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ASG to help fund groups hit by cuts Deficit hurting groups funded by departments

By CAMERON COOK, ALAN PEREZ

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The Associated Student Government will provide emergency money to student groups after they expressed worries over slashed budgets.

The news comes as several student groups funded by academic departments or schools saw a decrease in their funding for this year. Provost Jonathan Holloway directed all academic units to cut 5 percent of their non-salary budgets to combat an unexpected budget deficit.

Holloway told reporters last week that some student activities “would certainly be cut.”

The decision to decrease funding to specific groups, however, is under the jurisdiction of the schools and academic programs, he added.

The money for the emergency fund will come from a pool of money drawn from tuition fees.

Decisions will be made “in line

with principles established by the Emergency Funding Committee,” ASG said in a news release announcing the move, adding that the assistance will come from a one-time funding cycle.

To receive emergency funding, groups must prove funding for an event or operation has been revoked, provide itemized budgets from the 2016-17 academic year to the present, prove the group has applied for other available institutional or external grants and be available for an interview on Saturday, Nov. 3.

Some students have expressed alarm and confusion since 80 administrative layoffs were announced over the summer, one of the most drastic steps thus far to combat the shortfall.

Roughly the same amount of unfilled positions were also cut.

But the move to reduce student group funding suggests students won’t be spared from the spending cuts.

Northwestern Mock Trial, funded primarily by the Office of the Provost, Office of the President and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has lost 40 percent of its usual budget, » See EMERGENCY, page 6

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U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky chats with Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin during the Democratic Party of Evanston’s annual dinner.

Schakowsky presented the Yellow Dog Award to Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.

Evanston dems honor local leaders

Chuy Garcia, Cicely Fleming, Toni Preckwinkle among the celebrated

By JANE RECKER

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While honoring the work of prominent Cook County Democrats, the Democratic Party of Evanston on Sunday rallied its members for the midterm elections at its annual dinner.

Awards recipients included

Cook County Board President and Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle, Illinois 4th congressional district Candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) and former DPOE board president Ginny Darakjian.

Though many acknowledged losses Democrats have faced since 2016, attendees overall had a hopeful outlook for the midterms.

Evanston Township Democratic

Committeeman Eamon Kelly said that while the U.S. Senate is anyone’s game, he felt Democrats would likely take back the House and, with the party’s continued efforts, the governor’s seat as well.

Illinois State Treasurer Mike Frerichs is up for election this November. Frerichs, who won in 2014 by just 9,225 votes, emphasized the importance of being politically active.

“I won by less than one vote per precinct,” he said. “Every person in this room in the next two weeks can find one person who doesn’t vote and convince them to do the right thing. And if you do that, you can re-elect Jan Schakowsky, you’ll elect J.B. Pritzker, you’ll elect Kwame Raoul as Attorney General.” » See DINNER, page 6

Alum seeks to flip Tenn. seat EPD coverage of NU at risk Justin Kanew runs against slim odds in red area

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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This profile is part of a series on Northwestern alumni running for Congress.

Justin Kanew (Weinberg ’01) never set out to run for Congress.

Kanew, 39, has been many things — history major, writer, producer and contestant on “The

Amazing Race” are among the multi-hyphenate’s many titles — but he had never considered politics. After the 2016 election, Kanew, who lives in College Grove, Tenn., decided he needed to step up and act to keep the country on the right path. He sought out the Democratic challenger running against longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) hoping to offer his help.

“I went looking for whoever

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Justin Kanew (Weinberg ’01) carries his daughter. Kanew, who is running for Congress, said he hopes to advocate for young people like her through supporting climate change and gun control legislation.

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was going to run against her,” Kanew said. “I couldn’t find that person, so I became that person.

It’s really not much more complicated than that. So, this was not something that I set out to do, but with everything going on in this country, it feels like we’re better off when we have options.

So, I’m just the guy that stepped forward.”

Now just weeks away from the 2018 midterm election, Kanew has been campaigning for over a year as a Democrat to represent Tennessee’s 7th district, a longtime conservative stronghold that stretches from the wealthy suburbs of Nashville to the rural counties east of Memphis.

Blackburn vacated her seat to run for Senate in October 2017, so Kanew, having won his primary, is now facing Republican State Sen. Mark Green.

‘An Obvious Reaction’ Though Kanew had never considered running before, politics was always a topic of conversation among his friends in college.

Justin Wine (Weinberg ’01), Kanew’s fraternity brother in Delta Tau Delta and longtime friend, said Kanew and other liberal friends would always argue with the conservative members of the friend group. Both Wine and Kanew recall the 2000 » See KANEW, page 6

Budget would cut overtime pay for Dillo, games

By JOSHUA IRVINE

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Changes to Evanston’s operating budget could end Evanston police presence at Northwestern football games and Dillo Day. The proposed budget for the 2019 fiscal year beginning in January eliminates overtime pay for Evanston Police Department officers assigned to home football games at Ryan Field and Dillo Day, compromising EPD’s

Qatar campus hit by flooding

Northwestern’s satellite campus in Qatar will remain closed on Monday after facilities faced flooding and power outages over the weekend.

Education City in Doha — the site of eight branches of international universities including NU-Q — will be closed “until safety is fully guaranteed,” the Qatar Foundation wrote on Twitter. Heavy rain devastated the area during a powerful storm on Saturday.

Everette E. Dennis, dean of NU-Q, wrote in an email to the NU-Q community that the campus has no running

presence at the events. These events are typically jointly policed

by EPD and University Police, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew.

The cuts to police overtime would reduce the city’s expenditures by $91,000, according to the proposed budget by city staff —$7,000 from Dillo Day and $12,000 from each of the seven planned home games next year. The cuts are part of a greater effort by the city to combat a $7.4 million deficit and bring the city’s general fund into

a positive balance, according to the proposal.

University police referred comment to NU spokespeople.

University spokesman Bob Rowley said any changes are “still premature and speculative” since city aldermen have yet to approve the budget proposal.

“It would be inappropriate for us to comment on any security changes or measures undertaken by the Evanston Police Department,” he wrote in an email to

water or air conditioning, some nonfunctional toilets and out-of-commission basement facilities. However, all members of the community remain safe and secure, and Dennis urged everyone to stay home.

The Qatar Foundation later informed the community on Twitter that Education City and its universities have taken immediate measures to address the unprecedented rainfall and is “making strong progress in addressing the weatherrelated impact on some of our facilities.”

Roads were closed in the area after flooding made them inaccessible.

“It was a disaster trying to drive yesterday and we

need to have a conversation about infrastructural changes ASAP,” tweeted Ifath Sayed, an alum of the Qatar campus’ journalism program.

At the Northwestern campus, volunteers rushed to contain the flooding and drain the water. Twitter videos show students and staff using mops to sweep water to the lower floors of the building.

“The physical damage has been fairly significant and the effort being undertaken to minimize the damage is nothing short of amazing,” Dennis said in the email, adding that only “essential personnel” are allowed in the building.

» See POLICE, page 6

— Amy Li and Alan Perez

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

AROUND TOWN

Aldermen to address proposed budget concerns

By KRISTINA KARISCH

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Aldermen on Monday will discuss the city’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget, which has garnered concerns from both residents and council members.

The proposed budget sets to fill an estimated $7.4 million deficit, which 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.

However, Friends of the Robert Crown Center, a nonprofit organization that is raising money for the new center’s construction, said they can provide the city with an additional $1 million in funding for the project.

Peter Giangreco, the group’s secretary, said the organization has raised more money this year than originally anticipated, and may now be able to fill the gap. He said its board voted unanimously to give the additional money to the city. In a letter sent to Mayor Steve Hagerty and members of City Council, the organization’s board said they have already raised $11.7 million of their $15 million “stretch” fundraising goal.

At a February City Council meeting, aldermen decided that Friends of the Robert Crown Center had to provide the city $2.5 million toward construction costs in fall 2018. But according to the letter, the group is able to give $3.5 million — $1 million more than expected. Giangreco said since the package passed, the project has experienced $4.5 million in construction

POLICE BLOTTER Parking lot argument turns violent Evanston Police Department officers on Thursday evening responded to a report of battery in the parking lot on 2400 Main St. in southwest Evanston.

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City manager Wally Bobkiewicz at a meeting. Aldermen on Monday will discuss the proposed fiscal year 2019 budget.

overruns.

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said on Oct. 12 that his office received the proposal and sent it to the city’s legal and financial departments for review.

Proposed service cuts raise concern

To solve the deficit, Bobkiewicz said staff is suggesting decreasing expenditures by an additional $4.3 million and increasing revenue by $3.3 million.

A 61-year-old man from Chicago backed his car out of a parking spot out in front of a 63-year-old man from Skokie who was pushing a shopping cart, said Evanston police communications coordinator Perry Polinski.

The Chicago man got out of his car, and the two men began to argue, Polinski said.

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Included in these proposed cuts are plans to shut down Evanston Fire Department Station 4, cease city operation of Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center and restructure and reduce funding to certain services in the Health and Human Services Department. The proposed budget also calls for a number of staff reductions of both vacant and filled positions.

Residents and aldermen alike have expressed their concerns with those cuts. in the face, causing a minor injury, he said.

Amazon package stolen off porch EPD officers responded to a report of a theft in the 2000 block of McDaniel Avenue in west Evanston.

The 57-year-old resident told officers that

The proposed closure of Station 4 has been met with backlash. The station — located at 1817 Washington St. — is in the 2nd Ward and services the southwest region of Evanston. Bobkiewicz said if City Council approves the proposed budget, the building that houses Station 4 will be sold and nearby stations will take over emergency services for the area.

Slower response times are a major concern for residents, especially in a city the size of Evanston.

Currently, there are five fire stations, but the closest is a mile away from Station 4.

However, in an email to The Daily, Evanston Fire Local 742 Union executive board members Ryan Roeder and Billy Lynch said “recklessly” closing Station 4 would cause delays in service and thereby compromise safety.

Additionally, proposed restructuring of Evanston’s Health and Human Services Department could put the unit’s status as a health department at risk. The budget proposal 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.

Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) shared concerns about potential layoffs and department restructuring. On Oct. 15, he 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. karisch@u.northwestern.edu an Amazon package had been removed from his front porch on Thursday at around 2:30 p.m., Polinski said.

The theft is being further investigated, and officers plan to question a witness to attempt to identify whoever stole the package, he added. ­— Cameron Cook

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

ON CAMPUS Students question U.S. role in wars

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Ahead of the November midterm elections, Daily reporters are speaking to students about issues they’ll take to the polls. In this article, students and faculty take on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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2018 marks the 17th year of the Afghanistan War and the 15th year of the Iraq War. The conflicts have posted a combined death toll of just under 7,000 U.S. soldiers since 2001.

Under three different presidents, not much has changed, said political science Prof. Marina Henke. Over the past decade and a half, the U.S. has demonstrated an unwillingness to invest in Afghanistan and Iraq despite their economic and political interests in the region, she said.

“One could make an argument that if the United States really invested its all then you could maybe fix the situation, but this is completely hypothetical because the United States will never invest it all,” Henke said. “After all, Iraq and Afghanistan do not constitute real threats to national security.”

Elections in Afghanistan this weekend were disrupted by violence and technical glitches. President Trump has said conditions on the field will determine whether the U.S. pulls out, not a predetermined timeline. All signs show the war today is not what was planned.

Weinberg freshman Albert Ko said the longstanding intervention in both Iraq and Afghanistan is “disheartening.” Washington, he added, should work to end these conflicts.

“It’s kind of been on the backburner for a while so if they want to conclude it they should focus all their resources on it,” Ko said.

Henke noted both wars are often associated with the “War on Terror.” However, she emphasized that these conflicts are fundamentally different.

The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, one month after the September 11 attacks.

The Bush administration said the war was aimed

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U.S. soldiers take part in an overwatch operation in support of Afghan soldiers in Wardak Province. As the wars approach two decades, some fear public attention is waning.

to defeat al-Qaeda and the Taliban and rebuild the Afghan government alongside international groups like NATO. Henke said the war was a direct result of the 9/11 attacks.

“Afghanistan was a reaction to 9/11,” Henke said “To a certain degree it was in my mind an overreaction. (Afghanistan’s) role was absolutely minimal with regards to the actual planning of 9/11.”

The Iraq War began under much different pretenses, Henke said. The Bush administration originally claimed Saddam Hussein was housing “weapons of mass destruction,” but this turned out to be false.

Henke said Iraq was in more disarray than Afghanistan because there was no formal plan to

rebuild Iraq after toppling the government.

“Once Saddam was decapitated, once he was gone, all of sudden there was no plan,” Henke said. ”What should we do with this country? This is how all these mistakes were made and you know they’re still suffering from these mistakes today.”

As the wars approach their two decade marks, some fear public attention is waning. Weinberg freshman Ravi Chepuri said he is shocked the conflict has lasted so long, yet the public and the media are less interested as it goes on.

“I definitely feel like there is less coverage,” Chepuri said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if people didn’t know that those wars were even still going on.”

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Lives of low-income students shouldn’t be overlooked ALLIE GOULDING

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In this series, a writer explores the everyday struggles of being a low-income student at Northwestern.

There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t worry about money. But for many of my friends and classmates, money isn’t — and has never been — an issue to consider.

That was my biggest shock when I came to Northwestern. I grew up in a low-income, single-parent household with four siblings, so I was used to pinching pennies, never asking for money to go to the movies or the mall with friends. When I decided on NU, I knew that it was a private university, but I didn’t quite realize the extent of what that meant money-wise until I got here.

The first few weeks of freshman Fall Quarter, I quickly learned that a very large chunk of people on this campus had more

disposable income in a week than I’d ever had in my life. My friends were going out to eat two, three, sometimes four times a week.

They went downtown to Chicago every other weekend. They went to various shows and performances on campus every night they could. It was overwhelming.

I thought at first that I could sustain a lifestyle like that. I received my financial aid reimbursement for the quarter, and it was the most money I had ever seen in my bank account. I thought I had money to spend, and I spent it as I wanted. But after two weeks, I realized I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t spend it as I pleased like my friends. I learned that I needed to budget my money in order to survive the rest of the quarter.

I distanced myself from the groups of friends that wanted to go to Chicago or see campus performances every weekend. I couldn’t afford it, and they didn’t understand it.

“But it’s just $5,” they’d say about a theater performance.

But $5 can pay for a used novel I might need for class next quarter.

“But it’s just $10,” they’d say about a movie.

But $10 can pay for my train rides into the city for Journalism 201-1 assignments.

“But it’s just $25,” they’d say about dinner.

But $25 meant much more to me than it ever would to them.

I felt bad saying no — awful, actually. I thought it would mean that I would lose my friends, and in some ways, I did. But I also found a group of friends — at The Daily, in fact — that understood hanging out didn’t need to mean spending money. To them, having fun meant grabbing our cameras (some borrowed from The Daily) and going out to find the best views from parking garages.

That’s all I needed: friends who understood my situation and didn’t make me feel like a burden because I didn’t have money to do what they wanted to do.

Though my close friends understood the socioeconomic issues that played a part in making our plans, everyone else I met on campus still didn’t recognize the issue.

In class, professors would say a textbook was only $300, but that it would last the entire year. They failed to recognize that for low-income students, fronting $300 for the entire year isn’t always possible.

At the dorm I lived in for two years, the current exec board talked about non-res dues as being “only $70.” They failed to recognize that $70 is two months’ worth of groceries for someone like me.

And even here at The Daily, the place I love the most on campus, people will regularly band together to order dinner from Postmates or UberEats, failing to recognize that not everyone can afford to do that every day.

Or, when deciding what Daily-branded attire we want to order for the quarter, people make decisions without seriously considering if the cost per person is going to be a burden to anyone in the newsroom financially, like it usually is for me.

I could point out a host of examples of the blatant disregard for other peoples’ socioeconomic status at Northwestern. Not enough people point out the classism at NU. Not enough people correct their friends when they say or do things insensitive to lowincome folks here.

No one wants to be a burden. But it happens every day here, and it’s not discussed enough.

Allie Goulding is a Medill junior. She can be contacted at alliegoulding2020@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.

Hip-hop helped me connect with my Chinese identity ALEXANDRA HUANG

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

People usually laugh at me or squint their eyes — their disbelief tracing a question mark in the air — when I tell them that I’ve played Drake’s “Passionfruit” on repeat for three months straight. Cognitive bias gets the best of them: a Chinese girl can love hip-hop too.

Hip-hop is my lingua franca — a language that crosses cultural boundaries and local differences.

In hip-hop, I heard neither the scratching nor the beat boxing. Instead, I was caught by a voice amplifying the routine oppression experienced by black Americans. Cooling down in the shower after a long day of school, I would hear J. Cole over the radio: “I’m lettin’ you know / That there ain’t no gun they make that can kill my soul.” On my way to class, I plug in Childish Gambino: “This is America / Don’t catch you slippin’ up / Look at how I’m livin’ now/Police be trippin’ now / This is America.”

Exposed to police brutality through these songs and Kendrick Lamar’s “m.A.A.d. city,” I

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sought to further understand these issues.

I trembled as I read about the origins of mass incarceration in Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” and how a man was wrongly incarcerated solely for the color of his skin in Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy.” Born and raised in the city of Shanghai, China, I did not grow up in the m.A.A.d streets of Compton or see the school-to-prison pipeline in my community, but I knew something drew me to the music.

As a Chinese citizen living in the United States, I am a quotidian witness of cultural misunderstandings and biases. After all, China is a country rooted in extreme dictatorship and censorship. The values it practices and preaches seem to go against democratic American ideals, whether that be freedom of speech or the right to vote. With my country often associated with words like inferior or backward, it is sometimes easy for me to forget what being a Chinese person means. As I ponder upon all of this, Kendrick Lamar’s voice entered my head: “I got royalty got loyalty inside my DNA. I got hustle though ambition flow in my DNA. My DNA not for imitation.”

Through the generational trauma of slavery, police brutality, mass incarceration and cultural appropriation, Kendrick Lamar is loyal

to his blackness: he is proud to be a black man in this country, and he has the utmost respect for his heritage. While Kendrick raps, I am reminded of my own feelings toward my Chinese roots. Yes, my blood, my Chinese blood, is resilient and powerful in its own way. I am the descent of men and women who starved and suffered, who beared and endured. The blood and tears of my ancestors are what runs in my DNA. I realized, that despite countless faults and mistakes, my country deserves to be respected too.

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I can’t relate directly to every lyric they pen, but I strive to provide a voice for those who are unheard in my own ways. After all, we all deserve to be heard.

Thirty years ago, my father grew up eating white rice and soy sauce because they were too poor to afford meat. Today, I am blessed with not only the privilege of never having to

worry about hunger, but also the opportunity to learn, and to thrive. Here, at Northwestern, I get to engage in profound dialogues with Kierkegaard and Augustine, reimagine what it means to live a good life, interact with seasoned professors and insightful classmates, as well as redefine what it means to be a college student for myself everyday.

The lyrics I’ve heard from hip-hop led me to discover generational memories and reconsider my Chinese identity. Hip-hop has made me aware of the bruises and strains of my people. To Rakim, writing is more than a tool to express, it’s a form of identity: “I start to think, and then I sink / Into the paper like I was ink.” I don’t flow lyrically like the rappers I love, and I can’t relate directly to every lyric they pen, but I strive to provide a voice for those who are unheard in my own ways. After all, we all deserve to be heard.

Alexandra Huang is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at alexandrahuang@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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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

A WEEKEND IN EVANSTON

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Despite a blustery and chilly weekend interspersed with hail and sunshine, Evanstonians did as they are known to do – gather for an enjoyable time in the city by the lake. The weekly Downtown Evanston Farmers’ Market drew vendors and prospective customers

alike on Saturday. Later that afternoon, locals ran through a 1.65 mile course sprinkled with volunteers donning zombie makeup in the “Zombie Scramble.”

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

DINNER From page 1

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) — who lost the gubernatorial primary to Pritzker — said despite his disappointment in March, he still intends to fully endorse and campaign for Pritzker and all other Democrats up for election.

Biss shared his personal reaction to reading that the Trump administration was considering delegitimizing the civil rights of transgender individuals.

“I have a child who is gender non-conforming,” Biss said. “And I woke up this morning to a New York Times article about President Donald Trump flirting with the policy to erase my child and several million people like them from the very federal policies that affect civil rights, healthcare and education.

We have to take even more action than we were going to take before.”

Fleming was the first to be recognized Sunday night, receiving the Tisdahl Award for exemplifying progressive values. An Evanston native and founder of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, Fleming said she “doesn’t think what (she does) is that extraordinary,” and that she simply wanted to take action to improve her hometown.

EMERGENCY From page 1

forcing the group to make last-minute changes to their competition plans.

“It’s delayed our entry to multiple tournaments (and) made us have to withdraw from some extremely competitive tournaments because we couldn’t afford to go,” said Yash Dhuri, the group’s outreach chair. “We were only told (about the cut) a week before school started.”

Because up to half of school-funded organizations’ budgets can come from the University, A-list Finance Vice President Isabel Dobbel said on Thursday, these organizations have been left without thousands of dollars to which they’re accustomed to receiving. ASG-funded groups are safe — since

POLICE

From page 1 The Daily. “Northwestern has no greater duty or priority than the security and safety of our students.”

Glew emphasized that any potential changes to policing will not be implemented until the budget is finalized and adopted by city aldermen later this fall.

He added that the Evanston and University chiefs of police had spoken about the proposed changes, though he could not provide details.

“We’ve engaged the University in conversation on the budget and its possible impact on Northwestern,” Glew said.

A spokesperson for the athletics department told The Daily in an email that they are monitoring the situation and remain in communication

Garcia — Recipient of the Yellow Dog Award for his progressive leadership — was introduced by Schakowsky. She noted it was an important time to have someone like Garcia, a Mexican immigrant and longtime representative of minority communities, in Congress.

“This is a moment for Chuy Garcia, because we have never in our history seen such a tax on immigrants,” she said. “The fear in our communities is palpable. Children are afraid to go to school because they don’t know if their parents will be there when they come home.”

Garcia reaffirmed his commitment to championing civil rights, funding the census, eliminating voter suppression and addressing climate change.

The award’s name, “Yellow Dog,” references “Yellow Dog Democrats:” individuals who will vote for the Democratic candidate no matter what.

“Yellow Dog,” Garcia said. “I was a little worried (to accept this award) because of the name.The truth is, I didn’t know what a Yellow Dog was, I’m still not sure what a Yellow Dog is, but if Jan Schakowsky presented the award it’s got to be a good award, so bow wow!” janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu funding comes from the undergraduate activity fee — and ASG has the freedom to assist groups that are more affected, she added.

On Sunday, 10 days after the organization asked student leaders to report financial struggles, ASG said the decision was made “due to extraordinary circumstances as a result of sudden funding cuts.”

“Budget cuts came as a surprise to student organizations, ASG, and faculty upon returning to campus,” the group said in a statement announcing the move. “ASG recognizes the impact that the absence of these funds would have on programming for the Northwestern community and beyond for this year.” cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu aperez@u.northwestern.edu with Evanston.

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Evanston police officers typically help with traffic and crowd control during home football games and the annual Dillo Day. Sixteen people were taken to the hospital for alcohol intoxication during Dillo Day this year, an increase from 15 people last year and a decrease from 28 people in 2016. Citations were also down following a partnership with Northwestern Student Affairs to encourage non-disruptive behavior. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu

KANEW

From page 1 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore as being a particularly volatile time — Kanew was so engrossed by the recount that he turned in an essay on his fascination with the vote rather than writing it on the preassigned topic.

Wine said he had never envisioned Kanew running for Congress, but he was not surprised when his old friend announced his candidacy. During the 2016 campaign, Wine said Kanew became increasingly vocal about his frustrations, even starting a podcast called “Get It. Got It. Good.” where he discussed current events.

“It seemed like an obvious reaction for somebody like Justin to decide to throw his hat in the ring,” Wine said.

On The Issues

Kanew — who often says the “D” next to his name “stands for decency more than anything else” — emphasizes civility and accountability in his campaign. He said he sees himself as a bridgebuilder who stands with constituents against special interest groups, rather than a partisan drawing lines between the parties. To that end, he has refused to take any special interest or political action committee money.

Mark Green, Kanew’s opponent, is running on a platform of security, stability and safety through small government. Kanew said Green is “even too extreme” for the Trump administration,, citing Green’s withdrawal of his nomination to be Secretary of the Army after inciting controversy through anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ statements.

Kanew, who has a 2-year old daughter, said his platform is beneficial to younger constituents such as college students. Climate change, gun safety legislation, access to health care and raising the minimum wage are all issues he hopes to work on in Congress.

He also said advocating for diversity and inclusion is foundational to his worldview — something he learned at Northwestern.

“Our diversity is what makes us great,” Kanew said. “That’s something that I try to impart to everybody that I’m around, that’s something that I’m going to try to teach my daughter, and that’s something that I think we’d like to see our community be here in Tennessee. That’s the way the world is headed, and I think Northwestern prepared me to embrace it.”

A Difficult Road

A Democrat has not represented Tennessee’s 7th district in Congress since 1983. The district voted for Trump in 2016 and Mitt Romney in 2012, and Blackburn won by 48.7 percent of the vote in 2016.

Kanew knows he is facing an uphill battle, but said he is “cautiously optimistic.” His campaign has raised $440,000 in grassroots donations — more than the past seven Democrats combined,

he said — and has over 1300 volunteers. He attributes some of the lopsided voting margins in the past to Democratic lethargy.

“We haven’t really put up a fight here in a long time,” he said. “I think there’s a bit of a mea culpa to be had by the Democrats to say: we just haven’t shown up. We’ve given up on districts like this.”

Kanew’s campaign has attracted celebrity attention too. John Oates, of the rock-and-roll duo Hall and Oates, performed at a fundraiser for him on October 18 and teen show TV sensations Adam Brody (“The O.C.”) and Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) have publicly endorsed him.

The couple also participated in a phone bank for Kanew’s campaign and have used their social media platforms to promote him.

“My dear friend ( Justin) will be a true public servant — not for sale, not corruptible, on the right side of political and human issues,” Meester wrote in an Instagram post in July. “He’s compassionate and one of the good ones.”

Even with the star power, the campaign is a longshot. FiveThirtyEight currently classifies the district as “solid Republican,” and projects Kanew to receive 31.1 percent of the vote.

Bigger than winning

Kanew said he could have been more politically active when he was in college, preferring intramural sports and going to football games rather than extracurricular activities. Current Northwestern students interested in politics should get involved earlier than he did, he said.

He advised Northwestern students interested in politics to get involved with campaigns they believe in and run for something once they can, whether it’s Congress, as he did, or a local election.

Inspiring young people is one of the motivations that fueled his decision to run, he said, regardless of the result of the election.

“Even if we don’t shock the world and win, I hope that our campaign can inspire some people who may not have otherwise thought that running was in the spectrum of possibilities for them to do it,” Kanew said. “I think we need good, young people running for office all across this country for all kinds of offices.”

And so, with less than three weeks until Election Day, and facing statistically near-impossible odds, Kanew is as committed as ever to interacting with constituents and encouraging others to step up as he did.

Zev Glassenberg, a long-time best friend who competed with Kanew on “The Amazing Race,” said Kanew has been genuine on the campaign trail, and his positive qualities should convince others of what Glassenberg already knows.

“He’s been running this campaign for over a year in the 7th district of Tennessee and he showed every day that he’s smart, caring, compassionate, honest,” Glassenberg said. “He listens. He has heart and he just wants to help the people where he lives and do what’s right.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

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MEN’S SOCCER

Wildcats earn first Big Ten road point since 2016 No. 13 Michigan State

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Northwestern had not fared well against ranked opponents coming into its game against No. 13 Michigan State on Friday in East Lansing, Michigan.

In four matchups against then-No. 15 Fordham, then-No. 2 Indiana, then-No. 19 Michigan and then-No. 15 Notre Dame, the Wildcats finished on the losing end.

At DeMartin Stadium, NU (4-7-5, 0-4-3 Big Ten) played its best game against a ranked opponent in 2018, tying the Spartans (10-2-3, 4-1-1) 0-0 after 90 minutes of play and two 10-minute extra-time periods.

“The effort was fantastic,” Lenahan said.

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“ We started all of our first-year players tonight… I thought we weathered the storm in the first half and in the second half I thought we put some good things together.”

In their previous four games against ranked teams, the Cats gave up ten goals, while scoring just three. In addition, NU was outshot 74-19 in those games.

On Michigan State’s senior night, the Spartans’ offense was constantly on the attack, but sophomore goalkeeper Miha Miskovic countered with a number of brilliant saves.

Despite the inexperience on the field, Miskovic showed his growing maturity by stepping up his game and keeping Michigan State from scoring.

“I knew I had to step up for my team,” Miskovic said. “I knew if I gave up a goal, the game was over.”

Overall, the Spartans took 22 shots, and Miskovic racked up seven saves. Miskovic now ranks second in the Big Ten in saves and first in the conference with eight shutouts.

After the Cats outshot the Spartans 5-4 in the second half, Michigan State came out more aggressive in extra time, outshooting NU 8-2 over the two overtimes.

But like he has all season, Miskovic again stepped up, making four saves in the two overtimes. In the first overtime, a left-footed shot from midfielder Jack Beck made Miskovic dive

to his right to keep the game alive.

Miskovic continued his heroics in the second overtime, making a diving save to his left off a header by forward Dejuan Jones.

“That’s an instinctive save,” Lenahan said.

“You have to anticipate where the ball is going.

You can train that, but I’m not sure that you can coach that.”

The Cats have two games remaining before the Big Ten Tournament and despite the fact that they haven’t won in over a month, NU will take the momentum from Friday’s result into the rest of the season.

“When you’re turning losing into winning, you see a lot of ties,” Lenahan said. “Hopefully as this year moves on and next year as we bring a group back, those ties start to turn to wins.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

VOLLEYBALL

Northwestern wins first Big Ten game of the campaign Michigan State

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At the end of the third set between Northwestern and Michigan State on Friday, Beardsley Gym erupted with its biggest cheer in a long while. For the first time in over a month — and for the first time in conference play — the Wildcats had won a volleyball match.

And NU (11-11, 1-9 Big Ten) had not only won, but done so in convincing fashion, sweeping the Spartans (15-8, 3-7) in straight sets and holding them to a .032 hitting percentage.

“Any win you get in the Big Ten is special,” coach Shane Davis said. “It’s been a while, we have had a gauntlet of a schedule right now and it’s been great to get a win.”

In the first set, NU utilized a balanced offensive approach on its way to a 25-21 win. Freshman outside hitter Abryanna Cannon, freshman outside hitter Ella Grbac and sophomore outside hitter Nia Robinson each accumulated four kills while also doing a solid job defensively. The

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Cats had five total team blocks, with Grbac contributing two solo blocks and sophomore setter Britt Bommer and sophomore middle hitter Alana Walker each notching two block assists.

The second set started sloppily with 13 of the first 24 points coming off errors. But only NU could make set-lasting adjustments as the Spartans’ passing and serve receive struggled for the entirety of the set. The Cats capitalized on their opponent’s errors to take the second set, 25-19.

“Our serve receive was really good tonight,” Grbac said. “When you have good serve receive, Britt can get a good set and everything just sort of falls into place.”

Again, errors were the name of the game in the third set. This time 10 of the first 15 points were service or attacking errors. Davis

said Michigan State was only in-system 38% of the time, which effectively eliminated any attack from its middle hitters. In the final set, the Spartans had 10 attack errors to only six kills as the Cats cruised to a 25-20 win.

The next day, the NU went up against the other Big Ten team from the Mitten State — No. 13 Michigan — and lost in three sets. The Wolverines (18-3, 7-3) entered the game with the Cats off a five-set loss to No. 7 Illinois where two-time defending Big Ten Player of the Week Carly Skjodt had 76 total attempts.

Despite the taxing game Friday, Michigan jumped out to an early lead in the first set and never looked back. NU only led once during the set — after the first point — as the Wolverines held a significant advantage throughout most of the set.

In the second set, the Cats were able to keep it close and managed to tie the set at 23 before Michigan rattled off two straight points to win the set, 25-23. The third and final set was all Wolverines, as they won 25-14.

“We had a lot of unforced errors,” Cannon said. “We are a young team so we are a little inexperienced from bouncing back from our errors and resetting on the next play.”

Across both games, NU put in two of its best blocking performances of the season. Against Michigan State, the Cats had 13 total blocks — their best three-set total of the season — and 10.5 versus Michigan — NU’s second-best three-set total.

Grbac had five solo blocks against the Spartans while Walker had five block assists versus the Wolverines.

“The blocking needs to be a start for our defense because I think our defense is the part that lacks in our game,” Walker said. “If we can get the blocking to stay consistent and stay the way it is, we should be able to run more balls.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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UGLY WIN

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By ELLA BROCKWAY

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — On an afternoon when almost everything seemed to go wrong for Northwestern – the offense had little success in the air, the run game was missing its two most experienced rushers and the defense allowed the country’s worst scoring offense to build a halftime lead – it took until the fourth quarter for something to finally go right.

For the second week in a row, the Wildcats (4-3, 4-1 Big Ten) came up with a late touchdown drive to ward off an upset from one of the bottom teams in the Big Ten. Freshman Isaiah Bowser’s 5-yard run with just over eight minutes to play gave NU a lead it wouldn’t squander, and the Cats pulled out an 18-15 win over Rutgers (1-7, 0-5) on Saturday.

“The bottom line is to win (and) our guys just have that singleness of purpose,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “It was not our A-game by any stretch of the imagination in all three phases, but we found a way to get it done.”

Senior quarterback Clayton Thorson struggled – his 17-for-34, 150-yard showing was his worst of the season – but the issues in the air were remedied by key defensive stops and a strong performance from Bowser, who finished with 24 carries

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for 108 yards.

It was Bowser who started the day on a positive note for the Cats, scoring the first touchdown of his career on a 3-yard run to put NU up 7-0 early in the first quarter.

The Cats dominated the opening frame, holding Rutgers to 2.2 average yards per play, while Thorson went 6-for-6 for 37 yards on the other end.

That quickly fell apart. The Scarlet Knights had 88 yards of offense to the Cats’ 25 in the second quarter, and scored twice to take a lead as NU struggled to move the ball downfield. An 11-yard sackturned-safety near the end of the second quarter gave Rutgers a 12-7 advantage heading into the break. “(Rutgers) was playing really hard,” Thorson said. “Those guys up front, their D-line, I thought played really well and in the back end, they were getting hands on our guys. If I put the ball on a few guys, (if) we had a few catches, it’s a different story.”

The struggles continued to start the third. Thorson was sacked again and fumbled at midfield on NU’s first drive of the half, and Rutgers scored a field goal on the ensuing possession to increase its lead.

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But NU’s run game began to find its rhythm after a 71-yard drive — the game’s longest — that culminated in a Drew Luckenbaugh field goal with five minutes left in the third.

In the fourth quarter, NU stopped the Scarlet Knights’ advances, holding them to less than three minutes of possession and just two plays for gain. Meanwhile, the offense finally found its groove and took the lead on the 63-yard drive that ended with Bowser’s game-winning touchdown.

“We looked at each other and said, ‘Let’s do this,’” senior defensive end Joe Gaziano said about the fourth quarter.

“We were tethering on the edge of making plays … But in the fourth quarter, somebody stepped up and made plays and executed, and we were able to win this game.”

NU held possession for the final six and a half minutes, running down the clock with short-yard carries and quarterback sneaks and holding on to the lead.

What could have been a season-changing loss became a narrow escape and kept the Cats at the top of the Big Ten West standings ahead of next Saturday’s home matchup against No. 23 Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1).

“That’s Big Ten football, man,” Fitzgerald said. “Win and advance. It doesn’t matter about style points.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Bowser shines without veterans After 1-1 tie, NU needs

By COLE PAXTON

daily senior staffer @ckpaxton

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Northwestern needed something, anything, to work offensively.

So the Wildcats turned to a freshman running back with two career yards — and it worked.

With Clayton Thorson off his game, the Wildcats’ top several veteran running backs out injured and receivers struggling to make impact plays, Isaiah Bowser shined.

