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School board head talks racial inequity ETHS/District 202 Board President speaks on race in education By DARBY HOPPER
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The board president of Evanston Township High School/District 202 emphasized the difference between racial consciousness and racial impact in education during a community dialogue Tuesday night. This past weekend, ETHS/District 202 Board President Pat Savage-Williams said she was in Boston receiving a Magna Award from the National School Boards Association for the district’s equity work. On Monday night, she was a part of a conversation discussing ongoing racial inequities at ETHS during a school board meeting. Savage-Williams said the contrast between the two events reflects the work the district has done and how far it has to go. “‘How come we’re still having this conversation?’” Savage-Williams said. “This is why, and this is what, the Magna Award is about.” Roughly 20 people attended the event at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge Ave., which was hosted by the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership (OPAL) of Evanston. The discussion focused on racial equity versus equality in Evanston’s
education system — although SavageWilliams said these disparities exist in all societal spheres. She said there is a difference between treating everyone the same and treating everyone fairly, encouraging participants to reflect upon their own experience with race as part of the workshop. “The racial impact, we all have it, because it’s like the ground we walk on,” Savage-Williams said. “It’s always there and there’s nothing we can do. We’ve got to walk somewhere.” Citing data from ETHS, SavageWilliams said the number of Latino and black graduates who had taken at least one AP course had increased by roughly 20 percentage points from 2012 to 2014. But while the rate of black students who took at least one AP course hit 50.5 percent in 2014, the same rate for white student was 89.5 percent in the same year, according to the district’s 2014-2015 Report on Student Achievement. The rate of Latino students who took at least one AP course in 2014 was 67.6 percent. Martha Burns, a retired ETHS board member and a member of OPAL, said she was frustrated with the way race and education are discussed in the community. “White people in this room ... it would be wonderful to see you at the mic saying that this is not right,” Burns said. “And as a black person sitting in a black body, it also frustrates me from my standpoint that black people have a tendency to say, ‘Oh, that’s not my kid,’ if we’re considered middle class or upper middle class.” » See OPAL, page 6
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TRI-VESTMENT Christina Cilento, ASG president-elect and member of Fossil Free NU, speaks at an open forum hosted by the three divestment movements on campus — Fossil Free NU, NU Divest and Unshackle NU. The event focused on the Board of Trustees and its role overseeing NU’s investments.
Divestment campaigns unite Students push for transparency from Board By FATHMA RAHMAN
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Fossil Free Northwestern, Northwestern Divest and Unshackle NU hosted their first-ever joint event Tuesday night, discussing how they can reform the University’s investments as outlined in their three Associated Student Government
resolutions. The groups focused particularly on the Board of Trustees and its role overseeing how NU invests its endowment. Roughly 50 students attended the event, titled “Behind Closed Doors: The Stifling of Divestment Movements at NU.” “The purpose of the event is to be transparent about all three divestment movements and our interactions with the Board and administration,” Weinberg
senior Alexa Klein-Mayer, a member of NU Divest, told The Daily. “Transparency is something that we have been asking of NU and the Board.” Fossil Free NU wants the University to divest from fossil fuel-related companies, NU Divest from corporations its members say violate Palestinian human rights, and Unshackle NU from companies that » See DIVESTMENT, page 6
‘Spotlight’ reporters to visit NU Illinois Democrats By EMILY CHIN
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Walter Robinson and Sacha Pfeiffer, who were depicted in the movie “Spotlight,” will visit Northwestern next Tuesday to speak about their careers in journalism. A&O Productions and Studio 22 Productions, a student-run production company, invited the two for their spring speaker event, which will feature a screening of the Oscar-winning film followed by a Q&A session moderated by a Medill professor. The event is the first collaboration between the two groups in the past few years, said Communication junior Maddie Ball, Studio 22 co-chair. It will take place in Ryan Auditorium at 6p.m. “Spotlight” follows Robinson and Pfeiffer’s team of Boston Globe journalists and their investigation into sexual abuse and coverups within the Catholic Church, a project that earned the paper’s staff the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. In the film, Robinson was played by actor Michael Keaton, while Pfeiffer’s role was filled by Rachel McAdams. “We just thought given the nature of the film and how it is a real news story and a historical event, it would be extremely interesting to bring the actual people involved in the story to make it educational as well as entertaining,” said Danny Carlon, A&O films co-director.
The Communication junior added that the event is an opportunity for people who haven’t seen “Spotlight” to see the film for free. It also gives journalism students the chance to understand the famed investigative project in more depth, he said. “(It’s) an opportunity to hear from two respected journalists who have achieved a lot in their field and sort of learn a little bit more about what it was like to be breaking that story,” he said. “But even if you’re not in Medill … it’s a very powerful story and something
that a lot of people could and should be interested in.” Students will be able to submit questions through a Google form before the event and will be notified if their question has been selected, said Communication junior Virginia Van Keuren, A&O marketing and media co-director. Carlon said organizers hope this collaboration will make the event more inclusive to students from different schools and areas of study. » See SPOTLIGHT, page 6
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COMING SOON The team of reporters portrayed in “Spotlight” attend a screening of the film. Sacha Pfeiffer (third from the right) and Walter Robinson (second from right) will speak at Northwestern next Tuesday.
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Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill.) campaign used Equal Pay Day as a platform to highlight differences between her and Sen. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) voting record to end wage discrimination in the workforce. Duckworth’s campaign hosted a press call Tuesday afternoon to talk about the continuing wage discrimination in the workforce, as well as current and past legislation to combat the issue. In addition to media representatives from Duckworth’s campaign and the Democratic Party of Illinois, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) and Jess McIntosh, vice president of communications for Emily’s List — an organization supporting pro-choice democratic women running for office — spoke during the call. Equal Pay Day represents how many extra days the average woman needs to work to earn the same amount as the average man earned in the previous year. Women in Illinois make 79.2 cents for every dollar a man makes, according to the National Women’s Law Center. For women of color, the gap increases: In the state, black women make 63.9 cents and Latina women make
47.9 cents per dollar that a white man makes, according to studies done by the institute. The average woman in Illinois loses $10,700 a year because of wage inequality, which hurts families and children throughout the state, Cassidy said. “Families like mine, with two women as the heads of household, take a double hit in that regard,” Cassidy said. “It’s important … to talk about what is at stake in this election.” Cassidy also brought up Kirk’s voting record in ending wage discrimination. She said the senator had voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, as well as against increasing the minimum wage. McIntosh advocated for Duckworth’s appointment on this issue because of Kirk’s “consistent poor judgment” in voting on issues of wage inequality. “Time and again, Kirk has blocked opportunities to end gender discrimination and he’s continued to support Donald Trump, who believes women don’t do as good a job as men in the workplace,” McIntosh said. “Republican Mark Kirk just doesn’t understand the challenges faced by Illinois women and » See EQUAL PAY, page 6
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Around Town Researcher talks Amazon’s impact By ISHA BHUTADA
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Evanston resident Matt Cunningham examined how the expansion of online-retailer Amazon could impact the future of brick-and-mortar stores in a discussion Tuesday night. In the event hosted by local bookstore Bookends and Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave., in partnership with Downtown Evanston, Cunningham led a discussion about how downtown regions have been impacted by Amazon’s growing presence. His study, titled “Amazon and Empty Storefronts,” has made national news since it was published in January. “Amazon is taking over and replacing a lot of things that used to be in our communities and neighborhoods,” Cunningham said. Co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association and Cunningham’s research firm Civic Economics, the study estimates the fiscal and land-use impacts of Amazon for every state in the nation. As a co-author of the study, Cunningham approximates that Amazon sales produced a net loss of both 135,973 retail jobs nationwide and $1 billion in revenue to state and local governments. Cunningham’s study provides data on how property taxes, employment opportunities and social engagement have been jeopardized by the growth of online retailers. “The American Booksellers Association has
Police Blotter Man arrested in connection with threatening Jewel-Osco employee with pocket knife
A 55-year-old man was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with threatening a Jewel-Osco employee with a pocket knife. The Evanston man reportedly threatened the employee on Saturday but rode away from the store, at 1128 Chicago Ave., on his bicycle
obviously been concerned for a long time on what the effects of Amazon were going to be on brickand-mortar bookstores, but the issue is that there hasn’t been data,” Bookends and Beginnings coowner Nina Barrett (Medill ‘87) said. The emergence of Cunningham’s new data shows that local bookstores are one of the many retailers hurt by the growth of Amazon. Cunningham said Amazon sold $5.6 billion worth of books in 2014, a value that could financially support 3,600 bookstores in that year. Laura Guenther, the owner of Local Goods Chicago, a Chicago gift store, said although Amazon seemed big, she was not aware of its exponential growth. “I’ve been struggling to have online sales … and I feel like that is what I’m missing as far as keeping my business alive because we just don’t get enough customers in the door,” Guenther said. Business owners at the event said many small retailers are turning to websites to match the convenience Amazon provides its customers. For example, Bookends and Beginnings allows its customers to order books via its website. However, small business owners maintain that their businesses are important because they have the ability to create both unique experiences and a sense of community Amazon cannot replicate, Barrett said. “What we are about is a place where you can discover stuff that is quirky, that is smart, stuff that everybody isn’t reading. … We’re counting before he could be arrested, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police spotted the man on Sunday around 1:15 p.m. and arrested him at Burger King, 1740 Orrington Ave., Dugan said. The man is scheduled to appear in court on May 17.
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On Campus Star, Kim reflect on focus of improving ASG culture By MATTHEW CHOI
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Noah Star remembers a debate at an Associated Student Government Senate meeting during which students argued to bar executive board members from endorsing ASG presidential candidates. Although many supported the idea, Star — a senator at the time — rose before the group and objected. “I stood up and said very simply, ‘This doesn’t make any sense,’” he said. “Every student is a student and they should have the ability to speak.” Even though ASG passed a rule this year prohibiting Star, a Weinberg senior, and executive vice president Christina Kim, a McCormick senior, from endorsing a candidate — which Star said he was “indifferent” to because he and Kim planned to refrain from endorsing anyway — as a senator, he was successful in allowing vice presidents to continue endorsing candidates. Star said a belief that students should be able to share their opinions regardless of their role in ASG — to be students first and foremost — influenced him and Kim in their eventual roles at the helm of the organization. Star and Kim — ASG president and executive vice president, respectively — have led the organization since being sworn in last April. For the past year, Star said they have focused on changing ASG’s culture to be more welcoming and accommodating to students both serving in ASG and at large. Increasing student representation on a faculty task force last spring was among the most defining actions of their term, Star said. He and Kim pushed Provost Dan Linzer to put students on a faculty task force that examined the undergraduate academic experience. “If we pay, we have a say,” Star said at the time. Linzer eventually agreed to add two students to the task force. SESP junior Christina Cilento, who will be sworn in as Star’s successor Wednesday night, said she worked with him and Kim — along with Weinberg senior Riko Ohashi, ASG vice president for academics — to assemble proposals for the task force to integrate sustainability into the academic curriculum.
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OUT OF OFFICE Weinberg senior Noah Star is sworn in as Associated Student Government president in April 2015. Star’s term ends Wednesday evening, when SESP junior Christina Cilento will be sworn in.
“What they’ve done inside ASG maybe sets a precedent for the rest of campus,” Cilento said. “It certainly embodies that student government is trying to be more inclusive and more accessible to students across campus.” Last month, Senate passed a resolution giving more seats to multicultural Greek organizations and student groups, decreasing the number of seats the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association had from five each to three each. But balancing internal reform and external outreach posed a challenge. Amanda Walsh, former president of NU Quest Scholars Network and the group’s senator, said although students may feel safer speaking up within ASG under Star and Kim’s leadership, that
improvement did not always reach external organizations. Unlike past presidents and vice presidents, Walsh said Star and Kim made less of a concerted effort to connect with Quest Scholars leaders outside the context of ASG. Regardless of that fact, the Communication senior said she appreciates the work Star and Kim have accomplished within ASG. She said they have worked to ensure all students within ASG feel safer speaking in Senate and have been quick to call out injustices in Senate and comments that make students feel marginalized. “Noah and Christina are so busy and so many things happened this year, and obviously they don’t have time to talk to everyone,” Walsh said. “That’s just
absurd to expect them to make time for every single student and every single group just because they do so much.” Kim said although she and Star certainly could have reached out more, they focused on creating an environment within ASG where others could approach them. “We wanted to focus first on our internal community, internal communication because without a healthy organization, it’s impossible to get real action done in our community,” Kim said. Star and Kim also faced challenges within ASG’s executive board: Two transitions in vice president positions occurred during their tenure, prompting Star and Kim to absorb additional responsibilities, said economics Prof. Mark Witte, who has been the organization’s faculty adviser for 15 years. An internship made Weinberg senior Parag Dharmavarapu, then-ASG vice president of student activities, unable to perform his duties, and SESP junior Matt Herndon’s resignation in November led ASG to postpone power and privilege trainings it had planned for student group leaders. Regardless, Star said he believes the pair was transparent about all aspects of their term. “(These challenges are) the way it’s always been,” Star said. “It’s just now you know about it because we decided to own up to it instead of playing pretend.” Star and Kim’s term will end Wednesday, when Cilento and incoming vice president Macs Vinson, a McCormick junior, transition into the executive roles. Star said he plans to publish an end-of-term report in which he and Kim will summarize their actions. Although such reports can manifest as extensive documents, Star said they have no desire to write a prolonged account. Instead, they hope to be transparent to their successors about the challenges they faced and accomplishments they made. “Most of those documents end up being like, ‘Here’s what what I did. Congratulate me. Pat me on the back,’” Star said. “Ours is going to have in there, ‘Here’s what we didn’t do. Here’s what we would suggest you as the people who are taking this up next year make sure to focus on. Here’s what we think needs to be done.’” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Affirmative action does not make us unqualified ALANI VARGAS
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I vividly remember the day I received my acceptance letter from Northwestern. I was home alone babysitting my siblings while my mom was at work when I received the email confirming I was not only accepted to my dream school but also to Medill, one of the best journalism schools in the country. I was completely shocked; I had been so sure I would not get in due to NU’s selectivity — that year the acceptance rate was 12.9 percent. However, a couple days later, my excitement was stunted. In a class discussion on affirmative action, a girl brought up how unfair the college selection system is, as she believed minority students accepted into top universities were just taking away spots from equally deserving white students, insinuating that minority students were somehow less worthy than others. I was stunned. I had obviously heard about affirmative action; It was something I was aware of because of my part-Mexican heritage. My father would tell me my last name, and subsequently my background, was all
employers and admissions offices would see, possibly making or breaking my chances. He meant it might make them skip over me because they thought I conformed to certain stereotypes and would have to work extra hard to defy society’s expectations. I was also told that being a woman from an all-girls Catholic high school in Chicago would either support my applications to selective colleges or bury me under other candidates with similar backgrounds and experiences. But it was not until that moment in class I felt as if my worth and intelligence were being directly questioned. Like most NU students, I had always excelled at school and never doubted my academic abilities. I had gotten into one of the best colleges in the country, yet I felt like that girl’s comment challenged the legitimacy of my acceptance. Perhaps it didn’t, but she was not the only person I encountered with that mindset. Moreover, I was surprised to encounter this opinion at an all-girls school, because affirmative action does not just involve race, it also focuses on other underrepresented groups such as women and students with disabilities. Affirmative action is an effort to make colleges more diverse and create an environment that helps students learn by exposing them to many different ideas and people they probably would not experience in a homogeneous
community. Ultimately, affirmative action aims to level the playing field for those who have been kept out of quality education for most of history. For example, women were not allowed to attend NU until 1869, and the first African-American student wasn’t admitted until 1878. The thing that bothers me most about those opposing affirmative action is the belief that minorities are unfairly placed in top universities. Affirmative action does not mean admitted minority students are less qualified than white students or didn’t do their absolute best in high school. A top-ranked school like NU would not risk decreasing its average ACT score — currently around 33 — to accept more Mexicans, Nigerians, women or other minority students. If you are accepted here, it’s because you belong, as Cheron Mims said in a Spectrum column a few months ago. Furthermore, considering the role of legacies in college admissions, affirmative action should not be considered the most “unfair” factor in the application process. In a 2011 study, “primary legacies” — those who are children of alumni -— were 45.1 percent more likely to get into elite colleges than other applicants. These students are mostly white and wealthy, a demographic apparent at most top universities with a majority white student population. NU has a 53.59 percent white
student body. The next largest groups of students are Asians, who comprise 16.68 percent, Latinos at 9.52 percent and blacks making up 5.7 percent. However, judging by the majority of female students — 51 percent — affirmative action is helping develop the diversity on campus, although it obviously has room to improve. Diverse environments promote thought, creativity and hard work. As Scientific American put it, “Diversity jolts us into cognitive action in ways that homogeneity simply does not.” In today’s society, skin color, gender and general ability are always going to be a topic of discussion when it comes to college admissions, careers and how we value individuals. But I am here at NU for more reasons than just my ethnicity and my gender. I am here, like many students, because I love to write, I love to learn and I enjoy excelling in a challenging environment. I am not “taking” a white student’s spot; This place belongs to me and I would like to think that is self-evident. Alani Vargas is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at alanivargas2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.
Clinton’s lack of ‘coolness’ could harm the Democrats DANNY COOPER
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will likely be the Democratic nominee for President, according to FiveThirtyEight. And based on polling versus her prospective Republican opponents, she has a good chance of winning the general election, too. Although Clinton would make a fine president, as a Bernie Sanders supporter, this outlook is slightly demoralizing. The Vermont senator has managed to capture the imagination of America’s youth in a way that has eluded Clinton, and though she does not seem to need widespread support on college campuses around the nation to win the Democratic nomination, the fact that she does not have it may adversely impact the future of the Democratic party. It’s not for a lack of trying that Clinton does not have overwhelming support from young people. In 2016 alone, she made appearances on talk shows hosted by Jimmy Fallon and Ellen DeGeneres, “I Am Cait” and a variety of other popular television programs. However, her attempts to engage America’s youth, such as “dabbing” — a
popular dance among American teens — on Ellen, often come across as more forced than charming. A more recent example of forced humor is her scripted exchange with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio this past week, during which her attempts to be funny have came off as woefully out-of-touch. In the exchange, de Blasio used the term “C.P. time” — referring to the stereotyped “Colored People Time” — which drew criticism from the media and cringes from the audience, according to The New York Times. Clinton’s response, that it actually stood for “cautious politician time,” did not allay the awkwardness. It really does not make sense that an old Brooklyn Jewish grandpa with wild white hair has the edge in coolness over anyone, and yet Sanders undoubtedly holds that advantage. Memes comparing the supposed views of the two candidates on various youth-oriented issues (such as favorite Radiohead songs or Harry Potter knowledge) proliferated throughout Facebook, with Sanders always coming out as the cool one. In part, Sanders cultivated his “coolness” by showing such strong support for the issues that deeply impact the adolescent population, such as reducing the cost of higher education. However, a significant aspect of his popularity is his personality. Whether he is appearing alongside his seemingly identical twin Larry David on “Saturday Night Live”
or rushing to the aid of a fallen staffer in the middle of a speech, Sanders has a way of attracting positive attention. He managed to get the support of indie band Vampire Weekend, who visited Northwestern’s campus last quarter in order to garner votes for Sanders. Sometimes it seems like he even has the support of the animal kingdom, such as when a bird landed on his podium in the middle of a speech. This is not the first time Clinton has been surpassed in coolness by a political opponent. In 2008, Barack Obama won the presidency partly thanks to his personality and message that captured the hearts of young Americans, as well as a social media campaign that brought young people to the polls. The last Democrat to secure the presidency before Obama, Hillary Clinton’s husband Bill Clinton, used his appealing persona as a slick, saxophone-playing charmer to succeed in his various presidential bids. The fact that there has already been a Clinton presidency adversely affects Hillary Clinton’s youth appeal, as it ties her concretely to the past. It is possible that Hillary Clinton’s perceived stiffness is related to her gender and her position as a powerful woman in politics, which is traditionally a male-dominated area. Hillary Clinton is often forced to toe the line between being perceived as assertive and coming off as bossy or shrill.
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Sophomore Erin Larner was named the Big Ten Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week by the conference Tuesday after winning both singles and doubles matches this past weekend. Against Purdue, Larner — currently ranked No. 82 in the nation — opened the weekend with
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From page 1 Other topics of discussion included the comparison of testing scores between Latino and black students, the placement of Evanston’s best teachers and the tenure process. OPAL President Cicely Fleming said a big focus for the organization is working to create action toward racial equity within District 65, adding that while there’s still work to be done at ETHS, District 202 has done more to address these issues. “(ETHS) still has a ways to go — they have made some success — but when we look at District 65, which is our K-8 schools, we are really far behind,” Fleming said. Fleming added that OPAL regularly hosts
From page 1 a 7-6 (4) victory at No. 3 doubles, alongside junior Jillian Rooney, to clinch the doubles point for the Wildcats. Larner then defeated the Boilermakers’ Nicole Robinson in straight sets on the top singles court to put Northwestern on the verge of its eventual victory. On Sunday, Larner and Rooney dispatched Indiana’s No. 3 doubles team in a quick 6-2 decision, before Larner closed her dominant weekend with a 7-6 (3), 6-0 victory over No. 90 Paula Gutierrez.
Her two wins helped propel NU past the Hoosiers to keep the Cats’ Big Ten record unblemished after seven games. In singles play, Larner is also undefeated against conference opponents. Overall, Larner is 7-3 at No. 1 singles and 11-5 in dual play. She will have the opportunity to add to her resume Friday when the Cats take on Penn State on the road, and then Sunday when they travel to Columbus to tackle the Buckeyes.
“Rosewater” and showed “Selma” last year. Maziar Bahari, a featured journalist in “Rosewater,” and Ava DuVernay, director of “Selma,” came to speak at those events. A&O intends to make this a recurring event structure, said McCormick senior Danny
Brennan, A&O co-chair. Tickets are free for all undergraduate students and will be available on the Norris Box Office website starting Wednesday at 10 a.m.
families, and it’s time to elect someone who does.” Although speakers on the press call criticized Kirk for his gender discrimination, Kirk wrote a letter with five other senators to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, to move the 2017 NBA All-Star game out of Charlotte, North Carolina in protest of the state’s recent legislation targeting transgender people in the state. Kirk has also been endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign. According to polling following the March 15 primaries, Duckworth was polling at nearly 43 percent to Kirk’s nearly 40 percent, with 18 percent of voters still undecided.
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meetings to create a community dialogue. “We want people to be educated — but then be empowered to take the next step and take action,” Fleming told The Daily. OPAL will continue to host meetings through the end of the school year and then transition to a focus on community organizing through the summer, Fleming said. Savage-Williams said she often receives questions about why she hosts workshops similar to OPAL’s at majority-white high schools such as nearby New Trier High School in Winnetka, where she works. “I’m not doing it for the black and brown kids,” Savage-Williams said. “They got it. They know it. I’m doing it for all the other kids.v darbyhopper@u.northwestern.edu
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Divestment From page 1
support the prison industrial complex. Speakers analyzed the hierarchy of the Board, which has the final say as to what the University invests in. They described a 30-member investment committee, which meets four times a year to manage the University’s financial assets, as well as a 12-member investment subcommittee that meets once a month between the investment committee’s quarterly meetings. Weinberg senior Laila Hayani, a member of Fossil Free NU, spoke to the Board’s lack of transparency and said in November 2014, the Investment Committee voted against divestment from fossil fuels, but it did not tell students until May 2015. SESP junior Christina Cilento and McCormick junior Macs Vinson, ASG president-elect and vice president-elect respectively, also spoke at the event. Cilento said Fossil Free NU’s five encounters with administrators and trustees have totaled to an hour and half of meeting time over the past three years. She also said a trustee told Fossil Free NU that, out of all student groups, it has had the most access to the Board in recent years. “It’s been difficult for us because what we see as an incredible lack of accessibility they see as an incredible generosity,” Cilento said. “There’s a total disconnect there between the relationship that the trustees and students should have, which is why it becomes so difficult … to actually get into those meetings with them.” Divestment leaders also spoke about “peer institutions” similar to NU and how they are addressing divestment. Columbia University, for example, has an advisory committee on socially responsible investing that makes recommendations to trustees, which they said comprises four alumni, four students and four faculty. The University of Chicago also has a student representative on the board, although leaders said the student’s
involvement is time-limited. NU announced in March plans to create a sociallyresponsible investment committee to advise University President Morton Schapiro and Chief Investment Officer Will McLean. That committee will include alumni, students, faculty and staff, Schapiro and McLean wrote in an email to divestment leaders last month. But since then, students say they haven’t heard much from administrators, said Weinberg junior Ruba Assaf, a member of NU Divest. The three groups protested outside Schapiro’s Evanston home last Tuesday, waving signs on the sidewalk as ASG members had dinner with administrators inside. Some ASG members — including Cilento and Vinson — walked out of the dinner. Assaf said the groups held the protests after weeks of inaction from administrators. Schapiro spoke about the divestment movements during a “community dialogue” at Norris University Center on Monday evening. He said there are no guarantees the Board will heed the students’ demands, but the Board might oblige if a “compelling case” is made. What won’t work, he said, are more protests, and he said he’s afraid demonstrations will have a “backfiring effect.” “I personally have a belief that your investments should reflect your institutional values,” Schapiro said Monday. “If we have the right people, and we can make a strong enough case and we say this doesn’t make sense, I think maybe they’ll listen.” The groups ended the event by discussing how they can collaborate to move toward their goals. “The only way to get the power into the hands of our movements and the rest of the student body who cares about these issues...is to mobilize together,” said Medill junior Scott Brown, a Fossil Free NU member and former Daily staffer. “We have built three powerful movements, but they’re much more powerful if we come together.” fathma@u.northwestern.edu
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me, because life throws you curveballs, up and down all the time, but it’s really how you handle that.”
field though, Dunn is a completely different person. “When he’s between those (foul) lines, he’s 180 miles an hour, he’s locked in to what’s going on in the game,” Harlin said. “He knows when to have a good time and he knows when to work.” The confidence in his own abilities fuels Dunn’s competitiveness and rubbed off on his teammates in high school, Harlin said. He said during batting practice, Dunn would be “egging on” his teammates to try to hit the ball past him in the field. When Dunn arrived in Evanston — following in the footsteps of his uncle, former NU baseball player John Trautwein — his coaches didn’t know what to expect from him. He couldn’t throw in the fall due to elbow issues and they couldn’t get a good read on him until closer to the start of the season. But what Dunn did fielding the ball impressed his coaches, especially volunteer assistant coach Tad Skelley. “Jack’s the one that positions all of our guys — it comes from me to him, and he’s the one that’s on the field kind of like a quarterback,” said Skelley, who works with infielders and outfielders on defense. “That’s a lot to ask for a freshman.” Throughout the struggles of this season, Dunn has remained consistent, just as Harlin said. And even though Dunn is modest about the confidence that Allen and Harlin rave about, he said the way one reacts to such difficulties is important above all else. “My mom’s always told me when I was little, she’d always say, ‘Stay even, don’t get too high when you’re winning, don’t get too low when you’re losing,’” Dunn said. “And it’s always really stuck with
A tale of two freshman years
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At Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, more than 4,000 students roam the hallways. It is exceedingly rare for a freshman to make the varsity baseball team because of the sheer number of kids, Stevenson coach Patrick Block said. Bourbon was the exception. “Probably one of two in the last 10 or 15 years,” Block said. “As a freshman he was a really good hitter at the freshman level. When he came up to varsity he continued that.” During this unlikeliest of seasons, Bourbon fell under the tutelage of teammate Adam Walton, who is now a redshirt junior shortstop for the University of Illinois. Walton took it upon himself to be a mentor to the new freshman. The pair quickly formed a relationship that resembled a big brother and little brother, Bourbon said. He added that Walton drove him to all the practices and workouts, because Bourbon was too young to obtain his license, and they bonded over baseball. “I was fortunate enough to have older guys when I was younger kind of take me in and show me the ropes,” Walton said. “I was trying to do that with Willie.” Bourbon struggled at the plate after Walton left for Champaign, but not because he missed his mentor. Block said other teams simply began figuring Bourbon out during his sophomore and junior seasons and learned how to pitch to him. When Walton returned during academic breaks, he said he sought out his old teammate to go work in the batting cage. As Bourbon inched closer to
graduation, Block said Walton attempted to recruit his pupil to the Fighting Illini. Despite failing as a recruiter, Walton said he still roots for Bourbon. “Even being in-state rivals, him being on Northwestern, me being on Illinois, still I want to see him succeed as much as he can,” Walton said. “You know, unless we’re playing each other.” Illinois’ loss is NU’s gain — and Allen’s gain as well. Allen knew about Bourbon from his time working at Illinois in 2015, and when Allen took the Cats’ coaching job he said he was extremely excited to coach Bourbon after missing out on him with the Fighting Illini. After the suspension of senior second baseman Antonio Freschet after he played just three games, Bourbon was forced into an everyday role in the field even though he was tabbed mainly as designated hitter in NU’s opening series. Bourbon said Freschet’s suspension didn’t affect him, though. One of the biggest factors for him during the recruiting process was whether or not he’d be able to make an immediate impact, and Bourbon said he set a goal to play every day as a true freshman. He had already started on one varsity team as a freshman, so why couldn’t he start on another? “As I stepped foot on this campus that was something I really wanted to do,” Bourbon said. “I really worked my butt off over the summer to do that.”
Worlds collide
What’s rare about Dunn and Bourbon’s first year is not only how they both received regular playing time as freshmen but how seamlessly they’ve handled it. Starting, and performing, as freshmen in
the Big Ten is no easy task, yet both are likely to start every remaining game for NU this season. Dunn has cemented himself as NU’s everyday shortstop and leadoff hitter, starting all 32 games this season, and ranks second on the team in runs scored. Bourbon is second on the team in slugging percentage among qualifying batters and is tied for second in extra-base hits. The relationship between these two infielders is a boon for a program that has finished over .500 just once since the turn of the millennium. They said they recognize that chemistry up the middle is important and feel they exemplify it perfectly, even though the first game they played together was two months ago. “I know that, when we come out on the field — and we’re both competitive guys, we both want to win, that’s our number one goal — it doesn’t matter if we both go 0-for-5 on the day and strike out five times,” Bourbon said.“If we win that game, that’s a good day. Playing with him, knowing that he just wants the best for the team, and I do as well, I think that’s huge.” Of course, the chemistry comes from their competitiveness. But from their competitiveness also comes a friendship, one they both hope will last longer than the four years they’ll spend in Evanston. “No matter how many wins or how many losses we have, just to know that he’ll always have my back for years to come,” Dunn said. “Hopefully we’ll be at each other’s weddings and stuff like that. My uncle’s always talked about winning and losing, and playing on the field is great, but off the field, it’s the memories you really think of.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Intimate Histories:
Intersections between the Global and the Personal Friday, April 15, 2016 Leopold Room, Harris 108, 1881 Sheridan Rd, Evanston With keynote speaker Mary Lou ROBERTS (University of Wisconsin), author of D-Day through French Eyes: Memoirs of Normandy 1944, (Chicago, 2014), What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American G.I. in World War Two France, 1944-1946, (Chicago, 2013), Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin de Siècle France, (Chicago, 2002), and Civilization without Sexes: Reconstructing Gender in Postwar France, 1917-1927 (Chicago, 1994). Convener: Alexandra Lindgren-Gibson, Breen Fellow at the CCHS See full program at http://www.historicalstudies.northwestern.edu/events/conferences/
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Craig, Weisse honored by Big Ten after helping the Cats earn two wins
Senior attacker Kaleigh Craig and freshman goalkeeper Mallory Weisse garnered honors this week for the Wildcats, receiving Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week, respectively. Although Craig leads the team with 27 goals this season, the Big Ten recognized the senior for her superb defense against Michigan and Notre Dame last week. The attacker recorded a career high three caused turnovers against the Wolverines, while also securing two ground balls and chipping in 3 goals. Craig also forced two turnovers against the then-No.5 Fighting Irish and scooped up two more ground balls. The league named Weisse the top freshman of the week for the second time in her Northwestern career. The first-year goalie saved 14 shots last week, and held Michigan to only 4 goals. She also limited Notre Dame’s high-powered offense to only 3 goals in the first half, allowing the Cats to get out to an early 9-3 lead. Weisse is currently No. 36 in the country in saves per game and leads the Big Ten in both saves and saves per game. No. 16 NU hosts No. 5 USC on Friday. — Dan Waldman
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he exploded for a 7-for-16, 7 RBIs stat line during last week’s four games. “The last couple weekends, I was just trying to get back into the swing of things,” Hoscheit said. “This past weekend … gave me confidence moving forward at the plate and that’s the most important thing for me right now.” Facing Bradley, he said he hopes the entire team will able to build upon the collective confidence they gained from Sunday’s performance. “We have been so inconsistent — either pitching is good one day or hitting or fielding — and I think we finally put that all together this weekend,” Hoscheit said. “If we continue to do that over the next few weeks, I hope we’ll have some success.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
Softball
From page 8 way to stop Illinois is simple — keep the ball in the park. “It’s our number one goal and we’ve allowed too many runs that way,” Drohan said. “We have to play one pitch at a time like we’ve been talking about, and we really need to play some good defense.” The Cats, currently fifth in the Big Ten, will look to use tomorrow’s matchups to move up in the conference standings. Both Drohan and Strub said they believe two wins are indeed possible as long as the team remains confident and consistent on the diamond. melissahaniff2016@u.northwestern.edu
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Everything’s a competition with (Dunn), and everything’s a competition between us. — Willie Bourbon, second baseman
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Competition fuels special bond for first-year Wildcats By MAX GELMAN
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For Jack Dunn and Willie Bourbon, Northwestern’s freshman middle infielders, everything is a competition. “I mean, we’ll race to the showers,” Dunn, the shortstop, said. In a season that has produced three times as many losses as wins, NU hasn’t had much to hang its hat on this year. Since opening the 2016 season with a 4-4 record, the Wildcats have only doubled their win count, scattering four wins among 20 losses. Through Monday, NU ranks fifth in the Big Ten in team batting average but dead last in ERA, a mark almost a half-run higher than the second-worst ERA held by Purdue. However, the competitive relationship between Dunn and his roommate — and the production that’s resulted on the field — is a bright spot that has coach Spencer Allen, a freshman in his own right, extremely giddy. “It’s not so much of, ‘Who can hit for a higher average,’ it’s just a competition to prepare,” Allen said. “That’s ultimately what you want in a program.” Dunn and Bourbon said they first met each other on their official visit in October 2014, spending a weekend on campus and watching the football team play Nebraska. Ever since then, Bourbon said they gravitated toward each other, texting back and forth during their senior year to keep up with their final high school seasons. Now that they’re together at NU, Bourbon said they push each other every day — both to become better ballplayers and better people. “Whatever it is — schoolwork, everything, who’s going in
Baseball
Northwestern looks to stabilize hitting By BEN POPE
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Northwestern may have finally broken the slump that has dragged the team into the basement of the Big Ten standings with Sunday’s 11-3 rout of Nebraska. Wednesday’s game against Bradley — the first of four home contests at Miller Park this week — offers an opportunity for the Wildcats (8-24, 2-7) to test the validity of their recent improvement. “We’ve got to stop the rollercoaster. We’ve got to get on a roll,” coach Spencer Allen said. “I’m very excited to see how we come out tomorrow and how that can carry over into the Penn State series.” The heart of the batting order for NU — junior outfielder Matt Hopfner, whose .395 batting average ranks fifth in the conference; junior outfielder Joe Hoscheit; and sophomore third baseman Connor Lind — went 22-for40 combined at the plate against the Cornhuskers. Their common effectiveness prevented pitchers from pitching around anybody in the middle of the lineup. Allen said continuing their simultaneous hot streaks will prove crucial to the entire team’s batting potency. “When those three are going, there’s no way to run if you’re a pitcher — you’ve got to make pitches to one of them,” he said. “One of the keys to success is that we need three to four of those guys rolling at once, which we had at Nebraska. Each one of them makes each other better.”
Bradley vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 3 p.m. Wednesday
Senior pitcher Jake Stolley (1-1, 3.96 ERA) will start on the mound Wednesday but will throw only 40 to 50 pitches before giving way to a parade of relievers, Allen said. The Cats have followed that strategy in four other recent contests and Stolley has allowed just 3 total runs in those games, including 0 in the last three starts. “We don’t necessarily have a set starter for those games, so it’s just to get our bullpen some work,” Stolley said. “You don’t want to extend anyone too far who hasn’t thrown a lot this year. I just go out there and get the game started for a couple innings, hand it off to the next guy, hope he can get a couple, just work from there.” Bradley (15-10, 1-1 Missouri Valley) enters Wednesday having won five of its last six and boasting five regular starters with batting averages above .315. The Braves have also allowed just 3.86 earned runs per game this season, although probable starter Ben Olson sports a less-impressive 5.33 ERA. Allen said he knew little about the instate opponent, which NU has faced just once since 1975, and instead emphasized the need for his team to simply focus on its own play. That mantra is one Hoscheit has taken to heart since returning from injury March 30. After going just 1-for-9 with 1 RBI in his first four games back, » See BASEBALL, page 7
to see teachers more, you know, stuff like that,” Bourbon said. “We race everything. Everything’s a competition with him, and everything’s a competition between us … After seeing him do something great in the field I’m like, ‘Wow, now I’m up to bat, now I want to do something great.’”
Cool and confident
Despite his no-nonsense attitude on the field, Dunn loves to have a good time. A back-to-back state champion during his final two years of high school, including a senior season in which he didn’t make an error in the field, Dunn oozes confidence in everything he does. Allen has heaped praise on his freshman shortstop on how he has carried himself over the course of this year’s hardships, especially whenever Dunn rebounded from a bad game or poor performance. Part of that confidence existed in high school too, when Dunn “kept everybody loose,” said Andy Harlin, his coach at Blessed Trinity Catholic in Roswell, Georgia. “I thought he was like real quiet (at first),” Harlin said. “But his sophomore year, we’re down in Fort Myers, Florida, and he starts dancing at this restaurant. And I was like, ‘OK, he’s not as shy as I thought he was.’” Dunn’s sophomore season was his first on the varsity team for Blessed Trinity. Harlin said Dunn was a very consistent player for his age, especially on the defensive end. In his first-ever game, Dunn made a diving stop at third base to clinch the win. While matriculating through the program, Harlin said Dunn would always be the first one to joke around with his teammates during practice. As soon as he takes the » See INFIELDERS, page 7
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Wildcats ready for intrastate duel By MELISSA HANIFF
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As Northwestern prepares for a road doubleheader against Illinois, the team’s goal is simple — bring home two more wins. The Wildcats (14-20, 5-4 Big Ten) are coming off a series sweep, in which they beat Iowa three times in two days. On Wednesday, NU will face Illinois (23-15, 3-6), a team looking to rebound after dropping three games to No. 19 Minnesota. Although the Fighting Illini may be on a losing streak, the Cats recognize they will be facing a formidable opponent in Champaign. “Illinois is a well-coached team, and it’s a fun game for in-state purposes,” senior rightfielder Fran Strub said. “This game will mean a little more to us, and I think continuing to play Northwestern softball and playing our way will be the key to victory.” Strub, batting a team-high of .600, is also slugging 1.200 in conference play. Her hitting streak started against No. 2 Michigan — when she doubled twice — and continued against Minnesota, when she hit a walk-off homer to lift the Cats to a 10-2 victory. The rightfielder’s confidence at the plate was again evident against Iowa, when she slammed another 2-run homer Friday. “I think that in watching video and talking with the coaches, I’ve had a really good plan at the plate for all the different pitchers we’ve faced,” Strub said. Along with Strub, freshman third baseman Morgan Nelson, senior shortstop Andrea Filler and senior pitcher Amy Letourneau led the Cats’ offense throughout the series against Iowa. Although Letourneau accounted for
Northwestern vs. Illinois Champaign, Illinois 5 p.m. Wednesday
Northwestern vs. Illinois Champaign, Illinois 7 p.m. Wednesday
three dingers and 11 RBIs over the weekend, NU’s offense is far from one-dimensional. Coach Kate Drohan said the team’s chemistry and ability to count on each other to make plays often contribute to its success. “We have a lot of confidence in each other and we have great production throughout our entire lineup,”
Drohan said. “When we’re able to play the game relaxed because of that confidence, that’s when good things happen.” However, even with a powerful offense, the Cats will have to play tough defense Wednesday if they want to pull out another sweep against a conference opponent. Illinois enters the doubleheader with nine batters hitting over .300 and eight batters hitting RBIs in the double-digits. Led by sophomore Annie Fleming, who is batting .351 over 38 appearances, and junior Nicole Evans, who has brought in 35 RBIs in 38 games, the Fighting Illini offense is a force to be reckoned with. Drohan emphasized that the best » See SOFTBALL, page 7
Softball
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WHOA NELLY Morgan Nelson rounds third base. The freshman was among NU’s notables in the Iowa series, hitting a home run in the final contest.