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that exists in that community,” Efiom said. “And then once you bring that forth from there, it sparks of conversations around it. It’s a process, a reconciliation process.” The exhibit is available from mid-June to mid-October, Grover said, but the commission has inquired about extending it through midNovember in hopes of bringing it to Evanston residents. The commission discussed resolutions from different city officials on how to conduct programming to facilitate racial reconciliation. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) had previously presented a resolution to hold a day of healing in Evanston, and former 5th Ward alderman Delores Holmes proposed a movement led by the commission to promote reconciliation in the community. Commission member Monté Dillard said the city’s goals through reconciliation and reparations programming must be made explicit to residents. The commission discussed the importance of ensuring residents know about issues of disparity in the city and have meaningful programming over an extended period of time. “Being really clear about what exactly the process looks like is really key,” Dillard said. “We don’t want to let the
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Paula Fairfield. The Emmy award-winning sound designer, discussed her 30-year career with students at Annie May Swift Hall.
‘Thrones’ sound designer speaks
Paula Fairf ield shares struggles, personal connections to show By JACOB OHARA
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Emmy-award winning sound designer Paula Fairfield wove moving personal
anecdotes with sonic expertise in a Q&A Thursday evening. Fairfield, who has spent about six years designing sound for “Game of Thrones,” said she works best within the intersection
of vulnerability and sound design. It’s a space she has learned to appreciate since her introduction to HBO’s award-winning drama in 2013. “My father passed. Three months later I was tapped
for ‘Game of Thrones,’ and three months later my sister passed,” Fairfield said. “‘Thrones’ came and gathered me in its loving arms and picked me up and let » See THRONES, page 6
The Evanston Equity and Empowerment Commission voted unanimously at a Thursday meeting to sponsor the Undesign the Redline exhibit visit to Evanston. Undesign the Redline is a travelling interactive exhibit connecting systemic housing discrimination policies from the 1930s to issues still present today stemming from redlining, the discriminatory refusal to provide housing loans to racial minorities, particularly black families. The commission’s decision to sponsor the $1,500 exhibit allows the commission to advocate for bringing the exhibit to Evanston, though it doesn’t pledge money to pay for the installation of the exhibit, said commission chair Jane Grover. Patricia Efiom, the city’s equity and empowerment coordinator, said Undesign the Redline would fit into the commission’s work to provide reconciliation and reparations to the community for historic and ongoing inequities. “It looks to unveil to the whole community the racism
» See EEC, page 6
Former Biden aide Ex-ambassador to Russia visits NU calls for Dem unity Michael McFaul says the two countries are not natural enemies Sheila Nix discusses importance of women in politics By SAVANNAH KELLEY
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Sheila Nix, former presidential campaign manager for Joe Biden and current adviser to his 2020 campaign, spoke about her career trajectory and gave insight into the upcoming presidential election at a talk Wednesday afternoon. The event was hosted by SESP Professor and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, who arranged for Nix to speak to her class, “Women in American Political Leadership.” By hosting guest speakers like Nix, Rotering hopes to help college women see politics as a viable option, “either as a hobby or as a career.” In comparison to men, Rotering said, fewer college women consider running for office. “Something happens when
they come to college, and men still feel that that’s something they can do,” Nix said. “And women, for whatever reason, step back and think, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t be considering running for office in the future.’ My goal is to change that.” Nix’s career path was not a straightforward one. Her major was accounting in college but she ended up going to law school and later worked for a law firm. Eventually, she made the switch to political campaigns, taking what she described as a “66 percent pay cut.” She urged students not to base their career choices solely on money, but to also take their own happiness into account. While working at a law firm, Nix saw that her coworkers sacrificed their happiness for the sake of money. “They didn’t always seem happy, but they had a nice house and a nice car, and they took an amazing two-week vacation every year,” she said. “I would » See NIX, page 6
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As long as Russian President Vladimir Putin is in power, U.S.-Russia relations will remain confrontational, former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Thursday. McFaul spoke of the past, present and future of U.S.Russia relations Thursday, as part of the NU Political Science department’s annual Weber Lecture speaker series. Heworked within the Obama administration for five years. He served as special assistant to the President and senior director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs from 2009 to 2012, and was later nominated as U.S. ambassador to Russia, serving in the position for two years. Currently, the Stanford University Political Science professor works as director and fellow of its Institute for International Studies. He
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Michael McFaul spoke in Harris Hall Thursday about U.S.-Russia relations and present tensions. He said Putin’s zero-sum view of the U.S. is a major obstacle to improved relations.
has appeared on NBC as an analyst and written columns for the Washington Post. He has also written several books, including his most recent
piece, “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador to Putin’s Russia.” McFaul said the book, although written as a history
of U.S.-Russian relations, is also supplemented by much of his own history. » See MCFAUL, page 6
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