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Financial aid to cover four years School policy restructured, no longer 12 quarters By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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The Office of Financial Aid has restructured its renewability policy so that financial aid is now available to incoming freshmen for four years rather than 12 quarters, Phil Asbury, the University’s director of financial aid, told The Daily in an email. The change, which will be implemented in the 2019-2020 academic year, was made to allow students more flexibility, particularly in pursuing summer study, Asbury added. Previously, a student taking classes during Summer Quarter would either have to graduate a quarter early or find a way to pay for school without financial aid for that additional thirteenth quarter. With financial aid now being measured by years rather than quarters, students can enroll in summer courses without considering “long term loss of financial aid eligibility,” Asbury said in an email. “Our goal in financial aid is to see that students have

ample flexibility and stay on course through to graduation,” Asbury said in the email. “The prior policy that focused on quarters was too constraining. My hope is that students will take advantage of this flexibility and better stretch their enrollment across a larger volume of quarters, when helpful. Hopefully and ideally, this change will relieve some of the stress that might accompany enrollment in only the fall/winter/ spring quarters.” Anor Chen, a Weinberg freshman and Quest+ secretary, said the change will be beneficial for him. Chen is planning to do Engage Chicago, which involves taking classes on campus, so he needs financial aid to afford summer tuition, room and board. The twelve-quarter renewability policy had forced Chen to debate whether he could do the program. He had to consider whether or not to “sacrifice” a quarter of aid, which would involve planning his graduation date years in advance and restricting his ability to experiment with classes, as he would have to limit himself in order to graduate early. Chen said hearing about the » See AID, page 6

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Journalist Alex V. Hernandez talks during the panel held at Evanston Public Library on Monday night. Hernandez and Prof. Wendy Pearlman discussed covering refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers through storytelling.

Panel talks immigration reporting Journalists discuss the power of covering communities using narratives By MARISSA MARTINEZ

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In recent years, refugees and immigrants have been highly covered communities by the media — from detention centers near the border to President Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” there has been no shortage of policy updates and panels about the

government’s treatment of those seeking entry to the United States. Journalist Alex V. Hernandez, of Block Club Chicago, and Political Science Prof. Wendy Pearlman discussed telling the stories of refugee and asylum seekers during their panel at Evanston Public Library on Monday night. The event was sponsored by the Northwestern Middle East and North African Studies Program and 90 Days, 90 Voices. The panelists said media

should be more focused on telling the stories of the people these abstract policies affect. Pearlman wrote the book “We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled,” a collection of interviews with Syrians across Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East over several years. She pointed out that the term “refugee” has been used as a categorization or type of person, rather than a description of a situation or moment in someone’s life. The

Syrians Pearlman interviewed in 2012, for instance, did not consider themselves to be refugees at first. “Their sense of themselves as identifying as refugees has been a process,” Pearlman said during the event. “It didn’t begin when they cross the border. The words we use sometimes reify things into these concrete bounded categories, and they don’t capture the fluidity of a » See REFUGEES, page 6

Aldermen vote on Oakton property Finding LGBTQ Space to be considered for rock-climbing gym company First Ascent By CASSIDY WANG

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Aldermen on Monday voted to introduce an ordinance authorizing the entrance of a real estate contract that would sell the cityowned property at 2222 Oakton St. to Clark Street Real Estate. According to city documents, the developer, Clark Street Real Estate, is proposing to purchase the building and adjacent land currently serving as parking to secure a long-term lease with First Ascent, a rock-climbing gym. The proposal specifies the development of 20,000 square feet for climbing, while also providing space for a fitness area, weekly yoga and fitness classes and at least one community event each week. First Ascent also proposed to provide other various youth and community outreach programs, including after-school youth programs focusing on fitness, agility and social interaction, summer camps and youth birthday parties. Although the proposal emphasizes goals of community development, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said real estate tax revenue contributions would be the only benefit the city would get from the development.

space in UCM Despite Methodist vote, NU group remains open By JOSIAH BONIFANT

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Ald. Ann Rainey (8th). Aldermen on Monday voted to introduce an ordinance authorizing the entrance of a real estate contract that would sell the city-owned property at 2222 Oakton St.

“The user of this property should generate more than just real estate taxes,” Rainey said. “However, it generates really nothing else other than real estate taxes.” Rainey does not support the immediate sale of the property. She said she is also skeptical of the development’s promises of being a “really inclusive operation.” “I see that a birthday party for

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children is going to be $30 a kid,” Rainey said. “That includes nothing but rock-climbing. I guess that’s what middle-class kids are paying for birthday parties this year, but that doesn’t seem very inclusive.” Rainey said she also does not support the development because the activity spurred by the facility is contained within the building. She described the proposal as “not

so exciting, not so out there, not alive.” According to city documents, First Ascent estimates 2,000 members and several hundred visitors each day if they open in January 2021. Nearly half of these daily visitors would be nonmember day users from the Evanston and adjacent North Shore » See OAKTON, page 6

Julie Windsor Mitchell has been executive director and campus minister at Northwestern’s University Christian Ministry since 1999. When she was being considered for the role 20 years ago, the hiring committee asked Windsor Mitchell how she felt about LGBTQ inclusion in the ministry, as queer affirmation was an important aspect of the role. The ministry was founded under both the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church has been considered a progressive mainline branch of Protestant Christianity, having allowed female clergy members since 1956, but at a General Conference in February, worldwide delegates voted to uphold the “traditional plan” on homosexuality at a 53 percent majority. The plan bans same-sex weddings and LGBTQ people from clergy positions. However, about

60 percent of the delegates from the United States voted against the plan, [cq][cq] especially delegates from liberal areas like Evanston. “It’s been a very upsetting situation since our ministry has always been queer-inclusive and many of our students identify as queer,” Windsor Mitchell said. “It’s been very challenging to hear a message from the global church that says you’re not included.” Despite the vote, Windsor Mitchell said she is striving to keep University Christian Ministry inclusive of all gender identities and sexualities Windsor Mitchell said she has married same-sex couples, typically UCM alumni, and will continue to do so despite the harsh consequences the United Methodist Church could enact. A first offense yields a six-month suspension and a second offense results in an immediate revoking of ones ordination. She said “fighting” is worth any possible repercussions, because it directly affects future generations, whom she closely works with and for. “For the sake of all the next groups of young people that will be coming to Northwestern, I don’t want them to grow up in a church where they’re told they can’t be gay » See OVERLOOKED, page 6

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Aldermen talk creating permanent sidewalk cafes By EMMA EDMUND

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Evanston’s Planning and Development Committee discussed the creation of permanent sidewalk cafes at Monday’s meeting. City staff sought direction from the committee regarding possible code amendments that would allow for the installation of permanent sidewalk cafe infrastructure, such as permanent fencing, coverings, exterior heating devices and other fixtures installed into the sidewalk, according to city documents. The current sidewalk cafe season in Evanston is April 1 through November 1. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said code amendments allowing for such permanent installations could be beneficial for both property and safety reasons. He said currently, sidewalk cafes have temporary fixtures that could be susceptible to strong winds, and the new amendment could allow for safer, more secure fixtures. The permanent fixtures could include more stable electricity networks that would replace the extension cords sometimes used in the sidewalk cafes now, Wilson said. “A lot of businesses continue to use the space year-in and year-out, and I think that would give some certainty to both themselves, to the neighbors, to the staff in planning how the space is going to be used on a long-term basis,”

POLICE BLOTTER Man charged with assaulting hospital nurses Police charged a Rock Island, Illinois man with assault Saturday evening after a hospital visit became violent. Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said at 9:30 p.m., the 41-year-old man attacked nurses at Presence Saint Francis Hospital, located at 355 Ridge

Wilson said. “It makes sense to me.” Some committee members, however, raised concerns about potential pedestrian obstruction caused by permanent fixtures. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said she was a little “reluctant” to picture permanent sidewalk obstructions throughout Evanston. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) also added that while the sidewalk cafes are great for the summer, having permanent fixtures in the winter could become obstacles to snow removal. Lara Biggs, the city’s engineer and capital planning bureau chief, said the code currently holds property owners responsible for the sidewalk adjacent to their property, and if owners were to add a permanent fixture of some sort, they would still be responsible for keeping that sidewalk clear. The city only steps in to help clear the snow during large snow events or when the snow reaches a certain amount, especially around parking meters, she said. “If you had an enclosure or an area that was blocked off, the owner would be responsible for removing snow or trash or anything within it,” Biggs said. “It would be one more thing for our own public works people to work around as they were trying to do normal maintenance in the downtown area. It’s something that has to be taken into consideration and accounted for if we move forward with this type of program.” One bonus of future code amendments, said Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), would be the potential for the city to provide more input on the design Ave., after growing agitated during preparations for an EKG. A security guard purportedly overheard the man saying, “I don’t want it, I’m not doing it,” prior to or during the assault, Glew said. A male nurse attempted to explain the procedure to the man only for the patient to lunge at the nurse, Glew said; it took several nurses to restrain and sedate the patient. Glew said a female nurse told police that the patient shouted at her, “I’m gonna kill you bitch, you should go back to your

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Ald. Judy Fiske (1st). Fiske said that with code amendments, the city could have more input into the designs and placements of permanent sidewalk cafe structures.

of sidewalk cafe structures. “Sometimes, a restaurant will take it upon themselves to design or install something on a temporary basis that looks terrible,” Fiske said. “This way, we have a little bit more control over the design and the placement than we do now.”

City staff said Monday that they would make note of the committee’s comments and will return to the committee with an update in the future.

country,” prior to being sedated. The man was transported to the Evanston Police Department and charged with assault, Glew said. His court date is set for June 6. Officers placed the man under arrest and charged him with assault and criminal trespass to property.

block of Dempster Street. Glew said a 47-year-old employee of Valli Produce called police after viewing CCTV showing a man conceal three bottles of tequila — valued together at $85.47 — in his clothes, and leave without paying. Police have no suspects, and no one is in custody.

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Springtime gnats bug NU students By AUSTIN BENAVIDES

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Take a walk outside and you might enjoy the spring weather, but with the forecast featuring warmer temperatures and more rain, Northwestern students aren’t the only ones adjusting to the seasonal change. Gnats, small flying insects are closely related to both flies and mosquitoes, have set campus abuzz — with students not taking kindly to their lakeshore neighbors. Vanessa Obi, a Weinberg freshman, has had several encounters with gnats on campus. Whenever she runs on the Lakefill, she has to cover her mouth so no unwanted insects fly in, and after a run, she has to spend time picking leftover gnats out of her hair. “Just walking across campus, you walk into a giant swarm of them and they get on your clothes, and some of them fly into your mouth or up your nose or on your glasses,” Obi said. “Sometimes we had to stop because you just run into, like, a vortex of gnats.” Illinois is home to a variety of insects that people consider gnats. In 2016, swarms of black flies and eye gnats reemerged in central Illinois, according to the State Journal-Register. Black flies, also known as buffalo gnats, typically live near sources of water and are active after sunrise and just before sunset, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The flies are generally attracted to people’s breath, sweat and dark, moving objects. Eye gnats are another pest native to the Prairie State. They get their name from their diet — the gnats are attracted to the secretions of the eyes and noses of people, according to the University of Illinois Extension. These gnats, unlike their mosquito counterparts, typically don’t feed on people. Oliver Holden-Moses had a similar

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experience to Obi. While going on a run, a gnat flew right up into his nose. “I could feel it in the back of my throat. It wasn’t the greatest experience,” the Bienen sophomore said. “But I guess I got a little more protein that day.” To deal with the gnats, Obi changed her routine from running outside to going to the gym, and she carries a scarf with her to stop gnats from getting in her mouth or eyes. Despite her efforts, Obi says, the gnats are “annoying everywhere” on campus and she can’t get away from them. SESP freshman Morgan Hodges said the

gnats are probably attracted to the light color of her hair, which might have made her a target. Her most memorable encounter was when she was caught amid a swarm of gnats on North Campus. “They were all flying in my face and getting on my clothes and I got one in my lip gloss, and I had to pick it out,” Hodges said. “It had died immediately in my lip gloss and it just drowned in the gloss. And then I didn’t care after that, because the gnats are a part of me now.” austinbenavides2022@u.northwestern.edu

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The difference between using ‘victim’ and ‘survivor’ KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

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Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault. Sexual assault survivor. It’s a phrase heard countless times as more and more people feel empowered to share their experiences of sexual assault. People use the phrase to describe themselves, indicating that they survived a traumatic experience. “Sexual assault survivor” is now often used in place of “sexual assault victim” when referring to an individual who has been sexually assaulted. The gradual shift in terminology from victim to survivor was motivated by the fact that the term survivor denotes a sense of newfound power and strength in recovery. An issue with declaring survivor as the default label, though, is that not everyone who has been sexually assaulted finds that the word survivor accurately encaptures their individual experience. Although the difference between survivor versus victim can appear inconsequential on the surface, the labels and categories that society assigns hold immense significance. While I wholeheartedly respect and understand a person’s choice to identify as a survivor, I consider myself to be a victim. Though I survived in the technical sense, I am irrevocably changed as a result of those

negative experiences. To survive means to continue to function and prosper. And honestly, I am not able to function and prosper in the same way that I once could. I know I am not alone in that respect. According to the Guardian, 80 percent of teenage girls suffer from a mental illness after experiencing sexual assault. That glaring 80 percent includes a high rate of comorbidity — 55 percent of those women suffered from a minimum of two disorders. Therefore, the term survivor does not always resonate with individuals who are faced with disorders such as debilitating anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing sexual assault. Recovering from the assault evolves into a twofold issue when mental illness is involved. An individual also could opt not to be called a survivor because they may implicitly associate survivorship with heroism. In the context of heroism, a hero is faced with a substantial obstacle and as a result of surmounting the obstacle, emerges as a stronger person than before. For those individuals in the process of conquering the trauma of assault, even as emotional pain remains beneath the surface, and for those individuals who are struggling to regain personal strength, perhaps survivor could be a misnomer. Another concern with the term survivor is that there is no reference to the existence of a perpetrator. When someone is a cancer survivor, there is no individual at fault. But in the case of sexual assault, there is always an individual at fault — the perpetrator. The

word survivor doesn’t recognize that a victim requires the existence of a perpetrator. The two roles are interdependent. Because of the emphasis on the fact that there is a perpetrator when the term victim is used, some may prefer that term. However, that is not to say that choosing to identify as a survivor is in any way wrong. Both terms are laden with certain images, stigmas or associations.

When some envision victims, they picture a weak, helpless individual who actively does not fight back. In the case of sexual assault, many individuals are physically incapable of fighting back or fear a worse outcome with resistance. This does not reflect weakness or cowardice on their part, but rather an attempt to survive the situation. For these individuals, survivor seems more fitting while the word victim seems belittling. Once an individual does, in their mind, recover from the incident, then the term

“victim” may not seem suitable. To some, referring to oneself as a “victim” can imply they somehow belong to the perpetrator, that the perpetrator still holds power and is still in control of their emotions, their characteristics and the course of their life. Once this feeling dissipates, calling oneself a survivor may be a better fit. Additionally, the word victim is linked to the phrase “playing the victim.” Victims are often accused of overdramatizing a situation or faking the severity of an instance. Given the culture of disbelief that continues to surround sexual assault, many individuals understandably want to distance themselves from victim to prevent the invalidation of their sexual assault. Neither the term victim nor survivor perfectly encompasses the experiences of individuals subjected to sexual assault. And a single, isolated experience should not define a person — their humanity is ultimately what matters. Regardless, every individual deserves the right to identify with any label they find fitting. And, if labelling in itself feels restricting and unreflective, then an individual may identify as a victim or survivor simultaneously or at different points throughout their process of recovery. Kathryn Augustine is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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NU Graduate Workers response to Woodruff GLAC Meeting remarks At last week’s Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council meeting, Dean (Teresa) Woodruff responded to the department letters and impact statements calling for guaranteed sixth-year funding collected and submitted by Northwestern University Graduate Workers (NUGW ). She said she read all of the letters and comments, but only reiterated the administration’s position that there is no guarantee of sixth-year funding, and that Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantships would remain unavailable to sixthyear doctoral students. She did not address the detrimental impact caused by uncertainty in funding. It is well known that the average time to

graduation is around six years, though in many large departments — including anthropology, English, history, linguistics and philosophy — it may take a typical graduate student seven or eight years to graduate. This is not due to lack of urgency on our part, as these times are normal for such departments across the country, but due to the nature of the programs themselves, which often require extensive fieldwork, archival research or language acquisition. In her comments, Dean Woodruff acknowledged that there is variation in how long it takes for someone to complete a Ph.D., and assured those in attendance that the TGS budget is flexible enough to account for these differences. Many of us have operated on this implied promise of funding opportunities since accepting our offers to attend Northwestern. But we now know that this unwritten funding assurance is not enough. Some of us already accepted

an IGA for our sixth-year when they were suddenly rescinded. We were told to focus on our research and not worry about sixth-year funding, only to find that a “budget crisis” now means we must scramble to secure our livelihood. We are, however, happy to hear the administration concede that budgetary flexibility currently exists. During the winter quarter, NUGW held a public forum on university finances in February where we made the same point — that lack of money is not the problem. We even posted an analysis of the past 18 years of Northwestern’s financial reports, just so everyone can see the data for themselves. For those of us who are apparently not the assumed “typical” graduate student — if we are international students, if we are parents, if we lack class privilege, if we have chronic healthcare needs or if we are simply pursuing important research that necessitates

remaining in our program beyond the fifth year — this situation is untenable. We will no longer accept vague assurances while the administration pursues an agenda meant to expand its already $11 billion endowment at the expense of graduate workers and the educational mission of our university. We demand a guarantee of sixth-year funding and the reinstatement of IGAs for advanced students. Northwestern University Graduate Workers will be marching on May 23 at noon from the main entrance of the University Library. We stand in solidarity with all of our students, faculty and support and facilities staff who have been harmed by the university’s austerity measures, and we call on all members of the Northwestern community to join us as we March for a Guarantee. — Northwestern University Graduate Workers (NUGW)

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Democratic candidates’ higher education policies vary (D-Hawaii). The bill would use federal funding to cover all the costs associated with college so that no student has to take out a loan to finance their education. It would incentivize state spending on higher education by matching it with federal spending, with the idea being that this increased spending would fund any cost students would incur outside of expected family contribution. Harris seems to be making education policy a cornerstone of her campaign — the first policy proposal she rolled out was raising salaries for public school teachers. She has also been vocal about stopping gun violence on campuses, pledging to take executive action, if elected, to implement comprehensive background checks and ban assault weapons if she does not receive gun control legislation within the first 100 days of her presidency.

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Over the past two years, federal policy concerning higher education has largely focused on free speech and sexual assault. President Donald Trump made headlines in April by signing an executive order threatening to revoke funding for public universities that do not promote “free inquiry,” while Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed changes to Title IX guidelines that would bestow more rights upon those accused of sexual assault and minimize the responsibility of a University to investigate a claim. As new candidates seemingly jump into the Democratic 2020 pool every day, the conversation on the left around higher education looks very different, with college affordability and the student loan debt crisis defining the playing field. From Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) call for free college to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) game-changing unveiling of her student loan cancellation policy, Democratic candidates’proposals range from ambitiously progressive to non-existent. Below, we outline the higher education policies and stances of the six candidates who have consistently polled above 2 percent, including their potential effects on Northwestern students.

Joe Biden

The former vice president is unique in that he revealed his higher education proposals on Northwestern’s campus, in a March 2018 speech at the Kellogg Global Hub. While speaking, he faulted states for cutting funding for higher education, from jobs training programs to four-year colleges — a national trend since the Great Recession. He also pledged his support for free two-year and four-year college. “Let me talk about education for a minute,” he said last March, according to a transcript from Biden Forum. “If we started a system today, does anyone think we should stop at 12 years? We need free community college for everyone.” A Biden presidency could affect Northwestern by returning Title IX guidelines to Obama-era standards, which he was instrumental in creating. Biden spearheaded the administration’s crackdown on colleges’ handling of sexual assault cases by announcing the famous ‘Dear Colleague’ letter, circulated through the Department of Education. The piece laid out higher

Elizabeth Warren

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Joe Biden speaks at the Kellogg Global Hub in 2018. The presidential candidate has expressed support for free college.

standards for universities, including lowering the burden of proof for victims, creating the role of Title IX coordinators and ending cross-examinations of accusers. DeVos revoked that letter, leading to lower degrees of liability for schools. Biden has long been vocal about campus sexual assault and harassment, discussing it everywhere from the Democratic National Convention to the Oscars, though some feel his record on women has been undermined by recent allegations of inappropriate touching and his handling of the Anita Hill testimony during Justice Clarence Thomas’ confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Bernie Sanders

Sanders started a national conversation during his 2016 run about universal free college — removing the cost of tuition at public colleges — through his College for All Act. Years later, he’s still touting the bill. While Northwestern would not be affected, parts of the act would affect private schools. Sanders proposes reducing student loan interest rates by approximately half and allowing for refinancing. He also believes

students should not have to reapply for financial aid on a yearly basis and wants to open up federal workstudy to more students through increased funding. “We must fundamentally restructure our student loan program,” Sanders said in a February 2015 speech at Johnson State College. “It makes no sense that students and their parents are forced to pay interest rates for higher education loans that are much higher than they pay for car loans or housing mortgages.” Regarding campus sexual assault, Sanders’ 2016 statement that law enforcement should handle claims landed poorly, with some saying he was abdicating universities’ responsibilities to the issue and revealing his lack of knowledge of the topic. He has defended free speech on college campuses, criticizing those who aimed to prevent controversial speakers from arriving on campus as betraying “a sign of intellectual weakness,” per the Huffington Post.

Kamala Harris

Harris, along with fellow candidates Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Warren, has signed on to Sen. Brian Schatz’s

Warren set the education policy agenda in April when she revealed a massive student loan forgiveness policy that would cancel up to $50,000 of student loan debt for those earning a household income of under $100,000, and forgiving portions of debt for those in households making up to $250,000. The cancellation would entirely remove 75 percent of borrowers’ debt and affect 95 percent of the population. “The enormous student debt burden weighing down our economy isn’t the result of laziness or irresponsibility,” Warren wrote in a Medium post laying out her plan. “It’s the result of a government that has consistently put the interests of the wealthy and wellconnected over the interests of working families.” In addition, Warren plans to make tuition free at community college and public universities, and add $100 billion to the Pell Grant program. She also wants to reform college admissions by preventing public schools from considering citizenship status or criminal history in admissions and introducing an annual audit to gauge enrollment and completion rates across schools with high enrollment of students of color and low-income students. Warren has spent a lot of time in higher education as a law professor, including a stint at Harvard. She recently criticized DeVos as the “worst Secretary of Education we’ve seen,” and pledged to make her pick a former public school teacher. » See POLICY, page 6

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nuance of the human experience. I think our type of work tries to bring back this human element into it all.” Hernandez is engagement director for 90 Days, 90 Voices, a news outlet attempting to recapture that human element of immigration storytelling. The project began within two weeks of Trump’s ban, Pearlman said. According to its website, their goal is to “educate the public about those seeking a home in the United States” through personal narratives and reporting. A lot of nuance goes into reporting such individual

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communities, using the facility for birthday parties, special events or team building. First Ascent has also suggested Evanston residents “demand” climbing and

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and Christian at the same time,” Windsor Mitchell said. UCM is not alone in defying the larger United Methodist Church. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, which sits on Northwestern’s campus, has also rejected the global decision, with the president issuing a statement the day after the General Conference. The other twelve Methodist seminaries in the United States have followed suit. Second-year seminary student Jamie Sladkey said one of the things that drew her into Garrett was the presence of pride flags in the hallway when she visited. She said the majority of students and staff are affirming, making her comfortable. “Because I identify as bi, I wasn’t really sure there

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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2019 and potentially traumatic stories — both journalists stressed the importance of safeguarding the identities of sources. In addition, they noted the time it has taken for them to get to know their sources through mutual connections and careful interviewing. Pearlman has learned Arabic through travel, classes and homestays, while Hernandez said he speaks “second-generation” Spanish. Their experiences have allowed them to connect with their sources through language and pick up on contextual and cultural clues. Hernandez compared some of the story documenting he has done to the work of journalist and radio host Studs Terkel, who was famous for his

interviewee-driven stories. This style is different from the journalism he might do for Block Club Chicago, he said, where he focuses on accountability reporting. Those interviews are with “media-literate” people like aldermen or police commanders, who are already familiar with reporters. In comparison, the sources he documents with 90 Days, 90 Voices come from “a community that feels targeted right now.” “I’m maybe the first time they’ve talked to a reporter,” Hernandez said during the event. “I’m kind of holding their hand through the process.” Evanston resident Tamar Frolichstein-Appel works at an organization called Upwardly Global, which helps

refugees and immigrants get jobs in the United States. She heard about the event on Facebook and said she wanted to learn more about the 90 Days, 90 Voices project. “I know firsthand the power of the experience,” Frolichstein-Appel said, “about… the emotional toll and material toll of not being able to work in your profession, and it was all very resonant. The full humanity of immigrants and refugees, I think that that can be really lost, as well as the powers of people telling their own stories.”

“Americans who have a college degree earn more than Americans who don’t,” he said in an April speech at Northeastern University. “As a progressive, I have a hard time getting my head around the idea of a majority who earn less because they didn’t go to college subsidizing a minority who earn more because they did.” Buttigieg has often mentioned that his husband is still paying off his student loans but has yet to propose concrete policies on loan forgiveness. He

offered vague support for expanding the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which refinances loans for those who go into public service and government. Buttigieg has said he plans to expand Pell Grants and incentivize state spending on higher education, though he has not provided specifics.

campaign website only focuses on K-12 education, with one sentence indicating his support for debt-free college. He has suggested creating loan forgiveness programs for students who move back to struggling hometowns rather than large cities, where there are more opportunities, and for teachers. He has also expressed support for free community college.

fitness programs after identifying 2,100 unique visits from city residents at their existing locations. Evanston resident Doreen Price said notice about the sale and development of 2222 Oakton St. was published in the Chicago Tribune’s Evanston Review, an outlet she does not subscribe to, and one

that excludes the input of lower-income residents through employment of an online paywall. She added that First Ascent did not provide any evaluation about the diversity of people they expected to use their facility. “Give us a profile of your rock climbers and if it

doesn’t match Evanston, then maybe it’s not likely to succeed here,” Price said. The motion passed 7-2. Both Rainey and Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) voted not to introduce the ordinance.

was a place in ministry for me anymore,” Sladkey said. “But God works in and through those who have been oppressed.” Sladkey said LGBTQ Christians are oppressed in several ways, including being barred from service within certain denominations. She recalled how she was first introduced to ministry through working at summer camps. During her senior year of undergrad, she decided not to work at a summer camp when she was coming to terms with her sexuality. Upon finding self-acceptance, Sladkey co-founded a new summer camp, Covenant Youth Collision, which has policies that affirm same-sex relationships and gender identities. One of the programs within Covenant Youth Collision that she found particularly meaningful to work with was Kids College. “I’ve had LGBTQ students who have worked for

me over the summer at Kids College who have talked about how when they didn’t feel like the church could accept them, I’ve helped remind them that God can and will use them,” Sladkey said. SESP first-year Bobby Read said UCM has been a place so consistently welcoming and open-minded that he considers them a “second family.” He joined Fall Quarter after trying another Christian ministry on campus and not finding acceptance. “I came out last July to friends and family as gay,” Read said. “I don’t go around waving a rainbow flag everywhere, but it was definitely something that attracted me to UCM.” Windsor Mitchell said one of her “life missions” was to keep UCM a safe place despite the policies of the greater United Methodist Church. She said the UMC owns the building the University Christian Ministry

is housed in, further complicating their relationship with it. The fact that “United Methodist Church” is written outside the building worries her that students will walk by and believe the organization is homophobic, Windsor Mitchell said. She said she hopes and prays her organization remains a place for reconciliation and spiritual growth. “There are too many churches that many people have been wounded and hurt in, for what is supposed to be a safe spiritual place for them,” Windsor Mitchell said. “I feel responsible to provide a place that can help people work through whatever trauma they have experienced in the past, so they can know that God loves them and that there is a place for them in the church.”

of aid rather than nine quarters, which transfers were allocated, also gives him the flexibility to take summer courses, which he is planning to do. Without the new policy, Kamal would be in a tight spot financially. “That policy change would be really beneficial for applying aid for that summer quarter,” Kamal said. “Otherwise, I might have had to pay out of pocket for that.” However, Kamal said he did not receive any

communication about the change — both he and Chen heard offhand. Chen said he could have taken the policy into consideration when dealing with the dilemma of whether or not to do Engage Chicago had he known about it. On the Office of Financial Aid’s website, it’s difficult to find evidence of the change. The “Aid Basics and Eligibility” page and its subpages still say students are eligible for up to 12 quarters of financial aid. Only on the “Summer Aid” subpage, which is located within

the “Current Students” subpage of the “Apply for Aid” header, is four-year eligibility displayed. Chen said he would have liked to know about it earlier, and from an official source. “I have no idea this is even a thing that was happening,” Chen said. “I have no clue. It’s a great thing, but I just wish I actually knew about it so that I could take that into consideration.”

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On biggest stages, freshman Izzy Scane shines for Cats in breakout season By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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The most surprising thing about Izzy Scane’s dominant freshman season is that less than 12 months ago, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller told Scane that she wasn’t good enough. Amonte Hiller has coached Northwestern for 18 seasons, but she recently added the responsibility of leading the U-19 U.S. women’s national team. Scane was among the 110 players participating in the team tryout last summer, but she was one of the last cuts from the 36-player squad. That meant that before Scane had even stepped on campus as a student, she knew she had to make a major leap if she wanted to reach elite status. “They just hadn’t seen enough,” Scane said. “I had to show that I could hang with older, good players. A lot of that comes from having confidence going in, even as a freshman.” Amonte Hiller said Scane was “very close” to making the training roster for the national team in that first tryout, but she didn’t make it because it took her multiple days to start performing at a high level. As a result of Scane’s slow start to the tryout, Amonte Hiller said there was separation between Scane and some other midfielders. But by the end of the Cats’ fall exhibition season, Amonte Hiller was starting to second-guess herself for cutting Scane from the team. In NU’s preseason games against top teams like Boston College and Syracuse, Scane showed a scoring ability that wasn’t there in the summer. Amonte Hiller sent the national team assistant coaches film that showed Scane’s improvement, and with it, the message that the head coach was changing her mind. “As soon as she started to perform the way she was performing in the fall,” Amonte Hiller said, “I told my staff, ‘I think you’re probably going to want this kid back on the team.’” As a result of her strong play in the fall, Scane was invited to another national team camp this past winter. In January, she earned a spot on the 23-person training team; the 18-player roster will be finalized this summer before the U-19 World Championship in August. Amonte

Hiller used Scane more as an attacker than as a midfielder the second time around, and the Michigan native thrived in a group of the best young lacrosse players in the country. Scane’s play in her first Big Ten season has validated that decision — the attacker earned a spot on the All-Big Ten first team, and was unanimously named the conference’s Freshman of the Year. Scane started the first game for the Cats as a defender, but after Amonte Hiller moved her to attack seven games into the season, Scane emerged as one of the best scorers in the Big Ten. She currently has 56 goals, the secondhighest total on the team, and sophomore midfielder Brennan Dwyer said Scane’s athletic ability is what sets her apart from some other attackers. “She’s a super good dodger,” Dwyer said “She just goes through people and goes right to the goal without letting anyone stop her.” Amonte Hiller said Scane’s growth throughout the threemonth season is greater than what she saw between the first and second national team tryouts. The coach compared Scane’s continued improvement to the development of senior attacker Selena Lasota, who was named this season’s Big Ten Attacker of the Year and is one of the best players in program history. Lasota also won Big Ten Freshman of the Year and led the conference with 79 goals as a freshman, but she played on an NU team that struggled in Big Ten play and was bounced by Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Scane has the No. 4 Cats dreaming about a national championship. They have already beaten the No. 1

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team in the country, Maryland, in the Big Ten Tournament and have the home advantage over No. 5 Syracuse in Saturday’s Elite Eight game at Martin Stadium. NU likely wouldn’t be in this position without the development of the

attacker who less than a year ago was told she wasn’t good enough to play for Team USA. Now that Scane has made a commanding run through the Big Ten, Amonte Hiller said she couldn’t imagine not having her on the field.

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Northwestern posted four top-10 finishes at Saturday’s Oxy Invite in Los Angeles, setting the team up well to potentially see multiple runners qualify for the NCAA West Regional Preliminary. Junior Aubrey Roberts led the Wildcats with a strong performance in the 5,000-meter race. Roberts, who was an All-American in the event during the indoor season, crossed the line

in 16:05, three seconds ahead of the next finisher and good for first place. At March’s NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Roberts posted a 5K time of 16:04. Coach ‘A Havahla Haynes said last month that Roberts was trending in the right direction and getting “significantly better” over the course of the season. She was able to reach NCAA Outdoor Championships last year after running a 16:10 5K at NCAA West Regionals — and Haynes said making it back has always been a priority for both of them.

“Aubrey has had that on her radar from cross country season,” Haynes said. “And because it’s on her radar, and I want that for her as well.” Though Roberts would have to be one of the five fastest times in her heat — or one of the two next best overall finishes — at NCAA West Regionals to even have another shot at AllAmerican status in June, Haynes said the junior is “definitely capable” after her fall and winter seasons. Roberts was trailed in the 12.5-lap race by junior Sarah Nicholson and sophomore Hannah Tobin. Nicholson finished 10th with a time of 16:44,

while Tobin crossed the line in 18:09 for 51st in the 84-runner field. Throughout the outdoor season, Nicholson’s had her eyes on qualifying for NCAA West Regionals. If she makes the cut to go to Sacramento for the meet, it’d be a first for the Missouri native. Last month, Nicholson said she was changing her mindset to make it there. “I just need to refocus on remembering all the work that it’s taken to get to this point,” she said. “Even just getting there would be a huge accomplishment since it’s an entirely new level of competition. But I’m ready to

go in with an open mind and put it all out there.” In shorter distances, both senior Isabel Seidel and junior Kelly O’Brien competed in the 1,500-meter race. The two finished milliseconds apart with times of 4:27 and crossed the line consecutively in fifth and sixth place. NU runners will find out if they qualify for the NCAA West Regionals later this week, and then have a week and a half before traveling back out to the West Coast for the May 23-25 races.

him, on and off the court.” He also earned a spot on the Colonial Athletic Association AllRookie Team and recognition as the VaSID State Rookie of the Year, given annually to the best freshman in the commonwealth of Virginia. While in high school at The Hill School, Audige was ranked the No. 8 recruit in Pennsylvania and led the Rams to their second-ever

state championship, averaging 14 points and shooting 40 percent from behind the arc. He was ranked at No. 379 nationally in the Class of 2018 by 247Sports, in the same range as Cats center Ryan Young, who was ranked No. 348 out of high school and redshirted his first year in Evanston.

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Cats add William and Mary transfer Chase Audige

Three-star guard Chase Audige announced Thursday that he will transfer from William and Mary and join the Wildcats. The Coram, New York native will sit out the 2019-20

season and have three years of eligibility remaining starting with the 2020-21 campaign. Audige played in 31 games for the Tribe last season, averaging 9.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-4 guard also shot 37 percent from 3-point range during the 2018-19 season, a welcome addition to an NU squad where no player shot above 33.5 percent from deep last

year. “We are very excited with the addition of Chase Audige to the Northwestern basketball family,” said coach Chris Collins in a news release. “Chase is a terrific athlete with a high skill level that will bring toughness and competitiveness into our program. He is a high-character individual with a commitment to bettering himself, and those around

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