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Despite speculation, NU climate scientists say COVID-19 is not slowing climate change

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By KATIE JAHNS

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With half the world’s population under lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19, some have observed improvements in air quality, cleaner waterways and the return of wildlife to populated areas. While some call this the “silver lining” of the COVID-19 pandemic, Northwestern climate scientists say otherwise.

Misplaced hope Earth and planetary sciences Prof. Daniel Horton is the leader of NU’s Climate Change Research Group (CCRG), which uses numerical models to recreate Earth’s climate system. The group’s research was featured in an article titled “The COVID-19 lockdowns: a window into the Earth System,” which included findings from accompanying research teams on the impact of COVID-19 on climate change. “Misunderstandings have arisen with regards to declines in carbon dioxide emissions

Council to review city manager applications

Grassroots orgs call for racial equity in hiring decision By JACOB FULTON

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City Council will review the list of applicants to fill the city manager position and select candidates to move on to the first round of interviews in a executive session later today, closed to the public. On Friday, GovHR provided City Council with a comprehensive report of the applicants for the position. The first round of interviews for the candidates will take place during the week of Sept. 28. The city approved a contract with executive search firm GovHR USA in January to

facilitate the search for Evanston’s next city manager, and received around 70 applications for the position. The last person to hold the position was Wally Bobkiewicz, who served as city manager for 10 years before vacating the position in August 2019 to take a job as city administrator in Issaquah, Wash. Since his departure, Erika Storlie has served as interim city manager for over a year, after the selection process for Bobkiewicz’s successor was complicated by COVID-19. In May, City Council proposed eliminating the selection process and appointing Storlie to the position permanently, but after resident backlash, the

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resolution was withdrawn in June, and the selection process continued. “I’ve been here for 16 years. I know the public process has been at the core of what Evanston and who Evanston is,” Storlie said after the notion of her direct appointment received criticism. On the same day City Council received the list of candidates, nine grassroots organizing campaigns released a call for the city to demonstrate its commitment to racial equity with its hiring decision for the position. Some of the groups represented included Evanston » See MANAGER, page 6

caused by COVID-19-related disruption,” the article states. “With some interpreting shortterm reductions to suggest that austerity of energy consumption could be sufficient to curb the pace of global warming.” Following COVID-19 lockdowns, Los Angeles reported its longest streak of good air quality in decades. While some interpreted this as a hopeful sign, Ph.D. candidate and group member Stacy Montgomery explained » See CLIMATE, page 6

Harley Clarke proposals sent back to manager’s office Four groups share detailed plans for National Historic Landmark By JACOB FULTON

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City Council sent proposals to repurpose the Harley Clarke Mansion back to the City Manager’s office for continued evaluation after four groups presented their plans to City Council and the community on Monday. Four organizations — Artists Book House, Evanston Community Lakehouse & Gardens, The Evanston Conservancy and ONECommunity Museum — shared their detailed visions for revitalizing the 93-year-old National Historic Landmark, which has remained vacant for five years since the Evanston Art

Center vacated the property in 2015. Each organization submitted their vision for how the building, which is located on Evanston’s lakefront at 2603 Sheridan Rd., would function within the Evanston community, and also explained the fundraising hurdles that stand in the way of their goals. Artists Book House detailed their vision to turn the lakefront property into a book-making and literature center, while Evanston Community Lakehouse & Gardens described a vision of Harley Clarke that was a multi-purpose community center. Highlighting financial sustainability, The Evanston Conservancy proposed a “nonlinear

funding” model which would utilize outside investors and lease the property to local businesses, and ONECommunity Museum presented plans to repurpose the mansion into the nation’s “first sustainability museum.” The proposals will undergo an evaluation through the City Manager’s office, where each proposal will be “scored” based on its community benefit and financial feasibility, among other factors. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said the City Manager’s office should prioritize timeliness during the scoring process because of the extended delay in the project. Previously, groups have proposed multiple plans for the » See HARLEY, page 6

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Faculty reflect on Justice Ginsburg’s legacy, next steps

women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights, such as gay marriage. “I hope I’m wrong. But I would worry about that when it’s a 6-3 conservative vote.” Ginsburg dictated to her granddaughter shortly before her death calling it her “most fervent wish” that she not be replaced under the current president. However, on the night of her death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pledged to vote on a replacement before the end of President Donald Trump’s term. Redish called this move “shameless hypocrisy” by the Republican Party, which insisted that Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat not be filled when he died about nine months before the next presidential election in 2016. Ultimately, former President Barack Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, never received a hearing.

By BINAH SCHATSKY

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Supreme Court Justice and American political icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday, leaving behind a rich mark on the fight for gender equality and civil rights in U.S. courts. Her death came roughly six weeks before the presidential election, raising questions about next steps for the federal judiciary. As the second female Supreme Court justice, Ginsburg was famous for both her decisions and dissents which notoriously defended gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, including voting in favor of same-sex marriage in 2015. In a news release, political science Prof. Alvin Tillery reflected on her legacy. “Justice RBG was an American icon,” Tillery said. “As a young lawyer, she did more than perhaps any other figure to advance women’s equality through her landmark victories as a member of the Supreme Court Bar. She continued to be a champion for gender and racial equality during her tenure on the nation’s highest court.” Many, such as Pritzker Prof. Martin Redish, saw Ginsburg’s legacy as reflective of certain values of equality. Redish cited landmark cases United States v. Virginia, where she delivered the majority opinion, ruling the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy unconstitutional. He also spoke on her dissent to the Shelby County v. Holder ruling that overturned a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 requiring states to receive federal approval when making major changes to their voting laws. But for Redish, Ginsburg’s most notable dissent was a little-known case in which she defended a New Jersey factory worker who lost several fingers in a manufacturing accident. Since the manufacturing company was British, the Supreme Court ruled he had to go to England to file a lawsuit. This case stands out for Redish as the hallmark

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday, was famous for both her decisions and dissents which notoriously defended gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, including voting in favor of same-sex marriage in 2015.

for what RBG did best: defending “the little guy.” “She does it by meticulously analyzing and explaining the law,” Redish said, calling her fight for justice “intellectual” as opposed to ideological. Meanwhile, as many hail Ginsburg as a champion for progressive justice, many have criticized her for less progressive votes on issues such as criminal sentencing as well as her vote in favor of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Pritzker Prof. Kim Yuracko said she felt “uncomfortable” evaluating Ginsburg on that basis. “The highest ideal of our courts is that judges and justices get life tenure so that they can

interpret the law in the way that they think is most faithful either to congressional intent or to the Constitution,” Yuracko said.

“Shameless hypocrisy”

Following the passing of Court justices, who serve lifetime tenures, the responsibility of nominating a new justice falls on the serving president. With the court holding a 5-4 conservative majority before Ginsburg’s passing, Redish expressed concerns about what will happen next. “I fear that some well-deserved rights… are in serious danger,” Redish said, specifically citing

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According to Yuracko, Ginsburg’s legacy extends past that which is “purely doctrinal.” “Women of my generation, we really did know how much women of Justice Ginsburg’s generation did for us, and that it was a lot harder for them,” Yuracko said. “The debt was really clear to us because we were close enough to really remember and realize how much easier it was for us.” Yuracko described herself as feeling both “indebted” to and “inspired” by Justice Ginsburg’s strength and determination, as well as her ability to maintain an unparalleled career while raising a family. Pritzker Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer echoed this sentiment in an email to The Daily. “Justice Ginsburg was the fiercest of fighters for a world in which gender does not limit opportunity,” Tuerkheimer wrote. “By dint of brilliance, grace, and sheer force of will, she helped to transform the legal meaning of equality. By her extraordinary example, she inspired women across generations, whose personal and professional choices are (a) continuing testament to RBG’s legacy.” binahschatsky2022@u.northwestern.edu

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AROUND TOWN ETHS senior fatally shot in West Rogers Park Monday morning An Evanston Township High School student was fatally shot in West Rogers Park on

Monday morning. Arturo Munoz, a 17-year-old ETHS senior, was standing in an alley in the 6400 block of North Hamilton Avenue around 2:50 a.m. when somebody fired shots, according to the Chicago Police Department. Police spokeswoman Sally Bown said Munoz’s friends were nearby and called 911

after hearing the shots. Munoz was shot in the back and taken to AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he died. ETHS will provide virtual grief counseling for students on Tuesday. — Jacob Fulton

District 65 approves 2021 fiscal plan By DELANEY NELSON

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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board unanimously voted to adopt the district’s fiscal year 2021 budget, including aggregate expenses for the operation of Park School, at a meeting Monday. Kathy Zalewski, the district’s business manager, said the budget for the 2020-21 school year will be the 19th consecutive balanced budget for the district. Zalewski said revenues are projected to drop this year by 1 percent, largely because of a decrease in childcare fees and lunch sales, which have been reduced because of a delay in in-person instruction. Even if in-person instruction does start in November, Zalewski said revenues will remain lower than in previous years. The district’s federal aid has also decreased from projections for the previous 2020-21 budget due to adjustments to various grants, she said. While revenues are projected to decrease, the district’s net expenditures are expected to increase 3 percent from last year’s adopted budget. The district plans to increase spending in its special education tuition category, which includes $1.5 million for Park School this fiscal year. Zalewski said Park School, a self-contained therapeutic day program, will serve 70 students in this fiscal year. District 65 splits the operating cost of the school with Evanston Township High School/ District 202, and the net cost for both districts is increasing by 5 percent. Expenditures in the supplies and materials category, as well as the transportation category, increased

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Anya Tanyavutti speaks at a District 65 board meeting. The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 voted unanimously to adopt next year’s budget.

from earlier projections for the year. Additional COVID-19 expenses will be funded through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act grant, for which Zalewski said the district was approved for $800,000. The district projects a balanced budget for the 2022 fiscal year, followed by budget deficits in the years after. However, Zalewski said many of the projections are subject to change. “There’s a lot of unknowns and it really depends on the post-pandemic recovery,” Zalewski said. “Postpandemic recovery will determine the growth of the job market, the consumer confidence, and just the overall economy.” Raphael Obafemi, the district’s chief financial and operations officer, said D65’s administration is going to adjust and adapt the district’s financial activity accordingly, and will budget according to incoming revenues.

