The Daily Northwestern — May 10, 2018

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Greg Berlanti rewrites his happy ending in ‘Love, Simon’

Krogh’s death ruled suicide

Union, company resolve demands

Compass Group agrees to guarantee workers job security

Examiner says student died from alcohol, medication

By ALAN PEREZ

daily senior staffer @_perezalan_

Northwestern’s new food provider and the union representing the University’s service workers have reached an agreement ahead of the upcoming dining transition, dispelling some uncertainty about job security that worried many workers to the point of collective action.

UNITE HERE Local 1, the union representing some NU food workers, announced in a Wednesday news release that it met with Compass Group North America last week to guarantee job security for Sodexo and Aramark employees who will be incorporated by the new provider.

The agreement also maintains benefits like seniority, health insurance plans, pensions, vacations and sick days, according to the release. Last month, the University said that workers would retain some of these benefits.

Jim Roberts, Students Affairs’ » See AGREEMENT, page 6

By SYD STONE

daily senior staffer @sydstone16

from the three groups emphasized that they want a clear, active response from administrators.

“When lots of people come together, we get more power that way and there is more visibility and things get done,” said Seri Lee, a Weinberg sophomore.

BLM NU included 36 demands in the

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded Wednesday that SESP junior Kenzie Krogh’s February death was a suicide caused by consumption of alcohol and two types of prescription medicine.

Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the examiner’s office, told The Daily in an email on Wednesday that Krogh’s death was caused by “combined drug toxicity” from bupropion, fluoxetine and ethanol.

Further information about Krogh’s death was not available, Schlikerman said. The conclusion comes after months of questions about Krogh’s death.

On Feb. 25, Krogh — a 20-year-old from Durham, North Carolina — was taken

» See DEMANDS, page 6

» See KROGH, page 6

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Communication junior Danielle Dougé speaks at a news conference Wednesday. Students from Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective and Students Organizing for Labor Rights discussed the list of demands they released last week.

Student activists talk demands Group representatives emphasize need for University action

By SYD STONE

daily senior staffer @sydstone16

Student representatives from Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective and Students Organizing for Labor Rights discussed their list of 47 demands to the University at a news

conference Wednesday night.

The list of demands — released last week on the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover — urges the University to improve campus culture for black students, departmentalize the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies programs, and provide a smooth transition for food service workers.

At the news conference, representatives

Whitaker named interim Medill dean Graham leaves NU Medill professor, associate dean to take over after Hamm departs

By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

Medill Prof. Charles Whitaker has been named interim dean of the Medill School of Journalism, the school announced Wednesday.

Whitaker, who will take over on July 1, is currently the associate dean and Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Chair at Medill. He joined the Medill faculty in 1993.

“Medill is renowned as one of the leading schools of both journalism and integrated marketing communications,” Whitaker said in a statement.

“It is unusual to be so strong in both of these areas, and it is one of the things that makes Medill special. I look forward to collaborating with my fellow faculty, Medill students and our dedicated staff as we continue to educate students who will become leaders in their professions.”

He will succeed Brad Hamm, who announced on April 11

that he would step down after serving in that role since 2012.

In an email to Medill students, Provost Jonathan Holloway said Whitaker’s experience made him a qualified candidate for the position.

“Charles brings a thorough understanding of the school, an outstanding record as a teacher and mentor to students and a great deal of relevant administrative experience,” Holloway said. “We will soon begin a national search for a successor to Dean Brad Hamm, who will step down at the end of this academic year. I am confident that Medill will continue to thrive under Charles’ leadership as interim dean while we conduct the search.”

Whitaker came to Medill after working at a number of publications, including Ebony Magazine and the Miami Herald. He also teaches in the School of Professional Studies and the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute, also called the Cherub program. jonahdylan@u.northwestern.edu

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police department Former deputy chief to serve University of Virginia campus

By JAKE HOLLAND

daily senior staffer @jakeholland97

Source: Charles Whitaker

Charles Whitaker. The Medill Prof. was named interim dean of Medill on Wednesday.

Former assistant vice president and deputy chief of police Gloria Graham has left Northwestern for the University of Virginia’s police department.

Graham, who filled the UP role from September 2015 until May 2, joined the University of Virginia on Monday as the associate vice president for safety and security.

She is the first person at Virginia to fill the new leadership position following recommendations for its creation from consulting firm Margolis Healy, according to a news release from UVAToday.

The firm was “charged with assessing the University’s public safety and security infrastructure” following the

Charlottesville rally last August.

According to the release, the firm found that Virginia would “benefit from consolidating safety and security functions into one division.”

Prior to her role at Northwestern, Graham worked as assistant vice president for police services and assistant chief of police at the University of Chicago. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from North Carolina Wesleyan College and a master of arts degree from Saint Maryof-the-Woods College.

Bruce Lewis, chief of police and associate vice president of safety and security, told The Daily in a statement that he was appreciative of Graham’s service at NU. “I am grateful to Gloria for her dedicated service and accomplishments and wish her success as she begins this new challenge,” Lewis said in the statement.

Graham said she’s “looking forward” to the newly created » See GRAHAM, page 6

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Rauner wins federal approval for Medicaid waiver

By SYD STONE

daily senior staffer @sydstone16

Gov. Bruce Rauner received federal approval Monday for a state Medicaid waiver that will allow service providers to offer more care for individuals suffering from mental health and substance abuse disorders.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the state’s application for a waiver, clearing the way for the state government to use $2 billion of federally allocated Medicaid funds more flexibly than what is typically allowed. Beginning July 1, the state can begin investing the federal funds in 10 new pilot projects that aim to improve patient experiences, including ones around mental health, violence, public safety and opioid abuse.

The Better Care Illinois Behavioral Health Initiative comes after a multi-year Rauner administration effort to boost behavioral health services and combat the opioid crisis in the state.

“This effort puts a strong new focus on prevention and public health; pays for value and outcomes rather than volume and services; makes evidence-based and data driven decisions; and moves individuals from institutions to community care, to keep them more closely connected with their families and communities,” Rauner said in a Monday statement.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event. Rauner received approval Monday for a state Medicaid waiver.

Rauner, who is running for reelection, said the waiver will allow Illinois to care for its most “vulnerable” residents by approaching health care holistically. According to the Rauner administration, more than 750,000 beneficiaries

Editor’s note: Setting the record straight An article in Wednesday’s paper titled “Panel addresses inequality at NU” misidentified one of the student panelists as a student who was not involved with the event. Weinberg junior Alexus Snowden was a panel participant. We would like to publicly apologize for this mistake both to the students involved and to our readers.

We are deeply sorry that our reporter

misidentified the students and that the error was not caught during the editing process. We are aware of the implications of this situation — two women of color were mistaken for one another — and we are embarrassed to have made that error.

Our immediate reaction was to issue a correction online, delete the old Facebook post and

— 25 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid population — have behavioral health conditions and account for 52 percent of Medicaid spending.

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services led the waiver application, and

re-promote the story with the accurate information. However, what we should have done to be more transparent was update the incorrect post as well as issue an apology then and there.

Mistakes like this are unfair to our readers, particularly the students of color who we aim to serve, and we also recognize that this incident is not isolated — it is indicative of a larger

13 state agencies participated in the development of the approved application, according to Rauner’s statement. HFS director Felicia Norwood said in the Monday statement that the state’s opioid crisis necessitates a “transformation” to find better ways to help residents.

“Smarter spending will lead to healthier lives and safer communities,” Norwood said. “By bringing state agencies and medical providers into closer cooperation for our members, we ensure stronger whole-person care for vulnerable individuals.”

Rauner’s announcement was met with bipartisan support. State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) said in the Monday statement that the waiver is “the change we have been waiting for.”

“When you bring physical health and mental health together to be integrated we can really help people. So today is the change we need,” Ford said. “We should see a change in the homeless populations, a change in the people addicted to heroin and opioids and a reduction in the prison population.”

Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) said in the statement the waiver will allow the state government to expand behavioral health infrastructure.

“I look forward to continuing to work with the administration and with local providers to build an even more robust network throughout the state,” Demmer said. sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

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ASG proposes election rule reform

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New Associated Student Government chief of staff Julia Shenkman and parliamentarian Henry Molnar introduced election commission guidelines reform at Senate on Wednesday.

Shenkman, a Weinberg junior who served as this year’s election co-commissioner, said the most important proposed change is categorizing campaign infractions as “violations” and more serious “strikes.” Only by incurring three strikes can a campaign be removed from the ballot, whereas under the prior guidelines three violations, regardless of severity, could result in removal from the ballot, Shenkman said.

The new system would distinguish between minor and major infractions. During ASG President Sky Patterson’s campaign in April, she received two violations under the current system: first for recruiting a campaign manager before the election commission had been elected, and then for sending out a pre-campaign email that included promotional material.

Molnar, a Weinberg sophomore, told The Daily the proposed changes are a result of extensive meetings with Patterson and executive vice president Emily Ash, as well as their campaign opponents, SESP junior Justine Kim and SESP sophomore Austin Gardner.

“We basically just tried to look at the complaints of both sides of the ticket,” Molnar said.

“There were problems with people weaponizing the election commission. There were problems with rules not being followed in general. So, we tried to basically create procedures that would be followed better and that are more fair.”

The proposed reform would also tackle which complaints the commission has jurisdiction over. In the proposed change, the election commission only has authority to adjudicate complaints that have “potentially impacted the election.”

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Julia Shenkman is sworn in as chief of staff at Wednesday’s Senate. The Weinberg junior introduced election commission guidelines reform during the meeting.

Shenkman said this change was proposed because technical violations don’t have electoral repercussions.

“We had cases with both campaigns where we had technical violations, but in all honesty, in the spirit of the guidelines, they had no impact on the election,” she said.

Molnar said the change would mean the election commission would only operate in its area of expertise.

Senator Alex Smith said that particular proposal made him “uncomfortable.” The Weinberg sophomore said a potential violation’s impact or lack of impact on the election is not easily defined.

“We don’t want people to be able to skirt by the code,” Smith said. “It’s important to still have the Election Commission go through the process of adjudicating those.”

Other proposed changes prohibit harassment

of election commission members and voters. In addition, the new code change would prohibit the chief of staff and the speaker of the senate from endorsing a candidate during their tenure.

Senate also unanimously approved the budget for the 2018-19 academic year. The new budget increased the “special projects and events” line item budget by $5000, which was made possible by scrapping the previous $5000 allocation to the “conference fund.” Benson said the cost of conferences has dramatically increased, and Patterson and Ash would rather finance ASG’s special projects.

Later, Benson announced McCormick sophomore Sid Ahuja was elected as the new vice president for student activities. Medill freshman Cameron Peters was elected to the Rules Committee. gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Piano duo Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe. The pair will perform the closing concert of Bienen’s third Skyline Piano Artist Series this Saturday.

Piano duo to perform sold-out concert at Bienen

By EUNICE LEE

the daily northwestern @eunicelee970

The only thing better than one world-famous pianist, is two world-famous pianists — who also happen to be best friends.

Enter Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe, a piano duo that aims to make classical music relevant and popular again. Since joining forces in 2002, they have released Billboard chart-topping albums and Emmy-nominated music videos that have millions of views on YouTube.

Now, they are slated to perform the closing concert of the third annual Skyline Piano Artist Series, a lineup of piano concerts hosted by the Bienen School of Music. Jerry Tietz, Bienen’s director of concert management, described the duo as a “revolutionary collaboration that defies the stigma of classical music being a stuffy enterprise.”

Anderson and Roe will perform their sold-out concert in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall on Saturday

— the day before Mother’s Day. Coincidentally, the pair’s latest album “Mother” was just released in April and is a “musical tribute to motherhood and creation,” Anderson said.

Roe, a Chicago native, said she looks forward to returning to Northwestern for the concert. In high school, Roe performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, accompanied by the Chicago Philharmonic. She described the upcoming concert as “a homecoming.”

“There’s something really special and joyful about getting to share our music with an audience and a community that means so much to me,” she said.

“We’re honored to be closing out the Skyline Series.”

Anderson said he and Roe met in 2000 during their freshman year at The Juilliard School, and bonded over their love of piano and desire to popularize classical music. He said they quickly developed an “incredible, energizing friendship” and formed their partnership two years later.

Roe described the duo’s dynamic as a “totally organic, yin-and-yang alchemy.” She added that their collaboration has led to new discoveries, not

only in classical music, but in themselves as solo artists.

“It’s one of those partnerships that you always dream of,” Roe said. “It’s a chemistry that you can’t fabricate.”

Bienen freshman Kyoko Kohno said she has been a fan of the duo for a couple of years and was excited to hear they are coming to NU. Kohno said the duo’s ability to apply their classical virtuosity and technique to create popular arrangements is “exciting and attractive.” Their international success can be partly attributed to their self-produced music videos, she said, which bear resemblance to those one might see on MTV. Tietz, the director of concert management at Bienen, said their performances are appealing to a wide audience — even to those who don’t have much experience with classical music.

“People who might never eye a ticket to even one of the best pianists in the world may come across one of these videos and think, ‘Maybe going to a piano concert would be cool,’” Tietz said. “We need firsttimers to take that chance — to buy that first ticket

— and come see a concert. And in order for that to happen, we need artists like Anderson and Roe.” When Anderson and Roe first started playing together, they said the “duo genre” had yet to gain traction. Roe said they were able to capitalize on this and make the genre their own, freeing themselves to set a new tone and aesthetic rather than be stuck in tradition.

Their program for the Skyline Series will feature an unconventional mix of classical and pop music.

Anderson said this allows them to blend the two genres and make familiar melodies feel “brand new and fresh.” The duo will close the concert with their own arrangement of The Beatles’ “Let it Be.” “Never before in history has humanity had so much access to music of the past and present, and of different styles and cultures,” Roe said. “It’s our desire, but also our responsibility to reflect this diversity and richness that exists in the world of music.

So why limit ourselves to one style or one period, or even genre?” eunicelee2021@u.northwestern.edu

Student-run music company to present Evanston show

By VY DUONG

the daily northwestern @pris_vy

The summer before coming to Northwestern, Communication sophomore Ethan Larson was determined to break into the music industry. However, he quickly realized no one wanted to hire a 17-year-old fresh out of high school.

So, Larson and a close friend did the next best thing: They launched their own company.

The GoldCoast Collective — originally called Devilhorn — started off as a small business that managed some of their friends’ work. After Larson’s co-founder left, he took the project to NU, and the budding company found its new home at The Garage after being accepted into its Tinker Program this quarter.

GoldCoast Collective will present a performance by its lead artist, Brendan Bennett, at La Macchina Cafe this Friday. The 19-year-old musician will travel from Boston to make his Chicago area debut, performing alongside fellow musicians Eddy Rock and John Charles.

Medill sophomore Kahlil Ellis, who oversees the company’s media, said the GoldCoast Collective wanted to bring Bennett to Evanston to expand his reach and hopefully attract a following at NU. Bennett, he said, is an artist students will “easily resonate with.”

“He’s got a college vibe to him with his lyrics, a lot of twists catered to a lot of different audiences,”

Source: Kahlil Ellis

The GoldCoast Collective’s lead artist, Brendan Bennett, performs at a show in New York. Bennett will make his Chicago area debut at La Macchina Cafe this Friday.

Ellis said. “He’s one of those artists that you can say speak for the people.”

Bennett said he started writing music in seventh grade and was drawn to rap because of its creativity and “lack of musical rules.” Before joining GoldCoast, he served as the executive producer on two projects for other artists, which were mixed and

engineered by Grammy Award-winning producer Capi. In March 2017, Bennett released his EP “The Year We Got Right: Part One,” featuring three pieces of his work.

Once the attention from his EP faded, Bennett said a mutual friend of his and Larson’s introduced him to the GoldCoast Collective. After hours of

FaceTime calls and months of discussing their visions, Bennett signed a contract with the group.

He said his partnership with the collective has sparked “real friendships.” Since both Bennett and the company started from humble beginnings, they hope to leverage one another’s success, he said.

“Every time a new connection is made or a new investor comes to them or a new opportunity arises for them, it arises for me,” Bennett said. “And every time I work on a new album or I meet a new artist or release a new song, it builds traffic to them.”

At the upcoming performance, Bennett said he hopes audience members connect to his music and leave the room “feeling something.” The whole point of making music, he said, is to bring people together.

Larson said Bennett perfectly matches everything the GoldCoast Collective stands for, placing collaboration as a focus in his work. Larson added he wants to give Bennett’s music the spotlight it deserves.

Ellis said while the GoldCoast Collective isn’t considered an official label for artists, he hopes it serves as a collaborative effort where everyone has each other’s best interests at heart.

Pointing to the collective’s mission statement — “for creatives, by creatives” — Ellis said he wants the group to be “driven by passion first and foremost.”

“We’re all young, open-minded people,” Ellis said. “We want to just put the best thing out there, make people happy.” vyduong2021@u.northwestern.edu

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MFA students to share original work at showcase

By CRYSTAL WALL

the daily northwestern @crysticreme

MFA student B.J. Tindal said he used to joke that when coming out to friends and family, the front seat of a car is the best place to do it — because nobody can go anywhere. In his short play “Passenger,” he tests out the theory through the story of a son who contemplates whether to have a difficult conversation with his father.

Tindal’s play is one of 12 pieces that will be featured in the annual “Festival of New Work” this Friday. The event will showcase the work of all graduating MFA students in the Writing for the Screen and Stage program and will take place in Annie May Swift Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Each MFA student submitted a 10-minute play or excerpt for the event, Tindal said. Students were encouraged to submit humorous and enjoyable work to make the night light-hearted. While they were provided with some guidance, Tindal said he had trouble deciding what to showcase.

“For me it was less about trying to find something that represents everything I am as a writer and (more about finding) one thing I think works as a good example of (the) style I like,” Tindal said.

The writers worked with Northwestern and Chicago directors and actors to stage their work.

Kristen Field, another writer in the festival, said the pieces are presented as “rehearsed readings” with actors reading off scripts. This setup

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Actors rehearse for the “Festival of New Work.” The event will showcase original pieces written by MFA students in the Writing for the Screen and Stage program.

emphasizes the written work, she said, and will allow writers to focus on story and dialogue rather than props or blocking.

Field said while they are not expecting fully “polished” performances, students still hope to put on an enjoyable show for their audience — which

is slated to include a group of professional TV writers.

While MFA students are used to reading each other’s scripts aloud in class, Tindal said they rarely get the chance to see their work performed professionally. “(It’s) kind of funny because it’s the first time that we get to see everybody’s stuff read the way that it’s meant to be heard — not just us goofing around in our class,” Tindal said.

Priyankar Patra, another featured student, said working with actors is “super helpful” in developing his work. Patra said seeing their interpretations often gives him unexpected insights into his own characters.

Tindal echoed this sentiment, and said hearing his work performed live also exposes lines that do not sound natural or flow correctly.

Field said these workshops are an important part of developing a piece, comparing the process to a “science experiment” to see what is and isn’t working. The public event is a “living, breathing” showcase of the MFA students’ work and a realization of their fast-approaching futures, Field said.

“We’re all getting into that mindset of realizing we’re graduating soon and that we’re not going to be together as this group of 12 very often, if at all, in the future,” Field said. “Being together like this for a whole day where we get to celebrate what we’ve done in the program … is going to be really cool.” crystalwall2020@u.northwestern.edu

Bienen alumna wins national competition for opera

By MADELEINE FERNANDO

daily senior staffer @madeleinemelody

Bienen alumna Madison Leonard is living proof that the third time really is the charm.

On April 29, Leonard (Bienen ’16) was named one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a competition that seeks to discover “promising young singers” across the nation and assist in their career development, according to its website. It was Leonard’s third time competing in the program.

She was announced as a winner at the Grand Finals concert — the last stage of the competition — which was held at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard sang two pieces in a performance she said was the highlight of her young career.

Leonard said she was stunned when she was declared a winner.

“I could not believe it,” she said. “I was standing just offstage chatting with other people and they called my name … (and) I think my mouth dropped to the floor.”

The competition win comes with a $15,000 cash award — money Leonard said will be used for travel and vocal training expenses.

Brady Walsh, who serves as National Council and artistic administration assistant for the Metropolitan Opera, said more than 1,000 vocalists entered the competition this year. Participants first compete at the district level before advancing to regionals, semifinals and then the Grand Finals concert where the winners are chosen.

Bienen Prof. Karen Brunssen, Leonard’s voice teacher at NU, said the award is “about the highest thing you can attain” as an opera singer, especially in the U.S. While at NU, Leonard — whom Brunssen described as a “charming and uplifting” person — was already an accomplished vocalist. As

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Madison Leonard performs at the Grand Finals concert in New York City. The Bienen alumna was named one of five winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions on April 29.

a second-year masters student, Leonard took first place at Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition and was also accepted

into top-tier apprenticeship programs, Brunssen said.

Those experiences, she said, allowed Leonard

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“When you’re singing in that circle of singers that are all so good, it raises your own precedents for how excellent you’re going to be onstage vocally and musically,” she said. “(Leonard) already came with a high-level feeling for all of those things and will just get better and better and better.”

Leonard first competed in the National Council Auditions in 2015 while she was still a student at NU. In 2016, she tried again in Seattle, where she was living after graduation. Both times she advanced to the regional competitions before she was cut.

Reflecting back on her past auditions, Leonard said she has grown and matured as a performer, but also as a person. Opera is an “all-encompassing art form,” she said, and her recent life experiences have made her a stronger, more convincing vocalist.

“I’ve moved several times, traveled, lived on my own,” Leonard said. “I’ve experienced challenges and heartbreak and love, and I think all of that just adds extra paint to this picture I’m presenting.”

This summer, Leonard will make her role debut as Ilia in Mozart’s “Idomeneo” at the Wolf Trap Opera in Virginia. The following fall, she will move with her husband — a fellow opera singer — to Switzerland, where she said she will start auditioning for companies.

While she hopes to find her way back to the Metropolitan Opera stage someday, Leonard said she feels lucky to have found success in the “highly competitive yet highly rewarding” world of opera.

For now, she’ll just continue doing what she loves.

“For me, success isn’t going to be defined by where I’m singing,” Leonard said. “If I’m making great music and I’m being true to my artistry and I’m happy doing it, then that’s going to be success for me.”

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senior executive director of division services, hailed the agreement, saying the University has been continuously committed to the continued employment of all campus food service workers. “(The University) is pleased Compass Group and UNITE HERE Local 1 have reached an agreement that will provide for a smooth transition and job security for the workers, who are an important part of the Northwestern community,” Roberts said in a statement.

But questions still linger for the approximately 350 workers the union represents. The release did not provide details about the transition process, including what Compass will require of workers.

Besides job security, workers expressed concerns about possible participation in drug testing, background checks and E-verify, the federal employee verification program.

The release also does not say how long workers’ jobs will be guaranteed, or whether they will undergo a provision period. A spokesperson for Compass was not immediately available for comment.

Nonetheless, workers applauded the agreement as an indiwwcation that at least some of their concerns will be resolved.

“As a service worker at Northwestern for 14 years, I feel satisfied and happy to have been part of this effort to maintain our jobs and to keep our coworkers together,” Valentina Espinosa, a housekeeper in the Allen Center, said in the release.

“Today, I am sincerely proud to be a member of the Northwestern community.”

list, including one urging the University to fully acknowledge its oppositional role throughout aspects of the Bursar’s Office Takeover. BLM NU called for the University to increase representation and resources for students, faculty and staff as well as recognize the history of student activism involved in the evolution of black student experiences at NU. Lee said representatives released the list on the 50th anniversary of the Takeover “strategically” to increase visibility among community members.

The Latinx Asian American Collective had five action items, including asking the University to create Latinx Studies and Asian American Studies departments.

“For the Latinx Asian American Collective, one of the really frustrating things that’s been going on in the meetings we’ve already had with the administration is they’re very wishy washy,” Weinberg junior Jessica Wang said. “They like to beat around the bush a lot, they like to say, ‘This is a possibility, but we don’t really know if this can happen, and if it would happen we don’t really know how or when.’”

The third group, Students Organizing for Labor Rights, demanded in the list that in the dining transition process, both Compass Group North America and NU stop using the service E-Verify — which checks if employees are eligible to work in the U.S. — for current campus service workers. On Wednesday, Compass and UNITE HERE Local 1, the food service workers’ union, announced they’d come to an agreement for the transition period.

The list gave the University two weeks to agree to all the demands, and Communication junior Danielle Dougé did not disclose what the group would do if the demands are not met by then.

Still, Dougé said, the strict deadline will help keep administrators “on their toes” and remind them they are “accountable to us as students.”

Dougé said although the University takes “some action” to alleviate students’ concerns, there remains an “issue with transparency.” “(The University creates) committees, and they have people who sit and talk about how to fix an issue, but a lot of students don’t know,” Dougé said. “We’re sitting here and we’re waiting for things to get done, and they’re sitting over there and they’re talking.”

Dougé said because students traditionally “cycle out” every four years, the University expects students’ “knowledge,” “passion” and “vigor” to disappear come graduation. It’s important to not let causes fade away, Dougé said.

“We’re trying to reach a finish line, and sometimes when you have to pass the baton, you don’t want it to fall,” Dougé said.

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role at Virginia. In the new position, Graham will manage the comprehensive law enforcement, general security, workforce safety and emergency preparedness services for all components of the university.

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From page 1 to Saint Francis Hospital by her friends after telling them she was “not feeling well,” Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew told The Daily in February. She died roughly 24 hours later.

Krogh was involved in various campus organizations including Greek life and club sports, according to a February email from Dean of Students Todd Adams informing students of her death. She also served as a teaching assistant at the Kellogg School of Management and was looking forward to a summer internship with

Daily file photo by Brian Meng

Northwestern’s Sodexo and Aramark employees march in April to present a petition asking the companies to help with the transition to Compass Group North America. The workers’ union, UNITE HERE Local 1, and Compass came to an agreement Wednesday.

She said she hopes to bring these different teams closer together. And though Graham said the decision to leave NU was “difficult,” she said she hopes to transfer the progress she made in her role with UP — like increasing transparency and accessibility — to Virginia.

“I’m proud of making people more aware of safety and security … and letting students, faculty

and staff have a place where they knew that they could come and talk with us about their safety concerns,” Graham said. “Really just helping to build that culture of safety is something I feel our team really moved the needle forward on while I was at Northwestern.” jacobholland2020@u.northwestern.edu

consulting firm Deloitte, according to a February statement from her family.

In the statement, her family members said Krogh was “the light in her parents’ lives.”

“Kenzie will be remembered with love, laughter, and joy as we remain thankful to have had her love and presence in our lives,” her family said.

Glew said Wednesday that the investigation into Krogh’s death will remain open until more information from the Medical Examiner’s Office becomes available. sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

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By JOSEPH WILKINSON

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It may not be coach Emily Fletcher’s favorite path to success, but yet another spectacular late-round performance this week led Northwestern to its sixth consecutive appearance at the NCAA National Championships.

The Wildcats finished in sixth place in the Wisconsin regional on Wednesday, snagging the last spot among the six teams from the tournament to qualify.

That qualification came on the back of a career performance from sophomore Brooke Riley, who finished tied for fourth in the individual competition at 7-under par, largely powered by a 6-under final round.

“It was a ton of fun,” Riley said.

“The first two days I think left quite a bit out there, feeling a little bit disappointed. But today, I really put it all together. … I just found my lines (on the green) and did a better job of trusting them today.”

Riley’s final-round score of 66 was the best round on the course Wednesday in a field with some of the top players in the country, including former individual national champion

Virginia Elena Carta and event winner Nicole Schroeder. Riley’s score was tied for the second lowest recorded in any round throughout the tournament.

NU needed nearly all of the eight birdies the sophomore carded, as the Cats were part of a down-to-the-wire race for the final three qualification spots.

Ohio State, Arizona State, Oregon State, Illinois and NU were all within a few strvokes of one another throughout the day. Ohio State and Arizona State ultimately tied for fourth, while the Fighting Illini ended the day two strokes back in seventh.

“Today, we did a good job taking it one shot at a time, not getting ahead of ourselves and just going all-in on every shot,” Riley said.

Wednesday was the second straight day during which NU posted the second-best round in the 18-team field. After the Cats struggled in the first round, they found themselves in ninth place heading into Tuesday.

In response, they fired a 4-under second round, led by senior Sarah Cho’s 2-under round. Cho finished second-best among the Cats in the tournament, tied for 17th overall, and sunk a crucial birdie putt as part of

a clutch Wednesday stretch run by NU. “It was really nice,” Cho said.

“I didn’t really know how we were standing in regards to the top-six, but any putt counts.”

Junior Stephanie Lau and senior Hannah Kim also played crucial roles in the victory. Lau had an up-and-down round, but shot 1-under over her last five holes to help solidify the Cats’ position. Kim also struggled early on, but a 2-under score over her last five holes helped keep NU in contention.

Cho and Kim have now qualified for the National Championships in all four of the years with the Cats. While this was the closest they came in their college careers to missing the final tournament of the year, Cho said she enjoyed the highpressure environment.

“It’s pretty exciting, especially after the last two days — it was a little bit nerve-wracking,” Cho said. “That pressure kind of helped all of us grind through and work as hard as possible until the end.”

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After a successful season thus far, Northwestern will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend.

The No. 13 Wildcats (21-5, 11-0 Big Ten) received the 14th seed in this year’s tournament. The 16 seeded teams in the draw host the first two rounds of their individual section, and the Cats said they are very excited to be playing in Evanston.

Buffalo (17-3, 8-0 Mid-American) will be NU’s first-round opponent. The Mid-American Conference champions should be brimming with confidence, having won 14 matches in a row coming into the matchup.

Buffalo vs. No. 13 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 3 p.m. Friday

However, one of the Bulls’ three losses came at the hands of Penn State by a score of 6-1. By comparison, NU trounced that same team with an identical score in its regular season match with the Nittany Lions.

Thus, the Cats should be optimistic about their chances of advancing to the second round.

“We know we need to show up at every spot, every time we step out there,” senior Erin Larner said. “We are going to take it one match at a time.”

The other first-round match being played at the Combe Tennis Center will be between No. 26 Kentucky

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Brooke Riley watches her drive. Riley turned in a 6-under score Wednesday to help Northwestern advance through NCAA Regionals.

