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Hurricanes affect students’ move-in Harvey, Irma wreak havoc, ruin hometowns By ALLIE GOULDING
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As Hurricane Irma approached Florida, Weinberg freshman Kamryn Moe scrambled to pack her belongings — her new flight to Chicago was scheduled to leave in just five hours. Moe and her parents changed their flight plans so they could avoid the hurricane and make it to move-in day. When Hurricane Irma hit their hometown of Naples, Florida, on Sept. 10, Moe watched news coverage from her parents’ hotel room at the Holiday Inn in Evanston. “It’s absolutely unreal watching everything happen in Naples right now,” Moe said Sept. 10. “Even though I’m in a safe place and a safe city, I can’t help but want to be home with my dad and my best friends that are still there.” Moe moved in to Shepard Hall on Sept. 7. She was one of about a dozen incoming students from Florida who moved in before the regular Sept. 11 move-in date,
Dajae Coleman shooter found guilty of murder
A local man was found guilty on all counts in the murder trial of 14-year-old Dajae Coleman on Friday, nearly five years after the Evanston Township High School freshman was shot on his way home. A Cook County jury convicted Wesley Woodson, 25, of murder and of seven counts of
Dean of Students Todd Adams told The Daily in an email. Just 16 days prior to Hurricane Irma’s landfall, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas on Aug. 25, devastating the Texas coast and Houston area. More than 1,000 miles away in Chicago, Weinberg senior Elaine Parizot could only watch as her hometown of Houston was devastated by the hurricane. Parizot said the hurricane left her childhood home submerged in two feet of water. She said it was stressful being out of town while her home began to flood because she only got “sporadic” updates from her parents. “(I would get) a picture and text saying, ‘The water just started coming in,’ and then no response for five hours because they were busy running around trying to get prepared,” Parizot said. Parizot flew home to Houston after her summer internship ended to see her family, but she had an added responsibility — to help clean up the flooded first floor. “It’s exhausting and tiring, but it’s better to be with my family and know exactly what’s going on,” Parizot said. She said many of her neighbors » See HURRICANES, page 7 attempted first-degree murder for shooting into a crowd of minors, according to the Chicago Tribune. In September 2012, about 150 teenagers — including Coleman — were walking away from a high school party, deputy police chief Jay Parrott said in a news conference days after the killing. The party had been broken up by a parent after an altercation at 10 p.m. between two attendees. Additional fights occurred at some point after, Parrott said.
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Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave. This year, students can wear commonly banned clothing like yoga pants, spaghetti straps and hats.
ETHS opts for new dress code
Progressive policy aims to end body-shaming, improve dialogue
By JAKE HOLLAND
daily senior staffer @jakeholland97
As students across the country shed their tank tops and flip flops for T-shirts and sneakers Parrott said a person Woodson knew was involved in one of the fights, so Woodson grabbed a nine-millimeter handgun and confronted Coleman’s group, who were walking east in the 1500 block of Church Street. He mistook the group for the one involved in the altercation with his acquaintance Coleman was shot in the back as he was running away, Parrott said. Police arrested Woodson within the week, and the community response was strong in its support for Coleman’s family.
to comply with school dress codes, Evanston Township High School is taking a different approach. Though there are still restrictions, this year’s dress code allows hats, hoodies, pajamas, yoga pants and spaghetti straps. The revised
Once the guilty verdict was announced Friday, Coleman’s mother — and founder of the Dajae Coleman Foundation — Tiffany Rice said the verdict provided “a little bit of relief,” The Tribune reported. A post on the Foundation’s Facebook page stated the sentencing would be in one month. “Thank you for all of your thoughts, hopes, heartbeats of love, and prayers,” the post read. “Justice was served today.” — Rishika Dugyala
Latinx community celebrates heritage By KRISTINA KARISCH
daily senior staffer @kristinakarisch
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Residents look at informational stands at the Evanston Latinx Business Alliance’s first annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. The event featured food, activities and resource booths at Kamen Park.
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To kick off Hispanic Heritage Month, the Evanston Latinx Business Alliance hosted the city’s first annual celebration in Kamen Park, complete with informational stands and local food vendors. The event, which drew dozens of local residents, focused on making the alliance visible to the community and celebrating Latinx heritage by showcasing local businesses. Ana Vela, co-founder of Amanecer Breakfast Tacos, said the alliance wants to inform the community about Latinx business owners in Evanston and enable “those that are interested in supporting the diverse community to
know who these businesses are.” The alliance began meeting last December, said Evanston economic development specialist Paulina Martínez, who started working for the city a year and a half ago. Martínez said she was inspired by the Black Business Consortium of Evanston/Northshore to get together Latinx business owners for a similar alliance. Together with Vela and Linda Del Bosque, editor of Evanston Woman magazine, Martínez grew the alliance to include 20 Latinxowned businesses in Evanston. “As a minority woman business owner, it is an honor that the city of Evanston recognizes the need to embrace its Latino community and reinforces the importance of supporting Latino » See HERITAGE, page 7
code calls on ETHS staff to refrain from body-shaming, instead favoring constructive dialogue and explanation of the rules. Monique Parsons, vice president of the District 202 school board, said the changes were “a
long time coming.” She said they gained momentum after a group of students voiced concerns that the dress code was more harshly enforced for girls and people of color. » See DRESS CODE, page 7
Faculty union calls NU unfair By ERICA SNOW
daily senior staffer @ericasnoww
Northwestern’s non-tenure eligible faculty filed unfair labor practice charges Thursday against Northwestern because the University has not begun collective bargaining negotiations with the union. “I am disappointed by the administration’s refusal to recognize the (non-tenure eligible) faculty union and to participate in the negotiations planned for this Fall,” Italian lecturer Alessandra Visconti said in a news release. “We ask that it reevaluate its decision and serve as a model of fairness and excellence for faculty, students and the entire Northwestern community.” In June 2016, faculty at Northwestern filed for an election to form a union representing non-tenure eligible faculty. Due to several contested ballots, majority support for joining Service Employees International Union was not confirmed until May. According to a National Labor Relations Board document obtained by The Daily, 229 non-tenure eligible faculty voted in favor of joining SEIU and
219 voted against it. Twentyfive ballots remained uncounted after being challenged by SEIU. Northwestern appealed the 25 ballots with the National Labor Relations Board, University spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily in July. He said the University won’t begin bargaining until all the ballots have been counted, and the appeal is still pending. Provost Jonathan Holloway said in a statement this week that he was “disappointed by the union’s stance.” The University has asked SEIU to “withdraw its objections” to the 25 ballots, Holloway said in the statement. Every ballot must be counted so the University and non-tenure eligible faculty can move forward with certainty, he said. “We have strong working relationships with unions that represent a number of Northwestern employees, and should the final results of this election indicate a majority of the nontenure eligible faculty voted for a union, we are committed to forming a productive relationship with this new union as well,” Holloway said in the statement. ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu
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