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CHANGE ON THE HORIZON
1st Ward residents aim to reconcile development, character
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GOING DOWNTOWN A man walks down Sherman Avenue toward downtown Evanston. The 1st Ward encompasses much of the city’s downtown area and sits to the south and west of Northwestern.
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Fifty years ago, when former Mayor Jay Lytle moved to Evanston, the downtown area resembled a ghost town. Empty department stores lined the streets,
foreclosed signs stuck out of the ground and Lytle said you could shoot a cannon in the early hours of morning without bothering a soul. That same area today could not be more different. Downtown Evanston, which falls largely within the 1st Ward, hosts more than 3,000 businesses totaling more than $1 billion in annual retail expenditure.
Local residents recognize the ward for its eclectic boutiques and booming restaurant scene but said they feel new development that has begun to bleed into surrounding neighborhoods could ultimately overtake the district. Facing high-rise buildings and business expansion, the 1st Ward — bordered to the east by Northwestern and to the west
partly by Sherman Avenue — has struggled to keep some of its old-time charm and what residents describe as the essence of Evanston. “If you talk to people about what brings them to Evanston, it’s diversity, architecture, neighborhoods and downtown,” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said. “It’s really important in the community that we not lose sight of
the unique small niche businesses that give a lot of character to Evanston.”
Make new, but keep the old
Signs of progress are nearly everywhere in Evanston. From the proposed complex development at 831 Emerson St. to » See 1ST WARD, page 6
Director Spike Lee to talk at NU University works to By MADELINE FOX
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Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak on campus next month after a screening of his film, “Chi-Raq.” Lee, whose other films include “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm X,” will lead a discussion of his film at the free event on March 2 in Cahn Auditorium hosted by the political science department, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’ Dean’s Office and the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series, a student committee that brings intellectuals across disciplines to campus to speak about their fields. Lee’s film, “Chi-Raq,” made headlines last year for its controversial title, a nickname for Chicago that compares some of the city’s neighborhoods to war zones in Iraq. The film is an adaptation of “Lysistrata,” a Greek play about women starting a sex strike to force peace negotiations, set in modern-day Chicago. CTSS co-chair Ben Zimmermann said the group wanted to bring Lee to campus because his films touch on important current issues. “He’s generated really interesting debates around the relationship between art and public policy,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “This film (‘Chi-Raq’) specifically is so interesting because it’s
generated buzz because of the issues it’s raised about gun violence in Chicago.” Zimmermann and co-chair Sami Rose noted Lee’s involvement in recent debates about representation in the entertainment industry, particularly his critique about the lack of diversity in the Oscars nominees. Rose said although the event will focus more on Lee’s recent film, his perspective on the representation of minorities in the media is one of the reasons the group wanted to bring Lee. “He’s outspoken about many things in the entertainment industry regarding race and representation,” the Communication junior said. “He’s said a lot of things that I think are extremely important and especially integral to the entertainment industry today.” Lee is known for exploring race relations and other political themes in his work, both through more contemporary depictions like “Chi-Raq” and historical depictions such as the Malcolm X biopic and “Miracle at St. Anna,” a film about four African American soldiers trapped in a Tuscan village during World War II. Sara Monoson, chair of the political science department, said she became interested in bringing Lee to campus when she heard he was filming in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. Monoson said she remembered Lee’s films “Do The Right Thing” and “School Daze” sparking conversations about race
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and other issues when she was a graduate student. She said she anticipates bringing Lee to campus to talk about “Chi-Raq” will do the same for NU students. “I hope students will take away from it a vehicle for being able to talk about some of the most difficult things we would like to be able to talk about — race, violence, the eroticization of violence in culture — not only in the particular communities that he highlights in the film but more generally.” Students can pick up tickets to the event beginning at noon on Friday at the Norris Box Office with their WildCARD. foxm@u.northwestern.edu
In pursuit of a more cohesive image, the Office for Global Marketing is working to revitalize Northwestern’s branding. Much of the effort comes from a need for a unified brand for NU, said Mary Baglivo (Medill ‘81), vice president for global marketing. Previously, marketing efforts were largely created independently by each school, with no marketing team at the university level, she said. The Office of Global Marketing, which formed two years ago to unify marketing efforts across NU, is working on rebranding the University to amplify its strengths, Baglivo said. The rebranding efforts center on highlighting NU’s unique characteristics and enhancing its academic reputation, Baglivo said. “Northwestern, because of its distributed structure, all of the different schools and units … leads to a bit of a fragmented message,” Baglivo said. “What we’re trying to do is get a platform that will allow all the schools and units and people to tell their stories and to accomplish their objectives.” That distributed structure and NU’s collaborative environment formed the basis of one initiative called, “AND is in our DNA,”
a promotional phrase that illustrates varied aspects of campus life and NU’s academics, Baglivo said. In terms of design, the Office of Global Marketing seeked to use “clean” logos with common fonts and dimensions, Baglivo said. Not wanting to be “cookie cutter,” she said, they relied on research and collaborated with the different schools and departments to create the new logos. “All of the schools and all of the institutes and all the centers. … They all had a different look and feel,” Baglivo said. “What we’re trying to do is create more (cohesion) because you get more impact if things are feeding into one another.” The Office of Undergraduate Admission worked closely with the Office of Global Marketing to ensure NU’s message and brand are cohesively communicated to prospective students, said Michael Mills, associate provost for university enrollment. Through the new branding strategies, the Office of Undergraduate Admission hopes to more compellingly capture the spirit of NU, he said. “Are we emphasizing the right aspects of Northwestern to prospective students? I think we are,” Mills said. “Our students have a propensity to study multiple things and come out at the end with much more » See BRANDING, page 6
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Around Town Second annual Great Lake Plunge to be held in July By REMY AFONG
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Returning for its second year, the Great Lake Plunge, benefitting the nonprofit Evanston Swims!, will welcome hundreds of swimmers to participate in the city’s only open water swim July 24. The event is organized by Open Water Lake Swimmers, a nonprofit whose mission is to promote safe swimming practices, open water swimming and lake preservation. Held at Greenwood Street Beach, 1401 Sheridan Rd., the course will feature a swim over the SS George W. Morley shipwreck. In 1897, the ship caught fire in Evanston on its way from Milwaukee to Chicago, and all 13 passengers made it safely ashore. Race distances include 1 kilometer, 2 kilometers and 4 kilometers, as well as a 200-meter non-competitive swim for children 12 and under. “It’s a little different experience, but I think this event would be great for people who are not experienced open water swimmers to get their feet wet and hopefully fall in love with the sport,” event director Kendra Robinson said. Last year’s event raised approximately $4,500 for each of its two beneficiaries, Evanston Swims! and Alliance for the Great Lakes, Robinson said. However, all of this year’s proceeds will be donated to Evanston Swims!, which teaches second grade students water safety and basic swimming skills,
Police Blotter Evanston resident assaulted and robbed by three men Three men allegedly physically assaulted and robbed a man Wednesday as he walked in the 1700 block of Darrow Avenue, police said. The man, a 24-year-old Evanston resident, told police the crime occurred at 6:30 p.m. and described the attackers as black males, Evanston police Cmdr. Diane Davis said.
she said. “Living in a waterfront community like we do, we feel pretty passionately that everyone should have those water safety and basic swimming skills to help prevent drowning,” Robinson said. Robinson said Open Water Lake Swimmers initially intended to hold two events this year, one for each of last year’s beneficiaries, but scheduling difficulties have prevented them from hosting a longer distance swim to benefit the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Because the Great Lake Plunge is a familyfriendly event, the organization decided to donate all funds to Evanston Swims! because it more closely aligns with its mission to serve local families. Evanston Swims! coordinator Lori Siegel said she is excited for the continued support from the Great Lake Plunge. “It supports our ongoing efforts to sustain the program and also supports scholarships for youth above and beyond to the summer programs,” she said. Due to an unexpected temperature drop, only about 150 of the 250 swimmers who registered last year participated in the event, Robinson said. She said she hopes Lake Michigan will be more cooperative this year. “It’s sort of a freak thing for that to happen,” Robinson said. “We don’t anticipate it to happen for this year, but I think we definitely learned a lot on how to shift gears and really turn it into something good, even with all of the craziness that ensued from having to make so many last-minute changes.” Robinson said she believes anyone who can swim The man said the attackers pushed him to the ground, asked if he was in a gang and stole his iPhone out of his backpack, she said. They proceeded to beat him and flee the scene. The police checked the area but did not find the men, Davis said.
Uber driver clubbed, spat on following parking dispute Thursday
An Uber driver was struck in the head with a bat and spat on Thursday night following an argument that began because his car blocked an alley in the 800 block of Church Street, police said.
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TAKING THE PLUNGE Swimmers prepare for the inaugural Great Lake Plunge last year at Clark Street Beach, 1811 Sheridan Rd. This year’s open water swim will instead take place half a mile south at Greenwood Street Beach, 1401 Sheridan Rd.
the distance they sign up for in the pool will be able to do it in the lake. “Part of it is psychologically reminding yourself that it’s just water and it’s the same thing as in the pool; it’s just that you don’t always see the bottom and there’s fish in there with you,” she said. “We have the advantage of being in a lake, so we don’t have all of those predators that you actually really have to worry about when you talk about open water swimming.” An awards ceremony and picnic celebration with music will be held in a “swimmers’ village” at Greenwood Street Beach after the race, Robinson said. “Swimming is one of those sports that you can The incident began at approximately 7:30 p.m. when Myesha Griffin — a 19-year-old Evanston woman — exited a van in which she was a passenger and broke the Uber driver’s sideview mirror, Evanston Police Department spokesman Perry Polinski said in an email to The Daily. Griffin proceeded to strike the Uber driver on the top of his head with a bat, Polinski said. Griffin was charged with aggravated battery and damage to a vehicle. — Cydney Hayes and Jeremy Margolis
literally do your entire life,” she said. “It’s a nice thing to bring the little kids all the way up to grandparents together for an event for a good cause.” The inclusive, family-friendly atmosphere distinguishes the event from other swimming races, Great Lake Plunge spokesperson Javier Monllor said. “Most races, you start, you end and everybody leaves, but we’re really about you stick around, eat the food, talk to people,” Monllor said. “That’s what people loved last year and we’re hoping to expand on that even more.” remyafong2019@u.northwestern.edu
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On Campus Hannibal Buress to perform at NU By MATTHEW CHOI
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Comedian Hannibal Buress will perform at Northwestern on Saturday night, A&O Productions announced. Buress, the host of “Why? With Hannibal Buress” on Comedy Central, will speak in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Chicago native also appears in “Broad City,” which stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. Glazer and Jacobson spoke at NU this fall. The show will open with stand-up performances by NU students Ben Gauthier and David Brown. Buress is known for offering a unique perspective on contemporary issues through humor and his own experiences, said Eytan Boclin, A&O director of speakers. “He’s not afraid of talking about something bigger and is very capable of doing so,” the Communication senior said. “He has a bunch of good stuff about racism in his act, which is really funny, but also true and interesting and informs what it’s like to be an AfricanAmerican man at this time.” A&O chose Buress to speak due to his popularity in student polls, Boclin said.
Study finds LGBT youth bullying tied to lasting mental health problems
Despite the “It Gets Better” campaign to combat the bullying of LGBT youth, a Northwestern Medicine study found about a third of LGBT adolescents still face discrimination, harassment and assault. The study, led by Feinberg Prof. Brian Mustanski, discovered the struggles LGBT youth face
Buress is also widely respected among A&O members, said Virginia Van Keuren, A&O spokeswoman and a former Daily staffer. Van Keuren said she thinks the NU community will enjoy Buress’ intelligent sense of humor. “We’re very excited for him to come,” the Communication junior said. “We do think he’s a great artist who offers a worldview that is interesting to Northwestern and attractive to the student body, and we’re excited for the event.” Buress is originally from the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. His first stand-up comedy album, “My Name is Hannibal,” was released in the summer of 2010. Although A&O did not look specifically for a Chicago native for its winter speaker this year, A&O spokeswoman Caroline Kelly said she is excited to have a Chicago native because of his relevant perspective. “When choosing an artist, we try to see someone that would be as accessible to campus as possible and interest as many groups as possible,” the Communication junior said. “While not necessarily looking for a Chicago native, that is another level of interest.” Students can buy $5 tickets for the event through the Norris Box Office. matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu are not only ongoing and severe, but also lead to mental health issues, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. “We tend to think that society is evolving but we can’t just accept this narrative that ‘it gets better’ and think it gets better for everyone,” Mustanski said in a press release. Mustanski’s study differs from others in that it took a look into the severity of the victimizations LGBT youth endure over time, rather than other studies which focused on one period of time. “You can’t equate someone giving you a dirty look with someone physically assaulting you,”
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Mustanski said. “Victimizations that are more severe are going to have bigger effects. We scored them in a way that represented that, and we saw they had a profound effect on mental health rates over time.” Although it is important to recognize the majority of these youth are doing well, Mustanski said change must occur for those that are not. Through the study, Mustanski said he hopes schools will be able to identify patterns of LGBT bullying to aid those who are harassed. — Benjamin Din
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University should eliminate Early Decision option CAROLINE VAKIL
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The Daily reported this past December that Northwestern admitted more than half of its incoming class through Early Decision. Consequently, the acceptance rate of Regular Decision applicants will likely be 10 percent or less. I’m not sure this is something to celebrate. Rather, I believe NU should take away Early Decision. Being able to apply Early Decision is a luxury that many students do not have. When students apply Early Decision, they are rendered unable to compare financial aid packages between the schools to which they were admitted. As a result, most applicants who apply through this legally binding
contract have the financial means to consider the financial aid of only one school. In effect, students who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are forced to apply Regular Decision, substantially hurting their chances of admission. This ultimately creates a more homogeneous student population — one in which many of its students can afford to commit to a school with little knowledge of the financial aid they will be receiving. Students who have to apply through Regular Decision at NU ultimately pay the consequences later. The acceptance rate drops from 32 percent for Early Decision to around 10 percent for Regular Decision. Applying Early Decision is beneficial because it can demonstrate to a college you’re serious about applying to it and are motivated to go there. However, it also operates under the assumption that a student applying through Regular Decision lacks this motivation, which is unfair. The other issue I have with the Early
Decision policy is that it assumes that preferences of high school students stay consistent and that they know which college will work best for them. To be fair, students have a general idea of which colleges they like and don’t like, but to assume they already know exactly where they want to go in December is unrealistic. Committing to Early Decision denies students the opportunity to change their mind. It’s not unheard of to change a major, so who is to say you won’t change the your college of choice? Although some students definitely know which colleges they want to attend, it never hurts to come into the application process with an open mind. By researching different types of colleges, students are exposed to a variety of potential college experiences. Whether students choose schools based on location, major offerings or other factors, the research process is crucial to weeding out colleges so that students can find experiences
that fit their needs. As a transfer student myself, I understand that choosing the right college is important because it dictates how the rest of your college career goes. I chose not to apply to NU through Early Decision because I not only wanted to have options about where I wanted to go to school, but also because I realized that it would not be financially feasible to limit my options in the event that I was accepted through Early Decision. To counteract this explicit favoritism, the Early Decision option should be done away with so all students are considered on an individual basis, with no preference given to students applying early. Caroline Vakil is a Medill sophomore. She can be contacted at carolinevakil2018@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.
More nuanced conversations needed within Greek life JESSICA SCHWALB
DAILY COLUMNIST
This year’s mandatory sorority and fraternity programming about diversity and sexual assault was thoroughly underwhelming. Just two weeks after recruitment, new members trudged to the Technological Institute for the mandatory Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council joint meeting. The three-hour-long event featured discussions of sexual assault and diversity in Greek life, but the less-than-inspirational lectures revealed a sophomoric approach to talking about salient issues within the community. PHA and IFC should engage members in candid, honest and perhaps uncomfortable conversations about race, class and sexuality within Greek
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We, the Sustained Dialogue leadership team, a group of five students that work closely with the office of Social Justice Education and our fellow students to run the SD program, would like to address recent and ongoing cooptation of our program and dialogue in general as solutions to racism and other systems of oppression on campus. Sustained Dialogue was brought to Northwestern in 2013 to radically promote conversations about power and privilege across identity. It was meant as a tool with which to work toward dismantling racism on campus, which is rooted in the structural advantages that are afforded to white students, staff and faculty while non-white members of the NU community remain marginalized. In the most recent rounds of statements on diversity and inclusion issued by our administration to address racist systems and the effects that they have on students, Sustained Dialogue has been repeatedly held up as an example of the University’s commitment to improve
life — we can handle it. Though a difficult topic to tackle, the mandatory meeting discussed sexual assault with a desire for simplicity, rather than precision. At one point, an administrator from Center for Awareness, Response and Education flashed a PowerPoint slide featuring a list of emotions victims of sexual assault might experience: shame, guilt, fear and anger, among others. As she painstakingly recited each word, I was struck by how simplistic the presentation was. To add insult to injury, the majority of students were completely tuned out, looking at their phones or laptops or both. Although certainly rude, this was not surprising. If we want students to participate, the programming itself should be up to par. I couldn’t imagine how a victim of sexual assault would react to the discussion’s inadequacy. The callous nature of a discussion of such importance was shocking. Students don’t need to be talked down to, and it is vital to make this conversation engaging to PHA and
IFC members, as fraternity brothers are more likely than non-members to commit sexual assault, according to the “Journal of Interpersonal Violence.” The program about race, an issue important as ever when looking around at Northwestern’s overwhelmingly white Greek system, was equally uninspiring. After reading a convoluted definition of intersectionality and evoking a few half-hearted answers to the question, “What does diversity mean to you?”, the discussion leaders failed to provoke substantive conversations about race. The program featured no challenge to the lack of diversity in Greek life, nor any acknowledgement of the way minority students might feel alienated in such a white and historically racist environment. It is not enough for sororities and fraternities to host a single mandatory (and largely unproductive) program about race and sexuality. It is not enough for sororities to sit satisfied with the creation of diversity
and inclusion chairs. And it is not enough for fraternities to host Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault workshops with new members to discuss sexual assault. Providing a space for complex and productive discussion is vital to fulfilling the promise that is so often repeated during recruitment at NU: “We’re not like Greek life at other schools.” If given the chance, fraternity and sorority members can rise to the challenge of tackling difficult issues. We are capable of, and eager for, meaningful conversations. When developing these mandatory programs, PHA and IFC leaders should strive for nuance, not naivety.
student experience. We want to acknowledge the ways that Sustained Dialogue has become co-opted at this university. The administration has begun using Sustained Dialogue as an answer in and of itself to address issues of oppression at NU. We are tired of the university using dialogue as a response to clear student demands. We are tired of getting emails encouraging dialogue, or name-dropping our program, as if it is the only way to make changes on campus. We find that it both minimizes and dismisses marginalized experiences on campus. Students have spoken in large numbers about what the university can do to work toward racial justice, or foster the “diversity” and practice the “inclusion” they market so well. This requires many forms of action, not just dialogue. We want to make this clear: Dialogue is an important tool for having conversations surrounding power and privilege, and it can push counter narratives on this campus that have long been ignored. However, it cannot be the only tool. If we choose to solely address issues of oppression through Sustained Dialogue, this program will become part of the problem. We must support other forms of action that are just as important, including (but not limited to) protests, petitions, art and healing spaces. We must remember that existing,
thriving and self-care are also powerful forms of resistance. As an organization that promotes dialogue on campus, it is our job to ensure Sustained Dialogue pushes to fundamentally alter oppressive systems and challenge dominant narratives; we are responsible for actively working toward transformational justice and liberation at NU. At the end of the 2014-15 school year, we identified what we believed to be the most urgent areas for improvement within the program. Our dialogue groups have become whiter and have at times betrayed the safe and challenging spaces they were designed to be. Going into this year, we are still dedicated to ensuring that these dynamics are addressed. We are also focused on engaging more with campus activism, enhancing the training and education of our moderators, being more intentional about promoting counter-narratives, improving the experiences of participants with marginalized identities and holding ourselves accountable for our impact. These goals have been the motivation for new policies, initiatives, and programming within Sustained Dialogue that we hope will contribute to bettering the organization. We understand that everyone has room for growth in understanding oppression, power and privilege. Sustained Dialogue is a space
in which all NU students can learn from one another. Whether or not you are actively engaged in these conversations already, if you are willing to speak truth to your experience and challenge yourself, we invite you to join Sustained Dialogue; and then we challenge you to seek out the many other options you have on this campus for challenging oppressive systems. In the past few years, discourses have altered and shifted, but the history of white supremacy that NU was founded upon remains present on our campus whether we can all see it or not. It is our role as students to listen to each other, to change, to be changed and to participate in change that goes beyond self-improvement and learning the language of diversity. We send our support for all of the demands listed by black students at NU, and we are in solidarity with students fighting for a more just campus. If the administration stands with Sustained Dialogue, they can show it by implementing these urgent and tangible demands. #ConcernedStudentsatNU
Jessica Schwalb is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at jessicaschwalb2019@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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modernization efforts by the public library, residents said change seems apparent at every corner of the ward — and with it, the risk of over-development. In the past 10 years there have been numerous developments in the 1st Ward, including new retailers, a housing project renovation and proposed high-rise construction. The growth has brought new business to the area but local residents said it comes at the cost of increased property taxes and sometimes invasive expansion. “There’s lots of development that goes on in my ward all the time and you need to look at these projects critically,” Fiske said. “When you do development, you have to look at balance and you have to look at the community you’re building. If you build an attractive community, people are going to want to relocate here, and they’re going to want to put down roots here.” Lytle agreed that development needs careful consideration but said Fiske has historically delayed important projects for reasons unclear to him at the time. One such development included The Mather, an oldage residence built in place of the Georgian, a historic hotel that needed renovations. During the process, he said, Fiske interfered with negotiations by objecting to the demolition of a historic landmark. “She tends to be both anti-University and antidevelopment,” Lytle said. “She held up the development of the Mather home which is a tremendous addition to Evanston. She eventually supported it, but she delayed it at great cost to the Mather home and great frustration to them.” 1st Ward resident David Schoenfeld said increased interest in the area comes with great responsibility to prevent over-development and keep Evanston attractive to prospective residents. Major issues include expanding parking space, streetscape projects and attractiveness for new retailers. “As I look back at my time in Evanston, the change and transition is startling,” Schoenfeld said. “What are we doing about protecting the neighborhoods from encroachment by development that’s out of scale? You often see development that ends up destroying the things that made the (area) attractive in the first place.”
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Schoenfeld has lived in Evanston since 1988 and serves on the Northwestern University/City Committee, the byproduct of a 2000 lawsuit that NU lodged against Evanston after the city designated a Historic District that encompassed part of NU’s land.
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than just a Bachelor’s degree, and that’s part of the essence of Northwestern.” New materials from the effort include a new undergraduate admissions viewbook, a virtual tour of campus and a revised presentation to be conducted before campus tours, Baglivo said.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2016 Situated directly to the west of NU, the 1st Ward has a long, tense history with the University, Lytle said. As a designated not-for-profit, NU does not have to pay property taxes to the city despite utilizing local services like Evanston’s fire and police departments. In 2014, local authorities received reports of more than 500 on-campus crimes and seven on-campus fires, according the University’s annual safety report. “The University for many, many years was very arrogant and all they wanted to do was rezone in a more permissible basis the areas around the University,” Lytle said. “And all the city wanted from the University was money.” When Lytle ran for mayor in 1977, he said NU lived to serve its own needs and wanted nothing to do with the surrounding population. On one occasion, Lytle remembered calling NU administrators to set up a meeting for April and said he did not receive an appointment until June. This sort of attitude, he said, caused tension and apprehension between city officials and the University. Alan Anderson (McCormick ‘99, Kellogg ‘04), executive director of neighborhood and community relations, has been at NU for just over eight months, but said he knew about the historically fraught partnership. Since the creation of the Northwestern University/City Committee in 2004, things have been looking up, he said. “Historically, (NU has) been a great resource in terms of funding the nonprofit community or organizing volunteers for activities, and (has) oftentimes been put into reactionary positions to handle or deal with issues that may arise in the community,” he said. “With the formation of this role, we wanted to get ahead of that and be more strategic in terms of how we build and strengthen partnerships between the University and the broader Evanston community.” NU and Evanston have launched a few projects since Anderson arrived in 2015, including an initiative to expose students to the city and its surrounding school districts. Fiske said any perceived tension pre-dated her tenure which began in 2009, when University and city officials neglected to engage in meaningful conversation, she said. When University President Morton Schapiro arrived in the same year, she said, communication improved and the two entities formed a better partnership. “We’re all here together and we’re going to be here forever,” she said. “As long as there’s a Northwestern and Evanston, we’re always going to be working, hopefully, together. But we hadn’t been before.” Nevertheless, some residents said things could still
be better. Patrick Hughes, Jr., a resident of the neighboring 7th Ward that encompasses NU and son-in-law of Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, said conflicting priorities have kept the city and NU from coexisting peacefully. Hughes, who grew up in the city, said on one hand, NU must expand in order to stay competitive on a national level, but Evanston officials have sought to restrict that growth in order to maintain the ward’s character. The two conflicting interests have caused what Hughes described as a “frosty” relationship to this day. “There’s been this tension between a large nonprofit not paying taxes and a city that struggles financially,” he said. “The truth is we can’t live without each other.” Anderson said while things seemed headed in the right direction, public perception will not change overnight. He acknowledged there were significant headwinds toward regaining the community’s trust. “I realize there’s a long road (ahead),” he said. “You can’t change public opinion instantly. If you’ve had a history of things that haven’t gone exceptionally well, you need to have a sustained set of actions and activities to build a new set of messaging. It is reasonable to say that there are some of those resonant challenges.”
Presentations given before campus tours were also redesigned to focus on NU’s particular strengths, said Margaret Cahow, marketing manager at the Office of Global Marketing. Before, student counselors — student employees who provide anecdotal perspectives for prospective students before tours — would speak to a basic Powerpoint, Cahow said. Now, the new presentations will be more interactive for counselors, including their personal recommendations in Evanston.
“Before, it really leaned heavily on those presenters to deliver in a very interesting way because the content itself was not particularly engaging,” Cahow said. “Now, we still have these great students and people speaking to it, but now the content itself is much more interesting.” The Office of Global Marketing conducted extensive research to ensure all branding efforts remained true to NU as seen by students, faculty and staff,
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New business and development signal the beginning of significant change for 1st Ward residents, who said they perceive the future with cautious optimism. “This is a very vibrant downtown area, but in a competitive retail market, there are always new openings and other businesses closing,” Evanston Public Library director Karen Danczak Lyons said. “There’s a wonderful mix of different groups here, but the whole notion of how we support our entrepreneurs to grow is something that the library helps with.” Danczak Lyons said evolving needs of local residents made change necessary for the library, which is situated in the 1st Ward. EPL recently conducted a survey showing that 49 percent of respondents used the library at least once a week, and 72 percent said they use the library at least once a month. At the library, which was visited more than 600,000 times in 2014, Danczak Lyons instituted a number of new programs, including a book delivery bike, upcoming portable Wi-Fi hotspot rentals and computer lessons. “I’ve emphasized the importance of bringing our programs to where our families already are so you don’t have to come into the library,” she said. “I want the Evanston Public Library to be the important third place in the lives of our residents after home and work or school … Google will give you a thousand answers
— the library staff will give you the right answer and from a credible source.” Three projects nearing completion promise to further transform the 1st Ward: a $4.7 million renovation of Fountain Square, a possible $37 million theatrical venue and 831 Emerson St., an apartment complex aimed at providing off-campus housing options for NU students. “Downtown Evanston has the moniker of being the dining capital of the North Shore; we have a lot of restaurants,” said Annie Coakley, director of Downtown Evanston, an organization that provides marketing and management services to the downtown area. “Dinner and theater go hand-in-hand. It would be the ultimate experience to have both.” In 1974, Northlight Theatre called Evanston its home, but in 1996 moved to the neighboring town of Skokie and has been located there since. Now, community leaders and business owners want to bring a theater back to the city via a proposed downtown performing arts center on the southeast corner of Benson Avenue and Clark Street. Northlight put up a $37 million bid for the space, but plans are still under consideration. A recent informal meeting of about 20 restaurant owners organized by Coakley yielded widespread support for the addition of a theater, she said. But, due to a possible plan which would allocate increases in property taxes toward funding the project, it faces an uphill battle from city officials and residents in opposition to the proposed taxations. In October, officials received the go-ahead to begin development on Fountain Square renovations, which has sat in the center of Evanston since 1854 and has not been re-done for 40 years. Although plans have not been solidified, some ideas include a splash pool for children, mid-block pedestrian plaza and outdoor dining. “Evanston lost its department stores to big malls, but then it rebounded again with movie theaters, entertainment and restaurants,” Fiske said. “Evanston has always been a really dynamic place. … How do we keep reinventing?” Fiske and Lytle said they were optimistic for the ward’s future. Although challenges remain, Fiske said increased communication between University and city officials have provided a better framework to deal with issues. “The 1st Ward is really the heartbeat of Evanston,” Lytle said. “It’s the economic engine that makes this such a great city.” davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu Baglivo said. Based on that research, the office worked on ways to enhance NU’s academic nature, she added. “If we enhance our academic reputation among these various constituencies, then we have a better chance of attracting the best and brightest students, both undergrad, grad, professional, the most accomplished faculty and researchers,” Baglivo said. matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats dig deep hole in first quarter of defeat Women’s Basketball
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Maryland guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough dribbled into the lane as the shot clock was winding down and her team held an 8-0 lead. Despite the Northwestern defender waiting for her in the paint, Walker-Kimbrough fed a precise pass to center Brionna Jones for an uncontested layup just before the shot clock expired. The play symbolized the entire first quarter, a period in which the No. 5 Terrapins (23-3, 12-2 Big Ten) ran roughshod over the Wildcats (14-12, 3-11) 25-5 on their way to a 79-70 win Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. “We just couldn’t score, more than anything else,” coach Joe McKeown said of the first 10 minutes. Maryland shot 11-of-15 from the field in the opening quarter, while an ice-cold NU was just 1-of-18. The Terrapins scored the game’s first 14 points before senior guard Maggie Lyon hit a 3-pointer to put the Cats on the board. Maryland’s offense was varied, as the Terrapins hit shots from inside and outside, open and contested. NU, meanwhile, could not buy a bucket, missing its first 10 shots. “We kept switching our defenses between man and zone, so I think it was difficult for
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and established more of a presence under the basket. Yet Hill, Illinois’ leading scorer this season, never found his offensive rhythm on a frigid night in Evanston, making just 2-of-8 shots and turning the ball over a game-high five times. The Big Ten leader in free throw attempts was held to just two such tries and missed both. “We spent a lot of time the last three days trying to (practice to) defend (Hill),” coach Chris Collins said, praising junior forward Sanjay Lumpkin’s performance defending him.
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TOO BIG TO CLIMB Nia Coffey challenges a shot in the paint. The junior forward and her fellow Wildcats battled back to within five points of No. 5 Maryland, but a 25-5 deficit after the first quarter was too much for NU to overcome.
them,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. “We got back in transition.” Maryland also dominated the period in other ways. The Terrapins blocked three of “Him not being able to throw up a 25-, 30-point night I thought was a huge key to the game.” The sellout crowd of 8,117 suffered through a disjointed first half that featured 17 combined turnovers and a mere 23-21 lead for Illinois at halftime. After the break, however, a back-and-forth game that eventually featured 14 lead changes restored the energy in the building. “If we come out of the gate and don’t see the ball go in initially, our guys go into this panic mode and it drives me nuts,” Collins said. “We finally just relaxed offensively in the second half.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu
NU’s first five shot attempts and forced four turnovers less than two minutes later in the quarter. After the slow start, the Cats began to chip
away at the deficit almost immediately, holding Maryland to just two points in the first six minutes of the second quarter. NU outscored the Terrapins 65-54 over the last three periods and drew within as few as five late in the fourth quarter, but could not fully overcome the deficit. “We bounced back really hard,” McKeown said. “I told (my team), ‘We’re going to make shots in the second half,’ and we did. There was a point I thought we were going to win the game.” Several of NU’s recent games have come down to the fourth quarter, and Sunday was no exception. The game in some ways, however, mirrored the first meeting between the two teams. Maryland led 26-13 after the first period of that game. Although the Cats drew within 10 early in the third quarter, the Terrapins held on for an 80-62 win. Like the first meeting, NU would ultimately not make a comeback. On Senior Day, Lyon was still impressed with the Cats’ response. “It’s tough. It’s not ideal. Obviously, you don’t want to get off to a start like that,” Lyon said. “But I’m really proud of my team for how we fought back. You hope to not be in that situation when you start the game, but I thought we had great poise and fight to not give up.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE Scottie Lindsey shoots a 3-pointer. The sophomore guard converted on 4-of-7 3-point shots on the night.
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CATCHING FIRE Tre Demps , Scottie Lindsey come alive in second half to power Northwestern past Illinois
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A second-half eruption by senior guard Tre Demps led Northwestern to a 58-56 win over Illinois on Saturday, helping the team end a two-game losing streak to their in-state rivals. The Wildcats (17-9, 5-8 Big Ten) overcame a brutally sloppy first half by scoring 37 after the break. Trailing by 4 with under 8 minutes left,
Demps drained four consecutive 3-pointers to give NU a 51-46 lead. His fourth and final 3-pointer, a pull-up jumper from several feet behind the line with the shot clock winding down, sent Welsh-Ryan Arena into a frenzy and seemed to foreshadow a pull-away win for the Cats. But Illinois (11-14, 3-9) fought back, keeping the match close down the stretch. Guard Malcolm Hill appeared to the tie the game with 2.7 seconds left, but a foul negated the shot and forced an in-bounds attempt. Hill slipped after receiving the pass and was unable to get another shot up. “He’s got to stay on his feet,” Illinois coach John Groce said. “It may not go in, but we’ve got to get one up on the rim. That’s the bottom line.” Demps shot 6-of-9 from the field, including 4-for-6 from 3-point range, in the second half to finish with 18 points. Sophomore guard Scottie Lindsey matched him, hitting a number of critical shots and setting a conference career high in points. “Alex (Olah) delivered a perfect pass out of the post that got me a clean look,” Demps said about his first of four 3-pointers. “When you see the ball go in once, it just gives you a lot of confidence.” Senior center Alex Olah started over freshman Dererk Pardon for the first time in three games and returned to his pre-injury form, shooting 5-of-12 for 10 points while pulling down seven rebounds. Pardon, on the other hand, struggled all night, committing three turnovers and three fouls in just five minutes of playing time. Early on, the Fighting Illini looked content to shoot from deep often and penetrate NU’s defense, but adjusted as the game progressed
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Lindsey stars for Wildcats in victory By MAX GELMAN
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On Saturday night, Scottie Lindsey lit the fire in Northwestern’s belly. Riding a three-game streak in which he shot 57.9 percent from the field, the sophomore guard repeatedly excited the Welsh-Ryan Arena crowd with 3-pointers, blocks and dunks. He notched 18 points overall on 6-of-10 shots, tying senior guard Tre Demps to lead all scorers and setting a new career-high in a Big Ten game. A largely inconsistent player for most of the year, Lindsey acknowledged his struggles and said he recognized the need to improve following the Wildcats’ loss to Michigan State last month. “I just knew that I had to bring more things to the table,” Lindsey said. “I felt like at that time … I wasn’t doing everything I was supposed to do to help my team. I just had to come out, play with a lot more energy and help the team out more.” Playing a season-high 30 minutes against Illinois, he led an otherwise underwhelming NU offense that scored only 21 points in the first half. Lindsey drained four of his first five 3-point attempts, helping the Cats tread water in a back-and-forth affair that featured 14 lead changes. As the game wore on, and as both offenses picked up the pace in the second half, Lindsey took somewhat of a backseat to Demps, who at one point scored 4 consecutive 3-pointers to give NU a 54-49 lead late in the game. Demps, however, said it was Lindsey’s work ethic in practice that helped get the Cats on track against the Fighting Illini.w “(It’s) gotten so much better just
from his drills,” Demps said. “His cuts are so much more crisp, and I think we’ve been seeing the fruit of his labor. He’s just got to keep it going on that path.” Lindsey was clearly on “that path” Saturday night, as his block late in the game led to a Demps breakaway layup that ultimately sealed the win. The sophomore’s four 3s also tied a personal-high for most 3-pointers in a conference game, matching the mark he set last February against Nebraska. Not only did Lindsey receive praise from his teammates, but from Illinois coach John Groce as well. As both teams struggled to build large leads Saturday night, Groce said Lindsey’s offensive bursts were among the main reasons why the Fighting Illini couldn’t seem to put NU away despite outshooting the Cats from beyond the arc. However, NU coach Chris Collins said that defense is what made Lindsey really great against Illinois. “I just thought he had a great floor game,” Collins said. “That’s why I told him after the game, ‘That’s what I see in him and that’s why I coach him,’ because I see a guy that has a chance to be an outstanding player.” With the win under his belt, Lindsey next needs to turn his attention to Tuesday’s game against Purdue. Defending the seven-foot duo of centers A.J. Hammons and Isaac Haas, in addition to forward Caleb Swanigan, will be a tall order. Collins isn’t worried though, saying that if Lindsey continues his highcaliber play fans will get used to seeing him on the court. “Scottie’s a talented player,” Collins said. “To me, he has a huge upside, and he’s still just a sophomore.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu
NU downed by No. 5 Maryland By WILL RAGATZ
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Coach Joe McKeown described Northwestern’s loss to Minnesota one week ago as a “15-round fight.” On Sunday, the Wildcats took a big punch in the first round, and although they fought back, the blow ended up being too strong to overcome. No. 5 Maryland (23-3, 12-2 Big Ten) outscored NU (14-12, 3-11) 25-5 in the first quarter on the way to a 79-70 victory in which it led the entire game. The Terrapins scored the first 14 points of the game and held on for their lives as the Cats tried desperately to come back. “We’ve been through a gauntlet the past couple weeks, a lot of things haven’t gone our way,” McKeown said. “What everybody saw today was how much fight this team has, how hard we play. To come back against a team of that caliber and play as hard as we played in the second half … I’m really proud of my team.” In NU’s last home loss, Minnesota guard Rachel Banham put up 60 points against the Cats’ defense, tying the NCAA scoring record. Against Maryland, NU once again had no answer for an elite guard. Shatori WalkerKimbrough, Maryland’s leading scorer with 19.4 points per game, scored 22 of her 27 points in the first half, adding eight rebounds. McKeown credited Walker-Kimbrough’s versatility as the reason she was able to do so much scoring early on, but also praised junior guard Christen Inman’s defensive effort in holding her to 5 second-half points. “(Walker-Kimbrough) made 3s, which … you close out on her, and then she ends up going by you to finish at the rim,” said McKeown. “Just a tough matchup. I thought Inman did a much better job in the second half.” Maryland shot 56 percent for the game, knocking down 7-of-11 attempts from 3-point range. Center
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Brionna Jones poured in 14 points for the Terrapins, who looked like an offensive juggernaut for much of Sunday’s game. Maryland’s guards consistently penetrated the Cats’ defense, either scoring or kicking the ball out to open shooters. Guard Tierney Pfirman added 15 points of her own, almost all of which came on open jump-shots. Senior guard Maggie Lyon led the Cats with 25 points on Senior Day, and junior forward Nia Coffey added a double-double, but it wasn’t enough for NU to escape the substantial hole it dug itself in during the opening quarter. In that quarter, just about nothing went right for the Cats. They made just 1 field goal on 18 attempts, despite taking numerous uncontested shots. Meanwhile, Maryland shot
11-for-15 in the period, jumping out to a 20-point lead. Yet NU rallied and nearly pulled off a massive comeback. Lyon scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half as she tried to lead the Cats all the way back. “Things start off in games sometimes not the way you want, but it’s all about how you respond to it,” Lyon said. Down 24 early in the third, Lyon led a 15-0 run that pulled NU within 9 points. The Cats could ultimately only cut the deficit to 5 as Maryland put the game away down the stretch. NU was forced to play without Coffey, who fouled out with more than 6 minutes left in the game. “We knew Northwestern’s a great team, they came back and we allowed the game to get interesting,” said Maryland coach Brenda Frese. “I’m proud of our execution late … I thought we fought through some adversity down the stretch to be able to put it away.” The Cats fell to 3-11 in conference play in the loss and will look to bounce back against Penn State on Wednesday. williamragatz2019@u.northwestern.edu
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RESPECT YOUR ELDERS Maggie Lyon navigates through the defense. The senior guard scored 25 points to lead the way for Northwestern in a 79-70 Senior Day loss to No. 5 Maryland.