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Mother of Jordan Hankins files complaint against sorority

Complaint alleges hazing during pledge process caused anxiety and depression that led to her death By ELIZABETH BYRNE and CATHERINE KIM

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The mother of former Nor thwestern basketball player Jordan Hankins, who died by suicide in 2017, filed a complaint Tuesday against the Northwestern chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The complaint alleges that hazing incidents during the pledging process caused Hankins to suffer severe anxiety

and depression, which led to her eventual death. The complaint, filed by Felicia Hankins in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, lists AKA and 11 other defendants –– including student members and advisors at the time. Hankins was subject to physical abuse, emotional abuse, sleep deprivation and financial exploitation, the complaint claims. The complaint alleges the defendants knew or should have known the hazing

activities were “extreme, outrageous and unlawful.” “Defendants’ conduct was intentional and done with the purpose of causing Hankins to suffer humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress,” the complaint alleges. Representatives of the sorority and the University were not immediately available for comment Tuesday night. The complaint also claims the defendants were informed that Hankins was mentally

unstable and expressed that she was suicidal after the hazing activities. After being hazed, “it was foreseeable” that Hankins would kill herself, the complaint alleges. The complaint brings counts of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress against defendants. AKA has been suspended on campus from May 2016 to Fall 2019, according to the Northwestern Office of Student Conduct. The alleged hazing occurred in late 2016.

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Hankins was a Weinberg sophomore and a guard on the women’s basketball team. Those close to her remembered her as a warm and selfless friend. “They say that character is what you’re doing and what you do when no one else is around. When nobody else is looking,” Chris Giffin, Hankins’ high school basketball coach, said at a 2017 memorial. “If you use those definitions to assess Jordan in her life and what she meant to so many people out here

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Report: Evanston rents rise 2.3%

Despite efforts to create more affordable housing, living costs grow By CASSIDY WANG

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Though Evanston has strived to create more affordable housing, rents have increased 2.3 percent over the past year, according to a January 2019 report conducted by Apartment List. Between 2004 and 2013,

Evanston lost 40 percent of its affordable housing units to high-priced developments, according to the report. Although City Council passed measures in 2018 to support affordable housing, rent prices continued to increase. The report also said that comparable cities nationwide had more affordable housing than Evanston, and rents have been rising across

the Chicago metropolitan area. “(The report) provides evidence of why we have an affordable housing problem in Evanston,” Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said. “When people say, ‘I can’t find anything I can afford,’ this report documents that’s true. There’s bigger demand for housing in Evanston at all income levels than there is a supply.” Revelle, a member of the

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Students searching for a latenight snack won’t be able to grab an inexpensive burrito at Taco Bell on Sherman Avenue anymore, after the branch closed last month. City of Evanston economic development manager Paul Zalmezak said Taco Bell notified the local branch’s property manager that the corporation wasn’t renewing its lease at 1743 Sherman Ave. at the end of December. The restaurant hadn’t received as much traffic as other locations and wanted a bigger space, Zalmezak said. “Typically, Taco Bell is in a free-standing, higher automobile

traffic area or in an urban center near transit — this is more foot traffic,” Zalmezak said. “I would argue they were in a good space, but these corporate chains have formulas and consolidate to focus on it.” However, Zalmezak pointed out that Evanston has other taco restaurants serving higher quality food, and he said that residents have lots of options for other types of food, too. Taco Bell’s old property is still vacant, but a sign on the door thanks the city and directs patrons to other locations in downtown Chicago and Skokie. Zalmezak said the property has a new tenant coming in February, but he’s not sure who it will be. When news spread that the

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restaurant had closed, Communication sophomore Lucia Boyd received several texts from concerned friends. “Everyone knows I’m obsessed with Taco Bell, and I got like 20 texts from people asking if I was okay,” Boyd said. “It was kind of funny in my mind that everyone was texting me, but I was really sad and shocked.” Instead of Taco Bell, Boyd said she might go to Chipotle more, but she’ll miss the Mountain Dew Baja Blast, a frozen drink that she usually ordered at the restaurant along with her tacos. Communication sophomore Rishi Mahesh, said he liked the » See TACOBELL, page 6

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As the partial U.S. government shutdown continues, some School of Education and Social Policy students are facing difficulties completing their mandatory practicums. These field work internships, which are required for SESP students, usually include positions at government agencies, but such options are no longer viable this quarter. Three students have been affected by the shutdown and have the choice to either move their practicum to another quarter or scramble to find another site. Such obstacles were unexpected, said practicum director Nathan Frideres. “At first I was hoping that the shutdown would end, that it

wouldn’t impact our students,” he said. “There’s been so much uncertainty with the situation.” Since the shutdown, Frideres said he has been helping the affected students reach the “best course of action.” Some government agencies are without funding as President Donald Trump refuses to sign a spending bill without money for a border “wall,” despite an earlier agreement between the U.S. House and Senate before the new year. Negotiations between the House, now under control of the Democrats, and Trump have stalled as both sides refuse to budge from their stance on the wall. SESP junior Meg Pisarczyk, who was originally going to work at the Chicago office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, decided to push her practicum to the spring. She chose to do so to avoid scrambling to find a new site, she said. While reapplying for new positions in the spring, she will be a part-time student on » See PRACTICUM, page 6

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city’s Affordable Housing Plan Steering Committee, said residents with more money displace low-income people because of the housing shortage, putting more pressure on the market as a whole. The city has lost affordable housing over the years, Revelle said, due to the conversion of rental housing

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today, including myself, then you quickly realize there isn’t anybody who had a stronger character than Jordan Hankins.”

The Garage initiative inspires female entrepreneurs By MEGAN MUNCE

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After its inaugural quarter, The Garage’s new Propel Program aimed at empowering female entrepreneurs has inspired a generation of entrepreneurs. Katherine and Steve Elms (Kellogg ’92) made a donation to The Garage with the intent of promoting female inclusion within entrepreneurship. This donation gave rise to the Propel Program, headed by Hayes Ferguson, an entrepreneur-inresidence at The Garage. The program provides both financial assistance and mentorship to female students at NU

who are interested in entrepreneurship and innovation. “The key part of the program is, of course, for the students to receive stipends: money that they can use to pursue their projects,” Ferguson said. “But we also give support for them to be exposed to women leaders and entrepreneurs to show how, to show that this has been done before.” Eight NU students traveled to New York City in early October with the program to meet with representatives of various fields. These students, who were invited to join the program based on their prior involvement with The Garage, served as ambassadors for the program to help spread the word. Weinberg sophomore Emily Winterhalter said she felt

encouraged by the people she met while in New York. “I was just in awe, and, I guess, inspired to take risks, step forward, step up, take advantage of opportunities, create opportunities, kind of not sit back and wait for things to come to me,” she said. Winterhalter is currently working on a project called Track Trainer, a device that helps rehabilitate stroke survivors by having them complete simple tasks, such as flipping switches or turning knobs. McCormick sophomore Aishwarya Jois, who also went on the New York trip, said the experience exposed her to non-traditional examples of » See PROPEL, page 6

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AROUND TOWN EPL to provide free STI screenings, counseling By SUZY VAZQUEZ

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The Evanston Health and Human Services Department is partnering with Howard Brown Health and the Evanston Public Library to provide free sexually transmitted infection screenings in the Evanston community. Starting Jan. 14, individuals will be able to walk in to EPL’s main branch in downtown Evanston on the second Monday of every month between 3 and 7 pm without an appointment scheduled. Evonda Thomas-Smith, the director of the Evanston Health and Human Services Department, said she helped to advocate for the services’ implementation. She added that the city also partners with Evanston Township High School and the GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign every year to screen for STIs. “Howard Brown wanted to offer free services to Evanston as Cook County has the highest rates of STDs and STIs in the state of Illinois,” Thomas-Smith said. “Our STD and STI rates are significantly increasing.” Jill Skwerski, EPL’s engagement services manager, said the library is always looking for ways to provide community access to all forms of literacy, including health literacy. She said in communities across the country, people struggle to find affordable access to healthcare solutions, and the library can play a role in health literacy

POLICE BLOTTER Apple products stolen from Best Buy in Evanston

Two men stole more than $8,000 worth of Apple products from a Best Buy near the 2300 block of Howard Street on Tuesday. A 26-year-old man reported the incident and told Evanston Police Department officers that the men took the devices from the display tables and

by providing free access that might otherwise not be a possibility for people. “Many times people think of the library as a place to get access to books, maybe movies, story times,” Skwerski said. “The Evanston

Public Library is committed to providing access to all forms of literacy, including health literacy, financial literacy, digital literacy. This partnership with Howard Brown is one of the ways we fulfill that mission towards providing access to

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Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. EPL will provide services like HIV prevention counseling and rapid HIV screening, as well as screenings for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia in an effort to improve health literacy.

ran out of the store. The men stole two iPads, two iPad Pros, an Apple Watch Series 4, an Apple Watch Series 3, an Apple Watch, an iPhone 8, an iPhone X, an iPhone XS and two iPhone XRs, Evanston Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Security footage recorded the two men as they left the store and got in the rear of a silver Dodge Avenger.

Cmdr. Glew said the car has since been tied to three other identical thefts in Valparaiso, Indiana; Highland, Indiana and Champaign, Illinois.

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A 21-year-old man reported Tuesday that his MacBook Pro was stolen after he left it in the backseat of a Lyft car. The man told Evanston Police Department

health literacy.” EPL will provide services like HIV prevention counseling and rapid HIV screening, as well as screenings for syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. All screening is confidential, and participants can be connected to treatment and partner services if necessary. The option to be tested alone or with a partner will also be available. The organization that will be providing the free STI screenings, Howard Brown Health, is a Chicago-based federally-qualified health center that works to eliminate healthcare disparities in the LGBTQ community. According to HIV.gov, an initiative by the Department of Health and Human Services, in 2016 gay and bisexual men accounted for 67 percent of all HIV diagnoses and 83 percent of HIV diagnoses among males. According to Howard Brown Health’s website, providing free access to STI screening services will make obtaining these health care services easier for these communities. Weinberg sophomore Ezra Okeson said having more free screenings is significant and may make young people more likely to get tested when it’s easy and accessible. “If it’s not offered people aren’t going to go out of their way to get tested,” Okeson said. “I know the reasons that I have or that my friends have is because it’s so easy to go down to the clinic and just do it when it doesn’t cost money.” susanavazquez2022@u.northwestern.edu

officers that he got a Lyft ride from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to 629 Church St. and left his laptop in the car by mistake. He has tried to contact the driver but has not gotten a response, Glew said. The vehicle was a black Lincoln with an Illinois license plate, but there is no one in custody, he added. — Ashley Capoot

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NU gadget featured in Gatorade ad By DANNY VESURAI

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A recent Gatorade ad with Serena Williams and other athletes spotlights a biometric sweat patch developed by Northwestern researchers cooperating with Gatorade. McCormick professor John Rogers and his team debuted the flexible, microfluidic patch that uses sweat to detect chemical levels in athletes in Nov. 2016. Gatorade approached the research team a few months later and started talks about a partnership, Rogers said. The commercial is Gatorade’s most-viewed on YouTube, with 18 million views and counting. “There’s real medical and physiological value in (the) accuracy in the device,” he said. “It’s not a toy. It’s a precise measurement platform.” When the patch takes in sweat, it detects changes in sweat rates and chemical concentrations. Differences in color, due to chemical reactions, indicate these changes. Gatorade’s 30-second ad shows Serena Williams working out with the patch on her forearm and has the slogan “You Fuel Us, We Fuel You.” Rogers said Gatorade wants to move toward individualizing drinks to athletes’ specific sweat and electrolyte loss. Data gathered from the patch would help them launch this initiative, he said. After Gatorade approached the team, they created a comprehensive technical plan detailing how to increase the device’s accuracy for measuring sweat and electrolyte loss. Working with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Rogers’ team improved the device with around 250 indepth tests on professional athletes. “The technology is performing better than anybody could have imagined,” he said. Rogers’ long-time collaborator and McCormick professor Yonggang Huang also aided the effort with computational modeling, which allowed the team to rapidly run multiple tests without having to produce physical models. The

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team worked through about a dozen fluid problems that were hindering performance. One problem was fluid drag, Rogers said. If the device’s channels where sweat came in were too narrow, the measurements would underestimate the amount of sweat. By running calculations on simulated fluids in motion, Huang’s models helped the team pinpoint the minimum channel dimensions. Rogers said that the originally water-permeable device allowed sweat to evaporate, leading to inaccurate sweat rates. The team switched to polymer materials, which he said helped reach accuracy targets. Rogers said his research team plans on expanding the sweat patch’s capabilities, working

toward accurately predicting strokes and kidney disease by collecting biomarkers from sweat. He said his team and Gatorade are considering massive deployment of the device. Rogers said he thought that Gatorade would release more commercials about the device in coming months. Of the ad, Rogers said he thought it was clever and dynamic, and that it would “whet” people’s appetites for what the device was because it wasn’t explained in-depth. “My 16-year-old son told me (the ad) was ‘sick,’ which I think is the highest compliment he gives anything,” he said. dvesurai@u.northwestern.edu

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Editorial: Kanazawa does not belong at Northwestern Satoshi Kanazawa has brought a lot of controversy to this campus. The visiting scholar is on campus for a year while on sabbatical from the London School of Economics, but has already raised anger for his research from a few years ago. Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, has published many racist articles — most notably, why black women are less physically attractive and how sub-Saharan Africans have low IQs that lead to high rates of poverty and disease. Dozens of other scientists in his field have denounced him or distanced themselves from his work, arguing his views are not “objective” at all, and his articles do not properly represent their goals as researchers. So why has Northwestern fought to keep him? In an email last week, Provost Jonathan Holloway said he recently discovered the vetting system used for Kanazawa was “weak” and that other professors were “unaware” of the visiting scholar’s past controversial work. The psychology department has resolved to modify their vetting system for the future. As students, we don’t know what specific systems or criteria are used to accept or reject potential visiting scholars, professors and other faculty members. We don’t even know the extent

of his role on this campus — the email failed to clarify the relationship between Kanazawa and Northwestern’s psychology department. However, Kanazawa passed whatever criteria the department required to come here. Prof. Richard Zinbarg, the psychology department chair at Northwestern who approved Kanazawa’s request, told The Daily last month he was “not aware” of the controversies. Meanwhile, a simple Google search of his name is enough to pull up several articles about his racist views, work controversies and more; many of the pieces themselves are available online as well. The University is now standing by his presence on campus, superseding whatever failed vetting system used to be in place. Students and community members have thoughtfully voiced their frustration with the email and Kanazawa’s presence: a student-led petition has over 4,000 signatures as of Tuesday, and many spoke about their concerns using social media (even using the hashtag #NU2023 to inform new early decision students) and sent emails to high-level administrators including Holloway. Psychology department faculty also sent a letter to Weinberg Dean Adrian Randolph in October, writing that Kanazawa’s level of scholarship is not on par with

that of the department’s and his presence makes many faculty members “uneasy.” Despite all of this, Holloway stated in his email that Kanazawa’s personal views “cannot be a reason to undermine the vital principle of intellectual freedom.” The provost went on to emphasize the University holds the principles of “diversity, equity and inclusion” in high regard. But this upholds a false idea of “intellectual freedom.” Kanazawa’s body of work — with articles titled “What’s Wrong with Muslims?” and “Are All Women Essentially Prostitutes?” — is yet another example of science being used to discredit and discriminate against people of color, women and those of marginalized identities. It’s a tactic that’s been in the playbook of eugenicists, white supremacists and misogynists for centuries. While those types of studies may seem individual or inconsequential in the big picture, they have and continue to contribute to dangerous and pervasive stereotypes we still see today. The University must recognize Kanazawa’s work is no exception to these dangerous ideas. Defending his presence on this campus using buzzwords like “diversity” and “equity” invalidates the hard work students and faculty have done to make this institution a more welcoming and

inclusive place. Their activism does not seem to matter — the University has prioritized “ideological diversity” over the actual, tangible inclusion we crave and need. By its actions, Northwestern has shown it prioritizes a troubling image of academic freedom far above the safety and wellbeing of the marginalized students it’s tried to court. As of now, Kanazawa will continue to get to use the Northwestern name for a year, and benefit from the weight it carries in the research world long after. His stay not only reflects on his personal character, but also demonstrates that we condone racism and sexism as an institution. We urge the University to put its students first and fully by denouncing both Kanazawa’s former research and revoke his year-long stay on this campus. Northwestern: put action behind the buzzwords administrators regularly employ. A version of this story was originally published online on December 18, 2018. This piece represents the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of The Daily Northwestern. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members or Editorial Board members of The Daily Northwestern.

Severity of ‘callout culture’ reduces rehabilitation ANDREA BIAN

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Last November, Minnesota Chipotle manager Dominique Moran was captured on video refusing service to two black customers. Moran asked that the customers pay before ordering because “you never have money when you come in here.” Accusations soon flew criticizing Moran for racially profiling the customers, and she was soon fired from her manager position. Days later, however, tweets from the involved customers surfaced, suggesting the two had a history of dining and dashing. Chipotle eventually offered Moran her job back. However, the negativity surrounding the incident exposes the worst of social media; people can viciously attack others through screens, attempting to destroy their careers or ultimately “cancel” them.

This is callout culture: the exposure of racism, sexism or other bigotry in an attempt to take down harmful systems. Despite the original intention of callout culture, it can spiral out of control, especially when people consume media without context — as shown in Moran’s case. To an extent, callout culture makes a compelling case, especially when offenses are not jokes, but intentional actions. Last October, Hilary Brooke Mueller went viral in a video showing her blocking a black man from entering the building he lived in. She was later fired from her real estate job. This social ostracism has extended to other people such as environmental scientist Jennifer Schulte, who called police on black people barbecuing at a park in Oakland (eventually earning her the meme of “BBQ Becky”). I’m not saying that in these cases people shouldn’t be called out at all for their wrongdoing; in a way, videos like these display a nonviolent relative of racism, and draw attention to the fact

that racism still occurs daily and all around us. My issue with callout culture, however, is the intense shaming that goes on toward offenders that can sometimes be misplaced. It’s hard for me to imagine that subjects of this callout culture like Moran may have more positive feelings toward the experience than negative. I was once a fierce advocate of callout culture; I insisted on bringing on negative attention to people’s social media mistakes, believing they deserved the harshest punishments. But Moran’s example is just one incident that demonstrates not the takedown of harmful systems, but people’s haste to expose and destroy. Even when someone makes an insensitive joke, the negative personal feedback can affect them more than it appears; they may take only resentment from their experience, rather than their desire to learn from their actions. In other words, more destructive forms of callout culture can limit the possibility of rehabilitation. If someone is

completely ostracized and isolated from the public, they have little to no chance of changing their actions. Not everyone who makes a single, poor decision should lose their job or be publicly shamed as punishment. Calling out is different than shaming. I understand that specifically educating people can be overwhelming emotionally, but at the very least, not everyone who makes mistakes should see others attempting to ruin their lives. Callout culture can then achieve its original intention: to eventually take down racist systems and build up positive ones. Andrea Bian is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at andreabian2022@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.

With sexual violence, recognize that yes can mean no KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

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“No means no, yes means yes.” Consent, in the realm of sexual activities, is generally viewed as a binary: either giving permission by responding yes or denying permission through responding no. However, consent is not a black-and-white, single-word response. While I agree no always means no, I think it’s narrow to believe that yes means yes in every instance. The typical view of sexual assault may include one person forcing someone into a sexual act, even after they outright say no. In reality, sexual assault is broader than that singular scenario; it can take place even when someone says yes. The phrase “No means no, yes means yes” fails to take into account the context of the situation in which the individual said yes. Simplifying consent

is problematic when there’s no emphasis placed on the possibility of overt pressure or manipulation. Envision a situation where someone is repeatedly asked to do something sexually after saying no several times. Finally, they relent apprehensively, feeling as though there was no other option. Or, a situation in which someone is guilted into a sexual act, yet there is a look of discomfort on their face. They only said yes to eradicate the pang of guilt in the pit of their stomach. Though the word yes was spoken in both cases, true consent was absent. Persistent asking — “Have you changed your mind yet? Please, just do it” — is a form of pressuring. Using guilt — “I’ve had a rough day, and it’s been so long” — is emotional manipulation. And it doesn’t take a mind reader to detect discomfort or hesitance by the way someone speaks, their body language or facial expressions. It is everyone’s personal responsibility to be wary of these cues. Rather than explaining consent as a

straightforward yes versus no, we need to emphasize that consent means that both parties genuinely want to engage in the sexual act. This means paying attention not only to what is said, but to other important nonverbal markers of consent like body language, facial expressions and tone of voice. If we accept this simplified version of consent, “But they said yes,” turns into an excuse. People can argue that as long as yes is used, they’re in the clear — but that’s just not the case. Envision a situation where someone asks their partner if they want to share a sandwich and their partner responds with no. The individual nods understandingly and the conversation ends there. They refrain from asking again and again or using a slew of tactics to draw out the word yes. In an ideal world, every scenario involving sexual consent would play out in this manner. Since we know this is an unrealistic expectation, at the very least we need to recognize and attend to the individuals — approximately 20 percent of college-aged women and 5 percent of college-aged

men, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network — who experience sexual assault in a diversity of ways. Growing up, we learned that yes was the key to consent in health classes over the course of middle and high school. I was stuck in that narrow mindset until I saw those types of scenarios involving manipulation play out through high school. We need to pay more attention to the fact that sexual pressuring and uses of manipulation, even when the individual says the word yes, are aspects of sexual violence too. And we need to eliminate all defenses for that behavior, including phrases that only tell half of the story. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@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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Online dating apps aren’t a match for everyone By NEYA THANIKACHALAM

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As cold weather descends on Evanston, some Northwestern students may turn to online dating apps such as Tinder or Bumble and swipe to make a new connection. Online dating makes it easier for people to find partners that they connect with because of the larger pool of people they can choose from, according to an August article in The Economist. Online dating apps such as Tinder cite over 1.6 billion swipes per day and 1 million dates per week. Although more people are choosing to swipe right, Northwestern students have mixed feelings about using dating apps. McCormick junior Michael Tamkin said he found it was easy for him to talk to people who he matched with because the apps ensure both users are interested. “There’s a reason why the other person had to have matched with you, and you to have matched with the other person,” Tamkin said. “So there’s generally some sort of conversation starter or thing that can come out from that.” Communication first-year Shelby Schultz said she found that it was harder for her to make meaningful connections with other people when she was using Tinder. She said it didn’t feel the same as meeting someone in person. Schultz said that she felt, as a first-year, that people were trying to find out what the dating scene was like at NU rather than looking for actual relationships. “Even if there was someone I hit it off with, I couldn’t see myself meeting a stranger in person,” Schultz said. “I think people could (find a partner)

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) declared, “enough is enough,” in a news release Tuesday night in response to President Donald Trump’s televised speech for his border wall. In his address, Trump called the situation at

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but it takes a certain kind of person on both sides of the relationship.” The online dating market has expanded to include other apps built for matching users with specific interests. Developing apps such as BikerKiss (“Two wheels, Two Hearts, One Road!”), which cater to a specific audience, help personalize dating, The Economist reported. Schultz added she disliked dating apps because they placed too much emphasis on the “superficial.”

Weinberg sophomore Michael Ma said he doesn’t use online dating apps. He said he found the selection process damaging to users’ mental health. “It’s almost like a marketplace because it’s so visual and it’s superficial,” Ma said. Ma added that the apps perpetuate hookup culture and he doesn’t think they can be very effective. Tamkin said the apps can sometimes be problematic. He said when users are swiping on dating apps, it causes people to be more specific and some

users are ignored. Tamkin said he thinks that this problem is present in offline dating too, and will be hard to change in online dating apps. “I think most dating in general plays towards the superficial,” Tamkin said. “I think most dating in general starts with some sort of attraction, and so I don’t think that’s necessarily an inherent flaw in the system.”

the southern border “a humanitarian and security crisis” to justify his call for a wall. He also blamed Democrats for the government shutdown, which entered its third week today. “This barrier is absolutely critical to border security,” Trump said. “This is just common sense. The border wall would very quickly pay for itself.” Schakowsky quickly released her response,

calling the wall “misguided, racist and wasteful.” She said Trump “is not telling the truth,” arguing the barrier will cost more than Trump suggests and interfere with private and environmentallyprotected territory. As a result of the shutdown, Schakowsky said food stamps and other government programs are running out of funding; more than 800,000 federal employees are furloughed.

“What began as a campaign gimmick designed to fire up white nationalist crowds, has morphed into a giant poison pill that is impacting the lives of millions of Americans,” Schakowsky said. “The wall is a fantasy built on bad intentions. My constituents and the vast majority of Americans reject this wall and so do I.”

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From page 1 into condominiums. Over the past year, the city has addressed rising housing prices. City Council amended city code in April 2018 to allow non-family members to rent coach houses. In October, the city incentivized developers to create more affordable housing through strengthening the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. The change required developers to make at least 5 percent of their units affordable and increased the fee-in-lieu payments from $100,000 to $175,000 for any units they are not going to make into affordable housing developments. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said the increase in rent and housing costs have had an adverse effect on community demographics. She emphasized the importance of looking at the issue from a “complete community perspective.” When seeking solutions, Simmons said the city should not just address affordable housing but also address the wealth gap between residents of color and their white neighbors. “We’ve had a substantial amount of minority

families having to leave Evanston and relocate because of the lack of affordable housing both for rent and for purchase,” Simmons said. Simmons said support for independent property owners as opposed to developers can help retain affordable housing units. Although the city receives federal money for rental support programs, Revelle said they still need more resources to remove barriers to affordable housing. “Everybody says they want to create more affordable housing,” Revelle said. “But we don’t have a lot of vacant land we can build on. The city itself doesn’t have a lot of money to put into building or creating more affordable housing.” Data from the report shows that rent increases have occurred in seven cities across the Chicago metropolitan area over the past year. Although Revelle said Evanston is ahead of a lot of other communities in terms of the attention they’re giving to the issue, she said the city plans on reaching out to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning — a regional planning organization for northeastern Illinois including Cook County — to see if they can support Evanston’s planning efforts.

“It’s a regional problem — we can’t just solve it for Evanston,” Revelle said. “Because if we suddenly had a lot more affordable housing then we’d be attracting people from other communities where there’s not enough affordable housing. We have to solve the problem regionally and not just here in Evanston.” Weinberg senior Tucker Johnson said he has two friends who are living in the same off-campus apartment building he rented sophomore year. He said they each pay $150 more per month than Johnson did two years ago. From his own renting experience, Johnson noticed rent prices in the city are very inflated. “Even two years ago, the rent we were paying just because we’re students, did not reflect the market value of the apartment,” Johnson said. “They’re basically slums. My apartment has a bunch of mold the landlord won’t deal with. The windows aren’t clean. They’re not so much landlords as they are slumlords. But they’re charging rent you would see down in Chicago for nice apartments with marble countertops.” cassidywang2022@u.northwestern.edu

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campus. “I decided to switch my practicum to Spring Quarter which is kind of disappointing because I had planned my academic schedule around it, and I was excited to have a quarter off from classes,” she said. “But I guess you have to be flexible sometimes.” The shutdown is particularly frustrating because the application process for practicums is intense, Pisarczyk said. Students have to find time for forms and interviews while juggling a strenuous academic workload. Pisarczyk said she was not prepared for the government shutdown to have such personal impacts. Even when news of a possible shutdown loomed, she said she never made the connection to losing her internship opportunity until last minute. “It’s definitely frustrating to have to deal with the government shutdown on a personal level because it’s just really unexpected,” she said. “You wouldn’t really think it would impact something like your classwork or graduation requirements for Northwestern.” The shutdown is also impacting SESP students who are applying for practicums in Washington D.C. in the summer. Though they have to be accepted by a Capitol Hill internship by the end of the quarter, students have yet to access applications that were supposed to be released Jan. 1. SESP junior Marissa Uri said she is concerned that this will delay the approval process of applications. If the government does not reopen in time, she said she may have to choose a non-government-related organization. “One of the reasons I chose D.C. was to understand more of the government aspect of policy so … it’s definitely concerning that I wouldn’t be able to work

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entrepreneurship. While visiting Goldman Sachs, Jois realized she had never considered that finance could be entrepreneurial. “Getting to hear that advice straight from them and seeing how they’ve brought aspects of that into their careers in whatever way they want to … was really cool,” she said. Jois previously worked at a student startup at The Garage named Bossy Chicago, a directory promoting female-owned businesses, and later co-founded a company named Lens Education to enhance political education in high schools. She was then approached by Melissa Kaufman, the executive director of The Garage, to join the Propel Program. Inspired by Kaufman’s advice to open doors for others as an entrepreneur, Jois said she was eager to continue her work with empowering women, just as she had done at Bossy Chicago. “Entrepreneurship really is for everyone, no matter what you’re trying to work on,” Jois said. “I think it’s incredibly important to not only just support women in that endeavor, but also other underrepresented minorities in whatever way, shape or form we possibly can, and I think this is the first step in doing that for The Garage.” The Propel Program is accepting applications for the next round of participants and accepted members will receive a stipend of up to $1,000. Ferguson said she hopes to receive applications from a variety of disciplines and stages of development. “Don’t be scared. Try it,” she said. “A lot of people, women in particular, if they don’t totally know what they’re doing or if they’re intimidated by the space will step back. We lose a lot of great ideas that way.” meganmunce2022@u.northwestern.edu

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she has taken this experience as a learning opportunity. “It’s a good lesson in learning how to be flexible and just kind of going with the flow, which is not something I’m normally good at,” she said.

convenience of Taco Bell. “I live in Shepard, and it’s super close to me,” Mahesh said. “When you’re in a rush, having a quick place where you can spend two dollars to get a concerning amount of food is great.” Mahesh said he recognized that Taco Bell might not have been the healthiest option, but he thought the flavor of the tacos was “a godsend.” He added that the Taco Bell near his house in Canton, Michigan, was where he got to know his closest friends in high school. “Going to Taco Bell was a big part of the teenage experience for me personally,” Mahesh said. “It has a special place in my heart. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

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A year since announced, the deficit looms over NU By CAMERON COOK

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Concern over additional cuts continues to loom over the University after spending on financial aid, high-profile faculty and new construction projects forced the University into a multimillion-dollar deficit. Since Provost Jonathan Holloway alerted Faculty Senate about a deficit in Jan. 2018, the administration has tight-lipped on details about the severity of the budget crisis and how the University would fix it. Here’s a recap of how the deficit situation has progressed since The Daily began reporting on it.

