The Daily Northwestern — January 10, 2020

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NU fund down in FY19 to $10.8B

City drops charges against protesters

Endowment decreases after underperformance

Five students still face disciplinary hearings from NU

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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Northwestern’s endowment decreased from $11.08 billion to $10.8 billion in the 2019 fiscal year,after its long-term balance pool underperformed relative to expectations and a withdrawal to offset the University’s budget deficit.

The reduction marks only the second time in 10 years that the school’s endowment has decreased year-to-year and is the largest in that time frame.

It remains higher than 2017’s $10.5 billion value.

The endowment, which is held in a policy portfolio primarily made up of private investments, absolute returns and US and international equity, gained $295 million last fiscal year, a growth of only 2.5 percent and an underperformance of 4.6 percent. Endowment spending far outpaced those gains. Primarily driven by spending toward the operating budget to compensate for the prior year’s deficit, $589 million was withdrawn from the endowment. » See BUDGET, page 6

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support of both sides of the issue, but people on both sides expressed frustration with the bureaucratic processes of the board and their alleged lack of preparedness for the hearing.

Carolyn Murray, a 5th Ward resident and advocate, said she is concerned that her votes and opinions are not being heard or represented by the council.

“You force us to go to an offscale legal battle to make them do their job,” Murray said. “It’s an abomination.”

The objectors claim the referendum question is confusing to voters and does not adhere to state law because the wording of the question constitutes a binding referendum, which is not allowed by Illinois state law.

EVI petitioner Allison Harned said the referendum question may be perceived as confusing, but that it needs to be wordy to cover all of the legal

Eleven charges of disorderly conduct against five Northwestern students were dismissed in Evanston court Thursday following the Fall Quarter protests against former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

However, the case was officially dismissed Wednesday.

The students and their legal team said the court had not notified them before they showed up the next day because the city did not have any of their contact information.

After students protested a November speech by Sessions sponsored by Northwestern University College Republicans, NUPD issued citations to “a small number of individuals” for “disorderly conduct and interfering with the duties of a police officer,” according to a University statement. The statement also said each citation, which would not create a criminal record, would carry a maximum fine of $125.

University President Morton Schapiro spoke at a Family Weekend event in November following the event and protests, emphasizing that the University doesn’t have an amnesty policy in place for student protesters. He said if any students “really do violate the rules and disrupt free speech,” it’s the University’s “job to make sure they have consequences.”

Attorney Molly Armour, who represented the NU students alongside another attorney and law clerk through the National Lawyers Guild, said the city chose to file a nonsuit, or not prosecute her clients by choice. While their cases with Evanston have been dismissed, Armour said the students are still undergoing a separate University process.

University spokesperson Bob Rowley said no NU representatives participated in Thursday’s court hearing as agreed upon by the city and Northwestern.

“Students can be cited by law enforcement authorities including Northwestern University Police for acts that violate the law,” Rowley said in an email to The Daily. “Students

» See EVI, page 6

» See COURT, page 6

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Protesters at the Thursday demonstration organized by Indivisible Evanston. Community members expressed their opposition to President Donald Trump’s recent military action in the Middle East.

Residents protest military action Indivisible Evanston protest was one of 300 across the country

By JACOB FULTON

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Across the road from the Davis Street CTA station, members of the Evanston community protested President Donald Trump’s military actions in Iran on Thursday with chants including “No blood for oil, U.S. off Iranian soil” and “Hey hey, ho ho, these endless wars have got to go.”

Indivisible Evanston

organized the protest in conjunction with Move On, a national organization dedicated to social activism and mobilization with local groups.

The Evanston protest was one of over 300 protests across the country coordinated by Move On in response to the Jan. 3 military strike authorized by Trump that killed Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian military general.

Since then, national media and political figures have debated the potential impact

of the strike, with some experts claiming the action could cause another war in the Middle East. On early Wednesday, Iran retaliated by firing missiles at two Iraqi bases where U.S. troops were stationed.

No lives were lost at either base, and Trump said the Iranian government has since indicated it intends to defuse the situation in a televised address on Wednesday. Indivisible Evanston co-leader Rosie Rees said she was hopeful about the turn of events,

because it may indicate a shift in the situation.

“We probably already had an impact because yesterday his tune changed,” Rees said.

“I was concerned that people might say, ‘Oh, well, now he’s talking about de-escalating’ and they wouldn’t show up but even after that, we got more sign-ups. People realize that we have to keep the pressure on him because he is so irrational and impetuous in » See PROTEST, page 6

Group delays hearing on referendum question Residents on both sides express frustration at Electoral Board’s objection hearing

By EMMA YARGER

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The Evanston Voter Initiative objection hearing. The two opposing parties debated the legality of the potential referendum question.

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The Municipal Officers Electoral Board’s Thursday objection hearing for the Evanston Voter Initiative’s referendum question was postponed after EVI petitioners submitted a motion to dismiss the opposition.

EVI’s referendum question, which would go on the March 17 ballot, would allow Evanston residents the opportunity to enact city ordinances through voter petitions and referendums, according to the EVI petition.

The petitioners of EVI are legally represented by former Illinois governor and Pritzker School of Law alumnus Patrick Quinn. A group of Evanston residents oppose the petitioners, hoping to keep the referendum question off of the March ballot.

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Environment board looks to implement CARP

By EVA HERSCOWITZ

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The Evanston Environment Board announced its primary goal for 2020 at its Thursday meeting: helping to implement the Climate Action and Resilience Plan.

Members emphasized the difficulty that comes with carrying out CARP — the citywide plan calls for carbon neutrality and zero waste by 2050, including generating substantial action.

“We’re trying to get a process developed that is clearly focused on getting some movement, some actions and some collaboration to take place,” said board member Jerri Garl. “Right now, the approach, especially at the city level, is a little bit opaque to us.”

A working group appointed by Mayor Steve Hagerty developed CARP, which City Council approved in 2018. The plan identifies over 140 actions — from waste diversion to greenhouse gas reduction to urban canopy restoration — to reduce the effects of climate change in Evanston. Since the plan’s approval, the board, city officials and advocacy groups have begun to implement CARP priorities.

Garl outlined three ways the board hopes to facilitate CARP. First, the board wants to hire a consultant to compose a “game plan” for determining environmental priorities and budget allocations.

The board also hopes the city will employ more staff members to aid Kumar Jensen, Evanston’s chief sustainability and resilience officer, which would enable

Post-announcement, Markle faces pushback from Royal Family

Northwestern alumna Meghan Markle (Communication ‘03) has reportedly returned to Canada in the midst of the royal family controversy, according to multiple news outlets.

On Wednesday afternoon, Markle and her

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The Evanston Environmental Board meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Board members outlined strategies to implement CARP goals in 2020.

officials to pursue implementation internally.

Finally, the board hopes to develop a cohesive execution strategy among the board, nonprofit groups and city committees.

Garl and Wendy Pollock, the board’s co-chair, sent a letter to Hagerty requesting CARP implementation “be given a high priority” in City Council. Last summer, the Office of Sustainability provided $8,000 toward a CARP Mini-Grant Program. The grant supported CARP pilot projects that aligned with zero waste or environmental justice principles.

In his response, Hagerty said he recognizes the importance of CARP and encouraged the Board to continue pursuing implementation by working with

elected officials, Pollock said.

Board Co-Chair Cherie LeBlanc-Fisher said current policies and programs furthering CARP strategies are “opportunistic.” While they tackle manageable environmental issues, they overlook long-term strategies that will create the most impact.

“There’s no big picture, strategic thinking in any area of CARP that, I’m aware of, about working backwards from the end goal,” Fisher said. “We were hoping in our subcommittees to be able to provide some of that expertise and guidance.”

Board member Christopher Kucharczyk said the city and advocacy groups should release information measuring progress toward carbon neutrality and

husband, Prince Harry, announced on the Sussex Royal Instagram account their plan to “step back” as senior members of the British royal family. The announcement was followed by a carefully worded statement from Buckingham Palace on behalf of the Queen noting that “these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.”

Now, multiple media outlets, including the Today Show, have reported that Markle left the United Kingdom on Thursday for Canada.

Chris Ship, the royal editor for ITV, tweeted that Prince Harry stayed behind presumably to deal with discussions related to the couple’s decisions.

“It’s apparently a brief visit,” Ship’s tweet reads. “It would appear to pick up Archie who wasn’t brought back to the UK for the big family bust up.”

The family had spent the Christmas holiday on Vancouver Island in Canada. According to a spokesperson for the couple, Canada remains

waste reduction.

“How are we enabling measurements to ensure compliance and accountability?” Kucharczyk asked.

“City staff seem to be focused on ‘What are the immediate next steps.’ But what are we actually doing to try to encourage waste reduction at the residential level and at the commercial level?”

Board members and Evanston residents will continue to discuss tools for carrying our CARP at a February meeting.

At Thursday’s meeting, members also discussed fine-tuning language in the environmental justice resolution. The resolution, which promotes equitable distribution of environmental assets across the city, intends to better serve low-income residents and people of color in Evanston. The board and the Equity and Empowerment Commision, which focuses on reducing inequality in Evanston, will provide feedback on the resolution before the groups submit it for consideration to the Planning and Development Committee.

Jensen also presented methods for educating residents about a balloon release policy, which prohibits individuals and businesses from intentionally releasing balloons within Evanston city limits. These methods include developing a brochure and providing information on the city’s website.

The next board meeting will take place Feb. 20 at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. evaherscowitz2023@u.northwestern.edu important for the family. The spokesperson mentioned in a statement that Prince Harry had visited the country frequently over the years, and Markle had lived there for seven years before becoming a member of the royal family.

For now, Markle and her husband have plans to split their time between the U.K. and North America, and “work to become financially independent.”

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The National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) at Tufts University reported in September 2019 that national college student voting increased from 19 percent in the 2014 midterm elections to 41 percent in the 2018 midterm elections. The college voter turnout for the 2018 midterms was closer to that of the recent presidential elections than the 2014 midterms.

This swell in voting rates is starkly different from 2012, the first year the study was conducted. Nancy Thomas, the director of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University, which conducts the annual NSLVE report, said the initial results were a “wake-up call” to higher education officials.

Lauren Reynolds, a Bienen and SESP junior who works at Northwestern’s Center for Civic Engagement, said she has been involved in inputting data from NU Votes registration efforts and assisting in on-campus voter registration. NU Votes is a non-partisan effort of the Center for Civic Engagement that provides the Northwestern community with accessible voting information and informed voter participation.

Reynolds said she’s hoping to continue her fellowship in the next academic year, focusing on the 2020 presidential election. She said getting the word out about in-person voting in Evanston and providing resources for absentee voters has been NU Votes’s priority for the upcoming election.

“Right now we’re focusing on making sure people know how to vote in the primary election,” Reynolds said. “Once we hit (the general election), we have voting vans and we’ll take students to whatever polling center is most convenient for them.”

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NU Votes started in 2011 as a way to increase voter registration rates at Northwestern. Since 2016, over 90 percent of Northwestern’s eligible freshmen were registered to vote. Robert Donahue, interim director of Northwestern’s Center for Civic Engagement, said he credited most of this increase to NU Votes.

“We’ve integrated (voter registration) into the onboarding process for incoming students during (orientation week),” Donahue said.

“We saw right away that the participation levels really go through the roof.”

Donahue and other founding members of the center found that participation and registration efforts were achievable through the NU Votes Ambassador program. Sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement, students can volunteer to present information and initiate conversations about elections in order to

ensure Northwestern students are informed about their voting options.

Other universities in the area have recently launched programs to boost student voting rates. At Loyola University Chicago, civic engagement librarian Katherine Paterson coordinates library programs and services that support political involvement for students and the college community.

Paterson, who said her position was invented upon her permanent hiring in October 2018, said she he noticed an exponential increase in interest in voter registration on Loyola’s campus post-2016 election. Also a coordinator for the university’s voter registration initiative, Paterson said Chicago’s sameday registration is a key factor in encouraging student voting.

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Women should also have to register for the draft WESLEY SHIROLA

ASST. OPINION EDITOR

Turmoil has rocked relations between Iran, Iraq and the United States over the past several weeks. If you haven’t been following the news, here’s what you need to know.

On January 3rd, 2020, the United States Department of Defense issued a statement affirming that Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Quds Force, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad earlier that day.

Five days later, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Iran launched missile attacks on Iraqi military bases housing U.S. forces in retaliation. Just hours afterward, President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the White House. He threatened Iran with additional economic sanctions and said, “The United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it.”

In light of these recent events, many have begun fearing the possibility of a World War III. While a World War III is highly unlikely to happen — as my colleague, Tanisha Tekriwal, argued on Tuesday, and as President

Trump signaled yesterday — it is worth contemplating what would happen if it did.

Specifically, we must determine how the United States would form a military large enough and powerful enough to come away victorious.

Since the Vietnam War, the United States has relied on a voluntary armed forces.

Young men and women who wish to serve their country are welcome to enlist of their own free-will. This system keeps our military large enough in peacetime — there are currently just over 1.3 million active-duty troops — but this number would likely be insufficient in a hypothetical World War III considering the several millions of troops deployed in prior World Wars. The United States faced this same dilemma in the early years of World War I. In preparation, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective Services Act on May 18, 1917, creating the draft.

Between 1948 and 1973, men were conscripted into the military in both peacetime and times of conflict. Currently, the Selective Service System is in a “standby” state for when Congress deems it necessary to recommence military conscriptions. Today, all men must register with the Selective Service System, commonly called “the draft,” upon turning 18 years old. Women, on the other

hand, are excluded from the draft. To this, we must ask: why?

Women may volunteer for military service, and many do, especially since all military occupations and positions became open to women in January 2016. Indeed, women are essential to the U.S. armed forces and deserve respect, as I wrote in these pages in October 2017.

If this is the case, why are women still excluded from the draft? In the past, they were not allowed to register primarily because they were forbidden from serving in combat roles. That is no longer the case.

Thankfully, some have begun to take notice. In early 2019, a federal court in Texas ruled that the male-only registration requirement is unconstitutional. Unfortunately, this ruling has no practical effect on the draft due to the fact that the judge failed to issue an injunction requiring specific changes to the draft registration, as CNN reported. Even before that, President Jimmy Carter recommended that the draft be amended to include women in the first half of the 1980s. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the practice of requiring only men to register was constitutional.

We keep telling ourselves that we are striving for complete gender equality, yet here we have an obvious shortcoming and

aren’t really doing anything to fix it. Admittedly, part of the problem lies in opposition to women serving in the military in the first place, let alone registering for the draft.

According to Joe Heck, an Army Reserve brigadier general and former Republican congressman, when people are asked whether women should register, they have an answer.

“Either it’s yes, women should have to register just on the basis of equality, or no, women should not have to register because they have a different role in American society.”

It is up to us to convince the latter half of these individuals of women’s crucial contributions to our armed forces and why they too should have the civic responsibility to register. “It would appear imprudent to exclude approximately 50 percent of the population – the female half – from availability for the draft in the case of a national emergency,” the Pentagon said in January 2019.

I couldn’t agree more.

Wesley Shirola is a Weinberg junior. He can be contacted at wesleyshirola2021@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.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Support Student Protesters Dear Mr. Schapiro and Mr. Lewis, We are writing this open letter to express our extreme shock and dismay at the university’s violent and repressive response to the student protest of Northwestern University College Republicans’ Jeff Sessions event on November 5, 2019.

Namely, we are appalled at the ways in which Northwestern University Police Department (NUPD) officers suppressed multiple student protestors who sought to stand for justice and against the fascist ideologies for which Sessions stands. We write as faculty members, staff, alumni and as those in community with the students brave enough to directly challenge the vitriolic hatred of the right wing, even in the face of the university’s intense suppression.

We are choosing now to submit this letter because of recent citations and disciplinary procedures against student protesters. In early December, a number of student protesters received citations issued by the City of Evanston through the NUPD and currently face potential disciplinary measures.

This is a particularly grave offense following the university’s highly publicized, selfcongratulatory celebration of the Bursar’s Takeover’s 50th anniversary in 2018. The 1968 Bursar’s Takeover was a sit-in led by black students in which students occupied the Bursar’s office for 38 hours to demand improved conditions for black students at Northwestern. It is hypocritical, insulting and exploitative for the University to celebrate the student activists of the past while it continues to target, punish and suppress the student activists of today.

Also following Provost Holloway and Vice President Payne-Kirchmeier pledge to support first-generation and low-income

students, of which many student protesters facing disciplinary measures identify as, we question their commitment to creating a “safe learning and living environment where all students can thrive, especially those who have been historically underrepresented and often marginalized on our campus.”

We, as faculty and staff, are outraged at the presence of and violent behavior exhibited by Northwestern police at this event. We are aware that members of the NUPD physically assaulted students who were exercising their right to free speech by protesting this event; we know that NUPD officers forcefully grabbed and shoved students, and multiple students were pushed onto the ground.

The university released a statement explaining that students received citations for “pushing, grabbing or kicking police officers.” The citations issued to students do not indicate any of these claims. The university has used these lies to vilify students for their nonviolent protests.

In 2018, students urged university administrators to disarm and remove police presence from protests to prevent violent altercations such as the one that occurred on November 5, 2019. The university neglected to act on that demand and instead gave armed campus police officers the purview to exercise force as they see fit against students.

Officers flashed their weapons, taunting protesters with their power. This failure is irresponsible, dangerous, and potentially deadly, especially considering the fact that the majority of student activists are black students and other students of color.

Though we are expressing our concerns about this particular event, there are broader implications for how the university constrains or respects students engaging in protest. Northwestern’s administration has

historically cited freedom of expression and academic thought as rationale behind allowing dangerous entities to be present on campus, including Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a string of right-wing political pundits and figures, and Satoshi Kanazawa, a “scholar” and champion of scientific racism.

However, we believe it is irresponsible and dangerous for you, Mr. Schapiro and Mr. Lewis, to prioritize such freedoms over the lives and safety of marginalized students.

In doing so, the university has consistently positioned the humanity of marginalized students as an intellectual playground or site of political debate. In allowing these same students to be physically punished by police and the university, Northwestern has sent a loud and clear message: speech is free, but only for the powerful. Free speech is only acceptable if it does not make the powerful uncomfortable.

The violently racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, and homophobic hatred that Jeff Sessions spews has real-life deadly consequences for marginalized communities. On November 3, two days before Sessions came to campus, a white supremacist in Milwaukee threw acid into the face of Mahud Villalaz while simultaneously hurling racist and anti-immigrant insults. This event is only the most recent in a countless series of hate crimes that have been committed across the nation since the election of President Donald Trump, some of which have been committed by Northwestern’s very own students.

As attorney general, Jeff Sessions played a significant part in the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant policies of the Trump adminitration that led to the tragic death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, who died needlessly in the hands of U.S. Customs

and Border Protection. Platforming such a person at Northwestern not only endangers students who are directly affected by Sessions’ political actions, but also directly enables the spread of hateful and oppressive rhetoric. The student organization, Northwestern University College Republicans, has a history of bringing speakers with such practices. Due to Northwestern’s repeated prioritization of bigoted voices, exploitation of black student action, and active harm against student protestors, we have no choice but to conclude that our university has failed to uphold justice and favored the unethical moral ambiguity that has, historically, allowed white supremacy to maintain a place in mainstream discourse and is explicitly present within the Trump administration.

As faculty and staff of this university, we refuse to stand by idly in the face of such news. We are deeply troubled, disgusted, and outraged that our university would suppress student activists in the defense of fascism, especially considering students at this university are taught to be active and vocal members of their communities.

We demand that you, Mr. Schapiro and Mr. Lewis, immediately issue an apology for the irreparable harm that your administration and your police officers inflicted on Tuesday evening. We demand that you, Mr. Schapiro and Mr. Lewis, drop the disciplinary charges placed against the students.

Finally, we support student demands for the disarming and eventual end of police presence on all Northwestern campuses to ensure that all students are able to exist on campus free from surveillance, harassment, and brutality.

— Written by student protesters

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BUDGET From page 1

Overall, 5.2 percent of the endowment was paid out this fiscal year — lower than the past two years, but still significantly higher than the fiveyear period preceding the initial budget deficit.

In the University’s 2019 financial report, chief investment officer William McLean said investments in equities, real assets and absolute returns were “drags” on the endowment’s performance, and that the meager gain was posted in a “volatile environment” in which the MSCI ACWI Index — which measures equity-market performance — fell 0.3 percent during a market crash in December 2018. In a recent interview with The Daily, senior vice president for business and finance Craig Johnson said the endowment

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From page 1 also may be held accountable by the University for violating the Northwestern Student Code of Conduct. These are separate processes.”

Weinberg senior Ying Dai, one of the students whose charges were dropped, said she felt “relieved” but didn’t want their dismissal to distract from “the real issues,” like the fact Sessions was invited to campus to speak in the first place, or that student activists were being sanctioned by the University as well as the city.

PROTEST From page 1

his behavior.”

Many demonstrators viewed the transition toward de-escalation as a step in the right direction, but felt it was still important to attend the event. Prior to the protest, Rees estimated a turnout of 80 residents.

Steve Cohen, an Evanston resident, said he felt

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to remind students where their polling places were and to remind students that are outof-state that they could register same-day,” Paterson said.

Purvi Patel, the director of civic and campus engagement at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, said students have the potential to be a powerful section of the electorate, but voter suppression and inaccessibility contribute to low student turnout on election day. At the university, for example, 66.5 percent of students are registered to vote, but only 41.5 percent of students actually voted, according to the school’s NSLVE report.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020 “certainly recovered, but not enough to overcome the deficit” from the December market crash.

Johnson said while the endowment always fluctuates, the operating budget is fixed, necessitating the withdrawal from the endowment — an approach he said was “not sustainable.”

According to the financial report, the endowment is expected to underperform for both threeand five-year windows relative to internal benchmarks, but ultimately recover to overperform for 10- and 15-year time horizons.

“Despite continued concerns that expected returns in the next 10 years will be lower than in the previous decade, Northwestern leadership retains its long term focus and is confident in the portfolio’s prospects,” McLean wrote in the report.

University officials also want to restructure the

endowment portfolio in coming years, investing more in high-yield credit, which currently only makes up 2.4 percent of holdings, and seek liquidity on some private investments, which are 26.4 percent of the portfolio — the largest investment category. Investment managers are targeting a 22 percent portfolio share for private investments, and attributed the overweight to strong performances and venture capital managers holding portfolio companies for longer periods of time. The endowment’s reliance on private investments has increased 6.3 percent since 2016.

Uncertainties related to the federal endowment tax passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 — President Trump’s signature legislation — also loom over its prospects. Initially passed as a means of levying a 1.4 percent excise tax on the previously-exempt endowments of private

universities, the law has been tied up in the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service as feds try to create rules and universities lobby against it.

Johnson said he expects final guidelines to be set in April or May, meaning the University would be subject to it this fiscal year. The tax, likely to cost around $150 million for Northwestern, is expected to be levied on non-operating revenues and expenses, meaning while the operating budget would not be affected, total returns would be diminished and less money would be available.

“It’s a hit,” Johnson said. “And it just means we can’t put that money towards financial aid or scholarships.”

Dai also said she felt “very, very warm” because dozens of Northwestern community members came out to support the five students at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center after being rallied by a Facebook event.

“Organizing work can be very lonely, so it’s amazing to see Northwestern students are always ready to take care of each other,” Dai said.

Although all Evanston charges have been dismissed, SESP senior Christopher Mayorga said they were sanctioned by the University despite not having attended the event on November 5.

The citation, obtained by The Daily, details a

5’9” Hispanic male who does not fit Mayorga’s description.

According to Mayorga, they received the summons from EPD alongside the other students after the month-long investigation concluded in early December. While University proceedings are confidential under federal law, Mayorga said they received an email from the Office of Student Conduct during Fall finals week, requesting a meeting.

Rowley said he wasn’t aware of Mayorga’s situation prior to Thursday.

Armour said the legal team had been ready

to put forward a full alibi defense before the court on Thursday to prove Mayorga was not at the event nor the protest, using witness and documentary evidence. “(It’s) certainly very troubling,” Armour said.

“Especially given the length of the investigation that the University engaged in, that they could not find the right person. It also raises questions about how they did, in fact, drag them into this.

I think it kind of speaks to the quality of the investigation.”

compelled to attend the protest due to his strong opposition to any conflict in the Middle East.

“It’s absolute insanity to even be thinking about going to war with Iran,” Cohen said. “The United States shouldn’t be going around assassinating leaders of other countries. It’s nonsense. That’s how World War I started.”

In the week since the strike, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) has publicly criticized the attack. However, Evanston resident Amy Sheffield

said it is essential for constituents to voice their own opinions as well.

Sheffield said the protests are an important way for people who disagree with Trump’s actions to ensure their voices are heard.

“The United States population needs to know that they are not alone in opposition to war, opposition to Trump and opposition to our continued presence in the Middle East,” Sheffield said. “We are shedding blood for dead dinosaurs.”

Rees said she hopes the national protests will continue to send a clear message to the current administration, and force them to reconsider their actions.

“You connect all the dots and all of a sudden you have a big picture,” Rees said. “It’s important for each individual, local, municipality to stand up, because when we all do it together, we have a very loud voice.”

EVI

“I care about fairness, and I care about people having the opportunity to, you know, read documents to respond properly to documents,” Hagerty said. “And this could go either way.”

The board decided that objectors must complete and share their response to the motion by 5 p.m. Saturday. Petitioners will have until 5 p.m. Monday to submit a reply.

According to City Clerk Devon Reid, this hearing will be expedited from now on to stay on schedule, especially to finalize and print the ballots for the March election if the referendum question is approved for the ballot ballot.

The hearing is rescheduled for 6 p.m. Wed. Jan. 15 at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center.

The University of Chicago Institute of Politics also runs an initiative called “UChiVotes,” a student-led non-partisan effort to ensure that the University of Chicago maximizes its voting engagement and turnout. In planning its programming for the rest of the academic year, the Institute of Politics aims to focus on the 2020 election, Patel said.

“We’re going to take students to the Iowa caucuses in February,” Patel said. “I’ve never seen a caucus in person, and I didn’t come from a caucus state. There’s a lot you can learn (about caucuses) from just literally observing.” isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu

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For the initiative to be enacted, two things must occur. First, EVI must win this hearing, which would allow the referendum to be on the ballot for the election in March. Second, a majority vote in favor of the initiative would be required to pass the issue.

“I’m disappointed because I would like to move on to the campaign and start convincing people to vote yes for this exciting initiative,” Harned said.

The electoral board planned to begin the hearing Thursday, but when EVI petitioners submitted a motion to dismiss the objection altogether, Mayor Stephen Hagerty decided that the objectors deserved time to read the motion and respond to it.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020

City picks up Christmas trees, recycles holiday lights

By MOLLY LUBBERS

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As a free service to Evanston residents, city crews will pick up Christmas trees during residents’ designated refuse and recycling collection day through Jan. 31, according to a news release.

According to the most recent report by the National Christmas Tree Association, more than 32 million real Christmas trees were bought in 2018 in the United States.Michael Callahan, the city’s forestry supervisor, said the city will take some of those Christmas trees and convert them to mulch.

Residents should lay their trees on the parkway – the space between the street and sidewalk – since trees won’t be picked up from alleys or private property, according to the news release.

Because the trees are typically chipped on the

spot, it would be too difficult to maneuver chipper equipment in alleys, Callahan said.

Additionally, residents should take off lights and decorations, like ornaments or tinsel, and should not place them in plastic bags. These decorations and plastic bags keep the tree from being chipped immediately. In cases where the extra pieces have not been removed, the crew may decide not to take the tree, Callahan said.

“If it’s something we can throw in the back of a pick-up truck, typically we will take it and try to do something with it, but (a tree with decorations) gets put in a different pile and we can’t do much with that,” Callahan said.

“Sometimes they do get left, it just depends on the situation.”

Holiday lights can also be recycled through Jan. 31, according to a news release.

The city, in conjunction with the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County and Elgin

Recycling, is accepting holiday string lighting and conjunction cords at three locations. People can drop off these items at the Levy Senior Center, Evanston Ecology Center and Evanston Public Library’s main branch during their normal facility hours.

Jose Maldonado, circulation manager of EPL’s main branch, said the trash can that holds the lights was closer to the security desk in previous years. Now, it is located to the left of the main entrance.

“People really like to use it,” Maldonado said.

“It gets filled up; I mean, we have to empty it once a week. It gets thoroughly used. People are dropping things off all the time.”

So far, the city has collected over 80 cubic yards of wood chips, which is the equivalent of about six chipper trucks, according to Callahan.

He added the wood chips from Christmas trees are used for city projects and more.

“It’s also provided to the citizens,” Callahan said, “so we have a mulch pile that citizens can take from and use it for their own private, personal use.”

The mulch pile is located at James Park on Dodge Avenue and Mulford Street. Residents are free to take as much mulch as they like, according to the city website.

Callahan said Christmas trees are a byproduct that can be thrown into a dump or recycled, but it’s easier for residents to let the city recycle the trees. He also added that it can help the environment.

“It’s one of those programs where we can actually take a resource that’s going to basically just go to waste, and we have the opportunity to recycle it and use it in a productive manner,” Callahan said. mollylubbers2023@u.northwestern.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Wildcats look for first Big Ten win against Nebraska

By JOHN RIKER

the daily northwestern @thejohnriker

In the Big Ten, wins don’t come easily.

Northwestern had its chance at one on Wednesday, up by as many as 10 points in the second half of a road matchup against Indiana, but squandered its lead as the Hoosiers (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) denied the Wildcats (5-8, 0-4) their first conference win of the season.

Even in the loss, the Cats gave reason for reason for optimism with their strong performance against the favored Hoosiers. They’ll try to carry that and put one in the conference record win column come Saturday against Nebraska, in what may be their best opportunity at a Big Ten win to date.

“For them to come out and execute the way they did and put us in a position to win the game late, there’s a lot of positives from that,” coach Chris Collins said. “But now, you’ve got to then get over

the hump. Being close can’t be enough. It can’t be okay to just play really well and lose a close game.”

Guard play — namely, the return of senior A.J. Turner from a lower body injury — was crucial to NU’s performance. After having only one guard play significant minutes in a loss to Minnesota on Jan. 5, NU benefited from the return of Turner to its backcourt.

The senior contributed 12 points in 32 minutes and helped take the burden off graduate transfer guard Pat Spencer, who led the Cats with 15 points. Turner also provided experience -- something that has been hard to come by for NU’s young roster.

The loss to the Hoosiers continued a troubling trend on the glass. Though NU has one of the tallest lineups in the nation, the Cats surrendered 15 offensive rebounds and have been outrebounded by double-digit margins in losses to Minnesota and Indiana this week.

“Our physicality with some of these young guys isn’t where some of these veteran teams are, but

we’ve got to collectively do a much better job on the glass,” Collins said. “You can’t be giving these guys extra possessions.”

The Cornhuskers (7-8, 2-2) boast two conference wins on their resume, but enter Saturday’s contest as the only team in the conference with a lower BPI ranking than NU — ranking 147th in the country to the Cats’ 123rd. Nebraska has battled inconsistency, alternating wins and losses over its past six games, but is coming off a 76-70 upset over Iowa.

NU will take the court hoping to avoid its first 0-5 conference start under Collins and build momentum in the thick of conference play.

“We’ve got a real young group that’s trying to learn how to win, and sometimes it can be tough in a brutal league like the Big Ten,” Collins said.

“We’re on the right track. We’ve got to continue the effort, and we have to find a way to get over the hump and start closing some of these games.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Pulliam hits game-winner, Wildcats take down Minnesota

By DREW SCHOTT

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For much of Northwestern’s matchup against Minnesota, it wasn’t Lindsey Pulliam’s night.

Against the Golden Gophers’ 2-3 zone defense, the junior guard failed to score both in the paint and from behind the arc, going 4-for-16 overall from the field.

Her off-target shooting was rectified by her final two points of the night.

Tied with Minnesota at 54 with 4.7 seconds remaining, sophomore guard Veronica Burton drove to the middle of the paint and quickly fired a pass to Pulliam, who nailed a contested layup with under a second left to give the Wildcats a 56-54 win.

NU’s (13-2, 3-1 Big Ten) victory over the Golden Gophers (11-4, 1-3) — a little more than a week after its upset of defending Big Ten champion Maryland — showcased the team’s ability to compete in one of the nation’s toughest conferences and potentially be in the running for the Big Ten title.

“I don’t know if there’s poetic justice, but we were in the same position last year here. Four seconds (left) and couldn’t finish, so it feels good to get out of here with a W,” coach Joe McKeown said.

The Cats’ first win against Minnesota

since 2015 was orchestrated by none other than the team’s own Gopher State native. Senior forward Abi Scheid was NU’s most efficient scorer, finishing with 24 points on 10 of 17 attempts and shooting 75 percent from beyond the perimeter.

“Minnesota is my home,” Scheid said. “I always love coming back here and playing in The Barn in front of my friends and family. Today, it’s exciting … knowing you have the game you want.”

The Cats struggled in the game’s opening minutes, as Minnesota’s aggressive zone defense failed to create opportunities for close shots, causing the team to shoot numerous off-target three pointers. However, NU’s control of the turnover margin paid dividends down the stretch.

Despite trailing by one point at the end of both the first and second quarter, the Cats — who have the second-best turnover margin in the conference — forced 13 first-half turnovers from the Big Ten’s third-highest scoring offense.

Thanks to their strong defensive performance — anchored by senior center Abbie Wolf, who had 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals — NU’s offense

heated up in the second half. Led by Scheid, the Cats went on a 16-4 run during the third quarter, while also forcing six Golden Gopher turnovers.

A step-back 3-pointer by Burton in the final seconds of the quarter gave NU an eight-point lead and the momentum heading into the final game’s ten minutes.

Minnesota wasn’t done fighting. A late fourth quarter surge led by senior guard Jasmine Brunson brought the Golden Gophers to within three, causing the team to foul Burton with 19.4 seconds left to create a chance to tie the game.

Burton, who with one free throw could’ve made it a two-possession game, missed both, giving Minnessota a scoring opportunity, which concluded with Brunson draining a 3-pointer from the right side of the perimeter with four seconds left. But Pulliam ended the Golden Gophers’ comeback bid seconds later.

The Cats, who now are ranked second in the Big Ten with Nebraska, face Purdue on Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. McKeown said he hopes the momentum from NU’s victory translates to its next conference matchup.

“We’ve got a big one obviously Sunday against Purdue,” McKeown said. “It’s a gauntlet in the Big Ten and we’ve just gotta be ready to play every night.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats close 2019 on strong note Men, women drop

By BEN LUALDI

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Northwestern finished 2019 with a strong December, showing off its depth in a pair of tournaments during the holiday season.

On Dec. 6 and 7, the No. 13 Wildcats (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) placed ninth out of 32 schools in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.

“It’s a good result,” coach Matt Storniolo said. “Arguably, that tournament is the toughest regular season tournament in the country.”

Redshirt junior Ryan Deakin led Northwestern, winning all five of his bouts to place first in the 157-pound division for the second consecutive year.

Deakin’s victories included bouts against No. 2 David Carr of Iowa State, as well as top-ranked Hayden Hidlay of North Carolina State.

Storniolo said Deakin’s continued success has not been a surprise.

“Ryan was a rockstar at this time last year, and he’s a rockstar this year,” the coach said. “It’s hard to be in a better spot than he is right now.”

Deakin was not the only Wildcat who impressed. Even without star junior Sebastian Rivera — who spent that weekend wrestling with the Puerto Rican national team — the Cats placed four wrestlers in the top eight of their respective weight classes.

The squad’s depth this year makes NU more competitive with the top teams in the country, Storniolo said.

“This is by far the deepest team that I’ve seen Northwestern wrestling have in my years as a head or assistant coach,” he said. “It’s an instrumental part that we’ve been missing.”

A couple weeks later, on Dec. 29 and 30, the Cats competed in the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Hoffman Estates, Ill. NU showed off its depth once again, placing six wrestlers in the

top eight of their weight classes . The Cats finished ninth out of 37 teams in the competition.

The standout performer for NU was redshirt freshman Michael DeAugustino, who finished second in a 125-pound class that featured two-time defending national champion Spencer Lee of Iowa.

DeAugustino has surprised some this year, but not Storniolo.

“He’s a competitor,” Storniolo said.

“He’s a guy that you never have to worry about his effort … it’s been pretty special to see him flourish.”

In his first major tournament in the 133-pound weight class, Rivera finished fourth in his group. He advanced to the

semifinals against Wisconsin’s Seth Gross — the defending national champion at 133 pounds — but fell in an 8-7 decision.

Returning this weekend after the winter break, the Cats will be put to the test.

NU opens Big Ten play hosting No. 18 Purdue (7-1, 0-0) on Friday, then travels to State College, P.A. on Sunday to take on No. 3 Penn State (3-1, 0-0).

Storniolo said the team is looking forward to the challenge.

“The guys are excited about the challenges that lie ahead,” he said. “They’re ready to test themselves and see where they measure up.” benjaminlualdi2023@u.northwestern.edu

Daily file photo by Alison Albelda Ryan Deakin wrestles in a 2018 match. The redshirt junior took home the Midlands title at 157 pounds for the second consecutive year.

meet to Cardinals

By PATRICK ANDRES

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Northwestern’s swimmers and divers suffered a double dose of defeat in their first meet of the winter, with Louisville’s women eking out a 151-149 win over the Wildcats while the Cardinal men beat NU 179.5-120.5.

The women’s meet came down to the wire, with Louisville swiping the victory on the last race of the night.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Cardinals’ foursome of Arina Openysheva, Lainey Visscher, Casey Fanz and Christiana Regenauer won out by 2.36 seconds over the Cats’ combination of Krystal Lara, Maddie Smith, Jasmine Hellmer, and Malorie Han. This turned Louisville’s sevenpoint deficit into a two-point advantage , sinking NU’s shot at an eighth straight victory in dual meets.

Junior Calypso Sheridan was the most dominant individual Cat swimmer . The Australian opened the night with a 200-yard medley relay win; then led an NU podium sweep in the 100-yard backstroke; and added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard backstroke before closing as part of a triumph in the 400-yard medley relay.

The Cats also enjoyed a positive day in the backstroke on the men’s side, with sophomore Manuel Martos Bacarizo picking up a pair of second-place finishes.

Coach Jeremy Kipp effusively praised his backstroke team.

“They’ve done a good collective job in practice, (making) each other better,” he said. “ They compete

really well.”

Other areas of success for the NU women included the 1000-yard freestyle, won by sophomore Ilektra Leb; the 100-yard breaststroke, won by freshman Hannah Brunzell; the 200-yard butterfly, won by sophomore Miriam Guevara; and the 200yard breaststroke, won by Brunzell.

Overall, Kipp was pleased with the women’s performance against a quality opponent.

“It’s significant growth from where we were last year,” Kipp said, assessing his team’s body of work so far. “It’s a tough loss, and there’s no moral victories, but we certainly can take a lot of things away from this.

Wins were somewhat harder to come by for the men. Men who took individual victories included junior DJ Hwang in the 1000-yard freestyle; freshman Aleksa Bobar in the 200-yard freestyle; freshman Federico Burdisso in the 200-yard butterfly; freshman Marcus Mok in the 200-yard breaststroke; and Burdisso in the 100-yard butterfly .

Kipp found some positives in the men’s performance, praising their “competitive spirit.”

“You throw in the first week of classes, I know they’re a little bit out of sorts,” he said. “I think the score doesn’t really reflect how close it was. There were a few events where we got touched out for first place.”

The Cats will take Friday off before returning to the pool to compete in the NASA Invitational Saturday and Sunday. The tournament, held in Evanston and run by NASA Wildcat Aquatics, gets underway at 9:30 a.m. both days. patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu