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First-year crew team member Mohammed Ramzan dies
Ramzan fell into water during early Monday practice, body recovered by authorities after lengthy search By MARIANA ALFARO and ALLYSON CHIU
daily senior staffers @marianaa_alfaro, @ _allysonchiu
First-year student Mohammed Ramzan died Monday after falling into the North Shore Channel during a Northwestern men’s crew team practice, University officials said. Ramzan, 19, went missing Monday morning after falling off a nine-person shell during practice on the channel in Lincolnwood. University spokesman Al Cubbage said police were notified around 7:40 a.m. about the incident. In an email to students, vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin said authorities recovered Ramzan’s body Monday evening from the channel. “We extend our deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathies to Mohammed’s family and friends
for this tragic loss, which affects us all,” she said in the email. Ramzan was a first-year student from Auburn, Washington, Telles-Irvin said. In addition to the crew team, he was involved with the Freshman Urban Program and the Northwestern Quest Scholars Network. The NU men’s crew team had started practice Monday morning at the Skokie Park District Rowing Center on the corner of Oakton Street and McCormick Boulevard. After the student fell into the water, a coach in a motorized launch vehicle nearby and a team member went into the water to try to rescue him, Cubbage said. Lincolnwood fire chief Michael Hansen said the two men who attempted to rescue the student were taken to a hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. A fireman at the scene was also taken to a hospital after getting injured
during the search, Hansen said. Early Monday afternoon, Hansen said the Illinois Mutual Aid Box Alarm System was activated when the student went missing. The Lincolnwood fire and police departments were looking for the student, he said, and authorities were using radars to find the student’s body. The search lasted all day, TellesIrvin said in the email. Cubbage said search and recovery efforts were led by Illinois State Police. In an email early Monday afternoon, Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Jason Bradley told The Daily several law enforcement and fire department agencies were involved in the search, including a multi-jurisdictional fire department dive team. Cubbage said the crew team is a club team, and has been operating since the 1980s with no serious
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» See RAMZAN, page 5 Mohammed Ramzan
Reclaim Evanston backs winners City employee Progressive group endorsed 2 victorious candidates for council, clerk By KRISTINA KARISCH
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Reclaim Evanston, an organization that supports progressive legislation and candidates in local races, endorsed two winning candidates in this month’s municipal election.
The organization endorsed and supported the campaigns of Robin Rue Simmons and Devon Reid, who won the positions of 5th Ward alderman and city clerk, respectively. In addition, the group worked with Rob Bady, who narrowly lost the 8th Ward race against incumbent Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), according
to unofficial numbers from the Cook County clerk website. Reclaim Evanston is a chapter of Reclaim Chicago, an organization dedicated to aiding progressive candidates and fighting for economic, racial and gender equality. Tyler Darnell, an organizer for Reclaim Evanston, said the group works with its
grassroots leaders to interview candidates, and — if they align with its policy ideas and share its views — endorse their campaigns. “We work with (the candidates’) campaigns to different degrees,” Darnell said. “We are led by our grassroots » See RECLAIM, page 5
Source: Linda Del Bosque
Kellogg Prof. Robert Wolcott speaks Monday at the Entrepreneur and Leadership Women’s Conference. The event, hosted by Evanston Woman Magazine, aimed to connect female entrepreneurs with local resources.
Conference encourages female leaders
By MADDIE BURAKOFF
daily senior staffer @madsburk
In the eyes of Linda Del Bosque, women run the world of Evanston entrepreneurship. “Evanston is known for
empowerment,” said Del Bosque, publisher and editor in chief of Evanston Woman Magazine. “Women do dominate the entrepreneurship here in Evanston, and it’s because we are the fabric of empowerment and voice.” Thirty-five female leaders
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
came together at the Holiday Inn — 1501 Sherman Ave. — for the first Entrepreneur and Leadership Women’s Conference on Monday. Del Bosque said the five-hour event was organized by her magazine, and included networking opportunities and speakers
designed to educate women in business about local resources. The conference took about six weeks to plan, Del Bosque said, and was also sponsored by Acquirent, Northwestern and Hagerty Consulting » See WOMEN, page 5
wins green award Environmental services chief honored for work By SOPHIE MANN
daily senior staffer @sophiemmann
Paul D’Agostino didn’t realize he was up for the Chicago Audubon Society’s Protector of the Environment award until he received an email saying he won it. D’Agostino, who has served as Evanston’s environmental services bureau chief for nearly 30 years, was given the award in the political services category March 25 for his work building the Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary. The sanctuary works to attract and support migrating birds along the city’s lakefront. The project began after Northwestern needed to uproot trees on city property to build the Segal Visitors Center, D’Agostino said. “(Northwestern) gave us a check for $173,900 and that was back in December of 2012, so it was my task to … hold that money aside and not let the city suck it up into their general fund so we (could) replant the area once the building was finished,” D’Agostino said. The city used the money to hire a contractor and redesign the beach, a project that began in fall 2015 and was completed last spring, D’Agostino said. Additionally, the city received a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which will be used for further planting and restoring of the area. That project will be completed by spring 2018,
D’Agostino said. Along with his efforts, D’Agostino said the Evanston North Shore Bird Club and volunteers — “bird sanctuary stewards” — also help maintain the area. “They point out invasive (plants) that they treat and try to get rid of,” he said. “It’s a really successful community project; not only is it Northwestern’s money and our project, but we have a lot of volunteers.” One of those volunteers, Libby Hill, was also given an award in the individual acts category. Hill is the program chair for the bird club and said she wants to work with community members to make Evanston a “conservation community.” When Hill heard about the visitors center, she said she started working with D’Agostino and another volunteer to have NU pay for the restoration of the land. “I realized it was going to be right on the border and was indeed going to take down this area that the birds had used for migration,” said Hill, who has been a member of the bird club since about 1990. “It seemed to me that it’s only right that Northwestern had to pay for all the trees that had to be taken down.” Award recipients are chosen biennially by a Chicago Audubon Society committee. The committee looks at significant conservation efforts in the Chicago area in the two years between ceremonies. CAS board president Dave Willard said this project was a great example of citizens working with government officials to » See AWARD, page 5
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