The Daily Northwestern - April 25th, 2024

The ‘rattiest’ block no more

Residents gain ground in battle against city rats

By SHUN GRAVES the daily northwestern @realshungraves

Rats scurried in broad daylight outside Insomnia Cookies in downtown Evanston. At night, the longtailed rodents leapt out of trash cans. And around the clock, they forced nearby businesses to wage a “losing battle” to keep them away, store operations manager Laura Dundas said in early March.

She estimated that hundreds had overrun the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue. Defeat to mere rodents seemed almost certain.

No battle plan could contain them “outside of nuclear war,” she said.

Less than two months later, the rats have largely vanished. In an apparent victory for humans, downtown Evanston’s once-rattiest block may no longer be the rattiest.

The battle may not have fully ended — and the furry fracas could return. Still, for

Dundas and other proprietors, going weeks without spotting the fearsome critters has offered a welcome relief.

“When it gets to the point where students and anyone who’s out at night makes jokes about how many rats there are, I’m sure the city has to take notice,” Dundas said this week.

Next door at Jimmy John’s, employee Mary Garcia hailed the recent repaving of a trash-strewn alley as one reason the rat pack disappeared. At the same time, however, their apparent demise arrived on the heels of yearslong efforts by the city’s rodent control team. Evanston has long grappled with waves of infestations. A 1978 front-page story in The Daily called one the “worst rodent problem in recent memory,” with about 250 sightings reported over six months. As of late, Evanston has received more than 300 reports over a similar period, according to figures provided this month by city officials.

The recent infestation erupted as restaurants moved past the COVID-19

» See RATS , page 6

ASG signs divestment resolution

Senators

vote to

By ISAIAH STEINBERG the daily northwestern @isaiahstei27

The Associated Student Government Senate passed a

call for NU’s disa liation with Israeli institutions

resolution Wednesday to add its signature to the Northwestern People’s Resolution, which calls for the University to protect the civil liberties of proPalestinian community members and divest from Israeli institutions.

With the passage of the emergency legislation, the resolution — sponsored by NU’s chapters of Educators for Justice in Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine,

NU Hillel hosts community Seder

Event celebrates traditions, Jewish experience for rst night of Passover

By KELLEY LU the daily northwestern @kelleylu_

Traditional Passover foods, drinks and flowers decorated tables at NU Hillel during the community Seder to mark the first night of Passover Monday.

Seder is a traditional meal celebrated with songs and prayers and traditionally held with friends and family on the first two nights of Passover. This year, NU Hillel organized a Traditional Seder and a Reform Seder featuring social justice themes.

The holiday retells and celebrates the story of Jewish liberation from Egyptian slavery over 3,000 years ago. The Haggadah, a Jewish text read throughout the night, guides the order of the feast, starting with Kadesh, the blessing over wine, and ending with Nirtzah, expressions of hopes and prayers.

The tradition is to tell the story in first-person to relive the Exodus together as a community and be “connected to

the Jewish story throughout time and space,” according to NU Hillel’s website.

Weinberg sophomore and NU Hillel religious and spiritual life co-chair Haley Shamah said Hillel’s staff works to foster a community and provide resources for students to celebrate Passover and recreate the family experience associated with Seders.

Some Jewish students do not celebrate Passover at home with Passover Seders, Shamah said, but Hillel hopes to provide the space for all students to come together to try the custom and celebrate the holiday together.

“Obviously, nothing will compare to the traditions that you’re used to at home and home-cooked food,” Shamah said. “Our hope is that the community that we build at Hillel and the broader Northwestern community will definitely be a fun substitute.”

NU Hillel staff works with NU Dining to provide Kosher Passover meals, according to Shamah. Monday’s Seder menu featured traditional dishes such as chicken matzo

Students enjoyed a Passover Seder

ball soup, eggplant schnitzel and chocolate chiffon cake.

Shamah said food is central to the celebration.

“Passover food is a way for me to connect with my heritage,” Shamah said. “I’ve taken that opportunity in that platform to share with

my fellow classmates some of the Seder traditions we do at home.”

Communication sophomore Roie Dahan’s family tradition begins Seder with chraime, a Moroccan fish dish

» See PASSOVER , page 6

and Jewish Voice for Peace — received the support of the liaison between the student body and the administration. The ASG legislation passed

» See SENATE , page 6

Swae Lee to headline Dillo

Hip-hop and R&B musician to perform at 52nd NU festival, Mayfest announces

By MARY RANDOLPH daily senior staffer @marywrandolph

Hip-hop and R&B musician Swae Lee will headline Northwestern’s 52nd Dillo Day, Mayfest Productions announced Wednesday. The artist, known for the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd and songs like “Sunflower” with Post Malone and “Unforgettable” with French Montana, epitomizes this year’s festival’s summer camp theme, Mayfest wrote in a Wednesday news release.

“No other artist would be able to simultaneously take us all back to our summer camp days and perform current hits in the way that Swae will, with a nonstop set of songs everyone knows the words to,” Mayfest Booking Director and SESP senior Armaan Ajani said.

Lee has written songs for artists including Beyoncé and Travis Scott. With 14 years in the industry, Mayfest wrote, Lee still has more to come.

“It’s rare, I think, that we get to feature an artist who has such an extraordinary legacy and still so much ahead of them,” Talent Buyer and Weinberg junior Nathan Dent said. “We’re getting the best of both worlds in the sense that Swae Lee has given us so many classics and is still only beginning to show us what he’s capable of as a solo artist.”

Dillo Day wristband registration for the May 18 festival is now open. Northwestern students get free admission and can pay $25 for an undergraduate guest ticket. Alumni can pay $30 for tickets.

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The Senate passed similar divestment resolutions in 2015 and 2021.

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with the NU Hillel community.

Wood- red Montreal-style bagels to come to Evanston

By MAYA WONG the daily northwestern @mayaw0ng

On a trip to Montreal in 1994, Brad Nadborne tried what he called the best bagel he’d ever eaten.

Baked in a wood-fired oven, Montreal-style bagels are unique for their crisp outside, chewy inside and distinct smoky flavor, Nadborne said. Now, he is set to bring this delicacy to Evanston by opening a bagel shop of his own.

Opening in June at 827 Chicago Ave., Lefty’s Righteous Bagels will be one of the first Montreal-style bagel shops in Chicagoland, selling unique flavors like jardinière and rosemary salt.

A former college basketball coach, lawyer and commodity trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Nadborne is no stranger to new ventures.

interest and passions,” he said.

“I’m like, ‘Let’s go for it. Let’s give this a try. Let’s open Lefty’s Righteous Bagels.’”

Nadborne began baking bagels as a quarantine passion project after retiring from coaching basketball. He soon decided that his next life project would be a bagel shop, and began tinkering with his bagel recipes to perfect them.

“I’ve done a bunch of things in my life that I’ve been very fortunate to do, and this just sparked

During vacations, Nadborne had visited numerous bagel shops, touring their kitchens and talking to their owners — all as research for Lefty’s. Last summer, he signed a lease for his shop.

“People love bagels,” he said. “I liken it to an ice cream shop. You can walk into an ice cream shop sad, but you don’t walk out of there sad. It’s the same with bagels.”

Creating Lefty’s Righteous Bagels has been a family-andfriends affair. Nadborne’s brother, a real estate agent, helped him sign the lease for the storefront. His girlfriend’s daughter manages social media and marketing. And a close friend, the wife of the University of Chicago men’s basketball head coach — under whom Nadborne was assistant coach — is director of hospitality.

meaningful to them but also not have their career be the only thing in their life. They should do things that give them joy,” Lucnik-Garcia said. “For Brad, I think he’s picking his last said Nadborne compared the excitement of serving bagels to a basketball game day.

Nadborne’s girlfriend, Mary LucnikGarcia, has been supportive throughout his bagel journey, accompanying him on many bagel-eating sprees and being his main taste-tester.

“People should have their careers really be

On a visit to his daughter’s college, Nadborne coordinated with the school’s head chef to make breakfast for students, LucnikGarcia said. Nadborne woke up early to bake hundreds

the cafeteria doors, Lucnik-Gar-

While Lefty’s grand opening is still two months away, Medill freshman Milan Hawk said she’s already intrigued to try it.

“I don’t know that many bagel places in Evanston besides Einstein Bros.

Bagels, but it’s a chain, so I’m excited for a new local shop,” Hawk said.

Survivor Action Week rebrands program

Content warning: is story contains mentions of sexual assault and violence.

is week, survivors of sexual assault and their allies will gather in solidarity spaces across campus. Survivor Action Week — formally known as Take Back the Night Week — is a weeklong program of activities dedicated to supporting survivors, ranging from an open mic to zine-making. e week will culminate Friday with the Clothesline Project at e Arch, a visual display where survivors can create shirts that represent their stories.

e rebranding comes as the Center for Awareness, Response and Education renames its Sexual Assault Awareness Month to Sexual Assault Action Month. e two have events that overlap, with the keynote speaker for SAAM — intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis — featuring in Survivor Action Week’s programming.

Weinberg senior Savannah Graziano, who is coleading this year’s programming with SESP junior Adrienne Scheide, said sexual assault is now perceived and discussed di erently than when Take Back the Night Week was originally established.

e new name re ects survivor agency and the goal of community-building in the program, rather than the intention behind the previous name, which was to “bring light to the night,” Graziano said.

“It demysti es the whole notion of sexual violence and assault in a way that I think is highly bene cial to the audience that we’re trying to reach,” Medill freshman and commi ee member Sophia Gutierrez said about the rebrand.

Gutierrez added that the change has also impacted the intentions behind the week’s programming. Some events, like Pagonis’ talk, are more educational, while others are more casual, like yoga or a movie screening.

e programming is responsive to the needs of di erent survivors, as they may not want to process their trauma in the same way, Gutierrez said.

“Everything is so intentional, and really the focal point is accessibility,” Scheide said. “It’s extremely important to me that everyone feels welcome somehow throughout the week.”

Scheide said the activities are also meant to foster community between survivors wanting to share their stories. She added that survivorship events don’t always have to “bare your soul” and that it is more important survivors don’t feel alone.

With this in mind, Scheide said Survivor Action Week hosts its events in multiroom spaces, in case participants need areas to relax and decompress.

While some might nd the True Northwestern Dialogue on consent su cient, Gutierrez said she feels there is much to be done on combating rape culture at Northwestern.

“Rape culture doesn’t always have to be like ‘someone got sexually assaulted at this party,’ that’s

a tangible thing,” Gutierrez said. “Rape culture is making a joke that’s sexist. Rape culture is not saying anything when that joke has been made.”

Similarly, dismantling perceived notions of sexual assault — like that it solely occurs at night or that it’s always perpetrated by a man — is important in supporting survivors, Scheide said.

Engaging with organizations like CARE and Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators is another method of aiding survivors, Graziano said. On an individual level, she said, support means listening to survivors and being willing to discuss the issue of sexual assault.

“Support is saying, ‘I hear you, I believe you. It’s not your fault,’” Graziano said. “Just reminding people that they aren’t alone.”

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Illustration by Beatrice Villaflor

The rebrand of Take Back the Night Week happened in conjunction with the Center for Awareness, Response and Education renaming its Sexual Assault Awareness Month to Sexual Assault Action Month.

LTE: Reinstate NU fraternities’ consent training requirement

In 2022, Fraternity and Sorority Life at Northwestern quietly eliminated its mandatory requirement for consent and sexual assault prevention trainings for NU fraternities.

This decision, which was only communicated to us a month ago, was shocking, for it is regressive and antithetical to NU’s core values. Prior to the mandate’s lifting, NU fraternities were required to schedule annual consent workshops with Masculinity, Allyship, Reflection, Solidarity for their incoming class.

Every Interfraternity Council organization complied, and even some non-IFC fraternities reached out for programming. However, since the mandate was lifted, only one IFC fraternity, Delta Tau Delta, has scheduled such a workshop with MARS.

In the past few years, there have been multiple series of op-eds and protests surrounding sexual assault and Greek life. According to the Campus Climate Survey, one in three women and one in nine men report an experience with sexual assault.

FSL’s eradication of its requirement for consent and sexual assault prevention negatively impacts the NU

OPINION

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

student body, specifically members of Greek life.

MARS is an all-masculine-identifying peer education group affiliated with the Center for Awareness, Response & Education that provides education around healthy masculinity, power dynamics and bystander intervention in predominantly “masculine” spaces at NU.

CARE promotes activism in and around NU through consulting work, student panels, mentorship for middle and high school students and workshops. These workshops cover not only consent but also privilege, gender, accountability and intersectionality. They start discussions, encouraging participants to open up about their experiences with relationships and masculinity. These training sessions aim to destigmatize holding oneself and others accountable and aim to inform each member of the organization on how to challenge restrictive notions of masculinity that could make others uncomfortable or unwelcome.

The removal of IFC’s obligation to have these trainings directly harms the larger NU student body. Fraternities organize a large portion of the social events attended by NU underclassmen. As the hosts of these events, fraternities have a social responsibility to ensure the wellbeing of all of their attendees, regardless of membership.

Chapter members who have attended a MARS training on sexual violence prevention and supporting

survivors can better ensure their events are fun and safe places for all.

Moreover, survivors of sexual assault tend to be women and disproportionately women of color. Since most members of IFC chapters do not share those identities, training is especially helpful in fostering healthy spaces for identities other than theirs.

The removal of these mandated trainings also harms members of the fraternities. In masculine-dominant spaces, certain norms and cultures emphasizing the most restrictive and harmful notions of masculinity can develop. These norms and cultures are not only harmful to those outside of the group but those within it as well.

However, a restrictive culture is not inevitable in masculine spaces. With proper training, dialoguing and reflection, these organizations can become more welcoming and positive spaces that empower their members to grow and flourish.

MARS firmly believes that everyone benefits from spaces where people respect one another, hold one another accountable and engage healthily with their identities.

We recommend IFC, FSL and NU reinstate the requirement and enforce the requirement. In its decision, FSL cited the time pressure from existing mandatory substance use training, but we cannot reduce the harm of substance use without addressing consent.

This requirement is asking for 90 minutes of time,

once a year, which is more than reasonable. We also call upon each IFC-member institution to reach out independently to MARS and schedule a workshop this spring before they are required to.

Finally, we encourage students concerned by this change to contact FSL and demand that the training requirement be reinstated immediately. The importance of education and accountability, especially concerning consent, violence, power and Greek life cannot be overstated.

This current situation is unacceptable, as it perpetuates the idea that IFC-member institutions do not need to take responsibility for safety in their spaces. However, this mistake is fixable, and easily so.

Signed, Savir Maskara, Victor Cirollo, and Austin Segal on behalf of MARS, Survivor advocacy through Greek Engagement, Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, and Sustained Dialogue.

If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Dear President Schill and Provost Hagerty, Northwestern’s University Mission declares its commitment to encourage debate; champion access, diversity and belonging; strengthen our community; and care about one another. NU Student Affairs pledges to uphold a commitment to social justice; confront practices that inhibit equity and justice; seek first to listen and understand; be curious and open to learning; and ask questions instead of ascribing intent.

We, the undersigned NU faculty of different backgrounds and political viewpoints, come together in support of these principles and in the firm belief that the University will violate its own commitments if it were to take any action to block our students’ rights to peaceful speech, assembly and dissent.

This is a historic moment in which students across the country and around the world are voicing what they want their universities to be and do in terms of policies, ethics, partnerships and finances. These students’ visions are based on an informed understanding of our collective well-being and, oftentimes, in a principled objection to that which impedes it.

As NU affirms, students have a right to ask questions. NU’s vision statements require us to listen and engage with respect. The University will fail in its most basic promises and commitments if it moves to shut down student gatherings rather than open spaces for transparent and serious discussion.

Northwestern has a long history of successful student protests and strikes dating back to the 1960s. The students who are engaging in protests today are upholding and strengthening that proud tradition. Should the current administration choose to stand in their way, it will be on the wrong side of history.

We return to NU’s pledge to “ask questions instead of ascribing intent.” We will not tolerate the weaponization of unfounded presumptions of bigotry to smear and silence students who are not engaging in anything of the sort. And as educators, we will not stand for the criminalization of peaceful protest on our campus.

Signed,

Wendy Pearlman, Professor of Political Science and Middle East & North Africa Studies, WCAS; Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Professor of Religious Studies & Political Science, WCAS; Elizabeth Smith, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Anthropology and WCAS Advising; Josh Honn, Humanities and Prison Education Librarian, University Libraries; Hannah Feldman, Associate Professor of Art History, WCAS; Ipek Kocaomer Yosmaoglu, Associate Professor of History, WCAS; Katrina Quisumbing King, Assistant Professor of Sociology, WCAS; Katherine E. Hoffman, Associate Professor, Anthropology & MENA Studies, WCAS; Michelle N. Huang, Assistant Professor, English & Asian American Studies, WCAS; Michael Loriaux, Professor of Political Science, WCAS; Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor, SESP; Zach Wood-Doughty, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Computer Science, WCAS; Nitasha Sharma, Professor and Director, Black Studies and Asian American Studies, WCAS; Kalyan Nadiminti, Assistant Professor of English, WCAS; Moya Bailey, Professor of Communication Studies; Doug Kiel, Associate Professor of History, Center

for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), and Kaplan Humanities Institute; Loubna El Amine, Assistant Professor of Political Science, WCAS; Beatriz O. Reyes, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Global Health Studies Program; Native American and Indigenous Studies, CNAIR; Qiu Fogarty, Associate Director, Social Justice Education; Emrah Yildiz, Assistant Professor, Anthropology & Middle East & North African Studies; Sonya Kaleel, Adjunct Faculty/Coach, School of Education & Social Policy / MSLOC; Erica Weitzman, Associate Professor of German, WCAS; Ian Hurd, Professor & Director, Political Science & Weinberg Center for Int’l & Area Studies; Alithia Zamantakis, Research Assistant Professor, ISGMH and Medical Social Sciences, FSM; Luis Amaral, E.O. Haven Professor, McCormick; Santiago Molina, Assistant Professor of Sociology, WCAS; Steven W. 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NU Democrats, Republicans debate key issues

By PAVAN ACHARYA daily senior staffer @pavanmacharya

This fall, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will likely square off in a series of debates ahead of the 2024 general election.

But on Tuesday night, Northwestern Democrats and Republicans had the chance to discuss some of the top issues this election cycle in their own debate.

NU College Democrats, NU College Republicans and the University’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom all participated in Tuesday’s event, which was hosted by NU’s chapter — founded last academic year — of BridgeUSA, a multipartisan youth organization.

“The idea is that we hear both sides out and there’s some form of relationship-building and listening to both sides,” said Weinberg sophomore Katherine Mezzalingua, BridgeUSA at NU’s copresident. “We don’t need to agree. It’s just the willingness to listen that is important.”

We don’t need to agree. It’s just the willingness to listen that is important.

- BridgeUSA at NU co-president KATHERINE MEZZALINGUA

About 150 students gathered at Harris Hall to attend the debate, which centered on three core topics: abortion, gun control and immigration. Two students — a Democrat and a Republican — debated one another on each topic. College Republicans and YAF members represented students from the Republican side.

Abortion

The debate between Weinberg senior and former College Republicans President Agustin Bayer and Weinberg sophomore and College Democrats’ coPresident Clark Mahoney on abortion drew more verbal responses from the crowd than any other topic discussed.

Though Bayer argued that abortions were equivalent to murder, Mahoney said denying the practice to women and child-bearing people violated basic human rights. Mahoney added that denying abortion access in the U.S. is against the will of the American people.

Our question tonight is whether it is morally acceptable to kill an innocent child.

I believe it cannot be so.

- Former College Republicans

President AGUSTIN BAYER on abortion

A May 2023 Gallup Poll found that 61% of Americans were opposed to the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision undid a constitutional right to an abortion and left the states to decide the issue.

Throughout the debate on abortion, Bayer referred to a fetus as a baby and argued that abortion-rights stances were “anti-science.” He also compared abortion to slavery, citing both as examples of a “moral evil.”

“Our question tonight is whether it is morally acceptable to kill an innocent child,” Bayer said. “I believe it cannot be so.”

In response, Mahoney said the belief that a fetus

is a baby is an opinion that should not be forced on all Americans through an abortion ban. He added that abortion bans with exceptions for specific circumstances — like when the life of a mother is in danger — still take a healthcare choice away from women and cause harm.

While Mahoney gave a nonspecific answer on proposed policy related to abortion, Bayer advocated for a change to the U.S. Constitution that would ban abortions with exceptions for when the life of the mother is in danger.

Gun control

Weinberg junior and NUCR executive board member Jeanine Yuen represented the Republicans while Weinberg sophomore and NU College Democrats’ co-President Adam Durr represented the Democrats.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, the number of mass shootings per year in the U.S. more than doubled — from 273 to 647 — between 2014 to 2022. The number of school shootings has also increased during this time period.

Both Yuen and Durr agreed that the rise in mass shootings is a problem, but differed in how to address the increase.

If guns made us safer, we would be the safest country in the world.

- NU College Democrats co-President ADAM DURR on gun control

Durr proposed comprehensive gun control legislation, arguing that the prevalence of mass shootings in the U.S. was largely attributable to a high rate of gun ownership. There are about 120.5 civilian

guns per 100 people in the U.S., the highest in the world and more than double the rate of secondplace Yemen.

“If guns made us safer, we would be the safest country in the world,” Durr said.

Yuen, however, argued against increasing gun control measures nationwide. She said existing laws aimed at preventing criminals or mentally unfit individuals from obtaining guns are sufficient.

Any additional forms of gun control would be a “superficial solution,” Yuen added, and would infringe upon a Second Amendment right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

The U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the Second Amendment right to bear arms in recent years. In 2022, the Court ruled 6-to-3 that Americans have a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public, without having to demonstrate a “special need.”

Immigration

Participants discussed immigration policy, with Communication freshman and NU College Democrats’ Programming Director Aditi Adve repping the Democrats and McCormick sophomore Caleb Nunes — an op-Ed contributor for The Daily — taking the stage for the Republicans.

Nunes advocated for a more restrictive immigration system that accepts immigrants in “dire circumstances.” He criticized both Biden and Trump’s immigration policies and said they failed to enforce laws requiring that undocumented immigrants be detained at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Adve expressed a different sentiment, calling for a more efficient immigration policy to allow more people to enter the U.S. legally. She added that the U.S. should support immigrants who are essential workers by increasing the federal minimum wage.

The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 and hasn’t increased since 2009.

While Tuesday’s debate between student Republicans and Democrats was the first of its kind in recent years, Weinberg senior and debate moderator Edward Dowd said it would not be the last.

“In the past, we’ve seen (NU) Democrats and Republicans do their own thing, but they’ve never really come together before,” Dowd said. “So just trying to get people a taste of what could come. That is what BridgeUSA is all about.”

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20-2 with nine abstentions in a roll call vote. Weinberg sophomore and Hillel Senator Talia Winiarsky and SESP freshman and College Democrats Senator Giavanna Chopra, who had a proxy vote in her place at the meeting, opposed the resolution.

ASG’s resolution was authored by SJP, JVP, and Medill freshman and Senator Taylor Hancock, a current Daily staffer. Weinberg freshman and Senator Jamal Omoniyi also co-wrote the legislation.

“I think it was something that was necessary, because in the past, we did push this with legislation,” Omoniyi said. “It was passed before and Northwestern did nothing about it.”

In 2015 and 2021, the Senate passed resolutions calling on NU to divest from Israeli institutions and companies that provided funding or weapons to Israel.

The People’s Resolution is very similar to these

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pandemic, The Daily reported last year. Dumpsters overflowing with food waste sat close to burrows in a planter on Sherman Avenue. That planter remains pockmarked with holes, a reminder of what Dundas called a “condo” for rats earlier this year.

For businesses, keeping the rodents outside required Herculean efforts. Bleaching hallways and installing door stops may have kept them out, but the struggle took a toll. Multiple Northwestern students said they witnessed rodents even on quick trips downtown.

“If it’s a gang war between rats and people, there’s probably more rats than us,” Dundas said in March. “And they probably will win because they know how to survive better than we do.”

Still, step by step, the humans quelled the rodent uprising — starting with a Civic Center shakeup.

In 2022, the city brought its rodent control in-house and away from outside contractors. The move improved response times, according to the Evanston Health and Human Services Department.

Yet, beyond using bait boxes emblazoned with “City of Evanston” logos, the city has also deployed an invisible but effective killer.

“Carbon dioxide is injected into the rat burrows, thereby resulting in the significant decrease of rat populations,” Health and Human Services wrote in a statement to The Daily.

previous resolutions, but Omoniyi said the latest resolution has received more widespread attention and support.

ASG’s action comes as Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian officials. Israel’s ground and air offensive follows the militant group Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel which killed about 1,200 Israelis, according to Israeli officials.

Following ASG’s decision, NU Hillel released a statement calling the People’s Resolution antisemitic and saying similar resolutions “demonize Israel, normalize harmful rhetoric and further divide the campus community.”

With 31 senators and dozens of non-senators in attendance, the meeting saw debate between supporters and opponents of the resolution. Medill sophomore and Wildcats for Israel Senator Madeleine Stern, along with Winiarsky, debated with Weinberg sophomore and Undergraduate Schools Caucus Whip Kaitlyn

Last year the city held a “Rodent Control Academy” lecture to teach residents about rodent control and is planning another lecture for this fall. City staff also lead rat walks, which involve inspecting rodent-infested sites to deduce possible causes.

Ald. Krissie Harris (2nd) said she took a rat walk in her ward with residents to learn more.

“There were certain things that I didn’t even know,” she said.

Alongside the city, the Downtown Evanston organization has tested steel netting, or “rat mesh,” to keep rodents from burrowing in planters. Andy Vick, the district’s executive director, said further collaboration with the city may lie ahead.

“It’s definitely on our radar,” Vick said in February. “It’s not a new problem. It’s an ongoing issue and one that we’re trying to deal with as quickly as we can.”

The rat race will continue, even if the pests have seemingly bowed out.

Dundas recalled reading a rodent history book during the height of the rats’ power. Though they’ve apparently departed for now, the rats proved themselves as strong competitors — and they left some lessons, she added.

You have to keep your enemies close by, she said. They might even earn your respect.

“They’re resourceful,” Dundas added. “They’ve been around longer than we’ve been around. They’ll be around when we’re gone.”

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Salgado-Alvarez, as well as members of SJP and EJP.

When Stern said Hamas used hospitals as human shields, many in the room voiced their disagreement. Meanwhile, arguments in support of the resolution were punctuated with snaps of approval from senators and non-senators alike.

“I think there are a lot of Jewish students on campus who will tell you this is antisemitic, and the fact that it uses the terms ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocide’ is something that I disagree with,” Winiarsky, a former Daily staffer, said.

Winiarsky, who is half-Israeli, added that she disagrees with the resolution’s assertion that Israel has occupied Gaza for its entire 76-year existence. She also added that she supports a ceasefire and a two-state solution but that she did not want the resolution to condemn Israel and its right to sovereignty.

Stern and Winiarsky asked for the resolution to be voted on after Passover so they would have time to propose amendments to the People’s Resolution. They

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he says is nostalgic for him.

After coming to NU, Dahan said he’s learned about different songs, prayers and foods being a Sephardic Jew among the majority Ashkenazi Jewish community at the University.

“It’s really interesting to hear how things are done here versus how I’m used to doing it. In my strain of Judaism, we’re allowed to eat grains and rice during Passover, whereas the Ashkenazi Jews don’t,” Dahan said. “A big part of my Seder at home is rice and dishes with grain, so I do kind of miss that.”

were outvoted.

Students who spoke in favor of the resolution said they sympathized with the emotional distress antisemitism brings but emphasized the difference between Judaism, which they supported, and Zionism, which they opposed. Several also said they oppose the Israel Innovation Project, an NU initiative which facilitates partnerships with Israeli universities.

Weinberg sophomore and Speaker of the Senate Grace Houren said ASG needs to confront tough issues facing the student body. She added that she supports the outcome of any vote in the Senate because she is confident that it reflects the student body.

“I think the outcome of whatever the Senate decides is a pretty good show of the student opinion,” Houren said. “I think the University should use that as a tell of what their students are interested in the University doing or what the students are thinking.”

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Spending her first Passover without her family, Communication freshman Amanda Swickle said she finds community within Hillel.

Swickle said she appreciates that Hillel provides immersive programming to still have the “full experience” of Passover.

“It’s been a little bit hard thinking about not being with my family, but honestly the whole community has turned into my second family,” Swickle said. “Walking into the Hillel building and seeing how many people signed up to be here is really special.”

Students of all grades will be leading class-specific Seders on Tuesday at Hillel. Swickle said that she looks forward to the Tuesday Seder to celebrate with close friends and meet new people.

“It’ll be really fun and just another way that spreads community and be with people that I love in a place that I love,” Swickle said.

Bach Week Festival returns to Evanston for last time

By RICHARD KIM the daily northwestern

Evanston’s perennial classical music festival is coming “Bach” for its grand finale.

Bach Week Festival will celebrate its 50th and final season in a two-weekend event around the Chicago area, highlighting the musical works of celebrated German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

The festival, which debuted in 1974 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, has been directed by organist, choirmaster and conductor Richard Webster (Bienen ’74, ’77) since its second year.

“Evanston residents have always been our audience base, our core,” Webster said. “We’ve been in a number of Chicago locations, but Evanston has always been our mother hub.”

The event, scheduled to begin this Friday, will start with a piano performance by Sergei Babayan featuring Bach’s preludes and fugues, along with the works of other famous composers. A candlelight concert will follow.

The first weekend will close with an afternoon concert, “Music Among Friends,” showcasing the music of Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel and others.

“Over the course of our rehearsals, I watch (the performers) sink their hearts and minds and voices into this amazing music,” Webster said. “I get such a wonderful, deep sense of satisfaction being a part of that and helping to bring out the best in them.”

The festival brings together musicians from all over Chicago, including performers from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Bienen School of Music.

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Several Evanston residents said the musicians’ passion for Bach’s work is evident in their performances and keeps the community coming back for more.

“This wonderful event provides a great opportunity for all ages to listen to and learn more about Baroque music,” Bienen lecturer Annie Hsiao said. “The evening candlelight concert is so special and unique.”

Jeff Yang (Bienen ’97), owner of an Evanston-based string instrument shop Chicago Strings, said he knows some of the festival’s performers and is confident that they will deliver a quality performance.

Like Hsiao, Yang said he appreciates how the festival spotlights classical music.

“It’s a great way to bring the whole music community together — everyone who lives in the area,” Yang said.

The second weekend of the festival will close with a performance of Bach’s renowned Mass in B Minor at St. Luke’s on May 5. This will be performed by the North Park University Chamber Singers and the Bach Week Festival Orchestra and Chorus, which is composed of professional singers from all around Chicago. Mass in B Minor will be the final piece ever performed at the festival. Yang said he is sad to see the annual tradition end.

“It’s kind of bittersweet, because classical music’s dying all around the U.S., and there’s less interest in the genre,” Yang said. “But still, I think it’s great that they’ve provided such a high-level experience of this genre for so long.”

After being involved in every one of the annual festivals, Webster also said he is regretful to witness the festival’s end.

However, Webster said he remains positive that there are still ample ways to listen to

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A orneys said in a statement that the goal is to avoid parties seeking the same information from repetitive sources and witnesses in separate court cases.

While this motion solely focused on discovery, a orneys expect to make a separate request to have a single jury hear both cases at once, according to the director of public relations at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard Marcie Mangan, the rm representing the students.

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classical music in Chicago.

“This has defined my last 50 years, and I’m grateful for it, but I do think it’s time for the festival to take a dignified bow out because there are other wonderful Baroque musical offerings

e players alleged in the lawsuit they were subjected to racial discrimination, hazing, physical abuse and retaliation while on the NU football team. Fitzgerald, who is suing the University for breach of contract and defamation, was red a er some of these allegations became public.

in the Chicagoland area,” Webster said. “We can say goodbye, and do it with a mix of sadness but also celebration.”

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“Both the hazing litigation and the Fitzgerald lawsuit name Northwestern University, and all cases have multiple overlapping issues, most notably the nature and extent of the alleged abuse and the action (or inaction) of Northwestern University,” the plainti s’ a orneys wrote in a statement. ey added that the allegations of abuse cited in the students’ suit are the same allegations that began the momentum leading up to Fitzgerald’s termination.

e University declined to comment on the pending litigation.

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Festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a final performance of the composer’s Mass in B.

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NU places third at weekend Big Ten Tournament

By LUCAS KIM daily senior staffer @lucaskim_15

Heading into last weekend’s Big Ten Championship, Northwestern looked to earn its first conference title since 2016. And as the only Big Ten team ranked within the top 30 nationally, the Wildcats had an opportune chance to do just that.

But after a poor second round — during which NU fell three places — coach Emily Fletcher’s squad finished in third place at 1-under, seven strokes behind conference champion Indiana.

“We just uncharacteristically made some bad swings, and we were sloppy. We beat ourselves,” Fletcher said. “We struggled adjusting to the green speeds compared to what we’ve been playing on, and we just didn’t adapt very well.”

The ’Cats began play Friday, putting themselves in second place after 18 holes of 1-under golf.

Junior Lauryn Nguyen paced the squad in round one with a teambest 5-under 67 and seven birdies as the only NU player to shoot under par.

The subsequent round witnessed the ’Cats drop from second to fifth place, tallying a 7-over 295.

According to Fletcher, a mid-round weather change forced teams to adapt as unexpected high wind speeds began picking up during play.

“We had some good opportunities, those first six or seven holes, and we didn’t take advantage of them,” Fletcher said. “Then the wind switched, and it got hard, and we just were a little impatient.”

NU accumulated a collective 22 bogeys and six double bogeys on Saturday as no ’Cats hit under par. Freshman Ashley Yun led the team with an even-par 72, finishing the round with three consecutive birdies despite the elements.

Standing 20 shots off first place and seven shots from third place, NU needed a bounce-back performance in the final round to avoid finishing outside the topfour teams for the first time since September.

The ’Cats returned on Sunday with a vengeance, tallying a roundbest 7-under 281.

Behind Yun’s 4-under 68 and Nguyen’s 2-under 70, NU proved its dominance en route to a topthree result. Senior Jieni Li and sophomore Jiayi Wang contributed with a 1-under 71 and even-par 72, respectively.

“I was really proud of our effort

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in the final round on Sunday,” Fletcher said. “(They) could have gotten a little bit discouraged and felt sorry for (themselves), but they didn’t do that. They really battled back and fought for every shot.”

On the individual leaderboard, Nguyen tied for fourth place at 5-under — marking the junior’s third straight top-10 result at the Big Ten Championships. In their first career postseason appearances, Yun and Wang followed with a 10th and 20th place finish, respectively.

With the conclusion of conference tournaments, the ’Cats now look toward the national scene after being selected to compete at the NCAA East Lansing Regional as the No. 2 seed.

This marks Fletcher’s 14th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance with NU advancing to the championship eight times during her tenure.

The ’Cats will need to place within the top-five of their regional tournament to advance to the championship where 30 teams will duke it out for the national title. Each of the six NCAA Regional sites will begin hosting their respective tournaments on May 6.

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Arnone leads NU’s walk-off win

By HENRY FRIEMAN the daily northwestern @henryfrieman

Last week, he was the 9-hole hitter, rounding out the order as an outfielder used primarily for his fielding.

This week, his bat came alive.

Graduate student outfielder Griffin Arnone went 2-of-4 with a home run and four RBIs Tuesday, the latest installment of a stretch of four games that has yielded seven RBIs.

Arnone — who before this weekend’s series at Illinois was batting .182 in April — broke out of his slump in Champaign, going 4-of-11 with three RBIs. And, Tuesday, he was perhaps one of the most integral pieces of Northwestern’s 7-6 victory over Illinois State.

“The season’s been a long chain of micro changes,” Arnone said. “Today I made a couple of changes, and it ended up working out.”

Early in the second inning, Arnone blooped a single to center to give the Wildcats (13-20, 2-10 Big Ten) a 2-1 lead over the Redbirds (20-18, 8-7 MVC).

After a fourth-inning flyout, Arnone stepped to the plate in the sixth frame with sophomore infielder

Trent Liolios standing on first base and NU trailing 5-4. He racked up two strikes, fouled off a pitch, took a ball and then fouled another.

With the count at 1-2, Arnone saw a fastball belt-high, turned his plant foot and swung. The Illinois State outfielder, making a mad dash to the fence, was left deflated at the warning track as Arnone’s ball soared for a two-run home run to put the ’Cats ahead 6-5.

“We moved him up in the order based on his performance,” coach Ben Greenspan said. “Quite honestly, he came to the plate a couple of times today where, earlier in the season, we would have bunted with him … the way he’s been swinging the bat, we turned him loose.”

Arnone’s fielding ability — which has enabled him to start every game this season in the outfield — manifested in a clutch moment.

With Redbird runners on first and second and the game tied at 6-6 in the top of the ninth, Illinois State infielder Shai Robinson hit a ball deep to leftcenter field, almost in the same spot as Arnone’s blast a few innings prior.

Arnone bolted from his alignment in center field, extending fully with his glove outstretched. A somersault later,

he picked up his glove to show the ball placed in the webbing, sending NU to bat with a chance to walk it off.

“(Arnone) staying present and making that catch was one of the biggest plays of the game,” Greenspan said.

The ’Cats won the game in walk-off fashion via a Liolios sacrifice fly in the 10th inning. Standing on the on-deck circle and one of the first to celebrate the victory was Arnone, who teammates call “Chief.”

Since April 14, Arnone has hit .400, driven in seven runs and smoked his first home run in over a month. The center fielder has demonstrated an ability to get on base in the past week.

“He works hard,” Greenspan said. “I’m happy for him to have the success he’s having … he’s playing really, really well on both sides of the baseball.”

As the ’Cats prepare for a matchup against Purdue at Wrigley Field on Friday, Arnone is buckled down and eager to continue making adjustments.

“I’ve just been able to put the ball in play really hard the past four or five games,” Arnone said. “I’m looking to keep that going.”

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No. 1 NU earns seven All-Big Ten honors

Smith pulled down 86 draw controls in 15 games, Coykendall recorded the second most assists in the Big Ten (41) and Halpern spearheaded NU’s stout defensive unit.

Three days after securing its third regular season Big Ten title in four seasons, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s squad was especially well represented in Wednesday’s all-conference honors. No. 1 Northwestern had seven honorees, tying for the second most in the league behind No. 7 Maryland. Graduate student attacker Izzy Scane and sophomore attacker Madison Taylor both nabbed unanimous first-team selections. Scane scored a conference-high 4.27 goals per game, while Taylor — the first sophomore to earn a unanimous selection since 2021 — tallied a Big Ten-best 5.53 points per game. Three Wildcats joined Scane and Taylor on the first team: Junior midfielder Samantha Smith, graduate student attacker Erin Coykendall and senior defender Kendall Halpern.

Senior defender Carleigh Mahoney and junior defender Sammy White earned second-team all-conference honors. Both defenders missed the team’s lone conference loss at Penn State due to injury.

Earning a spot on the sportsmanship team, senior midfielder Hannah Johnson has proved her impact beyond the field. The senior organized clothing drives alongside softball’s Kansas Robinson to support unhoused people and migrant children.

League individual honors will be announced next week, and several ’Cats will likely be in play for these awards. NU will return to Martin Stadium for a Big Ten semifinal against the winner of No. 5 Michigan and No. 15 Johns Hopkins May 2.

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Graduate student outfielder Griffin Arnone celebrates after hitting a home run against Illinois State. Arnone went 2-4 with four RBIs and a home run Tuesday.

Daily file photo by Henry Frieman Sophomore attacker Madison Taylor gears up for No. 1 Northwestern’s late-March game against Rutgers. Seven Wildcats earned spots on All-Big Ten teams Wednesday.

Photo courtesy of Albert Chang