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New school board members elected Two newcomers, one incumbent promise equity By CASSIDY WANG

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Evanston elected two newcomers and one incumbent to the Evanston Township High School/District 202 board during Tuesday’s municipal election. Monique Parsons, the board’s current vice president, joined Stephanie Teterycz and Elizabeth Rolewicz in claiming victory. All board member-elects previously said they want to work toward ensuring academic equity in schools. Evanston residents cast 5,190 ballots, with 31.4 percent of voters supporting Parsons, the most of any person up for election. Slaney Palmer received 18.2 percent of votes, trailing Rolewicz and Teterycz, who received 26.7 percent and 23.8 percent, respectively. Four candidates ran in the race, which had three open seats after Jonathan Baum and Mark Metz opted out of reelection runs and Monique Parsons’ term ended. Rolewicz said she will seek to address the issues she has seen continuously come up “over

and over.” Rolewicz has worked on community organizations including the Parent Teacher Association Equity project, the D65 African American, Black and Caribbean parent group and Evanston CASE. Teterycz is the director of Northwestern’s Summer Session and college preparation programs and runs educational programming for schools, including ETHS and Chicago Public Schools. Parsons has served on the board since 2015. In addition to promoting equity within schools, she wants to work toward providing fiscal transparency and accountability and strengthening community engagements and partnerships, according to her campaign website. The Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, a grassroots racial advocacy group in Evanston, endorsed all three elected candidates. The organization seeks to promote candidates who place emphasis on racial equity. The newly-elected officials will join the rest of the board in taking on the responsibility of hiring a superintendent and setting educational goals for the schools. cassidywang2022@u.northwestern. edu

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Lightfoot elected mayor of Chicago She will be the first openly gay and black woman to hold the office By ANDRES CORREA

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Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle to become the next mayor of Chicago in

a landslide victory on Tuesday. With over 90 percent of the precincts reporting, Lightfoot received 73.70 percent of the vote to become Chicago’s first black female mayor. Lightfoot, who will also be Chicago’s first openly-gay

mayor, mounted the stage of the Hilton Grand Ballroom to announce her victory. “With this mandate for change, now we are going to take the next steps together,” Lightfoot said. “Together we will make

Chicago a place where your zip code doesn’t determine your destiny.” Lightfoot, with 341,661 ballots casted in her favor, defeated Preckwinkle who » See CHICAGO, page 6

Northwestern acceptance rate rises Poli sci class pulled The increase was the first seen in 10 years; 8.9 percent admitted By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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Northwestern accepted 8.9 percent of its applicants for the class of 2023, Christopher Watson, the dean of undergraduate enrollment, told The Daily in an email. Having risen from last year’s record low of 8.4 percent, this year marks the first time in a decade that Northwestern’s acceptance rate has risen. The acceptance rate rose in 2009 to 27.1 percent from 2008’s 26.2 percent, but had fallen every successive year until 2019. In 2017, the acceptance rate fell below 10 percent for the first time, where it has remained ever since. At a time when declining single-digit admissions rates have come to signal prestige for elite universities, the news is a notable shift for Northwestern. Schools like Harvard and Yale posted a drop in rates, underscoring just how cutthroat admissions have become. But other schools like Princeton and Cornell also saw a rise in rates, though Princeton’s rate is closer to 6 percent, while Cornell’s is closer to 10. Watson

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Northwestern’s acceptance rate over the years. 2019 marked the first year in a decade in which the acceptance rate rose.

predicted Northwestern’s rate would remain about the same when the University announced the number of applications this year flattened. President Morton Schapiro said he had expected applications to stabilize. NU received 40,579 total applications this year, setting a new record after last year’s high of 40,425. Of those 40,579 applications, 4,399 were submitted in December through

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the Early Decision process. The acceptance rate was about 25 percent for Early Decision applicants, who are expected to make up 53 to 54 percent of the class of 2023, Watson told The Daily in a December email. After considering Early Decision numbers, the Regular Decision acceptance rate becomes about 6.9 percent. For the class of 2022, the Regular Decision acceptance rate was about 6.4

percent. While the acceptance rate rose from 2018, the 8.9 percent rate is still slightly lower than 2017’s 9 percent acceptance rate. Students accepted in the Regular Decision pool have until May 1 to make a decision regarding their enrollment at NU. gabriellebirenbaum2021@u. northwestern.edu

Just days before Spring Quarter began, NU students enrolled in the Political Science 390 course “Turkey and the World” were forced to remove the class from their schedules after receiving unexpected news: Ioannis Grigoriadis, the expected visiting professor, had yet to acquire an American visa. A Greek citizen and university professor in Turkey, Grigoriadis applied for an American visa on Jan. 9, anticipating a mid-January arrival to Northwestern. Almost three months later, however, Grigoriadis said his visa has still yet to be issued. Instead, his application was placed under “administrative processing,” which according to Grigoriadis, means it has been transferred to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for further examination. Since Jan. 9, Grigoriadis said he has received no further information regarding the status of his visa.

“I am apparently under investigation, but there are no details,” Grigoriadis said. “I haven’t even the slightest hint about what raised this concern regarding my application.” NU filed a congressional inquiry regarding the status of examination soon after becoming aware of the issue. Grigoriadis said the answer they received was unclear. Recent data from the U.S. State Department shows that visa numbers are significantly down compared to recent years. It comes at a time when the Trump administrations has cracked down on immigration, though the president has embraced legal immigration. The federal government has also imposed stricter rules for student and scholar visas. “International students and scholars are under heavy compliance burden,” Ravi Shankar, the director of the International Office, told The Daily in December. This is not the first time Grigoriadis has applied for an American visa. In fact, he said he studied at Columbia University for two years on a student visa, taught at Princeton University on an academic visa, » See VISA, page 6

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Black students at King Arts do not reach benchmarks By ANDRES CORREA

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Parents and administrators at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School raised concerns about disparities in the latest Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing between black and white students. More than 50 parents, students, administrators and district officials gathered for a town hall March 19 to discuss the latest MAP scores and try to provide answers for the gap between black students and their white peers. According to the latest scores, no black students in the third, fifth, sixth and seventh grades met the college readiness benchmark in math or reading at King Arts. The scores also demonstrated that black students at the magnet school made up a larger part of the bottom quartile in reading and math than any other demographic group. “It’s mind-boggling,” said Charlotte Kovacs, the co-president of the school’s Parent Teacher Association. “How can that be in a school that touts our diversity, and how are we not supporting these students enough?” Located in the 5th Ward, King Arts is one of two K-8 magnet schools in District 65 that attracts students from both the Evanston and Skokie attendance areas, according to the school’s website. While most in the district attend the school in their attendance boundaries, students at King Arts are selected through an application process and a lottery system.

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The Joseph E. Hill Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Ave. Parents at a District 65 school met to brainstorm solutions for a gap in test scores between black students and white students.

541 students are enrolled in the fine artsemphasis school, according to the 2017-2018 Illinois Report Card. The report also demonstrated that black and white students each make up roughly one-third of the student population at King Arts, with last third filled by other racial minority groups. The event opened with testimonies by the Black Parents of King Art, an organization run by black parents that seeks to empower black students through events and programming. Following opening testimonies, principal Jeffrey Brown and

assistant principal Michelle Bournes-Thomas presented on the school’s plan to address the disparity between black and white students. After looking at the winter MAP data, Brown said his team had to make some quick adjustments to support a number of students who were not meeting the college readiness benchmark. He said they have added small-group instruction and introduced coaching to remedy the issue for the time being, and he is revisiting the data to find places students need the most help. While the data provides an understanding of

his bike, a navy blue Schwinn Sporterra valued at $300, had been stolen from his apartment building, EPD Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The victim secured his bike to a stair post in the building at around 2 p.m. on March 18, Glew said.The bike was missing by the time the victim returned to the apartment building at 10:30 a.m. on April 1, Glew said, along with a Kryptonite brand U-lock valued at $40.

Glew said there was no surveillance of the area and police do not have a suspect in custody.

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A cell phone was stolen from a home Monday night, Glew said. The victim, a 60-year-old male resident, told officers that his LG smartphone, valued at $100,

how students are performing, Bournes-Thomas said they have also added restorative coaching — a strategy to make students feel they are a part of a community. She said this practice develops students’ voices so they can advocate for themselves academically. Despite having resources for students, Brown said his staff needs to be more efficient. Looking forward, Brown and his team want to take a more data-driven approach to identify places where students are struggling, he said. However, Brown added that many teachers are being spread too thin to tackle all these issues. “There is a restorative piece, classroom management, kids coming in from different backgrounds,” Brown said. “Yes, we are a fine arts-emphasis school, but we are moving more in the direction of being a trauma-informed school.” Tasha Nemo, a parent of a third-grader at King Arts and a member of the Black Parents of King Arts, understands that teachers are being spread thin, but said the district should still be held accountable for their actions. Nemo said she left the town hall meeting still confused about what caused the large disparity and how the school would solve it. For Nemo, the presentation only provided generalizations of what the resources the school provides. She said this disparity is nothing new and has been an issue for decades. “Waiting is not an option, she said. “We have been waiting for 20, 30 years for this education gap to lessen and it hasn’t.” andrescorrea2020@u.northwestern.edu had been stolen from his home in the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue, Glew said. The resident had gone to bed around 7:30 p.m., Glew said, and awoke around 11:30 p.m. to find the cell phone missing. Glew said that the victim named a suspect, but no arrests had been made. — Joshua Irvine

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ON CAMPUS Award-winning investigative journalist joining Medill faculty Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Debbie Cenziper will join the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications faculty to teach investigative reporting classes to undergraduate students this fall. “I’m thrilled to become part of such a tremendous program,” Cenziper said in a Northwestern news release. “Medill has already shown that student-led investigations can help change lives and shape public policies. I can’t wait to jump in and team up with this talented group of students and faculty.” Cenziper is currently an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, where she has worked since 2007. Prior to that, she worked at The Miami Herald, where her year-long investigation of housing corruption in Miami yielded her a 2007 Pulitzer Prize. Her research also led to the convictions of several developers and a federal takeover of the county housing agency. At The Post, she reported on the failings of local nonprofit groups in providing care for people with AIDS, as well as the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development’s housing-construction

Producer for Oscarnominated film Roma to speak on campus Friday

Gabriela Rodriguez, a producer for the Oscarnominated film Roma, will speak in a moderated discussion Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Harris 107, A&O Productions announced late last month. The event will follow a screening of the film at 5:30 p.m. The event will be moderated by Jerónimo Duarte-Riascos, a visiting professor at Northwestern’s Spanish and Portuguese department, who completed his PhD in Spanish and Latin American Literatures at Harvard University. It is one of two film speaker showcases planned for spring quarter. A&O invited Rodriguez for this quarter’s spring

program for the poor, which led to changes in federal law. The article, titled “Left With Nothing,” was about injustices within the existing tax lien program, won the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Human Rights and the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ local accountability award in 2014. In 2016, Cenziper co-authored the book, “Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality,” with Jim Obergefell. Obergefell is the named plaintiff of the landmark supreme court case Obergefell v. Hodges that allowed same-sex marriage ceremonies to be performed federally. Cenziper has also been a faculty member at George Washington University since 2016, working as an undergraduate adviser and media fellow with the Graduate School of Education. She has collaborated with the Medill Justice Project on two occasions, which she will continue to work with as a Northwestern faculty member. “Debbie’s extensive experience in investigative journalism that affects change will be an incredible asset to Medill and our students,” interim Dean Charles Whitaker said in the release. “We are honored to have her join the faculty and continue Medill’s long tradition of producing impactful investigative reporting.” — Josiah Bonifant

speaker event, according to a news release. Isabella Soto, an A&O co-chair, said the speaker committee and film committee collaborated to bring in speakers is a recent trend. Previously, A&O showed Spotlight and Moonlight, bringing in the featured journalists and director Barry Jenkins, respectively. This year, Soto said they wanted to capitalize on Roma’s popularity. Jessica Collins, an A&O co-chair, said the student group usually brings in a director or writer from the films they showcase. Because Rodriguez is a producer, she said it’s interesting to have someone to give a different perspective on the film and its creation. Rodriguez is the first Latinx woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for her production work in the Best Picture Oscar category. She also shared two BAFTA awards, among other

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Civics classes should be required for U.S. MARCUS THUILLIER

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According to a Wilson Foundation study, only 36 percent of American citizens would be able to pass a citizenship test. As I prepare myself to take this test in the future, I find the number to be rather shocking. I’m required to pass this test to prove myself to be “American enough” to be a permanent citizen, yet almost two in three Americans can’t do the same. But it is more than that. A lot of the questions on the test attempt to evaluate a basic understanding of the political and legal functioning of the United States, and if the numbers are accurate, many Americans vote and participate in American political life without this basic understanding. This is not a plea for all Americans to learn about the date of ratification of the Constitution or to be able to name one of the two longest rivers in the United States, although those are arguably useful facts. The Center for the Study of the American Dream puts it this way: “the highest incorrect scores consistently concern the U.S. Constitution, and the governmental, legal and political structure of the American republic.” As an immigrant who does not have the right to vote, having people make

decisions for this country while lacking an understanding of its structure and rules makes me uneasy. I’m not OK with a voter who does not know what the First Amendment is to influence what the country’s immigration policies should be, or any other policy. Furthermore, in a time where the democratic institutions of this country are being threatened by those in power, it is absolutely crucial to be aware and educated on those issues in order to protect the foundation of American democracy. This problem does not necessarily stem from a lack of education or interest: according to the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, about 40 percent of people surveyed pointing to U.S. History as their favorite subject in school. This is relatively unsurprising, as learning about your country and its history is valuable knowledge. However, history is too often taught as a series of facts and dates to memorize for exams. In short, history often teaches you the “what,” not the “why” and the “how.” That shallow idea of history’s teachings is doing us all a disservice, in that we do not learn to question and challenge the path the United States has taken up to this day. The American people, and especially people from our generation, need to be able to think more critically about the social implications and political organization of this country if we are to make educated and fair choices. One possible solution would be to complement the history component of the

courses with a civics element. Conventionally speaking, civics education goes beyond the facts and figures of history and attempts to teach students how to engage with the democratic process. Putting an emphasis on these classes could expose young Americans to activities modeling that process, efficiently preparing them to engage in those activities later in life as adults. A whole 31 states require a year of U.S. history in order to graduate, while only eight require a year-long civics or government class. That number should be 50 for both. Requiring all students to take one year of U.S. history and civics would be the bare minimum to ensure that the active citizens of the future are able to make educated choices when it comes to American affairs. The United States requires immigrants to prove their knowledge of the country’s history and understanding of its institutions, which is a reasonable and fair demand. However, just 20 percent of native-born Americans under 45 cannot demonstrate the same simple understanding of how their country operates, and that is unacceptable. Marcus Thuillier is a first-year graduate student. He can be contacted at marcusthuillier2019@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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Northwestern should lead a reform of college admissions system My husband and I are both alumni of Northwestern. We are deeply saddened that Northwestern has been tied to this jaw-dropping college admissions scandal. Our oldest daughter just went through the grueling, heart-wrenching college admissions process last year. To read now about this “side door” that some wealthy elites in this country employ to cheat the process, and how Northwestern admitted a student who cheated on the ACT to get a score that is still far lower than what our daughter achieved through her own hard work and perseverance — is both upsetting and disappointing. The college admissions process is broken. We hope that Northwestern takes this incident as a wake-up call to help lead the nation’s colleges in reforming the broken system. There needs to be a cap on the number of colleges that students can apply to, so that colleges aren’t having to wade through 40,000 applications for 1,200 spots in the freshman class. Transparent criteria that are more concrete than the intentionally vague “wholistic approach” need to be implemented. A colorblind system for admission also is imperative. We expect more from you, Northwestern. Please show us that you will make changes to ensure that the dream of attending Northwestern is a level playing field for every prospective student. — Haley Hwang, J’93, GJ 94 (née Mi Young Pae)

Alcohol is not to blame for sexual assault — society is KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

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In the age of #MeToo, where the tide is turning to protect survivors, college campuses — places where sexual assault often occurs — are working to devise strategies to reduce instances of assault. And while actively working to change the culture of sexual assault on college campuses is positive, there is danger in brainstorming solutions that inadvertently place blame where blame does not belong: namely, alcohol. Drinking is often seen as the impetus for sexual assault, and plans of action are targeted on reducing alcohol intake at parties or raising awareness on how alcohol is related to sexual violence. This is perfectly exemplified in the case of Brock Turner, a Stanford University swimmer who was convicted of sexual assault and intent to commit rape in 2016. Both Turner and the survivor were inebriated. Only two months later Stanford University decided to ban hard alcohol from on-campus parties. I was particularly astounded to find that the same mindset remains on Northwestern

University’s campus, even in 2019. During a typical study session in the library, someone I know confidently proclaimed that sexual assault would decrease with the removal of alcohol from on-campus parties. I was appalled at the ignorance of his statement and, honestly, felt invalidated. Banning alcohol from the college party scene — an impossible idea on its own — only superficially addresses sexual assault, without tapping into the root of the issue.

There is an assumption that sexual assault is inextricably tied to drunk people at a party. As someone who has felt violated when no alcohol was involved, I can personally attest to the fact that consent can be absent without a round of shots. Alcohol is not a requirement for assault. Pinpointing alcohol as the cause of sexual

assault transfers the deserved blame away from perpetrators and onto an inanimate substance. According to Alcohol.org, at least 50 percent of sexual assaults that occur on college campuses involve alcohol. Delving further into what that 50 percent entails, 43 percent of sexual assaults involve alcohol use by the survivor, while 69 percent of sexual assaults involve alcohol use by the perpetrator. These statistics suggest a strong, defined relationship between sexual assault and alcohol. However, there is a fine line between correlation and causation. Even if it’s probable that alcohol was involved in an incident of sexual assault, alcohol is not the cause, the perpetrator is. Removing alcohol from the college party scene will not halt perpetrators from acting on impulses or protect survivors. In fact, according to a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, characteristics like anti-social behavior, hostility toward women, impersonal sex and selfcontrol were more predictive of sexual assault than heavy episodic drinking among men. Attitudes and characteristics toxically reinforced by society, not alcohol, are the main players here. While alcohol can certainly reduce inhibitions and the ability to make informed decisions, alcohol does not change intentionality.

Alcohol is just a substance. It does not necessarily affect someone’s outlook on the essential value of consent. Someone’s views on consent are constant — whether sober or blackout drunk — and negative attitudes are precisely what need to be targeted by college campuses. We can work on changing the mindset around sexual assault that has been cemented in our society for so long. This means recognizing that long-held attitudes concerning entitlement and toxic cultural norms surrounding masculinity are the root of sexual assault and are what need to be shifted. Then, we can appropriately dedicate resources and efforts to educating people about these aspects, as opposed to alcohol. I am tired of people defending their behavior with alcohol. I am tired of hearing the stories of friends and acquaintances who are pressured or blatantly assaulted. And I am tired of feeling surprised when I am genuinely respected — that should be a given. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@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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Admins consider low-income, first-gen student space By WILSON CHAPMAN

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University administrators have agreed to consider the construction of a First Generation Low Income space as a future project, following the release of a public letter of support from members of Quest+ and Associated Student Government. In a statement from Vice President Patricia Telles-Irvin and Provost Jonathan Holloway that was shared with members of ASG and Quest+ on March 18, University officials said Northwestern is in the planning phase of a seven-year capital project campaign encompassing every future project, renovation, or potential construction. The statement said they considered the proposal, decided it had merit and included in the list of potential projects going forward. “We concur that this proposal of an FGLI location would serve our students well and we look forward to identifying a location for future consideration,” the statement reads. The letter is in response to a declaration of support for an FGLI space that was authored by the co-presidents of Quest+, Madisen Hursey and Christian Reyes, as well as ASG president Emily Ash. The statement, released on February 27, currently has about 550 signatures. According to Hursey, the idea for a letter grew out of frustration over various roadblocks that the Quest+ board have dealt with while working with administrators. The three decided that they should draft a public letter so that students would have a venue to show support for the initiative. “We just wanted a centralized, public way for students to show support for the initiative and

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also to hopefully generate a response from the administrators that would be public for students,” Hursey said. Ash said the writing process for the letter took a substantial amount of research to ensure their proposal was feasible under the University’s budget without compromising the needs of the community. The three said they also looked into similar projects and spaces that exist at peer institutions, such as the University of California, Berkeley and Brown University, to prove this was an achievable and necessary space for a school like Northwestern to create. Now that administrators have acknowledged that a FGLI space should be a priority and expressed an intention to include it in a proposal for new capital projects, Ash said, the main focus for her and Quest+ is to make sure future students are closely included in the process for creating the space, especially since all three of the writers are graduating this year. “It’s really important that … future students are closely included in the process for identifying the space, for imagining and creating what that space looks like, (and) the functions it serves,” Ash said. “So, just keeping students involved at every step of the process, not only for accountability, but also that the creation of the space is student-led.” Hursey said they plan to create a comprehensive strategy to be passed down to future students to ensure they remain involved. The three will begin drafting the proposal when their students organizations have finished the process of finding new leadership. She said this would solve a persistent issue that ASG and Quest+ have faced in the past, where turnover of students have led to abandonment of projects. Hursey also said she believes that creating a Odom, constructed the lens using cylindrical silver nanoparticles and polymer, the release said. The ultimate product is incredibly thin, measuring one-hundredth the width of a human hair. “This miniaturization and integration with detectors offers promise for high-resolution imaging in devices from small wide-angle cameras to miniature endoscopes,” Odom said in the release. The researchers’ findings were detailed in a study titled “Lattice-Resonance Metalenses for

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Student Enrichment Services office, located in Foster-Walker Complex. Members of Quest+ and ASG are pushing for a First Generation Low Income space on campus outside of the SES office.

space for FGLI students on campus is important because, while individual people at Northwestern are committed to bringing in Pell-eligible students and supporting, the school has to improve their support of these students. “I think it’s required, especially if Northwestern

is focused on bringing in more Pell-eligible students on campus,”Reyes said. “That needs to be done with the right amount of support on campus.”

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imaging systems and optoelectronic devices.” “This scalable method enables different lens structures to be made in one step of erasing and writing, with no noticeable degradation in nanoscale features after multiple erase-and-write cycles,” the release said. “The technique that can reshape any pre-formed polymer pattern into any desirable pattern using soft masks made from elastomers.”

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received 121,906 votes, 26.30 percent of the total. The Associated Press called the race within an hour of the polls closing. A former senior equity partner at Mayer Brown – the largest law firm in the United States in terms of profits – Lightfoot campaigned on a platform of investing in neighborhood schools, reforming the Chicago Police Department, and expanding affordable housing options. For Andria Goss and Kimberly Boyd, election night was their first time volunteering for the Lightfoot campaign. They both said

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From page 1 and traveled to the U.S. on tourist visas about 20 times. For Grigoriadis, acquiring a visa had become merely a “technicality” of travel. “I never thought this would become an issue,” he said. Upon further investigation, Grigoriadis discovered that his situation was not the first of its kind. In fact, he said the delay appeared to be part of a larger trend. “This is about academics who may be traveling a lot, or visiting the United States very frequently for different reasons,” Grigoriadis said. He said he knew of other foreign academics that had encountered delays when applying for visas to the U.S., as well. Often, he said, academics will receive their visas only after their need has expired, a trend he expects to happen to himself. “Eventually, my visa will be approved, but it will be too late for the class,” he said. Grigoriadis said he still intends to visit the University when his visa is issued. Although his class has been canceled, he intends to give lectures and find other ways to interact with

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 Chicago needs a change, and they saw that change in Lightfoot. “We need someone who acknowledges that this city is not about one type of people,” Boyd said. “It is about different types of people. It is a melting pot.” After the AP confirmed her victory, hundreds of Lightfoot supporters gathered near the stage to wait for the new-Mayor elect. Ra Joy, a community activist, kicked off a series of speeches before Lightfoot took the stage, which included Kaylie Avila, one of Lightfoot’s youngest volunteers who has dreams of becoming president. As Lightfoot ’s campaign continued its speeches, Preckwinkle delivered her concession the student body. “I miss interacting with students in class. I took a leave from my university in Turkey because I was looking forward to visiting Northwestern and joining the academic community,” Grigoriadis said. “That is something that unfortunately I cannot do from here, so that is a big loss.” Students originally enrolled in his “Turkey and the World” also felt the loss. Medill sophomore Ethan Taylor said he was frustrated by the sudden cancellation as it forced him to restructure his schedule. Weinberg senior David Fishman was also disappointed, as he was particularly interested in the topic. The cancellation particularly stung because, as a graduating senior, this is his last quarter at Northwestern. Fishman, a former Daily staffer, said he was especially excited to learn from Grigoriadis because he was a visiting professor. “Getting that perspective from someone who lives and breathes Turkey was what attracted me most to the class,” Fishman said. “(Now), I won’t have the chance to take this course.” cadencequaranta2022@u.northwestern.edu

Northwestern to host New Yorker theater critic Hilton Als

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Hilton Als will speak in a moderated discussion as part of The Contemporary Thought Speaker Series on April 8.

The Contemporary Thought Speaker Series will host essayist and author Hilton Als on April 8, according to a CTSS news release. He will speak in a moderated conversation with African American Studies Prof. E. Patrick Johnson, the chair of the department. Als has primarily worked as a cultural critic, currently serving as the lead theatre critic for The New Yorker. In the past, he was a staff writer at the Village Voice and editor-at-large at Vibe. Outside of writing, he curates art exhibitions

speech. She said while she might be disappointed, she is not disheartened. “Not long ago two African American women vying for this position may be unthinkable,” she said. “While we may have taken different paths to get there, tonight is about the path forward.” As Lightfoot took the stage, the room was full of energy as the crowd erupted in cheers and applause. Her acceptance speech focused on creating a new Chicago that considers everyone. She said she envisions a Chicago, “where it doesn’t matter who you love just as long as you love with all your heart. … In the Chicago we will build together we will celebrate our differences… and make sure that all have the

opportunity to succeed.” For Kenneth Hamilton, the most moving part of Lightwood’s acceptance speech was when she told the crowd to hold each others’ hands. He said he has never seen something like that from any other politicians in the city. Hamilton has been following Lightfoot’s campaign since the beginning. For him, Lightfoot is the complete opposite of the Chicago political establishment. “I’d rather vote for someone, who has never been in office, who works with the people,” said Hamilton, “rather than have someone run the system without the people’s input.” andrescorrea2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Scott Hall, the home of the Political Science department. The department had to cancel its “Turkey and the World” class after the professor could not obtain a visa.

— his 2017 “Alice Neel, Uptown” exhibit at New York City’s David Zwirner Gallery was named one of Artforum’s 10 best shows of the year. As a writer, Als has been heavily acclaimed throughout his career. Recently, he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for Criticism and the Langston Hughes medal in 2018. In the past, he won first prize in the Magazine Critique and Magazine Arts and Entertainment categories from the New York Association of Black Journalists in 1997. Als’ book “White Girls” won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT nonfiction in 2014. Finally, he has received both a Guggenheim fellowship and a George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. CTSS co-president Amanda Gordon said Als’

prominence as a writer and the importance of the topics he pursues makes her eager to hear from him. “Hilton Als is uniquely situated at the forefront of literary journalism and the arts,” Gordon said in the release. “His writing and curated exhibitions are both deeply personal and broadly resonant, delving into and dissecting narratives of race, gender and queer identity. We could not be more excited to hear from him on campus.” The event will take place next Monday at 7 p.m. in Harris Hall. Als is CTSS’ third speaker of the year, following activist Dolores Huerta in October and author Marc Lamont Hill in November. — Gabby Birenbaum

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How a student cheated and got into Northwestern By ALAN PEREZ

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Federal officials were investigating a securities fraud case when Morrie Tobin, a financial executive, alerted officials that a coach at Yale University had accepted a bribe to get his daughter admitted to the school. The tip, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, led authorities into a world of illegal bribes, cheats and lies that included wealthy parents who were hoping to secure admission to top-tier universities for their children. The crimes were allegedly facilitated by mastermind Rick Singer, a Newport Beach businessman and founder of The Edge College and Career Network, a college counseling service more commonly known as The Key. Last fall, Singer began cooperating with the government in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence, giving prosecutors a look into a $25 million scheme that implicated at least 50 people. Among the people charged with participating in the scandal are Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez, the parents of a Northwestern student who, according to a document released alongside the charges, received help during college entrance exams. The Henriquezes are charged with bribing the head women’s soccer coach at Georgetown University for their eldest daughter and paying Singer to set up a fraudulent exam proctor for both daughters. The college admissions scandal sparked a widespread national conversation about the inequities of college access. Students, parents and the higher education community were quick to note that wealthy parents had for years been purchasing spots at elite universities through legal methods. But for many, the story was a surprising revelation that, weeks later, is still unraveling. At least one parent has taken the defense that he believed he was paying for legitimate college counseling services. The Henriquez parents haven’t indicated their defense, but they are due in a Boston federal court today, where a judge is expected to set the conditions of their release. They are not expected to make a plea. Experts say the parents charged face an uphill battle, as Singer helped investigators piece together a remarkably detailed story. The affidavit accompanying the charges detailed an elaborate plan to rig the system and, in some cases, cover up the acts. As Singer began cooperating with the investigation,

he reached out to the Henriquezes at one point to discuss “what excuse they could offer” to explain why their younger daughter took a college entrance exam in Houston, miles away from home. “I’m not gonna comment,” Manuel Henriquez said, according to a recording of the conversation. “We gotta be very careful on just getting an inbound call from somebody. ‘I have no idea who you are. So I’m not responding to an inbound call from anybody.’” *** Singer — who pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering, obstruction of justice and other charges — acted as a middleman for parents, coaches and fraudulent proctors in the cheating and bribing scandal. Attorneys for the U.S. Justice Department say he channeled payments through his personal bank account and nonprofit organization, The Key Worldwide Foundation. The DOJ says Singer instructed his clients to seek extended time on college entrance exams, in some cases directing students to falsely claim a learning disability to obtain the necessary medical documentation for the extra time. The accommodations also granted students the right to test at an individualized testing location. Singer had parents schedule the exams at testing centers in Houston or West Hollywood, where he had relationships with testing administrators he bribed into allowing a third person help the students cheat. Singer told parents to fabricate a reason, such as a wedding or bar mitzvah, as to why their children needed to take the test at a location outside their home schools, as typically done. In many cases, prosecutors say the students were completely unaware of the cheating. “The parents are the prime movers of this fraud,” Andrew Lelling, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said Tuesday during a news conference. But in others, students seemed more culpable. *** After sitting side-by-side with a phony proctor of the SAT in the fall of 2015, Elizabeth Henriquez and her older daughter, now at Georgetown, “gloated” that the daughter “had cheated and gotten away with it.” She received a score of 1900, 320 points higher than her previous best score. Later that fall, the family wired

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Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez are accused of paying bribes to help their daughters cheat on college entrance exams.

$15,000 to Singer’s personal bank account and $10,000 to The Key. The Henriquezes planned to do the same for their younger daughter. The two are listed as parents of a Northwestern student, though the University would not confirm the daughter’s name. In August 2016, she received a letter from the ACT granting her request for extra time on the exam. The next month, Elizabeth Henriquez emailed the school counselor to inform them that her daughter would take the test in October, but they would “have to be in Houston” on that date. “Through connections there, we have been able to secure a site and a proctor to test [my daughter] for the two days,” she wrote. The proctor flew from Tampa to Houston, where he discussed answers with the young Henriquez daughter and another student, directing them to answer different questions incorrectly to hide the cheating. She received a score of 30 out of 36. In exchange for the service, Manuel Henriquez used his influence as an alumnus and former member of a Northeastern University governing board to secure admission for another one of Singer’s clients. In October, Henriquez emailed a Northeastern official describing the applicant as an “excellent candidate for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.” The student was admitted. The next year, the younger Henriquez daughter prepared again to take the ACT and three SAT subject tests. This time, she would take the tests in West Hollywood, where Singer arranged for another person to proctor the exam. Henriquez flew to Los Angeles from San Jose

during two weekends in June and, after the proctor fed her answers to certain exam questions, received scores of 33 on the ACT and 720 to 770 out of 800 on the subject tests. *** In October 2018, Singer, who was by now cooperating with investigators, called Elizabeth Henriquez to tell her that Key Worldwide Foundation was being audited by the Internal Revenue Service. “So I just want to make sure that you and I are on the same page in case they were to call,” Singer said. “So my story is, essentially, that you gave your money to our foundation to help underserved kids.” “Of course,” she replied. “Those kids have to go to school.” In January 2019, Singer met with Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez at their home in Atherton, California. After the couple discussed excuses they could give as to why their younger daughter took the test in Houston, Singer informed them that there was no “paper trail” of money, since Manuel Henriquez had helped a client gain admission to Northeastern as payment. Later in the conversation, Manuel Henriquez chimed in, saying she wouldn’t answer questions about the testing, noting that her daughter “went [to Houston] because she needed special accommodations.” The couple turned themselves in to the FBI last month and were released on $500,000 bond. Their travel is restricted to Northern California unless prior notice is given 48 hours in advance. aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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Dunn reaches 200 hits as Wildcats extend their win streak CHICAGO STATE

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Head coach Spencer Allen’s favorite walk-up song is Travis Scott and Kid Cudi’s “Through the Late Night,” though not necessarily due to its long melodies and wistful tones. Allen said he likes it because it means his star, senior shortstop Jack Dunn, is coming up to bat. “I don’t even know what the song is,” Allen said. “But I just have a good feeling when his is coming up.” It makes sense. Dunn is batting .393 on the season, and has reached base in over half of his plate appearances. He continued that Tuesday, hitting 2-for-3 and collecting his 200th career hit in Northwestern’s 11-6 victory over Chicago State. The win was the Wildcats’ fifth in a row. Junior designated hitter Alex Erro finished with two hits — including a two-run moonshot — and a team-leading four RBIs. NU (11-13, 1-2 Big Ten) fell behind early, as the Cougars (7-18, 2-3 WAC) went up by three runs off of two hits in the top of the first inning. The Cats quickly responded, as Erro’s first-inning home run brought the home side to within one.

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“That’s huge, when you look at the ball game, you take control,” Allen said. “Hitting, everything becomes a little bit easier, you can take some more chances defensively, and pitching wise, you can challenge a little bit more.” From there, NU’s offense erupted, as Erro and freshman catcher Jack Anderson each recorded singles in the second inning to help give the Cats a 7-3 lead. They didn’t look back, scoring again in the third, fourth and seventh innings, controlling the matchup throughout. NU received quality outings from relief pitchers senior Danny Katz and junior Matt Gannon, who each gave up one run. Katz in particular pitched three straight hitless innings from the fourth to the sixth frame. The Winnetka native earned his second win of the campaign and the fifth of his career. Dunn’s milestone hit came with NU up 10-5 in the seventh inning when he launched a blooper to the shortstop and made it safely to first. Dunn said he learned how close he was to 200 last night, when his dad texted him that he only needed two hits to reach the mark. “That’s something that, coming in as a freshman, I wanted to do because I knew that was kind of a thing in college baseball,” Dunn said. “It’s

awesome because you work so hard. I’ve been working since I was two years old, trying to reach milestones like this.” For the past two seasons, he’s kept his walk-up song the same. His teammates aren’t big fans of the 2016 bop, he said, and they’ve lobbied for him to change it. But Dunn won’t abandon the melodic tune. He’s locked in when he hears the song’s trademark hum, ready for his turn at the plate. It’s worked. Dunn has the best batting average in the Big Ten and he leads the team in hits, runs and RBIs. “I hear that humming when I go up to the box, I’m like ‘I’m here I’m here,’ so, yeah I like it,” Dunn, a fierce defender of the song, said. “I’m not much of a rap guy, to be honest. But something about that song just puts me in a good place.”

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NU still perfect in Big Ten play Cats claim three wins By ELLA BROCKWAY

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

After losing four of its seven matches during a rocky February, Northwestern came into March ready to play and to win. The No. 25 Wildcats (11-5, 4-0 Big Ten) did just that, finishing the month without a loss and maintaining their undefeated record in Big Ten play. NU claimed two 5-2 wins on the road against Indiana (138, 3-3) and Purdue (6-11, 1-5) and then a pair of 7-0 sweeps against Rutgers (8-7, 0-5) and Maryland (3-12, 1-4). On its first road trip of the conference season against the Hoosiers on March 9, NU opened with two early match wins to claim the doubles point. Freshman Clarissa Hand, the country’s 37th-ranked singles player, came from behind for a three-set victory in the No. 1 spot, while sophomore Caroline Pozo also won in a triple to give the Cats the win. A day later later, NU traveled up I-65 to West Lafayette to face the Boilermakers. While Hand fell in straight sets to the 31st-ranked Silvia Ambrosio, the Cats picked up four wins from all of their No. 3-6 spots. Senior Rheeya Doshi and graduate Carol Finke each fell in the first sets of their matches, but rallied to win the next two sets and seal NU’s weekend sweep. After a two-week break, the Cats traveled to New Jersey on March 27 to face the Scarlet Knights. The duos of Hand and senior Lee Or and sophomore Inci Ogut claimed the doubles point for NU, while all six players won their singles matches. NU finished off its spring break

Northwestern dropped two of three matches in its last weekend of action before winter final exams, but picked up a pair of conference wins this past weekend. The Wildcats (12-9, 3-2 Big Ten) lost 4-0 on March 8 to then-No. 15 Illinois (11-6, 5-0) in Champaign, then returned home and dropped a 4-2 decision to Texas Tech (13-9, 0-2 Big 12) on March 10 before shutting out Illinois-Chicago (3-11, 2-0 Horizon) later that same day. After three weeks of inactivity, NU came back strong, recording a 6-1 win over Iowa (12-6, 3-2) on Saturday and a 5-2 victory over Nebraska (9-11, 1-4) on Sunday. The Cats failed to win a single set against the Fighting Illini. Of the matches that were completed, the doubles tandem of freshman Trice Pickens and sophomore Antonioni Fasano came closest, forcing Illinois’ Vuk Budic and Gui Gomes to a tiebreak before falling short. Freshman Simen Bratholm and junior Chris Ephron picked up victories against the Red Raiders two days later, but NU once again could not muster enough victories to win the match. Against the Flames, however, the Cats dominated, not dropping more than three games in any set. Ephron won his match 6-2, 6-0, while Fasano picked up a 6-3, 6-0 victory. NU’s strong play continued after the break against the Hawkeyes. Iowa won the doubles point, but the Cats swept the singles matches, losing only one set in the process. Sunday’s match against the Cornhuskers was closer, but NU was once again able to pull it out. The Cats won the doubles point this time, and senior

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Clarissa Hand hits the ball. The freshman helped lead the Cats to five straight victories in March.

stretch with a commanding win over the Terrapins on March 29. The Cats did not drop a single set in seven matches. Hand and junior Julie Byrne were both victorious in two sets at the first and second spots, while Pozo won her fifth singles match in a row. The Cats have been ranked as high

as tenth in the nation this season, but fell in the rankings after a Feb. 26 loss to now-No. 9 Pepperdine. Their next match should offer an opportunity to move up again — Michigan, (11-4, 7-0) NU’s next opponent, is ranked No. 18 in the country. ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

Jason Seidman got NU started at No. 6 singles with an impressive 6-2, 6-0 triumph. Ephron was similarly dominant at No. 3, defeating his opponent 6-0, 6-3. Nebraska picked up a win at No. 4 singles, with Victor Moreno Lozano defeating Bratholm, but Pickens delivered the clincher for the Cats at No. 5 with a 6-2, 7-6 defeat of the Cornhuskers’ Isaac Nortey. NU will carry its three-match winning streak to the Great Lakes State this weekend, when the Cats play at No. 18 Michigan on Friday and Michigan State on Sunday. benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern. edu

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Chris Ephron hits the ball. The junior won both of his singles matches against Iowa and Nebraska.