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MGC pushes for designated space Council gaining momentum in visibility efforts By TROY CLOSSON

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Members of Multicultural Greek Council chapters say tangible progress has been made in their continued efforts to receive University-recognized space on campus. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life is considering establishing the Commuter Lounge, located on the ground floor of Norris University Center, as a designated MGC site, said OFSL director Travis Martin. The office has recently partnered with both councils to advocate for a greater oncampus presence, Martin said, adding that while the Commuter Lounge location hasn’t been finalized, conversations continue to move forward. “What we’re trying to do is figure out alternative ways to create visibility for these groups on campus,” he said. “A lot of students, when they come to Northwestern (and) think of fraternity and sorority life, think primarily, I would argue, of IFC and PHA — the groups that have prominent structures on campus.”

Students in MGC and National Pan-Hellenic Council have previously raised concerns about the lack of Universitydesignated space for students of color. Angelica Miranda, president of MGC sorority Lambda Theta Alpha, called the potential for established space and increased visibility “really exciting.” While her chapter uses locations like the Multicultural Center to hold meetings and come together, it would be “very different” to have a space just for MGC, the Communication junior said. And securing that space is vital, she said, as it can often feel like MGC chapters “don’t exist” to the greater campus community. “Everybody seems to know about the rest of the councils, or just two out of the four,” Miranda said. “So just even having this space for us will be great because that way incoming students next year — even current students who may not know about us — will get to see us more.” McCormick junior Fabian Gomez, president of Omega Delta Phi fraternity, an MGC chapter, said the current lack of visibility can “delegitimize” chapters not in IFC or PHA when they seek new members. » See MGC, page 6

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Journalists Erika Allen (second from left), Lauren Duca (second from right) and Megan Twohey (far right) talk at a CTSS event Thursday. The panelists addressed the role of social media in the #MeToo movement.

Panelists talk #MeToo movement Journalists discuss experiences reporting on sexual assault allegations By AMY LI

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As Megan Twohey, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, was preparing to publish allegations of President Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct, she said Trump told her she was a “disgusting human being.” She said the incident made her wonder what it meant when someone like him is elected president. Twohey, an Evanston native,

joined Lauren Duca, a freelance journalist and columnist for Teen Vogue, and Erika Allen, managing editor of The Outline, in speaking to a crowd of about 50 about the success and repercussions of the #MeToo movement. The Thursday event, hosted by the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series and co-sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism, was moderated by Medill Prof. MeiLing Hopgood. Twohey received a Pulitzer Prize this year with journalist

Jodi Kantor for a report covering decades of sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein. Twohey said she did not know her story was going to “unleash (a) worldwide reckoning over sexual harassment and assault.” “My reporting partner and I were sharing a taxi on the way back from our umpteenth night of being at the office until 3 o’clock in the morning,” Twohey said. “We were bleary-eyed and preparing to publish (the

Weinstein story) the next day, and I turned to her and asked, ‘Do you think anybody is going to read this story?’” After public revelation of Weinstein’s past, actress Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo, which was first used by activist Tarana Burke. The use of #MeToo triggered a surge of responses from other women — among them celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow and » See ME TOO, page 6

Okorafor reflects on ‘Black Panther’ D65 social workers Comics writer speaks about Afrofuturism term, representation

Access gaps in mental health services ‘startling’

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Nnedi Okorafor has some issues with Wakanda. “One of my issues with Wakanda is Wakandans — I don’t feel like we see enough of them,” she said Thursday at the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub. “The storyline is always focusing on royalty, or people involved higher up.” The award-winning author had this concern, among others, when Marvel approached her to co-write the “Black Panther” comic series. After two weeks of consideration, she said she reluctantly accepted the offer, hoping to address the issues as an insider. Speaking during a moderated interview with English Prof. Chris Abani, Okorafor discussed her work in Afrofuturism, which she describes as African-based science fiction. Okorafor said when people first called her work Afrofuturism, she rejected the term because she understood it as having roots in the U.S., whereas her stories focus on

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Nnedi Okorafor, co-author of the “Black Panther” comics, discusses Afrofuturism on Thursday at an event hosted by the Africa Business Club. Okorafor spoke as part of the Northwestern group’s Africa Week.

the experiences of people in Africa. Since then, though, she has redefined the term to apply to her own writing. That amendment is “problematic” and hasn’t gone without controversy, she admitted — some have said it excludes work centered on African

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American experiences — but she said her definition connects the African diaspora through the past, present and future. Thursday’s event, hosted by the Africa Business Club, aimed to educate the Kellogg community about African culture and economics, part of the overall

goal of the group’s Africa Week. First-year Kellogg student Ehis Akhetuamhen, co-president of the group, said they invited Okorafor to discuss a topic that focuses on the future of Africa. “This year we wanted to » See OKORAFOR, page 6

Margaret Rothe, a social worker in Evanston/Skokie District 65, said she has never seen the rate of mental health-related hospitalization among middle school students as high as it is now. This year, she said she has had around 20 students hospitalized, all around 12 to 14 years old, and some of them multiple times. Rothe predominantly works at Nichols Middle School, which she said has a population of bilingual and refugee students. She added that the inequity in mental health services she sees between the students who live on the North Shore and those who are nonEnglish speaking or low-income is “startling.” “I’ve been doing this in the district 25 years now, (in) pretty much every elementary school, pretty much every middle school, and I’m on second- and sometimes third-generation families,” Rothe

said. “I get the same people over and over. We’re not doing a good job of breaking the cycle.” Rothe spoke on a panel with two other district social workers at a Mental Health Board meeting Thursday at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. She discussed the inequality of mental health services along with Paola Flores, who mainly works at Chute Middle School, and Jennifer Bergner from Oakton Elementary School. Board chair Karin Ruetzel told The Daily that Patricia Efiom, the city’s equity and empowerment coordinator, gave a mandate to a number of agencies to look at the issue of equity in Evanston more closely. Bergner said many of the students she works with are homeless or do not have a stable home. She said the quality of services for families on public assistance is “frightening,” adding that it is difficult for many to navigate the system of finding and paying for mental health services. “When I came to Evanston after working in the South Side of Chicago, I was like, ‘This place is like the lottery,’” Bergner said. “We have so much here. But we have » See HEALTH, page 6

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Evanston Literary Festival to return for 4th year By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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The Evanston Literary Festival will return for its fourth year with more than 30 events across the city, featuring authors such as Charles Johnson, Nadine Strossen and Daniel Kraus. Festival co-organizers Lynn Haller and John Wilson partnered with literary institutions like Evanston Public Library, Bookends & Beginnings, Comix Revolution and the Northwestern Spring Writers’ Festival to organize the events. The festival will run from Saturday to May 20, and all of the programming is free. “There was so much already going on (in Evanston) like the Spring Writers’ Festival which a lot of the residents didn’t know about,” Haller said. “So that was some of the impetus, realizing all the gems we have here that we wanted to spotlight.” Haller said she and Wilson lived in Chicago and took over the Chicago Book Expo in 2013. When they moved to Evanston, they decided to create a similar program. The pair publicizes the festival and brings in some of the writers, Wilson said. Community partners play a central role in organizing the events and recruiting participants, Haller said. The festival aims to support local literary businesses, she said. Bookends & Beginnings owner Nina Barrett said her store was “born along with the literary festival,” and the two have been partnered for all four years.

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested in connection with domestic battery Police arrested a 39-year-old Evanston man early Thursday morning in connection with domestic battery and aggravated assault. Officers were called to the 600 block of Linden Place at about 1 a.m. after a man threatened to stab his girlfriend in the stomach with a knife, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

Barrett said Evanston does a good job of recognizing visual, performance and musical arts, but sometimes the literary arts are left out. She said the festival helps bring visibility to the “vibrant” literary community by bringing together EPL, Bookends & Beginnings, Comix Revolution and other staples of the community. “We thought that there was both the literary community in terms of a number of authors, but also readers,” Barrett said. “You need readers to have a literary community. … What community has more of that than Evanston?” Rachel Webster, director of NU’s creative writing program, said the Northwestern Spring Writers’ Festival will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in partnership with the Evanston Literary Arts Festival. It will host novelist Alissa Nutting, essayist Angela Morales and poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Webster said NU’s program had gone on for more than 10 years, but it has partnered with the literary festival for the past three years. The authors will present MFA-level classes for students during the day, and the evening will feature open discussions with the public, Webster said. “It allows us to be a little more integrated with the community of Evanston,” Webster said. “Evanston is filled with writers and readers and people who are interested in literature, so for us to reach them through the festival, it feels like an incredible opportunity all around.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

The man and woman got into an argument, and the man took out a knife, holding it to the woman’s stomach and causing a 2-inch-long scratch, Glew said. The woman told police the man threatened to “gut her like a fish,” Glew said. The man also said three times that he was going to kill the woman. The woman filed a complaint with the Evanston Police Department and officers transported the man to EPD, Glew said.

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Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. The store will partner with the Evanston Literary Festival for the fourth year.

Police charged the man with domestic battery and aggravated assault.

Man charged with aggravated assault following parking dispute

Police charged a 56-year-old Skokie man in connection with aggravated assault after he threatened to kill a man. On May 1 at about 10 a.m., the Skokie man threatened to kill a 74-year-old Skokie man. The men got into an argument about the

proper way to park and pull into the gas pumps at the Food 4 Less in the 2400 block of Main Street, Glew said. Though the 74-year-old-man did not initially press charges, he decided to file a complaint after his son encouraged him, Glew said. Police arrested the 56-year-old man Wednesday for aggravated assault of a person over 60 years old, a misdemeanor. — Julia Esparza

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Juniors to start mental health group By CAMERON COOK

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When roommates Carlie Cope and Tina Zheng noticed gaps in the mental health resources offered at Northwestern, they decided to tackle the problem head-on. The Weinberg and Bienen juniors, respectively, are now taking the first steps to bring a chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness to NU. With thousands of locations, NAMI is the country’s largest mental health advocacy organization, but is not widely known among college students, Cope said. On campus, Counseling and Psychological Services is the most well known mental health service. However, Zheng said CAPS is unable to accommodate everyone due to the sheer volume of students who need help. She added that she has spoken to students who have complained about the long waitlist for regular appointments, among other issues. Though the 12-session limit was eliminated in 2016, counseling is still based on what CAPS calls a “short-term model.” Data from 2016 show that CAPS only has one counselor per 845 students. “These people need immediate attention,” Zheng said. “Mental health isn’t something that can be fixed in one session — you can’t wait on this kind of stuff. If there’s a problem, you want to address it now rather than later.” CAPS staff said they would review interview requests but did not immediately comment. Zheng said she was motivated to start the NAMI chapter partially because of her own difficulty with the transition from high school to a stressful college environment. She said other students have told her they feel the same pressure. To combat this, the NAMI club will offer different services to fit students’ needs, including group counseling, peer-to-peer therapy sessions and access to outside resources that are currently unavailable or seem out of reach to students. The

club will also offer a chance to connect with the local NAMI chapter in Skokie. “You can talk with a trusted friend,” Cope said. “You can call without having to physically go into a building. You can go to resources as far away as Skokie if privacy is really important to you.” NAMI is not the two roommates’ first foray into mental health advocacy. Zheng and Cope were co-directors of Wellness Coalition, a peerrun mental health group that formerly existed on campus, before deciding to start their own club. “We really believed in (their) mission,” Cope said. “We still believe in it. We’re just trying to promote it in a different way now, because NAMI already has people and physical resources that we can use and give to students. (Wellness Coalition) was a beautiful idea, we just needed something more concrete; something with a name, something with a brand.” Zheng and Cope said NAMI’s existing network of resources has already helped them develop the NU chapter. Cope has known Christine Somervill, the program director at NAMI’s Cook County North Suburban chapter, since she began volunteering for the national organization last year. They started talking about collaborating in spring 2017. The CCNS chapter of NAMI serves 17 different communities in the area, Somervill said, and provides a variety of programming. They offer community education programs, family classes and support groups, as well as doing “a lot of advocacy work.” Somervill will help Cope and Zheng make connections in the wider NAMI network, as well as provide advice on how to run their own chapter. The programming, however, will be decided by Cope, Zheng and any other student participants; NAMI only provides resources and guidance, which Cope added are free of charge. Zheng said she hopes the NAMI club will survive after she and Cope graduate. “I don’t want this to be a one-year kind of thing,” she said. “I want to come back 10 years later and for NAMI to be still on campus.” Though the club is not yet officially recognized,

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Cope and Zheng said they plan to apply for recognition in October. Zheng and Cope said the NAMI club will host its first event, the Green Bandana Project, at The Rock on May 14. They will hand out bandanas and resource cards to students, and inform them about the services available through NAMI, Zheng said. She and Cope also plan to participate in the organization’s national 5K fundraiser in September. Rather than have the club be exclusive, Zheng said she wants NAMI to be open to the entire community. “I would want to be able to have events that anybody on campus would be comfortable coming to, not just a selective kind of group,” she said. “I want NAMI to be something where if you have interest, feel free (to come).”

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THE IRAN DEAL WHAT NOW?

Dumping Iran deal helps Iran deal problematic but US-North Korea dialogue withdrawal causes danger DYLAN GRESIK

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Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced the United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal. The U.S. will benefit in upcoming negotiations with Kim Jong Un and North Korea because of the president’s decision. The Iran nuclear deal, a much-celebrated foreign policy accomplishment of the Obama administration, was flawed from the beginning. Its removal has realigned the United States on a stronger and safer foreign policy path. Touted as a compromise with moderates within the Iranian government, the deal had shortcomings within its details. “(The agreement) gives Iran up to 24 days to move, hide or destroy materials sought by inspectors. This is far from a foolproof system, particularly in light of Iran’s long history of cheating,” James Phillips, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, wrote in 2015. “Ultimately the Iranian economy would be boosted by tens of billions of dollars more through a surge of oil revenues as oil sanctions are lifted.” The idea that any regime that burns the American flag and chants “Death to America” on the floors of its parliament, like members of the Iran government did, should receive American aid and economic benefits is ridiculous. And, the belief that such a government would be partial to upholding its end of any deal is even more ludicrous. In fact, as recent intelligence gathered by Israeli forces has shown, Iran has not conveyed its true motivations in signing such a deal. Iran continues to engage in state-sponsored terrorism campaigns throughout the Middle East, destabilizing the region through its meddling in other countries and backing of dangerous militia groups. To ignore the seriousness of these activities while continuing to directly fund the mullahs and take their word at face value is dangerous and undermines American foreign policy aims. Recent developments have reiterated the militant activity of Iran. They continue to aggressively pursue the elimination of the Jewish state of Israel — launching 20 missiles toward the Israeli-held Golan Heights on the Syrian border Wednesday. Iranian militias operate freely within Syria, intensifying the strife of the civil war there, and Iranian support for rebel groups on the Arabian Peninsula has undermined the security realities of key U.S. allies. So, how does all this affect the situation with North Korea? The scrapping of the nuclear deal has far-reaching implications for America’s diplomatic initiatives across the globe. Contrary to the hysteria emanating from the Obama camp — like from Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, who said Trump’s decision “has demolished America’s credibility” and has “isolated the US and

rallied the world around Iran” — these implications are positive. To the Kim regime in North Korea, the president has signaled that, unlike his predecessor who seemed like he wanted to reach a deal no matter the details, Trump will not just sign a deal to sign one. The president said in his announcement, “Today’s action sends a critical message: The United States no longer makes empty threats. When I make promises, I keep them.” Whereas Obama opted to sign an unpopular deal that lacked the proper support in Congress, Trump should learn from the mistake of his predecessor in avoiding signing any potential agreement that does not garner congressional support and affirmation following his meeting with Kim in Singapore on June 12. Signing a deal to ensure the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is important, but only if it does not fall trap to the shortcomings found in the JCPOA. Overall, this week has been a winning one for the Trump Administration. The president’s

nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, appeared strong in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee while gaining the support of a bipartisan collection of former agency officials. Several senior leaders of the Islamic State were captured in a joint U.S.-Iraqi sting operation — an exclamation point to the U.S.-led decimation of ISIS since Trump took office. In a remarkable breakthrough in diplomacy, and sign of good intentions for further negotiations, three American hostages were returned from North Korea with an escort from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. And finally, President Trump remained true to his word to tear up the Iran deal, signaling to North Korea and any other rogue regime that this president will not bend to dictators nor sign deals simply to contribute to his legacy. Dylan Gresik is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at dylangresik2020@u.northwestern. edu. 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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After repeatedly referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal, as “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into,” President Donald Trump made the long-awaited decision to withdraw from the agreement and re-impose sanctions on Iran. In 2015, Iran, the U.S., the UK, China, France, Russia, Germany and other members of the European Union made a deal that lifted economic sanctions on Iran on the condition that the country’s nuclear program was restricted. Since then, the agreement has garnered critics and supporters, many of whom made their final attempts last week to convince Trump to preserve the deal. The question that is being raised now: What will happen next? Specifically, people are wondering how this decision will impact Iran’s nuclear capabilities and what it means for U.S. relationships with Europe.

In considering the next steps of Trump’s decision, it is crucial to be reminded why the deal was problematic in the first place. Under the initial groundwork of the plan, the Middle Eastern nation was not required to dismantle any of its nuclear facilities where low-enriched uranium is used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants, which made it a potential threat to international security. Additionally, the agreement’s most criticized feature, known as the “sunset provision,” permitted an expiration date in the deal’s various clauses, making the future of the country’s actions regarding nuclear proliferation ambiguous. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Iran also stood to gain access to more than $100 billion in assets frozen overseas, which could be utilized

toward whatever the state desires — including the funding of terrorist groups that threaten nations, such as Israel. The original framework should have been altered or negotiated to preserve U.S. international relations, and given the fact this did not happen, exiting the agreement was necessary. Despite Trump’s decision being essential, this choice will still have serious ramifications for the U.S. Primarily, it could accelerate Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a statement on Tuesday warning, “I have directed the Atomic Energy Agency to prepare for the next steps, if necessary, to begin our own industrial enrichment without restriction,” if the other countries who signed the deal and Iran cannot come to a conclusion. In withdrawing from the deal, Trump is not only reinstating sanctions on Iran’s oil, but also establishing new sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran. Doing so will have significant implications on the nation’s economy, as it heavily relies on oil exports to many of the U.S.’s allies. There are six other nations who signed the agreement with the expectation that they would all honor it, so Trump’s decision could impact our relationships with our European allies. Withdrawing sends the message that the U.S. is not reliable when it comes to international agreements. In Trump’s speech on Tuesday, he cautioned that “any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. ” As a result of this, other European allies who signed the deal now have to decide whether they too will withdraw to prevent regulation by the U.S., or continue to comply with the agreement. Reactions to Trump’s decision have been varied. Israel and Saudi Arabia, two longstanding critics of the deal, have applauded Trump pulling out of the agreement because its framework paved the way for Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and gain access to billions of dollars. But British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a joint statement with the UK, Germany and France that she “regrets” the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Iran deal. Just this week, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson travelled to Washington to meet with Trump and persuade him to refrain from abandoning the deal, stating in a New York Times op-ed that it “has weaknesses, certainly, but I am convinced they can be remedied.” Whether you agree with Trump’s decision or not, it is certain that the concern of Iran’s nuclear program must be addressed, as its impacts are far-reaching. The U.S. and its allies must work together to curb Iran’s nuclear capabilities to diminish the threat it poses to neighboring countries and to the rest of the world. Sophia Esquenazi is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at sophiaesquenazi2021@u. northwestern.edu. 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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Latinx businesses, alliance growing in Evanston By CLARE PROCTOR

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As the number of Latinx businesses and professionals grows in the city, the Evanston Latinx Business Alliance plans to expand the breadth of its resources, said Linda Del Bosque, vice president of the alliance. Del Bosque, who is also the editor in chief of Evanston Woman magazine, said the alliance’s main goal is to engage with and provide resources for Latinx business owners. She said the team wants to provide more classes and networking opportunities for “growth and sustainability.” The alliance, which was created in 2016, offers the city’s Latinx-owned businesses and professionals an opportunity to connect with one another and

work together to increase their visibility in the larger Evanston community, Del Bosque said. The city “took it upon themselves” to create the alliance, Del Bosque said. She said without support from the city and Mayor Steve Hagerty, the organization would not exist. “He has such a heart for diversity and inclusion,” Del Bosque said. “It’s his leadership that’s driving this inclusion. He sees the importance of our community being (united).” Having an alliance of businesses acting as a single entity allows for more efficient and successful interaction with larger organizations like Northwestern, said Ana Vela, co-founder of Amanecer Taco Shop and president of the alliance. The alliance has about 30 members, Vela said, and membership is currently free, although the organization will discuss a potential fee package to help pay for workshops and networking events.

Ixchel Muhlberger is a member of the alliance and has been the sole proprietor of Mayan Moon Healing, 1818 Dempster St., for three years. She said being a member of the alliance has helped her personally establish connections within the Evanston community. “At the beginning, you’re trying to establish your business, so it’s kind of hard to focus outside of your immediate needs,” Muhlberger said. “Now that it’s a little bit more settled, it’s just nice to be able to do something where it’s not just about my business but about the community… and being able to surround myself with like-minded individuals.” Muhlberger said the alliance celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a networking social event open to the city, not limited to only Latinx businesses, on May 3. She said the proceeds raised from the event will go toward the alliance’s annual “Fiesta” event in September, which celebrates Hispanic Heritage

Month and engages Evanston residents with local Latinx businesses. Del Bosque said the main challenge these business owners face is having limited capital, so having an alliance to provide resources and free services to Latinx businesses gives her hope that there will be opportunities to grow in the future. Vela said having the Evanston Latinx Business Alliance is important, especially when facing the additional difficulties in running a business as a minority. “Being a business owner is already challenging, but on top of that, if you’re a woman or you’re a minority, there’s added challenges in succeeding,” Vela said. “We wanted people to really know that we’re out there in the community. We want more visibility. We hope that people can also appreciate (helping) us make sure our businesses are successful by supporting us.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu

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As Evanston faces another multi-million dollar budget deficit, city staff released a survey Thursday asking residents to rank city programs so their feedback can be considered for the fiscal year 2019 budget. According to a news release, the survey contains 46 items, and asks residents to rank their top 10 and bottom 10 priorities. It is available online and at Evanston Public Library locations and community centers starting Friday. Feedback closes June 7. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said Evanston faces significant debt as a result of pensions, capital funding projects and varying levels of state funding. In terms of cutting costs, he said city staff focused on programs where revenue is lower than costs. He added that he did not know how many programs the city would need to cut. “We have a very robust economy,” Bobkiewicz said. “People continue to want to be in Evanston, to live, to work, to shop, to be in school. But

at the same time, we see our costs continuing to rise.” Bobkiewicz said survey results would be considered when creating the 2019 budget, which will be presented to City Council in October and adopted in November for the fiscal year starting in January. To determine the 46 items on the survey, the news release said, city staff itemized city programs and ranked them based on cost, demand, dependence, equity and several other factors. At a City Council meeting April 30, staff selected 54 items to present to council members to consider for cuts or modifications. At the council meeting, Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) expressed concerns about the matrix city officials used to determine programs. She said city staff should use concrete data to determine programs’ efficacy instead of relying on their own subjective guesses. “(The survey) is a start,” Fleming said at council. “(But) we’re talking about cutting services, potentially cutting jobs, and if we’re not very clear, particularly on the equity and who it serves … we potentially look at cutting services for folks who might not come to community

meetings, might not do the survey, (people) we might not ever hear from until we cut their service.” Fleming said she worried a small group of “very loud people” with time and resources would focus on “small” issues like tree permitting, whereas other people without the ability to advocate would lose resources such as nutrition programs for children in the summer. Bobkiewicz said the city will emphasize community outreach programs over the next month to include diverse perspectives by attending ward meetings, visiting community centers and holding an open house on May 24. Still, he said the city would have to make budget changes somehow. “The community has said very clearly that they’re not interested in increased tax, so if we’re going to continue (to) provide high-quality services for residents with additional costs and no additional revenue, we need to make adjustments,” Bobkiewicz said. “We want to hear from our employees, we want to hear from the community first, and that will inform our decision.” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 Jennifer Lawrence — and sparked a transnational movement. Duca said the #MeToo hashtag helped empower victims of sexual abuse. “This is the seed of things,” Duca said, “of women building the collective power of these experiences and finding power in numbers.” When confronted with the question of why seemingly fewer women came forth before the popularization of the movement, Twohey said there have always been systemic failures in the criminal justice system that work to silence and dismiss the women who come forward. Powerful attorneys helped men orchestrate payoffs to women that prohibited them from warning other women about the violations they had experienced, Twohey said. “The more pressing and urgent question here is: What are the systemic solutions that need to take place?” Twohey said. Duca said social media offers a more

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From page 1 Gomez said his chapter has fewer than 10 active members. The lack of on-campus space, he said, is “definitely connected” to lower recruitment. Having a physical representation of the council on campus, he added, is a positive step forward toward “bridging that inequality.” “I’m not really asking for them to build a new dorm for us (or) build a new house for us,” Gomez said. “But just in some way, make it so that people know we exist and that subconsciously they see us — just like every day they subconsciously see the letters on every single frat house.” The efforts come as students in MGC and NPHC push for greater representation and resources from the University, saying that a gap in recognition exists between those councils and primarily white ones. Currently in the works is another initiative to create and display banners on street light poles during Wildcat Welcome. Together, Gomez said, the efforts can add up to create a campus environment that is more supportive and aware of MGC chapters. MGC president Kathy Tian said that at the moment, establishing a significant presence on campus for the council can be particularly difficult without the “same kind of infrastructure” as IFC and PHA. Still, the Weinberg junior said she’s seen much stronger action from OFSL recently in supporting MGC chapters. While graduate assistants previously functioned as short-term primary advisers for MGC, OFSL assistant director Keith Garcia now fills that role

“democratic” forum that allows women’s voices to be heard, but the absence of traditional “gatekeepers” can spark paranoia among men who fear being accused. However, Twohey said The Times always applies “high standards of due diligence” to reviewing a wide range of evidence before publishing any allegations. Allen also said that a journalist must “investigate” and “verify” before publishing any claims. “Our job is not just to listen, but to try to tell the whole story,” Allen said. CTSS vice president Amanda Gordon told The Daily that the group reached out to speakers who have a variety of journalistic experiences. Gordon said the “cutting-edge” style of The Outline, Duca’s ability to mesh pop culture with activism and Twohey’s investigative approach complement each other well. “We picked speakers who can elevate the conversation and add nuanced elements to it,” Gordon said. “They can really articulate what’s going on in a way that we students aren’t capable of doing.” amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu permanently — a change that has increased the council’s ability to communicate with upper-level administrators, Tian said. And with development of the new University Commons potentially on the horizon, she said established space in Norris now can translate to greater effects on the council later. “If we have space now, then it’ll be a lot easier to have space in the new Norris,” Tian said. “It’s easier to deny us something we never had to begin with than it is to take something away.” Kappa Phi Lambda sorority president Chen Chen emphasized, however, that securing a location in Norris doesn’t “automatically translate” into designated space in the future and that continued communication is essential. Ongoing dialogue has occurred about what the possible space in the Commuter Lounge could look like and what functions it would serve for the MGC community, the Weinberg junior said. As the new proposed model for residential housing would count Greek housing toward the two-year live-in requirement, Chen said MGC chapters could be put at a further recruiting disadvantage if they don’t have residential spaces, and stressed taking that into account moving forward. Tian echoed that while the Commuter Lounge initiative has important potential, it’s only one step forward, and that University support shouldn’t end there. “It’s just one of many steps we want to take to give people of color a space and help recognize the MGC community, and help people realize that if multicultural Greek life is for them, we have a place for them to be,” Tian said. troyclosson@u.northwestern.edu

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so much for certain people. … There really is such a significant difference in opportunities.” Flores said Chute has one of the largest Latinx populations of the middle schools in Evanston and a large refugee population as well. She said a number of students need services in languages including Arabic, Swahili and Spanish, but she has found it is difficult to find sufficient translation services. She added that the area is a “desert” for secondlanguage services, and many of the programs and initiatives that have aimed to decrease inequality have had inconsistent results. She said families would benefit from a more stable mental health facility in the district. “What we need is something that is committed to a long-term process and to grow with our district, to be

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create a program that’s open to not just Kellogg,” he said. “We wanted to do a topic that would interest the broader Northwestern community. One of our goals is to integrate and collaborate more with the NU community.” Okorafor, born in the U.S. to Nigerian immigrant parents, began writing after receiving spinal surgery at 19. As a child, she was a dedicated athlete, indulging in track and field and semiprofessional tennis, she said. But when she became temporarily paralyzed, Okorafor said she began to focus on her creativity after her physical abilities were “abruptly” and “unexpectedly” gone. “I had this moment of mortality, this moment where I became very aware of my mortality,” she said. “My sense of reality and the way that I viewed the world was different.”

open to equity, to being culturally sensitive to the needs of a different, growing student population,” Flores said. “So many of our families experience a lot of instability that the consistency they do see is in the relationships they establish with staff at school and with us.” While Ruetzel told The Daily the board can recommend that the city fund programs to better address equity issues, she said the upcoming possible budget cuts may make funding recommendations difficult to figure out. She said there is a great need for mental health services, and both the city and residents should make the need a priority. “(We) heard how acute the needs are,” Ruetzel said, “and we need support from the community to make sure that the funding is still there.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu As a child splitting time between continents, Okorafor said she dealt with racism and identity frequently. In the U.S., African Americans called her “white,” while in Nigeria, people said she looked different and disapproved of her lack of proficiency in the native language, Okorafor said. She also faced racism and bigotry, often being called racial slurs by passersby, she said. Asked if this disrupts her work, however, she responded: “Nothing disrupts my work.” McCormick junior Seyi Adedoyin, who attended the event, said though she already had an interest in Afrofuturism, Okorafor’s talk motivated her to dive deeper into the genre. She called Okorafor “inspiring” and “brilliant,” and also echoed her comments on Wakanda. “You don’t learn a lot about America from the presidency,” she said. “(Not) as much as you learn from Americans.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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The Kellogg School of Management hosted the Kellogg Global Women’s Summit this week, an inaugural event to bring women together to discuss the challenges they face in business.

Weinberg junior Julia Shenkman confirmed as new ASG chief of staff

Associated Student Government Senate unanimously confirmed Julia Shenkman as its new chief of staff Wednesday. The Weinberg junior previously served as the election co-commissioner. She said serving in that role taught her the value of maintaining active dialogue in an organization, something she would implement as chief of staff. “Open communication is key,” Shenkman said. “Making sure that you’re talking to everyone and hearing everyone’s side and understanding the nuances of the situation (is important).” Shenkman said she plans to collaborate with vice president for public relations Gabrielle Bienasz on ASG’s fall recruitment. She said highlighting ASG’s successes in recruitment materials can help attract “passionate” potential new committee members. Shenkman also said she will encourage collaboration within the executive board by holding meetings with vice presidents to develop a balance between ASG President Sky Patterson’s platform and the vice

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year, we had a really large senior class and they really put all their heart, soul and passion into the team, and I think that really (inspired) a lot of our younger guys.” One tournament the team competed in was played on fields with scoreboards, a major threat to NUT’s prevailing strategy. So the team continually replaced the scores with zeros until the tournament director forced them to stop, Valdillez said. They won’t be able to tamper with the

More than 800 female faculty, alumnae and students attended the summit — held Tuesday and Wednesday — according to a news release. The summit included more than 80 speaker events and 30 sessions that focused on topics including growing a business, negotiating for a promotion and issues like the perceived incompatibility of normative female characteristics with those of powerful leaders. Kellogg Dean Sally Blount, the first female presidents’ own goals for their committees. Former chief of staff Lars Benson said he learned in his tenure that the chief of staff ’s effectiveness and drive can “keep an administration going.” He said he believes it is a crucial role. “Both myself and the selection committee are incredibly confident in Julia’s ability to do this,” Benson said. “The ideas she proposes are truly original and truly inspired.” Though Shenkman will be in Texas conducting research during Fall Quarter, she said she will still be able to take an active role in fall recruitment and other chief of staff duties. She said establishing a strong relationship with her deputy chief of staff will ensure that her day-to-day functions are done well. “I’m not halfway around the world or something,” Shenkman said. “I have been abroad before and still maintained two executive board positions.” Finally, Shenkman said she hopes to use the role to make ASG the best that it can be for its members. She said ASG has a competitive culture that she wants to address. “I really want to focus on … building a collaborative space within ASG (and) really making sure this is a fun space for us,” she said. — Gabby Birenbaum

scoreboards quite as easily at Nationals, which will take place a short drive north in Milwaukee. “That’ll throw us off,” Valdillez said with a laugh. NUT isn’t going in explicitly seeking a championship, though — in fitting fashion, they’re instead just hoping for a solid qualitative performance against a field featuring teams ranging from William & Mary to Washington. “We are literally a completely zero-resultsoriented program,” Rozolis said. “Which is kind of funny, because this season our result is that we’ve made Nationals.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

dean of a top business school, said attendees should take what they learned at the conference and use the knowledge to help one another. “Our job is to make an impact,” Blount said in her opening remarks, per the release. “We are going to bring all our knowledge, energy and passion to make that happen. The more we help each other, the more we change the world.” Kellogg’s student body is 42 percent women, putting them in the top 10 business schools for

women, according to the release. Sherry Lansing, a former CEO of Paramount Pictures and a speaker at the summit, said the number of women who were present made her proud. “I’m so excited by the energy in this room,” Lansing said in the release. “Women are taking over the world.” — Gabby Birenbaum

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After his impressive clutch performance last season, Erro is hitting an extra-base hit on about 5 percent fewer of his at-bats this season, and his slugging percentage is down by 22 points. While his batting average and on-base percentages have improved, the second baseman hasn’t yet had a big moment that resembles the ones he regularly produced last year. Even though NU hasn’t had the same magic as 2017, Allen said he hasn’t considered making any drastic changes to the batting order or

the rotation. Erro and the Cats’ other leading hitters — Dunn, junior first baseman Willie Bourbon and senior catcher Jack Claeys — have started at least 40 of the 42 games the Cats have played this season. “We’re going to reward the guys that go out and play hard and try to execute the game the way we ask,” Allen said. “I don’t think there’s any change other than trying to find that consistency.” Peter Warren contributed reporting. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Danita Stroup looks to make a pass. The senior attacker scored 9 goals in two games in last year’s NCAA Tournament and will be looking for more this weekend.

As a player at Massachusetts, midfielder Hannah Murphy faced Richmond eight times during her career. M u r phy ’s M i n u t e women went 7-1 against the Spiders, with her tallying 7 goals and 10 points in those games. Now, Murphy is seeking a win in her first game against Richmond as a Northwestern assistant coach, a position she assumed after graduating following the 2017 season. “Hannah’s given us some insight into Richmond; she knows them pretty well and how they play,” coach Kelly Amonte Hiller said. “That’s been our edge in terms of knowledge.” The No. 7 Wildcats (13-5), one week after a surprising semifinal exit in the Big Ten Tournament that ultimately cost them the opportunity to host an NCAA Tournament regional, will face the Spiders (16-3) on Friday in the first round of the tournament. They were assigned to the Towson, Maryland, regional bracket and

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— with a win Friday — would face the victor of the first-round matchup between 7th-seeded Towson (154) and Wagner (14-5) on Sunday. Amonte Hiller said the team is ignoring its ongoing two-game losing streak and instead focusing on this weekend’s opportunity. “It’s just a special opportunity to make the NCAA Tournament, so obviously it would’ve been great to host, but we’re just really excited to be in the tournament and to be together at least until Friday,” she said. “The past is the past.” It is Amonte Hiller’s 15th tournament berth in her 17 years of coaching in Evanston. Last year, NU downed Albany in the first round before being eliminated in the regional final by Stony Brook. Senior attacker Danita Stroup said she thought at the time that weekend would be the end of her collegiate career, and she made the most of it by scoring a whopping 9 goals in the two games combined. After receiving an extra year of NCAA eligibility, she’s hoping to replicate that productivity this weekend. “Getting this extra life is a real (great) feeling,” Stroup said. “I’m really excited to be able to go out

there again.” If the Cats get past Richmond and Towson predictably routs Wagner, Sunday’s matchup will pit NU against a Tigers team that has impressive wins against Penn State, Florida and Johns Hopkins this season and boasts three 40-plus goal scorers on its roster. But first, Richmond will likely pose a stiff defensive challenge for the likes of Stroup and her fellow attackers. The Spiders have won 11 of their last 12 games, including a dramatic overtime victory over now Murphyless Massachusetts in the Atlantic 10 championship last Sunday. They’ve allowed just 8.6 goals per game this season, the third-fewest in the country, and they also rank highly in save percentage (8th nationally) and caused turnovers (12th). Junior attacker Holly Korn, a dynamic weapon for NU with her 6-foot-2 height, said the Cats nevertheless aren’t focusing much about Richmond’s specific strengths and weaknesses. “They’re definitely very strong defensively, but it really doesn’t change our game plan that much,” Korn said. “ We know that the offense that we run is really dangerous against any defense, so it’s just going to be (about) doing what we do and not worrying too much about what they’re doing.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Many an athlete stresses the cliche of taking each week, or each game, or each possession, one at a time — but few take the mentality as seriously as Northwestern’s club ultimate frisbee team. So when the team, which goes by the abbreviation NUT, made a defensive stop and quick transition goal in the 2018 Great Lakes Regionals final on April 29, the players were simply happy to get another point. Then, pandemonium erupted. “We always have this mentality that it’s a 0-0 game to 1,” junior Jevons Liu said. “When parents and alumni … started storming the field and our coach threw his hat in the air, which he normally doesn’t do, people started realizing, ‘Oh, I guess we just won the game.’” In reality, the 15-13 victory over Notre Dame had actually put NUT through to the USA Ultimate Men’s Division I Nationals for the first time in the program’s roughly 28-year history. The team will now compete as one of the top 20 teams in the country at the national tournament on May 25-28. In ultimate, points are scored by catching a pass in the end zone; players cannot move while holding the frisbee. Teams are expected to score on most possessions and defensive stops are considered break points, similar to tennis. First-year graduate student and NUT member Chris Rozolis is very familiar with tennis: He played for 13 years. After he joined Northwestern’s ultimate team five years ago, however, the strangest aspect was not adjusting to the new type of break point but rather to NUT’s unique strategy of deliberately staying ignorant of the

score. “For 13 years, I’d say the score between every single point; it’s like 30-all, 30-15,” Rozolis said. “Our coach (Kevin Yngve), you could say he trained us Pavlovian style — we don’t know the score.” The unique strategy seems to work. After playing regular season tournaments this winter and spring in numerous distant states, including Florida and Texas, NUT downed Michigan State and Grand Valley State in the pool play portion of the regional tournament. That advanced the team to the quarterfinals, where it avenged a result in the same stage last year against Purdue before upsetting the University of Chicago in the semifinals and then topping Notre Dame later that day. They battled to a 13-13 tie before Keith Bohrer’s fifth goal of the game and a quick transition goal following the defensive hold gave NUT the championship. The Regionals title snapped a streak of three consecutive years falling in the quarterfinals, marking the first major triumph achieved by Yngve’s unconventional tactics and overcoming an odd real-life atmosphere of unscripted dramatic irony. “Everyone that’s not playing on our team knows the score,” senior captain Jay Valdillez said. “The other team knew the score, all of our fans, all of our parents, everyone knew the score, except for the players. ... So it was crazy like, ‘We scored a point. Wait, we won the game.’” This past fall, after a large portion of last year’s team had graduated, NUT called up a number of players from their “B-team” and projected 2018 to be a rebuilding year, Valdillez said. But the team quickly exceeded expectations. “The program’s been building up for a number of years,” Valdillez said. “Last » See ULTIMATE, page 7

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With just two home runs through his first 45 games last year, thenfreshman Alex Erro would have been considered one of the least likely sources for season-altering at-bats. But that May, the 5-foot-10 second baseman provided the three-run blast to clinch a series win at Purdue and the extra innings solo homer to finish a surprising series win at Maryland the week after. Then, in the Big Ten Tournament, Erro’s ninth-inning single culminated the Wildcats’ 3-run comeback over Michigan, a win that kickstarted their run to the finals. This year, however, it hasn’t been Erro who has provided the necessary spark in the season’s biggest moments. It hasn’t been anybody, and now, heading into this weekend’s series against Iowa (28-16, 9-7 Big Ten), NU (14-28, 4-17) is already eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention. “Everybody’s just been having a really difficult time,” junior outfielder Ben Dickey said. “No one’s to blame in particular, but I think we’re all just trying to figure out how to stay together and keep being competitive.” In last weekend’s series at Purdue, the Cats were swept and outscored 26-14, and they struggled to find any consistency against the Boilermakers’ pitching staff. Over the threeday stretch, the Cats only led twice, both in an 8-7 loss in Friday’s game. In that contest, junior shortstop and leadoff hitter Jack Dunn reached base in the ninth inning, but Erro and the heart of the order went down quietly behind him. In recent contests, NU lost a game to Milwaukee that was tied in the ninth and left multiple runners on base in the eighth inning in consecutive close losses to Michigan State.

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Over the weekend against Purdue, those struggles continued, and coach Spencer Allen said he’s been frustrated with the offense’s inability to string together quality at-bats in meaningful situations. NU has only won two 1-run

conference games this season — against last place Penn State — and the Cats are 0-3 in extra innings. The Cats’ inconsistency, Allen said, is the reason they haven’t been able to clear this hurdle. “At times we got inconsistent effort,” he said. “At times we got inconsistent execution. And when you get that, that’s what can lead to a sweep.” » See BASEBALL, page 7

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Alex Erro takes a swing. The sophomore is batting .285 this year, but the Wildcats are still 14-28 overall.