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City Manager finalists speak with residents Candidates discuss ideas for Evanston’s future in town hall

By LILY CAREY

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Some historians, legal experts and graduate students at Northwestern said they are concerned about a leaked draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

NU reacts to Roe decision leak

Community members express concerns about future abortion access

By AVANI KALRA

daily senior staffer @avanidkalra

As the Supreme Court stands poised to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, some members of the Northwestern community are concerned about the lasting impact the decision could have.

On Monday night, Politico published a leaked draft opinion

by Supreme Court Justice Samuel

Alito that would strike down the freedom to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. Though the decision has not yet been finalized, a ruling consistent with the leak would reverse protections that have been in place for nearly 50 years.

When history Prof. Kate Masur read the opinion, she said she felt physically sick. Though Masur said she expected this court to weigh in on precedent set by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the court could

have limited the rulings’ protections rather than entirely overruling precedents set by both cases.

“Seeing it there in a news story, in a draft opinion, was shocking,” she said.

While Masur emphasized Roe is still the law, if the eventual ruling resembles the leaked draft, she said the consequences will be immediate and tangible.

According to the New York Times, 13 states have passed “trigger laws” since 1973 that would immediately outlaw abortion if the

Supreme Court allowed it. Five additional states once had abortion bans that could be reinstated if Roe v. Wade is overturned, and 14 states could ban abortions that occur before a fetus can even survive outside the uterus.

Abortion will likely be criminalized in about half of all states, Masur said.

Second-year mental health counseling graduate student Dara McGee, who is also a

» See ROE, page 6

City manager candidates Snapper Poche and John Fournier spoke about their ideas for Evanston in a Tuesday virtual town hall moderated by Mayor Daniel Biss.

Candidates answered questions submitted by residents, emphasizing their previous experiences and commitments to improving Evanston. Most questions concerned racial equity issues, action against climate change, small business pandemic recovery and budgeting efficiency.

“What’s so intriguing about Evanston is your take on these big critical, structural issues that I think more communities ought to be grappling with: issues around racial equity, reparations, structural racism, climate change,” Poche said.

Poche currently serves as the program director for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. He previously worked as program director at the Innovation Field Lab New York, another Harvard University program, and as the director of code enforcement for New Orleans.

Fournier, the assistant city administrator of Ann Arbor, Michigan, said he is excited to bring his passion for public service to Evanston.

“I have known my whole life that I wanted a career in public service,” Fournier said. “Opportunity exists in Evanston for us to do something really special together. It really excites me, and I hope that I get the opportunity to do it.”

Fournier has spent four years working for Ann Arbor’s government and has previously worked in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as deputy chief of staff to the mayor.

Throughout the town hall, Fournier discussed issues of equity, staff management and climate action.

Poche drew on his experience working for the City of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to repair housing and rehabilitate the city’s commercial district. He emphasized how this experience can apply to Evanston’s strategic focus on small businesses and affordable housing.

Poche said he takes a “valuesbased approach” to many issues, highlighting the need for thoughtful strategies derived from resident input, especially when it comes to the city budget.

“Oftentimes, cities spend a lot of time focusing on budget and

» See CITY MANAGER, page 6

Staff fights to get Community reflects on Ramadan retirement losses Residents discuss personal meanings of celebrations throughout the month After NU suspends contributions, staff seek to regain funds

By JOANNA HOU

daily senior staffer @joannah_11

Early in the pandemic, art history Prof. Hannah Feldman said she and her coworkers struggled relationally, physically and psychologically.

“Most of us, especially women, were doing a lot more emotional work with our students,” Feldman said. “In my department, we worked all summer, which we’re technically not paid to do. After all of that, when we all redesigned syllabi, learned how to teach on Zoom, people home-schooled … it was awful.”

During this period, colleges and universities nationwide braced for fiscal deficits. At Northwestern, the projected loss — $90 million — led University President Morton Schapiro to announce a suspension of faculty retirement contributions on May 11, 2020.

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Jorge Coronado, president of NU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said a small group of faculty has consistently spoken out against the suspension. “(The retirement cuts) were simply unilaterally announced with no consultation on the faculty (who disapproved) of that cut,” Coronado said.

Coronado said faculty grew more critical when the University announced an $83.4 million surplus for the 2020 fiscal year.

NU resumed retirement contributions on Jan. 1, 2021, which Feldman said she thought meant it would return money lost during the pandemic.

But more than a year later, Feldman said the University has failed to recuperate these lost funds and communicate transparently about the retirement losses.

“We were incredulous and pretty angry,” Feldman said. “To realize that at the end of (all of this) money was earned and that we were not going to benefit

» See RETIREMENT, page 6

By SKYE GARCIA

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After the prayers for Eid al-Fitr concluded Monday morning, people poured through the doors of Dar-us-Sunnah Masjid and Community Center in Evanston. Families and friends slipped on their shoes and received golden boxes of Habshi Halwa and Soan Halwa, traditional South Asian desserts.

They laughed and embraced on the small lawn in front of the mosque.

“Coming off of a three year long pandemic, this has definitely been a very special (Ramadan),” said Muhammad Saiduzzaman, one of the founding presidents of Dar-usSunnah. He handles the public relations of the Evanston Masjid.

This year, the holy month of Ramadan began the evening of April 2 and ended Sunday.

During the observance, Muslim communities fast from sunrise to sunset and pray the Taraweeh.

Celebrations took place all over the Evanston area: at mosques and community centers, at home with friends and family and on Northwestern’s campus.

Dar-us-Sunnah organized daily Taraweeh prayers and Iftars, evening meals prepared and eaten after sunset during Ramadan. Some locals also organized their own events and celebrated with friends and family.

Skokie resident Lara Alhaleg is originally from Jordan. She doesn’t have much family in the United States, so she said she spent a lot of time with her friends, her husband and her twoyear-old child this Ramadan. The family celebrated the holiday at home and visited friends in the area for small Iftars.

Two weeks ago, a good friend of Alhaleg rented a local venue and invited Alhaleg and her family for a community Iftar. The host rented a large movie screen and played movies for the children while the adults gathered to talk and celebrate, Alhaleg said.

“It was so nice, so great, to be all together,” she said.

Alhaleg said she felt close to God and her family during Ramadan. She described the 30-day holiday as a month of forgiveness and mercy and expressed her love for the holy month.

“It’s to feel your souls come together,” she said. “You are

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happy with the family gatherings, and with the merciful.”

Saiduzzaman said Ramadan is a time of hope, especially in hard times.

He reflected on the adverse effects of the pandemic on his community and remembered the lives lost to the virus. Still, he believes in the possibility of a silver lining.

“There is a message to humanity,” he said. “There is more to it.”

Saiduzzaman said Ramadan was a time for empathy and compassion. It was a time to think of others, no matter their religious identity.

He said Dar-us-Sunnah holds numerous events throughout the year — including cookouts,

volunteer opportunities and outdoor gatherings — that are open to everyone.

“The door remains open for anyone who wants to come in,” he said.

The same sentiment was true at Northwestern. The university held several events open to all Evanston residents.

During the general body meetings, Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Students Association hosted a series called “The Etiquette of…,” according to the McSA Instagram. The series consisted of several in-person courses

» See RAMADAN, page 6

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AROUND TOWN

D&D’s owner discusses the store’s 50 year history

By SAUL PINK

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When his uncle brought his family to Chicago after a 15-day journey from Greece in 1955, Thomas Douvikas, then 12, said he remembers his father starting his first job in America — washing dishes. Back home in Nestani, Greece, his father had been a shepherd and a farmer, assisted by his mother.

“He’d come home and say ‘Someday, you’re gonna clean toilets and wash dishes, too,’” Douvikas said. “I said, ‘No, I don’t think so.’ ” Many of Douvikas’s family members worked in Chicago-area restaurants at the time. But after seeing their struggles in the restaurant industry, Douvikas decided to follow the path of his uncle, Kosta, who owned a small grocery store in the city.

Douvikas, now 77, is the owner of D&D Finer Foods, a grocery store on Noyes Street currently in its 49th year serving Evanston residents. Customers and neighbors agreed that the store’s family-oriented atmosphere and commitment to building personal relationships keep them coming back.

During his first few years in the industry, Douvikas worked various jobs at grocery stores before landing a job as a manager at Happy Foods on Chicago’s North Side. In 1973, when he heard an Evanston store was for sale, he decided to purchase it.

Douvikas opened the store with his brother, Peter Douvikas. The brothers are the original “D&D” behind the store’s name.

Thomas Douvikas’s employees describe him as an old-school boss who puts boundless energy into his business. His son, Kosta Douvikas, now runs the store and said treating employees well is a cornerstone of his dad’s business.

“He taught me just to be humble and that as long as you can pay your employees and pay yourself at the end of the day, that’s all that matters,” Kosta Douvikas said.

Joyce and Robert Gettleman have lived down the street from D&D for 51 years. Joyce Gettleman,

who said she visits the store about three times per week, said Thomas Douvikas always makes a point of developing strong relationships with his customers.

The Gettleman family grills a goose every New Year’s Eve, and D&D always keeps a fresh bird in stock specifically for them, Robert Gettleman said.

Joyce Gettleman said she used to send her kids to D&D to get groceries, knowing that employees were always looking out for her family’s needs.

“One time, I forgot to tell them (something I needed), and I actually called the store and had them tell my kids what I needed them to get,” she said. “My kids were a little embarrassed.”

The store originally sat at the current location of Stacked & Folded — across the street from its current location. In 1985, a neighbor informed Thomas Douvikas that the convenience store White Hen Pantry was looking to buy the gas station across the street.

Knowing that competition from White Hen could put his business at risk, Thomas and Peter Douvikas took out a loan to buy the property. His employees stuffed the store’s groceries into shopping carts and moved across the street.

When Peter Douvikas retired a decade ago, Kosta Douvikas took over as manager. Thomas Douvikas continued to work a few days each week, until recent health complications put a temporary stop to his shifts.

Kosta Douvikas said his father’s long hours at the store often came at the cost of attending his and his three brothers’ sports games and school events.

Thomas and Peter Douvikas alternated hours, having days where one of them worked from 7 a.m. to closing at 8 p.m. and the other worked from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“My dad is a guy who ate, slept and lived his store,” he said. “Even to this day, that’s still all he talks about.”

When he comes into the store, Thomas Douvikas often sits in the store’s back office, donning a black D&D vest. He occasionally peers over at video from the store’s security cameras on a large computer screen.

Kosta Douvikas said his father watches the same video from his home in Glenview and calls his son

Photo courtesy of Kosta Douvikas

Thomas Douvikas, the owner of D&D Finer Foods, stands next to a pile of pumpkins. Douvikas immigrated to the U.S. from Greece in 1943 and has run the iconic Noyes Street grocery store since 1973.

if he sees someone forgot to put a box away or close a refrigerator door.

“One of his lines that I teach everyone is ‘When there’s a will, there’s a way,’” said Jesus Rios, who oversees the store’s alcohol selection. “He trained me to be just like a little him.”

Thomas Douvikas traces his industriousness back to his early days in 1955, when his family boarded the ship to the United States.

“We made a good living here, better than back home,” he said. “(My family) didn’t come here for vacation. We came here to work hard.”

Setting the record straight An article published in the April 24 edition of The Daily misgendered Mahin Goel, who uses they/them pronouns. The Daily regrets the error and is committed to ensuring our reporters ask all sources for their pronouns.

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Stevenson discusses criminal justice

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Author and lawyer Bryan Stevenson spoke about the criminal justice system and racial equity in the One Book One Northwestern keynote address Tuesday.

His speech was followed by a conversation with NU Prison Education Program Director and philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey.

“I don’t want to spend time talking about problems, I really want to use the time I have to talk about solutions,” Stevenson said. “There is a justice deficit in America. I want to talk about how we increase the justice quotient.”

Stevenson is the founder and director of the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based nonprofit that aims to provide legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced or otherwise wronged by the criminal justice system. He has argued and won landmark Supreme Court cases on topics like mandatory life sentences for juveniles.

Stevenson’s 2014 memoir “Just Mercy,” which focused on his life and his work with the initiative, was a bestseller and inspired an eponymous movie adaptation in 2019.

The University chose Stevenson’s memoir as its 2020-21 One Book, offering programming throughout the academic year related to the book and its themes. However, his keynote address was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“In every generation, there are one or two people who provide a moral vision of such clarity and force that they lead an entire people forward to a world that more fully realizes our aspirations for justice and truth and hope,” Lackey said. “In our own time, we are honored to have Bryan Stevenson among us.”

One Book Director Nancy Cunniff, who opened the event, said the program hosted more than 90 virtual events — including panel discussions, plays and intergenerational storytellings — despite the challenges of the pandemic. Still, she said, she was excited for the return to an in-person format.

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“It just was amazing, the amount of programming that took place (in 2020-21), but none of us appreciated using Zoom,” Cunniff said. “We are truly grateful that Mr. Stevenson is here today to continue this conversation that we started last year.”

Stevenson said he was initially disillusioned as a student at Harvard Law School and transferred out.

He returned to law, he said, after spending a month with a Georgia organization that provided legal services for people on death row.

“If I’ve helped anybody, it’s because I got proximate to condemned people and learned to hear the power of humanity spoken in places where others doubt it,” Stevenson said. “And that is what I want to urge you to do. I want to urge you to find ways to get proximate.”

Elected officials who enact excessively punitive legislation, Stevenson said, are often distant from the

realities of the criminal justice system. He said one of the reasons the U.S. holds the highest incarceration rate in the world is because politicians promote narratives of fear and anger — which ultimately criminalize, rather than help, people who are struggling with issues like drug addiction or childhood trauma.

Stevenson emphasized the importance of being hopeful that justice will be achieved, even amid difficult times. He said hopeful people, from formerly incarcerated clients to his mother, have surrounded him his whole life.

“Your hope is your superpower. Hope will get some of you to stand up when others say, ‘Sit down.’

Hope will get somebody to speak when others say, ‘Be quiet,’” Stevenson said. “It will be the thing that allows you to do the things that others don’t think are possible.” rjleung7@u.northwestern.edu

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Nevo: Supporting survivors on a campus that does not countless others reposted the graphic, yet I did not see a single one of my followers who was not a survivor themself at the event.

Social media activism is harmful beyond the OPINION EDITOR shallowness of performance. Accounts like @ NuPredators share graphic accounts of sexual violence, including the assailant’s name, but it is Content warning: This story discusses sexual hard to understand how they support surivors. assault.

Yes, some survivors are empowered in sharing their story on such a platform, and they should This April, I naively assumed I would witness not be stopped from doing so. But many survivors an outpouring of support for survivors that never are also triggered when these stories are reposted occurs during the rest of the year. I planned to by what seems to be the entire student body. write this piece as a how-to support survivors It is not uncommon for social movements to beyond Sexual Assault Awareness Month, or use violent content to seek approval from those when support is no longer trendy. who may not recognize the problem. In many Yet many students were not even aware of ways, this is an effective strategy: shocking conSAAM, let alone participating in programming tent spurs emotional reactions. Yet, when these for it. The only “support” I found was with other posts are harmful to survivors themselves, we burnt-out survivors, frustrated that our repeated have to consider who these accounts truly serve. invitations to join us in advocating for survivors The truth is, supporting survivors is not so on campus are rejected straightforward. Just time after time by the as one survivor may be student body. empowered in sharing Around 20 students their story, another may attended Take Back triggered in reading Trauma is not something to get be the Night’s march it; what helps one heal last Thursday, and may not help everyone over; it is something you learn in-person events for heal. to live with. survivors rarely, if ever, For me, the easiest attract more paryet most impactful Opinion Editor thing someone can do ticipants. Not everyone can attend every event. is simply check in with We are students at an a survivor when someacademically rigorous thing triggering hapinstitution and many have to balance classes, jobs pens on campus or nationally. If a crime notice and other responsibilities. Not to mention that details an incident of gender-based violence, a bill engaging with this sort of material can be incredsparks discussion on the legal framing of assault ibly triggering. or even a survivor publishes their story in this secYet when survivors consistently put in the tion, it is imperative to check in with the survivors work to be heard, to plan and host events that you know. make it so easy for others to simply show up, Once you check in, affirm everything the surviit is devastating when no one does. Survivors vor is feeling. A survivor might feel sad or angry, shouldn’t have to advocate for themselves to but they may also feel guilty or ashamed. A surbegin with, so the least other students could do vivor shouldn’t blame themselves for what hapis listen. pened, but that doesn’t mean many don’t. Instead It’s not that people aren’t aware that sexual of dismissing their guilt, focus on emphasizing, assault is a problem. When there is an opportufor example, that freezing in a traumatic moment nity to share an Instagram post with a survivor’s is normal, and there is nothing they could have story, everyone shares it. Part of me wants to done to change their body’s reaction to what was believe that this widespread dissemination is happening. helpful for raising awareness. Another part of me Accept that all survivors cope differently, and is angry that this prolific, mindless sharing rarely no coping mechanism is shameful. Some surviresults in tangible support. Hundreds of people vors enter a period of hypersexuality following viewed my story advertising the march and their assault — constantly seeking safety in a

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know that a person is struggling, and your care sexual experience. Some survivors enter toxic for a survivor should never be contingent on relationships because they desperately want to how vulnerable they are with you. Furthermore, feel loved. Some survivors turn away from all a survivor has not necessarily “moved on” from romantic relationships entirely, because intimacy their experience just because they have stopped is difficult in the aftermath of an assault. talking to you about it. It is hard to talk about Some survivors avoid taking care of their body trauma even when you have the words to describe because it doesn’t feel like theirs anymore. If a it, but it is even harder to open up when you do survivor loses their charm, that is no sign to give up on them. No trauma response is unreasonable, not understand what you are feeling.

Trauma is not something to get over; it is and a survivor is not more or less worthy of love something you learn to live with. If you think that because of how the trauma has changed their someone else’s trauma is a burden to you and behavior. your relationship with them, think of the burden If a survivor confides in you, they are trusting it is to the survivor. Think of how much that you won’t hurt them. They are vulnerable and burden is lifted with even the simplest, “Hey, how sensitive; remember that. It goes without saying, are you doing?” but believe survivors and don’t ask too many In learning to live with trauma, I have learned questions. No matter how well intentioned, questo accept what happened to me was a terrible tions cast a shadow of doubt on the survivor’s thing. I have learned it is okay to feel sad. I have story. They do not owe you more than they want learned random, seemingly unprovoked sadness to give and their story is not more legitimate just does not mean I am broken, but I am on my way because it makes sense to you. to becoming stronger.

Use trigger warnings It is okay to take time properly. A content for yourself. It is okay warning at the top of a to ask for support from post that contains trigjust as it is okay gering language does Your care for a survivor should others, for them to take time not serve its purpose.

In other words, if the never be contingent on how vul- for themselves if supporting you is emotiontriggering content can nerable they are with you. ally challenging given be viewed, the content their own experiences. warning is no warning Opinion Editor It is okay to advocate at all. Instead, aim to for what you need, but post the content warnit is also okay to be ing on its own slide scared to do so. Most before sharing the story itself, so viewers have to actively choose to see the importantly, it is okay to expect more for yourself.

You are not a burden, and you are worthy of love. post.

Survivors often feel like they exist in a state of Resources: little control. Posting triggering content without The Center for Awareness, Response and sufficient warning only worsens this feeling as it Education provides confidential counseling and denies survivors the opportunity to filter what support groups, among other services, for survicontent they absorb. vors on campus.

When a survivor tells you what they are strugRAINN operates a 24/7 confidential and gling with or what is triggering for them, listen. It is not easy to vocalize a need, and it is even harder free hotline, in addition to providing a breadth of resources on laws, supporting survivors and to do so once you have been ignored once. sexual violence research.

Many reading this piece might think all of this is obvious. But in my experience, the vast majorLily Nevo is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be conity of Northwestern students do not do most tacted at lilynevo2024@u.northwestern.edu. If you of these things when the time comes to offer would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a support. It is one thing to know that you should Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. believe survivors, it is another to resist the urge com. The views expressed in this piece do not necesto ask questions simply to clarify a confusing sarily reflect the views of all staff members of The moment for your own peace of mind.

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Parham: The legacy of being Black and female in Evanston

OPEYEMI PARHAM

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence and death.

I grew up believing that it isn’t safe to be Black, female, sexy, smart and powerful — defined as having access to wealth. “They” will kill you.

By the 1920s, my grandfather moved to Evanston and was active in building a life here for himself. He supported several extended family members — chain migration style — in moving up to Evanston.

One sister, Amanda, married and settled; the other, Lula Mae, ended up in Chicago. Lula Mae had her own apartment in Chicago. At the age of 31, she survived a gunshot wound to the chest, purportedly the result of a “hit” taken out on her by a disgruntled ex-lover.

This incident reinforced my family legacy belief that it is innately unsafe to be a single Black female.

Alfred Parham was a devout baptist who planned on being a minister before he was forced to leave college. My grandfather and grandmother worked as domestics: a chauffeur and laundress, respectively.

My grandfather eventually moved on to work in the Chicago steel mills.

The first generation of Blacks born in Evanston included my aunt, Dorothy Louise, and my mother, Alfredine. Like their older sisters Mary and Gwendolyne, they attended and graduated from Evanston Township High School. The school where the Black kids couldn’t use the swimming pool, remember?

The oldest, Mary, attended a traditionally Black college in the South and majored in chemistry.

She was lucky to be inspired and supported in her brilliance in a time when women, especially Black

women, didn’t go to college.

Mary returned to Evanston during the summer of 1941. She was scheduled to leave in the late summer to join research scientists at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, working on the Eastern U.S. part of the Manhattan Project.

But she didn’t make it to Tennessee. She drowned in Lake Michigan that summer.

One summer night, she took a ride into Chicago with a Black male friend and never returned. That Black male friend worked with my grandfather Alfred. When Alfred arrived at work the next day, worried sick that Mary had never come home, the Black male friend stated that he had left her at the lake. Her body was found when the lake was dredged that day. The Black male friend’s story

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My grandparent’s generation had left the South, traumatized by their lived experience of white terrorism. In Evanston, they experienced a different type of harm.

- OPEYEMI PARHAM, Op-ed Contributor

evolved; he elaborated he pushed her into Lake Michigan. He left and “he didn’t know that she couldn’t swim.”

Many reading this piece may not see how such a personal family story has anything to do with a conversation on reparations.

I tell these stories to emphasize what life was like for Black Evanston residents in the 1940s and 50s.

My grandparents’ generation had left the South, traumatized by their lived experience of white terrorism. In Evanston, they experienced a different type of harm from stress related humiliations, despair and disempowerment. They lived in a segregated community within a white township. Evanston in the 40s and 50s was segregated de facto, if not de jure. There were double standards for many life experiences, like Black people accessing our justice system. In the case of Lula Mae, who was shot in the chest, no one was ever charged with assault or attempted murder.

In the case of Mary, who drowned, an arraignment brought no charges against the man involved.

There were always excuses. Black on Black crime, in the second case. Just another Black woman from Chicago’s South Side, in the first case.

Despite access to wonderful academic experiences provided through ETHS, lack of access to something as practical as swim lessons contributed to the death of my brilliant aunt.

That tragedy influenced the emotional and physical health of the remaining three sisters in my mother’s generation. My mother was 11 when her sister drowned. My grandmother was 37 when she lost her eldest child.

As I untangle family stories, I see the tensions involved with being a Black female wanting independence, but never truly feeling safe. Mary had no idea the consequences of that one choice on a summer evening. Despite her middle-class privilege, there were fatal consequences to de facto segregation in Evanston. Segregation left her with a life threatening deficit in survival skills.

All but one Parham sister were dead by their mid-60s. I hope to share, in a third and last essay, more on how life in Evanston contributed to those early deaths.

Opeyemi Parham is a retired M.D. who writes as an artist, healing. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@

dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Staff and students discuss downsides of CTECS

By NICOLE MARKUS

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Northwestern is one of several top universities assessing its teacher evaluation programs after nationwide studies have shown that these evaluations demonstrate inherent bias against non-white, non-male professors.

Several years ago, the University formed a committee of faculty, students and administration to investigate and address potential biases in student evaluations of teachers — known as CTECs. Pritzker Prof. Michelle Falkoff said while the CTECs system flags and discounts explicitly inappropriate comments about race, gender or ethnicity, it doesn’t account for unconscious bias.

“You have this kind of shaded area where female faculty are just consistently not provided the same respect in evaluations, even if we know that they’re teaching in a way that’s really effective for students,” Falkoff said.

Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell (Medill B.S. ’84, M.S. ’85, Weinberg Ph.D. ’14) said though she has not noticed any explicitly biased comments on her CTECs, it’s difficult to evaluate whether students are holding her to a different standard than her colleagues.

Greenwell said she makes adjustments to her classes when possible, but adjusting is tough when only a small portion of students complete the CTECs. “I think it’s great that (the committee) is looking at this to see how they can bring more equity to the

Four faculty members join American Academy of Arts and Sciences Four Northwestern faculty members were elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining a distinguished group of individuals such as Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bryan Stevenson.

Sociology Prof. Wendy Griswold, SESP Prof. C. Kirabo Jackson, sociology Prof. James Mahoney and physics and astronomy and Feinberg Prof. Sara A. Solla

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Professors say student reviews often discriminate against non-white, non-male professors.

process,” she said. “But I think in the end, it’s about the learning that students perhaps need… around this area of implicit bias that ultimately could help them evaluate instructors more fairly.”

University Registrar Jaci Casazza said the University committee, which was tasked with identifying and brainstorming solutions to problems within NU’s evaluation system, was put on hold because of COVID-19. The committee plans to return to

the issue during Fall Quarter, she said.

History Prof. Kate Masur said she hopes the committee will look at how to frame questions to avoid intrinsic bias.

“I’ve been at Northwestern since 2005, and this entire time there’s been a conversation among faculty about bias in CTECs, and really, nothing has changed,” Masur said. “I frankly don’t know what the different stakeholders are that have ensured that

were among the 261 selected artists, scholars, scientists and leaders in the public, nonprofit and private sectors.

“Membership is an honor, and also an opportunity to shape ideas and influence policy,” Nancy Andrews, chair of the Academy’s Board of Directors, said in an April 28 news release.

Griswold, the Bergen Evans professor in the humanities, has published several books and is currently writing a book on American cultural regionalism. She is also working on a comparative study of educated youth’s reading practices in 12 countries and organizing a research symposium on “Global and Local Strategies of 21st-Century African Artists.”

Jackson is the Abraham Harris professor of education and social policy and a faculty fellow with

the Institute for Policy Research. As a labor economist, his work includes analyzing issues such as the importance of public school funding on student outcomes and the effect of student demographics on teacher quality across schools.

Mahoney is the Gordon Fulcher professor in decision-making and a comparative-historical researcher with interests in political development, Latin America and methodology. His most recent book is “The Logic of Social Science,” and he has received several awards for his work on methodology from the American Sociological Association and the American Political Science Association.

Solla’s research interests involve the application of statistical mechanics to the analysis of complex

this has continued and that it hasn’t been revisited… but I think it’s time to make this happen.”

Casazza said confusion over who CTECs serve makes it harder to reform the evaluation system.

“Students think that the (CTECs) are intended for them, faculty think they’re for them, administrators think they’re for them,” Casazza said. “We really wanted to look into whether we could make this a tool that really is useful for each of these populations.”

Masur said students use CTECs as a way to gain information about whether to take a class, whereas professors might instead look at evaluations as a method of improving their teaching.

Because of this, Masur said she created a separate paper evaluation with questions about lectures, discussions and exams to learn what to change or keep the same within her classes.

Students say race and gender biases are not the only problem associated with CTECs. At NU, students who drop a class before the drop deadline are not able to write an evaluation. This leads to potentially positively skewed reviews, since those who did not enjoy the class dropped it before they could evaluate it.

Weinberg freshman Kelly Meng said she dropped CS 111 because of the difficulty of the midterm, but was not able to express that in a CTEC. “The only people who are writing CTECs are people who thought the class was rewarding or not that bad,” Meng said. nicolemarkus2025@u.northwestern.edu systems. Through her research, she has studied the information processing capabilities of neuron networks and the dynamics of incremental learning algorithms. At NU, her focus is on theoretical and computational neuroscience at the systems level.

David Oxtoby, president of the Academy, said the Academy is celebrating the diverse achievements of those selected.

“These individuals excel in ways that excite us and inspire us at a time when recognizing excellence, commending expertise and working toward the common good is absolutely essential to realizing a better future,” Oxtoby said in the release.

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RAMADAN From page 1

discussing the etiquette of some aspects of Islam, like the etiquette of salat, ritual prayers, and dua, the act of supplication.

Communication freshman Rama Darayyad, the administrative vice president, said McSA wanted the series to be spiritually focused and fun. The first course in the series, discussing the etiquette of salat, had a Kahoot and offered a gift card to local

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numbers, and we do not do enough about talking about what the investment of these budget dollars actually means,” he said. “We need to shift the discussion from dollars to values and invest in those values.

Fournier said he prioritizes using an “equity lens” to guide city development policies, informed by his work as Ann Arbor’s interim director of human resources.

He also listed specific recommendations to improve the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan. His proposals included solarizing city facilities and affordable housing units with federal dollars, lobbying state legislators and prioritizing pedestrian infrastructure.

“I was also excited to read (CARP) because it is nearly identical to the climate action plan that the City of Ann Arbor has,” Fournier said. “I’ve worked really closely with our staff on helping to implement that plan.”

The city has sought to fill the city manager role since October 2021, when former City Manager Erika Storlie stepped down amid allegations of

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— in fact, we’d actually lost money — from that kind of entitlement that the University experienced, it was really just depressing.”

Legal complexities around recuperating funds Coronado said teaching contracts did not outline if the University could legally remove retirement funds in the case of financial exigency.

But even if NU made the cuts for that reason, Coronado said Schapiro’s May 2020 announcement came while the University was doing fine financially.

According to the report, NU’s S&P 500 index, a gauge on capital availability and institutional holdings, was 11.64% higher in 2020 than the previous year.

“It was like somebody saying, ‘We’re gonna stop paying you because the company’s going bankrupt, but there’s no proof that the company went bankrupt,’” Coronado said. “In fact, everything would prove the opposite, that it’s actually doing quite well.”

In an email to The Daily, University spokesperson

restaurant Habibi In Mediterranean Grill.

McSA also hosted community Iftars throughout Ramadan. Darayyad said the turnout for the first one was greater than expected.

For Darayyad, the end of Ramadan was bittersweet.

“Sweet because you came out of the month and you are at a spiritual high,” she said. “You want to maintain these good habits, and you want to maintain the relationships that you formed.” skyegarcia2025@u.northwestern.edu sexual assault on lakefront beaches. Interim City Manager Kelley Gandurski will step down when the new manager is selected.

The city’s initial attempt at filling the city manager role was derailed when finalist Daniel Ramos dropped out of the race to take a different job.

After spending $25,000 on the first search firm, Evanston spent $70,000 contracting search firm Stanton Chase. City government announced the final candidates Friday.

According to a city report, City Council unanimously selected Poche and Fournier as the two City Manager finalists after narrowing down the initial 75 candidates presented by recruitment firm Stanton Chase.

Poche and Fournier will be in Evanston for in-person interviews at the end of the week, and City Council will begin deliberations Monday, Biss said. On April 14, Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) estimated the city manager would be chosen by the end of May. Residents who attended the town hall can submit feedback using this survey. lilycarey2025@u.northwestern.edu Erin Karter said NU can amend its retirement plan and suspend contributions as it deems appropriate, not limited to cases of financial exigency.

Karter said the University saved $22 million from suspending retirement contributions in 2020 but can’t reinstate them due to various tax laws and regulations.

Merit raises and a one-time bonus While the University has not recuperated retirement funds, it provided most eligible faculty and staff with a one-time bonus in August 2021.

NU has not said this bonus was granted to compensate faculty for lost retirement funds, but Karter said it was meant to recognize faulty contributions during a year of “unusual pressures and uncertainty.”

History Prof. Benjamin Frommer said the bonus was “significantly less” than typical retirement contributions and unlike contributions, it was subject to various taxes and withholdings. “(Retirement funds) are important because they’re a fundamental part of employee compensation,” Frommer said. “They’re not fringe benefits, they’re not some sort of add-on.”

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graduate programming and research coordinator at the Women’s Center, said she was “devastated” when she saw news of the leaked draft.

As an Afro-Indigenous woman, she said she is frightened of how the eventual ruling could impact historically underprivileged people.

McGee said she is particularly concerned about the potential mental health ramifications if the court rules in line with its draft.

“People forget that the brain is definitely interconnected with the body,” McGee said. “When you aren’t able to get the resources for the rest of your body, whether that be hormone therapy during a pregnancy, help during a miscariage …

It takes a toll on your mental health. I’m afraid that people will start to feel helpless.”

Wealthy people were able to access abortion even before Roe v. Wade, Masur said. They were often able to travel to states where the procedure was legal or procure a favor from a personal physician.

Masur said an inequitable healthcare system has prevented many Americans from access to such medical care. This has left many people with two options: carry an unwanted or unviable baby to term, or seek out an illegal abortion.

“This is where many people, and predominantly both women of color and poor women and very young women, ended up seriously injured or sometimes dead,” she said. “Because they sought out illegal abortions or tried to perform abortions on themselves, and something went wrong.”

These limits will dramatically increase travel between states for people seeking abortions, according to Joanna Grisinger, NU’s director of legal studies.

The pandemic followed a 2018 multimillion dollar deficit from the University, which resulted from overspending on financial aid, hiring high-profile faculty and establishing new construction projects.

Feldman said this deficit led the University to freeze faculty and staff raises, which also affected many as inflation reached 7% in 2021.

Last year, Feldman said the University told teachers it would lift these freezes. Instead, the University offered merit raises, which she said reward certain faculty at the expense of others.

Merit raises are given to faculty who take on additional duties, like publishing books or engaging in service, Feldman said.

“The problem is it’s a self-perpetuating cycle because if you’re working more, you’re not publishing more and so therefore, you’re not as eligible to get merit raises because administrative work is often invisible,” Feldman said.

Drifting from education Stevens said NU’s financial pandemic response indicates the University is focusing more on

“Some states seem to already be moving toward penalizing and criminalizing going to another state for an abortion, which raises some really interesting federalism questions about what is and isn’t an imposition on one state’s ability to have a legal abortion,” Grisinger said. “There will almost certainly be immediate litigation there.”

Still, neither Grisinger nor Masur said they thought a ruling in line with Alito’s draft opinion would stop abortions from occuring nationwide.

Instead, a reversal of Roe v. Wade would disenfranchise people with fewer means.

Abortion is not the only question brought forward by overruling Roe v. Wade. Grisinger said the ruling, if executed, could bring Griswold v.

Connecticut into question as well.

Griswold establishes unenumerated fundamental rights under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, according to Grisinger. The fundamental rights to contraception, intimate association, guarantees about same-sex marriage and other matters of personal privacy could all come under scrutiny, she said.

Still, Masur said the outpouring of support she has seen for Roe v. Wade and the right to choose has given her some comfort since she first read the leaked opinion.

Some reproductive justice advocates have been preparing for a potential overturn of Roe v.

Wade for a long time, according to Masur.

“There is power in numbers,” she said. “Poll after poll shows that a majority of Americans support the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy, and the majority of Americans do not support a ban on abortion,” she said. avanikalra2025@u.northwestern.edu branding and marketing, than on educating.

The University’s focus on entrepreneurial initiatives and patent-making, among other research, is an investment in making more money, Feldman said.

Feldman said she struggles to teach curriculum that contradicts the values that NU projects.

“We’re trying to teach liberal arts … a lot of us teach history of socialism or decolonization, labor rights, feminism,” Feldman said. “We talk, but then we’re in a place that is not practicing or is practicing counter to the historical values we teach.”

Stevens said the lack of focus on students and faculty means NU is letting academics “wither.”

The University is making the wrong investments, she added.

“They always say, ‘We need to save for a rainy day,’ (but) the students and the faculty are the rainy day,” Stevens said. “If they’re going to be investing in the future, they need to invest in the students, and to do that they need to invest in the educational infrastructure of the faculty and the staff and the resources that we need to educate people.”

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Community reflects on 5th Ward schools’ impact

By AVIVA BECHKY

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When Kimberly Holmes-Ross attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School in the 5th Ward from 1969 to 1974, she said her education was carried out with intention and “magic.”

“We danced, we built things that we were proud of, we painted murals, all in the name of learning,” Holmes-Ross said. “We learned we were special, that everyone was special in their own way.”

King Lab had replaced the Foster School, the 5th Ward’s neighborhood school, earlier in the ’60s. King Lab was created as a magnet school in an attempt to integrate elementary schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Prior to the shift, Foster School had been almost entirely Black, but once it became a magnet, the district began busing white children into the ward and busing many Black students to schools outside the ward.

The King Lab program shifted to the 2nd Ward in 1979, which is where the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary & Fine Arts School is now. The old Foster building ceased to operate as a school. But following a March decision by the District 65 Board of Education, the 5th Ward will soon have a neighborhood school for the first time in over 50 years.

“I’m hoping there’s some magic leftover from the previous school,” Holmes-Ross said about the new 5th Ward School. “I’d love to see them just really be innovative.”

At King Lab assemblies, she said, students would often sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” instead of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Students at the school received instruction from multiple teachers and worked in multi-age groups based on their needs.

Lisa Disch attended Foster for kindergarten in the class of 1966 and graduated from King Lab five years later. She said the curriculum focused on raising children’s awareness of racism.

But Disch, who is white, recognized the lasting inequities caused by the shift to a magnet school model and the eventual closure of the Foster building as a school.

“To me, it was an amazing and life-changing

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Alumni of Foster School and Martin Luther King Jr. Laboratory School reflect on the schools’ legacies.

experience,” Disch said. “But I am very aware that as an experiment in a highly hyper-segregated city of Evanston, it did not go smoothly.”

While many families were excited about the new King Lab curriculum, some Black families felt communication from the district let them down. Many were blindsided when their children ended up being bused to schools outside the district, according to the 1967 short documentary “The Integration of Foster School.”

While King Lab was integrated, Holmes-Ross said integration only lasted during the school day.

The bus she took back home, she said, was entirely Black, and other buses were mostly white.

“It was integrated and kumbaya,” she said.

“And then three o’clock came, and then we went back to our separate way.”

Carlton Moody, who grew up in Evanston and taught at King Lab, said he thought King Lab provided students an excellent education.

At the same time, he said some of his friends who had attended Foster felt they’d lost something.

“They didn’t necessarily feel at that time, ‘Oh, no, I’ve lost my neighborhood school,’” Moody said. “That’s something that comes up after the fact, that you realize that your neighborhood school has gone, and kids are being bused in from all over the city to come there.”

He said the students he knew from Foster had strong feelings about what their school represented: a neighborhood community.

A 5th Ward native, Holmes-Ross said her mother, former Ald. Delores Holmes (5th), attended Foster in the 1940s.

The goal of Foster School was to “have a place for Black kids to learn and excel,” HolmesRoss said. “And be safe and be loved and just have a great learning experience in their neighborhood.”

Some Foster and King Lab alums are still involved in the community. Holmes-Ross said her mother belongs to a group of Foster alumni who have stayed in Evanston. According to Holmes-Ross, members of the group pushed for the new 5th Ward school to become a reality.

People Moody met at King Lab continue to be part of his life, he said. In October, he visited the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, near the old Foster School. His grandson played basketball there, and unbeknownst to him, one of his old students was there too.

“A former student came up from behind and gave me a big hug and said, ‘There’s Mr. Moody,’” Moody said. “I had been his teacher 40 years ago. And here his son was coaching my grandson. So it’s a sense of continuity and one generation feeding into the next.” avivabechky2025@u.northwestern.edu

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On a weekend that saw grand slams, shutouts, stolen bases and everything in between, Northwestern honored its nine seniors in the best way it knows how: securing wins and having fun.

The No. 8 Wildcats (38-7, 18-2 Big Ten) swept the three game series against the Hawkeyes (1929, 2-18) — including a run-rule win on Sunday’s Senior Day — with all-around standout performances across the team.

The series kicked off Friday afternoon with the tightest game of the weekend, one NU ultimately won 9-5. The matchup was neck-andneck through the first several innings, but when the Cats came up to bat in the bottom of the fifth, tied 4-4, the momentum shifted in their favor from then on.

RBI singles from sophomore infielder Hannah Cady and freshman infielder Grace Nieto brought the score to 6-4 in the fifth while senior infielder Maeve Nelson drove in her own in the sixth.

Junior outfielder Angela Zedak then hammered an insurance two-run homer to left field,put the Cats up by five and ultimately provided enough breathing room to close out the win.

“We have a crazy well-balanced lineup,” Nelson said. “We can put so much faith in each other. The game of softball is all about confidence and trust, and our success is because of the amount of confidence and trust we have in each other.”

Saturday’s game was more one-sided, largely due to an extraordinary outing by junior pitcher Sydney Supple. Supple pitched the first completegame shutout of her career, paving the way for NU’s 4-0 victory.

The Cats recorded seven hits in the matchup, two of which came from Cady, including a solo home run in the sixth inning.

Cady’s late-season surge has boosted NU’s numbers at the plate and given her teammates a sense of calm when they come up to bat. Nelson said when the girls surrounding her in the lineup, including Cady, have been performing so well recently, “why would I do too much?”

Sunday’s Senior Day was bittersweet for the team. It was the last regular season game for a historic senior class at Drysdale Field, but it also ended in a 9-0 shutout victory.

“Senior day is always emotional for all of us,” coach Kate Drohan said. “They’re all so different, and they all complement each other so well. It’s been such a fun year, and I feel so proud of them. Plus, I really like them.

They’re fun to be around, and they work really hard.”

While senior pitcher Danielle Williams commanded the run-rule victory from the circle, her teammates’ explosive offense secured the win at the plate.

NU immediately loaded the bases to start the third inning. Senior catcher Jordyn Rudd and senior infielder Nikki Cuchran each racked up two RBIs and, after some crafty baserunning from her teammates, Cady came up to bat with the bases loaded once again.

Cady rocketed a grand slam to left field off the first pitch she saw. The homer capped off the Cats’ eight-run inning and sent enough electricity through the crowd to last the rest of the game.

NU will travel to DePaul for one game Tuesday afternoon before making its way to Minnesota next weekend, the last series of the regular season. The squad currently leads the Big Ten, a spot it can claim with one more win, and Nelson is confident it can secure it at Minnesota, if not sooner.

“We want to win a Big Ten championship.

We’ve never done that before,” Nelson said.

“Minnesota is always a really tough matchup for us. But we’re going in with the mindset that we are going to destroy them and get the Big Ten championship if it’s the last thing we do.”

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On March 10, senior forward Pete Nance walked off the court in purple and white for the last time.

Two months ago, speculation swirled around the future of Nance, one of the greatest players to ever suit up for Northwestern. Was he going to stay for a super senior season in Evanston with his extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19? Was he off to the NBA Draft headed toward a career in professional basketball? Or would he transfer, using his final year at another school?

“I have no plans, no idea about what’s next for me,” Nance said at the postgame press conference after NU’s loss to Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament. “I need to just go home and think about it. Talk about it with my family, coaches and friends. I’m just proud to be a Northwestern Wildcat.”

Those questions have since been answered, at least partially. Nance announced April 25 he would be entering the NBA Draft, while maintaining his collegiate eligibility.

“After talking with family and loved ones, I am excited to announce that I entered the NBA Draft with the pure focus of living out my lifelong dream of being an NBA player,” Nance said in a Twitter announcement. “I am maintaining my college eligibility and utilizing all of the options at my disposal in order to gather as much information as possible during the process.”

Just four days later, Stadium’s Jeff Goodman broke the news that Nance would also enter the transfer portal, with full focus on “putting himself in position to remain in the draft.”

Nance made a tremendous leap from his junior to senior season, posting career highs in points per game (14.6), assists per game (2.7), blocks per game (1.1), field goal shooting percentage

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(49.7) and 3-point shooting percentage (45.2). The Akron, Ohio native turned in his best performance of the season in a mid-January loss to Maryland, recording 28 points and 14 rebounds.

Nance was an All-Big Ten honorable mention for the Wildcats in a conference loaded with frontcourt stars.

The 6-foot-10-inch forward’s 3-point shooting, plus his frequent and successful operation in pick-and-rolls, should translate well to the modern game and could entice NBA teams.

Ryan Hammer, a college basketball and NBA Draft analyst, said he has Nance in the 50s or 60s on his draft board as a late second round pick, but could also be worth taking in the early to mid-second round. He said Nance offers good upside as a potential bench scoring piece for a team contending for an NBA title.

“He’s a little older, but he’s really smart, and he has a really intelligent way of using his body,” Hammer said. “But I think there’s a really good role for him as a big, experienced forward scorer.”

In an interview with InsideNU, NBA Draft expert Ben Pfeifer echoed similar statements, but mentioned Nance’s ability to create offense as a potential selling point for teams.

Pfeifer also said he sees Nance falling in the “45-60ish range.”

“I think a player like Nance could really open the possibilities for a bench unit, his passing, dribbling and screening creating good shots for players that otherwise may not be able to get them,” Pfeifer said.

If he returns to the collegiate ranks, Nance will certainly have a bevy of suitors.

The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie and CJ Moore placed Nance third in their latest ranking of best players still available in the transfer portal.

“It’s ridiculously difficult to be a big that puts up these counting numbers on 50% from the field, more than 40% from three and more than 75% from the line, and he did it against the absolute best frontcourt competition in the country night-after-night,” Vecenie and Moore wrote in the article. “He’s a clear topfive available transfer if he doesn’t go through with the NBA Draft.”

Nance’s journey now splits in two different directions: college or the NBA? He has until June 1 to withdraw from the draft and keep his collegiate eligibility.

Regardless of his decision, Nance remains an all-time great for the Cats, and his departure leaves a void coach Chris Collins will need to fill in what is becoming a prove-it year. alexcervantes2024@u.northwestern.edu

More than a decade after freshman Eric Chun and junior David Lipsky won the individual Big Ten Championship in back-to-back years, another Wildcat has joined the ranks.

This past weekend saw senior David Nyfjäll earn medalist honors, carding a one-under 215 at the 2022 Big Ten Championship at The Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana.

Nyfjäll was the only individual of the 68-player field to finish under par, and he helped Northwestern place fourth out of 14 teams. Junior James Imai was the only other NU player to place in the top 30, finishing tied for 21st.

The Cats carded a 26-over 890, just five strokes above tournament champion No. 19 Illinois and three strokes out of third place. With this year’s result, Illinois has won its seventh straight Big Ten Championship.

NU entered the tournament ranked No. 44 nationally, finishing third of the five top-50 ranked teams in the conference.

Following the first round, the Cats found themselves tied in fifth place, relying on strong opening performances from Nyfjäll, who was tied for third individually (-4), and freshman Cameron Adam, who was tied for fifth (-3).

NU’s second round result — though two strokes above the previous round — marked the Cats’ best of the tournament as its five-over 293 moved the team up to fourth.

Nyfjäll followed up his impressive first round with an even-par in the second, advancing to second place individually. Graduate student Eric

McIntosh also provided support, hitting one-over, six strokes better than his first round.

The final round witnessed Nyfjäll (+3) ascend to first place after previous-first place holder Adrien Dumont de Chassart hit seven-over to drop to second. Dumont de Chassart, ranked No. 12 in the country, was recently announced as Big Ten Golfer of the Year for the second straight season.

Following the championship, Nyfjäll picked up some honors of his own. The senior was one of five players to be named to the Big Ten All-Championships Team. Additionally, he was unanimously selected for the All-Big Ten first team, an eightplayer group representing the best of the conference.

NU turns its focus to the regional rounds of the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s golf championships. During Wednesday’s live selection show on Golf Channel, the Cats were selected to compete in Columbus, Ohio in one of six 54-hole regional tournaments taking place from May 16 through 18.

Seeded No. 8 of 13 teams in its regional, NU hopes to finish within the top five teams to secure a spot in the championship finals, starting May 27.

Last year, following a third place finish at the Big Ten Championship, the Cats did not make it out of the regional rounds, placing ninth in their group.

Though NU’s 2021-22 season will soon come to a close, the team hopes to build on Nyfjäll’s historic performance and make it past the regionals for the first time since 2018. lucaskim2025@u.northwestern.edu