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Green House leads sustainability efforts Residents petition for residential college status By JOANNA HOU

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McCormick sophomore Katrina Kuntz spent most of her weekends in Fall Quarter volunteering with her fellow Green House residents at ecosystems around Evanston, getting her hands dirty and pulling invasive plants out of the ground. Kuntz is the design chair at Green House, a special interest on-campus housing unit. While the house has an environmentalism theme, a student executive board and a constitution, it is not recognized as a residential college. It does not have faculty-inresidences, cannot host joint events with other residential colleges and lacks other residential college privileges. Because of these challenges, Weinberg sophomore Julian Zea, Green House’s president, created a petition to convert the house to a residential college. He said he plans to meet with a

residential housing representative next week to discuss next steps. “In our current state, we don’t believe that we have the publicity, the visibility or the community at our disposal to actually spread awareness (and) cooperation concerning environmentalism within the student body,” Zea said. “By becoming a residential college, we become a part of a larger community … that would give us the means and the stronger connections to spread environmentalism to other housing units.” Green House promotes sustainability around campus through two main programs: environmental education and composting. During Fall Quarter, Zea said Green House started a new composting initiative which aims to collect food scraps and other compostable items. He said the four bins are “filled to the brim” with compost each week. Zea added he wants to work with other residential colleges to implement more sustainability programs like the compost initiative. He said this could help reduce

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Some Evanston hair salons have changed their policies and pricing to become more trans-inclusive.

Hair salons aim for trans inclusivity

Evanston salons are working to change gendered pricing models By AVIVA BECHKY

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Like many other hair salons, Aim & Ailie Hair Boutique on

Central Street used to split its services into men’s and women’s haircuts. But when the shop’s thenmanager, SESP junior and lifelong Evanston resident Trin Collins, came out as

nonbinary, the salon’s owners brought up the possibility of changing their pricing model. Together, they worked out a new gender-inclusive policy. “We all met and had a more meaningful conversation

about what does it mean to be trans inclusive, what does it mean to create a safe space,” Collins said. “Because if we were going to say, ‘Hey, we’re

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NU’s COVID-19 case count declines ETHS teachers ask Campus positivity rate slightly increases, testing no longer mandatory By ANGELI MITTAL

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While Northwestern positive COVID-19 cases have been declining since the first week of the quarter, the University’s positivity rate increased this week with fewer tests taken. The University did not mandate testing this week, marking the first week since the start of the quarter without required testing. NU administered 4,000 fewer tests than last week and saw 181 new positive cases compared to last week’s 229, following the declining trend since the start of January. However, likely because fewer tests were taken, the positivity rate has gone up to 2.4% from last week’s 2.01%. Undergraduate students accounted for 48% of positive cases, with 86 this week. Nonundergraduate students constitute 54 of the positive tests, while faculty and staff account for 25 and 16 of the remaining cases, respectively. NU students, faculty and staff are able to receive free,

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with symptoms should use the northwest side testing entrance at the Jacobs Center to receive in-person testing

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Black and Latinx teachers advocate for district to prioritize retention By OLIVIA ALEXANDER

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The Donald P. Jacobs Center. While the University hasn’t mandated another week of testing, the positivity rate went up, with undergraduate students comprising the majority of the positive cases this week.

In the fall, the Evanston Township High School math department wrote a letter to the District 202 Board of Education to advocate for hiring more Black teachers in its fiveyear goals. According to ETHS’s Illinois Report Card, the school’s teaching staff is about 69% white, 16% Black and 7% Latinx. Meanwhile, 27.3% of students are Black and 18.4% are Latinx. ETHS math teachers Jamilah Dorsey and Dawn Eddy said all students benefit from having more Black and Latinx teachers at school. “The support that we get from teachers that look like us strengthens us in the classroom,” Dorsey said. “The more secure we feel with our content, with ourselves, (and) how we present it benefits all

students.” Dorsey added that when students of color have a teacher that looks like them, they perform better. Representation matters, Eddy said, because students who see themselves in their teachers will believe they are capable of learning in those subjects. “ We add more to our department, we add more to our classrooms, we add more to the school,” Eddy said. “We want to make sure that other Black teachers have the ability to be able to come and add to what’s already going on in the school.” She said when there are fewer Black teachers, it’s harder for Black students to be heard. Abdel Shakur, English teacher and chair of the Black Caucus at ETHS, has taught at the school since 2013. He said the first two years working at

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“InSidewalk Sale” marks return of local business By FIONA ROACH

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Downtown Evanston businesses hosted the “InSidewalk Sale” this weekend, featuring discounts and special offers from 11 local vendors. Participating stores included Gearhead Outfitters, Ayla’s Originals, Accents Plus and more. The sale, which was organized by Downtown Evanston, ran from Friday to Sunday to help businesses clean out their stores. In previous years, the sale was held outside during the summer, but because of this year’s cold weather, it was held indoors. At the event, businesses offered large markdowns, provided a free gift with purchase or offered buy one, get one deals. Business owners and employees said they were hopeful the sale would bring in more customers, especially because of recent challenges like the pandemic, supply chain issues and the rise in online shopping.

‘’I hope the sale brings in people who would have otherwise just clicked on a site to do their shopping,” said Avis Behling, manager of Evanston furniture store Affordable Portables. Behling understands the ease of online shopping, but as a self-proclaimed environmentalist, she dislikes the amount of waste it produces. She said Affordable Portables combats this by recycling everything they can. Matt Abitbol, the owner of Commonwealth Running Company, said his store was born in the pandemic, as it opened 17 days before the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. COVID-19 cases throughout the last two years have resulted in inconsistent business, he said. “(Business) ebbs and flows with the pandemic,” Abitbol said. “It’s like two steps forward, one step back, but we’re getting there.” Some business owners also complained of supply chain issues, which the omicron variant exacerbated. Inflation, which soared to 7% in December 2021, likewise caused lost business for many local stores.

Despite this, some businesses have been able to find some success during the pandemic. Rebecca Johnson, a manager of Blick Art Materials, said the store has been doing well in the past year. “People were so gravitated towards art during the pandemic,” Johnson said. “So we have been doing fairly well.” The vaccine mandate that went into effect on Jan 10. added a slight complication to business. Indoor dining, fitness centers and entertainment venues are now required to ask for proof of vaccination upon entering the store. For Evanston Games & Cafe, the vaccine mandate has not hindered business. Co-owner Drew Lipoff said he only had one bad experience with a customer regarding the vaccine mandate. Overall, he said the general consensus among shoppers is the vaccine mandate is “the right thing to do.” “The community has been very kind to us,” Lipoff said. “People really have no issue with (the vaccine mandate).” fionaroach2025@u.northwestern.edu

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Commonwealth Running Company. The store opened 17 days before the COVID-19 lockdown and participated in this weekend’s Downtown Evanston sidewalk sale.

Local arts crawl, guest speakers in The Week Ahead By OLIVIA ALEXANDER

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Here’s a list of events and other happenings around town during the week of Jan. 30. Downtown Evanston Hygge Fest Starting Feb. 1 and continuing until Feb. 28 Throughout the month of February, Downtown Evanston will host its annual Hygge Fest. Local businesses will host events including wine tastings, knitting lessons and baking tutorials. Some events are free and others will be ticketed. The Danish expression “hygge,” pronounced

“hue-gah,” refers to approaching life by looking for joy in the little moments. During the cold winter months, hygge is about finding comfort in creativity and coziness, according to Downtown Evanston’s website.

Acknowledging loss and processing grief in the Black family Feb. 3, 6 to 7:30 p.m. EPL welcomes guest speaker Dara Winley, director of the Bette D. Harris Family & Child Clinic & Community Programs at the Family Institute, for a virtual event on Thursday evening. Reflecting on the collective “losses” in Black history, Winley will give mental health strategies for facing grief and strategies for self care, according to EPL’s website.

“Visible / Invisible. How silence is a tool of violence allowing it to blossom and grow” Opening Reception Feb. 4, 4 to 7 p.m.

A new visual arts exhibit is coming to town. Evanston Arts Council will host the opening reception for “Visible/Invisible. How silence is a tool of violence allowing it to blossom and grow” on Friday at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center Second Floor Gallery at 927 Noyes St. Featuring multi-disciplinary work from a wide range of artists, the exhibition considers what kinds of violence are made visible and gain widespread attention. Curated by Indira Johnson, Fran Joy and Lisa Degliantoni, the artworks will be on

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Creative Coworking “Gallery Open House” Feb. 5, 4 to 6 p.m. Two local artists, Larry Geni and Jim Parks, will have their work on display at the Creative Coworking’s Gallery Open House Saturday. To enter the gallery at 922 Davis St., community members must show proof of vaccination and wear masks. Geni, a former ETHS teacher, works with oil paints and photography, and has experience in set design. Parks has worked with media like paint, wire and wood. oliviaalexander2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern will celebrate Black History Month this February with events hosted by Multicultural Student Affairs, the Department of African American Studies and other groups. Here are the Black History Month events to look out for in the coming weeks:

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The Black House invites the NU community to make art on a variety of provided tote bags, canvases, paints and other mediums. This event will be Feb. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Black House on 1914 Sheridan Road. Black Diaspora Keynote: Ayanna Legros Sociology Prof. Mary Pattillo, chair of the African American Studies department, will interview Duke University history Ph.D. candidate Ayanna Legros to explore Legros’ work on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. over Zoom. Legros’ dissertation “Echoes in Exile: Haitian Radio Activism in New York City (1969-2002)” is meant to highlight Haitians’ historical usage of radio to empower the nation politically. Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora Speaker Series In the Room: Women of Color Doulas in a State of Emergency by Dr. Jennifer Nash The colloquium will put on a virtual lecture on Nash’s talk “In the Room” based on her latest monograph “Birthing Black Mothers.” Nash analyzes how doulas — people who support women during

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Northwestern will host a variety of events to celebrate Black History Month this February.

childbirth — help save Black mothers’ lives in the fight to end Black infant and maternal mortality. This lecture will be virtual and will take place Feb. 9 at 12:30 p.m. Contact Candice Merritt for more information.

Education will host a Valentine’s Day conversation on expanding love within and outside of the Black community. It will take place Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. in The Black House.

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A panel composed of Black travelers at NU will discuss issues of Black representation and racism associated with international travel. The hybrid panel will take place on Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Lutkin Hall, located at 700 University Place.

The African Students Association will celebrate the multidimensional elements of African culture through Jabulani, a word that means “rejoice” in Zulu. It will take place Feb. 27 in Parkes Hall 122 (1870 Sheridan Rd) at 6 p.m.

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Facilitated by smallWORLD Collective, a group of Black queer and trans artists will discuss ethical non-monogamy through a Black liberation. The event will be hybrid and based at The Black House Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. All About Black Love NU’s Center for Awareness, Response and

Multicultural Student Affairs Assistant Director Derek Nettingham will show both undergraduate and graduate students how to pursue education past a bachelor’s degree Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. The event will take place in the Quibbler’s Club Family Room in The Black House. irisswarthout2023@u.northwestern.edu

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David: Why Hinman is a bigger problem than you think LORETTA DAVID

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Once I saw two pink lines on my BinaxNOW test, I knew that I could kiss the next ten days goodbye. Soon enough, I got a call from Quarantine and Isolation Housing telling me that they were going to pick me up. On the way there, I was brimming with confusion. I had no idea how I had gotten COVID19 and didn’t know how badly the virus would affect me. However, upon stepping into 1835 Hinman, my confusion quickly turned into concern. I didn’t for one second expect my experience at Hinman to live up to the standards of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, but, I also didn’t expect to spend most of my time there hungry, confused and disheartened. Upon arrival, I was met by a bag of snacks on my bed that was supposed to last me two weeks. The bag was empty by Day 5. I was not given an actual meal for breakfast. Instead, I was expected to eat the miniature cereal bowls that came with my snacks. My dinners often came cold and late. My room was unbearably hot, so I left my window open for three days to let freezing air in. I was confused by Northwestern’s COVID-19 guidelines because they differ from the Centers for Disease Control’s guidelines. Communication from case management was inconsistent. They were overwhelmed with the spike of

cases from students returning to campus, so there was nothing I could do but wait. The conditions at Hinman became the laughing stock on campus. Pictures of people sneaking in food from their windows were front and center on @barstoolcats. Yik Yak was sprawling with jokes about people having roommates in quarantine housing. However, the humor masks the bigger issue at hand. Students who have been diagnosed

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By having abysmal quarantine housing conditions, NU runs the risk of deterring students from getting tested for COVID-19.

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with a potentially deadly virus should not have to worry about the housing conditions they’ll face for the next 10 days. After all, it wasn’t COVID-19 that made me feel ill — I was asymptomatic during my stay. It was Himan’s conditions that made me feel hopeless, despite knowing that I was going to be let out. I was tired, lonely and disappointed with the environment

that I had been left in. By having abysmal quarantine housing conditions, NU runs the risk of deterring students from getting tested for COVID-19. If students know that a positive test will send them to Hinman where nothing awaits them but inadequate food portions, hours of isolation and confusing communication from case management, then students will not get tested unless the University requires it. NU must strive for an environment where students get tested to keep themselves, and the community safe, not simply because they are required to. While I did not enjoy my time at Hinman, it does not give me the right to use my platform as a cathartic device against NU. The staff at Hinman were benevolent, but most importantly they were trying their best with what they were given. I write this piece not out of spite, but out of concern for those who will stay in Hinman after me. During unprecedented times like this, it is important for all of us to show grace. The world is understaffed, people are burnt out from working through the pandemic and the science behind COVID-19 is still developing everyday. NU, as an institution and community, should take each day and each case as a learning opportunity. First and foremost, NU should provide sufficient mental health resources for those in isolation. Having no contact with others for days on end can have detrimental effects on one’s mental health. Isolation housing should not inflict further harm on students

who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. NU should ensure that trained mental health professionals are available to those in isolation for free. NU should also offer a broader range of options on the Q/I meal menu. The small range of meal options on the Q/I housing menu further exacerbates students’ issues with meals not being nutritious enough. An expanded menu should have just as many options as one would get in the dining hall and should also be inclusive to those with dietary restrictions. Finally, NU should invest in hiring more quarantine staff. It’s imperative that NU prepare its staff and resources for future cases. Moving forward, NU should prioritize making Quarantine and Isolation Housing a comfortable experience for its students. Dealing with the pandemic is already an arduous process for almost everyone. Students need to know that if they are diagnosed with COVID-19 their time in quarantine will not be a harrowing experience. Ultimately, it’s up to NU to create conditions where all of its students feel safe and protected amidst a developing public health crisis. Loretta David is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at lorettadavid2025@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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“A Site of Struggle” explores anti-Black violence By AUDREY HETTLEMAN

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Featuring about 65 works of art, Block Museum’s latest exhibit, “A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence” highlights depictions of anti-Black violence from the 1890s to 2013. The exhibit asks: “How has art been used to protest, process, mourn and memorialize antiBlack violence within the United States?” Janet Dees, the Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, spent the last six years developing this exhibition. She said she wanted to establish an artistic historical context around contemporary conversations on racial violence. “There’s this kind of thread in my practice around the interest in the ways in which artists sort of grapple with history and create work that help us to pause and reflect on history and what it means for our lives today,” Dees said. The exhibit is divided into three sections: “Written on the Body” and “Abstraction and Affect” show anti-Black violence in more abstract ways, while “The Red Record” highlights art that features physical depictions of violence. “The Red Record” gets its name from a lynching pamphlet from Chicago-based activist Ida B. Wells. Dees knew some of the material in the exhibit would be alarming for some, so she said she took special precautions to balance the quality of the exhibit with the comfort of viewers. One way was placing the more sensitive material of “The Red Record” in a “gallery within the gallery” so visitors would know what they would be seeing. The gallery features a resource room, where visitors can learn more about the historical context. There is also a reflecting room at the end of the gallery, free of any art, which Lindsay Bosch, The Block’s senior manager of marketing and communications, said is a place where visitors can sit and collect their thoughts as they transition back to the rest of their day. “We really want visitors to experience it at their own pace, in a way that they feel matches their own needs,” Bosch said. She said the museum made sure to include as many voices as possible from the community while crafting the exhibit. It worked with an

Evanston advisory board, local churches, educators and the local NAACP to ensure it could form as complete a picture as possible. The opening conversation for “A Site of Struggle” took place online on Saturday. It featured Dees, community organizers and Northwestern faculty who helped craft the exhibit, as well as a conversation with Carl and Karen Pope about their featured work, “Palimpsest.” There, Robin R. Means Coleman, vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, spoke about the importance of acknowledging the long history of anti-Black violence in the United States. “We are reminded that trauma begets trauma,

but this cycle need not be ordained,” Coleman said. “The artists in this collection work to subvert actors of oppression.” Dees intended for the exhibit to serve as an educational tool for NU professors and students. English Prof. Natasha Trethewey, for example, used the exhibit as context for her advanced poetry course this winter. Coleman acknowledged the recent anti-critical race theory laws being introduced around the country and said having an informed citizenry is the best way to prevent ignorance. “A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence” opened Wednesday and will be on display at the Block until July 10. It will then tour to the Montgomery Museum of

Fine Arts in August. Recent anti-Black violence events such as the police murder of George Floyd may lead some visitors to believe the exhibit is particularly timely. Dees emphasized, however, that this dark side of the United States has been a reality for many decades. “It is, in some ways, coincidental that we’re right now at this moment of renewed attention to these issues within our cultural landscape,” Dees said. “But … this topic would have been relevant at any moment because there has been such an ongoing and long history of this violence within our country.” audreyhettleman2024@u.northwestern.edu

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food waste across campus and create a larger impact. “The repositories are very small, but everyone contributes to it,” Zea said. “Just doing math here, if I got to take off four buckets once a week, that’s four buckets over the course of how many months now, there’s so much food that has been saved.” McCormick freshman Annie Ho, a Green House resident, said they think food waste is a big sustainability issue at NU. They said while they hope more food can be composted or donated by expanding Green House’s outreach, it’s ultimately NU’s responsibility to promote sustainability across campus. “I obviously turn off my lights and conserve energy,” Ho said. “(But) I feel my focus is more towards trying to get Northwestern itself to be more sustainable … working at

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a safe space,’ I wanted to make sure that my community actually felt safe there.” Hairstyles traditionally have gendered connotations. Even shop names traditionally denote a gendered space: barbershops for men and hair salons for women. In recent years, however, some Evanston hairstylists and other local shop owners have worked to make their shops more inclusive. Aim Larrabee, one of the owners of Aim & Ailie’s, said the changes they made were prompted by a conversation with Collins. “(Collins) didn’t know if we had done what we can to make it an inclusive space,” Larrabee said. Larrabee said that was hard to hear, but Collins insisted on being heard. They worked together with other staff to change the salon’s policies. Larrabee said she had to override the default booking setting on the website, which was divided between men’s and women’s haircuts. The salon also made other changes, like giving pronoun pins to staff and changing the bathroom sign to a gender-inclusive one. Afterwards, Collins said the environment at the salon improved. “From folks working there to folks coming in, it just became queerer, which was really joyful,” they said. Aim & Ailie’s isn’t the only hair salon in Evanston that’s shifted its business model. Claire Tourloukis, a hairstylist who runs Claire Does Hair at Salon Lofts, changed the gendered model of describing haircuts last December.

a bigger scale rather than just as individuals.” Kuntz agreed NU needs to do a better job promoting sustainable efforts. She said NU can do this by granting Green House more visibility, as she wasn’t aware it existed until the end of last year. Because the house isn’t defined as a residential hall or a residential college, it’s much more difficult to find when looking at on-campus housing, Kuntz said. The sense of community is strong at the Green House, Kuntz said. She said the community is open to discussing difficult topics, like climate anxiety, which she has struggled with since learning about global warming in middle school. She said Green House’s mission provides comfort, something she hopes to expand to other residential spaces on campus. “It’s really important to have active spaces where you’re able to work towards a sustainable cause so that you don’t get lost in all the hopelessness,” Kuntz said. joannahou2025@u.northwestern.edu She said she made the change after a nonbinary client asked her about advice on choosing a service. “I thought … what am I waiting for?” Tourlouis said. “There’s no time like the present to change it.” Strands for Trans, an initiative that aims to make salons and barbershops trans-inclusive, maintains a map of welcoming stores. Tourloukis added her salon to the map. Tourloukis noted that hair can be a medium for exploring gender for some of her clients. One client in particular spoke with her about the ways she wanted to express herself through hair. “She’s feeling a little bit more masculine, wants to kind of explore that side of herself,” Tourloukis said. “So she’s like, ‘I want to try blue.’ So I’m like, ‘Okay, let’s try blue.’ We took a bunch of lengths off and kind of gave her a shorter style.” Jamie Black, who used to live in Evanston and now lives in Chicago, said Evanston feels like a generally accepting space to him as a trans man. However, he said he doesn’t have to worry as much about being safe in businesses — at least on account of his gender — because he’s able to pass as cisgender. For him, being a Black man is a much more identifiable position. “Nobody’s gonna go, ‘Oh, wait a second. That’s a trans man. I don’t want them in my business,’” he said. “I’m kind of in a position where I can be incognito.” To Collins, Evanston businesses still have a ways to go to be completely trans-welcoming. Supporting trans people shouldn’t be about making more money, they said. They pointed

out Evanston doesn’t have a space that serves queer youth and offers gender-affirming clothes and haircuts. Collins called for businesses to step up and fill that gap. “It’s not all about profit,” Collins said. “It’s

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the school were the hardest. “It’s a very hard school to keep up with. You got pressure from administrators, you got pressure from parents, you got pressure from students, and some of that pressure has to do with the way that people see your racial identity,” Shakur said. Shakur said the mentorship of former ETHS teacher Rodney Lowe helped him during this time. Lowe taught at ETHS for 31 years. Shakur said Lowe helped him feel connected to the legacy of excellent Black teaching at ETHS, which he said is underrecognized and underappreciated. “That (mentorship) really helped me to see not just how I could survive here, but a path towards thriving in this environment,” Shakur said. “It also showed me some of the difficulty and the frustration that Black teachers face when they feel isolated and they feel unappreciated.” Shakur also said the District 202 board should prioritize Black teacher retention. In his first day of training at ETHS, Shakur said all the new teachers were told the school could have picked any teachers in the country, but chose them because ETHS wanted them. He said these words were powerful, but they didn’t improve retention. Shakur said while he started with a group of six or seven other male teachers of color. ”Most of them are gone — it’s really painful,” Shakur said. Many Black teachers at the school are

about, we know that trans youth of color are grossly mistreated in our communities, and how can we go out of our way to serve them?” avivabechky2025@u.northwestern.edu nearing the ends of their careers, Eddy said, and there’s a sense of urgency because there hasn’t been enough recruitment and retention of the Black teachers. Spanish teacher Fernando Campos has been at ETHS for 18 years. During his time, he said he has noticed the district doesn’t seem to always hire teachers with intention. “We have a lot of non-Black and Latinx allies that support us in the building. We can have everyone supporting us,” Campos said. “However, if our administration and our board and the vision of our school doesn’t align their hiring practices, it doesn’t matter.” Growing up, Campos attended an all-white grammar school, where his family was judged for not seeing education as a priority. Any time his parents went to the school for conferences or open houses, he said there was no one there to receive them and identify with who they are. As a teacher, Campos said Latinx representation also means the affinity space that can be created with Black and brown students. “From the inspiration and influence of my Black and brown colleagues, we are changing our numbers of Black and brown success at Evanston Township High School,” Campos said. “However, we wonder how much greater that impact and that success would be if there weren’t as many teachers as you can count on your hands (representing) the Black and brown students that make up over 50% of the school population.” oliviaalexander2024@u.northwestern.edu

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NU revises campus activity after return to in-person By ALEX HARRISON

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Northwestern revised its definition of the Campus Activity Levels framework after resuming inperson classes, changing the protocol about the current level of COVID-19 on campus. First introduced in Fall Quarter 2020, Campus Activity Levels are color-coded statuses indicating the safety of increasing in-person campus activities based on external and internal factors. The four levels are green, yellow, orange and red, with green indicating the most in-person activities and red indicating the most restrictive policies. On Jan. 14, the University reported 686 new positive test results for the period of Jan. 7 through Jan. 13 and downgraded the activity level from orange to yellow. During this time, the Campus Activity Levels webpage’s definition of yellow read “no increases in in-person activities.” On the same day, Vice President of Operations Luke Figora announced in an email to students that in-person classes would resume on Jan. 18, bringing an end to the University’s Wildcat Wellness period. Figora cited “Northwestern’s extensive health protocols and the relative safety of our highly vaccinated community” as factors in the decision. Many community members were concerned by the announcement, and students launched a petition to extend virtual classes that garnered 1,500 signatures. McCormick Prof. Luis Amaral, a Daily

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The yellow activity level, before and after revision. Northwestern updated the webpage with a revised definition during the first week of in-person classes and activities.

op-ed contributor, said he disagreed with the move to in-person because of the risk it poses to vulnerable community members. “I have many friends and collaborators that work either in emergency rooms or in critical care, and I have never seen them as burned out as they have been during this period,” Amaral said. “By increasing

the number of infected people, we are putting the most defenseless at risk.” Following Figora’s announcement, some students pointed to the conflict between the decision to return to in-person classes and activities and the level of activity indicated as safe by the yellow classification. Sometime during the following week, NU

updated the webpage with a revised definition of yellow reading “changes in in-person activity.” The webpage has not been updated since. In an email to The Daily, University spokesperson Jon Yates explained the activity levels were originally written to reflect a deterioration of COVID-19 safety, necessitating an updated definition for when conditions improved. “In December, we moved from green to yellow and then to orange with the arrival of the omicron variant,” Yates said. “As the health landscape improved on campus in mid-January and we shifted back to yellow, we edited the definition to more accurately address movement in the other direction.” The change was made without a public announcement or indication on the webpage. Yates said the University will “continue to assess and adjust our tools for accurately and transparently communicating with the University community.” Amaral said the University has failed to accurately present testing data and campus safety levels throughout the pandemic, and he said the revision of the activity level framework is another instance of this. “There are some of us at the University that deal with presenting data and could have told them how to do things properly, to build confidence,” Amaral said. “It’s embarrassing to me that the University, with the kind of expertise that exists here, was not able to make use of that expertise to avoid rookie mistakes.” alexharrison2023@u.northwestern.edu

D65 Student Assignment Project talks magnet schools By AVIVA BECHKY

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Student Assignment Project committee held a meeting Saturday to gather community input on magnet school programs and school zones. The committee was launched by the district last spring to examine the school district structure and inequities in the system.

At the meeting, diversity consultant Gilo Kwesi Logan discussed problems with District 65’s magnet schools before asking for feedback. District 65 has two magnet schools: the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School. Bessie Rhodes offers a global studies program, while King Arts focuses on the arts. Enrollment at the schools has declined over the past five years, Logan said. “We really need to think differently about the role and outcomes of magnet schools,” Logan

said. “We want to hear community voice on these questions.” He asked participants to share their thoughts on two questions through a program called ThoughtExchange. Participants responded anonymously and could see and rate each other’s responses. In response to a question about why magnet school enrollment was declining, participants pointed to distance, high principal turnover, “lower achievement of Black and brown students” and unchallenging or undifferentiated curricula. Logan also asked about the value of magnet

schools and received a range of responses. Some noted the appeal of small class sizes, school choice and diversity among the student population. Others pointed out drawbacks: the lack of neighborhood community and a failure to address the needs of marginalized students. “I worry that efforts to establish diversity are all for white people,” one participant wrote. “Diversity should be about safety and uplifting of historically excluded and disadvantaged communities.” avivabechky2025@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern falls to No. 23 Iowa in overtime thriller By MARYKATE ANDERSON

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In the middle of a rough patch in its season, Northwestern came into Friday’s matchup against Iowa looking to get back to business. Despite great play from the Wildcats (11-7, 3-5 Big Ten) on all accounts, their three-game losing streak became four. The Wildcats could not close out their second upset over the No. 23 Hawkeyes (14-4, 8-1), falling 72-67 in overtime to Caitlin Clark and company. Last year, NU took down then-No. 22 Iowa on Jan. 6 in Iowa City and swept the team. The Cats showed a unique confidence that persisted from the first whistle to the last buzzer. Senior guard Veronica Burton finished with 19 points, junior guard Laya Hartman with a career-high 14 and freshman guard Melannie Daley with an admirable 13. Senior forward Courtney Shaw had an awe-inspiring performance, with 12 rebounds — seven on the offensive end — and two blocks, and she tied her career high with five steals. NU forced 25 Iowa turnovers and only had

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12 of their own. Efforts which would normally be a recipe for a signature NU win were ultimately a mere silver lining in a loss that stung more than usual. “Part of me feels like we deserved to win the game,” coach Joe McKeown said. “But you’ve gotta finish, whether that’s in the extra five minutes or if you have a chance to build on that lead.” The Cats held a 14-point lead over Iowa halfway through the third quarter but slowly let it slip away until, with the help of a clutch late jumper from Daley and a missed shot from Clark, the two teams ended regulation tied 61-61. But that ending is not without an asterisk. Clark’s missed jumper gave way to a defensive rebound by freshman guard Jillian Brown. Brown drove the ball down the court and, in what seemed like just enough time, passed it in transition to Hartman for the game-winning layup. The crowd roared and the NU bench leapt up in celebration, but the moment was fleeting. The game clock had inadvertently stopped at 3.9 seconds after Brown’s rebound and the referees determined that Hartman’s shot would not have gone off in time

and sent the game into overtime. That confusion in the last 3.9 seconds of regulation threw off any good energy the Cats had going. NU went 2-for-8 from the field in overtime, Burton missed three of her four free throw attempts, and the Cats dropped their fourth straight contest. “As much as it does sting, we realize that we’d much rather lose a game like this than a game where we’re not going as hard as we can,” Burton said. The Cats’ trademark “Blizzard” defense seemed to confuse Iowa and limited their scoring yet again. NU held the Hawkeyes, who sat atop the Big Ten with 84.7 points per game, to a season-low 61 points in regulation. Their previous low in Big Ten play came against the Cats on Jan. 6. NU has continuously struggled against recent opponents, but the team looks to continue its momentum at Purdue on Thursday. “If we play like that, we’ll beat the majority of the teams in the Big Ten,” Burton said. “That’s really the message at the end of the day. Be consistent with this type of effort, this type of energy, and just move forward.” marykateanderson2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats light up the track Wildcats lose to No. 24 Illinois in snowy Boston By PATRICK ANDRES

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Snowed in and psyched up, Northwestern is feeling the energy after a successful showing at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University. The Wildcats competed in the 3k and the 5k on Friday, with runners clocking some of the fastest times in program history. While the conditions were snowy in Boston this weekend, NU certainly brought the heat on the track. In a field that boasted top teams and professional runners, freshman Ava Earl placed an impressive 23rd overall in the women’s 3k, with the fifth fastest 3k time ever for the Cats of 9:38. Graduate student Amanda Mosborg finished seventh in the women’s 5k in 16:51, running the seventh fastest time in program history. Both Earl and Mosborg set personal bests with these history-making performances. Mosborg, who ran Division III at Carleton College during her undergraduate years, is making the most of her time at NU. She is enrolled in a year-long graduate program and finishing her NCAA eligibility, and this was just her third Division I indoor track competition. “I guess that makes me feel even more lucky for the opportunity because I’m not here for very long,” said Mosborg. Rounding out the Cats’ performance, Emily Casaclang [cq] and Deepti Choudhury set personal bests in the 3k, finishing in 9:52 and 9:56, respectively. Graduate student Lotte Van der Pol posted the ninth fastest time in program history in the 5k, crossing the line in 17:04 and finishing 13th overall. Primarily a cross country program, NU views winter and fall track seasons as a chance to build a strong base for the fall. “We really approach indoor and outdoor track as a way to grow physically and mentally in terms of our

confidence,” Coach Jill Miller said. Running is a unique sport in that each season features competition — from cross country in the fall to indoor track in the winter and outdoor track in the spring, its athletes are constantly in-season. The Cats methodically approach their training in order to stay both healthy and motivated throughout their lengthy racing calendar. Miller says a big part of this longevity is enjoying the process. “We make the hard work fun… that’s a really important piece of the puzzle,” said Miller. “Because it is a grind. It’s a lot of miles that you’re running and it can start to be something that feels a little bit mundane, and we do not want that to happen.” The Cats had to deal with COVID-19 troubles and injuries at the beginning of the season, but despite these challenges, the team was able to put up solid performances at the first two meets of their season. At the Gene Edmonds Invitational in January, Earl took home the 3k victory, and all seven NU runners finished in the top 10 of that event. Later that month at the Michigan Invite, four Cats achieved personal bests in the mile and the 3k . The Terrier Classic featured more competition compared to their two previous meets held in the Midwest, and Earl said “it was good for (the team) to get in a more competitive field.” The number of personal bests and historic times for the program prove that it was, indeed, good. The Cats have a few more meets on the calendar for the winter and will then turn their attention to outdoor track season and ultimately the 2022 cross country season. NU has faced many battles during the indoor track season thus far, but with a strong roster and positive attitude, the team was able to overcome adversity and dominate on the track in snowy Boston. The cold never bothered them anyway. katewalter2025@u.northwestern.edu

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The greater college basketball world may hesitate to call IllinoisNorthwestern — a series in which one team has won 143 of 185 meetings — a “rivalry” in the traditional sense. But on Saturday afternoon in Evanston, no word seemed more appropriate. In an electric, bipartisan WelshRyan Arena, the Wildcats (9-10, 2-8) fell 59-56 to the Fighting Illini (15-5, 8-2) before their first sellout home crowd in two years. Star Illinois center Kofi Cockburn led both teams with 22 points, although he had to take 17 shots to get them. “(Illinois fans are) always gonna have a nice turnout here,” coach Chris Collins said. “It made for just a great atmosphere. I so appreciate it, and I hope our students will keep coming out even though we’ve come up short.” Cockburn accounted for much of the Fighting Illini’s offensive output as several of their key contributors struggled. Guard Trent Frazier, serenaded on nearly every touch by chants of “airball” after a pair of early misses, made just two of his 10 field goal attempts and turned the ball over three times. Two other starters, guard-forward Jacob Grandison and guard Alfonso Plummer, also combined to make three of their 12 field goal attempts. Neither team could land a knockout punch until late, although NU led by as many as six points with 8:09 to play. Illinois tied it on two free throws from guard Da’Monte Williams a little over four minutes later, and a Cockburn layup with 2:25 left re-tied it at 53. The Cats moved the ball well on the ensuing possession, but graduate forward Elyjah Williams was unable to connect on an open three. “It was a great shot by Elyjah,” senior forward Pete Nance said. “He works on it every day, and everyone has total confidence in him making that shot. I want him to shoot that 10 times out of 10.”

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With 1:37 on the clock and the a stretch of four games against top game tied, Cockburn missed a short 25 opponents in a five-game span hook shot. Da’Monte Williams for the Cats; they went 1-4, losing cleaned up his miss and slammed it every game, except a blowout against home to put the Fighting Illini up Purdue, by single digits. Despite this, 55-53, and NU never saw the lead Collins stressed that NU could take again. numerous positives into the back half The ending spoiled a nice bounce- of its Big Ten schedule, which begins back performance from Nance, who Tuesday against Rutgers. missed two critical free throws in “If you play Illinois … to a onethe Cats’ 72-70 loss to Michigan possession game, there’s going to be a Wednesday. Nance made eight of his lot of positives,” Collins said. “But at 15 field goal attempts and scored 21 the end of the day, we didn’t win, and points — the seventh 20-point game that’s what I’m sick about, because of his NU career — to go with five our guys deserve better.” rebounds. “(The atmosphere) really makes patrickandres2023@u.northwestern. a difference,” Nance said. “The times when you haven’t scored a couple Scan this QR code with possessions in a row, you your smartphone camsee all these people in era to view an accomthe stands cheering for panying photo blog of you and supporting what the men’s and women’s basketball games. you’re trying to do, that really means a lot.” The game concluded

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