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Groups submit draft of charter
The Mowgli’s set to open Dillo Day Mayfest announces third act at Battle of the Bands By EMILY CHIN
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Divest groups plan for socially responsible investment committee By FATHMA RAHMAN
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Northwestern Divest, Fossil Free Northwestern and Unshackle NU submitted to administration their first draft of the charter for the social responsible investment committee. The draft, sent Monday night, mandates that the committee meetings are held open to the public and if the Board rejects a committee proposal it would have to issue a public comment explaining why, according to a copy of the charter obtained by The Daily. The first draft of the charter, which structures the role of the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, comes two weeks after the three divestment groups met with University President Morton Schapiro and other administrators. “Our proposal was pretty basic,” said Weinberg junior Ruba Assaf, a member of NU Divest. “We tried to focus on making sure that student voices were adequately represented and aimed for a structure that would allow the committee to function effectively without serving as an obstacle to student movements.” The three divestment groups are working with administrators to create the committee in order to push the Board of Trustees to make more socially responsible investments. The charter calls for recommendations that are “well researched and in the interest of increasing investments” in line with the principles of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s “Protect, Respect, Remedy” principles and NU. NUDivest wants the University to divest from corporations its members say violate Palestinian human rights, Fossil Free NU from fossil » See CHARTER, page 5
vehicles were dispatched to Allison Hall. Residential Services officials notified Allison residents about the incident at 5:25 p.m. The student described the suspect as a black male about 6 feet tall and 210 pounds, police said. The student said the suspect was bald with no facial hair, wearing a green sweatshirt and blue jeans and carrying a gray backpack, police said.
The rock band The Mowgli’s will open Dillo Day this year, Mayfest announced Thursday night. The Mowgli’s, an alternative rock band, released their first major label album “Waiting For The Dawn” in 2013. They are known for their singles “San Francisco” and “I’m Good.” “They’re incredibly different from the (artists) we’ve already announced,” said SESP senior Elisa O’Neal, a Mayfest spokeswoman. “This band would fulfill the music genre that’s missing from our lineup. They have an upbeat sound that can be described as kind of celebratory.” Each year, Mayfest tries to create a diverse lineup that appeals to students’ diverse tastes in music,
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» See DILLO, page 7
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COPS CONVENE Police confer in front of Allison Hall. Officers responded to a report of an unknown man entering a resident’s room.
Student reports dorm battery By MARISSA PAGE
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A Northwestern student was physically battered and verbally threatened Thursday evening in Allison Hall, police said. The student reported at about 4:30 p.m. that an unknown male entered her room where a verbal altercation took place before the male fled,
according to an email from University Police Chief Bruce Lewis. The email said the student then followed the intruder and a physical altercation took place in which the suspect said, “I’ll shoot you.” Lewis said the student reported no physical injuries and no weapon displayed. Evanston police and UP responded to the report and are actively searching for the suspect, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan told The Daily. Six EPD
City unemployment rate stays largely stable By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Evanston’s unemployment trends have remained more stable than surrounding cities, which local economic officials said can be attributed to higher education levels and the jobs provided by Northwestern. The Illinois Department of Employment Security released data showing that unemployment rates increased in the past year throughout all Illinois metropolitan areas, rising from 6.0 percent to 6.6 percent in the Chicago metropolitan area and from 6.0 percent to 6.8 percent statewide. However, despite the rises in the Chicago metropolitan area, Evanston’s unemployment rate has remained much lower than the state and regional rates, currently sitting at 5.2 percent. Although Evanston’s
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unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points in the past year, the difference was smaller than other nearby increases, such as the 0.6 percentage points increase in Chicago and the 0.7 percentage points increase in Skokie. The national unemployment rate is 5.1 percent. Evanston economic development official Paul Zalmezak said NU’s position as a major local employer is one factor that makes the city’s unemployment rate closer to the national average than the rest of the state. “The University is the University. It’s not, generally speaking, impacted by changes in the market,” Zalmezak said. “You have students who pay tuition and a faculty that teaches students and the staff to maintain programs and maintain facilities.” Outside the University impact, Evanston’s white-collar workforce is
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able to withstand more fluctuations in the labor market than other cities with a different business sector makeup, Zalmezak said. “We have a high number of professionals and many highly-educated people who live here,” he said. “That demographic tends to do better in
these circumstances, on average.” IDES director Jeff Mays said in a statement that the increase in the unemployment rate was mostly because more people entered the labor force. » See UNEMPLOYMENT, page 7
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