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residents. The criteria the study used for gentrification was strict — requiring an increase in median home value to the 60th percentile and at least a 5 percent decline in the population of a racial or ethnic group — leading researchers to acknowledge that the study likely undercounted the number of gentrified areas. The median home value in that area dropped to just above $177,000. Though the population of all racial and ethnic groups fell, a larger share of the Hispanic and black population was affected. Evanston residents and sisters Renee and Tina Paden are landlords at Paden Properties. Renee Paden said she has seen an extremely large change through gentrification in the last 20 years. “We can point out specific examples of gentrification,” she said. “We can go through Evanston house by house and point to areas that were low income and now are not.” Tina Paden said her family has seen the effects of gentrification on their block — they are the last house standing amongst luxury apartment complexes like E2 Apartments. She has seen gentrification on almost every street, from Garnett through

According to a recent study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, no area in Evanston has experienced gentrification between 2000 and 2013. The study considered neighborhoods gentrified, if in 2000, they were below the 40th percentile of household incomes and home values in the metropolitan area. In 2000, the cut off for household income was $61,121 and for home value it was $183,040. The only region of Evanston considered gentrified was an area in the 8th Ward, Census Tract 8102, which had a median home value of $182,017 and household income of $59,830 in 2000, according to the study’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. The study defines gentrification as a process when an influx in investment leads to rising home values, incomes and education levels. This displaces what are usually communities of color and replaces them with wealthy, white » See GENTRIFICATION, page 6

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - Ill.) speaks to a crowd of 20 in Annenberg Hall. The congresswoman discussed her frustration with pharmaceutical companies.

Schakowsky speaks during Q&A U.S. congresswoman discusses healthcare, immigration, politics By JOSIAH BONIFANT

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U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) spoke to around 20 Northwestern students

Thursday in an informal Q&A hosted by NU College Democrats. Schakowsky elaborated on her opinions on healthcare by recounting an experience she had in a Senate Finance Committee hearing last week with

three pharmaceutical representatives about the increased price of insulin. “There were three CEOs of Big Pharma companies that have made insulin, which has been around since the 1930s,” Schakowsky said. “They’re

smooth as silk, these sons of bitches. And people are dying. I don’t know how they sleep at night.” Schakowsky said Republicans still see issues like » See JAN, page 6

Local newspapers remain well-read Students discuss Despite changing landscape, Evanston residents support city press By ANDREW MYERS

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For Vikki Proctor, a regular reader of the Evanston RoundTable and The Daily Northwestern, local newspapers are the glue that pulls a community together. “It’s how we show up at city hall for the issues that concern us,” Proctor said. “To not have a newspaper is an enormous mistake.” In recent years, local newspapers have been struggling to remain afloat. This has led to the creation of “news deserts” –– towns that lack any form of local news. In 2018, 1,449 American counties had only one newspaper, mostly weekly publications, and 171. counties had no local newspaper, according to a recent study from the University of North Carolina’s Center for Innovation. In Evanston, however, this is not the case. Unlike other city and towns, Evanston has three news publications: the

Evanston RoundTable, Evanston Now, and The Daily. Readership is one of the largest contributing factors in the decline of local newspapers. According to the Pew Research Center, only 17 percent of Americans rely on local news, and weekday print circulation has decreased by 11 percent from 2017 to 2018. While some local Evanston residents turn to local Evanston newspapers for their news, others rely on national news. Evanston resident Gwynn Blaser said she does not engage with local newspapers “a great deal,” except for elections. She said she gets most of her news online and doesn’t subscribe to any newspapers. “I usually do a search on a subject,” she said. “Whatever hits come up on that subject, that’s what I look at, not a specific newspaper.” Blaser is not the only one. In 2016, 59 percent of Americans prefered reading the news online, according to the Pew Research Center. T im Franklin, senior

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associate dean of Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, has worked for several local newspapers, including The Indianapolis Star and The Orlando Sentinel. He said local newspapers inform citizens about matters

of great public importance and create a sense of shared experience. “It’s creating an experience for people who live in a community so they feel like the local news organization cares » See DESERT, page 6

Rick Singer, the head of the college-admissions preparation business implicated in the nationwide admissions scandal, described the college admissions process as consisting of three methods, or “doors.” There’s a front door, getting in on a student’s own merit; a back door, through paying for institutional advancement like paying for buildings; and his own creation, a side door. Only one of those three doors was available to SESP junior David Guirgis, a firstgeneration, low-income student — albeit barely. “I had to kick down the front door to get here,” he said. Guirgis is one of several first-generation and lowincome students who were

upset and frustrated by the cheating scandal that broke last month, which prompted many to take to the Internet and share personal narratives and critiques of the elite college application process. The most famous celebrities indicted for fraud and bribery include Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, but two Northwestern parents, Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez, have been charged as well. When Medill sophomore Cayla Clements got a news notification about the scandal, she said she was shocked, especially as a “Full House” fan, a show in which Loughlin starred. Clements said she grew angry because of how easy it is for wealthy students to gain entrance into top opportunities and schools. Coming from a low-income family, Clements said the college application process was difficult because of how meaningful going to college was to her. She was so nervous to finally receive the results she » See REACT, page 6

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Illinois Dems denounce Barr’s defense By JULIA ESPARZA

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) joined Reps. Bill Foster (D-Ill.)and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) in rebuking Attorney General William Barr’s defense of President Donald Trump following the release of the Mueller report. “It’s sad to see the Attorney General of the United States acting as if he were the President’s personal lawyer,” Duckworth said in a release. The Department of Justice released special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election and the president’s ties to the Russian government Thursday morning. The report was unable to clear President Trump of obstruction. Before Attorney General Barr released the nearly 450 page redacted document, he hosted a press conference in which he defended President Trump, repeating that the investigation found no evidence of conspiracy or collusion. Democrats responded to the report, and Attorney General Barr’s involvement in its release. Illinois democrats called for Congress to be given access the full report. “Attorney General Barr has clearly decided it is more important for him to act as President Trump’s spokesperson than the highestranking law enforcement official of our nation, but Congress has the constitutional obligation

POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man arrested in connection to assault Evanston Police Department officers arrested a 19-year-old Chicago man Monday in connection with assault. On April 9 around 1:45 p.m., EPD responded to a disturbance in a parking lot near the

to perform oversight of the administration and this report makes that responsibility even more imperative,” Foster said in a release. Mueller’s report also detailed how Congress could make “obstruction-of-justice statutes applicable to corruptly motivated official acts of the president.” Mueller calls on Congress to decide further steps in the investigation. “If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state,” Mueller wrote. Schakowsky called on Mueller to testify in a public hearing before Congress to explain the report and its implications. She said Barr’s speech was “unprecedented and inappropriate” and did not allow for the American people to disregard his characterization of President Trump. “It is clear that we cannot take this Attorney General at his word, which is a dangerous situation for our nation,” Schakowsky said in a press release. “We need to study the full report now. We need to hear from Robert Mueller himself now.” According to The Hill, House Democrats will convene Monday via conference call to consider these developments and further steps. Rep. Jesús García (D-IL) reinforced these calls for review saying the American people and Congress deserve to see the full report. “Press reports describing ‘numerous conversations’ between the Department of Justice lawyers from the White House about the report

intersection of Darrow Avenue and Emerson Street. After interviewing the two combatants, the Chicago man and a 17-year-old Evanston boy, police determined that the fight stemmed from an argument over a girlfriend, Evanston communications coordinator Perry Polinski said. Upon further investigation, police determined that the Chicago man attempted to hit the Evanston boy with a car, Polinski said.

An article in Thursday’s paper titled “’Alumni, faculty star on and off stage in ‘Two Days in Court’” incorrectly referred to City Lit Theater’s upcoming “Two Days in Court” as a short-story-turned-folk-opera and Kingsley Day in the headline as an NU faculty member. Day is a staff member, and “Two Days in Court” is a one-act play.

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr, left, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hold a press conference at the U.S. Justice Department on April 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Illinois Democrats called for Congress to be given access to the full report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

further reinforce the concern that Mr. Barr is representing the interests of the President and not the people of the United States,” García said in a release.

The Chicago man surrendered himself to a detective Monday morning and was charged with assault.

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On Thursday morning, an hour before the highly-anticipated release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, Attorney General William Barr gave a press conference defending President Donald Trump’s actions. Barr said the report offers no evidence of collusion and does not find sufficient evidence regarding obstruction of justice. Mueller’s team examined 10 actions by the president to determine if Trump had obstructed justice, but ultimately did not reach a conclusion. In addressing that evidence, Barr emphasized a political context of “unprecedented” scrutiny, saying Trump’s actions were fueled by a “sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents.” Pritzker Prof. Martin Redish said Barr’s logic is unbefitting of a law student, much less the nation’s chief legal officer. “He said there’s no corrupt intent because Trump felt himself justified because his administration was being attacked right from the beginning,” Redish said. “If a student of mine wrote that on an exam, I would flunk him. The attorney general was confusing motive and intent. The obstruction of justice statute is about corrupt intent, meaning the intent to disrupt or interfere. Your motive is irrelevant.” As Trump and Barr claim the report vindicates the president of any criminal act while top Democrats call for Congressional testimony from the special counsel’s office, Redish and Pritzker Prof. Juliet Sorenson both argued the report presents evidence the president obstructed justice and provides grounds for possible impeachment. Redish said impeachment is both legally and historically on the table. “If you look at the two presidents who’ve been impeached, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, and

Richard Nixon near-impeached, I would consider this behavior by the president that was documented in detail to be much more worthy of impeachment than any of those three,” Redish said. Though many, including the President, focused on alleged collusion in the run-up to the release, Mueller explained in the introduction of the report that his team did not deal with collusion — which is not mentioned in the federal legal code and is therefore not a felony, Sorenson said — and instead focused on conspiracy, in addition to obstruction of justice. Both professors agreed the obstruction of justice evidence is the most damning and has the most potential to pass the “high crimes and misdemeanors” standard for impeachment. The report details attempts by the president to influence the Mueller investigation, especially through attempting to persuade former attorney general Jeff Sessions to reverse his recusal from the Russia probe. But Sorenson believes the [resident’s 2017 request for then-FBI director James Comey to “let (then-national security advisor Michael) Flynn go”, according to the report, and his subsequent firing of Comey are the most incriminating instances of obstruction. Flynn was investigated by the special counsel’s office regarding conversations with Russian diplomats before Trump’s inauguration and after being caught giving false testimony about those meetings, he agreed to plead guilty to lying to federal investigators. “The efforts around Comey relate very specifically to the case against Michael Flynn, and for that reason, that it is easier to point to intent to obstruct a clearly defined criminal investigation,” Sorenson said. The report stops short of accusing the president of obstruction of justice because Mueller did not want to accuse someone he could not indict, Redish said. A Justice Department opinion maintains a sitting president cannot be indicted. The report also lacked direct testimony — Trump declined to be interviewed and the White House only provided written answers to the special counsel’s

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questions, which the report deemed insufficient. Mueller concluded there was neither enough evidence to exonerate nor charge the president. On collusion, the report said there is not enough evidence to suggest Trump committed any crimes. On obstruction of justice, while no indictments were issued, the report is clear in recounting the efforts the President took to stop the special counsel and engage in obstruction. “Our investigation found multiple acts by the president that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russian-interference and obstruction investigations,” the report says. “The president’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.” gbirenbaum21@u.northwestern.edu

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Take the Campus Climate Survey. I’m begging you This article discusses sexual violence and sexual assault.

After several days of talking about the 2019 Campus Climate Survey to anyone who would listen, I decided it was time to do my due diligence and actually complete the survey myself. As a survivor of sexual violence who has spoken very openly and publicly about my experiences, I thought that the survey would be easy for me. I’ve been in therapy on-and-off for about four years, I’ve discussed just about every disturbing thought that I’ve ever had with my my own therapist and with CARE staff members, and some days, it feels like my experiences don’t have to take up as much space in my life as they have in the past. Today is not one of those days. If you haven’t ever had to check one of the boxes that says “Yes, I have been stalked,” or “Yes, I have been physically assaulted,” or “Yes, I have been raped,” I am genuinely happy for you. Nobody should ever have to check any of those boxes. The fact remains that some of us do, and we need your support more than ever. I don’t think it’s possible for others to

understand how hard it can be for survivors of violence to complete this kind of survey. For me, it’s like surgery. It feels like a robot surgeon is taking a scalpel to my life. It dives right in, no anesthetic, no regard for my suffering, and it starts poking and prodding the parts of me that already hurt the worst. Wounds that seemed as though they were starting to heal are re-opened and though I know they’ll close again in good time, for right now, all I can feel is the same pain that originally formed the wounds. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell if it hurts worse now or if it hurt worse originally. Making me aware of the pain also makes me aware of just how disgusting and horrific the situations originally were. Tears obscure the computer screen as I confirm the truth about parts of my life that I’d often like to pretend never happened. The worst part of it all is what comes afterwards. The pain of taking the survey doesn’t simply disappear once the survey is over. Instead, it resurfaces in much more pathological forms. I already know that once I finish the survey I’ll spend days locked in fierce combat with my own mind.

You could have prevented all of this if you had just been more direct. Why didn’t you just explicitly say “no?” So many people have suffered so much worse and are doing so much better. Why didn’t you f ight back? You should have reported sooner. You probably let others get hurt since you waited years to tell anyone what happened.

The logical part of me knows all the right responses to these toxic thoughts. It doesn’t matter, though, once those thoughts have entered my brain, they’ll just keep coming up with more excuses and more ways to evade the logical answers. Some nights, I’ll still go to bed thinking it was my fault. Some nights, I’ll still feel the guilt of letting my parents believe that I was okay. Some nights, I’ll only be able to feel anger at being robbed of being “normal.” All of this, and yet, I’m still taking the survey. Four years ago, data from this same survey was used to expand the Office of Equity, giving survivors and their friends more access to resources to help guide them along the healing process. There is still so much work to be done on this campus. Based on the statistics SHAPE uses regarding

sexual violence, each of the three current CARE staff members is responsible for the needs of over 1,000 survivors of sexual violence on this campus. In addition, they’re expected to provide trainings for innumerable organizations on campus including all ASG-funded student groups. CARE staff also directly oversee three different sexual violence-related student groups. The employees are overworked and exhausted. Many survivors like myself don’t know where we would be without their help and support in our darkest times. We need to make the university prioritize their office. I know that I don’t need to say anything about CAPS; anyone who has tried to make an appointment there knows how difficult it is to find time for even a phone consultation. Please make your voice heard. Survivors of sexual violence know how important it is to give the university accurate data and many of us are willing to cause ourselves immeasurable pain to do so. For you, it may be an inconvenience, but for us, it’s often a matter of literal life and death. — Spencer Colton

Reflecting on the cancellation of ‘One Day at a Time’ CHRISTOPHER VAZQUEZ

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Walk into La Unica, and you’ll see remnants of a culture I left behind. Café Bustelo packed into sunshine-yellow pouches, Goya beans stuffed in tight plastic bags, “bocados” and “batidos” pictured on an oversized menu hanging above a lunch counter. Apart from my residential college and The Daily Northwestern’s newsroom, the unassuming Rogers Park market might be the place where I feel most at home in Northwestern’s periphery. I first learned about La Unica from my father, who had emailed the Cuban American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois during my first quarter at Northwestern to ask where I could buy Cuban food. Their answer: go to La Unica, which literally translates to “the only one.” There were two problems with that answer: I didn’t always want to make the snowy trek down to Rogers Park for a quick meal, and it was never just about the food. When I got into Northwestern, one of my father’s main concerns was the isolation I would feel moving to Evanston from Miami, a city heavily populated by Cuban Americans like myself. In the beginning, I was skeptical it would even be an issue. But as I navigated my way through my first quarter at Northwestern, I found myself surprised by how I found solace

in taking classes with Latinx professors, the joy I felt in speaking Spanish with Latinx friends, how easily a craving for “bistec empanizado” or a memory of my parents saying a Spanish phrase could spiral into a kind of homesickness and loneliness I had never known before. Luckily, I found a remedy that didn’t require a trip across Evanston. The second season of “One Day at a Time” premiered on January 26, 2018 — 18 days after the winter quarter of my freshman year began. I found the first episode underwhelming. “Very CBS,” I remember texting a teacher from high school who had recommended the show to me, the laugh track and multicamera setup leaving me unimpressed. Still, the sitcom and I had an unspoken tradeoff. Make me feel at home and I’ll work with you. How do you go from being completely immersed in your culture to being completely bereft of it? As my relationship with the show evolved to genuine enjoyment, that’s the question I began asking. My answer: log into Netflix and watch “One Day at a Time.” Listen to characters drift between languages the way your family does, and happily translate for friends watching with you. Chuckle at the immature little brother who resembles a chunk of the boys you went to high school with, and at the culturally appropriative neighbor who resembles a chunk of the people you now go to college with. Listen to Rita Moreno’s character describe what it was like immigrating to the U.S. through Operation Pedro Pan

— a program that brought unaccompanied Cuban children to the country in the 1960s — and cry. Cry because you’ve never heard the Pedro Pan kids mentioned on a national TV show. Cry because you didn’t even know you didn’t feel seen until now. Cry because a scarcity of Cubans is harder to deal with than you thought it would be, and this is softening the blow more than you thought it could. On March 14, Netflix cancelled “One Day at a Time.” So I did what any self-respecting Latino Gen Zer would do: turned to Twitter. I began by quote tweeting the news and threatening any “Americano” who dared approach me in this trying time, then calmed down and tweeted a quote from a thoughtful column about its cancellation. Before long, I got fired up again and blamed the people who rallied behind Friends, then ended my tirade by poking some fun at myself: “Embracing my new brand as a posthumous ‘One Day at a Time’ stan account looking for blood.” I remember tweeting this four-part manifesto 280 characters at a time from the ground floor of Norris — not caring if others thought I was unhinged — because Netflix had just closed my magic portal home. Now, a month later, I’m not looking for blood, I’m looking for answers. Only 22 Latinx shows have been picked up since the year 2000, according to the National Hispanic Media Coalition. The Coalition also claimed that of those 22, “One Day at a Time” is the highest rated based on available Rotten Tomato scores. Despite this, the show regularly had to fight for its renewal.

I remember asking everyone on The Daily’s listserv last year to watch at least four episodes of the show when the fight for a third season was already on, less than a month after the second season’s release. Although Netflix claims that not enough people were watching the show to continue its distribution, the company won’t release those numbers. CBS All Access has reportedly expressed interest in picking up the show, but Netflix’s contract with Sony Pictures Television does not allow the platform to relinquish the show to other streaming services for two to three years, despite its refusal to go forward with a fourth season. And for the thousands of accounts tweeting #SaveODAAT, that could mean years of waiting before the show even has a shot at being saved. How do you go from being completely immersed in your culture to being completely bereft of it? It’s a question I still find myself asking. You watch episodes of “One Day at a Time” you’ve already seen. You let it make you feel at home and safe and comforted — but not too comforted, because nothing more is coming. More likely than not, this is all you’re gonna get. It’s “la unica” — the only one. Christopher Vazquez is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at christophervazquez2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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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Prof. talks popular feminism, economic visibility By SAMANTHA HASSETT

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Sarah Banet-Weiser worries feminism ends with social media posts. Instead, she wants there to be more critical thinking about feminism in media. Banet-Weiser, a professor of media and communications at the London School of Economics, spoke Thursday to a crowd of about 20 on popular feminism and its connection to Margaret Atwood’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its adapted Hulu drama. The event was put on by One Book One Northwestern. Banet-Weiser contextualized the original novel and the Hulu adaptation, drawing attention to the historical periods of feminist political debates. As a text, she said “The Handmaid’s Tale” reflects societal regulations of women’s freedom, especially with regards to reproductive rights. During her talk, Banet-Weiser addressed the modern age of technology and how platforms like social media can spread feminist ideologies. She said the spread of feminist ideologies leads to “popular feminism” — her term for the way certain images of feminism become visible and others invisible. Banet-Weiser said popular feminism can also undermine the political foundation of the movement.

Northwestern parents charged in college scandal plead not guilty

The parents of a Northwestern student charged in the college admissions scheme have entered pleas of not guilty, according to court documents filed earlier this week. In response to a superseding indictment, Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez waived their right to an arraignment hearing and entered the pleas. The two will now join 17 other wealthy parents, all of whom are facing a new second charge of money laundering conspiracy, taking their chances in defending themselves in court. Howard Mintz, a spokesperson for the lawyer

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Sarah Banet-Weiser speaks to a crowd of about 20 at the McCormick Foundation Center. She discussed feminist images in media and popular culture.

“Focusing just on the kind of affirmational parts of popular feminism allows us to not see the actual violence and vitriol and viciousness that is happening,” Banet-Weiser said. Banet-Weiser displayed images of feminist and “The Handmaid’s Tale” themed merchandise, now devoid of their original political meanings, to demonstrate how feminist

visibility can be commodified. To connect the talk’s themes back to “The Handmaid’s Tale”, she showed a picture of a pair of wedding glasses that implied the possession of the wife by her husband through their union. Although they reference the book, the glasses eschew the original political commentary of the work.

representing Manuel Henriquez, declined to comment Wednesday night. A lawyer for Elizabeth Henriquez did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Thirteen parents facing only the initial charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud have agreed to plead guilty. The Henriquezes were indicted on the two charges after they rejected a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney in Boston. The Henriquezes and dozens of other parents were charged last month for participating in a farreaching college admissions scandal. Prosecutors say the wealthy parents paid a college counseling service to set up phony proctors for college admission exams and bribe athletic coaches to save the students spots in incoming classes. Though prosecutors say parents were the scheme’s principal actors, they are also reportedly looking at

charges against students. Law360, a legal news service, reported that students of parents implicated in the scandal have received target letters informing them that they may be targets of an investigation, though students who knew of the activity but were under 18 at the time are in the clear. The eldest Henriquez daughter and her mother “gloated” about cheating on a college admission exam, prosecutors say, while the younger daughter was fed answers by a proctor while taking the ACT. It is unclear whether either of them were minors during the alleged cheating. In pleading not guilty, the Henriquezes are likely gearing up for a legal battle. Lawyers for other parents who have pled not guilty have sent letters to the court arguing that the parents should not be tried together as a group, according to Bloomberg. One couple, Gregory and Amy Colburn, are having a

Banet-Weiser elaborated that these economic structures make feminism a somewhat individual practice, as if one could buy a sweater or a pin and become a feminist. She said the political meaning of feminism is diffused through economics and media to make feminism popular. “It’s great that Sarah Banet-Weiser openly challenged things that we’re doing wrong with feminism,” Weinberg freshman Marren Jenkins said. Jenkins attended the event as extra credit for her gender studies class. Her professor, Helen Thompson, is also the faculty chair of One Book. Medill freshman Meredith Ellison said she appreciated that Banet-Weiser’s “scholarly perspective” challenged her to think about “aspects of pop culture ... within the context of different theories of feminism.” Ellison said she appreciated the discussion of social media and hashtags in particular. Banet-Weiser encouraged the audience to look at feminist media with a more analytical approach. “What we need to think about is beyond the individual -- that it’s not about you and it’s not about me, it’s about a collective politics,” Banet-Weiser said. samanthahassett2021@u.northwestern.edu lawyer invoke a 1946 Supreme Court case to argue that parents’ lack of knowledge about the dealings of other involved parents precludes them from being involved in and charged with conspiracy. Legal experts told the Los Angeles Times that parents may claim Rick Singer, the mastermind behind the college admissions scandal, manipulated their concern for their children into criminal activity — a risky proposition considering the mountain of evidence and wiretaps against the plaintiffs. The attorneys for Bill McGlashan, a parent who pled not guilty, will argue he only received legitimate college counseling services. The Henriquezes have not indicated what their defense will be. If found guilty, they face up to 40 years in prison.

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about the community,” Franklin said. “They have the community’s interest at heart, and that there’s a sense of belonging.” For Franklin, the digital age has delivered the most significant shock to the local newspaper business. With more and more people

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From page 1 was “shaking” from fear of not getting into Northwestern. When Clements found out she was admitted, she said she cried — she didn’t think it was possible. “Suddenly, I have almost a way out of something like intergenerational trauma and poverty and hardship,” Clements said. “The act of getting higher education, getting a degree, especially from a school like Northwestern, is really important to me and I feel like my success is standing on it.” Guirgis echoed this sentiment, saying he knew places like Northwestern are not meant for students like him. For a while, he didn’t consider the University a place he could actually attend. Many students aren’t confident in their admission, he said, but for those from his background, “it’s impossible.” Yasmine Diara, a pre-med fourth-year studying French and biology, said she wasn’t

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 urgency,” Schakowsky said. “It’s time to get stuff done.That sense of urgency that mostly younger people bring to the debate is very helpful to move the agenda.” One of the policies on the agenda Schakowsky mentioned is immigration reform. Although the US-Mexico border is far from Evanston, President Trump has recently proposed bussing the migrants on the border to sanctuary cities like Chicago. SESP sophomore Ray Solorzano asked Schakowsky about her stances on immigration, as his parents immigrated to the U.S. when he was very young. He said he remembered when they brought him to the immigration court to remind him of the process they had to go through.

“I constantly go back to that moment,” Solorzano said. “What does it mean to be an immigrant or a person of color in this country?” In Schakowsky’s reply, she recounted how her parents immigrated with far fewer problems than current immigrants do. She condemned President Trump, calling him “unAmerican” with his immigration policies on the US-Mexico border. Although Schakowsky was very critical of Trump during the event, she said she appreciated how he has coalesced the Democratic party. She said congressional Democrats are voting together in record numbers, which she views as a sign of a new liberal age for politics. “This is the largest mobilization in the

history of our country, starting with the women’s march after Trump’s inauguration,” Schakowsky said. “Hopefully we can keep it rolling into 2020.” Weinberg junior Alisa Liu said she was very appreciative of the event because it allowed her to personally talk to a congresswoman. She said she transferred from the University of British Columbia last year because she wanted to be more involved with American politics, and Schakowsky’s remarks cemented her resolve. “This event inspired me to be as engaged as possible in the election” Liu said. “And it gave me hope.”

campus saw a 27 percent increase in residences with Bachelor’s degrees, a 17 percent increase in home value and a 26 percent increase in household income between 2000 and 2010, according to the study. Chicago resident Melissa Pietrzak, who works in Evanston, said Evanston has always been wealthy, and the city appears to be gentrified. Pietrzak said maybe she defined gentrification differently, and associated the term with change

over time rather than an area being wealthy. The study also looked at various other cities throughout the United States, and concluded that gentrification and displacement of long-time residents was most intense in the nation’s biggest cities, but rare in most other places. In Chicago, where large swaths of the city’s 866 census tracts were found eligible for gentrification, roughly two dozen were found to have been gentrified, the study stated.

D. Vincent Thomas lives in Evanston and was surprised to hear the results of the study. For him, it’s important to consider what the baseline status is, as the middle class in a place like Silicon Valley looks very different than in Evanston. “I don’t see how anybody can make the argument this area is completely void of gentrification. In what world?” Thomas said.

turning to the internet to get their news, local newspapers can no longer rely on the steady revenue from physical print editions, he said. While digital media has allowed newspapers to reach a greater audience, financially it has had a devastating impact on print-based outlets, Franklin said. According to the Pew Research Center, digital advertising is making up an ever growing percentage of the

advertising revenue for newspaper companies. For this reason, Franklin said Northwestern created the local news initiative: a team of experts assembled to reinvent the relationship with news organizations and audience. They partnered with the Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Indianapolis Star to address the challenges faced by local news organizations.

Despite the changing media landscape, Franklin said journalism is still important to democracy. “It’s critical to a self-governed democracy where citizens need access to reliable and accurate news information to live their lives,” Franklin said.

surprised Northwestern was named in the scandal. She said it was “ironic” to see systems of privilege for wealthy white students so legitimized. Diara went to Gretchen A. Whitney High School in Cerritos, California, and said she was one of three black students in her graduating class in a predominantly Asian school. Many of her classmates went to schools like USC, which was a primary university named in the affidavits. “Here you have the disposable income to pay for tutors, to go to after school programs, to play expensive, prestigious sports and do all those things that colleges are looking for,” Diara said. “Then, as a minority from an immigrant family, not necessarily having access to all those things — I had to work my ass off regardless to be the best in everything I was doing and struggle through it a little bit, whereas it came a lot easier to some other people.” Diara said even before the news broke, her interactions with students of color have been

different than those with white students when it comes to discussing systemic barriers. While she finds it easy for students with marginalized identities to empathize with her struggles, and vice versa, she said white students find it hard to conceptualize the barriers their lessprivileged counterparts face. Clements said one good thing came out of the conversation on social media platforms like Twitter: the mutual support from other students who came from similar backgrounds. She said although imposter syndrome — a thought pattern where individuals doubt their own capabilities, especially heightened by holding underrepresented identities — has impacted her heavily, it felt good to know she and other marginalized students earned their spot at Northwestern. “It made me feel really empowered and proud of where I come from because, yeah, we didn’t have to rely on our parents to get us into college,” Clements said. “We got there on our own with our own intelligence, with our

own means, our own efforts and I’m proud of that honestly.” Guirgis said he also felt the camaraderie from being on Twitter and seeing impactful stories from fellow first-generation and low-income students about discrimination they’ve faced on campus or remember from high school. He said making fun of the situation and families involved was helpful, especially when he considered students like Olivia Jade, who infamously mentioned in a vlog that she “didn’t really care” about school, despite being fraudulently accepted into USC. “We were able to kind of laugh through our tears and joke around about this,” Guirgis said. “You look at these people who are fighting to get into college because that is their only chance at some sort of social mobility. That’s a really tough thing to grapple with but sometimes all you can do is laugh.”

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After 12 years at Northwestern, University vice president and chief human resource officer Pamela Beemer will step down Aug. 31, 2019, according to a Thursday news release. Beemer has held this position since 2014.

For the seven previous years, she had worked as associate vice president in human resources for the University. “We are grateful for the many contributions Pam has made to Northwestern over the last 12 years,” Craig Johnson, the senior vice president for business and finance, said in the release. “Under her leadership, Human Resources has become even more of a strategic business partner with our schools and units, helping to improve the University’s position as a great

place to work and learn. Northwestern will miss her expert counsel and deep experience.” Beemer has worked to increase staff engagement, improve benefit programs and investments in leadership programs. She also played a key role in building the HR department on the Qatar campus and continues to be an advisor for the campus, according to the release. Beemer came to Northwestern from Michigan State, where she worked as director of benefits assistant vice president for human

National News Low-profile parents take center stage as college admissions scandal probe spreads

LOS ANGELES — No one was looking at Bruce Isackson. Seated in a Boston courtroom recently among a dozen other parents implicated in a scheme to defraud half a dozen top universities, Isackson — a real estate investor from Northern California — was overshadowed by his more famous co-defendants.A few rows ahead of him sat actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer J. Mossimo Giannulli. Across the aisle was another actress, Felicity Huffman, whose gaze did not once meet the pack of reporters who trailed her out of the courthouse, then to the car that waited to whisk her away.But Isackson and his wife, Davina, could play a central role in an investigation that has shaken American academia and forced a reckoning over the illegal and legal ways money offers access to higher education. Of the 33 parents charged in the investigation, the Isacksons are the only ones to have signed cooperation deals with prosecutors. A source familiar with the case said prosecutors want to learn more about who at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California knew of the recruiting scheme the Isacksons allegedly used to slip their two daughters into the universities as ersatz athletes. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to comment publicly. Prosecutors have said the colleges involved in the scheme are victims, not targets, of the growing criminal investigation. The 10 university coaches and officials charged so far in the investigation have been characterized as rogue actors who flouted both the law and school policies in pocketing bribes to admit

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the children of wealthy and powerful families as recruited athletes. But the Isacksons’ cooperation could provide prosecutors with another firsthand account of the recruiting scheme and shed light on whether other university officials or coaches were involved. What they say could also be of interest to USC and UCLA, which have

launched internal investigations into what went wrong. The Isacksons’ cooperation deal at this stage in the investigation is significant, said Patrick Cotter, a formal federal prosecutor who helped win the conviction of mob boss John Gotti in 1992. The admissions scheme’s mastermind, Newport Beach, Calif., consultant William “Rick” Singer, has already been

resources from 1999-2007. “I take pride in the dedication and accomplishments of the Human Resources team,” Beemer said in the release. “The partnerships I’ve formed with many colleagues at Northwestern and across the nation, and the collaboration that I’ve enjoyed while here, have enabled me to leave Northwestern in a better place.” — Peter Warren

apprehended and pleaded guilty. Prosecutors are probably seeking new leads on new targets, and it appears the Isacksons have convinced them they have that to offer, Cotter said. “From what this couple have told the government, the government thinks they could have information that could lead to further arrests,” Cotter said. “The government seems to believe they’ve got legally admissible evidence, and that’s significant.” In a filing last week, prosecutors said plainly what has been rumored for weeks: More people will be charged in the investigation. The prosecutors asked a judge for a protective order on evidence they will begin turning over to defense attorneys, saying the wiretaps, bank and academic records, emails and surveillance photos they’ve amassed “include information concerning uncharged co-conspirators and targets of the investigation who have not yet been publicly charged.” Prosecutors often pursue large-scale investigations in waves, hoping those charged in the first round will cooperate and yield evidence that can be used to charge others, said Lawrence Rosenthal, a professor at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law and a former federal prosecutor. Bruce Isackson will plead guilty to fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Davina Isackson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of fraud conspiracy. If prosecutors decide the couple provided useful information, they can recommend that a judge lighten their sentences. In his plea agreement, prosecutors recommended a sentence for Bruce Isackson at the “low end” of sentencing guidelines that call for 37 to 46 months in prison. —Matthew Ormseth and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

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Cats beat Michigan on Senior Day, stay second in Big Ten By ELLA BROCKWAY

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With just under 12 minutes left in its game against Michigan on Thursday, Northwestern was on the edge of a hole. The No. 8 Wolverines had won three straight draw controls and scored three straight goals to build a 10-8 lead. If the No. 6 Wildcats couldn’t win the draw and score on the ensuing possession, they’d risk falling into that hole. NU won the draw, and a few passes, cuts and screens later, senior attacker Selena Lasota — with her back facing the goal — took a step and hurled the ball over her right shoulder. Sophomore midfielder Lauren Gilbert was in perfect position in front of the cage to catch the no-look pass, and put the ball right between the Michigan goalkeeper’s legs. Just like that, Lasota and Gilbert had carried the Cats away from the edge and into the SportsCenter Top 10. That goal sparked a 5-0 NU run, fueling a come-from-behind 14-11 win over the Wolverines (14-2, 4-2 Big Ten) at home for the Cats (10-4, 4-1) on Senior Day. Lasota led all players with four scores, and became the program’s all-time leader in goals with 256. “It was a tough game at the start, Michigan’s a great team,” Lasota said. “To rally for our seniors and just fight,

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fight, fight, and come out on top of that game, was awesome.” NU was stifled by the Wolverines’ defense for much of the first half. After scoring three quick goals and hopping out to an early lead, the Cats went on a thirteen-minute long goalless drought. Lasota scored with less than 90 seconds left in the first to send NU into the halftime break with the game tied at five. At that point, the Cats had more turnovers (12) than shots (11) — uncharacteristic for a team that averaged 35.5 shots and only 12.5 turnovers a game before Thursday. “They were a pretty aggressive team and the refs weren’t calling a lot. I think we figured that out in the first half,” Gilbert said. “So we stopped trying to force it into multiple defenders and we just realized that when we work the ball, and also pushed it in transition, that we were able to put them on their heels.” NU did just that to start the second, scoring two quick goals in transition from Gilbert and senior attacker Lindsey McKone. But Michigan disrupted any attempts that the Cats made to

find their rhythm, countering NU’s fast breaks by holding the ball on its end and stretching its possessions deep into the shot clock. The Wolverines tied the game at 8-8 with a goal just as the clock expired, and began their 3-0 run. But the Cats responded, starting with Gilbert’s goal at the 11:09 mark. Lasota, freshman midfielder Izzy Scane, junior midfielder Megan Kinna and senior midfielder Emily Stein all scored in the next seven minutes to extend the Cats’ scoring run, while senior keeper Mallory Weisse added six second-half saves to seal the win. “I don’t know what was going on the first half, but we were really amped and forcing things, making bad decisions, rushing,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “And once we settled in and were a little bit more patient with our opportunities, we were able to score some goals.” NU’s attention now immediately turns to its matchup against No. 4 Notre Dame (13-2, 5-2 ACC) on Saturday. The Fighting Irish beat No. 3 North Carolina — a team that dominated NU this season — and have the country’s second-best defense. “We got over half the hump, and the next half is on Saturday night,” Amonte Hiller said. “If we can get that win, we’re going to be in a good spot.” ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu

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The last time Northwestern beat Michigan on the baseball diamond was nothing short of a miracle. After sneaking into the 2017 Big Ten Tournament as the No. 7 seed by winning their last five regular season games, the Wildcats were down 4-3 in the top of the ninth to No. 2 Michigan, a nationally-ranked squad with over 40 wins on the year. The Wolverines’ 6-foot-6 closer Jackson Lamb stood tall on the mound to finish out the game, and NU’s comeback prospects didn’t look good — the mustachioed righty hadn’t allowed an earned run all season. But three runs and a shutout bottom half of the inning later, the Cats had executed their improbable upset in stunning fashion. “We want to come here and we want to make some noise,” Alex Erro said in 2017 after the win. “We want to gain some respect for our program, and I think we’re doing that by showing topnotch teams that we’re not here to mess around.” Now, with a few key players from the 2017 roster still on the team and a trip to Ann Arbor on tap this weekend, NU (16-17, 5-4 Big Ten) has another chance to make a statement for the program against the Wolverines (25-11, 5-3) — albeit on a smaller scale. Their opportunity last season in Evanston didn’t go well, as the Cats were swept and shut out twice. Erro, senior shortstop Jack Dunn and outfielders Ben Dickey and Leo Kaplan — the last remaining starters from that tournament appearance — will look to bring their 2017 experience into the weekend’s matchup. This is the first of back-to-back trips to the Great Lakes

State, as NU will head to East Lansing next weekend to take on Michigan State. Michigan’s Friday starter will likely be junior Tommy Henry, a veteran southpaw. Henry started off his season strong, allowing just four earned runs in his first seven starts, but the wheels have fallen off lately and he has allowed 13 earned runs in his past two starts alone. To capitalize on this Michigan vulnerability, NU will need Dunn to come through, and if he continues to hit at the torrid clip he showed off last weekend against Maryland — 6 hits and 7 RBIs in 13 at-bats — the Cats should be in good shape. Both teams have played Ohio State (21-17, 4-5) in Columbus, to varying degrees of success. NU’s bats came alive in the series earlier this month, plating 30 total runs with a combined winning margin of 19. Michigan surprisingly lost two of three games to the Buckeyes in blowouts last weekend, allowing ten runs eachl in Friday and Saturday defeats. At this relatively early point in the conference season, eight teams are within 1.5 games of each other in the third to tenth spots in the standings. A series win, or even just one victory, would help the Cats separate themselves from the pack and increase their chances of making the eight-team tournament. Following a tough midweek loss to Notre Dame, Erro said the team is looking to rebound this weekend. Facing a litany of good Fighting Irish arms, he said, served as a learning experience for the team. “Overall, we’ve been playing good baseball,” Erro said. “So we’re not going to let one hiccup just completely alarm us. We’re going to keep playing our game and take a good weekend into Michigan.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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It would be easy for Northwestern to get caught up in the excitement of last weekend’s thrilling sweep of Wisconsin. But the Wildcats have to get right back to work, as they welcome in Purdue for their final home weekend series of the year. NU (33-7, 12-0 Big Ten) is playing its best softball of the season, riding an 11-game winning streak and holding sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. The Cats still have plenty of work ahead of them, however, and coach Kate Drohan said she has been reminding them to stay focused. “I actually joke with the team often, I don’t let them get too happy about a win,” Drohan said. “They’ve got about three or four hours after, but when they put their head on the pillow, they’ve got to get refocused for what they need to do the next day.” Prior to last year, NU had beaten the Boilermakers (30-17, 6-8) in 17 straight meetings. But Purdue took advantage of a struggling Cats pitching staff and won two of three last April in West Lafayette, Indiana, scoring 28 runs in the series. That Boilermakers team finished 16-40, while this year’s group has nearly doubled that win total already. However, Purdue has not played a particularly difficult schedule, and has stumbled a bit since conference play began. The Boilermakers did pound Notre Dame — a team ranked in the top 30 of RPI — 10-1 on Tuesday. The Boilermakers are an offenseoriented team, led by Jenny Behan, who leads them in nearly all offensive categories and is in the top five in the Big Ten in hits, runs, home runs and total bases. As a team, Purdue has five starters hitting above .300. “It hasn’t been that hard to get

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The Wildcats talk at the mound. NU will look to continue its 11-game win streak this weekend against Purdue.

the team refocused and to get them ready for Purdue,” Drohan said. “We dropped the series to them last year, so there’s a lot of good work happening this week in practice.” NU’s pitching should be much better equipped to handle the Boilermakers’ offense this year than last. Freshman Danielle Williams has been the best pitcher in the conference, leading the Big Ten in ERA, opponents’ batting average and strikeouts. Sophomore Kenna Wilkey struggled her last time out but is a reliable second option, and senior Kaley Winegarner and junior Morgan Newport have performed well when they’ve been called upon. The Cats’ two seniors — left fielder Morgan Nelson and first baseman Lily Novak — will be honored before Sunday’s game. Winegarner is a senior as well, but has another year of eligibility after being injured nearly all of last year. Nelson is a four-year starter, having

played third base her first two years before moving to the outfield. She helped carry the offense down the stretch a year ago, batting .459 with 28 RBIs in her last 22 games en route to being named to first-team All-Big Ten. Her power numbers are down this year, but her .441 on-base percentage is tops on the team. Novak became a full-time starter in 2018, when she was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive team. This year has been the best offensive season of her career, and her extra-innings walk-off home run completed NU’s series sweep last weekend against the Badgers. “It’s been one of the highlights of my career watching them grow and mature during their time here,” Drohan said. “Two people who care an awful lot about this place; they come from great families, and they’ve put their heart and soul into it.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu