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Residents create ‘protection teams’ Groups organize in Evanston after election of Trump

By DAVID FISHMAN

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Businessman Steve Hagerty speaks at a forum for mayoral candidates hosted by The Daily and Political Union last week. On Tuesday, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl endorsed Hagerty in the mayoral primary, in which there are five candidates on the ballot.

Tisdahl endorses Steve Hagerty

By DAVID FISHMAN

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Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl endorsed Steve Hagerty — a businessman who has pledged to build on her legacy — as her successor Tuesday.

Hagerty, who has lived in Evanston for 17 years, said he was “thrilled” to gain the endorsement and promised to build on Tisdahl’s “terrific accomplishments” over the past eight years. The businessman kicked off his campaign in October with support from former mayor Lorraine H. Morton.

“I’m thrilled to have such a

popular mayor’s endorsement,” Hagerty said. “She’s had some terrific accomplishments and moved things forward. The fact that she has the faith and confidence in me to continue to help the city progress in a positive way is immeasurable.”

Hagerty said he has three major goals for Evanston: expand economic development to all neighborhoods, strengthen youth development to reduce violence and maintain diversity through affordable housing.

“The role of the mayor is to balance lots of competing demands,” Hagerty told The Daily earlier this month. “Strike that balance between smart and sensible

economic development and not losing the character of the city.

Between keeping all of our neighborhoods safe and not infringing on people’s rights.”

Hagerty owns an Evanstonbased consulting firm that employs more than 100 professionals from all over the country and has assisted more than 30 states in recovery and preparedness projects.

Earlier this month, he told The Daily that he wants to transition away from the business and focus on the city.

“I can continue to have a parttime role here with my company, but it affords me the flexibility that I need to help the city,” Hagerty

told The Daily last month.

Two other mayoral candidates have also recently picked up endorsements: Ald. Brian Miller (9th) has been endorsed by the Chicago Federation of Labor and Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) has been endorsed by the Evanston Firefighters Association and by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).

Early voting began Monday ahead of a primary on Feb. 28. The top two candidates will then move on to a general election in April, unless one receives more than 51 percent of the vote, in which case he will automatically win. davidpkfishman@u.northwestern.edu

Schapiro: Focus ASG resolution on Muslim voices condemns assault

By MATTHEW CHOI

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University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily on Wednesday that listening to Muslim voices should be a priority, following controversy over a recent campus demonstration protesting President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.

During the “#NoMuslimBan Walkout,” a Feb. 1 demonstration protesting the order temporarily barring citizens of seven Muslimmajority countries from entering the country, organizers hung a banner reading, “If you support Israeli apartheid, you support a Muslim ban.” The event — one of several protests against the executive order from students, faculty and staff — prompted criticism from some,

including Prof. Mark Sheldon, who wrote a letter to the editor published in The Daily questioning the use of the banner.

Schapiro said he received feedback after the protest taking offense at the banner and critiquing its usage. He said he recognized the need for dialogue on issues such as Israel and Palestine and that he understood people’s frustrations with the banner, but added that it is still important to focus on voices of those who were targeted by the order, which is currently blocked in court.

“The group that’s under attack right now — and the real question about their position in the country going forward — is Muslims. It’s not Jews in this country,” Schapiro said. “I don’t think it’s the time to change that dialogue.” » See SCHAPIRO, page 5

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Associated Student Government Senate introduced a resolution Wednesday calling for students and organizations found responsible for sexual assault to be immediately and permanently removed from Northwestern.

The resolution follows an order from Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity national headquarters in Evanston to indefinitely cease operations at the Northwestern chapter after the University notified students last week about an anonymous report alleging multiple sexual assaults and potential druggings at the SAE house. The University announcement also said it received an

anonymous report alleging that a female student was sexually assaulted and possibly drugged at a second, unnamed fraternity house earlier this month.

The Senate resolution said the administration should enact a zero-tolerance policy with “immediate and permanent removal of those students and organizations, including but not limited to SAE, from Northwestern’s campus and community” if they are found to be responsible for sexual assault.

The resolution also called on the University to increase funding for the Center for Awareness, Response and Education and to pay members of Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators. It described SHAPE as “integral” in promoting healthy » See ASG, page 5

Members of the Evanston religious community are moving to establish so-called “protection teams” to support marginalized residents — including immigrants and refugees — following the election of President Donald Trump.

Last week, members from Interfaith Action of Evanston gathered about 125 people to organize a response to “hateful and vitriolic” rhetoric that came out of the election, said the Rev. Betty Landis of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. “ We are going to be doing this work so that we are responding to any kind of hatred or oppression or violence,” Landis said. “Our focus will be primarily … making sure Evanston folks know that there are neighbors willing to be there and to stand in solidarity.”

She said the initiative has three parts: creating “protection teams” to serve marginalized communities, fostering conversation to understand all points of view and marshalling resources to organize solidarity events.

As of yet, however, the project is still in flux and lacks a fully defined mission statement. Landis said the initiative’s mission and message would be solidified at a leaders meeting next week.

At the Feb. 7 meeting, representatives from the

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights came to train members in immigration rights after reports of recent deportations, Landis said.

Last week, federal immigration officials arrested more than 600 people across 11 states including Illinois, according to the New York Times. The Obama administration was also active in deporting unauthorized immigrants, arresting more than 2,000 “convicted criminals” nationwide in one week.

The arrests follow an executive order — stalled in court — that tried to bar entry by citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries.

In a tweet last week following a decision to block the order, Trump said, “SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!” He elaborated Monday in a press conference: “We are going to get the bad ones.

The really bad ones, we’re getting them out and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” he said.

Landis said the team aims to work peacefully within the law, but wouldn’t rule out the possibility of civil disobedience. With an ever-changing political landscape, she said, the group would remain flexible and adapt to future legislation. Landis added that a “legal task force” would be formed to advise the group.

Various responses to the new president have cropped up across Evanston. Last month, a new task force created by city officials in December met for the second time to explore options for assisting refugees in their » See PROTECTION, page 5

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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1004 Greenwood St. The Rev. Betty Landis of the church is one of a number of religious leaders organizing an activist response to the election of President Donald Trump, pledging to protect marginalized residents.

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AROUND TOWN Rauner talks budget plan in address

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By NORA SHELLY

Gov. Bruce Rauner said he would not support several aspects of a “grand bargain” budget plan put together by state Senate leaders during his annual budget address Wednesday.

Rauner — speaking to the General Assembly from the statehouse — was referencing a 13-bill package but together by Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) and Senate minority leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont). The negotiations on the package come after two years without a budget in the state. A stopgap spending bill passed in June 2016 ran out at the beginning of this year, leaving the state without any spending plan.

Rauner, however, is supportive of the Senate plan overall, calling it a sign of “real progress.”

“Democrats and Republicans are now thinking anew,” he said. “For the first time, legislators from both parties are standing together to say that Illinois must have structural change.”

Rauner said he would not support an increase in taxes on groceries and medicines and urged lawmakers to consider a permanent property tax freeze to go along with a proposed permanent increase in the state income tax.

He said passing an income tax increase

Police Blotter Wallet, tape recorder stolen from woman’s car

A female Evanston resident reported that her wallet and tape recorder were stolen from her unlocked car Tuesday evening, police said.

The 83-year-old woman left her car unlocked on the street in the 600 block of South Boulevard between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dugan said.

An unknown suspect stole her wallet and tape

without a complementary property tax freeze would be unfair to state taxpayers.

“We need a permanent property tax freeze in Illinois, just like the one the House passed last month,” he said. “Over time, as our economy grows and revenues expand, any increase in the income tax could be stepped down — dedicating future surpluses to taxpayers, not more government spending.”

In his hour-long address, Rauner presented his budget plan for the third time in his term.

Neither of his two previous proposals passed through the General Assembly nor did the Democrats’ counteroffer.

Rauner proposed several cost-saving methods, including selling the state-owned James R. Thompson Center in The Loop, reforming the state’s pension system and dialing back costs from the state employee health care system.

Additionally, Rauner proposed increasing the state’s student financial aid MAP grant payments by 10 percent and increasing funding for the Illinois Department of Transportation by $200 million.

Ultimately, Rauner said, the only way to a balanced budget would be through growth in the state’s economy. The governor proposed passing term limit legislation and redistricting reform to “send a message to job creators” that Illinois is changing pace.

Rauner said the budget negotiations moving

forward would be a “test of political will” but that he believes an agreement can be reached.

“If we work together and make the right decisions now, the potential of our state is unlimited,” he said.

Some state Democrats criticized the speech for not providing concrete solutions to the state budget crisis.

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) criticized Rauner in a statement for being “unwilling to lay out a clear plan.”

“Gov. Rauner’s top priority has been to protect billionaires like himself who refuse to pay their fair share,” Biss said in the statement. “This leaves him with only unpalatable options like harmful cuts to key programs and tax increases on the middle class.”

Several other Senate Democrats criticized the governor after the speech for a lack of specific policy points. Cullerton, however, focused attention on the grand bargain negotiations after Rauner’s speech.

“Right now the Senate is working on this year’s budget because there isn’t one,” Cullerton said. “We need to restore stability and sanity to Illinois’ finances. That begins with a budget for the here and now. That’s what the Senate is trying to do.”

Both the Senate and the House are back in session tomorrow.

recorder, but her license, credit cards and other forms of identification were left in the vehicle, he said.

radiology department of the hospital, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., an unknown suspect stole the bag.

Another employee found the bag on the floor of a waiting room with the valuables missing, Dugan said.

Detectives are reviewing cameras in the hospital, but there are no known suspects at this time, Dugan said.

Hospital employee’s items stolen from bag

A St. Francis Hospital employee reported her Samsung Tablet and credit card stolen from her backpack Tuesday morning, police said.

The 41-year-old Kenosha, Wisconsin, resident left her bag in the employee common area in the

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The play, starring an NU alumnus, explores a man’s journey to understanding his identity

By CATHERINE KIM

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Through late-night conversations at Willard Residential College, Travis Turner (Communication ’05) said he began understanding various parts of his identity. “(Northwestern) is where I felt like I could actually take ownership of who I really was and speak to it and acknowledge it,” said Turner, who identifies as black and gay.

Turner said he channels these memories to connect with his character in the Chicago play “Bootycandy,” which tells the story of a black and gay man. The all-Chicago cast performs at Windy City Playhouse, a not-for-profit Equity theater in the city, through April 15.

“Bootycandy” is loosely based off the experiences of the show’s playwright and director, Robert O’Hara, who grew up in Cincinnati and later moved to New York. Composed of several 10-minute vignettes in non-chronological order, the story revolves around the men Sutter, Turner’s character, meets in his life and how they contribute to building his identity.

Turner said he can relate to his character’s experiences as an adolescent, growing up with parents who struggled to understand his sexuality. In a memorable scene at the top of Act II, Sutter tells his parents about being followed by an older man on his way back from school.

Instead of comforting their alarmed son, the parents “police his actions,” telling him how he should present himself, he said.

“Parents don’t have quite the language or the insight to really have that conversation (about sexualities) with you,” he said.

Evelyn Jacoby (Communication ’13), Windy City’s managing director, said that particular scene shows how society fails to let people be true to who they are. It is a heartbreaking moment for Sutter — who is looking for protection and support from his parents — because he is told that his identity, not society, is the problem, she said.

Due to the lack of support in finding and building their identities, Turner said gay people often have to teach themselves “how to be gay.”

Unlike many, however, he said he was lucky enough to find a group of supportive friends during his freshman year of college who were also on a journey to self-discovery.

Though “Bootycandy” focuses on Sutter’s journey of finding himself, it is also a satirical piece that pokes fun at the world surrounding him.

Still, Osiris Khepera, who plays four different roles in the play, said satire can be a

powerful tool in analyzing the real world.

“The truest thing about satire to me is that it reflects life more realistically than a true-to-life drama in some cases, or even drastic comedy, because it points a finger to things people find uncomfortable and forces you to look at them through a lens you weren’t expecting to have to look through,” he said.

Because of the way the show bluntly presents provocative topics, people often walk out in the middle of the show, he said. But Khepera said the audience should expect no less from a show that uses “Bootycandy,” a euphemism for penis in the play, as the title.

The purpose of the show is to make the audience stop for a moment and think, Turner said. He said he hopes the audience is “provoked” and feels the need to hold a conversation about the themes presented in the show.

The work was not easy to produce or to write, and it likewise shouldn’t be easy to process, he said.

Whether the audience laughs along or leaves halfway through, Khepera said nobody departs with a sense of indifference.

“Something about this play is going to punch you in the guts,” he said. “You don’t walk out of there unchanged.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Travis Turner (Communication ‘05) portrays the protagonist, Sutter, in “Bootycandy.” The show will be performed at Windy City Playhouse, a not-for-profit Equity theater in Chicago, through April 15

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Osiris Khepera (left) and alumnus Travis Turner (Communication ’05) are seated across from each other in “Bootycandy.” Turner said he hopes the show provokes the audience to discuss the issues presented within the play.

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Spectrum’s winter play centers on drug abuse, death

Themes of connection, empathy come to light in Spectrum Theatre Company’s ‘Water By The Spoonful’

By KELLEY CZAJKA

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Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes’ play, “Water By The Spoonful,” deals with the topics of drug abuse and death through two interwoven perspectives: an online chat room for recovering crack addicts and the life of a Puerto Rican-American family.

The play was chosen for Spectrum Theatre Company’s “unheard voices” slot, which presents stories that are often overlooked in a theater world dominated by heteronormative, cisgendered, white, male narratives, said director Morgan Rielly, a Communication sophomore.

In the 21st century, where the internet has become a primary form of communication, “Water By The Spoonful” shows how people find intimacy and support in a virtual world.

Producer Jonathan Gelb said “Water By The Spoonful” was selected for the Latinx voice it will bring to campus and for its complex narrative about drug abuse, a subject often oversimplified in the media.

“What I think is so relatable about this show is that even though it’s the ‘unheard voices’ show, and it’s talking about experiences that most people on this campus haven’t dealt with, it’s not inaccessible,” the Communication sophomore said. “The show is written in such a way that it brings you into these stories with these relatable, identifiable, multifaceted characters.”

The lead character is Odessa, a former drug addict and creator of an online chat room for recovering addicts to seek support. Rielly was immediately drawn to the character due to the beauty of her compassion and selflessness, she said.

“She is a character who cares so much about others, and despite the hardships she goes

through, despite everything that’s happened, she works to bring light and bring forgiveness to others,” Rielly said. “She is a savior to so many people, and they even make a point in the play like she has saved thousands of people despite her own (problems).”

Communication sophomore Ziare PaulEmile, who plays Odessa, said the insufficiencies of relationships sustained through social media will be a familiar topic for Northwestern students in the audience. Though online-only connections can be comforting, people can relate to the desire to have more than what one finds on the screen, she said.

In spite of its heavy subject matter, the show doesn’t indulge in many dark moments, and characters even manage to maintain funny rapport, Gelb said.

“Even though it’s confronting a bunch of issues, it doesn’t over-dramatize them,” Gelb said.

The show’s set design and blocking combine

to convey the separation of characters in the chat rooms. Even when they are engaging in dialogue on stage, they must stand on wooden platforms, they cannot touch each other and they can only move to another platform if characters are having an intimate emotional connection, Gelb said.

“There’s this inherent separation between all the characters,” Rielly said. “I wanted an audience to see that separation yet see it able to break down and see them able to connect.”

Rielly added that the play’s themes of connection and empathy spoke to her as an artist.

“The reason I direct and do theater is because I think empathy is so important,” Rielly said. “I think as a person, not even just as an audience member, that is how you understand other people’s experiences, and this is a story about people learning to empathize with one another.” kelleyczajka2019@u.northwestern.edu

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In “Water By The Spoonful,” characters in the internet chat room stand on separate platforms to represent their physical separation. The play, which deals with issues of drug addiction and death through this chat room setting and through a Puerto Rican-American family, opens Friday in McCormick Auditorium.

‘Columbinus’ play addresses gun violence

By JENNIFER HEPP

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A play about the Columbine High School shooting, presented by Northwestern Students for Gun Violence Prevention, will portray the tragedy to examine the circumstances that led to the shooting.

“Columbinus,” which opens Friday in the Mussetter-Struble Theater, advocates for gun regulation and analyzes the social and psychological pressures high school students face. The production is based on the 1999 shooting, in which two teenagers opened fire at their Columbine High School in Colorado, killing 13 people and injuring 20 before committing suicide. There are theories that the perpetrators of the shooting were social outcasts who had been bullied.

In the play, each character is given an archetypal name that defines a stereotype of a high school student, such as “Prep,” “Jock” and “AP.”The perpetrators of the shooting go by “Loner” and “Freak.”

“You see the two characters that are the perpetrators go through this social isolation, this feeling of complete detachment from the world around them,” Communication senior Courtney Doyle said. “Regulation can only do so much, but we as a society need to step up our game with monitoring mental health and social isolation.”

Communication senior Abby Weissman, director of “Columbinus,” said the cast has spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to temper their own judgment of the characters.

“The big idea of the play is about being able to look at the people who are next to you and recognize what they’re going through,” Weissman said.

“It explores the dichotomy of what people think of you and what you actually are.”

Doyle called Weissman’s commitment to the project “awe-inspiring.” She said the play is an opportunity for the club to put on a production that will draw the theater community and other groups on campus that are political or social-justice minded.

Doyle, who has been a member of Northwestern Students for Gun Violence Prevention since her freshman year, said though the group is small — it has fewer than 10 members — she hopes “Columbinus” will bring more attention to gun violence issues.

“It was all kind of a whirlwind that felt like it might not ever actually happen,” Doyle said, “but it’s come together and it’s actually been quite miraculous. I’m so proud of it.”

In the past, Northwestern Students for Gun Violence Prevention has invited guest speakers and shown movie screenings. There will be free admission to “Columbinus” because it is a Struble Project.

However, all donations will go to Everytown for Gun Violence Prevention — a national organization that is fighting to end gun violence and increase safety in communities.

An open conversation about the audience’s

reactions to the show will follow the final performance of “Columbinus.” The conversation will be led by members of Northwestern Students for Gun Violence Prevention and Steve Tarzia, a Knight Lab fellow and founder of gunmemorial.org. The website, which serves as a bank of information and virtual memorial for victims of gun violence, was created in an effort to make victims more than just a statistic, Tarzia said.

Communication sophomore Christopher Lanham, who plays a student in the show, said there isn’t one particular message to the play.

“The script is so raw and works so well because it doesn’t try and say anything except for, ‘Here’s what happened,’” he said. “Columbinus’ lets you look at it from an objective angle, to see these kids and see what they went through, to see what caused this.” jenniferhepp2020@u.northwestern.edu

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In “Columbinus: A Struble Project,” actors revisit the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School and portray stereotypical high school archetypes such as Rebel (pictured), Jock and Loner. The play emphasizes the importance of monitoring mental health and social isolation in adolescents.

Alumni ensemble Third Coast Percussion wins Grammy award

Third Coast Percussion, a classical percussion ensemble comprising four NU alumni, took home a Grammy award Sunday night. Its album “Steve Reich” won the award for Best Chamber Group/ Small Ensemble Performance.

This was the first time the group had been nominated for or awarded a Grammy, as well as the first time any percussion group has won a chamber music category, Third Coast member Robert Dillon said.

“We’re very proud of the work that we’ve done and are thrilled to have the honor, but we also definitely recognize that for music, it’s something that’s passed down from one generation to the next through teachers and mentors of all kinds,” Dillon said.

Dillon said the group credits preexisting percussion ensembles, as well as its mentors and experiences at Northwestern, with introducing them to this type of percussion music and giving them a foundation to build upon and take forward into the mainstream music scene.

Moments before accepting their award, Third Coast took the stage with jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane to perform Steve Reich’s “Mallet Quartet III (Fast).” The piece was one they play regularly, but the stakes were much higher this time, Coltrane said.

“It was a unique collaboration and something that felt kind of once-in-a-lifetime: to be able to perform with him in that space on that stage and just know that our friends and family all over the place are watching this,” Coltrane said.

Dillon said the Grammy will serve as a “stamp of approval” that will hopefully help expose the group to future collaborators and anyone who would want to present their music.

“It was something we were really excited about the prospect of with no idea of (if ) it was realistic to actually do,” Dillon said. “How do we get bigger and better from here? … It feels like there are so many possibilities now, and we need to keep pushing forward.”

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Alumnus creates artwork that’s good enough to eat

Northwestern alum Harley Langberg showcases edible compositions through website, Instagram

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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Anyone who has ever wondered what Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” might taste like or which condiment would best suit a portrait of Guy Fieri need look no further than the work of Northwestern alumnus Harley Langberg.

Langberg (Weinberg ’10) is the creative force behind Harley’s Food Art, a website and Instagram account showcasing his edible compositions.

He fashions everything from famous paintings to celebrity likenesses to cartoon characters using materials he finds at the grocery store — including Oreos, cucumbers, Fruity Pebbles and Sriracha.

Though he was interested in art and took some art history classes at Northwestern, Langberg said he decided to major in economics with a minor in Chinese. It was years later, when he passed by a food art exhibit at Chelsea Market in his hometown of New York City, that Langberg was inspired to try his hand at the craft.

For Langberg, the art began as a personal hobby, and he did not expect to build it into a

larger enterprise. He still works a day job at a family investment firm and said his food art is largely a source of entertainment and relaxation.

“Everybody needs some kind of outlet, whether it’s SoulCycle or TV,” Langberg said. “For me it’s food art.”

Since his first work, an eggplant and pepper rendition of Banksy’s iconic “Flower Girl,” Langberg has produced hundreds of pieces and amassed a fanbase of more than 37,000 followers on his Instagram page. Langberg said he generally posts about four or five times per week and that the whole process — thinking of an image, shopping for ingredients with the right colors and textures, composing the piece, photographing and posting — takes a couple hours on average.

As his following has grown, Langberg has partnered with companies to create promotional material. On Valentine’s Day, he crafted fruitbased emojis for Food Network and a festive stop-motion message for Dylan’s Candy Bar. Before the Grammys, he paired with Sony Music to produce a portrait of Sia, which he tagged #GrammyNOMS. Tori Bachan, Langberg’s digital talent brand manager, said food-based companies are logical

collaborators, but the “universal” appeal of music and pop culture can also make for interesting partnerships. Bachan said she tries to connect Langberg with innovative companies that make use of social media, adding she believes recent trends surrounding digital media and food itself have helped his popularity.

“Now we’re in this time where people are health-conscious, and they love to know what’s in their food,” Bachan said. “That’s also what draws people to Harley’s food art — you can see the end result, but at the same time you can see all of the ingredients in it.”

Since March 2016, Langberg has also been a collaborative partner at Portraits for Good, a site founded by his high school classmate, Alix Greenberg, to combine art and charity. Langberg, Greenberg and four other artists sell custom works and limited-edition prints of their art on the site and donate a portion of the profits to a charity of the buyer’s choosing.

Langberg was the first artist brought on after the site was founded, Greenberg said, and since then he has sold about 50 prints. Greenberg described him as a “creative genius” who can work with a wide range of artistic styles, from “The

Simpsons” to Picasso.

“I choose artists who I feel are democratic and not hierarchical or pretentious,” Greenberg said. “(Harley’s) food art is so informed and smart, but you can appreciate it no matter what.”

Moving forward, Langberg said he hopes to continue to improve and experiment with new ingredients. He said he has several partnerships in the works with museums and snack food companies and is collaborating on a piece with fellow food artist Jessie Bearden.

Still, Langberg said, he makes sure to take the time to interact with his followers and personally replies to every comment on his Instagram. His artistic motivation is simple: He wants a creative outlet for himself and a way to brighten someone else’s day.

“I get all this great feedback from people I don’t even know, saying I’ve touched them in these difficult times,” Langberg said. “My goal now is really just to make art that makes people happy and makes people smile and takes them away from … all the trials and tribulations of everyday life.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern alumnus Harley Langberg makes art using only edible ingredients. His Instagram page, Harley’s Food Art, has more than 37,000 followers.

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Organizers of the protest rolled out the banner after the event had begun, a move Sheldon criticized in his letter as appearing to be “deception and co-option,” leading to “an opportunity for a singleminded full-throated condemnation of President Donald Trump and his administration by the full Northwestern community (to be) sadly squandered.”

“It seems to me that the group who organized the demonstration deceived the Northwestern community,” Sheldon wrote. “The demonstration was presented as a response to the Trump administration’s action, not to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration.”

Weinberg senior Ajay Nadig responded to Sheldon in another letter to the editor published in The Daily that the banner demonstrated an intersection of issues at the core of the protest. Nadig wrote it is

important not to enter a protest and “take the fruits of their labor and then attack a core aspect of their movement.”

Naib Mian, vice president of IJP and one of the organizers of the protest, said it was “disingenuous” to express outrage at a ban in the United States directed largely toward Muslims, but to “defend a similar ban if those Muslims happen to be Palestinian and the enforcer is Israel.”

Though Mian agreed with Schapiro’s sentiment expressing the need to focus on Muslim voices, he stressed that Israel and Palestine are not a separate issue from the executive order.

“We were trying to highlight Muslim voices, and a lot of Muslim voices happen to be Palestinian,” the Medill senior said.

In response to Schapiro’s remarks, Sheldon’s only comment was, “OK, let him say whatever he wants.” matthewchoi2018@u.northwestern.edu

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resettlement.

In December, City Council unanimously passed a “welcoming city” ordinance that prohibits city officials from inquiring about someone’s immigration status. And in January, both of Evanston’s school districts declared themselves a “safe haven” for families affected by any changes in immigration policy.

“Many residents are really worried about (the immigrant and refugee) population in our town,” 1st Ward resident Alisa Kaplan said. “We just don’t like idea of ICE agents coming and dragging people out of homes. … We want to be prepared, and we want to have the tools to constructively help.”

Kaplan created an Evanston chapter of Action for a Better Tomorrow, described as a “network of Illinois residents determined to make a difference.” The chapter’s Facebook group has more than 1,000 members who engage in political discussion and organize meetings with local legislators.

Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said he has seen similar movements across the state as the new administration ratchets up efforts to deport unauthorized immigrants. He said as these “standardless” deportations continue, Evanston should not count itself immune.

“I take the president at his word; he’s going to try to deport millions of people,” Yohnka said. “There’s no doubt that there’s an opportunity here for people to participate and be strong allies.”

sexuality and consent on campus.

Lars Benson, co-author of the resolution, said the University must be proactive in dealing with allegations. Benson, a Weinberg junior, said the perpetrators of sexual assault “do not have a place within Northwestern’s student body” if they are found responsible.

“We assert that these are not isolated incidents, that they are evidence of a pervasive culture which encourages sexual assault, which allows sexual assault to transpire and which should be addressed

by Associated Student Government and all of its members,” he said.

Gabrielle Bienasz, a co-author of the bill, said CARE is “indispensable” in assisting survivors of sexual assault and said it needs to hire an additional staff member to bolster programming on sexual assault within Greek life.

“It makes a lot of sense to have women in the conversation when you’re talking about … programming for fraternities,” the Medill freshman said. “We need the funding and the staff in order to make that a sustainable and lasting change.”

ASG Senate will vote on the resolution next Wednesday.

Senate also passed a resolution approving the creation of the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility Membership Commission. The committee considers issues related to Northwestern’s investment activities and makes recommendations to the Trustee Investment Committee.

Students appointed to the commission will “be responsible for keeping detailed accounts of its process and deliberations, which Senate will have the ability to access by vote.”

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NU considers CTEC questions about diversity

By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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The University will form two committees to reevaluate CTECs, potentially creating new questions about instructors’ abilities to address questions about diversity and inclusion, a University official said.

University Registrar Jacqualyn Casazza said there have been multiple requests from students and faculty to add a “cultural competency” question to course evaluations. One of the committees will focus on core questions for the evaluations, while the second group will focus on the best ways to write effective evaluation questions and use data, Casazza said.

She added that the administration had planned to reevaluate course review questions after implementing Blue, a new software platform for the evaluation system, last year.

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The diversity question is definitely going to be something that is part of the discussion.

Alison Phillips, senior assistant registrar

Alison Phillips, senior assistant registrar, said the University hopes to make course reviews more focused on how much and how well students learned as opposed to their general attitude toward a class. Part of that re-focus includes working to include questions of diversity and inclusion in the classroom, she said.

“The diversity question is definitely going to be something that is a part of the discussion, because that’s a recommendation that’s been coming from both faculty and students,” Phillips said.

After the committees reevaluate and create additional questions to be asked on CTECs, Casazza said she hopes to have a review period for the committees to gather student feedback and address any other concerns.

At a community dialogue Feb. 6, Jabbar Bennett, associate provost for diversity and inclusion, responded to a student’s question about adding such a “cultural competency” component to CTECs and said now that the University has implemented a new course evaluation software, it will consider options for including diversity and inclusion in the program.

“Now that the platform has been identified, the next thing is to look at the content,” Bennett said.

Last Spring Quarter, the platform Blue was implemented across the University following a pilot during Winter Quarter for the School of Communication and the Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications, Phillips said.

Prior to Blue, the original CTEC program was written by an Information Technology developer and had been in place for about a decade, Phillips said. The program was difficult to maintain, however, as all of the development and maintenance had to be done by NU. Administrators decided to look into programs by outside vendors that offered more flexibility and additional tools that could be used for course evaluations, Phillips said.

Casazza said she is currently in the process of selecting members for the committees who she said will be representative of all backgrounds and disciplines. Each of the two committees will have about 10 to 12 members, she said.

Although Casazza said no major changes to CTECs will likely be available in at least the next year, she said this is the first step toward implementing major changes to the system.

“We’ve had the current questions for decades, so this is a drastic change,” Casazza said. “It’s just something we have to be really, really careful and thoughtful about.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats hope to end 3-game losing streak at Iowa

Slumping Northwestern takes the court against Hawkeyes in search of much-needed conference victory

By MAX GELMAN

daily senior staffer @maxgelman2018

Daily file photo by Allie Goudling

Ashley Deary looks to score a driving layup. The senior guard said the team has to make the most of its final conference games.

February has not been kind to Northwestern thus far.

After easily defeating last-place Wisconsin on Feb. 1, the Wildcats (17-8, 6-6 Big Ten) will enter Thursday’s contest at Iowa (15-10, 6-6) trying to snap a three-game skid, their longest of the year. During the streak, NU has averaged just 52.3 points per game, well below its season average of 69.2 points.

“Like a lot of teams, you have some nagging injuries this time of year that play into it,” coach Joe McKeown said. “To play a schedule where you’re playing, traveling, come back, travel again — it is what it is. You’ve just got to take advantage of the opportunities you’re gonna have and not worry about things you can’t control.”

Although much of the team has struggled offensively, senior forward Nia Coffey is coming off one of the best games of her career.

The Minneapolis native tallied a season-high 33 points during Monday’s loss to Minnesota, her final game in her home state.

Coffey said a lot of family and friends were in attendance, including her brother Amir, a freshman guard for Minnesota’s men’s basketball team. She added that NU is taking a game-to-game approach to try to break its losing streak.

“We’re just trying to keep the same mentality and keep everyone motivated and on the same page,” Coffey said.

The Hawkeyes have dominated recent matchups with the Cats, winning the last six, and nine of the last ten since 2011. Thursday’s

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matchup will also come with added significance, as NU and Iowa possess identical conference records.

Senior guard Ashley Deary said Thursday will provide the Cats with an opportunity to rediscover their energy on the court.

“We definitely have to do a reset after the last few games, in just getting back to playing with passion … and not to take this opportunity for granted,” Deary said. “There’s still a shot to go to the NCAA Tournament and make a run in terms of our Big Ten standings, so we have to make the most of that, but we can only do it one game at a time.”

With just four games remaining in conference play, time is running out for NU to right the ship and earn an NCAA Tournament berth. Sitting at 17-5 two weeks ago, the Cats had been in prime position for an at-large bid.

The losing streak, however, has put that bid in jeopardy.

Additionally, one game separates six teams seeking to earn the final double-bye in March’s Big Ten Tournament, and NU could realistically finish anywhere between fourth and 10th place in the conference. But McKeown said he doesn’t want to “overanalyze” the situation.

“There’s so many teams in our league that are all jumbled together that you can’t worry about standings or schedules; you just have to go play the next game,” McKeown said. “When we do that, we’re good.” maxgelman2018@u.northwestern.edu

Upgraded Evanston website features interactive tools

By AMELIA LANGAS

the daily northwestern @AmeliaLangas

Motivated to create a more mobile-friendly site in a smartphone-oriented era, Evanston revamped its old design and launched a new website Tuesday, city officials said.

Gone are the days of a blue color scheme and outdated graphics. Now, a photograph of a wintery Clark Square Park in south Evanston at sunset adorns the homepage. Other features include a new responsive design, a search-oriented homepage and greater security, said Luke Stowe, the city’s chief information officer.

“People are on the go now, so we want to offer a site that’s adaptable to that,” Stowe said.

Stowe said Vision Internet — a Californiabased website design firm that specializes in

government website development — spearheaded the city’s website redesign. Vision Internet has also designed sites for institutions and cities in states such as Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Technology has changed and how people use websites has changed in the past seven years.

Wally Bobkiewicz, city manager

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Ashley Fruechting, senior director of marketing for Vision Internet, said Evanston’s old site needed an update because it was hard to

navigate and struggled to handle increasing mobile traffic. When city officials discovered these issues, they reached out to design firms and eventually settled on Vision Internet, Fruechting said.

The company’s proposal focused on interactive tools that aimed to “rationalize government information” for the average reader, she said.

These new tools include notifications of job postings and community events as well as a dynamic calendar, which will increase the functionality and accessibility of the website, Fruechting said.

Fruechting said her firm conducted an analysis of how Evanston citizens use the website, tracking “what devices were used to access the site, the most frequently accessed pages and most frequent searches.”

Visitors to the new site can find content through a search bar on the homepage and

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The new site is hosted on a virtual server rather than a physical one, which increases affordability and provides for greater disasterpreparedness, Stowe said.

Prior to the update, which began last June, Evanston’s website had not been modified since 2010, said city manager Wally Bobkiewicz. The site aims to increase access to city information while being as user friendly as possible, Bobkiewicz said.

“Technology has changed and how people use websites has changed in the past seven years,” he said. amelialangas@u.northwestern.edu

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By MAX SCHUMAN

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A sizzling Melo Trimble and a Maryland squad firing on all cylinders asked a lot of questions of Northwestern in Wednesday’s matchup, and the Wildcats didn’t have enough answers.

With the No. 23 Terrapins (22-4, 10-3 Big Ten) rolling and their star guard putting up a career-high 32 points, NU (19-7, 8-5) couldn’t keep up. The Cats shot 39 percent from the field and hit just 5-of-22 3s as they slumped to a 74-64 defeat at WelshRyan Arena.

Just days after scoring 25 in an upset win over then-No. 7 Wisconsin, junior guard Bryant McIntosh scored a mere 9 points, and he and sophomore forward Vic Law combined for a 7-for-25 shooting line. With its two best players struggling and junior guard Scottie Lindsey missing his fourth-straight game with illness, NU couldn’t find a consistent source of offense, a common theme in recent weeks.

“We’re not capable right now of throwing up 75 or 80 points. We just don’t have the firepower,” coach Chris Collins said. “Maryland is very potent offensively, and they score the ball, and we just couldn’t match that.”

The Cats’ defense was passable and disruptive in the first half, forcing five Terrapins turnovers and blocking

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seven shots. But ice-cold shooting and foul trouble for McIntosh, who picked up two fouls within the first three minutes of the game and a third before the break, kept NU from capitalizing. At halftime, the Cats trailed 32-22, putting up their lowest point total in a half this season.

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We’re a team that doesn’t quit. Any time that there’s a deficit against us, we’ve got our backs up against a wall a little bit, we tend to try to fight back.

Isiah Brown, freshman guard

After the break, Maryland scored with ease. Trimble put up 19 points in the second half to power the Terrapins’ offense, which shot a cool 56 percent in the period, and a 3-point play from the guard stretched the visitors’ lead to 62-42 with 7:28 remaining.

“To be honest … it was really primarily on defense that was really killing us,” said Law, who spent much of the night matched up on Trimble.

“Every time we made a run, (Trimble) made a 3, or he had an and-one.”

McIntosh’s early foul trouble gave

Isiah Brown a chance to run the Cats’ off ense. With a sluggish showing from many of his teammates, Collins said NU needed the freshman guard’s aggressiveness and scoring ability, and he responded with a team- and careerhigh 19 points.

His 11 second-half points helped slice into Maryland’s lead, and a layup by senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin cut the deficit to single digits with 3:16 to play.

“We’re a team that doesn’t quit,” Brown said. “Any time that there’s a deficit against us, we’ve got our backs up against a wall a little bit, we tend to try to fight back.”

The Terrapins ultimately stopped the bleeding. NU never got closer than 8 points for the remainder of the contest after digging itself too deep a hole to climb.

It was certainly a setback for the Cats after the huge victory against the Badgers. Collins declined to blame a mental hangover from that game for his team’s performance Wednesday, but said fatigue may have played a factor.

“We don’t have a whole lot of margin for error with the guys we’re playing with right now,” Collins said. “Our heads were in the right place; we were definitely ready to play the game … I just felt we were a little bit slower to the ball than we normally are.” maxschuman2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Melo Trimble shreds NU looking to halt losing streak NU as Maryland rolls

By JOE WILKINSON

By BEN POPE

daily senior staffer @benpope111

Maryland guard Melo Trimble hadn’t played well his last three games.

So he got a haircut.

With the weight off his head, Trimble sliced through the Northwestern (19-7, 8-5 Big Ten) defense all game long Wednesday night, racking up 32 points — including 19 in the second half — on 12-of-17 shooting in a 74-64 win for No. 23 Maryland’s (224, 10-3) .

“The back of my head had some wind to it,” he said afterwards, grinning.

After scoring just 3 points through the first 10 minutes, Trimble abruptly shifted into an unstoppable mode — unstoppable on the perimeter, unstoppable at the rim and unstoppable everywhere in between, too. The Terrapins’ leading scorer this season went 4-for-5 from deep, drew four shooting fouls — and still made the shot on three of them — and even pulled down four rebounds.

Wildcats sophomore forward Vic Law, exhausted from guarding Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig for 30 minutes on Sunday, never stood a chance of keeping up. In the paint, sophomore center Dererk Pardon was clearly outmatched by Trimble’s athleticism.

“Personally, I think I could’ve guarded him a lot better,” Law said.

“Early I did a good job, I had a couple blocks, kept him out of the lane, but I then just let him go. I wore down and, on pick and rolls, he really got a lot of space between me and the ball screen, and when he’s attacking downhill on Dererk that just puts too much

pressure on Dererk.”

And when senior forward Sanjay Lumpkin was shifted onto Trimble in a desperate attempt to slow him down, Trimble ended the experiment immediately by swishing a 3 over Lumpkin.

“It was pretty obvious he had another gear tonight,” Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said. “He looked fast.

We’ve added some things in the last 10 days or so that we haven’t been showing a lot … and it opened the floor a little bit more for him.”

Trimble had struggled in his last three outings, shooting 11-for-39 from the field and 2-for-14 from deep as the Terrapins suffered two losses in that span. But that trend changed quickly in Evanston.

“When I saw that first shot go in, I knew, right then and there, tonight was going to be my game,” he said.

The 6-foot-3 guard gave the Terrapins a big advantage early by draining a triple, getting two layups and then blocking NU freshman guard Isiah Brown to set up a Damonte Dodd bucket and stretch the visitors’ lead from 13-9 to 22-11 in a two-minute span. He somehow was even better after halftime, employing his impeccable ball-handling skills and elusive shake moves to rip through the core of the Cats’ defense time and time again.

Ultimately, it all added up to a career-high scoring performance for Trimble and a ship-righting win for Maryland.

“Trimble was fantastic — it was as good as I’ve seen him play,” coach Chris Collins said. “He’s played a lot of good games, so that’s saying something.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern. edu

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Last time it took the court, Northwestern suffered a narrow defeat to then-No. 10 Duke, a third straight loss after dropping a match at then-No. 9 Vanderbilt earlier that weekend. Now, the Wildcats are looking to turn things around.

Losses on the road against two of the top 15 teams in the ITA rankings weren’t too disappointing for No. 23 NU (4-3), however, and this week’s schedule figures to ease slightly as Baylor (5-0) and Illinois (3-5) visit Evanston on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

But while neither team is ranked, the Cats are not taking their upcoming opponents lightly.

“Baylor and Illinois are both very good,” coach Claire Pollard said. “The gap between 10 and 30 or 40 (in the rankings) is not very big. … I expect

Baylor vs. No. 23 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 5 p.m. Friday

Illinois vs. No. 23 Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 11 a.m. Sunday

us to be pushed to the limit in both matches.”

The Bears received votes in the most recent poll after continuing their undefeated start to the young season with a win over Rice, which also received votes from the ITA. The Fighting Illini, however, have already dropped five matches, two of which came against teams in the top 15.

Baylor and Illinois each played matches last weekend, while the Cats had a brief respite after failing to qualify for the ITA National Indoor Championships.

“The girls have had a really good

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Alex Chatt looks to return the ball. The junior is undefeated at No. 5 singles this season.

week and a half, and I think the time off has been really beneficial for them,” junior Maddie Lipp said. “Both Illinois and Baylor are really tough teams, but we definitely have a good chance.”

NU came into the season with a strong outlook, but senior Jillian Rooney’s injury has challenged the team’s depth. So far, the Cats have not been able to overcome that challenge.

Rooney and sophomore Rheeya Doshi began the 2017 campaign as the No. 23 doubles team in the nation, and the senior held down the No. 5 singles spot for much of last year’s campaign, posting a 7-8 record.

The team’s newly shuffled doubles lineups picked up the doubles point in both matches against Duke, but the team dropped the point for only the second time this year in the 5-2 loss to Vanderbilt.

Junior Alex Chatt has posted an impressive 5-0 record at the No. 5 spot this season, but freshman Nina van Oost and senior Brooke Rischbieth combined for an 0-3 record in singles in the matchups against Duke and Vanderbilt. The Cats fell to Duke 4-3 on both occasions.

Home court advantage could help NU overcome these recent shortcomings this weekend — the Cats are 3-0 at home and 1-3 on the road. Nonetheless, this will be the first weekend they play stronger opponents in Evanston.

The undefeated Bears and the battletested Illini will likely provide a tougher test than Kent State, Chicago State and Harvard did earlier in the season.

Rooney said the team is happy to begin the homestand and eager to see some new competition.

“It’s really nice to be home after some tough matches away,” Rooney said.

“We’re really excited and ready to go.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern. edu