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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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Parents fight for STEM school in city’s 5th Ward By CLARE PROCTOR

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After going without a neighborhood school in the 5th Ward for more than 50 years, a group of parents are pushing for a science, technology, engineering and mathematics school as a part of continued efforts to bring education equity to the community. Henry Wilkins, a parent in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, is spearheading an initiative to develop curriculum for a school focused on STEM in the 5th Ward. Wilkins said the group hopes having a STEM school will garner support “across a spectrum of people,” because educators and parents alike value a STEM curriculum for children. Wilkins has reached out to Northwestern officials for help creating a curriculum, including School of Education and Social Policy Dean David Figlio, who said in an email that he has agreed to meet with parents to learn more about the STEM school. “No matter your ethnicity, no matter your economic status, no matter your politics, STEM is seen as important for children’s development, in academia and in life,” Wilkins said. The 5th Ward has not had a neighborhood school since the 1960s, when the district closed the ward’s Foster School as a part of its desegregation plan.Today, students are bussed to schools in other wards, exacerbating education inequality because students miss out on having a school in their community, Wilkins said. Wilkins said 5th Ward residents have wanted a

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Two men were arrested last Thursday for possession of cannabis and a loaded handgun after being pulled over for failing to signal a turn. The Evanston Police Department pulled over a black Nissan turning south on Clark Street from Howard Street after the 23-year-old driver failed to

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Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies in Skokie. After Bessie Rhodes transitioned to a two-way immersion program, a group of parents began organizing to advocated for a STEM-specific school in the 5th Ward.

school in the neighborhood for years. Seeing this concern remain unresolved “really bothered” him, he said. “Sometimes, there’s the situations where you’ve got to make things right,” he said. “I just got really passionate around this social injustice, that we haven’t been able to crack the code and deliver a school to these deserving kids.” Wilkins and other parents began working together after the school district decided to turn the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies into a two-way immersion program. The TWI program immerses a class of half Spanish- and half English-speaking students in a bilingual classroom from kindergarten through fifth grade. Vanessa Alvarado, a 5th Ward resident, had two

children at Bessie Rhodes when the district made this change. While the TWI program is modeled to benefit both Spanish- and English-speaking students, Alvarado said the district has not implemented the program at Bessie Rhodes as it is intended because classrooms are mostly Spanish-speaking students. Since Spanish-speaking students are not practicing English at home, Alvarado said this put these children at a disadvantage in English when they transition from the TWI program to middle school. Alvarado’s husband, Mark Rochon, said he and his wife were “railroaded” by the district’s decision-making process around TWI at Bessie Rhodes. “It really left a bad taste in our mouth,” he said. “It also started us thinking about why the 5th Ward didn’t

signal the turn. The detective smelled cannabis and had all five passengers exit the car, according to a news release. Upon searching the vehicle, the detective found 13.2 grams of cannabis and a loaded Smith & Wesson SD40 handgun. The 21-year-old passenger admitted to possession of the handgun and was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, and the driver was charged with possession and intent to distribute the cannabis. Both were also charged with not wearing a seat belt.The three other passengers

were released without charge, according to the release. The 21-year-old is in custody, and the 23-yearold was released on bail, EPD Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Both men are scheduled to appear at the Skokie Courthouse on Feb. 6.

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A 33-year-old Evanston resident reported three tablets stolen from her residence at the 800 block of Brummel Street while she was at work Tuesday.

have a neighborhood school.” Alvarado and Rochon have been working with Wilkins on the STEM school, meeting with officials and acting as a voice for 5th Ward parents, Alvarado said. Alvarado was disappointed with the response at a meeting with District 65 board members and other school district officials, where she said they made it clear that they were prioritizing the budget and the upcoming uncontested school board election, rather than building a school in the 5th Ward. “They said they would not even really consider it for at least two years,” Alvarado said. “We were just flabbergasted. This has been an ongoing problem since the ‘60s, and I feel like it is time to address this issue.” Despite this, Wilkins said the group has reached out to more than 100 community stakeholders — including business leaders, educators and political leaders — to gauge interest in developing a school in the ward. This outreach has been met with “overwhelming support,” he said. The team will expand its focus to garnering parental support in the spring, Wilkins said. “It’s one thing to get support from community leaders and parents that used to have kids in the school district,” Wilkins said. “Now, it’s about those parents that have kids that are pre-K and daycare right now, kindergarten, third grade. Those are the parents that we really need to reach out to in making sure that they’re supportive of having this option for a school.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu The woman reported that she and her housemate left for work at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, and when she returned at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, she saw the front door of her condo had been forced open, and the doorframe on the ground. A $600 iPad, a $130 Acer tablet and a $200 Toshiba tablet were reported stolen, Glew said. There are no suspects and no one in custody. — Clare Proctor

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AROUND TOWN Evanston library offers social worker By SNEHA DEY

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Evanston residents can walk into the Evanston Public Library and ask to meet with social worker Christina Mendez free of charge, as part of the social work program first instituted in 2017. EPL received support from the 2019 Good Neighbor Fund — an annual $1 million donation from Northwestern to Evanston — to continue to fund the social worker position. Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro and Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty first allocated $70,000 for the social worker position in 2018. After the success of the program last year, the University extended its support for the social work program through 2019, Hagerty said. “(Residents should) know the city isn’t just transactional in everything we do, but rather cares about lifting everybody up in the community,” said Hagerty. For Mendez, her role in the library and greater Evanston community is to increase accessibility for all residents. “I like to equate it to accessible ramps for people get in, who might not be able to walk up the stairs,” said Mendez. “Me being in the library makes it accessible to everyone, (if there is) anything that’s barring (residents) from getting the extra help.” Mendez has previously worked in community centers, but never in a library. In 2018, she had 653 appointments with patrons, according to Jill Schacter, EPL’s community engagement director. Shacter said the social worker position is an extension of other resources libraries traditionally provide. She said some families will come from outside of Evanston after hearing about the service. Ten to 15 of Mendez’s patrons check in on a weekly basis, and she said her regular patrons have allowed her to build unique relationships. Mendez also put in 45 hours in 2018 in staff training, teaching them how to interact with homeless patrons, answering their questions and

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leading seminars to prevent bias. Schacter said EPL is one of the first libraries in the nation to create a social worker position, along with Denver Public Library. She said the EPL director Karen Danczak Lyons had envisioned the program before the Good Neighbor Fund had financed it it. “We recognized providing people with links to resources has always been something a library has done,” Schacter said. “But resources aren’t just books, they aren’t just DVDs and they aren’t just newspapers.” Schacter said Mendez plays an important role as a liaison to other community organizations. In 2018, EPL worked with 28 community partners

through the social work program, Schacter said. Schacter described the compassion Mendez demonstrates in her position. One man came into the library in tears, after receiving a letter informing him that his benefits had been cut off. She said one mother came in to work through the difficulties of her child’s substance abuse disorder. “We see all types of people including new immigrants, homeless people, people who are unemployed, people who are struggling with some sort of life event which brings them here looking for advice or some sort of piece of mind, to sit and relax,” said Schacter. snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Members of The Crossing and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City rehearse for “Fire in my mouth.” The musical event runs Thursday through Saturday at the New York Philharmonic.

‘Fire in my mouth’ covers immigration, labor politics By ANDREA MICHELSON

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Lauren Kelly had a choice: she could burn to death, she could jump from the window or she could drown in the rising water from the fire hoses. The grave decision that lay before her was something that no one should deal with, she said, but it was a necessary exercise to get into character for her upcoming performance in “Fire in my mouth.” Kelly, a second-year graduate student in the Bienen School of Music, is one of 146 women and girls who will perform in Julia Wolfe’s “Fire in my mouth” at the New York Philharmonic this Thursday through Saturday. The musical work tells the story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 and touches on issues of immigration, feminism and the labor movement, Kelly said. “It falls in this really beautiful hybrid

category of not quite a concert, not quite an opera, not quite an oratorio,” Kelly said. “We have general senses of character … We start out as the girls — we’re on the boat, we’re immigrating — and at the end, as we’re reading the names of the dead, we’re storytellers in the modern context.” Kelly said the singers will wear aprons and carry oversized scissors, rather than donning the typical concert black, to embody the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers. The number of singers in the choir also draws an eerie parallel to the fire, where 146 workers died, the choral conductor Donald Nally said. Nally conducts The Crossing, a Philadelphia-based chamber choir dedicated to new music, and is also the John W. Beattie Chair of Music at Bienen. He said while “Fire in my mouth” was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, the choral arrangement was “tailor-made” with The Crossing’s sound in mind. Since The Crossing usually performs as a co-ed group of 24, Nally reached out to a wider

network to come up with a group of 36 women singers and 110 young women from the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. The choir includes six current and former members of the Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, he said. While it is notable to see a choral piece written, directed and performed exclusively by women, Kelly said she hopes that is the least interesting thing about “Fire in my mouth.” “This production has legs on its own, regardless of who is doing it,” Kelly said. “It’s an incredible piece of music that I can throw my whole heart, mind and soul behind. And it just so happens to be written by a total badass woman.” More important than the gender makeup of the choir, Kelly said, is the message that the audience takes away from the show. Gabrielle Barkidjija, (Bienen ’18) a firstyear graduate student in Bienen who will also perform in ”Fire in my mouth,” said the show’s themes of immigration and protest

are especially relevant in the current political climate. “(The movement ‘Protest’) discusses how these immigrants really wanted to be assimilated into a society, and how they wanted to fight for their rights as Americans,” Barkidjija said. “That’s something that is really important about the piece, and I think it’s coming at a really pertinent time in our history.” Though the show is based on a tragic historical event, Barkidjija said several points in the piece, such as the “Protest” movement, are empowering rather than depressing. Nally said he admires the courage displayed by the women who sing in the show, as well as the strength the piece gives to the women they are singing about. “The piece feels unafraid,” Nally said. “The story about the women who died, and the way in which the women of The Crossing approach it, comes from a place of great, great strength.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu

‘Rebuilding the Present’ connects meditation, arts By VY DUONG

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Artist and curator Holly Cahill first stumbled upon the concept of meditation when her high school teacher introduced her to Eastern religions. But it wasn’t until she started a particularly stressful job years later that she found the need to apply the concepts she learned in class to her everyday life. Inspired by the transformation she noticed in herself, Cahill proposed an exhibition examining the connection between meditation and art to the Weinberg/Newton Gallery. “Rebuilding the Present” is centered around the concept of meditation as an instrument to foster self-care and as a tool to cope with everyday life. In partnership with the David Lynch Foundation, the exhibition features a wide range of art forms, including documentation, paintings and audio works that incorporate different meditative practices. The exhibition opened last weekend and runs through April 13 at the Weinberg/Newton Gallery in Chicago. Cahill said the show is designed to navigate viewers through multiple layers of experience that involve connections to themselves, each other and the world. She said each of the seven artists in the show has their own way of addressing the concept of connection, yet they all strive to create space for wellness. “We’re living in a really high-stress, fastpaced time,” Cahill said. “In my life, mediation has made all the difference.” Featured artist Leslie Baum, who teaches drawing to adults at the Art Institute of Chicago, said she was able to see the impact of arts on the mental health of her students who have highly-demanding professions. She said the act of creating art has a similar effect to that of meditation by bringing the creator into the present. Baum said the show is “on point” and deeply resonates with her values. She added that she hopes viewers can take time to see the diversity

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“Rebuilding the Present” displays the work of seven artists who engage in meditative practices. The exhibition is open to the public at the Weinberg/Newton Gallery through April 13.

in the works of art and the different approaches the artists take to engage people in multiple levels. As for her own installation in the exhibition, Baum said she wants to create a space where viewers feel welcomed and comfortable. She creates this effect with a collection of “meditation pillows” that are meant to invite the viewer into the art. “When you’re at home, you linger. When you linger, you relax. When you relax, you’re able to notice more things, so you might have a deeper

experience with the art, which is something I’m striving for,” Baum said. Featured artist Cameron Harvey, who teaches yoga and practices meditation, said any act of paying attention, such as gardening or simply looking at art, can have meditative effects. She said the exhibition allows viewers to reflect on how they interact in both personal and public spaces. The artist added that she hopes people can question the concepts of “quiet time” and boredom as they move through the exhibition. Harvey said what further draws her to

“Rebuilding the Present” is the show’s ability to provide an escape from the everyday buzz of technological devices. She said there is a “collective cultural understanding” of the harm cell phones are doing to our emotional and spiritual well-beings. “Something that is super important in our current climate is the brain training of slowing down to do something without your phone,” Harvey said. “People are hungry for that.” vyduong2021@u.northwestern.edu

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‘Caravans of Gold’ looks at medieval African art, trade By DAISY CONANT

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To many involved in the art world, notions of exhibitions featuring “the medieval period” may conjure images of Byzantine crosses encrusted with jewels, European saints and castles featured in Gothic paintings and a world untouched by the globalized trade of goods and ideas. But curator Kathleen Bickford Berzock intends to present a vastly different portrait of the medieval world. In “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Arts, Culture and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa,” which will open at the Block Museum of Art this Saturday, Berzock weaves an artistic narrative of a wealthy African king, the journey of gold from West Africa to Florence, Italy and the expansion of Islamic culture and language. “I’ve always been really interested in telling stories about the medieval history of Africa through its arts,” said Berzock, who is the associate director of curatorial affairs at the Block. “Now I’ve committed seven years to doing that. This exhibition shows that history requires active imagination. There are facts, but we also need to see that through mind’s eye. That’s what art and archeology contribute.” Featuring over 250 artworks spanning more than five centuries and multiple continents, “Caravans of Gold” is the first major exhibition presenting art from the medieval period to demonstrate the global

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Ceramic vases, among other African artifacts, are on display in “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Arts, Culture and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa.” The exhibition opens this Saturday and will be at The Block Museum of Art through July 21.

impact of Trans-Saharan trade and the shared history of West Africa, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The opening at the Block this Saturday will include remarks from Nigerian-born English Prof. Chris Abani, the host of BBC’s “Lost Kingdoms of Africa” Gus Casely-Hayford and Berzock. The exhibition will be at the Block through July 21 before traveling to the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Lindsay Bosch, the marketing and communications

manager of the Block, said the key thesis of the exhibition is that the medieval world was much more interconnected, cosmopolitan and global than most people believe — and that Africa held a central place within that world. “It’s a challenge to try and tell the story of a culture that doesn’t have a lot left, and it’s a challenge telling that story with small pieces to represent an entire kingdom,” Bosch said. “But it’s a fun challenge.” Bosch said a point of pride for the exhibition is the display of fragments of African beads, pottery and gold, as well as with Arabic manuscripts from

the medieval period and other related artwork from more recent periods. The juxtaposition of the artifacts, coupled with videos of archeologists in Mali, Morocco and Nigeria explaining how they connect the fragments to the artwork, provides concrete evidence of the role West Africa played in the development of the early modern era. This approach allows museum-goers to note the presence of African gold in pages of a Christian Bible, Jewish prayer book and Islamic Quran, or to compare a piece of glazed ceramic found in Mali to a 12th-century Chinese bowl. “This isn’t a story that’s being told from a single kind of curatorial voice,” Berzock said. “It’s a story that’s really about bringing together a lot of different pieces of a puzzle. We’re trying to do that both through what’s in the exhibition materially, but also through the different ways that the narrative is woven within the gallery.” Esmeralda Kale, the curator of the Northwestern Herskovits Library of African Studies, said the exhibition is significant in that it not only highlights the fact that many of the works collected from medieval Europe were influenced by medieval African trade and intellectual discourse, but that it also provides Northwestern students the chance to see artifacts that have never been on loan to the United States. “(Museum-goers) are going to see a sliver of the past that they might never ever see again,” said Kale. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.” daisyconant2022@u.northwestern.edu

Spectrum Theatre Company creates and collaborates By ANDREA MICHELSON

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In Shanley Pavilion, a chalkboard drawing displays what home means to three characters — a house, a bunny, a slice of pizza. The backdrop sets the scene for Communication third-year Allyson Snyder’s play “Roots and Wings,” a devised work that is part of Spectrum Theatre Company’s “Collaboration and Creation Series.” The “Collaboration and Creation Series” will run in Shanley Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. The series includes three short plays inspired by the ideas of directors and brought to fruition through a collaborative devising process. Each play is complemented by an art installation, like Snyder’s chalkboard. Snyder said the whole rehearsal room comes together to write a script in the devising process. Usually the director brings a “seed” to the table to start the process. In the case of Snyder’s piece, that starting point was the idea of home. “When you do devised work, you find this specificity that makes things more universal in a way,” Snyder said. “These unique people in the room have stories about their grandmothers and their childhoods and their friends from home … Having all of those pieces to write a play is so much more powerful than having just one person and their own information.” Communication sophomore Theo JankeFurman said he petitioned to produce the “Collaboration and Creation Series” because it was a unique opportunity to oversee the devising process. He said most productions on campus follow a more linear production process: actors act, directors direct and that’s the end of the story. The devising process allows more voices to be heard, Janke-Furman said. When selecting

directors for the series, he said it was important that the voices he chose were diverse. “We were very interested in getting three distinct stories,” Janke-Furman said. “The directors are all cool and unique, and their stories were very important to them. It’s evident that they all had these messages that they wanted to share with the community, and specifically the Northwestern community.” Communication sophomore Rishi Mahesh said he wants to explore immigration, identity politics and race in comedy in the piece he is directing. His devised work began with those themes and the idea of creating a stand-up comedy set, and evolved into a routine he named “AME%/X72#3ICAN MADE.” Isabella Noe, another Communication sophomore and director in the “Collaboration and Creation Series,” sparked her devised work with a question: What if she could go back in time and talk to the 14-year-old version of herself ? “Something that I kept thinking about over the summer is how cool it is that I get to be at Northwestern and be in the theater scene here, and be directing my own show that’s also devised,” Noe said. “I thought of how when I was younger, this was absolutely what I dreamed of doing.” That thought inspired a piece, “Morning Will Come,” that takes place inside the mind of one woman. Noe said she was excited by the prospect of devising a show with a blank canvas — both literal and figurative in this case, as her piece features a mural on the performance space floor — in front of her. “My favorite part of this process was just hearing from all different kinds of voices in the room, from all different places and all different backgrounds,” Noe said. “You get to make something with all of these other people with really cool ideas.”

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Allyson Snyder’s devised work, “Roots and Wings,” follows three characters in their journeys to find a sense of home. Her piece is one of three short plays in Spectrum Theatre Company’s “Collaboration and Creation Series.”

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tet,” Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. • Block Museum of Art, “Duvarlar-MauernWalls,” Pick-Laudati Auditorium, 7 p.m. • Dolphin Show, “Hello, Dolly!” Cahn Auditorium, 7:30 p.m • Spectrum Theatre Company, “Collaboration and Creation Series,” Shanley Pavilion, 7 p.m.

Galvin Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. • Block Museum of Art, “Caravans of Gold,” Main Gallery • Dolphin Show, “Hello, Dolly!” Cahn Auditorium, 7:30 p.m • Spectrum Theater Company, “Collaboration and Creation Series,” Shanley Pavilion, 2 p.m. • Vertigo Productions, “MLK Arts Festival,” Harris 107, 6 p.m.

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would be “catching heat” from academia for not supporting scholars. Yet McCormick first-year Junior Ndayikengurukiye said that he felt NU is simply overestimating the people who would cause an uproar against the removal of Kanazawa. Though both faculty and students are denouncing his research as “blatantly racist and sexist,” the University is more afraid of being attacked by a few criticizers,

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when students prepare to leave for their academic program; and the on-site phase, when students directly participate in the abroad experience.

Gearing up for study abroad

When LGBTQ students begin planning for study abroad, their first task is to figure out where they want to study. Northwestern offers 150 different study abroad programs in about 50 different countries, roughly 100 of which are organized by affiliate partners of the University. But for LGBTQ students, choosing a country is often more complicated than just seeing which programs align with their academic track: In over 70 countries, homosexual activity between consenting adults is illegal, so there are very real legal and safety concerns involved with the selection process. Miroballi said this is an area where ULA offers support by providing online resources. ULA’s “LGBTQIA Abroad” page — which links to on-campus resources such as the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Rainbow Alliance and Northwestern Greek Allies — provides students with tips for researching the legal, cultural and social environments that surround gay rights in different countries. The goal is to help students find areas in which they’d feel safe studying. “On (the ULA) website, students are also allowed to identify as LGBTQ if they feel comfortable, so that serves as one way queer students can seek each other out,” said Joel Alvarez-Rinconeno, a Weinberg third-year and ULA student ambassador. “This helps students find people to talk to who understand their experiences.” Miroballi said students are also encouraged to come in for personal appointments to talk with advisors about LGBTQ identity abroad and receive more tailored resources. Students can access “country climate notes” in advising meetings, which include information about countries’ religious, LGBTQ and gender representation and historical context for those issues. Miroballi said the notes are meant to help queer students decide whether certain programs are ideal for them and to help guide how they choose to handle their sexuality while abroad.

he said. McCormick first-year Yemi Kelani added that NU shouldn’t have to choose between academic freedom and providing a safe and inclusive environment for students. “We shouldn’t be weighing one ideal over the other, but he just kind of seemed like he was going to protect (academic freedom) rather than consider the fact that Northwestern has multiple values and multiple ideals and he needs to protect all of them,” Kelani said. Both Holloway and Zinbarg acknowledged

that a weak vetting process for choosing visiting researchers led to Kanazawa’s presence on campus. As a response, Zinbarg said the psychology department has revamped its process for nominating visiting scholars. Those who are nominated will go to a committee, and the entire faculty will vote on the scholar, he said. Holloway also said the University will hold a major symposium on the intersection of race and genetics. This will be an opportunity for academics to respond to Kanazawa’s research by presenting more counter-ideas, he said.

Yet for some students, Holloway’s responses were not enough to justify Kanazawa’s presence on campus. Communication first-year Eden Strong said she was disappointed Holloway was acting “more like a politician than an educator” by trying to stay neutral at the expense of students’ wellbeing. “When people are put in charge –– those who just spew negative views –– it emboldens those who agree with them,” she said. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

If students don’t feel comfortable talking to ULA representatives, they can connect with student ambassadors, advocates for the study abroad office who have studied internationally. Some ambassadors, like Topil, specialize in areas of LGBTQ identity and are encouraged to connect with students who are unsure about studying abroad. “ULA is doing a really good job of making sure to talk about any concerns you might have, and making sure that you really understand the political climate you’re going into,” Topil said.

The outbound phase

Once students have finished researching their host countries, connecting with Northwestern campus groups and finalizing travel plans, they move into the pre-departure support phase. This is when students receive more program logistics related to gender and sexuality norms. Miroballi said ULA also helps identify external communities of support for LGBTQ students, both on a country and city level. This information is usually conveyed through program handbooks or revealed in advising appointments — but once students are on the ground, it falls to them to get connected with support groups and immerse themselves in safe spaces. And even though students always have the option of reaching out to the ULA for support throughout their study abroad process, for some, that isn’t enough. “There needs to be a more constant connection between (LGBTQ) students and ULA advisors or even (Counseling and Psychological Services),” Topil said. “At the beginning of the program, you might just be handed a book or some program packet — but that doesn’t really do too much if you’re not getting that constant support while you’re in-country.”

On-site support

When students arrive in their host countries, ULA helps them connect with English-speaking therapists and doctors through NU’s GeoBlue health insurance package. It also encourages students to confide in program directors, who are trained to support students who have experienced any kind of marginalization in their daily life. Still, it’s unclear how many of these resources are geared specifically to support LGBTQ

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Weinberg senior Broderick Topil. Topil is a student ambassador at ULA, where he focuses on issues of LGBTQ identity abroad.

students. Alvarez-Rinconeno said he appreciated the office’s promotion of therapy options abroad. When he studied in Spain, he was able to plan for access to a counselor before he departed, which he said eased his transition. But those options may not exist for students in every destination. “Therapy and other medical resources can be limited to countries that already have favorable opinions toward LGBTQ people,” Topil said. “Had I needed those resources in the Dominican (Republic), I don’t think they would have been available to me just because of the political climate there. There’s a slight disconnect between what the ULA perceives is like providing these resources and what it actually means to be supportive.”

‘Room for improvement’

While ULA strives to make study abroad accessible and safe for everyone, some Northwestern students say there’s a fundamental gap between

ULA’s goals and what actually happens on the ground. For LGBTQ students, that discrepancy can have a huge influence on the quality of their global experience. For this reason, Miroballi said ULA has been working with CAPS and other campus affinity groups to shape its study abroad programs. Alvarez-Rinconeno said ULA could benefit from a more concrete structure to measure and track how LGBTQ students fare abroad. Without a regular evaluation, he said, it’s hard for ULA to craft effective policies and provide necessary resources for queer students abroad. Still, Topil emphasized the importance of travel abroad for LGBTQ students, encouraging them to seek out the resources that do exist. “I never want an LGBTQ-identifying person to feel like they can’t study abroad somewhere,” Topil said. “There’s so much of the world to see.” pranavbaskar2022@u.northwestern.edu

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In the next week, Evanstonians will have the chance to dine at Frida’s, a new restaurant at 618 Church St. specializing in breakfast, brunch and lunch options. Co-owner and manager Rosario Barreto said the staff is finishing a few “last minute details” and plans to open Monday. Barreto added that she and her husband, the other owner, have been working on the restaurant for the past eight months because they thought Evanston lacked a good breakfast and lunch restaurant. “Evanston is a nice, beautiful town,” she said. “We thought there was a need. I’ve gone to other places (in Evanston) and not seen something that I like.” The restaurant will offer traditional American foods like eggs, pancakes and burgers, but it will also offer a few Mexican options like chilaquiles, enchiladas and burritos. Barreto

said the menu will be distinct from from other breakfast places in the city, like Clarke’s. Rosario Barreto’s husband, José Barreto, said he’s excited for the community to try their food. “The restaurant is going to bring a new approach to the breakfast-slash-hangout,” he said. “(It’s) trendy for our clientele. The students and the residents who have been here for a long time will appreciate the flavors we’re bringing to the area.” José Barreto added that he wants dishes to be creative, and the staff plans to include weekly specials from their chef, Daniel Coronel, who hails from Mexico. The couple has also worked closely with Coronel to ensure that all meals at Frida’s will be healthy and homemade. “Frida’s will be a place where everyone can come and the service will be great,” Rosario Barreto said. “The food is excellent, healthy and we have all kinds of options. We hope everyone comes and tries the place.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Forward Pete Nance out indefinitely with illness before Indiana game

Before Tuesday’s game against Indiana, Northwestern announced that freshman forward Pete Nance is out indefinitely with an illness. Nance was not on the bench for the contest, which the Wildcats won 73-66. “It’s okay long term but he’s going to be out a little bit,” coach Chris Collins said after the game. “We just got to get him healthy and get him back when he was ready to go.” Collins did not comment on specifics. The 6-foot-10 freshman is the latest NU cager to miss an extended amount of time due to injury or illness. Senior Jordan Ash has not played since the middle of December and did not dress for the game against the

Hoosiers. Junior forward Aaron Falzon and junior guard Tino Malnati both missed the first two months of the season. Junior forward Charlie Hall has not dressed for a game this season. Nance played in the first 18 games of the season and averaged 12.6 minutes a game while scoring 3.4 points and pulling down 1.6 rebounds per contest. More than half of the Ohio native’s shots have come from beyond the arc, despite the fact he is shooting 28 percent from three-point land. Like fellow freshman Miller Kopp and Ryan Greer, Nance has struggled to earn a larger role in Collins’ rotation. Without Nance, Falzon slid into the reserve forward role off the bench and was a spark plug for Cats. Playing extended minutes for the first time since returning from his injury, the junior scored a career-high 21 points on 6-for-7 shooting. — Peter Warren

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or accepted as normal,” Madigan said in the statement. “We will not sit back and allow this to happen.” Among the most controversial changes is the move to decrease the number of school employees required to take action when receiving reports of sexual harassment — teachers and counselors would no longer be mandated to report incidents unless they would be involved in investigating and discipline. Schools would also not have jurisdiction over incidents that occur outside of school, off-campus and online. Finally, it would allow schools to set their own standards of proof victims would have to provide, though Illinois law requires schools use the lower of two possible evidentiary standards. The period of public comment to the Education Department was scheduled to end Jan. 28, though the deadline has been extended to Jan. 29 because of issues with the agency’s website. Advocacy groups have written letters asking for an extension because of confusion stemming from the government shutdown.

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Sydney Wood holds the ball. The freshman guard had a career-high four rebounds in NU’s last contest.

Seven games into its 2017-2018 Big Ten schedule last season, Northwestern had just lost to Wisconsin and sat at the bottom of the conference at 2-5. This year has been a different story for the Wildcats. With a year of experience, NU (11-7, 4-3 Big Ten) once again faced the Badgers in its seventh game, this time blowing them out 72-46 on Sunday and putting the Wildcats firmly in the middle of the conference standings at 4-3. The Cats now sit just a game back of second place but also are only a game ahead of the eighth-place Michigan State at 3-4. On Thursday, NU will have a chance to separate itself from the middle of the pack on the road against Nebraska (9-9, 4-3). Like the Wildcats, the Cornhuskers sit at 4-3 in the conference, along with Indiana, who NU beat last week. “We’re hanging in there pretty good,” coach Joe McKeown said about his team’s performance thus far. “I think if you asked the other 13 Big Ten coaches, they’d say the same thing right now. That how crazy our league is...the Big Ten right now is a monster in basketball.” Both teams are trending in the

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same direction, as both have a twogame win streak including one win against a ranked opponent. McKeown said his team has come out with a lot of intensity in its last two matchups. Thursday’s showdown between the two teams will be a matchup of strengths — the Wildcats’ defense versus Nebraska’s offense. “We’re starting to learn how to play with each other,” McKeown said after beating Wisconsin. “I thought we did a great job at Indiana of coming out of the box ready to play. To play defense like we did in the second quarter, just says a lot about how we’re improving.” In conference games this season, NU leads the Big Ten with scoring defense (57.6 points per game), field goal percentage defense (36.2 percent) and 3-point defense (27.7 percent). Even in their most recent game against the Badgers, the Cats held Wisconsin to 46 points, their third Big Ten game holding an opponent below 50 points. On Sunday, NU relied on key performances from senior forward Pallas Kuniayi-Akpanah, who finished the

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game with 15 rebounds and three blocks. Sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam and freshman guard Veronica Burton added three steals each. On the other hand, Nebraska comes into the game ranked fifth in scoring (68.3) and fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (36.4), and the Cornhuskers lead the league with 48 3-pointers made in conference games. Nebraska gets most of its 3-point production from guard/forward Taylor Kissinger, who leads the Big Ten with a 49.4 3-point shooting percentage. McKeown preaches to his team that the key to success defensively is stopping the opposing team’s top two players. The problem for NU is that, on offense, the Cornhuskers don’t rely on one player specifically. None of Nebraska’s players rank in the top 30 of the Big Ten in scoring. Forward Leigha Brown and guard Sam Haiby are both leading the team by averaging 10.3 points per game. As a supporting cast, the Cornhuskers have six people who scored between 7 and 9.5 points per game this season. “Everybody’s a good team,” McKeown said. “We’re playing Nebraska, who was in the NCAA Tournament last year (and) was in the preseason Top 25. Our message is: It’s about us and how we prepare every game.”

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Northwestern’s first weekend of the spring season featured a healthy mix of high points and low points, as the Wildcats’ dominant 7-0 home opener against the University of Illinois Chicago was followed by a disappointing 5-2 loss at No. 16 Kansas. In front of a solid home crowd at Combe Tennis Center in Evanston on Friday afternoon, No. 19 NU opened up season play shutting out the Flames in both singles and doubles matches. The Cats, looking to repeat as Big Ten conference champions, did not drop a set in singles play and quickly won their three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. Junior Julie Byrne, who went undefeated in both last weekend’s Miami Spring Invite and this weekend’s singles matches, said she is proud of the way NU came out ready to play against UIC. “We all came out really strong,” Byrne said. “Everyone felt pretty comfortable in our spots and it was nice to get out and get a win in front of a good crowd. We got to see how competitive we are as a team, and to kind of set the tone for the rest of the season.” The Cats faced a quick turnaround when they hit the road Sunday to face a tough Jayhawks roster that featured several ranked opponents. In Lawrence, NU hit its first road block of the season, dropping four of six singles matches and losing the doubles point after leading for most of that match. Coach Claire Pollard said Sunday’s loss gave the team an idea of where they stand as a group and exposed areas that they will work to improve. “(Sunday) was a rude awakening,” Pollard said. “But I think it will be good for us in the long run. It’s easy to identify the problems, it’s another thing to fix them. As long as we’re headed in the right direction, I can live with it.”

Northwestern will trek to a pair of destinations along the Ohio River this weekend, with both programs traveling to take on Louisville on Friday and Cincinnati on Saturday. The Wildcats will be especially challenged by the Cardinals, who are ranked No. 8 on the men’s side (5-2) and No. 16 on the women’s (3-2). The NU women, though, could pose a threat to Louisville, as they have just entered the Top 25 at No. 23. “We’re looking at some really tough racing, but we’re going to go in and race hard,” coach Jeremy Kipp said. “We’re going to challenge (Louisville) in quite a few events, and the expectations are just to be better than we were this past weekend.” The Cats are coming off a rather disappointing showing in Iowa City, Iowa last Saturday, especially on the men’s side. The NU men (2-3, 0-3 Big Ten) lost to both Iowa and Wisconsin, while the women (4-2, 2-2) defeated the Hawkeyes but fell to the No. 17 Badgers. Nevertheless, the Cats still had several strong individual performances at the tri-dual, particularly in the distance freestyle events and the women’s backstroke events. “(Sophomore) Liam (Gately)’s 200-yard freestyle, that 1:38 inseason was a good swim for him,” Kipp said. “Andrew Zhang, our freshman, he had a really good 100 free; he got touched out by the Iowa guys but he beat the Wisconsin guys.” Kipp also praised the performances of freshman Manu Bacarizo in the 200-yard backstroke, as well as sophomore Calypso Sheridan, who finished second in

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Julie Byrne hits a forehand. She had a successful weekend, but Northwestern split its two weekend matches.

According to Byrne, getting back in that right direction means improving doubles play and coming into practice each day ready to compete. NU continues its season this weekend with home matches against the University of Central Florida and a dual match against the University of Miami and the University of Tulsa, and Byrne said there’s still significant room to grow. “The level is really high and we’re there,” she said. “But if we’re not holding each other accountable then we won’t beat those high ranked teams.” Despite the overall loss, there were high points to Sunday’s face-off against the Jayhawks. Byrne defeated No. 34 ranked Janet Koch in an impressive three-set match, while

sophomore Caroline Pozo won her singles match, picking up the Cats’ second point of the day. Pozo, who picked up two singles wins over the weekend, already has half as many singles wins as she compiled all of last season. The sophomore said she is excited by her start to the season but is ready to continue to improve both individually and as a team. “There are a lot of small things that each one of us can improve on,” Pozo said. “Hopefully (doing so) will provide some better results come game day.” andrewmarquardt2021@u.northwestern.edu

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three events: the 100 back, 200 back and 200-yard individual medley. The first-place finisher in all three of those races was Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson, who finished in the top eight in all three events at last year’s NCAA Championships. After battling the Cardinals on Friday, NU should have an easier time against the Bearcats on Saturday. The Cincinnati men and women are both 4-0, but the Bearcats’ wins have come against lesser programs in Indianapolis, IUPUI, Miami (Ohio) and Xavier. Kipp said he scheduled the back-to-back to prepare his team for the multi-day Big Ten Championships coming up in late February and early March. “(Cincinnati) is a really good mid-major,” Kipp said. “The Big Ten Championships is a threeand-a-half day format, so one reason why we scheduled this really tough Friday, really tough Saturday is to get the athletes ready for that.” The Cats will continue to look for strong performances from sophomore DJ Hwang, who swam a season-best in the 1000 free in Iowa City and blew away the field; sophomore Sophie Angus, who won both the 100- and 200yard breaststroke last Saturday; and senior Olivia Rosendahl, who is looking for her third consecutive national championship in the platform diving. Kipp, Hwang and Angus all said defeating Cincinnati is the expectation, even after racing hard against Louisville the day before. “Louisville is one of the top teams in the country, so it’ll be really interesting to see how we match up with them,” Hwang said. “Against Cincinnati, I think everyone can get up and race again and find a way to win that meet.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern. edu