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NU acts on higher ed harrassment University joins collaborative on gender harassment
By MEGAN MUNCE
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Weinberg sophomore Chloe Krugel, a neuroscience major and psychology minor, says she often feels like her male peers and professors have discounted her work due to her gender. Krugel said the climate of academia can be hostile for women. Northwestern recently announced its commitment to address that problem as, well as other forms of gender-based discrimination, by joining the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education as a founding member. According to a news release last week, the University will contribute financial support to the four year-long initiative and send members of the University’s senior leadership as representatives to its meetings. The collaborative was formed after a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine concluded that 20 to 50 percent of female students and
over 50 percent of female faculty have experienced gender harassment. This contributes to what Carole LaBonne, the chair of the NU’s department of molecular biosciences, calls the “pipeline problem.” “The most prevalent and probably the most broadly damaging form of sexual harassment of women is gender harassment, and how they define this is actions and comments on a daily basis that are belittling, dismissive, demeaning towards women or groups that are traditionally underrepresented in academia,” said LaBonne, who will represent Northwestern in the Action Collaborative. “This causes a lot of people to drop out.” Along with LaBonne, Northwestern will be represented by Lindsay ChaseLansdale, the vice provost for academics; Teri Odom, the chair of the chemistry department of ; and Sarah Wake, the associate vice president for equity. LaBonne, who originally brought the collaborative to the University’s attention, said she was excited by the idea of addressing less overt forms of gender discrimination not » See HARASSMENT, page 6
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Ralph Martire, President and Executive Director of the Center for Budget and Tax Accountability, discusses Illinois’ budget and Pritzker’s Fair Income Tax. The town hall meeting took place Tuesday April 16 at Evanston Public Library.
Residents meet to hear budget plan
Community members express concern over proposed pension liabilities By THEA SHOWALTER
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The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability and the office of Illinois Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) hosted a town hall Tuesday night to give residents an overview of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s
proposed Fair Income Tax, discuss pensions and to address other budget-related issues. Gabel, Illinois Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-Evanston) and state Sen. Laura Fine (D-Evanston), attended the event at Evanston Public Library. The town hall centered on a presentation by Ralph M. Martire, executive director of the Center
for Tax and Budget Accountability. Martire discussed issues that have arisen from Illinois’ projected spending compared to its past and predicted revenue. “The state’s fiscal problems are really long term, substantial and complex and solving them won’t involve some magic silver bullet,” Martire said. “There are a number of different things that have
to happen.” Martire began by breaking down Illinois’ current budget — how the $38 billion in revenue, after subtracting out nonnegotiable costs, is divided in the Illinois budget. After adding and subtracting proposed revenue and debts from the previous fiscal year, » See BUDGET, page 6
Sociologist talks racial discrimination ASB, Generation UChicago professor Eve Ewing visits as part of leadership series By CADENCE QUARANTA
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Dr. Eve Ewing spoke openly of leadership and racial discrimination within the modern education system as a part of the Nancy and Ray Loeschner Leadership series Tuesday. An assistant professor at the University of Chicago, Ewing is a sociologist, poet, writer, and scholar. She authored “Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side,” tackling issues of systemic inequalities within public education. She also co-wrote “No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks,” a play depicting the American poet’s life, and has written for Marvel Comics. The event, held in the Ryan Auditorium, featured SESP Dean David Figlio as moderator. The two conversed wittily, bantering on topics ranging from churros to the Northwestern-UChicago rivalry. The Dean labeled her a “true SESPian” and jokingly offered her a job within his department. Although she laughed freely and provided comic relief often, Ewing also spoke seriously and
Action adopt room Groups will care for domestic violence shelter By WILSON CHAPMAN
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Dr. Eve Ewing. The sociologist and writer spoke on her experience as a woman of color in a primarily white University at a Tuesday event.
passionately about issues of leadership and injustice, sharing personal experiences and making herself vulnerable to illustrate her ideas. Ewing said she faced severe challenges as a person of color
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
in a predominantly white and inherently racist educational institution as an undergraduate student at the University of Chicago. She said incidents of racial trauma she experienced during her college years led to severe
mental breakdowns, and repeated thoughts of dropping out. “My second year there was a group of students in my house who threw a party, the theme of » See EWING, page 6
Alternative Student Breaks and the Northwestern chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action have teamed up to adopt a room in Mary Lou’s Place, a domestic violence shelter in Evanston. Mary Lou’s Place is operated by YWCA Evanston/North Shore. Trimmy Stamell, who is the YWCA’s director of corporate and foundation relations and oversees the adopt-a-room system, said that the program is vital in keeping the costs of repair and maintenance in the shelter down. “Without the support of our adopters, (the YWCA) would need to spend a lot of money and time maintaining the shelter,” Stamell said. “The shelter sees a lot of heavy use, just by the nature of it being a shelter. There are a lot of people who are in and out. And the rooms get worn. So having groups help us keep them clean and up to date and fresh and give them a fresh face every six months really helps
us and it reduces our expenses for sure. ” Stamell said Generation Action and ASB will be responsible for renovating the room and doing checkups to maintain its facilities once every six months.They will be committed to these responsibilities for at least two years. Michael Deneroff, ASB’s community engagement chair, pitched the idea of collaborating with Generation Action. Deneroff said he wanted to develop a project that ASB members could work on during the school year, as most of the group’s programming takes place during breaks. Because none of the trips ASB organized this year involved helping domestic violence victims, Deneroff decided to look into opportunities for students to help domestic violence organizations in the Chicago area. “It’s a very important issue and one that’s particularly in the news now with the #MeToo movement,” the SESP senior said. “But even without that I think it’s a very important topic and I wanted ASB to focus on it a little more.” From his research, Deneroff found Mary Lou’s Place’s adopt a room program, which he thought was perfect for Northwestern » See MARY LOU’S, page 6
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