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Aldermen talk 2019 budget concerns Potential layoffs, restructuring are common worries By KRISTINA KARISCH

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Sophia Bush speaks at a Planned Parenthood Generation Action NU event. The actress and activist spoke to attendees about the importance of their voting power.

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Ahead of midterms, the ‘One Tree Hill’ actress speaks to 70 students By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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As an unapologetically independent, fun-loving and sexually active character on

the popular teen drama “One Tree Hill,” Brooke Davis showed viewers how to overcome stereotypes and be their best selves. On Monday the actress who played her spoke on campus to encouraged young

people to vote in the November midterm elections. Sophia Bush spoke about the importance of voter registration and reproductive rights on Monday at an event hosted by Planned Parenthood Generation Action

NU and When We All Vote, a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting voter turnout, in Norris University Center. Bush urged the group of around 70 to vote in the » See BUSH, page 6

As City Council gears up for its annual discussion of the upcoming year’s budget, aldermen are facing concerns from constituents and questions of their own. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) and Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) all shared concerns about potential layoffs and department restructuring. Suffredin said he is confident aldermen will pass a budget at the end of the year, but said it’s unlikely that everyone will be happy with every part of the document. “It’s going to be a balanced budget and no one is going to be thrilled about it,” he said. The city’s proposed budget, published Oct. 5, is approximately $319 million, down about $19 million from last year’s numbers. The initial proposal predicts a $7.4

million budget deficit that has resulted from a combination of general fund shortfalls and new expenditures, which city staff proposes to fill through department restructuring, layoffs and fee increases. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said on Oct. 4 that the deficit is a combination of three things: a $4.9 million general fund shortfall, a $1.5 million replenishment of recently depleted reserve funds and plans for the new Robert Crown Community Center, which will require an extra $1 million for debt service on borrowed money. Friends of the Robert Crown Center, a nonprofit that is helping raise money for the project, said they are able to pay the city an extra $1 million to fill the deficit. The proposal is currently being reviewed by city staff. To solve the deficit, Bobkiewicz said that staff is suggesting decreasing expenditures by an additional $4.3 million and increasing revenue by $3.3 million. This would come from a combination of » See BUDGET, page 6

Students react to Proposed EFD cuts raise concern grim climate report Potential loss of jobs, Station 4 spark pushback from residents

Major climate crisis predicted as early as 2040 By SUZY VAZQUEZ

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A repor t ear lier this month by the United Nations that predicts a major climate crisis as early as 2040 if the atmosphere’s temperature increases by 2.7 degrees above pre-industrial levels, has caused concern among Northwestern students. Ninety-one scientists from 40 different countries wrote and edited the report, issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the United Nations. If governments don’t take the efforts necessary to improve c limate change, the scientists say a crisis is likely by 2040. The consequences include rising ocean levels, food shortages, wildfires and increased poverty. McCor mic k freshman Allison Spring said she found the numbers shocking but the report itself unsurprising. Spring lives an hour north of NU in Mount Pleasant, Wis.,

where Foxconn, a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company, is building a site near her home that many say has the potential to create many environmental problems for the community. “It ’s easy to say (climate change) doesn’t affect us because we’re so focused on the economic benefits,” Spring said. “ When it ’s in your own local community, and you can see the economic benefits, but you can also see the pollution that it’s causing and the problems that it ’s going to create in the long run. That ’s when it becomes real.” Weinberg senior Aliana Ruxin said the report is another example of science and policy not matching up. Though it reiterates the risks associated with climate change, there’s still seems to be little concern from policy makers or the current administration, Ruxin said. In response to the news, many have pointed out that some regions are already facing the consequences of climate change, although media coverage and scientific » See CLIMATE, page 6

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Evanston residents have said they are frustrated at the possibility of Evanston Fire Department Station 4 — located in the 2nd Ward at 1817 Washington St. — shutting down due to proposed budget cuts. City officials are considering a $1.2 million cut to EFD, according to the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, which was released Oct. 5. The proposed budget cuts also would result in the removal of nine EFD positions, only one of which is currently filled. Slower response times are a major concern for residents, especially in a city the size of Evanston. According to the proposed budget, if Station 4 were to close, the nearby fire stations would take over the emergency ser vices. Currently, there are five fire stations, but the closest is a mile away from Station 4. “If you are closing one, will you have more speed? I don’t think so,” said Evanston resident Maxi Illanes, who lives near the station.

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Evanston Fire Department Station 4, 1817 Washington St. Residents are concerned shutting down the station would mean increased response time to emergencies.

In 2017, the department responded to 10,059 emergency calls, according to the EFD Annual Report. In a Facebook post, former EFD Chief Greg Klaiber said Station 4 responded to 1,173 of those calls, which amounts to over 11 percent. Former EFD firefighter Mike W ideman said he was concerned about what the proposed budget is

prioritizing. “Lives are being put on the line,” Wideman said. “I can’t see how an ice skating rink and people’s lives are even in the same picture.” The projected budget deficit accounts for the renovation of the Robert Crown Community Center, which is set to include a new ice rink. The city has designated

$1 million in this year’s budget for the center ’s renovation. However, in a letter from Oct. 11 to City Council, Friends of the Robert Crown Center — a nonprofit fundraising for the center’s construction — said they can provide an additional $1 million for the project, which would cover » See EFD, page 6

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Health department status at risk with 2019 budget By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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The proposed restructuring of Evanston’s Health and Human Services Department could put the unit’s status as a health department at risk, pending approval of the city’s fiscal year 2019 budget. In the proposed 2019 budget — which contains a $7.4 million deficit — city staff recommends the elimination of several positions within the department, including the communicable disease surveillance specialist. Illinois state law requires the position to be filled for the department to be considered a recognized health department. “That’s a mandated service that by law that we have to conduct to be a local health department,” said Evonda Thomas-Smith, Evanston’s Health and Human Services director. “So it could really compromise our ability to operate.” The proposed 2019 budget is about $319 million, down around $19 million from last year’s numbers. To fill the hole created by the deficit, staff recommended employee reductions to eight departments, including cutting seven Health and Human Services Department positions. According to Illinois public health laws, mandated reporters of infectious diseases — such as health care providers and hospitals — must report any suspected or confirmed cases of communicable

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diseases to the Health and Human Services Department. The Illinois Department of Public Health lists having a Division of Infectious Diseases as one of the roles and responsibilities of a health department. The Department of Public Health says the offices, divisions and sections outlined the code are “critical to the Department of Public Health emergency response and recovery functions.” The communicable disease surveillance specialist collaborates with medical providers and residents to investigate those reports. They also partner with healthcare and public health agencies to control infectious disease outbreaks. City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz said it is his understanding that some of the proposed cuts would jeopardize the department’s classification as a health department, but that it is something the city could “contend with.” “I think it’s a designation that describes the services that we provide,” Bobkiewicz said. “I think the lack of designation does not have any other material impacts to us. The reality is that if the council moves forward with our proposed budget reductions we will be doing less things.” The other cuts to the Health and Human Services Department include the elimination of the Vital Records Program — which provides copies of birth and death certificates — and cutting three Human Services Advocate positions, one of which is vacant. The proposal also suggests the removal of the currently vacant assistant director of public

POLICE BLOTTER Teen robbed in Ridge Avenue alley

Evanston Police Department officers responded Sunday evening to a report of robbery in an alley on the 2600 block of Ridge Avenue in north Evanston. A 15-year-old Evanston resident stepped outside into the alley to sell an e-cigarette he had found earlier in the day and was confronted by two other male teenagers, both around 14 years of age, said Evanston Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew.

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Health and Human Services Director Evonda Thomas-Smith speaks at a city meeting. As part of Fiscal Year 2019 budget cuts, the city is proposing reductions to her departments.

health position. The proposed budget also includes a $250,000 cut to the Mental Health Board funds and a proposal to enter into a contract with the YWCA to provide crisis response for domestic violence victims after the reductions to the Human Services Advocate positions. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said she is concerned about the proposed cuts to both the board and department. She said that since Evanston is quite a distance from the nearest county hospital and its health department is primarily concerned with connecting residents to services, the cuts could have broad effects. The other two boys punched the 15-year-old, then took his iPhone 6 and $13 in cash and fled the scene on bicycles. The 15-year-old was left with minor injuries and immediately told his parents about the incident, Glew said. He did not recognize the other two boys, Glew added.

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“If we lose (services) and the ability to make these fast connections with our health department I am concerned people are not getting the services they need or connecting to the services they need,” Fleming said. Thomas-Smith said she is writing a budget memo on how the proposed cuts to her department would affect their operation, which will be a part of the budget packet at the Oct. 22 City Council meeting. Kristina Karisch contributed reporting. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu in south Evanston on Saturday morning. The 71-year-old male Evanston resident said the break-in occurred between 10 p.m. on Oct. 12 and and 8:50 a.m. on Saturday. The garage door was secured by a locked deadbolt, and whoever broke in used force and caused damage to the door, Glew said. He added that two vehicles inside the garage were locked, and nothing was taken. — Cameron Cook

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Pre-midterms, students talk equality By JOSIAH BONIFANT

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You’ve all heard it: equality. What does it actually mean? As the midterm elections draw nearer, voters will certainly hear candidates’ pleas for all types of equality — racial, economic, gender and otherwise. The Daily spoke with students to see what the notion means to them. Weinberg sophomore Erica Henschen said her mother’s immigration to the United States has motivated her to take positions on issues like marriage equality and class-based discrimination. “It’s so hard to explain why equality is important, because I feel like it’s a basic thing people should have,” Henschen said. “I don’t know why some people would think they deserve any more or less than other people because of what they were born into. A lot of issues regarding equality have to do with factors you can’t change.” Thirty-four states have U.S. Senate elections this cycle, while every single congressional district will also hold elections. Students who opt to vote in their home state often request absentee ballots, while others register to vote in Cook County. As the nation reckons with systemic racism and inequality, some students are looking for policies and officials that will tackle them head-on. Several students said that discrimination is more overt now than it has been in years before. “There’s definitely room for improvement regarding issues of equality,” said Communication sophomore Pooja Venkatesh. “There’s more prejudice and judgment against groups that wasn’t there before. I had never felt uncomfortable being Indian until the last two years.” The subject can draw mixed opinions: Should

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everyone simply be given the same tools for socioeconomic advancement, or should society ensure individuals achieve relatively similar outcomes? “I believe in equality of opportunity, not opportunity of outcome,” said Communication sophomore Connor Broyles. “But at some point in your life, you have to become responsible for actions you’ve made in your life. Your actions do have consequences that you have to stick with or improve your situation. I don’t believe everyone is a victim.” Practically, policies aiming for some sort of economic redistribution will cost moneyThough the economy is humming, the government is running one of the largest deficits since 2013. “There’s a lot of policies that people at this school care about like universal healthcare, social safety nets:

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all that stuff costs a lot of money,” said McCormick sophomore Logan Goering. Other than Broyles, everyone interviewed said this is the first election they will vote in, despite being old enough to vote in last year’s local elections. According to a study by Portland State University, residents 65 years and older were about 15 times more likely to vote than those between the ages of 18 and 34, who typically had turnout rates in single digits. “I think everyone should vote regardless of your political affiliation,” said Weinberg sophomore Mackenzie Smith. “I think individual votes are more powerful than people think. If everyone voted, things would be different.” josiahbonifant2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Dolores Huerta’s impacts should not just be erased MARISSA MARTINEZ

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As soon as I saw the poster announcing Dolores Huerta’s Thursday night speech, I immediately entered the event into my calendar. I had learned about Huerta’s work as a labor leader and civil rights leader, but did not know much more about her history. Huerta’s name is more unknown than the activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association: César Chávez. However, her rallying cry is something many can recognize instantly: Sí, se puede — yes, it can be done. Huerta said her first bout with activism was when she was a young girl in Girl Scouts, but she fully enveloped herself in activism after she became a teacher, when she frequently encountered farm worker families. Huerta helped lead the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO) in California soon after, where she aided voter registration efforts and

lobbied the government to improve the local neighborhoods. When she realized workers’ rights were the most urgent issue to solve, she joined forces with another CSO leader, César Chávez, and founded the National Farm Workers Association. Thanks to the dedication of her and her fellow activists, the group was instrumental in securing aid and disability insurance for California farm workers, and fought for the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, which allowed those workers to organize and ensure better working conditions. Something Huerta is most known for is her work on the nationwide boycott of grapes after she witnessed unfair working conditions in Central Valley, a boycott that reached up to 17 million people. She was arrested many times and was attacked by police during her peaceful protests as well. And yet, many people today will never truly understand all she did for California workers’ rights, work that has affected millions across the country. Even though our nation still has yet to fully respect our agricultural workers, a majority of whom are Latinx, we are so much further than before thanks to her dedication.

But Huerta is a woman, constantly thought of as “Chávez’s sidekick,” when she’s even included in the conversation at all. Despite the amazing things she has created and accomplished through every obstacle in her way, Huerta experienced an incredible amount of sexism from both the people she fought and those she represented. In addition to being an organizer, Huerta was also a mother to 11 children, a fact that many counted against her. When she spoke about feminism, the whole crowd was moved. But then she said names. Names I had never heard before. Nan Freeman, an 18-year-old killed while picketing at a sugar mill. Rufino Contreras, a 28-year-old shot by foremen. Nagi Daifallah, a 24-year-old killed by a sheriff. Juan de la Cruz, a 60-year-old killed on a picket line. Rene Lopez, a 21-year-old who died in protest. The fact that it’s impossible to know every person killed for protesting in this country is a sad reality. But when names like the five Huerta mentioned, who are considered the martyrs of CSO’s movement, are barely discussed in U.S. History classes, that’s a problem. When Huerta herself is not mentioned next to Chávez’s name,

that’s a problem. We are doomed to repeat history if we are not taught about activists in the past. Huerta’s work, along with so many others, is so crucial to our country’s development, but we rarely learn about her and her movements. Like Huerta mentioned during her speech, our country is full of “abysmal” ignorance. Part of this stems from our nation’s children not being regularly taught activist history. Yes, progress is built by campaigning and doing door-to-door groundwork, but how are young people supposed to engage in politics if they have few leaders, especially leaders with similar backgrounds, to look up to? Latinos have been disrespected in this country for centuries. Huerta’s speech reignited a fire inside me, one that I will stoke as long as I can. Gracias, Dolores. Sí, se puede. Marissa Martinez is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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.

The argument for using ‘Latinx’ over other terminology A. PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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Officially, Latino 201-0 is listed as “Introduction to Latina and Latino Studies,” but the course syllabus says “Introduction to Latinx Studies and the department recently hosted a symposium called “Latinx Politics Today: Intersecting Activism, Advocacy, and Scholarship.” The debate over the gender-neutral term Latinx has received increasing coverage in the past four years, leading to debate over usage of the term. The idea behind using the term Latinx is to remove the inherent gendering of Latino/a from the description. The immediate argument against doing so is that Latino is already a gender-neutral word. While it is true that in Spanish, the masculine form is considered the default, that does not mean it is in any way gender-neutral. Spanish as it exists has two genders, masculine and feminine. Assuming that masculine is somehow gender-neutral

only serves to allow verbal dismissal of women and non-binary people, since the presence of one man makes a group masculine. In replacing gendered endings with an x, gender is removed from the situation. All nouns are gendered in Spanish, so removing gender entirely from the language is an unattainable and unrealistic goal. However, it is also unnecessary. Inanimate objects have no feelings about their gender — but people do. Removing gendered endings from words describing or referring to people can make them feel more comfortable and accepted. A seemingly easy replacement for Latinx is Hispanic, but the words are not synonymous in meaning. Hispanic means of Spanish speaking origin, but Latinx refers to people from Latin America; Brazilians are Latinx, but not Hispanic; and Spaniards are Hispanic, but not Latinx. While the two often overlap (for example, my Cuban grandfather is both Hispanic and Latino), they are not identical in meaning. Additionally, Hispanic emphasizes the Spanish aspect of Latinx heritage, but many people want to celebrate their African or indigenous roots instead of the history of Spanish colonization.

Usage of Latinx can honor indigenous heritage in another way; in pre-Columbian America, non-binary people were represented in and respected by native communities. TwoSpirit people, who displayed masculine and feminine characteristics, were considered holy by many tribes. Spanish forces then imposed traditional gender roles on the Americas as they conquered, so adding a non-binary aspect to a Spanish word can be a reclaiming of tradition through language that was imposed by an external force. An important point made by several writers is that Latinx, while easy for American and other English speaking Latinx people to use, may not be a viable alternative for Latinx people who only speak Spanish. The “x” sound does not exist in the same form in Spanish as it does in English. A proposed, and slowly spreading alternative is Latine. Instead of replacing a/o endings with xs (lxs niñxs), a pronounceable alternative is to replace those endings with es (les niñes). While not as popular as Latinx, Latine does address both the concerns of non-binary Latines and their advocates and people trying to preserve Spanish without imposing English standards onto

Visiting scholars tred between students, profs SERVANE DUQUENOIS

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Have you ever heard of visiting scholars here at Northwestern? Do you know who they are? My guess is you don’t, because visiting scholars have a pretty unique status, and little to no visibility on campus. If your answer was yes, there’s a good chance you are a visiting scholar yourself, and you rushed to this column as soon you saw these two words appear in it, not quite used to seeing your status discussed in NU’s everyday conversations. Visiting scholars are often unheard of, yet there are about 400 of them on campus right now, representing over 40 countries. Not exactly students nor permanent faculty members, they are usually at NU for research purposes (writing a thesis, working on a specific project with a department, etc.). They stay for a relatively short duration — from a few days to a year, though their appointments can be renewed. Because visiting scholars have an inbetween status, their situation is — to put it simply — that of a ghost. Of course, the name “visiting scholars” groups very different profiles — people who come for only a few months or who belong to a research team probably do not feel invisible at all or do not bother feeling so. But those who, like me, are

students spending a year abroad to write a master’s thesis (“visiting predoctoral fellows,” as the official terminology goes) may lament the fact that they could go completely unnoticed on campus. As a “non-student” person, I do not belong to any class (hence my difficulty to answer the basic question “What year are you?”), nor can I apply for on-campus housing or benefit from many resources on campus included in students’ tuition (I have to pay a faculty price to use campus gyms). To register for classes, I have to send an email to each professor asking them to agree to have me audit the course (without registering through CAESAR). Professors often have no idea what our status is and are pretty confused as to how they should organize our presence in the course, which is easily understandable since it’s likely no one ever told them who we were. And then there is social life, probably the most difficult part of a visiting scholar’s integration into NU. Once again, we are not students, which means we are not invited to events. While freshmen are warmly welcomed each fall, visiting scholars sometimes have a hard time finding events around them to get to know people. We quickly learn to sign up for every listserv we hear of in order to be informed of what is going on on campus, because we don’t have anyone to come and tell us about it. Don’t get me wrong: the visiting scholar appointment also comes with a wide range of advantages, like our freedom to take

absolutely any class we want as long as the professor is OK with it. As someone who studies English at my home university, I could take an astrophysics or finance course (I will definitely not do that, but it ’s nice to know that I could if I wanted to). Similarly, we are under no obligation to take exams — to be exact, we are not allowed to take exams. In other words, we are free to do whatever we want on this campus (academically speaking, of course), which I find very liberating. In short, the status in itself offers a great experience; but it doesn’t give enough orientation on how to navigate life on campus and meet new people. Hopefully, if one day you happen to come across someone who tells you they ’re a visiting scholar at NU, you will know exactly what that means, and you will understand both the joys and struggles of the status. At the ver y least, I hope you will spare that person the few seconds of hesitation they have when asked what year they are — trust me, they will be grateful. Servane Duquénois is a visiting scholar completing a thesis in American Studies. She can be contacted at servane.duquenois@northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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.

the language. Some argue that Latinx and Latine are artificially created words and are altering our language inorganically. However, humans purposefully alter language constantly. Dozens of words that used to be acceptable in polite conversation are now recognized to be slurs for their harmful impact upon people. To say that people should not change their linguistic habits because it is unnatural is to value individual and societal habits over safety, comfort, and societal progress. Like any other identity-related issue, the debate over Latino/a/x/e is incredibly personal. Different people are going to be comfortable using different words to refer to themselves. Listen to what people call themselves and respect that. A. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communications freshman. They can be contacted at pallasgutierrez2022@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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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After growth, EECS to split into two departments By DANNY VESURAI

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Technological Institute. Following “explosive growth,” the EECS department will split to make administrative processes more efficient.

The electrical engineering and computer science department has started the process of splitting into two individual departments. The split — into one electrical and computer engineering department and a separate computer science department — comes partially as a result of growth in the past few years: The department is now the largest in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. The large faculty size made reaching consensus on decisions hard, said McCormick Dean Julio Ottino. Combined with recent renovations in Mudd Science and Engineering Library that opened up space for computer science and computer engineering, the size motivated department members to split. “Now we’ll have two functioning units of comparable size that will function much better in everything they have to do like research and teaching,” Ottino said. The EECS department currently has three academic divisions: electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science. Under one department, staff in all three divisions have to vote on decisions, but splitting up would increase efficiency, said Alan Sahakian, the EECS department chair. “When you’re as large as we are currently and

growing, you don’t move as quickly as you’d like,” he said. “Smaller departments can be more nimble.” After the change, faculty members may be members of many joint departments because they’re currently involved with all three divisions, Sahakian said. He said he expects the process to finish some time between January and next Fall Quarter. The split follows “explosive growth” in computer science at NU, Sahakian said. The major increased 164 percent in degrees conferred from 2008 to 2013. Northwestern announced plans in 2016 to hire 20 faculty members as part of a $150 million effort to expand computer science. Electrical and computer engineering have also experienced growth with innovation in machine learning, image processing and signal processing, Sahakian said. The Mudd Library renovations also added a Makerspace where students can design, build and test prototypes. The EECS department is seeking a Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair for the future computer science department. The Barris’ gave Northwestern $5 million in 2013 for an endowed professorship in EECS. Although the split will alleviate administrative burdens, Ottino said students might not notice it because it won’t have a direct impact on them. “Students probably will see not much difference,” he said. “The quality of the decisions will be the same as before, but the efficiency will increase.” dvesurai@u.northwestern.edu

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A 33-year-old West Chicago man was sentenced to six years in prison after he was convicted of raping a former Northwestern student, the Chicago Tribune reported. Pablo Herrera was convicted in April of the former sexual assault of a student in Foster-Walker Complex. The unidentified woman, a then-20-year-old undergraduate at the time of the assault, said despite the complicated legal process and her own struggles with mental health, she was glad that she reported the crime. “This avenue, through the hoops, hurdles and delays of a clunky criminal justice system, is the only way to hold those who hurt others officially accountable for their actions,” she said at the sentencing according to the Tribune. Herrera was found guilty of criminal sexual assault and not guilty of aggravated criminal sexual assault or sexual abuse. Prosecutors said he will serve at least 85 percent of his sentence and will be registered as a permanent sex offender, according to the Tribune. At the trial last spring, the woman testified that she met Herrera several months before they met up and she let him sleep on the floor of her room in Foster-Walker. “I want to ask the defendant: Why? At what point did you decide that I was unworthy of basic human respect?” the woman said, according to the Tribune. She said that in the aftermath of the assault, she considered taking her life with medication prescribed to her after the assault, the Tribune reported, and was angry that she didn’t have enough left at the end of the month. “I grappled with my feelings of self-esteem, selfworth, shame and fear as everything around me and in my own mind became a reminder of what happened,” she said at the sentencing. Herrera’s fiancée and mother-in-law testified on his behalf and called him a good father, but Herrera did not address the court himself, the Tribune reported. Judge Lauren Edidin said it was his choice to use his experience to rape her. “He violated her. Those were his actions. His choices,” Edidin said as she handed down the sentence. amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Foster-Walker Complex. On Friday, 33-year-old West Chicago man Pablo Herrera was sentenced to six years for the rape of former NU student.

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From page 1 upcoming midterm elections. After voting earlier in the day in Chicago, Bush said Illinois’ relatively friendly voter laws make people’s excuses for not voting inadequate. “This idea that you can just not vote, that you just don’t have to pick — that’s an idea of privilege,” Bush said. “Assuming that you don’t have to actively participate in your society is really disrespectful to the people whose lives are on the line whose worlds your participation, or lack thereof, effects.” Though the event was nonpartisan, Bush — who said that anyone who follows her on social media would know she is liberal — urged

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fee increases, fund reductions, department restructuring and potential staff layoffs. Fleming said that after looking over the proposal and taking into consideration the impending deficit, she’s “concerned about all of it.” “It’s all key because it’s a huge deficit,” Fleming said. “There’s a lot of large items on there because we have such a large deficit. … I’m concerned that even with those cuts, we’re going to have a potential deficit next year.” While Fleming said she and her fellow aldermen may not have exactly the same priorities when it comes to the budget, they are all concerned “for the livelihood of the city” and and are working for their constituents. She said one of her areas of concern is

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studies don’t fully reflect that reality. “ There has to be significant scientific proof to motivate any kind of policy change, and the places that are going to have the most severe and immediate impact aren’t even studied by most scientific researchers,” Ruxin said. The report says the world can turn the situation around, but politically, it isn’t likely. If a crisis occurs, the report estimates damages at around $54 trillion. Weinberg senior Yasmine Diara said she found the report unsurprising. She added that she feels desensitized to a lot of issues in the world today. Making individual changes like using reusable straws and recycling regularly have the potential to have a large-scale effect, Diara added. However, she emphasized that these practices fail to take into account

attendees to vote blue down the ballot. As someone with conservative family members, Bush also noted it can be beneficial to start political dialogues from a point of agreement rather than opening with a divisive issue. Erin Hannigan, a representative from When We All Vote, moderated the conversation. She said having tough discussions with people about politics is part of the effort to encourage everyone to vote. “There’s a lot of folks in the room, including myself, who have challenging conversations with friends and family about a lot of things related to voting,” Hannigan said. On reproductive rights, Bush said the conversation around supporting Planned Parenthood should encompass more than just abortion. The

majority of Planned Parenthood’s services don’t involve abortion, and framing the debate around it ignores other consequences of defunding the organization, including access to birth control and health care for women. Bush, who is very critical of President Donald Trump on social media, framed much of the conversation on voting around social media. She said it is “meaningless” to post photos from marches or rallies without voting. With 3.2 million followers on Instagram and 1.3 million followers on Twitter, Bush has a large platform of influence. With such a large following comes a responsibility for educated activism, she said. “I would never be able to sleep at night if I just did the easy, popular, sunshine-y thing on social media, because then what am I talking

to people for?” Bush said. “Nobody wants to see avocado toast as often as I eat it.” Planned Parenthood Generation Action NU co-president and SESP senior Eliza Beth told The Daily she was “super excited” to hear Bush speak. As a “One Tree Hill” fan, the SESP senior said Bush is a fantastic actress with a great message. As a new club on campus, Beth said bringing Bush in helped them establish a profile on campus, one of their goals for the quarter. “Sophia Bush is almost our age,” Beth said. “She’s a woman. She’s dynamic and powerful and exciting, and so having a speaker like her just feels really relevantant and really meaningful. It feels like I can really connect to her and what she stands for.”

the proposed $250,000 cut to the Mental Health Board as well as restructuring in the Department of Health and Human Services, which could jeopardize the department’s state classification. Fleming said the cuts could mean that residents have a harder time accessing health services. “I think we’ll see a larger number of people go unserved which has a number of negative impacts that we probably will start to see over the next couple of years,” Fleming said. “It’s not gonna happen just in one day.” Braithwaite said he is also concerned about the proposed cuts to various departments across the city and possible staff reductions. He said it is important for residents to remember that the budget proposal is just that — a proposal, and that aldermen will be able to adjust it to better serve the community’s needs.

He is prepared, he added, to question whether the city needs to move $1.5 million into its reserve fund. “(We can make) smart choices to preserve those vital services,” he said. “I think it’s important to take a closer look at it, and the impact it could have if we don’t.” Suffredin said it is important for aldermen and residents to realize that not everyone will have all their priorities included in the final budget, and that the process will require members of City Council to make difficult decisions. He said he is open to substantial cuts if they are necessary, and wants to shift the budget discussion to items that may not be the most glamorous but can help the city for years to come. Aldermen and residents need to focus on infrastructure and planning and maintenance

projects that will serve the city for decades to come, Suffredin said, like “streets, parks, police and fire.” “The parts of (the budget) that matter are the most boring parts,” Suffredin said. “People get worked about the things that they have an emotional response to. But most of municipal government isn’t emotional — it’s boring infrastructure and planning.” He said there are pressing issues in the city that may get overlooked in favor of more popular initiatives, but that aldermen, in talking about the proposed budget, should be thinking in terms of long-term investment in the city. “The City Council of 1983 could have done a lot to help out the City Council of 2018,” Suffredin said. “What can the City Council of 2018 do to (help) the City Council of 2053?”

marginalized communities that don’t necessarily have the privilege to do all of these things. “I just don’t think it’s fair to hold marginalized communities accountable for something that’s not a problem they created or necessarily their responsibility to fix,” Diara said. “They’re going to feel the repercussions the hardest.” For scientists in the field, the report ’s dire conc lusion was predictable, since data was aggregated from studies already published. “Scientists have been warning of the consequences of unmitigated greenhouse gas emissions for decades,” said earth and planetar y sciences Prof. Daniel Horton. “ The hopeful piece of this report is the idea that solutions are possible – all they require is the courage of individuals, of businesses, and of our political leaders to enact change.” susanavazquez2022@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 the amount in the deficit. The total cost of the renovations has amounted to $53 million. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily that his office is looking over the proposal in conjunction with the city’s legal and finance departments. If Station 4 closes, the fire engine located there would also be removed. Evanston resident Diane Erickson, said that after she experienced a hike in property taxes in 2017, the proposal to cut the EFD budget is “inexcusable.” “ The city of Evanston should not be closing fire departments or anything, especially with our taxes (having gone) up. I’m very unhappy,” Erickson said. The elimination of nine firefighter positions is also upsetting to some residents, although eight of the positions are currently

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karisch@u.northwestern.edu vacant. Evanston resident Elijah Gist said there has to be another alternative to taking away job opportunities. “These are people’s jobs at stake,” he said. “It ’s not a great look for the city, people losing their jobs.” The city is also considering removing five officer positions from the Evanston Police Department, according to the budget proposal. Wideman, the former firefighter, said he was born and raised in Evanston, and a lot of his family still lives in southwest Evanston, the area Station 4 covers. He said that he wants his family to be serviced the best they can, but the officials who formed the proposal “don’t even have roots in Evanston.” “The last thing they should ever cut is the 911 emergency services,” Wideman said. “Never ever ever.” snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Teresa Woodruff elected to National Academy of Medicine

The Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the University announced in a Monday news release. The academy recognizes individuals who have demonstrated “outstanding professional achievements and commitment to service” in the medical field, according to its website. Woodruff, who is also a Feinberg School of Medicine researcher and director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at Northwestern, was among the 85 new members elected — one of the “highest honors in the fields of health and medicine,” the release said. Her team has made wide-ranging discoveries and innovations in reproductive health, and Woodruff was recognized for numerous accomplishments including “her work on preservation of fertility in cancer patients,” according to the academy. “I’m thrilled about my election to the National Academy of Medicine, which recognizes not only my work but also that of my students over a 33-year career,” Woodruff said in the release. Woodruff helped persuade the National Institutes of Health in 2016 to change policy to include sex as a biological variable in all federally funded research and five years earlier, received a Presidential award from Barack Obama. In the release, she credited the University for supporting her research and achievements. “Northwestern University is the only place I could have made all our discoveries,” she said. — Troy Closson

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Teresa Woodruff, The Graduate School dean, who was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Woodruff helped persuade the National Institutes of Health in 2016 to change policy to include sex as a biological variable in all federally funded research.

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Despite recent controversies over privacy and security, Northwestern students said their trust in Facebook hasn’t wavered. The company has been rocked with scandals over the past year regarding its handling of user data, including a recent report that said information from about 29 million users were stolen by cyber attackers. Since the revelations of Cambridge Analytica’s data collections during the 2016 presidential election, trust in Facebook across the nation has been fragile. According to NBC news survey data, the general public’s trust in the social media outlet is down more than 50 percent since the scandal, but several Northwestern students don’t seem to feel the same way. Medill freshman Rachel Schonberger said she doesn’t worry about the current controversies surrounding Facebook. “I still use Facebook, because I’m more focused on the social aspects of Facebook,” Schonberger said. “So it’s not really as much a concern for me, politically.” In April, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified to Congress and apologized for what many labeled as malpractice. Zuckerberg said Cambridge Analytica accessed 87 million Facebook users’ names, likes and other personal information — including his own. Medill sophomore Augusta Saraiva said she worries more about others’ security on Facebook than she does her own because she is aware of the dangers associated with social media platforms. “I think that people like my mom or my parents, who are not aware of what is going on, might be very impacted by that, because they can’t differentiate what is fake news from what is trusting news,” Saraiva said. Facebook announced in a news release that it will include a link at the top of the page that allows users to see what information apps have collected about them and limit the information those apps can collect. It will also allow users to remove those apps. The company said in April they would alert those users whose personal data were collected by Cambridge Analytica.

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Medill Prof. Melissa Isaacson said she finds the situation “very scary,” but like Saraiva, Isaacson said she doesn’t think she will be directly affected by it. “I’m very vigilant, so certainly while I’m troubled by it, I’m more troubled by how vulnerable others might be, who don’t understand and aren’t on the alert for it,” she said. The controversies raise questions about how social media giants can move past scandals and better protect their users. Weinberg sophomore Adam Downing is interested in how social media networks will navigate these waters in the future. “It opens up a lot of things that we have never considered about social media and how the

internet as a whole is going to work in the 21st century,” Downing said. “Now I think we are kind of figuring out what that means, to live in a world with social media, and where a lot of the news and a lot of the influence that people experience in the world comes from these platforms.” Still, Downing said he continues to follow the news to remain aware of the controversies that have yet to unfold. “Not so much because I’m afraid of what’s happening to my information, but to kind of watch as a new field emerges, or to see how it kind of adapts to the situation,” he said. cadencequaranta2022@u.northwestern.edu

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For a team that’s focused all season on advancing further in the NCAA Tournament than last year, pressure is starting to build as Northwestern gets closer to the postseason. For the No. 25 Wildcats, who’ve been thinking about the Sweet 16 since last November, a game beyond Saturday’s regular season finale somehow is not guaranteed. Sunday was a heavy dose of reality for NU (9-4-3, 3-4-2), which couldn’t avoid a disappointing 0-0 draw Sunday at home against Purdue (6-6-4, 1-5-3) and, as a result, remains on the outside of the Big Ten Tournament, where only the top 8 teams in the conference qualify. “This team came into the season with such high expectations that it’s a real weight to carry,” coach Michael Moynihan said. “Everybody’s expectations of them were so high because they’ve done so well, and it’s hard.” The Cats won eight of their first 12 games this season and rose to No. 14 in the NCAA rankings, but for the second time in two weeks, NU couldn’t beat a team at the bottom of the conference standings. Against the 13th-place Boilermakers on Sunday, after dominating possession for almost the entire first half, the Cats couldn’t get anything

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going offensively after that. Moynihan made 10 total substitutions in the midfield and front line in the second half and overtime, which he attributed to a lack of confidence and aggression in NU’s attack. “The midfield a lot of times is the engine that gets everything going,” he said. “I thought that some of the people who came in just didn’t seem to be really ready… It was hard to get much going forward and the forwards couldn’t really do it on their own.” In the second half Sunday, NU lost its third starting midfielder, when sophomore Regan Steigleder collided in the air with a Purdue defender and fell to the turf with five minutes left in regulation. The Cats were struggling so much on offense that they chose to advance the ball and make a run at the goal while Steigleder laid on the ground writhing in pain, but sophomore forward Nia Harris’ shot at the net was blocked before NU’s trainer ran onto the field. With Steigleder joining injured midfielders Madi Kennel and Marisa Viggiano on the sidelines, Moynihan gave time to players who haven’t been seeing meaningful minutes, including freshmen Kaylee Titus, Chloe McGhee and Madison

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Donley, in addition to junior Abby Dein, who lost her first two seasons to injury and hadn’t played a minute against Big Ten competition. Senior forward Brenna Lovera, the team’s leading scorer, has been forced into more of a distributing role with Viggiano sidelined. Without the team’s leader in assists, Lovera said she’s struggled with a new set of responsibilities, including controlling possession and setting up her teammates. “I had to become a little bit more vocal and a little bit more of a calming presence,” said Lovera, who had only one shot Sunday. “(Viggiano’s) our fearless leader and our warrior in the midfield, and she controls the tempo of the game. If things get frantic, she calms us down.” With such a different-looking front seven, the Cats almost let the game slip away from them in the second half and overtime. In the final 65 minutes, NU was outshot 13-6, and without three challenging saves from freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood late in overtime, Purdue would have completed the upset. Her biggest highlight came eight minutes into overtime, when Wood blocked Purdue midfielder Kylie Hase’s shot from the left side of the box and dove on the ball a second before Purdue could have gotten off a game winner. The rest seemed to go wrong for the Cats against the Boilermakers, who sit next to last in the conference standings. “I look at this and think it could have gone worse,” Moynihan said. “That would have been really crushing to lose a game on senior day.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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For the second time in three games, Northwestern will battle a local rival. After playing to a draw against DePaul seven days ago, the Wildcats will face Illinois-Chicago. NU (4-6-4, 0-4-2 Big Ten) has struggled recently and hasn’t won in its last eight games, three of which were on the road. The Cats will have to bounce back from a tough loss against Rutgers on Friday, when coach Tim Lenahan said his team did not play up to his standards. “Playing a road game in the Big Ten, there’s a different vibe that you have to bring,” Lenahan said. “I don’t know that we were necessarily ready for that game.” While NU may not have played to its standards on Friday, the Cats were once again able to generate more shots than they have for most of the season. NU took 16 shots, six of them on goal, and took five corner kicks. But even with all of the opportunities, the Cats only generated one success — a goal from junior midfielder Matt Moderwell. This has become a recurring theme for NU. For most of the season, NU has struggled to possess the ball and create shots. For a 5-game stretch in the middle of the year, the Cats averaged only 4.6 shots per match. However, in its last three contests, NU has taken 16.67 shots per game. The new challenge for the Cats to hurdle is to turn their opportunities into goals. Freshman midfielder Connor McCabe, junior midfielder Mattias Tomasino and junior forward Ty Seager all had shots that hit off the post against Rutgers. Even with the unlucky plays, Lenahan said NU can’t harp on