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Holloway originally promised that the University did not plan to lay off any faculty or staff in response to the deficit. Instead, the University would likely defer some “facilities and information technology projects,” Holloway and University President Morton Schapiro said in a Jan. 15 email to the Northwestern community. Though hiring had slowed, no layoffs would be made, Holloway told The Daily in May. In July, however, about 80 staff members were laid off — around one percent of the total staff. No faculty were let go. Schapiro said in an October interview that the decisions were made “very carefully” and that the situation was worse than he or the Board of Trustees had expected. In addition to the layoffs, the University also required that all academic units — such as schools, departments and programs — make a five percent non-salary cut to their budgets. Student groups funded by schools and departments faced thousands of dollars in cuts to their budgets, some of which was offset by emergency funding from the Associated Student Government. Administrative units — like the Division of Student Affairs — had to make a 10 percent cut. Although budget cuts were made across the entire University, administrators said they made efforts to minimize the effects of the deficit on educational and research functions. Nearly a third of Northwestern’s budget is dedicated to research. While the Office of Research experienced “personnel changes,” the University was careful to direct most of the cuts elsewhere, said Jay Walsh, the vice president for research.

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Rebecca Crown Center. The University is on track to solve its budget deficit by the next academic year.

“Good news” Despite these cuts, administrators were still optimistic about the state of the budget. Holloway told Faculty Senate in October that the University was “on track” to solve the deficit and would be back “in positive stance” by early 2020. After the third quarter of last year, administrators had projected the deficit would reach near $130 million. This figure fell outside the $50 million to $100 million range administrators had predicted in a January public announcement, and exceeded the $62.5 million they had privately projected before that. But in mid-November, Holloway was preparing to deliver “good news” to the Board of Trustees about

the outcome of the 2018 fiscal year. New calculations showed the budget would be “$37 million better than expected,” Schapiro said, though it was unclear to which figure he was referring.

Continued confusion

Though the University says it will be back in the surplus during the upcoming academic years, there is still widespread confusion among the Northwestern community about how that will be achieved. Each school and department is responsible for making cuts on its own due to the University’s “somewhat decentralized management structure,” University Spokesman Bob Rowley said.

Though Holloway made it clear that the deans’ relative silence is at his instruction, students and Northwestern community members want to know more. “There isn’t a lot of transparency about the budget cuts to the students — about how this happened, why it’s happening,” former ASG President Sky Patterson told The Daily in November. “Students would like more transparency and more information about University spending.” It remains unclear whether additional cuts need to be made. cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu

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For the first time this season, Northwestern found itself tied at the end of regulation on Tuesday. When a back-andforth overtime left Michigan up by one point with just 12 seconds remaining, the Wildcats had one more chance to pull off their second-straight upset. After inbounding the ball at half-court, freshman guard Veronica Burton got the ball back from junior forward Bryana Hopkins. Burton dribbled out of a trap and found sophomore guard Jordan Hamilton, who drove past her defender and put up a layup in heavy traffic. The ball hit the left side of the rim and then the right side of the rim before rattling out, and NU (9-5, 2-2 Big Ten) lost in heartbreaking fashion to Michigan (11-5, 2-2), 79-78. The Cats came into the game on

a two-game winning streak and got off to a quick start, looking to beat the Wolverines for the first time in almost four years. Senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah scored the first 4 points of the game for the Wildcats, but two early fouls caused her to come out of the game. She picked up her third foul late in the second quarter and eventually fouled out of the game late in the fourth. “Anytime she’s not in, it puts us at a disadvantage,” coach Joe McKeown said. “She’s probably the best rebounder in the Big Ten.” But Kunaiyi-Akpanah wasn’t the only NU player who didn’t play late in the game. Junior forward Abi Scheid hurt her ankle on a layup in the second quarter and was sidelined for the rest of the game. Fortunately for the Cats, junior center Abbie Wolf provided a spark off of the bench. Wolf played the best game of her NU career, scoring a career-high 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting, while also pulling down 13 rebounds. “She was great,” McKeown said. “She’s been playing well and she really helped us out tonight.” The two teams didn’t get much

separation from each other in the first half, but in the second half, the Cats turned things around. After Michigan scored to make the game 48-47, NU went on a 9-0 run to build an 8-point lead in the third quarter. But the Wolverines fought back and with 2:12 remaining in regulation, Michigan forward Naz Hillmon scored a layup to tie the game at 67. NU took the lead shortly thereafter but couldn’t seal the game with free throws: They went 3-for-8 in the final 2 minutes of regulation, allowing Michigan to stay in it and eventually tie the game. In overtime, down by three, sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam hit four free throws in a row on back-to-back possessions to give the Cats a 1-point lead with 1:09 remaining. But Hopkins then fouled Wolverines guard Nicole Munger who hit both of her free throws that ultimately became the game-winners. “ We just gotta be resilient,” McKeown said. “We were very close to being undefeated and first place in the Big Ten … but we gotta finish games.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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After falling to 0-3 in the Big Ten following three losses to ranked teams in the conference, Northwestern (10-5, 1-3 Big Ten) rebounded with a 68-66 win over Illinois on Sunday. Heading into another treacherous stretch against two more formidable opponents — Iowa on Wednesday and No. 2 Michigan on Sunday — the Daily’s basketball writers convened to look at how the season has been going.

1. Is this Wildcats’ team better than the one that struggled in the Big Ten last season? Andrew Golden: This year’s team has definitely shown that it is better than last year’s team. Despite the fact that the version a year ago had more experience and expectations heading into its season, this year’s group has exceeded its low expectations and turned in some impressive performances. While the Wildcats’ conference record so far isn’t impressive, their losses against Michigan and Indiana were as close as it gets. One glaring similarity between both teams is that NU uses senior forward Vic Law as its primary form of offense, similar to how they used Bryant McIntosh as their primary option last season. However, if McIntosh was having an off-night, then the Cats looked lost and had no form of offense. This year’s team is a bit different. With Law struggling against Illinois on Sunday, NU showed its depth with four other players scoring in double figures. Graduate guard Ryan Taylor has gone 10-for-19 from behind the arc since the loss to Oklahoma and senior center Dererk Pardon has become a more consistent weapon offensively, scoring in double figures every game this season. The Cats don’t just rely on one player on any given night, which might help them down the road. NU’s depth also benefits it on the defensive end as they have much more length than last year’s team and have lots of players who can play multiple positions. It remains to be seen how the team battles against the much-improved

Big Ten the rest of the season.

Peter Warren: After 15 games, both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 teams had the same record, 10-5, and had a conference win against Illinois under their belt. There are a lot of similarities between each team’s first 15 games, especially the losses. Both teams were wiped off the floor at a Thanksgiving-week tournament game, fell to Oklahoma and lost a close conference game the first weekend of December in Indiana. But when you look past those similarities, the differences between the two become clearer, and this year’s team comes out on top. Law, finally fully healthy, is playing at an All-Big Ten first team level. Pardon has been as efficient as usual and has even expanded his game out to the 3-point line. On the defensive side of the ball, this team has exceptional length and has shown an ability to be one of the best in the conference.

In defense of last year’s team, it never did reach its full potential due to injuries to McIntosh, Law and others. Plus, the true effect of playing at Allstate Arena will be one of the great mysteries of our time. But even with those qualifiers, the 2018-19 Cats are substantially better on defense, feature one of the best players in the conference and have better all-around depth.

2. What’s an adjustment Chris Collins can make to raise the team’s level of play? AG: Dererk Pardon’s best scoring games are as follows: 24, 20, 19, 15, 15. Four of those five contests were against Top 25 opponents: Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana and Oklahoma. Despite getting blown out by Michigan State, the other three games ended in one-possession games or went into overtime. If the Cats want more success moving forward, they should look to

find Pardon in the post more often. He has proven that he can shoot at a high clip when he gets the opportunities— shooting 67.9 percent in those games. Earlier in the season, coach Chris Collins said that opposing teams should expect more play in the post from them, but besides Pardon and the scattered post looks from Law, we haven’t seen a lot of inside play from the Cats. While NU may want perimeter shooting to be its identity offensively, it is simply forcing too many threes. The Cats are shooting 34 percent from the 3-point line as a team and while they have some shooters, only Taylor has really shown improvement from the beginning of the season. Without 3-pointers, the Cats are shooting 49.2 percent this season, proving that they have the size and strength to get to the rim. Instead of settling for jump shots, NU needs to attack the basket so that it can score in the paint or draw fouls. The Cats are statistically better when

taking more free throws, with a record of 9-1 in games where they attempt 20 free throws or more. If this team was going up against the Big Ten from last season, there is a good chance that it would’ve had the chance to win ten conference games. Unfortunately for the Cats, the problem is that there are four Big Ten teams that are ranked in the Top 25 and six others that received votes in this week’s AP poll. This is one of, if not, the most talented conferences in the country this year and NU will really have to battle in order to pull out wins the rest of the season.

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Vic Law slams it home. The senior forward is playing a radically different role than he did a year ago.

PW: NU’s lineup of Turner, Taylor, Law, Pardon and sophomore guard Anthony Gaines has been the team’s best and most used lineup this season. Despite the lack of a traditional point guard, those five have proved to be able to generate good looks on offense and play some lockdown defense. But those five guys are playing a lot of minutes, especially during Big Ten play. Except for the blowout at Michigan State, Law and Pardon average 36 minutes a game in conference play, while Turner and Taylor log over 33. While many of the best teams in the country play with relatively short rotations, those teams always have a few blowouts on their schedule where they can rest their best players. There are no easy games left on NU’s schedule. The Big Ten is so difficult that every team top-to-bottom can put up a good fight every night. There might not be a lot of chances to give those five a rest or other players a chance to gain experience. That could lead to some concerns about rest. Especially at the end of the season, when NU plays three games in a week span and then will play in the Big Ten Tournament the following week, fatigue will be a big issue if those five are not getting any rest. The Cats have a chance to put back on their dancing shoes, and Collins should accordingly play his best players in any game NU has a chance of winning. How he rotates his lineups throughout the rest of the season could be the difference between ending with a bang or a whimper.