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A PROGRESSIVE TRADITION Chicago access, small shops define 3rd Ward’s liberal identity

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ENTERING EVANSTON A sign overlooking Lake Michigan marks the entrance to Evanston in the 3rd Ward. The ward is close to Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood and allows residents to commute quickly to Chicago via its Main Street Metra and CTA stations.

By MADELINE FOX

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On May 17, 1970, prompted by the student strikes and shooting at Kent State University earlier that month, residents of the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Hinman Avenue, situated in the 3rd Ward, declared independence from the United States for

two hours as a protest against the Vietnam War. James Moran, a Hinman Avenue resident who later served as a U.S. Federal Judge, helped organize the event, which Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said shows the ward’s long history of being generally politically progressive — a trend she said continued in March’s Illinois presidential primary elections, when half the precincts in the 3rd Ward supported Sen. Bernie

Sanders. The 3rd Ward, bordered by Dempster and Lake Streets to the north, Calvary Cemetery to the south and Lake Michigan and two sets of train tracks to the east and west, has a more metropolitan feel than other wards, which some residents attribute to its collection of small businesses and easy access to transit. The ward hosts two of Evanston’s major commercial districts, on Main Street and

City questions loan process By DAVID FISHMAN

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In the midst of two recently defaulted loans from local businesses, some Evanston officials want to create a more transparent and concrete loan process over the next year. “There isn’t a clear understanding from people in the community on how, why and when we give money,” said Ald. Donald Wilson (4th), who sits on the Economic Development Committee. “If you don’t have a policy it’s really hard for anybody at all — myself included — to be reactive to how things are happening.” The city has created a number of economic development initiatives to attract and retain local business. Recently, however, the city’s caseby-case loan system has come under scrutiny after Davis Transportation and Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles defaulted, potentially costing taxpayers nearly $300,000 in unpaid debt. “There are cases when a company would like to open in Evanston and has a financial gap,” said Paul Zalmezak, an Evanston economic development official. “We look at those on a case-by-case basis and if it meets the standards of what we’re trying to

accomplish … we’ll consider a loan.” Currently, there is no documented process by which a business can obtain a loan from the city, Zalmezak said, which gives city officials the ability to work out “creative” deals. On the other hand, that ambiguity sometimes gives the appearance city officials favor one business over another, he added. When Davis Transportation owner Jared Davis began the application process for a loan through the city in March 2014, he said he expected a quick turnaround to help with some time-sensitive deals. Six months later, when the money finally arrived, those deals had long since disappeared and Davis said he struggled to find new contracts. Davis Transportation, a luxury charter service, has since paid back less than 5 percent of its loan after closing its doors last month due to unforeseen complications and loss of business, said Davis. Wilson said he tends to vote down loans to private businesses. In his constituency, he added, voters have voiced frustration with the lack of transparency and documentation in the loan process. “The business that is getting the grant or the loan could be getting an unfair advantage over similarly situated businesses and they could be

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creating a disadvantage for the ones that aren’t getting it,” Wilson said. But Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), who also sits on the Economic Development Committee, said she disagrees with Wilson. When done properly, she said, the city can use its resources to improve deteriorating neighborhoods and keep failing businesses alive. For example, when Little Beans Cafe, an indoor playground and family cafe at 430 Asbury Ave., requested a $75,000 loan in 2014 to help move into Evanston, the city jumped on the opportunity. “That building (on Asbury Avenue) sat empty for over 10 years and only junk wanted to go in there — things that would contribute nothing to the community,” Rainey said. “That’s just a classic example of how a private entity could take a few dollars from the city and make this spectacular space.” Little Beans Cafe is on track to repay its loan from the city before it terminates in 2025. Last year, Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles closed its doors and subsequently defaulted on a $200,000 loan from the city. In April, the city recovered about a third of its money, but the remainder is still outstanding. Rainey, who voted to » See LOANS, page 10

Dempster Street, and a long history of political activism — even before the Vietnam War protest, residents of the 3rd and 1st wards concerned about zoning, land use and historical and environmental preservation banded together to form the Southeast Evanston Association, a group still active in the area. The 3rd Ward borders a portion of Evanston’s beachfront — an asset some residents outside the ward find difficult to

access. But Wynne emphasized the public nature of Lee Street and South Boulevard beaches, which are included in her ward. “So much of why people live here is that access to the lake all year round,” Wynne said. “Those are such treasures because they’re the communal place where everyone goes and hangs out.” The ward tempers its urban feeling and » See 3RD WARD, page 5

Foley documentary remembers his life Journalist’s childhood friend visits campus to discuss film By DARIA LENDERMAN

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James Foley is a household name after the journalist’s execution by the Islamic State in August 2014. But Brian Oakes, one of Foley’s childhood friends, wanted him to be remembered for more than that. Oakes directed the documentary “Jim: The James Foley Story,” which was screened at the McCormick Foundation Center on Friday. Roughly 60 people attended the screening, which centered on Foley’s family life, career and interactions with those who knew him. Oakes said despite the extensive media coverage after his death, the documentary focused mostly on the impact Foley had on others during his life. Oakes said he knew Foley’s family before creating the documentary, which he said helped tell the story.

He said he feared future media outlets would fail to accurately tell Foley’s story, which eventually lead him to make a documentary himself. “I felt like I had a responsibility to Jim and to our friends and to the Foley family to really reclaim who this man was,” Oakes said. “I was thinking that someone else was going to do this story. Someone who doesn’t know Jim was going to do this. I wanted to do an honest job of telling Jim’s story.” Prior to his execution, Foley (Medill ‘08) was captured in November 2012 and held hostage by the Islamic State alongside 18 other men from around the world. The film featured interviews with Foley’s parents and four siblings, as well as his friends, colleagues and fellow hostages. Following the screening, Medill Prof. Brent Huffman moderated a panel that included Oakes, documentarian Maria Finitzo, Medill Prof. Craig Duff and Diane Foley, James Foley’s mother. “Documentary, I would argue, is the most emotional form of » See FOLEY, page 10

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Around Town Illinois Department of Health confirms measles case in state

The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed a case of measles in Illinois after an out-ofcountry visitor contracted the disease in the state last week. The infected person visited several locations in northern Illinois, according to a city news release.

Man arrested for shooting incident outside Tommy Nevin’s Pub

Evanston Police Department officers arrested a man suspected of discharging a firearm outside Tommy Nevin’s Pub earlier this month after linking fingerprints found on a handgun to the man. The 31-year-old Chicago resident allegedly fired one shot from a handgun outside Nevin’s, 1454

Police Blotter Man beaten up in McDonald’s on Howard Street

Police are searching for two suspects accused of beating up a man in an Evanston McDonald’s restaurant Thursday. Officers were dispatched to the restaurant, 1117 Howard St., at 10:33 a.m. after receiving a disturbance report, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. When police arrived, they spoke with the victim, a 31-year-old Chicago man, who said he was in line waiting for food when a man and a woman came in and attacked him. After police spoke with witnesses who were in the store at the time of the altercation, they learned that the woman saw the 31-year-old man and told her companion, “That’s the guy who did it,” Dugan said. The man with the woman accused the victim of being a rapist and started beating him up. After the attack,

Although the visitor is no longer contagious, the individual visited several places between May 13 and 16 in Chicago and DeKalb, Illinois. IDPH is working with the Chicago, DeKalb and Evanston health departments to notify anyone known to have had potential contact with this person about the individual’s possible exposure, IDPH Director Nirav Shah said in the release. “While Illinois did have a cluster of measles cases last year, we typically only see a handful of cases each year,” Evonda Thomas-Smith, director of Evanston’s

Health and Human Services Department, said in the release. “However, measles is much more common in other countries and is only a plane ride away.” Thomas-Smith emphasized the importance of preventing the spread of disease through vaccination and hygiene, and making sure those who are contagious do not spread the disease by arranging health care provisions without going to public spaces like a doctor’s office or the emergency room.

Sherman Ave., shortly before 1 a.m. on May 7 during a fight on the street outside of the pub, according to an EPD news release. It was reported that the individual who fired the shot, Isaac J. Roach, left the scene in a vehicle, which officers pulled over around the area of Maple Avenue and Greenwood Street. However, at the time, EPD officers were unable to find any weapons or other evidence that showed the man pulled over was involved in the incident. At about 4 p.m. the same day, a handgun was found in a parking lot in the 900 block of Dempster

Street, which was identified as the one involved in the shots fired incident outside Nevin’s. Fingerprints on the gun were revealed to match those of Roach. The man was arrested last Thursday after officers spotted him on Howard Street and was charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, a felony offense, as well as two counts of lacking a valid firearm owner’s identification card, a misdemeanor offense. The man was also issued a violation from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

the pair left. According to police reports, the man was bleeding and had multiple bruises on his face from the fight. In further interviews, the man said he recognized the female and may have dated her in the past, but didn’t know her name, Dugan said. Police are currently looking for the two suspects who are between 20 and 25 years old — a man who is between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs between 160 and 165 pounds, and a woman who is between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs between 135 and 145 pounds. The pair left in a white vehicle.

7500 block of North Ridge Boulevard in Chicago after observing the vehicle run a red light while heading south off Howard Street, Dugan said. When officers spoke to the driver they observed a strong smell of marijuana, asked the people in the vehicle to identify themselves and searched the vehicle., The driver and the woman sitting in the back of the car both identified themselves by name to officers. The front-seat passenger gave officers an Illinois driver’s license to identify himself, but during the officers’ search, they found an ID card with the name and picture of the front-seat passenger, which differed from the identification and name he had originally given, Dugan said. Although no narcotics were found in the car, the man was charged with a misdemeanor for obstruction of justice, Dugan said. His court date is set for July 5 in Skokie.

Chicago man arrested for obstruction of justice after using friend’s identification

A 24-year-old Chicago man was arrested for obstructing justice after lying about his identity to police during a traffic stop Thursday night. At 8:48 p.m., officers stopped a vehicle in the

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On Campus Actor Kal Penn talks diversity in media, career By JULIA DORAN

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Television has become more representative of diversity, but needs more progress in that direction, Kal Penn, actor and former associate director in the White House’s Office of Public Engagement, told an audience of roughly 150 people Friday night. “What you see on TV is not the reality of what America looks like demographically,” he said. “That’s not because there’s not enough of a trained actor pool

and writer pool to fill those roles. It’s mostly because of the limited number of roles and the general lack of willingness by big media companies to finance and produce and cast things in a more color-blind or gender-blind type of way.” Known for his roles as Kumar Patel in the comedy film “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” Gogol Ganguli in “The Namesake” and Dr. Lawrence Kutner in the TV show “House,” Penn — whose real name is Kalpen Modi — spoke as South Asian Student Alliance’s annual spring speaker in Lutkin Hall. Penn discussed his experience as an Indian-American actor, mentioning instances in which members

of the entertainment industry stereotyped him. He said at one of his first auditions the casting director told him to go home and put a bed sheet on his head to resemble a turban. But he said although non-white actors are still underrepresented in the film industry, digital media has made significant progress, with platforms like Hulu picking up shows such as “The Mindy Project,” which features a diverse cast and resists stereotypes about Indian-Americans. He also talked about his work with Asian-American and Pacific Islander outreach in President Barack Obama’s administration, in which he served for more

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WHITE HOUSE, WHITE CASTLE Kal Penn speaks at Lutkin Hall on Friday. Penn, known for his role as Kumar Patel in the comedy film “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” discussed his career and diversity in the film industry.

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than two years after volunteering for Obama’s campaign in its early stages. “Seeing up close things like how you draw down the Iraq War and how you build up the Pell Grant (system) and how you do things people actually care about was really fascinating,” he said. Penn said he has enjoyed his experiences as an actor and political activist equally, and that each has a unique ability to benefit society. He also said he never imagined having the opportunity to work in either realm, and noted the increasing accessibility of these careers. “Things are changing so much now that you don’t have to be well connected or have a billion dollars to enter public service or politics or the media,” Penn said. “It’s a wonderful, fantastic time to chase those dreams right now.” Tarushi Sharma, vice president of educational affairs for SASA, said the group looks for speakers who can serve as role models for South Asian students and who have “made it past discrimination and hardships we might be also facing.” She said Penn’s success in both acting and political activism made him a particularly desirable choice. “Right now, the main South Asian role models we see are in pop culture,” the Weinberg freshman said. “We thought Kal Penn was a great example that you can not only be seen as a stereotypical Indian man in the media, but you can also take that success and use that to your advantage to turn into something bigger than just getting out laughs and entertainment.” Weinberg sophomore Chandrasekar Muthiah, who attended the talk, said he was inspired by the scope of Penn’s career. He also said he admires and appreciates the way Penn has defied Indian stereotypes as an actor, specifically through non-traditional roles, such as the laid-back character Kumar Patel. “Growing up, a lot of people think Indians are only going to be academic and they’re going to be kind of nerdy, so it’s really cool that they brought in this speaker that kind of revolutionized that for everyone,” he said. juliadoran2018@u.northwestern.edu

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A ‘politically correct’ attitude can foster intolerance CAROLINE VAKIL

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Throughout the course of this school year, there’s been a number of events and issues that have created controversy both within the Northwestern community and on the national scale of college campuses. Events like the Interfraternity Council banners displayed during Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April at NU and the resignation of the University of Missouri president after students and the football team repeatedly called for him to step down have generated much conversation on social media. Although discussions about issues like these are good to have, they are not always possible to have on social media sites because students foster intolerant attitudes toward controversial topics. There is an increasing anxiety to remain politically correct, especially on social media. We sometimes censor ourselves because we are afraid of upsetting naysayers or coming

across as ignorant. Although we need to maintain a thoughtful and considerate approach to how we discuss topics on social media, if we begin to over-censor ourselves in fear that our views may upset others because they don’t align with the majority, then we’re inhibited from freely expressing our thoughts. And in some circumstances, we simply give up the notion of expressing our thoughts at all. Furthermore, many of the conversations had on social media about anything even slightly controversial can turn into a shouting match with students ganging up on their peers. There is little tolerance shown to one another, and the easy way to shut down those we disagree with is by calling them “bigots” or “insensitive.” Rather than understanding where the foundations of students’ disputes arise from, we simply shun them altogether because we assume they “just don’t understand.” It’s no surprise then that after multiple attempts to voice our thoughts or play devil’s advocate with others, we begin to view social media sites such as Facebook with a sad skepticism. We assume that our views and

thoughts will simply not be taken into account because they aren’t popular with others. In place of the thoughtful discussions we could be having online, we turn to our like-minded friends for conversation and continue to arrive at similar conclusions, stripping away the kind of complex conversations we could be having with other types of individuals. But what is the point of maintaining this attitude if it frequently limits our freedom of speech? Although we cannot condone remarks that are sexist or racist, for example, I think it’s unfair to stop students short of expressing their opinions because they don’t align socially or politically with our own opinions. If anything, the variety of opinions allows us to grasp the complexity of the issue at hand, giving us perspectives we were unfamiliar with before. And there’s no point to being politically correct if it’s just another code word for being politically or socially intolerant of one another. Of course we come to college from different walks of life; if anything, we should embrace these diverse experiences and learn from them because they can be illuminating for others. However, we cannot even begin

to understand the views of others if we come across as averse to them in the first place. The answer is not to stop having these conversations on social media because social media is one of the few platforms where we are constantly surrounded by people with views different from our own. Sites such as Facebook or Twitter can foster thoughtful discussions by developing a tolerant community that worries less about being “politically correct” and focuses more on incorporating a spectrum of opinions. We need to allow for students to feel comfortable expressing their opinions — as controversial as they may be — with others if we want to start to have the kind of thoughtful conversations that can allow us to personally grow and empathize with the standpoints of others. Caroline Vakil is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at carolinevakil2018@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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3rd Ward From page 1

plentiful businesses with a community feeling, striking a balance between city and suburb, said David Lipschutz, owner of Blind Faith Cafe, 525 Dempster St., and a longtime 3rd Ward resident. “It’s a nice place to live, to play, to eat, to hear music,” he said. “It’s not suburbia, not strip malls and developments, but it’s not the city either.”

Gateway to Chicago

Historically, Evanston’s growth came from the train lines, which connected the city to downtown Chicago. The Metra and CTA stations at Main Street continue to be a source of growth and access for the 3rd Ward, with residents commuting into Chicago for work and Chicago residents visiting the ward for its many small businesses. “Over the years, the two train lines have really shaped who lives in the 3rd Ward,” Wynne said. “The idea that you need a car for everything you do, that’s never been the case here.” Wynne, a resident of one of the Hinman blocks that seceded in 1970, was one of those commuting residents — she used to travel to her job at a law firm in Chicago’s then-Sears Tower from her home. The 3rd Ward is also near Rogers Park, a Chicago neighborhood bordering Evanston. Resident Sarah Laing, a 32-year-old artist said she likes living close to the restaurants, shops and other businesses in Rogers Park. “To me, it’s the most urban area in Evanston,” said Laing, who finds it reminiscent of the Chicago neighborhoods where she spent a lot of time during her childhood. “You can walk to anything you need in our ward — the school, the grocery stores, restaurants.” The Metra and CTA trains draw people into the ward from Chicago, as well. Amy Wilkinson, a resident of the 9th Ward and taproom manager at the recently opened Sketchbook Brewing Co. Tap Room, 821 Chicago Ave., in the 3rd Ward, said she’s seen a lot of Chicago residents come in for a beer since Sketchbook expanded from its alley location to a taproom across the street from the Main Street stations last month. “We’ve seen that become a more of a factor over the past month,” Wilkinson said. “Before, when we were selling beer to take home out of our location in the alley, it was more local residents, but now we do see more people coming up from Chicago.”

Starting small

Sketchbook is just one of many small businesses in the 3rd Ward. Restaurants like Oceanique and Lucky Platter sit alongside Brothers K Coffeehouse, which

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MAIN STR-EATS Shops and restaurants line Main Street in the 3rd Ward. Main Street is one of two commercial districts in the ward, which is home to many small businesses.

Laing said hosts many neighborhood meetings, on Main Street. The internationally-distributed Few Spirits, started in 2011 by Paul Hletko, a parent at Lincoln Elementary School in the 3rd Ward, is tucked in an alley off Chicago Avenue. Hletko, a resident of the 9th Ward, said the 3rd Ward was the perfect spot to start the craft distillery — even if it meant overcoming 160 years of Prohibition tradition and laws to create the first alcohol produced in Evanston. “We decided we’ve got to keep it here, got to give back to the community,” Hletko said. “The city was a fantastic partner — we were the beneficiary of a lot of support from Alderman Wynne.” One way small businesses such as Few give back to the community is through fundraisers and donations to the Lincoln Elementary School auction, Laing said. Though Few Spirits and Sketchbook are fairly new, others, such as Blind Faith Cafe, have been staples in the 3rd Ward for decades. “When you think about the neighborhood you grew up in, there are probably a few places you think of as the backdrop to your life,” said Lipschutz, who began working at Blind Faith shortly after it opened in 1979 and assumed ownership a few years later. “For many people, the Blind Faith Cafe has been that. I had people who came in here, they met, they dated, they had kids, their kids worked here, they went off to school, got married, had kids and brought their kids here.” Lipschutz said while Blind Faith has remained a constant in the community, he’s seen significant

changes to the area around the restaurant over the past 30 years. The Dempster business district, home to Blind Faith, and the commercial district at Main, where Sketchbook is located, are now unified along the corridor of Chicago Avenue that connects them as a “special service area” called the Main-Dempster Mile. The special service designation attaches a levy to property taxes within the area to support services such as additional landscaping, advertising and garbage collections to make it more welcoming to consumers.

Growing pains

Residents of the 3rd Ward said their community faces many of the same issues shared by the rest of Evanston and other cities nationwide — rising property costs, taxes, crowded schools and, in light of Illinois’ nearly year-long budget stalemate, lack of state funding. In addition, the thriving small businesses that characterize the 3rd Ward bring a slow but steady progress of economic development, Laing said, but also raise concerns about gentrification pricing people out of the ward. “We keep wondering if the 3rd Ward is going to get more expensive as these businesses keep moving in,” Laing said. Wynne, too, said she’s heard concerns about rising costs in some blocks of the 3rd Ward, as well as some uneasiness about commercial development around Chicago Avenue making changes to the density and

character of the ward. A new building under construction at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Main Street, 835 Chicago Ave., has been the focus of some of these comments, Wynne said. The building, currently under constructed in a lot that was empty for years after the 2008 recession, will have retail space on the bottom floor, a floor of office buildings and apartments when it’s slated to open this fall. Wynne said residents had been accustomed to using the empty lot and are worried about a new building altering the dynamic of that section of the ward. “Because (the lot) was vacant for nine years, people got very used to having that large open grassy lot for their dogs and their kids to play on it,” Wynne said. “I know some people don’t like how it looks, but that’s true for every building we build — people are going to like it and people are going to hate it, and people don’t like that it’s change.” Lipschutz and his wife, Laurie Calhoun, noted Evanston’s high property taxes as a major issue for residents, one that pushes some 3rd Ward natives to look for housing elsewhere. The 3rd Ward used to be more of an affordable stepping-stone for people to move into north Evanston or other North Shore neighborhoods, Wynne said, but after the market crash of 2008, many living in apartments or condominiums in the 3rd Ward stayed put. Since then, an interest in “new urbanism,” an urban design movement focused on creating cities with schools, workplaces, residences and shops in easy walking distance, has made the 3rd Ward very desirable, Wynne said. With that desirability has come some pressure on the ward’s only public school, Lincoln Elementary School, 910 Forest Ave. Enrollment at Lincoln increased by 112 percent from 2008 to 2014, prompting worries from parents about overcrowding, large class sizes and stretched resources, Laing said. “These are issues that you can see across the board, but I think that’s our greatest asset, too — we love that our kids get exposure to all sorts of real life issues,” Laing said. Residents said the 3rd Ward has always engaged with these issues. From the Hinman Avenue protest to Lincoln’s International Family Festival, an annual cultural celebration at the school, the ward continues to bustle with new ideas. “We’ve seen Evanston become much more commercially and economically diverse and secure,” Lipschutz said. “Despite all the changes in the skyline and economics, the community has maintained a certain progressive economic diversity.” foxm@u.northwestern.edu

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