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Portrait of a Ward
THE CITY’S MELTING POT
2nd Ward residents shun negative perceptions, highlight diverse community
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SCHOOL AT SUNRISE Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Avenue, sits in the northern part of the 2nd Ward. ETHS and the neighborhood around it have a “symbiotic relationship,” said Eric Witherspoon, the superintendent of School District 202.
By NORA SHELLY
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Marsha and Hubert Fincher have seen a lot of change over the years in Evanston’s 2nd Ward. “It’s starting
to look more metropolitan,” Marsha Fincher said. “There has been within the last six or seven years an influx of people moving into the area.” The Finchers, who live on the 1400 block of Ashland Avenue, said they’ve seen their neighborhood grow in popularity and diversity since they moved in
at the end of 1994. They said the community, however, has still maintained its homey feel. “People seem like they’re looking forward to moving into the neighborhood much more than when we moved in,” Hubert Fincher said. “It’s almost like a little Chicago.” Evanston’s 2nd Ward is
DM names main beneficiary By SHANE MCKEON
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in central west Evanston, stretching from Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave., in the north to south of Main Street. It includes a piece of downtown Evanston and encompasses residential neighborhoods, industrial areas and retail centers. The diverse residents and
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BURGERS FOR BUCKS People gather at Epic Burger on Thursday afternoon for Dance Marathon’s profit share.
Nancy Gianni, the nonprofit’s founder, said the funds raised will go toward speech therapy, tutoring, fitness classes and more, all of which the organization provides for free. Gianni also said GiGi’s hopes to use the money to open mobile carts that can support individuals with Down
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syndrome in low-income and rural areas, where resources now are lacking. Gianni said there remains a stigma toward those with Down syndrome: She said her daughter — for whom the nonprofit is named — is still sometimes » See DANCE MARATHON, page 9
» See 2ND WARD, page 10
Admins hold talk on open student groups By DAVID FISHMAN
GiGi’s Playhouse, a nonprofit that supports and advocates for people with Down syndrome, is Dance Marathon’s 2017 primary beneficiary, DM announced Wednesday. “GiGi’s mission statement is to garner acceptance, which we think is something Northwestern’s campus is working toward on many different levels,” said DM spokeswoman Jackie Montalvo, a Medill junior. “They offer programming from prenatal through adulthood. They offer support for parents and families. They’re really working toward acceptance on all levels.” The nonprofit operates in 30 different locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and it’s programming helped more than 25,000 people in 2015. DM’s executive board approved the nonprofit unanimously after an extensive selection process, Montalvo said.
varied businesses in the ward make it stand out from others in Evanston, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said. “I tell people the 2nd Ward is the most racially and economically diverse ward in Evanston,” Braithwaite said.
University officials held a roundtable Wednesday afternoon in Norris University Center on an upcoming goal to require most student groups to admit all interested students by the end of next academic year. “We really want to open dialogue, increase inclusivity and detoxify culture,” said Brent Turner, executive director of the Office of Campus Life. “If everyone’s paying the same fee, they should have access to explore.” At the first of two planned dialogues, Turner told the eight students in attendance he wanted to hear from community members and understand current recruitment processes before working out how to implement the new goal. The Daily reported last week that
Campus Life would no longer recognize new non-inclusive groups and was considering a proposal that most groups admit all interested students. The proposal, Turner said, would affect most groups that recruit new members through admissions processes and came after more than five years of discussion about the exclusionary nature of student organizations. Turner said a policy like Stanford University’s — which lists applications, interviews and resumes as “unacceptable” membership practices and does not permit membership tiers — “looks pretty good,” but stressed that his office had not yet settled on a mode of implementation. Over the next few weeks and into the summer, he said, his office would continue to solicit student feedback and consider all possible ways to achieve the goal. » See ROUNDTABLE, page 9
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