The Daily Northwestern – January 10, 2018

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Students demand new protest rules Coalition seeks to remove ambiguities from NU policy

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

daily senior staffer @madsburk

In a December op-ed for the Chicago Tribune, University President Morton Schapiro defended the importance of free speech and safe spaces. When balancing the two, he wrote, “it helps to have clear rules.”

Yet from the experience of Weinberg junior Madisen Hursey, the rules governing Northwestern students’ own rights to demonstrate remain ambiguous.

“The language is super vague and can be used in kind of any way the administration would want to apply to any student,” Hursey said.

“We didn’t think that was really fair to students who were going to protest, because if you’re going to break a rule, you should at least know what the rule is.”

Hursey is a member of The Coalition for Free Speech and Unusual Noise, which formed Fall Quarter partially in response to how NU handled student protests against an ICE representative in May. The Coalition now plans to meet with Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin to begin addressing their concerns with the University Disruption and Demonstration Policy. After a meeting last quarter between Telles-Irvin and several coalition representatives, coalition member Ana Acevedo said Telles-Irvin

seemed “very open” to further collaboration.

Telles-Irvin confirmed in an email to The Daily that a meeting will take place this quarter. After discussing issues with representatives last quarter, she said she will meet with a larger group to begin addressing their concerns.

The coalition had released a communal statement on Dec. 4, identifying itself as “a nonpartisan, inclusive group of concerned students and student activists fighting for freedom of speech.” Eighteen groups and 59 individuals had signed the statement as of Tuesday.

The statement set a deadline of Feb. 2 to establish dialogue with the University, Acevedo said. The McCormick senior said the coalition planned to become more “aggressive” with demonstrations against the current protest policy if they didn’t hear any updates from administrators by then.

However, Acevedo said it seems unlikely the coalition will have to use such methods.

The coalition statement demands four changes to the University’s policy, including more specific language and consistent updates — every two years instead of every three.

The other two demands involve the protest registration process, which is currently handled by the Dean of Students Office and requires that organizers list responsible individuals. The coalition believes a different office, like Student Organizations and Activities, should oversee registration and that a group name should be sufficient to identify organizers, » See PROTEST, page 6

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Fran’s Cafe in Willard Hall. Fran’s returned to Willard on Monday with an updated menu that features an array of diner foods.

Fran’s Cafe reopens to students

Beloved dining spot back with old favorites and healthy additions

By ADRIAN WAN

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Fran’s Cafe — which serves what it claims to be the best shakes “not only on campus, but in all of Evanston” — is back.

Originally located in Willard Hall, Fran’s was relocated to 1835 Hinman after Willard closed for renovations in

2016 as part of the Housing Master Plan. Along with the reopening of Willard Hall, Fran’s returned Monday with an updated menu featuring an array of diner foods including burgers, burritos and milkshakes, said James Betsanes, Northwestern Dining’s unit marketing specialist.

The menu has been redesigned to meet various student demands, Betsanes said, and now offers items

ETHS to cut Hebrew instruction The program will be ended due to low enrollment, lack of teachers

By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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The Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board will discontinue the Hebrew program for the 2018-19 school year after failing to find a qualified teacher and a decline in student enrollment, according to a copy of school board emails obtained by The Daily.

Superintendent Eric Witherspoon wrote in an email on Oct. 2 to the school board that after two years of searching for a qualified licensed Hebrew teacher, the district cannot guarantee four uninterrupted years of Hebrew instruction for incoming students.

After the school’s longtime Hebrew teacher retired in 2015, the program’s total enrollment numbers dropped » See HEBREW, page 6

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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. ETHS cut its Hebrew program from next year’s curriculum after superintendent Eric Witherspoon said the district could not find a qualified licensed Hebrew teacher.

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like gluten-free pizza crust to provide healthier options.

Fran’s also now serves more shareable items like buffalo wings and continues to offer tater tots in an effort to maintain its “diner feel.”

The changes to the venue accommodate a lot of “soft seatings,” Betsanes added, which provide more opportunities for students to interact with one another and create a cozy atmosphere.

Tip to UP helped lead to arrest in CTA pushing case

University Police received an anonymous tip this September that helped lead to the identification and arrest of NU doctoral graduate Chad Estep.

Estep allegedly pushed Chicago resident Ben Benedict off a CTA platform on Aug. 1. Chicago Police Department spent about a month without a suspect in the attempted murder case before Estep was identified.

UP received the tip Sept.

13 and alerted CPD the same day with the information they received, Northwestern deputy chief of police Gloria Graham told The Daily in an email. This information, along with several tips from other sources over the following days, helped detectives identify Estep, according to an article published by the Chicago Tribune.

“We work very close with all of our law enforcement partners, including Chicago Police,” Graham said in the email. “We

Weinberg junior Akilah Smith said while Fran’s felt more comfortable before the renovations because of its “dimmer lighting and chill vibe,” the quality of food in the newly-reopened Fran’s meets her expectations. The diner spot serves as a good alternative to the dining halls. “(Fran’s) helps as a place to meet,” Smith said. “The » See FRAN’S, page 6

often have daily contact with both CPD and Evanston Police to share information or coordinate our efforts.”

CPD attempted to contact Benedict after the attack via phone calls and a letter, but suspended their investigation Aug. 9 after they did not hear back from Benedict, according to the Tribune. It was only after the Tribune published a Sept. 6 story about the incident that CPD received calls with information about the case.

UP called CPD about the tip shortly before noon, the Tribune reported. Three other tips came in between Sept. 11 and Sept. 20, including one from a woman who claimed she used to date Estep and was “sure” he was the attacker, according to the Tribune.

Benedict identified Estep during an in-person lineup Oct. 9, the Tribune reported. He was arrested later that day on charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery in a public place.

On Oct. 30, Estep pleaded not guilty to four counts, including aggravated battery against a transit employee and unlawful restraint.

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AROUND TOWN ETHS students explore identity through photos

By ALANE LIM

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Evanston Township High School students explored social justice issues through captioned photography at a library exhibit that opened Tuesday.

Five members of the Students without Borders Club displayed their “photovoice” projects, with photos hung beside captions describing the artists’ intent at Evanston Public Library. The event — co-hosted by EPL and Kids Global Network, Inc., an organization that uses the arts to help disadvantaged students — was the culmination of a six-week project where students learned narrative photography, photo editing and captioning.

Miguel Ruiz, EPL’s Latino engagement librarian and one of the project’s facilitators, told The Daily the exhibit had two main goals: to provide a platform for students to express themselves and to share the talents of students, who often go unnoticed in the wider community.

During the presentation Tuesday, he said the project is also a way for the community to explore the positive aspects of immigration. He stressed that a diversity of perspectives, especially in local communities, brings a valuable voice to the conversation on immigration.

“We hear about (immigration) a lot in national news, but the fact is that here in Evanston, in our own schools and in our own communities, the positive aspects of immigration are alive and

POLICE BLOTTER Woman charged with battery pulled out knife during argument

Police arrested a 35-year-old woman after they say she got in an argument with another woman and cut her with a knife on Saturday.

The Evanston woman was drinking alcohol with a 37-year-old male and a 48-year-old female

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Five Evanston Township High School students present at Evanston Public Library. The students displayed their “photovoice” projects — where photos are hung beside captions expressing the artist’s intent.

thriving,” Ruiz said in the presentation.

ETHS freshman Ryan Lardner said she participated to learn more about immigration on

a personal level. Her work commented on how perceptions based on outer appearance may not reflect “what is actually on the inside.”

in a residential home, Evanston police Cmdr.

Joseph Dugan said. The two women had gotten in an argument over a man earlier in the evening.

The man and 48-year-old woman asked the 35-year-old woman to leave because she was too intoxicated, Dugan said. The woman then pulled a knife out and cut the 48-year-old woman at the bottom of her neck. The injury was minor and she did not go to the hospital.

The man took the knife from the woman and called 911. Police charged the woman with misdemeanor battery.

The Moore Lecture A Poetic Cartography A conversation with Natalie Diaz and Kelly Wisecup

Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks of the Colorado River. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Tribe. After playing professional basketball for four years in Europe and Asia, Diaz returned to the States to complete her MFA at Old Dominion University. Her first poetry collection, When My Brother Was an Aztec,, was published by Copper Canyon Press. She is a 2012 Lannan Literary Fellow and a 2012 Native Arts Council Foundation Artist Fellow. In 2014, she was awarded a Bread Loaf Fellowship, as well as the Holmes National Poetry Prize from Princeton University, and a US Artists Ford Fellowship. Diaz teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Residency MFA program and lives in Mohave Valley, Arizona, where she directs the Fort Mojave Language Recovery Program, working with the last remaining Mojave speakers at Fort Mojave to teach and revitalize the Mojave language.

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Girl reports vehicle damage for third time in a year

A 17-year-old female reported damage to her car on Monday.

The Evanston resident told police she was

She presented an image of a girl in a yellow shirt and ripped jeans, and included a caption challenging viewers whether they really knew the girl in the picture. Lardner also displayed a photo of her clothes, which she described as an important way for her to express herself to the outside world.

“When you look at this image, you probably just see clothes,” her caption read. “What you don’t know is you’re looking directly at me. … The way the eyes of the world see me.”

ETHS sophomore Daina Bellini also explored ideas of self-expression and presentation through clothing. She displayed a photo of some of her shoes, including a caption about how her shoes told a story about her.

“Everything I do is in what I wear,” she said.“I dress how I feel every day.”

Evanston resident Marianne Moberly said Bellini’s work was powerful. Though Bellini presents herself to the world as tough on the outside, as shown in her photography, Moberly said she was interested by the contrasting personality described in her written caption.

Moberly added that captions were useful in clarifying the artist’s intent.

“If I just saw the picture and didn’t know the story that was associated with it, I would interpret it a different way,” Moberly said. “The written statement provides that personal background to the image. It’s what the artist was thinking when they created (it).”

The showcase will run through January. alane.lim@u.northwestern.edu leaving school on Tuesday when she noticed a scratch in the shape of an upside down A on the passenger door of her Honda, Dugan said. The car belongs to the girl’s father.

Dugan said police are unsure if the two previous instances of vandalism are in connection with the most recent one. There are currently no suspects.

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ON CAMPUS Medill seeks LGBTQ coverage chair

By ALLIE GOULDING

daily senior staffer @alliejennaaa

The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is looking to fill a new chair position specializing in media coverage of sexual and gender minorities.

The Daniel H. Renberg Chair — one of the first of its kind — was created through an endowment from the estate and partner of the late Renberg (Medill ’52). The faculty search committee expects to fill the position by September, according to Medill Prof. Douglas Foster, the chair of the committee.

“There’s a lot of excitement by our colleagues in journalism schools, not just in the U.S. but elsewhere, that this is happening,” Foster said.

“This puts a marker in the soil at Northwestern that we take this so seriously, that we think a faculty member should be explicitly empowered and invited to locate themselves at this intersection of mass media coverage and queer communities.”

Foster said this position is more important now than ever because media has historically been “oppressive” against sexual and gender minorities, whose stories are now becoming “increasingly globalized.”

The committee met last spring and over the summer to narrow the list of more than 60 applicants down to five finalists, Foster added.

The committee consists of faculty members from Medill, the Feinberg School of Medicine and the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

Foster said it intentionally included colleagues from different departments because the new chair’s work should “reach across campus.”

Committee member and anthropology Prof.

Mary Weismantel said candidates will be able to define the position however they wish.

“It’ll be an interesting question for the committee if they want someone who will build bridges between schools, if they want someone who is more academic or if they want someone

who is a journalist first and foremost,” Weismantel said. “It seems like we have plenty of candidates that do both.”

The Renberg endowment has also sponsored an inaugural series of five lectures for students and faculty. Jen Christensen, president of the Association of LGBTQ Journalists and editor and producer at CNN, held her lecture Tuesday in the McCormick Foundation Center. About 15 faculty and students attended.

Christensen spoke about how students can better cover sexual and gender minorities and the impact the Daniel H. Renberg Chair can have on this coverage, including potential partnerships and projects. Among other opportunities, the chair could “pair up with visual students to shoot

stock images for the (queer) community,” she said.

The fifth and final lecture will be held Jan. 16

by Jason DeRose, Western Bureau Chief and senior editor at NPR News.

Medill junior Matthew Zdun has attended all four lectures so far and is planning to attend the fifth. He said the position could empower students to take on stories about the queer community.

“It’s important for all the incoming journalists in the world who might be LGBTQ to see a strong, powerful faculty member at Medill that focuses on these issues,” Zdun said. “We need someone to cover sexual and gender minorities.” alliegoulding2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Before you rush, make sure to evaluate your priorities ALEX SCHWARTZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

It’s the first week of Winter Quarter, and that means hundreds of underclassmen are gearing up for the period of exhaustive social events known as rush week. You may be one of those people.

I want to tell you about a poster I saw a poster in Kresge Hall the other day that asked, “Have you considered joining a fraternity?” Below this bolded title sat four other questions: “Are you interested in participating in an institution that perpetuates racism, classism, misogyny, and a slew of — well, let’s just call them, ‘bad habits?’ Do you have enough of your parents’ money to not only buy your friends but also partake in reckless and morally objectionable behaviors?

Do you enjoy mediocre parties in which you are subjected to bad playlists from 2007 and excessively sweaty men in sports jerseys? Do you desire having a facade of superiority to hide the fact you are a dime-a-dozen, uninteresting, vapid caricature of yourself?”

If the past year or so has taught me anything, it’s that Greek life isn’t just about “Animal House”

style parties, beer-centric games and weird pledging rituals. Some pretty ugly societal issues manifest themselves within these microcosms of social interaction: sexual assault, homophobia, misogyny and white supremacy, to name a few. If you don’t understand that fraternities and sororities exist primarily for the benefit of society’s most privileged members, you haven’t been paying attention.

But, as with any issue (particularly on a college campus like NU), there are complexities here.

Not everyone who joins a Greek organization is white, straight and wealthy. This doesn’t negate the inherent privilege of the Greek system, and some marginalized people have found that such a system may still have things to offer them. Plenty of people join Greek organizations and have little to no negative experiences, emerging from them wellconnected and supported. There are multicultural Greek chapters, service fraternities and pre-professional organizations. And the positive experiences people have had and continue to have in all forms of Greek organizations are valid.

You may have your reasons for deciding to rush.

You may be having trouble finding a close, reliable group of friends and want to meet a group of people you’ll be bonded with forever. You may want a pre-planned and stress-free social calendar. You may be looking for a brotherhood or sisterhood.

And you may just want the privilege of being able to type those two or three letters into your Instagram bio. All these reasons are valid.

But ask yourself this: Is this truly something I alone want to do?

On a campus where almost 40 percent of undergraduates are in fraternities or sororities, there is definitely significant social pressure to go Greek. People may not be directly peer pressuring us into rushing, but between the barrage of social media posts with pictures of smiling Greek chapter members, casual mentions of fraternity and sorority events and acquaintances automatically asking us which chapter we’re in, choosing not to be a part of the Greek system can at times be alienating. For those who are new to campus, this is understandably scary.

But think of it this way: Would you still want to do all of this physical and emotional work to join a fraternity or sorority if you knew of no other people who were doing it? If you hadn’t seen any smiley cover photos, lettered sweatshirts or coordinated tailgate outfits?

Greek organizations derive most of their value from their exclusivity. If it weren’t so difficult to go through the rush and pledge process, the reward wouldn’t seem as great. If everyone were given a spot in every chapter, there wouldn’t really be a

point in joining. Recognize that the most significant thing a fraternity or sorority can offer you is a coveted bid that other people were turned down for. That exclusivity has, over time, made it easier for members of these organizations to gain social capital and, in turn, attract new members.

Know that you can find nearly everything a fraternity or sorority will offer somewhere else. You can find a close-knit group of like-minded individuals somewhere else. You can participate in philanthropic events somewhere else. You can party in a safer, non-gross basement space somewhere else.

If, after evaluating your priorities, you still decide to rush, that’s fine. Again, there are real benefits that might attract you to Greek life. But if you hadn’t really considered how your own values line up or conflict with the values of exclusivity and privilege on which fraternities and sororities are founded, you might want to think twice before rushing into anything.

Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@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.

Facebook’s identity crisis continues to endanger media RACHEL HOLTZMAN

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

On January 4, Mark Zuckerberg posted his personal challenge for the year: “fixing” Facebook.

In his nine-paragraph post, he attempted to address problems of abuse that runs unchecked on the platform, anxiety about advertising algorithms and fears over technology centralization, which motivates Facebook to “take power from centralized systems and put it back into people’s hands.”

But it seems, according to Zuckerberg, the way to solve Facebook’s problems is to simply let Facebook be Facebook. Allow the platform to police itself, invest in new technology and continue to build upon its outsized share of money and resources — without any accountability for the problems it’s created.

2017 was a year of reckoning for Facebook, as public opinion brought the company’s board to task for issues ranging from fake news distribution and discriminatory ads, to its refusal to disclose personal information collected by

the platform and a culture that actively resists any kind of government regulation. Facebook is financially successful, yet insular, resistant to making changes that may cost it control. With its unprecedented, practically unhindered influence on the Internet and state of global business, this has wide-ranging implications for everyone, from journalists to entrepreneurs. Unsure of its purpose and unwilling to cooperate, Facebook has lost journalists their viewership and profits, making the digital and political spheres increasingly toxic.

Publishers tried to turn Facebook clicks and views into revenue for their companies by “pivoting to video.” Beginning in 2016, news organizations laid off fact checkers and reporters, hired video producers and spent their time chasing clicks from Generation Z. Unfortunately, those clicks never went to the proper site and stayed on Facebook, giving the platform the largest cut.

For new media, the results have been disastrous.

When tech and gaming publisher Ziff Davis bought Mashable for $50 million — just 20 percent of its valuation during VC funding rounds in 2016 — it had to lay off 50 employees. Local news fared even worse, unable to generate the views or engagement it needs from Facebook in order to keep up. While BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti

has shrugged off the disaster and pinned it solely on media companies, many publishers have said behind the scenes that attempts to work with Facebook almost always stall or fail.

Zuckerberg’s New Year’s post falls flat because instead of opening up, he makes the case that Facebook alone can fix it. However, Facebook’s Band-Aid solutions to revenue problems make clear that the company needs more transparency and collaboration.

Experiments from the Facebook Journalism Project such as Instant Articles, which were supposed to boost subscriptions to news sites, got lost in the video push. Publishers aren’t a monolith, but many suffered as a result of sudden tuneups and changes to the news feed algorithm.

Last October, Facebook split news feeds in six countries — Bolivia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Serbia, Slovakia and Sri Lanka — into personal and professional sections. When newspapers in these countries saw their views dive by up to two thirds, they discovered that Facebook’s new algorithm sent their articles to the professional side, ensuring they wouldn’t be seen.

Ultimately, this is not a problem that can be smoothed over by a New Year’s resolutions post or a clever ad campaign. It requires a

Conservatives should address social identities HEENA SRIVASTAVA

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

It only takes a comparison of two political student groups’ Facebook pages to determine the ideological leaning of a college campus. On campus, College Republicans have less than half the number of page likes as College Democrats — and their page even features public posts of ridicule.

It comes to no real surprise that young people often lean left. In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton won 55 percent of the 18-29 age bracket. More specifically, it isn’t shocking college campuses also lean left. From University of California, Berkeley to New York University, college campuses have been home to left-wing protests since the 1960s. The reasons behind the current imbalance, however, have deeper causes than just youth fervor.

Since the Kennedy Administration, colleges have taken initiatives to bring about demographic diversity. Northwestern has similarly taken action to promote diversity through the “We Will” campaign, a focus on Federal Pell Grant students and so on.

Alongside that, party affiliations have become more and more rooted in social identity.

The spotlight on identity politics largely came into focus during the Obama Administration, and now nearly consumes the conversation in the Trump Era. Before then, for some, being Republican often meant believing in a small government and personal freedom. Since the election of

President Trump, however, some Republican people of color have begun questioning whether they can still hold conservative values.

With the rise of movements such as Black Lives Matter, activists brought to light issues of institutional racism for many who were previously unaware, and identity politics became the forefront of Democratic ideals. These movements emphasize the historically — whether directly or indirectly — oppressive laws and systems that still exist today.

And those laws are still in effect. To conserve these laws, or to be socially conservative, continues to disadvantage minority groups.

For example, possession or sale of crack cocaine, which is often cheaper and thus more accessible to poorer neighborhoods, has a greater sentence than powder cocaine. And anti-welfare policy impairs low-income populations, which largely consist of people of color.

The issues a party prioritizes depend on their saliency — people care about the issues that most affect them. These issues are salient to people of color. They may not be for, or even cross the minds of, those they do not affect. At a university that claims to pride itself on its diversity, it naturally follows that race relations matter, and that the majority leans left.

With these newfound realizations, social conservatism has been labeled as essentially discriminatory, and many social conservatives are raising eyebrows.

To label people and policies as racist is to offend and isolate. Trump appealed to a population that resented the demoralization of their essential values.

He pointed a finger at identity politics and used that isolation against the Democratic party.

Now that political parties are so polarized in their identity politics, associations are deeply personal in a different way. People are no longer just apathetic about their opponents, but rather avidly denounce them. The connotation of conservatism has changed. With it, so has the definition of Republicanism.

This is not the best news for NU College Republicans. It subjects them to not only a smaller following, but moreover ardent opposition. Not all Republicans in the past, however, have glazed over institutional racism. In an August 2015 interview with Fox News, Marco Rubio explained his advantage in interacting with the police compared to a black friend. While many conservatives denounced his statements, Rubio’s actions demonstrate how Republicans can also acknowledge institutional discrimination.

By recognizing the polarization the current focus on identity has created, political parties can begin to close the gap. Social liberals can recognize the root of party isolation and begin productive dialogue. At the same time, social conservatives can recognize discriminatory policy, and separate it from their positions on other policies. And then they can begin to truly acknowledge and address social issues while still retaining their core conservative values.

Heena Srivastava is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at heenasrivastava2021@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.

fundamental values shift at Facebook: putting the public good above dollars and cents. Last fall at an Axios conference, Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg stated that Facebook is a platform, not a media distributor or a public utility. It’s not necessarily wrong of her to say so: like Zuckerberg, Facebook has no idea where it stands in the fight to preserve journalism or serve the public good. However, it means that reporters covering stories in an ever-divided world may continue to fight against Facebook without ever seeing results.

Although Facebook’s dedication to innovation at all costs has allowed it to dominate Silicon Valley and everyday life, it must eventually confront the consequences of its failure to meaningfully support journalists. Until the company stops dragging its heels, it’s up to us to support factdriven media and demand clear solutions.

Rachel Holtzman is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at rachelholtzman2018@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Acevedo said.

“We just want to remove the whole registering a protest underneath the same place you would get disciplined if the protest goes wrong,” she said.

Hursey said she and other coalition members also met with Provost Jonathan Holloway last quarter and found him to be receptive to their concerns.

But though administrators may wish to help students, Acevedo said, their lack of familiarity with the policy may put them in a difficult situation.

“If you’re coming from someone who’s overseeing versus someone who’s trying to live under the rules of it, it’s very different,” she said. “If you yourself are not demonstrating and not trying to organize a protest … you wouldn’t know how it’s vague.”

Acevedo said she believes all the coalition’s demands can be met by the end of Winter Quarter, or the beginning of Spring Quarter at the latest.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018 Hursey said she believes administrators are mainly concerned with whether protests silence the original speaker.

Schapiro wrote in his op-ed that it is not his place to decide which speakers are appropriate for campus.

He said students should express themselves but “not at the expense of someone’s right to hear opposing viewpoints.”

And while she doesn’t believe the University intentionally tries to silence certain groups of people, Hursey said the unclear rules often affect marginalized communities, who are more likely to speak up against the “status quo.” “(Administrators) are pretty quick to assume that a student group that wants to make some kind of noise is trying to be silencing to the opposition, which isn’t always true,” Hursey said. “A lot of times they’re trying to make noise to say ‘We’re here, too,’ but not to say ‘We’re here instead.’” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Students gathered outside Harris Hall to protest the visit of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement representative in May. A student coalition plans to meet with administrators this quarter to revise Northwestern’s protest policy.

Target will hold job fair to hire 70 employees for new Evanston location

Target will hold a job fair to find approximately 70 employees for the new Evanston store set to open in March 2018, according to a Target news release.

The new store will be located at 1616 Sherman Ave., close to Northwestern’s campus. It will be Target’s 85th store in the Chicago area, according to the news release.

“We are building a talented team to serve the students and residents of Evanston,” Krysanna Bowery, store team leader at Target, said in the release. “This store in the heart of Evanston will offer a customized

shopping experience for the community.”

The location will house a “small-format store,” designed to meet the needs of college campuses and urban areas. Bowery also said students will be able to shop for a variety of items, such as dorm room supplies and food, including both produce and graband-go items.

The release also said Target plans to raise its minimum hourly wage to $11 and plans to reach $15 by 2020. The release said this investment in its employees “will enable Target to continue to recruit and retain strong team members.”

The job fair will take place from Jan. 18 to Jan. 20 at the existing Evanston Target store at 2209 Howard St. — Catherine Henderson

From page 1 difference of this Fran’s is they have more areas where you can just sit with other people and not necessarily get food. It’s more like a collaboration.”

Betsanes added that while the reopening of Fran’s offers quick food access particularly to students living on South Campus, it appeals to the entire student community.

“From a late-night diner feel, you are going to get people coming back from downtown Evanston, (stopping) at Fran’s … picking up something before heading back to their homes,” Betsanes said.

Fran’s is now open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. every day and will extend its hours until 3

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to 78 students in 2016 from 93 in 2015, according to an email from Witherspoon to school board members on Dec. 4.

This year, there are 35 students enrolled across the five levels of the program, District 202 assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction Pete Bavis told The Daily.

With the current enrollment, the school can only hire a part-time teacher, though he said the school normally would not sustain a program at that level.

Bavis added that the enrollment in Hebrew is significantly lower than any other world language program. The next lowest being 71 students enrolled in Chinese.

“Anytime we encounter a program that’s unsustainable, it’s a difficult decision,” Bavis said. “We’ve done work over the years to try to not arrive at this place, but ultimately it’s the idea that we would have to be able to guarantee something that we can’t guarantee to incoming freshmen. The numbers are so low.”

The current teacher, who works at Niles North High School and part-time at ETHS, could not keep splitting her time between the two schools, according to the Oct. 2 email from Witherspoon. Bavis said she taught all five levels in two sections this year, but was hired full-time by Niles for the 2018-2019 school year.

ETHS did not offer the beginning-level Hebrew course last year due to staffing issues, leaving 12 freshman unable to enroll in the course, according to the Dec. 4 email from Witherspoon to board members. Freshmen who studied Hebrew at other schools were able to test into the higher level classes, according to Witherspoon.

Current third and fourth year Hebrew students can take online courses next year to

a.m. starting Jan. 15. While Fran’s is open for business now, the grand opening — including a ribbon-cutting ceremony — will take place Jan. 25.

In the past, Fran’s hosted different latenight events like trivia and “Chick’s Night” as a break for students. Betsanes said the new Fran’s will hold a series of similar events starting in late February to increase traffic.

McCormick junior Melissa Perez said despite all the new features, the Fran’s of prerenovation Willard appealed more to her as “a lively place to hang out.” “(Now) it feels more like a go-to place like Lisa’s,” Perez said. “But old Fran’s feels more like home.” limingwan2021@u.northwestern.edu complete their fourth or fifth year language requirements, though only students already in the Hebrew program may take the online classes, according to the Oct. 2 email from Witherspoon. So those students can receive credit, a teacher who is licensed –– but not in Hebrew –– will supervise the class.

Bavis said in emails to parents that the board agreed to not support any program with dwindling enrollment and small number of possible teachers who are licensed to teach a high school curriculum in Illinois.

ETHS parent Rabbi Lisa Greene said there is a group of parents and professionals in the Evanston Jewish community who have reached out to the administration and school board in support of the program. She found out the program was cut when her child, an incoming freshman, went to take the Hebrew placement exam this fall and discovered ETHS no longer offered it.

Greene added that the group has also found possible candidates for the job and is willing to help find additional employment for the teacher if the school can only offer a part-time position.

Greene said it is also important for the school to give the teacher and community several years to rebuild the program, which was started roughly 50 years ago, since Hebrew is a valuable part of Evanston’s conversations about diversity.

“It speaks to Jewish students who are going to take it, but it doesn’t just speak to Jewish students,” she said. “We’re in a country where there’s a lot of negative speech and a lot of hate-things going on, and when you have another language and another cultural perspective to speak to values (and) to speak to parts of history that may not otherwise get addressed properly, it’s part of the pride of Evanston.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Tim McGarigle hired as safeties coach, 2nd new hire this week for NU

Northwestern hired Tim McGarigle as its new safeties coach Tuesday. McGarigle is the second coach to be added to Pat Fitzgerald’s staff in the past two days, and the second to be added in the past seven years.

McGarigle worked as a defensive quality-control coach for the Green Bay Packers in 2017. The Packers fired their defensive coordinator, but nonetheless wanted to retain McGarigle, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Instead, McGarigle will return to his alma mater.

From 2002 to 2005, McGarigle racked up an FBS record 545 tackles for the Wildcats. Tackling statistics have only been recorded by the NCAA since 2000.

After his 156-tackle senior season, McGarigle was

drafted in the seventh round of the NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams. McGarigle stuck on the practice squad in his first year before appearing in 12 games in 2007, his final season season in the league.

McGarigle began his coaching career in 2011 as a graduate assistant at NU, moving to Western Michigan University to work as a linebackers coach from 2012 to 2015. He took his talents to the Illinois Fighting Illini in 2016 before moving onto the Packers the next year.

He will take over the job from retiring defensive backs coach Jerry Brown. Brown was the longest tenured member of the coaching staff before retiring at the end of the season. His job has since been split in half, with cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator Matt MacPherson handling the other members of the defensive backfield.

The Wildcats open the 2018 season at Purdue on Aug. 30.

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Byrdy Galernik takes a floater. The sophomore guard will look to help NU win its second conference game Thursday against Wisconsin.

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Bryana Hopkins, who started in Rohde’s absence and had 6 points and 2 steals against the Cornhuskers.

So far, the biggest constant has been junior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, who is averaging a double-double and rates as the third most effective defensive rebounder in Division I. But against Wisconsin’s leading

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Pat Fitzgerald stands with the football team before a game. Tim McGarigle will join Fitzgerald’s staff as safeties coach in 2018.

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They then immediately ripped off six conference wins in a row.

This time, they’re hoping that hosting the Gophers can be the game that begins, rather than motivates, a much-needed winning streak. And Collins said he wants his team to stop looking backwards at last

season in order to accomplish it this season.

“Last year’s team was just so connected in every sense of the word. We knew we needed each other, we played for one another,” Collins said. “I still think we have great attitudes, the guys want to win, but the teams are different, and we’ve got to figure out with this team, how to win.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

problems,” Moss said. “She turned the corner and beat some people in the past she would not have been able to.”

Jia was the highest-placing individual finisher for NU. She finished 21st in the 159-person junior foil event, going 5-1 in pool play and 2-1 in direct elimination bouts.

Lombard said Jia’s performance on the strip inspired her during her matches with her optimistic mindset.

“Whenever I see (Amy) fencing, she is so positive,” Lombard said. “She has great sportsmanship.

She is always really positive to herself and the people around her at the competition. That atmosphere inspires me to embody that same energy.”

Jia and Lombard were not the only Cats who

scorers and rebounders, forwards Cayla McMorris and Marsha Howard, KunaiyiAkpanah and the Cats’ defense will have to match the intensity McKeown has been calling for.

“You’re going to deal with adversity all year, every team does,” McKeown said. “The teams that overcome that are the ones that can handle and stay together.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu fenced well. Freshman foil Sarah Filby finished in 39th place in the junior foil and 65th place in the Division I foil event.

Sophomore epee Pauline Hamilton finished in 42nd place in the Division I epee event, despite having to compete in brand new equipment after her bags never made it to Philadelphia. Before contributing to the team sabre victory, Browne finished 6-0 in junior sabre pool play.

Looking back on everything that happened over the past few days, Lombard said she was happy the team stayed together and did not let travel obstacles ruin the weekend.

“We proved that we can face setbacks,” Lombard said. “We can face circumstances that we can’t control and still keep fighting, laughing, working together and supporting each other.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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ON THE RECORD

It was insightful, it was needed, it was the truth and I think we took it and responded well.

— guard Bryant McIntosh on comments in a team meeting

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Cats take on Gophers in search of 2nd Big Ten win

By BEN POPE

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Bryant McIntosh drives to the hoop. The senior guard and the Wildcats are looking to end their two game losing streak Wednesday against Minnesota.

Last season, as its game entrance video predicted, Northwestern pounded its NCAA Tournament drought rock until it split. This season, the Wildcats seem to have turned the hammers on themselves.

The unity, chemistry and momentum created by last year’s team is now certainly showing some cracks.

“Everyone’s frustrated, everyone’s disappointed (and) hopefully a little angry,” coach Chris Collins said.

It has been a dispiriting campaign thus far, reaching an apex during blowout losses to Big Ten bottom-feeders Nebraska and Penn State last week.

Junior center Dererk Pardon mentioned that “some of us weren’t locked in mentally” after the defeat to the Cornhuskers. Senior guard Bryant McIntosh then said he was “questioning what was going through everybody else’s head” after the lackluster effort in Pennsylvania.

Nevertheless, NU (10-7, 1-3 Big Ten) is hoping two team meetings held over the weekend — described by McIntosh as “come to Jesus” moments — have smoothed over that discord and reunified

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the team in advance of Wednesday’s game against Minnesota (13-4, 2-2).

“We had a players-only meeting, and everybody talked,” McIntosh said. “Then coach talked to us, and it was all him talking then. (What he said) was insightful, it was needed, it was the truth and I think we took it and responded really well.”

Collins agreed with McIntosh’s last point, saying that the Cats have had a string of intense practices since the meetings and have fed off the fuel of their collective anger.

But Collins also took the blame for the team’s recent fragmentation.

“The coach is the one that has to hold it all together and make sure the guys are out there … playing for each other,” he said, “And I haven’t done as good a job as I could’ve with this group so far.”

Despite the chemistry issues, however, the Cats can take solace in the fact that their roster is still complete and physically intact, something that can’t be said of Minnesota.

Over the past week, while NU received

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the fortunate news that the gruesomelooking knee injury McIntosh suffered Dec. 30 wouldn’t keep the senior guard out long, the Golden Gophers suffered the opposite fate and lost two crucial starters long-term.

Guard Amir Coffey, the team’s thirdleading scorer, suffered a shoulder injury in a win over Illinois, and Minnesota coach Richard Pitino is reportedly merely hopeful that Coffey won’t be out for the duration of the season. Meanwhile, center Reggie Lynch, the team’s second-leading rebounder and fourth-leading scorer, was suspended indefinitely for three alleged incidents of sexual assault and is now potentially facing expulsion.

Without Coffey and Lynch, Minnesota was promptly upset at home by Indiana on Saturday. As a result, McIntosh said he expects a desperate Gophers team to roll into Chicagoland on Wednesday.

“They’re dealing with some adversity too,” McIntosh said. “Both teams, they’ve got to feel like their backs are against the wall, and it’s a must-win game.”

The Cats lost 70-66 to Minnesota in Evanston last January in one of the team’s worst home efforts of the otherwise unprecedentedly successful season. » See MBBALL, page 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Travel mess can’t stop Wildcats NU looks to get on

By PETER WARREN

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After almost one month between events, Northwestern returned to the strip at the January North American Cup event in Virginia Beach last weekend.

However, the Wildcats’ return to action was delayed due to weather and travel problems in the lead-up to and first day of the tournament.

“The fencing was really good,” coach Zach Moss said. “The travel was atrocious.”

A day before the NAC began, NU’s flight to Philadelphia on Thursday was cancelled due to winter storms in the Northeast, forcing them to fly early the next morning. After leaving Patten Gymnasium at 2:30 a.m. Friday and taking a 5 a.m. flight, the team arrived in the City of Brotherly Love. But the travel woes weren’t over for the Wildcats.

First, the Cats’ connecting flight to Norfolk, Virginia was cancelled. Then, it took eight hours for the team to receive their bags. When the bags were finally secured, some fencers’ bags were missing. And since they were not guaranteed a flight to Norfolk until Sunday, NU embarked on a long bus ride to Virginia Beach.

All in all, it was a 19-hour travel day that Moss said was unlike anything he had ever experienced.

“It was pretty frustrating, but also an amusing experience, a good one to look back on,” sophomore foil Amy Jia said. “Suffering together is a good way of bonding.”

Despite the obstacles the team faced in getting to Virginia, the Cats managed to enjoy some success when they finally arrived.

The best finish of the weekend came when the quartet of freshmen Alexis Browne, Jacqueline Hua and Isabella Min and senior Emine Yücel won the team sabre event.

“They fenced some challenging teams that could have pushed them, and they handled it really well,” Moss said.

In the eight-team, single elimination tournament, NU defeated Cornell in the quarterfinals, Sheridan Fencing Academy in the semifinals and Boston Fencing Club in the finals. The Cats’ best performance was in the semifinal bout,

where Yücel turned a 35-27 deficit into a 40-39 lead and Browne followed up by securing the victory in the next round.

Moss said that on the individual level, two fencers stood out with their impressive performances — Jia and junior epee Ella Lombard.

Lombard finished 50th out of 180 fencers in the Division I epee event, going 8-6 over two days of competition.

“She faced a number of opponents who, based on past history, were matchup » See FENCE, page 7

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A Northwestern fencer readies herself on the strip. The Wildcats turned in a solid performance at the January North American Cup last weekend.

track against Badgers

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After giving up a 14-0 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters, resulting in Northwestern’s second consecutive Big Ten loss, coach Joe McKeown was still holding the young Wildcats to a high standard.

His freshmen backcourt, injuryplagued rotation and short bench have made the start of conference play difficult for NU, (8-10, 1-3 Big Ten) who faces last-place Wisconsin (7-10, 0-4) on Thursday. But when McKeown expressed his disappointment that the team is not competing at the level he expected, he addressed what he said is the Cats’ biggest issue.

“We’ve got to be more concerned with us,” he said. “The league is relentless. You’re not going to have any nights that you can take a possession off.”

Though they boasted the Big Ten’s second-best defense for the majority of non-conference play, the Cats have given up more points per game against Big Ten competition than all but three teams, even without having played the top four teams in the conference standings. McKeown said their defensive intensity has been lacking, comparing NU’s lack of movement to a dog restricted by an electric fence.

The Cats have given up 3-pointers at a higher rate than all but ten Division I teams, and they have especially struggled on defending the

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perimeter, as their opponents shoot 33.6 percent from the 3-point line.

Injuries to guards Jordan Hamilton and Lydia Rohde have been a large factor in NU’s inconsistent play, McKeown said. Both starters missed multiple games, and as McKeown plays an eight person rotation at fullstrength, the remaining players have had to expand their roles.

Amid the ups and downs, McKeown said he is looking toward his more experienced players to light a spark offensively after a lackluster showing in the Cats’ 69-59 loss to Nebraska on Sunday.

“They made us play east-west, and we’ve got to play north-south more,” he said. “That’ll free up players like Abi Scheid and Lydia Rohde. They have a lot of experience, and we have to get them the ball, and they got to do a good job getting the ball in places they can score, because they’re capable.”

Scheid, who averages 12.3 points, scored only six against the Cornhuskers, and Rohde, NU’s best threepoint shooter, was held scoreless.

But while Scheid played nearly the full forty minutes against Nebraska, Rohde played just 23, and the senior guard has gradually been losing playing time to sophomore forward » See WBBALL, page 7