The Daily Northwestern – May 16, 2017

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When comedian Chris Gethard took the stage in Lutkin Hall on Monday in front of more than 250 people, he noted the presence of the organ.

“One of the things I do demand is that I only perform in rooms with massive organs,” Gethard said.

G e t h a rd , w h o h a s appeared on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and “The Office,” was one of many acts that comprised a night of improvisation and standup comedy co-hosted by A&O Productions and the South Asian Students Alliance. Audience members also enjoyed performances from Northwestern student comedy group Mee-Ow, Communication sophomore Grace Dowling and comedian Aparna Nancherla, who has written for “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”

The goal of the “experimental” event was to reach a different audience, A&O director of speakers Maddie

Thomas told The Daily.

Though people at NU “might not be familiar” with Nancherla and Gethard, the Communication senior told The Daily they performed “high quality comedy.”

Additionally, A&O wanted to bring student performers to compliment the comedians, she said.

“We think that the comedy theater at Northwestern is really unique and excellent,” Thomas said. “ We wanted to bring in talented peers at the school that we really respect and admire.”

During the show, both Gethard and Nancherla worked discussions about politics and mental health into their performances.

Gethard spoke about the divisiveness in current political discourse and offered solutions to “promote healing.” He said people from the northern half of the U.S. should stop judging people from the South “based on the people we meet in Waffle House.”

Nancherla said she has become more politically active since President Donald Trump’s election. She participated in the Women’s March Los Angeles, which she said was a “great day for » See COMEDY, page 6

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Palestinian organizer Rasmea Odeh speaks about her fight for liberation in Technological Institute on Monday. The talk was a part of a series of events held by Students for Justice in Palestine for Israeli Apartheid Week.

Rasmea Odeh speaks on campus University of Illinois at Chicago Prof. Nadine Naber joins discussion

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Palestinian organizer Rasmea Odeh and University of Illinois at Chicago Prof. Nadine Naber spoke Monday about the Palestinian experience in both the Middle East and the U.S.,

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Comedian Chris Gethard speaks in Lutkin Hall for A&O Productions and SASA’s comedy event on Monday. Gethard was joined by comedian Aparna Nancherla, NU’s comedy group Mee-Ow and student performer Grace Dowling.

Members of the Evanston Arts Council unveiled plans last week for a new statue to honor and remember the legacies of local female leaders.

The stainless steel statue would feature a young woman dressed in clothes from the early 20th century posing with a bicycle. It would be located in a park along Sheridan Road, Evanston Arts Council member Gay Riseborough said. She said she hoped statue would be installed before 2019, which is the the 100th

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Monday also marked the 69th anniversary of Nakba, which many Palestinians observe as a forced eviction from their homes following the creation of the state of Israel. Others refer to the 1948 signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence as Israel Independence Day. Odeh was convicted by the Israeli government in 1969 for

participating in bombings that killed two Israeli college students. However, she said she was convicted after being tortured into making a false confession. Odeh was arrested in 2013 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for failing to disclose her arrest, conviction » See ODEH, page 6

Statue planned to Council rejects honor city women proposed roadway

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saying Palestine supporters must continue to fight for liberation.

The talk, held in Technological Institute and attended by about 50 people, was part of a series of events hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine for Israeli Apartheid Week. The week aims to “shed a light on the settler colonial project,” according to SJP’s Facebook page.

anniversary of Illinois’ ratification of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote.

Riseborough said she and fellow council member Carole Bass (Communication ’82) wanted to commission a statue to honor influential female leaders from Evanston’s early years. She said her original idea to represent Frances Willard — a women’s suffragist — has been broadened to include a variety of female leaders.

“Evanston women were so important in the struggle for women’s rights,” Bass said.

Soon after moving to

» See STATUE, page 6

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Members of City Council voted Monday to reject a possible roadway through Isabella Woods, an undisturbed oak forest in northwest Evanston.

Isabella Woods is located north of Isabella Road and is currently leased to the city by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways asked the MWRD in April to build a road through the woods for a

housing developer.

The property is owned by the Keefe family trust, which seeks to develop residential homes on the vacant land, according to city documents.

The Department of Transportation and Highways requested a 75-year lease on the property April 28 to build the road.

“The easement is for the construction, operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal of an access road to reach private property in Wilmette,” the request reads.

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said at the meeting that the » See COUNCIL, page 6

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AROUND TOWN RadioShack to close store in downtown Evanston

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RadioShack, 716 Church St. The Evanston location will be closing soon amid financial struggles for the national electronics retailer.

POLICE BLOTTER Woman charged with aggravated battery after kicking 3-year-old boy

A woman was arrested Friday after kicking a 3-year-old boy in line at the Walgreens in west Evanston.

The boy’s caregiver said she was standing in line at the Walgreens — in the 2100 block of Green Bay Road — when the child began to cry, claiming a woman had kicked him,

Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said.

When the caregiver asked the woman what had happened, she denied kicking the boy.

The woman left the store and was stopped by officers on Ridge Avenue and Simpson Street, but was not arrested at the time, Dugan said. After reviewing security camera footage, detectives discovered that the woman had in fact kicked the child — who was knocked forward roughly five feet by the blow.

The woman was then charged with

RadioShack, 716 Church St., will soon close its downtown Evanston store, after a banner in the window announced the news last week.

The closing comes as the Fort Worth, Texasbased electronics retailer shutters hundreds of stores nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March. RadioShack also filed for bankruptcy in 2015.

Management for the Evanston location did not respond to requests for comment.

Dene Rogers, president and CEO of RadioShack, said in a March news release the company had made progress since its 2015 bankruptcy filing in “stabilizing operations and achieving profitability in the retail business,” but that progress was not enough.

“For a number of reasons, most notably the surprisingly poor performance of mobility sales, especially over recent months, we have concluded that the Chapter 11 process represents the best path forward for the Company,” Rogers said in the release. “We will continue to work with our advisors and stakeholders to preserve as many jobs as possible while maximizing value for our creditors.”

According to the news release, RadioShack will close approximately 200 stores and evaluate its options on the remaining 1,300 stores aggravated battery of a child under 13, a felony.

Teenager arrested in connection with disturbing peace

A 13-year-old Evanston resident was arrested Saturday night in connection with disturbing the peace following a physical altercation in east Evanston.

A detective was flagged down around Church Street and Sherman Avenue because of a multi-person fight, Dugan said. Most of

located throughout the country.

Jim Nash, president of Farnsworth-Hill Inc., a real estate firm that manages the 716 Church St. property, said in an email that the store has anchored the southeast corner of Sherman Avenue and Church Street for more than 26 years. Nash said he heard about the closing last Tuesday after a “Store Closing” banner was raised outside of the store.

“I was surprised to say the least,” Nash said.

“We have always been told the store at 716 Church St. was one of (RadioShack’s) profitable locations.”

Annie Coakley, executive director of Downtown Evanston, said she was not surprised to hear about RadioShack closing, as news of the national retailer’s financial struggles has been public for some time. Coakley said she thinks there will be plenty of interest in the property, as the corner of Sherman Avenue and Church Street is a busy spot in the city’s downtown area.

“I’m fairly confident (the property) won’t be empty for very long,” Coakley said. “It’s one of our better corners, and retailers love corners.”

Nash said his firm has already received offers for the property and is currently reviewing its options.

“Food and beverage users have been the most interested,” he said. “We would prefer a retail operation with a national recognition.” williamkobin2018@u.northwestern.edu the group dispersed upon the detective’s arrival, but the 13-year-old girl refused, telling the group they didn’t have to listen to the detective.

After the detective tried to de-escalate the altercation, the girl began yelling profanities, Dugan said. A patrol officer helped take her into custody where she was turned over to a juvenile detective and charged with disorderly conduct. ­— Sophie Mann

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ON CAMPUS Top teacher talks education policies

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Ricardo Castro, the 2017 Illinois Teacher of the Year, emphasized the importance of having the “right narrative” toward education at an event Monday.

“It’s very important that we understand our worldview towards education,” Castro said. “If you have the wrong narrative a lot of people run away from education in the first five years; other people may stay within education and become bitter and resentful.”

Castro, an English as a Second Language teacher at Elk Grove High School, spoke to about 30 people in Harris Hall at an event hosted by the School of Education and Social Policy. SESP Prof. Timothy Dohrer, director of the master of science in education program, said he hopes this will be the “first of many years” of bringing the Illinois Teacher of the Year to campus.

During the event, Castro discussed his experiences as an educator. Having strong convictions and a worldview that benefits education is crucial to being a successful teacher, he said. The impact teachers can have goes beyond what happens in the classroom, Castro said.

“It’s much more than just teaching,” he said. “We are fighting for democracy in our society. We are the frontline when parenting and communities have failed … We understand that it’s going to be hard, but it is a cause that’s bigger than us and that’s why it’s worthy of our sacrifice.”

Castro was named the 2017 Illinois Teacher of the Year in October, an award sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education. Under his teaching, 80 percent of Elk Grove’s ninth grade Latino English Language Learners qualified to move into “mainstream” courses in just one year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education website.

Dohrer said the State Teacher of the Year program is a “remarkable” and selective process with recipients of the award going on to become leaders in education. Castro recently met with education

secretary Betsy DeVos to discuss education policy, Dohrer said.

“What’s really cool about this organization is that they don’t just sort of give an honor,” Dohrer said.

“They actually engage these great teachers to become leaders and to enact change in their state but also in the country … Ricky has certainly taken that up with a lot of passion that I’m pretty blown away by.”

Growing up in Chicago, Castro said his “narrative” led him to believe he could gain power and acceptance through gangs. When he moved to the suburbs, he said he wanted to change his life, making an effort to join sports and take honors classes.

Throughout this transition, Castro said he had teachers who supported him and wanted to see him succeed. These role models ultimately inspired him to pursue teaching, Castro said.

“I had teachers that were willing to sacrifice their time, comfort and resources in order to instill in me the values that guide my life today,” Castro said.

“They were fighting for democracy as they fought

to invest in my life.”

Castro’s teaching is not limited to coursework, nor does it focus on achieving socioeconomic success in adulthood, he said. Castro said he believes in teaching students how to engage with their communities and become leaders. He created “Estudiantes Unidos,” a leadership program that allows Elk Grove High School students to mentor junior high and elementary school students, according to a news release.

SESP first-year graduate student Sukyung Park, who attended the event, said Castro’s emphasis on narratives was particularly inspiring.

“His philosophy of education is very much centered on what narrative you have and to be able to see what narratives students have and to be intentionally aware of that,” Park said. “He is just a very nurturing figure in terms of taking initiatives for the community to rise and take action … (and) to empower positive learning.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Korean, Korean American hip-hop blurs boundaries

Rise of Korean hip-hop requires further thought of its underlying racial politics from community YVONNE KIM

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Though I enjoyed every moment of the Korean American Student Association’s KASA show on Friday, I can confidently say that my personal highlight of the night was a brief moment that others may have easily overlooked.

In between songs, Lyricks — half of hiphop duo Year of the Ox — told the audience he thought the show was amazing beyond the performances, dance or music. He said he felt a real, tangible sense of “Korean pride” among students. For me, and many of my fellow exec members in the crowd, this statement made our countless hours of hard work and planning feel worth it. But upon further reflection, it was also a thought-provoking statement in its reflection of YOX’s two intersecting identities as Korean Americans and hip-hop artists.

With the rise of Korean hip-hop, its racial politics are becoming more of a hot topic — if not on the Korean mainland itself, then surely overseas in the United States, where race is a constant and salient issue underlying conversations about music. While capitalizing off of music that is historically and fundamentally a black art form, Korean rappers most often fail to be aware of or address the implications that come with this practice. While KASA chose not to invite other potential headliners from Korea — due to issues like culturally appropriative hairstyles or lack of Korean American themes in

their music — we found ourselves excited to invite YOX as artists who suited our student group’s goal of representing our identities. Yet the lines of what is acceptable still remain blurred when it comes to the genre.

After KASA hosted R&B sensation DEAN last year, expectations were high for this year’s show. Though much of our campus seemed to be anticipating another huge Korean star to perform at NU, I constantly reminded myself that the purpose of a group like KASA is to represent and celebrate Korean Americanness. Our outgoing outreach chair, Justine Kim, said though Korean artists — perhaps due to the relative lack of race-centered conversations in Asia — often simply equate blackness to being “cool,” American artists often represent a stronger connection to the cultural context of hiphop’s origins as a black art.

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With the rise of Korean hip-hop, its racial politics are becoming more of a hot topic — if not on the Korean mainland itself, then surely overseas in the United States...

There is certainly a different kind of history with the way Korean American hip-hop artists — such as YOX, or previous KASA show headliners Dumbfoundead and Awkwafina — interact with the genre when compared to Korean artists. And rapper JL, the other half of YOX, seemed to relate to

this when I asked him about the subject before the show. He said it comes down to being aware of the art’s culture, and using it as a genuine form of expression instead of appropriating or imitating black rappers. He said the duo has done its part to earn respect within the hip-hop community. They have taken the music seriously and consistently proven to create quality work, which makes their hip-hop more credible in the music scene, he said.

YOX’s music and lyrics are explicitly representative of their racial identity. In their hit song “Seven Rings,” Lyricks responds to doubts or criticisms about his identity: “F— do you mean I really rap?” And in the timely music video for “Jet Lag,” he re-enacts the viral video of Vietnamese American doctor David Dao being violently dragged across the aisle of a United Airlines airplane in April.

In contrast, much of Korean hip-hop has treated the genre almost as a commodity, exoticizing what they call “black music” with foreign models, black slang and gaudy music videos with expensive cars and jewelry. In fact, this is practically the brand of music companies like Illionaire Records, whose artists are well-known for their flashy lifestyles, and hip-hop based television shows. These flood the mainstream media with rap music, and have gained prominence throughout Asia and worldwide; but there is little to no awareness, both by creators and audience, that they are disrespectfully appropriating and stripping the genre of its value by simplifying it into an easily digestible entertainment form.

This is not to say that Asian American hip-hop is inherently acceptable; in fact,

that’s far from it. Anti-blackness is real and prevalent in the very Asian and Asian American communities that celebrate this music.

Further, it is rare to find artists who understand the spaces they take up, or that they are privileged to be able to perform hip-hop without the same racial repercussions faced by black artists. As hip-hop continues to gain popularity both in Korean and Korean American spheres, it is only logical that we continue to question what it means for us to enjoy and benefit from a genre that was not originally meant for us.

Artists like YOX pose questions about how art is to be consumed. Justine said while Korean rappers only compete against one another, with minimal consideration of black media or art, artists like YOX are aware that they are influenced by and can “take up space from (the black) community.” In this sense, YOX was able to bring to KASA show what domestic Korean hip-hop artists could not: both a cognizant performance of hiphop music, and a simultaneous exploration of Korean Americanness. And just as I felt more affirmed in our decision to host YOX while watching their performance, I can only hope that continuing to internally critique Korean and Korean American creators’ work as Koreans and Korean Americans will lead us to more rich, sensitive and empowering music.

Yvonne Kim is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at yvonnekim2019@u.northwestern.edu.

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Attendance policies affect students’ mental health

Missing classes due to work overload, stress should not be penalized or used to quantify learning CHASE REED

DAILY COLUMNIST

I’ve been missing class a lot this quarter.

Spurred by a toxic combination of taking forever to complete assignments, problems with my attention span and other personal issues — all of which have led to late nights and bleary-eyed mornings — I’ve found it necessary to take time for myself a lot more than usual lately. Unfortunately, while this “me time” has alleviated my lack of sleep and allowed me to catch up on important, highimpact assignments, it’s had the adverse effect of completely tanking my grade in several classes.

For example, Media Construction — a graduation requirement for all Radio, Television and Film students — allocates a maximum of four absences to each student, with each subtracting a certain number of points from their final grade. Any subsequent absence results in an automatic F in the class.

I hit my fourth absence last week.

Of course, mistakes like these are the student’s fault. Personally, I had simply slept

through the alarm last week. But as a result, I am now skating on thin ice throughout the rest of the quarter to avoid having to take the class again to graduate.

Policies like these are meant to incentivize students who miss class on purpose, blowing off the material completely in their spare time in favor of the more entertaining and social aspects of college. But often, students just need a break from the college grind, with a vicious cycle of waking up, going to class and/ or work and returning in the evening faced with a massive pile of assignments that need to be finished by the morning. Students sometimes make the choice to take time for themselves, and attendance policies often punish their inability to handle stress.

Considering the countless other metrics professors use to measure their students’ understanding in a particular class — tests, papers, homework assignments, projects — it’s counterintuitive to include class attendance as a quantification of learning, especially if there are other ways for a proactive student to learn the material on their own.

When I took Introduction to Russian Literature last fall, I found the reading schedule wasn’t conducive for me to adequately follow discussion in class because I’m a slow reader; instead, I read the books at my own pace,

often skipping lectures I knew I wouldn’t understand without having read the required pages. Luckily for me, most of the lectures from previous years had been filmed and archived on Canvas, so I effectively received the same information that had been provided to students who attended every week. And since the final grade was based solely on two in-class assessments (in addition to extra credit for participation in discussion sections), I exited the class with a high B and the same amount of knowledge I would have attained attending four hours of lecture every week.

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It’s counterintuitive to include class attendance as a quanitification of learning, especially if there are other ways for a proactive student to learn the material on their own.

More classes should adopt a similar model, particularly if they provide an overview of class materials online, as is the case with Media Construction. At the end of each class,

my professor emails the lecture slides and a brief paragraph summarizing whatever was discussed in class. If it’s within the realm of possibility for a student to rely on these materials to succeed in the class while trying to manage their mental and physical health, then an attendance policy only serves to cause more stress. At the very least, allowing a student to attend a makeup session during office hours to discuss whatever material they missed should be an option for the student to make up lost points.

I’m trying my best to change the way I handle the myriad stressors that invariably rear their heads in a college environment, from setting more time aside during the weekend for big assignments to shortening the time I spend with some of my friends. But until I’m able to find some cure-all for my problems, it looks like I’ll continue to miss out on points that I shouldn’t have to worry about.

Chase Reed is a Communication freshman. He can be reached at chasereed2020@u.northwestern.edu.

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Mayfest serves up preview of Dillo Day food trucks

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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In preparation for Dillo Day, some sample the artists’ tracks and others sample vendors’ bites.

Food trucks lined up in front of Deering Library on Monday for Mayfest’s Taste of Dillo, the first food truck preview in Dillo Day history, said Kyle Austin, Mayfest’s director of programming. The preview was incorporated as a replacement for a sing-along event held in past years, which had been “generally unsuccessful,” the Weinberg junior said.

“All the pre-Dillo events are to kind of get people excited and involved with Mayfest and with Dillo,” Austin said. “We wanted to bring another aspect of Mayfest besides the music.”

The vendors were local Evanston restaurants La Cocinita and Cheesie’s Pub and Grub, Chicago-based eatery Da Lobsta and Northwestern startup BrewBike. All except La Cocinita will serve Dillo Day attendees this Saturday, Austin said. Five additional food trucks from other vendors will round out the Dillo Day selection, he said.

Food trucks have been a part of Dillo Day since 2012. Since then, Austin said Mayfest has brought eight or nine trucks to the Lakefill each year. Mayfest’s food liaisons try to bring in a variety of “different types of foods and styles,” he said.

Mayfest also raffled off three Dillo Day guest wristbands for people who bought food at Taste of Dillo, Austin said.

SESP senior Brynn McKenna said she was drawn to the event due to the “trendy” nature of food trucks. The convenience of food trucks is also essential for students, she said.

EPD implements ‘zerotolerance’ campaign to encourage seatbelt use

The Evanston Police Department, in coordination with the Illinois Department of Transportation, kicked off a “Click It or Ticket” campaign Monday to remind drivers and passengers to buckle their seat belts.

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Students wait in line for La Cocinita, one of the four vendors at the first Taste of Dillo outside Deering Library on Monday. The food truck preview aimed to showcase some of the food that will be served during Dillo Day.

“It’s fun to have them come on campus so you can be with other students and hang out on campus, and be able to run to class five minutes away instead of being all the way in Evanston,” McKenna said.

McKenna pointed out that one of the vendors, Da Lobsta, does not have a storefront in Evanston, adding another food option NU students may not otherwise be able to access easily.

Though Da Lobsta has two permanent

locations in Chicago, the truck allows for more flexibility, food truck manager Luis Plascencia said. The business often seeks out events like Taste of Dillo to help spread awareness of the restaurant, he said.

“You talk to a lot of business owners, and, ‘Location, location, location,’ that’s what they talk about,” Plascencia said. “Most businesses you can’t move it around, but with food trucks ... you’re not stuck in one place.”

Overall, Austin said he was happy with the turnout at Taste of Dillo and saw it as a success.

After Monday’s event, he said the tasting will likely be continued and potentially expanded in future years.

“Everybody loves food — it’s a pretty natural thing,” he said. “It’s just another thing about Dillo Day we wanted to get people excited about.”

The campaign will take place from May 15 through June 4 — one of the busiest travel times of the year, according to a news release. The campaign “enforces seat belt and car seat use to keep all motorists safe,” the release said.

“Our law enforcement personnel see firsthand the loss of life when people refuse to buckle up,” EPD traffic unit supervisor Sgt. Tracy Williams said in the release. “It’s such a simple thing, and it should be an automatic response when you get into a vehicle. As

the Memorial Day weekend approaches and the summer vacation season ramps up, we want to make sure people are doing everything they can to stay safe in the unfortunate event of a crash.”

The release cites data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which found that 48 percent of passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2015 were unrestrained by seat belts. The study also noted an increase in crashes at night, which is why the campaign will target nighttime enforcement.

EPD will be taking a “no-excuses” approach to enforcement, the release said, meaning any motorist caught unbuckled will be ticketed.

“Seat belts save lives, and every vehicle occupant — front seat and back, child and adult — needs to remember to buckle up, every trip, every time,” Williams said in the release. “Together, we can make zero fatalities a reality in Illinois.”

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From page 1 and imprisonment history while applying for U.S. citizenship. In March 2017, Odeh accepted a plea agreement where she would no longer serve prison time, but would be stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported.

SJP president Marcel Hanna said Odeh is just one example of the systematic oppression of Palestinians within the Israeli justice system. Several human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International, have reported on the detainment and torture of Palestinians in Israel, the Weinberg senior said.

“The purpose of the Apartheid Week is to highlight the apartheid system that is put in place in Palestine and the way Palestinians are systematically disenfranchised … the way that they are treated in the Israeli justice system is one part of them,” he said.

Half an hour before the event in Tech began, Fiedler Hillel organized a vigil to mourn the two students who were killed in the 1969 bombing.

Hillel president Samantha Max said the vigil was not pro-Israel or a direct response to anything Odeh would say during the event.

“We wanted to offer space for people to decompress and we wanted to really focus it on the victims, these two people who were killed in the 1969 bombing attack,” the Medill junior said. “And really just offer an alternative space for people that would in no way disrupt the event.”

Max, who attended the SJP event after the vigil, said she acknowledges the importance of free speech, especially regarding controversial events.

It’s important that all people have the opportunity to voice their opinions and share their perspectives, she said.

In a statement, University spokesman Bob Rowley said student groups at NU regularly bring speakers whose views are controversial. Such invitations should not be interpreted as University endorsements of those speakers or their views, he said.

Rowley said the University believes controversial speakers should not be censored.

“That would be counterproductive, and it also would ignore Northwestern’s values of free expression and a commitment to robust discourse of

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Keefe family began requesting easements in the 1980s to build a number of homes that would require an access road. She said the family requested to build the road several times but was ultimately turned down.

According to a provision in the original 1965 lease between Evanston and the MWRD, Evanston must give up its possession of any part of the land required for the construction of highways

TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017 ideas,” Rowley said in the statement.

During the event, Odeh said the “racist nature” of the U.S. justice system contributed to her deportation. Still, she said that does not stop her from fighting for the rights of Palestinians.

“I will continue my struggle for justice for my people,” Odeh said. “I will continue the struggle for the right of return, for self-determination and for the establishment of a democratic state on the entirety of the historic land of Palestine.”

Odeh added that all supporters, including those in the U.S., should come together to work toward the goals of justice, freedom and independence for Palestinians. She encouraged American youth to continue resisting President Donald Trump’s agenda, challenging Zionism and providing support to Palestinians and Arabs in the national liberation movement.

Naber said the obstacles Odeh has faced in the U.S. justice and immigration system are a reflection of the systematic oppression incorporated within the institution. For example, Naber said the courtroom keeping Odeh from telling her story about being sexually assaulted while imprisoned is a reflection of U.S. rape culture and how it silences victims.

“Despite all the structures of power, violence and oppression that I’ve been talking about, she has continued to stay strong and speak up and serve as a mentor to so many of us and so many of our movements,” Naber said. “She is an embodiment of Arab and Muslim struggles against colonialism, war and racism.”

Weinberg fifth-year student Edward Duron, who attended the event, told The Daily he was also present for Israel Week, a series of programs hosted by Hillel to commemorate and reflect on Israel’s independence. Going forward, he said it is important to realize the imbalances of power in the current dialogue.

“We have to acknowledge that as much as we as a university like to focus on dialogue, we need to acknowledge that the Israeli, Zionist, colonist dialogue is the dominant narrative,” Duron told The Daily. “There really can’t be a dialogue with unequal powers like that, with a dominant narrative of colonialism and almost an underdog narrative of the Palestinians.” catherinekim2020@u.northwestern.edu or access roads.

The portion of Isabella Woods that would be affected by the easement contains 55 trees in an undisturbed forest, which provides a habitat for birds and other wildlife. A tree survey by city staff determined that for the road to be constructed, 33 trees will have to be removed, and an additional 15 adjacent trees may die.

City documents state that if the easement is granted, the trees must be replaced or paid for under the Tree Preservation Ordinance.

Wendy Pollock, co-chair of the Evanston

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“It just seems obvious, once you start looking into things, that it would be wonderful to have public artwork in Evanston that would help to further the visibility of the history of women in Evanston,” Bass said.

Because the Evanston Arts Council does not have enough money to pay for the statue, Riseborough said she formed a nonprofit to raise additional funds. Once the project has been paid for and completed, the nonprofit will be shut down, she said.

Riseborough said though she and Bass have not yet named an artist, a Canadian sculptor has expressed interest in the project. As for the design, both she and Bass said it is important to combine historical accuracy with modern design. Riseborough said they decided on using stainless steel for the construction of the statue because it is simultaneously “permanent” and “full of life” due to its reflective nature.

The pair opted to include a bicycle in the

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Fitbits.”

Additionally, Nancherla joked about a change in the nature of her therapy sessions as a result of the current political climate.

“You kind of know you’re living in a grim time when you go to therapy and your therapist is like, ‘you want to go first or should I?’” she said.

SASA co-president Keya Amin told The Daily the organization invited Nancherla because the comedian’s upbringing is similar to many South Asian students. Amin said Nancherla’s ability to make jokes about mental health is important because it opens up the opportunity for dialogue about the issue within the South Asian community on campus.

Environment Board, stressed the importance of Isabella Woods as “green infrastructure.” She warned that planting a grove of young trees would not make up for the oak trees that have been growing there for hundreds of years.

“The lands that Evanston leases from MWRD fill a lot of community needs, from clean air to recreation; they provide crucial habitats for birds,” Pollock said. “They’re sponges that divert huge amounts of stormwater from our strained sewer system.”

Carl Bova, an Evanston resident and civil

statue to symbolize newfound independence for women in the era, Riseborough said.

“The bicycle changed life for women,” she said. “It gave them a kind of freedom that they didn’t have before; it gave them independence and it certainly changed fashions.”

She said the base of the statue may include quotes from Willard such as, “The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum,” as well as text about other female leaders. Bass said she has created a partial list of women to include but will work with the Evanston History Center to finalize the names.

Bass said she has been working closely with community organizations and Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), and has received positive feedback.

“Evanston has a really rich history of women who have been really engaged in the community,” Fiske said. “It’s really impressive to me just how many amazing women were living here and doing good work — this is is a really nice way to remind everyone.”

Kristina Karisch contributed reporting. sydneystone2020@u.northwestern.edu “A lot of her comedy is related to mental health, so she brings a lot of awareness to mental health issues that aren’t always addressed,” Amin said. “It’s something that’s super important for students on campus, especially for South Asian students because it’s not something that’s always talked about.”

During his performance, Gethard also addressed mental health. He joked about his own problems with anxiety, explaining to the audience why he felt the need to talk to himself during his performance.

Bienen senior Myrtil Mitanga told The Daily she appreciated the jokes about mental health because they opened up a dialogue.

“It’s nice to have that being more part of public discourse and that there’s a platform for it,” Mitanga said. alanperez2020@u.northwestern.edu engineer, said he agreed with Pollock’s assessment.

If the access road is constructed, he said it would affect the wet parcel of Isabella Woods and take away its stormwater diversion properties.

“It is very possible that the City of Evanston would have to upgrade its storm sewer system to account for the lost storage and to preserve a roadway,” Bova said.

The MWRD Board is set to consider whether to grant the easement in a May 18 meeting. kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu

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By AVA POLZIN

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Second-year graduate student Kyle Kremer (Bienen, Weinberg ‘12) said he finds all the inspiration he needs in the sky.

Kremer helped bring his inspiration to an audience of more than 100 people to combine music and astronomy in a multimedia performance called “A Shout Across Time” at Nichols Concert Hall on Monday.

The event was part of Kremer’s Cosmos in Concert initiative, which aims to educate and excite the public about astronomy through live classical music and public outreach events.

Kremer said a large part of his motivation comes from the reactions he sees from community

members. Wonder is inherent to his science, he said.

“We’re lucky as astronomers,” Kremer said. “It’s one of the most awe-inspiring of all the sciences, so people already love it. It’s not very hard to get people excited.”

At the event, Bienen students performed two works: “Eclipse” and the title piece “A Shout Across Time.” Each arrangement celebrated a different event in modern astronomy, Kremer said.

“Eclipse,” arranged by Kremer and performed

by Bienen quintet Lake Shore Brass, honors the upcoming solar eclipse on Aug. 21, he said. The piece was broken into themes covering the sun, moon and Earth. Kremer encouraged the audience to observe the eclipse because a total solar eclipse of this breadth has not been seen since 1918.

Evanston resident Lynn Clark said she left the performance wanting more. She particularly

enjoyed the vivid imagery and how it related to the music to make a unified work of art, she said.

“This was fantastic,” Clark said. “I just never expected to have such a holistic experience; it was wonderful … There need to be more performances.”

“A Shout Across Time” was intended as a celebration of Albert Einstein to commemorate the centennial of his theory of general relativity, which was confirmed last year with the detection of gravitational waves. The piece was composed by Ira Mowitz and originally performed at Montana State University.

The performance traced the universe, or “the beautiful mystery that inspired Einstein,” to the discovery of gravitational waves caused by the merging of black holes.

Toward the end of “A Shout Across Time,” the audience heard a simulated black hole collision.

Evanston resident Bob Lounsbury said he enjoyed

the opportunity to hear this particular effect.

“I was trying to listen a few months ago to the sound of the black holes colliding, and now I have a better sense of what was going on,” he said. “I probably need to see this several more times to really get it, though.”

Communication junior Noah LaPook, a Dearborn Observatory host and artist, said he feels inspired by the intersection of science and art.

LaPook said he liked that the performance reinforced the message that there is music in the universe.

“There’s something in thinking about the universe that is so baffling that there often aren’t the words,” LaPook said. “The music made me feel something that I can’t verbalize when I look at the sky.” avapolzin2018@u.northwestern.edu

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some success during conference play, back-to-back losses to No. 2 Ohio State and No. 10 Michigan brought NU back down to Earth.

Despite a less-than-stellar record, the teams that NU lost to posted respectable seasons. Michigan, Ohio State, Duke and Vanderbilt are all in the third round of the tournament and are all in the top-15 teams in the country.

“We just didn’t get many opportunities in that range,” coach Claire Pollard said. “I knew we would be a dangerous opponent for someone.”

And on Saturday, the team showed its dangerous side against No. 18 Mississippi State, a team in one of the best athletic conferences in the nation that

boasts several top-25 wins on its resume.

Even with the odds against the Cats, junior Erin Larner said the team never considered the disparity of the rankings.

NU’s 4-1 win began with the doubles point going to the Cats. Pairs comprised of Larner and sophomore Lee Or, and sophomore Rheeya Doshi and Jillian Rooney got the point early. Singles victories by junior Maddie Lipp, Larner and Or brought the win home for the team.

“We looked good in singles, got off to a good start,” Pollard said. “It’s hard to really enjoy it when you have to turn around so quickly and get ready for a really tough opponent.”

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Going into the NCAA Tournament in Atlanta this weekend, Northwestern hadn’t recorded a win against a ranked team all season.

But the Wildcats left the Peach State with the ranked win they needed.

For NU (15-12, 9-2 Big Ten), this season was far from smooth sailing, as the team barely clawed its way out of the non-conference season unscathed, compiling losses to the nation’s best teams.

January looked promising for the Cats, featuring a four-game winning streak and a close loss against then-No. 10 Duke.

But February demonstrated the talent the team would have to fight against for the rest of the year.

With only two wins between Jan. 28 and March 22, the season looked bleak for the Cats. Although the team exhibited

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Seidel secures spot in Northwestern record books

Junior Isabel Seidel secured her spot in the Northwestern history books Friday, clocking the program’s fastest 3,000 meter steeplechase time at the 2017 Dr. Keeler Invitational.

Seidel won the event by nearly eight seconds, notching a time of 10:31.22, and improving upon her previous personal best time by more than two seconds. The mark sits as the No. 57 best time in the nation in the 2017 outdoor track season.

With the top 48 times guaranteed invitation to the NCAA Preliminaries, Seidel could still qualify a spot at the national competition if enough competitors choose to decline their invitations.

Earlier in the meet, freshman Aubrey Roberts dashed to her fastest 5,000 meter time of the season, clocking a final time of 16:25.23. The mark, which is the second-fastest time in school history, carried

a team it never would have played otherwise. However, the excitement was short-lived.

The next day, the team was set to take on No. 8 Georgia Tech, which had swept NU earlier in the season. The Yellow Jackets (27-4, 13-1) took down the Wildcats 4-0 in absolute domination.

Pollard said Georgia Tech outplayed the Cats in all areas, just as they had earlier in the year.

“They clearly out-played us,” Pollard said. “We clearly just didn’t convert on critical points. They totally deserved to move on.”

The Cats were split in doubles with Doshi and Rooney taking one match, and Lipp and junior Alex Chatt losing the other. In the tiebreaker, however, No. 23 Rasheeda McAdoo and Johnnise Renaud took down Or and Larner 7-5, marking a disappointing end to heavily competitive play.

Once NU lost its momentum, it was gone for good. The Cats didn’t win a

singles game during the Round of 32.

Georgia Tech knocked off the Cats, giving NU a one-way ticket back to Evanston. The hard-fought weekend ended the careers of both Rooney and senior Brooke Rischbieth, who will graduate in June.

Despite the bittersweet end to the team’s season, Chatt and Lipp will continue on to represent the team next week at the NCAA Doubles Championship in Athens, Georgia. Though Rooney and Rischbieth are graduating, the team welcomes back five starters, three of whom are seniors. Pollard said things are looking good for the team in the future, as long as it continues to push throughout the summer.

“The future is bright,” Pollard said.

“The work that we do and the way we go about doing things, we just can’t be denied next year, and that will be the theme and message I will use throughout the summer.” sophiemann2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Roberts to a first-place finish. Roberts’ time sits behind former runner and now assistant coach Audrey Huth’s time in the Wildcats’ record books.

The performance was a 12-second improvement on Roberts’ previous best of the season. However, Roberts’ time is about 10 seconds behind the current qualifying time of 16:15.06 for the 2017 NCAA Preliminaries.

Freshman Sarah Nicholson also took to the track in the 5,000 meter run, recording a time of 16:43.63, as she crossed the line in second place behind only Roberts. The two freshmen stood atop a race leaderboard that was largely filled with upperclassman runners.

NU will need some good fortune for its season to continue, as the team will have to wait and hope that other competitors decline invitations to the preliminaries to have a shot at competing.

The NCAA Preliminaries will take place over Memorial Day Weekend in Austin, Texas.

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A group of runners move in stride. Junior Isabel Seidel cemented her place in Northwestern record books Friday, recording the best 3000M steeplechase time in program history.

NU no-hit in Big Ten Tourney

By EVAN AUGERI

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Northwestern finished its season Friday with a 5-1 loss in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to top-seeded Minnesota, the tournament’s eventual champion and owner of the nation’s best record.

The game was a pitcher’s duel up until the fifth inning, as senior pitcher Nicole Bond kept the score 2-0 through the first fwive innings.

But the Gophers (54-3) eventually broke through with a pair of runscoring singles in the sixth inning, increasing their lead to 5 runs and preventing the Wildcats (25-29) from rallying.

Despite allowing 10 hits and six walks in her five-plus innings, Bond stranded eight runners on base.

Coach Kate Drohan said Bond’s effectiveness stemmed from that resilience.

“I thought she threw a great game … and pitched really tough,” Drohan said. “The runs that we did give up, I think there were some well-placed balls from Minnesota, but also some defensive plays that we didn’t make. The only way she could’ve improved her game (was) the number of walks she gave.”

It wasn’t the first time this season that Bond withstood a star-studded Gophers lineup, which led the conference with a .351 average and 7.5 runs scored per game. When the teams faced each other in the regular season, Bond pitched a complete game two-hitter in a losing effort.

She said the experience of

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battling the conference’s best team in the postseason was unforgettable, despite coming up short.

“I trusted myself to pound the zone, and allowed (Minnesota) to put the ball in play and let my team make the defensive plays, and they definitely did,” Bond said. “It was awesome, especially with such a great group of people behind me.”

Opposing Bond on the mound was Minnesota’s Sara Groenewegen, who stymied NU’s lineup with the first no-hitter in Big Ten Tournament history. Groenewegen allowed just two walks and struck out 11.

Groenewegen has a 0.59 ERA this season and was the winner of the tournament ’s championship game, in which she struck out 12 to become Minnesota’s all-time strikeout leader.

Drohan commended Groenewegen’s poise and the success of her offspeed pitches.

“She has very good control … and great command of her changeup,” Drohan said. “We were chasing when she threw (the changeup) at a lower level, and that’s what made her so effective.”

The Cats did manage to score a run off of Groenewegen in the top of the seventh. Junior centerfielder Sabrina Rabin led off the inning with a walk, advanced to third on a groundout and subsequent wild pitch, and then scored

on sophomore infielder Morgan Nelson’s sacrifice fly.

Though the rally came up short, Bond said the effort shown by the team demonstrates its true capabilities.

“Being able to do that in the seventh shows that we have the ability to do it in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth,” she said. “We need to take that seventh inning mentality into the beginning of next year, in every single game we play.”

The Cats now must look ahead to next season. The team is graduating three impactful student athletes — outfielder Anna Petersen, NU’s leading power hitter with six home runs and 14 doubles; outfielder Krista Williams, the team’s dependable two-hitter and secondbest run-scorer; and first baseman Alcy Bush, the infield’s defensive anchor who was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team last week.

The offense will bear the brunt of Petersen and Bush’s departures especially. The pair hit more home runs (nine) than the rest of the Cats combined (five).

But Drohan expressed faith in her young pitchers and said those holes created by graduation can be filled as the remaining roster develops in the offseason.

“There were a lot of players who improved dramatically (this year), specifically our pitching staff,” Drohan said. “We need to get more power in our lineup; we’ll work on that through the offseason as we go.” evanaugeri2020@u.northwestern.edu