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D65 candidates to prioritize equity All open seats are uncontested in upcoming election By CLARE PROCTOR

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board members have been vocal about inequality and is excited to see those members be re-elected. But Wilkins said he wishes there were other candidates running in the April election to “light a fire” and ensure that “the current school board isn’t complacent” about equity issues. “Because there isn’t any competition and because there isn’t a candidate running against the current school board members, it makes it difficult to bring issues to the front that are around equity,” Wilkins said. He said his primary concerns include overt racism in schools, ensuring teachers are culturally competent to teach students of color and addressing inequitable bussing in the 5th Ward. Tanyavutti said the board prioritizes transparency and inclusivity of stakeholders when it comes to forming policy. The board has focused its attention on how to provide support to create an emotionally and physically safe “curriculum, culture and climate” for students from marginalized backgrounds in District

Despite running in an uncontested election for the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education, acting board vice president Anya Tanyavutti said she plans to use the campaign season to be “transparent and inclusive and honest” with the communities she serves. Tanyavutti is one of three board members up for reelection on April 2, along with board members Sergio Hernandez and Rebeca Mendoza. All three elections are uncontested. “I see any election as an opportunity to have a conversation about the direction of policy work in our community,” Tanyavutti said. “Whether it’s contested or not, I intend on having those conversations.” Henr y W ilkins II’s daughter is in third grade at Walker Elementary School in District 65. He said some » See SCHOOLBOARD, page 6

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Medill Prof. Patty Loew talks to a class. Loew is creating a tour of Northwestern and Evanston to educate students and Evanston community members about the area’s indigenous people.

Tour to highlight Native history

Medill professor hopes to reveal ‘untold stories’ of local indigenous people By ZOE MALIN

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Walking along the Northwestern lakefront, it’s hard to imagine anything other than students and University buildings coloring the backdrop.

But centuries ago, the Three Fires Confederacy — made up of Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa people — ceded this same land to Northwestern. This is something Medill professor Patty Loew is determined to make known. Joined by a team of students and faculty, Loew is creating

the first Indigenous Tour of NU. She said it’s a walking tour with some virtual reality elements that “is sure to become a part of the University’s legacy.” At each physical stop on campus and in Evanston, student-created multimedia components, along with original historical documents,

videos and recordings, will be viewable on a smartphone. “Native people are pretty invisible in Evanston and on our campus,” Loew said. “It’s something Native student associations across the Big Ten have voiced their opinions » See TOUR, page 6

Ash leads ASG in transition of power NU adds meals After presidential resignation, ASG adopts new leadership structure By ELIZABETH BYRNE

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After Sky Patterson, citing her need to focus on health and academics, submitted the first presidential resignation in the last 20 years of Associated Student Government history this past December, the organization has adopted a new leadership structure to work around her absence. Former Executive Vice President Emily Ash stepped into the presidential role, and will leave her previous position vacant for the remainder of her term. Ash has taken on the responsibilities for both positions for the remainder of the quarter. Patterson announced her intentions to resign from ASG on Dec. 16 through a letter to the executive board. In the letter, she wrote that she needed to take care of her physical and mental health, as well as focus on her work and education. “Northwestern students need to stop putting the needs of organizations ahead of their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.” Patterson wrote in the letter. “Student

for Elder residents Students critical of food options during dining hall closure By CAMERON COOK

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Emily Ash and Sky Patterson at ASG Senate. After leaving the executive vice president position open, Ash said ASG will continue to operate smoothly.

leaders should lead by example and establish wellbeing as a priority.” ASG Speaker of the Senate Adam Downing said he was involved in the transition process early on. Traditionally, the speaker of the senate would be the one to fill in the executive vice president role, but Downing and other ASG leaders chose to keep Downing in his current role. When deciding how to proceed with the transition, Downing said he had to consider the

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holistic impact it would have on the organization. “It’s hard to transition an entire team,” Downing said. “If I were to leave to become the executive vice president, we would need a new speaker of the senate and I would have to train that person in a short amount of time and they would only be in that role for a quarter.” Downing added that the role of executive vice president is allowed to remain vacant for the quarter because of a

“suspension of the rules” regarding the line of succession in the case of a resignation. After that decision was made, Downing said the transition from Patterson to Ash was “seamless.” While her volume of work has increased since taking on the role, Ash said not having an executive vice president gives her more freedom in how she handles ASG business. Ash said this is the first time the role of executive vice president » See TRANSITION, page 6

To compensate for continued construction on Elder dining hall, Northwestern Dining is serving residents weekday morning breakfasts and Wednesday night dinners in the building’s first floor lounge. The dining hall was supposed to reopen this quarter after a 90-day renovation, but the project was delayed when the space was redesigned to better accommodate students with special diets and food allergies, Student Affairs staff said in a December email. Now, the dining hall is scheduled to reopen this summer. Georgene Sardis, marketing director Compass Group North America, the University’s food provider, said the addition of weekday breakfasts was a decision made “based on student and resident staff feedback.” However, some students

feel like the University isn’t doing enough to meet their needs, especially since residents weren’t informed about the lack of a dining hall when they made their housing choices. Weinberg sophomore Hannah Sudworth decided to move into Elder this year to live with a friend, but was disappointed when she realized she’d have to walk to Sargent Hall to eat. “I will admit that one of the big draws for me was that there would be a dining hall,” she said. “I wouldn’t have to go anywhere to get food, especially in the freezing cold winter.” The Residential Services website still lists Elder as a building with a dining hall, which Medill first-year Olivia Olander said was misleading. Students also weren’t notified until December that the dining hall would be under construction for an additional two quarters, Olander added. Olander said she was willing to walk to Sargent when she thought the renovation was going to be “a quarterlong deal,” but agreed with Sudworth that the idea of » See BREAKFAST, page 6

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Arts Council selects sculptor for Robert Crown piece By JAMES POLLARD

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The Evanston Arts Council voted Tuesday to select internationally recognized artist Marc Fornes for a public art installation in the Robert Crown Community Center. Fornes, an internationally known sculptor, proposed an illuminated 20-foot-tall aluminum sculpture that doubles as a stage. His pitch won over both the Arts Council and the art selection committee, which reviewed 261 applicants, according to Andy Tinucci, principal architect at Woodhouse Tinucci Architects. At a meeting in April, the council said it was looking for integrated, interactive, social and community-based art for the community center. If his piece is approved, Fornes will have until the spring of 2020 for installation. Tinucci has served as a liaison between the city and Fornes throughout the artist selection process. He said Fornes’ piece exemplified the four qualities the Arts Council sought, and added that the proscenium could be used as a stage for community-based events and performances by groups such as the Evanston Symphony Orchestra. “This art piece itself makes a place and marks a place,” Tinucci said. “It represents the flow of energy and enthusiasm.”

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for injuring two officers, damaging police car

An Evanston man was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer after he crashed into a police car and injured two officers. Detectives from the Evanston police tactical unit stopped a white Chevy Malibu on Friday when they noticed it had an illegal window tint. According to a department news release, the detectives spoke with the

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Architect Andy Tinucci walks the Evanston Arts Council through his design for the new Robert Crown Community Center. Tinucci will negotiate with artist Marc Fornes on a lower-cost piece.

Though Fornes estimated his piece would cost $400,000, only $325,000 of the city’s $400,000 budget for public art at the Robert Crown Community Center is left for his project. The council voted to send Tinucci to negotiate with the

artist and lower his price. Though the council approved Fornes as the artist, they will vote at a later date on whether to confirm the cost and vision of Fornes’ lower-cost piece. “Maybe we can’t afford exactly what he

driver, a 24-year-old Evanston resident, and confirmed that the windows did not follow state law. The officers also noticed a strong smell of cannabis and instructed the man to exit the vehicle. He did not comply and instead put the car in reverse, hitting the police car behind him. Two officers suffered minor injuries from the incident. The man fled the scene in his vehicle and was pursued by officers from the Evanston and Chicago Police Department. Once the pursuit ended, the man was arrested near the 12000 block of South Parnell

Avenue. The man was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, one felony count of aggravated fleeing and eluding, one misdemeanor count of fleeing and eluding, one misdemeanor count of reckless driving and multiple Illinois Vehicle Code violations.

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came up with,” said Beth Adler, co-chair of the Evanston Arts Council. “Maybe there might be something a little more contained but with the same spectacularness.” In July 2018, the city broke ground on the Robert Crown Community Center, which is set to open at the end of the year. The new center will include two ice rinks, turf fields, a daycare center and a branch of the Evanston Public Library. Even though the council voiced an interest in finding alternative funding for the project beyond the allocated budget for public art, Tinucci expressed concern about fundraising in Evanston because neither Tinucci nor the arts council wants to compete with Friends of the Robert Crown Center, a fundraising organization currently seeking donations for the community center as a whole. Lisa Corrin, a member of the Arts Council and director of the Block Museum at Northwestern, expressed her frustration over funding issues for the project. To lower expenses, she suggested cutting the lighting. However, Corrin described Fornes’ art installation as the only applicant that “rises above meh.” “We may have to make some adjustments in our aspirations to be able to actually get a good-looking work of art,” Corrin said. jamespollard2022@u.northwestern.edu products had been stolen from the store in the 2200 block of Howard Street. The employee said an unidentified man used a cutting tool to remove two iPhone Xs and an iPhone XS Max from the store’s display tables. The man fled the store in an unknown direction and has been linked to other similar department store burglaries, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. — Ashley Capoot

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Student groups pilot Venmo payments By JOSHUA IRVINE

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Students looking to catch a Friday night student production no longer need to worry about paying cash at the door — they can just use Venmo. Venmo, a mobile payment service popular among Northwestern students, is now an accepted at-the-door payment for certain student organization events, the result of a collaboration between Associated Student Government and the Student Organization Finance Office. As of last week, A-status finance groups can now collect payments from students through an official University Venmo account, said Isabel Dobbel, ASG vice president for A-status finance. The move, she said, is meant to make payments easier for students and improve record-keeping between student groups and SOFO. “SOFO and ASG are finally entering the 21st century and getting to support organizations in a more practical way,” Dobbel said. “This is step one to eventually having an entirely new, shiny digitized process.” The account transfers funds directly to the Student Organization Finance Office, which provides banking services and financial education to student groups. The groups can then collect revenue from the office after the event, according to a November news release. Student groups have been known to use members’ personal Venmo accounts to supplement cash and credit card transactions in the past, Dobbel said, but these payments proved difficult for student groups and SOFO to monitor. Dobbel said using the University Venmo account as opposed to individual student accounts is a “cleaner” and more practical way for organizations to use the app. To use the Venmo account, groups will have to fill out a form on Wildcat Connection, the University’s student organization directory, roughly 24 hours prior to accepting payments on Venmo.

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A Venmo home screen. Venmo is now an acceptable payment method for A-Status organizations’ events.

The transaction “line” will be open one hour prior to each event and extend one hour past the start of the event, according to the release. Northwestern University Dance Marathon is the first student group to have used the University Venmo account account. Seven students used the service to pay a $5 entrance fee to an off-campus trivia event earlier this month, said Lindsey Waxman, the finance co-chair of NUDM. Most students, Waxman said, brought cash to the trivia event, but added that NUDM plans to increase usage of Venmo in the future. “I think people liked it,” she said. “It should make things a lot easier for our participants.” The Venmo account is the result of a more

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than eight-month long process that began with ASG’s April 2018 establishment of an ad-hoc committee to research Venmo usage. Since then, Dobbel has collaborated with SOFO and ASG to bring the program to fruition. And while NUDM is currently the only student group to have used the University Venmo account, both Arts Alliance and Refresh Dance Crew plan to use the platform to collect payments in the coming weeks, Dobbel said. Winter will serve as a “pilot quarter” for the program before it expands to more University-funded student groups, according to an ASG news release. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu

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United States should prioritize freedom of press MARCUS THUILLIER

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Even in 2019, not much has changed for the international journalist community, as coverage of France’s “yellow vests” protests showed once more. We have become used to violence toward journalists in authoritarian countries, but similar acts have picked up steam in democracies around the world — at a dangerous rate. If 2018 was the “worst year on record for journalist killings,” according to USA Today, it is frightening to imagine what 2019 has in store for us. As leaders across the globe vilify news media, it is easy to forget that journalists must be considered a pillar of modern democracy. Freedom of press is ingrained in the First Amendment of the constitution. Thomas Jefferson himself wrote in 1787, “were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I

should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Being able to do our journalistic work in a non-hostile environment should be a given, but it’s become increasingly difficult.

Despite what President Donald Trump says, media organizations are not the “enemy of the American people.” Instead, they need to again be treated as the integral part of the Constitution that they are.

2018 has seen repeated assaults on the press. Trump has done his fair share, from the Jim Acosta debacle to his generally aggressive rhetoric toward newspapers. Five journalists died in the United States last year after being attacked, including four during the Capital Gazette shooting in June 2018. On top of that, since 2017, 45 reporters have been physically attacked while covering protests according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. Perhaps most showing is the tumble the United States has taken in the Reporters Without Borders annual press freedom index since 2016. This country, which so often praises the liberty given to its citizens under the Constitution, only comes in 45th in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index, which is far too low. We need to do better. The decline of press freedom in the United States cannot only be attributed to Trump, since the United States ranked 49th in the PFI in 2015 under the second Obama administration. Time Magazine giving journalists the moniker “the guardians” for “the war on truth” needs to be a wake up call for a generation that has unprecedented access to a variety of news

sources. If we want the continued enjoyment of this privilege, it is our duty to stand up for those who risk aggression and even their lives in the process of reporting the news. Disagreeing is one thing, but there has to be zero tolerance for violence or threatening rhetoric toward journalists. The protection of press freedom is complicated but essential. We as a generation should cherish that we live in a democracy that allows journalists to do their job. We can’t take free speech for granted, and we can’t “wait for a journalist to be murdered to protest,” as World Editors Forum president David Callaway put it. The work journalists do is protected by the Constitution, and people in charge of this country need to accept that. Marcus Thuillier is a f irst-year graduate student. He can be contacted at marcusthuillier2019@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.

In 2019, don’t let politicians ruin the power of protests CLAY MILLS

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Last November, I attended Evanston’s “Nobody Is Above the Law” protest following the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which eliminated the buffer between President Trump and Robert Mueller, the special counsel looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Arriving to the meeting area, a park, I found the general air closer to that of a funeral procession than of a protest. I was easily the youngest person there, besides the children of some of the attendants — I imagine the mean age to probably be around 50. Everyone seemed to hold the all-too-familiar attitude of upperclass suburban living, that very specific gait of neoliberal complacency. These were not people who desired improvement, only a return to the status quo. The speeches began. Empty words, they felt more like obligations to speak, like a son or daughter speaking at an estranged parent’s wake after not seeing them for twenty years. Then came the big speaker: U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois’ 9th district. Her speech was foreshadowed by seemingly every previous speaker making an acute point to say, “Jan Schakowsky is here!” What previously appeared to me a funeral revealed itself

to a festival of death, a pure celebration of stagnancy. Rep. Schakowsky’s presence was the ultimate negation of any force that this event could possibly have. Last century, having a politician attend a protest meant something. It was a legitimizer and a means to bring public attention to a cause. However, now that social networking exists, someone’s presence can be felt everywhere at once, the symbolizer of the account takes on the being of the individual behind it. This extends to events and causes as well. What was once disembodied via newspapers that were printed a day after something happened, a protest has a temporal presence even to those who aren’t there, as it can broadcasted to them via social networking. The former utility of a politician at a protest has been eradicated and usurped by social networking. So, the question arises, what is the purpose of a politician at a protest in 2019? In Anton Chekhov’s short story “In the Ravine,” the charitable acts of a wealthy matriarch in a poor village are described as having, “the effect of a safety valve in a machine.” A politician’s presence at a protest has the same effect. Any possible desire to produce a change beyond what is considered in the realm of acceptability of the status quo is crushed. The tired will of a neoliberal crowd chanting phrases which are already understood by everyone without having to be said, crushes the will of anyone with even slight progressive tendencies, for it’s easy to see that this protest carries

no weight, and why should it? With a politician there, it’s no longer for the mass, it’s for whatever senator or representative is there to be photographed with for the next election season. The presence of a politician at a protest signifies to onlookers that, “there’s no danger, just some folks practicing their first amendment rights.” This of course would often be said behind a layer of irony — they know they’re watching an impotent act.

Protests that work because they carry the threat of violence without actually committing said violence. Power, as theorized by a number of writers, is maintained and gained through violence or the threat of violence. This is why non-violent protest is a necessary fallacy, because if protests didn’t carry any threat of violence whatsoever, they wouldn’t hold any weight. A politician at a protest, however, is like a magician revealing how a trick is done. “See? There was never any danger after all!”

Why I decided to go through recruitment A. PALLAS GUTIERREZ

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At the beginning of winter quarter, many firstand second-year students make what is framed by Hollywood as the most important decision in a college student’s life: whether or not they are going to join Greek life. The portrayal of sororities by Hollywood is consistently negative. Elle Woods and her fellow Delta Nu sisters in “Legally Blonde” are focused entirely on getting married at the beginning of the film. In “Sorority Wars,” pledge week tears apart two best friends, and the sororities on campus have an intense, ongoing rivalry. The tagline of “Confessions of Sorority Girls” is “They’re smart. They’re pretty. And they’re all bad!” Because of this portrayal, my feelings toward Greek life before coming on campus were very negative, and I was certain I would not join. The “catty party girly-girl” image Hollywood presents as the average sorority member is not who I am, nor will it ever be. But being on campus and meeting people who were active sorority members quickly changed

my mind. All the sorority members I met at NU were confident, accomplished, kind people, and they convinced me to go through the recruitment process. Another reason I decided that going through recruitment would be good for me was my realization of how many values sororities have in common with Girl Scouts. I was a Girl Scout until I graduated high school, and I loved having a space that I could share with my other girl friends to study, work on our leadership skills, volunteer for good causes and just relax together. As we got older, more girls quit the program until there were only two of us left. I didn’t realize how much I missed that supportive environment until I was on campus. I was still nervous going into the recruitment process this week. My relationship with my gender is complicated; I’ve never matched the typical conceptions of femininity, but I don’t fit into masculine constructs either. When I dress up for formal events, I love to wear makeup, but I also seriously considered wearing a suit to my senior prom. Although it was not the experience I had during the recruitment process, I do recognize that Greek life can feel exclusive of trans, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people. From the beginning of the recruitment process, the

definition that the Panhellenic Association provides for potential new members includes “gender non-conforming or female” students, and several of the sororities belonging to the Multicultural Greek Council use gender-neutral language, such as muxeres and Latinx. My worries of being rejected because of my relationship with gender proved quickly to be unfounded. Everyone who talked to me at the different recruitment events reminded me of why I wanted to join in the first place — they were intelligent, put-together and incredibly kind. Despite my preconceived notions of Greek life and my complex relationship with being a woman, I am excited to join a sorority. I love my two brothers and all my guy friends, but I realized how much I missed having a space for femme people to celebrate each other’s accomplishments, comfort each other at low points, work together and, most importantly of all, be sisters. A. Pallas Gutierrez is a Communication freshman. They can be contacted at apallasgutierrez2022@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.

But there is a danger in the possible violence that can always occur, and the politician is this danger’s safety valve. The organizers at Evanston’s “Nobody Is Above the Law” protest constantly emphasized Schakowsky’s presence, and it felt like the political mass equivalent of telling everyone to use their inside voice. For effective protest, there has to be a non-violence which never truly reveals itself to be non-violence. It must go all the way to the threshold of violence, then not pass it. Not arriving to this threshold shows the protest to be toothless. Crossing the threshold would turn the public’s good graces against the movement. Both of these negate the power of the protest. The presence of national level politicians at these protests stops them from reaching the threshold of violence. So, if a politician really cares about the success of a protest, they shouldn’t show up. If they do show up, they should either be barred from attendance or have their very own presence minimized and negated by attendants of the protest. This assures the protest embodies the issues themselves, not the whims and agendas of a politician. Clay Mills is a Communication junior. He can be contacted at ClaytonMills2020@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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National News Lawsuit: Feds failed to protect habitat of endangered Illinois bee CHICAGO — Federal agencies failed to follow the law in protecting the habitat of an endangered bumblebee that continues to be found in Illinois despite major population loss nationwide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., by an environmentalist group. The lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council accused the Interior Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of violating parts of the Endangered Species Act. The act requires the agencies to identify and preserve habitats supporting species that are at risk. The departments were supposed to do this within a year of listing the rusty patched bumblebee as an endangered species on Jan. 11, 2017, but they have not, according to the lawsuit. “Habitat loss is a serious threat to the rusty patched bumblebee,” the lawsuit said. “The species is predominantly dependent on grassland habitat, which has declined by 99.9 percent since European settlement of North America.” When the government declares certain habitats critical for an endangered species, it can implement stricter processes to review any action, such as construction, that could harm the lands, said Rebecca Riley, a legal director at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “If we are going to save these species from extinction, we need to save their habitats,” Riley said Tuesday. The Justice Department, which handles lawsuits filed against federal agencies, did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment.

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Rusty patched bumblebees used to be a common sight in 28 states in the Midwest and Northeast, but their numbers have plummeted by 87 percent over the last two decades, according to the lawsuit and wildlife experts. Now, the bee lives in only 8 percent of its historical range, which includes parts of Illinois. The species, known for a distinctive reddish line on the backside of workers and males, has been spotted mostly in the northern part of the state, along the Fox River corridor and in suburban areas around Chicago, at Illinois Beach State Park and in Cook County forest preserves. Students at Loyola University’s ecological campus in McHenry County found the bee feeding on flowers in the summer of 2017, an exciting discovery that inspired greater efforts to document different species on the land. Students did not see the bee again this summer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the pollinator had left, said Roberta LammersCampbell, a lecturer emerita at the campus. “I know people spotted it in the areas around us. We just didn’t have people spending a lot of time watching for it. We didn’t really monitor for it real strongly,” LammersCampbell said. The Fish and Wildlife Service reported an increase in overall sightings in 2018, including new locations in Virginia and Iowa. The agency attributed the rise to increased awareness and efforts to find it. Last year, reports were made identifying more than 300 rusty patched bumblebees. The government has 60 days to respond to the lawsuit, Riley said. -Elyssa Cherney (Chicago Tribune/TNS)

copayment. The rules, which were proposed by the Trump administration in October 2017, would have allowed nonprofit groups, for-profit companies, schools and universities to claim exemption from providing contraceptive coverage. Previously, under a stipulation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, only religious groups with religious objections could claim exemption from providing this coverage. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone, the

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state-funded contraceptive services and costs corresponding with unintended pregnancies. “The states’ harm is not merely speculative; it is actual and imminent,” Beetlestone wrote. “The final rules estimate that at least 70,500 women will lose coverage.” It is unclear if the Trump administration will appeal this decision. — Clare Proctor

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From page 1 and sparked action about.” Loew said she was already planning the project when she became a Northwestern faculty member in 2017. Her idea became a reality after receiving the 2019 Daniel I. Linzer Grant for Innovation in Diversity and Equity, which gave her $20,000 to start working on the virtual tour. Loew said the purpose of the tour is to educate students, staff and visitors about indigenous history, as well as to promote a sense of connectedness within the NU community. The tour’s creation aims to address a few of the 56 recommendations to “strengthen NU’s relationship with Native American and indigenous communities,” as stated in a report by NU’s Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force in November 2014. The recommendations were made in

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has been left vacant. “The one way my role has changed, I think I have a little bit more agency to take executive office work at a self-determined pace,” Ash said. “Doing this job without a vice president allows me a little bit more flexibility to move at a pace that’s more comfortable for me.”

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65 schools, Tanyavutti said. The seven-member, locally-elected school board strives to consider the interests of all students it serves, said Adeela Qureshi, the school board secretary. “We are serving one of the biggest populations that don’t have a voice, which is children and students,” Qureshi said. “It’s very essential not just to have a board, but to have a diverse board because that’s reflective of the students and the community that we serve.”

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trekking to another dining hall in the middle of winter wasn’t ideal. In addition, both students said, the offerings at Elder aren’t a sufficient substitute for a dining hall. Breakfast is only served from 7 to 9 a.m., a time frame Olander said is too short — and too early — for most Elder residents to take advantage of the opportunity. “I don’t know what kind of feedback they got

response to two 2014 reports, one by NU in May and one by the University of Denver in November, about the role John Evans — one of NU’s founders and the territorial governor of Colorado during the mid-19th century — played in the Sand Creek Massacre. Loew added she is working closely with Dr. Kelly Wisecup, her co-director at the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. Wisecup said the tour is “central to the center’s aim to push back against narratives of deficiency and deficit around indigenous peoples.” “NU has positioned Native studies as a priority in its diversity and inclusion plan,” Loew said. Throughout Winter Quarter, students in Loew’s “Media History and the Native American Experience” class are working to generate content that will be featured on the tour. When finished, those taking the tour will be guided to 19 locations around NU’s campus,

each of which Loew has identified as “relating to indigenous people, traditions, and historical events.” Planned locations on the tour include the James L. Allen Center and its Inuit art collection as well as the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, where a portrait of the Sauk War Chief Black Hawk hangs. Medill sophomore Carlyn Kranking is in Loew’s class and said she has already learned a lot about indigenous people and their relationship with NU. “It ’s important for everyone at NU to remember that we are on Native lands,” said Kranking. “I hope the tour gives people a cultural understanding about the University’s relationship with indigenous people.” During Spring Quarter, Communication lecturer Dr. Stephan Moore will work with the Knight Lab on technology details of the tour. Moore will oversee two Radio, Television

and Film graduate interns who will create the soundscape for the tour. The tour is set to be released in time for Indigenous Peoples Day on October 14, 2019. Additionally, Loew said she and Jennifer Michals, a program assistant at the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, will create a lesson plan and teachers guide for Evanston schools to use with its students. “The tour is an opportunity to reclaim our voices and identity, to share of our communities presence and history, about and on our homelands, in our own voices,” Michals told The Daily in an email. With the help of her students and colleagues, Loew looks forward to telling indigenous people’s untold stories. “In all my years as a professor, I have never been so excited about teaching,” said Loew.

Ash added that she has felt well-supported by the ASG executive board and others in her life while navigating her role as president. She said a key to keeping ASG running has been identifying conflicts directly and working with others within ASG to solve them right away. “This and many other roles within student government are inherently challenging, and it is naive to think that we will never to come into conflict with one another,” Ash said. “We are facing

conflict up front and not being afraid to name what causes us stress or what troubles us within this organization.” Despite the transition, Ash said she still plans to move forward with the same goals and initiatives she had worked on with Patterson. Ash added that if anything, Patterson’s resignation reaffirmed the importance of previous ASG goals to look deeper into student mental health initiatives. Ash said she is confident ASG will continue

to operate smoothly and isn’t worried about an “organizational breakdown.” “It’s the mark of a good organization when one person can leave, even one extremely important and integral person can leave and operations don’t fall apart,” Ash said. “We have a lot of really capable leaders who are in the office every day and are doing a lot of work to maintain the good place we’re in.”

Qureshi said not having contested elections is a common occurrence — there are often the same number of people running as there are available seats on the board. In the 2017 election, there were four available seats and only five candidates running. Nicholas Korzeniowski had originally filed papers to be nominated to the school board ballot, but board president Suni Kartha — acting as a voter, not board president — filed objections to the nomination due to issues with the paperwork. Kartha said the portion of the paperwork where the circulator attests to witnessing the signatures of voters for the petition was missing. Korzeniowski

will not appear on the ballot in April. “That was just such a glaring problem that and it seemed to speak really to the heart of fraud issues,” Kartha said. She added that having an uncontested election gives the board “continuity” in their work with racial equity in education. “(Racial equity has) been a focus of mine since I joined the board six years ago, but I would say this board, in particular, has really prioritized that,” she said. “It’s a focus of us holistically, certainly the majority of the board.” Tanyavutti said much of her work on the board has been centered around equity, but she

emphasized that lots of issues that have come up in the board’s discussions are ongoing processes. Seeing these concerns develop into policy in the future is one of the primary reasons why Tanyavutti said she is seeking reelection. “I feel energized by continuing to be connected to our community and continuing to support policies that help our community live up to its highest ideals for itself,” Tanyavutti said. “I would like to be of support as long as I have something to contribute to that conversation, and I feel like I still do.”

that led them to choosing 7 to 9 a.m.,” Olander said. “If they’re not going to open a dining hall I appreciate them giving us food, but I wish it were more convenient.” Sudworth added that she thinks the food isn’t as high quality as it is at Sargent. Even in the cold, she said she would rather walk to another dining hall than eat a breakfast the University “could have put more effort” into, and that she was “considering going and buying some cereal.” There also aren’t as many options for students

with food restrictions, Sudworth said, a group the renovated dining hall will try to better serve. In the December email, Student Affairs staff wrote that Elder will be a place for “inclusive dining” and will cater to those who have food allergies or eat halal, kosher or vegetarian. “The Elder situation is like putting a BandAid on a big gaping wound,” Sudworth said. “They created the problem, and they’re trying to fix it, but their solution is horrible.”

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Committee introduces public benefits amendments By CATHERINE HENDERSON daily senior staffer @caity_henderson

At an Administration and Public Works Committee meeting Monday, city staff introduced amendments to an ordinance that requires developers to provide public benefits — features intended to minimize negative impacts on the Evanston community. A current city zoning ordinance lists nine public benefits new developers are expected to incorporate into their plans. At a City Council meeting in May, aldermen requested a clearer list of available public benefits for developers, raising concerns that the current language in the ordinance is up for interpretation. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) emphasized the importance of clear language in zoning rules to attract developers to Evanston. “What we’re trying to do with the discussion of public benefits is sharpen the view,” Wynne said. “Is there something out there in other municipalities with a good place to measure something?” According to city documents, public benefits aim to ease any negative impacts of construction on the city. The current ordinance lists historical preservation, sustainable design and additional affordable housing as possible public benefits for developers to include in their plans. The proposed amendments to the current ordinance would clarify the goals and categories of public benefits, as well as explain evaluation of site allowances granted to developers based on

NU astrophysicist may have captured birth of black hole ‘The Cow’

An international team of researchers led by physics Prof. Raffaella Margutti may have captured the creation of a black hole this summer, according to a University news release. The team’s telescopes found AT2018cow — a bright anomaly nicknamed “The Cow” — 200 million light years away. The researchers

their impact. By offering benefits, developers are rewarded with zoning allowances such as building height. City staff also listed evaluation standards to grant zoning changes. City staff also proposed adding a list of categories that includes examples for developers, from providing funding for infrastructure projects or public art to creating more than the required number of affordable units on site. However, Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) expressed concern that the ordinance does not ensure public benefits help all Evanston residents equally. Her ward is located in west Evanston, and she said she was worried her constituents would not see the same results as residents in downtown Evanston. “I want to stand firm on … looking towards some innovation so that we can include the broader city,” Simmons said. “The benefits are going to be for the downtown residents, and the benefits are going to be most needed for the residents outside of downtown.” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) agreed with Rue Simmons and said that though she supports development, she also wants the city to benefit from the developers looking to join the community. Rainey said they could look into a way to work with developers, having them support public benefits rather than “piling on extra” and disincentivizing investment. “I’m sure we’re not the only ones having this discussion,” Rainey said. “Let’s be creative and give it a try.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

analyzed several imaging sources before realizing they may have seen the exact moment a star collapsed to form “a compact object, such as a black hole or neutron star.” “Two hundred million light years is close for us, by the way,” Margutti said in the release, adding that The Cow is the closest object of its kind she and her team have ever found. Astronomers initially thought The Cow was a supernova. They later noted, however, that it was at least 10 times brighter than a typical supernova, and appeared and disappeared much faster than other star explosions.

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“We knew right away that this source went from inactive to peak luminosity within just a few days,” Margutti said in the release. “That was enough to get everybody excited because it was so unusual and, by astronomical standards, it was very close by.” To classify The Cow, Margutti and her team examined its chemical composition and viewed it with X-rays, hard X-rays, radio waves and gamma rays. This enabled them to continue studying it after its initial brightness faded, according to the release. “We know from theory that black holes and

neutron stars form when a star dies, but we’ve never seen them right after they are born,” Margutti said in the release. “Never.” The phenomenon, the release said, will help astronomers better understand the physics at play during the creation of a black hole or neutron star. Margutti presented her findings at the 233rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle on Jan 10. The research will later be published in the Astrophysical Journal.

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NU prepares for road test against No. 25 Indiana By MANASA PAGADALA

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After Sunday night’s loss to Purdue in Welsh-Ryan Arena, Northwestern is geared up to hit the road as the Wildcats face off against No. 25 Indiana on Wednesday night. Heading into their sixth Big Ten game of the season, NU (9-7, 2-3 Big Ten) currently stands at 2-3, with wins against Illinois and then-No. 15 Michigan State under their belts. Despite their losses to Rutgers and Michigan in their last two away games, the Cats hope to bounce back against the Hoosiers. In the last few minutes of the final period, a combined effort from senior forward Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah and sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam reduced a 13-point margin to one. Yet, in the final seconds of the game, a potential gamewinning shot rimmed out and two successful free throws from Purdue sealed the devastating loss for the Wildcats. The late-game comeback could not completely compensate for the lack of energy in the second quarter, as the Cats scored a total of seven points with only two baskets in the paint. The team finished the second quarter shooting a mere 18 percent from the floor, likely because of junior forward Abi Scheid’s absence

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due to injury. Without one of the team’s best outside shooters, the team struggled to shoot against Purdue, making around 37 percent of its shots from the field. Scheid was a powerhouse — in Northwestern’s first Big Ten win against Illinois, she secured her first double-double this season and racked up a career high of 25 points and 10 rebounds, marking the most points by a Northwestern player this season. Scheid’s injury has created an upset for the team and a new approach is needed as they face their next rival: Indiana (15-2, 4-1), defending champions of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Currently, the Hoosiers stand at 4-1 in conference with their only loss to Ohio State thus far by a five-point margin. Despite having a young team with eight of the 12 players being underclassmen, Indiana has held its own in the Big Ten conference. In its most recent game against Wisconsin, Indiana scored a program-record 37 points in the opening frame behind an 82.4 field goal percentage and a 5-for-6 clip from 3-point range. The team also boasts several star

players, including sophomore guard Jaelynn Penn, who was named last year to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and holds the team-high of 21 points so far this season. The Wildcats’ approach to Wednesday’s game is to take Purdue as a learning experience, according to coach Joe McKeown. While he was impressed by NU’s comeback against the Boilermakers in the last quarter, he said the team cannot afford offensive breakdowns in the second quarter moving forward. The Cats’ primary goal is to stop losing offensive rebounds, McKeown said, but he trusts that other players will step up as Scheid recovers. Junior center Abbie Wolf pulled through with six points and eight rebounds last game, and sophomore guard Jordan Hamilton led the team with six assists and added eight points. McKeown was impressed by the forwards — Kunaiyi-Akpanah and Wolf — in the last game and is hoping Pulliam and Hamilton maintain their fighting spirit against Purdue. As the team moves forward, McKeown said he wants the players to keep growing more comfortable in their roles. With vigorous training, he hopes the team will bounce back with a win on Wednesday night. manasapagadala2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats fall in first 2019 match NU boasts successful By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

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Despite having a number of opportunities to change the outcome of the match, Northwestern started off its season with a tough loss, falling to Memphis 5-2 on the road Sunday. Head coach Arvid Swan said the team had several chances to win the doubles point, but the team didn’t convert enough times. With the energy the team had, Swan said the score could’ve been “much closer.” The biggest brightspot for NU (0-1) in its loss Sunday to the Tigers (1-0) was the play of junior Dominik Stary in his singles matchup against Memphis’ Jeremy Taylor. Stary won both sets 6-3, accounting for one of NU’s two wins in singles play. The other win was courtesy of Chris Ephron, who defeated David Stevenson 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5). Stary said he thought having two years of experience playing college tennis may have given him the advantage over Taylor, even though Stary is known for being a doubles stalwart. “He played with tremendous effort, and he used momentum to his advantage in the match, which is something I think we need to make sure to emphasize as well this week,” Swan said. ”He’s a winner and plays at a very high level. He did a great job today, and I expect that to continue.” However, Stary mentioned the Cats need to find a way to turn these close losses into wins, something the team struggled with last year. In addition to individual tweaks Swan said he plans to make with him, Stary believes winning close matches is “definitely something we need to change and focus on.” Senior Ben Vandixhorn, who lost his doubles match with Antonioni Fasano 6-4, said that in order to win these tight matches, it is necessary to take advantage of the opportunities. “We got up a break 3-2 in the set and we had chances to go up 4-2, and we just couldn’t execute there and capitalize on that opportunity,” Vandixhorn said. “It turned into a dog fight

for the rest of the set, and they came up with some big shots at the end of the match.” With regards to NU’s performance in singles play, Swan said there were times the team got “a little too defensive,” and that he and assistant coach Chris Klingemann have to work with the team to put them in a better position to succeed moving forward. Swan also said it is important for the team to stay the course despite losing these close matches. In terms of the team’s energy, which was a major

focus heading into this season, Vandixhorn said he was pleased with the effort his teammates gave. “I think all the courts and the guys that weren’t playing collectively as a whole were able to bring a lot of energy, and you could feel it,” he said. “If we can bring similar energy and get in similar situations where we have chances to win the matches, then hopefully next time we can execute and learn from this weekend.” ericrynston-lobel2022@u.northwestern.edu

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No. 19 Northwestern began its spring season this weekend in the Miami Spring Invite, facing off against No. 17 Miami, No. 2 Vanderbilt and Kentucky. In their first event in over two months, the Wildcats impressed by taking nine of 12 matches in the tournament’s first day, and seven of 12 in day two. Though Sunday’s matches were cancelled due to rain, NU left the tournament with significant wins against worthy opponents and a great start to the season. In day one of the Miami Spring Invite, the Cats had more success than anyone else in the tournament. NU took six of eight singles matches against the hosting Hurricanes and three of four doubles matches against the Commodores. Freshman Clarissa Hand — ranked No. 100 in the nation — had a standout performance in which she defeated seventh-ranked Estela Perez-Somarriba from Miami in consecutive sets. Hand, originally from Moorestown, NJ, was a five-star recruit out of high school and is off to an impressive start to her collegiate career. Following this weekend’s performance, Hand said she is excited that both she and the team were able to begin the season on such a high note. “That match (against PerezSomarriba) started off pretty terribly,” Hand said. “But I think once I was able to calm down and really play my game, I was able to come out on top.” The first day similarly featured a noteworthy performance from junior Julie Byrne, who completed a three-set comeback victory against No. 82 Daniella Roldan. The two would later

secure victories against Vanderbilt in doubles play en route to an immensely productive first day of the tournament. “We hadn’t played in five weeks before this match,” coach Claire Pollard said. “So I was going in with my eyes wide open, and I think our girls did an outstanding job.” Day two of the tournament featured more solid performances from an NU team coming off its first Big Ten Championship since 2012. The Cats won five of eight singles matches against the Wildcats before splitting doubles matches with Miami, including another singles victory for Byrne. Weather played a role over much of the weekend, as NU battled both the blistering Miami heat and frequent rain. While the conditions were less than ideal to start the season, Byrne said she was pleased by the team’s response. “ We adapted really well to the conditions (in Miami)” she said. “Obviously we play a lot of indoor tennis so going outdoors is always difficult, especially with the heat.” On the third day, further inclement weather forced matches to be postponed or delayed. As a result, NU played unofficial exhibition matches, cancelling scheduled matches in singles against Vanderbilt and doubles against Kentucky. Following a 2018 season in which the Cats secured their first Big Ten Championship in years, Pollard said she isn’t budging her expectations after seeing the season start. “We just want to be the team that nobody wants to play against twice.” Pollard said. “We compete really hard, we present a tough opponent, and we embrace and enjoy the moment.” andrewmarquardt2021@u.northwestern. edu