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Grant backlog frustrates faculty With SQBRC set to open, proposals are slow to process By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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After seven years of planning, four years of construction worth $455 million and a planned investment totaling $1 billion, Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center is set to open in June. The new research center — a modern-looking, glass-paneled structure located downtown on the Chicago campus — will be the crown jewel for Northwestern’s treasured research enterprise. SQBRC is expected to create 2,000 permanent jobs and generate $1.5 billion in federal funding. With sponsored research awards already totaling a record $702.1 million in the 2017-18 fiscal year, the new building is poised to push Northwestern’s Office for Research past the billion-dollar threshold. SQBRC “provides us with a tremendous opportunity to pull together a number of talented researchers into one cohesive group,” William Kath, the center’s co-director, said in a University release in May. “This will create a whole new set of interactions that will accelerate

research tremendously.” University president Morton Schapiro expressed excitement about the building’s impending opening as well. He boasted about Northwestern’s research prowess at both of his Conversations with the President events, citing the increase in federal funding to the University as research on the Evanston and Chicago campuses has expanded in the last two decades. For Schapiro, SQBRC will cement that legacy. “Just think about what’s gonna come out of that building,” he told The Daily in April. “It’s just amazing.” By pushing Northwestern into billion-dollar figures for research earnings, SQBRC will force the Office for Sponsored Research — which reviews grant applications for Northwestern faculty and submits them to federal organizations — to take on additional work sorting through grant proposals from the new and expanded labs taking residence in the center. But a month away from the grand opening, OSR is already struggling to process the existing levels of grant application activity. A significant backlog has taken root, causing research faculty to experience frustration. With pressure mounting from senior administrators for » See SQBRC, page 6

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The Technological Institute, where many STEM classes are taught. Many international students have chosen to pursue economics because of the major’s reclassification to STEM, despite preferences for other departments.

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International students feel pressure to transfer to economics department By CADENCE QUARANTA

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As work visas grow increasingly hard to acquire, many international students feel pressure to join the economics department, forced to sacrifice passions for job opportunities. The stress arises after NU’s decision to reclassify economics as a science, technology, engineering and mathematics major was authorized by the Department of

Homeland Security in May 2018. The reclassification will increase opportunities in the U.S. for international students who pursue a major in economics. After graduation, students majoring in STEM fields are allowed to remain in the country two years longer than those studying other subjects. Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office, said the regulation exists because of increased workforce shortages within STEM fields. “There is a great deal of need in

STEM fields, as not as many U.S. workers want to go into STEM,” Shankar said. “There is a shortage of specialists in this area.” He said the extended period also gives employers more opportunities to acquire work visas for desired candidates, rather than losing the chance to hire an employee at all. Although the reclassification benefits international students already studying economics, students outside the field feel an obligation to sacrifice other interests in order to remain in the U.S. after

college. Communication freshman Emily Yan is double-majoring in radio, television and film and economics. An international student from China, she said the visa extension period influenced her decision to choose economics as a second area of study. “I don’t hate econ, but I also don’t love it,” Yan said. “If it weren’t for the job opportunities, I wouldn’t take on (this) major.” » See ECON, page 6

ETHS students react to summits NU to evaluate School’s ‘Social Consciousness Series’ centered discussions on identities By ANDRES CORREA

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Evanston Township High School senior Karina Rodriguez organized the workshop “Not Latino Enough” for ETHS’s annual affinity summits in part because she wanted to learn more about how the identity reflects on herself. Last week, ETHS hosted a Latinx summit, which marked the final affinity summit of the Social Consciousness Series. Each summit centered on different identities: there were ones focusing on Latinx, Black, Asian, Middle Eastern and LGBTQ+ experiences. While the summits are available to all students, students from these marginalized identities were given priority to attend the day-long event. The summits included guest speakers like Michael Reyes, a Chicano poet, who engaged the crowd of students in spoken word poetry at the Latinx summit. Since moving to Evanston in 2016, Rodriguez has either attended, organized or helped

facilitate nearly all the affinity summits hosted at ETHS. The high school senior, who is Asian, Latina and queer, said the summits have allowed her to understand how she wants to define herself. Rodriguez, who grew up in Connecticut, said she never really saw people who looked like her in her old school, which is predominately white. Through the summits, she said she has been able to learn about herself and others. As a way to give back to the summit, Rodriguez created her own workshop, which she prepared over the course of a year. She said she researched the history of indigenous people in the Americas, Latinx communities in Chicago and Chicanx social movements. She said that through her research, she was able to learn about how these factors fit into the Latinx identity. “Because I am mixed, I don’t fit into the stereotypical image of, this is what an Asian, this is what a Latino person is or this is what a queer person is,” she said. “Getting to know that I can define myself in my own terms has been really interesting.They’re really is no one

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Michael Reyes of Reyes Poetry spoke to students during ETHS Latinx Summit

definition of what it means to be Latino, Asian or queer.” Litzy Segura, an ETHS junior, attended Rodriguez’s workshop and said it allowed her to talk to different people, after which she came to realize she is not the only one who questions her Latina identity. She said the workshop brought up important questions that are not often discussed in Latinx households.

“I really don’t talk to my mom about how I can be a better Latino, or how can I improve the Latino community,” she said. In addition to Rodriguez’s workshop, Segura said she liked the workshop centered on mental health in the Latinx community, a topic she said is rarely discussed. She said his year’s summit has motivated her to get more involved » See SUMMITS, page 6

Northwestern will implement a new review process for deans, the school announced last week. In an email to the Northwestern community, Provost Jonathan Holloway said this review will evaluate a dean’s performance to help him determine whether or not to reappoint said dean for a new term. The process will take place during the fourth year of a dean’s five-year term. The first dean to go through the process will be Adrian Randolph, the dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, whose review will be completed by the end of this academic quarter. Holloway said that the review will be assisted by a four-person ad hoc group consisting of faculty members. The chair of the ad hoc group is neurobiology Prof. Ravi Allada, who will

lead history Prof. Laura Hein, anthropology Prof. Matthew Johnson, and English Prof. Wendy Wall. The ad hoc group will be in charge of leading community engagement, as well as interviewing the dean’s staff, representative student leaders, department chairs and program directors. They will also distribute a survey developed by the Provost’s Office to gather perspectives from other members of the Weinberg community. Holloway said that information about participating in the survey and interviews will be announced later in the quarter. Holloway said that the purpose of this process is to make sure that the strategies and initiatives of the academic schools are aligned with the priorities of the University as a whole. In addition, he said that the process will look to see if the school’s initiatives are being implemented effectively and are positively affecting Northwestern’s reputation and influence. wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

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City plans parking lot improvements at 2 locations

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The City of Evanston plans to begin construction on a new metered parking lot at 717 Howard St. and make improvements to the lot next to Tallmadge Park, according to a Public Works news release. The projects are part of the 2019 parking lot improvements projects. Each project is scheduled to take six weeks and will run over the course of three months. The Howard Street lot will be adjacent to the Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, which moved from Rogers Park in December. Construction is expected to begin in May and will finish in July. The project comes in response to an increase in economic activity, said Lara Biggs, the city’s engineer and capital planning bureau chief. “Over time there has been a tremendous amount of economic development there,” Biggs said. “We have been seeing a lot of businesses recently come into Howard Street and be really successful.” Construction on the lot will include new pavement, lighting, and drainage work. The city will also have to construct a driveway from Howard Street which will require minor

POLICE BLOTTER Cash register stolen from ice cream parlor A cash register and its contents were stolen Tuesday morning from a grocer in the 1900 block of Church Street. Officers responded shortly after 3:19 a.m. to reports that the glass front door of C&W Market and Ice Cream Parlor had been broken, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. Officers found the lower half of the door damaged

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sidewalk repairs, according to the news release. The renovations at the Tallmadge Park lot will begin as soon as next week. Biggs said the city aims to finish renovations as early as the end of May and before summer camps are in session. It will be closed while construction is taking place. Biggs said she recognizes the problems closing this lot may cause for frequent users. “We know it is a hardship and we want to get through it as quickly as possible,” Biggs said. The developments will involve lighting improvements, new fencing and a complete repavement. Biggs said these developments attempt to mitigate resident complaints the city has been hearing for some time. According to Biggs, the improvements made to the Tallmadge Park parking lot are a long time coming and have been in discussion for several years, but other projects have continuously superseded the lot. For both lots, the city has contracted Chicagoland Paving Contractors Inc., a paving and asphalt business. “We were read as a low bid,” said William Bowes, owner and vice president of Chicago Paving Contractors Inc., who has been in the business for 32d years, “and now we are ready to go over there and do the job.” samuelheller2022@u.northwestern.edu

with glass shards and a large rock inside the establishment, Glew said. Glew said the store’s 58-year-old owner contacted police after a former employee called the owner to tell him about damage to his storefront. The employee, a 35-year-old Evanston resident, later told police he did not observe anything or anyone suspicious while contacting the store owner, Glew said. Multiple cameras were present in the store, Glew said, and security footage captured the burglary. At around 2:10 a.m. a man approached

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the front of the store, pausing before hurling a rock through the lower half of the door, Glew said. The man then entered the store and yanked the cash register, valued at $100 and containing $50 in cash, off a counter. He then fled down Church Street, Glew said. Evidence technicians responded to the scene, Glew said, and the store owner will give the CCTV footage to the police. Glew said the store owner plans to file charges.

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If NotNow targets UChicago Hillel By MEGAN MUNCE

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IfNotNow, a Jewish-American movement to end support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine, recently encouraged the University of Chicago’s chapter of Hillel to cut their ties with Birthright Israel, but the call to action hasn’t yet reached the Northwestern University campus. Earlier this month, the IfNotNow chapter of the University of Chicago wrote an op-ed in The Chicago Maroon calling on the university’s chapter of Hillel to stop sponsoring Birthright Israel trips, alleging the group supports the Israeli occupation of Palestine. “They don’t feel like Birthright engages sufficiently with the Israel-Palestine conflict,” said Sara Yael Hirschhorn, a NU visiting professor in Israel Studies. “Many, if not most of (Birthright tours), are no longer meeting with Palestinian citizens of Israel nor taking their students over the Green Line to Palestinian cities and villages.” Birthright is an organization that sponsors free 10-day long trips for young Jewish adults aged 18 to 32 years old. These trips are run through several organizations, including college Hillel chapters. McCormick junior Kayli Fradin, who attended Birthright Israel through Chabad, another Jewish organization on campus, said the trip was an opportunity for her to learn about her religion and the region. “It allows people to experience where their ancestors lived and where, if you are religious, your religion is based out of,” she said. IfNotNow members at the University of Chicago say Birthright Israel’s involvement with the Israel Defense Forces creates bonds that neglect Palestinians, or simply reduces them “to abstract security risks.” “The institution deliberately lies to its participants about the nightmare of life under military occupation for millions of Palestinians,” according to the op-ed. “Birthright requires each group to spend days with active IDF soldiers, building deep,

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personal connections between American Jews and the Israeli military.” Fradin said she met with many soldiers from the IDF during her Birthright Israel trip, along with spending an hour at an information center that informed participants about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She said she didn’t interact with any Palestinian citizens at this center, but was informed that other trips were usually able to. “It’s not really trying to convince you to take any side,” Fradin said. “It’s very informative, just trying to give you basic information on what the conflict is and why it’s happening in the first place. It really seemed like they weren’t trying to give you an agenda… Everything they said was factually correct.” The call to end all ties with Birthright marks a departure for IfNotNow from simply incorporating

the perspectives of Palestinians. The op-ed concluded, “Hillel, it is time to end your relationship with Birthright.” While UChicago wrestles with the problem, Michael Simon, executive director of Northwestern Hillel, said in a statement to The Daily that the movement has not impacted the University’s chapter. Fradin said she appreciated the chance to travel to Israel through Jewish organizations on campus. While she acknowledges criticisms of how the program handles discussing the conflict, she believes Birthright deserves to exist at Northwestern. “If there is going to be a movement, it should be having that conversation (about the conflict) in the first place, but I don’t think it should be against having Birthright as a whole,” Fradin said. meganmunce2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Why The Daily decides to use the word ‘racist’ in its coverage In this series, Daily staff members hope to provide more transparency about how we operate. If you would like to submit a question to be answered here, send an email to eic@dailynorthwestern.edu

Racist. It’s the word no one wants to be called. Especially in America, it carries the unique connotation of intentionally seeking to hurt someone with words or actions. And it’s a word the historically white press has cartwheeled around using for decades. “Racially tinged.” “Racially motivated.” “Racially charged.” Euphemisms like these pepper national coverage. According to a 2018 interview with NPR Standards and Practices editor Mark Memmott, journalists sidestep using the word to label people, for example, because words and actions are “easier to sort of identify, to explain. You can use action words to describe what it was this person did — action words to describe what the effects of their words were.

The words might have the effect of raising racial tensions or inflaming race relations.” While this may seem simple in theory, racial tension is one of the most sidestepped issues in media today. An anti-Semitic act would not be described as “religiously charged,” nor would a misogynistic comment be called “gender charged.” Almost all journalists would describe them in the clearest and most concise way: anti-Semitic and sexist, respectively. For a country so deeply founded on the principles of racial exclusion, media outlets of all political leanings and compositions avoid saying “racist” at all costs. However, we at The Daily have decided to use “racist” to describe subjects that fall under the dictionary definition: prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone based on their race, especially when distinguishing it as inferior or superior to another. The most recent incidents that have caused us to re-examine our policies have been the Kanazawa controversy, the “It’s OK to be white” stickers placed on campus and the noose found in Henry Crown Sports Pavilion. These events, in particular, have sparked a lot of conversation on campus, not only about the racism they represent, but about the ability to use the word “racist” itself. In our

own newsroom, we struggled at first to call Kanazawa’s work racist — in the original article, we worked around the term, while in the staff editorial denouncing him and calling for action from the University, we used “racist.” However, this inability to call the research what it was — racist — constitutes a negative reflection of our coverage and does not properly serve the marginalized communities on our campus, which is why we decided to take another look at our policy.

The historically white press has often avoided calling incidents, words and people “racist” because it is seen as a “subjective” term that carries “bias.” However, objectivity in journalism is a concept rooted in keeping the readership of the intended audience. More often than not, the coverage caters to and accommodates wealthy, white men as the subjects, readers and reporters. But catering to

solely to this demographic does a disservice to the marginalized communities most affected by these incidents — people who understand American structures to be built on racial discrimination, who are harmed by this so-called “objective” view of not calling something racist. The Associated Press Stylebook, one of the guides The Daily uses to determine spelling, grammar and phrasing standards within our articles, recently updated its guidelines on using the word “racist.” In March, they changed their entry for the word: “The terms racism and racist can be used in broad references or in quotations to describe the hatred of a race, or assertion of the superiority of one race over others.” However, the guide made a distinction for people: “In general, avoid using racist or any other label as a noun for a person; it’s far harder to match the complexity of a person to a definition or label than it is a statement or action.” The Daily will continue to call words and actions that fall under these descriptions as they are: racist. Anything else would be a disservice to our campus and Evanston communities — particularly people of color — and not reflect the mission of our paper. -Marissa Martinez

High tuition increases are indefensible for institutions MARY TUCKER

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On April 12, Northwestern announced that the 2019-2020 academic year would see a 3.9 percent rise in tuition, bringing it to a record high of $56,232. This follows the 3.6 percent tuition hikes for both the 2018-2019 school year and the 2017-2018 school year. “We don’t want to leave money on the table,” Provost Jonathan Holloway said of the recent tuition increase for the university.

This begs the question: When did students become mere customers, clients for universities to squeeze every cent out of ? The tuition increase for the next academic year is the largest in a series of consistent price increases.

Unfortunately, Northwestern is not the only school guilty of hiking up tuition prices; elite universities throughout the country have been following this trend as well. The problem here lies not just with one institution, but rather in the market for higher education as a whole. My inner economist recognizes a key issue within this industry, which allows universities to abuse the overwhelming power that they hold over students. In a normal market, price increases lead to decreases in demand, as consumers exercise their freedom to choose lowercost alternatives. However, students already enrolled in four-year universities lack this option to choose. This results in the highly inelastic demand curve for higher education which negatively impacts students. Speaking plainly, a change in the price of tuition does not automatically result in a dramatic decrease in enrollment of students in a university. Because of this, students will continue to enroll at Northwestern and other elite universities due to the demand for higher education, leaving universities in a position of power to increase the tuition to consistently higher rates. One argument supporting price increases in higher education is that the overall cost of running a university is rising: students are seeking smaller class sizes, improved technology and top-notch facilities, among other resources. Yes, universities are becoming more costly, but this does not justify such drastic tuition increases. Universities should leverage other revenue streams, including donors, sponsors and athletic events, rather than placing the burden on

students. As students already enrolled at Northwestern, we have committed to pursuing our degrees for four years. We are locked in and must pay tuition until we complete our full course of study. Sure, there are alternative options — dropping out of college or transferring to a significantly less prestigious university. But these options only hurt us and negatively affect our future. Realistically, committing to pursuing a degree at Northwestern does not allow students to drop out simply due to tuition increases. As a current sophomore at Northwestern, I sighed when I realized that, despite my qualms, I will, in fact, pay the increased tuition for 2019-2020. I will continue to do so until I finish my degree, as will just about all of my fellow undergraduate students. We are trapped, inadvertently roped into the university’s financial scheme. In a market with so little room for students to seek alternatives, universities have unprecedented power. They can name their price, and students will pay in order to return to school each year. So this poses the real question: What is the role of higher education? Should these institutions be allowed to take advantage of America’s beloved free market and readily charge students any price they desire? Something as essential to social good as higher education cannot be allowed to function like a vicious market. In the modern job environment, higher education is no longer an added bonus to your resume. An undergraduate education is now

seen as a baseline requirement, across all industries. College teaches students important professional skills including leadership and independent thinking, but also helps students achieve unprecedented personal growth. Treating such an integral experience as a good to be purchased feels unjust.

Education is not a commodity: education is not a new pair of shoes, a fancy car or the latest model of the iPhone. Education is the key to growth and productivity, not just to individuals but to this country as a whole. Similarly, students are not customers. We are not sources of money for our universities. We are active contributors on our campuses and forces for driving change in the future, and we deserve to be treated as the invaluable resources that we are. Mary Tucker is a SESP sophomore. She can be contacted at marytucker2021@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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Poetry in a heartbeat

“I think now, especially after taking poetry classes and things, seeing more of the structure of poetry and some of the rules, I think more of the fun comes from knowing what some of the rules are and breaking them to make something really unique and special.” — Kourtni McNeil, Weinberg sophomore

Northwestern Slam Society members share what poetry means to them

“The reason I do it is just making jokes through wordplay and puns. And always trying to come back to some sort of message that means something to me. But it really does start from a place of just trying to make a sequence of word-related jokes.” — Eric Hochberger, Weinberg junior

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“A lot of people kind of view poetry as this dead medium and think of poetry as like Robert Frost and Walt Whitman and all these dead white guys who had their form of poetry. But it’s such a living, breathing thing, and I’m just very passionate about it.” — Rachael Zisk, Medill sophomore

ETHS ranked among best high schools in Illinois, new data shows

Evanston Township High School found itself among the highest ranked high schools in Illinois, according to new data released by U.S. News and World Report. ETHS ranked 27th in Illinois and 526th nationally in the 2019 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings. Of the 23,000 schools the organization reviewed this year, it ranked over 17,000 of them. This marks an increase from the 2,700 schools they ranked in 2018. The school received a score of 96.95 out of a possible 100 based on state-required testing scores, graduation rates and college readiness levels. According to the data collected by U.S. News, 21 percent of students exceeded expectations in math proficiency and 31 percent exceeded expectations in reading proficiency. Its college readiness index sits at 58.2 and is based off of student performance on state-required tests and college-level coursework like AP exams. The school ranked in the 96th percentile based on AP/IB exam participation rates and percentage of students passing at least one AP/IB exam. In evaluating test scores, only 25 percent of underserved students are proficient according to state exams. The organization uses “underserved” to refer to black, Hispanic and low-income students. Based on data reported to the government, 56 percent of the student population are minorities and 40 percent are economically disadvantaged. There were 3,288 students enrolled at ETHS when this data was taken. The school employs 242 full-time teachers and has an average student-to-teacher ratio of 14-to-1. The graduation rate at ETHS sits at 93 percent which is “somewhat above the state median” of 86 percent, according to Illinois Report Card. In 2016, ETHS ranked 13th in the state and 452nd nationally in the same U.S. News and World Report. — Julia Esparza

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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. The school recently ranked 27th in the state in the 2019 U.S. News Best High Schools rankings.

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She said the choice prevented her from pursuing psychology, a field in which she is much more passionate. The decision caused her anxiety, as she was often left conflicted over which major to pursue. “It’s just sad that I can’t really do what I want to do,” Yan said. “Even though I know what I like, I can’t do it if I want to remain in the U.S.” Weinberg sophomore Ananya Poddar had a similar experience. Although she enjoys economics and intended to declare the major even before it was reclassified, she said she was forced to drop her learning

and organizational change double-major as a result of the regulation. Poddar also struggled with a lack of clarity related to the new policy. “At the time, I was told if I graduated from SESP, even as an econ double-major, (my degree) would not count as STEM, because my graduating school (would be) SESP,” Poddar said. “I wasn’t sure if this was true or not, but apparently that meant that I wouldn’t get the two extra years. So I switched back into Weinberg.” Poddar said although she benefited from economic re-classification, it was frustrating to always have to “make decisions based off of that.” Even though Poddar said she understands the

intention behind the STEM regulation’s implementation, she finds the entire work visa lottery unfair. H-1B visas are limited — more applicants exist than visas available. Therefore, international job applicants must enter a lottery to acquire an American work visa. They can only enter after securing a job, as the lottery requires sponsorship from an employer. With more time in the U.S., STEM students have more opportunities to be selected for a visa. “I get that they are trying to increase opportunities for citizens of the U.S, but in my opinion, if someone gets a job from a company, it’s clear that the company sees some value in that candidate over an American counterpart,” Poddar said. “So I think if you are able to get a

job offer, you should be able to directly get a work visa.” Yan said even more disappointing than visa extension limitations or difficult lottery systems are the scarce employment opportunities within the film industry for international students. “The time isn’t what matters the most to me,” she said. “It’s that I know if I do RTVF, I know I’m not going to find a job, no matter how long I remain here.” She said it is almost impossible to find employers within the film industry willing to sponsor a work visa. Now, she plans to settle for a career in economics. “I’ve just kind of learned to accept it,” Yan said.

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new systems, the process takes longer and the backlog grows. Provost Jonathan Holloway said the need for training will impact how quickly the backlog can be fixed. “It’s not just something (where) you raised your hand and get put into that job and know how to do it,” Holloway said. “There’s some sort of training. It’s gonna take a while to get up to speed to be expert enough to adjudicate what needs to be adjudicated.” In addition, Meade said research faculty are not blameless. Faculty members will often turn in proposals right before the deadline, swamping OSR. Finally, the federal government shutdown last winter impacted the February funding cycle, Meade said, particularly for the National Science Foundation. With federal employees unable to process new grant applications, the backlog grew even larger, impacting the impending June deadline. “Some of the backlog was related to the government shutting down,” Schapiro said. “All of a sudden it came. It was an avalanche.”

year as research does, deadlines are missed and funding is not rewarded.

Solutions

While the committee was working on writing a list of recommendations to the administration, Meade learned administrators had heard faculty concerns and implemented the top three points of recommendation that his committee was planning to make, addressing issues of understaffing and transparency. “In the recent Conversations with the President events on the Chicago and Evanston campuses, we discussed the University’s intentions to continue expanding its research impact,” Holloway and Craig Johnson, NU’s senior vice president for business and finance, wrote in an April 19 email to the research community. “Sustaining a thriving ecosystem to support discovery … requires strategic investment in the administrative infrastructure that handles contracts, compliance and related research issues.” Acknowledging the backlog, Holloway and Johnson said the University has begun taking steps to fix the problem, including adding new full-time positions in the OSR, reprioritizing existing financial resources to hire temporary staff, who began in April, to eliminate the backlog and committing to posting monthly updates on OSR’s progress in the spirit of transparency. Holloway said the University’s recent budget deficit made finding the resources “tricky,” but the investment was necessary. Considering the deficit, Meade was “shocked” administrators acted so swiftly. “This is one of those surprising but also encouraging moments where they responded quickly,” he said. “They summed up three of the major recommendations in this note from the provost, and we’re delighted so far.”

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researchers to produce papers and contribute to the research boom, the administrative backlog has inhibited their ability to participate in the University’s $700 million flagship enterprise.

Building the Enterprise

Faculty Senate research affairs committee chairman and chemistry Prof. Thomas Meade told The Daily that Northwestern’s commitment to research is, in his academic experience, unparalleled. He arrived at Northwestern in 2003 and ever since, the “explosion” of research-related investment, from facilities to professors, has changed the face of the school, he said. “There has not been a day since I’ve arrived that there hasn’t been construction on North campus,” he said. Northwestern’s commitment to research over the past decade has caused incredible growth. Research funding has risen 60 percent in ten years, according to the 2018 Office for Research Impact Report, which amounts to an increase of $263 million dollars. Because of all the construction Meade was referring to, the University now has 55 core research facilities. When the University provides for enormous investment in research without subsequently ensuring the administrative infrastructure is equipped to handle expanded workloads, it’s a recipe for backlog, Meade said. “We’re talking about the major commitment from the University,” Meade said. “It expanded all the space that we have, all these new buildings, and (grant administrators) were overwhelmed...They’re understaffed. I guess that’s the way to put it.”

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in them. She said she would like to see a workshop on being mislabeled within the Latinx community. Segura’s cousin, Angelica, who is a sophomore at ETHS, also attended the mental health workshop. She said the mental health workshop allowed her to feel more comfortable reaching out for help and helped

When a member of the research faculty wants federal funding for a project, they must first fill out a grant — a complicated process that occurs three times a year, with three major funding cycles in February, June and October, Meade said. Faculty are required to submit their grant applications to the Office for Sponsored Research about a week in advance of federal funding deadlines, giving OSR a chance to review and submit grants. Faculty members work with individual grant administrators, assigned by department, who troubleshoot and turn in grants to OSR. What happens next, Meade says, is a mystery. “It’s a black box to us,” he said. According to their website, OSR reviews proposals, assures all signatures and certifications are present and in order, verifies salary and budget calculations, reviews Northwestern’s budgetary commitments and then ensures the document is formatted correctly. Meade said he’s seen grant applications not get sent to federal organizations in time due to typos or grammatical mistakes that OSR finds. Because the office often only has about a week to process a huge number of grant applications, which increases every

In addition to understaffing, Meade said a lack of proper training for grant administrators contributes to the problem. Federal government agencies like the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation change formats and submission programs often, and if grant administrators are not trained in the

When Meade met with the Faculty Senate research affairs committee to identify issues that needed addressing, the backlog quickly emerged as the number one subject. He met with the members of the Board of Trustees to explain the issue, and said he was able to pique their interest when he explained that the seemingly small administrative struggle could be the difference in acquiring the $300 million needed to launch Northwestern into billion dollar-research funding territory.

her to understand that she is not alone. “When people asked, ‘How does your family deal with mental health?’ everyone responded with ‘Oh it’s not real, you’re just having a bad day, it will go away after I make you dinner,’’ she said. “It was really interesting because that’s kind of what goes on in my house.” Similar to her cousin, Angelia Segura said she wants to get more involved with the summits and

discuss topics that often get pushed to the side, like issues of mental health. Trinity Collins, a senior at ETHS, attended the LGBTQ+ summit and said her favorite workshop was the queer people of color panel. She said she learned more about the experiences of queer people of color and in turn, how to help amplify the voices of this group as a queer white person. While she learned a lot at these summits, she said

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Supporters of the organization Housing Opportunities for Women attended Welcome Home to Evanston on April 27, an event celebrating the group’s first affordable housing development in the city. The new development, located at the corner of Pitner Avenue and Dempster Street, is expected to open this summer, a Tuesday news release said.The building will have 16 one- and two-bedroom units to house both individuals and families, according to the release. Welcome Home to Evanston took place at the Halim Time and Glass Museum, and Mayor Steve Hagerty opened the event by reiterating the city’s commitment to create more affordable housing, according to the release. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), whose ward will house the new HOW development, also attended the event. HOW has been fighting homelessness since 1983, according to its website. The organization operates under a “Housing First Model,” which aims to provide homeless individuals with housing as quickly

NU prof. studies Gen Z through the spelling bee in new book

Generation Z kids are more likely to be independent and pre-professional at younger ages, according to a new book by Anthropology Prof. Shalini Shankar. Many of them are also taking part in competitions like spelling bees. Shankar said Generation Z kids — who are born after 1996 — are shaping society in many ways. It is the most diverse generation in the country’s history,

NU prof., grad student help create new algorithm for glass

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as possible, then with support services and tools to promote self-sufficiency. On its website, HOW states that it provides several services to individuals and families in need. Primarily, case managers work with each client to develop a “Service Plan” with short-term and long-term goals. Case managers continue to assist clients by helping them receive benefits, get an education and maintain employment. HOW also offers youth services, such as afterschool academic assistance, a Saturday teen program and a summer camp. At the Welcome Home to Evanston event, the Illinois Housing Development Authority and The Woman’s Club of Evanston received awards. According to the news release, the organizations received awards for their “unyielding commitment and support to the organization and its mission of empowering women, children, and families to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.” In total, the Welcome Home to Evanston event raised over $150,000, according to the news release, which will go toward HOW’s housing and support services. — Emma Edmund

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Joe Moore, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), Britt Shawver, Mayor Steve Hagerty, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), Michelle Saddler and Denis Pierce (from left) at Welcome Home to Evanston. The event raised $150,000 for Housing Opportunities for Women

and has the highest number of children of immigrants of any generation. In her new book, “Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z’s New Path to Success,” Shankar interviews three spelling bee participants and their parents, in a hope to better understand Gen Z kids. “Bee kids are the bellwethers of Gen Z kids,” Shankar said, according to a news release. “Gen Z kids are learning to thrive in a highly competitive world, with great access to the internet and digital tools, and higher expectations of professionalism at a much younger age.” She attended 20 different spelling bees, including the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which is televised

each year. Across the country, more than 11 million students participate in local spelling bees, the release said, of which more than 500 kids, aged 6 to 15, take part in the national competition. In doing her research, Shankar discovered that South Asian-American parents, in particular, have enrolled their children in the spelling bee. Balu Natarajan (Weinberg ’92,’96 MD, ‘99 GME), who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, was the first child of immigrants to win, according to the release.The last 11 trophies have gone to Indian-American winners. His son, Atman, will be competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee for the second time this May. Shankar said that Gen Z children are being

parented using the “stealth fighter parenting” method, a term which was coined by Neil Howe, a generational demographer. He characterizes this type of parenting as a departure from the Baby Boomers’ practice of “helicopter parenting” of their Gen X children. These parents give their children more independence and interfere only in quick, focused moments. For spelling bee kids, this means their parents “prioritize competition and preparing for it above their own leisure, and this really sets them apart from parents who advocate for a work-play balance for their children,” Shankar said.

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“Energy renormalization for coarse-graining polymers having different segmental structures” and was printed by Science Advances, a peer-reviewed journal. “As simple as glass looks, it’s a very strange material,” Keten said in the release. “These processes take a very long time to compute in molecular simulations. Speeding up computations is only possible if we can map the positions of the molecules to simpler structural models.” The algorithm is named the “energy renormalization algorithm.” With this new formula, scientists

can create coarse-grained models and may be able to discover new materials faster. Three tests have been done to confirm the algorithm, and each time, the formula results in correct predictions. “Explaining the physics of glasses has famously been one of the biggest problems that scientists haven’t been able to solve,” Keten said. “We’re getting closer to understanding their behavior and solving the mystery.”

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I just wanted wanted to come out here early, get some swings in, get loose, stay loose, because I didn’t know what time we were to start. — Jack Dunn, shortstop

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Writers discuss upcoming Big Ten Tournament By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH, KARIM NOORANI the daily northwestern

Northwestern finished the regular season 12-4, and its 5-1 Big Ten mark was good for second in the conference. With the Big Ten Tournament coming this weekend, The Daily’s lacrosse writers discussed the No. 5 Wildcats’ three-game winning streak as well as the Cats’ chances to win the conference tournament. 1. NU finished the regular season with three straight wins, two of which came over top-10 teams. What did that closing

stretch show you about this team and its postseason potential?

Charlie Goldsmith: Selena Lasota has played her best lacrosse of the season down the stretch. After beating a top-10 Penn team in late March, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller referenced a dichotomy opposing teams have when they face the Cats’ offense. They can either face guard Lasota and send traps at her when she has the ball, or they can defend her in a more traditional way. The first option opens things up for other attackers and midfielders — especially Lindsey McKone and Lauren Gilbert — while the second is an invitation

for Lasota to score five or more goals in a game. Having such a dangerous scorer is probably the most valuable piece a team can have in postseason play, and NU’s strong close to the season showed Lasota can be the driving force behind the team’s success.

Karim Noorani: Mallory Weisse has played really well since she was named starting goalkeeper against Maryland. Weisse has averaged 12 saves per game over the Cats’ past four contests. Multiple NU players have said her saves help spur the offense. The Cats’ offense is leading the nation in points scored per game, but

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Selena Lasota whips a pass to a teammate. The senior has scored four or more goals in four consecutive games.

the defense holding opposing teams to low scoring outputs bodes well for NU’s playoff chances. 2. The Big Ten Tournament is this weekend, but most conferences have already wrapped up their postseason tournaments. What happened, and how will any of these results affect the Cats?

Noorani: Matchups are everything. No. 3 Boston College by far had the best resume in the country heading into the ACC tournament. However, they lost to No. 2 North Carolina due to a poor offensive showing in the second half. This shows that the Cats could have a fighting chance against No. 1 Maryland. NU held its own in their regular season matchup against the Terrapins, though the Cats fell short after failing to sustain their play for the final five minutes. Goldsmith: Leading a program that’s won seven national championships, Amonte Hiller likes to think big picture. So even though it’s less clear which lowerseeded teams will be in NU’s path to the Final Four, what matters most to the team is who it would be projected to face if it takes care of business and makes it there. In the NCAA’s most updated revealed seedings, the Cats are slated as the No. 5 seed that could face No. 4 Syracuse in the Elite Eight. While the Orange lost 14-13 to No. 2 Boston College in the ACC Tournament, they beat the Cats 15-14 in February. In the Big Ten Tournament, with a potential championship matchup against No. 1 Maryland, NU has a great opportunity to elevate itself to a fourth or

third overall seed and avoid playing any of the teams currently ranked in the top four until the national semifinals. That’s especially notable since the Cats’ only losses this season are to those four teams currently ranked ahead of them. 3. NU has never won the Big Ten Tournament, and if it does this year, it will probably have to beat Maryland. What do the Cats need to do to finally get over the hump and beat the Terrapins?

Goldsmith: In NU’s close loss to Maryland earlier in April, the Cats were extremely effective at playing at Maryland’s up-tempo pace. The Terrapins race the ball up and down the field for all 70 minutes, and before that game’s lightning delay, NU had success playing that dynamic style. After that game, the players said they didn’t know why they weren’t able to keep that up following the delay, but they’ve already proven they can make Maryland uncomfortable. Noorani: The Cats need a strong allaround offensive showing to keep up with Maryland. Lasota is a big-game player who is averaging five goals per game in her last seven contests, but she simply can’t do it alone. Once defenses start to focus on her, teammates like McKone, Gilbert and freshman midfielder Izzy Scane have to play better. Scane needs to be more aggressive shooting her shot while McKone and Gilbert have to find ways to be more efficient. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu karimnoorani2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Players have different ways to stay loose during delays By PETER WARREN

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Despite it being half-past noon on a gameday Sunday, the turf of Miller Park was empty. The bitter temperature was below the mandatory minimum of 28 degrees needed to start the contest, and the game between San Jose State and Northwestern was delayed indefinitely until the baseline was reached. In the meantime, the Spartans had vacated the first-base dugout and taken solace on their bus right outside the stadium. The Wildcats had retreated as well, into their locker room behind the thirdbase dugout that now had only one or two people in it. There was only one player on the field — senior shortstop Jack Dunn, swinging his DeMarini bat right outside the dugout. “I just wanted to come out here early, get some swings in, get loose, stay loose, because I didn’t know what time we were to start,” Dunn said. “And then I just like being out here.” As time passed by, the temperature slowly rose and first pitch got closer, some of his teammates joined Dunn on the field. Soon, a group were all swinging their bats, imitating batting stances and having a good time. When the game finally started after an approximately 90-minute delay, NU jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on its

way to a 6-0 win. Whether due to cold temperature, thunderstorms or something else entirely, delays and rescheduled games happen more than a few times during a season for the Cats, usually occurring during weekend series. Midweek games — like Tuesday’s scheduled matchup with Illinois State — that have poor weather in the forecast will be cancelled before the visiting team leaves for the contest. Sometimes, if bad weather is in the forecast on weekends, teams will push games back or move games forward, creating doubleheaders to prevent hours-long delays. However, that does not always happen, and sometimes the team is stuck playing the waiting game. When that occurs, everyone has their own methods for staying loose while also being ready to snap right back into game mode. Sophomore pitcher Quinn Lavelle said he finds himself talking throughout rain delays, especially in a dugout that does not have much sitting room. “It’s just a good time to just pick people’s brains, see what people are thinking about as far as the season, as far as themselves, as far as your team,” Lavelle said. “It’s a time to just really talk about baseball because we are at the baseball field. We want to talk about baseball.” Coach Spencer Allen said during delays, players look to maintain a “soft focus” instead of a “hard focus.” It can be difficult, Allen said, to be locked in for

an unknown amount of time before even stepping on the field. While Dunn was taking dry cuts on the vacant field on that Sunday in March, the rest of the team was in the locker room talking with each other, said senior first baseman Willie Bourbon. Most of the conversation revolved around baseball, Bourbon added, but not all of it. “Some of the funniest stories, some of the best times are in those delays,” Allen said. “Whether you’re on a bus or in the dugout or in a hidden facility somewhere, those are great, great opportunities for us for sure.” During the second weekend of the season, the Cats were in a rain delay in Durham, North Carolina. Dunn said the team spent the delay in the dugout cracking jokes and telling stories. He cited junior Alex Erro as “probably the best storyteller,” as well as a great impersonator, highlighting his impression of freshman Anthony Calarco. Dunn said those laughs help keep everyone loose. As for his favorite stories from a rain delay, the senior opted to keep them within the team. “I’ll leave it to your imagination.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Jack Dunn takes a practice swing. The senior shortstop said telling stories and making jokes during delays keeps the team loose.

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Sweden native Nyfjäll named Big Ten’s top freshman

Northwestern stumbled to a 13thplace finish last weekend at Big Ten Championships, but freshman David Nyfjäll was the Wildcats’ lone bright spot.

On Tuesday, the Sweden native was awarded Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Nyfjäll paced NU at Big Ten Championships in Philadelphia, finishing 11th out of 70 overall competitors. No other Cats golfer finished higher than 42nd. That performance capped an impressive rookie campaign for Nyfjäll. He announced his presence on the collegiate scene by winning back-to-back

tournaments in October. First, he took home the title at the Chatham Hills Collegiate in Westfield, Indiana. Then, two weeks later, he topped the field at UNCG/Grandover Collegiate in Greensboro, North Carolina. Both of those wins led to him being named Big Ten Men’s Golfer of the Week. Nyfjäll added two more top-10

finishes later in the season, taking eighth place at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona in March, then finishing tied for third at the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Indiana in mid-April. At Big Ten Championships, Nyfjäll finished strong, shooting an even-par 70 in the final round to move up eight places in the leaderboard. His 71.79

stroke average was the lowest on the team. Nyfjäll was also named to the AllConference first team, in addition earning to Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. He became the fifth NU golfer to win the award, and the first since Eric Chun in 2009. — Benjamin Rosenberg