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Portrait of a Ward
COMMUNITY WITHOUT A CENTER 9th Ward looks for economic growth, better access to resources
Keshia Johnson/The Daily Northwestern
PARK PROBLEMS Community members walk past a park, run by the Ridgeville Park District, an independent park district based in the 9th Ward. Residents claim the parks are not well-kept.
By BILLY KOBIN
daily senior staffer @billy_kobin
Quaint houses and residential streets dot Evanston’s 9th Ward, located in the southern part of the city. Residents say they enjoy the quiet comforts of a closeknit neighborhood, but a relative lack of economic development and public land leaves something to be desired in the ward. “There’s nothing here to do for the kids,” longtime resident Bill Arndt, 67, said. Despite the lack of amenities in the area, residents such as Cheryl Muno, 45, who has lived in the 9th Ward with her husband, Rob, since 1999, said its diverse population keeps people invested in what’s
happening in their community. “(The ward) is very culturally and financially diverse, so you’re meeting people from all walks of life,” she said. “And it’s a very interesting ward because of that.” Residents may express contentment with the makeup of the ward, but they are not afraid to point out the flaws that still exist. Ald. Brian Miller (9th) said his constituents voice their frustration because they wish to effect positive change in their neighborhood. Bimonthly ward meetings and other gatherings he organizes are generally well-attended, with about 50 residents attending each event, he said. Miller (School of Law ‘08) was sworn in as 9th Ward alderman in May 2015, replacing Coleen Burrus, who had served in the position for six years before she left
for a job at Princeton University. Miller was born and raised in Evanston, graduated from Evanston Township High School and is currently chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin as well as president of the Democratic Party of Evanston. Miller said he ran for the aldermanic position in order to serve his residents and address issues in the 9th Ward and the city as a whole. “You have the opportunity of making a big impact on people’s lives,” Miller said.
Changing demographic
Miller said his ward has one of the youngest populations in the city. Due to the 9th ward’s proximity to Chicago, he pointed to the frequent migration of
Group gives meals over break By SHANE MCKEON
daily senior staffer @shane_mckeon
Not every Northwestern student spent Spring Break on a beach, spending money on gas, drinks and nice dinners. Some stayed on campus, where residence halls stayed open. But although the dorms remained open, the dining halls did not. “Eating even just one or two meals out during the week is pretty expensive,” said Weinberg sophomore Matthew Griswold, an incoming co-president of Points for a Purpose, a student group that raises money to fight food insecurity. So this past Spring Break, the group provided bags of food to students who stayed on campus and were without access to dining halls. Communication sophomore Matt Faden, one of the group’s outgoing presidents, estimated the project cost roughly $1,000 in student-donated points. The group filled about 40 bags, each designed to have enough food to last the break. Provisions included bananas, a loaf of bread, peanut butter, jelly, Cheerios and microwavable meals.
“There was lots of Easy Mac,” Griswold said. pointsgraphicGraphic by Rachel Dubner and Collin Chow Points for a Purpose receives their money through pooling leftover meal
points, which students can donate at C-stores and other Sodexo-run food vendors during the final weeks of a quarter. In the past, proceeds helped » See POINTS, page 7
families seeking to move to the suburbs with their young children. “We have people that want more space and don’t want to send their kids to Chicago schools coming in and wanting to buy a house for the first time,” Miller said. “They end up in my ward.” The 9th Ward is home to several Evanston/Skokie School District 65 schools. Two of the schools — Chute Middle School and Dawes Elementary School — are located on Oakton Street along with Oakton Elementary School, which is part of the 8th Ward but draws in students from the neighboring 9th Ward. The three schools along Oakton Street have large minority student populations, according to state School Report Card data from 2014-15. Each of the three schools
Man was arrested after trying to enter NU student’s bedroom daily senior staffer @maddycfox
MORE MEALS Estimates by Points for a Purpose of the quantity of certain foods they provided to students during Spring Break.
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Children in the 9th Ward need » See 9TH WARD, page 7
Resident pleads guilty to attempted break-in By MADELINE FOX
Source: Points for a Purpose Graphic by Collin Chow and Rachel Dubner
along Oakton Street has a low-income population of least 58 percent, with 70.7 percent of Oakton Elementary School students categorized as low-income students, according to the data. These percentages exceed the 43 percent of students districtwide considered low-income. Based on the number of low-income students that these schools have, Arndt said it is clear that the needs of children who attend school in the 9th Ward are “high relative to the wealthy in other parts of town.”
The Evanston resident arrested in November for attempting to enter the bedroom of a Northwestern student pled guilty to attempted criminal trespass to real property Thursday at Skokie Courthouse. Steven Manning, 32, was arrested on November 16 after police were called to a house in the 2000 block of Sherman Avenue at 5:36 a.m. when a female NU student heard someone attempting to enter her unlocked bedroom window. Manning was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge, during which he will report regularly to the Social Service Department, said Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Kasia Kaczmarczyk. He must also serve 10 days on the Sheriff ’s
Work Alternative Program, a program that allows individuals to perform supervised manual labor in lieu of jail time. He cannot have any contact with the NU student whose call to the police resulted in his arrest. “You got a break today,” Judge Paul Pavlus of the Cook County Circuit Court told Manning at his Thursday court appearance. The assistant state’s attorney, Judge Pavlus and Manning’s lawyer, Mike Gillespie, determined the sentencing after a negotiating process in which the attorneys and judge discussed the case out of Manning’s presence. Gillespie said the incident in which Manning attempted to enter the student’s bedroom is a “big misunderstanding.” “Steve just wants to get this all behind him,” Gillespie said. Manning was arrested and charged with three felonies in 2008 after police said he broke into the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. Police said two students reported waking up to Manning in their room watching them sleep. foxm@u.northwestern.edu
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