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Following allegations, students challenge IFC’s approach to teaching sexual assault prevention By ERICA SNOW
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Sharon Wang was one of more than 300 students who marched Feb. 10 to support survivors following allegations of druggings and sexual assaults at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Wang, who said she is a survivor of sexual assault, shared her story at the march in front of the crowd gathered outside the fraternity’s national headquarters. But just a week later, the Weinberg junior said she saw the same students “brushing this issue off.” “It was like, ‘Oh yeah, me and my frat bros showed up in solidarity; we’re not these kinds of people’,” Wang said. “But then a week later,
they were back to, you know, being completely complicit in a culture (that) just promotes rape culture.” The march followed a Feb. 6 announcement that the University had received reports alleging sexual assaults and druggings at SAE and another, unnamed fraternity. Though the investigations closed without sanction, SAE was suspended from campus for an unrelated charge of providing alcohol to minors, in violation of a disciplinary probation.The chapter has since filed an appeal, allowing its members to stay in the house through the end of the quarter. But following the allegations, questions linger over how Interfraternity Council and other members of the student body can combat sexual assault at Northwestern. Since the University announced the reports of possible druggings and sexual assaults,
students have led numerous calls to action, including the march to SAE headquarters and a letter signed by more than 250 students to “end the normalization of sexual assault.” Several IFC members and organizations who have worked to fight sexual assault in their community have raised questions about the efficacy of their efforts and how they can improve. A study conducted by Ohio University in 2005 found that men in fraternities were about three times more likely to commit sexual assault than non-affiliated male students. Among undergraduate women, 23.1 percent of women are sexually assaulted during their time in college, according to statistics from Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. Wang said it can be easy for survivors to lose hope if they don’t feel their demands are being met by the University and when efforts to stop sexual assault prove ineffective. After protests, petitions and national news coverage, Wang said
she and other survivors she knew felt drained by the lack of progress. “When (the allegations) came out, everyone got really worked up over it and really passionate about it, but then a week later everyone had just forgotten about it,” Wang said. “For survivors, that’s not how that works. You live the experience every single day.”
Setting the standard
IFC president Rodney Orr said all new member classes must attend an educational program taught by Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault. The SESP junior said a universal policy “brings the standard up” by mandating each chapter learn about sexual assault. Weinberg junior Kevin Pu, president of MARS, said the group branded the educational program as “MARS 101” this year. He said the » See IFC, page 6
Former ambassador talks NATO MEET to cease Ivo Daalder discusses organization’s return to Cold War-era roots By ALAN PEREZ
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Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, discussed U.S. foreign affairs and said NATO is returning to its original mission of deterring the Russians during an event Friday. “The fundamental raison d’être, the NATO 1.0 reason for NATO existing, is back with a vengeance,” Daalder said. Daalder, who served as ambassador during former President Barack Obama’s first term, spoke to an audience of more than 70 people in McCormick Auditorium about the threat of Russia and the current events surrounding global politics. The conversation, co-hosted by the International Student Association and Political Union, was moderated by international studies and political science Prof. Hendrik Spruyt.
Political Union co-president Max Rowe told The Daily his organization invited Daalder because of his leadership experience and proximity to campus. As president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Daalder leads the organization in forming relationships between global cities. “We wanted to provide (students) the opportunity engage with people who are at the highest level of political thought and ask them their questions,” the Weinberg junior told The Daily. Daalder said Russia’s 2014 “invasion” of Crimea mandated a return to NATO’s original mission from the Cold War era. The action sent “shockwaves” through NATO’s leadership, causing it to shift focus away from operations at the time in Turkey and Afghanistan, he said. “The new rationale for NATO is its original rationale, which is to reassure allies and » See DAALDER, page 9
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distributing signs Group to focus on engagement over BLM sign sales By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, during an event in McCormick Auditorium on Friday. Daalder discussed NATO’s return to its original mission of dealing with the threat of Russia.
After two years of working to cover the city with Black Lives Matter signs, Making Evanston Equitable Together is bringing its sign distribution campaign to a close. The project began on Mother’s Day weekend 2015 and was in part inspired by the Million Moms March on Washington — which protested police violence and the killing of Dontre Hamilton, who was shot by Milwaukee police — MEET co-founder Melissa Blount said. The organization decided to stop selling signs to focus on more direct community engagement, Blount said. Blount and others who could not attend the march in
2015 held a solidarity vigil and decided afterward to start distributing Black Lives Matter signs to further raise awareness of racial justice issues, Blount said. “People live parallel lives in Evanston,” Blount said. “It’s this appearance of being a diverse community, but people don’t really interact, intersect or really engage one another.” Though the project has received support from the community — around 1,500 signs have been sold — there were also many negative reactions, which have escalated since President Donald Trump’s election, Blount said. Black Lives Matter signs have been stolen and vandalized, and some residents have called the campaign “racist,” she said. MEET has held discussions and town hall meetings to better engage the community and provide context for the signs, but has been unsure » See MEET, page 9
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