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Push for black history revamp gains traction Initiative aims to teach subject in more robust manner By MAIA SPOTO

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A bill calling for more robust instruction on black history in Illinois public schools is scheduled to be updated online with new amendments and co-sponsors Tuesday. The proposed legislation gained momentum last Wednesday, the same day as the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation’s Black History Month Soiree. The amendments added to HB 4954 would ensure that the Illinois School Code includes the pre-enslavement period in black history curriculum. The bill would also expand education to cover the entirety of the civil rights movement, emphasize a broader range of African American contributions to United States culture and facilitate accurate conversations about slavery in the country. Meleika Gardner, a board member of Women Empowering Women in Local Legislation, led the pre-slavery education initiative, and state Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) is sponsoring the bill in the

Illinois House of Representatives, where it will soon be assigned to a committee. The bill gained two additional House co-sponsors at the conference and is pending sponsorship by state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood). Gardner said black history education typically only covers “the cotton gin, slavery, Martin Luther King and hip-hop.” She said this tendency leads Americans to misunderstand the full scope of black identity and undervalue black communities’ contributions. “You need to know that black people, before we were enslaved, we had kingdoms,” Gardner said. “We were conquerors. We contributed medicine, technology, architecture, literature … It’s really important for black children to know where they really came from, and who they are. It will increase their own self-worth and self-value.” The bill would shift curriculums starting at the kindergarten through thirdgrade level because Gardner said she hopes to affect student perspectives at an early age. Growing up, she said she saw cultural programs like Hebrew school and Greek school empowering her friends, and she always wanted » See GARDNER, page 6

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Ald. Thomas Suffredin (6th) at Monday’s City Council meeting. Suffredin asked if city manager applicant names or information could be disclosed via a FOIA request.

City manager timeline proposed GovHR USA discussed a potential schedule for recruitment with Council By JULIA RICHARDSON

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GovHR USA presented City Council with a potential city manager recruitment schedule

during the Monday council meeting. The city has begun the process of finding a permanent city manager following the resignation of former city manager Wally Bobkiewicz in August 2019. While the city’s

plan regarding his replacement was in development, aldermen appointed Erika Storlie, formerly the assistant city manager, as interim city manager in early September. Heidi Voorhees, the coowner and president of GovHR,

initiated a council discussion about the proposed recruitment schedule, which is set to begin in a few weeks. Voorhees said the process would include both community » See GOVHR, page 6

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Saint Athanasius School not granted special parking benef its By GRANT LI

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Aldermen during Monday’s City Council meeting denied an ordinance that would have granted Saint Athanasius School special use approval to alter off-street parking. Council tied in a 4-4 vote, with Mayor Steve Hagerty abstaining from breaking the tie because his child attends the school. Nearby residents have complained that traffic during peak hours, like school pickup, has caused problems for the neighborhood. The traffic causes blockages along the public alleys near the school, residents said. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th), the residents and Saint Athanasius School had been working together to put together a solution to alleviate traffic, which resulted in the parking ordinance. The school submitted a proposal to raise the parking capacity of the 2503 Eastwood Ave. from 14 to 22 spaces. As a

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Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th). Revelle said residents have been working together to come up with a solution to the problem.

whole, the modifications would have provided12 additional parking spaces, and the north lot would have served as temporary parking in peak periods. The ordinance also said the north lot would be kept empty as a flexible play space with the

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staff parking moving to the south lot. Kelsey Davis, one of the residents, said she has shared the alley space with the school. “They have blocked access to my garage in the afternoons for about 20 minutes a day,

five days a week, nine months a year, and they tell me it’s not too much of an inconvenience,” Davis said. “I would say it’s a big inconvenience.” Davis said she was against » See PARKING, page 6

As any journalist will tell you, technology has changed the way news and media companies operate. CNET editorin-chief Connie Guglielmo emphasized that in her talk on Monday at the McCormick Foundation Center. Prior to her five-year tenure at CNET, Guglielmo worked as a tech reporter for Bloomberg and Forbes. She spoke to around 15 Medill students and faculty about how she modernized CNET’s newsroom to better reflect the changing landscape of journalism. “In every single newsroom that I have worked (in), I had to learn new tools and new technologies. That is inevitable,” Guglielmo said. “Doctors, pilots, even baristas — everybody has to learn new tech as

tech evolves, and you have to be of the mindset that you’re willing and open to embrace it.” When Guglielmo came to CNET, a consumer tech news site that covers technology news and reviews products, the majority of their audience was men over 45. But in her role as editor-in-chief, she saw an opportunity to expand and diversify the site’s audience. She met with CNET’s editors, reporters and photojournalists, as well as the sales and marketing teams to determine first who their target audience was and then what changes could be made to reach that target audience more effectively. “(CNET) is a business — a for-profit business,” Guglielmo said. “Edit content is a product, and we had to get people thinking about that.” In discussing the steps she took to modernize CNET, Guglielmo emphasized the importance of communicating analytics generated by the » See GUGLIELMO, page 6

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State group advocates for Clean Energy Jobs Act By MOLLY LUBBERS

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Last month, the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition delivered petitions of 23,000 Illinois residents in support of the Clean Energy Jobs Act to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Now, about four weeks into the spring Illinois General Assembly legislative session, advocates of CEJA continue to push for the bill’s passage this session. One of the groups in the ICJC is the Illinois Environmental Council. Gavin Taves, policy director at the IEC, said CEJA aims to transition Illinois to a clean energy market while supporting consumers and building in equity provisions. “We have to wake up to the severity of the issue and meet the gravity of the problem with a bill that’s comprehensive enough to actually make a difference and protect the most vulnerable people across the state,” Taves said. “And our bill is the one that does that.” Part of CEJA aims to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, according to an ICPC news release. Currently, Illinois’ Renewable Portfolio Standard has a requirement of 25 percent renewable energy sources by 2025. Slightly more than 7 percent of Illinois’ net electricity generation draws from renewable energy resources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Taves also said a provision of CEJA would establish a carbon-free power sector by 2030. “There will be more steps to come after this, but this is one that we need to do,” Taves said.

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Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in his State of the State address that the spring Illinois General Assembly agenda must include clean energy legislation. One proposed bill is the Clean Energy Jobs Act.

“It’s about humanity, and I know this is a grand thing, but it’s about saving our world.” However, some groups oppose the bill,

including the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Todd Maisch, the chamber president and CEO, said one of the ICC’s issues with CEJA

began and one man had his phone damaged and was injured, Evanston police Cmdr. Brian Henry said. Police investigated using surveillance footage and discovered that they needed to find two potential people. They were soon able to identify one of the people and arrested him on Cleveland Street.

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is that the carbon reduction requirements aren’t reasonable. “The notion that you’re going to get the energy sector to carbon-free in 10 years is just, we think, kind of ridiculous,” he said. He added that it is fine to set goals that motivate progress, but that there needs to be realistic offerings for what happens when energy providers don’t meet those goals. Beyond renewable energy timelines, CEJA outlines other policies, including reducing gas and diesel vehicles. Taves said this is a matter of public health as well as a climate crisis. Taves also said they recognize that climate change disproportionately burdens marginalized groups, so CEJA incorporates programs to specifically support those communities. These measures include providing incentives for companies that implement equity actions and creating “Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs,” Taves said. According to a Citizens Utility Board fact sheet, these hubs would train economically disadvantaged communities and former fossil fuel workers. Debate over CEJA’s passage is expected to continue this spring session. Pritzker said in his State of the State address that the spring agenda must include clean energy legislation, but did not specify a particular bill. “We are confident that it will pass this legislative session,” Taves said, “because our lawmakers and the public are finally waking up to the severity of the climate crisis and realizing that their constituents are being severely impacted.” mollylubbers2023@u.northwestern.edu fleeing out of the station, Henry said. The police do not currently have information about the suspects other than a description, but they will investigate using any available surveillance footage. — Molly Burke

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Startup aims to ‘democratize’ education By JASON BEEFERMAN

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Mason Secky-Koebel wants to “democratize,” and not “commodify,” education. The McCormick junior is the founder and CEO of The Lighthouse Education Project, an education platform he hopes will make elementary school learning more equitable. “It’s kind of wild right now the way education in this country is set up,” said Thomas Barnett, a McCormick junior and Lighthouse’s lead backend engineer. “We could be doing so much more if we could be collaborative rather than working as more of like a capitalist market. Because if we work together to figure out the best ways to teach things we’ll probably end up finding just the best solution.” Lighthouse is a free, collaborative platform where teachers can choose from a library of other teacher’s exercises as well as upload their own. Instead of having to resort to costly alternatives like Teachers Pay Teachers, a popular online marketplace where teachers must pay for lesson materials, Lighthouse will be a way for teachers to access an entire collection of problems and learning tools for free. Secky-Koebel said the platform will generate revenue through online advertisements. He hopes his Garage-based startup can be the big “disruptor” that the education sector has yet to see. “I think of really classic examples like the iPhone to smartphones or Uber and Lyft to the taxi industry. And that in the beginning was what I was looking for,” the McCormick senior said. The project, he said, is an online learning platform intended for teachers of kindergarten to 5th grade. In addition to its free and accessible library for teachers to select problems and classroom activities, it includes a special “mind map” feature designed to organize connections between interesting themes across subject areas to pique students’ interests. The idea for Lighthouse spawned from a

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problems in the classroom. “Right now you’re forced to pick a book, and then you have to stick with that, but if it’s all in one database, and, and everybody’s able to access it, it gives you a lot more freedom with your course plans,” Bondy said. Between the mind maps and open learning exercise platform, Lighthouse’s scope is quite broad. But the team knows that no startup grows without evolving. “We’re an early-aged tech startup, if the (final) platform is 10 percent of how we describe it now, that’s shocking,” Barnett said. “In terms of the flexibility of tech startups you change so much during your development, you can’t expect to be what you originally thought you were.” jasonbeeferman@u.northwestern.edu

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It’s time to reconsider birthright citizenship in the U.S. WESLEY SHIROLA

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In the final years of the Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction Era, a debate was raging in Congress in regard to the rights of former slaves newly freed by the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. The adoption of the 13th Amendment, which formally abolished slavery, two years later only added fuel to the fire. Because the freed slaves would now be fully counted for determining congressional representation, as opposed to the three-fifths clause set forth in the original Constitution, southern states would be positioned to drastically increase their power in the House of Representatives, despite the fact that the newly-freed slaves could not vote. Republicans were disconcerted and immediately began searching for ways to offset this advantage. Three tumultuous years followed before Republicans found — and instituted — their fix: The 14th Amendment, which provided instructions for how to apportion representatives in Congress. It also provided additional protections for the former slaves’ civil rights. It’s the latter of these provisions that gives the amendment its legacy today. The opening sentence of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” While the aforementioned clause was designed to grant citizenship to former slaves, it also made a citizen of any individual born on U.S. soil thereafter and it continues to do so today.

The birthright citizenship clause was extremely important and highly beneficial when the U.S. was trying to grow its population and increase its prosperity. But the country is no longer looking to expand so drastically, and the clause is too often abused to justify its continued existence. As such, it’s time to bring an end to birthright citizenship. The calls to end birthright citizenship, at least to some extent, are not new and have appeared within both political parties. President Donald Trump has flirted with the idea on numerous occasions throughout his presidency. Former Senate Majority Leader U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) harshly criticized birthright citizenship and introduced legislation to limit it in 1993. Countless others have supported the idea at one time or another. After rising throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, the number of babies born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. reached a peak in 2007, with about 390,000 babies born, according to the Pew Research Center. While the number has since declined, it is still strikingly high. As of 2016, the latest year for which information is available, over 200,000 babies are born to undocumented immigrants each year. In 2016, 3.9 million babies were born in the U.S. overall. Despite the foreign citizenship and undocumented status of the parent or parents, the U.S. automatically bestows citizenship upon these children at birth. The same is also true of children born to tourists and other individuals who are present in the U.S. legally but temporarily. The latter of these cases was in the news last month when the Trump Administration imposed new visa rules for pregnant women in an effort to decrease so-called “birth tourism,” in which pregnant women travel to the U.S. with the sole purpose of giving birth

and guaranteeing U.S. citizenship for their children. The scale of birth tourism is unclear, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 9,300 children were born in the U.S. in 2017 to mothers who live overseas. Legal scholars, judges and lawyers have long questioned whether the 14th Amendment should be read to allow such a permissive citizenship policy. Nevertheless, despite no input from either today’s Congress or the American public, the practice of granting citizenship to children born under the circumstances outlined above has become the law of the land. The Supreme Court was able to interpret the policy in the late 1890s when it heard United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The Court found that an individual born on U.S. turf was considered a citizen even if his parents were not. But this is unlikely what the drafters of the 14th Amendment sought out to achieve, nor is it likely what the Founding Fathers would have wanted. While the Founders never explicitly spelled out what citizenship meant, they most certainly had an idea. The Founders and drafters of the Constitution carried two principles from British common law over to the new nation. The first was jus soli, a Latin term meaning “right of the soil.” In general, if one was born on British soil, then one was a British citizen. The second and most important was jus sanguinis, or “right of the blood,” which made citizenship hereditary — parents passed it down to their children. Taken together, the Founders almost certainly would not have permitted the free-wheeling definition of citizenship in use today. Nor should we. Just over 30 of the world’s 194 countries grant automatic citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants. Of ones

on the United Nation’s list of developed economies, the U.S. and Canada are the only countries that do so. Many nations used to — Australia, France and the United Kingdom among others — but have since revoked those policies. Unfortunately for me, that means I could not fly to France with my wife in order to have a child guaranteed French citizenship. My imaginary child would, and should, be a U.S. citizen, but he wouldn’t, and shouldn’t, be a French citizen. Many of the proponents of birthright citizenship I’ve spoken to often speak of it as an enlightened principle that allows the children of well-meaning immigrants who come to the U.S. in search of a better life to become citizens. Michael Fix, who’s a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, claims that repealing birthright citizenship would “create a self-perpetuating class that would be excluded from social membership for generations.” The first of those arguments is simply wrong. Undocumented immigrants travelling to the U.S. solely to give birth is not enlightened — it is malfeasance. But thousands of individuals every year will continue taking advantage of our laws until we actually come to our senses and change them. It’s time to end birthright citizenship once and for all. The clause in the 14th Amendment that established it is over-abused, misinterpreted and one of the most illogical laws in our otherwise brilliant Constitution. Other countries have realized these simple facts. It’s about time we do the same.

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Houston Astros must face justice for scandal, actions ZACH KESSEL

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On Monday, Houston Astros second baseman José Altuve, who was a large part of the Astros’ 2017 and 2018 sign-stealing conspiracy, strode to the plate to take his third at-bat of spring training amid a cacophony of boos. Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Nick Ramirez promptly hit him in the leg with a pitch. It was more than likely unintentional; pitchers coming after batters typically don’t wait until the third time the batter sees the plate to throw at them. And the pitch was a breaking ball, also atypical when a pitcher targets a batter. But it does raise interesting questions: Do biblical precepts apply to America’s religion? Does “an eye for an eye” pass muster when a professional sports commissioner refuses to punish flagrant cheating? Considering MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s complete and utter inadequacy, and the Astros’ flouting of league rules and common decency, I say yes. For those unaware of the details, the Astros

stole signs using video cameras in center field, relaying that video feed to a TV in the team clubhouse and banging on trash cans to signal which pitches were coming. They also may have worn buzzers under their jerseys, to the same effect. Pitchers across the league are champing at the bit to face the Astros. Cleveland Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger said last month that he doesn’t think “it’s going to be a comfortable few at-bats for a lot of those boys, and it shouldn’t be.” When asked if he would intentionally hit an Astros player if given the opportunity, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling said he “would lean towards yes.” In fact, William Hill, a sportsbook, set an over/under on the number of Astros batters that will be hit by pitches during the 2020 baseball season at 83.5, which would entail one batter being hit just over every other game in baseball’s 162-game season. And pitchers should do it. The Astros’ cheating won them a World Series in 2017, most likely at the expense of either their ALCS opponent, the New York Yankees, or the team they beat in that year’s Fall Classic, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Their

cheating won Altuve the American League MVP that year, instead of the arguably more deserving Yankee outfielder Aaron Judge. Astros players in ’17 and ’18 enjoyed exorbitant statistical seasons at the expense of the rest of the league, and the powers that be in Major League Baseball neglected to punish the players for their misdeeds. If the league won’t do it, the mob will. Baseball’s players have a colorful history of self-policing, and intentionally hitting opposing batters with pitches has been one of the most common ways players have done so. Never before has a team’s conduct so obviously deserved that sort of punishment. The Astros cheated other teams out of potential championships, and other players out of awards, but that is not the most abhorrent effect of their treachery. They cheated other fanbases out of happy memories and cost countless children the experience of seeing their favorite team win a World Series. And they didn’t stop there. The Astros’ apology tour, if we can call it that, was nothing short of shameful. Astros owner Jim Crane said that he doesn’t think he should be held accountable for actions that took place under his watch. Altuve said the team “feels

bad,” but, along with the rest of the organization, shows no remorse. Even further, shortstop Carlos Correa, when asked about the scandal in an interview with Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, said that players across the league who have voiced their displeasure with the Astros “got to shut the f--k up,” and that they “don’t know the facts.” Well, Mr. Correa, the report was released, and new information keeps pouring out. We know the facts much better than you’d like, and the case against you and your team becomes more and more damning every day. So, pitchers across Major League Baseball, do the right thing, and give the Astros the punishment they deserve but that the league itself is too cowardly to dole out. Hit Astros players when they step into the box. Help out some people who bet the over on the hit-by-pitch total. And bring the Astros to justice.

Zach Kessel is a Medill Freshman. He can be contacted at zachkessel2023@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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#NoBeef has beef with Northwestern’s food choices By VIVIAN XIA

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A new unofficial student group dedicated to raising awareness of the negative impacts of the beef industry has already begun to make an impact on campus. The group, known as #NoBeef, was formed this year by Bienen and Communication freshman Kate Lee. #NoBeef is connected to the international #NoBeef movement that works to encourage other schools to remove beef from their menus — their biggest accomplishment so far has been persuading central catering staff at the University of Cambridge, located in England, to completely drop beef from its menus. At Northwestern, students want to raise awareness of the environmental impact of beef production instead. #NoBeef started as an institutional effort to drop beef from the dining halls, but the campaign changed its goal after receiving negative feedback from students, including vegans and vegetarians, who were opposed to the idea of enforcing certain beliefs on

others. Lee said she first got the idea when she met a doctorate student at a Real Food at Northwestern meeting who was going around to the meetings of various environmental organizations on campus after being inspired by the #NoBeef campaign in the U.K. “Throughout the summer and the past few years, I’ve been more and more passionate about food sustainability and food and the environment, and I’ve been vegetarian for three years and vegan for one,” Lee said. “It really clicked well with me.” #NoBeef has already made a major change on campus by persuading Patty Squared to add the turkey burger onto their menu as a meal exchange option, as turkey has less of a negative environmental impact than beef. Currently, Patty Squared only offers a beef burger for their meal exchange, but students will be able to use their meal exchanges toward a more environmentally friendly option when Patty Squared carries out the plan. “That’s definitely a really optimistic thing,” Weinberg freshman and member of #NoBeef Grace DeAngelis said. “It shows that we are able to have direct impacts on the administration and on the student

experience, and it just makes me really hopeful for the future.” Lee said she believes this is only the first step and that it shows how open people can actually be to these kinds of initiatives. Lee added that she is planning to propose more in the future, including asking Patty Squared to put a sign comparing the carbon emissions of beef versus turkey and adding a veggie burger option on the menu as well. #NoBeef also has a form on their website where people take pledges to either limit their consumption of beef or drop it completely. As of Monday night, the form has garnered 33 signatures. Weinberg freshman and member of #NoBeef Ruhi Shirodkar said the campaign is trying to get people to realize the negative impacts of beef on the environment and take pledges to limit their beef consumption — or if they want, completely drop beef from their diet. “We’re trying to create a cultural shift mostly — it’s not really like we’re trying to get one or two people to drop beef completely for health reasons or anything,” Shirodkar said. “It’s a big cultural shift because we feel that’s the best way to usher in a new generation

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#NoBeef has successfully persuaded Patty Squared to add the turkey burger as a meal exchange option for students in the future.

of people who are more considerate about the environment and who are actually doing things to make that change instead of just caring about it or saying they care about it.” vivianxia2023@u.northwestern.edu

Chicago Democracy Project maps city’s political history By YUNKYO KIM

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For nearly two decades, the Chicago Democracy Project has been managing an online record database on candidates, election years and offices of the Windy City. Founded by political science Prof. Jamie Dominguez in the early 2000s, the project is co-directed by him and political science Prof. Thomas Ogorzalek as part of NU’s political science department. Co-directors, graduate affiliates and undergraduate students of the project hope they can “bridge the digital divide” between academia and the larger public. In addition to a candidate’s political record and mapped results, they can also read analysis on recent Chicago political events like the Chicago Teachers’ Union Strike, segregated neighborhoods and the

2019 municipal election. “Chicago politics gets studied a lot is one thing we can say,” Ogorzalek said. “So it’s sort of famous for being a town where it has a distinctive brand of politics. And typically, Chicago politics is seen as very sort of unified. There’s a long-standing Chicago machine.” Through the database, Ogorzalek said he has seen this trend dramatically change in the last Chicago election, which elected Lori Lightfoot, the city’s first black female and openly-gay mayor. Ogorzalek said in 2007 when Richard Daley ran for office, he won the majority in every ward of the city. As of the most recent election, this is no longer the case. “Now, it’s not at all predictable,” Ogorzalek said. Ogorzalek said he contributes part of this shift to a progressive wave, which is part of a national trend to try to change local politics in big cities, such as Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. Studying Chicago’s political trends are not all due to Northwestern’s proximity to the city, SESP junior

and Chicago native Jacob Wu said. “(Chicago is) often kind of a place of experimentation and a place where a lot of, I guess national trends are started on,” he said. “It’s kind of considered like a bellwether city that determines how city politics eventually shapes news throughout the rest of the country … what happens in Chicago usually just doesn’t stop there.” Wu has been working as a research assistant at the Chicago Democracy Project through the Farrell Fellowship, which matches students to work alongside professors who are conducting research projects. Wu said his interest in Chicago politics goes beyond the Midwest as donations flow in from both sides of the coasts. Even though the project focuses on local data, Wu said, analyzing Chicago politics can be relevant to the 2020 Democratic primary. The upcoming primary can be compared to the past mayoral election, which witnessed a record number of candidates and small differences in votes.

Following the news of a runoff election, the project published a report in March 2019 on Lightfoot and her opponent, Toni Preckwinkle’s overlapping bases. It concluded that Preckwinkle had more support from west and south wards, and Lightfoot performed better on the North Side and lakefront neighborhoods. Katherine Conte, a Weinberg junior and research assistant said the database’s use goes far beyond academic research. Local political candidates can use recent data to develop campaign strategies, which helps increase accessibility and democratize the political process, she said. “It’s good information to have in order to be an active participant in local politics, participatory democracy, all that,” she said. “We want the CDP to help inform individuals’ choices in terms of how they interact with, like their local community and engage in what’s happening around them.”

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From page 1 stakeholder meetings and individual meetings with aldermen, which would be open to the public. Aldermen will choose the representatives who will be involved at the stakeholder meetings. In the presented timeline, GovHR would distribute a survey for residents who are unable to attend the meetings. Residents can also provide telephone feedback. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) expressed concern about communication with Evanston’s Spanish-speaking population during these meetings. Voorhees said there is no current plan for incorporating Spanish speakers. “We’ve heard a lot from our community; we have some issues already in our services being

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the proposal to raise the parking capacity. Her husband, James Davis, said the family has also experienced problems with tailgating. “When they rent the space out for football games, people light fires right behind my backyard,” he said. “The language that my children have to hear — not acceptable.” The proposed lot would “improve ingress and egress during peak periods as well as improve safety for students and congregants,” according to city documents. However, the Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that City Council deny the proposal. It stated that the current structures have “eroded the residential fabric of the neighborhood” and the parking lot expansion would increase vehicular congestion and nuisances. Some aldermen were worried that the

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real-time data analytics provider Chartbeat to reporters and editors. Using the tool, CNET editors and reporters can see how many people read each article and for how long. They can also see at what point in a story readers stop reading and leave the page. This, Guglielmo said, helps the company decide what stories they should write in the future based on what their audience engages with the most. Beth Bennett, associate dean of Medill, said Medill tries to bring in a variety of speakers. This winter, several of events, like Gugliemo’s, have been focused on the “digital world and digital strategy.” During her talk, Guglielmo said CNET expanded the digital media formats they use on the site as well as the technology they

TUESDAY, FERBUARY 25, 2020 in Spanish,” Fleming said. “We have a growing Spanish speaking population we need to be mindful of.” There was also debate over the inclusion of certain voices, including Evanston residents who frequent City Council meetings and are invested in the city manager search process. Fleming wanted to ensure that the city is inclusive and everyone is invited to attend city manager search proceedings, even if they decide not to come. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) suggested ideas for making sure people know about the process. “We have a responsibility to bring people to this, and we all have newsletters and email addresses,” Rainey said. “We can let people know this is happening.” Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) raised concerns additional traffic would cause wear and tear on the already run-down alley. “Our alleys are not always in the best shape… we’re talking about adding additional cars through there to get to additional parking lots,” Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said. Aldermen recognized the tailgating concerns, especially because Northwestern rents out the north lot for football games. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said she understood the need for a solution, but wanted to see a more comprehensive plan to appease all parties. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) sympathized with the residents and the disruptive nature of tailgating. “I’m going to support the neighbors on this,” Fiske said. “I’ve had several similar experiences in the first ward and it does have a really negative impact on the quality of life in a residential neighborhood.” grantli2022@u.northwestern.edu supply their reporters with. As an organization, they have experimented with longform stories, sending reporters to cover international technology usage and a print magazine. They are also working on implementing artificial intelligence to create personalized newsletters. “You have to be open to the idea that change is opportunity,” Guglielmo said. “If you think of it as opportunity, then you can figure out how to embrace it and how it might work for you.” Medill freshman Dan Hu, who also works for The Daily, said he found Guglielmo’s talk inspiring. “We see the change that’s happening in journalism and it makes people feel scared, but (Gugliemo) feels hope,” Hu said. “I really admire that.” jordanmangi2023@u.northwestern.edu

pertaining to the Freedom of Information Act, which grants the public the right to request access to government records. He asked if applicant names or information could be disclosed via a FOIA request. Deputy city attorney Nicholas Cummings said GovHR is not documented as an agent of the city, therefore it would not be subject to FOIA. “There’s always going to be a concern about lack of transparency no matter how transparent we are,” Suffredin said. Jennifer Lin, the city’s division manager for human resources emphasized the importance of maintaining integrity and confidentiality in this process. Lin said if the council wishes to request that the city manager applications be public, it is essential that a disclaimer be included upon

the posting of the applications so that candidates understand what information is public. However, there are potential consequences for this, she said. “That disclaimer would severely discourage some folks to apply,” Lin said. “Some of these folks who are applying, their employers don’t know that they’re applying. This could significantly affect their current employment, that could increase the city’s liability for tortious interference with contracts and other types of things.” Voorhees said there is already interest in the city manager position. “I’ve already had calls on it,” she said. “So the drums are starting to beat a little bit out there about the opportunity.” juliarichardson2023@u.northwestern.edu

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to participate in a black identity-based program. Gardner said she believes the achievement gap will narrow when black children can identify with the material they learn in class. Alexandra Eidenberg is the founder of WE WILL, an organization that helps women and children shape state legislation. Eidenberg added that the revised curriculum would teach black students’ peers to understand “that their lives don’t start in slavery.” In a state with over 850 different school districts, Eidenberg said implementing new Illinois history curriculums could prove difficult. However, she said many curriculum writers belong to her coalition, and they are prepared to advocate for a shift away from expensive print textbooks. In addition to local support, she said the bill is already backed by national groups like the NAACP. After the amendments go live, WE WILL plans to push for broader coalition support. The organization will call on its roughly 7,000 members to reach out to their representatives and garner more backing from elected officials. “Because (the bill) is about black history expansion, we want to see a myriad of legislators from all walks of life, colors and religions (supporting it),” Eidenberg said. “We really want to have a diverse coalition.” Ford said he is confident that the House and Senate will pass the bill and Gov. J.B. Pritzker will sign it into law. He said the bill has generated strong community support because it is “the right thing to do.” As well as underscoring the importance of teaching pre-enslavement history, Ford emphasized a need to depict slavery as a violent time in history. He said too often curriculum glosses over the topic or fails to portray it in the correct light. “My goal is to make sure that everyone … knows the true history of blacks in this country,” Ford said. “It’s up to the states to do that. As a

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State Representative, I’m happy to work with WE WILL and a few other groups to make sure that Illinois leads the way in making sure that black history is taught accurately in schools.” Gardner said she feels that a stronger sense of history and knowledge of self could have alleviated a lot of the pain and suffering she has observed in people close to her. She said her involvement in legislation stems from her love and care for others, especially for black youth, and from her desire to affect largescale change. “I’m really hoping that this bill passes,” Gardner said. “I think it’ll change some lives, and it’ll save some lives, and it’ll make our youth realize just how powerful our history really is.” maiaspoto2023@u.northwestern.edu

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NU crushes Vanderbilt, tripped up by Harvard late By PATRICK ANDRES

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Was it Northwestern’s first shutout of the season? No, that took place back on Jan. 19 against IUPUI. Was it the Wildcats’ first victory this year over a major conference foe? No, NU had turned that trick as well, beating Louisville 4-1 on Jan. 31 and Kentucky 4-2 a week later. Still, the Cats’ 7-0 win over Vanderbilt marked a significant milestone in their 2020 season. The victory served as a confidence booster for NU (6-4) and marked its first win of the new decade over a team ranked above it in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll. “It was a really good match,” coach Arvid Swan said. “Vanderbilt year in and year out is an excellent team. I was really pleased with our effort.” Eight of the nine matches Friday between the Cats and Commodores were played to completion, marking the first time NU finished all six of its singles matches since the season opener against Illinois State. Not since Feb. 17, 2019 against Ball State had the Cats picked up the doubles point and won every singles match outright — NU had gone a calendar year without beating a team 7-0. “It was very helpful, completing those matches,” Swan said, noting the importance of finishing matches that had gone to three sets. “Winning in three sets definitely gives our guys a lot of confidence going forward.”

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Dominik Stary hits a shot. He upset a highly ranked Harvard player this weekend.

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a 6-2 doubles win in tandem with freshman Natan Spear followed by a straight-set win over Commodore senior Billy Rowe. Sophomore

revenue coming from concessions during sporting events held at the center. However, the pop-ups will be open to patrons who use the center for non-sporting needs, and the city said in a news release that additional opportunities for catering and food service will come with the opening of the outdoor fields at the center. The Robert Crown Community Center renovations were initially proposed in January 2017, with the intent of reworking the interior of the building at the time. However, the plan changed to account for a complete replacement of the center at a later

date, and construction began on the new building in July 2018. The building has sparked controversy over its cost increases, related to both the change in intent and increases in scope of the project. The facilities — which will include two ice rinks, a variety of athletic fields, a new library branch and multiple community rooms — have opened gradually during the past few months. With the Evanston Public Library branch’s opening on Saturday, the center will finally be completely open to the public. City officials and members of the project have said they are excited

Simen Bratholm and junior Nick Brookes were also victorious two times over, with Brookes rallying from an early hole to top Vanderbilt junior Max Freeman 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Two days later, the Cats came within an eyelash of a seismic upset in Cambridge, Massachusetts, succumbing 4-3 to No. 14 Harvard and falling just short of ending the Crimson’s 8-game winning streak against non-conference foes in regular season play. The match was a taut affair that saw neither team lead by more than one point from the first to last ball served. NU seniors Chris Ephron and Dominik Stary took the first doubles match before Harvard squeezed out a pair of 7-6 wins, giving the Crimson a temporary lead before Bratholm and sophomore Trice Pickens delivered what Swan termed an “excellent” response in the form of straight-set victories that put the Cats ahead 2-1. The Crimson responded with two straightset wins of their own to go up 3-2 before Stary upset nationally ranked Harvard freshman Ronan Jachuck. The sixth and final singles tilt decided the match, with Crimson sophomore Brian Shi shutting out Forman in the tiebreaker of the final set to pull out a narrow 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 victory. “We certainly wanted to win and had opportunities to do so,” Swan said of NU’s tough loss. “It’s about continuing to develop as a team and putting ourselves in a position to win. I’m proud of the way in which we competed.” patrickandres2023@u.northwestern.edu to see the impact the renovated center will have on Evanston, as one of the center’s new points of focus is engagement with a wider variety of people. The city is accepting letters of interest until March 31, when it will begin to form guidelines for the format the pop-ups will take. However, all applicants must include information about elements such as their concept, duration and preferred dates. — Jacob Fulton

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Anthony Alepra pitches the ball. Northwestern’s pitching led the team to a series win this weekend.

On Sunday, with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th, Northwestern senior second baseman Charlie Maxwell stepped up to the plate, looking to send his team home with a series win. Nine pitches later, he drew an RBI walk, scoring the eventual winning run for the Wildcats. NU (3-3) went on to win the game 4-3 in 10 innings, giving the Cats a series win over South Carolina (5-2). NU’s 3-3 start is its best through six games since 2016. The first game, played on Friday, was a pitcher’s duel from the start. Sophomore Mike Doherty tossed five innings for the Cats, giving up just one run on three hits. Gamecocks starter Carmen Mlodzinski held NU hitless through four innings, his sole earned run coming on an RBI single from Maxwell in the 7th. The game stayed 1-1 after nine innings, but the Cats capitalized in the 10th. Maxwell walked to lead off the inning, and freshman third

baseman Evan Minarovic singled him in for his first career RBI. NU added three more runs after another pair of walks and a two-run single from junior outfielder Casey O’Laughlin. South Carolina scored once in the bottom of the inning, but the Cats held on to win 5-2. Coach Spencer Allen praised the relief pitching for their strong performance on Friday. “Our bullpen outperformed South Carolina,” Allen said. “That was really the difference on the weekend.” Game two was much less competitive, as NU dug an early hole and couldn’t recover. The Cats got on the scoreboard first with an RBI single from sophomore catcher Michael Trautwein, but the Gamecocks responded by scoring eight runs in the first two innings off junior pitcher Quinn Lavelle. “He needs to attack the zone a little bit more,” Allen said. “It was a tough outing, and ultimately a tough game for us on Saturday.” Maxwell and sophomore shortstop Shawn Goosenberg each hit solo homers for NU, but South Carolina hit a grand slam in the sixth to extend the lead. The Cats eventually fell 12-3.

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In a weekend filled with ranked opponents, near-wins and even a grand slam, Northwestern only managed to take one out of five games during the Mary Nutter Classic. The Wildcats (5-9) dropped the first two on Friday, lost close games to Auburn and No. 7 Florida, and fell to No. 15 Oregon the next morning. NU’s lone victory came against Long Beach State (8-7) on Saturday afternoon in a game that didn’t look promising for the Cats at first. The Dirtbags piled on three runs in the first inning after stringing a few hits together and taking advantage of an error from sophomore center fielder Skyler Shellmyer. Two innings later, NU started to come back after freshman left fielder Angela Zedak scored on a throwing error and sophomore catcher Jordyn Rudd drove in junior second baseman Rachel Lewis on a dribbler to second.

Though the lead went back and forth the next few innings, senior designated player Morgan Newport sealed the deal for the Cats in the sixth when she drilled a grand slam out to left. “I just really wanted to come through for my team in that moment,” Newport said. “My team just always has my back, and I love knowing that... They’re all there for me, so it was a really great moment.” Another star hitter of the weekend was Lewis, who launched a double and two homers this weekend — one of which happened an inning after Newport’s. Coach Kate Drohan said she’s been happy with Lewis’ development both this season and in her time on the team. “She’s been outstanding,” Drohan said. “Her work is great, but I really feel she’s matured as a ballplayer and she’s taking what the game gives her, and she’s been clutch for us, so I’m proud of her.” However, NU’s bats weren’t as loud against No. 2 Washington on Sunday.

The Cats took the lead first, after Lewis was hit by a pitch, stole second and sped home off a wild pitch. But the Huskies answered an inning later and took a 2-1 lead. In the top of the seventh, with the score the same, Zedak lobbed a single to right, bringing in Rudd to tie things up. “I just really tried focusing in and putting all my effort towards helping the team, scoring a run, (and) doing anything to keep it going,” Zedak said. However, the Cats couldn’t finish it and lost 3-2 on a walk-off solo shot from Huskies pitcher Kelley Lynch. Despite the outcome, Newport said she’s not worried about the team’s performance against Washington or the other opponents this weekend. “Losing a close game is never easy — it’s always a tough thing — but the pieces are still coming together as a team,” Newport said. “And we’re really learning every game and that’s what matters more than anything.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu

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On Sunday, NU grabbed an early lead on a wild pitch in the third, despite being held hitless through four innings for the second time in the series. South Carolina bounced back in the fifth with a three-run home run. The homer was only the second hit allowed by Cats starter Tyler Uberstein, who notched six strikeouts in five innings. Freshman infielder Stephen Hrustich hit his first career home run in the sixth, and Maxwell scored in the seventh on a sacrifice fly from Goosenberg to tie the game. Once again, the game went into extra innings, where NU loaded the bases with one out. Sophomore center fielder David Dunn struck out for the fifth time, but Maxwell’s RBI walk put the Cats ahead for good. Maxwell had a run and RBI in all three games of the series, and Hrustich added five hits and a pair of RBI. “I was really proud of them,” Allen said. “Taking two of three is not easy. They really just fought, and we weren’t perfect, but they found a way to win.”

No. 14 Cats roll into matchup versus OSU By DREW SCHOTT

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With the Big Ten Tournament approaching, No. 14 Northwestern is playing like one of the best teams in the country. The Wildcats are on a seven-game win streak and received their highest ranking in the AP Top 25 since 2015. Over the past month, NU’s offense has flourished, averaging 77 points per game while outscoring conference opponents by a combined 104 points. In 280 minutes, the Cats’ defense — ranked second-best in the Big Ten — has only given up 62 points per game and has held six straight Big Ten foes to under 70 points. NU’s star players have been stellar as well. Senior forward Abi Scheid is the nation’s best 3-point shooter, averaging 48 percent from behind the arc. A leader of the Cats’ defense, sophomore guard Veronica Burton has the ninth-most steals in the country. Pulliam was recognized Monday as one of the top players in all of college basketball when ESPN named her the national Player of the Week. Pulliam was given the honor after averaging 27.5 points, six and a half rebounds and five assists in wins against Rutgers and Wisconsin. “Everybody knows who Lindsey is,” coach Joe McKeown said. “And everybody’s trying to stop Lindsey. She (says) ‘give me the ball and get out of the way.’” Pulliam — who was also named the Big Ten Player of the Week — will look to continue her outstanding play as the Cats (24-3, 14-2 Big Ten) participate in their final road game of the regular season Tuesday night against Ohio State (17-10, 10-6). The last opponent of a two-game road trip for NU, the Buckeyes are coming off their first loss after a six-game win streak. Currently ranked fifth in the Big Ten, Ohio State will be a formidable challenge for NU’s defense, as the Buckeyes have the fourth-best offense in the conference and score nearly 72 points per game. At the Value City Arena, Scheid or senior center Abbie Wolf will have the tall task of shutting down Ohio State

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Lindsey Pulliam makes a move. The junior guard led all scorers with 28 points in NU’s win over Wisconsin.

forward Dorka Juhász. The Hungarian native is the Buckeyes’ leading scorer and the Big Ten’s second-best rebounder. With only two games remaining in the regular season, each win is crucial for the Cats’ seeding in the Big Ten Tournament. NU is currently tied for first-place in the conference with No. 7 Maryland, which also has two games left this season. Two conference wins would certainly help the Cats’ NCAA Tournament resume. According to ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme’s latest prediction, NU is a No. 3 seed, which would give the team home-court advantage at Welsh-Ryan Arena during the opening two rounds of the Big Dance. If the Cats are victorious in Columbus, the team will have its first eightgame win streak since the 2014-15 season, the last time NU made the NCAA Tournament. Pulliam said making the Big Dance has been a driving force for the team throughout the season. “It just narrows our focus,” Pulliam said. “It just gives us a goal to look forward to and we know what it’s going to take to get there.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu