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Holloway, Johnson present 2019 f iscal report By JACKSON MILLER

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Attendees learn about Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement. Burke will speak at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Jan. 27 as part of MLK Dream Week.

SHAPE holds Burke discussion Students discuss Tarana Burke, black female activist contributions

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Ahead of Tarana Burke’s keynote address for Martin

Luther King Jr. Dream Week on Jan. 27, 15 students gathered at the Women’s Center on Wednesday to discuss the #MeToo movement founder and her work with sexual assault survivors.

Burke created the phrase “Me Too” as a way for sexual assault survivors to communicate with one another, the Center for Awareness, Response and Education’s Assistant Director of Sexual

Violence Response Services and Advocacy Kyra Jones said. However, actress Alyssa Milano received attention for the term in a now-viral tweet » See BURKE, page 6

Provost Jonathan Holloway and Senior Vice President for Business and Finance Craig Johnson presented Northwestern’s 2019 financial report at the Faculty Senate Wednesday night in Scott Hall’s Guild Lounge. The presentation outlined the University’s fiscal performance in 2019 as well as its spending over the past decade. Faculty had a chance to ask questions of Holloway and Johnson. Holloway said achieving the past fiscal year’s $68.7 million budget surplus required a “big culture change” toward a more centralized Northwestern administration. “We have changed so many policies, practices and structures that it would be exquisitely difficult to run into the same kind of problem we ran into before,” Holloway said. Holloway said the administration hasn’t always needed such rigorous fiscal discipline because Northwestern had “so much cash wealth for such a long time.”

Given the past year’s fiscal success, Holloway said the University can now expand the faculty compensation pool, though only “modestly so.” “It will not be enough to make amends for the last two years, but I hope it is the beginning of a series of trends of growth in the compensation pool,” he said. Art history professor Claudia Swan asked how raises would be allocated considering the existing gap in compensation for female faculty. Holloway said the administration would follow up by drawing upon Northwestern data on its female faculty members’ salaries, Faculty Senate’s salary committee reports and the deans of each school. Johnson said the University spent $590.4 million on recruiting and replacing faculty during the past 10 years. Philosophy professor and past Faculty Senate president Baron Reed asked whether the administration tracks how spending on compensation is allocated between ordinary raises and retention offers. Johnson said this can be difficult to track since retention offers take a variety of forms, including direct salary adjustments. “We haven’t done the regression on our compensation levels » See SENATE, page 6

ASG gets ready Evanston Voter Initiative shot down for election season Petition won’t appear on ballot, supporters raise bias concerns

New commission selected prior to presidential cycle By YUNKYO KIM

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Associated Student Government voted members into a new election commission at this Wednesday’s session, signaling the beginning of its annual presidential election cycle. Composed of 7 undergraduate students unaffiliated with any campaigns, the commission is in charge of regulating major aspects of the ASG election, from the beginning to the end of the election period. When the president and executive vice president are voted into office in the second week of the spring quarter, the commission will formally dissolve. In the meantime, they will coordinate and promote the election, host debates, assess election materials, review election guidelines and publish petitions for candidacy. “We are there to make sure that the campaign is run in a way that is the best for students,” Margot Bartol, former election commissioner for the previous cycle, said. Members of the commission

also have the authority to judge instances of campaign infractions, and after three formal violations, they have the authority to remove a candidate from a ballot or consider articles of impeachment for newlyelected officials. Previous election commissions have punished campaigns for violations. Weinberg junior Sky Patterson was penalized by the commission in 2018 for going against “acceptable pre-campaign activities,” such as convening with students and organizations and developing non-promotional campaign materials. The commission had found that the campaign had recruited campaign staff before it was allowed and that it sent out a policy email that included minor promotional material. Patterson and her running mate were later elected and sworn in as executive leaders of ASG, before she resigned in December 2018 citing health and academic concerns. Henry Molnar, a Weinberg senior and ASG chief of staff who had served in the election commission during Patterson’s campaign, said he chose to join it again as he thought it was an integral role in conflict resolution “Election commissions are most » See ASG, page 6

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The Municipal Officers Electoral Board sustained the objection to the Evanston Voter Initiative in a 2-1 vote during their hearing Wednesday, but the petitioners and supporters of the initiative claimed the proceedings were biased. The Evanston Voter Initiative is a petition that aims to create a pathway for Evanston residents to create and pass ordinances. The hearing decided that the referendum question concerning the initiative will not be on the March 17 ballot. The petitioners, resident Allie Harned and former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Evanston Voter Initiative’s legal counsel, said they will appeal this decision in a higher court. During the hearing, Mayor Steve Hagerty and Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) voted for both parts of the objection while City Clerk Devon Reid — the third member of the board — voted against. After the objection was sustained, the board unanimously voted to adopt a written decision. The first section of the objection argued the Illinois constitution does not allow binding

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Petitioners of Evanston Voter Initiative (left) and objectors to the initiative (right) at Wednesday’s hearing.

referenda on a local question of public policy. “There are going to be inherent ways conflict with the existing ways in which law is passed in Evanston,” former 7th Ward

alderman Jane Grover said. The petitioners argued that binding referenda are legal because the power of the voters is equal to the power of the City Council, so each body has the

right to submit referenda. “Constitutional debates make it clear that voters have the identical power of a council to put a » See EVI, page 6

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EPL branch at Robert Crown likely to open soon By MAIA SPOTO

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The Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees discussed plans for the new EPL branch at the Robert Crown Community Center in a Monday meeting. Although hundreds of community members attended an ice hockey tournament at the Robert Crown Center’s “soft opening” last Saturday, EPL’s project manager John Devaney said the EPL branch will not officially open until early February. “We’re a bit behind the eight ball, with the construction,” Devaney said. “But we’re working feverishly.” Robert Crown’s open ice rinks are in a separate building than the EPL branch, which shares a structure with meeting rooms and a gymnasium. Weather complications and structural iron difficulties delayed the construction process for EPL’s building, Devaney said. Devaney said the team is waiting on the delivery of shelving units, books and machinery, which will be set up after construction concludes. He said the city granted a temporary certificate of occupancy for the team to open the building, although it is still cordoned off as a construction site. Assistant Library Director Teri Campbell said the upcoming Robert Crown branch has provided many hiring opportunities. She said the library is currently extending offers to staff and plans to partner with local high schools to recruit for internships.

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Assistant Library Director Teri Campbell discusses new hiring opportunities at the Robert Crown Community Center. The EPL Board of Trustees met to vote on a contract and discuss Robert Crown’s delayed opening Monday evening.

Campbell also said EPL’s Racial Equity Task Force focused on multiple types of opening strategies for Robert Crown, which included the production of

videos to encourage minorities, especially the Latinx community, to visit the new library branch. The team met Sunday evening to discuss diversity and inclusion There are no leads or descriptions of a suspect.

Paddleboard stolen at Dempster Street Beach

and there is no description of a suspect. The theft took place in the 1200 block of Lake Shore Boulevard.

A paddleboard was stolen from the Dempster Street beach on Tuesday between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., Evanston police said. The male Evanston resident was on the lake while the paddleboard was left unattended on the beach, Evanston police Cmndr. Brian Henry said. The watercraft is valued at around $2,000,

Shots were fired on Wednesday around 1 a.m. in the 1100 block of Fowler Avenue. An Evanston police officer heard the shots from a block away and alerted other officers. Officers checked the area, but nothing was found, Henry said.

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Shots fired on Fowler Avenue

Man arrested for suspended license

A 28-year-old male Skokie resident was arrested on Monday around 9 a.m. for a suspended license after a stop sign violation traffic stop, Henry said. The arrest took place in the 2100 block of Grant Street. — Molly Burke

education efforts to train new staff members at Robert Crown and throughout EPL. Trustee Rachel Hayman said she appreciated the curriculum’s interactive multimedia approach. “For someone like myself, who’s actually done a fair amount of equity training before, it’s a nice refresher,” Hayman said. “But then it brings the training into the world of the library. It’s a really excellent curriculum.” The board also voted unanimously to approve a janitorial work contract with Total Building Service, Inc at its Monday meeting. Bids were several thousand dollars higher for this process than in previous years because bidders were required to comply with Illinois’ minimum wage increase, Devaney said. Total Building Service did not offer the lowest bid for the three-year, annually renewable contract. But the company, a certified woman owned business enterprise with “geographically sensitive” hiring practices, complies with the “city’s minority goals,” Devaney said. Total Building Service has worked for the city without a contract since Dec. 1. EPL is still finishing up the prior year’s finances, Campbell said, but they have achieved at least 97 percent of revenue and 90 percent of expenditures for the total library fund. She said EPL and its endowment fund are in great financial shape. “We are moving forward, happy and healthy,” Campbell said. maiaspoto2023@u.northwestern.edu

Setting the record straight An article published in Wednesday’s paper titled “Devon Horton prioritizes students” misidentified the name of one of Horton’s former colleagues. Horton’s former colleague’s name is CJ Rodgers. The Daily regrets the error.

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STEM professors talk gender equity By ANUSHUYA THAPA

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Northwestern’s Chemistry of Life Processes Institute held a panel discussion between female scholars in STEM on Wednesday at the Technological Institute, with the event attracting so many students that it became standing-room only. Sheila Judge, senior director at the CLP, opened the event, which was co-sponsored by One Book One Northwestern. “The stories women tell each other are essential to our survival,” Judge said. The panel consisted of Weinberg profs. Teri Odom and Heather Pinkett and McCormick profs. Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Danielle Tullman-Ercek. They spoke about inclusion in academia and STEM fields, their personal and professional lives and mental health issues. The professors said academia can be lonely for women and people of color, and they emphasized the importance of building friendships. “It was much harder to have a group of friends when I was in academia as an assistant professor,” de la Cruz said. “When you are in this career, you need a group of friends that supports you, nominates you, reviews your work and knows what you’re doing.” Pinkett also emphasized the importance of “building a network.” She said how her graduate school friends continued to act as a support group for her and had an unspoken rule of allowing each other to vent and talk about their problems. Responding to a question regarding how to tackle the lack of diversity in media, Odom, chair of the department of chemistry, noted that many of the metrics used to judge candidates are “male-centric.” “Awards, numbers of papers and conference talks are often designed for somebody that went through the system the way (they) did,” Tullman-Ercek said.

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A panel comprising Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Teri Odom, Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Harriet Pinkett, and Sheila Judge. They discuss women in STEM at an event sponsored by One Book.

She said a metric based on “how far (a candidate) had come” was an important consideration to be made during recruitment. Odom said issues of diversity have become more prominent in hiring and recruitment as conversations in academia have become more inclusive. The panel also responded to career-related questions and encouraged the audience to broaden their academic horizons. Odom emphasized attending diverse talks and exposing yourself to new research ideas. “Go to as many talks as you can stomach outside your area of expertise so that you have a more global perspective,” she said. After the event, Pinkett said they had “an amazing turnout” and had attracted a larger crowd than she anticipated. Kelly Parker, a graduate student and

attendee, thought the talk was relevant, as advocating for diversity in science is important to women in STEM. “Along the pipeline, you see fewer and fewer women as you go higher in academia,” she said. “So I think it’s really nice to hear from women who have been really successful in their fields, and that kind of advice is really what we need. Women look for mentors who are other women like them.” Pinkett, who also serves as co-chair of One Book One Northwestern 2019-20, said the event served to spotlight “women who are hidden figures.” “This is a perfect venue,” she said. “Not only to talk about our research but also to talk about our personal lives and how we navigate both.” anushuya@u.northwestern.edu

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Vertigo to feature student comedians in new show By JENNIFER ZHAN

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Winter quarter can be rough. Communication junior Anthony Roytman said it’s important to give people the opportunity to start it off with laughter. As the special events and new music chair for Vertigo Productions, Roytman organized “A New Shack Laugh Track,” a stand-up comedy show featuring student comedians.The show will run at Shanley Pavilion on Jan. 17 and 18. “We wanted this to be a friendly opportunity for student comics to try out new jokes or workshop older material,” Roytman said, “and just have (it be) as inviting a space for people as possible.” “A New Shack Laugh Track,” will feature seven students, including Communication sophomore Billy O’Handley. The self-described “absurdist” comedian joked that

open mics and comedy shows are ways for comedians to get the “immediate love” and attention they seek, but added that the shows are also provide feedback. “You can take a joke and analyze it as much as you want in the confines of your room or with your friends,” O’Handley said, “but the only way to see if something actually works is to try it in front of a crowd.” Through open mics, Communication senior and performer Diego Abraham said he’s learned that stand-up comedy requires him to adjust to audience reactions in the moment. Gaining experience can also help shape sets, he said. For example, if Abraham forgets what he’s talking about during stand-up, he now pulls out his notebook and congratulates himself for the jokes he’s just told, making the audience laugh before continuing. “When you’re on stage, your brain’s going so quick, it doesn’t operate in a way that you could be pragmatic about it,” Abraham said. “You’re like, ‘I need to make them laugh in the next half second, how can I do that?’”

Abraham said he’s still not skilled enough to recover smoothly from bombing, or telling a joke that gets no laughs. At one point, he quit “A New Shack Laugh Track,” but said Roytman had reassured him this would not be a high-pressure event. “A lot of people on Vertigo, myself included, also write new work and are familiar with how obstructive stress can be,” Roytman said. “(Having) this event be for the performers and be as helpful as it can for them is the main goal, so that kind of manifested in keeping the event laid back.” Roytman said Vertigo Productions tries to consider what stories are important to tell on campus when the board is choosing plays. The junior said he has tried to bring that same philosophy to this event, because comedy can also come from a diverse array of experiences. Roytman tried to select comedians on the basis of who reached out first. The performer setlist includes students from all grades and experience levels, from those who perform stand-up in Chicago to those who will be trying stand-up for the first time through

the show. “(The stand-up comedy scene at Northwestern is) pretty bad in terms of number and exclusivity of opportunities,” Abraham said. “There’s shows where there’s limited spots and unless you’ve been doing stand up before, it’s almost not going to happen. Or you can do these dirty basement shows, so (“A New Shack Laugh Track”) seems to kind of be in the nice middle.” O’Handley said the amount of talent at Northwestern sets a high bar for comedians. He said the school’s improv scene, like its academic culture, is a pressure cooker of people trying to get ahead and sharpen their craft. But O’Handley ultimately focuses stand up comedy on the audience. With “A New Shack Laugh Track,” he said he’s not trying to send any grand messages. “I just hope that they laugh,” O’Handley said. “That’s the only thing I care about.” jenniferzhan2022@u.northwestern.edu

‘Modernisms’ showcases Asian, Middle Eastern culture By YUNKYO KIM

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In the 1960s and 70s, Abby Weed Grey traveled through Asia and the Middle East collecting works of modernism, a movement that, even now, is widely perceived as a Western phenomenon. The collection is a permanent installation at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery, which Grey established in 1974. At Northwestern, the 114 paintings, sculptures and drawings out of Grey’s collection will be on display from Jan. 21 to April 5 at the Block Museum of Art. Patrons can enjoy a boundless, vibrant collection including the works of Parviz Tanavoli, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi and Faramarz Pilaram. “Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection,” does more than comment on the plurality of nonWestern modernist art. The new collection celebrates expression, cultural significance and transnational dialogue, Lindsay Bosch, senior manager of marketing and communications at Block, said. “It’s not modernism, it’s modernisms,” Bosch said. “We are showcasing new forms of global modernism that visitors may not be aware of.” Through this exhibit, audiences can reevaluate modernism, a genre that abandons traditional artistic conventions for experimentation, as a movement not merely beyond the west, but in dual-dialogue within a globalizing world, Bosch said. In highlighting the variety of modern art, the Block hopes to contribute to its growing repertoire of diverse exhibits in its “year of global modernisms,” Bosch said. Museum visitors can explore the exhibit in three sections separated by nation. The “year of global modernisms,” which commenced with last quarter’s “Pop América, 19651975,” refocuses the lens on mid-20th century art to non-Western sides of the world, bringing culturally

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Keep Slim by Vivan Sundaram. The collage of ink and photographs is a part of 114 modernist artworks from Iran, Turkey and India in the forthcoming “Modernism” Block exhibit.

significant artworks from Latin America, the Middle East, India, Mexico and more. Each exhibit happens in conjunction with film events, conversations with local artists and other special programming.

“Modernism” will be displayed alongside a companion installment, “Regional Modernisms: Works from the Block’s Permanent Collection,” juxtaposing American contributions on modernism.

The works featured in “Modernisms” are products of the cultural and political context of their era, and the museum curators are aware of the implications of such collection, Michael Metzger, Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts, said. Abby Weed Grey was a white American who collected Asian and Middle Eastern art. The curators will promote the artworks with an emphasis on the artists’ heritage, Kathleen Bickford Berzock, associate director of curatorial events, said “When you look at Abby Weed Grey’s collection and her interests, you can’t separate it from her identity as an American,” Berzock said. “While this is a collection that comes from NYU and was created by a particular woman with a particular perspective, we are very interested in foregrounding the perspectives and experiences of the artists themselves.” Metzger said they were in a unique position to discuss the political context of the artwork. Block Museum will engage graduate students in the department of art history at Northwestern to discuss the cultural connotations of the work in the modern era. Several special events will occur throughout the quarter to supplement the exhibition. The opening conversation on Jan. 22 will feature a discussion between three graduate students studying “multiple modernities.”Throughout the quarter, the Block will host gallery talks by students who study the artistic cultures of Iran, Turkey and India. Metzger said he looks forward to showing works of Asian and Middle Eastern art that combine tradition, heritage and globalization, as well as witnesses to the political context of that era. “The really exciting dialogue that the visitors of the exhibit will get to participate in is seeing how modernism was not really a contradiction of the traditional forms of artmaking,” Metzger said. “(Modernism) created a really rich and complex intersection between tradition and modernity.” yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Students call for color-conscious casting in productions By AARON WANG

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When RTVF professor Henry Godinez graduated from a classical acting program, his first TV role was a Columbian drug dealer who burst into a family’s birthday party and massacred a room of children. He then auditioned to play a Puerto Rican murderer for another show, but said his casting director wouldn’t hire him due to his lack of a Spanish accent. “I started to realize people didn’t look at me the way I thought they did,” said Godinez, who, frustrated by the lack of opportunities he saw as a Latino actor, later shifted his focus to teaching. “They just looked at me as somebody with a ‘Z’ in their name that has dark features, who should play bad guys, rapists and drug dealers.” Despite significant improvement in telling culturally specific stories on stage, Godinez said students of color in theater still endure the repercussions of stereotypical casting at Northwestern. Only getting call-backs for roles that are culturally specific, students said, limits their opportunities to explore abundant acting experiences and perpetuates myths surrounding their races and ethnicities. Communication junior Valen-Marie Santos, who grew up in a Latino community in South Florida, said she never felt her identity could inhibit her potential in theatre until coming to Northwestern. In acting class, Santos said classmates would praise her performances with racially charged vocabulary like “hot” and “spicy,” comments that students of other ethnicities did not receive. For a long time, Santos said she would only be cast to play “either a slut or a mom,” reinforcing stereotypes of Latina women. “There is a mindset that if the role’s ethnicity is not specified, it’s default white,” Santos said. “I feel like sometimes I enter a room and I am cut off from consideration for so many things just because of how I look and how I read.” Santos added that due to the limited students of color in Northwestern’s theater program, casting

directors often mix their identities while choosing their casts. She said she once got a call back for a Korean American role, which she didn’t feel comfortable playing. To combat this situation, theater students and faculty members are calling for more color-conscious casting among student production groups at Northwestern. Aside from opposing racism, Godinez said, casting directors should also be intentional about honoring culture and fostering equity with their character decisions. For classic shows like Shakespeare and Arthur Miller, Godinez added, casting culturally specific actors for white roles in contemporary adaptations has the capacity to inspire new interpretations and dialogue in modern times. For example, Wirtz Center’s latest production, “Julius Caesar,” assembles a diverse cast from various races, ethnicities and gender identities despite its setting in ancient Rome. The play’s director, third-year MFA student Danielle Roos, said she aimed to bring new voices and perspectives to Shakespeare’s great tragedy in the casting process. Three out of four of the main characters are going to be portrayed by actors of color, with a black man playing the titular role of Julius Caesar. “Julius Caesar is about one generation making decisions that the younger generation has to pay for,” Roos said. “I find that important to tell this story with people of different identities, because that’s the way our country looks like right now.” Godinez said as a professor, he will continue to invite students to reimagine the role of race and ethnicity in theater. Through using race-blind casting practices, Godinez said he encourages students to be more empathetic with each other. “We go through a lot of the same scope of human experience, and that universality is what we want audiences to identify,” Godinez said. “Because in the end, we are all more similar than we are different.” Janeá Wilson contributed reporting. xuandiwang2022@u.northwestern.edu

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‘Third Coast Percussion’ talk career, Grammy nomination By WILSON CHAPMAN

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This is the second in a series of prof iles of Northwestern Alumni nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

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When Third Coast Percussion receives a Grammy nomination, the first person Peter Martin (Bienen Masters ‘04, Doctorate ‘11) always hears from is his little sister. “She’s kind of like my number one fan,” he said laughing. “She’s always excited for the Grammys, and she’s always the first person to notify me. She sits on her computer just waiting for the nominations. So that’s always great to hear from her.” Third Coast Percussion is a musical ensemble based in Chicago. Composed of four Northwestern alumni, the group focuses on classical percussion music, especially music commissioned for the group or written by the members. Third Coast won a Grammy in 2017 for its recording of the work of American composer Steve Reich. This year, they were nominated again for their album “Perpetulum,” featuring the work of Philip Glass and Gavin Bryars, as well as original work composed by the members of the ensemble. “It feels great to be nominated,”Third Coast member

David Skidmore (Bienen ‘05).“For years, people maybe didn’t consider percussion ensemble music as serious as music for a string quartet or an orchestra. But we feel with this past win and this nomination, the music we play is coming into its own and is treated as just as important as all these classical music types.” Most of the members of Third Coast met at Northwestern, graduating between 2002 and 2006, and were all mentored by the then head of the percussion program Michael Burritt, Martin said. In 2006, the group started collaborating and playing in small local venues. They slowly grew in renown until 2013, when the members were able to quit their jobs to work full-time in the ensemble. According to Martin, while percussion ensembles are common in music conservatories like Bienen, professional examples are very rare. As such, when the group started, they had very few groups to model themselves after. The group was passionate about the repertoire of classical percussion, however, and wanted to focus on the artform. Initially, they took inspiration from professional string quartets, while also working to establish themselves as a unique group. “Those first few years were fun,” Martin said. “We learned a lot in those early days about how we wanted to identify ourselves as musicians and as an ensemble.” Sean Connors (Bienen Masters ‘06) said the group sometimes thinks of themselves as “musical omnivores,” in that they incorporate many different styles and traditions into their music, as almost every cultural music tradition incorporates percussion instruments. The group also experiments with multiple different instruments, from standard percussion instruments like drums and cymbals and keyboards to instruments from specific cultures like the Zimbabwean mbira to found objects like pots and salad bowls. Connors said that as a group, Third Coast is primarily interested in performing original work, as

opposed to putting out recordings of their interpretations of classics like many traditional string quartets do. Although their previous Grammy nominated album was a recording of the already published work of Steve Reich, their album nominated this year, “Perpetulum,” consists of material that was entirely commissioned or written by the ensemble. The title piece was written for them by Phillip Glass, and Skidmore wrote a multimovement work called “Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities,” that makes up the entirety of the first disc of the album. Martin and member Robert Dillon (Bienen ‘02) also contributed pieces to the “Perpetulum,” and the album concludes with the 21-minute piece “The Other Side of the River” by Gavin Byers. “At the time we recorded this album, we were the only group in the world playing this music,” Connors said. “So that was about getting that music out into the world.” Dillon said that one of the reasons why the group is passionate about the music they produce is because of their strong working relationship; although he has heard horror stories about chamber groups who can’t stand each other, the group gets along with one another and are constantly pushing each other to be better artists. Dillon said that, although the Grammy nominations are an honor, all the members of the group are in it because of their dedication to the music rather than a need for recognition. “Nobody becomes a classical percussion ensemble because they want to be as famous as they can be, nobody is in it for the money or is in it for the fame” Dillon said. “At the end of the day, none of us are in it for the awards. But the award feels really great. And it feels like an incredible recognition for what the community of percussionists are doing to become a part of the larger musical culture.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Third Coast Percussion. The group is nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammys for their 2019 album “Perpetulum.”

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that urged women to come forward and share their stories of assault when the movement began. The Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators hosted the event where students shared their experiences with the movement, starting from the first moment that the hashtag began popping up in their Twitter feeds. Throughout the two-hour event, the group discussed Burke’s focus on helping survivors and the erasure of black female activists. “It’s easy to ignore social justice movements,” Weinberg senior Suzanna DePeri said. “Black women aren’t in the forefront of our media in the same way that white women or any man is, so it’s so easy to not dig deep and not look into what black women are doing.” Burke was not the only black female activist that Jones sought to highlight in the evening’s presentation. Toward the end of the discussion, Jones had attendees break into small groups and research other black female activists. Jones said many students she talked to before the event — even those involved with SHAPE — did not know about Burke’s work, which led her to host this discussion to help educate students on Burke’s activism. “I started telling people Tarana Burke is coming, and I got a lot of blank stares from people,” Jones said. “I wanted a space for people to discuss the work she’s already done and why we don’t all collectively associate her first with #MeToo and what that means and how the issue of erasure of black women’s work in activist organizing spaces is an issue beyond Tarana.” Jones added that Burke exemplifies an activist who led grassroots campaigns to generate change, just like Martin Luther King, Jr. SHAPE’s student director Sam Berston said he hopes that the evening will have a positive impact on the Northwestern community’s awareness of sexual assault. “Combatting sexual violence is something that originates in our communities and is something that is really imbeded in our culture,” Berston said. “So, I think talking about these issues in a public forum and just emphasizing that this is something we really care about can actually have an impact in changing people’s behavior and decreasing sexual violence.”

and then people coming and asking for retentions, but we certainly do use the data the Senate comes up with,” he said. Johnson said the administration asks the deans to examine this as well, and Holloway added most retention actions are overseen by deans. Holloway also said the administration tries to avoid “retentions that keep eating.” “If we are making measured guesses that if we are retaining somebody who has a successful research

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From page 1 referendum on the ballot,” Quinn said. The second paragraph said the Evanston Voter Initiative was “too confusing” for Evanston residents. This was refuted by the petitioners, who said all Evanston residents could understand it, and this was not a legal basis to deny their petition. After the decision was confirmed, the city’s special counsel Daniel Bolin and Hagerty said the decisions were written before Wednesday’s hearing began. Quinn argued Bolin was biased against the initiative because of the manner in which he wrote up the final decisions. Reid said he felt uncomfortable with the process, as more attention was paid to the written

portfolio, ideally it will either pay for itself from the beginning or will start paying for itself within a few years,” he said. Referencing high turnover rates, McCormick professor Hermann Riecke asked how the administration plans to better retain departmental staff at Northwestern. Johnson cited the December hiring of a new vice president of human relations, former Motorola executive Manuel Cuevas-Trisán, as well as plans to have an increased faculty and staff pool in fiscal year 2020. “It is a very hot labor market now,” he said. “We’ve seen it particularly in IT.There’s a lot of folks departing

for high-paying jobs in the data analytics industry and others.” The Senate session ended soon after Holloway and Johnson finished presenting. Faculty Senate President and Feinberg professor Lois Hedman congratulated a few professors on various recent achievements, acknowledged Craig LaMay being named interim dean of Northwestern University in Qatar and said numerous Senate committees may be ready to present work at the next Senate meeting on February 19.

decision favoring the objection. The objectors were given 10 minutes to state their case but did not use the full time allotted, after which Bolin posed questions to Quinn. Quinn said the questions favored the objectors even though Bolin is supposed to be a neutral party as the city’s special counsel. “It’s almost as if we’ve hired an attorney for the objectors,” Reid said. The petitioners then asked to see the files created by Bolin. Hagerty refused to share them, saying the board had client-attorney privilege. Quinn said because the board and their special counsel are public agents, they legally had to share the documents. The board voted 2-1 against sharing the documents. Hagerty and Rainey voted to keep the documents private while Reid voted to release them to

the public. “The Freedom of Information Act, by the way, says public information belongs to the public,” Quinn said. The residents in attendance expressed frustration with the proceedings during breaks and public comment. Carolyn Murray said she feels the board had clear ethical issues. Meg Welch said this decision is “disenfranchising” and was a “political decision.” Rainey previously proposed a meeting between Quinn, Grover — main spokesperson for the objection — and Bolin, but it was unclear if this still will happen. The hearing was adjourned by the board after accusations were made by Quinn.

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professors to make announcements of the election in their classes. Bartol said that she was excited for the new generation of election commissioners and maintained that any election year can bring discussions of ethical conduct in campaigning. “ASG comes to a little bit of a chaotic state when we decide to elect a new president and an executive

vice president,” Bartol said. “Things kind of go crazy but it’s fun.” Freshman senator Zach Kessel, who is a Daily columnist, also introduced a resolution on preserving freedom of speech on college campuses. It was postponed indefinitely, at 12-11-5. yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu

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When Chris Collins recruited Vic Law out of high school, the head coach told the forward two things. He was going to make the NCAA Tournament, and then Law was going to become a professional basketball player. The first promise came true in 2017. Then, on Saturday, the second one came true — along with some history: Law became the first player in the Collins era at Northwestern to sign an NBA contract. The Orlando Magic signed Law to a two-way deal, giving the former Wildcats forward a guaranteed NBA contract and the chance to get minutes on a playoff team. “It was exciting to know that the hard work was paying off and that I’m inching a little closer to the ultimate dream,” Law told the Daily. “Piece-by-piece, it’s all come together. Now it feels like I’m hitting a groove and playing consistently.” Law finished his college career in 2019 with 1,442 points and 711 rebounds, which are some of the best

marks in the Wildcats’ history. But even though Law was a proven scorer and All-Big Ten defender in college, he went undrafted by the NBA in June and barely played in the 2019 NBA Summer League for Orlando. The Magic still liked enough of what they saw to invite Law to the team’s preseason training camp. When that worked out well, Law was offered a chance to join the Magic’s G League team, and Law averaged 18.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game for the minor league Lakeland Magic this season. Law started to receive more NBA attention in December, and the Magic offered Law a two-way contract to guarantee that Law wouldn’t get picked up by another team. Law said his experience with the Cats made the transition to professional basketball quicker than he expected. “Northwestern, through all the ups and downs, provided me with a sense of maturity,” Law said. “Coach Collins’ NBA style of offense was good for me to really adapt to all the different coverages and play calls in the NBA. Then eventually I got more comfortable with the Magic’s system and the speed of the game.” Before signing the two-way contract, Law was likely making around

the base G League salary of $35,000. Now Law will receive a guaranteed salary of $80,000 –– more than a 125 percent raise. The Magic are able to send Law back and forth between the NBA and the G League as much as the team wants, but Law can make more than $300,000 if he spends the rest of the year in the NBA. Law remained in the G League after signing the two-way contract Saturday, and said he wasn’t sure how much time he’d spend in the NBA the rest of the season. He’s said he’s anticipating getting a call from his agent telling him to get to Orlando. Even though Law is still in the G League, Collins said the signing is a big moment for NU. The Cats have only had two players make it to the NBA this century, and Collins said he was proud to see one of his former players get an opportunity. “It’s great for our program as well because guys want a chance to play at the next level,” Collins said. “And now we have a great example of a local guy who chose to stay home and come here, make the NCAA Tournament, and now he’s playing in the NBA.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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If Northwestern wasn’t already fired up for a road matchup against a ranked Big Ten rival in one of college basketball’s most iconic arenas, this week’s AP Poll voters just added fuel to the fire. The Wildcats, fresh off back-to-back wins and sitting in a tie for first place in the conference, received votes but were left outside of the Top 25 for the fourth straight week when the AP announced its Week 11 rankings on Monday. The next two weeks — with five games against three ranked or recently-ranked teams — may be the biggest of NU’s season. The Cats (14-2, 4-1 Big Ten) will kick them off with a chance to make perhaps their biggest statement so far: against No. 15 Indiana. “(The team) wants to be recognized,” coach Joe McKeown said. “They’re working really hard… Are we a top-20 team? Some days. We can beat a lot of people, but we gotta clean some things up.” On paper, NU and the Hoosiers (14-3, 4-1) carry similar resumes. Both are currently part of a four-way tie for the top spot in the Big Ten. Both followed big wins — the Cats’ to then-No. 12 Maryland on Dec. 31, Indiana’s to in-state rival Purdue on Jan. 9 — with losses to a hot Iowa team after NU dropped to the Hawkeyes on Jan. 5, and the Hoosiers on Jan. 12. Indiana boasts the second-highest scoring offense in the Big Ten, averaging 75.6 points per game, and the seventh-best field-goal percentage (48.3) of any team in the country, up at the top with the likes of No. 4 UConn and No. 6 Oregon. The Cats do feature the Big Ten’s second-best scoring defense, allowing only 53.3 points per game, but the last time they faced a team that shot this well, it dominated the game and handed them their first Big Ten loss. “When we turn people over, you gotta turn that into baskets,” McKeown said. “That’s when we’re really good. We can throw daggers.” NU will have to shut down the Hoosiers’ leading scorers, guards Ali Patberg and Grace Berger. Patberg, a triple-threat junior, averages 13 points and nearly 5 assists per game, while Berger dropped 6

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Northwestern delivered a haymaker in its season opener, claiming a 6-1 win over Illinois State in a match where the Redbirds posed little threat to the Wildcats. NU (1-0) dove into the match headfirst, taking the doubles point after a pair of thoroughly dominant performances. First, sophomores Steven Forman and Trice Pickens smothered ISU’s Aleksa Lazarevic and Nam Pham, 6-1. Then, senior duo Chris Ephron and Dominik Stary pulled away from Brandon Lew and Melker Isaksson of the Redbirds, 6-3. The third doubles pair, comprised of junior Nick Brookes and sophomore Simen Bratholm, saw their match halted; Brookes and Bratholm led ISU’s Jorge Adair Bartra Quispe and Diego Le Gal Perez 5-4 upon suspension. Bratholm made up for his first match’s abrupt end by giving the Cats their first singles point, handling Lazarevic 6-2, 6-2. Stary and Pickens assured NU of the win shortly thereafter, beating Quispe 6-2, 6-1 and Pham 6-1, 6-4, respectively. The Cats applied the coup de grace with window-dressing triumphs from Forman (6-0, 7-5 over Perez) and Brookes (6-4, 6-4 over Pol Botifoll Rius). The Redbirds found a small measure of

vindication in the final match of the night — Isaksson defeated freshman Russell Berdusco, 7-5, 7-5. NU is coming off an up-and-down 2019 campaign where the Cats opened the season 0-3, string together a fivematch winning streak in a nine-day span in February, and ended on a 1-4 skid. A telling stat for NU was the disparity between its home and away records: the Cats were 10-4 in Evanston, and 3-9 on the road. A slew of key pieces, however, have returned from last season’s team. Stary has played 66 matches in three years in the No. 1 spot in singles and doubles. Brookes was 12-5 in doubles in 2019, and Pickens and Bratholm each gained valuable experience their freshman years. Forman, on the other hand, transferred from Michigan in the offseason and will look to contribute right away. The Troy, Michigan native was a decorated recruit coming out of high school, being named Michigan’s Mr.Tennis in 2018 and twice garnering All-American honors. The match marked the first of four matches in a five-day span for NU. On Friday, the Cats will meet NC State at the Combe Tennis Center, a formidable foe that shut out NU 4-0 in 2019. After a day off, the Cats will play a doubleheader Sunday, clashing with Memphis at noon before taking on IUPUI at 5:30 in the evening. patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu

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points in her team’s loss to Iowa. Indiana’s losses thus far — to the Hawkeyes in double overtime, to No. 2 Baylor in November and No. 7 UCLA in December — have all had a common thread: In those games, the Hoosiers struggled from deep. With a 31.8 percent season average, the Hoosiers aren’t particularly sharp from three, but against the Bears and the Bruins, Indiana went 6-for36 from behind the arc. Against Iowa, Patberg and Berger shot a combined 0-for-10 from deep. The Cats have shut down the three-ball before; in its 81-58 win over Maryland earlier this season, NU forced the usually sharp-shooting Terrapins to go 4-for-18 from behind the arc. “Our main key emphasis was ball pressure,” junior guard Jordan Hamilton said about their defensive efforts against

Purdue. “We just figured if we were able to rattle them a little bit, throw the first punch and keep on punching, that would spark our motivation to keep going.” On their own offensive end, the Cats have seen a relatively quiet last few games from junior guard Lindsey Pulliam. The Maryland native still leads the team with 18.5 points per game, but struggled from field-goal range against Minnesota and Purdue, shooting 7-for-35 from the floor across the two matchups. But Pulliam has found her groove against the Hoosiers before. She had the best game of her career to date as a freshman on her first trip to Assembly Hall on Feb. 4, 2018, dropping 33 points and hitting 13 field goals in a close 78-73 loss. A year later, she returned to Bloomington and scored 27 points in NU’s six-point win on Jan. 16, 2019. The Cats will hope she can do the same when she returns to the Carnegie Hall of college basketball on Thursday. ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu

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Sydney Wood guard a ball handler. The Wildcats boast the league’s second-best scoring defense, giving up only 53.3 points per game.