The Daily Northwestern – April, 30, 2018

The Daily Northwestern Monday, April 30, 2018

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City seeks to better digital accessibility Evanston’s ‘digital divide’ concerns officials, residents

By CHRISTOPHER VAZQUEZ daily senior staffer @bychrisvazquez

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Jeff VanderMeer discusses his approach to environmental storytelling. The acclaimed speculative fiction author spoke in Harris Hall on Friday.

Author talks nature, storytelling

Jeff VanderMeer says personal experiences shaped books’ settings

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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Author Jeff VanderMeer said the experience that most informed his portrayal of nature in the novel “Annihilation” was an incident in which he

became paralyzed with fear after encountering a panther.

“That feeling of lack of control, but also acceptance and immersion into nature, is something people rarely feel in their lifetimes, but it’s very exciting in a way,” VanderMeer said.

The author, who focuses on environmental storytelling

— which emphasizes creating immersive experiences for readers — spoke Friday at Harris Hall during an event sponsored by the Environmental Humanities Research Workshop in the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities.

VanderMeer is most famous for his Southern Reach Trilogy,

a series following an organization and its exploration into an area of the United States that has been abandoned and reclaimed by nature. “Annihilation,” the first book in the series, won him a Nebula award and Shirley Jackson award in 2014 » See VANDERMEER, page 6

When the Evanston Public Library released a report on digital literacy in January 2016, one piece of information specifically sparked concern: The survey found that 14 percent of Evanston residents did not have access to Wi-Fi in their homes.

“I would credit the survey for creating a sense of urgency among city staff and other stakeholders and school districts,” said Luke Stowe, Evanston’s chief information officer. “If 14 percent is truly the number, then that’s about 14 percent too much, in our opinion.”

Lack of access to the internet and computers, commonly referred to as the city’s “digital divide,” has sparked concern and action from city staff and at EPL, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School/District 202.

The city’s efforts to address the divide since the survey include mapping locations in Evanston that offer free Wi-Fi and attracting more local internet service providers to

Evanston in an effort to increase competition and drive down prices. Stowe said he and his team have tried to increase awareness about the availability of subsidized internet packages that many carriers offer for families that meet certain income requirements.

He also said the library has begun a mobile hotspot lending program to decrease the divide.

Almost 100 hotspots are currently in circulation.

Although Stowe believes the root causes of the divide are largely related to income differences in the city, he said the exact cause and more specific data on the divide remain unknown.

“The library survey focused more on skill sets and how internet and tech savvy someone is,” Stowe said. “We want to dig a little bit deeper on the actual nuts and bolts. If you do have internet, let’s hear all about that. … Or if you don’t have it, why not and how can we help close that gap?”

Evanston digital services specialist Hillary Beata (Medill ’08) said the city has drafted a survey to collect additional data on digital accessibility in Evanston and plans to release it later this year.

Still, Stowe and Beata said current efforts to address the » See DIGITAL, page 6

Over 10,000 locals A&O Ball to feature Ty Dolla $ign B, A-Trak to join against racism Lil also perform at Community takes to streets for YWCA movement

By SYD STONE

daily senior staffer @sydstone16

A chorus of car horns blared down Ridge Avenue on Friday afternoon as drivers showed their support for community members lining the road holding signs that read “speak out against racism.”

An estimated 10,000 people on the North Shore took to the streets Friday to show their support for ending racism at the YWCA’s national Stand Against Racism event.

Stand Against Racism is an annual YWCA movement that aims to raise awareness of the effects racism can have on communities and is a part of the YWCA’s effort to encourage schools, businesses, faith groups and civic groups to use the month of April to discuss race and equity.

Evanston/North Shore YWCA director of racial justice programs Eileen Hogan

Heineman said she hopes the visibility of the event will increase awareness in Evanston.

“We’ve seen very clearly over the last few years, the ugliness of racism,” Heineman said. “It’s not just the individual racism, but we’re seeing how systemically it has not been addressed.”

This year marks the seventh year that Evanston has participated in the Stand Against Racism, and she said about seven local schools participated in the show of support.

Although people were spread throughout the city in different groups, supporters all read the “Stand Against Racism Pledge” in unison at 2:15 p.m. The pledge asks that participants be “mindful of all forms of bias, prejudice and discrimination” and “identify and eliminate any use of expressions of racism or racial stereotypes.”

Evanston/North Shore YWCA chief operating officer Kristen White said while Friday’s event was only 25 minutes long, it was one of » See STAND, page 6

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Friday’s concert

By JONAH DYLAN

daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan

Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B and A-Trak will perform at A&O Ball on Friday, A&O Productions announced Sunday.

This is the third year in a row that For Members Only and A&O will collaborate to host Ball. The three artists will perform at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, and Northwestern DJ group Dial Up will perform between sets, the news release said.

Ty Dolla $ign is a Grammynominated writer, producer and artist famous for songs like “Blasé” and “Love U Better.” His most recent album, Beach House 3, was released in October 2017 and reached the top 15 on the Billboard 200.

Lil B famously put a curse on former Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant before lifting it after Durant moved from the Thunder to the Golden State Warriors. Durant then won NBA Finals MVP. Lil B has also released nearly 3,000 songs and

is a part of the hip hop group The Pack.

A-Trak is a DJ who founded the record label Fool’s Gold and has worked with a number of artists, including Kid Cudi, Danny Brown and Flosstradamus.

A&O co-chairwoman Louisa Wyatt said A&O and FMO are excited to bring the three artists to Ball.

“Each artist has a really exciting and accessible music catalog,” the Medill senior said. “Lil B just added 30 albums to Spotify, A-Trak is an institution in the EDM space and Ty Dolla $ign has so many bangers, so we decided it’d be a really hype show with the three of them. I think the show will be a joyous, exciting and truly ‘‘based’ occasion.”

In Sunday’s release, A&O stressed that students who are not black should not use the N-word, noting that some of Ty Dolla $ign’s and Lil B’s songs include the word.

“A&O shows are for all students, and when non-black (not just white) students say the N-word, they alienate our black peers,” the release said.

A&O concerts chair Makena Seeney said each artist would bring a different element to the show.

“We always try to have a show that a lot of people can go to

Source: A&O Productions

Ty Dolla $ign. A&O Productions announced Sunday that the artist will be performing at A&O Ball alongside Lil B and A-Trak.

— whether or not they know the artists or are really fans of their specific genres — and just have a lot of fun,” the Medill senior said.

“I think all three artists that we have are very fun in pretty different ways from each other.”

An ASL interpreter will attend the event, the release also

said, and students can request accessibility seating and other accommodations.

Starting Monday, tickets will be available for $10 through the Norris Box Office. jonahdylan2020 @u.northwestern.edu

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AROUND TOWN EPL fair unites residents, mental health resources

By CAMERON COOK

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The Evanston Public Library hosted its first Mental Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday, providing a space for residents to meet with more than 25 clinical and holistic assistance providers.

Initial planning for the fair began last February, when Greg Simetz, community relations director at In-Home Counseling for Seniors, approached Justine Janis, the library’s social worker. They began to plan the resource fair together in hopes of facilitating a way for Evanston residents to connect with local mental health care providers.

“The two top (mental health) issues are awareness and access,” Simetz said. “A lot of people don’t know where to begin when they want to find help for mental health issues. There’s nothing better than a health fair to, in one fell swoop, introduce a lot of people to a lot of different providers.”

In addition to tables for residents to meet with providers, the fair offered self-assessment screening tools for attendees, based on research from the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” which is widely considered the definitive resource for clinical diagnoses of mental illness.

Janis said the assessment tools were meant to provide an opportunity for visitors to assess their needs and later schedule a follow-up consultation with a mental health professional.

Jill Skwerski, EPL’s community engagement librarian, helped organize the event and said the assessments allowed self-screening for depression,

POLICE BLOTTER Man reportedly pulls knife, threatens driver during traffic altercation A man reportedly drew a knife and made verbal threats Thursday afternoon to a driver near the intersection of Dempster Street and Ridge Avenue.

A 44-year-old man from Winthrop Harbor,

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Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. EPL hosted a mental health fair on Saturday for residents to connect with local mental health service providers.

anxiety, PTSD, adverse childhood experiences and substance abuse. “(The fair) is really a community event,” Skwerski said. “Without the collaboration of all the organizations it would not have happened.”

Simetz said helping community members learn

about options for mental health treatments was not the fair’s only goal. He said he also wanted to provide an opportunity for mental health providers to speak with one another and exchange resources.

“There’s such a great amount of need,” Simetz said. “Not everyone can help everyone, so they

Illinois, was involved in an altercation with another driver at 3:00 p.m. The man was driving eastbound on Dempster Street, pulling into a parking lot on the south side of Dempster between Dodge Avenue and Asbury Avenue, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

When he parked the vehicle, a red Nissan pulled up in front of him, parking in the traffic lane. The driver of the Nissan, described as

a white man between 60 and 65 years of age, exited quickly and approached the 44-year-old, Glew said.

The man shouted at him, and when the 44-year-old told him to return to his car, the man presented a knife from his waistband, shouting “Do you want to get messed up?” before returning to his vehicle, Glew said. He was last seen leaving westbound on Dempster.

need to know who they can refer their clients to.”

The library also displayed art created by community members with experiences with mental illness. Janis said she originally reached out to two Chicago-based organizations: Thresholds, which provides services and programming for people with mental illnesses, and Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare to source the art, but received additional offers once word got out.

“I got some community members calling like, ‘Oh, I actually struggled with X, Y and Z and I have an art piece that really showcases it,’” she said.

“It’s been so great to see how talented these people are, and I just know it means a lot for people to be able to have a space to showcase their art.”

She added that the artwork will be available for purchase.

Simetz said EPL is on its way to becoming a center for mental health advocacy.

“This is just the first salvo of mental health events,” he said. “The library wants to do a series of events throughout the year, so we’ll have other education opportunities (and) other screening opportunities.”

People with mental illnesses are an often overlooked part of the community, Janis said, adding that she hoped the fair would help normalize discussion of mental wellness.

“Mental illness is a commonplace thing, and everyone is going to experience some level of mental health symptoms,” Janis said. “People who have mental health issues are people too. There is help out there and recovery is possible.” cameroncook2021@u.northwestern.edu

The 44-year-old stated he would be able to identify the man if he saw him again. The incident was recorded on his dashcam video, Glew said. The Nissan driver’s license plate was also recorded.

Nobody is in custody at this time and the investigation is pending, Glew said. ­— Colin Boyle

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College campuses should be places of experimentation and change where small actions contribute to a broader goal, Provost Jonathan Holloway said Saturday at Northwestern’s annual TEDx conference.

Holloway was the last speaker of the conference, held in the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, and rounded out a day of talks ranging from people’s obsession with perfection to artificial intelligence.

This year’s conference — titled “Against the Grain” — featured speakers who have challenged the norm and addressed how small changes can gradually accumulate to have a global impact.

The conference also featured student group performances and screenings of official TED Talk videos.

During his talk, Holloway discussed the climate of political correctness on college campuses, especially amid protests and change. Holloway touched on his own experiences with protests and difficult conversations on campus from his time as a student at Stanford University and later as the dean of Yale College.

“Universities (provide opportunities for) experimenting and finding new voices and new ideas,” Holloway said. “Of course they are also charged with preserving old ideas and talking about what has value in those ideas.”

He said at Yale, faculty and students often looked to the University’s past to inform how they dealt with contemporary campus issues. Holloway added that he learned to appreciate this level of reflection and use the past as a model.

“College campuses, after all, are and should be dedicated to experimentation,” Holloway said.

Earlier in the day, International attorney Angela Walker (School of Law ’13) spoke about the variety of her experiences since graduating from NU. Walker said she has facilitated conflict resolution workshops in the aftermath of the Cambodian genocide, clerked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and represented survivors of sexual violence in the

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Walker told The Daily she understands firsthand the challenges of making a mark in a maledominated field. She said when girls ask her about empowering themselves and finding their voices, she challenges them to answer three questions: “ask yourself who you are, what your passions are and how who you are aligns with your passions.”

Walker said she strives to use her work and legal practice as both a “healing opportunity” and platform to give women around the world a voice.

“Like the leaders before us, we start by asserting the power of our own voice,” Walker said. “When half of the world’s population has not been heard, our shared pursuit of global justice will fail.”

Bienen junior Ryan McHenry, executive director of TEDx Northwestern, said he and his team wanted this year’s theme to be both “broad … but at the same time provide a common thread” for the speakers who presented throughout the day.

To obtain necessary licensing from the TED

parent organization — and permission to seat more than 100 audience members for the talks — McHenry and the associate director, Weinberg junior Rebecca Fudge, found out last summer that they had to attend a TEDGlobal event.

Six weeks and lots of last-minute fundraising later, McHenry found himself in Arusha, Tanzania, for the global event, surrounded by over 180 other TED organizers. He said the experience was eyeopening and “helped guide the process of how (they) went about organizing here at Northwestern.”

“We really wanted to emphasize this community atmosphere, where it wasn’t just a lecture series, but an opportunity for our audience members to exchange ideas with our speakers and each other,” McHenry said. “It’s not just, ‘you’re being talked at,’ but ‘you’re being talked with.’”

Kristina Karisch contributed reporting. zhaklinsevova2021@u.northwestern.edu

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In #MeToo era, go beyond separating art from artist RUBY PHILLIPS

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I grew up watching “The Cosby Show.”

I wanted to be as cool as Denise, as cute as Rudy and as classy as Clair. I cannot emphasize enough how important the Cosby legacy is for so many generations of black people: To see a middle-class black family who was funny and loving made me feel more black, as if my family was being represented without being mocked or caricatured.

When allegations against Bill Cosby started forming, I didn’t doubt them for a minute.

People often fail to understand the sheer bravery it takes to come forward about sexual assault, especially when the assailant is so powerful and the survivor has so little to gain by doing so. But when Cosby was convicted on three counts of aggravated sexual assault four days ago, the Cosby legacy that sat so firmly planted in my childhood was destroyed.

Cosby now faces up to 10 years in prison on each count and could possibly die there. I did not feel sad for Cosby himself, but I struggled to conceptualize how Cliff Huxtable — the sympathetic, intelligent black patriarch of the Huxtable household — could be implicated in such an awful situation.

While I mourned over the death of the image of Huxtable, I never shamed Cosby’s victims or blamed them for tarnishing his

legacy. All perpetrators of sexual assault, including Cosby, are always responsible for their own actions. I have been shocked by the number of people from both white and black communities who have used this terrible event to tear down the women who have come forward and/or project Cosby’s actions onto the demographic of black men.

In the era of #MeToo, more women are coming forward about powerful men with allegations of sexual assault and harassment — but we have to remember that women have always dealt with sexual assault and harassment. Cosby’s conviction is a unique situation because I believe he carries more significance within marginalized communities than, say, Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey. This probably explains all the backlash his sentence is receiving.

Each time another man is accused, I reevaluate how I may be implicitly condoning their power. For example, I have tried to stop watching several shows and films featuring men who have been implicated in sexual assault no matter how different the instances were, from “Parks and Recreation” to “The Usual Suspects” to NBC’s “The Today Show.”

Not only does this strategy often fail because I tend to fall off the wagon, but it also doesn’t reduce the problem or challenge the system that perpetuates it.

I have begun to ask myself whether it is even possible to appreciate and acknowledge art featuring people who have harmed others.

Our ability to disengage from our complicity

now doesn’t do much good because these men are already famous. Us choosing not to consume abusers’ art doesn’t make them unfamous — it makes them infamous. The answer to this question obviously deserves a more nuanced analysis that differs based on each case and considers the definition of ethical consumption. Frankly, I don’t know what the right way to consume art is anymore — but I do know that I can try to turn toward different artists and re-conceptualize how I remember these perpetrators in my head.

Yes, the Cosby legacy is dead and while I mourn for it, I still appreciate so many of the beautiful gifts “The Cosby Show” gave to me.

But I cannot think of him in the same way that I did before. Instead, I am thankful for the careers that the show launched — particularly for actresses like Phylicia Rashad and Lisa Bonet — and the theme song, which plays in my dreams sometimes. And I know this isn’t the last legacy I will have to put to rest.

As more and more legacies from talented men become meaningless, I realize that we have given so much power to celebrities in general, especially males, that we forgive their actions as long as they continue to produce brilliant art. But I cannot stand for that transaction anymore. When I am about to rewatch Eminem’s “8 Mile” or Spacey in “American Beauty” for the 60th time, I have to stop myself and reflect. I think about how many women’s careers have been ruined and how many women have had to give up their bodies, their dreams and their self respect

just to indulge some man. I think about how many men have gotten away with it and continue to get away with it. Then if that doesn’t work, I think about the silence — the decades and decades of silence — and the fear that people continue to feel about coming forward and dismantling this complex system. And I remember that the small inconvenience of me not watching a good movie pales in comparison to that. There are plenty of other good movies, ones that weren’t made by abusive men.

I am not the perfect ethical consumer; in fact, I watched “Good Will Hunting” last night and swooned over Casey Affleck, all while fully aware he has been accused of sexual assault. But I encourage you to push back and be conscious. There is no shortage of brilliant art created by good people who don’t abuse others — Northwestern’s campus alone proves that. So maybe we should try to uplift the creative and talented artists around us who can make their art while still respecting people and their bodies. Perhaps it’s time to take a break from the problematic icons of yesteryear and focus on supporting the principled icons of tomorrow.

day-to-day basis. When Quest painted The Rock Thursday night, we were excited about some much-needed visibility: the chance to promote the I’m First campaign and our own Money Matters Week.

When some of our exec members arrived around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, we discovered that The Rock was different. All our dollar signs were gone — the Alpha Mu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha had painted over them. Moreover, they painted over the trees in front of The Rock that served as memorials to the late Kenzie Krogh and Mohammed Ramzan, who himself was a Quest Scholar. We are a group of students that can sometimes feel erased from campus — in conversations, in activities, in syllabi, in social life. We definitely felt erased that morning.

This incident speaks to the larger issue of students failing to be aware of how their

activities will affect this campus. I believe that the leadership of Alpha Mu was entirely wellintended — student organizations can be hard to manage, and it can be difficult to ensure that the actions of each group member are being monitored. That being said, it is up to individual students to be aware.

If you don’t know the names Mohammed Ramzan or Kenzie Krogh — or Scott Boorstein, or Jordan Hankins, or Chuyuan Qiu, depending on how long you’ve been here — you’re not paying enough attention. It is your responsibility as a member of our community to be sensitive to campus issues. But at the very least, you should know what’s going on.

Plug into your communities, engage and be informed. I can promise it will add much more meaning to your own experience, as well as the ones of those around you.

I am grateful that the Alpha Mu chapter

sent an apology directly to me very shortly after we discovered what happened. The mishap was certainly not an intent to erase the voices of the students who are the subject of these campaigns. I was able to help Michael Smith, the National Pan-Hellenic Council executive board president, repaint the names along with another student, Yusuf Mussa.

Quest sincerely appreciates their help, as well as the rest of the Alpha Mu chapter’s efforts to rectify the situation.

This experience showed me that being wellintentioned is not always enough. Whether you have formal leadership roles on campus or not, it’s important to be as informed as possible to prevent situations like these from happening again.

climate change will come through both national legislation and international cooperation. With the present administration in power, one might despair of making any legal changes that would regulate these industries to reduce carbon emissions. Moreover, the attack on the environment is so extensive that it is often hard to know where to start.

Of course we need to vote for legislators who are as committed as we are to curbing carbon emissions. Many of us, however, live in blue states where our elected officials already accept the reality of climate change and are awaiting a chance to do something about it.

So how can we make a difference? There is a way for each of us to put our voices together to effect meaningful change regardless of our

election district.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-partisan environmental group with chapters across the country (including Evanston) and a single focus: to get Congress to pass Carbon Fee and Dividend legislation. Economists and climate scientists agree that putting a price on carbon is the most effective way to curb carbon emissions and encourage the development of renewable energy. A fee would be put on carbon at the source (oil wells, coal mines, etc.) and the revenue collected would be redistributed equally to each taxpaying household in order to offset the inevitable increase in fossil fuel costs levied by the energy companies. A border carbon adjustment would prevent foreign companies from undercutting the price

of American energy. With costs of fossil fuels rising, there would be a market-driven incentive to expand the use of renewable energy, which would become even cheaper as the demand grew and the technology improved.

Working with politicians on both sides of the aisle to promote legislation is just one way to get involved. Students can contact the congresspeople from their home districts and implore them to join the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. The important thing is to get involved because, as Schwartz says, “environmentalism requires political action.”

Ruby Phillips is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at rubyphillips2020@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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The Rock painting mishap signals need for greater sensitivity at NU I’m a co-president of Northwestern’s QuestBridge Scholars Network, yet most students don’t know about the work I do. Even some low-income, first-generation students don’t realize that Quest is for them. My friends probably only know about Quest because I tell them, and my peers are constantly saying, “Oh … I think I’ve heard of that … remind me what it is again?”

Quest is just one of many important groups on campus that often get overlooked. Often, these groups serve a marginalized population, making those who do this work feel even more overlooked than they already do on a

— Madisen Hursey NU QuestBridge Scholars Network Co-President

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Think globally, act nationally to fight environmental problems In his Earth Day piece, Alex Schwartz remarks that, “Environmentalism … requires political action.” He provides data to support the idea that no amount of individual environmental activism will solve the immediate and dire problem of climate change. He is correct.

The vast majority of energy and other natural resources are consumed by industries and agriculture that, as individuals, we cannot control. The only effective way to combat

— William A Muller, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Feinberg School of Medecine

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From page 1 digital divide operate within a tight budget, but do not want to invest much more in digital accessibility efforts.

EPL technical services director Tim Longo said the library is “where we want to be in terms of the money we’re spending” on digital accessibility and literacy efforts. He also noted that limited city funding has restricted the number of mobile hotspots in circulation.

“Our demand exceeds supply,” Longo said.

“We’ve never even come close to reaching a level where a patron could just walk in and not have to wait for (a hotspot).”

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and was adapted into a 2018 film starring Natalie Portman.

History Prof. Keith Woodhouse, who introduced VanderMeer at the event, said the author’s speculative fiction work belongs in the category of “weird fiction,” a subgenre defined by unconventional and subversive takes on science-fiction and fantasy.

During the event, VanderMeer discussed how his personal experiences shaped his work and informed his interest in environmental storytelling.

He said the environment depicted in the Southern Reach Trilogy is largely inspired by his exploration of nature in St. Marks, Florida. The dreamlike, uncanny environment in his books reflects the unexpected and unusual wildlife he encountered during his hikes: He said he thought he came across a dolphin in a river and saw a kangaroo out of the corner of his eyes.

VanderMeer also said another source of inspiration for his trilogy was essayist Timothy Morton’s concept of hyperobjects — objects so vast in temporal and spatial place that they essentially

Evanston Animal Shelter Association raises $60,000 at gala

The Evanston Animal Shelter Association raised $60,000 at its third annual Tails in Bloom Gala on April 7.

This year’s fundraising total is a big jump from that of last year’s gala, in which the shelter — located at 2310 Oakton St. — raised $30,000.

“We are more than just a shelter — we not only take in strays, abandoned and abused animals, but we also provide them with the rehabilitation and care that they need to

Beginning in spring 2017, 15 of the hotspots were made available to ETHS students and 10 to Lincoln Elementary School students, Longo said.

But ETHS director of instructional technology David Chan said that like EPL, the school does not have enough hotspots to accommodate each student who requests one.

“We found that when we heavily promoted (the hotspots) we got a steady influx,” Chan said. “All of a sudden, all these people were coming in, but then at the same time we had a limited supply so we haven’t put full … pressure on marketing and promoting it because we don’t want to have to turn 100 people away.”

And students can still lack access to internet after leaving the classroom.

divide may require more funding over time, but he believes partnerships with the school districts, EPL, Northwestern and the private sector can aid in the effort to close the gap.

He and Beata also said they expect the upcoming digital accessibility survey to make the goal more achievable.

“In an ideal world, everyone would have some sort of device,” Stowe said. “They would have the digital skills that they need and they would have either free or inexpensive internet. Obviously that’s ideal conditions, but I do think that we can make substantial progress to get closer to that vision.

But it’s going to take some time too.” christophervazquez2021@u.northwestern.edu

exist everywhere and are almost impossible to fully comprehend. VanderMeer said he drew from Morton’s concept when creating the area of the U.S. depicted in his novels.

Graduate student Adam Syvertsen, who attended the event, said he hadn’t read a single book by VanderMeer but wanted to learn more about environmental storytelling. He said he was impressed by the imaginative concepts that VanderMeer described and the intellectual reasoning behind his depictions of the environment.

“I’m still not quite sure what environmental storytelling is, but I’m definitely interested in learning more, and it seems like a particularly important form of storytelling to use now,” Syvertsen said.

Woodhouse said although VanderMeer writes speculative fiction, his work is relevant and important because it touches on environmental change affecting the world today.

“VanderMeer often writes about the unknown and the unpredictable, that which is vaguely familiar but still threatening, which is one reason why his stories are so useful in this era of climate change and environmental transformation,” Woodhouse said. wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu become the treasured members of a family,” said Shannon Daggett, the shelter’s director of fundraising and community engagement.

Daggett said most of the shelter’s funds go toward medical costs, which donations are vital to help pay for. She said the shelter spends about $75,000 a year just on spays and neuters.

The shelter takes in dogs and cats from the Evanston area and provides medical and socialization services — which animals need in order to be adopted, Daggett said.

“Whether they need behavioral training to become ready or medical care, we really do whatever it takes in the animals best interest,” Daggett said.

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Community members stand on the corner of Ridge Avenue and Church Street at the Evanston/North Shore YWCA. They joined more than 10,000 people on the North Shore to participate in the YWCA’s annual Stand Against Racism event.

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White said the event created an opportunity to engage the community in a dialogue about ending racism.

“This is a really simple way for people to come out together, share their voices and be a part of a larger community that feels strongly about the issue,” she said.

Joan Clay, a staff attorney at the Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, said she participated in the YWCA movement because she’s worked through the Moran Center — which

is based in Evanston — to address the needs of the community by providing legal and social services.

Clay said the center is there to protect residents’ rights and “help everyone in reaching that goal of being the best person they can be.”

“As we know in our country race is a very hot topic, racism is a very big issue,” Clay said.

“We just want people to understand that we’re all committed to making sure that we live in — and our children and the other people in the future generations live in — a world where they are free to be who they are and not be judged based on their race.” sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

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Chan said even after the school began providing laptops to incoming freshmen in the 2014-15 academic year, students without access to the internet at home could not collaborate remotely with other students or submit work — even though they could still work on assignments offline.

“If you don’t have that ability (to access the internet) or you have to leave your house to go to the library or go somewhere before or after school to find somewhere that has Wi-Fi, it can be a major inconvenience,” Longo said. “It just gets back to this idea: Living in the year 2018 and not having access to the internet, you’re behind. You really can’t compete or get ahead or better yourself without access to the internet.”

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Council to discuss bus routes, budget Cats finish 5th MEN’S GOLF

By SYD STONE

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Aldermen will vote on a resolution pertaining to Evanston Township High School/District 202 bus route issues and hear an update on the priority-based budgeting process at Monday’s special City Council meeting.

The Chicago Transit Authority proposed to discontinue the 205 Chicago/Golf Road CTA bus route, which includes direct stops to and from ETHS, and instead provide an alternate service via Pace Suburban Bus route 213.

However, city staff proposed a resolution — which Mayor Steve Hagerty requested be brought before the council — to delay the route changes in order to modify the service to address all Evanston residents’ needs. According to city documents, the proposed replacement for CTA Route 205 is “not an equivalent service” and provides an “undue hardship to transit riders.”The change in question would result in a “less accessible and less livable community,” according to the documents.

Evanston residents and other commuters voiced concerns at a public hearing last week about the proposal to cut the route, saying students would lack sufficient transportation to and from school.

“This is a terrible idea,” ETHS superintendent Eric Witherspoon said about the proposal at the Tuesday public hearing. “If we, as a community and a society,

don’t take care of our children, what have we become?

Do you think all the children are cookie-cutter, and they all have to be at the school at the same time?”

If passed, the resolution will be transmitted to the Pace board of directors and the CTA board of directors for their consideration.

City staff have also recommended that the council accept and place on file the update on the prioritybased budgeting process and direct staff to move forward with the public outreach portion.

Aldermen heard the plan for a priority-based budgeting process — which comes as a response to an anticipated budget deficit of several million dollars — at the March 19 City Council meeting. City staff began by internally prioritizing about 150 programs and services provided by Evanston, according to city documents. The ratings were then discussed and decided upon by staff members from every city department.

The full list will be narrowed down to 54 lowrelevance programs and services that will then be the focus of public outreach and be considered for changes during the 2019 budget process. According to city documents, these 54 programs — such as the Noyes Cultural Arts Center — are either mandated only by city code or are not required at all.

Following Monday’s council meeting, city staff will hold an open house on priority-based budgeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on May 24 to allow residents to give input in person. sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

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Chilly weather and winds up to 32 miles per hour in Baltimore plagued the entire field at the Big Ten Championships during Sunday’s third and final round — only two golfers in the whole tournament turned in an under-par round.

But it was during Saturday’s sunny paradise that coach David Inglis said he thought his Northwestern team — which eventually finished fifth in the 14-team field — missed its chance to make a move into championship contention.

“Where we really fell short was … when the weather was very good, we didn’t make enough birdies,” Inglis said. “Ultimately, yesterday was a day where a good round would’ve been 10-under par as a team, and we shot 3-over. That was probably what really put us in a bad position.”

The Wildcats turned in a final team score of 23-over for the tournament, just three strokes behind fourth-place Penn State but well off the pace set all tournament long by Illinois (4-under), which won its fourth straight conference title. NU was runner-up to the Fighting Illini in last year’s tournament.

Although Saturday’s 3-over team score was the best of the three days for the Cats, it wasn’t strong enough to push the team up the leaderboard on a day when every golfer was turning in solid scores.

Illinois, which NU trailed by only four strokes after Friday, went 12-under Saturday; Ohio State, Iowa, Penn State and Michigan all also recorded below-par team scores on the day.

“We came into this week wanting to win and fully believing we could win, and so to perform like we did, it really was (a) disappointing weekend,” junior Ryan Lumsden said. “We felt like we were really going to be a team that would challenge Illinois, and we just, for whatever reason, didn’t perform, didn’t compete and didn’t get the job done.”

Individually, Lumsden rode a consistent day-by-day performance to a tie for 10th place at 4-over, but it was senior Dylan Wu — in his final Big Ten Championship — who headlined the Cats’ weekend.

Wu entered Sunday at 3-under and finished the tournament at even par to place third out of 70 eligible golfers in the tournament, his best career finish in the Big Tens. He was ninth in 2017 and tied for sixth in 2016.

The senior from Oregon said he relied on patience to conquer the Baltimore Country Club course in spite of the unseasonable weather and improved upon momentum he had been building during the team’s spring season.

“Throughout the spring, my game hadn’t been that bad and the results hadn’t really showed that,” Wu said. “I didn’t necessarily look that pretty this week, but I definitely think I got the ball in the hole more efficiently than other weeks.”

Senior Sam Triplett finished the tournament tied for 22nd overall at 7-over, while sophomore Everton Hawkins tied for 40th at 12-over and junior Pete Griffith rounded out the Cats’ group of five competitors with a 67th-place finish at 22-over.

Inglis said it was consistency that cost NU a shot at the title. Triplett, for example, recorded a sparkling 1-under Friday round — tying Wu for the team best — but went 4-over each of the other two days. And Hawkins went even-par Saturday but sandwiched it between two rounds of 6-over.

“Individually in moments, we had some good performances, but we’ve got to put three rounds together,” the coach said.

Peter Warren contributed reporting. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Ryan Lumsden takes a swing. The junior helped Northwestern finish fifth at the Big Ten Championships this year.

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Los Angeles Chargers select Justin Jackson in NFL Draft

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

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After a long wait, Northwestern’s Justin Jackson was selected with the sixth-to-last pick in the NFL Draft on Saturday. The Los Angeles Chargers took Jackson with the 251st pick, making him the only Wildcats draftee in the sevenround draft.

Jackson is the alltime leading rusher at NU, racking up 5,440 rushing yards over his four years with the Cats — the 11th-most in NCAA history.

He’ll be joining a Chargers team that now has five running backs on its active roster, headlined by Melvin Gordon. The former Wisconsin Badgers star and first-round pick started all 16 games last season and racked up 1,105 rushing yards, good for seventh-best in the league.

It’s not a particularly deep group, however, and Jackson will have a decent

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chance to make the team. Backup Austin Ekeler provided solid contributions in all 16 games as well, totalling five touchdowns and over 500 yards from scrimmage. The remaining running backs listed on the active roster, however, have combined for zero career carries.

Surprisingly, Jackson was the only former NU player selected. Safety Godwin Igwebuike was projected as a mid-round pick, but fell out of the draft and was signed afterward as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Igwebuike was a four-year starter for the Wildcats who missed only one game in his entire collegiate career.

He was a fixture in multiple lockdown defenses over his time, as both the 2015 and 2017 squads rode strong defensive efforts to 10-win seasons.

The Buccaneers also drafted a safety, Jordan Whitehead out of Pittsburgh, and Igwebuike will compete with veterans Chris Conte and Keith Tandy to make the roster, along with younger guys like Whitehead, Isaiah Johnson and Justin Evans.

Jackson and Igwebuike are not the only former Cats players set to battle for spots in the NFL this summer, however. Safety Kyle Queiro, defensive

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lineman Tyler Lancaster and linebacker Warren Long all signed as undrafted free agents, while superback Garrett Dickerson and center Brad North were invited to rookie mini-camps.

Queiro was signed by the Dallas Cowboys, and he’ll look to bring his playmaking skills to a team that intercepted only 10 passes last year. Queiro had five by himself in 2017, including a game-changing “pick-six” in the Music City Bowl.

Lancaster will join the Green Bay Packers and former teammate Dean Lowry along the team’s defensive line.

The Seattle Seahawks snapped up Long, a former running back who converted to linebacker for his senior season. While he totalled only 21 tackles last year, his speed and athleticism likely impressed teams. He ran a 4.55 second 40-yard dash at NU’s pro day, only 0.04 seconds slower than eighth overall pick Roquan Smith, the first linebacker taken in the draft.

Dickerson and North will both head to AFC North mini-camps, as Dickerson travels to Cleveland to attempt to make the Browns roster while North will do the same for the Baltimore Ravens. josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Big comebacks spark NU tops Iowa in defensive series Cats’ sweep of PSU

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Northwestern might need some help finding its brooms after the team completed its first series sweep of a conference opponent since May 2017 over the weekend.

The Wildcats (13-24, 4-14 Big Ten) went into State College, Pennsylvania, and won their first conference series of the season in resounding fashion, taking advantage of a porous Penn State (9-28, 1-16) pitching staff by recording 21 runs over the three games. The Nittany Lions took leads of 4 and 5 runs into the eighth inning in each of the first two games of the series before the Cats capitalized on the team’s imploding bullpen for back-to-back, late-game wins.

The Friday game of the series looked grim for NU, as the team trailed 6-4 in the bottom of the eighth when the remainder of the game was postponed to Saturday due to rain. But the team then scored 3 runs in the top of the ninth and won the contest 7-6.

Following their 8-7 win later on Saturday, the Cats tripled their season total of 1-run wins, as they previously had gone 1-6 in those situations.

Sophomore third baseman Charlie Maxwell was a surprise contributor to NU’s last-minute success in the first two games with a home run, a triple and 6 RBIs in the final two frames.

He said the 2 home runs he has hit in the past two weeks — the other coming in last weekend’s Michigan State series — matched his total from his entire high school career.

The Evanston native said it was “the best feeling” to look into his dugout after his clutch pieces of hitting and see the entire team fired up.

“On Friday night, on our way back from the first part of the first game, coach (Spencer) Allen really challenged us all,” Maxwell said. “So I just

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In Sunday’s series finale, the Cats broke the game open early, stringing together four consecutive baserunners in the first inning and causing the Nittany Lions to yank starting pitcher Taylor Lehman before he recorded an out. By the fifth inning, NU had established a 4-run lead that it never relinquished, cruising to a victory behind strong relief performances from freshman Anthony Alepra, sophomore Josh Levy and senior Tommy Bordignon.

“Guys are really playing up to their capabilities,” Allen said. “It was fun to watch, and hopefully we can continue that.”

NU’s offensive stalwart, junior shortstop Jack Dunn, kept his stellar season going at the plate this weekend, recording two hits in every game and raising his batting average to .317 on the year. He said he’s confident at the plate and is making his best effort to drive pitches he can handle after getting into good hitting counts.

The junior shortstop also extended his team-leading hitting streak to 10 games, although he said he doesn’t think about it very often. Instead, Dunn said he focuses on having good at-bats and winning games.

“I try not to look at it because I know the moment I look at it and start thinking about it, it could come to an end, because that’s how baseball works,” Dunn said. “I don’t really talk about it. Hopefully it goes for the rest of my life.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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On Sunday’s Senior Day, Northwestern honored its seven graduating players before beating Iowa, 6-2.

After splitting the first two games of the series with a 4-1 win Friday and 3-0 loss Saturday, the Wildcats (32-14, 13-6 Big Ten) relied on 13 hits and a stellar pitching performance from freshman Kenna Wilkey to lead NU to the series win.

The Cats knew they were going to have to produce runs against the Hawkeyes (20-28, 6-13), who are ranked third in the Big Ten with a 2.25 team ERA. In their first two games, the Cats combined for just eight hits before breaking through on Sunday.

Coach Kate Drohan said the team’s approach at the plate changed going into the rubber match. “(Allison) Doocy, the pitcher yesterday, she had great command, she had great spin, and she was definitely in her rhythm,” Drohan said. “We were just like, ‘We’re going to take charge of the batter’s box today,’ so I think we did a better job at that, for sure.”

In their final regular season home game, senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin and senior shortstop Marissa Panko each had two hits and scored a run. Senior catcher Sammy Nettling also scored a run during the game.

On the mound, Wilkey pitched with the poise of a senior. Aside from a 2-run home run, Wilkey gave up just two hits and Iowa’s first hit didn’t come until there was one out in the fourth inning.

Nettling said she thought Wilkey’s pitching performance was stellar.

“Especially after losing game two yesterday, she really took it upon herself to do everything in her power to make sure that it wouldn’t happen again,” Nettling said.

NU has won every Big Ten series at home this season, including victories against Minnesota, Ohio State and Nebraska.

Nettling said one of her favorite memories was that series win over the Buckeyes, while Rabin said she just enjoyed

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Both players said it hasn’t set in yet that it was their final regular season game at Drysdale Field — commonly called “the J” among the team. “(I) love playing at ‘the J,’” Nettling said. “It probably won’t hit me until we come back in the fall and see the younger girls out here. A ton of memories on this field; it was a really fun four years.”

Besides Nettling, Panko and Rabin, NU also honored four other seniors: right fielder Brooke Marquez, outfielder Abbey

Boyd, pitcher Nicole Bond and outfielder Renee Ariola.

Nettling has started 171 games over her four-year career, hitting 10 home runs and 98 RBIs. Once she became a starter as a junior, Panko had a huge presence in the batter’s box, hitting .321 with 46 RBIs and 28 stolen bases over that time span.

However, the most accomplished senior is Rabin, who currently has 128 stolen bases and 200 runs scored in her career — third and sixth in Big Ten history, respectively.

Drohan said what she will miss the most about the senior class is their work ethic and love for the school.

“They just love Northwestern,” Drohan said. “I mean they love it. All parts of it. They’ve embraced it since day one and that has been very contagious. It’s been contagious with recruiting, contagious with our younger players, it’s been inspiring to me.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Freshman second baseman Rachel Lewis tags out Iowa’s Sarah Kurtz on the basepaths.

A strong defensive effort helped Northwestern top the Hawkeyes 6-2.