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Grant to fund ethnic studies faculty Students still want department status for LLSP, AASP By CAMERON COOK
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Claire Bhalia, the owner of Claire’s Korner. Nearly a quarter of all Evanston businesses were minority-owned in 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Black-owned businesses thrive From jerk to barbecue, black business owners feed Evanston By CLARE PROCTOR
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Hecky Powell opened Hecky’s Barbecue in Evanston nearly 36 years ago, and as a black business owner, he emphasized the supportive relationship he had with other business owners in the city. “It doesn’t matter what color
they are,” Powell said. “I have a good relationship with all of them.” Nearly a quarter of Evanston businesses were minority-owned in 2012, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. These businesses have a supportive relationship with one another, as well as the larger Evanston business community, Powell said. Powell has lived in Evanston
his entire life. His restaurant, located at 1902 Green Bay Rd., has succeeded because of good food, good service and good staff, he said. Hecky’s Barbecue serves Creole-style recipes that Powell learned from his mother, tracing back to his great-grandmother, who was raised in New Orleans. “I didn’t go to school to be a chef,” Powell said. “I learned from
the best chef there is, and that’s your mother or your grandmother, especially from the south, especially from New Orleans.” This family-taught style of cooking is what makes his barbecue recipes unique, Powell said. Powell said he believes all businesses operate to make a living and help people. Even though he » See BUSINESS, page 9
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has authorized the formation of an Intercultural American Studies Council, a group that will conduct faculty searches to appoint tenure-track professors for the Latina and Latino Studies and Asian American Studies Programs. The council will search for potential hires who don’t already have appointments in other departments, Weinberg Dean Adrian Randolph said in an interview with The Daily in December. In the past, faculty searches were limited to candidates who already had a tenure home in an existing department, a concern student activists shared when they began pushing for department status last year. The council will be co-chaired by Prof. Shalini Shankar, interim director of AASP, and Prof. Geraldo Cadava, the LLSP director. The program directors and deans have been discussing the formation of the council since last year, said Prof. Frances Aparicio,
the former LLSP director. Administrators drafted a document over the summer, Aparicio said, which was sent to faculty in both programs for feedback. Sharing professors with other departments has cost both programs autonomy, Randolph said, and the formation of the council will aid in solving that problem. Both AASP and LLSP have been advocating for more autonomy for their programs “for years now,” Aparicio said. “The ability to hire and promote our own faculty members will reaffirm each of our fields as sites of knowledge production on our own,” she said. The increase in autonomy could be a step toward departmentalization, Randolph said. Students and some faculty in LLSP and AASP have been seeking departmental status for years — the “to-be departments” have received backing from Associated Student Government and faculty members, but giving these programs departmental status would be “very challenging,” Randolph said. The college has to consider the criteria for allowing departmentalization before opening “a Pandora’s Box of unanticipated requests,” he added. Also, he said, not all faculty want the programs to become » See GRANT, page 9
SOFO sets eyes on Candidates poised for Chicago runoff streamlined process Lightfoot, Preckwinkle to face off in April runoff election for mayor New committee will to evaluate digital workflow By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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Following student feedback on the Student Organization Finance Office, a new committee has been formed to examine the current paper process for finances and suggest solutions for a new digital workflow. The committee, named the SOFO Digital Workflow Committee, is made up of members of Associated Student Government, the SOFO office and NU Information Technology and is led by Norris Executive Director Jeremy Schenk. The committee met for the first time on Thursday. Schenk said the committee’s goal is to come up with possible solutions and evaluate the costs associated with a new digital workflow that will later be suggested to the University for implementation. He added that the committee hopes the new process will be streamlined without replacing the in-person interactions.
“One of the benefits of the SOFO process right now is that we have the SOFO window so that people can go get (help) face to face,” Schenk said. “Our students need to be able to go somewhere to get that support. So whatever process that goes into place will still keep the SOFO window, so that way people can get walked through if there are issues.” He added that the proposed workflows will not affect leadership roles and will keep students involved throughout the process. He said he hopes the important education elements from the current process will be in the new workflow. Maanas Bhatt, ASG deputy chief of staff and committee member, said he hopes the digitization of SOFO will allow more students to participate in a process that helps them become more knowledgeable about money management. “Currently, the SOFO paper process might turn students away from engaging with SOFO and I believe that one important aspect of SOFO is increasing the financial literacy of students,” the Weinberg sophomore said. » See SOFO, page 9
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Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle emerged from a crowded field of 14 candidates in the Chicago mayoral election Tuesday. For the next leg of the race, Lightfoot and Preckwinkle will compete in a runoff scheduled for April 2. With over 90 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Lightfoot received over 17 percent of the vote, and Preckwinkle received 16 percent. In third place, Bill Daley came in with 14.7 percent, followed by Willie Wilson in fourth place. No candidate reached a majority to win, so voters will choose between Lightfoot and Preckwinkle during the runoff in April. No matter who wins the runoff, Chicago will have its first black woman mayor. After 9:00 p.m. with over 84 precincts reporting, Lightfoot took the stage at her watch party, declaring the start of the next stage of the race. “I want to thank those who had the courage to stand with our campaign against the machine,” Lightfoot said. “To
Sources: Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle
Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle will compete in a runoff for the Chicago mayoral election on April 2. The two candidates emerged from a crowded field of candidates.
anyone out there eager to join our team and our fight, welcome aboard.” The mayor is the most powerful elected official in the Chicago government, tasked with managing the budget, presiding
over the City Council and appointing officials for Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Housing Authority and over 100 boards and commissions. Current Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced he would
not seek reelection in September 2018, shifting the field for Tuesday’s elections. Emanuel served two terms as mayor, dealing with upheaval in the » See MAYOR, page 9
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