He rushed 24 times for a careerhigh 108 yards, scoring both of the Cats’ touchdowns in an ugly 18-15 win over Rutgers (1-7, 0-5) at HighPoint.com Stadium on Saturday.

“It feels great. All the guys in the locker room are supporting me and saying congratulations,” Bowser said. “This being the first game I got to play for more than a couple series, it’s a great feeling.

Bowser made his first impact on NU’s opening possession, finishing the short touchdown drive with a 3-yard score, the first of his nascent career. He then factored in even more significantly when the Cats faced adversity.

The freshman ran for 53 yards — nearly half his total tally — in the closing 15 minutes, when the visitors came back from a 5-point deficit. Bowser bookended NU’s go-ahead touchdown drive midway through the final quarter, opening the sequence with a modest gain but closing it with a seismic fiveyard dart in which he was nearly untouched.

Bowser continued to make his mark as time ticked down. He carried the ball eight times on the visitors’ game-clinching, six-plus minute drive, toting the rock on six consecutive plays at one point.

“Isaiah Bowser stepped up there, especially at the end, really

ran physical,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We need him.”

The 6-foot-1, 216-pound Bowser gained 40 yards and a pair of first downs on the game-killing drive, and more importantly took almost four minutes off the clock nearly singlehandedly.

“Nerves weren’t really an issue. … I was already in the flow of the game,” Bowser said. “I knew I had to hold on to the ball, that was the main thing, then hopefully get a first down. Luckily I could do that.”

Bowser spent the first half of the season being brought along slowly. He had a measly two carries in the first three games he played, and Fitzgerald said last week that he was hoping to limit Bowser to four games, maintaining his eligibility to be redshirted.

But with both John Moten and Solomon Vault out injured on

Saturday, Bowser, fellow freshman Drake Anderson and gritty veteran Chad Hanaoka were primed to assume the bulk of the Cats’ running game. They responded despite recent woes — NU rushed for 68 yards combined in its three prior games, then 128 here — and bailed out Thorson on a day when he threw for a season-low 150 yards.

The Cats’ 278 total yards were still measly. Nevertheless, on a day when NU desperately needed a victory, Bowser stepped up to help make that happen.

“He played great. He hit some holes … and broke some long runs too,” Thorson said. “I was really proud of him. He would’ve liked to play a little more at the beginning of the season, but he waited his chance and he’s playing great right now.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Isaiah Bowser fights to break through a Rutgers tackle. Entering the day with only two career carries, Bowser stepped up with over 100 yards and two touchdowns.

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By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

daily senior staffer @2021_Charlie

The painful reality for Northwestern is that if any of the six games it was projected to win went its way, the Wildcats would all be going to practice tomorrow.

Instead, after tying Iowa (8-7-3, 4-5-2 Big Ten) 1-1 in the final game of the regular season, it will take a miracle for NU (104-4, 4-4-3) to make the Big Ten Tournament. Michigan State, which hasn’t won a Big Ten game all year, has to beat Nebraska on Wednesday for the Cats to qualify.

Since he believes NU has a legitimate case for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament, coach Michael Moynihan is giving the Cats three days off to recover after a regular season where nearly everything that could go wrong down the stretch went wrong.

“We came into some games and teams had amazing shots that we thought would never happen again in their lives,” freshman goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood said.

“That was hard for us, but I thought we’ve responded well, looking one game at a time and trying to respond.”

In addition to the games Moynihan said NU outplayed its opponent and did not win, the Cats had only 17 available players out of 29 against the Hawkeyes because of a series of injuries. Moynihan said he walked on the team bus expecting two starters, senior defender Nikia Smith and freshman defender Julietta Thron, to play Sunday, but by the time the game started they both felt they hadn’t recovered enough from recent injuries to play.

Starting a lineup that had barely played together all season, NU conceded a goal in the first 10 minutes, when forward Rose Ripslinger received a cross at the top of the goal box and without looking, turned and fired a shot that ricocheted off the upper and side posts and into the net.

Following a miscommunication on the back line that left Ripslinger open, the Cats were dispirited, knowing they now needed

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to score twice to directly qualify for the Big Ten Tournament.

Senior midfielder Marisa Viggiano converted a similar goal from the middle of the goal box in the 73rd minute to tie the game, but NU had a number of near misses in the last third of the game, including consecutive missed headers by senior defender Kayla Sharples off a set piece in overtime.

“Walking off the field they were extremely disappointed to not get the win,” Moynihan said. “I think the girls felt they played really well, generated some great chances, probably should have had some penalty kicks that were not granted…

Other than that I think they did everything that they could.”

Following Sunday’s tie, Sharples is going to ask her teammates if they want to watch the Spartans-Cornhuskers game together and hope Michigan State executes the upset and puts the Cats in the Big Ten Tournament.

In 2016, Ohio State qualified for the NCAA Tournament even though they missed the Big Ten postseason, giving precedent to the Cats’ NCAA candidacy. NU is 1-0-2 against ranked teams, ranked 57th in RPI and have just one loss that hurts the team’s case, according to Moynihan, so he’s planning on training for the NCAA Tournament in Evanston even if Nebraska wins.

Even though they won’t practice until after the Michigan State-Nebraska game, the Cats are holding onto the belief that they will play another game this year.

“It was definitely in our control and we had the opportunity, and we’re all just pretty shocked,” Sharples said. “If we had the full strength of our team, who knows what would have been.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu