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Medill dean to step down in June Brad Hamm will return to teaching journalism in 2019 By MARIANA ALFARO

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Johnny Carlson presents his firm’s plan for a development at 1727 Oak Ave. to the Plan Commission. Commissioners voted 6-1 to approve the plan with modifications.

Oak Avenue complex advances

Plan Commission recommends proposal despite public concerns By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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The Evanston Plan Commission listened to almost an

hour of public comment against the proposed “active adult” rental development at 1727 Oak Ave. but continued to recommend approval of the site to the city’s Economic Development Committee, under the

condition that the petitioner modify construction plans. During a Wednesday meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, commissioners heard from the site’s developer, Trammell Crow Company, and

their partners, followed by public comment. The commission voted 6-1 to approve the site with changes. About 100 residents attended the meeting. » See PLAN, page 6

Medill Dean Brad Hamm announced Wednesday that he will step down from his position at the end of this academic year. Northwestern’s Board of Trustees was made aware of his decision Tuesday, Hamm said, and professors were notified Wednesday. Hamm told The Daily he is going to take a oneyear sabbatical and then return to Northwestern as a tenured journalism professor. He plans to split his time between the United States and Japan with his wife and 7-year-old son. Hamm, who became the school’s dean in 2012 after serving as dean of Indiana University’s School of Journalism for seven years, said leading Medill has “been amazing.” Under his leadership, the school started Medill Global and Medill Explores, a series of classes that send undergraduate and graduate students abroad for a week to report on different topics. The

school also opened a San Francisco campus in collaboration with the McCormick School of Engineering. “I’m thrilled with the kinds of programs we started and especially the travel programs because I think those just changed people’s lives,” Hamm said. “Student experiences were a crucial part of the last six years, plus the funding possible for students. I think that’s been the highlight for me.” The announcement comes a few months after Alec Klein, director of the Medill Justice Project, was accused of bullying and harassment by a group of women known as “Medill Me Too.” It also comes nearly a year after Medill announced it would not reapply for accreditation under the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, an international organization that evaluates journalism programs in colleges and universities. Hamm told The Daily these two issues “did not play a factor in any way” in his decision to step down from the role. “As a dean, you always have big things to deal with and so, regardless of whether you go this year or next year, there will » See HAMM, page 6

Funding reformed Leaders demand equity in schools ASG unanimously votes to overhaul funding for groups By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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Associated Student Government Senate unanimously voted to pass a finance committee code change Wednesday that will overhaul the way student groups are funded. The code change, which was presented by ASG president Nehaarika Mulukutla, will eliminate A- and B-status funding designations. Instead, there will be a five-tiered system in which groups apply for funding by event. The changes

will go into effect in Spring Quarter 2019. Under the current system, student organizations are assigned to either A- or B-status and given funding for events based on that distinction. Mulukutla, a Weinberg senior, said the new system will be more equitable and allow for mobility and growth. Vice president for B-status finances Shreyas Tallamraju said the reform will allow B-status clubs specifically to expand their events. “A lot of my groups have a lot of trouble with getting the funding that they need,” the Weinberg sophomore told The Daily. “This new system » See SENATE, page 6

Community members say black students should be better served By JANE RECKER

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Communit y members demanded that Evanston/ Skokie School District 65 take more action to better serve black students at the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership’s Wednesday communit y meeting. According to the district’s quarterly suspension report — which was released Jan. 22 — 45 black students in the district were suspended during the second quarter of 2018 compared to four white students. The number of

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suspensions for black students has nearly tripled compared to the second quarter of 2017. Reasons for suspension can range from physical acts of violence to disruptive behavior, according to the report. But Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) said the definition of disruptive behavior is different from teacher to teacher. OPAL president Roger Williams said it was the organization’s job to hold the school district accountable for racial disparities and to advocate for better solutions. He noted that while Evanston as a whole has a high level of educational success, there are small groups of students who are struggling in school.

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Organization for Positive Action and Leadership president Roger Williams speaks about the lack of educational equity in Evanston. The group said suspensions of black students in Evanston/Skokie School

“It’s like a person who has five children and one of them has pneumonia,” he

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said. “What are you going to » See OPAL, page 6

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EPD introduces new software to aid investigations

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The Evanston Police Depar tment announced Wednesday it will begin using a new software to allow citizens to upload video footage of police interactions for ongoing investigations. Axon Citizen is a public safety portal provided by Axon, the same company that provides body camera services to EPD, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. When an officer or detective learns that a citizen has captured media relevant to an ongoing investigation, EPD will be able to invite the citizen to upload the media to a website — Evidence.com — managed by the department and Axon, according to a Wednesday EPD news release. Glew said the new program is more efficient than having citizens turn in their devices for EPD to download the footage. He said the software is “more user friendly” and “less intrusive” to citizens. “It’s so much easier, so much simpler, so much better,” Glew said. “Instead of taking that device, downloading the information off of that device, puting that information on a

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about his “long list of apologies” at a Wednesday House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. Zuckerberg appeared before Congress for the second day in a row, testifying about Facebook’s role in a data breach involving Cambridge Analytica — a UK-based firm that collected private data of up to 87 million Facebook users. Zuckerberg

file or disk and then inventorying it, we don’t need to take the device.” He said the system will be useful in supplementing body camera footage. Even though body cameras can be “great” for increasing transparency in the department, their effectiveness is restricted because of their placement on an officer’s chest, Glew said. Citizen footage will give EPD a more complete picture of an incident, especially when citizens film an incident before officers arrive on the scene. Glew pointed to a recent stabbing case as an example of a case that would benefit from Axon Citizen. He said witnesses captured part of the incident on their phones, and with the new website, the investigation process will become more efficient. To access Evidence.com, citizens must receive an email or text invitation from the department, according to the release. Glew said this is so people don’t just “randomly” upload videos to the website and so EPD can trust the validity of the footage. In addition to collecting footage, Axon Citizen tracks, organizes and tags the media in a way that makes it easier for EPD to use for ongoing investigations, Glew said. sydneystone2020@u.northwestern.edu

repeatedly apologized to the House, saying that Facebook had made a “big mistake” by not understanding its responsibility. Schakowsky said this was not the first time Zuckerberg admitted mistakes. She cited six other times he apologized, including after the 2016 presidential election regarding the allegations of Russian meddling using social media platforms like Facebook. “You have a long history of growth and success, but you also have a long list of apologies,” Schakowsky said. “This is proof to me that selfregulation simply doesn’t work.”

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An Evanston Police Department squad car. EPD announced Wednesday that it would use a new software to allow citizens to upload video footage of police interactions.

Setting the record straight A photo in Wednesday’s paper accompanying a Women’s Golf story with the headline “Wildcats place 6th in California” misidentified the golfer pictured. The golfer pictured is Hannah Kim. An article published in the May 8, 2017,

paper titled “Council responds to Medill’s departure” misstated Fisk Hall’s address in the caption. The address is 1845 Sheridan Rd. The Daily regrets the errors.

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One Book leads discussion in prison By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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CREST HILL, Ill. — When 39-year-old Labron Neal-Bey reads the Declaration of Independence, he said he doesn’t see a document that was written with black Americans like himself in mind. Neal-Bey — an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois — said that to him, it’s clear the declaration was written to uphold “white supremacy,” with no genuine regard for the rights of women or minorities. “It’s an ugly document that was written beautifully,” he said Wednesday to a crowd of about 60 fellow inmates and 15 Northwestern visitors gathered in the theater of the maximum security prison. The event was organized as a collaboration between One Book One Northwestern and philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey, who teaches NU courses at Stateville. Inmates came together with NU faculty, undergraduates and graduate students in a panel and small group breakout session aimed at unpacking themes of freedom and equality in this year’s One Book selection, Danielle Allen’s “Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality.” Lackey said she and history Prof. Geraldo Cadava, this year’s One Book faculty chair, had discussed the possibility of doing an event at Stateville and thought Allen’s book would spark unique conversations among her incarcerated students. “Particularly I think Danielle Allen’s book was a very interesting choice to discuss in a prison, where we’re talking about questions of equality and freedom … (while) students are in a state of confinement,” Lackey said. “Most of them feel as though questions of equality oftentimes exclude them.” About 100 copies of the book with related discussion questions had been distributed for selected inmates to read in preparation for the event, she said. Many of the attendees were students in Lackey’s current or former classes, she added. In his opening remarks at the Wednesday event, Cadava said he felt the gathering had

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united Stateville in a “universal dislike” for the book. Indeed, many inmates brought up concerns with Allen’s central theme that the Declaration of Independence belongs to everyone. William Jones, 62, was one of those inmates. He told The Daily that instead of the historical document — which he said the Founding Fathers wrote with only white men’s interests in mind — he thought it was time for a new declaration written by a diverse group. Neal-Bey said he agreed that a new declaration would be valuable in the spirit of unity, even if only as a symbolic gesture. He said although many of the original concepts are valuable, they don’t mean much coming from men who don’t respect others. Marcos Gray, 41, said he had been “ambivalent” about attending the event and was skeptical of Allen’s work, which he saw as coming from a place of privilege different from his own perspective. “She’s hopeful,” he said. “I’ve never seen life through a hopeful lens.” In the end, though, Gray said he was glad for the discussion and believes conversations about Allen’s

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book and the debates it sparked will continue in the prison. One Book director Nancy M. Cunniff said this year’s event, the first of its kind, had served as a sort of “test run” for One Book programming at the prison. Based on the positive feedback she received, she said she’d like to see similar events continue next year and beyond. Lackey said she found the event to be an “unqualified success,” and that by bringing a larger group beyond her normal, more intimate class size, the organizers were able to make the occasion feel more like a meeting of two communities. For his part, Michael Simmons, 40, said he thought the event brought hope to the prison, which can often be a place with a lot of “darkness” and “oppression.” As a “pathological optimist,” Simmons said he believes it is valuable and humanizing to hear different perspectives. “Every voice matters,” he said. “(We can all) learn from each other.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Communication lecturer Sandra Marquez (right) performs alongside actor Rainn Wilson in Steppenwolf Theatre’s “The Doppelgänger.” The show runs from April 5 to May 27.

NU faculty featured in new Steppenwolf production By VICTORIA LEE

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Communication Prof. Todd Rosenthal had to consider some unusual factors when putting together the set of “The Doppelgänger” — for example, he had to make sure he could wash fake blood stains out of the furniture after every run of the show. The production, which runs from April 5 to May 27, showcases one of more than 20 production sets Rosenthal has designed for Steppenwolf Theatre Company — located in Chicago — and also features Communication lecturer Sandra Marquez as an ensemble member. Together, the two faculty members help bring Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s critique of African imperialism to life. Marquez plays the humanitarian wife of a

British copper magnate played by actor Rainn Wilson, who is popularly known as Dwight Schrute on NBC’s “The Office.” When Wilson’s character falls ill with an important summit on the horizon, his feisty maid convinces the businessman’s American doppelgänger to attend the summit and intervene in the name of workers’ rights. As the set designer of the production, Rosenthal was faced with other challenges beyond searching for washable furniture. He said the most unique element of the set design was the ground plan, as he had to incorporate doors for the 12 rooms of the French colonial mansion. The doors are a key feature of the design because the set is “a vessel that accommodates for the business of the show,” he said. “There’s sword fighting, people running up and down stairs, there’s a guy in a wheelchair rolling around,” Rosenthal said. “There’s just a lot of stuff that has to happen, so we had to

create the space very specifically to cater to the needs of the action.” Playwright Matthew-Lee Erlbach said the conception of the play stemmed from his interest in resource politics and economic justice. He said the story is not just about Africa or the imperialism of the past, but also modern labor rights movements. The innovation of human civilization, he said, is still being built on the backs of struggling workers and slave labor. Erlbach said the main character, the maid, tries to save and protect her community of miners and expose the consequences of the copper mines to the imperialist businessmen, who are hyperbolized as versions of mosquitoes — after draining the people of their lives, they leave behind disease and devastation. This characterization points to the world’s failure of achieving collective progress for the common good, he said. “As a species, how can we have a computer in

our pocket and travel the oceans of space and still be massacring each other for resources?” Erlbach said. Marquez said Erlbach thinks on several layers at once, delivering commentary on corporate conglomerates and international politics while packaging it into a humorous tale. She said the play should “give the audience pause,” allowing them to contrast the comfort of many American lives to the challenges of the less fortunate. “We don’t spend a lot of time thinking about, or even know about, in most cases, what other people are going through in other parts of the world, and how our politicians and corporations have such a big role in how people are living,” Marquez said, “I think ‘The Doppelgänger’ presents those issues in a very entertaining way.” victorialee2021@u.northwestern.edu

Artists explore theme of equality at Arts Circle event By ANDREA MICHELSON

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When tasked with creating an artistic response to Danielle Allen’s “Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality,” One Book One Northwestern Steering Committee member Rosie Roche said she used the opportunity to bring together Northwestern faculty from all disciplines of the arts. The “Arts on Equality” event will take place at various locations throughout Arts Circle on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and features actors, authors, musicians, visual artists and dancers who will share their personal explorations of equality. Roche, who is also the program manager of Arts Circle, said she hopes the event will emphasize NU’s commitment to creating “cutting edge” art that sparks community dialogue. “I love bringing together these opportunities where what we have in common is the theme we’re looking at,” Roche said. “The really interesting stuff happens afterwards, when we come together and ask, ‘What was the experience like for you? How did you approach it?’” To start off the day, Kaplan artist-in-residence Rohina Malik will join forces with refugee advocate Kim Schultz, Jewish storyteller Susan Stone and multi-instrumentalist Lucia Thomas of the Chicago Folklore Ensemble in a performance of “Keeping Faith: Sisters of Story.” Schultz said she and Malik set out to humanize faith through storytelling in the aftermath of the 2016 election, and they have been touring the

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Rohina Malik (left), Susan Stone and Kim Schultz. The three will perform in the “Arts on Equality” event on Saturday.

play since then. At the event’s “Authors on Equality” session, Asian American Studies and English Prof. Michelle Huang will moderate a conversation between authors YZ Chin (McCormick ’07), Jacqueline Battalora (Graduate School ’99) and Rachel Jamison Webster. The trio will also read

from their recent works on race and identity. Chin said her debut novel, “Though I Get Home,” was inspired by real events in her home country of Malaysia, where censorship of political dissenters and mistreatment of LGBTQ individuals are systemic issues. She said she hopes her book provides insight on the universal struggle

for equality. “Fiction and non-fiction — literature in general — can help promote the idea of equality, and help people be more empathetic and understand different points of view,” Chin said. Webster and Battalora are working on bringing conversations about equality to the non-fiction side of literature. Battalora will deliver what she refers to as the “TED Talk version” of her academic work on race in America. Her book, “Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today,” examines the construction of “white people” and how that label fits into American culture and society across centuries, she said. Webster, who is the director of the English major in writing at NU, will read an excerpt from a narrative she is working on about her family’s mixed-race heritage, according to the Arts Circle website. Other sessions in the day include “Visual Artists on Equality,” “Dance on Equality” and “Music on Equality,” in which artists will explore equality through their respective fields. Schultz, the refugee advocate behind “Sisters of Story,” said she is eager to be a part of this multidisciplinary, activism-based event, especially for a college student audience. “It’s such an amazing opportunity because it’s the youth who are making the changes,” Schultz said. “It’s you guys who are going to lift us out of this muck, and I’m happy to inform and inspire you to vote, to change conversations and keep your heart open to people who are different.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu

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LA-based indie band Sure Sure to play at SPACE By CATHERINE KIM

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Though Evanston may still be cold and icy in the spring, Sure Sure plans to bring a slice of California sunshine with its feel-good tunes at an upcoming Evanston show. The Los Angeles-based indie rock band, which released a self-titled debut album in January, will play at SPACE on Saturday as part of its national headliner tour. The group is made up of four members: keyboardist and singer Chris Beachy, guitarist and singer Charlie Glick, drummer and percussionist Kevin Farzad and producer Michael Coleman. Up until February, Sure Sure had been opening for Minneapolis-based indie rockers Hippo Campus. Evanston won’t be the first college town Sure Sure has played for. The band’s first show during its national tour was held in San Luis Obispo, which is home to Cal Poly. The sold-out performance was “positively lit,” Farzad said. Band members said they hope to bring that same energy from San Luis Obispo to Evanston. Kristen Mitchell, operations and marketing manager at SPACE, told The Daily in an email that Sure Sure caught her eye after it garnered attention during its tour with Hippo Campus. “Personally speaking, my favorite shows at SPACE are ones which feature artists and bands on the rise,” she said. “(Sure Sure’s) show at SPACE is a great opportunity for fans to get a ‘first-listen’ in an intimate venue space.” Farzad said the headline tour has been fulfilling

so far. He said he finds it crazy that fans will come to shows and sing along to their lyrics. “It’s incredibly bizarre that we’ll show up to a city and then there’s just going to be like a couple hundred people there who want to have a good time and actually know the songs,” Farzad said. Beachy said when the band first started out, the members were still in college. He said they would meet often to jam out in a basement — they never thought they could make a career out of playing music. The group has been recording songs for a while, just enjoying making and sharing good music. Members now live and record together in a large, yellow house in LA. “Recording is what we figured out how to do first basically, and now we’re taking it live,” Beachy said. Though the artists might have moved on to larger stages, Farzad said they want to continue to make “light-hearted” music that reflects their “light-hearted” characters. Glick added that he wants the group to continue to evolve and create different types of music. Radiohead is one of his musical influences because of the band’s ability to play a diverse range of tunes, from grungy “Pablo Honey” to the modern electronica “Kid A,” he said. “Radiohead is really big for us because they have been able to constantly, continually evolve and experiment while still being massively popular and meaningful to a lot of people,” Glick said. “That’s kind of what we want to be like.” While the band still has another month of shows left in its tour, Beachy said he looks forward to recording new music that has been playing in the back of his mind during the journey. After soaking

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A group picture of indie-rock band Sure Sure. The band will perform at Evanston’s SPACE on Saturday.

up inspiration while resting at home, he said he will be ready to get back on the road for even bigger things. Despite rising fame and grander tour plans, Farzad said he still sees the band as a group of boys

who simply enjoy playing music. “It’s really bizarre,” Farzad said. “We’re still not at all used to it. I hope we never get used to that.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu

Medill alumna chronicles New York love life in memoir By CRYSTAL WALL

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It’s a tale told time and time again: a single woman in New York on the hunt for love. Mandy Stadtmiller (Medill ’97) offers her own version of this narrative in her debut memoir, “Unwifeable,” which documents the ups and downs of her love life in the Big Apple. Published April 3, the book chronicles nearly a decade of Stadtmiller’s dating experiences in New York — from failed hookups and blackout nights to eventually finding her “Mr. Right.” Stadtmiller said the book’s inspiration sprung from her time as a columnist for New York Magazine’s The Cut, where she published a weekly column of the same name. The column, she said, was a way to “test the waters” to see if she enjoyed publicly sharing details about her love life. Her work garnered positive responses from readers, Stadtmiller said, and she retained the rights to the “Unwifeable” title, hoping to eventually publish a full-length memoir. “Ultimately, the feedback I got was that other people resonated,” Stadtmiller said. “That’s what I try to do if I’m writing about relationships: touch upon something highly specific in my own experience that other people can relate to and potentially apply to their own lives.” Before she was a published author, Stadtmiller was a “solid, dogged” reporter, said Katherine Pushkar, Stadtmiller’s former editor at the New York Post. During an interview, Pushkar recalled, Stadtmiller once asked a bartender detailed questions about the process of making a Manhattan. Pushkar said while she found this attention to detail funny,

she was grateful Stadtmiller’s thorough reporting ensured she never missed information. Pushkar described Stadtmiller as both fearless and sensitive, adding that Stadtmiller isn’t afraid to be vulnerable in her work. “She is a sensitive person, which is why she is able to get the stories she gets,” Pushkar said. “I think she’s very affected by all of her experiences.” Stadtmiller said her training as a journalist served her well in writing the memoir, as she strived to remain truthful and genuine in all of her writing. Even though she no longer had the threat of the “Medill F” hanging over her, Stadtmiller said she remained cautious to maintain validity and avoid stretching the truth. “It’s more of trying to integrate a lot of different identities into one authentic one where you reconcile a lot of your demons,” she said. Former Medill Prof. Pam Cytrynbaum — whom Stadtmiller called one of her most influential professors — said Stadtmiller was more articulate and self-aware than most young adults during her time at NU. Stadtmiller never shied away from talking about “taboo” topics like sex, drugs, intimacy and relationships, she said. For Cytrynbaum, it is Stadtmiller’s devotion — both to the truth and to herself — that will keep readers engaged in heartbreaking and thrilling moments in the memoir. Cytrynbaum said while she’s glad Stadtmiller is happily married, it is her authentically narrated journey to love that is most compelling. “She remained who she is and figured that out and struggled and suffered and pushed through and came out the other end,” Cytrynbaum said. “Isn’t that what we all want?” crystalwall2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Mandy Stadtmiller. Stadtmiller’s memoir “Unwifeable,” published earlier this month, chronicles her love life in New York.

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From page 1 Allan Bergman spoke at the meeting as an owner of a unit at the Sienna Court Condominium Association off Oak Avenue, where he said his daughter lives. “This is why people are apathetic about voting and participating in public policy,” Bergman told The Daily after the meeting. “(The commissioners) blew everybody off here tonight. This was a done deal.” The proposed 17-story development would include 169 units, a dog park, a pool and 139 parking spots. Johnny Carlson, principal of the midwest business unit for Trammell Crow Company, said all apartments would have at least one tenant age 55 or older. He added his firm had brought on an Americans with Disabilities Act consultant. “We as Trammell Crow … bring on an ADA consultant to look at all the means and methods, to look forward and at lessons learned on past projects,” Carlson said. “Prior to a lot of the concerns that we’ve heard from neighbors at public comment, we had (a consultant) on our staff.” Additionally, Carlson and his associates said they had changed some elements of their plan to adhere to city codes. Bergman said he was concerned about accessible parking and population density in the neighborhood, but felt commissioners had not listened to him and other speakers.

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that’s events-based, specifically, will just kind of remove the barrier that a group has between getting barely any funding and then suddenly have access to a lot more funding.” Under the new system, Mulukutla said there will be a singular finance committee that clubs will apply to for each event. The new vice president for finances will place each event request in a tier, ranging from Tier 1, which funds events that cost $10,000 or more, to Tier 5, for events that are under $500. Tier placement will be based on how much funding an event has typically received or, if it’s a new event, what students anticipate the costs will be. From there, events can grow through a “progressive percentage increase” in which less costly tiers allow for larger funding increases from year to year, Mulukutla said. The previous maximum yearly increase was 3 percent, she said. Events will also be able to easily move tiers, Mulukutla said, because they can grow organically through percentage increases in funding. At the April 4 Senate, Mulukutla said the new system was necessary because the current structure is flawed. “The system that stands is inherently unequal

He emphasized that the senior population needs accessible parking. If the developers intend to create a space for people to age, Bergman said they must account for the fact that caregivers often live outside of Evanston and need to find parking in the already filled neighborhood. Other commenters said Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church across the street from the proposed development had not remained in the loop about the project. Citizens raised concerns that the apartment building would make it difficult for congregants to park near the church on Sundays. Nonetheless, commissioners voted to support the measure. Commission chair Colby Lewis said it was an “appropriate use” of the site. After commissioners voted on the proposal, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) spoke with the attendees, thanking them for their participation. He said he does not usually come to plan meetings, but he recognized the significance of this development to his ward. “Obviously whenever you have a development in town it stirs a lot of emotion and concern,” Braithwaite said. “I wanted to thank everyone … for your continued patience in walking through this process. As well, I’d like to offer an apology to the members of Mount Zion Church if you felt that you’ve been excluded from this process.” Braithwaite said he will hold a public meeting before the issue comes before the development committee, location and date to be determined. catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu and complex,” she said. In addition, Mulukutla said ASG will create an Innovation Fund — a separate pool that exists to potentially fund new events or recurring events in need of a funding increase. Vice president for A-status finances Isabel Dobbel said under the previous system, 95 percent of the approximately $1.5 million collected by the Student Activities Resources Committee went to A-status groups, while the majority of student organizations had to split the other 5 percent. Dobbel, a SESP sophomore, said though large events can still get increases sizable enough to grow, small events will be able to grow more quickly than in the past. Dobbel said financial reform has been a goal of the past six administrations. “(In) the past six months, we’ve been building this up and just been putting in different proposals of what it could look like,” Dobbel told The Daily. “I’m just very grateful that we were able to work on it, but it’s been a long process.” Senate also elected McCormick sophomore Pedro Orellana to the Wild Ideas committee. Adam Downing and Henry Molnar were sworn in as speaker of the Senate and parliamentarian, respectively. gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 always be challenges and opportunities,” he said. “It’s not that those things aren’t important, (but) as dean, when you look at timing, you look at what you’ve promised, what your plans are and what your professional and personal priorities are.” In a statement, Provost Jonathan Holloway said Hamm has “done a remarkable job of guiding Medill at a time of significant change in the fields of journalism, marketing and communications.” “He has helped lead the transformation of Medill, while maintaining the school’s historic strengths,” Holloway said. According to the statement, Hamm also raised nearly $9 million in “commitments for financial aid to create a ‘need-blind’ model at Medill” so students — regardless of family income — can participate in internships as well as the school’s reporting programs in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and abroad. Christine Brennan (Medill ’80, ’81), a member of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees and a professor of practice at Medill, told The Daily she was sorry to see Hamm leave his role as dean but is “thrilled” that he will come back as a professor. Brennan said she was able to see Hamm’s impact on Medill’s sports and global programs, particularly with the inclusion of Medill students in the press rooms of the Olympic Games. Hamm, she said, “opened the world to Medill and Medill to the world.” “I don’t think you can overstate the impact

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From page 1 do? Are you going to ignore this one child? No, what every mother would do is focus on the one child.” Chicago Public Schools teacher Jennifer Roden said when she was looking at which Evanston school she would send her child to, she found that there was roughly a 40 percent achievement gap between black and white students in the district. OPAL member Martha Burns said the gap should not be this large if the district spends roughly $14,000 per student every year. “When you think about the resources that we do have in the district … that we have everything and we still can’t close it, you have to look at something else,” she said. However, OPAL has made two major improvements in District 65 recently, Williams said. After learning the achievement gap begins as early as preschool, the group formed a task force that will examine the efficacy of early education in the district and look into

of that for Medill now and for the future and for Northwestern,” she said. Medill Prof. J.A. Adande (Medill ‘92), director of the school’s sports journalism program, said Hamm’s departure is not something he wanted to see, but the most important thing is that Hamm is “happy and peaceful with his decision.” Adande, who was the faculty lead for a trip that took five graduate Medill students to the 2018 Winter Olympics, said Hamm is the reason why he came back to Medill. “He’s the reason I’m here, both from his recruitment of me and … because I believed in his vision of Medill,” he said. Adande said he has not yet spoken to fellow Medill faculty members about the situation. “There’s always uncertainty that comes when you don’t know who the next leader will be,” he said. “But I think above all, first and foremost, Medill and the strength of Medill will continue regardless of leadership positions.” In a statement, Rance Crain (Medill ’60), former president of Crain Communications and member of Medill’s board of advisers, said Hamm’s “candor and collaborative efforts” set him apart from other deans he has worked with during his 30 years on the board. “I always had the feeling that he appreciates and values our opinions, and that we and Dean Hamm are on the same page when it comes to doing what’s best for Medill,” he said. Holloway said in his statement that he will oversee an international search for Hamm’s successor. alfaro@u.northwestern.edu bringing in fresh leadership. Williams said the group’s influence has also created two new positions in District 65 — executive director of black student success and equity instructional coach. He said the group will assist in the hiring process for these positions. OPAL board secretary Alyce Barry said it’s easy to ignore equity problems, as people generally regard Evanston as “relatively woke.” She pointed out, though, that racism is real in Evanston: just last week, the N-word was carved into the playground equipment at Willard Elementary School, she said. Fleming agreed that it’s important for community members to continue the fight toward equity in the city. “Here in Evanston we somewhat think … we are racially in balance and everyone is singing ‘Kumbaya,’” she said. “We have to always be the ones to remind people that that is not the experience that a lot of people, particularly our students, are having in our schools.” janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats’ pitching committee strikes out 10, preserves early lead By PETER WARREN

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The last time Northwestern threw seven pitchers in a game was in a slugfest loss last April against Illinois. On Wednesday, the Wildcats (9-17, 1-8 Big Ten) had seven different guys throw against Notre Dame, (14-19, 5-10 ACC) but the game was neither a high-scoring affair nor an NU loss. Using a bullpenning-type strategy, the Cats pitchers shut out the opposing Fighting Irish as they won the game 2-0. “It ’s something we have done before in the past and it has actually worked out pretty well,” senior catcher Jack Claeys said. “I actually like catching games like that. It is pretty fun to catch all of the different guys.” Six of the seven pitchers threw only one inning. The only pitcher who did not was sophomore Matt Gannon, who started the game and threw three innings. Combined, NU pitchers gave up only five hits and tallied 10 strikeouts. Not only did the pitchers throw what Claeys said was the best-pitched game of the season, they also came up big in key moments. First, the Cats ran into some trouble in the fifth inning when Notre Dame had two runners on

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and one out. Freshman Anthony Alepra, pitching in the first game of his career, got the next two batters out to end the inning. He forced Jake Johnson to fly out and then closed the door on the rally by striking out No. 3 hitter Nick Podkul looking. NU also got out of jam in the seventh. The Fighting Irish led off the inning with a Niko Kavadas walk and a Daniel Jung double to put runners on second and third. Senior Tommy Bordignon responded, however, by getting three straight groundouts — two back to him and one to junior Willie Bourbon at first — that held Kavadas at third base. “The biggest moment of the game was when we had second and third, no outs and Tommy goes out and gets three straight outs,” sophomore left fielder Leo Kaplan said. “That is really huge. It really killed their offensive momentum.” The Cats got on the board in the top of the first. Junior shortstop Jack Dunn singled to right field and then stole second. After sophomore second baseman Alex Erro advanced Dunn to third with a ground ball to the right side and Bourbon walked, Claeys roped a single to right field to give the Wildcats the lead.

In the next inning, NU scored another run in similar fashion. Kaplan led off the inning with a single and stole second on the next pitch. Senior designated hitter Connor Lind moved Kaplan to third with a ground ball and then freshman right fielder Casey O’Laughlin hit a sacrifice fly to double the visitors’ lead. While the Cats were successful in bringing in runners early in the game, they struggled later. They stranded five combined runners in scoring position in the third, fourth and eighth innings. “Casey O’Laughlin did a great job in that situation and Jack Claeys got a big hit for us to get our two RBIs,” coach Spencer Allen said. “But we need to be better in those spots.” NU was very aggressive on the base paths, stealing six bases. Half of those stolen bases came from Kaplan, who stole second base twice and third base once. In addition to their success swiping bases, the Cats were adroit at taking the extra base as well. Kaplan and Bourbon both took extra bases during the game, with Kaplan’s resulting in the second run. “It shows that the guys are locked in and that’s good to see,” Allen said. “It was really good to see that they were continuing to play the game and take advantage of opportunities.” Daily file photo by Katie Pach

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NU seeks better pitching against Ohio State By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

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Kate Drohan sensed her team was pressing. Northwestern’s pitching struggled as the Wildcats dropped the first two games of a series last weekend at lowly Purdue. Facing big, early deficits made NU’s offense too tight, and Drohan wanted to loosen up her team. So she changed the lineup for the series finale Sunday. Senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin, who had led off every game to that point, was moved to the second spot in the batting order. Freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis, normally the No. 3 hitter, shifted to the leadoff spot. Junior left fielder Morgan Nelson moved from the cleanup spot to third, and senior catcher Sammy Nettling moved up to fourth. Senior shortstop Marissa Panko, meanwhile, was shifted down from her normal second position to fifth. The new lineup worked like a charm, as the Cats (23-13, 6-5 Big Ten) scored 5 runs in the first inning, 4 in the third and 5 more in the fifth en route to a 17-8 victory, averting what would have been a disastrous sweep in West Lafayette, Indiana. “I thought we were pressing a little, and so I just wanted to change things up and make them pitch to some different people,” Drohan said. “Panko moving down to the five-hole, she was tested right away in the first inning and she came up with a huge hit.” This weekend, NU returns home for a much tougher three-game series against No. 22 Ohio State (24-8, 5-4). The Cats’ struggling pitching staff will be tasked with slowing down a potent Buckeyes offense that leads the Big Ten with 44

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home runs. NU’s pitchers, meanwhile, rank next to last in the Big Ten with a 6.15 team ERA in conference play. Freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey will play a key role in containing Ohio State’s bats. Wilkey pitched at least four innings in each of the three games last weekend against the Boilermakers. She also helped her own cause on Sunday, hitting a pair of 3-run homers in the Cats’ win.

“I like getting to be on both ends of it, because that means I’m not just doing one thing, I’m helping in all aspects of the game,” Wilkey said. “I like hitting and I like pitching, so I’m glad I get to do both here.” The Cats will have to be especially wary of Ohio State infielder Lilli Piper, who is hitting .434 with 16 home runs and 44 RBIs, all of which lead the Big Ten. Piper was named Big Ten Player of the Week last week after hitting .667 with 3 homers and 9 RBIs as the Buckeyes swept a series at Rutgers. Ohio State is much more than just Piper, though. The Buckeyes rank third

in the conference with a 2.37 team ERA and are holding opponents to a .200 batting average, so NU’s offense, which has been clicking of late, will face a tough assignment as well. “Their pitchers do a nice job, they mix speeds well,” Drohan said. “For us, it’s all about how we’re able to play defense and we need to contain their offense. (Our pitchers) have a great attitude about it, and they can’t wait to get their next opportunity, so that’s all we can ask of them.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Sammy Nettling blasts a line drive. The senior catcher moved up to fourth in Northwestern’s batting order Sunday, helping ignite a 17-run win.

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Head coach Abby Steketee announces abrupt resignation Northwestern coach Abby Steketee abruptly resigned Wednesday, ending a three-year run in the position. Steketee announced her decision to the team Wednesday morning and associate coach Jesse Moore will take over interim head coaching duties in her absence, an athletic department spokesman told The Daily. “It has been an honor to lead this group of women,” Steketee said in a news release. “I’m proud of the gains we’ve made and am confident that the positive momentum of the program will continue. Steketee graduated from NU in 2003 and held coaching positions at South Carolina and Nevada before returning to Evanston in 2015. Despite getting a undergraduate degree from the School of Education and Social Policy and then completing a master’s degree at West Virginia, she told The Daily in a 2016 profile that she felt most at home coaching swimming. “Coaching is addicting. There’s nothing quite like it in terms of the connection you make with someone,” Steketee said at the time. “I was a lot more fulfilled on the pool deck.” Moore has been on the staff for two years and, prior to Steketee’s resignation, oversaw recruiting, development and practice plans. He previously held coaching staff positions at Duke, William & Mary and Drexel. The team is currently in the middle of its offseason and last competed in the NCAA Championships from March 14 to 17, placing 22nd overall but earning an individual national championship from accomplished junior diver Olivia Rosendahl. — Ben Pope