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Uber prepares for local launch Car service comes to city Wednesday, offers free rides By PATRICK SVITEK
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On-demand car service Uber launches Wednesday in Evanston, its first foray into the Chicago suburbs and a new option for Northwestern students as they start the academic year. The San Francisco-based company produces a smartphone app that allows customers to call a car to their current location after creating an account and entering their credit card information. Uber says Evanston riders can expect to wait less than 10 minutes for their car to arrive. UberBLACK, the company’s flagship service, charges a $7 base fare and 85 cents per minute when the car is traveling slower than 11 mph and $3.50 per mile when the car is traveling faster than 11 mph. Uber also offers a lowcost option known as uberX, as well as SUV and taxi services. For example, an Uber trip from downtown Evanston to Navy Pier in Chicago could cost anywhere from about $30 to about $100, depending on the type of car, according to the company’s website. In March, Uber announced it would spread to the suburbs, but the transition
would “not happen overnight.” A map on Uber’s website shows the expansion covering most of the north and west suburbs, including pick-up locations as far north as Highland Park and west as Naperville. Max Crowley, senior community manager for Uber in the Chicago area, said Uber picked Evanston as the starting point for its suburban expansion because the city is one of the most requested locations through the company’s customer service and on social media. “There’s definitely been a lot of interest in Evanston,” he said. “(Our customers) really want us to have a solid presence there.” From Wednesday through Oct. 20, Uber will offer a free ride to anyone whose trip starts or ends in Evanston. Uber will join several transportation options in Evanston, ranging from the El and Metra to campus shuttles and SafeRide. Crowley said Uber does not want to compete with those choices but rather serve as another option when it is “worth the potentially five, 10 extra dollars to get home efficiently and safety.” “We fill the gaps that naturally exist,” he added. Hani Mahmassani, director of the Northwestern University Transportation Center, said Uber may be more successful among Evanston residents on “special occasions” than NU students who are used to cheaper ways of » See UBER, page 9
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FITZERLAND SESP junior Tara McManus waits by the grill for her food at Fitzerland on Saturday. McManus was one of hundreds of students who tailgated the football game against Maine. » See FITZERLAND, page 3
Mental health ENU debuts New Essential NU explains resources, opens dialogue
‘Loving, funny’: Family, friends mourn Preister By PATRICK SVITEK
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CONVERSATION STARTER Jordan Burnham, from Active Minds’ Speakers Bureau, tells new students about his depression and suicide attempt. He urged students to continue a conversation on mental health.
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After an academic year that brought mental health issues at Northwestern to the forefront of campus discussions, a new required event for freshmen and transfers debuted Sunday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The latest addition to the series of Essential NU events presented to incoming students included talks from John Dunkle, director of Counseling and Psychological Services; Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs; and Ani Ajith, Associated Student Government president. Jordan Burnham, a member of Active Minds’ Speakers Bureau, gave the program’s featured speech. Burnham spoke of how his struggle with depression fueled his attempt to take his own life. He stressed that being able to talk about » See ENU, page 9
Hundreds of family members and friends filled a west Evanston church Friday morning to remember Cardereon Preister, recalling his upbeat attitude and contagious smile. “Cardereon gave a little bit of sunshine to everybody,” said uncle Corey Preister at his slain nephew’s funeral service. Cardereon Preister, 21, was fatally shot Sept. 10 outside his home in the 1700 block of Leland Avenue. The service at Christ Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 1711 Simpson St., came the morning after police announced they have charged an Evanston teen with killing Cardereon Preister. Cardereon Preister, born Dec. 2, 1991, grew up in Evanston and attended Evanston Township High School. He was the first child of three — “his mother’s bouncing baby boy,” according to a funeral program. The program described Cardereon Preister as a “positive person to the young and old,” especially children. He had a newborn daughter and
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He didn’t leave us. He’s just got closer to us becase now he’s embedded in our hearts. Corey Preister, Cardereon Preister’s uncle
another one on the way, the program said. Fred Hunter, principal of Lincolnwood Elementary School, recalled talking to Cardereon Preister this summer while the new dad held his baby. “It was such a joy in which he desired for a change in his life,” Hunter said. Before Cardereon Preister was a father, though, family friend Joyce Woods said she watched him grow into a “loving, funny” young man who charmed every woman he met. “He worked hard, he played hard and he loved hard,” said Woods, who has known the Preisters for more than 20 years. A few speakers acknowledged that police have arrested Matthew » See PREISTER, page 8
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