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Holmes praised Simmons’ preparedness. “She is always professional,” the statement reads. “She has educated herself on the issues. She knows and understands the Ward and its residents. She is easy to engage with, open to partnering with others and is inclusive, effective, informed and willing to work with everyone.” Holmes told The Daily that she was impressed with Simmons’ regular attendance at ward and council meetings, as well as her work with Sunshine
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) announced legislation Thursday that would create a public matching system for campaign donations. The bill would create a publicly-funded matching program for small campaign donations in the state, but would not limit candidates from forgoing the program and sticking with the traditional system. Candidates who choose to participate in the small-donor matching program would be required to limit the size of individual contributions. Biss said at a news conference that the bill would encourage candidates to refocus their political efforts on “ordinary people.” “Our political system is one where power is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people,” he said. “We want to elevate the voices of ordinary people whose role in politics has been nearly silenced for too long.” The program would match donations from $25 to $150 at a 6:1 ratio, Biss said, and would limit individual contributions to $500. Candidates for governor would be able to receive a maximum amount of $5 million. The limit is $1 million for attorney general candidates. Candidates for the state senate would have a limit of $300,000, and those running for state representative would be limited to half that. The legislation is based off a similar system in New York City. Biss said candidates, while not forced into accepting the publicly-matched funds, would be encouraged to do so. The smalldonor matching system was “the people’s way” to campaign, Biss said. “Candidates are scared not to opt into the matching system,” he said. “This creates pressure on people without taking away anybody’s constitutional right to do things the old way.” According to information
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(Right) Students, faculty, staff and Evanston residents gather in front of the Technological Institute to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. (Top left) Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl addresses protesters, urging them to continue to resist Trump’s executive order. (Bottom left) Organizers from the Iranian Students Association speak at the protest on how the executive order affects Northwestern students.
City officials, students protest against travel ban By JONAH DYLAN and CATHERINE KIM the daily northwestern @thejonahdylan, @ck_525
More than 200 Northwestern community members and Evanston residents, including Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, protested Thursday on campus as part of a nationwide movement against recent immigration actions by President Donald Trump, which temporarily barred citizens of
seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The event, organized by Academics United and co-sponsored by 21 student organizations, was held in response to the executive order, which barred citizens of Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Somalia from entering country for 90 days, prevented refugees from entering for 120 days, and Syrian refugees indefinitely. On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled Trump’s travel
ban will remain blocked. In addition to marching and protesting on campus, organizers presented a list of demands to the Northwestern administration urging more support for students affected by the executive order. Amir Maghsoodi, a thirdyear applied physics graduate student who holds both Iranian and American citizenship, helped organize the protest. He told The Daily the goal of the event was to show that the community is
united in support of affected students. “We don’t stand for injustice,” he said. “We don’t stand for racism, discrimination. We know what our ideals are. We know what our values are as Americans, as Northwestern students.” The protest started at The Rock, where protesters repeated chats such as, “No hate. No fear. Immigrants are welcome here.” After several students and faculty addressed the crowd, decrying
the executive order, organizers led a march up Sheridan Road to the front of Technological Institute. At Tech, a series of speakers, including Tisdahl, four of the five current Evanston mayoral candidates and Ed Yohnka, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois director of communications and public policy, addressed the crowd. “It’s so critical as a beginning » See PROTEST, page 6
Cilento, Vinson look back Holmes endorses By JONAH DYLAN
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Associated Student Government President Christina Cilento and executive vice president Macs Vinson always wanted to connect with a wide range of students on campus. But the beginning of their term proved divisive, Vinson said. “Christina and Macs as a concept is scandalous,” said Vinson, a McCormick senior. “We started this campaign by literally saying, ‘We are centering this campaign on marginalized students.’ We decided that this is what our focus is going to be.” Shortly after Cilento and
Vinson were sworn in, ASG’s election commission ruled they had obtained information on the voting margin before polls had closed and failed to disclose the information to the election commission and their opponents. Senate voted to punish the two soon afterward, adding extra challenges for the beginning of their term, Cilento said. Economics Prof. Mark Witte, ASG’s adviser, said before Cilento and Vinson could move forward, they had to win over students supporting Joji Syed and Archit Baskaran, who ran against Cilento and Vinson. Witte said many students who had supported the losing ticket felt betrayed by the election process. “They worked for something for
years, and then on the decisive day something crappy comes along and messes it up,” Witte said. But Cilento said the duo was up to the challenge and made sure they didn’t let the extra hurdles interfere with their agenda of raising marginalized voices. She said she felt they have accomplished a “decent amount” and had accepted the idea that they had to work harder to gain back some students’ trust. After a variety of initiatives, from working with administrators to increase the number of low-income students on campus in the future to advocating for responsible investment decisions from the Board of Trustees, the » See ASG, page 6
Simmons in race By KRISTINA KARISCH
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Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) announced her endorsement of Robin Rue Simmons, a candidate for 5th Ward alderman, on Thursday. Holmes, who is not running for reelection, said she decided to endorse Simmons after listening to all five candidates for the position present their policy ideas in a series of forums over the past few weeks. In a statement addressed to residents of the 5th Ward,
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