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EPD faces high resignation levels The department has had three chiefs since 2021 By ISABELLE BUTERA

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Last year, Evanston Police Department faced an unusually high number of resignations and multiple chief turnovers. For police personnel and city leaders, these changes renewed discussions about EPD’s scope and capabilities. EPD has 27 officer vacancies, according to Cmdr. Ryan Glew, although the city budgeted for 154 officers in 2021, its lowest level since 1993. The department also faced a decrease of 14 officers from 2020, according to a report presented by Chief Richard Eddington at a March meeting of the Human Services Committee. Glew said EPD’s high resignation rate is due to officers taking “lateral opportunities” at other police departments. Because departments in other municipalities are suffering similar shortages, higher-paying opportunities draw officers away from EPD, he said. These resignations are

also unusual because most of the officers leaving are midcareer, Glew said. Normally, Glew said higher turnover is expected with newer officers. Mikhail Geyer, an EPD officer and Special Operations Group detective, said a change in Illinois pension laws about ten years ago exacerbated the high levels of resignations. Geyer said the new laws increased the portability of pensions, which lowered the cost for an officer transferring their pension when moving departments. Shifting community discussions about police reform also played a role in EPD departures, Geyer said. As Evanston engages in conversations about the future of policing, Geyer said some officers feel there hasn’t been genuine partnership between the community and the department. “I want to be very clear, we are open to those discussions,” Geyer said. “We always have been. It’s just hearing some of these folks who are leaving who feel like … they’re not part of that conversation, they don’t have a seat at the table.” Geyer said officers have a vested interest in the future of EPD and bring frontline, onthe-ground expertise to the community conversation about

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NAISA organizes fi rst Pow Wow

More than 200 people attended the student-run event on Saturday By KATRINA PHAM

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Four years ago, lumber from the Menominee Tribal Enterprises, a Native-owned and operated business, was used to build the WelshRyan Arena basketball court. The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance made history on

that lumber on Saturday, hosting Northwestern’s first student-run Pow Wow. A pow wow is a celebration held by many Native American and Indigenous communities where Native and non-Native people connect over dance, food and more. More than 200 people attended the event, including Native and non-Native students, faculty, family, local residents and students

from other universities. Marin “Mark” Denning, who is of the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, served as the emcee and Mark LaRoque, who is Ojibwe, acted as the event’s arena director. Medill sophomore and former Daily op-ed contributor Kadin Mills, who is Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe and head of NAISA’s communications committee, said his younger sister, who is not Native,

attended the event with him. Mills and his sister danced hand in hand to the beating of the drums from local groups like RedLine, Little Priest Singers and Indian Community School’s drum, the ICS Eagle Singers. “Being … with so many of our professors and mentors and community members is really a

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Evanston celebrates Mother’s Day NU positivity rate The Evanston History Center hosted their annual House Walk-By By WENDY KLUNK

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From longtime traditions to new programs, Evanston offered residents many opportunities to celebrate and treat mothers, grandmothers and other loved ones this Mother’s Day. The Evanston History Center’s 47th Annual Mother’s Day House Walk-By provided an opportunity for families to learn something new while spending time outside together this weekend. EHC Executive Director Eden Juron Pearlman said participants received an expansive guidebook about the featured neighborhood, which they used to complete self-guided history and architecture tours. “I’m hopeful that people will take on Mother’s Day to follow the tradition and enjoy themselves in that way,” Pearlman said. “But really … you can do it anytime, and as many times as you’d like.” This year’s house walk-by

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goes through Evanston’s Oakton Historic District for the first time. The walk-by will be accompanied by a series of presentations, including a panel discussion Monday night and a look at the history of the CTA Yellow Line — which runs through the district — Thursday night. For the third year in a row, the event was formatted as a walking tour of Evanston home exteriors, which Pearlman said grants more flexibility than the typical interior house tour format. Pearlman said she is excited for attendees to have the chance to discover a part of Evanston they may not have previously explored. “(The house walk) has never been to that part of Evanston, so it affords us the opportunity to tell a totally different story,” Pearlman said. “These are not mansions by the lake. They’re not the oldest houses in Evanston … Many of the houses are classic bungalow style. This is more of a middle-class neighborhood, and I think people are really going to

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Many Evanston restaurants and businesses had unique deals and programming to celebrate moms this Mother’s Day.

relate.” Beyond community events, Evanston residents and children have turned to local businesses and special events to find a gift sure to make their moms feel special on Mother’s Day. Weinberg freshman Sari Eisen said though her family isn’t local to the area, the unique variety of businesses downtown made it easy to find something her mom

would love. After browsing a few stores, she picked out makeup from Benefit Cosmetics. “She really loves makeup, and she loves beauty products and self care,” Eisen said. “I went into Benefit to look around, and they were very helpful in telling me what kind of sets they have, and what they recommend for if

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Northwestern’s positivity rate reached the highest reported throughout the pandemic at 7.40%, according to University data published Friday, with campus opened to full capacity and no changes to testing or masking requirements. The second highest reported positivity rate while a majority of students were still on campus occurred earlier this quarter at 5.91%. Previously, a rate of 5.98% was also reported at the end of Fall Quarter when most students had already left campus for Winter Break. Since the beginning of Spring Quarter, NU has not had any on-campus masking requirements or mandatory testing protocols. However, since the 5.91% positivity rate for the week of April 8, this metric has remained stable at

over 5% while the number of tests received declined in the following weeks. This week’s positivity rate represents a 2.28 percentage point increase from last week’s 5.12%. Though the number of new reported positive cases had been declining in the same time span, the University reported 302 new positive cases this week — almost 60% more than the 189 reported last week. While this number is two cases down from the 304 reported the week of April 8, the number of tests received also declined by 20% from that week. Of the 302 University cases, faculty make up significantly more cases compared to the previous week with 47, up from 16. Undergraduate students continue to comprise the majority of the cases with 106 positives, while non-undergraduate students account for 89 cases. Staff members this week constitute 60 of the cases. Friday’s COVID-19 metric updates come just one day after Vice President of Operations

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Protesters march after Roe v. Wade opinion leak By LILY CAREY and JOANNA HOU

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Content Warnings: this article contains mentions of suicide and sexual assault. With a cardboard sign in hand, Ren Roths stood along Congress Plaza Drive in Grant Park Saturday afternoon chanting “my body, my choice.” Following Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion indicating the Supreme Court’s plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, protests erupted nationwide. Roths and her friends, who are from Indiana, said they wanted to join pro-choice marchers in Chicago at the “We Won’t Go Back: Rally to Defend Abortion Rights” march. “We were absolutely outraged, and we knew that we needed to make a stand and say something as soon as possible,” Roths said. “We plan to come out every weekend and be here until changes are made.” Roths joined more than 1,000 people who

gathered Saturday to protest the drafted opinion, marching from Chicago’s Federal Plaza to Ida B. Wells Drive in Grant Park. Before marching, several reproductive justice advocates and state politicians spoke about their work with local abortion providers and advocacy networks, as well as about their personal ties to the pro-choice cause. Longtime activist Debby Pope, who sits on the women’s rights committee of the Chicago Teachers Union and is an executive board member, spoke about her experience having an illegal abortion at 17. “The fight is both personal and political to me,” Pope said. “It’s extremely important that we not allow women to go back, that we not allow women to be afraid … that we not allow women to die in the quest for health care.” Lt Gov. Juliana Stratton and Gov. J.B. Pritzker also addressed the crowd, voicing their support for the movement and assuring marchers that Illinois will remain a “safe haven” for abortion rights in the Midwest. Following the speeches, marchers took to the streets, waving signs and chanting to the beat of a drum. Marcher Bailee Weaver said Alito’s draft opinion

is “absolutely disgusting.” She said many survivors have already had their rights taken from them once by their abusers. If the court takes away the right to abortion, Weaver said survivors lose more autonomy — something that motivated her as a survivor of assault herself to join Saturday’s event. “I knew that if I didn’t have access to an abortion, and I ended up pregnant and I didn’t know what to do, I would kill myself,” Weaver said. Weaver mentioned that 97% of women will experience sexual harassment during their life. This risk, she said, makes standing up for reproductive rights especially important. In the coming months, Weaver said she hopes more people come out to protest and march, in addition to educating themselves about the nuances of abortion, writing letters to their senators and showing up to vote. Camryn Carmichael, a Chicago resident who attended Saturday’s protest, said the leaked decision gave them a new awareness on the lack of influence voters have in systems like the Supreme Court. “It just points out so many flaws in the way our

government works,” Carmichael said. “The fact that so many of these Supreme Court justices were appointed by presidents who didn’t even win the popular election, it really makes you realize that this isn’t a true democracy.” Another attendee, Monica M.T., who requested their full last name be omitted for privacy reasons, brought their son to the event, saying they want to show him that society is still progressing and ensure he’s left with a “good mindset” of people. M.T. has been attending protests herself since she was 6 years old. Coming from a long line of activists, she said her son has two moms and is aware of the privileges men have. “We’ve told him that ‘Unfortunately, we live in a time right now where men do have more advantage than women, and we’re gonna make sure that you’re one of the men that is out there fighting for the right thing,’” M.T. said. lilycarey2025@u.northwestern.edu joannahou2025@u.northwestern.edu

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NU students rally for abortion access By AVANI KALRA

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Northwestern students and staff joined hundreds of people rallying in downtown Chicago Saturday for the right to an abortion without excessive federal restriction. The rally was part of a network of protests nationwide. Demonstrators listened to speakers in Federal Plaza and marched the Chicago Loop to Ida B. Wells Drive. Chicago NOW and other local groups organized the rally after Politico leaked a draft of a Supreme Court opinion poised to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Weinberg sophomore Andie Tipton, the vice president of NU College Feminists, said she felt hopeful marching and hearing from the rally’s speakers. “I felt really powerless,” she said. “It feels good to do a positive thing instead of a negative thing. The speeches reminded me it’s not just about a few heroes — it really is about ordinary people. We can make a difference.” Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker both spoke at Federal Plaza. Other speakers included ChicagoNOW President Gina RozmanWendle, Chicago Teachers Union member Debby Pope and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Commissioner Chakena Perry. Tipton said she also found it reassuring to hear from abortion providers. One of those speakers was Kimberly Smith, a patient care technician at Northwestern Medicine. In her speech, Smith said that though she was tempted to get emotional, she wanted to focus on conveying the potential impact of overturning Roe. At least 22,000 women die annually while two to seven million women suffer from long-term health issues because of illegal abortion complications, Smith said. “I should be able to help. I should be able to protect. When I take an oath as a healthcare provider, that’s my obligation,” she said. “If I am in a situation and I need to make a decision, let me make my own choice. It is my right, and it is your obligation to vote to let me have that right.” McCormick freshman Anushri Radhakrishnan said she attended the rally because the future

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of abortion access in her home state, Michigan, remains uncertain. Radhakrishnan said the state has an abortion ban currently superceded by Roe v. Wade. Without federal protection, she said the state will have a “full-on” abortion ban. “It’s scary to see how quickly that could happen,” Radhakrishnan said. “For me and a lot of my friends and a lot of the people around me, we have to live in uncertainty. We don’t know what’s going to happen. We just don’t know if we’re going to be able to have rights.” Pritzker said restricting abortion access does not stop abortions — just safe ones. Pritzker told attendees abortions would remain legal and accessible in Illinois, adding that the state’s borders will stay open for people in states where they may lose abortion access. “I want to promise you that I’ll fight hard not just for women who call Illinois home, but for every person in every corner of this country whose rights are in danger,” Pritzker said. “Our shores remain open for any person left marooned by these extremist politicians. In Illinois, you are safe, and we must do everything in our power to keep it that way.” Though Radhakrishnan said she was grateful

to hear Pritzker say abortion would remain protected in Illinois, she said she considers the fight for abortion to also be one against the ruling class and people in power. Radhakrishnan said though Pritzker comes from a family of billionaires, she valued the diversity of thought that his presence at the rally represented. “We may not agree on everything,” she said.“You have socialists, and you have the governor who’s staunchly Democrat establishment. It was a really interesting diversity of opinions and diversity of people speaking.” For Weinberg freshman Likhita Aluru, the diversity of marchers on Saturday was inspiring. She said she saw women who had fought for the federally protected right to an abortion in the ‘60s and ‘70s, as well as children protesting alongside their parents. “It’s kind of sad at one point to see that it’s still a fight,” she said. “But at the same time, it’s kind of inspiring to see how many different people are coming together and how many people care.” avanikalra2025@u.northwestern.edu

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Flo Milli, Dreamer Isioma bring in the party for A&O By AUDREY HETTLEMAN

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When Weinberg sophomore Lahari Ramini walked into Metro Chicago on Thursday night, she didn’t expect to end up on stage dancing with a wellknown rapper. But while Flo Milli played her 2022 single “PBC” at the 2022 A&O Ball concert, that was exactly what Ramini did. On Thursday, A&O Productions hosted its annual Ball concert at Metro Chicago. The concert featured Flo Milli as the headliner, with Dreamer Isioma as the opening act and DJ Vitamin K as the opening DJ. The concert was free to all students and buses were provided to and from the venue. Communication sophomore Kay Cui, who goes by

the stage name DJ Vitamin K, opened the event. Cui, who is on A&O’s marketing team, said someone on the concerts committee saw her perform at a house party and invited her to perform at the Ball. Only four months into her DJ career, Cui said A&O Ball was the biggest crowd for which she’d performed. “I could DJ for like three hours, and it feels like one,” Cui said. “Even though it was a little bit nerve-racking at times, I also was really grateful and appreciative to have so many of my friends supporting me there.” After Cui’s set, she headed into the crowd to watch Dreamer Isioma’s set and ended up on the second floor balcony. As her only A&O duty that night was her DJ set, Cui said she could fully enjoy the night afterward. While Ramini said she wasn’t necessarily a “super fan” of Flo Milli before the concert, she was familiar with the music and was excited for the energy Flo

Milli would bring. “A lot of people were busy because it was a Thursday night,” Ramini said, “I had a lot to do too, but I made time for it because I thought it was super exciting.” Ramini made it to the front barricade by the time Dreamer Isioma was on stage. About 30 minutes before Flo Milli’s set started, Ramini said she saw an A&O member start marking people’s hands. Unsure of what it meant, she stuck her hand out. The member gave her instructions for when and where she should go, and she ended up meeting Flo Milli before dancing with her on stage with about 15 other audience members. “One thing that I loved about her is like immediately, she would take people’s phone and ... take pictures,” Ramini said. “I thought that was so cool. She was actually in my BeReal (that night).” Ramini said going into the concert, she was

particularly excited to hear “In The Party” — a song the rapper ended up closing the show with and performed not once, but twice. Medill sophomore Elisabeth Betts said she was impressed when she heard A&O booked Flo Milli. Betts said she enjoyed the relatively small venue, as it allowed her to get close, about three to four rows from the barricade, without feeling too hectic. She said she appreciated both Flo Milli’s and Dreamer Isioma’s stage presences, who brought energy to the crowd in different ways. “I was really excited when I heard Flo Milli,” Betts said. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, like how could Northwestern book somebody this big?’ WILLOW blew my mind as well (at A&O Blowout), so A&O just did it again, honestly.” audreyhettleman2024@u.northwestern.edu

Ava Earl learns to smell the roses with her latest album By LAYA NEELAKANDAN

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When Weinberg freshman Ava Earl was 15 years old, she opened for Maggie Rogers when the artist performed in Earl’s home state of Alaska. Now, Earl is continuing to pursue her music career while studying political science and running on Northwestern’s cross country team. “The best part (of songwriting) is when I play it for someone and get instant validation,” Earl said. “I write songs for me first and secondarily for other people.” Earl, who defines her genre as Americana, has released four albums and written hundreds of songs since the age of 9. The Girdwood, Alaska, native has been immersed in music from a young age, eventually settling on guitar — though her first instrument was the pennywhistle. Earl said she would tweak songs she learned in music lessons as a young child, something her music teacher highly encouraged. “I realized I could express myself through music in a personal way,” Earl said. “I loved discovering that aspect

of myself … and once it started getting more serious, my parents matched my enthusiasm level.” With each subsequent album, Earl said she refined her songwriting and producing skills to create a sound that was uniquely hers. She said she draws inspiration from musical influences like Brandi Carlile, Taylor Swift and Josh Ritter. But Earl said one of her main influences is Allison Russell of the band Birds of Chicago. She attended one of the band’s performances in Anchorage where she met both Russell and JT Nero, the other band member. Earl said Nero took an interest in her music and they kept in touch over the next few years. Eventually, Nero helped Earl produce her latest album, “The Roses,” in Nashville. “Everyone was struck by her poise, and she was very respectful and very open to anybody’s input or opinion,” Nero said. “The studio can be intimidating … You can lose your connection to that spiritual aspect of music-making pretty quickly, but she always knew the thing that she was striving for.” Nero said one song from the album that resonated with him was “Mountain Song” — the same song Earl’s manager, Abbie Duquette, said was her favorite on “The Roses.”

Duquette said Nero introduced her to Earl, and she immediately recognized the singer’s potential, calling Earl’s talent “beyond her years.” “She is literally one of the most hardworking people I know — when she puts her mind to something, she does it, and that’s just so rare and so wonderful to see,” Duquette said. “She also just cares so deeply about people which is also rare, so when you get the combination of all those things, it’s like, ‘What?’” Duquette mainly guides Earl through the business side of the industry. Earl said in the past year, she’s had to learn to balance her school work with her songwriting and track careers. While she has a busy schedule, she said she’s fallen into a rhythm, focusing on track during the academic year and singing during the summer. That’s not necessarily a hard line, though — Earl will be performing at Evanston SPACE with Sway Wild on May 8. Earl’s journey hasn’t been without bumps in the road. Last year, she suddenly went deaf in one ear for no apparent reason after she finished recording “The Roses.” Earl now uses a hearing aid, which affects how she hears and perceives music, she said. “I’m in a place where I obviously prefer to have both ears working — I’m not over it — but I’m very

appreciative for what I have right now, and it’s not as painful,” Earl said. Ultimately, Earl said although she has many interests, singing is the career she wants to pursue post-grad, as she experiments with new styles and collaborations. Duquette said she appreciates Earl’s style, wisdom and poise, especially as a young person in the industry. “She creates really unique and interesting melodies, and her guitar playing is really unique and beautiful — I love the comb,” Duquette said. “It’s fun to work with someone who’s open to new ideas, exploring new avenues and new sounds.” Check out the “Sound Source: Deep Dive.” We take a closer look into the lyrics of “Chaos,” Ava Earl’s favorite song from her latest album. laya@u.northwestern.edu Scan this QR code to listen to Ava Earl break down “Chaos,” her favorite song from her latest album.

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Steven Cohen and Gail Williams perform last concert By DIVYA BHARDWAJ

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Bienen School of Music faculty clarinetist Steven Cohen and hornist Gail Williams will perform a final recital together at the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall on Tuesday. This concert will commemorate 17 years of service for Cohen and 33 years for Williams. The two have known each other for decades, having first met in 1974, Cohen said. They each said they are honored to have worked together and to be culminating their time at Northwestern with a joint recital. “It’s been a delight to have a very good friend be a colleague,” Williams said. “It’s bittersweet. I’m going to miss him terribly.”

Williams and Cohen both expressed an appreciation for the students and colleagues they worked with during their time at NU. They have each presented concerts, master classes and recitals in North America, Europe and Asia, but said the NU community has been particularly outstanding. Williams said she has worked with both Bienen and non-Bienen students throughout her decadeslong teaching career, and she has seen them go on to achieve success not just musically, but also in business, medicine, law and other fields. “It’s not just the successes of music students — it’s everything else they do,” Williams said. “And it’s not just the music students, but it’s everybody else too. I learn something new every day from the very intelligent students we have at Northwestern.”

Cohen’s and Williams’s colleagues and students will join them in concert Tuesday with Director of Jazz Studies Victor Goines, Daniel Rosman, Jackson Brown and Samantha Winkler on clarinet, She-e Wu on percussion and Kay Kim on piano. The program will feature three world premieres: “Amid the sadness…,” composed by Dana Wilson; “RE:NU,” composed by James Stephenson; and “Gonna Take That Train Home,” composed by Goines, a former student of Cohen’s. Cohen said the title of the piece commissioned by Goines was inspired by Goines’s return home to the East Coast. “I grew up in the New York area and left home to go to college in 1969,” Goines said. “Now we’re

moving back to southern Connecticut, where we have two kids and a grandson, and most of my siblings are in that area.’” Wu said the audience can expect excitement and intrigue at the concert, noting the customization and personalization of the commissioned pieces and the variety of percussion instruments. But Wu said the most meaningful part is the gesture of Williams and Cohen performing their final concert. “They’re playing for us, for the community — it’s not that we’re playing for them,” Wu said. “They’re giving us a gift as they finish their time, and that’s something I admire and respect.” divyabhardwaj2025@u.northwestern.edu

Sustainable Evanston hosts fashion show fundraiser By KARA PEELER

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Young adults strutted down a makeshift runway in sustainable outfits as a part of Sustainable Evanston’s fashion show fundraiser, “A Recycled Show,” Friday evening. One model’s outfit featured a pair of jeans decorated with cut-out strips of pink lingerie sewn on, while another featured a handsewn floral lacy two-piece set. Sustainable Evanston is a community organization that aims to make sustainable fashion more accessible and support community-based mutual aid. The fashion show featured original pieces for an auction on Instagram afterward, along with a curated vintage clothing pop-up shop. “I’ve always been really into clothes, and I’ve always loved fashion and thrifting,” said SESP junior

and Sustainable Evanston Founder Lucia Shorr, who organized the event. “I want to expand, and I want to offer this platform — a localized clothing resale with a mutual aid component — to other communities.” The group typically donates 20% of proceeds to the mutual aid fund for Students Organizing for Labor Rights, but the funds raised from this event will go toward Sustainable Evanston’s expansion, according to Shorr. She said she hopes to make Sustainable Evanston an established business or LLC to build websites or apps that would increase the group’s donations. Friday’s fundraiser has earned about $500 so far, but as auctioning continues, the profit will increase, Shorr said. Many of the clothing items on the runway were upcycled, Shorr said, made with sewing, cutting and screen printing on old items. This process, which is intended to minimize waste, turns items that are “potentially out of style” into more fashion-forward pieces, Shorr said.

Weinberg junior and Creative Director Leo Dulitzky Gilman said Sustainable Evanston was able to source more than 200 donated clothing items to upcycle. “At a place like Northwestern where, to put it bluntly, people have a lot of money and spend it on stuff that they don’t really need, there’s a lot of waste that goes into the clothing that people buy,” Dulitzky Gilman said. “They tend to buy from fashion brands that are polluting the earth and producing clothes at a rate much higher than anyone can buy.” For 20-year-old Chicago resident Chloe Hernandéz, who modeled at the show, sustainable clothing is something “that can be passed on to generations.” She said a lot of clothing is just bought and forgotten, but thrifted or sustainable clothing has more lives. The fashion show fundraiser boasted a full house, according to Shorr, with many visitors

coming to support Sustainable Evanston. “It was really fun to walk into the first Sustainable Evanston show and be a part of something that’s good for the community,” Hernandéz said. “This sustainable fashion is really great for the world. It’s a really good place to start with environmentalism.” Shorr urged Evanston residents to “become engaged with (their) community” and donate or attend Sustainable Evanston events. Dulitzky Gilman similarly hopes people prioritize purchasing secondhand items rather than brand-new products. “I want to hopefully raise some money for the mutual aids that we donate to,” Dulitzky Gilman said. “And also for people to come away from the event with a new appreciation for creativity that can be found in secondhand clothes for sustainable living.” karapeeler2025@u.northwestern.edu

EighthDay Theatre debuts play ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ By JENNA WANG

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EighthDay Theatre Club, Northwestern’s only Chinese theatre club, debuted an original play called “The Butterfly Lovers” this weekend. The show, the second since the club’s founding, took place Friday and Saturday in the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts and was inspired by Chinese folklore. The play is split into two parts, with the first set in the ancient world and the second set in the modern world. The ancient half is based on the Chinese legend “The Butterfly Lovers,” a tragic story of two lovers unable to be together because of societal barriers of class and gender. The modern half depicts a societyapproved couple that runs into conflicts over values and passions. Communication junior Jonyca Jiao, the play’s director and one of four writers, said both stories invite the audience to question conflicts surrounding love and whether marriage serves as the ultimate solution. Unlike the club’s first performance, the play will be performed in English. Because the legend is well-known in China, Jiao said the club wanted to attract a larger audience of nonChinese speakers. “Our community is very familiar with the story of ‘Butterfly Lovers’ — it’s what we grew up listening (to) and learning from,” Jiao said. “It would be interesting to see how nonChinese students or faculty come in and feel the contrast between the two worlds we’ve created.”

Weinberg junior Vicky Wei, who plays Zhu Yingtai in the play, said though the decision to perform in English was made to expand audience reach, it presented unique challenges. As a non-theatre major and an international student from China, she said acting in her nonnative language added an additional layer of difficulty. “I felt very stressed because my character has a very sad story, so I found it difficult performing on stage, especially because I don’t have many gestures or movements on stage,” Wei said. “Sometimes when I sit there and recite my lines, I find it difficult not to use the tones up and down to express my emotion.” Weinberg junior Annie Chen, who plays Lin Yanfei, expressed similar concerns. Although she co-wrote several plays in high school, she never performed in a lead role. However, as a co-writer, she said she hopes writing dialogue helped develop her acting and character interpretation on stage. “Acting itself is challenging, whether it’s in Chinese or English,” Chen said. “You have to be in a character that is not necessarily yourself and get familiar with all the dynamics and relationships she has with other characters.” As the only theatre major in the club, Jiao took a step back from acting to direct and cowrite her first adaptation. She said she and the other writers struggled to write the ancient half in formal English. Because the other three writers also acted in the play, she helped them differentiate their roles as actors and as playwrights. However, being involved in a crew and cast of similar backgrounds united by a passion for theatre allowed the entire club to bond, Chen said.

“We’re a smaller team than a professional theatre production, but I think they’re all very talented people,” Chen said. “I get inspired by them, and I’m amazed by how much work we can get done in six weeks because we have fewer people, but the same amount of responsibility.” Jiao said she noticed the growth her cast and crew underwent, which she said exemplified the reason she initially founded the EighthDay Theatre Club. She said she wanted to create a space where international Chinese students

who are not theatre majors could find a comfortable place to express their passions. “I always see theatre as a place of inclusivity, so it should form a sense of community and belonging,” Jiao said. “We only have seven days a week, so we’ve created this imaginative day so that people can actually free their mind of anxiety and stress and come into this community to purely share their passions about theatre, acting and be together with one another.” jennawang2024@u.northwestern.edu

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EPD personnel. “I certainly do not believe that this police department, or any police department in this country, has proven that putting more funding into their department has achieved the goal that Evanston has for increasing equality and improving public safety,” Reid said.

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the future of policing. Doing more with less High levels of resignations have put a strain on EPD resources, Geyer said. The department shifted from 8-hour to 12-hour shifts for officers, which Geyer described as “burdensome,” especially for officers with families at home. EPD is also a busier police department than its neighbors, further constraining personnel. Eddington’s March report showed Evanston has higher calls for service per resident than comparable suburbs. “The call load is substantial here,” Eddington said at the meeting. “Once again, if you had that level of call load with this low number of officers, you’re basically subtracting the time available for proactive policing.” Due to the reduction in officers, EPD moved officers from investigative positions, which aim to stop crime at the source, to patrol positions. In March, Eddington called for an increase in budgeted officers to fill these vacancies and deal with the higher level of crime in Evanston since 2018. Ald. Devon Reid (8th) said he is in support of filling the current vacancies but not increasing funding for

Impacts on the crime rate Eddington told the Human Services Committee in March there is a correlation between the reduction in manpower and the current uptick in Evanston’s crime rate. With fewer resources to apply to “hotspots” and special units focused on preventing crime, Eddington said EPD needs an increase of budgeted officers to deal with this increase in crime. However, Betty Ester, president of Citizens’ Network of Protection, said EPD has never been responsive enough to complaints, despite fluctuations in manpower. She said she sees no reason to increase the number of budgeted officers at EPD. “If (EPD) can start listening to the people and working with the people, then there (will be) no problem,” Ester said. Changing leadership On top of high levels of officer resignation, EPD

has had three different police chiefs over the past year. Chief Demitrous Cook retired in June 2021, followed by Chief Aretha Barnes in January. Chief Eddington will serve as the interim chief until the city manager selects a permanent chief of police. Despite this turnover, Glew said the department’s standards for potential candidates remain high. “Anybody that’s a chief here comes up with the understanding that there’s an expectation of getting engagement and accessibility to the community, that they are going to be respectful and an active listener with stakeholders,” Glew said. “Those are things that are going to remain constant.” Geyer echoed Glew and said officers adjusted well to each new chief. While he said the changes have impacted officers, the existing structure of command keeps the day-to-day operations stable. Looking forward Evanston is expected to name a permanent police chief sometime this summer, Reid said, likely after a new city manager is chosen. As for the staffing crisis, new programs have been implemented and proposed to reduce the scope of EPD’s duties as a result of community discussions. Reid said he supports decreasing the department’s scope of responsibility. He added that other forms of

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she likes certain color palettes.” For older kids looking to give a homemade present, the Evanston Public Library teen loft is offering a free bath-bomb making event for the first two weeks of May. Library Assistant Ozivell Ecford said the creation process is quick and fun, and that event has been a success so far. “Just the other day when I was here, there was a youth that made like four,” Ecford said. “I think he made some for himself, and of course his mother too.” There was also no shortage of options for a delicious Mother’s Day meal with family and friends. Restaurants like Farmhouse, Peckish Pig, Firehouse Grill and Good To Go Jamaican Cuisine offered special Mother’s Day brunch menus. Good To Go Manager Shyvonne Leslie said in addition to a Jamaican-American fusion-inspired brunch menu, the restaurant had a bassist playing at the restaurant to make the experience even more special and create a relaxed atmosphere for guests. “We appreciate all the moms that come into the restaurant,” Leslie said. “It’s a precious thing to have that type of relationship, and I’m definitely happy the patrons want to celebrate that relationship here with us.”

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wonderful experience, because this is the type of community that we … haven’t been in community (with) yet,” Mills said. Several Native American and Indigenous vendors sold goods, including bowls made of beechwood, handmade jewelry and instruments. Many attendees wore their own regalia, which is clothing donned for Pow Wows and other special dances in Native culture. Regalia is often personalized with personal, familial and traditional items. Adrian Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, traveled to NAISA’s Pow Wow after seeing it advertised on Facebook. His regalia featured designs with turtles and trees, representing his affiliation with the Turtle Clan and Oneida respectively. Cornelius joined other attendees in the grass dance, one of the special dance categories featured in the latter half of the pow wow. Lead Dancer Josee Starr led the Jingle Dress Dance, a prayer and medicine dance meant to heal afflicted people. At the time of the pow wow, Cornelius said he had been experiencing family difficulties. He said coming to the pow wow was an opportunity to pray for change in his own life and that of those around him. “I have a lot on my mind, and I was taught that when we pray, we have our feathers and we have this (dance) circle,” Cornelius said. “Our feathers gather (our prayers) and they send that up to the Creator through the drum while the drum is playing.” Gathering with other Natives felt special for SESP junior and NAISA co-Chair Isabella Twocrow, who

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law enforcement, including Evanston’s property standards divisions, could serve as a model for changes to EPD. “We can look at that model, and how that form of law enforcement has worked without violating citizens’ rights and without causing bodily harm to citizens,” he said. “I think you can replicate that.” Eddington said in March that EPD is in “full support” of alternative responses to police for mental health emergencies, particularly the Living Room Program, which would provide trauma-informed care for individuals experiencing a mental health emergency. City Council voted unanimously to fund the living room’s development with American Rescue Plan Act funds in March. The Reimagining Public Safety Committee is also investigating alternative models of policing following the model of the Brooklyn Center in Minnesota, which reallocates police responsibility to unarmed community response groups. The future chief of police will need to navigate EPD through community discourse on the shifting role of police and dealing with personnel vacancies. Ester said she hopes the new police chief will be “one that is open-minded to change.” isabellebutera2025@u.northwestern.edu is Oglala Lakota and a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. Twocrow said she was able to speak to other Natives in Lakota, and gave a welcome in her own language. Twocrow said one of her favorite parts of the event was the NAISA dance, where generations of NAISA students came together on the court. Twocrow said she saw alumni who she recognized from her first year at NU, when there were only three or four members in the group. “It just goes to show the legacy of everyone who has come before us and everyone who’s going to come after us,” Twocrow said. “This work has been going for so long, and it’s going to continue to go for so long.” SESP freshman and NAISA Historian Athena GoingSnake, who is Muscogee Creek and a member of the Cherokee Nation, said experiences like the anti-Indigenous vandalism at The Rock in November have been difficult to face in her first year on campus. To GoingSnake, Saturday’s Pow Wow was an example of NAISA’s resiliency. “Throwing this Pow Wow is showing us reclaiming our power from whatever we lost from The Rock,” GoingSnake said. Mills said Loew once told him that often, Native people are defined by what happens to them. But Mills said this shouldn’t be how Native people are seen. “In this moment, it’s really important to remember that we are not being defined by what somebody had to say back in November,” Mills said. “We’re defining ourselves now.” katrinapham2024@u.northwestern.edu

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NU’s gnats make a comeback after a year of isolation By ANGELI MITTAL

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It’s gnat time of year. Walking around campus the past few weeks, students frequently have had to vigorously swat their arms or run to the nearest building for shelter from swarms of gnats. The Chicago area is home to these seasonal non-biting flies, also known as chironomid midges. Located on Lake Michigan, Northwestern provides the optimal breeding environment for these flies. Their larvae live underwater, which is why large clouds of them swarm by the Lakefill. While they might be harmless, some students said the gnats are not very welcoming. SESP senior Bobby Read has been dealing with gnats since his freshman year. Working at

Main Library, Read said he gets a prime view of the gnats in the upper courtyard. “It looks like the cement is speckled, but it’s actually just a ton of gnats just sitting there, which is disgusting,” he said. “I feel like I have to do the hokey pokey walking into every building I go into just to get them off of me.” While in Quarantine and Isolation Housing, Read said gnats infiltrated his room even with the windows closed. Communication and Weinberg sophomore Rivers Leche said the swarms of gnats feel like an invasion of space. She said they have gotten caught in her mask and died in her eye. “It’s two weeks of hell,” Leche said. “They descend upon you … You feel like you’re going to war when you’re going outside.” While gnats might be an expected part of the NU experience, Weinberg junior Maddie Brown said they have gotten worse this year. “I was crossing Sheridan at that big

crosswalk, and a cloud of gnats enveloped me,” Brown said. “I was waving my arms around, shaking my head around … and then there were dead gnats in my hair and on my mask and their little bodies were just there.” McCormick freshman Ryan Moorhead grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He said although NU’s gnats are half the size of those back home, they seem omnipresent. “You don’t see clouds of gnats where I’m from,” Moorhead said. “I was not warned about the gnats.” According to a recent Chicago Tribune article, the swarms are a sign of gnat mating behavior because male gnats swarm to attract female gnats. They tend to congregate in highcontrast areas for visibility. There are conflicting opinions swarming around about the end date for these clouds. While Read said gnats lasted up to a month in his previous experiences, second-year psychology Ph.D. student Gayathri Subramanian said she heard they are gone after two weeks.

These flies live for three to 11 days, and when temperatures stay cool, the swarms tend to stay around for longer, according to the article. Never having dealt with gnats before coming to the U.S., Subramanian said she initially found it annoying when gnats pelted her on her bike rides to campus. She said she is grateful for the extra barrier of protection from masks, which have prevented her from swallowing gnats. However, she said she started to feel empathetic for them after learning about their short lifespan. “They were really fragile, so if I swat them, they sort of died, and I felt really bad about that,” Subramanian said. “They are harmless, so I guess it’s okay to just deal with them.” amittal@u.northwestern.edu

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NU sweeps ETSU, ends season with loss to Kentucky By NATHAN ANSELL

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For the sixth time in the past decade, Northwestern’s postseason hopes ended the same way — one match short of a super regional in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship. NU (20-11, 6-3 Big Ten) ended the season tantalizingly close to winning a regional for the first time under coach Arvid Swan, competing to the end against No. 8 Kentucky (23-7, 10-2 SEC). Despite the defeat, Swan said the season was a step in the right direction for the program. “(When) we get on the court, we play hard, and we did that consistently over the course of the year,” Swan said. “We took a step towards that round of 16 with this group.” The weekend began with an indoor clash against Southern League champions East Tennessee State (20-7, 7-0 Southern). All three doubles showdowns ended with 6-4 scorelines, and two of them tilted in NU’s favor. In singles, NU put together one of its most comprehensive performances of the season. ETSU was unable to claim a single set as seniors Trice Pickens, Simen Bratholm and No. 42 Steven Forman secured the second, third and fourth points of the day on the top three courts. Sophomore Presley Thieneman was leading against

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his opponent when the match was cut short. “That guy had a similar game to me, he made a lot of balls,” Thieneman said. “But I think I was a little more aggressive than him.” Against Kentucky, doubles was again closely contested. NU relinquished an early lead on court three, eventually losing 6-4, and Kentucky’s Gabriel Diallo and Joshua Lapadat outdueled Bratholm and graduate student Brian Berdusco to clinch the opening point. The No. 82 duo of Forman and freshman Felix Nordby held a break lead against the No. 55 partnership of Millen Hurrion and Francois Musitelli, but the battle went unfinished. NU tied the score in singles thanks to Forman, who upset No. 4 Liam Draxl. Forman served at a high percentage and utilized an arsenal of forehand winners en route to a 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) victory. Following the match, Swan said Forman was “capable of beating anyone in college tennis.” “All four courts going on were tight, so I really wanted to get that first point on the board,” Forman said. “Any time you play No. 1 singles against good teams, it’s going to be a tough match.” Thieneman established a 2-1 lead for NU shortly after, breaking to win his first set against Musitelli and surviving a tiebreak in the second. After Musitelli overhit a routine shot at the net, Thieneman highfived Swan before shaking hands with his

opponent. Thieneman finished the season with eight victories and no losses since March. “I couldn’t believe he missed that shot, because it was a pretty easy forehand,” Thieneman said. “(I was) happy to see it go long.” From there, the momentum swung in the other direction. Pickens dropped a three-set match to No. 83 Hurrion 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, and No. 21 Diallo found a return winner on a decisive point for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Bratholm. No. 113 Lapadat had little trouble against Nordby, triumphing 6-1, 6-1 to give Kentucky the overall match 4-2. Berdusco’s individual contest stopped at 5-5. “We’re very close to making it, as evidenced by playing the overall No. 8 seed the way we did today,” Swan said. “We’ve got to keep knocking on the door.” Swan said consistently making the super regional round remained a program goal, and Sunday’s performance indicated that the goal was realistic. Forman, who is returning for his fifth year of eligibility in 2023, was similarly encouraged by the level of play, especially compared to last year’s season-ending 4-0 loss against Texas. “That’s all you can ask for,” Forman said. “Give yourself a chance, and we certainly had them, and just live with the results.” nathanansell2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Readying for the last NU earns 26th consecutive bid month of the season By ALEX CERVANTES

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After Northwestern’s matchup with UIC on April 5, coach Josh Reynolds and crew left Rocky and Berenice Miller Park with a 13-3 victory over the Flames, propelling them to a .500 record at 12-12. Nearly a month later, the Cats (20-20, 7-8 Big Ten) couldn’t find success at UIC’s (18-18, 10-5 Horizon League) home turf Wednesday. NU dropped the contest 13-0 and fell back to .500 after 1-2 weekend series against No. 23 Maryland. Reynolds said it’s important to take each game seriously, even when facing teams they beat in the past, like UIC. “I think we thought we were just going to go in there and win, and that just doesn’t happen,” Reynolds said. “Their pitchers did a good job, they shut us down, our offense wasn’t locked in the way we would have liked them to be and then on the mound we just weren’t very good at finishing guys.” The scoreboard in the Cats’ disappointing Wednesday evening loss looked the same as their defeat Friday to the Terrapins, but the contests played out much differently. NU took the field against arguably one of the best pitchers in the country — Maryland’s ace, left-hander Ryan Ramsey. Ramsey didn’t need the 13 runs produced by the Terrapin offense to single-handedly dismantle the Cats, as he threw a perfect game, the 20th in college baseball history. Up against the Big Ten’s third-best ERA team, NU quickly had to put its performance in the past Saturday, readying for Maryland’s second of the one-two combination in pitcher Jason Savacool — Big Ten’s second-best ERA holder. However, after laying low until the 8th, keeping it a 1-0 game, the Cats’ bats came alive, scoring five-runs in the inning. NU picked up its first run courtesy of a sophomore right fielder Jay Beshear’s sacrifice fly to left field, scoring sophomore shortstop Tony Livermore. To put the Cats up, sophomore third

baseman Vincent Bianchina ripped a twoout single scoring two runs. His hit was followed by freshman catcher Bennett Markinson’s RBI single, and freshman second baseman Patrick Herrera’s hit by pitch with the bases loaded. The Terrapins scored two of their own in the bottom half of the inning, but senior first baseman Anthony Calarco’s blast and a Bianchina double stretched the lead back to four. From there, senior right-hander Mike Doherty gave up a homerun but was able to shut the door for the Cats, winning the second matchup 7-4. “Baseball is game to game, who’s on the mound, who’s going to compete in the box and you just never know,” Reynolds said. “Michael Farinelli did a good job on the mound just keeping us close. We get to the bullpen, and then we get the big hits there from Bianchina to give us the lead, and then we keep tacking some on.” Entering the Sunday duel with one win apiece, NU was unable to close out the series with a win in College Park. The Cats dropped the final contest 10-5, allowing seven runs over the 7th and 8th innings. Looking for redemption against UIC Wednesday, the Cats couldn’t manage to put the pieces back together. Despite using five pitchers during the battle, each Wildcat gave up at least one run. Collectively, NU has given up 23 runs in the past two contests. With the two-game losing streak going into the series with Ohio State this upcoming weekend, Reynolds said he wants the team to return to its bread and butter — competing in the box, executing on the mound and making routine plays. With less than a month in the season, after Ohio State, NU welcomes Purdue for a home series and travels to Minnesota to round out the regular season, in addition to weekday games against Milwaukee and Notre Dame. “Hopefully, (UIC) was eye-opening and gets them ready for Ohio State,” Reynolds said. “Ohio State may be below us in the standings, doesn’t matter. Doesn’t matter at all if we don’t show up and be ready to play.” lawrenceprice2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Following a Big Ten Tournament semifinals appearance, Northwestern clinched its 26th consecutive bid in the NCAA Tournament but lost a first round bout with Wake Forest Saturday. Accompanying the Wildcats (14-10, 8-3 Big Ten) in the Athens Regional were the Demon Deacons, No. 14 Georgia, the regional host, and Charleston Southern. NU and Wake Forest’s weekend matchup was their second meeting this season. The squads first met at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 29, with the Demon Deacons grabbing a 4-2 win in the early moments of the regular season. “We played them in the beginning of the year, and we are a brand new team (now),” senior Clarissa Hand said Friday before the match. “ We’ve come really far … and everybody realizes that if you don’t win this one, that’s it, so we’ve got to bring our best tennis.” Hand and sophomore Maria Shusharina were selected as members of the All-Big Ten team following their success in singles and as a doubles pair this season. Hand said she appreciated the honor, and it was an indication that she can compete at a high level against some of the best players in the conference and nation. “It was a nice confidence boost,” Hand said. “(Maria) and I did really well in doubles, especially since where we were coming from last year barely winning at (court) three. It’s really nice for us, and I think it’s nice for the team as well, because we’ve come a long way.” Entering the contest, Hand remained the Cats’ lone ranked singles player in the latest ITA poll. Meanwhile, Wake Forest entered the match ranked 23rd nationally

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Senior Clarissa Hand hits a ball. Northwestern’s season came to an end in the first round of the NCAA Tournament following a 2-4 defeat to Wake Forest.

after winning four of their last five matches. Coach Jeff Wyshner’s side boasts two of the top 30 doubles pairings in the country in Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth (No. 5) as well as Casie Wooten and Samantha Martinelli (No. 27). The Demon Deacons also have two ranked singles players: No. 32 Carolyn Campana and Wooten at No. 111. Wake Forest exploded out of the gates. Hand and Shusharina were quickly defeated at court one by Brylin and Killingsworth. At No. 3, freshman Sydney Pratt and senior Hannah McColgan fell 3-6. With the doubles point in hand, the Demon Deacons’ dominance

continued into singles play. Wake Forest stretched the lead to 3-0 after victories at courts four and five. With its season hanging by a thread, NU battled back. Pratt won at No. 3 in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2), and junior Christina Hand followed up the performance with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 win to get two points for the Cats. But ultimately, it wasn’t enough. Clarissa Hand came up just short in a three-set battle at court one, as the Demon Deacons grabbed the match-winning fourth point, ending NU’s season. alexcervantes2024@u.northwestern.edu