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missed opportunities in the last game. He added that the harder you work, the luckier you get with bounces. The Cats will have to work hard to get some luckier bounces against the Flames (9-3-1, 4-1-1 Horizon League). UIC — which is currently tied for first in the Horizon League — has had success against other Chicago teams. In two games against DePaul and Loyola, the Flames won 2-0 and 2-1, respectively. In addition, UIC ’s offense is explosive, averaging 2.15 goals per game. For ward Max Todd is the F lames’ go-to player, leading the team with 22 points and 11 goals — but he is not the only one scoring goals. Eight other players have scored for the F lames this season. The Cats’ defense will also have to slow down midfielder Jesus Perez and forward Markell Saddler. Perez has only scored three goals this season, but has the ability to set up his teammates: he is second on the team in points with 16 and first in assists with 10. Saddler can also do a little bit of everything as he has scored four goals, while also collecting seven assists. Despite the big challenge ahead for NU, Lenahan believes his team is on the same page and knows the team can play better. “ T h a t ’s w h e n yo u’re s t a r t ing to come together,” L enahan said. “ W hen you as a coach and t h e p l aye r s c a n s e l f - e v a l u a t e a little bit, I don’t think that overall we were happy with our performance.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

After a crushing loss to Ohio State last week, Northwestern knew the importance of this weekend. A two-game set against ranked Big Ten opponents No. 14 Rutgers and No. 6 Penn State promised to be crucial for an at large NCAA tournament bid. But the Wildcats could not make it work at Lakeside Field against the Scarlet Knights (11-4, 3-4, Big Ten), despite doubling Rutgers in shots (8-4), and penalty corners (6-3). The Scarlet Knights jumped out to an early two-score lead, with goals from midfielders Linde Van Schaik and Daphne Groothuis in the eighth and 20th minutes, respectively. But the NU (8-8, 3-4) offense fired on all cylinders, with balls flying everywhere except into the net until senior midfielder Eva Van Agt answered the clarion call in the game’s 23rd minute to cut the deficit in half. Van Agt dribbled past three players into the circle, and her rip beat Rutgers goalkeeper Gianna Glatz for her fourth goal of the season. The Cats searched the rest of the game in vain to find an equalizer, forcing three saves out of Glatz, but the team could not find an answer to the stout goalkeeping from the other side. Senior midfielder Puck Pentenga paced NU with three shots and one on goal, followed closely by Van Agt’s two shots which were both on target. Coach Tracey Fuchs said the Cats found a way to respond after going down early, but their firepower wasn’t enough. “We had a really poor first fifteen minutes and then played a great game the rest of the way, Fuchs said. “But we started poorly and that really put us on our heels.” On Sunday, NU came out flying against the Nittany Lions (9-4, 4-2), controlling the game’s first ten minutes and firing two shots at Penn State goalkeeper Jenny Rizzo. Junior forward Saar de Breij capitalized on the early success, scoring her fourth of the season to put the Cats ahead in

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the fourth minute. “To be honest I don’t really remember it,” de Brej said. “I know that Lakin (Barry) had great pressure on the ball and I think she shot the ball on goal and it bounced back off of the goalie and I just shot it on goal.” The lead did not last. The Nittany Lions scored the game’s next four goals, all coming from scrums directly in front of the net. The Nittany Lions ended the first half with 11 shots to NU’s mere three, with three penalty corners to the Cats’ zero. Fuchs said NU needs to clean up its handling of defensive rebounds to be more effective in keeping the ball out of their own net. “We just need to jump on the ball first,” Fuchs said. “We’ll keep working on it. It’s nice to get a penalty corner goal ourselves but we just need to keep fighting and keep working.” The Wildcats came out of the halftime break with renewed energy, and freshman forward Maren Seidel’s sixth goal of the season cut the deficit to two. Seidel deflected Pentenga’s

penalty corner shot at the front of the net to give NU new life in the game. And the offense kept coming, with sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Keegan deflecting home her second of the season off a pass from senior midfielder Charlotte Vaziri from the penalty corner spot with 13 minutes left to play. But, like against the Scarlet Knights, the Cats were unable to find a game-tying goal. The loss was NU’s third one-goal defeat in a row. But de Breij said she feels NU — which has lost four of its last five — is closer than ever to finding the formula for winning consistently. “I think we’ve made a lot of progress already,” de Breij said. “The last couple of games, our energy got lower and lower every time they scored a goal and now we came back in the huddle and we just motivated each other. We feel really good for the next couple games.” gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Puck Pentenga dispossess an opposing player. The senior midfielder had one assist this weekend.