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LGBTQ students face challenges abroad Study abroad office offers resources, but some want more By PRANAV BASKAR
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Provost Jonathan Holloway speaks at a Q&A session with students. He said one of his roles as provost is to protect the academic reputation of the University.
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Holloway says Kanazawa’s removal would make him a ‘martyr’ By CATHERINE KIM
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Provost Jonathan Holloway said removing Satoshi Kanazawa from campus would only make matters worse when students confronted him during a Wednesday Q&A event. About 30 students, clad in black, walked into Associated
Student Government Senate to express their frustration with the University’s reluctance to ban Kanazawa from campus. Both Holloway and psychology department chair Prof. Richard Zinbarg denounced the researcher’s ideas, yet Holloway said dismissing him would only make the University environment more toxic. “I worr y about one
martyring him and giving him even more attention than what he’s already been getting in this process,” Holloway said. “And that would be a tragedy.” After news broke in November that Kanazawa was a visiting researcher on campus, students criticized his work as racist and sexist. Although over 5,000 students signed a petition asking for his removal, Holloway sent out
an email in December that Kanazawa would complete his year-long scholarly visit –– a move he justified as upholding intellectual freedom. Protecting the academic reputation of the University is one of his responsibilities as provost, he argued. If the University were to force a researcher out, he added, it » See WALK-IN, page 6
It was the fall of 2016, and Broderick Topil — then a sophomore — had a monumental choice to make. He had found himself in the rural and religious heartland of the Dominican Republic, where he was doing community work for a local nongovernmental organization. The internship, organized through Northwestern’s Global Engagement Studies Institute, marked his first experience studying abroad. Topil knew his options were limited. But that didn’t make things any easier. He could either come out — risking his personal safety or even his job in the name of selfhood — or, he could put his true identity on a temporary hold, foregoing the ability to be himself but retaining security in the process. He chose the latter. Topil said the areas he was working in were conservative. Being open about his sexuality could have spelled real danger. So he did what he had to do. “I never felt at ease there at all,” he said. This is the balancing act
that many LGBTQ students at Northwestern have to master when they decide to study abroad — especially in places where political climates are unfavorable to queer people. The Office of Undergraduate Learning Abroad doesn’t collect data on the number of LGBTQ students who decide to take their studies beyond country lines, said Francesca Miroballi, an assistant director at ULA who focuses on advising and diversity. But NU students and representatives echo the unique challenges and considerations LGBTQ students are forced to undertake when they choose to pursue a global education. “It’s really a tough thing,” said Topil, now a Weinberg senior and student ambassador for ULA. “There’s only so much the ULA can do when students decide to go to countries that aren’t very favorable to the LGBTQ community.” Miroballi said ULA is committed to advancing objectives of diversity and inclusion in international education. She said the office’s primary goal is to ensure student safety, and to that end, ULA offers resources for LGBTQ students at three major programmatic stages: the prospective phase, when students decide whether or not to study abroad in a particular country; the outbound phase, » See ABROAD, page 6
Schapiro says ‘no constraint’ on student services funding At Q&A, University president says priority is to increase non-tenure track professor salaries By AVI VARGHESE
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University President Morton Schapiro discussed the budget deficit and controversial visiting evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa during a Wednesday questionand-answer session. S chapiro’s “S outhwest Neighborhood Q&A,” held in Willard Hall’s Great Room, drew a crowd of about 40 and gave students an opportunity to ask him questions about funding for mental health programs, non-tenure-track professors and the effects of the government shutdown. Schapiro said Board of Trustees members, tenured professors and students all have competing “agendas” concerning Kanazawa’s presence at Northwestern. The issue is further complicated by varying considerations around academic values, he added, but did not take a specific stance on it. “ You get into these
impossible situations all the time and you have good people who really want to do the right thing, and it’s not easy…you wish you had greater wisdom,” he said. “It’s sending the wrong message that we don’t give a s--t about people. This is really important stuff about the college and its priorities.” Schapiro also addressed the $94 million budget deficit, which has led to cuts in student services as well as layoffs and the removal of funded positions. When asked specifically about funding for student services provided through the Division of Student Affairs, Schapiro said that students’ safety and wellness is his first priority and that he places “no constraint” on funding for the division. He acknowledged students criticizing the lack of funding and long wait times for Counseling and Psychological Services. “The first thing you do on the budget is taking care of people, and that’s what we try to do,” Schapiro said. “I’m
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always frustrated that it’s not further along, and I feel guilty about it and embarrassed about it.” Schapiro said he wanted to improve the conditions and pay of teaching professors, particularly for non-tenure faculty. He noted that hiring approaches can differ between departments and disciplines. Schapiro said the budget deficit is projected to end “within a year,” though Craig Johnson, the vice president for business and finance, told The Daily last week that the University would not move into a surplus until 2021. Once out of a deficit, Schapiro said his first priority is to improve conditions for non-tenure-oriented faculty. “We’ve got to treat those teachers with more respect,” Schapiro said. “We’ve got to give them sabbaticals, and we’ve got to give them money to travel to conferences, so they can stay great teachers.” McCormick first-year Grace Wainaina said that the talk was remarkably “open” and that she
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University President Morton Schapiro. Schapiro discussed the $94 million budget deficit, CAPS funding and non-tenure-oriented faculty at a Wednesday Q&A.
was glad to hear that Schapiro was “genuinely” looking for ways to improve the school. As someone who “value(s) teachers,” she emphasized the importance of his comments on non-tenure-oriented professors.
Weinberg junior Bernard Caillouet said that he had hoped to hear more about how Schapiro would improve the undergraduate experience both academically and with regards to support programs. “What is he going to do to
make our experience better holistically?” he said. “I feel like there wasn’t an in-depth answer given, just a few vague ideas.” avivarghese2022@u.northwestern. edu
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