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EPD deputy chief to leave city soon Jay Parrott will be Lincolnwood’s new chief of police By SYD STONE
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Roxane Gay speaks at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Tuesday. Gay discussed race, identity and writing at an event hosted by the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series and the Women’s Center.
Writer Roxane Gay talks identity
Gay explores race and pop culture at CTSS, Women’s Center event By YVONNE KIM
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Among her words of advice to young writers on Tuesday,
author Roxane Gay encouraged audience members not to feel like “you have to” constantly write about identity. “I don’t want you to feel like you’re limited in how you narrate your world and the
kinds of work you put out,” Gay said. “But if you want to … explore your position, do that work and know why you’re doing that work.” She addressed a packed Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in
a talk co-hosted by the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series and the Women’s Center. Answering questions from a moderator and » See GAY, page 6
The Village of Lincolnwood board voted to appoint Evanston deputy police chief Jay Parrott as its new chief of police Tuesday night. Parrott will start the new position on April 30. Parrott worked with the Evanston Police Department for 26 years in many capacities, including as a commander in the patrol operations division. He said about two dozen members of the Lincolnwood Police Department attended the board meeting in support of his appointment. “Everybody was very supportive, I was very honored,” he said. “I appreciate them coming out.” Still, Parrott said leaving Evanston is “bittersweet,” and that he is “very fond” of the city and its police department. Evanston city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said Parrott has been a “tremendous” member of EPD, especially in increasing the department’s
social media presence. Bobkiewicz said one of Parrott’s “many legacies” is Evanston’s body camera program, which he launched earlier this year. All Evanston field officers have been required to wear body cameras while on duty since January. Chief of Police Richard Eddington said even though body cameras have certain limitations, Americans have come to expect footage of most police interactions. “He’s done exceptional work for the department in the body camera program,” Eddington said. “That was an extremely complicated process based on … Illinois law. He led the team that got that done for us in less than a year, which is in my opinion a spectacular accomplishment.” Parrott said he wants to listen to the Lincolnwood community before making any decisions on strategies for the police department. “It’s premature to talk about anything I have planned for Lincolnwood,” he said. “I really want to hear from the officers that work there and the other personnel that support the police department.” Eddington said he has not yet begun a search to find a » See PARROTT, page 6
Kim, Patterson RTVF students petition for reform launch ASG runs URSA seeks more input in department funding for student projects The juniors will speak in three debates next week By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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SESP junior Justine Kim and Weinberg junior Sky Patterson announced their campaigns for Associated Student Government president Tuesday. Kim served as parliamentarian before stepping down to avoid a conflict of interest with her campaign. She has also served as the executive director and outreach chair of the Korean American Student Association. Her running mate is SESP sophomore Austin Gardner, ASG’s vice president for accessibility and inclusion. Patterson is the ASG vice president for academics. She has served as the Leader of the Left in Political Union and as a member of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Patterson’s running mate is Weinberg junior Emily Ash, ASG’s vice president for public relations. Kim and Gardner, who will release their platform
Wednesday, are running on the pillars of health, amplifying student voices, finding a forum and increasing student-based choice. The overarching theme of their campaign will be student equity, Kim said. “Austin and I truly have been driven by wanting to create an equitable student experience at Northwestern,” Kim said. “The reality is that our campus was not built for people like us — for students of color, for students with marginalized identities.” Her campaign hopes to target ASG structure, Kim said, adding she hopes to create longstanding policies that continue to work beyond the tenure of the students who pass them. Kim said she and Gardner plan to spend the campaign meeting students and listening to their needs. Patterson and Ash launched a campaign website Tuesday night, where they published a multifaceted platform. Patterson said the three “spears” of her platform are wellbeing, community development and academic equity. Their website lists a series of promises and initiatives in » See ASG, page 6
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Representatives of Radio, Television and Film majors are doubling down on efforts to reform what they call a flawed funding system for extracurricular student projects. The Undergraduate Radio/ Television/Film Student Association began circulating a proposal letter online Tuesday asking for signatures of support from the Northwestern community. The letter urges administrators to adopt changes to the Media Arts Grant system, which replaced studentadministered funding in 2016. Dasha Gorin, a co-author of the letter and a senior representative of the organization, said the move comes in response to unproductive talks with the RTVF department. She said the department sees URSA’s criticisms as coming from a “vocal minority.” “I always took for granted that URSA, our function as an organization, is to represent the concerns of students,” the Communication senior said. “I always assumed that when we shared those concerns that the department would trust that we were representing this
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Communication senior Dasha Gorin talks at a January URSA meeting about proposed changes to the Media Arts Grant system. Gorin authored a letter asking for RTVF student support to show that URSA’s concerns did not simply represent a “vocal minority.”
student body as a whole.” Gorin said the letter is meant to show that URSA’s concerns with the MAG system are held by a majority of RTVF students. The group hasn’t received pushback from RTVF undergraduates, she said. URSA will send the letter,
which gathered more than 100 signatures as of Tuesday night, to the department early next week, she added. The letter calls for a more holistic application process, including a script requirement, and the return of a class for MAG recipients. Communication junior Megan
Ballew, one of the letter’s authors, said she is frustrated by the lack of action from the department administration. Student representatives are being given the “runaround” because the department head directs concerns to the » See RTVF, page 6
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