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Local restaurants showcase food Restaurant Week features three Evanston eateries By JACOB FULTON
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The 13th annual Chicago Restaurant Week comes to an end this weekend, closing its biggest year yet. Coordinated by Choose Chicago, the 17-day event — running from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9 — featured over 430 restaurants located mostly in Chicago. However, around 50 participating restaurants came from Chicago suburbs. As part of the promotion, all restaurants offer multicourse meals at a fixed price: $24 for brunch or lunch, and $36 or $48 for dinner, depending on the meal. This year, three restaurants from the Evanston area participated. Farmhouse Evanston, Oceanique Restaurant and The Stained Glass all offered discounted meals to customers throughout the event. Mark Grosz, the owner of Oceanique Restaurant, said his restaurant has participated in the event for nearly a decade, and he always sees higher sales throughout Restaurant Week — increases that typically hover around 40 percent. He said this helps counterbalance the decrease in revenue that comes with
the winter season. “It’s a really great way to promote the restaurant to people that may not have been here or may not have heard of it,” Grosz said. “For some customers, it may be a little bit pricey for them and this allows them to try it at a discounted fare.” Grosz said he appreciates Chicago Restaurant Week, as he sees many people return for the event, and will also gain repeat customers who appreciate the quality of his food. Al Orendorff, the corporate communications director for Choose Chicago, said the event is just one way restaurants can build connections with their customers. “The opportunity for restaurants to strengthen and build upon relationships that many of them have in the communities and neighborhoods where they are operating is always good,” Orendorff said. “It also encourages neighborhood to neighborhood travel, which is also a good thing.” However, Orendorff said customers aren’t the only ones that see the positive effects of Chicago Restaurant Week. He said this event, and others like it, are more than the financial benefits they provide for owners. They also foster a sense of unity » See WEEK, page 6
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Mark Trahant gives a talk about political representation of Native Americans in media.
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Indian Country Today editor discusses covering Indigenous communities By RAYNA SONG
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Indian Country Today editor Mark Trahant spoke in the McCormick Foundation
Center on Thursday about the political representation of Native Americans in the United States. The publication is a daily digital news platf or m that f ocuses on
Indigenous communities, covering national stories from a Native perspective. Part of that coverage relates to both local and national elections, subjects of Trahant’s research. Trahant said more than 100
Native Americans ran for state and national office during the 2018 midterms. In particular, two Native women, U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) and » See TRAHANT, page 6
Graduate students advocate for all-gender restrooms NU community activists demand equal access to bathrooms on campus, hang signs in protest By YUNKYO KIM
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Graduate students at the School of Communication started hanging up all-gender restroom signs in Annie May Swift Hall as an act of protest. They hope this can spur the University put pressure on the Evanston government to alter code number 2902.4.
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After a year of advocacy, Communication graduate students started hanging up all-gender restroom signs in Annie May Swift Hall as an act of protest. It’s not the first time that students have resorted to public activism to advocate for bathroom access for transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming members of the Northwestern community. A group of anonymous SESP students started to put up all-gender bathroom signs in Annenberg Hall during Fall Quarter. Seeing this, the Communication graduate students decided to add to the effort. “All of our bureaucratic advocacy wasn’t working,” Lauren Herold, a doctorate
student who has advocated for all-gender restrooms, said. “We want to preserve that trans and nonbinary students and faculty and staff deserve access to these bathrooms in our building.” The activists hope this action can urge the University to put pressure on the Evanston government to alter a portion of the city code, which states that “for public facilities that have multiple occupancy restrooms, signs shall indicate that the multiple occupancy restrooms are either designated for men or for women.” Alternatively, if a public building has one single-occupancy restroom, it is designated all-gender. If it has two single-occupancy restrooms, one is designated for males and the other, for females. If the building has three or more, the third bathroom and beyond are designated
all-gender, according to the city code. Annie May Swift and Annenberg Halls only have multiple-stall restrooms. Students and faculty who identify as transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming have no choice but to use gendered restrooms or walk to the nearest accommodation. Rey Tang, a SESP junior who identifies as transgender, said she used all-gender restrooms while transitioning in her second year at Northwestern. While she did not have classes in Annie May Swift, she said she used to work at John J. Louis Hall, which did not all-gender restrooms and she had to tell a coworker that she had to leave the building to use one in Kresge Centennial Hall. “(It’s) blocking people from a basic right because of their » See BATHROOMS, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Therapy dogs take a break, listen to children read By ZOE MALIN
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Children weren’t the only ones who participated in story time at Evanston Public Library on Feb. 4. Cassidy, an 11-year-old German Shepard, and Zoe, a 12-year-old Cocker Spaniel, were also in attendance. The dogs listened to children recite picture books as a part of Tail Waggin’ Tutors, a program that provides attendees with a relaxed environment to practice reading skills. Leigh Kennelly, early learning and literacy librarian, said children feel encouraged by the dogs to read aloud. “Some of the children are struggling readers and feel more comfortable practicing with the dogs,” Kennelly said. “It’s a non-judgmental situation.” Tail Waggin’ Tutors is a program run by Therapy Dogs International, a non-profit organization. It arranges for therapy dogs to visit institutions across the country, like hospitals and schools. Dogs are accompanied by their owners during events and have to pass a test administered by the organization to become a registered therapy dog. Kennelly said a former Therapy Dogs International volunteer who lived in the area brought Tail Waggin’ Tutors to the city. The volunteer approached the library about becoming a location that hosts the program. Ever since, different therapy dogs have participated with their owners depending on their
POLICE BLOTTER $500 of cosmetics stolen from Walgreens, stolen packages recovered A man and a woman took over $500 of cosmetics from Walgreens on Wednesday, police said. The retail theft took place at around 11:23 a.m. in
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Registered therapy dog Cassidy is an 11-year-old German Shepard. She has participated in Tail Waggin’ Tutors since November 2019.
availability. EPL has hosted Tail Waggin’ Tutors for about eight years. The program, designed for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, typically runs four times annually for four weeks.
During EPL’s most recent Tail Waggin’ Tutors event, children gathered around Cassidy and Zoe in two sessions from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. They took turns reading the dogs books while petting them. Evanston resident Wendy Israel joined
the 600 block of Custer Avenue. Employees saw the man and woman with the cosmetics, but the individuals ran from the store before police arrived on the scene. Evanston police Cmdr. Brian Henry said he believes the store has surveillance cameras and detectives will continue investigating. There are currently
no suspects.
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A man is suspected of stealing two packages from a locked common apartment area in the 1300 block of Chicago Avenue. An Evanston woman reported the theft of the packages, which contained bedding
Therapy Dogs International ten years ago. She registered her dog Cassidy with the organization, and they often visit nursing homes together. Israel and Cassidy have participated in Tail Waggin’ Tutors since November 2019. Israel, a retired school teacher, said she loves watching children interact with her dog. “Cassidy is a people-person,” Israel said. “The kids aren’t intimidated or shy around her. They make each other happy.” Kennelly said Tail Waggin’ Tutors is particularly special for children who do not have dogs of their own. She has talked to families who cannot have dogs due to allergies or because they live in a building with a no-pet policy. Tail Waggin’ Tutors gives kids an opportunity to spend quality time with dogs in an educational manner. “Picking up a book and starting to read is not the easiest thing for kids,” Kennelly said. “Being around the dogs can make reading come more naturally.” Deb Mucha volunteers for Therapy Dogs International with her dog Zoe. She learned about the library’s Tail Waggin’ Tutors program after an email was sent out by the organization. She said she immediately signed up. Mucha said volunteering for Tail Waggin’ Tutors has been one of the greatest volunteer experiences. “When the kids begin reading, they’re often quiet, but grow to be louder and more confident,” Mucha said. “That’s exactly what I hoped this program would do for children.” zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu valued at around $50, to the Evanston Police Department on Wednesday. A witness provided police with a description, and they found the suspect nearby with the packages on the same day around 4:30 p.m. — Molly Burke
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ON CAMPUS Abroad expenses stress FGLI students By ANDREA BIAN
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For first-generation, low-income student Anor Chen, the first week back on campus after winter break was full of stress. “It was basically me just running around campus getting signatures — but also me spending a lot of time worrying,” Chen said. The Weinberg sophomore, was referring to the study abroad application, which he looked into after fall quarter. He began the application during winter break, but discovered after arriving back on campus that it required much more work on his end than he thought. When Chen spoke with the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid during appointments regarding his finances for his study abroad experience, he said he often left confused and worried that he couldn’t afford the experience. “If you want to get through it, you better hope you have time to sit down, talk to everyone and spend a week dedicating yourself to this,” Chen said. Chen said he had five to 10 email exchanges with the financial aid office in total. Throughout these conversations, he realized the office misunderstood his financial situation and scholarship status. In initial conversations, the financial aid office advised Chen to apply for a variety of scholarships. Because Chen is already a recipient of outside scholarships, he thought this advice meant the office was already aware of his preexisting aid — and that these scholarships would not fully cover his study abroad experience. “There was a lot of information that was just going over my head,” Chen said. “At one point, I felt like I had to pay the (Expected Family Contribution) myself.” Krista Bethel, senior assistant director of Undergraduate Financial Aid and the manager of Study Abroad Financial Services, said the office’s main goal is to make study abroad possible and accessible for FGLI students.
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Bethel said many students who get regular refunds through financial aid get larger refunds when studying abroad. “I would say that study abroad is definitely doable,” Bethel said. “Most students find it to be as affordable or more affordable than staying at Northwestern.” However, that narrative doesn’t match the reality for many students. Serena Salgado, a Weinberg senior, said her experience studying abroad in South Africa in Spring 2019 came with significant stress prior to her departure. When it came time to book a flight, Salgado struggled to find affordable options. The University has a program called Bridge Builder, designed to help with the immediate costs of studying abroad, including airfare and passport fees. The program offers to pay for flights and other up-front costs for affiliated programs that need to be paid before financial aid packages kick in at the beginning of the study abroad period. However, Salgado said the NU-recommended flight most of her peers took was not the cheapest flight available. She found a cheaper flight, but coordinating that transportation with the travel agency proved difficult. “I would find a cheap flight and it would take (the travel agency) a couple days to respond to me,
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and by then, the price of the flight would’ve gone up,” Salgado said. While Salgado enjoyed her study abroad experience, she emphasized the stress leading up to her departure. She said the office could improve in several ways to make FGLI students feel more comfortable before leaving for a trip. “If it had been explained to me that food was cheaper in South Africa than it is here, I might’ve felt better,” Salgado said. “If they had referred me to a student who had gone before that had been in a similar financial situation as me, that also would’ve helped. I feel like the financial aid office doesn’t have a firm grasp on what to expect when you’re there.” During a presentation for a student organization with which Salgado is involved, Salgado said a staff member from the financial aid office referred to lowincome students as “high-needs” students. “That’s uncomfortable,” Salgado said. “Sometimes it feels like literally the person who’s working there doesn’t understand the experience of low-income students and is dismissive of them. That was one of the most frustrating parts.”
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We need to rethink global terminology
TANISHA TEKRIWAL
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Filling out forms where I have to list race always makes me anxious. I tick Asian, but always hesitate, sometimes adding a small note saying “Indian” in the empty space below. This is not because I’m not Asian or I don’t identify as such, but mainly because I don’t want to misrepresent my history and background. It is because I have noticed that in common speak, at least in the United States, the term holds a very specific weight and connotation: East Asian.
Which is to say words like “non-white”or “person of color” reduce rich and varied peoples to a break from the “normal” or the Eurocentric default. People sometimes forget how big Asia is — it comprises East Asia, South East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, North Asia (Asian Russia) and Western Asia (commonly known as the Middle East). People forget too, or simply don’t know, that statistically, the most populous group of these regions is South Asians, not East Asians. (This is not to say another stereotype or default must emerge, only that the existing must be discarded.) Southeast Asians are often considered the same as East Asians because many people often don’t know about or care enough to draw that difference. Yes, many people from the region can trace their ethnicities to East Asia, but entirely reducing the complexities and circumstances of one geographic region and superimposing it with another is erasure too. Each region in Asia has its own rich history and should not be lumped together as one undifferentiated expanse. This also goes for Africa, and how we often don’t even differentiate between the different countries and cultures of the region, treating it like one large hallway. This stereotyping extends beyond regional conflation, but also religious. When many Americans think of “Muslim,” for example, their minds immediately create images of Middle Eastern or North African origin. While the region is lined with Islamic theocracies of “Arabs,” it only accounts for 20 percent of the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. More than anywhere else in the world, Muslims reside in parts of South Asia and South-East Asia. It has always surprised me, and surprises me still, that the only American sans prefix of “Asian” or “African” is either a descendant of an age-old settler or the white one who need not prove their origin to anyone. Toni Morrison once said of this christening: “In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” I know that it is difficult for these terms to go out of use, that our hyphenations carry history and culture and pain
— many in fact choose voluntarily to identify as such and such is their right. At the same time, it is worth thinking about that it is also a term to make difference, to delineate people into groups that in reality should be one. The question “where are you really from?” is almost always directed toward a person of color. In a similar vein, we need to stop assuming the term “American” is synonymous with white. And let’s talk about the term “person of color” for a second. A study found that shrinking the world’s population to a village of 100 would provide us a prototype where 27 people are white and 73 are not. Which is to say words like “non-white”or “person of color” reduce rich and varied peoples to a break from the “normal” or the Eurocentric default. The term was perhaps first envisioned as a term for cross-racial solidarity or as a replacement for the derogatory “colored people” or “non-white” which reduce rich and varied peoples to a break from the Eurocentric default. In modern usage, however, it has been used as an easy way to skirt around openly using the term “black” or “Latinx,’ and can sometimes funtion the same way “non-white” does. One way I can see getting around these terms is using “racially marginalized communities” or “black and brown people” when referring to whole swaths of people. Vijay Prashad’s book “The Karma of Brown Folk” also describes a possible alternative through the words: “I love the word ‘Desi’... Phrases like African-American, Asian-American, etc. are bureaucratic words that do not hold within them the revolutionary aspirations and histories of a people (categorised but not controlled). I prefer words like Black, Desi, Latino, Chicano...”
When many Americans think of “Muslim,” for example, their minds immediately create images of Middle Eastern or North African origin. While the region is lined with Islamic theocracies of “Arabs,” it only accounts for 20% of the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. Prashad’s terminology works for me, though it might not for others. At the very least, it helps provide a framework for the language we can build moving forward. “The West,” often used in comparison to “other” countries, is a misnomer, but one that is likely to persist for a long time — despite the fact that objections that it refers not to any geographic West but antebellum and outdated conceptions of the world. Analogously, I have heard people use phrases such as “First World plus China, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.” This almost seems like a gatekeeping of who is considered “developed”— I use this hesitantly— as though no amount of catch-up
the rest of the world plays, they will never cross the threshold of European and white civilization.
“The West” too is a misnomer: it refers not to any geographic West but antebellum and outdated conceptions of the world. There’s also the question of misplaced terminology like “third-world,” “developing,” or “peripheries.” These terms introduce the idea of the places they refer to as insignificant or primitive on the European-created barometer. Third-world, for instance, refers to countries that weren’t openly aligned with either side of the Cold War dichotomy. Today, however, it is often associated with poverty or “underdevelopment.” Both usages center the West. “Developing” is a partially accurate term because many countries are, in fact, developing infrastructure and economy, but it still falls short of being a respectful term because the fractured and problematic state of even richer countries is setting the precedent, and ignoring the history of European and American colonial destabilisation of these spaces. “Peripheries”is simply outrageous, even in the economic circles it originated. Recently, a new term has emerged for these areas and is seeing wide usage: “The Global South.” This term, initially aimed at geographic classifications, refers to the fact that many “underdeveloped” and formerly colonized countries are in the Southern Hemisphere and in academic jargon, it may also refer to poor people living in wealthier spaces. It does, however, carry a connotation of inferiority and gross generalization and not a good encapsulation of world economic categories. The most inclusive term that is emerging is “Majority World,” a succinct reminder that the rich are the minority and need not be at the center of world narrative. World Bank statistics from 2018 say that nearly half the world lives on less than $5.50 a day, and 80 percent on $10 or less a day. My purpose in writing this piece was not to list a number of terms that need to immediately be canceled or removed from our daily jargon. It is, however, an attempt to shed light on the simple stereotypes and labels we condone in usage, labels that are not only inaccurate, but ineffective. There are a lot of terms I have not talked about here, both because the list is inexhaustible and because there are terms even I haven’t considered due to my own biases. We are all part of the problem, and we must all work together to change the language with which we describe our world. Tanisha Tekriwal is a Weinberg Freshman. She can be contacted at tanishatekriwal2023@gmail. com. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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Interested in politics? Check out the Democratic Party of Evanston No matter where you are on the political spectrum, chances are good that you are acutely aware of the precarious place our country is in. Prominent Republicans have formed the Lincoln Project to prevent Trump’s reelection. Flaming liberal lawyers, like me, are spending too much time in a state of near apoplexy watching our Democratic Experiment unravel along with our democratic norms. Even The New York Times noted that the circumstances created by Trump made it necessary for their editorial board to frame Democrats’ choice and, in an unprecedented act, they endorsed two people, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.
If you have made your choice, please get involved. Volunteer on a campaign... Most importantly, please vote in Novemeber: so very much is at stake. In short, we need to hear from those who are the future of our country and we need to know the direction you want the country to go. On Feb. 9, at 4 p.m., at the Unitarian Church, the Democratic Party of Evanston will host our Endorsement Event. As one of the most progressive, active, and effective democratic organizations in the state and country, our decisions are noted widely. That is why you must weigh in! If you are on the fence about who you think should face — and hopefully defeat — Trump in November, you really must come to hear prominent surrogates speak about their candidates. This is also the perfect opportunity to learn more about every race on the ballot. And, if you want to meet the candidates down the ballot, many will be in attendance. In his editorial on Dec. 29, 2019, David Leonhardt, an opinion columnist from the New York Times, called the presidential nominating process absurd. He spelled out what most of us suspect: there might be a better way to select our presidents. It certainly did not work optimally for the 2016 election. One of the remedies Leonhardt suggested was adopting rank choice voting. It allows voters to list their second and third choices; many places have adopted this system for their elections. To help explain rank choice voting, we will have a demonstration of it as part of the Endorsement Event. If you have made your choice, please get involved. Volunteer on a campaign. Most importantly, please vote in November: so very much is at stake. — Michelle Jordan, President, Democratic Party of Evanston
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U.S. Rep. Schakowsky condemns Senate acquittal of Trump
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) condemned the Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump in a Wednesday news release, calling the decision a “dangerous precedent.” The House of Representatives impeached Trump
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Deb Haaland (D-NM), were elected to the U.S. Congress. “For the first time, more native women than men ran and made history by winning seats in Congress,” Trahant said. Their elections doubled the number of Native Americans in Congress, as Davids and Haaland joined U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and U.S. Rep Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Medill Dean Charles Whitaker helped organize the event and said it is important to heighten awareness on campus about what Indian Country Today does. “Indian Country Today is a really important voice for Native American issues that don’t get
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gender identity,” Tang said. Transgender and non-binary individuals should not have to ask for bathroom access, Herold said, and the Evanston code should be changed. The students reached out to Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th), who was been supportive, Herold said. There has not been action from Evanston’s City Council. The group has also reached out to administrators of the buildings and Multicultural Student Affairs, which were supportive of the code change but did not give a definitive response. Students involved in the effort at both buildings recounted supportive responses from administrators, who slowly stopped responding. Doctorate student Cara Dickason said the spirit of the current law was to make bathrooms more equitable in a time when women were just entering the University. The lack of new action
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 on two charges on Dec. 18. On Wednesday, the Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump of abuse of power and 53-47 to acquit him of obstruction of Congress. U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) [cq] voted in favor of removal on the charge of abuse of power, becoming the first senator in U.S. history to vote to remove a president from their respective party from office. On obstruction of Congress, the Senate split down party lines. Schakowsky stated in the release that the Senate
trial was unfair due to its lack of witnesses or new evidence. “If this conduct does not warrant removal, then what does?” Schakowsky said. “If this President, who time after time puts his personal interests over the interests of the nation, is not removable, then who is?” However, Schakowsky ended the release with a promise of future action following her criticism. She said the Democratic Party will continue to hold Trump accountable in both branches of Congress.
She also said she will work to pass legislation centered around healthcare, jobs and climate issues leading up to the 2020 election. “I will continue fighting and speaking out against his every move that threatens our national security and the well-being of our people,” Schakowsky said. “And I will work tirelessly to ensure that this President is a one-term President left only to be judged by the history books.”
nature of the cooking community,” Orendorff said. “They’re part of something special.” Orendorff said this community is incredibly important, given Chicago’s global reputation for high-caliber cuisine. Grosz said a central priority for him while
the event is occurring is to ensure customers have the same quality experience they would any other time of year. “ We’re a small family business and we pay attention to detail ever y day,” Grosz said. “ We don’t skimp on anything on
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much coverage in the national media,” Whitaker said. Trahant said that the current presidential election gave his publication the opportunity to bring Native issues to the national stage. In August 2019, several Democratic presidential candidates attended a Native American forum in Iowa, and Trahant moderated the event. After the forum, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, one of the candidates, accepted an invitation from Trahant for an interview with Indian Country Today in Arizona. This is believed to be the first interview of a presidential candidate in a Native newsroom, Trahant said. Trahant also addressed concerns about the decline of opportunities in the media industry. He said he believed the situation to be the
exact opposite, and that “this is a time of enormous opportunity” because of the widespread usage of mobile phones and its capabilities to help facilitate more efficient reporting. “The narrative about media is often about decline. Shrinking staffs. Less resources,” Trahant said. “That’s not the world I know. Indian Country Today is about creating something new, adding resources, and best of all, ideas.” Whitaker said Indian Country Today was able to do phenomenal journalism with very cost-efficient methods. By using only cell phones, the publication shows that reporters don’t need tons of expensive equipment to do impactful journalism in a digital age. Imani Harris, a Medill sophomore, said the presentation resonated with her because black
people and Native American people have a tied history in the United States. “It made me think about all-black publications… creating media for black people, by black people,” said Harris. Trahant ended the presentation by talking about how the image of Native Americans might change due to their increasing representation in politics. “If you think about the images that people will think of when they think of Native Americans, particularly after seeing political commercials, perhaps they will think about dances or songs or artwork,” Trahant said. “But it might be that now people will think, ‘Wow, these are the people who govern.’”
goes against the virtue of the code, she said. “It’s very frustrating that the changes we’re proposing are obviously not to take bathrooms away from anyone,” Dickason said, “but to make them even more equitable.” Dickason said the bureaucracy and the University’s unwillingness to make a “bold,” progressive stance, is keeping individuals from getting the bathroom access they deserve. In 2017, Northwestern made headlines when it became the first major Chicago university to open a multi-occupancy, gender-neutral bathroom in its Chicago campus. The University designated its first all-gender restroom in 2014 in Norris University Center. Still, the University’s queer communities say this is not enough. The Queer Pride Graduate Student Association in 2019 identified bathrooms as one of the top most important issues for genderqueer, nonbinary and transgender students. It also said students have reported being stopped by other students or staff who
perceived they were going into the incorrect bathrooms. It also reported that a student developed urinary tract infections and bladder infections because of their inability to access a bathroom facility. Matt Abtahi, an assistant director at Multicultural Student Affairs, said bathrooms are not just the concern for accessibility, but lead to forcible gender assignments, due to the lack of available all-gender restroom facilities on campus. “When they go in those spaces, they are policed by other members of the university community,” Abtahi said, “which is just inevitably harmful to their experience while here at Northwestern.” A source who asked to remain anonymous for privacy-related concerns said they put up the signs in Annenberg. They told The Daily they know many transgender and nonbinary students in SESP who have to walk up to 15 minutes to access the nearest all-gender bathroom.
The time that transgender and non-binary students have to waste to access suitable restrooms also shows a trend of a lack of awareness on campus, they said. “We have no idea whether or not (the University) working on this, and how they’re working on it,” they said. “It just feels like if there’s no tangible, like something that’s not in the face of the administration every day, they can just wave their hand at it, and like, make it go away.” In an email to the Daily, University spokesperson Bob Rowley said the University works to provide a “safe and inclusive environment” for everyone, including non-conforming and trans staff, faculty, and students. “This includes providing and designating All-Gender Restroom facilities to provide a safe and welcoming space for individuals who may identify as transgender or outside of the male/female gender binary,“ Rowley said.
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Fargo wasn’t in Kansas City anymore when the FX television anthology series filmed in two Evanston locations last week. The show’s fourth season, which premieres April 19, features stars including Chris Rock, Uzo Aduba and Timothy Olyphant. Set in 1950s Kansas City, the season will follow two rival crime families, who have brokered a peace deal in which they exchange the oldest sons of the heads of the families. Fargo is typically produced in Calgary, Canada, but this season’s footage includes a private residence in Rogers Park. Scouting trips around the Chicago area brought the crew to Evanston when the show needed other places to film. The show shot in two locations on Jan. 30: on Judson Avenue, and in alleys between Davis Street and Grove Street and Orrington Avenue and Chicago Avenue. Marcos Classen, the city’s parking operations coordinator, said the city often receives filming requests, especially for the Judson Avenue location that features architecture reminiscent of older decades.
He said student films account for most of the requests, and Fargo was the only major studio production to film in the area in the past few years. Classen said preparation for the filming process began last summer, when location scouts from the studio reached out to him and said they were interested in filming in Evanston. Based on the scale of the shoot, he said the city needed more information about what would be required. “Because this was a bigger shoot, and the studio had two locations they were interested in filming, the assistant location manager wanted to meet at one of the locations they were looking at,”Classen said.“I went out there with my manager so we could understand what they were thinking about, because the area they were filming was more of a downtown area.” When filming was approved, Classen said he had to notify residents living in the area, as well as any businesses, because officials needed to block off areas around the shoot to prevent any interferences with filming. Classen said he was excited that a reputable television show was filming in the area, but noted the city was unsure about whether it would actively pursue similar opportunities. jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu
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Last season, Northwestern lacrosse won a Big Ten Tournament title and made it to the Final Four before a blowout loss to the eventual national champions knocked them out of contention. The No. 3 Wildcats are looking to rebound from a disappointing loss to Maryland in the Final Four and put together another strong Big Ten Championship campaign. That starts this weekend, with a home game against Detroit Mercy and then on the road at No. 20 Duke. NU faces a big challenge in replacing graduated
attacker Selena Lasota, who was a Tewaaraton finalist and led the Cats in goals and points last season. “The biggest thing we’re working on now replacing (is Lasota’s) leadership,”coach Kelly Amonte Hiller told US Lacrosse Magazine earlier this winter. “Any time you lose a great player like that, you replace by committee. You don’t replace it with one particular person.” Sophomore attacker Izzy Scane, last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year and the top scorer behind Lasota, has made a strong case to take Lasota’s place at the center of NU’s offense. Scane participated in the U19 World Championship in August 2019 and was the Player of the Match in the US’s final vs. Canada. Junior midfielder Brennan Dwyer set a school record for most draw controls in a single season and was fifth in the nation in draw controls last season.
Both Dwyer and Scane were All-Americans last season and will be a key part of the Cats’ gameplan this weekend and this season. Since the Big Ten formed a women’s lacrosse league, the Cats have not been able to replicate the success they had in the American Lacrosse Conference, where they won a stunning seven national championships. Last season changed that, with NU going on its deepest tournament run since joining the conference and winning its first Big Ten Tournament title. “We had a great culture,” Amonte Hiller said after their loss in the Final Four. “It was very unselfish, and the girls were extremely positive, and they learned how to believe in themselves. I think that win that we had at the Big Ten Championship was a big sign
of our growth.” NU returns 29 players from that Final Four squad, and gains 12 new recruits, including U19 World Championship all-tournament player freshman midfielder Eve Hritzuk. The Big Ten promises to be as challenging a conference as last year, with the Terrapins currently ranked No. 2 in the NCAA, and Michigan ranked at No. 8. NU will be able to set the tone for the season this weekend, especially in its game against the Blue Devils. “Hopefully our team learned a lot of lessons (last) season,” Amonte Hiller said. “They can do it, they’ve got a lot of confidence from this. I hope they get a lot of motivation so we can continue to build the culture.”
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Chris Collins was sitting in Duke’s players’ lounge 25 years ago, unaware that his basketball life was about to change. So far, his playing career had been a nearly perfect journey –– from an elite Chicago high school basketball player to an impact freshman at Duke to a starting guard on a Final Four team his sophomore season. Then eleven games into his junior season, Collins dealt with his first real adversity on the basketball court. In January 1995, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski called a team meeting and told the Blue Devils that he wouldn’t be coaching the rest of the season as he dealt with a medical issue. The Blue Devils started the season 8-3, but after Krzyzewski left, the team crumbled. Duke finished that season at 13-18 and dead last in the ACC, making it the Blue Devils’ worst finish since 1983. Collins has said Duke’s 1995 season has been on his mind as Northwestern is having a challenging season of its own. “As hard as it was to go through it, I look back on that time of my life and that was the biggest growth that I ever made,” Collins said. “It forced me to look inside myself as a player and find something, find something, find a toughness.” The Wildcats (6-15, 1-10 Big Ten) are on pace to have their worst season since 2000, which has been difficult for a noted competitor like Collins. But the two teams Collins has been a part of have a lot of similarities. That Duke team and Collins’ NU
team both relied on three freshmen. Both teams frequently lost close games. And they believed brighter days were ahead of them. After NU lost a late lead to No. 17 Maryland in January, Collins explained his experience at Duke, hoping the Cats can rally together like Duke did 25 years ago. “Coach Collins experienced major adversity in 1995,” former Duke guard Kenneth Blakeney told The Daily. “And I know that he has adversity with this year’s Northwestern team. Through adversity, there’s two ways you can go. You can be strong or you can sulk and feel bad for yourself. We know you have to face the music.” *** It’s hard to quantify how much pressure was on Duke to make it to the postseason. Between 1984 and 1994, the Blue Devils made every NCAA Tournament, advanced to six final fours and won two national championships. According to former Duke forward Ricky Price, the program’s prior success weighed on Collins when he was a player. “(Collins) had been on teams that went to the national championship game, so he experienced winning,” Price said. “For him, it was a hard pill to swallow when all you know is winning, and then you get to a season where all you know is losing.” After losing Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils lost 15 of their last 20 games, including 12 games by single digits that season and eight games by five points or fewer. Duke’s conference schedule started with a five point loss to Clemson. In the Blue Devils’ next game, they lost by seven to No.
24 Georgia Tech. Then by 10 points at No. 14 Wake Forest. Then by three points to Virginia in double overtime. As the team watched a tournament berth slip away, Price said, their frustration snowballed. “There were so many games we lost that were really, really close,” Price said. “It’s not like we were getting blown out. We were never getting blown out. Since we lost all these close games, it was tough to swallow. The frustration was there because we kept losing.” According to Price, Collins took Duke’s poor season personally. Collins realized what he was doing “was not good enough,” and that he needed to approach the 199596 season in a different way. “I would easily say that junior year was his toughest year,” Price said “Statistically, he wasn’t having a great year. But that laid the foundation for his senior year, which was magnificent.” To make sure that change happened, Collins became the Blue Devils’ most vocal leader. “He saw how what we were doing is not good enough,” Price said. “If you go to practice everyday and you get those results, you have to understand that’s not good enough.” When Krzyzewski returned for the 1995-96 season, Duke’s late-game issues subsided. In Collins’ senior season, the Blue Devils returned to the NCAA Tournament, and Collins averaged 16.3 points per game and was named to the postseason all-ACC team. Collins had the program back on the right path. “He had a joyous spirit about him,” Blakeney said. “It was almost like he was a young man playing basketball for the first
time who had just made his first basket. He always had this youthful, joyous spirit about him that was refreshing to our program and uplifting.” *** Twenty-five years later, Collins hopes Northwestern’s players will build off a disappointing season the way he did at Duke. Just like with his old team, the coach is throwing young players into the fray and hoping they grow from their experiences. “Sometimes you learn your biggest lessons through adversity if you handle it right,” Collins said. “You’re being tested. Okay. How important is this? Is it okay to keep losing or am I going to push myself even harder to find a way to win?” If there’s anyone who understands what this season has been like for Collins, it’s Blakeney, his former teammate. Now, Blakeney is the head coach at Howard University. In Blakeney’s first year with the team, Howard is 2-22 and winless in conference play. Blakeney said the memories from 25 years ago are valuable to reflect on, and he has faith that Collins can make it work again. “He’s drawing from the 1995 season because that gives you that feeling that it’s going to be ok,” Blakeney. “He does everything with toughness and enthusiasm, so he knows this challenging time right now will grow into wins. And I know that Chris will have the Northwestern program back into the NCAA Tournament in no time.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu