The Daily Northwestern Tuesday, February 14, 2017
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Rev. Dr. Patricia Efiom tapped for first-time position
By MATTHEW CHOI
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Northwestern, along with 16 other American universities, signed an amicus curiae brief filed Monday supporting a lawsuit filed by New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The order, signed Jan. 27, barred citizens of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia from entering the United States for 90 days — a timeline that could be extended with another motion — and blocks refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days. It prevents Syrian refugees from entering indefinitely. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York following similar lawsuits filed by Massachusetts, Washington and the American Civil Liberties Union. Enforcement of the order is currently suspended following a ruling by a federal judge in Washington state on Feb. 3. The brief, signed by Northwestern, said the executive order inhibits the 17 institutions’ ability to fulfill their missions of international learning, barring many of their students, scholars and faculty from being on their campuses. The other amici also included Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago, Duke University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University and all schools in the Ivy League. The brief argued for the institutions’ need for international students and faculty, many of whom were affected by the executive order. Though all of the signatory institutions are located in the United States, the executive order severely impacts their ability to continue research and attend academic meetings, according to the brief. Citizens of all seven countries named in the order are represented among the universities, according to the brief. “The Executive Order at issue here threatens amici’s continuing ability to attract these individuals and thus to meet their goals of educating tomorrow’s leaders from around the world,” the brief said. The brief also said the executive order caused undue harm to many of their students, faculty and scholars, preventing them from returning home and tending to personal obligations. Phil Harris, the University’s vice president and general counsel, said in a news release that » See AMICUS, page 6
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By NORA SHELLY
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life on campus by citing both the recent allegations and wider, institutional problems across the nation with fraternities. “Fraternities may be seen as safe places to drink, but the recent allegations as well as the history of problems Greek life has faced around the country contradicts that,” Gernon said. As students discussed the culture of sexual assault associated with Greek life, Weinberg sophomore Edmund Bannister — who opened for the opposition — said that as a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, he has been to three sexual assault seminars in the last quarter.
Before moving to Evanston seven years ago, Rev. Dr. Patricia Efiom raised her children in Bloomington, Indiana, where she said they were often the only children of color in their grade. “Our children had to exist in that community,” she said. “I quickly learned the way to go about it was not to get angry but rather to educate myself and educate the people around you.” When she moved to Evanston, Efiom said she felt it was a “natural outcome” to work in the community on issues of equity. Efiom was appointed Monday to be Evanston’s equity and empowerment coordinator, a new position focusing on equity in the city. Since moving to the city, Efiom has been involved with her church, Ebenezer AME, and Evanston Own It, a coalition of various church clergy and city officials dedicated to fostering a sense of community in Evanston. She was also a project director of the Garrett-Evanston CDF
» See DEBATE, page 6
» See EFIOM, page 6
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Students participate in a debate hosted by Political Union on whether Greek life should continue. Attendees voted by a slim margin to hypothetically remove fraternities and sororities from campus.
Students weigh Greek life merits Debate focuses on whether NU should ban fraternities, sororities By KRISTINE LIAO
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Attendees at a Political Union event Monday debated whether or not to ban Greek life on campus, resulting in slightly more students favoring to hypothetically kick fraternities and sororities off campus. Weinberg senior Sabrina Williams, Political Union copresident, said the group reached out to all sororities and fraternities on campus asking for participants in the debate. About 40 students attended the event at the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, after which attendees
voted on a resolution to ban Greek life — with 18 students in favor, 15 students against and eight abstaining. The debate follows a University announcement Feb. 6 notifying students that NU had received a report alleging four women were possibly given date rape drugs during an event hosted by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on Jan. 21. The report alleges that two of the female students believe they were sexually assaulted. University spokesman Bob Rowley told The Daily that the report was anonymous at the time the safety alert was emailed to students. Chief of Police Bruce Lewis said the University also received
an anonymous report Feb. 3 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. Though the debate was not specifically a response to the recent sexual assault and drugging allegations, the reports made the discussion more topical and resulted in turnout about twice as high as usual, said moderator Aaron Gordon, a Weinberg senior. Medill junior David Gernon, president of Political Union, gave the opening statement for the affirmative and argued against the presence of Greek
Violent crime decreases by 7.2 percent in city
Crime statistics from police show 141 fewer incidents in 2016 than previous year By KRISTINA KARISCH
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Violent crime has decreased by 7.2 percent in the past year, an Evanston police official reported at a City Council meeting on Monday. This decrease in crime translates to 141 fewer incidents of crime in 2016 than the previous year, Evanston Police deputy chief James Pickett said. He said the most notable subcategory was thefts, which decreased by 11.9 percent between 2015 and 2016. The city releases crime statistics on a yearly basis and classifies crimes into two categories. The crimes
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mentioned in the report are classified as “part one” and include property and violent offenses such as homicide, arson and theft, that are reported to the Illinois state police and then to the FBI.
“These occur with regular frequency and are likely to come to our attention,” Pickett said. Part two offenses are deemed less serious, and include offenses such as
Violent crimes in 2015
1500
vandalism and disorderly conduct. The three categories with the highest percentage decreases in offenses are homicides — down from three to two in the
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last year — as well as thefts, which decreased by 11.9 percent, and robberies, which decreased by 25.5 percent. “The only number that’s
3 Murder
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Robbery
Assault
62 Burglary
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300 Theft
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38 Robbery
84 Assault
73 Burglary
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10 Arson
Source: Evanston Police Department
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