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New D202 board to focus on equity After election, new members outline goals By CASSIDY WANG thwww @cassidyw_
Newly elected Evanston Township High School/ District 202 school board members plan to put issues concerning equity and bridging the achievement gap at the forefront of their agendas. Following Tuesday’s election, two new members were elected for the first time, and one incumbent will be returning to her position. Stephanie Teterycz and Elizabeth Rolewicz will replace two former members, Jonathan Baum and Mark Metz, who both stepped down. Monique Parsons, the board’s current vice president, was reelected. When the new group convenes for the first time, Parsons said the board will need to first have conversations about their priorities and the agenda they intend to pursue. “My hopes are that we are able to work together and be very focused and intentional on creating a goal that will help us address the
achievement gap that students are currently facing, especially black students within Evanston Township High School,” Parsons said. Like Parsons, Teterycz identified the achievement and opportunity gaps between white students and students of color as an important issue. She said these gaps are related to literacy discrepancies that arise in middle school. “This has been a problem ongoing from what I understand but this is something that they have been trying to address and have not resolved,” Teterycz said. At a Jan. 15 school board meeting, Scott Bramley, the associate principal for instruction and literacy at ETHS, said 59 percent of incoming freshmen score at or above grade-level in reading, according to results from the standardized literacy test STAR. For Rolewicz, the achievement gap, along with the literacy discrepancy of students entering ETHS, needs immediate attention. She also said she hopes to continue to engage with the community, seek knowledge from local leaders and build » See ELECTIONS, page 6
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The Sigma Chi house. The fraternity’s February suspension was lifted in March.
Sigma Chi reinstated on campus The temporary suspension was lifted last month after 23 days The temporary suspension on Northwestern’s chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity has been lifted by their national headquarters. “As a chapter, we’re glad to be back to our normal status and functioning as usual,”Trevor Lystad, the president of the chapter, told The Daily in a text. “I want to thank the University and our national headquarters for their
help through this process.” The suspension, which went into effect on Feb. 19, was lifted on March 14, according to Medill sophomore and Sigma Chi member Alex Moore. In February, Lystad said he could not comment on the details of the situation that led to the intramurals and officer elections, but they were allowed to remain in their on-campus house, serve
meals and meet “financial commitments,” Michael Church, the executive director of Sigma Chi International, said in a February email to The Daily. The fraternity also remained members of the Interfraternity Council. fraternity’s suspension. The fraternity had been suspended while Sigma Chi’s national headquarters investigated alleged violations of Sigma Chi’s
policies. The lifting of the suspension signals that the investigation is complete and no punitive measures were taken regarding the alleged violations. While under suspension, Sigma Chi was not allowed to hold social functions, including initiation. Sigma Chi is now free to host social events once again. — Gabby Birenbaum
Residents discuss new developments NU part of Native Meeting allows for collaboration, brainstorming among attendees By THEA SHOWALTER
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Open-air restaurants, residential housing with a walkthrough to the nearby Purple Line Metra station, eco-friendly office space and apartments are only a few of the structures that Evanston community members envision along Chicago Avenue. Evanston residents and business owners gathered Thursday evening for a community meeting to discuss potential changes to buildings at 1012-1034 Chicago Ave. The meeting took place in Evanston business owner Richard Fisher’s Fiat Autobarn store, one of the buildings facing potential redevelopment. According to Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) the community meeting was a unique move on the part of Evanston developers. “This is a flipped process from what we’ve done in the past,” Wynne said. “[Development plans] are usually a finished concept the first
writing series Program hopes to boost visibility of Indigenous writers By ZOE MALIN
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Evanston community members break into small groups to brainstorm and discuss changes to the Chicago Avenue streetfront. Residents expressed concern with traffic and building heights.
time the community gets to see it.” Wynne added that presenting finished concepts to the Evanston community
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community to voice concerns and express preferences before any formal » See THIRD WARD, page 6
Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago have established a new Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series in an effort to increase the visibility of Native American and Indigenous communities. This 10-month program pairs public lectures by indigenous scholars with writing produced by a cohort of 20 Native-identifying individuals. Overall, it aims to “cultivate more first-voice stories,” said Jasmine Gurneau, manager of Native American and Indigenous Initiatives at NU. “Chicago is home to one of the largest Native American populations,” Gurneau said. “Even so, Natives are largely invisible.” The Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series was funded by a grant from the Spencer
Foundation, an organization focused on supporting education research. It is supported by NU’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion as well as UIC’s Native American Support Program and Learning Sciences Research Institute. The group will first meet later this April. Applications to the series’ writing cohort was open to anyone who self-identifies as Native American or Indigenous. The selected participants range from college students to those in their 60s, and Gurneau said members of the group are interested in a variety of storytelling genres such as photojournalism and autobiographical writing. Gurneau and her co-facilitators, Joshua Radinsky and Cynthia Soto, both faculty members at UIC, were inspired to create the series after the publication of the 2018 study, “Reclaiming Native Truth.” Gurneau said it showed when people are exposed to narratives about Native peoples, it leads to greater support for the community. Radinsky, an associate » See IWLS, page 6
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Harley Clarke advocates recieve recommendations By CLARE PROCTOR
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Garnering community involvement is essential in attempting to save historic buildings such as the Harley Clarke Mansion, Deb Kuntzi said at a Harley Clarke Community meeting Thursday. “Your greatest support is your community,” said Kuntzi, executive director of the Friends of Hauberg Civic Center in Rock Island, Ill. “You get them involved, and that’s all you need.” The Harley Clarke Community hosted its third community engagement meeting Thursday. The event featured two speakers who had gone through similar building preservation projects: Kuntzi and Siobhan Cottone, executive director of the Lakeside Legacy Foundation, which operates the Lakeside Arts Park at the Dole in Crystal Lake, Ill. The speakers presented the strategies they used to preserve these two historic community buildings.They hope Evanston community members will take these recommendations and apply them in advocating for the mansion’s repurposing. The Harley Clarke Mansion, formerly occupied by the Evanston Art Center, has been vacant since 2015. Aldermen narrowly voted to demolish the mansion in July 2018, with plans for the Evanston Lighthouse
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Harley Clarke Community members gather at Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Thursday. Attendees heard about different strategies for preserving the mansion.
Dunes group to build a park in its place. But after a November 2018 referendum revealed 80 percent of residents expressed support to preserve the mansion, discussions persisted as to what should be done with the mansion. Like Harley Clarke, the Hauberg Civic Center was owned by the government when the city decided to sell the property in 2016. Kuntzi said it’s important to “get the city on board” with preserving buildings like the Hauberg Civic Center and Harley Clarke. Kuntzi said she held her advocacy group, Friends
of the Hauberg Civic Center, to a standard of respect and told them not to argue with city officials. “When I first tuned into (Harley Clarke), someone kind of made a snide remark about the city,” Kuntzi said. “Don’t do that. They’re never going to take you seriously.” In Kuntzi’s case, city leadership changed, and the Hauberg Civic Center — which is still city-owned — now has a “remarkable” relationship with the city, Kuntzi said. Both the Hauberg Civic Center and Lakeside Arts
POLICE BLOTTER Fitness tracker stolen from Target Police responded to a report of theft at a Target in the 2200 block of Howard Street on Wednesday. An employee called police after a Fitbit fitness tracker valued at $199 was found missing from a store display, Evanston Police Department Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Around 1:30 p.m., store CCTV recorded an individual ripping the fitness tracker from the display and placing it on his or her wrist before exiting the store, Glew said. Glew said the suspect then entered a car parked outside. A suspect has been developed from the vehicle registration, Glew said, but no one is in custody.
Theft thwarted at Walgreens
Employees of a Walgreens in the 600 block of Chicago Avenue stopped an attempted theft, Glew said. An individual entered Walgreens around 5:54 p.m. Wednesday, Glew said, filling a store basket with six packages of Tide Pods valued at $78. Glew said the individual fled the store without paying. Two employees of the Walgreens, including the manager who reported the theft, pursued the suspect, Glew said. The chase ended when the suspect dropped the Tide Pods; Glew said all six packages were recovered. — Joshua Irvine
Park offer many different events to increase revenue for the properties. Cottone said the arts park rents out studio space to artists of all kinds, offer live performances and host weddings, among other events. “We do a lot at Lakeside,” Cottone said. “And we have a lot of different revenue streams.” A large portion of the property’s revenue — about $300,000 annually — comes from the Lakeside Festival, an annual four-day carnival at the arts center, Cottone said. She added that having a strong staff to coordinate events is important to effectively operate the building. At a March 13 City Council meeting, aldermen voted to have city staff prepare a draft to solicit proposals for the mansion. In preparation for the city’s request for proposal, Kuntzi said Harley Clarke advocates should have a plan of how they intend to operate the building once it is repurposed. Darlene Cannon — a member of Harley Clarke Community who helped organize Thursday’s event — told The Daily that the emphasis on community resonated most with her. “Community is the key, coming together as a group to save the house, to ensure that it’s accessible for all,” Cannon said. “When I hear community, that’s what I think: accessibility for all, programming that each Evanstonian likes because there is something that can be offered that can appeal to us all.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu
Setting the record straight An Article in Wednesday’s paper titled “New school board members elected in D202 emphasize equity” misstated Stephanie Teterycz’s position. She is director of operations for the Systems Chemistry Group of Sir Fraser Stoddart in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern.
An article published in Thursday’s paper titled “ASG introduces legislation to establish Executive Officer for Justice and Inclusion” misspelled Soteria Reid’s last name. The Daily regrets the errors.
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NU bike share hits ground pedaling By NARMEEN NOORULLAH
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With the beginning of spring quarter and the hope for more sunny days, eo, a student-run startup at Northwestern, has launched its bikeshare program on campus. The eo team, comprised of five undergraduate students, believes that mobility around campus is a lot harder than it should be, leading them to pitch a dockless bike-share model at Improve NU earlier this year. The group’s second-place finish at the competition gave them the seed funding of $3,500 to kickstart their project. The team has spent over a year working to develop a system that facilitates short, intercampus rides so that students can get to their classes faster and save time that would otherwise be wasted on commute, Grace Jaeger, a Medill sophomore and eo member, said. They collaborated with a third-party tech provider, Koloni, which supplied them with the bikes that are currently being rented. They also have an app to display the user with the nearest available bikes. “We wanted to make sure that the user experience was going to be pleasant and enjoyable for everyone,” Jaeger said. “We didn’t want people to be wasting extra time unlocking their bikes when they could be sprinting to class.” The eo team initially designed a custom prototype bike that could be picked up and dropped off anywhere on campus. Collaborating with Kolani, they have now placed 40 bikes in 21 hubs across campus from places such as Allison Hall and the Frances Searle Building. “We really wanted to make sure we were supplying bikes to all areas because we know that kids at this school are all over the place,” Jaeger said. The bikes have been painted with a shade of purple so that they stand out and also to exuberate school pride, she said. Weinberg sophomore Amelia Russo said she has had positive experiences using the bikes this
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week. “I believe eo is an innovative company and a great addition to campus,” Russo said via text. “(Tuesday) I used eo 4 times, going from North to South Campus, arriving at my meetings and classes early.” McCormick freshman Candace Pang, however, experienced some difficulties. She said the app was “finicky” when she tried to use it and she had trouble finding a bike. She said the bikes do cut down the commute from North to South campus, but that users should factor in some wait time. “If you want to use the bike, (I’d) wait maybe 5 minutes to just get set up and situated,” Pang said. “So, don’t use it if you are in a big rush.” Making eo affordable has been a priority for the team, Jaeger said. An early bird promotion offered unlimited rides throughout the quarter to all members who signed up before April 1 for a discounted fee of $20. Otherwise, the membership fee is $30 for an entire quarter. Rolling monthly memberships will also be offered soon. Additionally, students can use the bikes for a single ride for $2 per hour, which is significantly cheaper than the $6 per hour that
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Divvy bikes, the other alternate currently available on campus, costs. The eo team has also received advice from SustainNU. The environmental group is working to increase bike ridership by 10 percent by 2021 in order to promote sustainable alternates on campus. Talking about initial obstacles faced by the team, Jaeger said working with a third-party tech provider meant that they could not customize their bikes as much as they wanted. She also mentioned the team spent a long time negotiating with University officials about issues like user responsibility. Despite that, Jaeger said eo has now received responses from 80 members and around 305 rides in their first three days. Talking about their future plans, Jaeger said the ultimate goal would be to expand eo into a nation-wide bike-sharing program and to introduce it to campuses that are striving to create a more sustainable commuting option for their students. “Feedback has been great and we are very proud of all the effort that we’ve put in,” she said. narmeennoorullah2022@u.northwestern.edu
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The wealthy have always had the academic advantage CATHERINE BUCHANIEC
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The myth of meritocracy sits at the foundation of our educational system: if you work hard enough in high school, you’ll get into a good college and eventually, get a good job. It is a system that for the majority of Americans serves as an idealistic tool for economic and social mobility. When FBI special agent Joseph R. Bonavolonta described the recent college admissions conspiracy as “a sham that strikes at the core of the college admissions process,” he displayed the same amount of discontent as many around the country. How dare these actresses and wealthy elite buy their children admission into some of the world’s top universities? However, Operation Varsity Blues is just one instance of inequality in a system that is already rigged. The problem with college admissions is not simply that parents like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were able to cheat the system. It is the process of college admissions itself. From birth, your academic life is fated to be vastly different depending on your family’s income.
Discrepancies in public school funding
Putting aside private schools, the public school system itself is one of disparity. Although all public schools in the U.S. provide a basic education from kindergarten to twelfth grade, free of charge, an exorbitant amount of discrepancy exists among these institutions. Public school systems receive the bulk of their funding through local property taxes, meaning that if a student lives in a more affluent neighborhood, their public schools are more likely to have an increased number of electives, Advanced Placement classes and most importantly, academic support. It doesn’t matter if all students take the same standardized test their junior year of high school or are evaluated holistically by the college admissions process — every student did not learn the same information or receive an equal education. Consider New Trier High School, an elite public school in Winnetka that spent $25,665 per student in 2017, according to the 2017-2018 Illinois Report Card. With that money, they were able to hire wellqualified teachers and integrate technology into their curriculum — all to provide a more personalized education for their student. In comparison, the Illinois state average spent per student was $13,336. Putting more money toward students results in high achievers. And, according to a 2012 Stanford University study, the achievement gap between the country’s wealthiest and poorest students is growing dramatically. When it comes time to take the ACT or SAT subject tests, knowledge does not magically become standardized across the board. If a student has spent years receiving personalized teaching and participating in AP classes, they have an advantage over other students. With wealth comes the opportunity to attend a school with more resources, allowing a wealthier student to do better on standardized tests. Additionally, those AP classes at more affluent schools assist students economically down the road. At many universities, Northwestern included, students can replace certain required classes with AP credit. In some cases, this can free up room in their schedule to graduate early, saving thousands of dollars in tuition money. Outside of academics, New Trier offers opportunities that were not available at my high school nor at most high schools in the U.S. The school has 22 varsity sports that receive stable funding — including bass fishing — and maintains over 150 clubs and
activities. These clubs and sports permit to express their creativity in a manner that can be described in a college application essay. However, if a student only has ten or so clubs to choose from, they might never find an activity they’re passionate about — limiting the amount and variety of experiences they can reflect upon in their applications. Furthermore, if a school receives large amounts of money from property taxes, it has more money to dedicate to athletics, especially to lesser-known sports such as lacrosse, fencing and rugby. In the college admissions process, athletes are regularly admitted with lower grades and test scores than other students. However, if a school doesn’t have the resources to establish such specialized programs, students are automatically denied this opportunity in the admissions process. Public education in the United States ought to be an equalizer. It shouldn’t matter if a student lives in rural Kentucky or attends school in the heart of New York City — all students deserve the same opportunities to take the same classes and participate in the same extracurriculars.
Navigating Early Decision
The college admissions process doesn’t just happen in one regular cycle. There are multiple phases and all of them pit themselves against low-income students. In recent years, many elite schools, including Northwestern, have adopted an application process known as Early Decision. This process, which allows students to apply in the fall of their senior year of high school as opposed to the winter, is binding. Once a student is accepted to a school during the Early Decision cycle, they are required to attend that school. Historically, the acceptance rate for getting into a school using Early Decision is dramatically higher than the acceptance rate during the regular application cycle. For Northwestern’s most recent admissions cycle, the Early Decision acceptance rate fell to 25 percent; in contrast, the regular acceptance rate rose to an estimated 6.9 percent. In recent years, colleges have used this system to fill approximately half their class with “Early Decision” applicants. Approximately 53 to 54 percent of the class of 2023 is expected to be made up of Early Decision applicants, Christopher Watson, the dean of undergraduate admissions, told The Daily in an email in December. For wealthy students who know what college they want to go to, this system allows them to utilize the higher acceptance rate. However, for lowincome students, this process is inaccessible. When I started applying to colleges, I could not participate in the advantageous early decision system because of its binding nature. If I were to be accepted to a university during Early Decision, I would have been bound to that school and whatever financial aid package it decided to give me. As a student who wanted to limit the amount I took out in loans, I needed to compare the financial aid packages of multiple schools. For me, choosing what school I was going to go to primarily depended on whatever one was cheapest, not which one I liked the most.
Advantages during the application process
During the application process, the differences among students coming from wealthy backgrounds versus those hailing from low-income families become more apparent, especially in regards to assistance. Early on in my academic career, I was in the minority of students — going to an elite university was not something most students did or even thought of doing at my high school. Counselors focused on helping students graduate high school, not apply to Ivy League colleges. The CSS financial
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aid profile was unheard of and SAT subject tests were taken by only four students in my grade. Knowledge about the specifics of the college application process was hard to come by and the internet became my best friend for finding information. Initially, I thought that this was typical of the college application process. However, during my junior year, I signed up late for the ACT and instead of taking it at my high school, I found myself in the hallowed halls of New Trier. On a Saturday morning, my mother, who herself was in the process of earning her bachelor’s degree online, drove me past the mansions of Winnetka to the epitome of academic privilege. While waiting outside for the doors to open, my disillusionment began to set in as I overheard students comparing ACT tutors, college counselors and outside admissions consultants. When Googling the services they talked about, all I saw were price tags for services that I could not afford. There were people to assist in editing essays, tutors to quiz SAT vocab words and entire businesses dedicated to helping students craft a persona to flaunt to a college admissions board — independent of the resources they were already receiving in school. In addition to their parents, these students had countless people helping them tackle the process. I had only myself. To study for the ACT, I borrowed books from my local public library and sat at my desk for hours. In writing my essays, I consulted YouTube videos and online testimonials. Whereas many wealthy students’ applications had the assistance of a small army, my application was written just by me.
More than a scandal
For those who say that the recent college
admissions scheme is a stain on an otherwise impeccable system, it is time to acknowledge that our college admissions process and education system are broken and have been for years. When it comes down to who has privilege in the college admissions process, it is not just those who donate millions of dollars like Jared Kushner’s parents did to get him into Harvard. As fellow columnist Andrea Bian pointed out this past fall, legacy admissions continue to account for a significant number of admitted students. Although Northwestern has not publicly released their statistics regarding legacy admissions in recent years, in 2007, they accounted for 24 percent of that year’s class, The Daily reported. For low-income students, each part of the college admissions system is corrupt and rigged against them. They don’t have a legacy last name; they don’t have the ability to donate millions of dollars; they don’t have Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman’s illegal side-door bribery; the majority aren’t athletes; they didn’t attend the wealthy public schools in the country; and above all, they didn’t receive thousands of dollars in outside college counseling services. The college admissions system — and the entire U.S. education system — is catered toward the wealthy few, not the middle class and low-income majority. People say that money talks, and in the world of college admissions, it is the only thing worth saying. Although education might have started as a means of social and economic mobility, in 2019, it is nothing but a system of classism. Catherine Buchaniec is a Medill first-year. She can be contacted at cbuchaniec@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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partnerships with organizations and individuals who care about education and work towards better outcomes for all. “I believe the board has the shared goal of addressing outcomes determined by race,”
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development plans was an effort to avoid conflict, Wynne said. The stretch of Chicago Avenue facing redevelopment is home to Fisher’s Autobarn business and the 89-year-old rug store Oscar Isberian Rugs. Both owners expressed interest in how potential redevelopment could increase business. “I’m not really pleased with the way our store is working now — the layout, the customer experience,” store owner Oscar Tatosian said. “Design-wise, it’s not where we want it to be.” Tatosian added that he believed his goals
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From page 1 professor of learning sciences and curriculum studies at UIC, said “Reclaiming Native Truth” was proof that country-wide, people do not have enough exposure to Indigenous perspectives. “We want to get these peoples’ voices more involved in storytelling,” Radinsky said. “Every single part of our society would benefit from better knowledge about the experiences of Indigenous people.” The Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series is composed of eight public lectures hosted on either UIC or NU’s campus. The first event will be held on May 30. The lecturer has yet to be announced. After each lecture, the writing cohort will meet to reflect on the information shared. The
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A record number of Northwestern students have been selected to receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a competitive study abroad grant awarded yearly by the U.S. Department of State, according to an April 1 news release. The grant is designed to assist students with high financial need, the release said, and as such,
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019 Rolewicz said in an email to The Daily. “I look forward to diving into that immediately, along with our literacy crisis.” Rolewicz’s personal goal is to strengthen relationships, partner with community organizations, the City, and District 65 to better serve students by providing necessary interventions at earlier stages. Likewise, Parsons said she hopes the board
will engage with the community in a better way. She said they are working to create opportunities to make sure stakeholders, like parents, partners, teachers and students, better understand what the board is doing and why they are doing it. She added that the board needs to develop a clear strategy in order to address these issues.
“We need to make sure that we are communicating what those strategies are but that also we’re listening to our community and our stakeholders about that same issue,” Parsons said. The new board will meet for the first time on April 8.
as a business owner are compatible with the desires of Evanston residents. Fisher said that redevelopment of the Chicago Avenue buildings is potentially beneficial for his stores as well because he may relocate his service centers to another area of Evanston. “We could actually give up the buildings on the west side of Chicago Avenue without affecting our businesses, without losing any jobs in Evanston, but significantly reducing overhead costs,” Fisher said. However, Fisher added that he was hoping to get a feeling from his neighbors as to what they would like to see in the long term in order to improve the Chicago Avenue streetscape. The meeting coordinators expected about 25 Evanston community members to attend,
said Joanna Leonard, Evanston’s community development director, but over 60 people went. “It’s useful for the property owners to get a better sense of what community concerns could be...so they have an idea of what they want to do, versus what the community wants to do,” Leonard said. “It’s a collaborative process.” The residents broke in to small groups to discuss their ideas and reconvened to present their ideas to community development leaders. Evanston community members voiced concern about building heights, the addition of more residential zones, rent costs, and pedestrian friendly lighting and sidewalks. “There’s a tremendous amount of congestion, compared to how it was when I was a kid,” said lifelong Evanston resident John Storey
Williamson. Storey Williamson said he is concerned with traffic and the height of the buildings. According to Wynne, upwards of 20,000 cars drive along Chicago Avenue every day, and there are narrow sidewalks and few streetlights. Evanston resident Maureen Glasoe, who lives a few blocks from the Chicago Avenue stores, said she walks this stretch of Chicago Avenue frequently on foot. “It’s dark and uninviting,” said Glasoe, adding that she wanted more “lighting and vibrancy.” “Oh,” she added. “And a rooftop restaurant, please, among the trees!”
participants will also will work with Joyce MillerBean, formerly an instructor in DePaul University’s English department, to develop academic and creative writing skills. The series will culminate with the cohort participating in a three-day writing retreat during spring 2020, and each participant will produce a piece of work that the co-facilitators hope will be published. Identifying as Afro-Indigenous, Miller-Bean has a personal connection to the Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series. She hopes it will “help in the ongoing efforts to quell misconceptions” about Native communities. “I believe that one of the most effective ways to dispel false ideas and images is through more people from misrepresented groups speaking and writing in their own clear voices,” she said in an email to The Daily.
Aaron Golding, NU’s assistant director of multicultural student affairs, is one of the members of the writing cohort. In an email to The Daily, he said he has been in various situations where he was the only Native person. He looks forward to “being in community with fellow writers where Native history is understood and affirmed.” Golding also said he believes the series will “inform” his role at NU. “I hope the knowledge shared and relationships formed from the visiting Indigenous scholars enhance the ways I am able to meet the needs of Native and Indigenous students at Northwestern,” Golding said. “And, I hope this experience will aid in my ability to support nonNative students on their journey to relearn the history of this country.”
only students receiving federal Pell Grant funding can apply. In doing this, the award has been effective in bolstering students who have been historically underrepresented in the realm of international education, according to the release. According to the grant’s website, Gilman scholars can use the funds to “study or intern abroad.” Between 2017-2018, 18 Northwestern students received the award, designating the University as a “top producer” of Gilman scholars. Northwestern’s final tally placed it behind only Emory University and George Washington University; it has the third-highest number of
Gilman Scholars out of 165 “medium-sized” universities. The University was also recognized for seeing the most significant increase in scholarship recipients over the past year. “The number of Northwestern students who qualify for the Gilman has also been steadily increasing,” the release said. Part of Northwestern’s success can be attributed to “a network of support staff,” the release said. Multiple offices and departmental bodies at Northwestern — including the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid and the Office of Fellowships — have worked to “identify” potential recipients and support them through application
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Wildcats look to continue win streak in Nebraska By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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When Kate Drohan was asked about Northwestern’s series at Nebraska this weekend after Wednesday’s victory over Loyola, the coach had one comment that stood out about the Cornhuskers: “They like playing at home.” Specifically, Nebraska (13-19, 2-4 Big Ten) seems to enjoy hosting the Wildcats. Since the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten prior to the 2012 season, NU (26-7, 6-0) is just 1-10 at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln. The losses have ranged from blowouts to heartbreakers. The Cats’ most recent series in Lincoln, in 2017, provided the latter — NU was chasing a .500 record and a potential NCAA Tournament berth before it was swept by Nebraska, crushing those hopes. In the final game of that series, the Cats led by a run in the seventh inning, only to see the Cornhuskers tie it in the seventh and win it in the eighth. “They’re well coached, they play hard,” Drohan said. “We know we have our work cut out for us this weekend. We’ve got to respect the work that it takes to win a Big Ten game, and our team is ready and excited about the opportunity.” This year should represent NU’s best chance to get that elusive series win in Lincoln. The Cats have won four in a row and nine of their last 10, and have not lost consecutive games
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A new Northwestern research study demonstrates that poverty can leave an imprint on genes, challenging predominant understandings of genetics as “immutable features of biology,” according to an April 4 Northwestern Now news release. The research, led by Weinberg Prof. Thomas
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all season. Nebraska, meanwhile, has not played up to its usual high standard. The Cornhuskers have won three of their last four, but suffered a 12-game losing streak immediately prior. However, they
are coming off a series win over a solid Illinois team last weekend. The pitching staff has been the primary reason for Nebraska’s struggles. The Cornhuskers use four pitchers regularly, but none have an ERA
McDade, found evidence that poverty is correlated with levels of DNA methylation — an important genetic process which can affect gene expression. According to the release, the implication is that poverty can ultimately influence roughly 10 percent of all genes in the genome. The effects of poverty were observed at “more than 2,500 sites, across more than 1,500 genes.” McDade said in the release that while the effect of socioeconomic status on health outcomes has been well-documented, there’s been less research on the ways in which human bodies “remember” poverty.
“Our findings suggest that DNA methylation may play an important role, and the wide scope of the associations between [socioeconomic status] and [DNA methylation] is consistent with the wide range of biological systems and health outcomes we know to be shaped by [socioeconomic status],” he said in the release. “This pattern highlights a potential mechanism through which poverty can have a lasting impact on a wide range of physiological systems and processes.” More research has to be done to identify the health effects of the “differential methylation”
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Pulliam leads Northwestern into WNIT title game By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
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For senior center Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, each contest of her team’s five-game tournament run in the single-elimination WNIT could have been her last in a Northwestern uniform. Now, after a resounding 74-69 semifinal win over James Madison on Wednesday night, her final game for the Wildcats is definitively set: Saturday, April 6, with a WNIT Championship on the line. “We have a chance to make history here,” Kunaiyi-Akpanah said. “Definitely not a lot of teams get the opportunity to end their season on a win and that’s the opportunity we have right now, so we’re really excited as a whole unit.” For the first time in program history, NU will play for a national title, fueled off of the back of four consecutive wins by single-digit margins. The matchup against James Madison (29-6, 17-1 CAA) played out differently than the Cats’ (21-14, 9-9 Big Ten) nailbiting previous victories, with the team jumping out to an early 19-5 lead. James Madison did find a way to make the game
interesting, however, cut the Cats’ 15-point lead with less than five minutes to go in the fourth quarter down to three with seconds left in regulation. Coach Joe McKeown praised his team’s offensive effort and their resilience as they clung to their lead at the end of the game. “We got a little sloppy at the end, but we were still able to close it out,” McKeown said. “We moved the ball well, we were able to play inside out. Pallas did a great job of getting the ball in the lane and then kicking it out. And we made big shots.” NU played one of its most balanced games of the entire season offensively, as all five starting players recorded double-digit scoring figures. The Cats never trailed in the contest, and put pressure on a defensively-talented James Madison team that allowed more than 70 points for only the third time all season. Sophomore guard Lindsey Pulliam, who played every minute of the game, led NU with 16 points from the floor. Pulliam once again put her trademark aggressiveness on display and drew fouls. She said the whole team approached the game with an aggressive mentality from the tip, as they knew they couldn’t fall behind early to James Madison, who hadn’t lost a home game the entire season.
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“Everybody was just on today,” Pulliam said. “Everybody played their roles. And we were able to find people when they were open. And it’s hard to stop us all when we’re all firing.” Defensively, the Cats forced 18 turnovers and held James Madison to 33 percent field goal shooting. The Dukes’ two leading scorers, guards Kamiah Smalls and Jackie Benitez, were awful from the floor,
combining to shoot 8-for-29. Freshman guard Veronica Burton picked up 5 steals as she frequently jumped into passing lanes, before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. But after hanging on for a win, NU’s final game is a showdown with Arizona in Tuscon on Saturday at 2 p.m. The game, held at McKale Memorial Center, will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
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“They’re going to be comfortable, they know the gym, but again, just having that chip on our shoulder and being ready to play,” Pulliam said. “We’re going to be focused, it’s a championship game and we want to end our season on a win. It’s just going to be about focus and being ready to play.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.
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Alyssa Chen didn’t think she was doing very well. The freshman foil beat just 10 of 22 opponents over two incredibly nerve-racking days, and finished the weekend with losses against two of the top fencers in the nation. But when the Sunday’s bouts finally ended, Chen had become an AllAmerican. What’s more — she helped Northwestern place sixth at the NCAA Championships, tying its best-ever finish. The No. 5 Wildcats capped a banner season two weekends ago in Cleveland with the sixth-place finish. Three of NU’s five fencers earned All-American honors at the meet by finishing top-12 in their respective weapons. Coach Zach Moss said he felt great about where his team ended up in the standings; the Cats’ last sixth-place finish came 15 years ago. Plus, NU’s five fencers came in at a disadvantage: Six of the Cats’ ranked opponents qualified the full six fencers from Regionals to the championship meet. With each fencer competing individually to win bouts for their school, the missing competitor crippled NU. “Given the circumstances at NCAAs in terms of the number we had qualified and the kind of uphill battle we faced against the teams that had qualified more than us, it was probably the best result that we could really hope for this year,” Moss said. No. 2 Columbia edged out No. 1 Notre Dame by one bout to win the overall women’s title, with the Cats beating No. 8 Ohio State by one and trailing fifth place No. 4 Harvard by 26. Each fencer in epée and sabre competed in 23 bouts,
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Yvonne Chart readies for a bout. The senior became an All-American for the second year in a row at the NCAA Championships.
and the foilists fenced 22. In foil, NU was represented by senior Yvonne Chart, who finished 10th, and Chen, who finished 12th.The Cats’ epées, freshman Julia Falinska and junior Pauline Hamilton, claimed eighth and 18th respectively. Graduate Emine Yücel placed 20th in sabre. Yücel, who finished 8-15 on the weekend, was not happy with her final showing for NU. The sabre came in from an outstanding season, where she racked up the second most wins of any fencer on the team and finished fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals. Yücel said she struggled with the stress, and thought she wasn’t in the right headspace for the elite competition. Fencing without a sabre teammate to work with also proved difficult. She was shooting for an improvement over last year’s 18th-place finish, but had to adjust her personal goals in her last meet for the Cats. “I know that the bouts that I did win ended up helping my team, so honestly after Day 1 that was more of my concern,” Yücel said. “I was like, ‘Maybe I’m not gonna reach the goal that I want to individually, but I can still help the team.’”
It was certainly a group effort. All five NU fencers finished with between eight and 13 wins. Chart (11-11) earned her second straight All-American honors and Falinska (13-10) joined Chen as a freshman honoree. Chen said with the huge number of competitors, it was hard to know where everyone stood during the competition. “At some points I’d feel like ‘Oh shoot, I’m not doing too well.’ And then afterwards, I realized ‘Wow, I made AllAmerican — I didn’t do too bad,’” she said while laughing. At the beginning of the postseason the Cats had hoped for a top-five finish at the NCAA Championships. Despite falling short, Moss said he’s happy with the season. NU earned its first ever No. 2 ranking, swept weapon styles for the first time at the Midwest Fencing Conference championships and gave two freshmen NCAA Championships experience. The sixth-place finish was a close-to-perfect cap. Looking forward? “It’s just about taking one more step next year,” Moss said. stephencouncil2022@u.northwestern.edu
After two mixed showings for Northwestern last month, consistency is the biggest priority for the Wildcats heading into this weekend’s competition. NU ended its spring break tied for ninth place in The Goodwin’s 27-team field at Stanford, besting a number of similarly ranked teams including No. 40 Florida, No. 47 Arizona and No. 50 Saint Mary’s. But coach David Inglis said he felt just “okay” about the team’s performance. “It was kind of a break even,” Inglis said. “You feel like you maybe held your own, but you didn’t really gain any ground.” When the tournament’s first day wrapped up, the Cats sat in eighth place and one stroke out of a fifth-place tie. But after senior Ryan Lumsden and freshman Lucas Becht both shot 6-over-par on day two, the Wildcats fell back to 14th place. That was despite sophomore Eric McIntosh shooting 1-under to tie his personal 18-hole best. Both Lumsden and Becht rebounded on the final day though — with Becht shooting a team-best 1-under for the afternoon — to move NU up to ninth, three shots behind eighth-place Santa Clara and just one shot clear of thirteenth-place San Jose State. Inglis added that with McIntosh — who ended the weekend with his third top-25 finish of the season — stepping up, the team will look for Lumsden and freshman David Nyfjäll to return to their consistency of the fall. “I feel like we’re poised and in a good
position to have perhaps a championship season. We’ve definitely got the firepower at this point,” Inglis said. “It’s just a matter of exhibiting the behaviors that great players do every day so we’re ready to compete.” Earlier in the month, Nyfjäll finished in eighth place overall at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, carding even-par for the three-day tournament. His performance — along with three other top-25 finishes from NU golfers — helped the Cats notch fourth place overall. Before the break, Lumsden was also one of five collegiate golfers named a finalist for the Byron Nelson Award. The Golf Coaches Association of America distinction recognizes a nominee’s “entire collegiate academic and golf career as well as his character and integrity while in college.” “Just to be named and to be in contention for an award that shares his name, that’s a pretty special thing,” Lumsden said. He’s the fifth Cats golfer to be selected as a finalist, following Dylan Wu’s consideration last year. But the honor’s never gone to an NU athlete, and the Scotland native won’t find out the winner until April 23. Before then, it’s a trip to Middle Tennessee for the three-day Mason Rudolph Collegiate. It’ll be the team’s first time in the tournament, but McIntosh said he’s excited to play on some new links. “We just need to be a little bit tighter overall,” the Scottish golfer said. “We’ve never been here before, so we don’t know what to expect. So I’m just going to try to have as much fun as I can and keep trending in the same direction.” troyclosson2020@u.northwestern.edu