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University plans talks with groups Admins continue push for open admissions By MATTHEW CHOI
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Responders stand next to an ambulance and bike involved in an accident on Sheridan Road Thursday. An 18-year-old Northwestern student was killed after a collision with a cement truck while biking.
First-year student killed in bike accident By ROBIN OPSAHL
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First-year Northwestern student Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu was struck and killed while
biking Thursday at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Garrett Place at about 5 p.m. The collision occurred between the student and a cement truck in the 2000 block of Sheridan Road, between Garrett Place and Library
Place. The 18-year-old Weinberg student was unresponsive when Evanston Fire Department paramedics arrived and was transported to Evanston Hospital with multiple injuries. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Qiu was identified in an email sent to the Northwestern community by Dean of Students Todd Adams. Qiu was originally from Nanjing, China, the email » See ACCIDENT, page 9
Student Organizations & Activities will meet with all University-recognized student organizations to discuss how to make involvement more inclusive on campus, said SOA director Kourtney Gray. An official from the Office of Campus Life told The Daily during Spring Quarter that most student groups and organizations would have to offer open admission. The University aims to have fully open admission by Fall Quarter 2017, said Patricia TellesIrvin, vice president for student affairs. T h e i n i t i a t i ve w a s designed to encourage a less competitive culture,
Telles-Irvin said. The initiative prompted mixed reactions, with several leaders of campus organizations citing concerns students would not take commitments as seriously with open membership. Meeting with all student organizations — which number more than 500 — will allow the University to understand the specific needs of student organizations and how they can be held accountable to be inclusive, Gray said. Groups could be incentivized to implement more inclusive admissions with more resources such as improved funding through Associated Student Government and increased meeting and work space, Gray said. The meetings will help determine exactly what incentives would best benefit student groups. “It’s not a policy — it’s just an initiative. What we’re » See GROUPS, page 9
Alderman kicks Groups to relocate during construction Students won’t leave Norris until Fall 2018 at earliest, admin says off campaign Mayoral candidate talks government reform at event By NORA SHELLY
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Evanston’s government needs to be more open, transparent and effective, said mayoral candidate Ald. Brian Miller (9th). Miller announced his candidacy last week and shared his ideas for reform in Evanston at his campaign kick-off event on Thursday at Little Beans Cafe, 430 Asbury Ave. “Evanston is great, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do things better,” Miller told The Daily. Miller, who is an ETHS
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graduate, said deciding to run for mayor was a “daunting” task, but that his experience in government, both as alderman, his day job as chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin and his legal training in state and local governments make him ready to do the job. As mayor, Miller says he would try to get back to the “fundamentals” of governing. “Our parks are crumbling,” said Miller during the event. “I want to return to good government and what we’re supposed to be doing.” The planned renovations for Robert Crown Center are long overdue, Miller said, and the miles of Evanston lakefront could be better utilized. » See MILLER, page 9
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Student groups likely won’t have to move out of Norris University Center until Fall Quarter 2018, when work on University Commons — the building that will replace Norris — will force groups to relocate, an administrator said. For now, it is “too early to say” exactly when moving out will begin, Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, told The Daily. She added that the challenge is raising money to embark on the project. “The most important thing is that we have to raise the money before we do any plan on moving,” she said. “The earliest would be 2018 … and that’s again with the caveat that we need to raise the money.” The project is entering its “design development phase,”
which could take at least a year to complete, said Jeremy Schenk, executive director of Norris. After the phase is completed, a construction document will be created for the building’s
contractor, which has yet to be selected. The new building will be about 21 percent larger than the current Norris and have more direct access to the University
Library and the Arts Circle, the University announced in August. In discussions about the transition plan, Schenk said the » See NORRIS, page 9
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The outside of Norris University Center, which will be replaced by University Commons after Northwestern raises enough money for the transition. An administrator said students likely won’t have to move out of Norris until Fall Quarter 2018 at the earliest.