in April requiring him to attend a deposition on May 1, but he allegedly failed to appear at the scheduled time. Simon filed the suit in February 2015, alleging Northwestern, his then-attorney Jack Rimland, Protess and Paul Ciolino, a private investigator who worked with Protess’ class, “conspired to frame Simon for the murders.” Simon is suing for $40 million and alleged he was coerced into confessing to the 1982 murders of Jerry Hillard and Marilyn Green. He also alleged Protess and Ciolino
created false evidence and fake witness statements. As a result of Simon’s confession and the evidence gathered, Porter was freed just days before he was to be executed in a landmark case that contributed to the end of the Illinois death penalty. However, in October 2014, Cook County prosecutors threw out Simon’s conviction when questions were raised about the investigative methods used by Protess’ class. The University, Protess and Ciolino are fighting the allegations, according to the Chicago Tribune. Terry Ekl, an attorney representing Simon, told The Daily a petition for the rule to show cause will be presented to U.S. Magistrate Judge David Weisman on Tuesday. If granted, Porter will be served with the petition, which requires him to appear in court to explain why he missed last week’s deposition, Ekl said. The judge could decide to hold Porter in contempt of court if he does not have a good excuse, Ekl said. Maurice Perkins, co-founder of the Inner City Youth and Adult Foundation, said he and his wife have been taking care of Porter “for the past 10 years.” Perkins said Porter missed the » See PORTER, page 12
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