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ASG elects new speaker of Senate Freshman Adam Downing will take over the role
By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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Associated Student Government Senate elected Weinberg freshman Adam Downing as its newest speaker of the Senate. Downing, currently a residential senator, defeated Weinberg sophomore Dillon Saks. He will succeed Weinberg senior Daniella Lumpkin as speaker. Downing said his passion for Senate and his commitment to efficiency make him the right choice. He said he will go through votes and procedure quickly to make the process as “painless” as possible. “My purpose in Senate has primarily been on efficiency (and) making sure you guys get as much time to talk with your constituents and make Northwestern the best possible place it can be,” he said. Downing is part of the Distinguished Secondary Teacher Award committee, which awards high school teachers who have positively impacted graduating seniors. He has also worked on the Senate Reform Committee and the Rules Committee. And as a member
of the ASG team that hosted Improve NU — an entrepreneurial competition — Downing said he helped acquire a drone to get aerial footage of campus. Lumpkin said she was confident in Downing’s ability to lead Senate and collaborate with new parliamentarian Henry Molnar. She said he was very active on the Senate Reform Committee and had previously approached her about his enthusiasm for Senate. “He’s very capable and definitely will be good at the job,” Lumpkin told The Daily. “He asks questions when he doesn’t know things.” Saks, who serves as the current election commissioner and lost the speaker election, also said he hoped to achieve new heights of Senate productivity. However, he said, his experience on the Rules Committee uniquely qualified him for the role because his knowledge of the ASG code would ensure that every voice is heard during Senate. Saks added that he wanted to carry on the work of Lumpkin while building a “solid foundation” for his successor. Earlier in the meeting, ASG President Nehaarika Mulukutla introduced a Finance Committee code change that would remove A- and B-status » See SPEAKER, page 6
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Roseanna Ander addresses the audience at the Woman’s Club of Evanston. Ander said the increase in 2016 homicides in Chicago was curbed largely through various policing reforms.
Expert talks Chicago gun crime UChicago Crime Lab executive director addresses local audience By CHRISTOPHER VAZQUEZ
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When the number of homicides in Chicago reached 762 in 2016, Roseanna Ander took note with concern. “These are people connected to
families and connected to communities,” said Ander, executive director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. “These aren’t just numbers.” On Wednesday, Ander spoke at the Woman’s Club of Evanston — 1702 Chicago Ave. — about the impact of the sharp increase in homicides, its potential causes and
new efforts that have contributed to curbing that spike. Among those efforts is the implementation of Strategic Decision Support Centers, which aim to expand data on violence in Chicago, she said. The centers have rolled out software that determines the likely locations of homicides, and they’ve
started holding daily briefings to aid police commanders in giving assignments to officers. Ander said the 2016 rise in the homicide rate may have been caused by the strained relationships between police and community members after the 2014 » See ANDER, page 6
Kim, Gardner to focus on wellbeing Police complaint In ASG run, 2 SESP students to prioritize student agency, equity By ALAN PEREZ
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Justine Kim said she remembers her peers insisting they had already found a friend group and determined their life plans just days into Wildcat Welcome. The SESP junior soon discovered that the act was a “facade” and began to question why many students portray composure while they struggle to “stay afloat.” “If so many of us can relate to that, why are we not talking about it?” she said. “Why are we not just being open about it and having it out on the table and trying to figure out at the core what exactly is the problem?” In her run for Associated Student Government president, Kim said she hopes to begin a cultural shift toward acknowledging that struggle. SESP sophomore Austin Gardner, Kim’s running mate, said the first step in making these changes is to stop “normalizing” work at the expense of wellbeing. Both Kim and Gardner said they’ve felt pressured to prioritize work over their health. Gardner
form draft revised Committee talks lack of satisfaction among residents By NIKKI BAIM
daily senior staffer @nikkibaim
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SESP junior Justine Kim speaks at an Associated Student Government Senate meeting. In her run for ASG president, Kim said she hopes to address the problem of prioritizing work over health.
said students are often forced to either break down, drop classes or quit extracurricular activities. He added he believes many professors don’t properly accommodate
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students overcoming illness. When campaign manager Izzy Dobbel suffered a concussion, she was expected to take three midterms without
enough recovery time, she said. The SESP sophomore said she believes Kim and Gardner are » See KIM, page 6
The Citizen Police Complaint Assessment Committee revealed a new draft of a revised complaint form at a Wednesday meeting, addressing the dissatisfaction expressed in a recent survey. The survey, which was distributed in February in English and in Spanish, aimed to gauge the public’s familiarity and satisfaction with filing a complaint. Of the 125 respondents, 37 percent did not know there was a complaint process and 30 percent were aware of the process but unsure of how it worked. Only 23 respondents said they had filed a complaint and were generally dissatisfied with the process. “There’s room for improvement,” committee member Karen Courtright said at the meeting. “(Like a) better intake process
characterized by someone who will make the complainant feel confident that they’re going to be taken seriously.” She added that a significant number of comments from the survey said a “lack of trust” exists among residents filing complaints to the police department. Committee members Jeff Parker and Peter Demuth addressed some of the concerns expressed in the survey through the new draft of the complaint form. On a scale of one to five, respondents who had filed complaints ranked the overall clarity of the current form at 2.4. “We tried to make it as simple as possible,” Demuth said about the new complaint form. In the updated draft, Parker and Demuth omitted “unnecessary information” like driver’s license numbers. They also clarified why complainants need to provide their name, address and phone number. Courtright said some complainants “fear retaliation” with the current process, but the new form explains that certain contact » See COMPLAINT, page 6
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