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Recommendations now await approval by Student Affairs By MARIANA ALFARO
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The Black House Facility Review Committee submitted its final report to the Office of Student Affairs, recommending the University upgrade the building and restructure the facility’s programming and leadership. The committee’s final report, which became public Sunday, will be reviewed by Patricia Telles-Irvin, the vice president for student affairs, who will make a final decision on the recommendations this summer. The report, which is the result of the committee’s months-long examination of the Black House’s facilities and role on campus, details different ways Student Affairs can work to enhance the Black House and black students’ experiences on campus. Recommendations include reinstituting the associate dean-level position for African American Student Affairs, a role which disappeared after Student Affairs was restructured, as well as adding a soundproof practice room, an elevator and a free printing station to the Black House. The committee announced the news Sunday through the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association’s website
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The opportunity to work as a journalist in South Africa helped convince Sofia Rada she wanted to attend Northwestern. “Because the adrenaline found in exploring unknown territory excites me, I would jump on the opportunity to complete my (journalism) residency in South Africa,” Rada wrote in her application essay four years ago. “Working in a country completely foreign to me
would ... push me to achieve greatness in an unfamiliar setting.” Once she was admitted, Rada, now a Medill junior, started planning her education around doing her journalism residency — a mandatory internship for all Medill students — in South Africa. She was accepted to the South Africa program, completed all the necessary coursework and worked with NU’s International Program Development office to submit her application for a South African visa. But years of work and planning fell through two weeks before she was supposed to leave. Rada is a Mexican
citizen, and just before her departure she learned South Africa had denied her a visa to intern in the country. Instead of packing for the trip she had been anticipating for years, Rada scrambled to rearrange her academic plans as she said goodbye to her American classmates. They hadn’t run into the same problem because U.S. citizens don’t require visas to travel to South Africa for 90 days or fewer. “Me being able to go to this school, it’s beyond words how extremely lucky I am, and I understand that international students have a lot of benefits ... but that doesn’t mean that we don’t
have to face all these other obstacles that American students don’t have to face,” Rada told The Daily. “This school operates under the assumption that you’re American.” Rada is part of a growing percentage of foreign students at NU. For the first time, international students are projected to make up more than 10 percent of next year’s entering class. As the school welcomes more nonAmericans, administrators are faced with new challenges to help these students find jobs, travel and navigate a » See INTERNATIONAL, page 4
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Hospital transports up, citations down on Dillo Day
Police said 28 people were transported to the hospital due to alcohol intoxication during Dillo Day on Saturday, up from 22 people during 2014’s festival. The Evanston Police Department shut down 19 parties, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said, and citations were issued for three of the parties. In addition, four citations were issued for public urination, one for having fake identification, one for possession of cannabis and one for possession of alcohol
in public. Police handed out 19 citations during last year’s Dillo Day. For the third year in a row, no one was arrested. Evanston police received 49 calls related to Dillo Day activities, Dugan said. He added that it is difficult to compare to last year, when the festival was canceled. “The calls seemed to come in later on this year, because last year it was shut down because of the weather,” Dugan said. “Looking at the numbers, it was a busy day.” Juliet Freudman contributed reporting. — Shane McKeon
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City Council rejected an ordinance that would regulate massage and bodywork establishments Monday night. “What we were trying to accomplish was a very specific, discrete thing which was generally if someone is operating an illegal, improper business, probably without state licensing … the police department needs a way to shut down the bad business,” said Ald. Donald Wilson (4th), who voted against the ordinance. “We have to maintain order, we have to maintain legality, but this just goes way … beyond that.” The massage ordinance was introduced before the council in March, but was held after complaints from many Evanston massage therapists and bodyworkers made it clear they did not approve of the ordinance. According to City Council documents, city staff has since worked with many massage therapists and bodyworkers to revise the proposed regulations. The revised proposed ordinance removed items such as the
requirements to have on-site gender-separated changing rooms and to post prominently the price ranges for massages in the reception area. The ordinance voted down Monday night would have required massage therapists and bodyworkers to register with the city and implemented various other requirements, such as prohibiting an individual convicted of prostitution, rape, sexual misconduct or any other similar crime from being licensed. Additionally, it would have required that the rooms in which massages are performed be able to be unlocked from the interior and prohibited massage therapists and bodyworkers from touching the sexual or genital area or advertising their age, gender or physical attributes. “It’s kind of convoluted and complicated,” Evanston massage therapist Sarah McLaughlin told The Daily. “Ultimately I think that what they were looking for is something very simple and it’s just not that simple.” Although she says she would not have issues with an ordinance that required licensing and was appreciative of the city’s efforts to get input from industry professionals,
Mclaughlin said any future ordinance just “has to make sense.” The ordinance was originally proposed to address illicit behavior from a specific establishment, said Ald. Delores Holmes (5th), who voted for the ordinance. Holmes said she and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) received an email earlier this year from Evanston Township High School parents who were concerned with a business on Church Street their children frequently walked past that appeared to be involved in illicit activities. Although the ordinance may be overkill, Holmes said there needed to be a middle ground so businesses that were breaking the law could be shut down. “I think that having the police close the bad guys down is what we always want, but the police have to have something in order to be able to close them down,” she said. “It is about having some regulations that will keep this kind of thing from happening.” Holmes told The Daily that she was also in support of regulating other service businesses, like nail or beauty shops, to prevent crime. » See MASSAGE, page 7
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Around Town Council tables allocating trash funds By RISHIKA DUGYALA
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City Council tabled allocating approximately $1.2 million in waste transfer station fees at Monday evening’s meeting because there had not been an opportunity for the impacted community to voice their concerns. At the February 22 meeting, City Council approved a settlement with Advanced Disposal, a waste transfer station located at 1711 Church St., that allowed the city to keep all of the fees collected from the station since 2011 — approximately $1.2 million, according to city documents. In 2010, Evanston imposed a fee of $2 per ton of waste transferred through the station. Claiming the fees were illegal, Veolia, the garbage collection service operating the center then, sued the city, according to council documents. The settlement not only allows the city to keep the money, but also allows Advanced Disposal to continue operating and the fee to be reduced from $2 to 75 cents. City staff recommended Council return $500,000 of the settlement to the city’s general fund, with the remaining money going to capital related projects in the 2nd and 5th Wards and environmental projects,
Police Blotter Four Evanston residents arrested during mob fight outside La Macchina Cafe
A large fight broke out early Sunday morning at La Macchina Cafe, 1620 Orrington Ave., leading to the arrest of four Evanston residents. Evanston police arrived outside the restaurant at 2 a.m. to break up a mob of people fighting in the street, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Many of them were intoxicated and were throwing tables and chairs at each other in the street, he said. Because some individuals did not comply when officers tried to stop the fight, the officers had to use a taser to detain at least
according to the documents. The costs for these projects would be assessed after City Council provides staff with direction on what actions to take. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) moved to hold the allocation after Kevin Glynn, chair of the city’s Environment Board, brought to attention that not enough meaningful community involvement was sought on how the funds be used prior to the Monday meeting. “It’s only through the input from (community members) that we’ll understand what they really need, not what staff proposes and indeed not even what the environmental justice committee proposes,” Glynn said during public comment. “Please go to the groups that live right nearby, and get their thoughts and get their opinions.” Residents in the area surrounding the station, located in the 2nd and 5th Wards, are impacted by the station’s smell and noise pollution, Holmes told the Daily. The station has caused traffic congestion and reduced business opportunities in the area, she said. “It’s the only transfer station that we’ve been able to find in a residential neighborhood,” Holmes said. “It couldn’t happen today. Today, they wouldn’t be able to get a permit to be in a residential area. … It would be inappropriate.” In light of how the residents have been impacted,
some aldermen expressed their disapproval of allocating $500,000 to the general fund. According to council documents, staff recommended money be deposited back into the fund given the costs the city faced during litigation and due to the “ongoing uncertainty of the State of Illinois’ financial situation.” Ald. Brian Miller (9th) said the money collected was “impact fees” that should be used to offset negative impacts in the neighborhood hosting the station. In addition, he said he did not think the city should reimburse the general fund for supposed expenses that could have been saved if a law firm had been hired during the litigation process. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), who seconded the motion to hold the allotment, told The Daily he wants to be able to advocate for affected residents and will work with Holmes to hold a community meeting as soon as possible. The topic will be introduced to City Council after this meeting is held. “Hopefully we’ll be able to host that meeting where someone from our legal department will be there to explain all these various components and recommendations and see how our residents feel about it before we can move forward,” Braithwaite said.
three individuals. Three men, aged 19, 20 and 25 years old, were arrested and charged with a mob action misdemeanor. They are expected to appear at Skokie Courthouse on June 13. A fourth man, 31 years old, was arrested and charged under a city ordinance of disobedience to police. He is expected to appear at Skokie Courthouse on June 27. After the fight broke up, an ambulance arrived to treat those who were injured, and no one was transported to the hospital, Dugan said.
aggravated assault Friday after a man pointed a gun at her. The 22-year-old woman observed two men arguing about a monetary dispute in the 2000 block of Brown Avenue at noon Friday, Dugan said. She reported that when one of the men left the area, the other man — around 24 years old, of thin build and with short hair — directed a gun at her. He told her to get back in her mail truck and pretend that she had not seen or heard anything, Dugan said. The woman returned to the post office where she notified her supervisor and contacted Evanston police.
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On Campus Students debate effectiveness of affirmative action By KELLI NGUYEN
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More than 50 students attended a debate Monday night about affirmative action co-hosted by Northwestern’s Political Union and Asian Pacific American Coalition at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, discussing the role race should play in college admissions. The event featured a presentation from sociology Prof. Anthony Chen, student speakers and an open debate. Weinberg freshman Jose Trejos said during the debate that affirmative action only scratches the surface in addressing systemic issues faced by non-white students. “Affirmative action is unforgivably used as a BandAid by the same people who allowed the educational system to get so messed up in the first place,” Trejos said. “If you want to help minorities achieve more education, you should fight the real problems in primary and secondary education instead of trying to continue this cynical and failed policy of higher education.” Trejos, a Daily columnist, argued that minority
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students lack access to quality early education, and reforms should focus less on the admissions process and more on preparing students for college itself. But Weinberg sophomore Max Rowe countered that by saying Trejos’ arguments discounted the importance of racial diversity on college campuses. Rowe said although affirmative action is flawed, raceblind admissions would harm minorities more. Communication freshman Michael Deneroff added that a single policy such as affirmative action cannot fix everything but could help remedy inequality. “I agree affirmative action is a Band-Aid solution,” Deneroff said, “but wounds heal better when they’re supported, not when they’re left raw.” But Trejos, an international student from Costa Rica, said he opposes affirmative action because it acts as an unfair advantage for the already privileged top tier of minority groups. Trejos compared himself, a Hispanic student whose father went to college, to impoverished students who live miles from his home in Costa Rica. “When I see affirmative action, I see a system that helps people like me by taking spots away from people like them,” Trejos said. “I would like to see a system that is more holistic and … affirmative action, at least as it is right now, is so broken that the only
way you can achieve that is abolishing it completely and starting from scratch.” SESP freshman Sky Patterson countered that minorities are constantly living in systematic disadvantage and affirmative action is necessary to level the still-uneven playing field. Patterson added that it is “misguided and shortsighted” to view affirmative action as unfair. Medill sophomore David Gernon, Political Union co-president, said the debate exceeded his expectations. He said the goal of the organization is to make students think deeper about issues, something the affirmative action debate was able to achieve. “You realize it’s a lot more nuanced,” Gernon told The Daily. “There’s a lot of structural problems that need to be corrected.” Weinberg sophomore Stacy Tsai said she was pleasantly surprised by the event. As APAC’s external president, Tsai said she made an effort to bring Asian-American students to the debate to make sure they were involved in the conversation. “The topic of affirmative action is often labeled as a black, Latino issue,” Tsai told The Daily. “It’s very clear that Asian-Americans have a stake in affirmative action.” kellinguyen2019@u.northwestern.edu
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TALKING POINTS Students participate in a Political Union-sponsored debate about affirmative action. More than 50 students attended the event, which was co-sponsored by Asian Pacific American Coalition.
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foreign bureaucracy. “There’s surprising things that come up, and as long as they’re telling us about these surprising things, we can make improvements,” said Christina Callahan, assistant director of admission. “But there’s some that just fall to the wayside because we’re not aware of them.”
Beating the odds
After they graduate, most international students can stay in the country for a year to work. Students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are granted some extra time — they can work in the country for three years. But after their time is up, if they want to stay, many must compete for one of 85,000 visas that would allow them to remain in the country. Twenty thousand are reserved for people with advanced degrees. So undergraduate international students who want to stay in the United States will find themselves vying for just 65,000 visas. Even if they find an employer willing to sponsor them, they still have to win the visa lottery. This year, more than 236,000 people applied for H-1B visas, a nonimmigrant work visa. Just 36 percent were accepted.
“That’s a huge challenge,” said Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office. “It’s a behemoth. And there are no easy answers to it.” University administrators have no control over the visa lottery process, but they try to help NU students find employment as well as they can, Shankar said. Even before graduation, international students face additional challenges finding employment. They must be able to show their internships are mandatory for their coursework, and they have to find employers willing to hire them. “The whole system is stacked up against you,” said Rada, a former Daily staffer. Northwestern Career Advancement aims to help identify employers who will hire international students and advise them individually about their career options, said Mark Presnell, the executive director of NCA. “We try to be as transparent as we possibly can with international students,” he said. Amaar Nanabhai, a Weinberg senior from Tanzania, recalls going to the career fair and looking at a long list of companies but realizing only a small percentage of them would hire international students. “It was really hard,” he said. “They’re pretty much the most competitive companies to get into so everyone is applying to them.”
Outside the STEM circle
Rada wrote an article on press freedom in Mexico last summer while working for a think tank in Washington, D.C. She found Mexican journalists had been assaulted on an almost daily basis the previous year and 35 percent have post-traumatic stress disorder. In the past decade more than 80 journalists in Mexico were killed and 17 disappeared, she wrote in the article.
“My parents showed it all over social media and people were super proud of me,” Rada said. “But they were also like, ‘Sofia, watch out. This is dangerous.’” The article had to be updated a week later when another Mexican journalist was tortured and killed. Rada hopes to work for an American media outlet after graduation. Even if she finds an employer to sponsor her, however, she’ll still need to win the visa lottery to stay in the country after a year. If she doesn’t succeed, she’ll have to decide if she wants to continue doing the work she trained for in college in a country where being a journalist can be dangerous. “In a perfect world, I wouldn’t want to be a U.S. citizen — not because I don’t think being a U.S. citizen is great,” Rada said. “In a perfect world, Mexico would be a better country to live in. In a perfect world, I wouldn’t have to fear getting killed working as a journalist in my country.” Shankar said recruiting journalism students from countries without a free press can create challenges for them. “If the student is from a country where journalism, as we know it, doesn’t exist, then there is a problem,” he said. Nanabhai said he can see himself returning home to Tanzania someday to work at a nonprofit. But he said if he were interested in pursuing a different career, the developing country might not have the opportunities he would be looking for. Although there are jobs in Tanzania in specialized fields like finance or technology, there are not nearly as many as in the U.S. and the ones that do exist are usually not as well established. “It’s sort of a different world,” he said. “Let’s say you work in a finance role or you work in an engineering technology role, it’s kind of hard for you to go back to Tanzania to continue in that role because there’s no company that does that kind of stuff.” Nanabhai said it would be helpful for NU to inform students midway through their freshman or sophomore years about the implications of pursuing different fields instead of letting students find out independently once they begin searching for jobs. Administrators don’t encourage international students to pursue a particular area of study, Shankar said. That said, most international students do pursue degrees in STEM fields. More than 500 of the nearly 800 undergraduate international students at NU are in a STEM field, Shankar said. Students like Rada and Nanabhai — who studies economics — face additional challenges as international students not in STEM fields. They have just one year to stay in the country after graduation before applying for a new visa and may have a more difficult time finding employers to sponsor their visa applications. “They are definitely at a disadvantage because the regulations play to STEM,” Shankar said. “But there’s not much you can do about it. … Everybody gets the same information, the same resources, the same advising. We don’t put a particular emphasis on STEM.”
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internship not affiliated with an educational institution in South Africa. Because the country doesn’t grant visas for that type of trip, she found herself unable to participate in the program she had dreamed about for so long. She said she was frustrated by her interactions with IPD, where she was told administrators there had never encountered this problem. When contacted by The Daily, Karey Fuhs, the IPD administrator Rada worked with to prepare her paperwork, declined to answer specific questions about the incident, saying she did not want to comment on a particular student’s case. However, Fuhs, who is IPD Study Abroad’s associate director, said NU encourages international students to study abroad and tries to support them through the process. “Whenever a student studies abroad and needs a visa, we can certainly provide some guidelines,” she said. “But it’s ultimately up to that country that makes a decision about whether that student is given a visa.” Rada said she appreciated that Fuhs had tried to help her and seemed concerned about preventing this from happening to future students, but she still wished the University could have helped her solve the problem before it was too late. “Isn’t this something you should have thought about before?” Rada said. “The future students you’re worried about, I used to be one of them.”
Bureaucratic hurdles
When Sanya Mansoor, a Medill senior from India, secured an internship with The Dallas Morning News for this summer, she didn’t realize being a foreigner would make it harder to get the driver’s license she needed for the job. She arrived at a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Chicago with all the forms of ID specified on the department’s website but was turned away because she didn’t have documentation to prove she had enough time left on her student visa to start the application process. The Illinois DMV doesn’t permit international students to apply for a driver’s license if they have less than six months left before the expiration date on their I-20, a document proving a person is legally in the country as a student. She tried to explain that she would be able to stay in the U.S. after the expiration date on her I-20 because of the year she could spend in the country after graduation but wouldn’t have documentation to prove it for months. Employees at the DMV told her there was nothing they could do. Mansoor panicked. She knew she needed a driver’s license, but now realized she couldn’t get one until after her internship was supposed to start.
Left behind
Rada had structured her entire junior and senior years around doing her journalism residency in South Africa. She rushed to complete her mandatory classes her junior year. Over the summer, she planned to stay on campus and research for a thesis in the political science department. Her senior year, she planned to finish her thesis and graduate with the option of pursuing an advanced degree in political science, which could have bought her more time in the U.S. Rada began applying for her visa as soon as she learned which media company she had been assigned to work with in South Africa, roughly halfway through Winter Quarter. She traveled to the South African Consulate in Chicago four times. Including travel time and hours spent waiting at the consulate and meeting with IPD administrators, she estimates the process consumed roughly 15 hours, much of it in the days leading up to Finals Week. In her final trip to the consulate, she fought back tears as the woman behind the desk explained that the paperwork NU had provided her described an
give them a support network and someone to talk to and assurances and do everything we can to make it less stressful and less worrisome.” Mansoor first called her parents, who live abroad and aren’t familiar with the American licensing system. That only stressed her out more, she said. But then she went to the International Office, where advisers helped her negotiate a later start date with her employer. “The International Office here is actually very helpful,” Mansoor said. “The advisers are all very nice and if you ever bring up a concern with them, they will be really quick to do everything in their power to manage that crisis.”
“I went to worst-case scenarios, like ‘I don’t have a job anymore, I’m unemployed,’” Mansoor said. “The uncertainty of not fully understanding puts me irrationally on edge.” She isn’t alone in experiencing anxiety while trying to navigate a foreign bureaucracy. “You’re living in another place and you’re dealing with that place’s government — it’s scary,” said Aaron Zdawczyk, associate director of admission. “What (NU) tries to do for these students is really
But NU advisers can’t always help international students navigate the problems they encounter. Marine Coste has dual French and American citizenship, but grew up in France. She’s part of a small group of students who grew up abroad but aren’t factored into the University’s statistics on international students because they have U.S. citizenship. Coste attended high school in France, and she doesn’t know how to enter information about her high school record into her American medical school applications. “Nobody here can help me. None of my advisers have any idea what I’m talking about,” the Weinberg senior said. “There is one sentence in the med school guide, and that’s all.” She’s also unsure how to obtain insurance after she graduates and has run into trouble filing taxes. She’s a U.S. citizen, but she said her parents can’t help her because they aren’t familiar with the American systems themselves. “I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with that,” she said. “I don’t even know who to ask.” International students receiving financial aid face additional problems when trying to file taxes. Hansen Ong, a Weinberg sophomore from Hong Kong, is taxed on the financial aid he receives from NU that exceeds the cost of tuition and fees. Last year, he found himself out about $600 when money was taken out of his account but not refunded. Typically , students taxed on their financial aid were refunded the amount they were taxed, said Callahan, the assistant director of admission. But Ong’s refund was held up, and he didn’t know what to do. Ong went to NU’s payroll office for help, but administrators there could only assist him so much. The University doesn’t employ licensed tax professionals, so no NU administrators are legally allowed to walk students like Ong through tax issues, Callahan said. The same is true for U.S. students who encounter issues filing taxes, but international students on financial aid are less likely to have access to licensed U.S. tax professionals or parents familiar with the American tax system. “As international students that are on financial aid, that is the hardest,” Ong said. “We are the least likely to have a home accountant or someone to manage our estates.” In Ong’s case, he learned after hours on the phone with the IRS that he had filed his taxes twice, a mistake he didn’t realize he had made. “I wish there was a resource for international students to explain how the tax system works,” Ong said.
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“It’s just quite difficult to navigate the entire process without like a mom or a dad that knows the system.” Mansoor said the trouble international students often run into navigating American bureaucracy could be avoided if students were better informed about potential problems in advance. She wishes there were a better resource for international students to help them avoid issues such as the ones she encountered when trying to get her license. “I just wish someone gave me a heads up,” Mansoor said.
NU has made supporting international students a priority. “It’s something to be celebrated,” Ong said. “It’s really cool that Northwestern does this.”
Navigating financial need
About 9.5 percent of undergraduate international students receive need-based financial aid from NU, Zdawczyk said. That percentage has remained relatively steady over the past five years, he said, but for next year’s class that number will jump to about 14 percent. Up to $20 million from the more than $100 million donation by Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ‘54) to the school last year was slated for international student scholarships, and University President Morton Schapiro said last year he hopes to raise $100 million for such scholarships as part of the school’s capital campaign. NU spends roughly $3 million on financial aid for international students each year, Zdawczyk said, although that number is projected to increase next year as the number of international students on financial aid increases. The financial aid package the University offered Ong convinced him to attend NU. He said he’s glad
International students, however, are still less likely to receive financial aid than U.S. students. In comparison, 62 percent of undergraduates overall receive financial aid. NU is need-aware for international students, meaning the school may factor financial need into its admissions decisions. In contrast, American students
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undergo a need-blind application process, meaning the school does not consider financial need when reviewing applicants. Once admitted, however, NU covers all financial need an international student demonstrates, Callahan said. Although once they are admitted NU pledges to fund international students’ financial need, Rada said some don’t apply for aid because they fear it would decrease their chances of being accepted in the first place. She said attending NU has been a significant financial burden on her family, but her parents convinced her not to apply for aid to avoid hurting her chances. As an international student on financial aid, Ong sees himself as part of a nearly invisible group on campus. Most people assume all international students come from wealthy backgrounds, which upsets him. He recalls one time when he was planning to go to dinner with friends and one person commented that another student in the group could afford the cost because “she’s international.” “This happens all the time,” Ong said. “It’s just annoying when people make blanket statements about international students like, ‘Yeah, well, you’re international. You can afford it.’”
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Ronald Braeutigam, associate provost for undergraduate education, said he would like to add a student affairs professional to the International Office to help mitigate some of the issues international students face. The International Office tries to help students with
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any problems they encounter, but its primary function is to deal with visas, he said. Adding a student affairs staff member could help foreign students with specific challenges they face — from applying to internships to accessing health care. “Sometimes there are special issues that international students deal with whether they’re graduates or undergraduates where student affairs officials could help,” Braeutigam said. “Often their parents aren’t from systems anything like the American system. They can’t call home (for help).” He said he is trying to secure funding for such a position in the future. However, Rada said the University still has a ways to go. She said she thinks administrators should be more upfront about the challenges prospective international students will encounter when they arrive in Evanston. “Do they tell those international students, ‘Hey, your chances of staying here are extremely slim?’ No,” Rada said. “Do they tell you, ‘Hey, you should be studying STEM because that’s your best chances of staying in this country?’ No.” Schapiro acknowledged the difficulties international students face and said the University is working toward greater inclusion. “It’s one thing to recruit and enroll people,” Schapiro told The Daily in an interview last month when asked about the growing international population at the school. “You have to treat them right when they’re here.” sophiabollag@u.northwestern.edu
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Colorblindness is not the solution to racial prejudice HENRY CAO
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Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most endearing figures of the American mythos. His efforts helped secure de jure rights for blacks and dismantle Jim Crow laws in the South. In his speech “I Have a Dream,” King preached, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” This quote may seem like it envisions a colorblind society, but it is important to look beyond what King expressly stated. Colorblindness is the idea that one way to end discrimination is by treating everyone as equally as possible, regardless of race, culture or ethnicity. In theory, colorblindness ensures equality of opportunity and implies equality of outcome. Proponents of colorblindness posit that the existence of racial categories in the public psyche invokes negative stereotypes deleterious for the advancement of minorities. Opponents of colorblindness argue it stymies conversations about racism and deemphasizes the diversity of experiences of different people. I believe colorblindness is a contagion that threatens the very future of our society. Civil rights leaders such as King wanted race to be a source of strength, not a source of shame. The silencing of racial dialogue implicitly reinforces the belief that race is a shameful aspect of our culture, which makes it harder for a person to embrace his or her own race, ethnicity and culture as well as those of others. Colorblindness attempts to alleviate the discomfort associated with addressing racial issues instead of actually solving them. Affirming and celebrating racial identity are important steps toward racial reconciliation. This process works closely with exploring an individual’s ethnicity and culture. Civil rights activist Malcolm X was a major proponent of black nationalism, an ideology supporting the unity and self-determination
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of blacks. Malcolm X represented the beating heart of the civil rights movement, in stark contrast to King’s erudite mind. Although branded as a militant by contemporaries, Malcolm X made a lasting mark on civil rights activism — racial empowerment is now a means and an end to contemporary civil rights activism. As former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun once wrote, “To overcome racism, one must first take race into account.” A society is beautiful not because of its absence of color but rather its presence of all colors. The practical applications of racial
cognizance entail large coordination between private and public endeavors. Government programs that help struggling communities gain economic sustainability and political power are worth investing in. Nonetheless, local, state and federal initiatives have had beneficial and detrimental impacts on underprivileged people and communities. Private institutions are also making large strides — for example, Northwestern’s recent implementation of the Asian-American studies major. Advocating for ethnic studies is an ongoing effort that is already transforming the academic landscape. Learning about
other ethnicities helps deconstruct subconscious prejudice toward certain identities and develop an appreciation for rich and complex heritages. The most important consideration of all is that the policies and efforts are heavily influenced by the factor of race. Likewise, the objective of past and current civil rights activism is not a colorblind society. We are all different in race, ethnicity and culture. Instead of ignoring these differences, we should recognize and celebrate them while also preventing these differences from being barriers to human community. Having a strong personal identity is important for cultivating racially cognizant citizens. Colorblindness is not only too idealistic, but also a fallacy. Opposing colorblindness does not mean supporting racism. In fact, I find that opposing racism means opposing colorblindness. College is one of the best times in our lives to explore our own racial, ethnic and cultural roots and to seek to understand those of others. Some great ways to promote diversity and inclusion are attending forums on social issues, taking ethnic studies classes and participating in civil rights activism. A society without racial prejudice lies beyond our horizon, so it is challenging to envision such a world. That said, I can think of a few key elements essential for a society without racial discrimination. First is the reification of cultural institutions meant to preserve and promote the culture and heritage of all peoples. Second is the incorporation of a multitude of cultures into our media, education, politics and economics. Last of all is having character as the chief — but not the sole — factor in the realization of a person. A society without racism may forever lie behind our eyes and inside our minds. However, the problems of racism currently lie before us. We must be mindful of existing racial biases and work to reverse the tide of whitewashing. Henry Cao is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be reached at henrycao2018@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.
Latinx communities must fight colorism from inside LIAM ARANDA
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Colorism is a system in which whiter features and complexions are favored among communities of color. Colorism is a prevalent issue among communities of color as it determines the kind of jobs that are accessible, marriage rates and the likelihood a person of color will go to prison. Colorism is something instilled in children of color before they can even speak. For Latinxs, a gender-neutral name for the Latin-American community, the system of colorism has roots in the European colonization in the Americas. As soon as the Spanish began mixing with the indigenous people and African slaves — whom they brought over — they began ranking mixed children by the color of their skin. This practice was known as “el sistema de casta,” or the caste system. The colonial society placed
the “mestizos,” people of Spanish and indigenous heritage, on top and the “zumbos,” people of black and indigenous heritage, at the bottom. It is obvious what features and heritage take precedence in the hierarchy of society. This system has been passed down to present day and currently plays an integral part in interactions not only between whites and Latinxs, but amongst the Latinx community as a whole. Personally, I am extremely fortunate as a white-skinned Latino; I face less of the brunt of stereotypes associated with being Latinx. Also, due to the color of my skin I’m more likely to earn a larger paycheck, receive a higher quality of education and am at a lower rate of being exposed to diseases such as HIV/AIDS than darker skinned Latinxs. Though I have no desire to be a part of colorism, I undeniably benefit from this system. It is statistically proven that as a white Latino, the only thing that I have experienced due to the color of my skin is that people, who are generally white, will assume I am not Latino or try to invalidate my identity. That might offend me and bother me; however, that is nothing compared to the heavy
stereotyping faced by darker skinned Latinxs. I know the level of invalidation in my identity as a Latino due to my fairness does not compare to that of Afro Latinxs who face invalidation of their Latinidad — Latino identity — and stereotypes associated with their black skin from both the white and Latinx communities. Colorism is not only a dangerous mindset, but it also poses a severe risk to mental health and self worth. In Latin-American countries and communities, whiteness serves as the standard of beauty and acceptance — the majority of Latin American politicians and celebrities are fairer skinned. The fact that these people serve as the faces of the community affects how Latinxs are perceived both inside and out. To those outside, the fairer appearance reaffirms notions that only lighter skinned people of color can be seen as beautiful or at the same level and worth as white people. The over-representation of light skin is detrimental. Darker people of color in colorist communities are taught to hate their indigenous and/or black features and are ingrained with the notion that these features are inherently inferior
and something to be ashamed of. As a result, they will wind up attempting to lighten their features using dangerous things such as “whitening creams.” These creams may lighten their features but generally come with harmful side effects. While the cream may lighten their skin, it will not diminish the sense of insecurity and selfloathing they have been taught to feel about their bodies and their features. I just want to tell these people that you are enough: Your indigenous and black features make you the beautiful person you are, and you have just as much of a right to be proud of your look as anyone else. Colorism is not something that can be eliminated in one strike; it is something that requires the upheaval of a problematic system and it begins with darker people of color loving themselves. Liam Aranda is a Weinberg freshman. He can be contacted at liamaranda2019@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.
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describes the Black House not as a facility but as a place “where culture happens.” “They look at it as like a landmark of sorts, as a really profound piece of history,” she said. Mims said the physical updates suggested by the committee will help students pursue more artistic opportunities on campus. “There are students in the black community who do music or want to practice or do performances,” she said. “Having that soundproof room enables them to have the access and ability to be able to express (themselves) within the black community.” Whitaker said by submitting the recommendations, the committee’s work is complete. The measures must now be approved by Telles-Irvin, who is also collaborating with another task force to evaluate the black student experience at NU. In an interview with The Daily last week, Telles-Irvin said this task force, the Black Student Experience Committee, is chaired by CIC executive director Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson and will file a report this summer. “They’re looking at data, they’re doing focus groups, they’re doing surveys,” Telles-Irvin said. “They’re really trying to get to the bottom of what the dissatisfaction is so that we can then create strategies and programs that will help our students feel good about being here at Northwestern.” Telles-Irvin said she will meet with that task force in August, at the same time its recommendations come in. alfaro@u.northwestern.edu
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I think about my freshman year and the fact that we’ve been able to carry it on, it really shows it’s Northwestern softball, it’s not just one team, one year. — Amy Letourneau, senior pitcher
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work and humility. “For her to be as humble as she is and to do as well as she’s done is inspiring to me,” Nelson said. “She’s a really good leader and it shows on the field too.” As the 2016 season has ended, it is clear that both Filler and Letourneau have made their mark on the program. However, Filler, who has been invited to tryout for the Chicago Bandits, a professional softball team, and Letourneau, who will pursue a career at WH Trading, a Chicago-based trading firm, said they tried not to think too much about the ends of their careers. “I told myself, I’m coming back for this fifth year to play softball, I don’t want to get caught up in ‘That pitch wasn’t good, I gave up a home run,’” Letourneau said. “Being in the moment and being with teammates, the two of us have been able to work with everyone to get that competitive mindset back. We’re here to play the game and nothing other than that.” Filler, who ranks third in program history with 40 doubles despite having been at NU for only three years, said she is simply thankful for the time she had as a Wildcat. “It’s really easy to get caught up in our schedules, easy to forget what you love about softball and NU; lately I’ve been reminding myself of that often,” Filler said. “I wish everyday that I could’ve started here from the beginning.” n Da
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As fifth year seniors, both Filler and Letourneau embraced their roles as the team grandmas — a joke that even the coaches encourage. With the new title, however, came the need for both to take on a larger role within the team. The two became the leaders of the squad, taking this year’s freshmen under their wing while also keeping spirits high in the dugout during a tough stretch before the start of conference play. Letourneau, who sat one game during the Michigan series due to an elbow issue, has battled adversity after a season-ending injury in 2014. Even so, her determination and spirit have remained strong, something noted by both Drohan and pitching coach Michelle Gascoigne. Gascoigne, who joined the squad this fall, focused this season on strengthening one of the team’s strongest assets: its fivepitcher rotation. She noted that Letourneau’s leadership will leave a lasting influence on the younger pitchers. “Amy does a good job of leading both sides of the field, especially being a strong athlete, it’s really good for the young ones,” Gascoigne said. “Especially Kenzie (Ellis), who has been following her around all year, I know she’s learned a lot from her leading by example and stepping up in big situations.” Being a driving force for the freshmen was extremely important this year, with Morgan Nelson starting at third base, and both Ellis and Kaley Winegarner starting several games. Nelson’s relationship with Filler also developed over the year, especially with Nelson as the presumed heir to the starting shortstop spot. Nelson said Filler has shown her the importance of both hard
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Letourneau’s role on the team has also consistently evolved, more so due to her versatility at the plate and on the mound. The ace has been at NU since 2012, and has watched as her classmates graduated and fresh faces entered the program. Although she suffered a season-ending injury in 2014, her ERA over five years currently sits at 3.45, with 648 strikeouts as well. Off the mound, Letourneau has been just as effective, hitting .332 over five seasons with 165 RBIs and 44 homers. This season, she led the Big Ten in RBI with 29 during conference play. With stats that fly off the page and honors to boot, Letourneau’s fiery leadership in the dugout has become a staple of the program. “Amy’s a lot of fun, she has a great spirit about her and she’s got really good spunk,” Kate Drohan said. “That’s the kind of person you want in the heat of the moment.” Letourneau draws much of that competitive spirit from five years of battling tough Big Ten opponents, injuries and from her teammates. As a freshman, she watched elder teammates like Adrienne Monka and Kristin Scharkey on the field and hoped to emulate their toughness. What she began to realize, however, was that the fire and competitiveness of her teammates came not just from their own energy but from the way the Drohans have positioned the program throughout the years. “My freshman year, Kristin Scharkey
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was that crazy passionate person, and you think, ‘Oh wow, that’s Kristin,’ but no that’s our program,” Letourneau said. “I think about my freshman year and the fact that we’ve been able to carry it on, it really shows it’s Northwestern softball, it’s not just one team, one year.” As a leader, Letourneau spent this season teaching the squad’s younger pitchers. “I’m excited to see everyone else take that next step, the places that you get to go out of this program are unbelievable,” Letourneau said. “Watching everyone come here and really find themselves, find what you want to do and create a life from it, I get excited to see people do that and to see this program succeed.”
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it meant to play NU softball came during her first season with the Cats at the annual season-opening Kajikawa Classic. “Someone hit a double and the dugout erupted … it was something that was so brand new to me,” Filler said. “There’s just a passion and a fire that the coaches instill in you from day one. It’s hard to put into words, but you have this notion of how much hard work you’ve put in all year and it comes out on the field.” Throughout the season, Filler’s main focus was to keep the team motivated as a leader, while also remaining confident at the plate. Although that confidence has clearly shown, Filler noted that her leadership style especially evolved this season. “For me, I was always really comfortable leading by example, and this year has really pushed me to lead more vocally,” she said. “It’s helped me develop that type of skill, something that you can apply later on in life.”
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Out of the seven seniors in the softball program, Amy Letourneau and Andrea Filler have become known as the “grandmas” of the team. In a season that had its ups and downs, the two took charge as the only fifth-year seniors the program has ever seen besides 2014 grad Emily Allard. Each led the team in several statistical categories at the plate, and Letourneau was also a force on the mound, going 15-11 over 42 appearances with an ERA of 2.87. “It’s unique because the softball program has never had two fifth years at a time,” Filler said. “I think we’ve definitely seen an age divide between us and especially the freshmen, it’s an extra challenge for us as leaders of the team.” However, the relationship between Letourneau and Filler goes beyond age. The two have quickly become the best of friends as they battle both the highlights and frustrations of the game — and graduate school. Filler, who is pursuing a master’s in sports administration, and Letourneau, who will receive a post-baccalaureate certificate in finance, have leaned on each other this year as they learned how to lead a team much younger than they are. “We’re best friends and we’ve gotten super close over the last couple years,” Letourneau said. “We’ve been through different experiences and having her with me, it makes me feel more comfortable being this old and learning to relate to the freshmen.”
first season with 40 RBIs. Statistically, her play got better each year, and the shortstop led the team with 16 home runs and 59 RBI this season, along with a slugging percentage of .739. But off the diamond, Filler found herself surprised at how easily she was able to adapt to her newfound community. “It was interesting because I was essentially in three classes when I first got here,” Filler said. “Academically I was a junior, athletically I was a sophomore, but I was also brand new so I was a freshman. But I didn’t feel like a newcomer and that’s something extremely special to this program, we treat each other as family.” Although Filler’s journey to NU may have been unique, her reasoning for transferring was simple: she wanted to become a better softball player. After suffering a season-ending wrist injury during her sophomore year at Boston College, she began to wonder if she would have the opportunity to shine elsewhere. She knew that NU coaches Kate and Caryl Drohan’s unfamiliar and intense offseason workouts wouldn’t make the transition easy — but her competitive spirit kept pushing her forward. In 2015, Filler won the shortstop position at NU, a change from Boston College, where she had played second base. “It was hard to get going, I wanted to come to here because I knew I wanted to
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Zach Jones modeled consistency in run with Wildcats By BEN POPE
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In the spring of 2013, Zach Jones entered his first season of collegiate baseball unsure of how much playing time he would get. Two months later, he was stepping up to the plate under the lights of legendary Wrigley Field. With the bases loaded in the eighth inning and Jones in as a pinch hitter, the freshman out of local Glenbrook South High School and avid Chicago Cubs fan earned a walk to score Northwestern’s fourth run in a 6-0 shutout of rival Michigan. In that moment, he knew he’d made it as a baseball player. “I still remember when I heard that we were going to go play there, I was just like, ‘Oh my god’ … I didn’t even know how to react, I was so excited,” Jones said. “That was an unbelievable experience. I still can’t really believe it.” On Saturday, Jones played the final
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game of his Wildcat career, ending his tenure with 209 hits. NU’s longtime staple at first base and the No. 2 spot in the batting order is just a month away from graduation and may be done with competitive baseball forever — he’s unsure what his post-college plans are. He’s seen several major changes over the past year: a massively upgraded home stadium and clubhouse at Miller Park, the end of Paul Stevens’ 28-year tenure as head coach and the beginning of the Spencer Allen era. In the wake of all that change, Jones has been left as something of a relic of the old days of the program, a bridge over a time period of great transition for NU baseball. Jones and that bygone era of the program became wedded in 2011 when Stevens and then-assistant coach Jon Mikrut scouted the local high school junior hitting
at an incredible .469 rate. After following it up with a .463 average his senior year of high school, Jones migrated the short distance to Evanston, where he immediately became a regular starter and ranked fourth on the team with a .300 batting average as a freshman. That impressive first campaign set forth a standard of reliability that Jones maintained throughout his career with the Cats. “Zach always kept his mouth shut and worked hard and was a great student,” said Mikrut, who has since left the program. “He was a great asset to the program because he was one of those guys … who consistently did well, worked hard, was always in the lineup and was always contributing. Hitting on the top of the lineup like he did for four years isn’t easy, and he was always consistent.” Despite Jones’ own efforts toward the cause, however, he was never able to experience change in one critical aspect: the team’s lack of success. NU’s 22 wins during Jones’ freshman season proved the most he would ever see. The retirement of Stevens and departure
of Mikrut last summer, and the introduction of the new Allen-led coaching staff to replace them, signaled a rebuilding year in 2016 — especially with a roster featuring only four true seniors. After winning four of their first eight contests, the season did indeed go south, as the Cats’ abysmal 15-39 mark will go down as one of the worst in program history. Nevertheless, Allen extensively praised the impact of Jones — whom he dubbed “Steady Eddie” — and the few other seniors for keeping the team’s morale stable during the season of tremendous turbulence on and off the diamond. Jones said he’s tried to use his seniority to help teach the team’s many underclassmen. “One (lesson) that took me a while to learn is just the mindset you’ve got to have,” Jones said. “Everyday is a new day and you’ve just got to go up there and stay positive. Obviously things are going to be tough sometimes, but you’ve got to fight back because you’ll never know when it could turn around.” His own career also didn’t end the way he’d hoped: after batting .315 in 2014 and
.321, including 32 RBIs, in 2015, he slipped to .258 with only 22 RBIs this year. But in the 8th inning on May 7 against Purdue, Jones ripped a double to center field to join a select group of players in NU history with 200 career hits to their name. He called it the accomplishment of which he’ll forever be most proud. The following weekend, Jones was honored during Senior Day festivities before the opening game of his final home series. The Cats were then walloped by Cal, 16-0, to spoil the commemorative day. In three years, he had gone from defeating rival Michigan in front of more than 4,000 at Wrigley Field to losing by doubledigits in front of 492 at Miller Park. The difference in setting was stark — but the journey, Jones said, had made it all worth it. “I’ve gone a lot of cool places, played against a lot of good teams, in a lot of good ballparks and had a lot of great teammates along the way,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of great experiences other than just physical or statistical accomplishments.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu