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Pritzker proposes 2 different budgets Gov. hoping for funding from Fair Tax referendum By DELANEY NELSON
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Last Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered the annual budget address to the state legislature in Springfield. He proposed not one, but two budgets: one for if the Illinois Fair Tax referendum passes in November, and one for if it fails. If passed, the fair tax ballot measure would repeal the section of the state constitution that mandates a flatrate personal income tax, and introduce a graduated income tax. Pritzker said the goal of the plan is to make taxation fairer for all residents. Lower-income families will pay a lower tax rate, and higher-income residents will pay a higher rate. In waiting for the November results that will determine whether there will be a graduated income tax, Pritzker said $1.4 billion will be held in reserve, including funds for pensions and
education. The proposed budget includes $42 billion in spending, whether the graduated tax passes or not, while projected revenue is around $40.6 billion. This gap would be closed by revenues from the new tax plan. If the tax plan is passed, Pritzker hopes to dedicate $350 million to K-12 education, directed at initiatives such as covering AP Testing fees and increasing funding for the Illinois Golden Apple teacher preparation program. If the graduated tax fails, the government would only allocate $200 million in K-12 spending. Pritzker’s budget also relies on the passage of the tax plan to implement a 5 percent funding increase for public universities and community colleges, as well as funding for school districts, the senior-based community care program, state employee group health insurance and more initiatives. “But as important as these investments are, we cannot responsibly spend for these priorities until we know with certainty what the state’s revenue picture will be,” Pritzker said. Regardless of the potential » See BUDGET, page 7
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Seniors Lillian Guo, William Paik, sophomore Hyohee Kim and freshman Toy Suliman speak on the Community Arts and Activism Student Panel.
A ASP hosts community panel
Students discussed experiences working in social justice or the arts By SAMMI BOAS
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The Asian American Studies Program hosted a Community Arts and Activism Student Panel on Tuesday at University Hall, featuring four undergraduate students who are involved in the program. Each of the students on the
panel shared their experiences within the community working in social justice or the arts. The event was organized by the director of undergraduate studies in Asian American Studies Patricia Nguyen and history prof. Ji-Yeon Yuh, who both were at the event. “It’s really important to center student voices, especially in the current political climate that we live in, to think about students
and their own agency, power and how they can utilize the resources at this university for social justice,” Nguyen said. SESP senior Lillian Guo, the first on the panel to speak, described her summer internship with KAN-WIN, an organization dedicated to eradicating genderbased violence. Guo was one of two recipients of the Asian American Summer Community Fellowship,
which gave her a $4,000 grant to work within the Asian-American community. Guo said KAN-WIN differs from other domestic violence agencies that don’t have the capacity to serve all communities. KAN-WIN has a largely multilingual staff and tries to serve the needs of immigrants, those who » See ACTIVISM, page 7
Aparicio talks book on intralatinidad Illinois divorce rate By SAMANTHA AGUILAR
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Frances Aparicio, author of “Negotiating Latinidad: Intralatina/o Lives in Chicago,” spoke about her recently published book and engaged in a panel discussion with three intralatina/o Northwestern students Tuesday. Aparicio said her book is intimately connected to her experience as a Puerto Rican woman who migrated to the United States at 19 and has three Mexican-Puerto Rican children. The book is based on 20 interviews, including many of Aparicio’s students from the University of Illinois at Chicago. It examines the complexities of claiming a space in Latino/a America that is further complicated by one’s family belonging to multiple national communities. Through writing her book, Aparicio said she found that specific “moments or instances in the lives of intralatinos reveal the complicated ways in which identities are reaffirmed, diluted or both.” Panelist and Weinberg senior Kevin Rodriguez shared his experience of how the role his parents played in his household determined how he balanced
Venezuelan and Mexican identities with his Spanish background. “My mom stayed at home with us and that influence of Mexican heritage and culture was really pronounced,” Rodriguez said. The book also proposes the concept of horizontal hierarchies that Aparicio said allows readers to analyze the power differentials among the heterogeneous Latinx communities. Growing up in Miami, where there is a large Latinx population, Rodriguez said he was often thought of as the “other” because of his Mexican identity in a Venezuelan, Colombian and Cuban dominated city. The panelists had similar experiences with feeling excluded from one of their identities in particular spaces because of a horizontal hierarchy. “There’s a lot of times where my family members or other people will put me in a box and focus on how I’m different rather than how I’m similar to them,” Rodriguez said. Throughout the interview process, Aparicio said she learned more about how the emotional histories of an intralatina/o’s family determines how they identify with a particular nationality. Medill senior Anabel Mendoza, a Mexican-Puerto Rican American, said that she felt isolated from her Puerto Rican
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Author Frances Aparicio reads excerpts from her book “Negotiating Latinidad: Intralatina/o Lives in Chicago” at a panel and discussion hosted by Latinx Studies.
heritage growing up because she spent the most time with her father’s Mexican family. “I have very vivid memories of my uncle making fun of me and my brother because we were Puerto Rican,” Mendoza said. “It hurt because it wasn’t just that it was coming from my uncle — it was also that my dad wasn’t defending us.” The three panelists also discussed passing as only one of their Latinx identities in certain spaces
because it was convenient. “I identify as all of them and I’m proud to be all of them,” Rodriguez said. “There are a lot of spaces created that make me feel like I’m not. The sense of belonging and not belonging at the same time which is very curious.” In Aparicio’s book, she mentions that her interview subjects were at first quick to say their intralatinidad had not caused » See LAINIDAD, page 7
Illinois may boast some of the lowest divorce rates in the nation, but think twice before you dub the state a lover’s paradise. In Illinois, 6.6 percent of marriages end in divorce, according to 2018 United States Census Bureau data. Other states with notably low divorce rates include Hawaii, New York and Vermont. Arkansas tops the list as the divorce capital of the nation, with the state home to 17.14 divorced people per 1,000 married individuals. Nationwide, it seems love isn’t everlasting: couples marrying for the first time in the United States have an approximately 50 percent chance of divorcing. Overall rates paint a slightly more promising picture, with the percent of divorced American couples hovering around 16 percent. Joshua Stern, a founder and managing partner of the Illinois-based divorce and family law firm Stern Perkoski, said a couple’s decision to stay together often comes down to cost. In
Illinois, divorce can come with a hefty price tag — according to the Berry K. Tucker & Associates, Ltd. website, Illinois ranks among the top ten states with the priciest divorce fees, which the Chicago-based family law firm estimates amount to around $13,800. Accounting for factors like child custody and support, alimony, and property division, divorce fees can total upwards of $35,000. Financial problems are the primary contributing factor in 36.1 percent of divorces, according to a study conducted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. “People think a lot about the cash flow and when and where they’re going to see the kids,” Stern said. “Inevitably, if you get divorced, you’re now taking two incomes that are supporting one household and asking them to support two households. Usually, people see a drop in their available cash flow.” Victoria Baum, a marriage and relationship counselor who formerly practiced in Evanston, said “there’s no simple answer” to explain the state’s low divorce rate. The popularity » See DIVORCE, page 7
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AROUND TOWN Jensen presents sustainability update to City Council By JULIA RICHARDSON
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Kumar Jensen, Evanston’s chief sustainability and resilience officer, delivered a sustainability and legislative update to City Council at Monday’s meeting, emphasizing the need for aggressive climate action. Evanston residents’ drive for climate action has been persistent for over a decade, Jensen said, and he and others feel the present moment will be critical for climate legislation. “I feel really strongly, and I know some other people up here do as well, that 2020 is the year that we have to pass ordinances to make progress and fulfill commitments that we’ve made in this plan,” Mayor Steve Hagerty said. “They are big commitments here that put us sort of in the leading pack in this country, but a lot of work has to be done.” In 2018, a large step was made with the council’s adoption of the Climate Action and Resilience Plan. Since then, a CARP working group, including Jensen and several community members, has been brainstorming ideas for implementation. “This plan, or this announcement...it’s probably not aggressive enough,” Jensen said. “The things we’re going to talk about tonight may sound very aggressive, but the level of action required is quite stark.” Jensen began his presentation with context about the climate crisis as a whole. In 2018, an international governing body released a report stating that there are 12 years to come up with a plan pertaining to the crisis. There is evidence the Midwest is experiencing some of the changes already. According to
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Chief Sustainability and Resiliency Officer Kumar Jensen. Jensen has been instrumental in working with several others to plan the implementation of CARP since its adoption in 2018.
an Environmental Law and Policy center report published last year, the increase of both precipitation and warming, and the decrease of wildlife diversity, can be attributed to the climate crisis. Jensen explained that to truly prepare Evanston for the effects of climate change, it is essential they contend with new data, as there will be a significant amount of information available that
may focus on a variety of different topics and projections. “One of the things we have to be careful about with climate change is that the condition is constantly changing,” he said. “It’s really important that we be thinking and planning and reviewing things as we move forward.” Along with preparing Evanston for the impacts
the same area for a report of shots fired, leading the police to believe they occured at the same time, according to Evanston police Cmdr. Brian Henry. The value of the damage is unknown and the suspect is unknown.
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A sign was stolen from the butterfly garden at Grosse Point Lighthouse. The sign, valued at over $800, was in the shape of a butterfly and outlined the history of the garden. The sign was stolen between 7 a.m. on Saturday
of the crisis, Jensen outlined some of CARP’s other goals: achieving 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and achieving both zero waste and carbon neutrality by 2050. He said Evanston has already made a lot of progress in terms of emissions reductions, but there is still much to be done, including eight policies listed in the legislative agenda. Among these eight policies were reducing emissions from large buildings, increasing access to universal compost and recycling and publishing guidelines for electric vehicle charging. An environmental justice resolution has also been in the works since 2016, making its way through the Environment Board and the Equity and Empowerment Commission. It is set to be presented to the Planning and Development committee for discussion. Following Jensen’s update, many aldermen expressed their support and gratitude for the work being done to combat the climate crisis. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd), inquired how much more staffing Jensen needed, followed by applause from the meeting’s attendees. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) emphasized the importance of community involvement in climate action plans. “It’s really easy for people to just get overwhelmed,” she said. “But if all of us can find an organization or some kind of way to get involved and really feel that you’re contributing to addressing this crisis, I think that will energize all of us in a good way and help us all move forward to maintaining Evanston’s really strong leadership role in sustainability.” juliarichardson2023@u.northwestern.edu
and 8 a.m. on Sunday from the 2600 block of Sheridan Road. The police currently have no information about a suspect and there are no security cameras, Henry said. — Molly Burke
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Over the past nine years, Northwestern University Libraries has moved over 2.5 million items from its Evanston and Chicago locations to the Oak Grove Library Center for off-site storage, allowing for improvements in physical accessibility. The OGLC, located in Waukegan, Ill., was built in 2011 to ease overcrowding in NUL facilities. Oak Grove provides high-density storage for low-use materials from Northwestern’s expanding library collections. The storage capabilities at Oak Grove have not only allowed the libraries to make space for new acquisitions by moving low-use materials off-site, but have also allowed staff to begin to rearrange the layout of the Main Library towers to foster accessibility, head of print collection management for NUL John Brdecka said. Brdecka said the towers of Main Library were designed with a capacity of 120,000 items per tower. At the peak of overcrowding and before the construction of OGLC, each tower held around 220,000 items. After the construction of OGLC, the library has continually broadened the scope of off-site storage. Currently, items that have been checked out zero or one times in the last ten years are in the process of being moved off-site. Ivan Albertson, collections coordinator for NUL, said the library is currently moving about 25,000 items off-site per month. The items being stored at OGLC are still fully available to the Northwestern community. These items can be requested online and will be transferred by OGLC staff to Evanston and made available for pick-up the next business day. The availability of storage at the Oak Grove center has also allowed library staff to take steps to make Main Library more accessible. At the peak of overcrowding, the towers of Main Library
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were largely wheelchair inaccessible due to the tight spacing of shelves Four North in Main Library is currently serving as a “test tower” for a more easy-to-use configuration of the stacks, Brdecka said. The shelves on this level have been reconfigured to facilitate wheelchair use, and items in this tower are no longer on the top or bottom shelves. “We wanted to eliminate books on the bottom and top shelves to increase the accessibility of patrons who want to go get their own stuff, no matter what type of physical limitations they have,” Brdecka said. NUL plans to eventually implement this more accessible configuration in all of the towers in Main Library. Library staff are also nearing the end of the
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process of making the organization of Main’s stacks more coherent. “Once books are shifted to Oak Grove, we can then consolidate the books remaining in Main and reconsider the sequence and the logic behind the arrangement of the books,” Albertson said. Kenny Hill, a Weinberg senior, has requested books from OGLC and said he found the process straightforward. Regarding the library’s plans to reconfigure the stacks, Hill said staff should be cognizant of disabled students. “It’s important to be conscious of people with physical disabilities, and their ability to access information and study spaces,” Hill said.
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How NU support services can learn from Tarana Burke AMIRA RICHARDS
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In January, Northwestern hosted Tarana Burke as a keynote speaker part of the ‘Dream Week’ activities commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Founder of the international #MeToo movement, Burke spoke eloquently about her journey and intentional commitment to dismantling cisheteropatriarchy — oppression of women and LGBTQ+ individuals by cisheterosexual men — by way of engaging in uncomfortable conversations. Captivated by her words and story, I resonated with her describing the need for a cultural shift with emphasis on community healing and holding our own communities accountable. In this vein, it’s valuable to question the effectiveness of Northwestern’s support services in adequately and competently serving all students. Burke posited that Northwestern is a community, and students as part of this community deserve protection and safety. Her question to the school’s administration based on reading the mission statement was: “How are the policies and practices about sexual violence committed to ending sexual violence on campus?” I’ll take it one step further: How are these
policies and practices intentionally serving Black students on campus? For example, the Office of Equity describes itself as “fostering an environment... free of discrimination and harassment.” Similarly, Counseling and Psychological Services describes itself as “fully committed to providing services that affirm the dignity, worth, and value of all individuals.” The mission of the Center for Awareness, Response and Education is described to create a “culture of healthy sexuality.” CAREaffiliated student organizations — Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators and Masculinity, Allyship, Reflection, Solidarity — are described as “providing education and generating dialogue about sexual health and sexual assault,” as well as “engagement around healthy masculinity,” respectively. Based on my personal experiences as a black womxn, these organizations often miss the mark at advocating for the most marginalized students at Northwestern. What’s missing is a fundamental interest in the value of consistent collaboration with black students and black student organizations. To be frank, one or two black students in a room is not enough because blackness is not a monolith. Failure to reach, or at least attempt to reach, the myriad of black experiences is a gross disservice to communities who would benefit from partnership the most. I reflect on my Northwestern experience towards the end of Black History Month, a time in which black folks feel emboldened
to celebrate the black experience unapologetically. An unfortunate part of the black experience, however, is the consistent need for self-advocacy in the face of adversity, inequity and lack of representation. We are tasked to advocate for ourselves and our community in a society not committed to doing so. Northwestern is no exception. As privileged as we are to attend this institution, the responsibility still rests on black students, along with the organizations that represent us, to do the heavy lifting to constantly educate others, in addition to maintaining focus on our studies. Offices and organizations devoted to educating students about sexual health and providing support services often times remain predominantly white organizations. I personally find it difficult to reconcile the consistent advocacy for these organizations at the expense of the students they continuously marginalize. This inherently creates a distrust of support services and administration, in general. We already know there is a stark difference between intention and impact. We know the impact — failure to reach black voices due to lack of consistent collaboration with black students and their respective student organizations. Perhaps the mission should be resolve and commitment to the incorporation black voices of all intersecting identities. Perhaps the goal is to move away from tokenism, the few events here and there, or the few black faces added to a table.
Having been one of those few black faces, I’ve found the lack of personal responsibility disheartening. Perhaps these peer education and support services should be consistent in efforts to advocate for and listen to black students on campus. The key words: listen and receive. Be willing to take the discouragingly similar narratives of black experiences on this campus at face value and be open to constructive criticism and feedback. My last quarter of my undergraduate career at Northwestern has offered me ample opportunities for self-reflection. Despite the challenges I’ve personally faced during my time here, likely not so different from the experiences of many other black students, I am hopeful that the support systems at my soon-to-be alma mater will take up the challenge to listen. Listen with the intention of holding the many different truths of black experience on this campus, followed by active and incessant pursuit of collaboration. My truth and my experience at Northwestern have led to discoveries that have changed me forever, and for that, I am thankful. Amira Richards is a Weinberg senior. She can be contacted at amira-saadiyarichards2020@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.
Don’t worry too much about your plans for the summer ZACH BRIGHT
OPINION EDITOR
With the end of Winter Quarter just weeks away, there’s still a good four months until summer begins. Still, there can be a lot of pressure to have plans for the summer planned out. Whether it’s traveling somewhere on vacation, going back home to make some coin or building experience at an internship, you might find yourself feeling that you have to have these all planned months in advance.
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College Republicans have been hypocritical in their calls for free speech
I could not ignore the hypocrisy of Northwestern University College Republicans (NUCR) Vice President Dominic Bayer’s comments in a February 19 story “Northwestern community shares perspectives on free speech ahead of the 2020 election.” Bayer is quoted in the story as saying, “I do believe it’s appropriate to have protests outside the buildings or take advantage of the Q&A section during events to express disagreement with a speaker.”
I know that’s something that I feel pressured to do. Last summer, I was halfway into Spring Quarter and still didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I had applied to a handful of internships and only heard back from one. It was unpaid, had limited hours and I wasn’t financially equipped to take it on. In short, I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do and was really worried about it. To be quite honest, I had no interest in going back home for the break. I’m from a ZIP code with one of the highest median ages of the country, so there wasn’t much for me to do there. But as weeks passed and it was too late for me to do anything otherwise, I talked with my parents and decided that I would be staying home for the break.
And that summer turned out much better than if I had planned it. I worked as an SAT tutor and a personal assistant to a local attorney. I spent an idyllic week at my friend’s house in the suburbs of New York. I actually read books, for fun. And I wasn’t constantly worried about working or being productive. Had I actually been offered an opportunity working somewhere else, I would have likely been burnt out by that point. There is a pre-professional environment that pervades many universities, Northwestern in particular. This can create the ideas that successes which advance your future career are the only way to succeed in life. That’s something I learned from my summer.
If I were to do it over again, I wouldn’t change things. I learned a good deal and actually took care of myself. It’s easier to say and harder to do, but don’t worry if your summer plans don’t go according to plan. You might only have a number of summers left before graduation, if any at all. Ultimately, it’s okay to just take things as they come.
However, in November, when former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at a NUCR event, ushers distributed index cards before the event and encouraged audience members to write questions for the speaker. I and many others submitted questions. Bayer prohibited the audience from taking “advantage of the Q&A section” by visibly and vigorously shuffling through the many notecards submitted by angry onlookers to lob softball question after softball question to Sessions. He was the only one who asked questions. Bayer’s hypocrisy is emblematic of NUCR’s behavior. It’s one thing to invite a sexist, racist, homophobic and xenophobic man to our campus under the guise of free speech. It’s another to promise a question and answer section before cherry-picking questions and
refusing to allow a portion of the audience the ability to question the speaker. Free speech is a two-way street. The speaker can say what they wish to, but listeners should be given the chance to respond. That’s dialogue — which is what I assume NUCR, which loves to praise unfettered free speech, was looking to facilitate. It’s not what they got. Sessions wasn’t asked about the kids who died in cages under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody under his watch. He wasn’t asked about his support for banning certain Muslims from immigrating to the United States. He wasn’t asked about the time he was denied a federal judgeship for being too racist. He wasn’t asked about his long history of support for mass incarceration. It’s naive to think Northwestern
students didn’t plaster questions on those issues all over the notecards. When Sessions was asked about LGBTQ+ policy under the Trump administration, he said the administration did not roll back any protections. That’s a lie. Bayer did not correct or challenge Sessions on this falsehood. This wasn’t free speech; it was a carefully orchestrated echo chamber serving NUCR and the man at the lectern. Bayer’s words are out of line with his actions and the actions of his organization. In the future, NUCR and Bayer should stand by their public statements and let students question speakers. After all, a grown man should be able to defend his ideas in front of a bunch of college students.
Zach Bright is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at zacharybright2022@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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STITCH panel talks intersection of fashion, gender By RYANN PERLSTEIN
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In advance of its next issue exploring sex and gender in fashion, STITCH Magazine hosted a panel in Norris University Center on Feb. 25 discussing how the role of gender and sexuality relates to the fashion industry. “We really wanted to think about the range of voices and identities we are presenting, specifically allowing people to define themselves rather than letting the mainstream, often white, patriarchal ideal define other people,” STITCH director of corporate and Weinberg junior Emily Wang said. The panel featured Ray San Diego, a professor in the Asian American Studies Program, and Ashley Kraus, a postdoctoral researcher at the Feinberg School of Medicine. They covered topics such as the impact of the fashion industry and the media on body image, including how both individuals’ interactions with the media and each other influence how they view themselves. The speakers said years of socialization have taught individuals how to behave and carry themselves in society, which then influences how companies sell products to consumers. “It’s not even just about the clothes themselves but how we’re positioned in these marketing pieces.
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Professor Ray San Diego and Ashley Kraus spoke at a panel about gender in the fashion industry. The panel was hosted by STITCH Magazine in advance of their next issue about sex, which comes out on Feb. 28.
We’re seeing this now on how people position themselves on Instagram,” Kraus said. The panel began with questions from STITCH staff members, but was then followed by a question and answer session with the audience. One major theme of the event was how the industry will change now that some of issues, especially regarding minority representation and inclusivity, have become more recognized, even though progress
still needs to be made. The panelists discussed the power of the fashion industry to both perpetuate current norms while also changing the narrative. “The fashion industry has great power to break down gender boundaries, but are sometimes working very hard to propagate these norms,” Kraus said. “It’s sort of a double-edged sword. If they really took responsibility for how they portray different trends, (they) could really change things.”
San Diego and Kraus also discussed the way trends simultaneously empower individuals who may not have seen themselves represented in more “mainstream” advertising or fashion brands, while also taking a look from streetwear, which can mean profiting from ideas that others may have created before. “In some ways, it’s exciting, it’s cool, hopefully some kid isn’t going to get bullied for wearing pink or something,” San Diego said. “But at the same time, it’s like, someone is making a lot of money that someone else could have been doing first.” Ultimately, panelists agreed that in order to make change in the industry, people need to continue having conversations about issues surrounding inclusivity and diversity, both in media and in fashion brands themselves. “Two steps forward, one step back is still progress,” Kraus said. “The more people are having these conversations and are aware, the better it will be.” Consumers also have to remind themselves that these “pervasive” and “repetitive” beauty norms, as San Diego said, are all constructed. Both panelists also said that while there is still improvement that needs to be made, the progress that has been achieved thus far should not be ignored. “It may not be ideal or perfect at first, but any step forward is better than staying still,” San Diego said. ryannperlstein2023@u.northwestern.edu
Illinois law to give students time off school to vote By ANUSHUYA THAPA
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On Jan. 22, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law allowing students to be absent from school for up to two hours to vote in any popular election, including primary and general elections. Senate Bill 1970, which goes into effect on June 1 — in time for the November elections — exempts students from punishment for taking time off school to vote. Students will be allowed to vote on Election Day and on any early voting date. The law allows the school to determine the hours
during which students may be excused, however. Evanston Township High School said in an email to The Daily that it is already taking steps to ensure that students who are eligible to vote may fully participate in the election process. ETHS’s current policies for early leave or arriving late will apply to students who are voting during school hours. According to its website, parents can phone in the evening before or by 8:00am on the day of absence to obtain a pass for their children to be excused from classes. These passes can be used to leave early, arrive late or to skip classes during a particular time of the day. Greg Andrus, the political committee chair for
the Democratic Party of Evanston, said “short of making it a whole day off,” the legislation is a step in the right direction toward making elections more accessible. For Andrus, the bill is set to positively impact voter turnout. Students who see their peers going out to vote on school days, Andrus said, are encouraged to take part in the political process themselves. “The best way to tell if someone is going to vote in this election is to look at whether they voted in the last election,” Andrus said. “So by encouraging students to vote in this election, it also means that you are encouraging students to vote in the next election and the election after that.”
A group of high school students from Thornton Fractional North and Thornton Fractional South High Schools originally came up with the idea behind the bill. They presented it to state Sen. Elgie Sims (D-Chicago), who led efforts to pass the legislation. “I was proud to stand with the same students who fought for this bill’s passage as it is signed into law today,” Sims said in a press release. “It is crucial that voting is accessible to everyone, including our students. Their voices are just as important as state workers’, who already have time off to vote.”
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Sergeant to Student: One first-year’s army experience By ALEX CHUN
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Before coming to Northwestern, Weinberg freshman Prabhav Jain was a sergeant in the Singaporean army. But before he graduated cadet school and was officially a sergeant, Jain took on one final challenge: a 32 kilometer march in full body armor. “The tough part is the body armor traps so much heat. Singaporean weather is about 30 degrees Celsius — which is like 85 or 90 Fahrenheit — it’s super humid, you’re wearing long sleeves, and the body armor traps even more heat,” he said. During the trek, Jain and the other cadets were required to cross a river. To do so, they tied a rope to one man who then swam across the river. After he had reached the other side, the cadets used the rope to pull themselves across the river. Soaking wet, the men then trudged to a firing range. There, they were given two tries to hit five out of ten targets located a couple hundred meters away. If they missed, they failed the whole exercise. Fortunately, Jain passed, earning a combat skills badge. It took him 18 hours to complete the entire exercise. Although he was a Singaporean resident for the majority of his life, Jain held Indian citizenship which meant that, theoretically, he didn’t have to serve. However, if he chose to not serve, he would be unable to return to Singapore. Jain had attended the United World College of South East Asia, a K-12 international school. Ben Jung, a Weinberg sophomore, had attended the same school and said it was rare for students to enlist with the Singaporean military after graduation. “Because most of us are not from Singapore, kids only enlisted for the army if they wanted Singaporean citizenship,” Jung said. However, Jain felt ties to the country and decided to enlist in order to earn citizenship. “Singapore was, and is, my identity in some sense,” Jain said. “I feel more Singaporean than I do Indian, for sure. This is my home. So I applied for citizenship with my family, and I had to serve.” For the first two months in the military, Jain
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A soldier standing next to a fighter jet. Before coming to Northwestern, Weinberg freshman Prabhav Jain spent 22 months in the Singaporean military.
endured basic military training and preparation to become a soldier. After that, Jain spent six months in a specialist cadet school on the fast track to become a sergeant. “During the training phase of the first eight months, we would wake up around 5 or 5:30 a.m., get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, usually complete some morning exercise, and there would be a bunch of different training drills,” Jain said. Training drills included weapons proficiency, battle tactics and combat drills. Additionally, the soldiers learned specialty combat skills, such as how to fight in close quarters and break into houses. After being promoted to sergeant, Jain had six men under him. “As a sergeant… I had to make sure they were all physically fit enough to carry out their jobs,” Jain said. “So, that included a lot of marches carrying a
20 kilogram backpack and wearing body armor. It’s usually 24 kilometers.” Together, they were a unit, enduring more training activities together, often overseas. Because Singapore is a smaller country, Jain and his men were frequently taken to other countries to train in different environments. “For three weeks, I was in Brunei where we went to do survival training,” Jain said. “Their rainforest there is a little bit denser than Singapore but a lot more wet. It rains really heavily like 12 hours a day every day. And then we also did two trips to Taiwan. Taiwan is a little bit more sparse in terms of vegetation, but it has really tall mountains. Climbing mountains is a lot more strenuous and tough than just walking in flat terrain, so that was the issue there and how to fight from across two peaks.” While training outdoors in a foreign country,
Jain and his men slept in “shell scrapes,” which are small trench-like holes dug into the ground for the purpose of sleeping. Ideally, a soldier should be able to lie down in the shell scrape and be level with the earth. The soldiers had to be ready to fight at any time; many activities took place in the early morning or late at night when the enemy would be most vulnerable. After 22 months of military service — eight months of basic training and 14 months as a sergeant — Jain completed his required time. “You reclaim your life in a sense because you get granted so much freedom after having it denied for so long, and it’s like a world of endless possibilities in some sense. I wish I could say it was hard, but it was one of the best days in my life,” Jain said. It was during his final year with the military that Jain learned he got into Northwestern and would be attending that fall. Although he occasionally feels older than the other freshman, having recently turned 21, Jain has acclimated to life on campus. Amy Zhang, a Weinberg sophomore, is Jain’s Peer Adviser. Knowing that Jain was older than her and had recently served in the Singaporean military, Zhang was unsure of what to expect. However, Zhang said Jain related to the other freshmen in numerous ways and transitioned to life at Northwestern seamlessly. “I was really surprised,” Zhang said. “I would have never been able to tell that he was older than the rest of my group.” Jain said while his time in the military was one of the hardest things he has ever done, he appreciates what he learned from the experience. “Your body’s probably stronger than you give it credit for. You can go through a lot of shit, and you will be okay.” alexchun2023@u.northwestern.edu Scan this QR code to listen to our latest podcast: Defining Safe.
Oakton leader named North Cook Principal of the Year By JACOB FULTON
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Before Michael Allen became a principal, he was just a concerned brother supporting his sibling through high school. Halfway through Allen’s sophomore year at Valparaiso University, he said his brother was on the verge of dropping out of high school. His parents were struggling with drug abuse, and his brother was reading at a fourth-grade level. So Allen made a decision: he rushed home, packed his brother’s things and brought him to campus. That year, he enrolled his brother in the local high school. At the age of 21, he said he had to advocate for his brother to teachers and administrators, who said the idea of college was an impossibility. However, Allen and his brother proved them wrong, as his brother went on to graduate from college and receive a master’s degree. But it was that period during his sophomore year of college, when he was first trying to navigate the school system, when Allen said he realized he wanted to be a principal. He said he became aware that others may not have had the same support his brother did — and he wanted to change it.
“It was important to make sure that the system itself could have an infrastructure to really make education accessible to kids who come from non-traditional situations,” Allen said. “They have some complex needs, which was the case with my brother, so being able to have that experience lit a fire under me.” That fire carried Allen to become the principal of Oakton Elementary School in Evanston/Skokie District 65. This year, he was named the 2020 Elementary Principal of the Year for the North Cook region by the Illinois Principals Association. Now, Allen is in his second year as principal, and he is bringing the school closer together. The school saw a 55 percent decrease in discipline referrals and a 30 percent increase in staff attendance — which Allen said are both signs that he is achieving his goal of improving the school’s learning environment. Jennifer Bergner, the school’s social worker, spends a lot of time with Allen working with students who have individualized needs. She said she’s worked at the school for six years, and Allen has uniquely understood the situation many students are in because of his life experiences. Bergner said in the past two years, she’s seen Allen’s role in the Oakton community shift. She
said staff members have felt less stressed overall, and she’s also watched children begin to see Allen as a person working to support them, instead of just a disciplinary administrator. “His leadership has impacted how the adults in the building feel, which then impacts how the children feel,” Bergner said. “When the adults are supported, the children feel supported.” One of the ways he tried to improve Oakton is the creation of a system in which students are rewarded for meeting behavioral expectations. The system previously utilized a token economy, he said, which rewarded students with items in exchange for earning “Cougar Points” for good behavior. Recently, however, his staff has transitioned to a focus on experiences over items, in which teachers mentor and spend time with students. He said the staff also re-evaluated the grounds on which points were awarded, shifting the reasoning toward character development over simple rule-following. Allen said he wants the school to create a highly-functioning support system for students from disadvantaged backgrounds and difficult family situations. Oakton Elementary has historically been one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in District 65; during the 2018-2019 school year, it was tied for last place in college
readiness for English, and it came in second-tolast in college readiness for math according to district reports. Andalib Khelghati, District 65’s assistant superintendent of schools, was part of the hiring committee that originally selected Allen. He was also Allen’s direct supervisor in his first year as principal. Khelghati said Allen has set the bar high for future administrators within the district, raising the standard for the way principals interact with their students and staff. “The award proved Dr. Allen’s vision and commitment to equity,” Khelghati said. “He really helped put the school and its programs in a place where it can get the support it needs, so the award is in recognition of his perseverance.” But in Allen’s eyes, the award doesn’t just belong to him. Instead, he said it proves that his entire staff is on the right track. “When I think about the quality of care, we have our custodians, our lunchroom workers, our secretaries — every level of level of our school has been invested in the new tasks we’ve been working on,” Allen said. “It’s encouraging and inspiring to see some glimmers of hope.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu
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are undocumented and people who don’t speak English as their first language. “They are Chicago-based, and most of their clients are from the Chicago area,” Guo said. “Part of that just means having connections to the Asian-American community in Chicago and understanding what are those specific cultural norms or expectations within your community that make it difficult for survivors of gender-based violence to report or to take action against their abuser. That’s why this specific organization is so necessary.” Panelist William Paik spoke about his experience within standup comedy. The Weinberg senior said unlike other areas of interest, there was a problem with the lack of existing pathways to get his career off the ground. Paik began doing standup as a way of building an infrastructure of connections for himself. Paik also received the community fellowship and spent his summer working with Stir-Friday Night!, an Asian American comedy group in Chicago. Paik received grants to fly to Los Angeles to be a part of “Crazy Funny Asianz,” where Asian-American comedians performed in front of network television producers, and to go to the first annual Asian Comedy Festival in New York City. “I just enjoyed sharing everything that I learned in the last eight months,” Paik said. “I feel like if I were a sophomore or a first-year, I would definitely like to know what’s possible at this school and what you can do. You want to give something to people that moves their lives in a good direction.” Weinberg second-year Abbey Zhu heard about the panel through a Facebook event and through a weekly Asian American Studies newsletter. Zhu said she felt like the panel was good for community building and demonstrated some of the support networks provided by the program. As an Asian American Studies major, Zhu said that she was happy to see the work her friends and peers were doing within the Asian-American community. “To see the room so full of people that I’m familiar with and are involved in the program, but also other folks was really amazing because that many people are invested in what these students are doing and what Asian American Studies is about,” Zhu said. “That’s really exciting.”
graduated tax, Pritzker’s budget proposes the state will contribute $8.6 billion to the state’s pension fund, increase funding for the Department of Children and Family Services by 20 percent and dedicate a $50 million increase to the Monetary Award Program, which helps undocumented and transgender residents pay for college. “One of the moral tests of government is how we treat our most vulnerable,” Pritzker said, referring to DCFS funding. “The funding needs of DCFS should transcend party and partisanship and be a cause we can all rally around.” Several of Evanston’s elected representatives were supportive of the governor’s proposed budget. State Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) said she appreciated the way he emphasized unity over partisanship. “I’m going to focus on it in a positive fashion and really look at it as the way the governor proposed a budget (as) a set of moral values, because he’s focusing on human services, he’s focusing
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on child care, on criminal justice reform, on education,” Fine told The Daily. “These are really issues that are the moral compass of our state. And it’s refreshing to see that we have a governor who’s on that same page.” Fine said she particularly is interested in the part of the budget devoted to pensions. She said the pension fund takes up a large part of the budget each year, so budgeting it as soon as possible will allow for resources to be allocated to other areas, such as human services and higher education. Pritzker also proposed building up reserves in the Budget Stabilization Fund, or the Rainy Day Fund. Comptroller Susana Mendoza and State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) recently proposed legislation to make automatic monthly transfers to the state’s rainy day fund. In his address, Pritzker referred to this proposed legislation and called Steans “one of the General Assembly’s most responsible budgeteers.” Steans said in a statement she looks forward to working with the administration to negotiate a budget. She said the governor’s budget proposal is a good place to begin, with its emphasis on employee health care, education, human
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much conflict in their lives. Graduate student Alicia Núñez is Guatemalan and Salvadoran. She said as she prepped for the panel, she found herself following what many of Aparicio’s interview subjects did. “I felt the strange sensation that I was an imposter in the intralatino community,” Nunez said. “I kept wanting to build a narrative that would share a harmonious image of my Central American intralatinidad.” Aparicio said Latinidad has been used as a homogenizing umbrella label, which drove her to praise the shifting meanings and contested ways in which the word is used. She ended her discussion with the proposal of intralatinos as the new Americanos because of what their identities represent for dominant U.S. national imaginaries. “Not only do they undo the rigid borders of white nationalism in the United States but they also embody within the space of family the multiplicities and transnational crossings that we usually frame hemispherically,” Aparicio said.
of cohabitation — an arrangement in which an unmarried, romantically-involved couple lives together — may deflate Illinois’ divorce rate. In the state, less than 65 percent of people older than 15 years old are married, according to 2017 American Community Survey estimates. The age at which couples marry and have children may also explain their marriages’ longevity. In Illinois, men get married at an average age of 30, and most women tie the knot at around 29. Twenty years ago, the average man found himself hitched at 26.8, and the average woman at 25.1. Maturity may play a role: Couples who marry and have children later in life tend to be more financially secure, and, as a result, bicker far less about money matters, according to Spring Tree Counseling licensed marriage and family therapist Farrah Walker. “Older couples have had that time to develop a shared idea of what they want their marriage to look like,” Walker said. “Having kids automatically creates strain on relationships; it’s less strenuous when your relationship has had longer to develop. You’re getting married older in a different stage of life. You had time to develop
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services and the child welfare system. “It also fully funds our pension systems and shores up the state’s rainy day fund to better position Illinois for an economic downturn,” she said in the statement. However, she also said she hopes lawmakers can find a way to fund education through a different source, rather than through the reserve fund the governor proposed. The General Assembly will now work to decide which parts of the governor’s proposal to implement. Fine, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said this process is starting now and will go through the end of May. She said the goal is to create a package of legislation that incorporates the House, the Senate and the governor’s interests and can get bipartisan support. “No amount of wishful thinking will wave away our structural deficit or our pension obligations,” Pritzker said. “No amount of lip service will balance the budget or fund our schools or improve public safety.” delaneynelson2023@u.northwestern.edu some of those habits in a relationship prior to having kids.” Aside from delaying the big day or choosing to forgo it altogether, what else can couples do to ensure nothing but death does them part? Evanston-based licensed marriage and family therapist Tom Hammerman said longlasting marriages are often characterized by open communication, which couples therapy can facilitate. Hammerman said couples considering divorce should first pursue marriage counseling. “The role of couples therapy is that I get people to be able to have conversations in a way they’re not able to do on their own,” Hammerman said. “How people talk in relationships and how they communicate with each other makes a huge difference.” Still, there’s no guarantee Illinois couples are certain to live happily ever after. Understanding the Prairie State’s low divorce rate comes down to “sociological, not psychological” factors, Baum said. Ultimately, chalking up the low rates to marital harmony is “a case,” Baum said, “of rosecolored glasses.” evaherscowitz2023@u.northwestern.edu
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No. 14 NU defeats Ohio State for eighth-straight win By DREW SCHOTT
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On Tuesday night, No. 14 Northwestern made history. The Wildcats (25-3, 15-2 Big Ten) defeated Ohio State (17-11, 10-7) 69-55 to tie their all-time program record for victories in a single season with 25. NU also moved one game closer to clinching a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since the 1989-90 season. Behind 19 points from senior forward Abi Scheid — who nailed five 3-pointers — and 16 points from junior guard Lindsey Pulliam, as well as a collective defensive effort that forced 14 turnovers, the Cats cruised to their eighth-straight win for the first time since the 2014-15 season. “We locked down on defense,” Pulliam said. “We knew that if we locked down, it would turn into offense and we would be able to get out into transition and run what we wanted to run.” In the game’s opening minutes, Ohio State came out firing, as forward Dorka Juhász scored five straight points to give the Buckeyes an early lead. NU’s
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defense — ranked second in the Big Ten — looked overwhelmed throughout the quarter as Ohio State took a 19-17 lead at the end of the first. The Buckeyes went on a 4-0 run at the beginning of the second, forcing coach Joe McKeown to call an early timeout. “We were a little jumpy,” McKeown said. “(I told) them to settle down and take care of the basketball. It was more to relax a little bit and keep grinding on defense.” The break greatly helped the Cats, as Scheid, the nation’s top 3-point shooter, drained two triples to direct the team on a 10-3 run that gave NU its first lead of the game. The Cats held the Buckeyes to no baskets for the final four-and-a-half minutes of the half to take a 36-33 lead. Scheid continued her stellar play into the second half, as she scored a wide-open layup eight seconds into the third quarter.
“My focus is working off the ball,” Scheid said. “Getting moving, setting up my screens, just running through the plays. Reading their defense is such a big thing: they were not switching on me.” Ohio State eventually cut NU’s lead to one, but the Buckeyes, who shot 31 percent from the field, couldn’t keep up with the Cats. Scheid drained another 3-pointer to spark a 12-2 run in the last minutes of the third quarter that Pulliam capped off with a nearly 30-foot buzzer beater. Up 56-45 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, NU’s offense continued to flourish as Scheid, Pulliam and Wolf extended the team’s lead to as many as 17 points before the eventual 14-point win. On Saturday, the team will return to Welsh-Ryan Arena for Senior Day, their final regular-season game against Illinois. McKeown expects a “terrific” environment at the game to honor the team’s seniors, including Scheid, but the Minnesota native is focused on the postseason. “I’m just looking forward to potentially making history for Northwestern women’s basketball,” Scheid said.
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The greatness of George Jewett Sports resonate with us for many reasons. It’s the wins and the losses, the relationships formed, the feeling of shared emotion and, above all, the stories, tales and myths we tell of our own exploits; the acts we’ve watched live or the feats told to us by friends or family. Few stories in college football are as important — and forgotten — as the story of George Jewett, the first African American football player to play for a Big Ten school. A backfield player first for Michigan and later Northwestern, Jewett was not just a groundbreaker, but a star player, and someone who should be in the College Football Hall of Fame. The Ann Arbor native played for Michigan in 1890 and 1892. During those two seasons, he was the team’s leading scorer, establishing himself as one of the program’s first great players. In a game against a John Heisman-coached Oberlin team, Jewett had a legendary performance as he scored all four touchdowns for the Wolverines. “Without the benefit of blockers to clear a path for him, he could dodge, wriggle, twist, pivot, and whirl through the opposing team, as well as the modern number-one, All-American back could do with the help of a mighty bulk of human flesh to block for him,” Ralph Stone, a teammate at Michigan, wrote in 1954. But, Jewett left the school after the 1892-93 academic year due to a conflict with the Medical School dean. So he transferred to Northwestern, where he worked toward his medical degree and played on the football team. When he suited up for his first game, he became the first black player for the Purple. During Jewett’s two seasons, the NU program was a mess — one headline in the Chicago Tribune during this time read “Northwestern football in gloom: No Team,
Enthusiasm, Money, Captain, Coach, or Manager.” And while the program dealt with off-field issues, Jewett was one of — if not the — best player on the field. According to my calculations, Jewett — who started at right halfback for the Purple — was NU’s top scorer for his two seasons in Evanston, notching seven touchdowns and kicking six PATs in 1893 and achieving half of the team’s touchdowns against nonhigh school teams in 1894. Jewett, fullback Paul Noyes and left tackle Jesse Van Doozer were named the strongest trio in the West by the Tribune during the 1893 season. In one game against Lake Forest in 1893, Jewett had four touchdowns — including a 70-yard scamper — and did a great job on defense as well. “His playing form from start to finish was of the phenomenal order,” the Tribune wrote, “and Lake Forest seemed completely dazed by his exertions.” It was such a great game that the following Monday, some sorority members handed him “a handsome bouquet of chrysanthemums.” On offense, he was a powerful and speedy runner. In addition to his 70-yard score, he also dashed for a 75-yard touchdown against Beloit in 1894 and a 50-yard touchdown against Lake Forest later that year. On defense, he excelled at recovering fumbles. Plus, he served as the punter while also kicking some of the team’s PATs. Reading the old gamers from the Tribune, Jewett was mentioned all the time. He did it all, and he did it all well. But Jewett’s experience was not all positive. After the 1893 game with Illinois, the Northwestern — a precursor to The Daily — wrote that, “The language which some of the Illinois players used in referring to Mr. Jewett was an index of their breeding.” There are similar
narratives of such racism from his time as a player at Michigan. And even though there aren’t many recorded stories of him facing such issues, it would be naive to think he didn’t face discrimination every time he stepped on a field. Still, Jewett’s story is not well known — and why is tough to explain. He did die young at the age of 38, and he did split his career at two different schools. Playing in the 19th century doesn’t help either. The legends of earlier eras are forgotten more easily, and across all sports, the pioneers of those times usually get pushed to the side. Everyone knows Jackie Robinson, but few know Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first black man to play Major League Baseball in 1884. This upcoming fall marks 130 years since Jewett played his first collegiate game. It’s time to finally recognize him and his accomplishments properly. The College Football Hall of Fame has over 1,000 inductees. It’s hard to believe Jewett doesn’t deserve to be a part of that exclusive club. There are so many stories of black athletes that have been lost to history. It’s heartbreaking. Historians, writers and advocates, like the late Buck O’Neil, have done wonders by bringing to light the incredible stories of black athletes. It’s because of people like them we know more about some of the best athletes in history, that they haven’t been forgotten. George Jewett can’t and shouldn’t be forgotten. Peter Warren is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at peterwarren2021@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to sports@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.
Can TJ Green start for NU after foot injury? By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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As Northwestern started warming up to open their first spring practice of 2020, head coach Pat Fitzgerald was surprised by one player in particular. Graduate quarterback TJ Green was just jogging on the sidelines, but even that had Fitzgerald in disbelief. “I didn’t think we’d see him doing anything on his feet at all,” Fitzgerald said. “So the steps have been encouraging.” Six months ago, Green injured his foot in the Wildcats’ season opener at Stanford. The sixth-year quarterback will be out for the spring as he recovers from the long-term injury, but by August he’ll be competing again for the starting quarterback spot he nearly claimed in 2019. “I’m on the right trajectory, and I’m meeting my goals at the right time,” Green said. “The final goal is being ready to play this upcoming season. We’ll see how I feel throughout the spring going into summer.” Fitzgerald said Green was the only quarterback who was prepared to lead NU last season, but Green never got the opportunity. Green and Hunter Johnson traded first team reps all of last summer. Green was the veteran with full command of the playbook, and Johnson was the highly-touted but inexperienced transfer from Clemson. The decision went down to the wire, and NU announced Johnson as the starter minutes before kickoff against the Cardinal. But Johnson threw an interception on his second pass of the game, and he had just 3 passing yards on his first three drives. Green took over in the middle of the second quarter, and he went on a 41-yard drive on his first series of the season. In his second series, Green led the Cats to the redzone, but then he took a sack that ended his season. He dropped back at the five yard-line, stuck his leg out and was pummeled by a defensive lineman.
“I didn’t know exactly when I was going to get in, but I prepared like a starter and I thought I played really well,” Green said. “In the two series I had, we were moving the ball well, and I got into a rhythm. But then I made a mistake that ended up costing me the season.” Fitzgerald said an injury like Green’s would typically end a lineman’s career, but as a quarterback, Green has a better chance to make a full recovery. He started more intense workouts on his feet last week, and he’s aiming to be back on the field for the preseason. Just because Green could play didn’t mean he was going to play for the Cats. Green had options for his final season of college eligibility, and he would have had a clearer road to playing time had he gone somewhere else. But Green stayed in Evanston, planning to recover in time to be the starter in September. “The culture and the guys is the main reason why I wanted to stay,” Green said. “For my sixth year, I could have gone anywhere, but I really wanted to stay with these guys, these coaches and this culture. Now, my goal is to be able to start the season.” NU has four quarterbacks on the roster with experience. Senior Aidan Smith started a team-high eight games last season. Junior Andrew Marty commanded the Cats to a blowout win over Illinois in the last game of the season and received firstteam reps at practice Tuesday. Green is the most proven of the bunch. After the Cats had the lowest passing efficiency rating in the country last season, Green said he’s confident that NU will have better quarterback play than the team did in 2019. “After the season we had last year, we know that we have to stick together,” he said. “We want to win games, and the best way to do that is to stick together as a group and help each other out. Then the foam will rise to the top.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu