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Junior Matthew Gerdisch dies Gerdisch died in December due to a medical condition

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Weinberg junior Matthew Gerdisch died Saturday morning as a result of a medical condition, according to a Tuesday email from Dean of Students Todd Adams sent out to the

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Northwestern celebrates on the bench. The Wildcats upset No. 12 Maryland on Tuesday.

NU gets major win against UMD The Wildcats beat the No. 12 Terrapins by 23 points last week

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Coach Joe McKeown has always promised this was coming, even when Northwestern was at the bottom of the Big

Ten standings. McKeown said it wouldn’t take long for the Wildcats to prove themselves as one of the elite teams in the conference.

Tuesday was the day that promise came true.

NU (12-1, 2-0 Big Ten) beat the No. 12 Terrapins (10-3, 1-1), 81-58, giving the Cats their

signature win of the last few seasons. By beating the reigning conference champions, NU showed just how special a season it’s having.

“Every game we come in with a chip on our shoulder and we know people don’t really respect us,” junior guard Lindsey Pulliam said. “And that’s all good for us

because we’re going to keep doing what we do.”

NU hadn’t won 12 or more games in the first two months of the season since 2016 and had lost all seven games against the Terrapins since Maryland joined the » See TERPS, page 6

Northwestern community.

According to Adams’ email, Gerdisch was from Zionsville, Indiana. On campus, he had been a member of the Northwestern Taekwondo club and WNUR’s Streetbeat. The physics and history major was a participant in the National Student Leadership Conference both as a student and later as a group leader, the email said.

His father Marc Gerdisch called him an “energetic, kind, » See GERDISCH, page 6

UP issued citations for Sessions protest The citations don’t create a criminal record, UP said

By AMY LI and TROY CLOSSON daily senior staffers

Just over one month after students led multiple protests against former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ speech on Northwestern’s campus, University Police have issued citations to “a small

number of individuals” for “disorderly conduct and interfering with the duties of a police officer” following a month-long investigation, according to a University statement.

UP Deputy Chief Eric Chin said the citations were issued for ordinance violations in the city of Evanston, each carrying a maximum civil fine of $125. The citations do not create a criminal record, Chin said. » See CITATIONS, page 6

State rep. comes out City outlines plan for reparations against Iran strike Evanston’s outline discusses redistributing funds as early as 2021 Jan Schakowsky opposed escalating conflict with Iran

By JACOB FULTON

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) declared her opposition to President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran in a statement released Jan. 3.

The statement responded to the military drone strike in Baghdad on Friday morning that killed Qassem Soleimani, a top military general in Iran.

Trump ordered the strike without congressional authorization after he said Soleimani was planning “imminent and sinister attacks” that required immediate action.

Trump formally notified Congress on Saturday of his orders under the War Powers Act, which requires the president to inform Congress of any hostile actions within 48 hours of the event.

“This reckless action by President Trump has put our country on the brink of war

with Iran,” Schakowsky said in her statement.

She cited the United States’ withdrawal from its 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran as a previous indicator of increased tensions in the region, and said she was concerned about the potential cost of more conflict in the region.

Schakowsky ended her statement with a call to action, asking Trump and Congress to work together to defuse the situation.

“Americans must demand that President Trump deescalate tensions with Iran — coordinate with Congress, and our allies around the world — and work toward peace,” she said.

Since Schakowsky’s statement, Trump has responded to threats of Iranian retaliation, saying the United States has targeted 52 locations within Iran that it will strike if the country decides to pursue revenge.

Iran has also announced that it will not follow any of the previous terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement that Trump left. jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Evanston has released an outline for creating and implementing a reparations plan, including a plan to possibly redistribute the funds in early 2021.

City Council’s reparations subcommittee will expand this year to include additional experts and members of the community, according to a recent news release.

Currently, Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) and Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) are in the subcommittee.

The subcommittee will work with residents, city staff members and other experts to identify possible programs and opportunities to be supported by the reparations fund, which was created and adopted as part of the 2020 budget last November. “ W ith this fund, we can implement programming to directly invest into black Evanston,” Rue Simmons said at the November City Council meeting.

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Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th). Rue Simmons hopes to use the reparations fund to directly invest into the black Evanston community

“Our measurements of success can include increased black household income, increase in revenue for black-owned businesses and improved infrastructure for

historically black and redlined neighborhoods.”

Last June, the City Council adopted a resolution aimed at ending structural racism and achieving racial equality. The

resolution acknowledges the council’s history of racially motivated policies and practices, including the use of » See REPARATIONS, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Pritzker to implement plans to improve state in 2020

By JACOB FULTON

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker will take steps to transform Illinois in the new decade, including creating a plan to improve the state’s economy and implementing a new program for the 2020 U.S. Census.

Pritzker released a plan in October to energize the state’s economy in the next five years.

In the report, he set goals based around three priorities: preparing the state for long-term growth, reducing the equity gap and bringing more businesses and workers to Illinois. Pritzker said in an interview with Crain’s Chicago Business that the plan would prepare a foundation for growth.

The governor’s office identified six key industries to focus on over the next five years, including agribusiness and agricultural technology, energy and information technology.

The plan also focuses on developing relationships between community colleges and local businesses to form apprenticeship programs that encourage the involvement of formerly incarcerated people in the workforce, among other goals.

Pritzker has also invested state funds in the 2020 Census. In June, he signed an executive order to create an office focused on census

Devon Horton to become District 65 superintendent

Devon Horton, most recently the chief of schools for Jefferson County in Kentucky, is set to become the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent.

The district’s board approved on Monday a contract for Horton to be superintendent from July 1

outreach, and, in October, he announced the state will distribute $20 million to local organizations.

Pritzker said in a news release that it was the single largest investment in the 2020 Census by any state.

The census, which occurs once a decade, is essential in distributing government funding, House seats and electoral votes to states.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois is at risk of losing one or two congressional seats.

Pritzker told NPR in June that he hopes the new census office and funding will ensure statewide accuracy in the 2020 count.

The state will also see the effects of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which legalized the recreational cannabis use in the state. Residents who are 21 and older are legally allowed to possess up to 30 grams of the substance as of Jan. 1.

Pritzker pardoned over 11,000 low-level cannabis-related offenders on Dec. 31 for charges that became legal under the new law. State officials estimate that approximately 116,000 convictions could be overturned under the new law.

At the pardoning event, Pritzker said “the defining purpose of legalization is to maximize equity for generations to come,” according to the Chicago Tribune.

Those convicted of possession charges of 30 grams or less can appeal to the state to have their charges overturned. People convicted on

through the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the Chicago Tribune.

“As I listened to the conversations and statements made by the community, by parents, by the miraculous students about the passion they have for this work, this does not happen in many places, and I don’t think anyone takes this for granted,” Horton said in the Tribune article. “You guys really mean what you say, and you don’t find that often.”

On Nov. 6, board president Suni Kartha announced that the search firm the district hired had presented a report on 31 candidates in late

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker released a five-year plan in October with the intent of revitalizing the state’s economy.

charges of 30-500 grams may also have their cases overturned, but the process won’t be automatic — instead, each person must appeal to the governor’s office to change their conviction, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The Illinois State Police and State attorney’s offices will also continue to search for eligible cases to automatically pardon throughout 2020.

October, and recommended five for interviews.

Former superintendent Paul Goren announced his resignation in June, prompting the search. Phil Ehrhardt and Heidi Wennstrom serve as co-interim superintendents for the 2019-2020 academic year.

According to Jefferson County Public Schools superintendent Martin Pollio, Horton was chosen as chief of schools because of his success as a high school principal in Chicago and his role increasing student achievement as deputy superintendent as East St. Louis School District 189.

Horton has concentrated on performance

management and the use of real-time data to improve instruction and administrative decisions, according to the JCPS website. He received a bachelor’s degree in education from Jackson State University and a master’s degree and doctorate from Chicago State University.

Horton said he hopes to use the community’s desire for change with regard to racial equity and social justice to close what he calls the district’s achievement gap, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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ON CAMPUS

Druckman discusses NCAA study

By JACKSON MILLER

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Prof. James Druckman spoke Monday afternoon in Chambers Hall about a recent paper he co-authored which utilizes college athletics as a case study for how identity and social interaction affect opinions on policy change.

The study suggests that interpersonal contact between people of different identities can change attitudes on and create coalitions for policy innovation, but that institutions can prevent or blunt those interactions. Druckman, Northwestern’s Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and an Institute for Policy Research fellow at Northwestern, co-authored the study with Elizabeth Sharrow, an assistant professor of political science and history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The study — which collected about 32,000 email contacts — surveyed NCAA athletes, coaches and school administrators. Respondents’ own identities and level of interaction with black and female athletes were compared with their approval of policies supporting those two groups.

“The idea here is that the more somebody who’s not a member of that group interacts with members of that group, the more they’re going to learn their perspective and possibly come to support those policies views,” Druckman said.

Male athletes who interact with female athletes for a comparatively larger share of time were found to be more supportive of proposed NCAA gender equity policies, Druckman said. Similarly, non-black athletes who spent more time with black athletes were more supportive of policies designed to support black athletes.

“But — and here’s the institutional ‘but’ — contact depends on institutions that facilitate it,” Druckman said.

As of now, Druckman said that isn’t happening.

The largely gender-separated nature of athletic competitions constitute a clear barrier. According to Druckman, only nine percent of sports are

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Football players jog across the football field. Prof. James Druckman spoke Monday afternoon in Chambers Hall about a recent paper he co-authored which utilizes college athletics as a case study for how identity and social interaction affect opinions on policy change.

coed. Meanwhile, 81 percent of black athletes participate in either football, basketball or track and field, limiting the potential for interracial interactions in other sports.

Druckman attributed this disparity to more “informal institutions” and historical barriers.

Political science Prof. John Bullock attended the talk and took particular note of these divides.

“I had not sufficiently appreciated the extent to which college sports are segregated along gender and racial lines,” Bullock said.

Druckman suggested that institutions subvert potential shifts toward policy change on an administrative level as well. While black and female athletes were more likely to support and prioritize policies aiming to support their demographic, that was less substantial for black and female athletic administrators working at colleges. This could be a result of tension between

administrators’ social identities and work identities, Druckman said.

SESP professor Tabitha Bonilla found the application of sociology to college sports particularly interesting.

“I don’t think I’ve seen politics carried out outside of a political realm, and so I think to see the terms we talk about translating to other domains is really nice to see,” Bonilla said.

Druckman discussed the originality of the application as well. He said when he reads the sports section, he feels like he’s reading about politics or law.

“It’s a really fruitful domain that I think political scientists have completely missed out on and could contribute in quite substantial ways,” Druckman said. jacksonmiller2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Always take the time to understand others’ perspectives ZACH BRIGHT

OPINION EDITOR

Writing this piece, my first as Opinion Editor, I’ve given a lot of thought to the effects that each and every story that comes from this section this winter will have on our readers.

Evidently, there will be readers who agree with some columns and disagree with others. There will be those those who take the time to write comments, emails and letters to the editor. Some will be nice. Others won’t.

Above all, the most important part to me is that we continue to build an audience willing to take the time to understand and engage with the perspectives of others, regardless of who they are or what they identify with.

Labels and categories are powerful tools that can help create bonds among groups with similar

affinities. But if we fail to understand those who are different from us, this can do more to divide people rather than build bridges between them.

One of the good things about this section is that the only labels we go by are our own names and positions, nothing else.

I know people, myself included, who allow something as simple as their political party affiliation determine whether or not they like a person from that alone.

For me, something like an individual’s party affiliation and participation can have a potent effect on what I think of them. I’ve found myself in situations where a simple fact like finding out how a person votes or how often can lead me to have unfair preconceptions about that person.

After all, it’s easy for me to stay rooted my positions and shut out those who think otherwise. Yet as prevalent as it is in our lives today, Twitter isn’t the real world and I can’t simply block those who have a different worldview than my own.

Of course you won’t like everyone, regardless of

opinions. If I’ve made an earnest attempt to understand someone else, there are plenty of times I still can’t wrap my head around why they believe this or that. We might fundamentally disagree.

And not all opinions are created equal. Some beliefs can be dangerous and don’t deserve a place in public discourse because of the toxicity they can unleash.

Ultimately, listening to others isn’t just some moral responsibility you should feel obligated to undertake. It can help, especially when we live in an increasingly decontextualized world where you have to be an ardent supporter for or against a cause. But opinions aren’t always black and white.

Sometimes when you might find yourself somewhere between polar ends, active conversation can actually help me find your place. Genuinely thinking through multiple viewpoints lead to more nuanced opinions.

Opening yourself to others’ perspectives can also be rewarding. If your goal is to get someone to think differently, understanding why they think a

certain way is the first step to changing their mind.

If you’re trying to convince people to come to your side, whether it’s casting a vote for a candidate or working toward a cause, coming from a place of positivity is often the more successful approach.

Shaming and cutting someone down to size doesn’t give people good reason to change their mind. It just puts people on the defensive.

There will be articles in this paper that you might not fully agree with, or maybe even agree with at all. But I hope you will take the time to understand each point someone tries to make.

Ultimately, I hope you remain open and take the time to understand.

Zach Bright is a Medill Sophomore. He can be contacted at zacharybright2022@u.northwestern.edu.

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Businesses should value the employees that make them YUJIA HUANG

DAILY COLUMNIST

Whenever I need a ride, I’ve always enjoyed using Lyft more than Uber; I’ve found that Lyft drivers are kinder, more relaxed and are almost always up for meaningful chats along the ride.

As I came back for the start of winter quarter, I naturally struck up a conversation with my Lyft driver. We started our talk by chatting about politics and geography; it turned into a conversation about the rivalry between the two major rideshare companies.

I told my Lyft driver that I trust the driving service, and that I’ve even met Lyft’s former Chief Operating Officer in person through a Northwestern entrepreneurship class. When I

asked him what makes their company one of the most human-centric ride-hailing apps, he said the answer lies in their mission, which is to empower the weak in our community and to always lift each other up.

Suddenly my driver started sniffing, his cheerful face gone. “They used to pay me a lot more than Uber. But now it is the same. The competition is so intense so Lyft had to lower wages for us. I no longer care about which company I drive for,” my driver said.

I believe in businesses, if done right. But increasingly companies, including Lyft and Uber, have sacrificed morality and fairness due to their endless pursuit for more. Many businesses seem to have become driven by the egos of their CEOs, rather than how best to best serve the people.

The competition in the ride-sharing industry has forced Lyft to compromise the values mentioned in its mission statement: “to improve

people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.”

Due to the modern profit-maximization culture, companies have started to sacrifice premium quality for lucrative profit, and businesses have started to fail their employees and customers.

Corporations that invest billions of dollars into marketing and advertisements instead of finding ways to make their products better for their customers fall short ethically. CEOs of multinational corporations abandon morality for profit, and companies that heartlessly employing youth and illegal labor, businesses have lost their morality. It’s time for certain modern corporations to regain their consciousness and consider the consequences of their exploitations.

I believe that the healthy way to do business is not to aim to maximize profit at the cost our community and our natural environment. A company’s goal should not be to buy out all the competitors so they become the only company in

the industry. Instead of thinking about making money, companies should think more about how to better solve urgent problems and make our society more harmonious, loving and just.

Overgrowing a company, or putting a company at a value higher than it’s worth is dangerous. A healthy and thriving economy needs companies that care, both for their own employees and for the people they serve.

Our society would be a lot healthier, and our people a lot happier, if more businesses thought about serving, than exploiting.

Yujia Huang is a Weinberg Sophomore. She can be contacted at yujia@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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.

World War III is not going to happen in the near future TANISHA TEKRIWAL

ASST. OPINION EDITOR

Let me jump right into it. There isn’t going to be a World War III. The Pentagon’s assasination of Iranian General and Ayatollah darling Qasem Soleimani has unnerved many important figures, ranging from Democratic leadership to the Iranian regime.

Many have called out the Trump-ordered move as an act of war, in some cases drawing wide comparisons to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which launched Europe — and then the world — into “The War to End All Wars.”

While elements such as nationalism and alliance-obligations that precipitated World War I still simmer today, the Archduke-analogies seem too far-fetched because a myriad number of unprecedented variables also loom in our present times.

The first of these is how interdependent global economies have become under the influence of

globalization; in 1914, isolationism and going to war without forcing the world through irreparable economic damage seemed possible — attainable even. Today, the notion is egregious. In 2020, the world runs not on ideologies and alliances and promises — only money. Politics molds itself according to economics, rather than the other way around.

The trade-war with China is an example of this.

While Wall Street has already suffered from this futile display of egos, the situation could have been worse. True tariffs would have stopped the economy altogether. The United States cannot even commit to a trade war, so it is hard to imagine it committing to the far greater investment of military conflict, which necessitates both a monetary and human cost.

A proxy-war, on the other hand, may be on our hands. The Middle East has been the favored American playground, and we have reason to believe that the US will follow its previous catastrophic strategy in the region and make another decade-long mistake.

The calamities of 1914 were uniquely led by monarchical whims rather than the popular vote, though large swaths of European populations still

delusionally believed in the concept of the glory of war. This seems removed from the disillusion people feel today. Though the President does hold extraordinarily unilateral wartime power, it would be wise to not launch into another war if one is seeking reelection. Especially because just as 2020 is not 1914, it is not 2004 either and Trump does not have the license to act Bush received after 9/11. does not have the license to act Bush received after 9/11.

Americans who have celebrated the assasination can be split into roughly two categories. First is the pool of Americans who support the assassination of Soleimani and perhaps even the impending violence it underwrites. However, there exists a second and larger pool of people who justify the move due to the number of American lives Soleimani took but do not subscribe to war — because, again, of its American cost, and not the fabric of collective humanity that such a war would tear into.

The latter, combined with the large populations who condemn the assassination, are sure to make up a majority — however marginal — that might deter the President from rushing into a war neither America nor Iran is ready for.

I find the predictions of war unconvincing ones

because indignation is almost never enough to see through war. One has to be uniquely sure of their success to attempt to ride that horse, especially with the ghost of victory dissipating fast under the shadow of the American and NATO military edifice, despite American fallibility and questionable leadership and the whole cohort of states which might be willing to take an open stand against the US. Only once in history did a state go to great lengths for revenge — an outrage which birthed the Global War on Terror. Only Iran is not America, and cannot imitate its high-handed moves either. If it tries, it might destroy its own nation.

These are my current beliefs. They are subject to change, especially with further development of this still-open narrative. If I’m wrong, I suppose you may all dig out this old article from under your Daily stacks and laugh at my naivete.

Tanisha Tekriwal is a Weinberg Freshman. She can be contacted at tanishatekriwal2023@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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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Legal cannabis goes into effect, sparks some concern

By HANNAH FEUER

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On paper, Jose Gonzalez seems unlikely to be hesitant about legalizing recreational cannabis in Illinois.

As executive director of Educated Alternative — an Oak Lawn-based nonprofit that provides assistance to people seeking medical cannabis — Gonzalez has no problem with the drug — he’s used it for most of his life. But with anticipated cannabis shortages and local regulations not yet entirely decided, Gonzalez said he’s concerned the sudden uptick in recreational use will leave patients in Illinois’ existing medical cannabis program behind.

“We’re putting a lot of importance on the recreational program, which doesn’t serve the patients of Illinois well,” Gonzalez said. “The state put way too fast a deadline on sales, not allowing cultivation facilities and dispensaries to properly ramp up.”

Following statewide legalization of recreational cannabis use for adults ages 21 and up, the Evanston City Council voted in September to permit the sale of recreational cannabis within city limits. Illinois residents of age can now legally purchase up to 30 grams of cannabis, after the law went into effect Jan. 1. But

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that police estimated reached 400 on Jan. 1, according to the Chicago Tribune. Recreational cannabis products, however, could be taxed as high as 34.75 percent, while medical cannabis products will only get taxed one percent.

Gonzalez said he expects an influx of people seeking medical cannabis cards to take advantage of lower taxes and prioritized access.

“There will be a new flow of people frustrated with the recreational portion,” Gonzalez said. “When lack of product is there, the lion’s share of what is sold is going to have to go to medical patients.”

Even after May 2020 — when stores besides former medical dispensaries will be granted licenses — high barriers to entry may prevent new players from entering the industry. The license application fee alone costs $5000. Neither Qi Kratom CBD Tea nor Walsh Natural Health, which currently sell CBD in downtown Evanston, plan on applying for a license.

“It’s really all about money,” Qi Kratom CBD Tea employee Addie Palaganas said.

“Whoever has the money gets the license.”

Social equity or broken promises?

Unlike most Illinois residents, public housing tenants won’t be allowed to smoke cannabis in their homes come 2020. Since federal law still considers both medical and recreational cannabis illegal — and public housing is federally subsidized — residents caught with cannabis could be evicted.

“We’re not going to be actively enforcing it, but there is a lane for eviction if a tenant is found using an illegal substance,” communications director for the Housing Authority of Cook County Nick Mathiowdis said. “The onus is on Congress and the federal government. It’s really out of our hands at this point.”

Despite lack of control over federally subsidized areas, local lawmakers have passed several “social equity” provisions in an effort to aid communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. These include using tax revenue from Evanston’s cannabis sales to fund $10 million in local reparations, expunging cannabis offenses from an estimated 770,000 Illinois residents’ criminal records and giving preference to what the city calls “social equity applicants” in granting licenses to sell cannabis.

Yet many are concerned about equitable implementation. Zero out of 11 existing medical cannabis dispensaries are African American, Black Caucus chairman Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) said in a Chicago City Council meeting.

Even when more licenses are awarded, it’s unclear how many will be reserved for social equity applicants. When Massachusetts voted to legalize recreational cannabis in 2016, lawmakers passed similar equity provisions to Illinois’. Yet only two of 184 license-holders in Massachusetts are in the state’s social equity program.

Seke Ballard, the CEO of cannabis company loan provider Good Tree Capital, said he fears Illinois is moving in the same direction.

He’s committed to investing up to $250,000 to front application costs for 100 social equity candidates.

“For me it represents a double bottom line,” Ballard said. “It’s making money and feeling good about it at the same time.”

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McCormick freshman Griffin Berse can’t wait until his 21st birthday, but not because he’ll be able to legally drink alcohol. He’s more excited at the prospect of legally purchasing cannabis.

“I think weed is a way cooler experience than drinking,” Berse said. “You don’t get the negative effects the next morning.”

But while much of Evanston’s younger population is excited for legalization, others — especially older residents — are apprehensive.

Evanston resident Margaret Schott, 63, is opposed to legalization. She’s concerned it will lead to more people driving while high and an increase in drug abuse.

“Mood altering is overrated,” Schott said.

“People are looking to escape, but there are other ways.”

Others are concerned about the message that lines around the block at the local dispensary could send. Gonzalez worries the dispensary’s visibility could increase the stigma around medical cannabis.

“When you’re passing a dispensary, people are going to shake their heads and say, ‘Look at all these people waiting outside this dispensary to get drugs,’” Gonzalez said. “It’s the job of organizations like ours to make sure people understand the difference between what they were taught 50 years ago and the reality of today.” hannahfeuer2023@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Big Ten in 2014. Last year, Maryland beat the Cats by 15 points en route to winning the conference championship.

Then at Welsh Ryan Arena on Tuesday, the Cats routed the highest ranked team in the Big Ten and showed how much better this year’s team is than the last few that came before it. NU had already beaten Duke and Marquette this season, but Tuesday’s win over a top-15 team indicated how high the team’s ceiling is.

Pulliam again led the Cats in scoring, finishing the

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zoning laws that supported redlining and bias in government sources.

In September, the council participated in racial equity training, led by political science Prof. Alvin Tillery, which addressed underlying causes of the city’s racial disparities.

The training held a particular focus on the meaning of equity. Deputy city manager Kimberly Richardson said the instruction session was not Evanston’s first discussion of racial injustice, but that the city is looking to put more concrete plans in action.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020 game with 24 points. But NU won the game on the defensive end against one of the best scoring teams in the country.

The Terrapins average 86.5 points per game, but the Cats held them to 28 points below that average. NU forced a season-high 24 turnovers and kept Maryland from making a single three-point shot until the fourth quarter.

The Terrapins had scored fewer than 60 points in a game only twice all season, but NU kept Maryland’s offense and its star player in check. Senior guard Kaila Charles ––the Big Ten’s Preseason Player of the Year –– had just 10 points. The defense also forced Charles

to turn the ball over five times.

“Defense is something we really take pride in,” sophomore guard Veronica Burton said. “Any chance we get we’re tipping the ball and being in the right spot at the right time so I think just trusting our defense and trusting our teammates was what allowed us to be good.”

The Cats led 18-6 after the first quarter and put the game away with an 11-0 run shortly after halftime.

NU led by as many as 26 points in the second half and rested its best players down the stretch in the fourth quarter.

Burton had one of the best games of her career as

“Equity is about fairness,” Richardson said.

“We’re not talking about equality, which is about sameness.”

Also in September, the council accepted a reparations report compiled by the Equity and Empowerment Commission, which gathered input on reparations from two community meetings. The council then created the subcommittee to begin the planning process.

Revenue from the recreational cannabis retailers tax will contribute to the reparations fund. All of the money collected from the recreational cannabis retailers tax beginning Jan. 1 will be transferred to the fund until it has reached $10 million in revenue from this source.

This decision stems from a desire to start repairing the impacts of racial bias. Rue Simmons said at the November City Council meeting that racially biased arrests for cannabis possession have harmed the black community, with damages lasting for generations.

While the fund will draw from the cannabis tax, the city will also accept donations for the fund from individuals and organizations.

The city will propose a reparations plan in 2020 for City Council consideration. Upon City Council approval, the money from the reparations fund will begin being distributed, possibly in early 2021.

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NU-Q prof. in residence Craig LaMay named school’s acting dean

Northwestern University in Qatar named professor in residence Craig LaMay as acting dean on January 1, replacing former NU-Q dean

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bright and clever young man” in Adams’ email.

“He knew his most important work in life was to bring others comfort and strength,” his father said in the email. “His joy of being a Wildcat was unflagging, and Matthew cherished all the students, teachers, and staff that he counted among his so many friends.”

Gerdisch’s family is in the process of planning a memorial service in their hometown on Saturday, the email said.

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CITATIONS “(They) were issued for conduct directed toward police, such as pushing, grabbing or kicking police officers as they attempted to perform their duties and secure the building,” the statement read.

A mandatory court hearing follows more than two civil violations. Chin declined to comment on how many Northwestern students will face those hearings.

Chin and University spokesman Bob Rowley also declined to comment on how many students received compliance tickets, but said it was “a very small number.”

Both also declined to comment on how students who received citations were identified, if any students may face disciplinary action from Northwestern and whether the investigation is still ongoing.

Multiple students declined to comment on the situation due to privacy concerns.

Students organized in protest of Northwestern College Republicans’ decision to host Sessions on campus

the Cats’ starting point guard, scoring a career-high 23 points and adding six steals and three assists.

Led by Burton and Pulliam, NU handled the Terrapins’ pressing defense and prevented any comeback in the second half. McKeown said that ability to respond to adversity bodes well for the team’s NCAA Tournament aspirations.

“We showed tonight that we can defend some of the best players in the country and our (ability) to be unselfish really holds up,” McKeown said. “We just have some really competitive kids.”

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University Police officers formed a shoulder-to-shoulder wall blocking the Lutkin Hall foyer amid protests.

last month. One demonstration, “Night of Action at Northwestern University,” occurred in a parking lot outside Lutkin Hall, the location of Sessions’ speech,

while participants in the other protest aimed to disrupt the event. As some protesters attempted to enter the building and lecture hall, University Police officers

Everette Dennis.

LaMay is a journalist who has worked internationally and has written several books about the role of the media and press freedom. Prior to being chosen as acting dean, LaMay taught several NU-Q classes about sports as a social institution and comparative media law. He is also a member of the NU-Q dean search committee, but he is not a candidate for the

permanent position.

The University said in a release it hopes to choose a permanent replacement for Dennis sometime in the 2020 spring semester. When the committee chooses a new dean, LaMay is planned to return back to his role as a professor.

Dennis told students in a December email to the NU-Q community that he was stepping down to take a family health leave. He was

troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu followed them inside, knocking some to the ground and pushing others out.

Although some universities grant amnesty to student protesters, University President Morton Schapiro emphasized in a Family Weekend event last month that Northwestern has no such policy.

In the aftermath of the Sessions protest, some students expressed concern that University Police used unjustified physical force against them, which Schapiro disagreed with at the same event saying “the police force used tremendous restraint and professionalism.”

Still, a group of more than 40 recent Northwestern alumni signed an open letter to Schapiro and University Police Department Chief of Police Bruce Lewis to express “extreme shock and dismay at the University’s violent and repressive response” to student protesters during the event. amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu previously planned to step down in summer 2020 after serving in the position for nearly a decade. Dennis is expected to be on leave during the 2020-2021 academic year before returning as a tenured faculty member of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.

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With three players out, the Wildcats fall due to lack of depth

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Early on in Sunday’s Big Ten matchup, Minnesota backed up its reputation as one of the premier perimeter shooting teams in the conference.

The Golden Gophers hit six of their first 13 3-point looks to take command in the first half against Northwestern, who attempted only one look from beyond the arc in the frame. The Wildcats could not claw within striking distance in the second half and suffered a 77-68 loss.

NU (5-8, 0-3 Big Ten) remains winless in Big Ten play, while Minnesota (8-6, 2-2) avenged a doubleovertime defeat to Purdue to even their conference record. The Cats –– short on both experience and numbers –– cut a 23-point secondhalf deficit down to single digits in the game’s final minutes, but couldn’t pull off the upset.

“I was really proud,” head coach Chris Collins said. “That game was on the brink of getting real ugly.

They go up by 23, our energy level, our guys were really tired. We really fought until the end, which is all we

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really wanted those guys to do.”

The defeat came hours after the team announced two long-term losses: a season-ending shoulder injury to junior guard Anthony Gaines and a foot fracture to freshman guard Boo Buie, who is out indefinitely.

The Cats, playing with just seven players in their rotation, found success early on by attacking the basket, but they couldn’t match Minnesota on the perimeter or the glass. Grad transfer guard Pat Spencer took over as the primary ball handler and finished with 22 points and 8 assists, while center Ryan Young contributed 10 points and 9 rebounds.

“We only had one guard playing,” head coach Chris Collins said. “Minnesota did a really good job. They made it hard to get into our offense.

Even though we weren’t turning it over, we did a good job of taking care of the ball, we had a hard time

getting into our sets.”

While the Minnesota offense coolled off from long-range in the second half and missed on 10 consecutive three-point attempts, NU failed to take advantage on the offensive end as the Gophers stretched their lead to 23. The Cats also struggled to find an answer for Minnesota center Daniel Oturu, who posted 19 points and 16 rebounds.

NU snapped its 3-point drought late in the second half, when forward Miller Kopp knocked down treys on three consecutive possessions. Kopp’s hot hand sparked a Wildcat offensive surge that cut the team’s deficit to 9 points late in the game, but the Gophers made their final 13 free throws to secure the win.

With Buie and Gaines relegated to the sidelines for the foreseeable future, NU must find ways to make the most of their undermanned rotation to stay afloat in Big Ten play.

“This is going to be the group we’re going to have for the time being,” Collins said. “We got to do a good job figuring out how we can still function and play with this group.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Pat Spencer dribbles the ball. The grad transfer guard scored 22 points Sunday.

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When Northwestern posted the injury report before Sunday’s game against Minnesota, coach Chris Collins said postgame it was clear the Wildcats would be “a different kind of team.”

Junior guard Anthony Gaines will undergo a season-ending shoulder surgery and senior forward A.J. Turner is day-to-day with a bruised thigh.

Freshman guard Boo Buie, one of the biggest bright spots for NU this season, is also out indefinitely with a high ankle sprain. The lone upperclassman in the 7-man rotation is graduate transfer Pat Spencer, who is in his first season of college basketball.

“We only had a couple days to figure out, okay this is our team, what do we do? How you play defense, how you play offense, especially because most of those guys are freshmen,” Collins said. “So for all (those) guys that are really young, to reinvent how we’re trying to play, it was a lot on those guys.”

Depth has been a struggle for the Cats all season — NU started with only ten scholarship players out of the maximum thirteen allowed. With two of its key leaders unable to play in this game, the Cats were forced to play a new starting lineup featuring four forwards and Spencer.

The graduate transfer struggled in the last three games, failing to score more than ten points, and was pulled from the starting lineup against DePaul and Hartford. Spencer bounced back Sunday in a 20 point performance in which he played 39 of 40 minutes. But, Spencer will need to continue to produce at this level playing this many minutes while Buie and Turner are out for NU to make an impact in Big Ten play.

Strong performances from Spencer and sophomore forward Miller Kopp, out of position in the shooting guard role, helped lessen the

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Chris Collins stares down the court. Northwestern now has seven scholarship players healthy.

impact of the loss of Buie, Turner and Gaines. Kopp scored 14 points, including a stretch of three consecutive three-pointers in the second half to help bring the Cats back from a 23 point deficit.

The lack of depth thrust some of NU’s younger players onto the court, and in an untraditional lineup.

“We had seven guys playing a lot of minutes, and we tried to do what we could to mix and match some defenses and rest our guys when we could,” Collins said.

Along with Kopp and Spencer,

sophomore guard Ryan Greer, freshman center Ryan Young, freshman forward Robbie Beran all set seasonhighs in minutes played, and that pace is unlikely to slow down in the coming weeks with no concrete timetable for Buie and Turner’s return.

“This is going to be the group we’re going to have for the time being,” Collins said. “We’ve got to do a good job of figuring out how we can still functionally play with this group.” gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern.edu

It hadn’t even been a week since Northwestern had one of the best wins program history, beating No. 12 Maryland by 23 points.

The Wildcats returned to the court Sunday, and they suffered one of their most lopsided losses of the last few years.

Five days after a statement win over the Terrapins, NU (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) had its worst scoring game of the year in an 77-51 loss to Iowa (11-3, 2-1). The Cats didn’t have 40 points until well into the fourth quarter on Sunday and had their biggest margin of defeat since 2018.

“Their zone definitely made it tough to get inside,” Scheid said.

“And then sometimes we weren’t looking to (attack) and we weren’t being aggressive enough.”

Junior guard Lindsey Pulliam finished with 25 points, but the rest of the team shot 30 percent from the field. Talented shooters like sophomore guard Veronica Burton and Scheid struggled to get open against the Hawkeyes fast-moving 2-3 zone, and NU made just four of its 21 three-point shots.

As the offense stagnated, head coach Joe McKeown made an adjustment he hadn’t tried all season. In the middle of the third quarter, he played Pulliam at power forward in an attempt to get more perimeter shooters on the floor around her. Pulliam stayed at that position until late into the fourth quarter, but it didn’t have much of an effect on the offense.

“We were really struggling to score, so we tried to stretch them out with some shooters,” McKeown said. “We thought we could really spread the floor, get into the lane and really get out and run

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and maybe turn them over on the defensive end, which we didn’t do when we had to.”

Even with Pulliam playing alongside three other guards, the Cats scored 20 points over the last fifteen minutes, unable to cut the deficit to single digits.

Iowa led 33-21 at halftime and never led by fewer than 15 points in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes took an 11-point lead in the first quarter after making four early threes, and Iowa made over 64 percent of its shots from behind the three-point line throughout the game.

Forward Monika Czinano led the Hawkeyes with 21 points, and three other players cracked double figures. The Cats’ hadn’t allowed more than 70 points Iowa all season, but the Hawkeyes perimeter shooting challenged NU’s defense all game.

The Cats fell back to earth after a strong start to Big Ten play, losing their first conference game of the season. The Cats averaged 79 points per game over the first two conference games of the season, establishing the team as a contender in the conference.

Even though NU couldn’t keep that level of production up Sunday, McKeown said he won’t linger on what went wrong offensively.

“You’ve got to let this one loose, put it behind you and move forward,” McKeown said. “I don’t want to sound like a cliche, but that’s what you have to do.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu