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Title IX complaint filed against Kipnis days before lawsuit University decided Kipnis did not retaliate or engage in sexual harrassment by publishing book By ERICA SNOW
daily senior staffer @ericasnoww
Days before a Northwestern graduate student filed a lawsuit against Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis, the same student — and several other students and
faculty members — filed a Title IX complaint against her. The graduate student, who filed the lawsuit under the pseudonym Jane Doe, sued Kipnis and HarperCollins Publishers, LLC, for defamation and violation of privacy following the publication of her book, “Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes
to Campus.” Part of the book discusses Doe, who filed a Title IX complaint in 2014 against former philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow, claiming he had sexually assaulted her. Kipnis told The Daily she was notified of the Title IX complaint on May 12, four days before Doe’s lawsuit was filed.
The Title IX complaint launched an investigation of Kipnis. In a New Yorker article published Wednesday, Kipnis said investigators presented her with “at least” 80 written questions about her book to clarify statements. Investigators also asked for her response to allegations that certain phrases were unnecessary
and possibly evidence of retaliatory intent. Kipnis did not respond to questions, according to the New Yorker. Instead, Kipnis told The Daily, she submitted a written statement to Title IX investigators on May 26. She told The Daily she was notified one month after learning about the Title IX complaint
that the investigation had reached a conclusion. According to the New Yorker, the University decided Kipnis did not retaliate or engage in sexual harassment by publishing certain details about the graduate student who had filed a lawsuit against her. » See KIPNIS, page 4
Group links city, students Student-run company helps locals with odd jobs By SYD STONE
daily senior staffer @sydstone16
When McCormick senior Collin Pham finished his sophomore year of high school in 2012, he and his friends were determined to find summer jobs. After filling out countless applications to no avail, he wanted to
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Shyam Mani, Aishwarya Chenji, Dhivya Sridar and Archit Baskaran hold a meeting in Norris University Center. I-AM SHAKTI was founded to provide support and education about mental illness primarily in the Indian American community.
Club tackles mental health Student group unpacks Indian-American stigma By CATHERINE KIM
daily senior staffer @ck_525
When Weinberg junior Dhivya Sridar had an eating disorder last year, she said it was her close support group on campus, including her friends, professors and therapist, that
helped her recover. Though she felt supported, Sridar said she knew that many Indian Americans struggling with mental illnesses still felt stigmatized. Sridar teamed up with five other students to create I-AM SHAKTI, a social justice organization that plans to launch this fall. The group — founded by
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
Sridar, McCormick freshman Shyam Mani, SESP junior Aishwarya Chenji, Feinberg first-year student Archit Baskaran, University of Wisconsin junior Ragashree Komandur and Feinberg first-year student Mohan Ravi — plans to create dialogue that provides comfort » See STIGMA, page 6
take matters into his own hands. Pham and his friends began putting up flyers in his hometown of Newton, Massachusetts, offering their services for odd jobs like mowing lawns. The next summer, they hired more friends to help out. The following summer, Pham bought out his friends so he could own the whole company, and he made about $20,000 that year alone,
he said. When he came to Northwestern in 2014, Pham moved away from his high school idea to try and start new initiatives. But when each of them failed, Pham said, he knew he had to “go back to the basics.” That’s when he created Local, a company modeled after the » See LOCAL, page 6
Loew to direct new center
Medill professor to head Native American research By MADDIE BURAKOFF
daily senior staffer @madsburk
Medill Prof. Patty Loew will serve as the inaugural director of Northwestern’s new Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. Loew, who began the position this month, said the center will build relationships with Native communities, provide resources for research and educate the general public about Native American history and cultures. Provost Jonathan Holloway and
Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, announced the center’s launch in an email Tuesday. The center, part of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as “the University’s primary institutional space dedicated to advancing scholarship, teaching, learning and artistic or cultural practices related to Native American and Indigenous communities,” according to the email. For much of American history, Native people have been largely “invisible,” Loew told The Daily. Loew, who is a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, said she hopes the center
will make Native communities more than just an “afterthought” in academics. “Native people have been defined by people whose lives intersect with theirs: explorers, missionaries, traders, government officials,” Loew said. “I see my role as helping to promote good research about Native people that’s Native-centered.” The establishment of the center is largely in response to student activists such as members of the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, » See DIRECTOR, page 6
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