(14-10, 6-7 SEC) and No. 42 Kansas State (14-10, 4-5 Big 12) in a battle of two other Wildcats. The winner of that match will face off against the winner of NU’s brawl with the Bulls on Saturday in the second round.

If NU does advance to the second round, the team could face a familiar foe in Kentucky. The two teams met in the first round of the ITA KickOff Weekend earlier this season in Lexington, Kentucky. The hosts got beaten handily, losing all four completed points on the day.

“We were incredibly good that day; it was one of our best performances of the year,” coach Claire Pollard said. “Hopefully we can get back to that level against whoever we play.”

Kansas State would present a completely different challenge if the Cats were to advance. Unlike Kentucky, NU has not played against those Wildcats this season; however, the teams do share two common opponents.

Both teams have lost to Texas already. NU took the doubles point from the Longhorns — along with a singles match — before faltering 4-2, whereas Kansas State was swept in its matchup.

The other matchup the two teams have in common is with Baylor. Kansas State held on against the Bears to win 4-3, while NU found itself on the losing side, 5-2.

Even though Buffalo, Kentucky and Kansas State are all lower in the rankings than NU, the team must be focused and alert this weekend so as to avoid an upset on its home courts. Three of the Cats’ five losses this season have come against lowerranked teams.

“I have no plans on ending any time soon,” senior Maddie Lipp said.

“Hopefully we get our two matches done and we keep going for another three or four weeks.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern.edu

Madison for Big Tens

By ANDREW GOLDEN

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Northwestern will enter the Big Ten Tournament as the the fourth seed with a first-round bye, its third first-round bye in four years.

The Wildcats’ (34-16, 14-8 Big Ten) success this season can be attributed to their key players, including five who received All-Big Ten honors.

Freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis and junior left fielder Morgan Nelson were named All-Big Ten first team, while senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin was given All-Big Ten second team honors.

Junior first baseman Lily Novak made the All-Big Ten Defensive team, while Lewis and freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey were chosen for the All-Big Ten Freshman team.

Lewis, who led the Big Ten with 59 RBIs, and Nelson, who was second on the team behind Lewis in home runs and RBIs, led the Cats offensively all season, combining to hit 30 of NU’s 46 home runs.

The Cats will now look ahead to their second-round matchup Friday against the winner of the matchup between 5thseeded Ohio State (34-13, 14-8) and 12thseeded Iowa (20-31, 6-16), two teams that NU beat in its season series.

The Cats won the two series in different ways. Against the Buckeyes, the Cats’ bats led the way as they scored 24 runs in their two games. However, when they played the Hawkeyes two weeks ago, NU’s pitching gave the Hawkeyes fits as the Cats gave up only 2 runs per game.

Senior right fielder Brooke Marquez said the previous series gave NU confidence and will make the team more motivated for Friday’s matchup.

“Our matchups previously in-conference were really good,” Marquez said. “(With) both teams, we have a big advantage and we have a big target on our back,

Iowa/Ohio State vs. Northwestern Madison, Wisconsin 7 p.m. Friday

so it’s going to give us more of a push to come out ready to fight and win.”

The Cats will travel back to Madison, Wisconsin, for the second straight week after losing their final regular season series to Wisconsin last weekend.

Marquez said playing on Wisconsin’s field last weekend was very beneficial to give NU familiarity with the field.

“It gave us a feel of how the field plays ... and how big the field is,” Marquez said.

“Adjusting with our infield and outfield and knowing how far we’re at and how the wind plays on the field, it’s definitely a big advantage in the back pocket.”

NU’s identity all season has consisted of being aggressive with their speed in all aspects of the game.

For the Cats to win the whole tournament, coach Kate Drohan said the key is sticking to the basics.

“The first game of any tournament is always the toughest,” Drohan said. “Our message has been to stay loose, to play in the moment and to start fast. Our speed, physicality and aggressiveness is who we are, and I think we need to focus on that right at the start of game.”

Drohan stressed how much the team has enjoyed preparing for games all season through prep work and film review and said they will continue to do that this week.

She said if the Cats simplify the game and stick to what they have been doing all season, they can win the tournament.

“Honestly, I think it’s about our mentality at this point,” Drohan said. “Each of the teams in the tournament are good, quality teams. It’s going to be about our mentality and playing pitch-to-pitch, understanding the momentum of the game, and slowing the game down when we need to slow it down.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu