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CAPS to add 5 new counselors to staff Chicago office adds three, studentathletes gain two By AUSTIN BENAVIDES

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Northwestern announced Monday it will hire five additional counselors this academic year, with three of the positions going toward staffing the Chicago office and two at the Evanston campus. Counselors at the Chicago campus will primarily work to support clinical services and aid educational programming. The new positions at the Evanston CAPS office will work as sports psychologists. “These new counselors are going to be invaluable to supporting our students on both the Chicago and Evanston campuses,” CAPS executive director John Dunkle said in a University release, . “This is part of a plan to continue to increase services for our students.” Dunkle called these additions a “win-win” for the Evanston office in the release. He said having more counselors designated as sports

psychologists will help reduce the wait time for the general student population as sports psychologists could focus in on helping student-athletes. This is due in part to a rising trend in student-athlete use of CAPS. Compared to the 19 percent of the overall student population that uses CAPS, 40 percent of studentathletes used CAPS. The added focus on student-athlete mental health is also based on the guidelines of a 2016 NCAA Mental Health Best Practices report. The report detailed several ways universities should deal with athletes’ mental health. Among the guidelines include provisions that suggest institutions should create clear procedures to refer athletes to qualified practitioners and emergency plans for an athlete experiencing suicidal thoughts. It also asked schools’ athletic programs to perform mental health screenings as a part of the program’s preparticipation exams and to educate athletes on ways to recognize symptoms of mental disorders. The five new positions will be filled this academic year, the release said. austinbenavides2022@u. northwestern.edu

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Activist Tarana Burke delivers a keynote address on community healing from sexual abuse in marginalized communities. Burke has been organizing for years and is the founder of the #MeToo movement.

Burke shares Me Too origins, hopes MLK Dream Week keynote speaker talked intersectionality in movement By YUNKYO KIM

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Before #MeToo became a rallying cry for the global movement against sexual misconduct,

Tarana Burke had been organizing communities of color for years to address sexual violence. At Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, the civil rights activist behind #MeToo received two standing ovations Monday for her keynote address on collective

progress. Burke came to Northwestern as a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. events scheduled for Dream Week 2020, a series of programs that celebrate black history on the Evanston and Chicago campuses. Other events have included Alpha Phi

Alpha’s candlelight vigil and Eva Jefferson Day. In her speech, Burke said the movement was about healing — both individual and institutional — from a ubiquitous trauma. In » See BURKE, page 6

Professor discusses diversity in fiction Council talks WelshDiana Adesola Mafe explained lack of representation of black women

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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As a child in the 80s, Diana Adesola Mafe was a fan of scifi movies, from “Robocop” to “The Terminator.” But when she grew up and started looking at the media of her childhood with a more critical lens, it became harder for her to ignore the representation of black women like her in the movies she loved. “As much as I loved ‘Back to the Future,’ and I could probably quote that whole movie to you from memory, where did I see myself in that movie?” Mafe said at a speaker event on Monday. “I didn’t.” An English professor at Denison University, Mafe spoke at Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts on Monday about her research into the complicated history of black women in American and British speculative fiction. Her research is collected in her latest book, 2018’s “Where No Black Women Has Gone Before: Subversive Portrayals in Speculative Film and

Ryan liquor license City also passed liquor license for Tapas Barcelona By SAM HELLER

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Diana Adesola Mafe. The English professor discussed her research on black women in speculative fiction at an event on Monday.

TV,” which examines six case studies of black women in 21stcentury speculative media. The event was organized by the Black Arts Initiative, an interdisciplinary faculty group that focuses on programming

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

related to black art, which encompasses a wide variety of mediums and genres. “We focus on people whose research interests focus on black art, but black art capaciously, so visual art, performance art, film

and media, so on and so forth,” Rikki Byrd, Weinberg doctoral student and a graduate student representative for the Initiative, told the Daily. “It has a really » See MAFE, page 6

City Council voted Monday to introduce a proposed liquor license for the vendors at the Welsh-Ryan Arena. The vote was one of many that were passed surrounding various liquor licenses, including granting the new owners of Tapas Barcelona a liquor license and changing the rules surrounding licenses for movie theaters. While most passed unanimously, the WelshRyan proposed introduction passed in the council only 5-4. “As the Alderman for the 7th Ward where the Welsh-Ryan Arena is located, I have heard loud and clear from my constituents that they are very concerned about alcohol consumption at the arena,” Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) told The Daily after the meeting. When the proposed license was last brought up in council in July, residents living near the stadium voiced their concerns about

the noise pollution and general disorder that could result. At that meeting, aldermen decided to delay the discussion. Currently, alcohol sales are only permitted in the stadium’s Wilson Club, which requires a donation of $6,000 or more to enter. The proposal would allow the arena’s current food vendor, Levy, to sell alcohol throughout the stadium. “If I had any other neighbor who had parties 50 times a year and serves beer to 8,000 to 40,000 people, I would call the cops every single time,” Evanston resident Lynn Trautmann said during July’s meeting. Similar critiques also stopped Northwestern from serving alcohol in Ryan Field this past football season. This vote on the Welsh-Ryan also comes after the heated debate at City Council last November about allowing the stadium to host professional sporting events and for-profit concerts. Revelle and other aldermen voiced their concerns about the negative effect on the surrounding businesses and homes, and residents came out in droves against the proposal. Also during Monday’s » See ALCOHOL, page 6

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Downtown Evanston celebrates month’s Hygge Fest By ZOE MALIN

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After last year’s inaugural week-long Hygge Fest, Downtown Evanston will expand the program to a month-long celebration in February. Hygge, a Danish word and concept, emphasizes finding joy in everyday moments and encompasses the feeling of being cozy. Annie Coakley, executive director of Downtown Evanston, said Hygge Fest is a great way to “get people out of the house” during Evanston’s harsh winter. Hygge Fest consists of events organized by local businesses, each centered around warm drinks and food, crafts, wellness and community. Coakley said residents showed a lot of interest in the 2019 program, inspiring her to expand Hygge Fest. She added that February is “not a great month for restaurants and retail” due to the unpredictable, cold weather. “Hygge Fest encourages people to get out, visit local businesses and have a new experience with them,” Coakley said. “These businesses have a wide variety of offerings and can show that they have a lot going on during the winter.” To plan Hygge Fest, Coakley said she pitched ideas to interested businesses and worked with owners to finalize plans. Downtown Evanston’s website now has a section featuring a list of all the Hygge Fest events, each of which is linked to an Eventbrite page or business’s website. Additional details can be found on Facebook. Coakley said most events are ticketed and have limited capacities.

POLICE BLOTTER Change and pendant stolen from Ford Fusion A Ford Fusion parked in the 1800 block of Emerson Street was broken into over the weekend. The owner of the car, a 30-year-old Evanston

Many businesses are coordinating hands-on workshops, teaching attendees skills like creating floral arrangements, calligraphy and knitting. Ayla’s Originals, a jewelry and gift boutique, is leading a workshop called “Beading in the Snug” at Celtic Knot Public House. Ayla Pizzo, owner, said the ticket pays for beads and alcohol. It includes beading instruction, materials to make a stretchy bracelet, and a glass of beer, wine or a nonalcoholic beverage. “Beading is a wonderful thing to do when you can’t go outside,” Pizzo said. “Come to the store to get the materials and you’ll have them on hand when you can’t leave the house.” Local eateries will also host gatherings centered around food or drinks. Patisserie Coralie and Celtic Knot Public House, for example, invite residents to sip on tea and eat snacks at their establishments. Newport Coffee House will introduce residents to Fika, a Swedish tradition, throughout February. Coakley said Fika is an “essential” part of Hygge. It involves individuals taking a break in their day to enjoy the company of others, sweet treats and warm beverages. Additional activities include those centered around wellness and self-care at businesses like Grateful Yoga and Creative Coworking. One River School planned a Hygge Pop-Up Market and a family art workshop, too. As one of the final Hygge Fest celebrations, Downtown Evanston will host an open mic night in a vacant storefront at the corner of Orrington Avenue and Church Street. More details will follow as the date approaches, but it will feature a live band and local artists. man, said he thought he locked his car. Evanston police Cmdr. Brian Henry said the man told responding officers when he returned to the vehicle, he found approximately $5 in change and a family pendant missing. The items were taken some time between Jan. 25 and Jan 27. There are no suspects.

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Hygge Fest involves events centered around food and drinks, craft workshops and other activities. Most events are ticketed.

Some business owners that participated last year are continuing the tradition, like Reyes Witt, owner of Assembly Creators Market. This year, she said the store will have candle and enamel jewelry workshops led by experts in the craft. Attendees will leave the workshops with professionally made, customized products. Witt said she looks forward to her store’s

involvement in Hygge Fest, as well as the others put on by Evanston shopkeepers. “My favorite part of Hygge Fest is that people get to meet the business owners and walk out of the events feeling good,” Witt said. “That’s really what this is all about.”

Vehicle ransacked, passenger door left open

the passenger door left open, Henry said. The man told responding officers he didn’t think any items were taken, and there was no damage to the vehicle. There are no suspects.

A vehicle was broken into on Jan. 25. The car was parked at 1729 Hartrey Ave., where the vehicle’s owner, a 45-year-old Evanston man, said he left it at 2:20 p.m. When he returned at approximately 10:40 p.m., he found the car “ransacked” with

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Students debate news endorsements By EMMA YARGER

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Northwestern Political Union voted that it is acceptable for news outlets to endorse political candidates at their weekly meeting on Monday. The discussions delved into newspapers’ roles in political races and the effect endorsements have on outcomes. The topic was motivated by The New York Times’ recent endorsement of democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. During the debate, Weinberg sophomore Elizabeth Sperti backed the opinion that newspapers should not make endorsements because publications are institutions. She discussed believing it is dangerous for institutions to use their power to influence individual political decisions. “Either (newspapers) influence opinion and people are taking the stance of a biased source into consideration or everyone ignores their endorsement and the endorsement was just a self indulgent waste of time,” Sperti said. Sperti argued that too much power is handed over to major publications like The New York Times. She also said she views news organizations hosting and asking questions at debates is another example of the inappropriate extent of power the media holds in politics. Bienen junior and Political Union events coordinator Sachin Shukla was on the other side of the discussion, believing that it’s alright for newspapers to make endorsements in order to inform the public. Sachin said newspapers can be a reliable source of information for people who don’t have the time or resources to research candidates on their own. “People who work on editorial boards are not only relatively informed on politics, they live and breathe it,” Shukla said. Sperti argued that everyone should pick up the burden of informing themselves about their own political decisions and should not rely on the opinions of others.

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Political Union met Monday to discuss whether or not news organizations should endorse political candidates. The majority of participants voted that it’s okay for newspapers to make endorsements.

But Weinberg sophomore Will Paschke said it is naive to think that everyone has the time or political savvy to independently create their own opinions. Questions and comments from the attendees included discussion of what ways news organizations can be unbiased — and if they can at all. Many attendees held the opinion that news organizations cannot truly be, but should still try their best to provide objective information. “So our question today is whether or not newspapers should be allowed to endorse candidates? And I think the answer is yes,” Paschke said. “I agree that there’s bias there, of course, but the fact of the matter is every single person’s opinion about anything is bias. That is the nature of

having an opinion is biased.” Sperti expressed concern that The New York Times endorsement alienates voters and provides them with an opportunity to trust the media less than they already do. Shukla made the counterargument that endorsements often resist the candidates who stand furthest on either side of party lines, citing the paper’s decision to not back either President Donald Trump in 2016 or Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. The final vote broke down with 13 people supporting news outlets exercising their right to endorse political candidates, while seven attendees voted it should be unacceptable. emmayarger2023@u.northwestern.edu

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On the ghost of partition throughout South Asia TANISHA TEKRIWAL

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In most parts of the Anglophone world, “partition” is just a noun or verb, some word in the English language, but in South Asia it is the past, and the present, and the quickly festering future. For the largest forced migration in all of human history, the 1947 Partition of the Indian subcontinent into India, West Pakistan, and East Pakistan (now-Bangladesh) is largely unknown. Around 15 million people ran across arbitrarily drawn borders sketched by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a man who’d never set foot on the land before, and was given a mere six weeks to decide what was India and Pakistan. Despite all the debate around and defence of British imperialism by the holy metropole, not one Brit has dared to write or speak of Partition, with the exception of poet W. H. Auden, who perhaps could’ve written about something other than Radcliffe’s trauma. The border ran through farms, cities, and even homes and buildings and brothels. Riots followed, entire villages were burnt and trains came back full of dead bodies. Nearly 1 million people lost their lives to the random fractures engineered by politics and sheer ignorance. Neighbours were suddenly from different countries, institutions divided between lands, families and communities torn apart, and from there followed a history of antagonism

between first two — and then three — states which used to be one. There was, and is, no way to return for true return for refugees who left their homes. This was nearly 70 years ago. Today, most refugees have not been able to return to the places of their childhood, and with there being no comprehensive account of lives lost, dinner tables still sit empty on both sides of the border in houses that will never truly be homes. A friend of mine whose family left Lahore for Amritsar once told me that every family in the state of Punjab — whether it be Pakistani or Indian Punjab— has a Partition story.The people who lived through it have either passed away or are in the last quarters of their lives. Which is not to say that intergenerational trauma doesn’t translate into our contemporary societies — it does. However, the healing must begin in earlier than that. How can we expect the younger generations of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India to confront a history they didn’t live when we as a people have been so determined to erase it? Project Dastaan is the brain-child of many a spirited youth desperate in this race against time to attempt to return what is possible to those who lost everything. In 2022, South Asia will mourn 75 years of Partition, and Project Dastaan hopes to reconnect 75 survivors with their childhood homes across borders through 360VR experiences. The two other branches of this venture, Child of Empire and The Lost Migration, seek to create an interactive VR experience which puts one in the shoes of a migrant in 1947 and to document the journey of refugee Ehsan Siddiqui back to his

childhood home in Lucknow, India respectively. This initiative has been instrumental in helping the nations truly heal beyond the squabble of politicians. The effort is not the first of its kind, however. Endeavours such as the Partition Museum in the Indian city of Amritsar, and the Kartarpur corridor that recently opened between India and Pakistan for Sikh pilgrims, have been vital too. Project Dastaan directly, openly and unabashedly “aims to act as a step towards mutual understanding between India and Pakistan,” hoping to “bring peace” to the triumvirate of tragedy that Partition birthed in the three states of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. One common thought that ties many of the refugees of Partition together is the lack of blame for the other sides’ people, according to the findings of Project Dastaan. It was a collective trauma where all lost, and no one gained. The Project and others like it can provide the perfect segue into the conversation that has been swept under the rug by whole governments for years: peace in South Asia. The pain of Partition is often ignored in lieu of the frayed relations between India and Pakistan specifically. People ignore it because acknowledging that Partition damaged our community is somehow always equated to erasing the jubilation of independence from colonialism by politicians who have more to gain from nationalist populations than nostalgic ones. Please do not mistake my poetic choice of the word nostalgia for a yearning for the British Raj. I’m referring to nostalgia for unity, for the kind of

wholeness that Partition first tore asunder and then chipped away at for seven decades. During the British Raj, there was a sense of solastalgia: the term means “to be homesick at home” and is commonly applied to the panic that grips humans when the reality of climate change is confronted. It maps onto the panic that gripped colonized people while whole histories and cultures were eaten from the inside out by the rot of colonisation pretty well too. Understanding and opening conversations about Partition may also provide solutions for Kashmir. Who can deny that Kashmir has not suffered as much as, if differently than, Punjab? This is South Asia’s paradise lost. I have visited the Partition museum in Amritsar, and I remember the entire experience as hushed people shuffled from one room to another, one ache to another. I read about separated twins, rampages of rape, and stories and more stories embalmed in this monument for what had been lost and could not be retrieved. And at Wagah-Attari, one of the most militarised borders in our contemporary world, nothing more than some barbed wire, some firearms and two distinct flags, differentiate the people on the two sides of this contentious perimeter. Tanisha Tekriwal is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at tanishatekriwal2023@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.

Let Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens into Baseball Hall of Fame ZACH KESSEL

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On Jan. 21, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted Derek Jeter and Larry Walker into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Both are worthy, but there are two arguably more deserving names noticeably left off the list — Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. We’ve heard the argument before — that Bonds, Clemens and other players implicated in baseball’s Steroid Era are cheaters and, like Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose before them, should not be granted entry to baseball’s most hallowed institution. To fully understand the scope of this issue, we must know the history of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Major League Baseball’s Steroid Era — generally defined as the period from the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s — is considered a black mark on the game’s legacy. Jose Canseco, a baseball player implicated in steroid use, opined in 2002 that 85 percent of professional baseball players were using performance-enhancing drugs at the time. Now, just because nearly everyone was doing it does not make it morally right. However, because just about everyone was ‘roided up, we can easily compare players well enough to judge who would or would not qualify for the Hall of Fame without steroids. Take Mike Cameron, for example. Cameron tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs twice over the course of his 16-year career. He finished his time as a professional baseball player with a .249 batting average, 1700 hits and 278 home runs. A solid and lengthy career, sure, but nowhere near the career numbers deemed

necessary for enshrinement in the Hall. On the other hand, we have Barry Bonds. Bonds began using steroids in 1999, reportedly after growing jealous of the media’s fawning over Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa’s historic home run chase that season. Prior to taking steroids, Bonds had compiled a .290 batting average, 1,917 hits and 411 home runs. Before breaking what would become MLB’s rules he had a career OPS+ — a player’s on-base percentage plus slugging percentage, adjusted for league averages — of 164. In those 13 years, Bonds put up numbers good enough to merit induction into the Hall of Fame. The four other players who have met the .290/1,900/400 threshold, along with a career OPS+ of 160 or higher, have each been enshrined: Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. Clearly, pre-PED Bonds played at a level few athletes have reached. Furthermore, Bonds, through his first 13 seasons, had a career WAR (wins above replacement player) of 99.9, good for about the 22nd highest of all time. Clemens is a similar case. The man I consider the greatest pitcher of all time ended his career with 354 wins, 4,672 strikeouts, and an Earned Run Average of 3.12. He posted a career WAR of 139.2, third-highest among all pitchers in MLB history. Though, unlike Bonds, Clemens never admitted to using steroids, it is widely accepted that he did. In the Mitchell Report, a summation of an independent investigation into steroid use in Major League Baseball, Clemens is alleged to have used steroids during multiple seasons. The same idea that applies to Bonds applies to Clemens — disregarding even the allegedly tainted seasons, Clemens is one of the greatest pitchers ever to play baseball. Some argue that, despite Clemens’ and Bonds’ worthiness outside of their steroid-affected seasons, the notion that they used performanceenhancing drugs at all should disqualify them

from the Hall of Fame. I disagree with that on three fronts: first, it’s a hall of fame, not a hall of ethics. There are plenty of ethically-questionable players in the Hall already, including Ty Cobb, who sharpened his spikes in order to slash opposing players’ legs, and Gaylord Perry, a pitcher who routinely doctored the ball in order to increase the movement of his pitches, a tactic outlawed by the league. The second is that baseball players have used now-banned substances since time immemorial. Most of Bonds’ use, and all of Clemens’ alleged use, came during a period of time in which Major League Baseball did not have a ban in place on steroids. For about 50 years, Dexedrine pills, colloquially referred to as “greenies,” were readily available in MLB dugouts. Baseball players took these amphetamine pills to increase alertness, aggression and reaction time, and to decrease the effects of fatigue to perform better on the field. Legends like Willie Mays and Ted Williams used them. By the same standard, shouldn’t Mays, Williams and countless other players be retroactively removed from the Hall of Fame? The third reason why I disagree with the idea of barring players who took steroids from the Hall of Fame is the sheer volume of players using them. Using Canseco’s guess of 85 percent, steroids did not present individual players with an advantage over their competition, but rather an entire generation of players with an advantage over players of different eras. That could be grounds to bar that swath of players from entry into the Hall of Fame, but a decision like that would be impractical, but more importantly, illogical. Each era of professional baseball players played under different circumstances. Before 1920, the composition of baseballs was radically different from the standard used later on. The “dead ball,” as it is commonly referred to, provided pitchers

of the era with an advantage. Before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947, black baseball players were forced to play in the Negro League. Babe Ruth never had to hit against all of the best pitchers — just all of the best white ones. Perhaps if he played later, when black players and then Latino players entered the major leagues, his statistics would have been different. After the 1968 season, the league lowered the pitching mound, taking an advantage of pitchers over hitters away. Maybe if Christy Mathewson or Grover Cleveland Alexander had to pitch using today’s mound, they would have fared worse. In addition to rule changes, today’s players have much greater access to medical and training facilities, extending their careers and keeping them in better shape than legends of yesteryear. All this is to say that it is a travesty that players like Bonds and Clemens have been shut out of baseball’s Hall of Fame, and it is incumbent on the BBWAA to end its continual mistake. For the sake of the game, the voters must realize each era of players had its own advantage over another, and the Hall of Fame should not discriminate between generations. If the BBWAA applied its ridiculous ethical hangups to non-Steroid Era players, there would be no one in the Hall of Fame. The last year Bonds and Clemens will be on the ballot is 2022. The voters have two more years to rectify their continuous mistake. I hope they do, so that these legends, and many more like them, receive the recognition they deserve. Zach Kessel is a Medill Freshman. He can be contacted at zachkessel2023@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.

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Experts tackle solutions to rising Asian carp problem By EMMA EDMUND

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Various invasive Asian carp species lie as close as nine miles of the Great Lakes, according to the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Experts have now begun the last-defense fight against the fish, from installing electric barriers to calling for congressional action. The species, which compete with native species for food and habitat, were imported to the United States in the 1970s as a means of controlling algal blooms in wastewater treatment plants, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Within ten years, however, the carp had escaped and eventually spread to the Mississippi Basin and rivers like the Illinois. If carp were to reach the Great Lakes, the results, though unpredictable, would likely be damaging. The carp could disrupt the region’s $7-billion fishing industry, cause habitat degradation or out-compete native populations for food and resources. In May 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a $778 million plan to Congress asking for funds to add noisemakers, electric cables and other devices to the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Illinois, according to WTTW. The lock and dam serve as a pathway between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan. Joseph Parkos III, a field station director for the Illinois Natural History Survey, and Steven Butler, a fisheries ecologist for INHS, are just two scientists looking at removing carp from the area. Some methods of carp removal that Butler

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The Big River Fish headquarters in Pearl, Illinois buys the carp from local fishermen and then processes, sells and ships the Asian carp to China. Asian carp have been spotted about nine miles from Lake Michigan.

and Parkos have looked into include catching the fish with nets or traps and using electric barriers designed to make the fish feel uncomfortable and reverse movement toward the Great Lakes. Butler added that scientists monitor the infested bodies of water to identify and disrupt the species’ reproductive cycles. “We want to know where the hot spots of reproduction are, so we could potentially go in and remove fish from those areas,” Butler said.

Carp have high reproductive rates, which can further disrupt the ecosystems they infest and overwhelm native species. While officials and scientists are exploring more innovative ways to push back the carp, Butler and Parkos mentioned several ways residents could help keep the Great Lakes carp-free. Butler emphasized avoiding moving the species around to new waterways and, since the fish are edible, beginning to eat carp as a means of increasing its

temporary order requiring the school to reinstate the student who, among other punishments, had been banned from campus for two years. Shea wrote that the student has made a preliminary showing that UConn’s procedures for investigating alleged misconduct and imposing discipline are so one-sided that he was denied an opportunity to prevent a meaningful defense. Shea will decide whether to continue his order after an extended hearing on Feb. 11. The student, identified at this point in the suit only as John Doe, has been accused by a female

student, identified as Jane Roe, of having nonconsensual intercourse with her in her dormitory room in April 2019. Doe claims the encounter was consensual and instigated by Roe. What’s more, he claims the school did not inform him of the complaint for five months, never gave him details of his alleged misconduct and denied him an opportunity to present four witnesses who support his account. There has been a increase in similar complaints around the country, as schools investigate, arbitrate and impose discipline in claims of sexual

market value and encouraging fishers to hunt for and remove the species. Butler and Parkos both agreed that using baby carp as live bait poses a dangerous threat to containment. “You never want to release live bait into waters they’re not from, period,” Parkos said, referencing the movement of bait that resulted in some carp being introduced into the Chicago area. “It’s always really risky to be moving fish around.” Some experts are also pursuing non-technical solutions to the problem. Robert Hirschfeld, the water policy specialist for the Prairie Rivers Network, currently leads the organization’s Stop Asian Carp campaign. One goal of the campaign is to educate people about the impact of carp on both the Great Lakes ecology and economies. Hirschfeld also mentioned that the carp problem is a two-way issue, not solely defined by carp entering Lake Michigan, but also by the havoc wreaked on the river systems already infested with various carp species. He hopes to see a holistic approach to how all of the waterways interact, which might even mean going beyond the carp issue to incorporate cleaner water goals or even tackling the issue of other invasive species. “There are some losses when you define the problem so narrowly that it becomes about a couple of species of fish,” Hirschfeld said. “The problem is much larger. It’s about how we treat our wastewater, it’s about how we manage rivers largely for the benefit of commercial navigation and how we let some communities and some areas be sacrifice zones for others.” emmaedmund2022@u.northwestern.edu misconduct among students. In many cases, those who are accused complain that institutional definitions of misconduct are too broad and the accused are denied opportunities to defend themselves. At least two Yale University cases have reached the courts, one involving the expulsion of the captain of the school basketball team. Doe’s suit is believed to be the first from UConn to involve a federal claim by an accused that the school’s investigation violated his rights. -Edmund H. Mahony, The Hartford Courant

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From page 1 big focus on interdisciplinary thinking.” Mafe discussed how black women in film and television have often been pigeonholed into stereotypical and simplistic roles in mainstream fiction, from the “mammy” archetype encapsulated by “Gone With The Wind” to the tragic mulatto portrayal of mixed-raced characters. However, in the mid-20th century, speculative film and TV emerged as a genre containing significant portrayals of black women in progressive and non-stereotypical contexts. Mafe pinpointed the original Star Trek series from 1966 as the beginning of this trend. The series portrayed Lieutenant Uhura, Nichelle Nichols, as an equal to the rest of her crew members, and the character was widely regarded as groundbreaking. Famously, when Nichols considered leaving the show after the first season, Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded her to stay on, telling her that she was an important role model for black children. In the third season, the series featured one of network television’s first interracial kisses, between Uhura and Captain James T. Kirk. Mafe said after Uhura, it became common to see black women as supporting characters in speculative fiction, from “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” to “Conan the Barbarian.” In her research, she decided to look at how portrayals of black women in speculative fiction have evolved in the 21st century, and focused on six American and British films and television shows with significant black female characters: “Aliens vs. Predator,” “28 Days Later,” “Firefly,” “Doctor Who,” “Children of Men” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” In her analysis, Mafe found that many of these characters held a level of agency uncommon to black women in film. For example, “28 Days Later” features Naomie Harris as Selena, who is depicted as significantly more capable and action-focused than the white male lead. She also said, although some of the characters, like Kee, Clare-Hope Ashitey, in “Children of Men,” have traits that could be considered stereotypical, the

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 actors’ portrayals imbue the characters with significant agency. Mafe said her interpretations of the films often center the black female in a way that is probably not intended by the director, but makes the films far more interesting. “It’s always interesting to think about agency in popular culture,” post-doctoral fellow Bimbola Akinbola told the Daily. “And what’s possible outside what the director intended.” Mafe noted that when these works are looked at together, a significant lack of progress in black women’s roles in speculative fiction becomes apparent. Although some of the characters she examined in her research are well fleshed out, most are secondary characters and sidekicks who support a white male protagonist, and black women are often not afforded the ability to be their own heroes in speculative fiction. Mafe also said the 2009 reboot film of Star Trek featured Uhura, played by Zoe Saldana, in a role that retained many of the problems of the original series — depicting her as sexualized and submissive — without evolving the portrayal in a significant way. Mafe said after her book was published, two notable works were released. The first, “Star Trek: Discovery,” featured Michael Burnham, Sonequa Martin-Green, as the lead of the series, finally centering the franchise on a black female voice. The second was “Black Panther,” which was a watershed moment for black representation in mainstream blockbusters and featured prominent black women playing significant and diverse roles in the story. However, Mafe said although she liked “Black Panther” and felt that the female characters were well-written, she was frustrated that the story still revolves around the conflict between T’Challa, Chadwick Boseman, and Killmonger, Michael B. Jordan, and no matter how she looks at it, the women of Wakanda are still secondary. “I’m waiting for a movie that does what ‘Black Panther’ does, with a woman,” Mafe said. “That would be amazing. And I don’t know why that needs to be so hard.”

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From page 1 doing so, Burke emphasized, people need to support marginalized communities. “I believe in community healing,” Burke said. “We’re talking about laws and policies, we’re talking about culture shifts.” After a musical preface and spoken word performance, Soteria Reid, a SESP junior and ASG’s executive officer of justice and inclusion, introduced Burke. “Her powerful story as a creator of what is now an international movement that supports survivors is one of love, community, accountability and commitment to a cause,” Reid said. In October 2017, the first #MeToo tweet garnered hundreds of thousands of retweets, likes and comments, Burke said, and the same post got 12 million posts, comments and reactions on Facebook within 24 hours. Within a year, the hashtag was used 19 million times on Twitter, making it “one of the most prolific hashtags on the history of the site,” she said. Burke emphasized that the movement was not built by a hashtag, but rather a result of persistent community organizing. She began herself in 2006, when she developed the nonprofit Just Be Inc. after working with survivors of sexual abuse in Alabama, then used the phrase “me too” for the first time on Myspace. Even though she is a central figure in the movement, Burke said it was a collaboration between many communities that recognized a need. “This thing is too big to think that one person can do it, there is no silver bullet,” Burke said.

“There’s no one person, there’s no one idea, no one mission.” Weinberg junior Kourtni McNeil, who performed slam poetry at the event, said she focused her performance around forming communities to support survivors. McNeil said the experience of sexual misconduct is common on college campuses and fostering both casual conversations and institutional dialogues is important. “As people, we are a community and we should be banding together — it’s sad when we don’t do that,” McNeil said. “Just being a part of the event was really beautiful to me.” Burke also spoke about the calls she had to make as an organizer, engaging strangers in conversations about race, sexuality and sexual abuse in different communities. Burke contrasted the silence around sexual misconduct to the organizing and calls for action on gun violence. In contrast to gun violence, Burke said, many communities tend to stay silent around instances of sexual violence. This trend tends to become exacerbated in places in which police presence may spark fears of deportation or brutality, she said. Still, turning the tide against the norm of silence is necessary. “I tried hardest to ignore it. I tried to ignore it when it happened to me, I tried to ignore it when it happened to folks in my family, I tried to ignore it when I saw breaking my community apart, I tried and I tried until the part of my heart that had a passion for justice could not ignore it anymore,” Burke said. “That passion runs in so many of us.” yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu

wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu rating and each customer can now buy two drinks at a time. Previously, people could only drink during PG-13 and R rated movies. Lastly, council introduced a new law that would reduce the fee of the early-hour public alcoholic events from $500 to $100. Assistant City Attorney Hugh DuBose mentioned during the planning and development that these events are relatively rare, with it only being used by Northwestern for a tailgate last year. The discussion of possible alcohol sales at Welsh-Ryan will continue at a later council meeting. samuelheller2022@u.northwestern.edu

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SOA works to learn more about groups’ app processes By BAYLOR SPEARS

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Student Organizations and Activities is leading an effort to learn more about the application and interview processes student groups use to accept new members. Joe Lattal, the assistant director for SOA, said this initiative started after hearing accounts from students about how clubs and groups can be a fulfilling experience, but getting involved itself can sometimes be a difficult experience. “We often get accounts from students that talk about how they applied to a whole lot of different organizations, didn’t get into any of them, or they were surprised to learn how competitive or challenging it was to get involved with a student organization,” Lattal said. SOA is inviting representatives from a range of student groups across campus to engage in conversations about how they got involved and how students would get involved today. Lattal said SOA wants to get the word out to as many student groups as possible, but they’ve only spoken to a couple of student groups. He said while it’s too early to summarize everything,

both the reasons for why student groups require applications and the application process itself varies. “Some groups replicate what they see in the professional or business world,” Lattal said. “I think some groups have shared that they feel a need to have some sort of step or some sort of requirement, otherwise, there’s a concern that students won’t take them seriously or won’t contribute.” SOA is coordinating with Ayelet Chavel, ASG’s chair of student activities and resources, to reach out to individual students. She added that some clubs have applications to increase the status of their groups to make them competitive and impressive on resumes. Chavel said this can not only contribute to a culture of exclusivity at Northwestern, but barriers to entry can also create stress for students who want to be a part of a specific student group. “It adds a lot of stress to students to not be able to be a part of student groups, especially when a student group could be something that that person has been doing since they were a child and wants to continue doing as a hobby or has a very strong interest in,” Chavel said. Helicon, a literary and arts magazine at NU, is one example of a student organization with

an application process. To join, students have to fill out an application and interview with some current members. Alyssa Peterson, a Weinberg junior, joined Helicon last year and is currently an editor for the publication. She said Helicon typically accepts most students who apply, but the publication does have a certain cap on the number of members “You need to have a specific skill set to do the work that we’re doing — critical reading skills and preferably a background in poetry or art or fiction writing,” Peterson said. She said some examples of questions asked on the application include talking about a piece of literature or art that has inspired the applicant, what sets the applicant apart and listing other significant time commitments. Lattal said SOA, tentatively, will talk with students to gather information throughout Winter Quarter. He also said it’s unclear at the moment what they will do with their findings. “At the very least, we want to share the information back with the broader community,” Lattal said, “At the very least, we want to be better at being able to connect students to opportunities available to them.” baylorspears2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Student Organizations and Activities works out of at Source at Northwestern. SOA is talking to student groups about their application processes after hearing student accounts about the challenges of getting involved at NU.

Council weighs potential changes to amusement tax By GRANT LI

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City Council discussed possible changes — including removing the nonprofit exemption or establishing a seat-number minimum — to the amusement tax, a tax on entertainment events. Aldermen also explored possibly adding more exemptions, adding more types of events for taxation — like virtual reality entertainment — or any combination of these. Aldermen emphasized the need for diverse revenue sources, saying the amusement tax is an important source of income for the city. In the 2018-2019 fiscal year, amusement taxes yielded

$655,744 of revenue, more than double what was expected, according to city documents. The projection for the 2019-2020 fiscal year amusement tax revenue is $430,000, while the budget increased based on the fact that the tax increased and the prospective events that will be hosted at the Welsh-Ryan Arena. “People in Evanston who love the arts, and people who come from outside of Evanston who love the arts, while they might be frustrated, I would hope that they would understand that this is going to the financial health of our city,” Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said. “We really want to be able to keep the income diversity that we have in our city.” As the tax stands, Northwestern events hosted at Welsh-Ryan would not be subject to the

amusement tax because the University is a nonprofit. For-profit events at Welsh-Ryan, which City Council approved in November, are currently subject to the tax. Removing the nonprofit exemption would allow the city to tap into revenue generated by University-hosted entertainment events. However, some residents objected to the potential changes. Toby Sachs, vice-chair of the Evanston Arts Council, said that the arts council had voted unanimously against the removal of the nonprofit exemption. “We understand there may be interest in including stadium events in the amusement tax, but ask you to be careful of unintended consequences,” Sachs said. Most of the aldermen stressed that small businesses who might host events that are unrelated

to their main source of revenue should not be taxed. They similarly expressed their support for maintaining the nonprofit exemption, but grappled with how to exclude Northwestern. “I want to make certain, and I don’t know how to say this so that it’s legal, but any activity that takes place at Northwestern under the guise of the approvals we just gave… that’s got to be taxed,” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said,“and (if ) that can’t happen, then I think we ought to repeal their ability to have those events.” City staff will form a new proposal based on the discussion surrounding the changes to the tax and return to City Council around March or later. grantli2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Chris Collins and his history with the late Kobe Bryant By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Chris Collins coaches Kobe Bryant. Collins coached Bryant with the U.S. Men’s Basketball National Team.

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Chris Collins meets a newborn Kobe Bryant in the Philadelphia 76ers media room. Their fathers, Doug Collins and Joe Bryant, play together for the 76ers.

Coach Chris Collins honored Kobe Bryant after Northwestern’s game Sunday, remembering a basketball legend and Collins’ childhood friend. Collins’ and Bryant’s fathers were teammates on the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1970s, and Collins had known Bryant since the “Black Mamba” was born in 1978. Collins also coached Bryant three separate times as an assistant on the United States’ Men’s Basketball National Team. Bryant died alongside eight others Sunday in a helicopter crash, including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. Collins was emotional discussing Bryant after Sunday’s game. “It was hard to rally to play a game, but I know the competitor he was and that he would want both teams to go out there and fight hard,” Collins said. “For all these kids on both teams, you’re talking about a

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guy who’s probably a hero to most all of them.” Collins’ younger sister and Bryant are about a month apart in age, and Collins said he remembers their mothers being pregnant at the same time when Collins was 4 years old. Collins also remembered being in the family room at the 76ers arena with a group of children that included Bryant, WNBA legend Tamika Catchings and former Sacramento Kings point guard Mike Bibby. Collins reconnected with Bryant in 2007 as an assistant on the U.S. national team. After the U.S. lost in the 2004 Olympics, Bryant helped lead the “Redeem Team” to a gold medal in 2008, and Collins played a part in that run. “When we were in China, he’d get me out of bed at 2 in the morning and make me rebound for him for two hours,” Collins said. “He was a machine, he loved the game.” Collins said Sunday that he addressed Bryant’s death with the team before the Wildcats tipped off against Ohio State.

Chris Collins and Kobe Bryant reconnect on the U.S. Men’s Basketball National Team, with Collins as an assistant and Bryant as the team’s star player.

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Kobe and Gianna’s deaths sent shockwaves through the basketball community. Gianna was a rising star basketball player and the same age as Collins’ 13-year-old daughter. “It puts it all in perspective,” Collins said. “You’re not just playing a basketball game. Every minute is precious.” Bryant spent all 20 seasons of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers and scored 33,643 points. He will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this summer. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Bryant will be remembered for the impact he left on the next generation of basketball players. “He will be remembered most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete to the very best of their ability,” Silver said in a statement. “He was generous with the wisdom he acquired and saw it as his mission to share it with future generations of players.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

2012 Chris Collins and Kobe Bryant win their second gold medal together in the 2012 Olympics in London, England.

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Northwestern splits Wildcats win over Cincinnati matches at ITA Kickoff By PATRICK ANDRES

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This weekend, Northwestern women’s tennis split their matches at the ITA Kickoff in Nashville, Tennessee, falling to Arizona State (2-4) before beating Penn in a clean sweep (4-0). Despite losing as a team to the Sun Devils, the Cats picked up two singles wins against them on Friday. Senior Julie Byrne defeated Ilze Hattingh (2-6, 6-4, 6-4) at first singles, while freshman Briana Crowley beat Cali Jankowski (6-7, 7-6, 6-1) at fifth singles. Both the senior and the freshman battled back to win in three sets after losing their first sets. However, NU also fell 1-2 in doubles against Arizona State, winning only the third doubles spot thanks to freshman Christina Hand and junior Inci Ogut who beat their opponents (6-2). After a tough outing on Friday, the Cats bounced back on Saturday against Penn, gaining the first team win of the 2020 season. Crowley, Ogut and sophomore Clarissa Hand defeated their singles opponents by large margins of (6-1, 6-1), (6-4, 6-1) and (6-1, 6-2) respectively. NU also outperformed the Quakers in doubles, winning two matches to close the day. Coach Claire Pollard said the Sun Devils’ experience gave Arizona State the upper-hand due to its strong roster of seniors and juniors in comparison to the Cats’ younger pool of players. However, she predicts that throughout the season, NU will become more comfortable on the court. “We’re getting to know ourselves,” Pollard said. “As they are getting to know how to put it together on game day for the team, you are just going to see a massive growth as the season goes on.”

Hand, who missed the entire fall 2019 season due to injury, said she already sees improvement in her play since last weekend’s Miami Invite. “All things considered I’m playing pretty well, and I just need to hit more balls,” Hand said. “Having the whole team behind you and competing for them helps so much.” The Cats’ upward momentum comes at an effective time considering the team has its first home matches against tough competitors next weekend. NU will face Vanderbilt, who already defeated the Cats once this season on Friday. “Our lineup is ever evolving. There will be some matchups that were the same, and there will be different ones,” Pollard said. “We are going to work harder on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Our goal will be to go out and make Vanderbilt adjust to us rather than us adjusting to them.” graysonwelo2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Inci Ogut smiles during a match. The junior beat her singles opponent in two sets on Saturday.

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Bidding goodbye to the Norris Aquatics Center for the 2019-2020 season, Northwestern’s swimmers and divers put together a dominant pair of wins over Cincinnati on Friday. The Wildcat men, 167-130 winners over the Bearcats, notched their highest point total in a dual meet since Nov. 2 against Michigan State, and also ensured NU’s first winning streak in dual play since starting the season 3-0 nearly four months prior. On the women’s side, the Cats took an authoritative 184-111 victory, running their record to a strong 10-2 in dual meets. “Cincinnati’s a very good midmajor program,” Coach Jeremy Kipp said. “We’re gonna use this… to really evaluate our conference championship roster.” Of the 32 events staged, the Cats won 23, dismantling three pool records and three school records in the process. Juniors Calypso Sheridan, Sophie Angus, Maddie Smith and senior Malorie Han won the 200yard medley relay in 1:37.60, beating the old record of 1:39.80 from 2017. Freshman Federico Burdisso continued his record-shattering campaign with a 1:34.15 200-yard freestyle, 0.69 seconds ahead of the previous mark of 1:34.84. Freshman Aly Larson got into the spirit with her own milestone, setting a school record with a 1:56.32 in the 200-yard butterfly. The final records to fall were the pool and school marks in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with Smith, Sheridan, Larson and Han making the voyage in 3:17.45. “What’s nice about non-conference (competition) is that it’s a little less intense,” Kipp said. “Because maybe you don’t know the competition as well, it’s not as personal. It’s a much more relaxed racing

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Calypso Sheridan dives in the pool. The junior swimmer was one of four who broke NU’s 200-yard medley relay.

environment.” The racing environment on Saturday was much different. Unlike Friday’s match against Cincinnati, NU’s Saturday showdown with Wisconsin in Madison was not an easy one by any means. “One of the reasons that we do this (compete in home and away meets on back-to-back days) is to really test the team,” Kipp said. “That’s the mark of every good team… you gotta go on the road and face some tough competition.” The Cats divided a dual meet for the first time since Jan. 4, when NU’s women won and the men lost versus Arizona State in Tempe. The final scores were 166.5-133.5 Cats on the women’s side, and 161-139 Badgers on the men’s. Outstanding individual performances for NU in Madison included three more wins by Burdisso (the

50-yard freestyle, the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly) and victories by juniors Ilektra Lebl and DJ Hwang in the 500- and 1000-yard freestyles. The Cats will now travel to West Lafayette to meet Purdue and Minnesota in a three-way meet, NU’s last before the Big Ten Championships in Bloomington. “Swimming and diving is unique because you could lose every meet you have and still be Top 10 in the country,” Kipp said. “There’s no bowl game, the conference standings don’t really affect you. But having said that, you don’t wanna lose every meet. You gotta put your team in position, so when you do have an ideal situation like the Big Ten championships where everything is neutral, you’ve been tested.” patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu