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Schapiro responds to executive order NU president: ban presents ‘serious concerns’ for school By MATTHEW CHOI
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The crowd at Sullivan High School in Rogers Park cheers during a “know your right” event. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration and refugees were a “miscarriage of justice.”
Illinois Democrats condemn ban
University President Morton Schapiro advised Sunday against international travel for students from seven Muslimmajority countries targeted in a recent executive order by President Donald Trump. Schapiro sent students a statement via email in response to the executive order, which bars citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, from entering the United States for 90 days — a timeline that could be extended with another motion. The order
also blocks refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days and prevents Syrian refugees from entering indefinitely. The executive order, signed Friday, received widespread backlash, sowing confusion and instigating protests in airports across the country, including Chicago. A federal judge in New York blocked a portion of the order Saturday night, inhibiting the government from deporting some travelers en route when the order was enacted. Schapiro wrote that the University believes there is “no legitimate basis” to prohibiting visa-holders from the seven predominantly Muslim countries from continuing their academic work in the U.S. “Knowledge knows no » See SCHAPIRO, page 6
Durbin, Schakowsky oppose President Trump’s executive orders
By KRISTINA KARISCH
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) condemned on Sunday President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and federal funding for sanctuary cities at an event in Chicago. The event, held at Sullivan High School in Rogers Park, was geared toward Syrian and Iraqi immigrants
and refugees. The event was meant to inform refugees and green card holders about their rights and those of family members still abroad, and help them find legal representation. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order restricting travel for citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations. The order bars the entry of citizens people from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia to the United States for 90 days — with an option of extending
Students attend O’Hare protest Executive order prompts showings at Chicago airport By MATTHEW CHOI
daily senior staffer @matthewchoi2018
Hundreds of demonstrators, including Northwestern students, gathered at Chicago O’Hare International Airport Saturday and Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Trump signed an executive order Friday prohibiting citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia from entering the United States for 90 days. It
also prohibited refugees from entering for 120 days and Syrian refugees indefinitely. Authorities detained 18 people at O’Hare, and did not release them until a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union stayed the executive order. The Arab American Action Network organized the demonstration shortly after the executive order went into effect Saturday. After finding out about the protests through social media, Weinberg junior Yusuf Kudaimi went to O’Hare to join the protests Saturday and Sunday. Though other demonstrations such as the Women’s March have spoken against the Trump administration, Kudaimi said he felt this protest was the first to directly » See O’HARE, page 6
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the timeframe with another motion. The order also blocks all refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days and prevents Syrian refugees from entering indefinitely. “ The executive orders issued by President Donald Trump have resulted in a gross miscarriage of justice in America,” Durbin said at the event. Since the order was signed on Friday, there have been widespread protests at airports across the country, including in Chicago. On
Saturday night, a federal judge in New York blocked a portion of the order, stopping the government from deporting some travelers who were already en route at the time of signing. Still, the status of many non-citizens remains unclear. Durbin said he supported the federal judges who had blocked the order but that this was “only the beginning of the battle.” Other speakers also asserted their » See REFUGEES, page 6
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The countries highlighted are included in President Trump’s order barring citizens from entering the country for 90 days. Those in orange represent countries where University data say Northwestern students call home.
NU students can tip scale in election
Participation can shift mayoral race, University archivist says By ERICA SNOW
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W hile Nor thwester n students are typically not engaged with Evanston
elections, if the turnout is high enough, their votes could be enough to sway the race in the first contested mayoral election since 2009. Five candidates — Steve Hagerty, Ald. Brian Miller (6th), Ald. Mark Tendam
(9th), Gary Gaspard and Jeff Smith — will face off on Feb. 28 for the primary election. The top candidates will appear on the ballot for the general election on April 4. If one candidate carries 51 percent or more of the primary
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Evanston mayoral candidates speak at an election forum at Chute Middle School on Thursday night. The Northwestern community has historically engaged in Evanston elections.
vote they will automatically be elected mayor, and the general election will not be held. Although no current Northwestern students or faculty members are on this year’s ballot, members of the community have pursued candidacies in the past. In a controversial 2001 election, Kellogg Prof. Allan Drebin ran for 1st Ward alderman against incumbent Ald. Arthur Newman. As a tenured professor, Drebin was criticized for his ties to the University, which his opposition labeled a conflict of interest. But he said at the time his relations to the University wouldn’t impede his aldermanic roles and actually served as an advantage. The 1st Ward covers the » See MAYORAL, page 6
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Greene kicks off campaign with mayors’ support By NORA SHELLY
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Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and former Mayor Lorraine H. Morton voiced their support for City Clerk Rodney Greene’s reelection campaign Sunday afternoon. Greene — who is running for his third term as city clerk — shared his platform at a campaign kickoff event at Roycemore School. Morton said she supports Greene because of his experience in the office. “I’ve seen what he’s done,” she said. “It’s such a big responsibility; you have to have someone with smarts.” Greene said Sunday he hopes to continue making the office more accessible for Evanston residents. “I’ve been in this office, I’ve done my training, so I can be a better clerk,” he said. “I’m here for the public in my position, to give people what they need when they need it.” Greene was appointed by Morton in 2008 after the previous clerk stepped down. Over his eight years in office, Greene said he has worked to serve Evanston residents, including reinstituting passport registration and providing more online forms and information on the city’s website. If re-elected, Greene said he would work to bring fingerprinting services to the office and postcards of Evanston for residents to mail. He said he would focus on increasing the accessibility of city information,
Police Blotter Vintage jewelry stolen from west Evanston home
Jewelry was stolen from a 93-year-old woman’s home in west Evanston on Thursday, police said. The woman said she left her house at about 10 a.m. on Thursday before returning at noon to find the jewelry missing, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. She told police she did not lock her door before she left. A locked door to a closet containing the
partially by making the city website more user-friendly. “I get a lot of my ideas from the public,” Greene said. “If there is something that they think I should do, if it’s possible then I’ll get it done.” Greene’s supporters said his attitude and experience make him the best candidate for the job. “The job of the city clerk may not be one you think about a lot, but if that office isn’t functioning and you need it to be, you’ll be thinking about it an incredible amount,” he said. “He’s taken every class there is to take on how to be a better city clerk so he knows the job.” Greene said his experience was what separated him from his opponent — 24-year-old Devon Reid — who is pushing for more transparency in the office. He stressed that the clerk’s role is limited because the city clerk cannot introduce or vote on ordinances. The most important role of the job is to “disperse information,” Greene said. Supporter Carlis Sutton, who is running for 5th Ward alderman, said Greene’s attitude was the reason for his success in the office. “He’s always kind, he’s always open, no question is too dumb,” he said. “He’s reliable.” Greene said he wanted to ensure the role would be functioning for years to come. “That’s what I do in the clerk’s office, give back to you what I have received to make it better for any future clerk that comes around,” Greene said. norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu jewelry was found forced open in the upstairs bedroom, Dugan said. A ring with eight diamonds, an emerald ring with a gold band and a vintage watch from World War I were stolen. Police were not able to attribute monetary value to the items, Dugan said.
Taxi driver steals gasoline from station
A taxi driver allegedly stole gasoline Thursday from a Mobil gas station in south Evanston, police said.
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City Clerk Rodney Greene attends a council meeting. Greene kicked off his reelection campaign for city clerk on Sunday.
A clerk noticed a taxi driver pull up to the station, at 140 Chicago Ave., pump gas and drive away without paying, Dugan said. The taxi driver was described as a man between about 40 and 50 years old. He stole $18.03 worth of gasoline, Dugan said. The incident was not caught on video, Dugan said, but police are contacting the cab company who employs the driver for more information. — Kristina Karisch
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ON CAMPUS Students celebrate Lunar New Year By KRISTINE LIAO
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Students rang in the Year of the Rooster on Friday and Saturday with activities organized by the Korean American Student Association and celebrations among friends and family. Saya Han, external president of KASA, said the group set up different stations in Parkes Hall and encouraged students to play Korean games and try ddeokguk, a traditional rice cake soup. KASA also organized a booth at Norris University Center on Friday for students to try on hanbok — traditional Korean clothing — and eat snacks. Han said although the group has always gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year, this year its members tried to expand the event and make it open to all students on campus. Funding from Associated Student Government helped KASA expand programming related to the holiday this year, the Weinberg senior said. She added that cultural organizations can often lose sight of their central purpose — celebrating a particular culture — so it is important to make efforts to keep the group’s goal in mind. “Especially on a college campus, it’s pretty easy for a cultural organization to become more of a social group,” Han said. “This past year especially, we’ve been really trying to improve our cultural efforts and outreach efforts to make sure that people who are engaging in our community are able to feel like they’re learning more about Korean culture.” Some students of Chinese heritage celebrated the Lunar New Year by eating dumplings, a traditional Chinese Lunar New Year dish, at friends’ homes and spending the day in Chicago’s Chinatown to get in touch with their heritage, said Weinberg senior Michelle Chen, president of the Chinese Student Association. Although CSA doesn’t organize any club events on the day of the Lunar New Year, it co-hosts the annual Celebrasia — a show composed of Asianfocused performance groups in celebration of
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A member of KASA dresses another student in a hanbok, a traditional Korean dress. KASA held programming over the weekend to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
Chinese and Taiwanese heritage — with the Taiwanese American Students Club. The 2017 Celebrasia will take place on Feb. 18. “We try to bring in various forms of entertainment that focus on Asian performers,” Chen said. “Acrobatics and magic are performances featured traditionally in China, so that’s something really special.” In previous years, Celebrasia has featured dancers, singers, comedians and acrobats from both student groups and professional acts. Chen said this year will feature a similar combination of performance groups, including the Refresh Dance Crew, Treblemakers and Typhoon Dance Troupe. At the next CSA meeting, Chen said members plan to eat dumplings, watch clips from the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, a four-hour long event broadcasted on New Year’s Eve, and discuss the history of Chinese New Year. Weinberg and Bienen sophomore Kelly Jin, president of the Chinese International Student Association, said this is her seventh year spending the New Year away from family since she went to a boarding high school in the United States. Although she felt a little homesick, she spent the
holiday at a friend’s house making dumplings and watching the CCTV New Year’s Gala, she said. “Even though the gala is kind of boring every year, it’s a traditional thing we do as Chinese students,” Jin said. Because CISA is a relatively small student group and the members are busy with midterms, it is easier for students to organize their own events in separate groups, either gathering at a friend’s house or having dinner at a Chinese restaurant, Jin said. However, she said the Chinese Student and Scholar Association, a graduate student group, usually hosts a Lunar New Year gala event that members of CISA attend. Han said KASA and other groups that celebrate particular cultures are important in providing a space for students who aren’t able to enjoy traditional holidays with their families. “It provides a home away from home for people,” she said. “It’s really nice to be on campus and share that with other students.” Jake Holland contributed reporting. kristineliao2020@u.northwestern.edu
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EDITORIAL
After Crosby arrest, we must keep officials accountable
As racial bias in policing roils cities across the country, it may be tempting for some to imagine Evanston as immune. Our city consistently brands itself as progressive and welcoming, and Northwestern students in particular may fall under the illusion that “Heavenston” is a liberal paradise. This idealized version of Evanston is, however, inconsistent with the experiences of many Evanston residents, who describe a long history of distrust between people of color and Evanston police. This is not news to Evanston’s black community. But it surely escapes many white students ensconced in the NU bubble. This impression of Evanston is certainly inconsistent with an alarming video released earlier this month by the Evanston Police Department showing the violent 2015 arrest of Lawrence Crosby, a black NU graduate student. In the video, a woman can be heard reporting to police that Crosby is stealing a car. The car in question, a black Chevrolet, in fact belonged to him. After police stop him, the video shows Crosby emerging from the car with his hands up. Multiple officers tackle him to the ground, and proceed to knee and punch him. One of the officers can be heard saying, “I didn’t shoot you, motherf—-r. You should feel lucky for that.” In the wake of the unsettling video’s release,
Evanston officials will present recommendations for adjustments to police conduct next month. As they should. Such behavior demands that police procedures be reevaluated. And to the department’s credit, their decision to no longer require suspects be brought to the ground while being arrested is encouraging. But the issues extend beyond Crosby’s case. Just this November, the arrest of city clerk candidate Devon Reid, who is black, prompted outcry and resulted in EPD immediately putting two police officers on administrative leave. Ultimately, one of the officers retired, and the other was suspended. As of earlier this month, the latter officer remained active in the force, as she was challenging the department’s decision. After the response to the Crosby video, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl told The Daily last week that Chicago police would “love to have the problems we have.” Racial bias is present in policing nationwide, and is notably pervasive in Chicago’s ranks. This month, the Department of Justice released a 164-page report finding that Chicago police engage in a “pattern or practice of unlawful conduct” and that the department has frequently tolerated racially discriminatory behavior. But Evanston residents do not use Chicago’s systemic problem as a benchmark to lessen their
own experiences of discrimination. The city has taken some important steps on the issue in the past couple of years. About a month after Crosby’s arrest in October 2015, EPD began developing a new “curriculum” for its diversity and inclusion programming, and the city has held more than one public discussion about diversity and policing. It is not yet apparent what effect these efforts have had on the culture of Evanston’s police department and it is imperative that the NU community does not remain silent should instances of racial bias in policing persist. We should also note the role of the woman in the police video who reported Crosby. She can be heard saying that she “didn’t mean” to racially profile. But acts of racial bias are not always conscious. As reported in the Black Student Experience Report released earlier this academic year, more than half of NU’s black students surveyed agreed that they had witnessed or experienced harassment or discriminatory behavior on campus during the 2013-14 academic year. NU students must remember that just because we do not “mean” to discriminate in words or actions does not mean we are always faultless. Just as Evanston must recognize and work to eliminate racial disparities in police treatment (and across the board), NU students must be
cognizant of the great distance our city and university still have to go to on issues of racial justice and inclusivity. At the end of next month, Evanston will hold a mayoral primary to narrow down its pool of five candidates for April’s general ballot — or, if one candidate manages to win 51 percent of the vote or more, elect the next mayor. Many of the candidates have expressed outrage at this misconduct, and some have vowed to make police reform a priority if elected to the office. We must hold our next mayor accountable beyond campaign promises to bring the change this city needs. As observers of the video, it is not enough for us to be shocked. It should be a reminder to listen to people of color in the city and on campus, learn about reform efforts in Evanston and beyond, and use the power and privilege of our education to encourage change. This piece represents the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of The Daily Northwestern. The Editorial Board has an “Editorial Corps” responsible for selecting and producing editorials with feedback from the rest of the board. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members or Editorial Board members of The Daily Northwestern.
Remember the Holocaust in light of immigration ban ALEX SCHWARTZ
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day has two pretty straightforward objectives: to remember the victims of the Nazis and to educate ourselves with the intention of preventing genocides from happening in the future. Remembering this scar in our history may be somber and at times painful, but it’s not a difficult directive to follow. Last week, I thought that even the Trump administration, which has been quite vocal about its support of Israel, would surely get this one day right. As it turns out, I was giving President Trump too much credit. Not only did he make no mention of anti-Semitism or anything related to the Jewish people in his statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Trump actively intensified the global refugee crisis by signing an executive order barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days, preventing refugees from entering for 120 days and blocking out Syrian refugees indefinitely. President Trump has managed to do the exact opposite of both tenets of International
Holocaust Remembrance Day. And his actions could result in devastating implications. The White House statement about Remembrance Day may not initially seem problematic. Its concise and somber language achieves a tone of reflection and tolerance worth of a presidential statement — ironic coming from this administration. But it refers to the Holocaust’s victims simply as “innocent people” instead of “Jewish people.” Jewish leaders quickly criticized Trump for this generalized language, to which his spokespeople — in typical Trump fashion — said they expressed no regret and that the word was used to reflect all the other groups who suffered at the hands of the Nazis, not just Jews. Of course other groups of people were persecuted during the Holocaust, including homosexuals, political prisoners and people with mental and physical disabilities, but Jews made up a majority of the victims. Trump’s statement also discounts the fact that the Holocaust is part of a multi-millennial narrative of anti-Semitism across civilizations. While the Holocaust was certainly not an event that affected only Jews, it was an event that primarily targeted them, and leaving the uniquely Jewish struggle out of Holocaust remembrance discounts that fact. Recognizing the role of anti-Semitism in the
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Holocaust isn’t just about Jews. It’s also about understanding the principal role of prejudice in genocide. A genocide is not just blind extermination — it is a calculated effort to eliminate a particular ethnic, racial or religious group of people from existence. If we do not recognize that the Holocaust was, first and foremost, an effort to eliminate Jews, we’ll be less likely to recognize the beginnings of another ethnic group’s genocide. That brings me to Trump’s immigration ban. His executive order entirely betrays the Holocaust’s most solemn lesson: that a tragedy like this should never happen again. Turning away refugees from war-torn nations like Syria is a human rights atrocity, comparable to the U.S. turning away Jewish refugees during the Holocaust because they were believed to be Nazi spies. Trump’s executive ordeer contributes to the types of societal shifts that will increase the likelihood of future genocides. It plays into fear, ignorance and isolation. It makes Americans fear Muslims as some conglomerate, abstract enemy, one they can’t see or interact with. Populist leaders have a knack for telling their citizens who to fear, and Trump is telling us to fear a harmless, battered Syrian refugee stepping off a plane at Kennedy International Airport by
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saying –– without any evidence –– that they are a radical Islamic terrorist in disguise. This is no longer just rhetoric; this is rhetoric combined with real legislation. It makes us as Americans less compassionate for human suffering, more fearful of what we don’t understand and therefore more likely to attack and destroy what scares us. When I learned about the Holocaust in elementary school, it was unfathomable to me that an era of such hatred, violence and prejudice could occur again and in my own lifetime. It seemed common sense to me that people would learn from the tragedy of the Holocaust and World War II, but it seems as if we are instead headed toward repeating the same mistakes. Remember the struggles of the Jewish people. Remember that almost 80 years ago, this happened to Jews. Remember how and why it happened, and why no one stopped it until it was too late.
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Schakowsky introduces bill to raise tax on wealthy By SAM KREVLIN
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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) at an event in October. Schakowsky introduced a bill last week to increase taxes on higher income brackets.
A new bill introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in Congress would create new tax brackets for higher incomes nationwide. The bill has the potential to raise over $800 billion in the next decade, aiming to lower the national deficit and provide funding for additional programs. The bill calls for a 45 percent tax rate to be imposed on anyone with a yearly income over $1 million, and an income tax rate of nearly 50 percent for those making over $1 billion annually. No additional taxes on the middle or working class are included. Schakowsky said in a statement that as a result of the current tax bracket system, an individual who makes $418,401,000 is paying the same tax rate as someone who earns $418,401. “Today, many Americans feel like the economy isn’t working for them, and that the rules are rigged,” Schakowsky said in a statement. “When it comes to the tax code, they’re right. GDP has never been higher – but almost all of that growth
has gone to the very richest.” With a Republican-held Congress and indications by the Trump administration to cut taxes on the wealthy, it seems unlikely that a bill like this will pass, said Richard Phillips, a senior policy analyst for Citizens for Tax Justice, who supports the bill. However, Phillips told The Daily that Schakowsky’s bill articulates important principles that Democrats want to keep at the forefront of debate over tax reform. Phillips said taxing the rich is one of the most effective ways to raise revenue. Public opinion favors a tax on the wealthy, he said. According to a Gallup poll from 2016, over 60 percent of Americans believe the wealthy pay too little in taxes. “We think there are a lot of ways to raise revenue from the rich and this is one of the best ways to do it,” Phillips said. “Right now in the country we are facing income inequality and a revenue gap. For us, increasing taxes on the rich is one of these policies that really gets at both of these problems.” One of those opposing the bill is Jared Labell, executive director of the conservative advocacy group Taxpayers United of America, who said
taxing the rich will end up hurting the entire economy. The American public already feels overtaxed and has little trust in the government to use taxpayer dollars effectively, he said. Labell said the government should focus on cutting its spending. The easiest way to encourage social mobility, Labell said, is to keep money in the pockets of Americans. “At a time when the public is pretty upset with government leaders both at the federal and state level, the idea of taking more money from the private sector and giving it to the government is not going to go over very well,” he said. Schakowsky said her goal is to generate enough money to help grow the middle class. Extra income from increased taxation on higher income earners will give the government revenue to keep up with programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, she said. “The revenue from the Fairness in Taxation Act could be injected directly back into the economy by funding federal priorities that will strengthen our communities and grow the middle class,” Schakowsky said in the statement. samkrevlin2019@u.northwestern.edu
State Attorney General seeks to halt state employee pay By BILLY KOBIN
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a motion Thursday to halt pay for state employees until lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner reach a budget agreement. The motion, filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court, asks the court to dissolve by Feb. 28 an order in place since July 2015 that has required state workers to be paid during the ongoing budget impasse. The February deadline should give Rauner and lawmakers “additional time to enact appropriations legislation and thereby ensure that state employees will continue to receive their wages,” according to the filing. “While initially intended to avoid the risk of a
state government shutdown as the Governor and General Assembly continued to negotiate a budget, the court’s order has removed any imperative for the executive and legislative branches to fulfill their basic constitutional obligations and resolve their budget impasse,” the motion reads. Madigan cited in the motion an Illinois Supreme Court ruling from last year, which said the state did not have to pay back wages to state workers because legislators failed to appropriate enough money to do so. Illinois has been without a full-year budget since July 1, 2015, which is the longest any state has gone without a spending plan since World War II. State senators failed to vote Thursday on a budget compromise organized by Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) and minority leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), but Cullerton said lawmakers plan to vote on the deal after they return to Springfield on
Feb. 7. Rauner said Friday he is “very upset” at Madigan’s motion, saying it would hurt state employees and their families. The motion was filed one day after Rauner’s State of the State address in which he expressed optimism in reaching a budget deal. “I hope the attorney general will reconsider this move, and let’s not block the great work that the Senate is doing to come up with a compromise and a truly balanced budget,” Rauner said. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 said in a statement it is prepared to fight Madigan’s motion. “Despite all the chaos in state government in the past two years, the people of Illinois have been able to count on state employees being on the job to serve them,” AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Roberta Lynch said in a statement. “The last thing Illinois needs is the further instability that blocking
state payroll could cause.” However, Lynch said in the statement that Rauner also deserves blame for creating “this hostage situation by refusing to enact a fully funded budget unless his related personal demands were enacted first.” To protest Rauner’s terms for a budget deal, state employees, according to the AFSCME statement, will hold a “strike authorization vote” in their local unions between Jan. 30 and Feb. 19 to give their bargaining committee the power to call a strike. “If a majority of union members vote ‘yes,’ that that does not necessarily mean there will be a strike – as the Bargaining Committee will continue to do everything possible to reach a fair settlement,” the statement said. “But it does mean that if all such efforts fail, state employees will be prepared to go out on strike if the committee issues the call.” williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu
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borders, and we all benefit greatly from the presence of the talented international students, faculty and staff who are members of the Northwestern community,” Schapiro said in the statement. “I sincerely hope that the Administration quickly makes clear that this country still welcomes scholars and students from around the world.” In an interview with The Daily earlier this month and before the executive order, Schapiro said he was not “all that worried” about the U.S. political climate affecting the experience of international students at Northwestern or their application trends, considering the vast majority of international students do not come from the countries that would likely be included in a White House immigration directive. According to University data, 49 students at NU during the 2016-17 school year are from the seven countries mentioned in Trump’s executive order. Forty-five of the students are from Iran. The majority of international students come from China, South Korea and India. “One good thing about this country, there’s a lot of protection,” Schapiro said in the interview on Jan. 18. “You know, so it’s not as easy for a president to do executive orders.” Northwestern’s total international student population has steadily increased since he first came to campus, Schapiro said in the interview, and he doubts the trend will change. Northwestern is working closely with the Association of American Universities to “monitor the situation,” Schapiro wrote in his statement Sunday. Several other universities, including Stanford University, also recommended against international travel for their students
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commitment to refugees and immigrants at the event, which a few hundred people attended. “If you are an immigrant, if you are a refugee, you are home here in Rogers Park,” Chicago Ald. Joe Moore (49th), whose ward encompasses the neighborhood, said to open the event. Moore reminded the crowd of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s reaffirmation of Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city, despite another executive order signed by President Trump that would pull federal funding from sanctuary cities. Schakowsky likened what was happening with the executive order to the United States turning away refugees during the Holocaust. “That was a black mark on the United States of America,” Schakowsky said. “The saying that came out of the Holocaust is ‘never again.’ Well,
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017 and faculty affected by the executive order. AAU released a statement Saturday emphasizing that the executive order is “stranding” students already approved to study in the United States and “threatens to disrupt education and teaching of others.” A representative from AAU told The Daily that the organization is in communication with its member campuses as well as the Trump administration.
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“We also urge the Administration, as soon as possible, to make clear to the world that the United States continues to welcome the most talented individuals from all countries to study, teach, and carry out research and scholarship at our universities,” the statement said. “It is vital to our economy and the national interest that we continue to attract the best students, scientists, engineers, and scholars.” In response to the order, the University of Michigan president announced Saturday morning that the school would not reveal the immigration status of its students. Additionally, as of Sunday afternoon, 79 Northwestern faculty members had signed an online petition opposing the executive order. mathewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu now 500,000 Syrians have died. It it happening again. Shame on President Donald Trump!” State politicians and representatives from local refugee and immigration organizations spoke about what those affected by the orders should do in the coming months. Chicago resident Majid Chikmarki, who immigrated from Iraq two years ago, said he came to the event to fully understand his rights. Chikmarki successfully applied for a green card after moving to the United States. Still, he said he feels better being informed. “I want to know my rights … to protect myself, to protect my family,” Chikmarki said. “You have this feeling that you are a secondclass citizen, like someone suspects you, like you are a criminal or something. In my home country, I had the same feeling — the regime, Saddam (Hussein), they were looking for us. It’s a very bad, terrible feeling.” kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu
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sorority quad, many off-campus residences and residence halls such as Allison Hall, 1838 Chicago, Shepard Hall, Foster-Walker Complex and Elder Hall. University archivist Kevin Leonard said Northwestern students have typically been more engaged with presidential elections, registering to vote in Illinois but not voting in municipal elections likely because of lack of interest. When students and faculty have been on the ballot, he said, students can be more compelled to vote locally. But Evanston residents have historically seen elected officials with connections with the University as divisive for town-gown relations. “You’ll see students coalescing around a candidate during times of stress between Northwestern and the community,” Leonard said. “There have been periods of time when the relationship between the institution and the town have not been the rosiest.” In 1997, then-Weinberg sophomore Raj Udeshi ran for 1st Ward alderman against
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From page 1 address a specific action taken by the president. Kudaimi, who is Arab American and said he knows several green card and student visaholders, emphasized the need to speak out against the executive order but also added that the United States had also done little to help refugees from the region before the immigration restriction. “In general, the U.S. has done nothing in comparison to our European counterparts,” Kudaimi said. “We’re barely accepting any refugees from these regions in the first place, and I feel like that’s something that’s kind of flying under the radar.” SESP senior Jacob Rosenblum coordinated with several of his friends to travel to O’Hare and join the protest. Rosenblum — who also serves as advocacy co-chair of ZOOZ, a Jewish social action group on campus — said he contacted other members of the ZOOZ board and gathered a group at the last minute to go to the airport. Rosenblum added that protesting the executive order was personal because his family had come to the United States in the late 1800s as refugees from the pogroms in Eastern Europe. He also noted parallels with Jewish refugees who were denied entry into the United States in the early stages of the Holocaust because they were suspected of being Nazi spies. “If we hadn’t been accepted as refugees, I
Newman as a write-in candidate but lost 653-100. In 1993, then-Weinberg senior Tom Lupfer also ran against Newman and received 352 votes against Newman’s 963 votes. In Evanston elections with quantitatively slim margins, students can decide an election if they turn out to vote, Leonard said. “Any block vote could have more of an impact,” Leonard said, “(especially) in a race like this, where you have so many candidates who will be dividing up the pool of votes.” Associated Student Government passed a resolution in support of Udeshi in 1997, and then-ASG president campaigned for Drebin in 2001. Current ASG President Christina Cilento said there is no plan currently for ASG to publicly support any candidate for mayor. Students should have an interest in Evanston local politics that will affect them their four years in Evanston, then-candidate Drebin said. “Because students traditionally have not voted, they have not been represented,” Drebin said during a 2001 debate. ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu would not be alive,” Rosenblum said. “This stuff has happened before, and there’s just no way we’re going to let it happen again.” Claire Fahey said she had been studying in Unicorn Cafe, 1723 Sherman Ave., when she saw a Facebook event post for the protest. The Medill sophomore joined a group of students including Rosenblum and went to the airport, where they joined a crowd chanting and marching around Terminal 5, she said. They attempted to block escalators and were occasionally confronted by police. Protesters also marched inside the terminal toward Customs and Border Protection offices, Fahey said. Several protesters spoke about their experiences living in countries named in the executive order. The demonstrators eventually marched toward a highway entrance, where Fahey said she, Meyer and Rosenblum heard of the federal court decision to stay the executive order. Fahey had attended the Women’s March on Chicago, which protested Trump’s inauguration the day after the ceremony. She said she felt that protest was only the beginning of a resistance to Trump’s actions. “If I was inspired in that moment to go, I should be inspired in any moment to go,” Fahey said. “I am extremely privileged as a white woman to be able to not be super fearful to put my body into those situations … and this is a way I see as making my voice heard and fighting against this administration.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
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NU keys in on defense in rout of Scarlet Knights By COLE PAXTON
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Falling into a deep offensive funk, Rutgers didn’t score for the final 5:20 of the first half. And whatever coach C. Vivian Stringer told the team at halftime didn’t work. The Scarlet Knights were no better to begin the second half, failing to score for nearly four minutes and missing every field goal until the third quarter was more than half over, a harbinger of Northwestern’s (16-5, 5-3 Big Ten) 55-37 win Sunday in Piscataway. Rutgers (6-16, 3-6) scored just 12 points over the second and third periods combined, tallied 20 turnovers and shot 14-of-56 from the field — good for the lowest scoring output of any NU opponent this season. “I thought we did a great job today, just defensively about as good as I thought we could play in stretches, and I thought that changed the game,” coach Joe McKeown said. Four days after being torched at Michigan,
Alumna Julia LouisDreyfus criticizes Trump at SAG awards
Northwestern alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Communication ’83) denounced President Donald Trump’s executive order barring immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries during an acceptance speech at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday. The “Veep” actress, who won the SAG award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series, spoke briefly about her family’s own history, saying she is the daughter of an immigrant. She said her father fled religious persecution in Nazi-occupied France. “I’m an American patriot, and I love this country,” she said. “And because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes. This immigrant ban is a blemish and it is
the Cats, who allow opponents to shoot just 37.3 percent from the floor, returned to their ways. Rutgers guard Shrita Parker, who has matched her career-high twice in recent games and averaged 19 points per game over the previous three contests, scored just 9 points on 4-of-11 shooting. “That was a big focal point after Michigan, and I think we carried it out,” McKeown said of the overall defensive effort. Senior guard Ashley Deary tallied five of the Cats’ 11 takeaways, and NU committed only eight fouls. The Scarlet Knights shot just two free throws over the first three quarters. Rutgers’ scoring struggles were unsurprising beyond NU’s defensive reputation. At 52.5 points per game, their scoring average is the worst in the Big Ten by a significant margin. The Scarlet Knights are also last in the conference in field goal percentage and second-to-last in 3-point shooting. A week after scoring an uncharacteristically high 71 points at Maryland, Rutgers reverted to its usual offensive self, failing to crest 40 points for the fifth time this season. On the
un-American.” Louis-Dreyfus joins a growing number of other celebrities including Barbra Streisand and Rihanna who have denounced Trump’s executive order, which prohibits citizens of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya from entering the United States for 90 days. The suspension also prohibits all refugee admissions for 120 days, with the ban applying indefinitely to Syrian refugees. After accepting the award, Louis-Dreyfus read part of a statement from the Writers Guild of America, which celebrated the role of immigrants in the United States. “Our guilds are unions of storytellers, who have always welcomed those from nations and from various beliefs who wish to share their creativity with America, we are grateful for them,” she read. “We stand with them. And we will fight for them.”
day, the hosts scored just 8 points in the paint — in contrast to NU’s 16 — and finished 2-of12 on layups. The Cats rolled to victory despite offensive struggles of their own. A 22-point third quarter helped NU put the game out of reach, but the Cats committed 18 turnovers and suffered from an underwhelming 7-point performance from senior forward Nia Coffey. The 55 points NU scored marked its second fewest of the season. Entering Sunday, the Cats’ lowest point total in a win was 64. NU last won a game with fewer points on Feb. 23, 2013. But Rutgers ultimately struggled more, a product of both the Cats’ defense and the hosts’ own offensive issues. And once it found that extra gear and left Rutgers in the dust, NU emerged with an impressive road win against a program with rich history. “I’ve coached a lot of games here going back to 1989, so I’ve seen everything here,” McKeown said. “It’s good to get out of here with a win, it’s hard to do.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Ashley Deary defends an opponent. The senior tallied five steals as Northwestern’s defense led it to victory against the Scarlet Knights.
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“Because we have so many offensive threats, we spread the floor a lot,” Douglas said. “Then we just worked on where to find the spaces in the offense, and I think we all did a good job of that.” Now that the Cats have wrapped up their road trip, they return to Welsh-Ryan Arena for a Wednesday tilt against Wisconsin and a weekend matchup against Penn State. McKeown is winless in his coaching career when playing the Nittany Lions. “It was embarrassing, our loss at Michigan, and in practice we kept that in mind, but also made sure we were thinking about this game,” Douglas said. “I think we did a great job following our gameplan and just keeping our eyes ahead.”
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Cats pick up sixth-straight win as Bryant McIntosh shines By GARRETT JOCHNAU
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Five minutes into Sunday’s contest, Northwestern watched Indiana jump out to a 10-1 lead, putting the game on the brink of turning ugly. And it did, just not in the direction the opening minutes suggested. The Wildcats responded with threestraight scores before the under-16 timeout. Moments later, when senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin followed junior guard Bryant McIntosh’s go-ahead shot with a steal and slam — seemingly breaking Welsh-Ryan Arena’s sound barrier in the process — NU had captured momentum it would never surrender. With a crowd of 8,117 providing an animated backdrop, the Cats (18-4, 7-2 Big Ten) coasted to the 68-55 victory, riding stifling team defense and a stellar performance from McIntosh to their sixth-straight Big Ten win — their longest conference winning streak since 1933. “They bullied us a little bit on the boards early,” the junior guard said. “Offensively early, we were a little bit jittery. … There’s a lot of things we can grow from, but we put ourselves in great position to win.”
The decisive 20-2 first-half run came after NU stumbled out of the gate, missing its first seven field goals and letting the Hoosiers (14-8, 4-5) gain the upper hand inside. But Lumpkin, who finished with 15 points, eventually put the Cats on the board, opening the floodgates as McIntosh dazzled as both a scorer and distributor. Senior forward Nathan Taphorn, who later exited with a rolled ankle, capped the critical surge with back-to-back scores before Indiana’s Devonte Green ended his team’s eight-minute field goal drought with a 3. Though NU never again scored more than 5-straight without the visitors responding, the damage was done. McIntosh’s stretched his impressive start into a 21-point, eight-assist outing. Lumpkin’s early play also set the stage for his best scoring performance this year, while his defensive example helped the Cats hold Indiana to a mere 32 percent shooting clip. “The defense was the story of this game,” coach Chris Collins said. “Our team defense was really good tonight, and something we really concentrated on coming into this game was trying to take away their fastbreak points and making them score in the half court.” Eventually, the Hoosiers deployed a box-and-one defense to isolate McIntosh,
which put NU on its heels, according to the guard. Even so, the hosts’ lead never dipped below 12 in the final minutes. The Cats also had to fight off foul trouble to sophomore center Dererk Pardon, but found serviceable minutes from freshman center Barret Benson. Junior guard Scottie Lindsey and sophomore forward Vic Law also struggled from the field, combining for 8-of-26 shooting, but NU’s offense still hummed thanks to McIntosh’s superstar performance. “That’s the B-Mac we know, that’s the B-Mac we see everyday in practice,” Lumpkin said. “He thrives in big games like this.” The win brings NU closer to their first NCAA Tournament visit, though Wednesday’s looming road test against a ranked Purdue team offers the Cats their first chance to steal the signature Big Ten win that could crystallize their postseason hopes. But entering that game, the Cats have plenty of reasons to be optimistic. The basketball world is treating them like a tournament team and, with the stakes as high as ever Sunday, NU delivered. “It felt like big time college basketball,” Collins said. “We have ways to go. We’re not where we want to be, we’re just enjoying this process each step of the way.” jochnau@u.northwestern.edu
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Stellar defensive effort NU dominates Rutgers on road lifts Cats over Indiana 55 Northwestern
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By MAX SCHUMAN
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In one of the most hyped games in program history, Northwestern’s defensive effort stole the show. Despite playing without its leading scorer, James Blackmon, Jr., Indiana (14-8, 4-5 Big Ten) came into Sunday’s matchup with a reputation as a quality offensive team, able to score inside and out. But the Wildcats (18-4, 7-2) proved up to the considerable challenge, holding the Hoosiers to 32 percent shooting from the field in a 68-55 win. The victory was a coming-out party for a defense that could be the best in the Big Ten and served as a reminder that NU — which shot just 41 percent from the field and 28 percent from 3 on the night — has enough strength on that end of the court to grind out wins when its shots aren’t falling. All game, the Cats stuffed bodies inside and sent double teams into the post in an effort to contain dangerous Indiana big man Thomas Bryant. And though Bryant ended the game with 23 points, NU largely succeeded in keeping the Hoosiers away from the rim, ceding just 18 points in the paint. “Our pack-line defense is really tough on teams to get in the paint,” junior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “When you can’t establish something inside, like driving into the paint or playing through the post … it’s hard to score.” In particular, Sanjay Lumpkin shined, shouldering a heavy defensive workload. The senior forward, known as a leader on that end through his long career at NU, frequently matched up with Bryant in
the post and spent other possessions roaming far from his assignment to help inside. His effort all over the floor helped the Cats hold Indiana to its lowest point total of the season to date. After the game, Lumpkin said NU can lock down anybody with two days of preparation. “We know that that’s a huge key for our success,” he said. “We are always on the same page. We are so locked in on prep, and that stuff carries over to the game.” With players like Lumpkin inside and athletic wings like sophomore forward Vic Law and junior guard Scottie Lindsey roaming the perimeter, the Hoosiers had trouble getting anybody going outside of the talented Bryant. NU’s length shut down Indiana’s dribble penetration and turned the Hoosiers over 13 times, resulting in 17 points for the Cats on the other end. Though the lights were as bright as they’ve ever been Sunday, this level of defensive performance is nothing new for NU. The team led the Big Ten in defensive field goal percentage and 3-point percentage entering the matchup with Indiana, and the Cats sit in the top 10 nationally in blocks per game despite an undersized front line. But NU’s defense was as devastating as ever against the Hoosiers, giving the Cats an identity to fall back on as they march toward March. “We try to play team defense, we try to be tough-minded, we try to make teams take tough shots and then do the best we can to get on the boards,” coach Chris Collins said. “Our guys battle. They’ve really embraced that to be good, you’ve got to play good defense.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu
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It wasn’t pretty, but Northwestern got the job done. Coming off a blowout loss to Michigan, the Wildcats (16-5, 5-3 Big Ten) rebounded with a messy 55-37 road win over Rutgers (6-16, 3-6) on Sunday afternoon. Senior forward Lauren Douglas led all scorers with 16 points while senior guard Christen Inman returned from a twogame absence to tally 7 points in 19 minutes. “I told her after the game she just played a great game, she made everybody better,” coach Joe McKeown said. “I thought Lauren just made smart, really good decisions for us, and it was great to have her out there.” Though the Cats came away with the win, Sunday’s matchup featured poor shooting and long scoring droughts from both teams. They shot a combined 17-of-53 from the field in the first half, and the Scarlet Knights, who entered the game as the lowestscoring offense in the Big Ten, shot a dismal 25 percent on the day. Rutgers jumped out to a 6-0 lead early, holding NU scoreless until well into the first quarter. The Cats slowly clawed their way out of the hole though thanks to a 7-0 run to close out the first half, a stretch that also saw the Scarlet Knights go 0-for-4 and commit five turnovers over the last 5:20 of the second quarter. The second half merely prolonged Rutgers’ struggles. The hosts’ scoring drought extended almost four minutes into the third quarter, as NU raced out to a double-digit lead that wouldn’t shrink below 12 for the rest of the game. “We were able to score at times, which is hard to do against Rutgers,” McKeown said. “They don’t give up many points, so you’ve got to make
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some runs against them the way they defend.” NU’s usual scoring threats were held largely in check Sunday. Senior forward Nia Coffey shot only 2-of-6, failing to score at least ten points for
the second time in three games after doing so in 66 straight contests, and senior guard Ashley Deary was just 3-for-7. Sophomore guard Amber Jamison, however, continued her string of solid performances. Jamison has now started four consecutive games — the first four starts of her career — and tallied another 10 points against Rutgers on Sunday. » See WBBALL, page 7
Daily file photo by Allie Goulding
Christen Inman attempts a layup. The senior returned from a two-game absence in Sunday’s win over Rutgers.