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Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) speaks at a Human Services Committee meeting on Monday. At the meeting, policy and procedural changes for the Evanston Police Department were presented to council members.
EPD policy changes presented
Announced changes include increased training in de-escalation By KRISTINA KARISCH
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City manager Wally Bobkiewicz announced a series of policy changes for Evanston Police Department officers, including increased training in de-escalation and diversity and inclusion, at a Human Services Committee meeting Monday. The changes come after a year-and-a-half-long discussion
about police procedure and conduct focusing on how the police department handles use of force and citizen complaints. The list includes changes to the way officers are trained, alterations to the complaint process and increased transparency from the department in terms of data that is released to the public. Bobkiewicz presented the series of policy and procedure changes to City Council and members of the Human Services Committee.
“The world of assessing risk for police officers is complicated and ever-changing,” Bobkiewicz said. “We need to make sure our officers understand how best to assess risks and act accordingly so to meet our community standards while all the while making sure they remain safe.” Other changes put forward include participation in the Cook County Sheriff ’s Department 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team training program and the monthly publication of police statistics at
committee meetings. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) spoke about a need for transparency and ensuring the city fully recognizes the concerns raised by recent controversial arrests. “Until we as a community own what’s going on, we will never see the change and move forward,” Braithwaite said. “When you know your community, you do a much better job at policing.” The question of police conduct » See EPD, page 6
The University announced Monday evening that the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office received a report last week that four female students were potentially given a date rape drug at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on Jan. 21. Two of the four allege in the report that they were sexually assaulted. In an email to students Monday, Chief of Police Bruce Lewis said that on Friday the University also received an anonymous report alleging that another female student was sexually assaulted, potentially with the use of a date rape drug, after attending an event at an unnamed fraternity house the previous night. Lewis said the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office is investigating these reports. The Panhellenic Association released a statement late
Saturday night, before the University released the statement about the reports, saying it supports survivors of sexual assault and drugrelated violence. “The safety of our community is a priority for us and it is our goal to improve sexual assault prevention measures on this campus and in our community,” the statement said. Interfraternity Council president Rodney Orr told The Daily on Friday that IFC was working with the University in response to allegations of sexual assault. “We are working with the University just to ensure that all of the facts are in order and to make sure that everyone involved sort of gets the chance to have their voices heard,” the SESP junior said. On Monday, Orr said he was notified in advance that the statement was going to be released, but was not aware it was going to name SAE. He said naming the » See ASSAULT, page 6
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s headquarters are located in Evanston. Northwestern’s chief of police released in a statement Monday that four female students reported that they were possibly given a date rape drug in January at the SAE fraternity house on campus. Two of the four allege in the report that they were sexually assaulted.
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Candidate for 9th Ward alderman Cicely Fleming emphasized the value of grassroots organizations to create engagement with local government in a talk Monday. Fleming, who launched her aldermanic campaign in October, spoke to a crowd of about 20 students and community members in University Hall during an event organized by the Center for Civic Engagement and the Women’s Center. Fleming, one of the founding members of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, said she aims to educate and engage the community to enact governmental change. She spoke about issues facing Evanston residents like affordable housing, equity in school Districts 65 and 202 and representation in government. She said City Council has
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Open Science Database, a media platform founded by Northwestern Ph.D. students to make science research easily accessible to the general public, has expanded to include federally funded research and climate change findings. The moves follows the Trump administration’s recent order banning several government agencies from communicating with members of the public and press. Northwestern Ph.D. students Suji Jeong and Alexandra Edelbrock co-founded the nonprofit organization in Fall 2016 as a platform to increase the public’s exposure to medical research. “I published in journals but they are not accessible to the general public, and they are really hard to read,” Jeong said. “The public also has to pay money to
buy the article to read it. My goal last fall was to make an easy-touse, good user-friendly database.” However, following Trump’s order, Open Science Database expanded to include information on climate change research and research from federally funded agencies. The ban went into effect Jan. 24 and includes groups such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture. Open Science Database acts as an advocate for federal employees who are unable to speak to the public about research findings by providing straightforward synopses of publically funded federal research, Jeong said. The organization’s contributors summarize findings from the EPA, USDA, National Parks Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others. “(The order) is a little bit scary,” said Heather Kinkead, » See RESEARCH, page 6
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tended to attract wealthier individuals with flexible schedules. “When you have that kind of system, sometimes you have a limited perspective,” she said. “We want to support people to run for office because we know we need to have different perspectives.” Part of OPAL’s mission is to develop strong candidates for local office, and Fleming said a majority of candidate development is just helping leaders understand what it means to run for office. Fleming said voting in the upcoming municipal elections is more important than ever because of the city’s sanctuary status. “We are at risk of losing federal funding based on Trump’s statements, so our City Council will have to make a decision,” she said. “Do we stick to what we’ve committed to our refugee population to protect them, or is that going to squeeze us too much financially?”
Fleming also spoke about the racial achievement gap in Evanston schools and cited the racial and gender biases that surround suspensions of students at Evanston Township High School. She said during the 2014-15 school year, 438 black students were suspended while only 48 white students were suspended. OPAL is currently pushing the city’s school districts to examine racial inequity, but Fleming said officials aren’t moving fast enough. Fleming said she decided to run for 9th Ward alderman because she didn’t see “passion” in the people running for aldermanic positions. Her only opponent in the 9th Ward is Shawn Jones, an attorney who officially launched his campaign in December. Current 9th ward alderman Brian Miller is running for mayor. “We need to get some different perspective on our City Council,” Fleming said. Katrina Weimholt, assistant
director of NU’s Center for Civic Engagement, said she hopes to bring down barriers to voting and getting involved in local politics by educating students and improving the accessibility of the democratic process. Fleming also encouraged young Evanston residents to become as involved as possible in local politics by doing research about candidates or even joining a board or committee. Alecia Wartowski, interim director of the Women’s Center, said she has been actively working to bring in community organizers to speak to students about activism and political engagement. “There’s a lot of opportunity for growth and change in Evanston,” Wartowski said. “So the more you can inform yourself and get involved in the political process, the better.” SydneyStone2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Jeff Smith runs for mayor on progressive platform By NORA SHELLY
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When Jeff Smith was an undergraduate student at Northwestern, he saw Jimmy Carter speak in front of a sparse crowd on campus. Invigorated, he soon found himself volunteering at the local Democratic Party office. Smith began knocking on doors throughout Evanston for candidates like Abner Mikva, a longtime Evanston congressman who died last year. More than 40 years later, Smith is still knocking on those same doors for his own campaign. “There’s no one I know who has been more involved in almost every important issue in Evanston, whether it’s zoning or environmental or preserving the lakefront or bicycling,” said Richard Wright, a supporter of Smith’s campaign for mayor. “Jeff never gets tired out.” Smith said he “honed his chops” working for the Democratic Party of Evanston. He said the experience spurred a lifetime of political involvement. After settling in Evanston in 1990, Smith began volunteering for school board campaigns and local environmental and neighborhood projects. He said the years he’s spent listening to the the years he’s spent listening to the “concerns and fears and hopes and dreams of literally thousands of people” have made him fit to run for mayor. “I have the unique experience of having been both in government … and on the other hand having spent most of my political existence fighting with underdogs, the marginalized, the left out or people who are perhaps hurting but feel unheard,” he said. The last of the five candidates to announce his candidacy, Smith is focusing his campaign off a progressive platform, prioritizing environmental and affordability issues, a move he says comes from a lifetime of activism. Along with several others, Smith helped start the Central Street Neighbors Association, which works to preserve the character of the neighborhood. As mayor, Smith said he would continue to work
to preserve the character of Evanston. “I don’t mean quaint looking lampposts,” he said. “It’s more the mix of people and housing and lifestyles and the intellectual curiosity and artistic vibrancy that the town can offer.” Part of preserving Evanston’s character is ensuring affordable housing and preserving diversity, Smith said. Smith said he would factor affordability concerns into every major city decision as mayor. Although working for these issues would be difficult, Smith said it would be a priority. “It’s widely accepted that Evanston values and cherishes its mix,” he said. Another way to keep Evanston affordable — and diverse — would be to address regressive taxes, Smith said. The city should work with school districts to keep property tax increases low, and should readdress how it handles fees and fines, he said. Additionally, Smith said he would work to make city spending more efficient. “I’m kind of a policy wonk,” he said. “There’s money to be saved in how Evanston does business … and it’s our obligation to provide services efficiently if it’s our own taxation that is part of what is making it hard to live here.” Just as Smith is planning on factoring affordability issues into every major city decision, he is also putting environmental stewardship at the helm of his platform. Smith recently served as the general counsel for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources under Gov. Pat Quinn. “The planet is in trouble right now because environmental issues are constantly getting pushed to the back of the bus,” Smith said. “Politics at every level needs more champions of the earth.” Part of his plan is to preserve the Harley Clarke mansion and the surrounding parkland. Smith prioritizes lakefront preservation and advocates for environmental and sustainability job training programs. He also supports marketing the city for “green” businesses and for increasing use and ease of public transit. Smith was one of the founding directors of Citizens’ Greener Evanston and helped form the Evanston Climate Change Action plan. Chris Wissemann, a Citizens’ Greener Evanston board member, said Smith
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Mayoral candidate Jeff Smith speaks at a city meeting. Smith is running on a progressive platform including environmental stewardship and affordable housing.
is a “committed environmentalist.” The two worked together on looking into putting a wind farm in Lake Michigan. “His breadth and depth of knowledge on environmental law is unparallelled,” Wissemann said. “He is very aware of the tensions between commercial enterprise and use of the lake and keeping it pristine.” Smith said Evanston could “set a national standard in leadership on environmental issues and stewardship of natural resources.” Additionally, Smith said he felt the city could further become a leader in other issues that “contrast to what many sense the direction that America may be lurching.” Greg Andrus (School of Professional Studies ’16), said he became politically active after the November election and was drawn to support Smith after a DPOE meeting last year. Smith was one of a few at
the meeting who was willing to criticize the national Democratic party for the results of the presidential election, Andrus said. “He’s not going to toe the line for establishment politicians,” Andrus said. “He’s not afraid to ruffle a few feathers. We need that.” Smith said he identifies with politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in his political beliefs, but has a faith in “collective action from ordinary people.” Such action from Evanston would be needed over the next four years, he said. “Government done right is hard work,” he said. “To me, a place with the political capital, the electoral capital and the just plain capital like Evanston ought to be exerting a leadership force on the political landscape.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu
“Beyond $2 A Day: Solutions for Breaking the Cycle of Extreme Poverty” IPR Distinguished Public Policy Lecture with
Kathryn Edin In her book, $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, Kathryn Edin illuminates a troubling trend: a low-wage labor market that increasingly fails to deliver a living wage, and a growing but hidden landscape of survival strategies among America’s extreme poor. Edin will discuss how these families live and survive, in addition to what she sees as possible policy solutions for breaking this cycle of extreme, and cashless, poverty. Edin is a trustee of the Russell Sage Foundation and a founding member of the MacArthur Foundation-funded Network on Housing and Families with Young Children. She received her PhD in sociology from Northwestern University in 1991, and was an IPR fellow and Northwestern faculty member from 2000–04.
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Students thank alderman for lighting After her role installing lights on Sheridan, Ald. Fiske receives gratitude By ALLY MAUCH
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Newly installed lights line Sheridan Road between Lincoln and Clark Streets. Students wrote thank you notes to Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) for her role in helping install the lights.
because a portion of the sidewalk is in a historic district. Fiske helped ensure that the University was following city procedures, and that the fixtures and lighting structures aligned with the style upheld by the Historic Preservation Commission. Committee member Michael Deneroff, a SESP sophomore, said the committee was concerned about students not feeling safe when walking between northern and southern parts of campus, and appreciates Fiske’s role in alleviating those concerns. He also said he thinks the new lighting will increase students’ engagement
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About 100 students wrote thank you notes to Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) for her role in the installation of new lighting on the west side of Sheridan Road’s sidewalk in September. The west side of Sheridan Road — which is city property — previously only had street lights for cars while the sidewalk was left unlit, said Alan Anderson, Northwestern’s executive director of neighborhood and community relations. The new lighting now runs down Sheridan Road from the intersections at Lincoln Street to Clark Street. Medill junior Ross Krasner, Associated Student Government vice president for community relations, organized the project. He said he worked with about 15 other students in his committee to write thank you letters to Fiske for her role in installing the new lights. They then decided to kickstart a larger letter writing campaign. “We keep a close tab on Evanston politics and when our elected officials are looking out for us and ultimately increasing our safety, we are just so appreciative of that,” Krasner said. “We want to make sure the elected representatives who represent all these students know that we thank them.” Krasner said ASG and the NU community have been trying to get lights installed for several years to make walking on the sidewalk safer. The roughly 100 people who wrote letters included both ASG members and various other students. Krasner said the result of the campaign “exceeded all expectations.” Anderson said the University has worked extensively with Fiske and the city to discuss the logistics of the light installation, particularly
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with the city. “(The lights) will encourage students to feel safer on campus and feel safer going out into the Evanston community,” Deneroff said. Both Deneroff and Krasner stressed the importance of thanking Fiske and all other Evanston officials who are working to improve the community. Krasner said he plans on delivering the thank you notes to Fiske later this week. “We want to let her know that students appreciate her efforts,” he said. allysonmauch2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Trump’s attacks on judiciary threaten fabric of U.S. DANNY COOPER
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In Federalist Paper No. 51, James Madison explained the essential idea of separation of powers in the American government system and the importance of checks and balances. Madison wrote: “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” The man currently in charge of our executive branch is far from angelic and does not seem to enjoy the checks placed on his power by the judiciary. President Trump’s frequent assaults on the judicial branch during his short tenure in office should be taken more seriously than his other Twitter spats, as they most tangibly threaten the very fabric of the United States. The judicial system had been the subject of his ire long before his inauguration. Last summer, Trump questioned the ability of a Mexican-American judge to preside over a civil suit against Trump University due to his
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Response to Sheldon: Muslim students can think for themselves
The following letter is written in response to the Assistant Dean of Weinberg Mark Sheldon’s letter, revealingly titled “The walkout’s purpose was derailed by anti-Israel sentiment.” This title does not only reinforce the erasure of the Palestinian people and of the continual punishment inflicted upon them by Israel but also deploys a common trope of colonial paternalistic thought by defining and then explaining the walkout’s purpose to the organizers themselves. In so doing, the author perpetrates the very actions he wrongly levies against Students for Justice in Palestine — “deception and co-option.” To introduce oneself as someone who “does not think criticism of Israel equates automatically with anti-Semitism” does not say anything –– it is not a mark of progressiveness, liberalness or anything other than the most rudimentary exertion of logic. If one acknowledges the distinction between a
ethnicity. Since then, Trump has questioned the legitimacy of the entire legal system. Last week, Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to comply with his executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, calling her actions a betrayal to the Department of Justice.
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The legislative branch seems content to let Trump run the country without interference, so it will be up to the judicial branch to protect our Consitutional rights.
On Saturday, Trump called James Robart, who sits on the bench for the federal District Court of Washington state, a “so-called judge” after Robart issued an order reversing the aforementioned executive order. Most alarmingly,
state and its citizens, then stating that those who are anti-Israel are not anti-Semitic becomes completely redundant. As a Muslim student at Northwestern who had no input in the planning or execution of the event, I felt neither “deceived” nor “disappointed” by the banner’s inclusion in the protest but genuinely touched. In recognizing that the ban is not a stand-alone incident and comes amid burning mosques, ferocious violence and malicious hate speech targeting Muslims, one understands that this demonstration isn’t solely about the ban. Rather, it is about the dominant mainstream Islamophobia that has produced it and that continues to suffocate Muslim communities across the country. The event was never planned with the sole aim of delivering a message to President Trump but rather to “shed light on the American Muslim experience at a time of heightened bigotry and hate.” Coyly suggesting Muslim students police their protest, so their actions can be used to send whatever political message one happens to be on board with, is merely to tokenize Muslim bodies to deliver one’s own private agenda. This is not to stand in solidarity with those actually affected. Given Israel’s creation, and subsequent
Trump also said future terrorist attacks should be blamed on the legal system. Two troubling bits of information seem to emerge from these outbursts. First, Trump feels the Department of Justice should be loyal to his wishes, rather than to the law or the Constitution. Second, Trump is attempting to undermine the legitimacy of the federal justice system to get his way. Ironic, considering both Yates and Robart were selected to their respective positions in processes free of the controversy and potential outside interference which plagued Trump’s election. Trump is not the the first president to have a contentious relationship with the legal system. Andrew Jackson, a hot-headed populist inspiration for the current commander-in-chief, famously ignored the Supreme Court decision forbidding him from taking Cherokee land. So, although there are precedents for Trump’s behavior, they are not examples of ideal presidential behavior, and the fact that he launched an assault against the legal system so early in his presidency does not bode well. Madison considered the separation of powers among the most important aspects of
American democracy. In the event that the Electoral College failed to prevent a demagogue such as Trump from leading the country, it would be up to the judicial and legislative branches to serve as barriers to absolute tyranny. But the legislative branch seems content to let Trump run the country without interference, so it will be up to the judicial branch to protect our Constitutional rights over the next four years. In the justice system, Trump has — for once — identified a wall he wants to remove: the wall impeding his route to absolute power. His inappropriate Twitter barbs are attempts to dismantle the legislative system’s legitimacy. We must be aware of Trump’s intentions and fight back, before this presidency further undermines our government and our country.
illegal ban of, Palestinian (predominantly Muslim) refugees, their apartheid system of discrimination on the basis of religion (particularly Islam), their repeated raids on the religion’s holiest sites, the war crimes they have committed on a number of majorityMuslim lands and countless other atrocities that constitute a settler-colonial ethnic cleansing of the majority-Muslim Palestinian population, why should Muslims be silenced
Palestine in “a space centered on Muslim voices on campus?” It is shocking that, in the protest, amid waves of marginalized and disenfranchised bodies working to end the myth of American exceptionalism, one can manage to promote Israeli exceptionalism! Again, unfortunately, the selective “solidarity” governing Sheldon’s letter is betrayed by his implicit suggestion that we should ignore intersectionality. Sheldon’s implicit motives for attending the march are shown not to be about Muslims but about a personal political agenda that circumvents Muslim experiences entirely. While the author’s rationale for the letter may be held by many on campus, it certainly was not this rationale that motivated the march nor was it ever implied to be by the organizers. I thank the author for attending the march and for sharing his views with us for public engagement. However, it’s a shame that his letter dismisses wholesale the clear and simple underlying message of many students’ brave, powerful, and articulate speeches: this ban is just a symptom, not the illness.
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If one acknowledges the distinction between a state and its citizens, then stating that those who are anti-Israel are not anti-Semitic becomes completely redundant.
on Israel when discussing Islamophobia? In an event focused on protesting the Muslim ban, why should we ignore Israel’s indefinite illegal ban on Muslim Palestinian refugees? Why denounce mention of
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Tendam hopes to convey experience in mayoral race After serving as 6th Ward alderman for eight years, Mark Tendam ready to pursue citywide position
By MARISSA PAGE
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When Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) moved to Evanston 23 years ago, something inside him changed. “I never thought I could be in public office — by nature I’m kind of an introvert, reserved,” said Tendam, who grew up in Ohio. “But I think my personality over the years of living here in Evanston has certainly changed. I’ve certainly become more of a fighter.” After eight years on City Council, Tendam said he’s ready for a new chapter — one that he hopes will encompass a wider constituency than his northwest ward. He formally announced his bid for Evanston mayor in mid-October. If elected, Tendam said he hopes to prioritize job creation and affordable housing, focusing particularly on those who are homeless or struggle with mental health issues or substance abuse. A progressive appeal Tendam and his husband, Neal Moglin, moved to Evanston from Chicago in the 1990s. Tendam and Moglin both grew up in small towns and appreciated Evanston’s close-knit community, Tendam said. He also said he visited Evanston frequently during his childhood to see a close family friend, and had felt a connection to the city ever since. The city’s strong record on LGBTQ rights added to its appeal, he said. “Evanston was the logical choice for two gay men,” Tendam said. “There aren’t a lot of places other than … certain neighborhoods in Chicago that I would feel comfortable.” Once he became ingrained in the city, Tendam said he got involved with Better Existence with HIV, a since-shuttered organization which worked to improve the lives of people with HIV/AIDS. After becoming a BEHIV board member, Tendam appeared before City Council to request funding, where he said he faced a “firing squad.”That experience fueled his desire to seek public office in 2005. “I actually ran and lost for the 6th Ward,”Tendam said. “I was opposing the incumbent, but I did well. I
came in second.” Tendam said after the loss he ramped up his involvement in the community, joining the McGaw YMCA board. He sought election once again in 2009, and won — becoming the city’s first openly gay alderman. “Mark talks a lot about not really being able to be himself until he came here, and I think he really values the community and wants to make it like that for everyone,” said Eliana Chavkin, Tendam’s deputy campaign manager. Thinking big-picture As 6th Ward alderman, Tendam was “amazingly responsive,” ward resident Virginia Mann said. “One thing that was really very heartening was to see an elected official who was … open to discussion and willing to change position,” said Mann, a candidate to fill Tendam’s aldermanic seat. “(He) really put the interests of (his) ward and the city as a whole above any personal interests.” Mann pointed to Tendam’s work with the Evanston Animal Shelter as an example of his hardworking nature and ability to build consensus. The shelter’s former ownership, Community Animal Rescue Effort, was removed in 2014 after concerns over high euthanasia rates. Tendam played an instrumental role in educating the council on the best course of action with the shelter, and helping install its current leadership, the Evanston Animal Shelter Association, Mann said. Josh Chernoff, Tendam’s campaign co-chair, echoed Mann, saying Tendam is “accessible” and helps seek compromise. Chernoff said Tendam is focused on issues such as economic development, but also social justice and affordable housing. Tendam would be effective at striking a balance between the varied needs of Evanston residents, he said. “He’s been very involved in finding ways to create economic development in the community here while respecting the needs of people who are interested in preserving the character of Evanston,” Chernoff said. And Chavkin said Tendam would bring a unique knowledge of the city and its government to the office of mayor, despite his not being from Evanston
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Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) at a city meeting Monday night. After eight years on City Council, Tendam is one of five candidates vying to be Evanston’s next mayor.
originally. “I don’t have to answer any questions about the city of Evanston for him because anytime anyone asks him something, it’s just like you hear an encyclopedic response,” Chavkin said. “It really helps just that he has kind of a comprehensive knowledge of the city and what this position really entails.” Ready for action After years focusing on the 6th Ward, Tendam said he’s excited by the opportunity to widen his scope. “I’ve enjoyed being 6th Ward alderman,” Tendam said. “But I’ve also enjoyed the different things that I’ve had a chance to take part in and sort of push forward as an alderman that are citywide.” Following President Donald Trump’s election
victory,Tendam said he questioned whether he wanted to go through with the mayoral bid. But then he said he realized that seeking office is an effective way to oppose an administration with which he vehemently disagrees. If elected, Tendam said he would fiercely defend the progressive ideals of Evanston that drew him to the city in the first place. He said he would “without hesitation” continue the city’s “welcoming” status, even in the face of potential federal funding cuts called for in Trump’s executive order. “I remember waking up the day after the election and saying, ‘you know, do I want to do this?’”Tendam said. “Well, hell yes, I want to do this.” mpage@u.northwestern.edu
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fraternity was an important step. “This made it feel very real or personal for a lot of people,” Orr said. “Using a name has a much bigger impact when these sort of things happen.” Orr said he aims to help IFC change the culture surrounding sexual assault, but the organization’s most important role at the moment is to “make sure to support survivors as much as possible.” IFC is also working with Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, Orr said. SHAPE executive director Molly Benedict told The Daily on Friday that the group is working to create follow-up programming to presentations given to each chapter’s new member class by Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault. The Weinberg senior said SHAPE’s focus on survivor-centered teaching would be beneficial for fraternity members to hear. “The issue is when you only have men presenting to men on issues on sexual assault, when especially within the Greek system, women are the primary survivors of sexual assault or the largest group it becomes an issue to leave that voice out of the conversation or to get alternative perspectives,” Benedict said.
was originally raised at committee meetings following the October 2015 arrest of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby. The city released a video of the incident last month at the request of Ald. Brian Miller (9th). Police pulled Crosby over for allegedly breaking into and stealing a car, which was later determined to be his own. When pulled over, Crosby exited his car, and was taken to the ground and punched by officers. He was arrested and charged with disobedience to police. The charges were dropped at trial, and Crosby has since filed a lawsuit against the city and the officers who arrested him. Bobkiewicz also announced EPD would implement body cameras starting with a pilot program on
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July 1, moving toward full implementation by Jan. 1, 2018. He said the technology will be shared with University Police, which is also slated to adopt the cameras. During the meeting many aldermen are Evanston residents called for an independent advisory board to look over citizen complaints and work with the department. The mayor-appointed Citizen Police Advisory Committee and the Human Services Committee will now take over the process as a part of the procedural changes, Bobkiewicz said. As a part of this shift in responsibility, the police chief-appointed Evanston Police Advisory Committee will be disbanded on March 1. Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl suggested those interested in becoming a part of the committee — whose members are currently appointed by their respective aldermen and represent all nine wards — can sign up either in person after Monday’s meeting, or by
contacting the mayor’s office. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) emphasized the importance of community involvement in the process. “You’re the most important piece in this,” Fiske said. “We can sit up here as a committee, we can form a sub-committee, we can do all sorts of things. If you don’t have trust in that process, this isn’t going to work.” During the meeting, Police Chief Richard Eddington said the procedural changes were inspired by the National Consensus Policy on Use of Force and a report on citizen complaint boards from Champaign, Ill., which Evanston is using as a “springboard” for its policies. A list of comments and issues raised at the meeting will be made public on the city’s website within the next 30 days, Bobkiewicz said.
a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University who contributes to the project. “People need to be able to talk about their research. People need to be able to explain these things. All of these things are connected and important, so when scientists aren’t able to share and report on these things it impacts everything.” Students from institutions across the country
volunteer to write summaries for the organization. Contributors use common terminology to simplify scientific information and improve comprehension outside of the scientific community, NU graduate student Jeremy Ritzert said . “It is mainly translating work that people generally wouldn’t have access to or wouldn’t be able to understand all of the jargon,” Ritzert said. “My reasons for contributing aren’t so much politically aligned, although I care about the science being available to people.”
Kinkead said the research findings are valuable to people outside the research community and are necessary to understand new developments in any field. “It is important … that the public in general knows what is happening with research,” Kinkead said. “Federal money is paying for it, and you want to know where that money is going and that something worthwhile is coming out of it.”
was impressed with his lighter wrestlers Friday. “I’d rather the guys wrestle an aggressive match and move in the right direction as competitors and lose than go out there and wrestle like a slug and win a match,” he said. The Cats only have two duals remaining in the regular season, taking on Maryland and Rutgers on the road this weekend in a double-header.
Though Storniolo’s team will enter the final week of the regular season with just one Big Ten win and a guaranteed sub-.500 record, Storniolo said the seniors have laid the foundation for NU wrestling to return to prominence in the near future. “Everybody that we’ve had come through this program including those two (Berkowitz and
Sullivan) have laid the foundation for what this program could be moving forward,” Storniolo said. “We’re in a bit of a building process right now but there’s not a doubt in my mind that a year or two from now we blow by teams like this and never look back.”
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preceding Berkowitz’s bout. The first half of NU’s lineup has struggled this season, relying on more experienced upper weights like junior Mitch Sliga, sophomore Conan Jennings and Berkowitz to pick up points for the team. But coach Matt Storniolo
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rout by Purdue. Collins said his team showed “urgency” against the Cornhuskers — the same kind of urgency he expects Tuesday. Much of the team’s resilience stems from its veteran core. Junior guard Bryant McIntosh and company know the importance of avoiding losing streaks — they’ve been on the wrong side of them on more than one occasion in years prior, the gold standard being the Cats’ 10-game drought in 2014-15. But the guard and his team have matured since then, and feel better equipped to make the decisive plays necessary to avoid a similar collapse. “This is a league that you have to almost be old in to really find a lot of success,” McIntosh said.
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These Cats have the veteran presence necessary to shake off the disappointing loss that knocked them out of the AP’s Top 25 after just one week. They’re aware that a road loss to Purdue, an elite team that played near-perfect basketball out of the gate, is hardly the end of the world. They also know that each game is a test, and the circumstances that precede the Illinois contest make it that much more important. But NU is prepared to return to its winning ways. “It’s the teams that protect home court and stop the bleeding after that one loss or one game that are good in the league,” senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin said. “We approach every game as the biggest game of our season, every game is extremely important. It’s going to be no different tomorrow, and we’ll be ready.” jochnau@u.northwestern.edu
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Students, faculty talk Black House, cultural spaces
Admins provide updates, address concerns at quarterly community dialogue on student experience By MADELEINE FERNANDO
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Students and faculty addressed upcoming changes to the Black House and a range of student concerns at a community dialogue held at Allison Hall on Monday. More than 70 people attended the community dialogue, which focused on “the student experience” and featured several University presenters who addressed students. Vice president for student affairs Patricia TellesIrvin attended the event and spoke about the University’s progress in renovating the Black House. The Black House feasibility study steering committee — a group of faculty, staff, alumni and students — has been working closely with architects and meeting with various focus groups to collect input on the renovations, Telles-Irvin said. She also invited students to the Black House on Feb. 7 and 8 to engage with architects and contribute ideas about its interior renovations. “There will be tables and … blocks where you can actually think about it and imagine what the interior of the Black House might look like,” TellesIrvin said. “We really want this to be a very rich experience for our black students.” Lesley-Ann Brown-Henderson, co-chair of the steering committee and executive director of Campus Inclusion and Community, moderated the event. She told The Daily that this particular
Deary finalist for award given to top point guard in women’s basketball
Senior guard Ashley Deary has made it onto the list of 10 finalists for the 2017 Nancy Lieberman Award, the program announced Monday. The award recognizes the nation’s top point guard. Deary has averaged 11.2 points and 6.7 assists
community dialogue allowed administrators to follow up with students’ demands and provide updates on administrative progress. She said community dialogues have become more productive and added that she has seen higher turnout since they first began. “I’m hopeful that students are feeling encouraged or that there’s some motion forward,” BrownHenderson said. Telles-Irvin also responded to student requests for the Black House and the Multicultural Center to be included on campus tours. She said although they have not yet been included, both locations are mentioned at the Segal Visitors Center before tours begin. She added that a new meditation space for Muslim students will be available in Technological Institute. Administrators are currently working with the physics and astronomy department to vacate the room and transform it into a meditation area, Telles-Irvin said. McCormick senior Camille Warren said she enjoyed hearing the perspectives of her peers, and that she appreciated having an open platform for students to share their concerns. “I feel like everyone talks about the issues that are happening,” Warren told The Daily. “It’s good to be here and see that they’re actually listening to those things and doing something to address them.” The next community dialogue will be held in April. madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu per game while helping to lead Northwestern (17-6, 6-4 Big Ten) to its best start through 10 games in Big Ten play since the 1992-93 season. After winning the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year award in 2016, Deary has again been a defensive force for the Wildcats, averaging four steals per game. She has 402 steals for her career, the all-time Big Ten record. “She is a fearless leader on the court and does whatever it takes to help us win,” coach Joe McKeown said in a news release. “Her defensive tenacity has wreaked havoc in the Big Ten over
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Ashley Wood, ASG vice president for academics, speaks at a community dialogue among peers and administrators. The event was held at Allison Dining Hall on Monday evening.
the last four years.” Deary shined in back-to-back mid-January wins, scoring 18 points and assisting on eight buckets against Indiana on Jan. 14 and recording 20 points and seven assists against Michigan State on Jan. 17. She has played at least 30 minutes in every conference game for the Cats, and her play has helped propel the team as it seeks to return to the NCAA Tournament. NU earned its last tournament bid in 2015, Deary’s sophomore season.
The list of finalists for the Lieberman Award will be whittled down to five in mid-March, according to the news release. “Ashley shows great leadership off the court as well, as she is one of the top student-athletes in the country,” McKeown said in the release. “During her career, she has propelled this program to four straight winning seasons, the NCAA tournament and many weeks in the national rankings.” — Tim Balk
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Cats drop Boise State, Harvard, Duke in weekend sweep By AIDAN MARKEY
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After another undefeated weekend, Northwestern is on the verge of making history. The No. 9 Wildcats (9-0) earned victories over Boise State (1-6), Harvard (5-3) and Duke (3-3) this weekend to tie the program record for most consecutive wins to begin a season. “Every time you win it gives you confidence,” coach Arvid Swan said of the team’s successes. “For us, we’re trying to keep improving our play over the course of each match.” NU dominated the Broncos to begin its homestand. Doubles wins from seniors Sam Shropshire and Konrad Zieba and senior Strong Kirchheimer and freshman Dominik Stary sealed the opening point for the Cats. Zieba and sophomore Jason Seidman notched wins to start singles play for NU. Kirchheimer, who ranks No. 26 in the country individually, followed with a 6-1, 6-1 victory for the Cats, who swept Boise State 4-0. The win over the Crimson did not come easily for NU despite a similar 4-0 result. The team has a history of gritty matches with Harvard — three out of
the previous four meetings were decided by a 4-3 margin — and Saturday’s contest was no different. “It feels good,” Shropshire said of the win over the Crimson. “We’ve played a bunch of close matches (with Harvard) the last three years so it feels good to get them this time.” After a loss at No. 3 doubles to begin the match, NU called upon its veterans, who answered in a big way. At No. 1, Shropshire and Zieba took a 6-4 set win, keeping their perfect record on the year as a pair. Kirchheimer then held serve with Stary, and the Cats took the doubles point yet again. Seidman earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 6 to start singles play. After a Zieba victory at No. 3, NU needed only one point to clinch the match. Kirchheimer delivered with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph at No. 1 to give the Cats their eighth straight win. “It was a good win,” Swan said after the match. “We played really good doubles, and it was good to get the doubles point.” Sunday’s win over the Blue Devils proved to be the toughest for NU. After close victories at No. 3 and No. 1 doubles, the Cats secured the doubles point, staying perfect on the season in that regard. The singles portion of the matchup proved similarly competitive. Though a loud and energetic Kirchheimer cruised
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to a 6-3, 6-1 victory at the top spot, two Duke wins at No. 5 and No. 4 locked the score at 2-2. But keeping with the theme of the weekend, NU’s veterans stepped up and helped bring home the Cats’ record-tying victory. Zieba fought off a set point in the second frame, fighting back and taking the tiebreaker, 7-4, sealing the win at No. 3. With NU one point away, the pressure fell on Shropshire, who finalized the 4-2 win and tied program history with a crosscourt volley. Zieba said the team’s perseverance was key in the record-tying victory. “We had a total team effort,” Zieba said. “We brought a lot of energy in doubles, which is what we’ve been stressing this past week. Singles was kind of up and down, but we mentally stayed in it across all the courts, and we came out with a win.” The team will look to break the record when it travels to North Carolina State on Friday. The Cats beat the Wolfpack 6-1 in Evanston last season. Despite the near-historic start to the season, Zieba said the team is looking ahead. Swan agreed, but added that NU is more than satisfied with the start. “For our team, the focus is on finishing strong,” Swan said. “But we’re proud of what we’ve done so far.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Berkowitz shines in home finale After loss, Cats look to No. 11 Illinois
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Jacob Berkowitz fell behind early in the final home match of his Northwestern career Friday, but the senior recovered, pulling off an unlikely reversal to pin his opponent late in the bout. Following the pin, Berkowitz rose to his feet, stared down the Welsh-Ryan crowd and flexed for one last time in the building where he’s wrestled for the last five years. The senior’s win represented one of the few bright spots in the Wildcats’ (6-7, 1-6 Big Ten) 28-15 Senior Night loss to No. 11 Illinois (7-2, 4-2). But while Berkowitz dominated in his final match at Welsh-Ryan, fellow senior Ben Sullivan lost in a 20-6 major decision, bringing his conference record to 0-7. NU nonetheless picked up three individual wins in the bout, scraping together a pair of victories from the team’s first half of the lineup and adding the powerful pin from Berkowitz, who pulled out a special maneuver for his last match. “I really enjoyed getting to pull something like that out in my last match here, especially with this being the last match to be wrestled in this exact building,” Berkowitz said. “That’s a move I hit joking around in practice sometimes. I don’t see opportunities to
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hit that in matches too often.” Berkowitz collected his team-leading 20th win of the season, joining freshmen Anthony Rubinetti and Alec McKenna in the win column Friday. Rubinetti recorded a comeback pin at 125 pounds, giving the Cats an early 6-0 lead. Trailing in the match 1-0 with four seconds left, Rubinetti inverted his body forcing his opponent to the
mat and pinning him. The win was the first of his Big Ten career. “Working down this last home stretch, we’ve just been constantly preaching never giving up,” Rubinetti said. “That’s a huge thing, just really dogging it out every last second, every second counts in a match.” McKenna wrestled his way to a 1-1 tie, forcing the match into a sudden victory period. The 141-pounder pulled off a takedown to secure the 3-1 decision and give his team a 9-4 lead. The Cats’ lead quickly disappeared after a series of individual losses
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Jacob Berkowitz wrestles his opponent on the mat. The senior secured a comeback win in his final game at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
rebound against Illini NU will attempt to avoid a multi-game skid with a home win By GARRETT JOCHNAU
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There’s consensus among the leaders of Northwestern’s locker room regarding what the team has to do against Illinois on Tuesday: Stop the bleeding. After last Wednesday’s crushing defeat to No. 16 Purdue, the Wildcats don’t need to sound the alarm; they simply have to ensure that the losses don’t compound. “Most likely you’re not going to run the table in the Big Ten,” coach Chris Collins said. “What you have to eliminate are extended losing streaks. When you do get beat, which is going to happen and happened to us last week, you have to stop the bleeding.” NU’s upcoming home matchup against the Fighting Illini isn’t a Purdue-sized test, nor does it promise to be the uphill battle the Cats will face Sunday against No. 7 Wisconsin. But sandwiched between games against two ranked opponents, Tuesday’s showdown against a beatable Illinois
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team is a must-win for NU as it looks to avoid a losing streak. And even if the cross-state rivals don’t command the same surface respect as the Big Ten’s brass, Collins and his team are prepared for a challenge. “The fine line and the margin for error is very slim in this league, and there’s always a couple of games that could swing a record either way,” Collins said. “When you play a rivalry game or an interstate game like this, it doesn’t really matter what the records are, because they’re going to be ready to play.” It won’t be the first time the Cats enter a winnable game with the added burden of preventing a skid. Earlier this year, NU followed up a dynamic non-conference campaign with a win over Penn State before dropping consecutive games to Michigan State and Minnesota. The Cats rebounded, though, handing Nebraska its first conference loss to spark the six-game winning streak that preceded Wednesday’s » See BASKETBALL, page 6