“Even though the financials look bad, the plan of this administration is not for this to come to pass,” Obafemi said.” We are going to change trajectory… We’re going to tighten our belts and going to make adjustments before it ever comes to that.” The district currently has $30.1 million in their operating fund balance and referendum reserves from its 2017 operating referendum. Obafemi said the administration does not plan to rely on reserves, but instead will balance the budget in a fiscally responsible way. In light of this fiscal situation, Zalewski said the district will be considering “unprecedented” budgetbalancing strategies going forward and working to run programs as efficiently as possible. One strategy listed in Zalewski’s presentation was to “create and communicate a culture of fiscal conservatism to weather economic uncertainties.” In addition to its impact on the district’s financials, the pandemic has also contributed to a decrease in student enrollment. Sarita Smith, manager of student assignments, said there are 227 fewer students registered than projected. “We obviously can’t deny the impact that COVID-19 has had on our kindergarten enrollment and our early withdrawals from District 65,” Smith said. Smith said kindergarten registrations are “noticeably behind,” at 17 percent lower than projected, and that some parents have chosen alternate options for their children, including homeschooling and private schools. She said she expects numbers to increase when school returns to in-person instruction. delaneynelson2023@u.northwestern.edu

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From a 2019 production of Never Not Once by Spectrum Theatre Company, a StuCo member board. StuCo published diversity and inclusion initiatives on Sept. 6.

StuCo releases diversity statement, hosts town hall By YONJOO SEO and JACK AUSTIN the daily northwestern @jackaustin10

In light of nationwide racial reckoning and protests, many Northwestern students have been fighting for substantive change and representation for people of color within the theatre community. The executive board for the Student Theatre Coalition, NU’s collective of nine student theatre groups and two dance groups, published a diversity and inclusion statement on Sept. 6 which acknowledged that racism has persisted in student theatre. The board examined and is making efforts to fix the ways in which student theatre has been complicit in systems that have unfairly disadvantaged students of color, StuCo co-chair Casey

Wells, a Weinberg junior, said. On Sept. 11, the board hosted a town hall in order to provide a space to talk about the antiracism action items. “These proceedings were not just (the executive board) having an insular conversation about things that we (thought) we should do, but actually getting input from the community,” Wells said. StuCo co-chair Pallas Gutierrez, a Communication junior and former Daily staffer, said auditions and board selections before have favored those with prior theatre experience. But those with experience tend to come from well-funded theatre programs at affluent high schools, disadvantaging low-income people of color, they said. “It spirals from there because then you are less likely to get experience because you’re less likely to get cast, which means you’re less likely to be able to direct,” Gutierrez said. “We’re working

now to disrupt that system.” In response to this concern, StuCo will work to make it more accessible for students without prior theatre experience, or with financial concerns, to participate in student theatre. According to the statement, the board also wants to select more shows written by people of color. Communication junior Emily Zhang, a StuCo member and production manager who attended the town hall, said it is important to represent people of color in theatre because of the perspectives and experiences they bring, not only for the sake of diversity. She said the race of actors adds a layer of complexity to the shows, and directors have to think critically about what that would mean for the story and for the characters. When done meaningfully, telling stories of people of color encourages diverse audiences to come to shows, Gutierrez said. When they wrote

a play about a Cuban-American family, their Latinx friends who had never attended theatre performances went to watch. “It was exciting to them to see stories by people who are like them, about people who are like them,” Gutierrez said. “It just changed the audience because there’s no incentive to keep going to something where you are not represented and your stories (are not) told.” Zhang said student theatre is in a unique position where the students have the ability to take initiative to represent people of color and make impactful change. “(Student theatre) is where I feel like we get a chance to make rules, make new policies, make structural change because we built the structure,” she said. yonjooseo2022@u.northwestern.edu jonathanaustin2023@u.northwestern.edu

Q&A: Rishi Mahesh talks YouTube, quarantine comedy By OLIVIA DEMETRIADES

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Communication senior Rishi Mahesh has amassed a steady following on social media over the pandemic, recently surpassing 700 subscribers on his comedy YouTube channel RISHIPUFF and nearly hitting 10,000 Twitter followers. Mahesh uploaded videos to his channel every day during the summer, poking fun at many topics in the daily news. A head writer for the Northwestern comedy group Out Da Box and contributor to Sherman Ave, Mahesh said he sees his videos as an opportunity to combine the popular YouTube vlogging format with a more traditional style of stand-up comedy. Some of his more popular videos feature unique characters, from a frat guy who throws a party during quarantine to Genghis Khan, both played by Mahesh himself. His channel has since attracted job opportunities and attention from the comedy community, landing him a role on the comedic web series “How to L0ve.” The Daily Northwestern sat down with Mahesh to discuss the evolution of his YouTube channel and his style of comedy.

and put that on YouTube. It was the first long video that I made, and after that I started posting more regularly. The Daily: Since you’re also involved in standup on campus, what are some of the key differences between the two forms of comedy? Mahesh: The transition to video came out of me wanting to practice stand-up, and there was no other option besides making videos. When I started filming the videos, there was all of this commentary in my bloopers where I was like,

“What am I doing?” It’s definitely not less awkward, despite there being no people there. But eventually I got to a place where I was able to know what kind of reaction my videos would get, even though there was no live audience. The Daily: Over quarantine, when you were making a video every day, what did that filming and editing process look like? Mahesh: I had started watching a lot of videos about how people grew their channels, and I couldn’t think of any quick way to do it besides just

The Daily: How did quarantine affect your videos? Mahesh: For the rest of my life, I’m going to live with a little bit of the guilt that this came about because of quarantine. A lot of the traction I ended up getting was because I was providing commentary on the terrible things that were happening at the time, and it’s weird that there is this possibility of material success from it now. But if it weren’t for quarantine, I don’t think I would have had the time.

The conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity. The Daily: What was the inspiration behind the creation of your YouTube channel? Mahesh: I was in a commercial in seventh grade, and this one guy editing it let me tag along with him. I asked my parents for a camera and laptop so I could get a video editing software. The first thing I ever posted on YouTube was a 20-minute movie in seventh grade. But in middle school, I would make the videos for my middle school announcement. Last year, I was living in Los Angeles, and I shot a short film that I wrote

starting to post a video every day. When I posted every day, I would wake up, immediately hit social media and try to figure out what people were talking about that day. Usually there would be a funny concept, for example, a frat guy getting COVID. Then I just tried to create a character and write as many jokes as possible before 4 p.m. when my remote internship ended which is when I started filming. It took a considerable amount of effort to start yelling at my camera for 15 minutes with my script, and I always felt bad for my roommates. After, I downloaded the footage onto my editing software, edited it and uploaded it to YouTube or Twitter that evening.

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A head writer for the Northwestern comedy group Out Da Box and contributor to Sherman Ave, Rishi Mahesh sees his videos as an opportunity to combine vlogging with traditional stand-up comedy.

The Daily: Do you have any advice for other students who are interested in getting involved with video-editing or comedy? Mahesh: You have to make your mistakes in order to make anything better. I think the videos I made during the first week or two were all bad, but I wouldn’t have been able to make stuff that was better unless I got the bad stuff out of my system. Just do it, and do it constantly, and there’s no need to be efficient about it. oliviademetriades2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Mizer, Moore pioneer ‘Mrs. Maisel’ original music By REBECCA AIZIN

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In the first episode of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” season three, 1960s jazz singer Shy Baldwin, portrayed by LeRoy McClain, sings “One Less Angel” to a crowd of army officers who are joyously dancing and singing along. The song brought not only the show’s cast to their feet, but also an Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics to Northwestern alumni Thomas Mizer (Communication ‘93) and Curtis Moore (Bienen ‘95). Mizer and Moore wrote five original songs exclusively for the series’ third season — the first time the show had ever included original music. When creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, renowned for her work on “Gilmore Girls,” reached out and said she wanted an original voice for her character Shy Baldwin, Mizer and Moore jumped on the opportunity. They created eight songlets for ShermanPalladino, including “One Less Angel.” After around 37 revisions, Moore said a demo was created. Mizer said the process was so fast that McClain did not have time to make his own recording, and had to lip sync to Moore’s recording. “That’s when you know things are real, when you’re like ‘Wait this is so incongruous,’” Moore said. When Mizer and Moore arrived at the set at an airport hangar in Long Island, N.Y., they were overwhelmed by the 800 extras getting their hair and makeup done, Moore said. During the extras’ break, while they were still on set, Mizer and Moore watched as they sang along to “One Less Angel” after listening to it all day. The crew turned the cameras on and it ended up being the shot that was used for the final edit of the episode. “We spend so much time in our writing room, not knowing what people are going to think of the music,” Mizer said. “So to walk into this vast hangar of 800 people singing your song — not only is it overwhelming, but it’s a moment of realizing, ‘Ok we accomplished the goal, we wrote a pop song that people are falling in love with.’” The two artists met long before they found success with the show, and have shared a prolific career together since their days at NU. They started out writing for The Waa-Mu

Show and owe their entire career to NU for giving them a chance to work together, Moore said. Dominic Missimi, a retired professor who started the musical theatre program at NU, directed and produced Waa-Mu while Mizer and Moore were students, and has kept in contact with them since. “They have this idea that you have to work hard to get to where you want to be and they’ve proven that all along the way,” Missimi said. “They’re both very dedicated to staying true to their craft, and I love that in them and that it’s being rewarded.” To this day, Mizer and Moore still work with the friends they made at NU. Mizer said due to their shared background, there is a sort of shorthand that the alumni have a mutual understanding of, making it easier to work together. “What Northwestern provides is an ability to do (many things), and create your own things off the map,” Mizer said. “That ‘let’s make it happen’ attitude is what you get with Northwestern people.” Over the course of their careers, Mizer and Moore have worked a multitude of jobs from working in the magazine industry to working as a temp, respectively. Mizer’s greatest piece of advice is to not only cultivate a network of close relationships, but most importantly: to be kind. Moore said one of the greatest things an aspiring artist can do is to continue working and staying dedicated to the craft, knowing that it could take a while to start making a great amount of money. “Don’t be afraid to take whatever job you need to pay the bills,” Moore said. “Just make sure you are ready and willing to drop everything to do a theatre piece, song or concert.” Despite all their success, the two remain incredibly humble. To Mizer and Moore, being nominated for an Emmy award and participating in celebrity-studded, career-changing events are only the cherries on top of a very sweet cake. “It’s great going to the premiere night of Mrs. Maisel season three and having our songs on the big screen,” Mizer said. “But we love just as much gathering our friends together to do a reading of a new script together in someone’s living room. If you find joy in that stuff, it all is worthwhile.” rebeccaaizin2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Curtis Moore (leftmost) and Thomas Mizer (rightmost) with LeRoy McClain and members of the cast of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”.

Thede, Colbert, Meyers among many Emmy nominations By VIVIAN XIA

daily senior staffer @vivianxia7

Among those nominated for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards for excellence in television are Northwestern alumni Robin Thede, Stephen Colbert, Jill Leiderman, Seth Meyers, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord and Attica Locke. From late night comedy hosts to drama miniseries producers, here are some of the alumni and their respective Emmy-nominated shows. Robin Thede, “A Black Lady Sketch Show” Created and produced by Robin Thede (Medill ‘01), “A Black Lady Sketch Show” is a narrative series that presents sketches performed by a core cast of black women, including Thede and Ashley Nicole Black (Communication ‘08), who also writes for the show. The show has made history by boasting the first all-black women writer’s room, the first black woman to receive an Emmy nomination for directing a variety series and the first sketch series cast composed only of black women. This year, the show received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Thede received a nomination for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. “A Black Lady Sketch Show” features dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests, with each episode consisting of five to six sketches. It also touches on culturally relevant themes such as social norms, anxiety, religion, dating and relationships. Stephen Colbert, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” is a late-night talk show created and hosted by comedian Stephen Colbert (Communication ‘86). This year, Colbert received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Talk Series. The show, successor to David Letterman’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” follows the classic late-night talk show formula, with each

episode starting with a monologue and a look at recent headlines. Like other shows in its genre, the episodes also feature sketch comedy, celebrity interviews and musical performances. Jen Spyra

(Communication M.F.A. ‘12) is a writer on the show. Jill Leiderman, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Jill Leiderman (Communication ‘93) was nominated for Outstanding Variety Talk Series

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A still from HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Among this year’s Emmy nominees are Northwestern alumni Robin Thede and Ashley Nicole Black from the hit sketch comedy show.

for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, of which she was the executive producer from 2006 to 2020. The show is created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and it features comedy, along with guests including other comics, celebrities, athletes, musicians and people with unusual or compelling personal stories. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has been nominated for an Emmy numerous times over the years and has received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Variety Series, Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Talk Series. Seth Meyers, Jenny Hagel and Allison Hord, “Late Night with Seth Meyers” “Late Night with Seth Meyers” is a late-night talk and news satire show hosted by comedian Seth Meyers (Communication ‘96), featuring A-list celebrity guests, political figures and other interesting newsmakers, memorable comedy and topical monologue jokes. This year, Meyers and writers Jenny Hagel (Communication M.F.A. ‘09) and Allison Hord (Communication ‘05) were nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Meyers is known for his perfectly timed wit and off-the-cuff satire, and he blends politics, news and comedy. This is the fourth year in a row the show has received a nomination for this award. Attica Locke, “Little Fires Everywhere” Attica Locke (Communication ‘95) received a nomination for Outstanding Limited Series for “Little Fires Everywhere,” of which she is a co-executive producer. The web television miniseries, based on the 2017 novel by Celeste Ng, is set in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio during the late 1990s and stars Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. It tells the story of the picture-perfect Richardson family and a mysterious motherdaughter pair who turn the Richardsons’ lives upside down. “Little Fires Everywhere” weaves together themes such as race, motherhood, adoption and class. vivianxia2023@u.northwestern.edu

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what it really means. She said the real cause of the change in air quality is an increase in rainfall, which serves as a natural air filter. Montgomery emphasized, despite the lockdowns, activity may not be slowing as much as people believe. “There’s still a lot of essential production happening,” she said. “People’s personal vehicles are only one small part of the climate problem. It all goes back to the fact that, if we want to address climate change, we need to all put in our parts, not just people at home but also looking at production and shipping and everything else.” According to the article, although daily CO2 emissions in the U.S. declined by as much as 20 percent between March and April, these declines are temporary. As people return to the roads, CO2 emissions are again assuming the typical upward trend. 2020 will inevitably see an overall rise in CO2 concentrations, the article states. “It’s essentially the idea that you have a sink

that’s overflowing,” Horton said. “The water coming out of the faucet is the emissions, and the overflowing sink is the concentration. If you slightly turn down the faucet, no matter what, we’re still going to have an overflowing sink.” A deepening socioeconomic divide In addition to clarifying misplaced hope, CCRG’s recent article explains how COVID-19 has amplified the American socioeconomic divide, an amplification whose effects, it states, “will be long-lasting, widespread and varying across space and time.” Postdoctoral fellow Vidya Venkataramanan explained how this divide shows up in Evanston. In a recent partnership, Venkataramanan has been working with Citizens’ Greener Evanston to understand the city’s water priorities via a survey sent to residents. The disruption in access to essential resources such as water due to the global recession is deepening global poverty and, “is also likely to reduce available resources for climate mitigation and adaptation, increasing climate risks and exacerbating climate-related inequities,” the article says. Venkataramanan, who has worked in public health for 13 years, said the field is all about

preparedness and prevention, and it can be a challenge to get people to devote resources to something out of precaution. “Public health works really well when you don’t see it,” she said. “So now you saw the failure of it, and it’s everywhere in front of us.” But Venkataramanan said the distinction between public health and climate change is that the efforts to combat the latter are no longer preemptive. “It’s not a question of the future, we’re seeing it right now,” she said, citing wildfires in the western United States, flooding in South Asia and islands globally that are facing rising sea levels. Climate change and COVID-19: a parallel response Montgomery explained how the inability to recognize the urgency of the situation is mirrored in the societal responses to both COVID-19 and climate change. Analogues of scientists warning of the dangers of climate change and the public rejecting that message are clear, she said. “This pandemic has really shown how polarized people are,” Montgomery said. “People have already drawn the connection to this pandemic of the fact

that you have to do some things that inconvenience you in order to protect society at large.” The article predicts one of the more subtle impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on climate change could be the reworking of the value of a statistical life (VSL) in decision making. VSL is a measurement used to determine the tradeoffs between avoiding risk to human life and economic loss. It is often used as an important tool in the discussion of environmental regulation in the U.S., and can determine whether “environmental regulations as mundane as a labelling requirement for toxic chemicals will pass a cost-benefit test.” Horton said the risks associated with COVID19 could place a greater emphasis on the value of future life. “I think we’re going to learn a lot about ourselves and a lot about society,” Horton said. “What are you willing to pay to avoid the risk of death? With COVID, we might have to reassess the value of statistical life. It’s a very tangible risk that people are dealing with.” katiejahns2023@u.northwestern.edu

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mansion — including a pitch for its demolition, a possible renovation into a hotel and a prior iteration of Evanston Community Lakehouse and Gardens’ proposal, which was turned down by City Council in April 2018. “I’d like to ask staff to really focus on the numbers and the timeline,” Fiske said. “I know COVID has drastically affected all of this. How are there timelines? How have they changed? How much money do they have to put up front?” Carlis Sutton, a longtime Evanston resident and retired Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school teacher, also expressed a desire to put the longtime discussion to bed. Sutton said the city council’s “procrastination” with Harley Clarke’s repurposing must “end immediately.” “Make a decision to award the lease to one of these four organizations, and let’s move on,” Sutton said. “The building is deteriorating and the citizens of Evanston are asking for a house that represents all the people. So let’s get moving on this.” Patrick Donnelly, vice president of Evanston Community Lakehouse & Gardens, attempted to make a distinction between The Evanston Conservancy and the other organizations. Donnelly argued that those pushing The Evanston Conservancy’s proposal were “clearly money people,” while the other organizations are geared toward a non-profit approach. While Evanston Community Lakehouse & Gardens and the Artists Book House will need to raise millions of dollars fundraising for their project, The Evanston Conservancy aims to finance their project through outside investors who will then

Communication senior Nolan Robinson, said the property has potential beyond financial feasibility. “I’m sure if you’ve driven past that lake before — there’s one demographic, all the houses are huge, and it feels like I don’t fit in with my own neighborhood,” Robinson, who is Black, said in a video during Evanston Community Lakehouse & Gardens’ presentation. “We need to invest in our people, and let them know that we hear you. We want this for you. And let’s get it done.”

Fight for Black Lives, Community Alliance for Better Government, Organization for Positive Action and Leadership and the Evanston Minority Business Consortium. “Our past experiences with city leadership were of racial insensitivity, closed mindedness and an unwillingness or inability to prioritize racial equity and transparency,” the statement read. “We insist that any candidates forwarded demonstrate a commitment to those values.” Evanston resident and activist Bennett Johnson also said the selection process should keep candidates’ focus on racial justice at the forefront. Amid city promises to prioritize the needs of Black residents and the implementation of a first-of-its-kind reparations fund, Johnson said Evanston needs a city manager who will understand the issues Black residents face. During Bobkiewicz’s time as city manager, the city dealt with multiple discrimination settlements. “We want to see someone who will prioritize anti-racism and equity,” Johnson said. “The ability of the person to manage is another factor, but that has to be assumed. We’d prefer having someone who can do both, but even if they can’t manage well, as long as they have the right attitude, the individual can learn.” During the executive session, City Council will also determine the level of community input throughout the next stages of the selection process. The city is scheduled to name its next city manager in a special City Council meeting on Oct. 19.

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The Harley Clarke Mansion, 2603 Sheridan Rd. After presentations, City Council sent four proposals back to the City Manager’s office for further evaluation on Monday.

earn a return on their investment. They plan to lease the property to various local businesses, such as a nature-based preschool, after the restoration is completed. According to the organization, it is this financial model that can ensure economic sustainability. “Evanston Conservancy has a strong business plan and I feel confident we’ll crush our investment goals, especially with such a distinctive project and premier location,” said Joe Krouse, who serves on the project’s legal and finance advisory board. But some Evanston residents, such as

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Former NBA player was more than his famous pass By SOPHIA SCANLAN and DREW SCHOTT daily senior staffers @Tsophia_scanlan, @dschott328

The first time former Chicago Tribune sportswriter Neil Milbert heard of Joe Ruklick was on television in the 1950s. A high school student in Northeast Iowa at the time, Milbert watched Ruklick play in the semifinals of the Illinois state tournament, and the Princeton, Ill. native stood out. “I just followed his career,” Milbert said. “I was impressed by how well he played.” Ruklick — a 6-foot-10 All-American center from Northwestern best known for assisting on the shot that gave NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain 100 points in one game — died Sept. 17 of natural causes. He was 82. Ruklick entered Northwestern in 1955 and played three seasons for the Wildcats, averaging 23 points and 13 rebounds in his All-American senior season. He left NU in 1959 having broken 16 team records. Following a three-year NBA career with the Philadelphia Warriors, Ruklick spent time as an investment counselor, teacher and journalist and became a member of the N Club — a society for former Wildcat athletes. Milbert, who met Ruklick at the N Club, said that the former NBA athlete was passionate about matters of social justice throughout his life, which stemmed from the prejudice against Black players he saw in the NBA. “He really felt strongly that Black

people in this country growing up at the time Joe and I did had gotten shortchanged,” Milbert said. “He felt that as time went on, it was more than time for society to do something.”

The Pass

Ruklick joined the Warriors in 1959 after getting drafted 9th overall and averaged 3.5 points and 2.5 rebounds during his three-year NBA career. His assist to Chamberlain came during his final season. In the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ March 2 matchup against the New York Knicks in 1962, Warriors coach Frank McGuire put Ruklick in the game. With under a minute left, Chamberlain had 98 points. Ruklick got the ball as a few Knicks guarded Chamberlain, and once Chamberlain got open, Ruklick threw him the ball for the history-making basket. Chamberlain said at the time that he asked McGuire to put Ruklick in the game because he thought some of his White teammates may not want him, a Black man, to reach the success of 100 points, the Northwestern Magazine wrote. Ruklick and Chamberlain became good friends while on the Warriors, though they’d crossed paths in college as opponents. Chamberlain’s sister, Barbara Lewis said they stayed in touch long after they were teammates. “They ended up being the best of friends,” Lewis said. “I mean, they just had a great time together.” Lewis added that her brother invited Ruklick to Kansas for his jersey retirement ceremony in 1998. Lewis also became

friends with Ruklick, and they communicated through letters for many years.

Staying involved with the Wildcats

At age 50, Ruklick returned to NU to receive his master’s degree in journalism, which he earned in 1990. After graduating, he had stints at newspapers including the Chicago Defender and the Register-Mail in Galesburg, Ill. and covered NU sports for the Aurora Voice. But Ruklick was careful to keep his writing about NU as objective as possible, despite having a personal connection to the school. Teddy Greenstein (Medill ‘94), a sports reporter at the Chicago Tribune, recalled a moment when Ruklick covered a game between the Cats and Illinois. Bill Carmody, a former men’s basketball coach, offered Ruklick a ride back to the hotel where his car was parked, but Ruklick said no and walked back in the cold. “Joe had tremendous integrity,” Greenstein said in an email to The Daily. “He did not want to be viewed as a hanger-on.” In the early 2000s, while renewing his membership for the N Club, Ruklick encountered Assistant Director of Graduate Programs Amy Danzer, who at the time worked in the men’s basketball program while pursuing a master’s degree in literature. The two bonded over their shared interest in reading and remained friends for decades. “My first impression of him was just that he was a rare dude,” Danzer said. “It’s not every day that you meet an athlete

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who wants to talk about the Shakespeare authorship question.” Danzer added that Ruklick was a great storyteller, who would invite members of the press, basketball players from out of town and friends over to his house — which was located across the street from Ryan Field and Welsh-Ryan Arena — for dinner parties ahead of NU games. The conversation there was always “rich,” Danzer said, and she enjoyed hearing Ruklick’s stories about his years at NU, his time with the Warriors during the 1960s and his travels around the world.

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Students have mixed feelings Big Ten has a lot to surrounding football comeback answer before return

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After a massive campaign from coaches, players, families and fans, the Big Ten is bringing back football. But many Northwestern students feel the decision is a confusing step amid the school’s COVID-19 response. Weinberg junior Georgia Schafer said she was happy when the Big Ten made the decision to cancel the season back in August, and she was glad to see the conference prioritize the health and safety of the athletes over money or politics. “I was surprised they decided to play anyway, especially because it was an almost unanimous decision to cancel among the Big Ten schools,” Schafer said. Big Ten officials stated that the ability for daily testing — especially rapid antigen testing, in addition to increased cardiac testing for those that test positive — was the factor that allowed them to move forward. Third- and fourth-year students can make appointments to get tested, but underclassmen living off-campus in the Evanston area are not allowed to access it if they are asymptomatic. SESP junior Bobby Read said he understands why NU students were upset they were not given the same level of testing, but recognizes why the conference mandated rapid results for athletes. “I personally think that we’re getting a better level of testing than other Big Ten schools. For instance, I have friends at Ohio State… (and) they’re doing random testing,” Read said. “Northwestern is mandating us to get tested each week.” Despite the testing program, NU decided not to bring back the first- and

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Ryan Field. Many NU students are wary about football’s return.

second-year students just days before move-in because of COVID-19 concerns. This led Weinberg sophomore Andy Bergeron to question how the school deemed it unsafe for half of the student body to return to campus, yet voted in favor of restarting the football season. “How can they justify playing if you’ve shut down your campus?” he said. Other conferences, like the ACC, Big 12 and Sun Belt have started playing football, and the SEC plans to begin this weekend. But many games have already been postponed or canceled, including Notre Dame’s latest game, due to positive COVID19 tests. Communication sophomore Sam Garcia-Bryce said with cases finally declining nationwide, he believes the spikes on college campuses and on college football teams are not helping end

the pandemic. “The sooner this virus is adequately dealt with, the sooner fans can be back in stadiums, and the sooner money can start to be made by colleges,” GarciaBryce said. “Resuming play and getting athletes and team personnel sick will only serve to further push back this goal.” Spreading COVID-19 in the Evanston community was also a concern for Read, who said that despite his love for football, he doesn’t feel like playing the season is safe for the players or the community as a whole. “There was a moment where I was like, ‘This is amazing, football is back,’” Read said. “Of course I want to see football happen this year. But at the same time, like two seconds after that moment of excitement, I was like, ‘What the hell are these people thinking?’” gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern.edu

Kevin Warren’s open letter on August 19 seemed like a final decision. The Big Ten commissioner backed up the conference’s move to postpone football and other fall sports eight days prior with powerful language, saying the decision “will not be revisited.” Less than a month later, the vote was revisited — and reversed. For the most part, Warren has been a good leader for the Big Ten. But going back and reversing a smart decision proved just how big a motivator money can be. Warren made himself quite clear in the August 19 letter, clarifying that the vote of the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) was “overwhelmingly in favor of postponing fall sports.”The letter listed several factors that influenced their decision, including rising COVID-19 cases, too much unknown information and concerns about contact tracing. Those concerns haven’t gone anywhere. Yes, the Big Ten and the athletic departments of its 14 schools would have sustained huge revenue losses without football. But Wednesday’s unanimous vote to start the season in late October provided few answers — and prompted plenty of questions. All players, coaches and training staff will be tested daily, reducing the need for contact tracing, and the conference has strict cutoffs in place for teams based on rates of positive cases. But that testing could dip into the supply for the nonathletes on Big Ten campuses. When Daily reporter Peter Warren asked NU athletic director Jim Phillips about this at a press conference last Wednesday, shortly after the decision was released, Phillips dodged the question. In essence, he said the presidents and chancellors made the decision without much reflection on the consequences for the campus and Evanston communities. Another issue: the schedule does not allow for any makeup games. Each team will play eight regular-season games in as many weeks, from Oct. 24 through Dec.

12, followed by what the conference is calling “Champions Week” on Dec. 19. The division winners will meet in the conference championship game, as usual, and everyone else will play an additional crossover opponent based on the standings. This leaves no insurance policy in the event a game is canceled because of COVID-19. What happens to the standings if teams have played unequal numbers of games? The Big Ten has not provided any information about this. The conference is also yet to make an announcement about other fall sports. While the Wildcats’ football team can finally practice knowing they have games to prepare for, NU’s men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, field hockey and cross country teams are still waiting. It’s not fair for them to be practicing without any idea whether they’re preparing for anything meaningful. The NCAA announced that fall championship tournaments will be moved to the spring, with 75 percent of the normal number of teams participating, but neither Northwestern nor the Big Ten have said whether they will act accordingly and hold their seasons between January and April. Even if NU’s other fall teams do play in the winter and spring, field space with overlapping seasons becomes an issue. I’m not saying unequivocally that the Big Ten should not be playing football. If the players are willing and administrators think it can be done safely, then maybe it’s worth a try. But the conference has left itself with hardly any margin for error, and it has a lot to answer in the next month before anyone takes the field. Benjamin Rosenberg is a Medill senior. He can be contacted at benjaminrosenberg2021@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.