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City plans on making buildings ‘solar-ready’

Resident advocacy key to progress on renewable energy

By SAMANTHA STEVENS the daily northwestern @its_samstevens

Solar panels power three of the city’s buildings: the Evanston Ecology Center, Levy Senior Center and Evanston Water Treatment Plant. Now, the city is planning to contract outside developers to increase its solar energy usage.

Evanston plans to use solar power purchase agreements, which involve having outside developers finance, install and maintain the solar panels. In exchange, the city would buy power generated by the panels from the developer, in a system that would minimize the upfront costs of solar power for Evanston.

Sustainability and Resilience Coordinator Cara Pratt said solar power purchase agreements are a financially sustainable way for the city to install solar panels.

“Any city facility that has appropriate sunlight and a new enough roof should eventually have solar panels,”

3 CAMPUS/Letterless Kresge Kresge letters go missing, sign remains blank — faculty, students question consequences

Pratt said. “That’s what we’re working towards, and in the past, it’s just been a matter of resource constraints.”

Two key components ensure a structure is solarready, according to City Engineer Lara Biggs.

The building’s roof must be suitable for solar panels, which generally involves being fairly flat and unshaded. The building’s electrical panels must also have enough capacity to use the solar power generated, Biggs said.

“Instead of worrying about how to install solar, now we worry about how to make our buildings solar-ready so that they’re ready for solar installation,” Biggs said.

The Robert Crown Community Center, completed in 2020, was designed to have solar panels, though they have yet to be installed.

The city is now preparing to solicit proposals from private companies to install these panels.

“Our first focus is on installing solar at the Robert Crown Community Center, which always contemplated having solar on the roof,” Pratt said. “Moving forward for any new municipal roof,

» See SOLAR CITY, page 6

Fleeing Russia to teaching at NU Classics Prof. Ivanov brings Byzantium specialty to the department

By FIONA ROACH daily senior staffer @fionaroach03

When Sergey Ivanov was 11 years old, he found a Greek and

Roman antiquity picture book on a beach while on vacation, away from his home in Moscow. He fell in love with Classical studies soon after completing the book, he said.

“I immediately, right away, felt

‘Painful and infuriating nodal point’

Pro-choice advocates march in Wisconsin ahead of pivotal state election

By DIVYA BHARDWAJ the daily northwestern

Content warning: This article contains discussions of unsafe abortions.

Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade and seven months after the court overturned that precedent with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, over a thousand protestors filled the Wisconsin state capitol Sunday to advocate for abortion rights.

Immediately after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, one in three American women lost access to abortion. Fourteen states — including Illinois neighbors Wisconsin, Kentucky and Missouri — now ban most abortions, and courts have temporarily blocked enforcement of bans in eight others.

Abortion remains legal in Illinois, so people from nearby states with little to no access often travel across state lines to seek abortion care.

“We are a safe haven. We have protections here,” Ali Cassity of Chicago for Abortion Rights said. “But because of that, it’s even more our responsibility to show up for our neighbors. They travel here so often because they have to in order to get the care that they’re looking for.”

In Wisconsin, an 1849 law banning abortion in nearly all cases resumed effect immediately after the Dobbs ruling.

Cassity traveled to Madison on Sunday with other Illinois organizers ahead of Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court election, which will determine the balance of power between conservative and liberal justices and could impact the future of abortion rights.

Madison Abortion & Reproductive Rights Coalition for Healthcare hosted the Sunday protest, working with over 30 Wisconsin and Illinois organizations. Their demands included overturning Wisconsin’s abortion ban; teaching medically sound sex education for all; repealing the federal Hyde

Amendment, which bans federal funding of abortions; diverting Wisconsin’s $6.6 billion tax surplus to the costs for pregnant people seeking care in other states; and re-opening the state’s

reproductive healthcare clinics, which were closed by the Wisconsin legislature and state Supreme Court.

Sunsara Taylor and Merle

» See ABORTION RIGHTS , page 6

that this is mine,” said Ivanov, a Classics professor at Northwestern. “At this moment I realized that I am different from other people because I’m interested in this very weird, very separate sphere of life.”

Ivanov studied Classics at Moscow State University for five years before becoming a researcher, and later, a professor at universities in Russia and

» See IVANOV, page 6

Ifill speaks on civil rights, abolitionism

Keynote reflects on effort needed to sustain dreams

By LEXI GOLDSTEIN the daily northwestern @lexipgoldstein

Content warning: This story contains mentions of police violence

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn

Ifill reflected on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech as the keynote speaker for Northwestern’s Dream Week in front of a packed audience in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

The event concluded the week commemorating Dr. King and was kicked off by a performance of the Black National Anthem by Soul4Real, NU’s premiere Black a cappella group.

Former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Ifill said dreaming is not enough and that putting in work is necessary.

“I just think it’s important that we remember that dreaming is also work,” Ifill said during the

keynote. “When we listen to his speech, we don’t allow ourselves to be carried away into flights of fantasy, that we give due honor for the kind of metal it took for Dr. King to draw from himself that poetry.”

Ifill’s talk covered how the civil rights movement has evolved in recent years, with global protests following the torture and murder of George Floyd.

She noted that people of all ethnicities, ages and parts of the country participated in Black Lives Matter marches, demonstrating an expansion of civil rights marches in the ‘60s.

“They want you to give away your compassion and your love and it takes work not to do it,” Ifill said during the event. “It took work to get both feet on the floor the day after the November election in 2016. It took work after Charleston. It took work after the Tree of Life and Walmart.”

After Ifill’s speech, director of the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic at Pritzker

» See KEYNOTE , page 6

Seeger Gray/Daily Senior Staffer Classics Prof. Sergey Ivanov, who will teach classes in the Classics and History departments in Winter and Spring Quarter, arrived in Evanston earlier this month.

Photo courtesy of Linda Loew of Chicago for Abortion Rights Protestors gathered in the Wisconsin state capitol demanding abortion rights on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

Local shop owners rely on community to recover

By AVIVA BECHKY daily senior staffer @avivabechky

After temporarily closing for the majority of 2022, Edzo’s Burger Shop reopened in September. Sales slowly picked up, owner Eddie Lakin said, especially close to the end of the year.

But during the week of Christmas, the business’s exhaust fan stopped working. Without it, Lakin couldn’t effectively serve customers inside the store. He opened up a GoFundMe to ask for community support through the end of the holidays.

“If we didn’t have community support … the restaurant would be out of business,” he said. “Community support is everything for every restaurant.”

Lakin wasn’t the only local business owner who recently asked for community support. Other Evanston staples like Bookends & Beginnings, Coffee Lab & Roasters and Al’s Deli also put out fundraisers as they deal with inflation, rent and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Main-Dempster Mile Executive Director Katherine Gotsick said she’s been lucky not to see businesses in her district releasing fundraising campaigns.

But she also said many businesses drew on their emergency funds during the pandemic, so if something broke, they might not have much left — the situation Lakin faced.

“One of the things that this recent list of closures and GoFundMes leads me to believe is that we can’t yet measure the curve of COVID damage,” Gotsick said. “Some of the reasons that these businesses gave for closing was that they’ve been propped up by COVID stimulus, and once the assistance went away, it was harder.”

Supply chain problems and inflation have also hit small businesses hard, she said.

Through his GoFundMe, Lakin raised over $18,000. He put the money toward repairing the exhaust fan and recouping revenue lost during the closure.

But after getting the fan up and running for a

few days, it broke again. He had to close the shop, fix the fan again and start over. Even so, he said he felt calmer the second time around.

“It’s actually a lot less nerve-wracking this time around because I now realize that I have the GoFundMe option and that people are so responsive about it,” Lakin said.

At Al’s Deli, where the co-owners haven’t reopened for indoor dining because of COVID19-related concerns for their health, business has been slow for the past few years.

John Pottinger, a co-owner of Al’s Deli, said Paycheck Protection Program loans helped keep his almost 74-year-old French deli afloat. But over the last few months, Pottinger said he slowly became more and more behind on rent.

So he reopened a GoFundMe, which a customer initially set up for him after the second round of PPP loans. Within two weeks, Al’s Deli raised over $17,000, Pottinger said.

“Financially, it’s great,” he said. “Practically makes me cry. If you go to the comments sections in the GoFundMe page, there are really heart-rendering little comments there. Means a heck of a lot.”

Compounding pandemic problems, masseuse and business owner Carla Eason faced recent problems with rent. She moved her business Body Works by Carla and now needs to refurbish the new space on Madison Street.

As a result, fellow business owner Amy Landolt started a fundraiser to support Eason’s business.

Community support, Eason said, “just means that I can fully run my business.”

Lakin echoed her appreciation for local support. He said he’s seen people return year after year. He’s laughed with visitors who last stopped by when they were young enough to grab a juice box.

Small businesses like Edzo’s, he said, create a common gathering space.

“Running a restaurant is kind of a labor of love to being a part of a community,” Lakin said. “So it’s been awesome to see that it’s reciprocated — that people in Evanston really feel the same way about us.”

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John Pottinger owns the almost 74-year-old Al’s Deli on Noyes Street with his brother. Pottinger, like several other local business owners, has put out a GoFundMe asking for community support in recent months.

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A sign at Edzo’s Burger Shop. Owner Eddie Lakin said community support meant “everything” to him as he dealt with broken equipment.

The mystery of Kresge’s missing letters

By JAY DUGAR and DANNY O’GRADY the daily northwestern @dugar_jay, @dannymogrady04

Over the course of the past three months, silver letters have been slowly disappearing from Kresge Hall’s main signage.

The first few letters started to vanish last November, and by mid-January, all were gone. With just traces of residue remaining, students and faculty speculate about the causes behind their slow disappearance.

“It’s kind of expected that this would happen,” Weinberg sophomore Raquel Weinstein said. “I saw last year letters missing from one of the residential colleges I lived by.”

A similar incident happened during the 20212022 academic year, with letters disappearing from the Slivka Residential College sign.

Weinstein said the missing letters from the Kresge sign may make the building appear less appealing to visitors. Kresge Hall sits behind The Rock, a landmark that campus tours frequently stop by.

“I feel like NU tries to come off as a very prestigious, modern-looking, ‘everything’s perfect’ kind of place,” Weinstein said. “(With the missing letters), people might think the building’s unfinished, or (they) might start asking questions.”

According to Northwestern’s managing editor for media relations Erin Karter, the University believes the letters were removed as an act of vandalism. She said individuals behind the alleged vandalism will face disciplinary action, if caught.

Karter added that University officials initiated replacement procedures after the vandalism was identified and that signage is important for individuals finding their way around campus.

“The repairs require fabrication of replacement letters, which are still on order,” Karter wrote in an email to The Daily. “When the necessary materials are delivered to campus, the re-installation will be expedited.”

But repairing Kresge’s signage will divert

On Jan. 2, five letters were missing from the “Kresge Centennial Hall” sign. By Jan. 15, no letters remained.

resources from other projects relating to building maintenance and infrastructure, she said.

Meanwhile, the letterless sign is on full display to visitors, which includes prospective student tours that pass by The Rock and University Hall.

Weinberg sophomore Audrey Zhou said prospective students may not view the University as “institutionally sound” when they see the missing letters.

“If we can’t even maintain the letters of our own building, (it) could negatively affect (the) opinion of the school,” Zhou said.

French Prof. Cynthia Nazarian said a Kresge sign replacement is important to maintain the overall appearance of the building and the

University’s public image, especially since the building was recently renovated between October 2014 and January 2017.

Nazarian said it would be acceptable if the sign is replaced with a new dedication or a more “thoughtful” sign, but ideally, it should be replaced as soon as possible.

“It’s bizarre that they’re disappearing piecemeal,” Nazarian said. “I hope that they’re gonna be replaced. Maybe they’ll put something better. Originally I thought it was something intentional, but clearly it’s not.”

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Fu: Play your crush card — just not on straight men

We were the two boys in school who liked to read. I liked how thoughtful he was compared to all the other boys who were loud, rambunctious and sweaty.

This is “Rice Purity,” a column covering all things gaysian America, sex and scandal.

Last week, my peer and fellow gaysian asked me how to stop falling for straight men. “How do I not fall for straight men? My friend and I like, keep doing it,” he says. My answer is frankly quite simple.

Just stop, duh.

I think straight men are boring. I’m a dazzling windstorm of eyeshadow, iced coffee, RuPaul’s Drag Race and pageantry. I command a room like Miss Universe, and I walk down the street like Tyra taught me. No straight man can keep up with me. I find nothing more unattractive than someone who can’t match my magnificence, who doesn’t look at the world in the same brilliant way I do. Why would I waste my time?

But, I’m with you. I haven’t always felt this way. I have had numerous straight crushes. They started small in middle school: always that guy who was tall and really good at sports and funny and popular — the list goes on. But in high school, I shamefully confess, I had a crush on my straight, best friend.

I had known him since elementary school.

In high school English, we were the royal duo. We didn’t participate much in class — we were a little too busy gossiping and messing with each other’s notebooks. But when we were doing what we were supposed to, we’d bounce ideas off each other. The two of us wrote the best essays. Who else was there

Patriarchy teaches men that having a crush is valuable social currency. We have to crush, to desire, to possess. This makes us “worthy” to our male peers.

- YIMING FU, Assistant Opinion Editor

to listen to me rant about the heartbreaking repressed feelings of the butler Stevens in “The Remains of The Day”?

Sometimes I would just sit with him, and

we would read side by side. I loved our quiet moments. He felt like my sanctuary. But that was just a fantasy.

I never acted upon my feelings, but for all of high school, I felt as though I were trapped in purgatory, yearning for something just out of reach, consumed by want with no relief.

I thought my crush was the only person who understood me. I wove narratives of our futures together, of him somehow not being straight and us magically working out together.

So I get it, I really do. I won’t frown on your love parade. There is some paradoxical sexiness to a straight man that makes him irresistible to the male gays. And when you settle into your sexuality, it’s exciting to have that first crush, that feeling of finally being able to yearn for someone. But you have to snap out of it. Because loving straight men — or, really, any man who can’t feel the same way in return — is a double disrespect. It’s disrespectful to them, their boundaries and their preferences. And it’s disrespectful to your own dignity.

It’s not your fault. As I continue to grow into my sexuality, I’m trying to throw out everything patriarchy has taught me. Patriarchy teaches men that having a crush is valuable social currency. We have to crush, to desire, to possess. This makes us “worthy” to our male peers. And patriarchy also inherently tells us that validation from our male peers, above else, is most important.

When I finally understood my sexuality, I wanted to be able to play my crush card too, to finally be able to say, “wait, me too! I have a crush too!” I didn’t really know any other queer men at the time, so straight men would have to suffice.

Ultimately, patriarchy and white supremacy work together to blind you to your worth. Falling for straight men is useless. Why chase something or someone that can give you nothing in return?

I hope you take that fantasy and channel it elsewhere. Build your dream life where you have an infinite amount of things, ranging from vibrant talents to a fulfilling and lucrative career, or a partner that can actually love you in the full, plentiful and nourishing way you deserve. Fantasize, fantasize, fantasize. Just not about straight men.

To anyone with a crippling crush on a straight man, your queerness makes you shine brighter than he ever could. I don’t care if you don’t identify with clubbing, or RuPaul’s Drag Race, or America’s Next Top Model in the same way that I do; you are inherently exquisite. Don’t forget it.

Yiming Fu is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at yimingfu2024@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.

Duda: MMA fighters should have unionized in 2022

of desperation for money. Glory MMA & Fitness coach James Krause and his MMA athlete Darrick Minner knowingly concealed a detrimental knee injury, and the betting line swung significantly in favor of his opponent hours before the fight.

peers are earning per fight. Being in the dark weakens their bargaining power when negotiating contracts. Unions would help this issue by

The COVID-19 pandemic jolted the labor union movement with workers risking their lives more than ever. The circumstances American workers faced — created by the pandemic and corporate responses to it — were a catalyst for the labor movement, and unions successfully emerged in major corporations like Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and Chipotle. Undoubtedly, each union election was inspired and driven by the success of others. So, why didn’t mixed martial arts fighters, a vastly underpaid group with extremely dangerous working conditions, use this momentum to similarly improve their labor situation?

In 2022 alone, there were several instances in which a union could have benefited MMA fighters. So far, 2023 has only presented a stronger case for unionization. A union would certainly not solve all of the issues, but the security of fair wages and health benefits from a union may prevent a fighter from engaging in unsavory or unsafe behavior out of desperation for money.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the most prominent MMA promotion company worldwide. So when UFC fighters say they have accepted fights due to financial desperation, it’s ironic that this wealthy promotion also screams “fighters need to unionize.” It would be markedly impactful for UFC athletes to move to unionize and set an example for all MMA organizations.

The most controversial MMA story of last year reported an alleged betting scandal reeking

Krause admitted he made substantial money by betting on MMA fights, and Minner had only six fights in the promotion leading up to the FBI’s ongoing investigation into the scandal. As a new fighter, Minner was egregiously underpaid — initial UFC fight contracts are typically between $10,000 and $30,000 per fight.

Minner’s choice to fight with a debilitating injury so he could financially survive should not be the status quo in the world’s premiere MMA organization. Rather, a union could grant fighters something comparable to paid sick leave or workman’s compensation. Would this have happened if coaches and athletes were earning commensurate salaries compared to other professional sports?

Some fighters have pushed for fair compensation and treatment by the UFC. The potential fight between Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou would have easily been the biggest fight of the year. Ngannou could have made at least $600,000, which would be split among his coaches, managers and physical therapy. Fighters are rarely left with much. Heavyweight boxers, on the other hand, can make up to $33.6 million, like Tyson Fury did in his 2022 fight against Dillian Whyte.

The average fight purse — the agreed-upon pay that a fighter is to receive after completing the fight — is about $21,000. Most state athletic commissions do not disclose fight purses, which helps the UFC maintain control over fighters by preventing a fighter from knowing what their

Like their counterparts throughout the American workforce, (MMA) fighters will face worsening labor conditions due to greedy corporate reluctance to raises, sick days and terminating non-compete agreements.

- MELISSA DUDA, Op-Ed Contributor

advocating for higher wages and transparency in purse disclosures. Last year, the UFC inked multimillion dollar sponsorship deals with Crypto.com and Project Rock, but fighters do not see a penny of these arrangements. Fighters were better off when they could secure their sponsorship deals independent of the UFC — something the UFC no longer allows. A union would curtail this financial control by once again allowing fighters to have their own in-cage sponsors, securing a steady source of income for fighters in between events.

Of course, MMA fighters must overcome enormous hurdles for a union such as National

Labor Relations Board recognition as an employee rather than an independent contractor. But this is an uphill battle. As of 2021, UFC lobbyists have spent $240,000 on lobbying against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, which would redefine the employment status of mixed martial artists.

Another hurdle arises from the UFC fighters themselves. Many UFC fighters have voiced their opposition to unionizing, maintaining loyalty to UFC President Dana White. This would undoubtedly hinder union organizing efforts since voting for a union requires at least 30% of workers to sign a petition to unionize.

Like their counterparts throughout the American workforce, fighters will face worsening labor conditions due to greedy corporate reluctance to raises, sick days and terminating non-compete agreements. If MMA followed the example set by other professional sports in unionizing, fighters could regain financial control. Paradoxically, using the UFC’s own “the time is now” slogan, the time is now for fighters to push to unionize — 65% of Americans supported labor unions as of 2020, and public approval has not been higher in decades. Last year brought forth memorable union success stories for other corporations, and there is no reason MMA fighters cannot capitalize on this momentum in 2023.

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throughout Central Europe. He specialized in Byzantine studies because of the discipline’s more niche offerings compared to Greek and Roman studies, he said.

Ivanov was not permitted to travel outside of Soviet Russia for research or personal purposes because he was not a Communist Party member. This did not limit his career, however, and he has since authored more than 200 scholarly publications.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceased to exist on Dec. 31, 1991 and was replaced by the Russian Federation.

“In communist times, the regime demanded that each person should vocally pledge allegiance to the regime,” Ivanov said. “Nowadays the regime is not so severe as to demand vocal loyalty from every single subject of theirs, as yet.”

However, Ivanov said the current Russian government is becoming increasingly more rigid with its policies. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, he and his family fled to Armenia, and then Germany.

Ivanov said he personally doesn’t know anyone in Russia who supports the war in Ukraine, but added that it is risky to openly criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters have been arrested since the conflict began.

“We felt it was impossible to live in the country which launched such an unjust and cruel war,” Ivanov said.

According to Ivanov, the Russian government tries not to draw attention to the war and atrocities committed against Ukrainian citizens.

A July poll conducted by the Levada Center, an independent polling company based in Moscow, reported that 76% of Russians supported the military operations in Ukraine.

But, after Russia mobilized an additional 300,000 reservists to fight against Ukraine in September, Ivanov said support for the war decreased dramatically.

“You can pretend nothing is happening until boys are being enlisted and sent to death, so in September, it was impossible to make this pretense anymore, and the level of support for the regime began falling

KEYNOTE

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School of Law Sheila Bedi joined her on stage for a conversation.

They discussed topics like police brutality, law enforcement reform and availability of public services.

“Sherrilyn Ifill and Professor Sheila Bedi together prove to be a tour de force in centering us on not only the history of civil rights but our current responsibility around anti-racism,” Robin R. Means Coleman, vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion, said.

Ifill, who was named one of Time Magazine’s

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immediately,” Ivanov said. According to internal polling from the Kremlin in December, just 25% of Russians were in favor of continuing Russia’s involvement in the war.

Ivanov said the most difficult part about leaving Moscow was leaving his friends and colleagues and uprooting his daily life. He specified that he “relocated” to the United States, rather than “emigrated” because he hopes to return to Russia. But, he does not know when he will return.

Before he returns to Russia, Ivanov will teach NU History and Classics department courses Winter and Spring quarter. He is currently teaching Classics 320: Byzantium: Emperors & Hooligans, a course on the history of Byzantine emperors and saints.

Weinberg sophomore Troy Kim said he enrolled in Ivanov’s class to fill a distribution requirement, but he has been “pleasantly surprised” by how much he enjoys the content.

“At the end of the day, history isn’t just recalling facts. People have their own interpretations and readings,” Kim said. “It’s really interesting to get a seasoned veteran’s perspective.”

Classics Department Chair Prof. Sara Monoson said the department was eager to invite Ivanov to teach, as he is a “distinguished scholar” in Byzantium studies.

The department currently does not have any other Byzantium specialists, she said.

“We were eager to (both) help, given the circumstances, and to be supportive of someone who had to make that choice and also very happy to welcome a specialist in that field to our faculty,” Monoson said. “His colleagues are enjoying his company enormously.”

Ivanov said he was more easily able to leave Russia than some of his former associates because he already had colleagues and connections across the globe.

He added that he expects to take on different visiting positions at various universities before he can finally return home.

“I am still very solidly sure that my home is in Moscow,” Ivanov said.

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Most Influential People of 2021 and one of the publication’s Women of the Year in 2022, said that no one gets to sit out in the movement for progress.

She said the phrase “influencer” implies a monetized presence on social media, but that she wants to challenge that definition.

“I absolutely want to be an influencer,” Ifill told The Daily. “I want to be an influencer for the causes that I believe in. I want to be an influencer for equality and justice for a new vision of what law and justice can mean in this country.”

Ifill said people need to bring their specialties to the table to add to an ecosystem of change.

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we would consider solar.”

The city installed solar panels on the Evanston Water Treatment Plant in 2010 without a power purchase agreement to better understand the difficulties in operating solar installations, Biggs said. The city quickly discovered it lacked the staffing and resources to stay on top of updates to solar technology.

Adam Perri, head of operations at solar panel installation company WindFree Solar, said his company partners with the purchasing program group Grow Solar Chicagoland.

With residents’ advocacy, he said it’s feasible for Evanston to create more public-sector solar power.

“It’s definitely possible,” Perri said. “A lot of cities can do it. They just need the will to do so. It takes forward thinking and their citizens getting involved and telling them what they want.”

In 2018, City Council approved its Climate Action and Resilience Plan, reinvigorating interest in powering public buildings with solar panels, Bigg said. CARP set several environmental goals for

ABORTION RIGHTS

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Hoffman

formed Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights

alongside other activists in January 2022, when the Supreme Court appeared poised to overturn Roe.

On the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the group rallied in Washington, D.C. to announce and call for “a growing movement of mass, sustained, nonviolent protest to stop the Supreme Court from decimating abortion rights,” according to their website.

Now, Taylor said the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade marked a “painful, infuriating nodal point,” in part because of the countless women who have lost their lives due to a lack of access to safe abortion. According to the World Health Organization, unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal death.

This sentiment resonated with Research Projects Associate Yael Mayer, who attended the keynote.

“I found it powerful in the sense that you don’t have to have (Ifill’s) type of job to be making changes … in the spaces that you influence,” Mayer said.

Ifill’s speech reminded her of Reverend Al Sharpton’s quote on MLK Day, stating that it is not a day of rest but rather a day of action.

University President Michael Schill also attended the event and said he greatly enjoyed the talk.

“I’m a lawyer, so I sort of know a lot of the law, but it was the personal side of it,” Schill said.

the city, including 100% renewable electricity for all properties by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.

The Evanston Animal Shelter is undergoing major renovations later this year — the city’s first major public building renovation since CARP was approved, according to Biggs.

“Using CARP as a blueprint, we’re so excited that the animal shelter will be our first net-zero greenhouse gas mission building,” she said. “For future buildings, we’re looking at how to convert them, but it’s going to take some time to get through all those projects.”

Older buildings tend to be less compatible with solar panel installation, according to Biggs.

Though retrofitting older buildings may take some time, Biggs said she is optimistic about Evanston’s progress.

“It’s really exciting to be part of a community that really cares about these things and really asks and demands that the city also adjust its own operations,” Biggs said. “It’s an interesting time and we’re excited about it, but it is just one building at a time.”

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“Thousands and thousands of women died in botched, illegal, back alley abortions,” Taylor said. “I have heard more stories than I can recount of people who held their best friends as they bled to death and couldn’t tell anybody, who lost their mothers or who nearly did. It is such a common experience.”

She and Hoffman emphasized the importance of fighting for abortion as a right that people should have nationwide, not just in individual states.

Hoffman said everyone should ask themselves what they can realistically do for abortion rights.

“Don’t look for a safe space,” Hoffman said. “There are no safe spaces in this world, particularly for women and girls. Lean into your righteous rage and act.”

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“It was … the view from the inside of someone striving for racial justice.”

Ifill told The Daily that accurately understanding the moment allows people to understand their opportunities and challenges they face.

She said being active in community initiatives and voting is important but so is believing in the ability to create change.

“To do civil rights work you have to call people into something beyond what they see, you know,” Ifill said to The Daily. “The facts are important, but they’re not what motivates you.”

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Dearborn Observatory hosts stargazers

By JEREMY FREDRICKS the daily

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Northwestern community members can see the stars each week at the Dearborn Observatory, which remains a must-stop spot for stargazers more than 135 years after it first opened.

“The first night we reopened from COVID, we had one visitor who said that his mission is to visit all the big observatories in the United States, and he had been wanting to come to Dearborn for a long time,” said astronomy and physics Prof. Michael Smutko, Dearborn Observatory director.

The Dearborn telescope’s lens — the world’s largest in the 1860s — was originally built for the University of Mississippi, but moved to Chicago after the Civil War.

After being operated at the Old University of Chicago and the Chicago Astronomical Society, the telescope arrived at NU in 1887.

The Dearborn Observatory moved to its current location with the same telescope in 1939 to make way for construction of the Technological Institute.

The telescope’s original lenses, created by astronomer Alvan Clark, are still in use today, Smutko said. He added that the lenses have lasted because they were made with a very durable glass. But, the original tube has been replaced.

“(Clark’s) optics are to astronomers sort of what stradivarius are to cellos and violins,” Smutko said. “A good lens is like a good violin: Be careful with it and it will last a very long time.”

For decades, the Dearborn Observatory has provided public tours. More than 1,500 people visit the observatory each year during free Friday night tours, according to Smutko.

McCormick freshman Ryan Beam and his girlfriend Isabelle Cowan, a student at Barnard College, visited the observatory in January.

Beam and Cowan had previously star-gazed on a trip to Sedona, Arizona but thought seeing the stars and planets through the telescope would provide a new perspective.

“We both liked astronomy, and I live in New York City,” Cowan said. “I don’t ever get the chance to see the sky in the way I could here.”

But, visitors to the observatory are not the only community members to frequent the location.

Friday tours are staffed by undergraduate and graduate students, including Weinberg junior Noah Blaisdell.

Blaisdell said he enjoys working at the observatory, which represents a change of pace from his major: political science.

“It’s been cool to have this as a hobby because it’s interesting to learn more about things I don’t usually learn about,” Blaisdell said.

Blaisdell began working at the observatory after taking Astronomy 101: Modern Cosmology with Smutko Winter Quarter 2022 to fulfill a distribution requirement. He said a typical Friday evening includes discussing the history of the telescope with visitors and demonstrating how the telescope and observatory function.

Smutko said the tours allow visitors to

technology as well as their service to the organization.

135 years

The Association for Computing Machinery named Samir Khuller, the Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science, an ACM Fellow. This award recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for “outstanding” accomplishments in computing and information

“Samir’s leadership as chair has transformed CS at Northwestern over the past few years,” said computer science Prof. Larry Birnbaum. “It’s great to see this welldeserved recognition of his scholarship and leadership from the national and international community of CS scholars.”

ACM Fellows are peer-nominated and assessed by a committee. There are 57 total ACM Fellows this year. Khuller was recognized for algorithm design contributions as well as community-building and mentoring.

experience space — more than they would if they just looked at pictures online.

“Most of the Friday night visitors have never looked through a telescope before,” Smutko said. “When they see the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter or the red spot

Khuller is a member of the NU CS Theory Group and has published almost 200 journals and papers on graph algorithms, discrete optimization, scheduling and computational geometry.

The CS professor was also named a 2021 Fellow of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science and has received the 2020 CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award.

Khuller also won a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation Harnessing the Data Revolution award last year as the co-principal investigator of the

on Jupiter for the first time, many of them don’t believe it’s real. It’s always a real thrill to show people things like this that they’ve only read about.”

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Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms and Learning at NU.

“I am truly honored, and frankly a bit surprised, to receive this recognition,” Khuller said in a statement. “I have been fortunate to work with amazing students and colleagues who constantly inspire me.”

The induction ceremony will take place June 10 during the ACM Awards Banquet in San Francisco, California.

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The Dearborn Observatory hosts free tours each Friday night, allowing visitors to view the stars through its telescope.

Prof. Khuller selected as ACM Fellow for service and algorithm design

Rapid Recap: NU cruises past Nebraska on the road

By LAWRENCE PRICE

daily senior staffer @lpiii_tres

After a back-and-forth, rugged victory Monday night against Wisconsin, , what team wouldn’t love a smoother sailing in the next contest — a win with less difficulty. This is especially true for Northwestern, coming off eight straight days without games due to COVID-19, and its top two scorers, senior guard Boo Buie and redshirt senior guard Chase Audige playing 37 and 39 minutes, respectively, less than two days ago.

Yet, Nebraska had other plans, making it difficult for the Wildcats to see the light at the end of the tunnel — keeping it a three possession game for nearly the entire first

half. However, NU decided not to recreate Monday night’s down to the wire plot in the second half, leaving the Cornhuskers in the dust, and securing their fifth conference win of the season, 78-63.

Although the Cats went on a ten point run to close out the first half, the two squads were battling for the first 15 minutes. With five minutes remaining, the two groups were neck-in-neck, mainly because of the teams’ third scoring options — junior guard Ty Berry and Nebraska guard Keisi Tominaga.

The two went bucket-for-bucket from the jump, as Berry tallied NU’s first three of four baskets, compared to Tominaga’s first five for Nebraska. Tominaga’s impact was a pivotal jump starter for the Cornhuskers offense, scoring inside and outside the arc, eventually leading to a 9-0 run

and three-point lead for Nebraska with eight minutes left in the half. Out of his 22 points, 15 came in the first 20 minutes.

Berry’s motor was also at 110 percent in the first half, going five-for-five from deep and pick-and-roll alley-oop to junior center Matt Nicholson that shut down the Cornhuskers 9-0 run. Berry didn’t need to play the entire 20 minutes to drop 21 points, the most in a half since former forward Pete Nance did in 2021.

And if anything changed after the break, it was the Cats turning the volume up on offense. While Nebraska continued to search for their groove again on offense, NU expanded their lead up to 23 points with a little less than 13 minutes to go. The Cornhuskers attempted a comeback as the game continued, cutting the deficit to 12 at one point, but due to the trio of Buie, Audige, and Berry, who combined for 29 in the last 20 minutes, 58 for the game, that was the closest they could go.

Takeaways

Northwestern capitalizes on its height advantage in Lincoln

Unlike most matchups where NU is the smaller team height-wise, the Cornhuskers gave the Cats an opportunity to take advantage of their size, as their tallest starter was 6’9 in Derrick Walker.

With a 7’0 Nicholson and 6’9 senior forward Robbie Beran in their starting lineup,

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Berry keeps Nebraska at bay in stellar showing

By ALEX CERVANTES

daily senior staffer @cervantespalex

Wednesday evening’s clash between Northwestern and Nebraska had all the makings of a low-scoring brawl — the kind of game that has become the Wildcats’ bread and butter this season.

NU (14-5, 5-3 Big Ten) and the Cornhuskers (10-11, 3-7) both entered with top-40 defenses, though neither squad boasted a particularly prolific or efficient offense. Both teams’ offenses ranked sub230 nationally in effective field goal percentage and neither shot above 32% from three-point range.

And yet, the statistics entering the game couldn’t have been more deceiving as the Cats — aided by an early offensive explosion — cruised to a 78-63 win in Lincoln.

Both NU and Nebraska engineered a complete 180 offensively through the first 10 minutes, propelled by the efforts of Cats junior guard Ty Berry and Cornhusker guard Keisei Tominaga.

Like a primetime bout between two heavyweights, Berry and Tominaga initially exchanged blow after blow. Tominaga rattled off Nebraska’s first 12 points behind some crafty finishes around the rim and a three-pointer. Berry countered by canning seven straight shots before his first miss brought him ever so briefly back down to earth.

Berry was evidently unfazed by an ankle injury, which left him hobbled just two days prior against Wisconsin. He headed into the intermission with 21 points on a scorching 8-of-9 shooting, including a perfect 5-of-5 from beyond the arc. In just 17 minutes, Berry had put on his best display of the entire season.

It was a remarkable individual performance — Berry finished the game with a career-high 26 points — amid an extraordinary holistic showing from NU in the first half. It was an offensive clinic as the Cats built a 43-30 advantage at the intermission, courtesy of a 21-5 run over the final eight minutes to close the half.

Out of halftime, Collins’ bunch picked

up right where it left off, though this time led by its two backcourt fixtures, redshirt senior guard Chase Audige and senior guard Boo Buie.

Audige, who went scoreless in the first half, got on the scoreboard 18 seconds into the second frame via a driving layup. Just under eight minutes had passed before NU extended its lead to 23 points following a Buie triple. The Cats were inflicting their will on both ends of the floor, and the offense enjoyed every luxury while the defense suffocated the Cornhuskers.

With the game seemingly in hand, NU went into cruise control. Gradually any shot became a “good shot,” as most possessions ended with a player in purple hoisting an attempt from distance.

After starting the game 11-of-20 from beyond the arc, the feared regression to the mean hit the Cats with ferocity. NU failed to connect on its final 10 three-point attempts, allowing Nebraska to steadily chip away at the gargantuan deficit.

A layup from Cornhusker guard Sam Hoiberg with 4:45 left to play prompted Collins to call a timeout. Nebraska held all the momentum, and the once quiet crowd in Pinnacle Bank Arena was starting to find some life. Could a Cats collapse for the ages really be in the works?

Audige was quick to dispel any notion of a Cornhusker comeback, providing a thunderous response in the form of a putback dunk. He and Buie ultimately kept Nebraska at bay, together aggregating 24 second-half points, including NU’s final 12 points.

As they have for much of the season, the familiar backcourt triumvirate of Audige, Buie and Berry once again led the charge for Collins and company.

The Cats now get some much-needed time off ahead of a weekend date with Minnesota to build off this week’s early success.

“(I) wasn’t as happy with the way we finished, but I think part of that could be a little bit of fatigue — two games in three days,” Collins said. “To win on the road in this league is not easy, so we’re happy with the win.”

coach Collins made use of the physical upper hand. In result, Nebraska had a tough time scoring at or near the rim, whereas the Cats outrebounded them 35-23 by the final buzzer, and Nicholson having the time of his life in the paint finishing multiple alley oops. Walker, on the other hand, tied his second lowest points total of the season with seven points, and five turnovers.

NU has consistently proven to have a strong defensive unit using their small ball lineup, where Beran is the tallest out of the five. But, this matchup allowed them to hone this untapped skill that will be needed as the season continues.

Sometimes…what’s on the outside (perimeter shooting) is more important than what’s the inside…right?

No, this isn’t about beauty, it’s about three-point shooting. Without much scoring in the paint throughout the first half, Nebraska was only able to stay in the contest because of two things — Keisi Tominaga and three-point shooting. Alongside Tominaga’s 15 points in the first, there was a point where the Cornhuskers were five-forfive from deep, leading coach Collins and NU’s much needed timeout with a little over eight minutes to go until the break.

However, as Nebraska’s hot hand cooled off coming out the break, the Cats were beginning to catch fire. Jogging into the locker rooms, not only was NU sitting

pretty, but their last seven buckets were from deep — an 8 for 15 clip. By the end of the blowout contest, the deep shot proved to be pivotal, as NU shot 11 for 30 from deep, including a season-high of 51.8 percent from the field. Although this wasn’t a back and forth game, with much conference play still to go, deep shot-making could be a difference maker.

Two words: Ty Berry

After sophomore guard Julian Roper II’s injury in the first half against Wisconsin, the depth at the third-guard position got slimmer. And after Berry’s injury in the second, it looked even worse. Luckily for the Cats, Berry returned to and finished the game later in the half — a major sigh of relief for the program and Cats’ fans worldwide. And what’s better than that? His performance less than two days later. The Kansas sniper shot the lights out of Pinnacle Bank Arena, racking up 21 points in the first half, 26 by the final horn. This was a major positive for the Wildcats, combating the Cornhuskers hot shooting out the gate, and chance for NU’s top scorers in Buie and Audige to take a breather on the offensive end. After Berry combined five points in the last two contests prior to Wednesday, his bounce back performance couldn’t have come at a better time. Safe to say that his ankle is all good to go.

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Wildcats snap long losing streak

By JAKE EPSTEIN the daily northwestern @jakeepste1n

Northwestern stared down the gauntlet of five ranked conference matchups since its return from winter break, when Coach Joe McKeown’s squad saw eight consecutive conference losses. However, a rescheduled non-conference bout against Chicago State offered respite from a grueling Big Ten schedule.

The Wildcats (7-13, 0-9 Big Ten) overcame their rough patch Wednesday, trouncing the Cougars (1-21) 87-64.

To offset the long season’s toll, McKeown retooled his typical starting lineup, granting freshman guard Caroline Lau her second career start in place of inactive graduate student guard Sydney Wood. Lau passed the ball to sophomore forward Caleigh Walsh, who scored NU’s first points. Immediately after the bucket, Lau stole the ball in transition and scored in the paint to double the Cats’ lead at 4-0.

After four minutes of play, Chicago State finally got on the board with two converted free throws, but Lau answered back with a triple and an assist to help NU gain a double-digit advantage. But the Cougars refused to back down, knocking down backto-back three pointers and drawing offensive fouls on ensuing possessions to bring the game within six points at the first quarter’s close.

“Chicago State came ready to play,” McKeown said. “(The Cougars) took the ball and really pushed it at us hard. I give them a lot of credit — (they) made some tough shots.”

Lau, who missed the latter stages of the opening frame in foul trouble, picked up right where she left off with a three-pointer to kickstart the second quarter. But the Cats cooled off as the period ran on and were held scoreless for over three minutes before junior forward Paige Mott sank a layup. NU converted just 7-of-21 second quarter field goals and entered the intermission

up 38-30 against a squad winless in NCAA Division I competition.

While Chicago State opened the second half on a 6-0 run, the shift seemingly awoke two sleeping giants. The Cats’ Mott and Walsh forward duo made every NU point on a 10-1 run that forced Cougar coach Andrea Williams to call a timeout.

The break proved ineffective for Chicago State, and Walsh took command of the contest, giving the Cougars headaches at both ends of the court. The New Jersey native tallied 11 third-quarter points and found Lau for the Cats’ sole triple of the frame before exiting the floor.

“I was disappointed in my first half performance because I had a couple of untimely turnovers and was rushing when I got the ball,” Walsh said. “I took halftime to mentally gather myself, and I knew what I had to do coming out in the third quarter.”

On the back of a 52.9% field goal clip and 11 converted third-quarter foul shots, NU led 68-45 with 10 minutes to play.

The comfortable advantage gave the Cats an opportunity to mix up the rotation, and McKeown fused a blend of young players — alongside senior guard Kaylah Rainey — who had not seen much game action together. But the experiment was short lived, and NU’s starting frontcourt returned to ensure the victory after Chicago State showed sparks of production.

In a matchup against an undersized and struggling opponent, the Cats took care of business. While the Cougars scored in spurts, a career high 20-point performance from Lau — coupled with Walsh’s 17 points — proved the difference in the two teams.

NU hits the road as it returns to conference play Sunday, taking on Wisconsin in Madison. The Badgers (7-14, 2-7 Big Ten) provide a shot at an elusive first conference victory for the Cats.

“We’ve got to continue,” McKeown said. “Our league is relentless.”

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Ziye Wang/The Daily Northwestern Freshman guard Caroline Lau dribbles against Chicago State defenders. The Connecticut native tallied a career-high 20 points against the Cougars on Wednesday.

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