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PROGRESS DESPITE PERCEPTION 5th Ward residents say negative image overshadows growth
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HOUSING HARDSHIPS Homes line the block of Dodge Avenue between Church Street and Lyons Street in Evanston’s 5th Ward. Residents identified access to affordable housing as an issue in both the ward and the city at large.
By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Colette Allen acknowledges the 5th Ward has problems. Other residents and community leaders agree — safety and economic inequality have been issues in
the 5th Ward for decades. Those problems, however, are being tackled head on by 5th Ward residents, said Allen, who currently works in the ward and spent her childhood in the area. Like any community, the 5th Ward has some good attributes and some that need more attention, but she said residents are proud of their home and consistently work
to improve it. “As someone who’s a second-generation Evanstonian, I can say certainly we don’t see our community that way,” Allen said regarding negative perceptions about the ward. “We see it as a community with a rich history and that has a lot of services and opportunities.” Evanston’s 5th Ward — bordered by
McCormick Boulevard to the west, Church Street to the south and Noyes Street to the north — encompasses low-income areas, but it also contains areas near Northwestern where students and primarily uppermiddle class families live. Residents and community leaders in the 5th Ward said they feel the reputation of their ward is marred by economic woes and violence,
and that community-wide efforts to increase the area’s liveability and opportunity are often overlooked.
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Allen grew up in Evanston, and her family moved to the 5th Ward when she » See 5TH WARD, page 6
Step Up starts open City tables student housing project Council postpones decision on new residence training sessions Workshops available for individuals as well as groups By BENJAMIN DIN
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Northwestern’s bystander intervention program, Step Up, is on track to relaunch this quarter with open trainings beginning Thursday, which individuals can sign up for. This quarter, NU is bringing back the workshops, which train students, faculty and staff on safe and effective intervention when they think someone might be in danger in a situation such as alcohol abuse, hazing and sexual assault. The program will be led by Noor Ali, assistant director for social justice education within Campus Inclusion and Community and Paul Ang, coordinator of men’s engagement at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education. Previously, those interested in being Step Up-trained used to have to sign up as a group of about 10 people. Although groups can still request workshops, Ali said she realized this excluded individuals who wanted to go through the program. “We get a lot of people saying, ‘Hey, I want to get Step Up-trained,’ but they
don’t have a group,” she said. “We figured, ‘OK, let’s have a training where people can just sign up.’” Although no trainings have been conducted yet this quarter — the focus has been on spreading the word about Step Up and preparing assessment materials — Ali said students, faculty and staff can now sign up for open trainings. Thursday’s training, for faculty and staff, will be followed by a Feb. 19 training for students. In an effort to increase the number of facilitators — especially students — to lead Step Up trainings, Ang said there will also be a “Train the Trainer” session for people who have been Step Up-trained and are interested in conducting workshops for others. “Traditionally we had a lot of faculty and staff that were trainers,” he said. “Ideally, both Noor and I thought it would be great to have some students as well.” The program, which began at the University of Arizona, was brought to NU in 2012, but was on hiatus for the 2014-15 school year due to a change in staffing. To prepare for the relaunch, about 10 people who had previously been trained as facilitators went through a “refresher training” in the fall, Ali said. The trainings are 90-minute sessions split into two parts focused on teaching people how to intervene and practically apply the skills and knowledge learned » See STEP UP, page 6
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A proposed apartment rental project at 831 Emerson St. was tabled to stay in the Planning and Development Committee on Monday night The project, which received unanimous approval in the Design and Project Review Committee in early November, was postponed for further discussion until Feb. 22 due to a request from Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) to discuss the project further with developers. She said developers did not directly request to have the meeting postponed, but an email from their attorneys communicated the desire for developers to hold a neighborhood meeting about the rental project to clarify issues for residents. “It makes more sense to postpone discussion where we know we will keep the project in committee rather than vote on a project that could be changed,” Fiske told The Daily. “This way there is clarification and everybody knows what’s going on with the project.” The proposed project at 831 Emerson St. is intended to be a large-scale private apartment complex geared toward Northwestern students. Situated near Sherman Avenue and Emerson Street, the project would break from some Evanston zoning requirements, including building height and the number of units in the project. Although
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PROJECT TABELED Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) attends a City Council meeting. Rainey and other aldermen raised concerns about moving forward with deliberations about a proposed building project at 831 Emerson St., and Council ultimately decided to hold off on discussion until the Feb. 22 Planning and Development Committee meeting.
zoning requirements allow a building to be at most 97 feet high with 169 units, developers of the Emerson project proposed a 126-foot building with around 260 units. Multiple residents expressed frustration about the project, citing potential
issues such as noise, increased traffic and whether the building was essential to the community’s development. Evanston resident Elizabeth Luby said the concept of a “private » See 831, page 6
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Around Town City honors Negro Leagues player Evanston resident Ray Knox receives a key to the city By NORA SHELLY
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Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl presented Monday night a key to the city to Ray Knox, a former Negro Leagues baseball player. Knox began playing in the Negro Leagues at age 14 in 1949, and is one of just a few dozen former players who are still alive. The Negro Leagues originated in 1920 after Jim Crow laws barred black men from participating in Major League Baseball. The former Chicago American Giants and New Orleans Eagles player received a standing ovation as he was handed the key before the City Council meeting. “It means a whole lot,” Knox told the Daily after the meeting. “I’ll never forget this.” Knox played in the Negro Leagues until 1952, when he married his wife with whom he eventually had six kids. He moved to Evanston in the 1970s, where he managed a dry cleaning business and raised his kids as a single parent after his wife died in 1963. At 83, however, he is energetic and spry, saying he can still do pushups.
Police Blotter Wallet, cash reported stolen on Emerson Street
A 66-year-old Evanston woman reported Thursday that her wallet containing $180 in cash was stolen from her apartment in the 1600 block of Emerson Street, police said. The woman said she believes the burglar entered her apartment between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. using her keys, which she said went missing while she was doing laundry in the building the week
His daughter, Patricia Knox, said the importance of her father receiving a key to the city was something she couldn’t express in words. “It’s a big thing to me, that’s really The exciting,” she told the Daily. “It’s really Negro neat.” Leagues are a Patricia Knox said her father’s story can tremendous teach people to learn part of and live in peace and American harmony, and begin to put racial issues history. He’s a behind. very humble Robert Bady, who belongs to the same man. church as Ray Knox, told The Daily he was Elizabeth Tisdahl, Evanston mayor introduced to the former baseball player by a fellow church member five or six years ago and knew he had to help share Knox’s story. “Human to human, it’s really about loving each other,” he said. “Here’s a great story of perseverance, here’s a great story of honor.” Bady said the mayor giving a key to the city
to Knox was a great way to recognize him. The symbolic key is an award that honors citizens who have in some way contributed to the betterment of the community. Bady also said people could learn from Knox about the history of the Negro Leagues and how to be a great family man, adding that Knox worked “tirelessly” for his family after the death of his wife. “He wasn’t Jackie Robinson,” he said. “But what he carries with him now is this legacy that goes on forever that you know, he played with this group of guys that allowed anyone to play.” Tisdahl said she was particularly excited to meet Knox, because he knew Minnie Minoso, one of Tisdahl’s heroes and a former Chicago White Sox player, of which the mayor is a fan. Apart from being excited to meet Knox, Tisdahl said she never knew that a Negro Leagues player lived in Evanston and was surprised he hadn’t sought any honors in the past. “The Negro Leagues are a tremendous part of American history,” she told The Daily. “He’s a very humble man.”
before, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said. There was no evidence of forced entry, and the police have no leads on suspects, Polinski added.
unlocked, Polinski said. He reported that his $2,500 Apple laptop computer, a $12,000 Rolex watch and several other pieces of jewelry were missing, Polinski said. The resident has not yet estimated the total value of all the jewelry stolen, he said. Polinski said the likely point of entry was a basement window, which police found broken when they checked the house. Police currently have no suspects, Polinski said.
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Items valued at more than $14,000 stolen from Evanston home
A house in the 1000 block of Colfax Street was burglarized Sunday, with over $14,000 in possessions reported missing, Polinski said. A 41-year-old resident told police he came home Sunday night and found the front door
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NU economist predicts end to major innovation By DAVID FISHMAN
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The gloomy economist sits in a large office that reveals no inkling of his pessimistic predictions. Glass awards rest on his desk, model airplanes decorate the shelves and original photographs from India line the walls. But for economics Prof. Robert Gordon, these airplanes and photographs symbolize the fading glory of a past era. “The outlines of most of the inventions that are going to change life are fairly clear now for the next 25 years,” he said. “I’m not saying innovation is over, what I see is that it’s incremental and slowly advancing along fewer dimensions of life than the great changes between 1870 and 1970.” In his new book, “The Rise and Fall of American Growth,” published on Jan. 12, Gordon argues that years of prolific innovation have come and gone. Developments in technology following the Civil War, Gordon writes, far surpass the relatively insignificant achievements of recent years. Things like electric lighting and air travel transformed the nation and nearly doubled average life expectancy. Today, he said, society has neared an end to this great wave of invention, facing rising inequality, an aging population and crippling debt. Many economists, including those within his department, disagree. Economics Prof. Joel Mokyr, who teaches economic history, said advances in quantum computing, genetic modification and 3D printing will radically change the world and boost productivity. These two fundamentally opposed views represent a notable schism in the field of economics, a debate over the future of the 21st century dating back to the Great Recession that began in 2007. Gordon comes from an influential family of economists. His father served on the Brookings Institutions’ Panel on Economic Activity and his mother graduated with a doctorate in economics. But at first, Gordon’s varied interests seemed divergent from those of his parents.
Determined to become a TV director at age 16, Gordon met with the president of CBS and a famous producer. At the meeting, he received harsh news. “The producer talked to me for a while and told me in no uncertain terms I had no business having any ambition to be a television director,” he said. “I’d never make it.” Luckily, the intellectual had other interests. In high school, he played one of the leads, Colonel Purdy, in “The Teahouse of the August Moon,” a 1950s dramatic comedy, and served as editor of his school newspaper, the Berkeley High Jacket. “He was very dynamic,” said long-time childhood friend Tim Laddish. “He capped his drama career with a performance in the senior play — the character was an older, opinionated curmudgeon and Bob really seemed to get into that.” Laddish grew close to the jack-of-all trades when the two worked together on a weekly radio show for which Gordon served as pop music expert. The boys spent hours together producing short clips for an audience of unknown size. Pieces they broadcast were sharply humoristic and covered everything from local concerts to championship football games, Laddish said. But academics were Gordon’s main pursuit, Laddish said, facing strong pressure at home to perform well and stay on top. And he did. Gordon graduated first in his high school class of about 600 students and went on to study at Harvard University. The competitiveness of the Ivy League institution came as a shock to Gordon, who had grown accustomed to his top position in high school. Instead of continuing his former extracurricular activities, Gordon devoted himself entirely to academics. “All of a sudden I was a small fish in a big pond,” he said. “It was more competitive and I had to work harder.” Entering college, Gordon knew he wanted to become a professor, at first setting his sights on business due to a former interest in management consulting. But after a pivotal conversation with a professor his junior year, Gordon again changed paths and began to pursue economics. While at Harvard, Gordon also met his future wife.
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She had been dating his sophomore roommate and when their relationship fell apart due to long distance woes, Gordon “stepped in.” The two went on a few dates, exchanged hundreds of love letters and spent a “prim and proper” summer together at his home in Berkeley, California, after which Gordon proposed. From then on, life turned out exactly how he planned it, Gordon said. After Harvard he attended Oxford University, receiving top honors and went on to earn a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At age 75, the multi-talented economist’s experiences as a former actor, newspaperman and radio broadcaster serve him well. He enjoys watching movies, reading history textbooks and teaches undergraduate first-year seminars. “(Gordon) very early on figured out what he likes,” said economics Prof. Mark Witte, director of undergraduate economics studies. “He plans his life carefully,
when he’s going to work, where he’s going to eat and where he’s going to go for trips. He thinks about productivity a lot and he clearly embodies that in his life.” Economics Prof. Martin Eichenbaum characterized Gordon as a man of two minds who could be both charming and tough, rarely backing down from an opinion. At the same time, Eichenbaum said, the two have shared many warm dinners and thoughtful conversations. All of his colleagues, however, agreed that Gordon’s contributions to the field of economics have been transformative. “It’s magnificent that somebody like Bob Gordon maintains this professional cutting edge to this day,” Laddish said. “He can inspire a lot of people of our age group to realize that you don’t have to sit back and just watch television.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu
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It’s important to maintain Fran’s spirit in new space ISABELLA SOTO
DAILY COLUMNIST
The closing of Willard Residential College for the 2016-2017 school year, and the relocation of the dorm to 1835 Hinman, has left students within the Willard community and beyond with numerous questions on what will happen to Fran’s, the late-night equivalent of the Willard Dining Hall. Concern exists about whether the familiar faces of Fran’s and the quintessential latenight menu will remain. But the relocation has also caused students to delve deeper and question whether or not the experience — the spirit of Fran’s — will exist at its new location. During the freshman housing crunch the summer before officially joining Northwestern’s student body, I remember talking with potential roommates who were interested in Willard. In most of the conversations I had, people
always made a point to mention Fran’s. Still, it was not until I moved into Willard and made my first trip to Fran’s that I really grasped the importance of Fran’s not only to Willard’s residents, but to all NU students. Fran’s is an indelible aspect of the South Campus experience — a place to visit after a Thursday night at the Mark II Lounge or for a break from a stuffy and solitary dorm room. It’s a place to treat yourself to an equivalency meal’s worth (or two!) of food after a week of midterms. Above all, Fran’s is the common room of South Campus and serves as a “third space” for all students on campus outside of dorms and classrooms. Although some may argue it is just a campus restaurant, there is something different about Fran’s. Fran’s sees students in some of their most vulnerable moments. Plus, there is something reassuring about being able to study by a warm fireplace until 2 a.m., comfortably knowing one is not alone in stresseating a basket of tater tots. I not-so fondly remember crying in Fran’s over my first experience getting swindled by a concert ticket scalper on Craigslist.
Although I eventually wiped my tears away and indulged in a consolatory milkshake, there was something instinctively comforting about coming down to Fran’s and knowing I could find friends to confide in. Still, it Any time I was not find myself missing my mother’s until I moved warm accent and into Willard and uniquely Caribbean concern, I made my first stroll into Fran’s trip to Fran’s that I for a conversareally grasped the tion with cashier Yiraida Berrios, importance of who is originally Fran’ s not only to from the Dominican Republic, Willard’s residents, and am instantly but to all NU soothed by her students. motherly care and doting attention to each student that walks in. While the cozy aspects of Fran’s, such as the couches and the fireplace, may not be
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present in Hinman, it is obvious that it is the sense of community that brings NU students into the otherwise humble Willard dining hall. Brad Zakarin, director of residential academic initiatives, told The Daily last month that 1835 Hinman’s dining hall will have the “same staff, same hours, same food services … to ensure the continuity of experience.” The relocation of Fran’s will be a multifaceted effort, and it already seems like Residential Services is committed to preserving its integrity and making sure it continues to be the comfortable space students have come to know and love. Despite the changes, if the flow of Nutella milkshakes and quesadillas is not interrupted and I get the chance to hear Berrios calling everyone “mi amor” on a daily basis, I know I will feel at home. Isabella Soto is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at isabellasoto2019@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.
With Valentine’s Day near, embrace close friendships ALEXI STOCKER
DAILY COLUMNIST
It was late Winter Quarter last year when I first truly realized the extent of our generation’s fear of love. A friend and I were discussing a mutual friend’s recent relationship when he mentioned that the couple in question had exchanged “the L-word” after only a little more than a month of dating. I was puzzled. “What in the hell was ‘the L-word?’” I asked. Much to my dismay, I learned that “the L-word” referred to love. Love, it seemed, was another four-letter word to some of my friends, an embarrassing admission of emotional dependence or vulnerability, a sign of weakness or a humiliating acceptance of past generations’ ideas about companionship. As Valentine’s Day rapidly approaches, I think it is important for us all to really reflect upon our generation’s seeming fear of love. A week never fails to pass without me overhearing someone talking about “catching feelings” or “catching the feels” for a hookup, or bemoaning that they have developed a crush on a friend. I know very few people
in long-term committed relationships, and there seems to be a hesitancy among many students to define relationships, eschewing labels like “boyfriend” and “girlfriend” in favor of more fluid, open, less emotionally constraining semi-attachments. Many more students bemoan their failure to find a significant other, wailing on and on about their perpetual singleness. There exists among our generation extreme anxiety As toward love, a comValentine’ s bination of fear and deep desire, of revulDay rapidly sion and fascination. approaches, Societal expectations I think it is and ever-changing cultural trends redeimportant for fine what constitutes us all to really a “normal” or “cool” relationship, much reflect upon to the agony of our our generation’s generation. Are seeming fear of hook-ups the new normal? Is polylove. amory in? What do my parents expect of me? When is the right time to lose my virginity? The questions swirl endlessly, ultimately preventing us from finding happiness.
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There is also so much more than romantic love. The Ancient Greeks had several words for love, only one of which, eros, refers to the passionate love we think of as romantic love today. Philia, commonly misunderstood to mean brotherly love, actually refers to a sense of fondness and appreciation for others, especially one’s friends. In my experience, nothing brings greater happiness than strong friendships. Having friends with whom I can spend time with one-on-one and discuss our interests, our ambitions or anything going on in our lives or the world around us has always been critical for my happiness, self-esteem and even my health. Many of my closest friends profess similar feelings and experiences. Psychological research corroborates the importance of friendships; strong connections are essential for continued mental and physical health, not to mention happiness, throughout life. There are therefore two things all of us here at NU can do to make our lives a little happier. First, accept and embrace your feelings. If you are romantically interested in someone, ask him or her out. If it does not work out, move on. Getting past the anxiety and frustration associated with unrequited desire for another person is far more valuable in the
long run than the potential discomfort of rejection. Second, appreciate friendship. Ten years from now it likely will not matter who you dated your sophomore year at NU; strong friendships developed now, however, can last a lifetime. Developing real, meaningful friendships during the college years can set us up for long-term happiness, health and stability in life. And, as we leave college and head into the adult world, it is often through our friends that we meet our next significant others. Friendship is so often undervalued; make it a priority, and you may find your life much more fulfilling. Embrace love. At a school as stressful and competitive as NU, the importance of strong social bonds is nearly incommunicable. Love your friends, and be honest with yourself about how you feel about your relationships. We have enough things to be worried about, let’s not make love another.
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Alexi Stocker is a Weinberg senior. He can be contacted at alexistocker2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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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Panel talks impacts of mass incarceration on society By MATTHEW CHOI
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The United States’ mass incarceration illustrates the many ways racism persists in this country, panelists said at an event hosted by Unshackle NU on Monday night in Harris Hall. Panelists discussed police brutality, the war on drugs and the greater social effects of mass incarceration on different communities. The panel included history and African American studies Prof. Martha Biondi, Deborah Small, founder of Break the Chains, an organization the works to reform drug policy and engage with communities affected by punitive drug laws, and sociology and African American studies Prof. Mary Pattillo. The panel was the fourth in a series of educational events hosted by Unshackle NU, a student divestment movement calling for NU to remove its investments from private prisons and companies its members say contribute to mass incarceration. A critical component to mass incarceration is police brutality and the culture that allows it to continue, Biondi told the crowd of more than 50 people. Biondi, who has advocated for reparations for police torture in Chicago, cited numerous examples and statistics to illustrate the racialization and institutionalization of police violence. “The police officer is not just the person on the street, on the front lines who makes the arrest,”
Biondi said. “(The police officer) is in many ways a partner of the prosecutor … So when that police officer discharges their weapon and shoots and kills a person, and there’s an investigation into whether or not that officer should be indicted, prosecutors are reluctant to do that.” Mass incarceration is invariably linked to a history of industrialized addiction, said Small, who has served as legislative director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Slavery initially serviced industries of addictive substances including sugar, alcohol and tobacco, Small said. Mass incarceration as an industry began in the same vein and is based on punishing people for addictions promoted in communities of color, she added. “(There is an) addiction to punishment, too, as a main tool for behavior modification,” Small said. “What we’re talking about here is the continuation of a process that has been woven in the fabric of this country since the beginning.” Medill sophomore Krish Lingala, a former Daily staffer who attended the event, said he appreciated in particular Small’s perspectives on drugs and their relationship with the criminal justice system. “A lot of what Deborah Small had to say stook out to me particularly because it was less about the facts of the criminal justice system and more about the way we think about it,” Lingala said. “Rather than think about how we’re going to punish someone, we should ask should we punish them at all.” Incarcerated individuals are not the only ones affected by mass incarceration, Pattillo said.
Funding that could go toward developing overcrowded schools and public facilities instead go toward keeping community members in prison, she said. Pattillo discussed the concept of “million dollar blocks,” which are urban areas where funding per resident is exceptionally high, but only because those residents are incarcerated and the cost of incarceration is high. Pattillo also said the ways in which police treat communities of color versus affluent white communities in regards to drugs illustrate the racialization of the criminal justice system. She contrasted the example of poor communities of color in Chicago, who often face zero-tolerance policies, to an affluent suburb of Buffalo, New York, that emphasized more education focused justice programs for youth. “(Educational justice programs are) the kind of response everyone merits,” Pattillo said, “but only some people get.” During an open Q&A, panelists were asked what motivates their work in studying and fighting social injustices. Pattillo said active participation beyond the classroom drives her through emotional strains to fulfill her work. “It’s one thing to study problems and immerse yourself in the study of all manner of social ills,” Pattillo said, “but what I think is inspiring and heartening is when you’re engaged in a collective, when you’re engaged with other people talking about how to create solutions and how to move to make the world a better place.” Medill senior Matthew Wright, who moderated
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PRISON PANEL History and African American studies Prof. Martha Biondi discusses the role police brutality plays in mass incarceration.
the event, said he was satisfied with the panel and hoped audience members learned from the discussion. “If you were unfamiliar with some of the different things that were being said, it was a great opportunity to learn and to really appreciate what these women were sharing with us,” Wright said. matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
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was in middle school. She said the 5th Ward was a tight-knit community when she was growing up in the 1950s and 60s, but when she moved back to Evanston, she noticed the ward had changed since her childhood. Crime had increased throughout the west side of the 5th Ward, many of her longtime neighbors had moved elsewhere and the community did not feel as connected without a neighborhood school, she said. In the past two weeks, there have been at least two reports of shots fired at individuals in the ward. The first incident occurred on Jan. 29 near Darrow Avenue and Foster Street and the second report came on Feb. 1 from the 2000 block of Emerson Street. “There just wasn’t that much violence growing up as there is now,” Allen said. “It’s a sign of changing times, but it’s also something we, as a community, are trying to counter.” In July, Allen began working as director of Family Focus Evanston, an organization in the 5th Ward that focuses on early childhood and youth development through educational programming such as classes and cultural events. She said she has been working with other organizations, leaders and residents to improve not only programs available to 5th Ward residents, but also perceptions of the ward in the city at large. “People forget about how much the 5th Ward contains,” Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said. “It’s a diverse community, and you have to be aware of how many different racial, economic and social differences there are between people here.” Like Allen, Holmes spent her childhood in the 5th Ward. She has lived in the ward for more than 60 years and was active in the community before her tenure on City Council, building connections through social work and involvement in groups such as the NAACP and the League of Women Voters. She won her initial election to the council in 2005 with 76 percent of the vote, and has since served three terms as 5th Ward alderman. Housing in the 5th Ward has been an issue since her first day as an alderman, Holmes said. Residents in the western portion of the 5th Ward were hurt in the late 2000s during the economic recession in the housing market and are still recovering, she said. “A lot of houses were lost by families in the ward,”
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From page 1 in the first half through activities such as role-playing. This helps provide the real-life experience that is often missing from online workshops, Ang said. “Having that in-person practice instead of just intellectualizing it and talking about it in the abstract or in theory, this actually gives people a chance to do some hands-on practice of it and try out a few of the different techniques they might potentially use in a potentially harmful situation,” he said. Ali said she hopes the opportunity for open trainings will continue beyond the two that are planned, but she added that she is not sure how frequent those
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 Holmes said. “We were able to work with different government organizations to get funding to help families. It helped a lot of people, but it wasn’t nearly enough.” Many people were displaced by the housing crisis, Holmes said, but are also negatively affected by Evanston’s housing market successes. When the housing market is doing well, it means housing costs increase throughout the city, even in low-income areas. The largest stride in affordable housing in Evanston has come with the changes to the affordable housing ordinance in late 2015, said Sue Loellbach, interim executive director of development for Connections for the Homeless, a nonprofit organization headquartered in the 5th Ward that focuses on reducing and preventing homelessness in the city. These changes included making developers offer affordable options for rental units in areas near transit stops and having housing available for those at 80 percent of the median Evanston income. “While these are great strides, this is just the beginning,” Loellbach said. “We need to have options available for people at 50 percent or 30 percent of the median income. It’s progress, but just the first step.”
West side story
Loellbach said permanent residents of areas like the 5th Ward are seeing their rents spike due to close proximity to NU and economic development on Noyes Street. She said the increase in rent and housing costs puts 5th Ward residents at a greater risk of homelessness, which the organization defines as when housing costs account for more than 50 percent of their income. “Evanston is straddling the line between Chicago and the North Shore, one of the wealthiest areas in the world,” Loellbach said. “There’s a real disparity in Evanston, and it disproportionately affects AfricanAmerican and Hispanic residents, often living on the west side.” Barbara Blades has been a resident of the 5th Ward since 1964, when she and her husband moved to an apartment on Ridge Street before moving to a house on Maple Avenue. She lives on the east side of the 5th Ward and said there has always been a racial and socioeconomic divide — between predominantly white residents near NU and predominantly black residents on the west side — across Green Bay Road. would be. Ali Pelczar, who went through Step Up during peer adviser training, said she has been fortunate to not have been in a situation where she has needed to intervene. However, she said the training she has received at NU has given her the skills she needs to step up in a situation where someone might be in danger. “You don’t necessarily know when you’re going to be in a situation where having that knowledge is going to be useful,” the Weinberg junior said. “What bystander intervention programs do is teach you how to be aware of those problems and be aware of your own responsibility in helping.” benjamindin@u.northwestern.edu
“It’s really hard for people to mingle between the two different sides of the neighborhood, and it’s hard to overcome,” Blades said. “There were some AfricanAmerican families here but never many. There’s a big divide and it’s mainly geographic.” Blades said the divide was aggravated in the 2000s when the east side of the ward moved from being populated by families to being aimed toward student housing. “With more students moving in, it meant a lot of permanent residents moving out and landlords increasing rent costs for apartments in the ward,” she said. “While a lot of the families who owned homes, who lived on the east part of the ward stayed despite more nuisance problems, it drove up housing costs for people renting even further west.” Holmes said she works to address the different needs of the east and west sides of the ward, but works to bring the two communities together through ward meetings and newsletters. “I try very hard to pull them together,” Holmes said. “I haven’t been able to do as much as I’d like to see them interact, but they don’t see themselves as two different units but … the physical barriers makes it almost impossible to not have that divide.”
Outside the classroom
The 5th Ward is Evanston’s only ward without a school. Foster School, which was on the west side, shut down in 1979 due to low enrollment numbers. Students in the area are now bussed to schools throughout Evanston. City officials proposed building an elementary school at the same location six years ago, but the action was voted down due to lack of financial resources. Blades said the lack of a community school has created divisiveness in the ward. “There’s still a lot of resentment among older people on the west side that their school got closed,” Blades said. “It kind of cut off our relationship too with the African-American community.” Despite not having a school located within the ward, there are many educational initiatives that exist, including Family Focus and Youth & Opportunity United. Seth Green, executive director of YOU, said his organization mainly focuses on students and young adults in Evanston through after-school
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programming, but it also works with parents and 5th Ward residents to create opportunities in the community. Creating a space where parents have financial security helps students succeed in school, and working with parents is key, Green said. YOU does not have a physical location in the 5th Ward — the organization is in the process of constructing a new headquarters on the southern border of the ward at 1911 Church St., — but works with residents and students through its in-school programs. Green said YOU works with many 5th Ward students and families to remove barriers to success the students may encounter at home or in their communities. “A lot of what we do is provide students with the resources they need to succeed,” Green said. “This means sometimes after-school programming, but it can also mean helping our students with mental health, violence and abuse in their lives. We’re making sure that we’re there for students.”
Passing the torch
Holmes said this term would be her last — she plans to retire in 2017. She said she hopes to spend her final months on the council pushing for the same goals she has prioritized throughout her time as alderman: providing more affordable housing options, promoting economic development on the city’s west side and creating more opportunities for youth. “I’ve had a lot of progress made during my time as alderman, but we’ve still got a long way to go to provide people all the resources they need,” Holmes said. “And even though things have improved, we have to keep going forward. We can’t stop here.” Residents like Blades said the community is improving, but they recognize people outside of the 5th Ward still view the neighborhood negatively. The next step, Blades said, is changing people’s perceptions about the 5th Ward to meet reality. “People only look at the bad things that are happening and don’t focus on what great things people are doing within the neighborhood to improve things,” Blades said. robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said she was concerned about the project’s relationship to the inclusionary housing ordinance law that took effect Jan. 1. She said inclusionary housing fees that are collected in lieu of physical units being built rely on the number of units in a building. This leads to bigger, more spacious units — like the proposed 831 Emerson St. apartments — bringing in less money than a building with many smaller units, she said. “The ordinance creates situations where if a space is divvied up differently to include better quality units, it would pay less,” she said. elenasucharetza2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Women’s Tennis
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THREE’S A STREAK Alicia Barnett kneels in between points. The senior dropped both her matches to UCLA on Sunday.
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His inconsistency is indicative of a Buckeyes team that has struggled to score this season, ranking tenth in the conference in points per game and failing to sport a single player among the Big Ten’s top-20 scorers. They have dropped five-of-eight games since winning in Evanston and have lost two in a row to Maryland and Wisconsin. But Ohio State does boast a formidable defense, ranking sixth in the conference in
points allowed per game and second in blocks. Big men like 6-foot-11-inch Trevor Thompson, who had 10 rebounds in the first meeting with NU, and 6-foot-10-inch Daniel Giddens, who tallied three blocks, severely disrupted the Cats’ offense last month. “They funnel you to those shot-blockers, and if you shoot those crazy shots in the lane where you’re off-balance, they lead to fast breaks,” Collins said. “Bad shots and turnovers led to a lot of open-floor opportunities for them, which really hurt us.” He added completing the “extra pass” for
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forced a third set and came away with the team’s only match point. The beginning of the season has been tough on NU, with this being the worst four-contest start since the 2001-02 season. That has not deterred the Cats though, who have used the stretch as a learning opportunity. “We’ve learned a lot,” junior Jillian Rooney said. “It’s good to play another top team and learning what it takes to be at the top level, like how well we need to perform in order to beat a team like that.” These first four games are also the toughest season opening schedule in recent history with all opponents ranked at or below No. 27. Pollard has brought NU a fierce challenge to open the 2015-16 season that has forced the team to grow together quickly. “We’ve been so close [to winning],” senior Alicia Barnett said. “It’s a shame we’ve lost the last three matches, but they’ve been good for our team. We started our schedule so tough. We’ve played top teams. We could’ve just gone and played top-50 teams, but we’ve had a really tough schedule. The Cats have not taken these losses lightly though, and many of the matches have been closer than the scoreboard has indicated. “There’s a psychological barrier we need to break,” Pollard said. “We’re a little guilty … if we lose the doubles point, I think it alters our confidence going into singles.”
a better shooting opportunity will thus be one of NU’s main focuses for its rematch Tuesday, which could equate to a greater emphasis on short-range layups and dunks and an enhanced role for Pardon and the other centers. Pardon, for one, is eager for the opportunity. “I’ve been working with the coaches on different post moves, different ways to get open shots at the basket,” Pardon said. “We have a better gameplan now.”
women’s player Alicia Barnett said. “Whether it’s the depth of the ball or the spin, or height over the net or anything, the variety in what you can get from watching is incredible.” The videos of matches and practices allow the Cats’ coaches to go more in-depth with their film study thanks to PlaySight’s visual aids. For instance, junior men’s player Konrad Zieba said he used the system’s video review to improve his serve. “You can see video of yourself serving so if there are some technical adjustments you need to make, you can make those changes,” Zieba said. “I’ve been working on my serve a lot, trying to get a higher percentage (of balls) in.” When the system is turned on, Graves said coaches can follow every shot players hit and players become more aware of the importance of each stroke in practice, fundamentally changing the way players prepare. “Because the system is able to track where the ball is in the air, it’s able to set up target zones on the court,” Graves said. “Players are really mindful during practice being able to focus on every single ball. Every ball counts now, they’re accountable for what they’re doing in practice.” The cameras also have allowed NU to provide a live stream of every match on all six courts at the Combe Tennis Center, something coaches and players said they think could help generate fan interest as well as allow alumni to follow the team more closely. Recruits are also able to watch matches from home and get a feel for the environment at NU’s matches, Graves said. He believes potential recruits would be interested in attending a program that has access to the advanced analysis. Although PlaySight has not been installed on the outdoor courts and plans are in place to expand the program there, players and coaches have been able to quickly splice together videos of their play by category such as forehand winners, aces and net points. With all of this new technology available, the teams are still tinkering with how best to implement the system and take full advantage of its possibilities. “There’s so many different ways to use it, we’re still kind of experimenting with it,” Swan said.
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Whether it’s the depth of the ball or the spin... the variety in what you can get from watching is incredible. — Alicia Barnett, junior, on PlaySight
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A new dimension has been added to Northwestern’s tennis programs this year. Cameras and courtside kiosks that provide information on the locations, speeds and results of every stroke have been installed on the courts for the 2015-16 season. The new technology, created by the company PlaySight Interactive, allows players and coaches to examine their matches and practices more closely, gathering data which they used to estimate. The instantaneous collection of film has allowed players to review their strokes and make immediate adjustments while their memories are still fresh. Women’s tennis coach Claire Pollard said PlaySight has already changed the way the team approaches its practices and matches.
“It’s really a big benefit in matches,” Pollard said. “Analyzing the statistics in the matches after is really where I see a huge benefit.” NU is one of only 12 college tennis programs in the country to have the PlaySight system installed and was first in the Big Ten to do so. The system came to NU by way of Josh Graves (Weinberg ‘12), a former Wildcat tennis player who collected back-to-back second-team All-Big Ten honors as an upperclassman. Graves was working for eBay and coaching tennis in New York City on the side when he saw PlaySight being installed on the courts where he taught. “I was just a hitting partner in a lesson one day, and this technology was being installed on that court,” Graves said. “When I saw it I got really excited about the technology since it was obviously something I had never seen before, and I had grown up playing tennis my whole life.” Graves went on to get a job at
PlaySight’s United States office. He thought the instant analysis would have great benefits for his alma mater’s tennis program and said he pitched the system to men’s tennis coach Arvid Swan. The coach agreed that since the data is easily accessible courtside, on computers and on mobile devices, his players can evaluate their play more closely. “In practice sets and matches we get statistics from it right away, and then players can see their performance immediately,” Swan said. The technology includes six cameras placed around each court that work together to track the location of the ball in three-dimensional space as well as its velocity. PlaySight uses these observations to compile statistics previously only accessible to professionals, such as net clearance, unforced errors and net points won. “They have so much variety of what you can look at in your game,” senior » See PLAYSIGHT, page 7
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Pardon to start second career game at Ohio State By BEN POPE
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PARDON MY REACH Dererk Pardon leaps for the rebound. The freshman center will be making the second start of his career at Ohio State on Tuesday as he travels to his home state of Ohio.
Last time freshman center Dererk Pardon played inside Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, he fell one block short of a triple-double as his Cleveland high school won the Division III state championship. That was March 28, 2015. On Tuesday — less than 11 months later — Pardon will return to make his second career start for Northwestern (16-8, 4-7 Big Ten) in a critical game against the venue’s usual occupants, Ohio State (14-10, 6-5). “I have a lot of family and friends coming (to the game),” Pardon said. “It’ll be a good atmosphere. I think it’ll be real fun going back.” Inserted into the starting lineup last Thursday against Minnesota, Pardon recorded the game’s first basket in his first-ever start, finishing with four points and four rebounds. As fellow senior center Alex Olah and graduate transfer center Joey van Zegeren continue to be limited by stress fractures in their feet, coach Chris Collins is sticking with the freshman moving forward. “His energy and enthusiasm got us off to a great start (against Minnesota),” Collins said. “For Dererk’s growth and where he’s headed, I thought he was ready for it. I’m going
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to stay with (him).” The dominant 82-58 victory over the Golden Gophers helped restore some of the “mojo”, per Collins, the Wildcats had lost in their five-game losing skid. Senior guard Tre Demps continued his resurgence from a recent slump, scoring 23 points after dropping a career-high 30 in the previous game, and sophomore guard Bryant McIntosh brought the crowd to its feet by setting the program’s singleseason assist record. However, back on Jan. 6 — NU’s first meeting with the Buckeyes this season — the then-13-2 Cats entered the contest riding on plenty of momentum but fell flat as the game progressed. Pardon’s game- and career-high 14 rebounds were unable to help the team survive a weak second half en route to a 65-56 loss. Ohio State guard Kam Williams erupted for 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting that night but has failed to replicate that level of play since, shooting just 32.3 percent and averaging only 6.8 points per game over his last four outings. » See MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 7
Women’s Tennis
Northwestern falls flat in weekend match against UCLA By MIKE MARUT
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Northwestern took on its fourth consecutive ranked opponent Sunday and suffered its third loss of the year to UCLA. The Wildcats could not take care of business against the No. 21 Bruins,
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losing 6-1. NU was hard-pressed to win games in the doubles match, losing 6-4, 6-3 on courts 1 and 2, but winning the third court only after
the doubles point had been decided. The Cats have won the doubles point in two of four matches this season. The singles courts did not fare much better with the Bruins winning on court Nos. 1 through 5 and clinching the victory early on. At No. 3 singles, sophomore Erin Larner tried to hold out for a win in the first set, forcing a 13th game, but lost in the tiebreak and eventually in
straight sets. Three of the six matches went to a tiebreak game, but the Cats lost all three. “They (UCLA) were just good,” coach Claire Pollard said. “I was impressed by them. It was a calculated risk because we didn’t think we had anything to lose. I thought there was maybe a chance (to win) because … they were down … but beating a Pac-12 team on the road is a tall
order. The more chances we give ourselves, the better we’re going to be.” With so many singles matches going deep into sets, the outcome could have changed in NU’s favor had they won a few more points here and there. The Cats lost each singles match in straight sets, with the exception of junior Brooke Rischbieth who » See WOMEN’S TENNIS, page 7