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Gabriel Corona reported missing, last seen Tuesday
Evanston Police Department enlists public’s help in search for Weinberg senior A Northwestern student has been reported missing by Evanston Police. The Evanston Police Department says the student, Gabriel Corona, was last seen by his roommate on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 9 a.m. EPD is seeking the public’s help, as there is “great concern for Corona’s safety.” University Police Chief Bruce Lewis also issued a statement
asking students to be on the lookout for Corona. However, Lewis warned students of putting themselves at risk by going out in the cold to search for him. The National Weather Service said temperatures reached below negative 20 degrees, with wind chills of 30 to 50 below zero, warning of “extreme excessive cold risk” from Tuesday to Thursday. “The weather right now impacts
everything,” EPD Cmdr. Ryan Glew told The Daily on Wednesday. “There’s always a concern when someone’s unaccounted for and you have this kind of weather. It’s dangerous to everyone and even more so to somebody that appears to be missing.” Corona is believed to be wearing a black winter jacket when he left his Evanston residence, but did not take his cell phone with him,
according to Evanston police. Foul play is not suspected. Glew said detectives might be able to locate Corona through his use of public transit as EPD is able to track Ventra cards, although he said it is not possible to do so in real time. According to a tweet update from EPD on Thursday afternoon, Corona is believed to have been in the downtown Chicago area on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at
1:30 p.m. EPD is taking the lead on the investigation as Northwestern University Police will assist. Anyone with information about Corona’s location can contact the Evanston Police Detective Bureau at 847-866-5040 or the Evanston Police Front Desk at 847-866-5000. — Syd Stone and Catherine Kim
Source: Evanston Police Department
Gabriel Corona was reported missing by Evanston police on Wednesday. He is believed to be wearing the dark jacket above.
Sasha Novozhenova, grad student, dies Foul play not suspected in death of doctoral student
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University groundskeeper Marco Montoya spreads salt on south campus. Despite increased clearing efforts, multiple students have reported injuries related to the icy conditions of campus walkways.
Students find sidewalks slippery
Injuries reported as University tries to keep up with winter weather By EVAN ROBINSON-JOHNSON
the daily northwestern @therealevanrj
As a new round of midterms begins, Northwestern students are worried more about falling than
failing. Across campus, students are slipping, tripping and falling off bikes due to icy sidewalks that don’t thaw despite the University’s extensive clearing efforts. Some students are concerned the slippery conditions are making their
commutes dangerous. Weinberg sophomore Anna Hornbacher said she suffered a “brutal” concussion last week after slipping on ice while walking to class. She said she was walking outside Fisk Hall when she fell and hit her head on the concrete.
After feeling dizzy and nauseous, she went to University Health Services, where they diagnosed her with a minor concussion and arranged for her to work with an athletic trainer. » See SALT, page 8
City groups, volunteers shelter homeless Interfaith Action, Connections for the Homeless provide warm refuge By AARON BOXERMAN
the daily northwestern
In the basement of First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, Evanston’s homeless sought shelter from the extreme cold outside. Cots and mattresses filled the space. Volunteers and guests mingled, playing cards and drinking tea. As temperatures plunged below zero during this week’s polar vortex, this basement was Evanston’s only emergency shelter for the homeless. Interfaith Action of Evanston, a group that provides resources to those in need, coordinates a rotating schedule of homeless shelters at participating congregations
in the city. First Presbyterian is hosting through early February, when the shelter will move to Beth Emet Synagogue. “We’re not turning anyone away tonight,” said Susan Murphy, the executive director of Interfaith Action. Interfaith Action began operating its emergency shelter at a small church in 2003, Murphy said. The shelter ran only a few days out of the year, whenever the temperature dropped below zero degrees. Over the years, Murphy worked to expand the shelter’s hours and reach, and Interfaith Action announced last year that the shelter would open whenever the temperature dropped below twenty degrees. The organization changed
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
its plans last November, when a homeless woman died on the doorstep of First United Methodist Church in Evanston. The Evanston Police Department ruled Tanuel Major’s death a homicide, unrelated to freezing weather conditions. On Wednesday night, 47 people slept on the floor of First Presbyterian, Murphy said. The shelter normally hosts 27 people per night, she said. Wednesday was also Murphy’s birthday. Other volunteers encouraged her to go home and celebrate with her partner, Joe, who also volunteers at the shelter, but she lingered at the shelter, chatting and making cups of coffee. Karl Barthelmess, a homeless
man who sleeps at Interfaith Action’s shelter most nights, said Murphy’s patience is “tremendous.” “She makes everyone feel safe,” Barthelmess said. Nia Tavoularis, the director of development at Connections for the Homeless — a nonprofit that provides services to Evanston’s homeless — said her organization provided extra cots and mats at their location at 1458 Chicago Ave. for homeless men seeking protection from the cold. She said Connections for the Homeless partners with Interfaith Action to provide services for housinginsecure and homeless people » See HOMELESS, page 8
Third-year graduate student Sasha Novozhenova died on the evening of Jan. 29, according to a Thursday email from The Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff. Novozhenova, a Weinberg doctorate student in the Department of Art History, was found in her Rogers Park apartment by police, according to the email. Woodruff mentioned no cause of death, though foul play is not suspected. Novozhenova focused on the Soviet avant-garde, Socialist
Realism and late Soviet art discourses and their post-Soviet aftermath. Before coming to NU, she taught in Moscow and contributed to multiple art journals in Russia. At Northwestern, she was also actively involved in the academic community by writing papers and contributing to key research on the Soviet avant-garde movement. “It is a great loss to the University — and to the scholarly community in Soviet art — that we will no longer benefit from Sasha’s contributions,” Woodruff wrote in the email. — Catherine Kim
District 65 schools won’t arm teachers
Evanston schools oppose federal recommendation Scan this QR code with Snapchat or your smartphone camera to view The Daily’s accompanying video.
By JAMES POLLARD
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Despite a federal commission’s recommendation to arm teachers, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 reinforced its opposition to the presence of guns in schools as a means of protecting students. The Federal Commission on School Safety, created by the Trump administration after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, suggested that districts arm educators to prevent gun violence. Eight days after the shooting, President Donald Trump suggested arming teachers, and the report 10 months later put his words into official recommendations.
“This would only obviously be for people who are very adept at handling a gun,” Trump said at a speech in February 2018. “It’s called concealed carry, where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them.” The December report also suggested that the legal age for purchasing a firearm should remain the same, despite calls for increasing the age limit. However, in response to the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, Florida increased the legal age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21 in March. However, District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren said arming teachers will cause more problems. He outlined other precautions the district has taken to protect students in schools. “We have not had any major threats to our schools, but we shouldn’t be so naive to think that we wouldn’t given the day and age,” Goren said. “We want to make sure that the people that are in our schools are the people that should be in our schools.” Goren said all staff wear lanyards identifying themselves as district employees, and the » See SAFETY, page 8
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