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Agrawal’s death investigated as suicide Student in critical Official ruling on cause of death is still pending, may take weeks By SYD STONE
daily senior staffer @sydstone16
The Evanston Police Department is investigating Weinberg senior Ananya Agrawal’s death as a suicide,
Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said Tuesday. Glew said Agrawal was found and pronounced dead at 630 Emerson St. on Saturday night. Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office,
told The Daily in a Tuesday email that an official ruling on the manner of death is still pending, and the ruling will “likely take several weeks.” Glew said EPD has evidence independent of the medical examination indicating Agrawal’s death was
a suicide. However, he said, there are “complicated factors” to the case that might delay an official ruling from the medical examiner. Glew added that a toxicology report is still pending. » See AGRAWAL, page 6
Man found guilty of sexual abuse Chicago man was convicted of 2016 assault at Evanston spa
condition after fall Twenty-year-old male in medically induced coma By JONAH DYLAN, COLIN BOYLE and SYD STONE
daily senior staffers @thejonahdylan, @colinbphoto, @sydstone16
A 20-year-old Northwestern student is in a medically induced coma after sustaining “significant” injuries from an incident Monday at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said Tuesday. The male student was taken to Evanston Hospital on Monday afternoon after falling from the fourth floor of the fraternity house at 2313 Sheridan Rd., University spokesman Al Cubbage said
Monday. Cubbage said there is no indication that the incident occurred during a party or activity at the fraternity house. Glew said the student is in critical condition. There is no indication of foul play, he said, adding that Evanston Police Department officers have interviewed witnesses and others associated with the student. “There’s no definitive piece of evidence or circumstance we can point to that makes this an intentional jump or an accidental fall due to ill-advised behavior,” Glew said. Glew said EPD is leading the investigation on the case. Out of respect for the family and because the incident is still under investigation, Glew said EPD cannot comment on the student’s identity. » See HOSPITAL, page 6
Judge rejects suit against University Retirement plan mismanagement claims dismissed
By JONAH DYLAN and PETER KOTECKI daily senior staffers @thejonahdylan, @peterkotecki
Colin Boyle/Daily Senior Staffer
Art of Health spa, 1638 Orrington Ave. A man was found guilty of sexual abuse last week in a case stemming from a 2016 incident at the spa.
By SYD STONE
daily senior staffer @sydstone16
A Chicago man was found guilty last week of sexually abusing a woman in a case
stemming from a 2016 incident. Kai Wang, 31, was convicted of attempted sexual assault but acquitted of more serious sexual assault charges on May 23, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Wang was arrested in
October 2016 after a 19-yearold woman told police that Wang groped her during a massage at Art of Health spa, 1638 Orrington Ave. Glew said the Evanston Police Department detective bureau conducted the investigation into the incident.
Glew said some of the incident at the massage parlor was caught on video, although the Chicago Tribune reported that the video was missing about two minutes of footage. » See CONVICTION, page 6
A United States district court judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that alleged Northwestern mismanaged its employees’ retirement and voluntary savings plans. In his opinion, Judge Jorge Alonso dismissed all seven of the plaintiffs’ counts and denied their recent motion to file a secondamended complaint. “Plaintiffs’ amended complaint is massive: 287 paragraphs over 141 pages,” Alonso wrote in his opinion. “Most of plaintiffs’
allegations, though, are not specific to the defendants and the plans in this case.” The Northwestern plaintiffs — including a staff nurse at Northwestern University Health Service and a former research assistant at the Office for Sponsored Research — originally filed the lawsuit in August 2016. Plaintiffs alleged they were financially harmed because the retirement and voluntary savings plans included excessive or imprudent fee options. They argued that the defendants’ inclusion of these options prohibited the plaintiffs from being able to grow their retirement savings by investing in options that were prudent and had reasonable fees. Such options, the suit alleged, » See DISMISSAL, page 6
Cubbage to step down after 2 decades as NU’s voice By MADDIE BURAKOFF
daily senior staffer @madsburk
When Al Cubbage (Medill ’78, ’87) was looking to pursue a master’s degree in journalism, he knew Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism was the only place he really wanted to be. Since then, he’s just kept coming back. Now, after receiving two Medill master’s degrees, marrying his wife in the Shakespeare Garden, raising two sons in Evanston and spending more than two decades serving as the public voice of the University, Cubbage is taking a step back and retiring from his current position as vice president for University Relations. Cubbage, who has served in the
role since 1997, will step down this summer. After a long stretch in what he described as a “somewhat stressful job,” Cubbage, now 65, said he found it was the right time to follow the example of his wife — a former Northwestern librarian who retired in February. After July, he will be free from his vice presidential responsibilities: overseeing a department of about 60, leading NU’s internal and external communications, and serving as the University’s chief spokesman. “It’ll be a change,” Cubbage said. “The job is a 24/7 job, and all of a sudden it won’t be there.” In addition to his role in University Relations, Cubbage is also an adjunct lecturer at NU and said he plans to continue teaching his course in Integrated Marketing Communications for the time
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being. A search committee is still in the process of finding his replacement, who will hold the title of Vice President for Global Marketing and Communications. University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily it would be a difficult task to find a successor for Cubbage, who he said is “unflappable” under pressure and always looks to do what’s right rather than what’s convenient. “All too often things go wrong … and this guy is always there, and he always treats everybody with respect, and gives everybody the dignity they deserve,” Schapiro said. “Going forward without him is really daunting for me, personally and professionally.” » See CUBBAGE, page 6
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Al Cubbage. After 21 years heading Northwestern’s University Relations department, Cubbage is preparing to step down from his role this summer.
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