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ASG reacts to assault reports Students call for suspension of SAE after allegations By MATTHEW CHOI
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Associated Student Government released a statement early Wednesday morning calling for the suspension of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and another unnamed fraternity involved in reports of multiple alleged sexual assaults and possible druggings at campus fraternity houses in recent weeks. The statement, posted on ASG’s Facebook page, said ASG executive board is “appalled and outraged” by the University’s announcement Monday night notifying students that the administration had received a report alleging four female students were given date rape drugs at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on Jan. 21. Two of the students alleged that they were also sexually assaulted. In an email to students, chief of police Bruce Lewis said the University also received an anonymous report Friday alleging that another female student was sexually assaulted, potentially with the use of a date rape drug, after attending an event at a second, unnamed fraternity the previous night. » See ASG, page 6
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Students gather at the Rock for a vigil commemorating those affected by an executive order barring refugees and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The event was hosted by Canterbury House and featured participants of diverse faiths.
Students of different faiths gather at vigil
Event planned at The Rock in opposition to President Trump’s immigration ban By CATHERINE KIM
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About 30 students of different religions gathered at The Rock on Tuesday to stand against the travel ban imposed by the Trump administration. As they stood shoulder-to-shoulder, they shared prayers, criticisms and hopes in response to the recent executive order. The #NoBanNoWall Vigil — hosted by Canterbury House,
Northwestern’s Episcopal ministry — was organized in response to the executive order signed Jan. 27 barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for 90 days, preventing refugees from entering the country for 120 days and Syrian refugees indefinitely. The executive order was halted nationwide following a federal judge’s temporary stay on the ban Friday. Students came out to discuss the importance of standing together in the wake of the order, followed by a prayer and a candle
lighting. Bienen freshman So Yeon Shin said her mom has been a permanent resident in the United States for 18 years and that the executive order hits close to home. Even more tragic is to think that some have already been separated from their families, she said. She described the current state of the the country as a “nightmare and I can’t wake up.” Shin, who identifies as Christian, also noted that Jesus was a foreigner, like many of those who were barred from entering the
United States. Quoting the Bible, she said it was crucial for people to always treat others as they would want to be treated. “It’s our moral duty to care for one another and care for each other in times like these,” she said. Brandon Bernstein, campus rabbi at Fiedler Hillel, said a commandment repeated multiple times in the Torah is to welcome the stranger. Rather than fearing a stranger, it is important to recognize encountering different people as an opportunity to interact with someone new, he said.
Bernstein also emphasized the significance of continuing to show support beyond attending brief gatherings. “It is very easy to say that we are in support of things and show at a protest,” he said. “It’s a lot harder to live it in our life.” Weinberg senior Gustavo Berrizbeitia talked about his Roman Catholic background and said his mother had taught him the most important part of being a Catholic is being out on the streets helping » See VIGIL, page 6
Candidates discuss policing at debate State bills address By RYAN WANGMAN
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Evanston mayoral candidates reaffirmed the city’s commitment to being a sanctuary city and discussed racial bias in policing at a debate Monday night. The candidates discussed town-gown relations, police policy changes and how to connect with the student body at the debate hosted by the Northwestern University Political Union and The Daily Northwestern. The five candidates — Steve Hagerty, Ald. Brian Miller (9th), Ald. Mark Tendam (6th), Gary Gaspard and Jeff Smith (Weinberg ‘77) — are vying to take over the position from current mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, who is not running for reelection. Miller, who called for the release of Northwestern graduate student Lawrence Crosby’s arrest
video in January, said he believed the circumstances of Crosby’s arrest were racially biased. In the video, Crosby was pulled over, tackled and punched by officers responding to the reported theft of a car that turned out to be
his own. Miller emphasized the importance of having hard conversations and said he’s an “independent voice” on the city council. “Our police force polices our minority neighborhoods differently than it does the
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Evanston’s five mayoral candidates share various parts of their platforms at a debate held Monday night. The candidates discussed police procedure and town-gown relations.
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non-minority neighborhoods,” Miller said. “By automatically assuming Mr. Crosby was a gang member, that’s racial bias.” Smith said while he believes there is racial bias in society that extends throughout police forces, he said he was not willing to look at a particular case and claim it was a result of racial bias. “Statistically, the EPD does a better job, in terms of both who they stop and the amount of complaints they get, than your average police force,” Smith said. Still, Smith said EPD police officers should be out in the community more to better engage with the community. When questioned about the federal government’s resolve to pull funding from sanctuary cities, all candidates agreed they would uphold the “welcoming city” ordinance if elected mayor. Gaspard, who briefly lived in » See DEBATE, page 6
group residences Lawmakers aim to improve homes for disabled adults
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Illinois lawmakers introduced several bills at the end of January to address problems with group homes for adults with disabilities. The proposed bills would strengthen licensing requirements and oversight for group homes in Illinois. The bills follow an investigation by the Chicago Tribune published in November and December exposing substandard living conditions and neglect in group homes. The state’s group home system covers more than
12,000 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Tribune investigation highlighted cases of neglect and problems at homes run by Disability Services of Illinois, which runs a private network of group homes serving residents in Chicago and the south suburbs. Following the investigation, state officials revoked the license for Disability Services of Illinois, citing “imminent risk” to residents. Four of the six bills would require state group homes and other community-integrated living arrangements to maintain contact information and pictures of residents, allow unrestricted state access to residents undergoing transitions to new homes and establish an attendance and destination log to track when residents » See BILLS, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Lisa Madigan presses Rauner on executive orders State attorney general urges Illinois governor not to enforce President Trump’s immigration orders By NORA SHELLY
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan sent a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday urging him to not enforce several of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, including one limiting immigration. According to a news release, Madigan named three orders that impact Illinois: one that instructed the Department of Homeland Security to authorize local law enforcement agencies to serve as immigration officers; another that would pull federal grant funding from sanctuary cities and a third that imposed a temporary travel ban on refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Madigan said Rauner has a responsibility to work against the order. Madigan wrote that the lives of immigrants and refugees from Illinois have been “upended.” “Use your authority as the Governor of one of the most diverse states in the nation to protect all of the residents of Illinois — along with our employers and educational institutions — from the harm caused by these executive actions,” Madigan wrote in the letter. Madigan urged Rauner to resist against Homeland Security requests to have local law enforcement officers serve as immigration authorities, because it would take away already “scarce resources” and would “undermine” the country’s values. Eleni Demertzis, a spokesperson for Rauner, said in a statement that the governor had “no intention” of deputizing the Illinois State Police as immigration
Police Blotter Wallet stolen at Cheesie’s Pub & Grub
A 23-year-old woman from Western Springs, Illinois, had her wallet stolen at Cheesie’s Pub & Grub at 622 Davis St. on Saturday. At around 3 a.m. on Saturday, the woman was
officers. Madigan also suggested the governor devote more resources to the Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services within the Illinois Department of Human Services, which helps immigrants and refugees settle in the state. According to the news release, 1,001 refugees entered Illinois from the beginning of October 2016 to the end of January. In November 2015, Rauner announced a temporary closure of Illinois to Syrian refugees following the Paris attacks that month. However, governors have little control over the issue because the federal government handles refugee resettlement. After Trump signed the executive order banning Syrian refugees and limiting immigration, Rauner released a statement urging “swift resolution” of concerns raised over the order. Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said the governor was “opposed to immigration bans that target any specific religion” at the time, and that the country needed to “balance” security concerns with the tradition of “welcoming immigrants and refugees.” In the letter, Madigan also urged Rauner to pledge strong enforcement of the state’s anti-discrimination laws and defense from hate crimes. Demertzis said in the statement that Madigan’s letter was “detached from reality,” and that the governor has supported refugees settling in the state and had signed legislation strengthening Illinois’ hate crime statutes in the past. Madigan also filed an amicus curiae brief on Friday in the the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco in support of a lawsuit
filed there that challenges the executive order on immigration. The order was halted by a federal judge in Washington state on Friday. That decision was appealed, but the appeal was stayed over the weekend. Madigan filed the brief along with 15 other attorney generals. “Our country was built by immigrants and refugees
approached by an unidentified male in the restaurant, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The woman said the man started a conversation with her, Dugan said, which she believed was aimed to distract her. When the man left, she noticed her wallet was missing. The stolen wallet is a green and blue cloth wallet
from Vera Bradley, valued at about $20. Inside were the woman’s driver’s license, three credit cards, a debit card and other forms of identification, Dugan said.
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who came here in search of a better life,” Madigan said in the statement. “Illinois is home to nearly 2 million immigrants who contribute to our state in invaluable ways. I will fight to ensure Illinois remains a safe and welcome home for immigrants and refugees.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan holds a press conference in Chicago in 2011. Madigan sent a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday urging him to not enforce several of President Donald Trump’s executive orders limiting immigration.
Car stolen from street
A 30-year-old man reported his car as stolen Monday in south Evanston.
The man told police that he parked his car, a blue 1998 Honda Civic, at 7 p.m. on Feb. 5, but it was no longer there when he returned the next morning at 8 a.m. The man’s keys are accounted for, Dugan said. — Kristina Karisch
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At a panel presented by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, Native American scholars and academics discussed methods for supporting Standing Rock, such as divestment campaigns and social media posts aimed at disseminating topics not covered by mainstream media. “NoDAPL and the Future of Indigenous Organizing,” an event co-sponsored by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, the Buffett Institute and several other groups centered on social justice, also examined the movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline — an underground oil pipeline project that could threaten Native water supplies — within a historical context. Al Eastman, a panelist who is Sicangu Lakota, said divesting from large banks can send a message of resistance to institutions that finance energy companies focused on building the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline, a proposed oil pipeline that many worry could damage sacred Native sites. Eastman, archery director for the American Indian Center in Chicago, added that calling elected officials and demanding justice for marginalized groups can generate real change despite the misconception that small actions go nowhere. Ninah Divine (Weinberg ’16), coordinator of the Native American and Indigenous Peoples Steering Group, said she helped Patrick Eccles, associate director of the Buffett Institute, select panelists after he reached out to her with the idea for the panel. Divine, who is Cherokee, said the panel gave Native scholars the opportunity to share their work, research, experiences and thoughts on issues currently affecting Native communities. The event was held in Harris Hall. “(The panel) builds a mutual relationship between Northwestern and Native communities in Chicago and elsewhere,” she said, “where we can elevate Native
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Al Eastman, a panelist and archery director for the American Indian Center in Chicago, discusses the power of divesting from banks that finance the Dakota Access Pipeline. The event, held in Harris Hall, also focused on the role of social media as a tool for political action.
voices, and they can bring scholarship to our campus and educate our students.” Panelist Kristen Simmons, an anthropology graduate student at the University of Chicago, said social media can give power to those who want to fight for Native issues but cannot physically be at Standing Rock. Simmons, who is Paiute, said these platforms can also serve as important tools for coalition building. Still, though social media does have potential to enact tangible change, Simmons said it is vital to listen before taking action. “It’s important for people to sometimes sit back and listen and see what’s happening before jumping in,” she said. Lois Biggs, a Weinberg freshman who attended
the event, said she was moved by the stories of panelists who encountered crowd control tactics like teargas and rubber bullets while demonstrating. Biggs, who is White Earth Ojibwe and Oklahoma Cherokee, said panelists also provided a historical context for the #NoDAPL movement and specific ideas for standing with Native communities. “Another thing that’s really important is just supporting and sharing the work of Native journalists themselves who are telling their own stories, and the stories of their communities, in really direct and impactful ways,” she said. “And I think that it’s really important that we continue to fight the fight at Standing Rock.” jacobholland2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Scientific consensus must be seen as fact HANNAH DION-KIRSCHNER DAILY COLUMNIST
In 2004, a Harvard professor surveyed 928 randomly-selected scientific publications mentioning the phrase “global climate change.” Of these 928 papers, not one countered the theory that human activity is a major cause of climate change. Thirteen years later, the new White House administration is stressing that the scientific connection between humans and climate change is uncertain. In the past, President Donald Trump has tweeted that climate change is a “hoax” created by China and “an expensive form of tax.” Although he acknowledged “some connectivity” between human activity and climate change in a November interview, he has since continued to claim that “nobody really knows” whether climate change is occurring or is attributable to humans. Cabinet members who will influence environmental policy have expressed similar skepticism. Secretary of the Interior nominee Ryan Zinke said in a 2014 campaign debate that global climate change is “not a hoax, but not proven science either.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of Exxon, as well as the nominees to head the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy have made the same argument: Climate change may occur in the future, but the science remains inconclusive. The views of President Trump and his cabinet are already having tangible effects.
Within hours of the inauguration on Jan. 21, the White House webpage on climate change was deleted. The following Tuesday, in the wake of a gag order placed on the EPA, the Badlands National Park tweeted facts about climate change, but the tweets were promptly removed. The removal of climate change information from government media sources is an obvious attempt to delegitimize the information. Presenting climate science as uncertain and therefore illegitimate fundamentally misrepresents the role of uncertainty in science. A researcher’s job requires constant acknowledgement of uncertainty: first questioning existing knowledge, then performing experiments to answer the questions, and publishing whatever conclusions are reached. In order for the scientific process to continue, the researcher must clarify how well-understood their findings are, allowing future researchers to probe the uncertainties and seek out more definitive answers. Although uncertainty is a natural part of the scientific process, the word “uncertain” can become a crutch for politicians as they attempt to appease both their constituents and powerful lobbies. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2014 report states with “high confidence” that sea levels will rise, “despite the lack of attribution of observed coastal changes.” Though the IPCC’s conclusion is clear, the “despite” could be represented as a fatal caveat rather than the prudent acknowledgement of scientific limitations that it is. Qualifiers like this one are necessary in scientific research to call attention to areas for further investigation, but it is easy to see how they could be spun as a flaw in the
research. Scientists are rarely willing to claim certainty, but after sufficient findings the scientific community can still reach a consensus. So although climate change and its wide-ranging potential impacts may still be imperfectly understood, a Harvard professor was able to find a powerful consensus among scientists, even 13 years ago, that climate change is occurring and humans are the major contributor. Even while climate models are being refined, it is vital that the scientific consensus on climate change be viewed as fact for the sake of policy decisions. Here, the onus is on both researchers and policymakers. Researchers should continue to carefully articulate uncertainties when communicating within academia, but when communicating scientific consensus to the public and policymakers, they should not shy away from using stronger language. Meanwhile, politicians should dare to choose research evidence over party concerns where virtually all scientists in a field draw the same fundamental conclusion. Unsettled, unproven and uncertain may be dirty words in politics, but on climate change, the consensus is clear — and, to a politician, “consensus” should be more than enough to justify action. Hannah Dion-Kirschner is a junior in Weinberg and Bienen. She can be reached at hannahdionkirschner2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Celebrities should speak out on politics ALANI VARGAS
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Today’s political climate is anything but civil. President Donald Trump is hell-bent on keeping campaign promises based on his xenophobic rhetoric. So it should come as no surprise that many are speaking out and protesting against his presidency and against his executive orders that have already targeted reproductive rights, the Dakota Access Pipeline and Muslim immigration. While many people are raising their voices in a time of turmoil and injustice, celebrities with large fan bases are among the most heard. I am bewildered by the outpouring of hate many celebrities are getting for expressing their frustrations with Trump. For example, a friend shared an article about Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech, with the first comment expressing the opinion that celebrities should not comment on politics. With that reasoning, however, neither should Trump. That didn’t stop the almost 63 million American people from voting him the leader of the free world. Trump is a celebrity, and although he
proved a successful politician, he has thus far proved an astoundingly incompetent president. Ronald Reagan was an actor before he assumed the position of commander-inchief, and also proved to be a disappointing president. Putting their skill as politicians aside, celebrities have always spoken out about causes they hold dear, and political commentary on the red carpet and in acceptance speeches is the norm, especially in this tumultuous political climate. Nonetheless, on Jan. 9, Trump tweeted “Meryl Streep, one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked (me) last night at the Golden Globes,” the day after Streep condemned Trump for mocking a disabled journalist and encouraged the protection of journalism and free press. The speech was hardly inflammatory; Streep didn’t even mention Trump’s name. Since then, more actors and singers have spoken out against his executive orders and his role as president. Although there are very few celebrities and popular figures who will speak up in support of Trump, they do exist. These differing opinions, whether through social media, in the press or in everyday life, are what make a democracy flourish.
Although Streep was widely criticized for her political acceptance speech, few conservatives were criticizing Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta after his seemingly pro-Trump tweet in November. Granted, his did tweet critique Hollywood, saying that high-profile actors should “pony up and head for the border,” but Arrieta is still a public figure himself. Yet when another athlete, Colin Kaepernick, staged a silent protest against police brutality, conservatives were fast to burn his jersey. Celebrities are have opinions just like the rest of us. When given a prominent platform, these personalities should lend their perspectives on important issues, stand against injustices and give a voice to those who have none. To tell celebrities they have no place in politics or advocacy is hypocritical. In denouncing celebrities for speaking up, we are criticizing them for using the right to free speech we practice every day — and are practicing in denouncing them. Alani Vargas is a Medill junior. She can be reached at alanivargas2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
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SHAPE demands Sigma Alpha Epsilon be held accountable On Tuesday, The Daily reported that the University received four reports of femaleidentifying students being given a date-rape drug at Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on Jan. 21. Of the four, two reported being sexually assaulted. There was also another report of a female-identifying student being sexually assaulted at an undisclosed fraternity Feb. 2, with a date-rape drug possibly being involved as well. As members of Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, we have a responsibility to the Northwestern community to provide factual information about sexual health. As an extension of the Center for Awareness and Response Education within the student body, we serve as an organization that, first and foremost, advocates for survivors of assault. In light of recent events, however, we feel that specific attention needs to be given to perpetrators and the systems in which they are allowed to continue to exist. To solve a problem, we must turn to the source. And based on the recent security alert, we also know that there have been specific alleged accounts of druggings and sexual assault within the SAE house. If our campus claims to support survivors but does not hold fraternities accountable for their role in promoting rape culture and perpetrating assaults, our words mean nothing. It is unacceptable that fraternities have frequently valued protecting their “brothers” over preventing sexual assault and rape, and it is unacceptable that so many on our campus have been willing to turn a blind eye to the actions of their peers. Bystanders must be specific with who they are calling out and what actions they are going to take or they are just as complicit as the perpetrator. Active perpetrators of sexual assault comprise a very small percentage of the population, but they exist within the broader context of systems and institutions that promote rape culture. If fraternities on our campus are serious about fighting sexual assault, they’re going to have to move far beyond solely hanging banners for Sexual Assault Awareness Week. SAE’s national headquarters are located on our campus, a physical manifestation of their power and privilege as an institution. SAE’s national board released a statement Tuesday afternoon that said, “When incidents are brought to our attention, we take immediate action, and will not hesitate to take corrective actions or impose sanctions on any member or chapter that fails to follow the stringent guidelines we set forth.” It is the hope of SHAPE that these sanctions function as less of a slap on the wrist and more as a punitive measure for the violations its members committed. SAE is no stranger to scandals resulting from racist behavior and violations of sexual misconduct policies at other chapters across the country. If SAE, an institution fully capable of taking a stance against sexual assault and violence, decides to stay passive on these issues, they are not simply aiding and abetting, they are the problem. At this time, it is incredibly important for our community to come together and support all survivors of sexual assault and misconduct. We must focus on making resources more available and transparent, and making campus a safer space for survivors. This means more than just promoting CARE as a resource or teaching people how to respond to disclosures of sexual assault. We must take an active stance against systems and institutions on campus that perpetuate rape culture. We can no longer allow any Northwestern organization, no matter how long its history or how generous its alumni donors, to harbor rapists or perpetrators of sexual assault. If we continue to turn a blind eye to perpetrators or are not actively working toward addressing instances of sexual harassment or assault, we help to sustain a system that prioritizes protecting rapists over supporting survivors. Signed, The members of Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators
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Kombucha startup wins Kellogg venture challenge First-year Kellogg student Kathryn Bernell wins $5,000 in competition inspired by ‘Shark Tank’ By CATHERINE KIM
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Kathryn Bernell holds a check after pitching her kombucha startup at the first Kellogg Venture Challenge Shark Tank. The startup features organic kombucha beverages.
State bill would require presidential candidates to release tax returns
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) introduced a bill Tuesday that would bar presidential candidates from appearing on the ballot in Illinois if they had not released tax returns. The bill is “designed to ensure Illinois voters
have important information about the financial interests of candidates,” according to a news release. It would require candidates to release five years of their income tax returns. “As voters are called upon to vote for the best possible candidate for president, they should have as much information as possible about their options,” Biss said. The bill also requires vice presidential candidates to release their returns. Candidates would be required to file copies of their returns
First-year Kellogg School of Management student Kathryn Bernell went home with a grand prize of $5,000 after pitching and sharing samples from her kombucha startup at the first Kellogg Venture Challenge Shark Tank on Friday. Eight student-run startups participated in the competition — inspired by the ABC show “Shark Tank” — by giving five-minute pitches and answering questions in front of four judges, who also considered votes cast by audience members. Bernell won first place for her kombucha company, Re-Bucha, which produces drinks using imperfect produce — food she describes as “cosmetically imperfect” — to prevent it from being thrown out. More than 40 percent of food that is grown and produced in the United States is not consumed, Bernell said. She first decided to launch Re-Bucha because she was passionate about raising awareness and building meaningful systems to combat the “massive” issues surrounding food waste, she said. “By delivering high-quality products that … have great flavors and still delight customers, (consumers are) being educated that imperfect produce doesn’t mean a lower quality offering,” she said. Although Re-Bucha is still in its early stages, Bernell has been creating partnerships and gathering consumer feedback. Health food company Protein Bar has already shown interest by agreeing to sell her drinks once Re-Bucha goes into production, she said. with the IRS before the general election ballot was certified. Biss said in the statement that President Donald Trump “deprived voters of the opportunity” check up his business record by not releasing his tax returns. Biss cited a New York Times article that laid out potential conflicts with business dealings Trump may have while in office. The article also emphasizes that it was hard to know all potential conflicts because Trump had not
Second-year graduate student Arjita Shrimali, one of the event’s student organizers, said Bernell’s partnerships appealed to the judges, especially because partnerships are important to ensure product distribution for unknown brands in the competitive food industry. Bernell said she thinks the judges appreciated her “scrappy” approach to testing and launching a brand with her limited existing resources. Now that she has the monetary resources from her prize money and positive feedback from the student body and investors, Bernell said she is ready to produce. Shrimali said the excitement surrounding the Kellogg Venture Challenge Shark Tank was a good indicator of the growing entrepreneurial community on campus. More than 100 friends and faculty came to support the startups at the competition, giving competition participants a larger platform to introduce products and get the word out, she said. Steve Farsht — judge and co-founder of venture capital firm Corazon Capital — also stressed the importance of the event in building more opportunities for student entrepreneurship. It gave students a chance to receive feedback from experts in the field to reevaluate their concepts, he said. “To have your ideas challenged by investors is a good process for you to go to,” he said. “It pushes you to gain the perspective of different investors, challenge yourself to put together a pitch deck, to think of the strategy, and to go to the market opportunity.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu released his tax returns. “In other words, without seeing President Trump’s tax returns, we can’t even figure out what conflicts of interest may be out there,” Biss said in the news release. “This situation is dangerous, and it is wrong. It’s our right as Americans to demand the highest ethical standards from those who seek the presidency and ask us to put our trust in them.” — Nora Shelly
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the country on an expired visa after immigrating from Haiti, affirmed his commitment to protecting undocumented immigrants. “I lived once in my life as an undocumented immigrant,” Gaspard said. “Today, look at me. I’m running for mayor of Evanston.” The candidates also discussed improving towngown relations. Tendam, the city’s first openly gay alderman, said he already has met with two leaders in the Northwestern LGBTQ community and would
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continue to work with them. He said one of the main things the mayor has to do is get to know the students. “Encourage them to stay here, be entrepreneurs, invest in this community,” Tendam said. “The education you have could be invested right here and we should welcome that.” Hagerty said he would like to speak to new students during freshman orientation week to give them an understanding of Evanston. He said he would support student causes as mayor. “A lot of times (when) social justice roars its head, it’s on college campuses,” Hagerty said. “On big issues that are affecting people around this
country, I’ll be there with (students).” Smith encouraged student turnout for the election, which has been low in the past. The margin is often slim enough that a large block of student voters could significantly influence the election. Early voting for the mayoral election begins Feb 13., and the formal Election Day for the primary is Feb. 28. If one candidate receives 51 percent of the primary vote, they will win the election outright. Otherwise the top two primary vote-getters will face a runoff on April 4 to decide the position.
“I am very grateful for spaces like this,” he said. “(Catholicism) requires being in public space and doing something about the problem.” Communication senior Hale McSharry, president of Canterbury House, said the vigil was an important interfaith action that showed solidarity and love to people who feel alone, attacked and scared because of their faith.
McSharry publicized the vigil and led the discussion with Andy Guffey, chaplain of Canterbury House. “It is a blessing, getting to take action through this lens of trying to make the world a better place because that is what we here to do,” he told The Daily.
can create a campus free of rapists and people who perpetuate sexual assault on campus, and I really think, and the exec board agrees, that that starts with removing individuals from campus who are responsible for assault.” Manos Proussaloglou, Northwestern’s SAE president, said in a statement Tuesday that the chapter was “appalled and deeply concerned” about the reports. “We take these allegations very seriously and are fully cooperating with the university’s investigation as well as the investigation spearheaded by our national headquarters,” Proussaloglou said. “We are committed to ensuring that Northwestern remains a safe haven for everyone on this campus.” Dan Loizzo, president of Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, said his organization will continue to work with Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators and other campus groups to provide education on sexual assault. MARS currently holds workshops with new pledge classes in each fraternity every year. Loizzo said that although it is MARS’ job to educate others, individual chapters ultimately will have to take a lead in educating their members as well. “We can only do so much,” the Weinberg senior said. “It is the job of the organizations to
be talking about this on their own time within their own group. We can’t be there for all of those conversations, as much as we would like to be.”
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Associated Student Government released a statement early Wednesday morning calling for the suspension of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the expulsion of students found guilty of sexual assault. The statement follows reports of sexual assaults and possible druggings occurring at SAE and another unnamed fraternity house.
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From page 1 choose to stay somewhere else overnight. “There is literally nothing that matters more in government than caring for the vulnerable — the task that we haven’t done nearly well enough,” state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) said at a December hearing following the Tribune investigation. One of the bills, introduced by state Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro), seeks to change the hiring process for new investigators at the inspector general’s office of the state Department of Human Services.The Tribune investigation discovered shortcomings in two neglect investigations by that office. At a hearing last year, inspector general Michael McCotter, spoke about struggling to investigate group home complaints due to a requirement mandating investigators be hired on seniority rather than qualifications for the job, Bryant told The Daily. “(This bill) actually makes them have to have an interview process, rather than the most senior (person) automatically getting the job,” Bryant said. State Rep. Patricia Bellock (R-Hinsdale), deputy minority leader in the Illinois House of Representatives, introduced several of the bills, including legislation that gives the DHS power to extend the provisional period of a new group home license to two years from the current six months. The extended time period would give the DHS more time to audit and ensure group homes are providing adequate services to residents. Robert Okazaki, executive director of Avenues to Independence, a Park Ridge-based organization that provides job and housing opportunities to adults with developmental disabilities in the Chicago area, said his organization already follows the requirements that the proposed legislation would set up, and is upfront in reporting any incidents to the state. He is hopeful the proposed legislation will ensure other group home operators do the same, he said. “If everybody is not on an equal footing in terms of what’s reported, (then) some entities may look way better than others,” Okazaki said. Though the proposed legislation may help solve some problems with group homes, Okazaki said, the root of the issue involves the continued lack of state funding for group homes and human service providers in Illinois. “It won’t be fixed by more legislation, more data reporting and more oversight,” Okazaki said. “The state is going to have to make a real investment in the system in order for things to get better.” williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Cats drop pair of matches to ranked opponents By ZACH KOONS
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Northwestern entered the weekend with a chance to steal wins over two top-10 opponents, but fell short against both No. 9 Vanderbilt and No.10 Duke. Despite strong singles wins from junior Alex Chatt, the No. 23 Wildcats (4-3) lost 5-2 to the Commodores (4-1) on Friday, and were edged 4-3 by the Blue Devils on Sunday. “We prepared all week for these two matches and knew that it wasn’t going to be easy,” Chatt said. “We knew that we had to be there 100 percent if we wanted to get a chance against these top teams.” Vanderbilt came in boasting an undefeated record and the No. 2 and No. 28 singles players in the country. The Commodores also clinched
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a berth to ITA Indoor Nationals a week earlier. The Cats fell behind early, losing the doubles point and the first two singles points. After a win from Chatt, sophomore Rheeya Doshi lost to the Commodores’ Georgina Sellyn 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 as Vanderbilt solidified its win. Chatt was one of the few bright spots for NU and pulled out a 3-set win, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Junior Maddie Lipp also picked up her first singles win in almost a month, upsetting No. 28 Christina Rosca of Vanderbilt 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. “My win was a good feeling individually,” Lipp said. “My matches consistently have been pretty tough, and I feel that even though I’ve
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had some tough losses, with the Big Ten season coming up, I’ll be prepared.” NU quickly returned to action Sunday in Durham for a rematch against Duke, seeking to flip the script from the match a week earlier. On Jan. 29, the Cats fell to the Blue Devils 4-3, with Maddie Lipp conceding the decisive point in a tiebreaker against Duke’s No. 14 Meible Chi. “It was definitely strange (going back to Duke) at first, feeling like we had just been there,” Chatt said. “We went in there feeling like we had a better opportunity than we did last week.”
The Cats found themselves in almost an identical situation in the rematch, grabbing the doubles point behind wins from the pairs of Doshi and Lee Or, and Erin Larner and Brooke Rischbieth. However, the team struggled in singles play, only picking up wins from Larner and Chatt. In a 3-3 tie entering the final match, Rischbieth fell to Duke’s Rebecca Smaller 7-5, 7-6 (7-5). After four matches in a seven-day span, the Cats will now return home to rest until Feb. 17, when they host Baylor. Against the Bears, NU will look to bounce back from three-straight losses after a 4-0 start to the year. “Playing at home is definitely way more supportive,” Lipp said. “We hope we can get a decent crowd (against Baylor) to continue winning at home.” zacharykoons2020@u.northwestern.edu
Panel discusses President Trump’s impact on education Following the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary, panelists anaylze potential effects By EMILY CHAIET
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With the recent confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary, panelists at an event Tuesday criticized DeVos’ advocacy for charter schools nationwide, analyzing their impact on education inequity. Addressing an audience of about 60 people in Annenberg Hall, the three panelists discussed why there is inequity within the education system and what can be done to alleviate it. The event was hosted by Northwestern’s chapter of Teach for America and Net Impact, a nonprofit membership organization that encourages students and professionals to use business skills in addressing social and environmental issues. The panelists
included Weinberg junior Carolyne Guo, McCormick senior Steffany Bahamon and education advocate Mark Pawloski, co-founder of Upkey, a startup that helps low-income college students find job opportunities with major companies. The panelists, discussing how education will be affected by President Donald Trump’s administration, debated whether additional charter schools would improve or further exacerbate education inequity. Pawloski said he sees the benefit of having charter schools but does not believe that public schools should be eliminated in favor of “privatization.” Students and families should have “school choice,” he said. In addition to expressing concern about potentially losing a diverse selection of schools, Guo, operations manager of Supplies for Dreams, said she was concerned about charter schools taking away students
and funding from public schools. “Maybe the good public schools will have the money and the students (to spare), but the public schools that are struggling the most are in danger of shutting down,” Guo said. Aside from charter schools, Bahamon, president of NU Quest Scholars, also said child grants and student loans could be impacted by the Trump administration’s actions. Speaking to her own experience of owing “$30,000 to her dear Uncle Sam,” Bahamon said she is especially worried about public financial aid. Despite concerns about the changing education environment, the panelists called on Northwestern students to take an active role in fighting education inequity by joining campus organizations and voting in local school board elections. “It’s the small things,” Guo said. “You can volunteer
and go on a field trip, which is just three hours of your time, but you’re still impacting some students.” SESP sophomore Ruthie Charendoff, who attended the event, said she enjoyed learning more about the “day-to-day actions” of different organizations on campus that aim to improve education opportunities for Chicago students. The goal of the panel was to bring different community partners together to work toward a solution to education inequity, said event organizer Stephanie Fox, a Teach for America campus ambassador. “It’s crazy that this is the first time we’re all sitting in the same room and talking about our efforts and how we can work together,” the SESP senior said. “This is just the first step in what I hope is a long process of collaborating.” emilychaiet2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern falls to Illinois, drops second-straight game Illinois
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Junior guard Scottie Lindsey missed his second straight game with an illness. Senior forward Nathan Taphorn was fresh off an ankle injury. Freshman center Barret Benson sat on the sidelines all night. Up against an upset-minded Illinois (14-11, 4-8 Big Ten) team sporting a balanced rotation, that lack of depth ultimately cost the Wildcats (18-6, 7-4) in what was expected to be an easy win. NU was unable to preserve a slim late lead and fell 68-61 to its in-state rival on Tuesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena, extending Wednesday’s letdown at Purdue into a losing streak and calling back into question the Cats’ chances at an NCAA tournament bid. “It was a tough loss for us tonight,” coach Chris Collins said. “Down the stretch, I just didn’t think we played smart basketball.” Junior guard Bryant McIntosh led NU with 21 points on a streaky night. He missed his first eight shots, then made eight of his next 11, then went 0-for-1 with four turnovers in the game’s final three minutes. Sophomore forward Vic Law added 16 points and nine rebounds. The disparity in depth proved the difference.
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For Illinois, forward Michael Finke came off the bench with an all-around excellent performance, draining 4-of-6 field goals and 3-of-5 from deep and tallying three steals. Forward Kipper Nichols shot 3-of-4 from the field and pulled down three rebounds. Even guard Jalen Coleman-Lands, with five points to his name, enjoyed “one of the most complete games he’s played in two years,” in the words of Illinois coach John Groce. Meanwhile, Taphorn and junior forward Gavin Skelly combined to make just 2-of-10 shots, as the Fighting Illini bench outscored the Cats’ limited second unit 30-13. “The bench was huge,” Groce said. “We talk a lot of strength in numbers and having everybody ready to go, and I thought we got contributions from everybody that played today.” Yet again, NU suffered a catastrophic stretch midway through the opening half that forced it to play catch-up. Less than a week after giving up a 23-6 firsthalf run to Purdue, the Cats let an early 10-4 lead fall victim to a 15-0 Illinois run that proved the first sign that the night might not go well for the hosts. “They got a couple layups in
transition. They hit a couple threes,” Collins said. “I didn’t think it was going well, (so) we called a timeout there and just tried to regain our poise.” NU rallied to tie the game at 28 entering halftime, but was unable to carry that momentum through the break and soon fell behind again. Then, after trailing throughout much of the second frame, 3-pointers from McIntosh and Law twice gave NU narrow leads and brought a crowd of 7,614 to its feet. Law’s triple proved the last field goal the Cats would make, however. Illinois’ Te’Jon Lucas hit a layup with 1:37 left to break a 61-61 deadlock, then Finke delivered his final blow off the bench, swishing a long jumper with 1:09 left to give his team a multi-possession lead for good. By the time Collins subbed in the only other bench player he used at all — sophomore guard Jordan Ash, who did not score — with nine seconds left, NU’s worst loss of the season was already fully decided. “When you take a guy out like (Lindsey), everyone then moves up, so now we don’t have Isiah’s scoring off the bench, and obviously Tap…wasn’t 100 percent,” Collins said. “So some of our bench is then taken out when you don’t have Scott. Certainly, though, we’re going to have to figure it out.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern. edu
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Turnovers seal NU’s Cats see mixed weekend results fate late in home loss By JONAH DYLAN
By GARRETT JOCHNAU
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With 23 seconds left in their game against Illinois Tuesday, Northwestern trailed by four and needed a miracle. Instead, a broken inbounds play out of a timeout resulted in Bryant McIntosh’s fifth turnover — a fitting stamp to a contest brimming with sloppy mistakes from the Wildcats. NU (18-6, 7-4 Big Ten) finished with 14 giveaways in the 68-61 home loss to the Fighting Illini (14-11, 4-8), its highest mark since Dec. 17. McIntosh was responsible for six of them, four of which came in crunch time as mistakes doomed the Cats to their second-straight loss. “Our turnovers in the last three minutes were really costly,” coach Chris Collins said. “We weren’t able to get a shot at the basket there for a couple of possessions.” The opportunities that NU did get were often rushed — a theme that followed the Cats through the game. With its leading scorer, junior guard Scottie Lindsey, sidelined for the second-straight game due to an illness, NU once again struggled to find a scoring punch. Lindsey’s replacement, freshman guard Isiah Brown notched more turnovers (3) than field goals (2) in 18 minutes of play. Sophomore forward Vic Law paced the Cats on the offensive end in the opening half but turned the ball over and rushed three-point looks on key possessions after the break. McIntosh, who missed his opening eight shots, later found a rhythm but fell victim to the turnover bug when the team needed him most. Collins acknowledged that McIntosh’s mistakes were “probably” a
product of the guard’s increased burden with Lindsey out, visible in his 37.3 percent usage rate. “There’s a lot on (McIntosh) now,” Collins said. “When you take 16 points out of the lineup, there’s going to be more on those guys.” McIntosh entered the game fresh off two 20-plus point performances and was the clear focus of the Fighting Illini defense. Illinois coach John Groce said his team keyed in on McIntosh, whom he described as “a handful.”
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Despite a surprise win over an Olympian and an upset win over a top-5 team, Northwestern had an uneven weekend at NU Duals. The Wildcats made South Bend their home as they hosted the event, which served as Senior Day for the No. 9 Wildcats’ 11 seniors. NU went 6-6 against a strong field that included seven of the top 10 teams in the country. The Cats pulled their major upset on Saturday, dominating No. 4 Ohio State 19-8. Senior sabre Cindy Oh said the win against the Buckeyes gave NU confidence going forward. “It felt really great to do well against them and to beat them,” Oh said. “It definitely gave us a lot of confidence. That was a really important matchup for the weekend, just because we have struggled against other top-10 schools.” Later in the day, the Cats faced a No. 2 Princeton headlined by 2016 U.S Olympian Kat Holmes. Freshman epee
Pauline Hamilton shocked Holmes, handing the senior her only loss of the weekend. NU eventually fell by the narrowest of margins, 14-13. Coach Zach Moss said he was very encouraged by his team’s performance against the Tigers. “We lost 14-13 to a team that on paper is a national title contender,” he said. “We beat their epee team which features two members of the United States national team. …That was a really positive moment.” The Cats faced six more teams Sunday, and notched a 3-3 record for the second-straight day. NU fell to No. 8 Temple, No. 5 Penn State and No. 3 Notre Dame, which they’d nearly beaten the previous weekend. However, the Cats tallied wins over Stanford and North Carolina, which both received enough votes to be in the top 20. Senior sabre Alisha Gomez-Shah said she focused on trying to enjoy the emotions of senior day. “It was a little surreal,” she said. “I was trying to just really enjoy the moment and capture being at Notre Dame. A lot of emotions were going
through my mind, but it was really about being appreciative of my teammates.” NU had numerous standout performances throughout the weekend. Sophomore foil Yvonne Chart went 8-1 on Saturday, including a 3-0 outing against Princeton. Gomez-Shah finished 6-3 on Sunday, with a 3-0 showing against Stanford and a 3-0 performance against Ohio State on the first day competition. Oh went 7-2 on Saturday and said she had a memorable last home meet. “It was a lot of fun,” Oh said. “Thankfully, senior recognition was towards the end of the day so I could reserve the emotional and nostalgic part of it until the end.” Moss said that although the team is unsure of where its ranking will fall, it is focusing on the rest of the season. “It’s a long season,” Moss said. “There’s a lot of fencing that has happened, a lot of fencing yet to happen, and midseason rankings tell a story but they don’t tell the whole story.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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“We tried to make him uncomfortable,” Groce said. “That’s hard to do.” But Illinois succeeded, leaving NU’s point guard unable to work his magic and energize the Cats’ offense. The few looks that NU did get in the closing minutes were rushed and fell badly off target, offering a perfect snapshot of the team’s game-long off ensive woes that ushered in its eventual demise. “Offensively tonight, we had some costly turnovers, some bad shots,” Collins said. “You’ve got to play smarter. That’s what we have to kind of try to iron out as we move forward.” jochnau@u.northwestern.edu
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Senior Kimmy Fishman fences against an opponent. Fishman is one of 11 seniors for NU, which hosted its Senior Day in South Bend this weekend.