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Some Methodists see split of church Evanston residents face decisions after anti-LGBT policies By ZAMONE PEREZ
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A security camera atop an emergency Blue Light on the Evanston campus. The University uses a number of cameras to surveil the campus, both indoors and out.
What we know about surveillance A Daily reporter examines NU’s recording and surveillance policy By CAMERON COOK
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When walking around Northwestern’s campus, students can expect to be watched,
and not just by their classmates. The University uses an unknown number of closedcircuit television cameras and other video recording devices to surveil public places on campus for the purpose of “safety and security,” according to the
University’s Video Recording UP Chief Bruce Lewis did not and Surveillance Policy, which respond to multiple requests University Police reviews seeking comment. annually. Here’s what we know — and The policy was last updated don’t know — about the Univerin January 2006, and it’s some sity’s surveillance procedures. of the only information available about campus surveillance. » See SURVEILLANCE, page 6
Many progressive Methodists in the Evanston community are facing difficult decisions after the church strengthened bans on LGBT-inclusive practices, with some predicting a possible split. At a special conference of the church in February, delegates of the United Methodist Church voted in favor of a plan that strengthened rules that bar the ordination of LGBTQ clergy and officiation of samesex weddings. The measure leaves some Methodists, such as Weinberg sophomore Katie Daehler, unsure which route to take — stay as a vocal minority within the church, or leave and reconcile the other branch’s LGBTQ policies. It is not an easy decision, Daehler said. She finds reasons to be in both, but she falls more towards the “leave” camp. “My faith is very much focused on welcoming all,” Daehler said. “So if that’s not what this denomination that we
are currently a part of is about, then I don’t know if I belong there anymore.” Delegates of the church from across the world convened for the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference to discuss LGBTQ inclusion in the denomination. During the meeting, the church presented three possible plans for its future. The Traditional Plan — the most conservative of the three plans — passed 438 to 384 votes. Delegates rejected the One Church Plan, which would have given local autonomy to individual congregations and jurisdictions over LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The Traditional Plan supporters were buoyed in large part by the 43 percent of delegates from overseas nations. Some two-thirds of American delegates — the Evanston Methodist community included — supported the One Church Plan. Julie Windsor Mitchell, the campus minister and executive director of University Christian Ministry at Northwestern, recalled the vote as almost a “play by play,” where students consistently texted her updates about the conference. Many of her students in the University » See METHODIST, page 6
D202 to open day school A&O to host award-winners School will serve 20 special education students By ANDRES CORREA
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Evanston Township High School/District 202 officials discussed at a Monday meeting the opening of new day school next month that will serve special education students. Lanée Walls, director of special education at ETHS, said the school is set to open next month ahead of the 2019-2020 academic school year. Located at 1233 Hartrey Ave., the new school is expected to receive 20 students next fall. “ While there are many good programs, around the area that we use and students of ours benefit from, I love that it is ETHS and our philosophy of how we educate children, how we treat children, how we integrate children and make them feel part of the community,” said board member Patricia Maunsell. Approved during the 2016-2017 school year, the day school will serve students with behavioral and emotional
needs. Since March 2017, the District Action Committee has met regularly to ensure that the logistics of the project remain up-to-date. In February 2018, after discussions with the city and 2nd Ward residents, the Evanston City Council approved the school’s special use permit. Upon receiving approval from the city, ETHS officials began to reach out to other stakeholders in the community by organizing various events at ETHS to discuss the day school. They offered information during incoming ETHS freshman night, parent information night and course selection night. In addition to on-campus communication, Lauren McArdle, an ETHS assistant director of special education, told the board that they expanded their outreach to individual families as they started scheduling IEP meetings for students who would be eligible to attend the day school. More recently, the team began providing tours for potential families and students of the day school. Placement decisions for
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the school are determined by an IEP decision team. When determining if a student is a right fit for the day school, ETHS officials will consider a student’s level of functioning, goals, accommodations needed and other factors. “There is no set profile, so to speak of student that we are looking at,” McArdle said. “But, we are being ... very mindful of who we are even considering for the programming. It doesn’t do us well, it doesn’t do the students well if we don’t believe we can implement that IEP well in our setting.” Students who choose to participate in the program will still fulfill their graduation requirement and be in line with the general curriculum at ETHS, McArdle said. The curriculum at the school would also provide electives like job skills, psychology and art. Staffing for the new school includes five teachers, three paraprofessionals, one school psychologist, practicum students and interns. » See D202, page 6
‘BlacKkKlansman’ to be screened before discussion By GABBY BIRENBAUM
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A&O Productions and the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series will host the screenwriter and author of “BlacKkKlansman,” a memoir adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, for a screening and conversation May 19. Ron Stallworth, the memoir author and protagonist of the film, and Kevin Willmott, the screenwriter whose script won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, will discuss the events of the book and film in a moderated conversation with Charles Whitaker, the interim dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. The event will be held in the Ryan Auditorium of the Technological Institute. “BlacKkKlansman,” which was co-written and directed by Spike Lee and received six Oscar nominations and one win, is based on Stallworth’s memoir about his time undercover in a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and as the first black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department.
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John David Washington stars as Ron Stallworth in “BlacKkKlansman.”
Played by John David Washington in the film, Washington’s Stallworth and Adam Driver’s character, a white police officer, work together to collect information — Stallworth spoke to Klan leaders on the phone while the white officer appeared in person. In the film, Washington’s Stallworth speaks at length on the phone with Grand Wizard David Duke, successfully convincing Duke he was speaking to a white supremacist rather than a black police officer. As part of the climax of the film, Stallworth is assigned to protect Duke as his police escort when he has a speaking engagement in Colorado Springs, while Driver’s character must pretend to be the man Duke has been speaking to
on the phone, putting all three in the same room. Stallworth’s book, “Black Klansman: A Memoir,” became the basis for Lee’s film. “While speaking as himself to Klan members over the phone, Ron helped sabotage cross burnings, expose white supremacists in the military, and combat domestic terrorism,” A&O’s release said. “Even more incredibly, Ron also befriended (and fooled) Grand Wizard David Duke.” Wilmott, a film professor at Kansas University, co-wrote “BlacKkKlansman”with Lee, who he’d collaborated with before. An hour-long discussion will follow the film screening. gbirenbaum21@u.northwestern.edu
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