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NU ‘reviewing’ new Title IX guidelines
Betsy DeVos aims to reform policies on sexual assault By DAVID FISHMAN
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Northwestern administrators said they will review Obamaera guidelines on sexual assault following Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision Friday to rescind the policies and replace them with new ones. DeVos’ decision, published online as a “Dear Colleague” letter, highlights her desire to grant accused students more protection in the Title IX process. In a statement to The Daily, associate vice president for equity Dwight Hamilton said NU’s sexual misconduct policy is “prompt, fair, impartial while maintaining privacy Kate Salvidio/The Daily Northwestern
Katharine Cusick (left) stands at The Rock with other Northwestern students at a vigil on Friday. The vigil was held to honor Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu, who died a year ago in a bike accident on Sheridan Road.
Chuyuan Qiu honored at vigil
Students gather to remember Weinberg freshman 1 year after death By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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More than 50 Northwestern students and faculty lit candles and shared memories of Weinberg freshman Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu on Friday, one year after Qiu’s death. Qiu died in a biking accident on Sheridan Road last
September. She was riding her bike westbound when she was hit by a cement truck at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Garrett Place. The vigil –– held at The Rock –– was organized to create a space for friends and other students to grieve and remember Qiu, said SESP senior Katharine Cusick, who was Qiu’s Peer Adviser. Cusick said she helped organize the event with other
members of Qiu’s PA group. “I wanted to do something because it’s still very much on my mind, and not something I want to forget about,” Cusick told The Daily before the event. “I figure if I’m feeling this way, then there might be other people feeling this way.” At the vigil, attendees lit candles and wrote letters in a notebook that Cusick said she would send to Qiu’s
family in China. Weinberg sophomore Erika Barrios, a member of Qiu’s PA group, told The Daily she helped plan the vigil because she wanted to “give back” to her PA group. “For the past year, Chu’s death has been something that I think about almost every day,” Barrios said. “The impact that she had on our » See VIGIL, page 5
Samantha Power to speak at campus event
Samantha Power, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, will speak at Northwestern on Oct. 2 as part of the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series. The event, co-hosted by CTSS, Global Engagement Summit and the Department of Political Science, will be held at Ryan Family Auditorium in Technological Institute. Political science Prof. Wendy Pearlman will moderate the conversation with Power, CTSS chairman Ben Zimmermann said. Power began her career as a
and fairness.” Nevertheless, according to the statement, the University will review DeVos’ new guidelines — posted in the form of a Q&A — along with other applicable laws and best practices. “We are reviewing the Department of Education’s ‘Q & A on Campus Sexual Misconduct,’ along with existing state and federal statutes and best practices,” Hamilton said, “to ensure that we effectively prevent and address sexual misconduct, provide supportive resources to all members of our community who are affected by sexual misconduct, and educate our community on these matters.” The Education Department said though previous guidelines “may have been well-intentioned,” they ultimately led to » See DEVOS, page 5 journalist covering the Yugoslav Wars before becoming senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. She won a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for her book, “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.” “She’s really an interdisciplinary (academic), which is really the perfect type of type of person CTSS is looking to bring to campus,” said Zimmermann, a Weinberg senior. “We’re really excited to hear her thoughts on the current state of politics and foreign affairs during such an interesting time.” During her time with the Obama administration, Power » See POWER, page 5
City announces 5k raises awareness for mental health climate strategy Father of NU student who took his own life speaks during walk Resident-led working group to develop new plan By ZOE MILLER
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City officials reaffirmed their commitment to Evanston’s climate action goals at Saturday’s Sustain Evanston Summit and announced a resident-led working group that will develop a new environmental plan. Community members heard about targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement and about adapting
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Evanston’s infrastructure to deal with climate change. The Climate Action and Resiliency Plan Working Group, which was created by Mayor Steve Hagerty and will have 15 members, will take the goals discussed at the summit and create a plan to achieve them. “What we do here in Evanston is more important than ever given the way the federal government is retreating from an aggressive path in the fight against climate change,” Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said. “We here in Evanston have already made a big difference and we can continue to make » See CLIMATE, page 5
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For the first time since his son’s death in May 2015, Steven Arkin stepped onto Northwestern’s campus to speak at a fundraiser Sunday about mental health. In a speech to participants in the National Alliance on Mental Illness Cook County North Suburban 5k RUN WALK, Steven Arkin stressed the importance of eliminating the stigma surrounding mental illnesses. Because Jason Arkin was diagnosed with “depression, anxiety and perfectionism,” his father said he wanted to spread awareness about mental health on college campuses.
“I needed to be back here at Northwestern … because what we need to do is to have our young people talk to us,” he said. “It is OK to talk about your illness because that’s the only way you’re going to be treated and live mentally well.” This was the first time the annual 5k — hosted by NAMI — was held at NU, said Sue Ockerlund, the group’s Cook County North Suburban development director. The event raised about $110,000, which will help NAMI provide free psychological counseling services, she said. Counseling and Psychological Services executive director John Dunkle, who spoke at the event, said he wants to work with NAMI to create more events to » See WALK, page 5
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Steven Arkin, father of a NU student who took his own life in 2015, gives a speech at the NAMI Cook County North Suburban 5k RUN WALK. The walk, which was held on campus, was organized to raise awareness about mental illness stigma.
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