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NU was pilot school for new SAT metric Adversity score is used to assess a student’s privilege

By ALAN PEREZ

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The College Board plans to assign SAT test takers an adversity score that aims to capture their social and economic background, the company announced Thursday, an apparent attempt to remain relevant amid criticisms that it reinforces social inequities.

The mark will not impact test scores, but instead supplement it with additional neighborhood and high school data to contextualize a student’s performance. The initiative will score students on a range from 0 to 100, with 50 as average and higher scores demonstrating more “adverse” environments, the company said through a spokesperson. College counselors will be able to access the scores through the Environmental Context Dashboard, though it will remain a secret to students.

About 50 schools participated in a pilot program of the dashboard, the company said. Northwestern was among the schools, though it said Monday that it did not use the score to make admission decisions.

“We’ve always evaluated students’ academic and personal records in the context of their high school and community settings, and some of the dashboard data can be helpful in that effort,” University spokesman Bob Rowley said in a statement, though he did not say whether the school planned to use the information in the future.

Chris Watson, the dean of undergraduate admission, did not respond to an email seeking comment.

The College Board hopes the program will better highlight overlooked students who have faced disadvantageous upbringings. Critics of college entrance exams have said they reflect a student’s privilege better than their academic ability.

The College Board plans to expand the program to additional pilot schools this fall, then make it more widely available the following year. The dashboard uses College Board data and national data sources to provide neighborhood and high school information like SAT performance, percentage of students eligible for free lunch, average neighborhood family income, housing stability and educational attainment. It does not include information on race.

Early results from the pilot showed that students from more disadvantaged backgrounds were » See SAT, page 6

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot waves to the crowd alongside wife Amy and daughter Vivian. She is the first black woman and openly gay mayor.

Lori Lightfoot sworn in as Chicago mayor with bold agenda

By ANDRES CORREA

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Lori Lightfoot was sworn in as the 56th mayor of Chicago Monday morning,

vowing to transform the city’s government.

The historic moment took place in the South Loop’s Wintrust Arena with thousands sitting in the audience. With all 50 Chicago aldermen and former mayors Rahm Emanuel

and Richard M. Daley behind her, the 56-year-old former federal prosecutor became the city’s first black woman and openly gay mayor.

Regarded by some as a political outsider, Lightfoot achieved the highest seat in

Chicago’s government after she won all 50 wards and beat the so-called Chicago political machine last month. In her speech, Lightfoot said reform was coming to the city, hinting » See MAYOR, page 5

King Arts’ black parents want action Students reflect on Months after test scores show gap, parents still asking for answers

By JULIA ESPARZA

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Black Parents of King Arts demanded the school administration take action on the opportunity gap between black and white students at a press conference Monday afternoon at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center.

The parents’ demands detailed revisions to the Evanston/Skokie District 65 hiring process that would include a focus on racial equity in every employee’s job description. The group is also asking the school to update performance reviews to include racial equity benchmarks, implement an African Centered Curriculum district-wide and provide more resources and support to parents and staff.

In January, the latest Measures of Academic Progress results showed that no black students at King Arts in the third, fifth, sixth and seventh grades met the college readiness benchmark in math or reading.

Parents, students and administrators met for a town hall March 19 to express their concerns. In April, Black Parents of King Arts, King Arts Parent Teacher Association and ONE King Arts

‘Game of Thrones’ After finale, fans consider legacy of the HBO program

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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Abdel Shakur and other D65 parents speak at a press conference Monday. Black Parents of King Arts are demanding the school take immediate action to address the opportunity gap between black and white students.

sent a joint email to the district, demanding that parents’ voices be considered in addressing the issue.

Abdel Shakur, a co-founder of Black Parents of King Arts, said the issue has not been adequately addressed since it came to light almost six months ago.

“Instead of getting big changes, we get meetings, and we get more data about some of the disturbing outcomes we’ve had,” Shakur said. “Instead of a real radical plan

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of change, we kind of get some things shifted around.”

Shakur and other parents acknowledged that the issue of racial inequity in Evanston’s school systems is not new. He said this issue is predictive and has been recurring for generations, and that radical change is needed to break the cycle.

Shakur, along with other parents, asked for the District 65 administration to treat

them as partners in closing the opportunity gap. He said this is partly informed by a culture in the schools and society where black parents speaking out is seen as “unruly” and their understanding of the system is called “uneducated.”

“The minute that that data hit the district, there should have been all the strategic plans and all » See KINGARTS, page 7

On Sunday night, HBO’s fantasy epic “Game of Thrones,” a cultural phenomenon that reached unprecedented heights and has been showered with awards, came to a close after a final season many considered uneven and rushed. For Medill junior Ryan Coleman, who started a podcast about the show and has talked about it “every day” for years, the finale brought an overwhelming sense of emptiness.

“Everyone can be upset, everyone can be angry, but the fact of the matter is the series is over,” Coleman said. “There’s no more ‘Thrones.’There’s no more predictions. There’s no more analysis to do.”

The dragon-sized void “Thrones” will leave in Coleman’s life was exasperated by what he saw as the inconclusivity of the finale.

After the much-predicted climax of the season occurred

— honorable leader Jon Snow killing his lover and aunt, the hero-turned-villain Queen Daenerys Targaryen — Coleman said he felt the show veered towards unreasonableness by keeping Jon alive, thereby guaranteeing a happy ending for the Stark siblings, some of the protagonists of the show. He was particularly upset the show cut to a meeting of the lords and ladies of Westeros that occured weeks after the regicide rather than the characters’ immediate reactions to the murder.

Communication sophomore Annika Weinberg also had mixed feelings about the finale. She said she struggled specifically with the decision to go for a “happy ending” of a montage of all of the Stark children living their dreams in a show known for subverting expectations and adhering to a mantra uttered by villain Ramsay Bolton in season three — “Iif you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.”

“I didn’t expect all of the Starks to be able to live out their dream at the end,” Weinberg said. “The Starks are my favorite family in the show and I think they’re the favorite for a lot of people, so I was » See THRONES, page 7

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AROUND TOWN Residents shout, disrupt video screening at meeting

By SNEHA DEY

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Residents shouted throughout a 90-minute long video the city presented at the Robert Crown community meeting Monday. The video started the meeting, which was set to “focus on project costs and financing” and did not have a posted agenda.

“What are you going to cut to pay for this?” chanted some Evanston residents over the video, which continued to play over their cries.

About 35 residents attended the meeting hosted by city manager Wally Bobkiewicz. When staff ignored resident cries and continued to play the presentation, many residents flooded out of the council chambers.

Before the meeting, residents were asked to submit questions through index cards, which Bobkiewicz and city staff answered after the presentation ended and during a short period when the presentation faced technical difficulties.

Evanston resident and Poor People’s Campaign member Meg Welch said index cards are a way for the city to “control the discussion.”

Welch said the costs of the project will increase taxes and force the city to cut back on services, a concern vocalized at prior town halls and community meetings. She emphasized that residents concerned about affordability need to also be concerned about the project.

“We have been through this over and over and

POLICE BLOTTER Armed robbery of phone near JewelOsco parking lot Police responded Friday afternoon to a report of an armed robbery in the 2400 block of Howard Street.

A man told police he was accosted by an armed man at 2:40 p.m. while walking near the southwest corner of a Jewel-Osco located at 2485 Howard

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City manager Wally Bobkiewicz. Bobkiewicz hosted the Robert Crown community meeting Thursday.

we’re done,” Welch said. “(The debt) is going to go up. And, conveniently for … the people that are sitting on the city council … they won’t be around.”

According to Evanston resident Misty Witenberg, the city prioritizes maintaining a certainty for Friends of the Robert Crown Center donors

but does not give residents the same respect. She said city staff behavior has contradicted the organization chart on the city website, which puts Evanston residents at the top.

Wittenberg did not agree with the process of submitting questions through index cards, but still

St, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The man told police that a car approached him and the driver drew a handgun, demanding the man’s Samsung smartphone valued at $1100. The man then entered his car and fled in an unknown direction, Glew said.

Glew said the man whose phone was taken identified the driver, describing him as an acquaintance with gang ties. Police do not have anyone in custody.

Custer Avenue residence broken into

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A woman called police Friday evening to report a burglary of her residence in the 200 block of Custer Avenue.

Glew said the woman told officers that someone entered her condo between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. and removed over $7,000 in valuables. The front door of her residence appeared to have been pried open, Glew said, and the deadbolt had been removed from the door.

continued to write questions.

“I did make sure I was clear earlier and let them know that this was not acceptable,” Wittenberg said. “I’m going to continue working through his process, but I’m also going to continue to hold them accountable.”

City clerk Devon Reid said community meetings offer a space for public comment and said residents are “justifiably upset” about the way the meeting was run.

Reid said the meeting may be in violation of the Open Meetings Act, which regulates meetings of all public bodies. The law requires the city to “properly notice” a meeting when conducting city business with more than three aldermen, according to Reid.

The community meeting had five aldermen present but neither an agenda was posted nor were minutes kept. Reid plans to bring the possible violation up with the attorney general office.

Bobkiewicz said the city chose to present a video to ensure all the information was given out.

He said he’s unsurprised some residents are dissatisfied with this meeting. Two similar meetings have been held in the last six months, according to Bobkiewicz.

“Our challenge is we answer the question and then get shouted down,” said Bobkiewicz. “We’re answering the question to the best of our ability…

They’re not getting the answer that they want or think is correct. How do you have that kind of dialogue?” snehadey2022@u.northwestern.edu The woman said that a $400 iPad, a $200 Bose stereo, and $5,000 in gold necklaces, earrings and nose studs had been removed from her bedroom, Glew said. A $2,000 MacBook Air belonging to the victim’s sister was also taken, Glew said. Evidence technicians also responded to the residence.

Police have no suspects and no one in custody. ­— Joshua Irvine

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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019

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Group hopes to inform through comedy

By CADENCE QUARANTA

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It was this past winter when four Northwestern students decided to dive straight into the deep end.

Their pool of choice? The most pressing issues on campus.

“The Deep End,” a new student organization on campus, will navigate the intersection of journalism and comedy by conducting serious journalistic investigations and presenting findings in an entertaining way.

“My friends and I started this club because we felt like there was something missing on Northwestern’s campus,” co-founder and RTVF freshman Maggie Brill said. “Northwestern has a strong comedy scene and a strong journalism program, but we didn’t feel that there was a space for both to co-exist.”

Brill said the organization hopes to emulate shows such as John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” and Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act,” both of which serve as stylistic inspirations for the show.

In the middle of Winter Quarter, Brill said two of her closest friends, Billy O’Handley, and Owen Pickette came to her with the idea. At the time, they foresaw a “Daily Show for Northwestern,” RTVF freshman Pickette said.

The team soon began brainstorming story ideas, promoting the organization through listervs and in group chats, recruiting staff members, sending out applications and conducting interviews.

Recently, they gained formal ASG recognition as a Northwestern student organization. It will apply for funding next year, a process Pickette said is especially confusing.

“Look out for a piece on ASG next year,” he said, chuckling.

Pickette said the response they received from the student body was overwhelming.

“I figured that there could be a place for this on campus,” Pickette said. “But I never assumed so many people would be so interested, and that has just been a really amazing feeling.”

The organization has already decided on five “story heads” who will oversee the journalistic investigation aspect of production, and manage a team of 15 other journalists. Applications recently closed for the club’s “comedy writers’ room” team, and the group anticipates adding five to ten more staff members to handle graphic design and marketing. All will be overseen by a four-person executive board.

Medill freshman Maggie Galloway is a story head. Galloway said she saw the application in the Medill Class of 2022 Advising GroupMe. “I was excited because I religiously watch John

Oliver and ‘The Daily Show,’ and am also passionate about journalism,” Galloway said. “It is the perfect mix of the things that I love to do.”

She said the investigative team is currently working on a five-minute piece about campus safety. Within the next few days, the journalists will compile their findings into a brief to take to the exec board. The organization hopes to publish the show at the end of Spring Quarter.

Pickette said the team aims to investigate details regarding issues specific to NU’s campus, as well as consulting peer institutions’ approaches to similar issues.

“Our goal for each piece is to hone in on Northwestern to start out, and then broaden the scope for the back half of the piece,” Pickette said.

“We want to bring more credibility to the issue, and look at solutions (other institutions) might have that Northwestern hasn’t figured out yet.”

In future quarters, they hope to create quarterly, 15-minute pieces, complete with an introduction as well as focused investigations.

Brill said she thinks “The Deep End” will make an impact on campus as she sees comedy as a unique opportunity to inform.

“People are more likely to pay attention and engage with journalism if it is entertaining,” Brill said. cadencequaranta2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Barring prisoners from voting harms justice system ANDREA BIAN

OPINION EDITOR

A prisoner in Maine still has the right to vote while incarcerated. By contrast, forgery in the state of Mississippi can be grounds for permanent disenfranchisement.

Maine and Vermont are the only two states that directly allow inmates to vote from prison. Mississippi is one of 12 states that could potentially force felons to lose their voting rights until completion of sentence or permanently. Other states have varying laws and different voting rights for their prisoners — states decide their voting laws for the incarcerated population as opposed to the federal government.

Ultimately, however, voting rights for prisoners are widely limited across the country. According to The Sentencing Project, 6.1 million Americans were stripped of the right to vote in 2016 due to state felony disenfranchisement laws, a dramatic increase from 1.17 million in 1976.

For many years, the debate around prisoner voting rights was virtually nonexistent.

As prisons deal with the explosion in population though, the question of whether all prisoners are subject to “civil death” has become more prominent.

This is no more apparent than it is in the words of the 2020 presidential candidates.

In an April 22 CNN town hall, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he supported inmates’ right to vote. Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana and a Democratic presidential candidate, openly disagreed with this point some hours later, when his town hall aired.

“Part of the punishment when you are convicted of a crime and you’re incarcerated is you lose certain rights,” Buttigieg said. “You lose your freedom. It does not make sense to have an exception for the right to vote.”

Buttigieg’s stance on prisoner voting rights is synonymous with that of many Democrats. Many are hesitant to restore voting rights to convicted felons, or afraid to speak on the topic at all. Take Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who avoided giving a definitive answer by vaguely saying that the public should have a “conversation” about prisoner voting rights.

The controversy surrounding prisoner voting rights centers around the question of how we define an inmate’s humanity in American society. There’s really only a singular argument in support of preventing current prisoners from voting — that committing a crime is grounds for punishment in the form of disenfranchisement.

But at what point do prisoners become citizens void of their civic duty? Per federal law, inmates maintain freedom of worship when they are incarcerated. They have some level of freedom of speech and are allowed to write for open publications. Given those specific rights, and their association with citizenship and humanity, there is no reason that the right to vote shouldn’t extend as a

part of those rights.

At least 95 percent of all current prisoners will be released at some point in the future. For each of these people, successful reentry into society can be contingent on their connection to the outside world and the community, as well as the policies that affect them. Shutting out inmates from voting increases hostility and disconnection between them and the world they will inevitably reenter.

It’s true that people become incarcerated because they are convicted of a crime. It’s also true that the American criminal justice system is not only overpopulated but disproportionately racist. The United States makes up about 5 percent of the world population but has 21 percent of the world’s inmates.

Black people are incarcerated at five times the rate of white people — black women are imprisoned at twice the rate of white women.

This racial disparity transfers to the population that can be barred from voting. Due to felony disenfranchisement, one in every 13 black voters do not have voting rights as opposed to one in every 56 non-black voters.

For many black voters who may lose voting rights over crimes or incidents that white or non-black voters would not necessarily be convicted for, a loss of voting rights keeps them in a system that disproportionately

affects them. Disenfranchisement affects black communities more than it affects any other. By not having the right to vote, black prisoners especially have no way of escaping that system — one that already majorly disadvantages black people.

I’m not saying that voting rights should automatically be extended to all prisoners.

Indeed, felony disenfranchisement is constitutional by the 14th Amendment, which dictates that the right to vote can be removed on the grounds of crime. Certain crimes can be particularly horrifying — and, admittedly, may be so horrifying that they constitute removal of voting rights.

