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Cilento calls for application waiver ASG president signs statement to cut applicant cost By MATTHEW CHOI
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Dawes Elementary, 440 Dodge Avenue, is one of 10 elementary schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. A report released last month showed some progress, but consistent racial disparities, in the district.
D65 report shows racial disparity By RYAN WANGMAN
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A report released by Evanston/Skokie School District 65 last month cited overall progress in academic performance but persistent racial disparities in student achievement. The “achievement and accountability” report analyzed student achievement in the 2015-16 school year, which marked the first year of implementation of District 65’s
five-year Strategic Plan. The plan emphasizes a focus on high quality teaching and learning, financial sustainability and family and community engagement. The report highlighted that more District 65 students are meeting annual academic growth targets. In just two years, the percentage of students whose academic progress meets or exceeds national averages is up 8 percent in math and 9 percent in reading, the report said. District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren said students making expected gains signals that what
Prof dies after 40 years at NU
Friends remember McCormick Prof Edwin Rossow By CATHERINE KIM
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Civil and environmental engineering Prof. emeritus Edwin Rossow died earlier this month at the age of 80. He had taught at the McCormick School of Engineering since 1965. Rossow died unexpectedly Feb. 5 after more than 40 years at Northwestern. Throughout his career, he was known for his personal dedication to his students, said Prof. Raymond Krizek, who worked with Rossow in the civil and environmental engineering department. Though he was a successful researcher, Rossow’s true passion was in teaching, Krizek said. Much of Rossow’s support
for his students came from outside of the classroom, he said. Students would often come to Rossow with personal problems, and he was always willing to listen and give advice, Krizek said. “There’s more to student interactions than just the classrooms and homework,” he said. “Sometimes students need somebody to talk to. He was always there for that kind of stuff as well, beyond just school and classes.” His teaching and research specialized in computer methods for analyzing and designing structures, which are used in designing steel and assessing the behavior of reinforced concrete. Prof. Karen Chou, who was one of Rossow’s students for her graduate and doctoral studies before becoming one of his fellow professors, described Rossow as a friend, mentor and father figure. Having lost her father when she was 14, Chou said » See ROSSOW, page 6
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the district is doing is bringing some success. He said he believes tests give the district a transparent measure of how well students are doing, as well as what specific areas the district can look at to make improvements. “I’m not going to shy away from setting the standard at the high bar that we want all our children to achieve, especially our kids of color,” Goren said. “(We need to be) using the types of tools that are out there to be able to give us some sense of where we are and where we’re going.”
The report assesses achievement of students across five racial groups. According to the report, the district “has more work to do” to promote equity, citing a goal to increase the percentage of all student subgroups in meeting college readiness benchmarks. Over the past year, only black and white students made increases in reading, and none of the five groups made increases in math, according to the report. To eliminate the achievement » See REPORT, page 6
Associated Student Government President Christina Cilento signed on to a statement published Wednesday calling for colleges and universities to remove application fees for firstgeneration and low-income students. The statement, titled “No Apologies Initiative,” was written by Viet Nguyen — student body president at Brown University and director of 1vyG, an organization dedicated to first-generation students in the Ivy League — and urges the elimination of application fees for first-generation and low-income students for the 2017-18 academic year. Student body presidents of all eight Ivy League schools, in addition to those of Stanford and University of Chicago, signed the statement. The statement describes Nguyen’s personal experiences applying to schools while unable to pay for application fees. Though Nguyen appealed to the schools he applied to and got the fees waived, the process was “humiliating” and “unnecessary,”
the statement said. “Even with the availability of waivers, it takes a certain level of self-advocacy and knowledge of the educational system to know to even ask for them, knowledge that is inherently less accessible for those who are the first in their families to go to college,” it said. According to a White House study cited in the statement, application fees are one of the main deterrents for low-income students from applying to certain schools. Schools such as Bowdoin College already waive application fees automatically for all first-generation students and students on financial aid, according to the statement. Cilento said Nguyen reached out to ask her to sign on to the statement. The letter’s mission of making college more financially accessible mirrored much of Cilento’s work at Northwestern, she said. Cilento met with Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and University President Morton Schapiro in January to discuss ways to increase socioeconomic diversity on campus and support for low-income students. The University’s work to increase socioeconomic diversity on campus has resulted in the percentage of students who are eligible for Pell Grants, a federal » See STATEMENT, page 6
NU acquisition raises questions in city By NORA SHELLY
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Northwestern is in the process of acquiring a building at 1840 Oak Ave., raising questions over whether the building should be subject to property taxes. NU doesn’t pay taxes for its buildings, but in a letter sent to Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and City Council members, Executive Vice President Nim Chinniah said the University would make an annual voluntary payment of $350,000 to the city instead. Cook County Assessor records indicate that the yearly property tax payable at 1840 Oak for 2015 was $275,860, according to council documents. Bobkiewicz said there are often questions when NU acquires buildings in the city. “There’s concern that a building previously on the property tax rolls and then is no longer on the property tax rolls, that is … no longer income for the city of Evanston through tax dollars,” he said.
The building is located in a “Research Park” location established by the University and the city in the 1980s. The city created a for-profit corporation with the University to perform functions in the area in an effort to keep universityrelated businesses in Evanston. According to council documents, the building is in a
special zoning area near downtown. It is bounded to the south by Davis Street, to the north by Emerson Street, by CTA tracks to the east and by Chicago Avenue to the west. The land in the area was to remain on the tax rolls, according to the council documents. It is unclear whether the agreement is still in effect,
and city and University officials are working to figure out the issue, Bobkiewicz said. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) — who originally asked staff to look at the issue — said she would prefer to keep the property on the tax roll. “Paying the property tax is » See BUILDING, page 6
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Northwestern is in the process of buying a building at 1840 Oak Avenue. The acquisition is raising some questions on whether the building should be kept on the tax roll.
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AROUND TOWN State senator introduces ranked-choice voting bill Biss introduces bill that would amend state election code to have ranked-choice voting in state elections By BILLY KOBIN
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A bill introduced by State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) earlier this month would set up a ranked-choice voting system for state elections. The bill, which Biss introduced Feb. 1, would amend the state election code to have rankedchoice voting in elections for the following positions: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, secretary of state, treasurer and General Assembly member. According to the bill, voting would proceed in rounds, with voters ranking candidates and the last-place candidate being eliminated after each round. When two candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total would win. The bill is part of an effort across several states to introduce some form of ranked-choice voting in elections. Maine voters approved a referendum in November that sets up ranked-choice voting for congressional and state races. This year, 23 bills that would set up some form of ranked-choice voting have already been introduced in 16 states, according to FairVote, a nonpartisan and non-profit organization that advocates for nationwide electoral reform. Biss could not be reached for comment regarding the bill. Numerous states and cities already have
Police Blotter Two men charged with felony burglary A Des Plaines and a Chicago resident were charged with felony burglary Thursday. Evanston received a call reporting the burglary around 5:18 a.m. on Thursday. The caller reported that two people had broken the glass door of health food store J.D. Mills,
ranked-choice voting systems on various levels and for specific circumstances, such as giving overseas and military voters the right to rankedchoice voting. If a general election required a runoff election, military and overseas voters would have little time to send in a second ballot, so using ranked-choice voting allows those voters to only
have to vote once, according to FairVote. Ranked-choice voting has some history in Illinois. In Springfield, military and overseas voters have used a ranked-choice voting system for municipal runoff elections since 2011. While serving as an Illinois state senator, President Barack Obama introduced a ranked-choice voting bill for
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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks at a town hall in January. Biss introduced a bill that would create a rank-based voting system for several offices in Illinois.
635 Chicago Ave. According to a news release, the suspects tried to break into the store’s cash register, but were unable to open it. The men then exited the store and left in an S.U.V. heading south on Chicago Avenue, according to the release. An officer responding to the scene spotted an S.U.V. matching the description and attempted to stop it on Sheridan Road in
Rogers Park, but was unable to do so. Officers located the vehicle in Elk Grove Village. The suspects fled on foot but were apprehended and detained.
Car burglary reported
A 36-year-old woman reported that her car was broken into after she parked it in south Evanston around 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The
statewide and congressional primaries in 2002. The system gives citizens the opportunity to vote for a candidate of their choice, regardless of how strong of a chance the candidate may have, and alleviates the “wasted vote concern,” said Jay Young, political director for Common Cause Illinois, a nonpartisan watchdog group that promotes open and accountable government. Young said a ranked-choice voting system gives minority voters more of a chance to nominate candidates who look like them and appeal to them. Candidates also have to reach out to a broader segment of voters in a ranked-choice system, he said. “You have to make sure you’re not only trying to pick up your voters, but you want to maybe pick up somebody’s second choice or third choice as well,” Young said, adding the system could “tone down some of the rhetoric that tends to come with hyper-partisan” elections currently. Young said although Common Cause Illinois has not looked too closely at the bill, the organization is usually in favor of voting reform measures that help voters interact with candidates and make candidates more accountable to voters. “We think it’s always valuable to have a conversation on voting reform,” he said. “It’s something worth exploring.” The bill currently sits in the Senate Executive Committee. williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu woman told police she found items taken from the center console and strewn about the vehicle around 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The woman reported that a bottle of Bath and Body Works perfume was missing from the car after the break in. — Zoe Miller
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Though President Donald Trump’s policies regarding the Middle East have caused controversy domestically, many people from the region have always felt unwelcome coming to the United States, panelists said at a talk Thursday. The panel, held in Harris Hall in front of about 30 people, featured two professors and a Ph.D. candidate and addressed the effects of Trump’s actions on the Middle East. The event was organized by NU Middle East Review, a student publication centered on policy in the Middle East. Speakers included political science Prof. Will Reno, director of the African studies program, political science Ph.D. candidate Rana Khoury
and history Prof. Michael Sherry. The panel aimed to gather perspectives of experts who have interacted with individuals from the Middle East during Trump’s campaign and presidency, said Zain Syedain, the event’s coordinator. “There’s obviously the reactions of people here,” the Weinberg junior told The Daily. “But you want to really hear about what people on the ground are feeling there because it’s easy to get caught up in the bubble.” One of the main topics of discussion was Trump’s recent executive order on immigration. The order temporarily barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and is currently blocked in court. Although the order spurred protests and public backlash, Sherry said Trump’s travel ban is not much of a “break” from tradition. Sherry
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Political science Prof. Will Reno discusses Middle Eastern immigration with NU students. The event Thursday night tackled the consequences of President Donald Trump’s actions on the opinions of people from the Middle East about the U.S.
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referenced similar historic legislation that barred immigration from Asia as well as southern and eastern Europe by creating quotas favoring Western Europeans. “There is a long-standing tradition of erratic American action to bar various kinds of foreigners from entering into the United States,” he said. The seven countries specified in Trump’s executive order are also the same countries that former President Barack Obama flagged as requiring stricter travel regulations for security purposes, Sherry said. Khoury, who completed fieldwork in Jordan two months ago, said many refugees from there were not “hopeful” about coming to the United States, even before Trump was selected as the Republican presidential candidate. “They had their sights set on Europe where there are more generous resettlement policies,” she said. “Keeping that in perspective, we weren’t that welcoming in the first place.” However, the recent immigration ban differs from past foreign policy, Sherry said. In addition to being an intensified version of Obama’s policies, Trump’s action is an executive order, which gives it a “more unilateral and impulsive quality,” he said. Weinberg junior Sophie Chen, who attended the event, said Trump’s impulsiveness worries her. The panelists also discussed the lack of predictability of Trump’s future policies, and Chen said she felt they seemed “just as confused” as she was in regard to anticipating what other decisions Trump could make. “It’s concerning that there is no precedent and no prediction,” Chen said. Despite the concerns that arose as a result of the panel, Syedain said he hoped the event would engage students by sharing the perspectives of people outside of the United States. “There are so many things that are happening domestically in the U.S. that have captured people’s attention,” Syedain said. “And while all these things are extremely important, there is a wider world view that we need to take.
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Studying abroad more important amid terror concerns NICOLE KEMPIS
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This is the third in a series that examines the challenges NU faces as it strives to become a global university. At Northwestern, 750 students study abroad every year, according to the Northwestern University Study Abroad website. Many students consider it an essential educational experience, for language acquisition, exposure to different cultures or the chance to live outside the U.S. But for some, the threat of terrorism is a significant deterrent. Europe has historically been the most popular destination for NU students. According to the study abroad office, more than half of the university’s study abroad participants heading for the continent from 2000-2010. Yet, following the series of deadly attacks that occurred in Europe last year, students and their parents have expressed concerns about safety, with some choosing not to study abroad at all. Some students considering going to France said they were especially affected following the 2015 Paris attacks, as a number of the victims were students in the city. Weinberg junior Iris Dew explained she chose not to go to Paris in the fall of 2016 because of her parents’ concerns about the threat of terrorism. “They knew going to Paris was a dream of
mine,” she said. “But after the truck attack in Nice, they were basically non-negotiable about it. It’s not that they made the decision for me, but it became clear that if I did choose to go, they would be sleepless for four months.” Iris’ family is not the only one that expressed fear about study abroad. Alejandra Diaz, a junior studying public health, noted over email that her mother expressed great concern about her decision to study in Paris and told her to avoid popular destinations or protests. And junior Fallon Gallagher, an International Program Development student, commented in an email that her parents were “definitely nervous” about her studying in Paris, but never attempted to dissuade him.
Although fears about terrorism are not totally unfounded, parents in particular tend to miscalculate the real risks involved with terrorism. The Forum on Education Abroad estimated last March that students are more than two times as likely to die studying in the U.S. than studying abroad. When analyzing risk, people tend to overestimate the threats others pose, an issue that is exacerbated by the intense media coverage of violent events. Risk perception may also play a role students’ decisions not to study in other regions, such as the Middle East. Although NU has strong ties to the region due to its campus in Qatar, only 4.2 percent of study abroad participants choose to study in the area. Within
Data source: NU Study Abroad Office Graphic by Juliet Freudman
the Middle East, NU hosts programs in only four countries: Israel, Qatar, Jordan and Morocco. However, NU runs programs in 21 European countries, a discrepancy that may reflect reactions to instability in the region. For example, American programs in Syria were popular until the 2010 revolution. Likewise, Inside Higher Ed reported there were more than 1,000 American students studying in Egypt before the Arab Spring, but in 2014 there were only 37. Despite safety concerns, encouraging students to study abroad is more essential than ever. While most American students are privileged enough to travel abroad with relative ease, recent events, such as President Donald Trump’s travel ban and crackdown on undocumented workers, may indicate that travelling to the U.S. will become more difficult for international students. If international representation at NU becomes less diverse, giving American students the opportunity to experience other cultures firsthand through study abroad will be even more essential. Study abroad plays a vital part in combatting perceptions of American exceptionalism. The U.S. is not the center of the world and by embracing foreign cultures, American students are reminded of the value of different cultures. In a country divided by difference, studying abroad and becoming comfortable with diversity may be the best way to teach young people to bridge internal divisions. Nicole Kempis is a Weinberg junior. She can be reached at nicolekempis2018@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.
Eat at Evanston’s local restaurants, not generic chains SHANE MCKEON
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Full disclosure: I love Soulwich. Never been? It’s a modern-looking sandwich shop just south of Church Street on Orrington Avenue. I dig the name. I enjoy the vibe. I love that they always seem to play Radiohead from the sound system. And, of course, I love the sandwiches: crunchy French bread filled with cilantro, shredded carrots, savory chicken or pork or, my choice, tempeh. I stand by what I wrote in my zealous Yelp review that three people found “useful”: “Each visit to this eatery truly rejuvenates my soul.” It’s not the cheapest. A sandwich with a side of slaw will cost you $8 or $9 after tax. With $9 you could just as easily walk up the block to Burger King and buy a Crispy Chicken Jr., a cheeseburger, a carton of small onion rings, a vanilla cone and still have enough left for chicken nugs. But don’t do that. For one, you’d miss out on the unique culinary experience only a small business can
offer. There’s no other place like Soulwich. (Trust me, I’ve looked.) Soulwich has quirk and personality. It’s a more intimate experience. You know the menu was devised by some smiling face behind the counter, not a Food Technologist experimenting in a gray subterranean laboratory across the country. We’re lucky to live in a city with such wide variety of dining options. You could spend all four years at Northwestern trying to eat at every spot in downtown Evanston and barely see half of them (to say nothing of the restaurants up on Central Street, or south of Main Street, or west of McCormick Boulevard, or, you know, Chicago). We’re especially lucky to have so many locallyowned restaurants serving such delicious, unique food. But here’s what I dread: that fewer people choose to eat at locally-owned restaurants, the money stops flowing in, and my favorite restaurant closes. Walk up the street from Soulwich, across Church, and you see Chipotle. The chain is popular with many NU students, despite the E. coli outbreak back in 2015. Chipotle was linked to more than 50 infections and 21 hospitalizations. But, you know, forgive and
forget. Bacteria notwithstanding, I understand Chipotle’s appeal. It’s familiar. You have a go-to order. You get the chips, and you know how they’ll taste: like deep-fried sodium, just how they tasted when you were 12. Each visit lets you practice some comforting, predictable ritual. But when you hand over those $8 at the register — even more if you splurged for the guac — you’re choosing to pay a multinational corporation rather than a small business. A few things happen when you choose Chipotle. For one, more of your money proportionally gets funnelled out of Evanston and to some corporate headquarters. But if you spend your $8 at a locally-owned business, it’s likely that more of your cash stays here. Studies show local businesses spend a larger share of their revenue locally, which helps other local businesses and the city’s tax base. Also, don’t you miss the humanness of your food being cooked rather than merely assembled? I have another nightmare: that enough people will choose Chipotle and force a local gem to shut its doors. It’s not just restaurants, either. Every
$3 you spend at Starbucks is $3 you aren’t spending at Brothers K on Main Street. When you buy a book on Amazon and not at Squeezebox Books and Music on Chicago Avenue, you make it harder for that niche shop to stay afloat. If you buy your loaves at Trader Joe’s, you’re making it harder for Great Harvest up on Central, or Hewn down on Dempster. You may pay a little more, but the money stays in Evanston, and these shops stay open. I remember my economics teacher in high school talk about “dollar voting.” When you buy something, you endorse it and support its continued existence. And when you don’t buy something, you reject it, and you make it harder for that competitor to stay open. We get to choose what businesses survive in Evanston. If you want vibrant options think hard about where you’re spending your money. Because that’s what decides who stays and who packs up shop. Shane McKeon is a Medill junior. He can be reached at shanemckeon2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.
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Temperance Beer signs letter against EPA nominee “Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind,” they
By NORA SHELLY
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Evanston’s Temperance Beer Co. joined a group of 32 brewing companies in sending a letter this week urging senators to vote against the nomination of Scott Pruitt for head of the Environmental Protection Agency. The letter was organized by the Brewers for Clean Water campaign, which is run through the Natural Resources Defense Council. The letter says Pruitt’s “record of attacking clean water protections” makes him unfit to lead the EPA. “Mr. Pruitt has challenged virtually every important EPA safeguard in recent years, often falsely accusing the agency of overstepping its authority,” the letter states. “We need an EPA administrator who will enforce our laws to protect our resources and our communities, not someone who tries to weaken safeguards on behalf of polluters.” Pruitt currently serves as the attorney general of Oklahoma. In that role, he sued the EPA 14 times over various regulations. A vote on Pruitt’s confirmation is set for Friday. In an opinion piece he co-wrote with nowAlabama Sen. Luther Strange and published in the National Review in May, Pruitt indicated he thought the debate over the existence of climate change was ongoing.
Evanston Public Library hires new Latino engagement coordinator
The Evanston Public Library is hiring a new Latino engagement librarian, the library announced Thursday in a news release. Miguel Ruiz, who previously worked as an e-learning librarian at University of WisconsinMadison Libraries, will focus on the needs of Evanston’s Spanish-speaking residents. EPL Director Karen Danczak Lyons expressed excitement to see Ruiz join the library staff. “His experience in making community
wrote. “That debate should be encouraged — in classrooms, public forums, and the halls of Congress.”
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. A group of 32 brewing companies is sending a letter this week urging senators to vote against the nomination of Scott Pruitt for head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
connections, outreach to the Latino population, and understanding of libraries as gateways to new immigrants, as well as his dual language ability, will be wonderful assets as he intentionally reaches out to and supports our residents,” Lyons said in the release. Ruiz said he felt privileged to serve the Latinx community as a part of the library. He said he hoped to empower the community and provide equitable access to the library’s resources. “My fundamental goal is listen to, and advocate for, the needs of our Latino/a community and ensure that our services, resources and collections reflect our diverse residents,” Ruiz said in the release. — Ryan Wangman
Two D65 teachers nominated as finalists for teaching award
Two Chute Middle School teachers were recently chosen as finalists for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 teachers, Cindy Adler and Shannon Dickinson, were among 33 Illinois teachers nominated for the award. Ten will be selected as award winners. Adler teaches art at Chute, and Dickinson teaches language arts. James Schamber, a teacher at Orrington
Joe Gilbert, the owner of Temperance Beer Co told the Daily that Pruitt’s support for dismantling EPA regulations was concerning and that his business would suffer without proper environmental regulations. Gilbert said that while clean water is important to everyone, without it the “livelihood of everyone who works here and everyone in the brewing industry” would be threatened, a sentiment echoed in the letter. “Beer is about 90 percent water, making local water supply quality and its characteristics, such as pH and mineral content, critical to beer brewing and the flavor of many classic brews,” the letter states. “Changes to our water supply … threaten our ability to consistently produce our great-tasting beer, and thus, our bottom line.” Gilbert said Temperance is a longtime member of the Brewers for Clean Water and is “grateful for all the efforts the NRDC does.” Pruitt’s support for dismantling EPA regulations was concerning, Gilbert said, and his business would suffer without proper environmental regulations. “He’d be more interested in dismantling the protections for what the EPA decides right now, which would be opening it up for what people say is pro business,” he said. “They say regulations are anti business but obviously in this case, that is opposite of the truth.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu Elementary School, 2636 Orrington Ave., won the award in 2015, and is the most recent Evanston teacher to win the award. The final award has been given out to 10 Illinois teachers every year since 1986, when Martin J. Koldyke founded the award to give “excellent teachers” recognition for their contributions to society. Golden Apple’s mission is to “celebrate outstanding teachers and school leaders and invite those awarded the platform to further our mission.” An awards ceremony for the Golden Apple recipients will be held Saturday, March 4, at the Hilton Rosemont Chicago O’Hare. — Ryan Wangman
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gap, Goren said the district is making a very intentional effort to teach students to read at a young age. The literacy curriculum focuses on teaching specific fundamental reading skills such as letter recognition, reading comprehension and “phonemic awareness,” he said. “That work goes on in classrooms day in and day out for an extended period of time for all kids,” Goren said. Cicely Fleming, president of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, said the district needs to implement a racial equity policy to increase opportunity for students of color. According to the report, there is a 56 percent disparity between black and white student subgroups meeting college readiness benchmarks. “If you look at the district’s test scores and suspension rates and everything else, the African American community bears the heavy burden of that,” Fleming said. Fleming said she has been pushing for District 65 to adopt a racial equity policy since last spring. The district’s board is in the process of drafting such a policy, Goren said at a school board meeting Monday. Peter Godard, chief officer of research, accountability and data for District 65, said the district worked with the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern to help expand the measures being used to track student progress. He said the current means of evaluating student performance are mainly limited to testing. “In order to get a full and robust picture of all of the many assets and challenges that our students bring and that our schools have, we very much would prefer to have a multiple measures-based system,” Godard said. The district will face a critical step in determining its financial future with a property tax referendum that will be on the April municipal ballot. The referendum would raise property taxes by about $450 for an average Evanston property owner and would help the district combat a projected $114.4 million deficit by fiscal year 2025. If the referendum doesn’t pass, district officials have said the district’s only other option would be significant budget cuts that would likely result in school closings and substantial increases in class sizes. Goren said although the potential lack of resources would present challenges to the board, the district would remain committed to improving student achievement. “The goals don’t change,” Goren said. “The execution of work changes because we’re potentially going to have to reduce our workforce by over 50 people.”
Rossow provided her the guidance and care that she had been missing. At the beginning of her teaching career, she said he advised her to be vigilant against external pressure and never give up on her standards, which is advice she still carries today. “He always had high standards and high expectations when I was a student,” Chou said. “He was always available outside the class even though he didn’t have official office hours. (Since then) we had kept in touch, and I visited him very frequently. We were friends.” As proof of his kindness and passion for teaching, Chou recalled asking Rossow to teach one of her courses because she was facing an overwhelming workload. Although he was retired at the time, he took on the job, which is not common for those who have left academia, she said. To express her gratitude for Rossow’s friendship and dedication to his students, Chou raised money to endow the “Edwin C. Rossow Prize for Structural Engineering,” a scholarship reserved for seniors who show excellence in structural engineering, for Rossow’s 60th birthday. It is rare for students to independently
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grant for low-income students, increasing from 12.5 percent in the class of 2018 to 17 percent in the class of 2020. The University aims to get 20 percent of all
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ASG President Christina Cilento addresses aldermen, the mayor and city staff in October. Cilento signed a statement published Wednesday calling for colleges and universities to eliminate application fees for lowincome and first-generation students.
campaign for an endowed scholarship without any encouragement from the University, which shows how much Rossow was appreciated by his students, Krizek said. Beyond the classroom, Prof. Zdeněk Bažant remembered Rossow as a good friend. Bažant said the two worked together at Sargent & Lundy, a power generation and power transmission company located in Chicago, in the 1970s. They continued to teach together at Northwestern and worked together for more than 30 years, he said. “We both bicycled to school everyday summer and winter, for about 20 years,” Bažant said. “He surely kept me fit.” Krizek, too, remembered Rossow as a close friend whom he could always trust. He always admired Rossow’s integrity and self-respect, he said. Rossow gave back to his community by serving on Wilmette’s school board and zoning board and volunteering for the Boy Scouts of America, Krizek said. “If you had to do a DNA of the ideal person, he was as close to ideal (as) you could get,” he said. “He did all things you’re supposed to do to take care of yourself.” A memorial service will be held at Alice Millar Chapel on May 13. catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu
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students Pell-eligible by 2020. According to a study published in The New York Times on Jan. 18, 14 percent of Northwestern students come from families who make $630,000 or more per year, placing them among the top 1 percent of earners. Only about 3.7 percent of students come from households earning $20,000 a year or less, placing them in the bottom quintile. Schapiro told The Daily that nearly all lowincome students already get their application fees waived. Programs such as Posse Scholarships, Quest Scholars and Good Neighbor, Great University all remove financial barriers for low-income students at Northwestern, he said. Northwestern also removed loans for incoming students in March 2016 as part of changes to its financial aid program. “This is my field, so we’ve been very proactive everywhere we’ve been in not charging fees for anybody for whom the fee would be a barrier,” Schapiro said. Still, Cilento said going through additional applications and paperwork to waive fees can be onerous. Having fees automatically removed would make applying to Northwestern more equitable for lowincome students, she said. “We want to make it a little bit more accessible to students so they don’t … have to go through extra steps that can be pretty big barriers and to be able to apply with comfort and feel as though they are welcomed by the University,” Cilento said.
much more transparent about … where the money is going,” she said. Fiske said the issue has raised questions in a “positive” way. Several other aldermen have said they would prefer to put agreements over property acquisition with the University in writing, Bobkiewicz said. Fiske said putting things in writing would limit disagreements between the University and the city. “It just seems to me over the past generations, we have had handshake agreements with the University but no one can remember what they were,” she said. “Who wants to fight about this stuff ? No one.” Chinniah said in Ythe letter NU has bought other properties in the city in the past two years, including 630 Clinton St. and 2522 Orrington Ave. Doing so helps the city as much as the University, Chinniah wrote. “Translational research space provides the opportunity for companies founded by our faculty to remain in Evanston, and thus strengthen our retail and local businesses by contributing jobs and enlivening our city center,” Chinniah wrote.
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A new multi-purpose practice facility will be added to renovation plans for Welsh-Ryan Arena, according to a University news release published Feb. 7. The renovation follows a $20 million gift from trustee Howard J. Trienens (Commerce ’45, Law ’49). The facility will be named the Trienens Performance Center and will include practice space for volleyball, basketball and numerous other athletic programs, according to the release. The center will also feature training and rehabilitation amenities, locker rooms for staff and teaching equipment for team meetings. According to the release, men’s basketball coach Chris Collins described the facility as a “game changer” for student-athletes. “What was already a dramatic transformation for our Wildcats now has been elevated even further,” Collins said in the release. The project is part of a $110 million renovation to Welsh-Ryan Arena and McGaw Hall slated to begin after the 2016-17 basketball season and finish in fall 2018. The renovations of Welsh-Ryan Arena will largely be funded by a gift from trustees Patrick Ryan (Business ’59) and Shirley Ryan
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pulled away each time. Such was the case in the third quarter, when NU pulled within 6 points midway through the period but then went scoreless for nearly four minutes as the Hawkeyes quickly built an 18-point edge, their largest of the game to that point. The hosts eventually led by as many as 21. “We found success when we attacked the basket and were aggressive overall,” Coffey said. “We started to get stagnant when we stopped that.” Though Thursday’s loss unfolded in a different manner than the Cats’ previous three, it did have several similarities. NU took on, more or less, an evenly matched opponent — also desperate for a win — and played well in stretches. But the Cats eventually wilted, just like all but their first game in February, and finished the game with an ugly offensive stat line.
(Weinberg ’61), along with donations from numerous other benefactors. Renovations to the arena will include new seating, increased accessibility in concourses, new locker rooms and a larger lobby. Athletic department spokesman Paul Kennedy said although the new practice facility was originally planned to be in McGaw Hall, the gift made it possible to locate it in Trienens Hall, which is located nearby. Though teams that currently use Welsh-Ryan will likely benefit most from the renovation, all athletes and teams will have access to the facility, he said. University President Morton Schapiro said in the news release that Trienens has been an “enthusiastic” supporter of the University and its athletics programs for decades. “These programs — and the entire University — have benefited significantly from his guidance and generosity,” Schapiro said in the release. “We are grateful for his continued leadership and for his years of service to Northwestern.” Women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown said it will be “incredible” for NU’s basketball teams to have access to both the Welsh-Ryan and Trienens facilities. He added that the renovations — such as team meeting rooms and new technologies for athletes — were developed based on other peer institutions throughout the country, particularly those in the Big Ten.
It has been a sharp fall for NU, which sat firmly in fourth place in the Big Ten and on the right side of the tournament bubble before a disappointing home loss to mediocre Penn State on Feb. 5. Then came the road trip, which offered the Cats a chance to bolster their resume with wins away from home against fellow tournament contenders Indiana and Iowa. Instead, NU enters its final two home games against bottom-feeding Illinois and Rutgers in the middle of the conference pack, playing primarily for pride and to sort out its Big Ten Tournament seeding. The Cats will also honor their five seniors before meeting the Fighting Illini on Sunday. “It’s going to be hard to see them walk on the court on Senior Day, but it’s also just gratifying the experiences they’ve had, what they’ve done for the program,” McKeown said. “They’ve got a lot of basketball left in them.” colepaxton2019@u.northwestern.edu
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The $20 million donation was gifted as part of the University’s “We Will” fundraising campaign, which launched in 2014 and has raised more than $3.3 billion since. Trienens has given to Northwestern annually for 44 consecutive years.
“We’re just excited to have the opportunity to have a facility that’s world class and just represents Northwestern,” McKeown said. yvonnekim2019@u.northwestern.edu
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The Trienens Performance Center is slated to be included in an extensive renovation for Welsh-Ryan Arena. The renovations are made possible by donations from the We Will campaign and are set to begin after the 2016-17 basketball season.
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The two schools are the only representatives of the conference, which currently has four teams in the ITA top 25. With top-tier competition in immediate view and a grueling conference slate on the horizon, the Cats are adamant that their preparation in the non-conference already has and will continue to pay dividends as the season wears on. The Indoor Championships provide a prime opportunity for NU to legitimize its early success. “You have to be at the level of the best teams in the country in order to win a Big Ten title,” Seidman said. “If we can compete and show up against these other teams, that will give us some insight on how we need to be in the future.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern’s tumble continues as Wildcats drop fourth straight with road loss to Iowa By COLE PAXTON
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Northwestern’s grueling three-game road trip — with competitive contests in three different states in six days — was never going to be easy. Still, it’s hard to imagine it going any worse. The weary Wildcats (17-9, 6-7 Big Ten) were no match for Iowa (16-10, 7-6) on Thursday, falling 78-59 to close the away stretch 0-3 and drop their fourthstraight game. The loss likely extinguished NU’s slim odds for an at-large tournament berth. Senior forward Nia Coffey led all scorers with 21 points and senior guard Ashley Deary added 12 more, but Hawkeyes forward Megan Gustafson scored 17 points to lead a balanced Iowa attack that saw eight different players score at least 5 points. “I’m disappointed we didn’t come out (of the stretch) with a better record,” coach Joe McKeown said. “It’s been a tough stretch, but everybody goes through that.” It was a game of sharp offensive
contrasts. The Hawkeyes’ leading scorers carried their team but had significant help from their role players, and Iowa shot a respectable 42 percent from the field and took full advantage of free throws, hitting 22-of-26 at the line. NU, meanwhile, got solid contributions from Coffey and Deary but little from its secondary scoring options. Senior guard Christen Inman, for example, was held scoreless as she continues to struggle in her return from injury, and senior forward Lauren Douglas went 0-of-7 from the field. As a team, the Cats shot just 31 percent from the floor and attempted only 11 free throws. Still, McKeown didn’t want to blame his team’s woes on their taxing travel schedule. “We’re not making excuses,” McKeown said. “That’s not who we are.” Iowa thoroughly outclassed NU in most statistical categories — rebounds, second chance points, fouls — and never trailed. The Cats cut into several Hawkeyes leads, like an early 15-4 margin that NU turned into a 1-point deficit, but Iowa Daily file photo by Oreste Visentini
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Midway through the third quarter, Northwestern looked capable of making a push. Iowa’s early offensive rhythm had stalled, and senior forward Nia Coffey was piloting a surge from the Wildcats who, after trailing by double figures for a long stretch, had cut the deficit to as few as 6 points. But momentum flipped shortly after, as NU let a potential offensive rebound slip through its fingers, setting the stage for a Hawkeyes transition bucket that triggered a 10-0 run by the hosts. The Cats (17-9, 6-7 Big Ten) never pulled within single digits again, falling 78-59 on the road. The key Iowa (1610, 7-6) rebound was one of 51 from the Hawkeyes, who won the battle by a 14-board margin. “Rebounding plays a huge factor,” Coffey said. “It allows you to have a possession or keep a possession longer. We just have to focus on boxing out and just getting after it.” Plenty went wrong for NU in its fourth-consecutive defeat, but the Cats were thoroughly outmatched on the glass. And once Iowa exploited the visitors’ struggles and dominated in transition — Iowa’s Makenzie Meyer, who scored the tide-turning layup, leaked out on an NU miss moments later and scored the easiest basket of the night — the Cats were effectively finished.
Coach Joe McKeown sensed the need for a rebounding spark and called upon sophomore forward Pallas KunaiyiAkpanah to save NU on the glass. It was the second-straight game in which the coach gave the sophomore a nod with the team struggling to rebound, and the forward responded with another eightrebound performance — this time in just eight minutes. Even as Kunaiyi-Akpanah offered stability after Iowa’s big run and again in the fourth quarter, the Cats never made the offensive push necessary to make the game competitive. The Hawkeyes stretched their lead from 13 to as much as 21 once the sophomore was subbed out for the last time in the final period. With Coffey held to a February-low seven rebounds, amid an active effort by the Hawkeyes to keep her out of the paint and prevent second chance opportunities,
Kunaiyi-Akpanah provided stability when NU badly needed to slow the hosts’ surging offense. The Cats saw a similar stability during junior center Oceana Hamilton’s brief first-half stint. Hamilton finished with a net-zero plus-minus but posted a positive mark in the first quarter after entering with NU floundering out of the gate. She and Kunaiyi-Akpanah ultimately combined for seven of the team’s 14 offensive rebounds. The Cats’ struggles ran deeper than their rebounding struggles, but the temporary boosts gave the visitors brief windows to convert. Ultimately they never took advantage. The Hawkeyes came away with key rebounds in crucial moments and, eventually, a decisive victory. jochnau@u.northwestern.edu
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Oceana Hamilton smiles alongside her teammates. The junior center gave Northwestern a boost on the boards, though the team struggled overall to rebound against Iowa.
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elite in tournament NU joins field of 16 in National Indoor Championships By AIDAN MARKEY
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Just a week removed from a record-setting win, Northwestern is entering uncharted territory. The No. 7 Wildcats (10-0) will compete in their first-ever National Team Indoor Championships this weekend as part of a 16-team field for the 2017 version of the competition. NU, the event’s No. 6 seed, will face off against No. 11 seed Oklahoma State in its first match of the single-elimination tournament, which will be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. “We were fortunate enough to win our regional and to earn the opportunity to be in this prestigious tournament,” coach Arvid Swan said. “For us, we just look at it as an opportunity to play the best teams in the country.” The Cats qualified for the event after sweeping wins over Memphis and Georgia Tech in their ITA Regional Final in late January.
Now, NU enters the weekend prepping for a slate of opponents that includes every top-10 team in the nation. The Cats are familiar with strong competition, however. Sophomore Ben Vandixhorn said the team has demonstrated through its worthwhile non-conference schedule that it deserved a spot in the renowned event. “We’ve showed that we belong here. It’s not that we’re just happy to be here,” Vandixhorn said. “It’s more like we can win this thing.” NU has taken down talented and accomplished teams on numerous occasions en route to its recordsetting 10-0 start this season. A Jan. 20 victory over thenNo. 7 TCU gave the Cats confidence early on, and they rode that momentum through the opening weeks of the season, notching wins over Louisville, Harvard and Duke — programs that are consistently competitive. But as the Cats look to extend their historic winning streak and earn a championship in the process, the top teams in the country stand in their way. Sophomore Jason Seidman said though the task might seem » See TENNIS, page 7
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