But while exceptions could be made for these inadmissible crimes, the reality is that the majority of people in the prison population are there for crimes that do not affect their reasoning or their ability to function in society. Revoking voting rights due to crime should be a rare exception, not a default.

Regardless of their crimes, inmates are expected to abide by the law. How can we reasonably expect them to do so without giving them a chance to have a say in those very laws? How can we expect lawmakers to pay attention to the injustices in prisons all across the United States if prisoners have no voice?

Giving prisoners the right to vote may seem like a complex issue. But looking at the majority of inmates for who they are — human beings who will reenter society — reveals a need for humanity, rather than hostility.

Andrea Bian is a Medill f irst-year. She can be contacted at andreabian2022@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Calling women ‘crazy’ invalidates their experiences KATHRYN AUGUSTINE

DAILY COLUMNIST

If a woman ends a relationship with a man who she alleges sexually assaulted her, she is crazy for fabricating an outlandish accusation. If a woman expresses that she is upset by the actions of her male partner, she is crazy for exaggerating the magnitude of a minute action or phrase. If a woman vocalizes a perspective not shared by the males surrounding her, she is crazy for holding views that do not align with those of men.

The overarching theme that unifies the instances in which women are branded as crazy by men is the invalidation of their experiences, emotions and beliefs. This invalidation, in turn, conjures self-doubt and dismantles the self-confidence of women.

In September of 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford publicly disclosed her experience of sexual assault at the hands of Brett Kavanaugh and testified against Kavanaugh on national television. The Drudge Report, founded and edited by Matt Drudge — a white male — attempted to publicize an article titled “Something’s Wrong with Her”

on Twitter, in which her alleged students call into question not only her teaching ability, but her personal characteristics as well.

These reviews by students were actually for a different Christine Ford.

The Drudge Report’s desperation to portray Ford as crazy and deranged, implied by the title, illustrates a direct attempt to invalidate and silence a woman whose story poses a potential threat to a man’s desired political power. The logic here is that if Ford is portrayed as a crazy professor who lacks any teaching ability, then her accusations cannot be valid and Kavanaugh can rise in the ranks of the United States government.

Yet, that logic is faulty nonetheless. Even if that article presented accurate statements regarding Ford’s teaching and personal characteristics, does that mean she deserved sexual assault? Does that automatically mean that she was lying or dramatizing her experience?

During a heated argument, it’s not out of the ordinary to hear a man exclaim with exasperation, “You’re crazy,” in response to a woman who proposes a complaint regarding his behavior. The phrase “You’re crazy” sends the message that a woman is mentally unwell since she is in disagreement with the actions

of a man. In reality, the man is unwilling to validate her concerns and change his actions in accordance and instead, uses “crazy” as a tool to silence her.

Using “crazy” in this sense can contribute to gaslighting, a form of emotional abuse in which the manipulator is trying to get someone to question their own reality or perceptions. The consequences of emotional abuse are not limited to low self-esteem and pervasive internal questioning. The longstanding consequences of emotional abuse can be equally as damaging and distressing as physical abuse, including the development of anxiety, chronic pain, guilt, insomnia and social withdrawal.

Also in September of 2018, Serena Williams was accused by umpire Carlos Ramos of receiving coaching from the sidelines during the U.S. Open final match against Naomi Osaka. Rather than accepting the warning that he issued complacently, Williams pushed back. She denied receiving any signals from her coach and asserted that she’d “rather lose” than partake in cheating of any form. Just minutes later, Williams threw her racket on the ground of the court after a missed shot. She received an additional penalty, and proceeded to rightfully point out

the inherent sexism after the match.

Male athletes voice their opposition to referees and react violently when they feel a situation is unfair. Let’s not forget Marcos Baghdatis, who destroyed not a single racket but four rackets in under a minute. And yet the names of these men are not soiled with accusations of insanity. Jim Courier, a former Australian Open champion, instead viewed Baghdatis’ actions as a “raw moment” and hoped Baghdatis racked up views on Youtube.

Williams’ and Ford’s experiences are not isolated incidents. Women are accused as crazy or delusional both in and out of the public eye. Showing emotion in opposition to males does not constitute an accusation of being mentally unwell. Women, like men, are allowed to be angry without being perceived as crazy.

Kathryn Augustine is a Medill f irst-year. She can be contacted at kathrynaugustine2022@u. northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019

MAYOR

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From page 1 at the long-standing corruption that has plagued Chicago for years and more recently has been the center of several federal investigations, including several into Ald. Ed Burke, who is currently under investigation for extortion.

“For years, they’ve said Chicago ain’t ready for reform,” she said during her inauguration. “Well, get ready… because reform is here. I campaigned on change, you voted for change and I plan to deliver change to our government.”

The new mayor wasted no time getting to work.

On her first day of office, she signed an executive order limiting aldermanic privilege over matters such as permitting and licensing.

Northwestern political science Prof. Thomas Ogorzalek told The Daily in an email that aldermanic privilege has been a ‘longstanding and fairly distinctive’ element of Chicago governance. He added that this move is associated with limiting corruption but could bring up other issues.

“It could have the side effect of making critical zoning and development issues rise to the level of city-wide debate, which could undermine ‘Not In My Back Yard’ efforts to limit affordable housing in wealthier parts of the city,” Ogorzalek said.

Lightfoot drew from poet Gwendolyn Brooks in her speech and redefined the meaning of the Chicago flag’s four stars. Each star, she said, represents a component in her plan to change the city: safety, education, stability and integrity.

Safety

When it comes to safety, Lightfoot said gun violence was the greatest challenge the city faces.

She said gun violence has led to a mass exodus of Chicago’s black community and called for the reversal of this exodus. However, she said law enforcement could not solve this problem alone and communities under siege should not be blamed. Instead, she called for the city to come together.

“This greatest challenge demands all of us, united together,” she said. “And, I promise you the city will lead, and we’ve already begun this work.”

Lightfoot said that while in office, she will create a mayor’s office of public safety. She said a deputy mayor would lead the office, developing and implementing violence prevention strategies.

These would include connecting community stakeholders like government, nonprofit, educational, business and philanthropic sectors.

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Lightfoot began her speech by saying she would build strong schools for every Chicago student “regardless of their zip code.” She said the city must deliver the education it is promising to residents and plans on expanding early childhood education services.

The new mayor said she will be working with businesses and unions to set up apprenticeships for people who want to learn a trade or pursue vocational and technical training.

Essie Hall, who attended the inauguration, said she felt inspired

by Lightfoot’s speech, especially her commitment to equity.

“She is interested in ensuring that whether you live on the far South Side or the North Side, there will be equity and opportunity for you in employment, equity for your children, equity in the safety of the neighborhood,” Hall said. “Equity was the key word.”

Lightfoot took time out of her speech to speak to the young people in the crowd and encourage them to recognize the power they have in their communities.

“You have the most at stake in the city’s future, just as the city’s future most depends on you, Lightfoot said. “ We need your energy, creativity, intelligence and dedication. There’s hard work ahead of us. But we will do that work, because we believe in you and in the vast, still-untapped potential of this great city.”

without jeopardizing low-income and workingclass Chicagoans.

In addition to city’s pension, affordable housing was another factor Lightfoot discussed. She said long-term residents should not be forced out of their neighborhoods after periods of transformation. Lightfoot said she wants the city to increase its homeownership numbers and turn vacant lots into communities.

Under her administration the city will lead by example and “cut the red tape.”

Integrity

When it came to the final star, Lightfoot said she plans to end “shady deals” and corruption in city government.

“These practices have gone on here for

decades,” Lightfoot said. “This practice breeds corruption. Stopping it isn’t just in the city’s interest, it’s in the City Council’s own interest.”

After Lightfoot’s speech, Santita Jackson, political commentator and daughter of Rev. Jesse Jackson, said she liked that Lightfoot is an “outsider.”

While the new mayor is an “outsider,” Jackson said Lightfoot is bringing the lessons she learned before her political career to her new role now. In addition, she said the challenges ahead cannot be tackled alone and she is excited to join Lightfoot to create change in the city.

“She wants the resources, the great resources of this city to be spread around the city,” Jackson said.” She wants every man, woman and child, however you identify, to have an opportunity to be all that you can be.” andrescorrea2020@u.northwestern.edu

Stability

With the city facing an estimated $740 million budget deficit, financial stability was another issue Lightfoot said her administration will seek to fix. She said her team has already begun reviewing the size of the city’s fiscal challenges. Those challenges, she added, will force her to make “tough decisions.”

Lightfoot said her administration will work with transparency and integrity to ensure the city’s pensions are headed in a “positive direction”

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The initiative, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes at a time when college entrance exams are under particular scrutiny for not accurately predicting a student’s ability to do well in college, and for privileging those who come from advantageous backgrounds and are able to afford advantages like tutors. Most recently, the college admissions scandal exposed wealthy parents who exploited the tests by facilitating cheating for their children, including the parents of a Northwestern student.

The move by the College Board aims to tackle those concerns, though some said it indirectly addressed problems with a test that is inherently flawed.

“Promotion of ‘adversity scores’ is the latest attempt by the College Board to defend the SAT against increasingly well-documented critiques of the negative consequences of relying on admissions test results,” Robert Schaeffer, public education director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, said in a statement. “This latest initiative concedes that the SAT is really a measure of ‘accumulated advantage’ which should not be used without an understanding of a student’s community and family background.”

It remains to be seen whether the initiative will keep the SAT relevant in an environment that’s grown more hostile to it. The CEO of ACT, the College Board’s main competitor, said the program “will not follow the College Board’s example,” though a company spokesperson told the Journal it was “investing significant resources” in a comparable tool.

Some schools, like the University of Chicago, have done away with the ACT and SAT altogether.

Northwestern President Morton Schapiro, however, has opposed going test-optional.

“If the test score is the thing that gets you in, then that’s

TUESDAY MAY 21, 2019 a problem,”Schapiro said in an interview with The Daily in April. “But I don’t see why you don’t look at people’s test scores as long as you evaluate those test scores based on the opportunity of that person to get high test scores.”

“You have to put it in perspective,” he added. “But I’m not a fan of test-optional.”

Standardized test scores are commonly used in college rating schemes like the U.S. News & World Report. Of the 45 percent of Northwestern first-years this year who chose to submit SAT scores, half of them scored between 700 and 760 in reading and writing, while half scored between 730 and 790 in math, according to University data.

On average, racial minorities score lower on standardized tests than their white counterparts, leading critics to denounce the adversity score for ignoring a major determinant of disparities. Data on Northwestern students’ standardized test scores by race is not publicly available.

Many higher education officials echoed Schapiro’s comments, noting that much of the information in the dashboard is already available to them through other parts of a student’s application.The College Board said it saw more “positive”effects at schools that make “holistic” admission decisions, a mantra of Northwestern’s process.

Chief among concerns was the inability of students to view their scores. Student advocates and others said it added problems to a process that already lacks transparency. The College Board also did not say how it calculates the scores.

“It would be helpful to better understand the research behind the scoring system, as there’s no transparency in how it’s being calculated,” Jeff Thomas, a director at Kaplan Test Prep, said in a statement supporting the tool. “To that end, it remains to be seen how admissions officers will evaluate an adversity score relative to the more traditional admissions factors.”

Some also worry the elements of the adversity score could be misinterpreted, and that students wouldn’t

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An “adversity score” will be added to SAT college entrance test results, rating applicants on environmental factors meant to offer admissions officers a glimpse into a student’s socioeconomic background, the College Board said Thursday. Northwestern was among the schools who participated in a pilot program.

be able to correct inaccuracies.

Still, college counselors could find it useful, especially with a greater prospect that the Republicancontrolled government could restrict how colleges use race in admissions.

Racial, ethnic and first generation status are among the factors considered for admission to NU, though academic factors like test scores, GPA and rigor of secondary school record are the most important. The University says it adheres to a “need-blind” policy for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, meaning it doesn’t consider income.

It remains unclear, however, how these factors are considered during the application process, and at what stage. While a 2014 document says Northwestern doesn’t use test score cutoffs, for example, the admissions office doesn’t explicitly say so on its website.

Northwestern and other elite schools have in recent

Grammy-winning pop artist Daya to perform at Dillo Day

Grammy-winning pop artist Daya will be performing at Dillo Day, Mayfest announced Monday.

A native of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Daya is the first pop artist to be announced for this year’s festival. Despite being younger than many Northwestern students at age 20, Daya already has had three top 40 hits in “Billboard’s Hot 100” — 2015’s “Hide Away”, 2016’s “Sit Still Look Pretty” and 2016’s “Don’t Let Me Down”, a collaboration with The Chainsmokers that earned the artist her first top-10 hit when the song peaked at No. 3. “Don’t Let Me Down” won a Grammy in 2017 for “Best Dance Recording.”

Born Grace Tandon, the artist chose the moniker of Daya as a reference to her Indian heritage — her first name translates to Daya in Hindi.

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years put in greater effort to admit underrepresented and disadvantaged students by considering their structural limitations. “Now we can take more chances on kids who are really outside the box” because Northwestern is selective and attracts top-tier students, President Schapiro said in a March interview with Bloomberg.

Still, some students have been pushing the school to accept more from underrepresented groups, and do more to make Northwestern a welcoming place for these students.

“We’re tired of having the same conversation over and over,” Medill sophomore Emma Evans said of the campus climate at a community dialogue earlier this month, “and it’s hard to see the point of conversations like this and task forces when there’s documents of recommendations that are out there.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu a Medill sophomore, said Daya’s “star is still rising,” in a Mayfest release. After coming out as bisexual in 2018, Viti said Daya has entered a new stage of development as an artist.

“Now that she has more control over her music, she finds inspiration from her new relationship and the world around her,” Viti said in the release. “Her music style has shifted from purely pop to include more synth and electronic influences.”

Since her debut album “Sit Still, Look Pretty” in 2016, Daya has been relatively quiet, but the young artist has “slowly been releasing new music” since 2018, Viti said. Viti was a fan of Daya’s most recent release, “Insomnia” — her first of 2019.

Daya will be joining nighttime headliner and rapper A$AP Ferg and EDM artist Anna Lunoe on the Dillo main stage June 1. Viti said Daya would fill a need for pop music at Dillo.

“The Lakefill has been lacking true representation in the pop genre,” Viti said. “We felt Daya would be the perfect artist to fill this void.”

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just a little bit confused as to all of them coming full circle perfectly with their storylines.”

Ange Toku, a Weinberg sophomore who said he is an “obsessive” fan of the series, also felt character development was rushed in the final season and somewhat abandoned in the finale.

However, he said he is less critical of the finale than most and believes the major characters saw their arcs completed.

Both Toku and Coleman said they believe the lackluster reception to the eighth season will detract from the show’s formidable legacy.

Coleman said he fears the ending “tarnished” Thrones’ ability to be considered the best show possible. While Toku certainly understands the criticism and even shares some complaints, he said Thrones got so large that its conclusion could not have possibly been totally satisfactory.

“There was a couple years between the end of season seven, start of season eight,” Toku said. “That kind of built up a lot of expectations. I don’t think it could have really ever lived up to them, expectations were just so

insane.”

Despite the flaws of the ending, all three students said they will miss the series and the cultural significance it inspired, from the fan community to the lasting impressions of the its iconic characters.

Weinberg said she will miss her investment in the characters the most, and the feeling that her time watching was being rewarded by the immense growth characters displayed. While she initially disliked Sansa Stark, watching her progression from a whiny child to a formidable leader exemplifies the character development the show provided.

For Toku, the creations “Game of Thrones” inspired — from YouTube fan theory channels to new friendships — will be missed. He said the final season’s struggles and the analysis it incurred ultimately serves as a testament to the series’ cultural significance.

“I haven’t seen a show see this much support or this much criticism, which still speaks to how widely popular it is,” Toku said. “Definitely gonna miss all that — the good and the bad — going forward.” gbirenbaum21@u.northwestern.edu

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McSA hosts first SI model to wear a hijab

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Muslim activist and Somali-American supermodel Halima Aden recounted the story of how she went from living in a Kenyan refugee camp to walking international runways to becoming the first-ever fashion model to wear the hijab in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue. She told her story Monday night at Alice Millar Chapel as the Muslim Cultural Students Association’s spring speaker.

In telling her story, Aden began by describing life in the Kakuma Refugee Camp where she was born.

“War brings out the worst in humanity,” Aden said, as she recounted the story of her mother’s 12-day trek on foot from civil war in Somalia to seek refuge in Kenya, where the camp is located.

Aden recalled her family’s anticipation waiting for the possibility of getting relocated. While the adults prayed to see their family’s names listed among the families who were going to be relocated, she recalled how the children prayed for the opposite, to stay in Kakuma with their friends.

At the age of seven, Aden and her family were on that list. She was anxious to leave and had little idea of what America entailed. She said that when she asked her parents what to expect, they said they didn’t know either, but they were going to find out.

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the movement that we saw later on when parents started making a fuss,” Shakur said. “It shouldn’t have been three months later.”

Shakur also brought these pleas to the District 65 board meeting later that day, where other parents voiced similar concerns.

Nicole Johnson, a black parent at King Arts, said during public comment that she was disappointed

“We won the million-dollar lottery by coming to America,” Aden said, “but millions of kids will never be that lucky.”

After moving to St. Cloud, Minnesota, Aden decided to challenge the conventional definition of “American beauty” and compete in the Miss Minnesota USA Pageant.

She explained this was most likely the moment that launched her career, as she made headlines by wearing a ‘burkini’ — a swimsuit designed to respect Islamic traditions of modest dress — during the swimsuit competition. Just over two years after her pageant debut, Aden was featured in “Sports Illustrated” Swimsuit Issue, wearing two custom burkinis.

Coming from a family that valued education over everything, she noted how even now, her mother cares more about her work at the United Nations Children’s Fund than seeing her on the cover of different magazines.

“That conversation with my mom… if I made it through that I could do anything,” Aden said.

“When I told her, ‘Mom, I’m going to give this a try,’ she said, ‘What’s a hijab-wearing model?’

I said, ‘Good question, I don’t know — kind of like America, we’re going to find out.’”

As the talk came to a close, Aden discussed how she found herself positioned at the point where fashion and activism meet.

“The world will meet you where you stand,” Aden said. “Sometimes you have to be first — if not you, then who?” zinyasalfiti2022@u.northwestern.edu by the lack of resources for students and staff, and believes a lot of the issues need to be addressed by district administrators.

“I feel the district has been doing a lot of what feels like the same and expecting different results at the expense of my child and other students who look like her,” Johnson said. “This should be a priority of the district and there should be a sense of urgency.” juliainesesparza2020@u.northwestern.edu

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During her sophomore season, Northwestern guard Lindsey Pulliam emerged as a budding Big Ten star, scoring seemingly at will as her team worked a 21-15 record and competed in the WNIT Championship Game.

Trophies and accolades were the optimistic next step for her 2019-20 season, but now the guard will get the chance to add a medal to her collection before her junior-year campaign even begins.

After 35 national team hopefuls underwent three days of trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pulliam was one of 12 players selected to represent the United States in the 2019 Pan American Games. The competition will kick off this August in Peru.

Pulliam is the fastest player in Wildcats history to reach 1,000 career points, achieving the milestone in a postseason game against Toledo, and was a 2019 All-Big Ten First Team selection by the conference’s coaches and media. During NU’s six-game 2019 WNIT tournament run, Pulliam was a star, averaging over 18 points per game en route to a runner-up finish and the team’s longest postseason run in program history.

The team was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee and is pending the approval of the United States Olympic Committee.

“I told her this morning, ‘Just bring home the gold,’” coach Joe McKeown said. “She’s so competitive. To represent Northwestern and obviously your country is a great honor.”

If recent history is a guide, Pulliam is in good company with other Cats who competed on the national stage. Nia Coffey, the No. 5 pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft, won a gold medal with the U19 FIBA World Championship team the summer before her freshman year at NU. Amy Jaeschke, a Wooden Award finalist who played for the Cats from 2007 to 2011, also took home the top prize with the U19 World Championship team before coming to campus.

“I’m beyond blessed to be given this opportunity and I’m so excited to represent USA basketball,” Pulliam said in a news release. “I wouldn’t be where I am now without my family, my teammates and my coaches.

I thank God for this opportunity. I am really excited.”

Suzy Merchant, the U.S. head coach, said Pulliam fits into the committee’s preferred backcourt prototype: a combination guard who can do a little bit of everything on the

floor. Merchant thought Pulliam showcased herself very well at the trials, putting her offensive aggressiveness on display as she created her own shot with her signature pull-up jumper.

As Michigan State’s head coach, Merchant is already familiar with Pulliam. On the U.S. team, Merchant said she might implement a similar strategy to McKeown and utilize Pulliam as a bigger guard in the post to take advantage of mismatches down low. Pulliam’s turnaround jumper on the block is tough to guard, Merchant said.

“Let me say, it’s gonna be a lot more fun coaching with her on my team than going against her, that’s for sure,” Merchant said.

Pulliam will look to help net Team USA its first Pan American Games women’s basketball gold medal since 2007. The team finished second in 2015 and seventh in 2011.

McKeown said Pulliam’s selection was exciting for the NU staff, who has been supportive of the guard throughout the process.

“We’ve all been following, they streamed some of the games last night,” McKeown said. “And so we were all kind of on pins and needles because there’s just so many good players there, it could have went a lot of ways. But she earned it.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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PETER WARREN

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Saturday morning, many Northwestern fans faced a dilemma.

As they were ordering their cold brews from Starbucks or pouring milk into their Froot Loops, supporters had to decide where they would be when the clock struck 1 p.m. — Martin Stadium, Sharon J. Drysdale Field or Miller Park.

Would they go watch the lacrosse team try to power its way to its first Final Four since 2014, the softball team compete in its first home regional since 2008 or the baseball team honor an influential senior class and fight for the final spot in the Big Ten Tournament?

On top of that, the weather was projected to be dandy — a little bit of rain was in the forecast, but a high of 80 degrees, easily the warmest of the young spring, would make the slight, short drizzle tolerable.

The forecaster must have failed his midterm last week.

For the first 82 minutes after 1 p.m., the weather was colder than expected, but good enough for a Midwest Saturday in May. At 2:22 p.m., everything changed.

Each game had just reached a critical moment. On the Lakefill, Syracuse had just cut its deficit to five goals. At “the J,” Morgan Nelson was about to hit to start the bottom of the fifth. And right adjacent to that, Minnesota’s Jordan Kozicky had just hit a home run to take a 4-3 advantage.

None of those moments initiated the change. In fact, the real reason is only a footnote in the box score.

When the clock showed all “2s,” play stopped at all three events due to a lightning delay.

What followed was chaos.

After a few minutes, the rain started, and did not relent. Fans, players and coaches deserted the premises of all three fields. Within half an hour, stands were empty.

Dugouts were vacant. The stadiums were ghost towns.

The baseball team was huddled in its clubhouse, watching two other conference games that would make its current game against the Golden Gophers into a win-and-in contest.

The lacrosse team gathered in its locker room, trying to stay even keel while waiting to return to the field.

The softball team also waited indoors for the weather to pass. Southern Illinois’ softball team, set to play after the Wildcats and Louisville, left the complex.

At Miller Park, the umpires, coaches for both teams and a member of the NU athletic department had discussed contingency plans if the rain continued late into the

night. Miller Park has no lights.

If the rain did not stop, the game — and the Cats’ season — may have been over in the crack of a thunderbolt.

Sharon J. Drysdale Field has lights, so NU and Louisville’s game would start once the clouds opened.

But there were two other games to be played, and they were going to happen, whether they started at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. or midnight.

Earlier in the season, the lacrosse team played a regular season game against Maryland that had been pushed inside Ryan Fieldhouse due to lightning. The two teams were tied at 12, but the Terrapins dominated the time inside, and won 17-13.

After that experience, the Cats probably did not want a repeat of last time.

Then a little after 4 p.m., a breakthrough came. The lacrosse team went back outside, despite the rain, and began to warm up. It was announced the game would resume at 4:20 p.m.

Soon after, the rain halted and the baseball and softball players started returning to the field. The baseball game would start at 5:20 p.m., and the softball contest 10 minutes after that.

NU sports teams have had weather delays before, even in championship games. But to have three games of the utmost importance all occur in Evanston and all postponed at the exact same moment — that’s unique. That’s remarkable. That’s noteworthy.

I’m sure everyone who woke up Saturday morning would have preferred blue skies and warm temperatures to watch the games. But the weather provided a wrinkle that transformed May 18 from an exciting day for Cats sports into an all-timer.

Even if none of it will show up in the stats.

Peter Warren is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu.

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Wildcats will likely fall short of match play at NCAAs

Northwestern entered the final day of the opening portion of the NCAA Championships in eighth place, only needing to hold serve to be one of the eight teams to qualify for match play. The Wildcats were four good rounds away from winning the first national championship in program history.

But double, triple and quadruple

bogeys cancelled those plans, and NU shot its way out of tournament contention with a 26-over-par round Monday at the Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Since junior Brooke Riley and freshman Kelly Sim had three combined holes left when play was suspended due to darkness, the Cats will formally finish the tournament Tuesday. After shooting 49-over the first three rounds, NU is 11 strokes back from the eighth spot it needs to reach to advance.

Since the Cats need to make up 11 shots with so few holes left, it is

statistically improbable that they will move on. Their season will likely end early Tuesday as NU will not qualify for match play for the first time since 2012.

The Cats finished 13th among the 24 teams that made it to the championship round, ranking just below Big Ten rivals Purdue and Illinois. Texas is currently at the top of the leaderboard, holding an eight-shot lead over Duke with a few holes left for both teams.

The Longhorns have scored 6-over the first three rounds, which is 43 shots better than the Cats’ final total.

Riley leads NU with a 12-over score

over three days, and Sim and senior Janet Mao are both at 13-over. But senior Stephanie Lau and freshman Kelly Su finished at 27- and 30-over, respectively, and they both contributed to the Cats’ drop in the standings on day three.

Auburn leaped NU to take command of the eighth spot with three holes remaining for the Tigers, and the Fighting Illini, Florida and Florida State also jumped the Cats on Monday. NU took the eighth-place spot by shooting a 294 team score on Sunday, which was one of the three best oneday totals in the entire tournament.

But it has taken the Cats over 300 shots to finish the third round, leading to their five-spot drop in the standings.

NU is slated to finish higher than its No. 16 national ranking, so statistically the Cats exceeded expectations in Fayetteville. The team returns three starters, and Riley, Sim and Su were three of the top four performers over the season. But as they both finished their 18-hole rounds, Monday marked the end of Lau and Mao’s collegiate careers.

— Charlie Goldsmith