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Graduate students seek to unionize Group formed to organize students after NLRB decision By JULIA JACOBS
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Some graduate students at Northwestern have begun to organize in favor of unionization in the past month, holding what one called a “flurry of meetings” following the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in August lifting barriers to unionization for student assistants at private universities. Two labor unions — the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Teachers — are vying to represent NU graduate students, while the University continues to assert that unionization and collective bargaining are not the “appropriate methods” to address concerns of graduate students. On Tuesday afternoon, Dwight McBride, dean of The Graduate School, held a two-hour town hall meeting in the graduate student commons at 2122 Sheridan Rd., where students were invited to ask questions about the decision’s impact on Northwestern. There will be another town hall tomorrow evening on the Chicago campus. Brian McLoughlin, a fifthyear graduate student who attended the meeting, said about 15 students attended and that the administration’s main message seemed to be that starting the unionization process for graduate student assistants would be venturing into “uncharted territory.” In a letter McBride wrote to graduate students dated Sept. 22, the dean urged students to educate themselves about the ruling as well as the “workings and institutional records of specific unions from whom
you may be hearing.” The NLRB ruled student assistants at private universities should be considered employees and thus have the right to collectively bargain with their employers. Illinois law already allows graduate student assistants at public universities to unionize, and some private university student assistants — such as those at the University of Chicago — have negotiated with their administration for improvements to healthcare benefits and parental leave policies, as well as increased pay, among others. In recent weeks, students have formed an independent group currently referred to as Northwestern Grad Workers, which is intended to coordinate students who wish to unionize, regardless of the organization they prefer, said Kevin Baker, a sixthyear graduate student in the history department. While SEIU sent out an email soon after the NLRB decision asking graduate students to sign union cards — a declaration of students’ support for exclusive representation from that particular union — AF T is waiting for a more concrete election timeline, Baker said. To request a union election with the NLRB, a union must obtain authorization cards from at least 30 percent of the bargaining unit. To Baker, a unifying issue for graduate students is negotiating health insurance plans, which he said are essentially “designed for healthy 20-yearolds,” rather than someone in their 30s. Baker said conversations with colleagues at institutions with long-standing unions led him to believe they have better work environments and stronger relationships with their advisors. However, the University’s position on the issue is similar » See UNION, page 5
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Students leave flowers, stuffed animals and notes as a memorial for Northwestern student Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu, who died in a bike accident Thursday. Evanston’s First Ward alderman called for lower speed limits on Sheridan Road, where the accident occurred.
Alderman: Make Sheridan safer
By ROBIN OPSAHL
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Following the death of Northwestern student Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu in a bicycle accident, Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) called for a lower speed limit and rerouted bicycle traffic on Sheridan
Road. Qiu, a first-year student, was killed in an accident with a cement truck Thursday near the intersection of Garrett Place and Sheridan Road. The 18-year-old Weinberg student collided with the truck’s furthest back curbside wheel, Evanston police chief Richard Eddington said. The impact of the collision
caused her to roll under the truck. No traffic violations have been issued to the truck driver. Fiske, whose ward’s border is Sheridan Road, said she felt like she was “hit in the stomach” when she heard the news of Qiu’s death. After the city manager told her what happened, she immediately went to the scene to talk with
police, she said. “It’s just sad. Especially in the first week of class, it’s doubly, doubly sad,” Fiske said. “It’s just an exciting time. You never think this is going to happen.” Fiske said that for the moment, she would like for people to not ride bikes on » See SHERIDAN, page 5
Norris offers American Indian courses
Mini Courses office to give classes on Native culture, Cherokee language By YVONNE KIM
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With three new culture and language courses to be offered this fall, Norris University Center’s Mini Courses office is taking steps to expand American Indian programming on campus. The courses are Ojibwe
and Cree Sweet Grass Basket Making, Native Beading and Beginning Cherokee. The language course will also provide cultural background, with “philosophical thought … interwoven into the lessons to provide students with a context for formulating thoughts and ideas in Cherokee,” according to the Mini Courses office. “Native culture’s been
present in North America for millennia,” said Anna O’Donnell, Mini Courses student supervisor. “It’s an important part of North American history as a whole that we should learn about. We spend so much time learning about American history – we should learn before that too.” Ninah Divine (Weinberg ’16), coordinator of the newly
created Native American and Indigenous Peoples Steering Group, which is dedicated to fostering interest in and understanding of Native topics on campus, headed efforts to bring courses focused on American Indian culture to Norris. The group wanted to expand the programming » See COURSES, page 5
96 percent of Northwestern freshmen registered to vote By ALLYSON CHIU
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NU Votes volunteers speak to students at a voter registration booth in Norris on Monday. A new online voter registration tool enabled Northwestern to register 96 percent of eligible voters in the freshmen class.
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An new online voter registration tool helped Northwestern register a record 96 percent of incoming freshman to vote, the University announced Tuesday. NU Votes –– an initiative started by the University’s Center for Civic Engagement in 2011 –– created NUvotes. org to allow students to register, review and change registration information as well as request absentee ballots before
the upcoming election. NU Votes volunteer Rabeya Mallick (SESP ’15) said only 45 percent of freshmen were registered before arriving on campus, according to polling from Wildcat Welcome. “It’s really exciting,” Mallick said. “A lot of these students probably don’t really know how to get registered or if they can even vote on campus, so giving them the tools to be able to get engaged themselves is pretty cool.” According to U.S. Census data collected about the November 2014 election, a little over 42 percent of 18
to 24-year-olds registered to vote. A little less than 65 percent of adults aged 35 to 44 and slightly more than 74 percent of those over 75 yearsold registered. The website was launched this fall and was designed for NU students. The site has information to guide students through necessary forms, as well as directs students to people who can help them with state-specific requirements. In addition, NU Votes started holding daily in-person registration drives Sept. » See VOTES, page 3
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
AROUND TOWN Evanston reports first West Nile virus case this year By NORA SHELLY
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Evanston reported its first case of West Nile virus this year, as the number of mosquitos carrying the disease increases in the area. The city reported Friday that a resident had been infected. There have been 30 reported cases of West Nile virus in Illinois this year as of Sept. 21, compared with 77 total last year, according to the news release. Although the number of infected humans has decreased in the state, the state has seen an increase in the number of mosquitos spreading West Nile virus. David Zazra, the communications manager of the North Shore Mosquito Abatement
POLICE BLOTTER Woman charged with battery after incident at Evanston Hospital Evanston Police charged a woman with misdemeanor battery and trespassing on Monday, police said. At about 5 p.m, Evanston police received reports of a disturbance involving a female in Evanston hospital. Hospital staff called the police and reported that a female visitor to the hospital allegedly yelled, cursed, kicked walls and threw items
City’s dispute with Home Depot settled after store agrees to pay bills
The city has resolved its dispute with The Home Depot, with the store agreeing to pay its outlying bills, assistant city manager Marty Lyons said Monday.
District, said the number of disease-carrying mosquitos has been “above average” since the beginning of July, with a peak in August. Although the number of disease-carrying mosquitos is declining with the start of fall, residents should be concerned about the virus until the first harsh frost, Zazra said. “We have seen a steep decline in the number and the abundance of West Nile virus mosquitoes, but it’s not quite over yet,” he said. Cases of the virus typically start to pop up between the end of July through August and increase at the end of August and into September, Zazra said. In the meantime, Zazra recommended people still take precautions against mosquito bites, such as getting rid of standing water. “Risk is low right now,” he said.
The virus is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird, according to the news release. Common symptoms appear three to 14 days after infection, last up to a few weeks and include fever and headache. Preventing contraction of the virus is partially the residents’ duty, said Evonda ThomasSmith, Evanston health and human services director, in a news release. “Residents need to be cognizant that West Nile virus prevention does not stop with the adult mosquito operations performed by the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District,” she said in the release. The Abatement District is responsible for limiting mosquito-carried illnesses by surveillance, reducing standing water and occasionally
spraying to reduce the amount of adult mosquitoes in an area. The amount of disease-carrying mosquitos is particularly high in the northeast part of the state, which includes Cook County, said Melaney Arnold, a public information officer for the Illinois Department of Public Health. Arnold said although there has been a higher amount of disease-carrying mosquitoes throughout the state, the situation in 2012 or 2013 was much worse. “Typically what happens is if it’s a hot, dry summer we see more West Nile virus activity,” she said. “We’ve seen some hot, dry patches, we’ve seen some rainy patches. …This summer has kind of been a mixed bag.”
when she was told she was not allowed in a specific room, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Hospital staff told officers that the woman had begun swinging her arms and striking officers when they tried to remove her from the premises. Once the police arrived, officers noted a security guard had a swollen right elbow, Dugan said. The woman was arrested in connection with the incident and charged with one count of
misdemeanor battery, one count of misdemeanor conduct and one count of misdemeanor trespassing, Dugan said.
Upon arriving at the scene, Dugan said officers saw the man and a woman arguing in the front yard. The woman was heading toward her car when the 35 year-old became upset, while also walking towards the car. The officers tried to calm the man down, but the man slapped the left wrist of an officer. The officer took him into custody and charged him with misdemeanor battery, Dugan said.
The store, located at 2201 Oakton St., previously owed Evanston more than $15,000 in payments for city yard waste stickers that had been sold in the store. The city sells the stickers at various locations, including three Jewel-Osco locations and the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave. The stickers, which sell for $1.75 each, must be placed on paper bags for yard waste in order to be picked up by the city.
According to a news release the city sent out last week, most of the invoices the city had issued to the store are more than a year old, in spite of repeated attempts to collect the funds. Additionally, the city spent $119,408.50 at the store in 2015. Lyons said the store is under new management and agreed to pay the money they owed.
Man charged with battery after slapping officer’s wrist
Officers charged a 35-year-old Evanston man with misdemeanor battery on Monday, police said. At about 3:15 a.m., officers responded to a domestic call on in the 2300 block of Foster Street.
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Setting the record straight An article published in Monday’s paper titled “Death of student spurs petition” misstated the speed limit on Sheridan Road. The speed limit is 30 mph. The Daily regrets the error.
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ON CAMPUS Grad school to launch child care grants
New grants assist graduate student parents, award $2,500 stipend per child By PETER KOTECKI
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Northwestern will provide child care grants for eligible graduate student parents to use at any licensed daycare or in-home provider, with applications opening Oct. 1. The grant will be available to graduate students who have a child under age 6 and have a combined family income of $130,000 or less, said Lori Anne Henderson, director of work and life resources in the human resources department. Graduate students who receive the new grant will get an annual stipend of $2,500 per child, with a two-child limit, she said. “The intent is to provide a portable, flexible grant,” said Henderson, who was co-chair of a task force focused on graduate students with children formed last fall. Prior to the new grants, the only options for graduate student parents were day care centers the University had negotiated fees with, including Bright Horizons and the McGaw YMCA Children’s Center in Evanston, said Sarah McGill, senior associate dean of The Graduate School and the other co-chair of the task force. Graduate student parents, many of whom do not live on campus, wanted more flexibility and more financial support, McGill said. “Faculty, staff and graduate students, they all had access to the same thing,” McGill said.
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“Graduate students, they are at a different path of their academic studies than staff and faculty, so they might need something a little different.” Robin Hoecker (Communication ‘16), cofounder of NU’s Student Parent Alliance, said previous child care grants had long wait lists and were expensive. Although the new grants are an improvement, graduate students with older kids do not benefit from them, Hoecker said. Seven and 8-year-old children who are not covered under the grant are too young to stay at home by themselves, she said. “Even when you put your kid in school, you still have to pay for child care before school, after school and then during the summers and during vacation, assuming that you’re working full time,” Hoecker said. “Most people who are trying to graduate on time … we need full-time child care.” Asked why graduate students can only receive the grant if their child is under age 6, Henderson said the University will assess the needs of graduate student parents and may make adjustments in the future. “The thinking on the part of the task force was … we don’t have a good feel for exactly how many children the graduate student parents have,” Henderson said. “We thought it best to start with a smaller group, and since we had heard a lot about the needs of children under the age of 6, we thought that was a good place to start.” Hoecker also said NU should offer
on-campus child care to graduate student parents. Many universities have this resource, she said, and she is confused as to why NU does not. The University is looking at creating oncampus drop-in space for graduate student parents’ children and may implement the recommendation in the future, Henderson said. Hoecker said the University has not publicly responded to the recommendations made by the task force. Other changes resulting from the task force include an expanded parental leave policy and an increased number of lactation rooms. Provost Dan Linzer and Executive Vice President Nim Chinniah wrote to members of the task force in August saying “a more detailed announcement about the work of the Task Force and the University’s response to the recommendations will be released to the University community in early fall,” according to a copy of the email obtained by The Daily. McGill said she thinks NU is setting the right tone for graduate student parents. “I know that there is still more work that needs to be done,” she said. “But I think that these portable grants, along with the updates to the parental accommodation (and) the changes that are going on on campus to create more family-friendly spaces, I think that this positions Northwestern in a good way as far as … supporting its graduate students with children.”
Office, which Mallick said was effective in maximizing outreach to freshmen. The goal is to promote civic engagement on campus by making registration more convenient, said NU Votes volunteer Simran Chadha, a Communication junior. She said she has enjoyed seeing students stop by the
booth and ask questions about the election. “It’s great to be a part of something that’s mobilizing people to be civically engaged and be productive members of society,” Chadha said.
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Safe spaces are vital, and so is thoughtful rhetoric The debate about safe spaces, microaggressions and so-called campus oversensitivity has been near constant over the past year. This month, it returned to our backyard. First, there was the University of Chicago’s inflammatory “welcome” letter to its class of 2020, in which dean of students John Ellison warned that UChicago does not “support so-called ‘trigger warnings’… (or) condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces.’” Then there was University President Morton Schapiro’s commendable, if intemperate, defense of safe spaces in his convocation speech to Northwestern’s incoming students. The Daily Northwestern Editorial Board agrees with the crux of Shapiro’s argument: safe spaces are important, and microaggressions are real. The UChicago letter perpetuated the fallacy that freedom of speech and student comfort are discordant, competing forces. However, we would also like to critique Schapiro’s presentation, if not his message, and clarify terminology. The debate around “coddled” college students and freedom of speech is one in which words matter. Their use, definitions and connotations should be clarified, or else opposing viewpoints will remain
irreconcilable. Schapiro’s use of words such as “lunatics” and “idiots” to describe those who criticize the use of trigger warnings or deny the existence of microaggressions was ill-considered. The uninhibited delivery might score him points as cool president Morty, but the word choice is unlikely to move the conversation forward or to make believers out of doubters. Furthermore, the irony of using ableist language to combat insensitivity often directed at those with mental illness is hard to square. Still, it seems as though Schapiro has a good handle on what terms like safe spaces and microaggressions mean to college students. Plenty of others do not. Safe spaces are not places where students are unable to speak their minds. Nor are they places where students are shouted down by their peers for expressing differing opinions. Safe spaces are places where students are free to be themselves without the fear of being judged or forced to conform to the status quo. They are spaces like Hillel or Sheil, where students can expect no one will tell them their beliefs are not valid. They are spaces where students of color do not have to act as
representatives of their entire race. They facilitate hard conversations because open debates and maximum learning do not happen when students have to worry peers will attack their identity. Trigger warnings do not grant students the right to refuse to engage with challenging content. They do not allow students to exist in an academic bubble where nothing graphic or upsetting can touch them. They do not shut down conversations before they can happen. Trigger warnings merely, but importantly, give students the ability to prepare for potentially disturbing material. Microaggressions are not tools wielded by students to end any debate they do not like, and they are not a new age liberal theory constructed by millennials. When students critique commonplace stereotypes they encounter regularly, it is an effort to live their lives with dignity and to forge a campus where they feel just as comfortable as their peers. Media outlets on both the left and right have made a business out of presenting college students as thin-skinned free-speech haters. But, for the most part, college students don’t match that depiction.
Students care about freedom of speech. And most who perceive college students as overly sensitive care about people’s feelings too. These two groups are not as far off as the vitriolic rhetoric sometimes suggests. A separate set of definitions, and the media’s tendency to highlight the most extreme examples of student delicacy, have combined to stoke the fire. Safe spaces and microaggressions are not fundamentally academic or intellectual issues, and they play out everywhere on college campuses — not just classrooms. We urge our readers to challenge the conflation and misrepresentation of issues surrounding this contentious debate. And we applaud Schapiro’s strong support of mechanisms that make colleges more inclusive spaces, if not his indelicate language. This piece represents the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of The Daily Northwestern. The Editorial Board has an “Editorial Corps” responsible for selecting and producing editorials with feedback from the rest of the board. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members or Editorial Board members of The Daily Northwestern.
Clinton should avoid stereotyping Trump supporters JOSE TREJOS
DAILY COLUMNIST
The sentiment that all Donald Trump supporters are idiots and racists is plain in the mainstream media and throughout our campus. Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent, has made it clear that she agrees with this sentiment. In a recent fundraising event, she declared that half of Trump’s supporters fall in what she called a “basket of deplorables”: people who are “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it.” Although she later apologized for the comment, she betrayed the same belief when she wondered in an event why she wasn’t “50 points ahead” before claiming it was mostly a lack of awareness of the candidate’s positions that gave him support. It goes without saying that any presidential candidate is rather foolish to directly insult a large part of the electorate, but these comments are particularly harmful for both an establishment candidate like Clinton and the national political discourse.
Although I personally consider Trump to be a demagogue and a cancer to conservatism, I understand why smart and non-bigoted people can contemplate voting for him. Despite all the complaints from the nation’s Bernie Bros, Clinton is a historically liberal candidate, and many Republicans find it impossible to support a candidate who stands for everything they’re against, even if they do see Donald Trump as racist. Democrats who find this contemptible should ponder whether they could so easily vote for someone like Ted Cruz to stop a racist liberal nominee. Trump supporters may simply be desperate for some form of change after the lackluster recovery from the Great Recession, as Clinton herself speculated. Regardless of how many racists and idiots support Trump (very many certainly do), liberals are making a huge mistake by framing the election in such simple terms. Clinton’s main strategy has long been adapting to her incredible unpopularity by casting Trump as a maniac and unacceptable option, making only a casual effort to either criticize him more seriously or build herself up as a desirable option. No doubt, her recent comments about the “basket of deplorables” were a crude way to continue this plan.
Some pollsters have expressed concern that Trump’s support may actually be higher than reported, since Trump supporters are oftentimes ashamed to admit they support him. Trump’s supporters are generally people who feel that “the establishment” doesn’t care about and looks down at them; attacking them in this manner basically confirms their suspicions. Those who hide their political affiliation are people who have withdrawn from the political process, and that ultimately makes their minds almost impossible to change. This kind of position is particularly harmful coming from a candidate like Clinton, who is plagued by a series of scandals as well as by a perception of being a part of the political elite. Many voters are very concerned about Clinton’s email scandal, which has led to a perception (with a lot of merit) of her as untrustworthy, and fed a series of less-substantiated scandals like the issues surrounding the Clinton Foundation. When a voter is deciding whether to vote for someone they perceive as a corrupt elite, hearing them act dismissive of millions of people is fatal. Because of her public perception, Clinton’s comments hurt her more than they would a normal candidate. They are perhaps most harmful with swing voters, who may be pushed to vote for
Feminism can benefit from conscious male allies ALANI VARGAS
DAILY COLUMNIST
I’ve always had big groups of female friends and only meshed well with guys a fraction of the time. But when I reflect on my youth spent frequently with male cousins and classmates, there’s always a recurring theme: I was hardly ever treated as an equal, even among my so-called peers. This trend continued as I got older. I had male friends who would talk over or belittle me. If asked if men could be productive, inclusive feminists back then, I don’t know that I would have answered “yes.” I have come to understand that men can be responsible and important members of the feminist movement and can have a positive effect when they are helpful allies. Feminists of any gender who speak out against injustice spark more conversation and support for the movement. There is a fine line, however, between productive and overbearing forms of allyship –– when men engage with feminist spaces and attempt to be productive allies, they should focus on calling out misconceptions of feminism and sexism from other men, while keeping in mind not to overshadow or take over women in the
movement. Most of the men I have met in my life have either been of the machismo mindset or wanted nothing to do with me, let alone have intellectual conversations about gender inequality and feminism. The negative connotation of the word “feminist” often includes leaving many men feeling threatened. The Telegraph even published an article last year that blamed feminism for destroying marriages. Though one author is not representative of the male gender, this highly sexist piece did little to improve male relationships with the feminist movement. Male allies can do a better job decrying blatant sexism when they see it, whether in print like the Telegraph article or in personal interactions. The oppression of marginalized communities is at the forefront of our media and newsfeeds. Yet instead of coming to the aid of those suffering, those with privilege often respond with hate or denial. People in a privileged position need to not only acknowledge their level of advantage, but help in the fight for equality of all. Men must recognize and accept their privilege and culpability in perpetuating systems of gender inequality. Male feminists must also realize that while this movement is more than willing to welcome them, they must actively prioritize the empowerment and betterment of women.
Feminists strive for the equality of the sexes, but patriarchy functions to discriminate against women and non-male or gender nonconforming individuals. A male feminist ally should follow feminist leaders, call out fellow men when they make lewd remarks about women and attempt to stop the jokes that perpetuate rape culture or degrade women. Male allies should use the privilege they have in order to help those groups held down by patriarchal structures. Feminists should work toward equality for all. Feminists want to dismantle the system that promotes toxic masculinity to young boys, as well as make sure all girls of all races can receive an education and live free from the threat of violence. Feminism can grow and thrive through male support for the elimination of harmful patriarchal stereotypes and practices. Being a male feminist ally is great when it’s genuine and for the greater good. A male feminist ally who mansplains and overpowers women in conversations is not the kind of ally we need. Alani Vargas is a Medill junior. She can be contacted at alanivargas2018@u.northwestern. edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.
Trump after hearing part of the electorate referred to as deplorables. Conversely, voters concerned about Clinton’s scandals will find it much easier to believe that the candidate sees herself as above the law if she carries an arrogant demeanor. Clinton’s strategy of making Trump seem unacceptable will eventually backfire. As he showed during this Monday’s debate, Trump needs to only avoid seeming crazy in order to beat expectations. However, portraying a wave of progressives trying to bring enlightenment to the uneducated masses might be an effective appeal to those progressives, but will very quickly turn more moderate voters against you. It is a lesson Clinton may be forced to learn before the end of this election and one that NU students should remember if they wish to extend their ideas beyond the boundaries of the college campus. Jose Trejos is a Weinberg sophomore. He can be contacted at josetrejos2019@u.northwestern. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, 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.
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From page 1 to other private universities: that graduate student assistants’ qualification as employees would hinder their relationships with faculty mentors and the University. An FAQ on the University’s website also noted that there are “no guarantees” that employee conditions will only be improved with union negotiations. The University statement after the ruling as well as McBride’s letter to graduate students highlighted NU’s actions to improve graduate students’ well-being, including increasing the base stipend 26 percent in 2015 to $29,000 and again this year to $29,880. McBride’s letter also highlighted the results of a task force on
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Sheridan. She said she would like to see the city either reroute bikes to Orrington Avenue or ensure there’s adequate room on Sheridan Road’s east sidewalk for bikers to ride. In the long-term, Fiske said she would like to see the speed limit lowered to 25 mph on Sheridan Road from its current 30 mph. Fiske said she had tried to lower the speed limit on Sheridan Road to 25 in the past, but the council did not support it. An online petition, started by an NU student, also called for the speed limit to be lowered on Sheridan Road. The petition garnered more than 570 signatures since it was put online over the
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beyond simply academic events and speaker series, Divine said. “I wanted to have an event that wasn’t just for the Northwestern community, but for the Native community,” said Divine, who was involved with the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance as an undergraduate. “I thought something that was less academic (and) more craft-like, that really featured some of the Native community of Chicago … would be a nice change of pace.” All the instructors are involved with Chicago’s American Indian communaity: Linda White is an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs
graduate students with children, which resulted in an expanded parental leave policy and a new child care grant. “They’re trying to paint a picture of the administration as a body that has our best interests at heart in every case, and I don’t think that’s necessarily the case,” Baker said. McBride did not respond to a request for comment. Conversation and activism surrounding graduate student unionization is ramping up while the status of the non-tenure eligible faculty union election hangs in limbo. The NLRB’s Chicago office held hearings at the end of August to determine the validity of 71 ballots from July’s election. Although the hearings are complete, the information is currently
under review, said Daniel Nelson, assistant regional director of the NLRB’s Chicago office. Ruth Martin Curry, a sixth-year comparative literature graduate student, said the state of the non-tenure eligible faculty election has given her reason to see the graduate student campaign as a multi-year endeavour. Martin Curry helped found Civically Engaged Grads, a member organization of the Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council, and said meetings with administrators about key issues don’t carry much weight unless graduate students have some sort of decisionmaking influence. For example, Martin Curry said when GLAC discussed 2016-17 health benefits with administrators, the meeting was a “courtesy” — all the decisions had already
been made, she said. “For me, it’s really about having a seat at the table and having the person in that seat democratically elected by their peers,” Martin Curry said. “I just see more and more that graduate students really lack a voice in some of the … fundamental conditions that affect our work.” Baker said there will likely be a debate between SEIU and AF T next month. If the threshold of union cards is met, the next step is filing a petition for a secret ballot election. SEIU has not disclosed how many NU graduate students have signed union cards.
weekend following Qiu’s death. “Evanston is basically three miles long,” Fiske said. “So, you know, you’re not giving up a lot of time by reducing the speed limit.” Improvements to Sheridan Road are already slated for 2017, including the addition of a twoway bike lane along parts of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue that run through NU’s campus. The planned bike lanes were postponed by City Council in 2014 until 2017 due to construction elsewhere in the city. Currently, the city is in the design phase of the Sheridan Road improvement project, deputy city manager Erika Storlie said, and construction will begin later in 2017. Construction normally takes place in the summer months when fewer NU students are in Evanston, Storlie said, but
because of the size of the project, construction may take longer than just three months. Last year, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl chose to allot the largest portion of the University’s $1 million donation to the city toward the Sheridan Road improvement project. The University donation was the first in a five-year series of $1 million donations. Half of the first $1 million was devoted to Sheridan Road development, including painting new bike lanes and resurfacing. The money is currently being held until the project begins, Storlie said, and the distribution of the next $1 million of donation for 2016 has not yet been announced. In addition to the city working on a major repair and reconfiguration of Sheridan Road, NU has been working to make biking on and around
campus more safe, by installing better lighting and widening roads on existing paths, University spokesman Al Cubbage said. Because Evanston has a large biking community, ensuring safety on the road is a primary concern for the city, Storlie said. “Bike safety is extremely important to the city of Evanston, and we plan to make appropriate plans and decisions for the city at large,” Storlie said. “The city and NU are joint participants and will continue to work together to make our roads as safe as possible for pedestrians, motorists and bikers.”
Band of Ojibwe, and Patrick Rochford has previously been involved with the Cherokee Heritage Center. Norris program coordinator Nancy Cambron Perez said these courses are a way to branch out to a new student population that might not have been previously involved with Mini Courses. “We’re always interested in just diversifying anything that we have to offer in mini courses,” Cambron Perez said. “When Ninah came to us with this idea, we were excited because it was something new and different that we hadn’t really done before.” Cambron Perez added that Mini Courses offer a “smaller, more individual-based teaching” environment, allowing students to learn
simply for fun and interact with staff, faculty and community members in new ways. Though NAISA was solely responsible for
American Indian representation at NU when she first joined the organization, Divine said she has seen improvement in recent years through initiatives such as One Book One Northwestern and increased Multicultural Student Affairs programming. “I think it’s really cool … that we’ve been able to incorporate Native practices and programs,” Divine said. “It’s gonna be great that they’re open to the public, that Northwestern students or anyone else can take them.” The courses will begin in October and last six weeks each. Registration is currently open through the Norris Box Office both online and in person.
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I wanted to have an event that wasn’t just for the Northwestern community, but for the Native community.
Ninah Divine, coordinator of Native American and Indigenous Peoples Steering Group
Kelli Nguyen contributed reporting. juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu
Nora Shelly contributed reporting. robinopsahl2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Evanston plans to roll out new crime alert system By RYAN WANGMAN
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In response to community concerns about crime, Evanston police said at a Third Ward meeting Tuesday that they plan to launch an alert system in next two months designed to notify residents of crime happening in the area. Evanston police decided to roll out new crime alert technology amid concerns from residents in the Third Ward over the increase in “Part I” crimes, which include anything from murder to theft or aggravated battery. More than 100 Evanston residents gathered at Lincoln Elementary School, 910 Forest Ave., to discuss the uptick in crime in the Third Ward. During the meeting, residents said their main concerns are vehicular and residential burglaries, which have increased since June of this year. “There has been a series of events that have been attention getting,” Eddington told The Daily. “When you have residences being entered while they’re occupied, that is very disturbing. That’s something we need to address in settings like this so people are aware of it and can undertake common sense safety precautions to prevent those.” The crime alert technology, “Everbridge,” is a media alert system that allows residents to receive email or text updates with information about crimes happening in the area.
“(Everbridge is) going to be an extremely handy way to push the needed information out to the community,” Evanston police chief Richard Eddington said. Although official crime statistics reported by EPD show the overall crime index is down by 17.1 percent since last year, these numbers have done little to lessen residents’ fears. Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) told The Daily she has received many calls from residents concerned with the recent burglaries. Wynne shared with the audience her own experience of being robbed, saying “it can happen to anybody.” During the meeting, deputy police chief Jay Parrott took time to highlight common sense safety precautions that residents should follow. He said people should leave front porch lights on and invest in motion-activated lights for backyards, as well as lock their house and car doors. All of the 21 incidences of vehicle burglary in the Third Ward between June and September this year were instances of unsecured cars, according to crime data presented during the meeting. Parrott said burglars will target unlocked vehicles rather than breaking into secured cars in order to avoid drawing attention to themselves. Additionally, Parrott emphasized the importance of common sense and individual awareness of one’s surroundings to ensure one’s safety. “Evanston is a great city, but it is a city,” Parrott said. “People walk around with headphones
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Evanston police deputy chief Jay Parrott speaks at a Third Ward meeting Tuesday night. EPD is planning on rolling out a new crime alert system in the next two months.
on and sometimes they like to tune out the world — but you can’t do that. You have to really be aware of surroundings, really just for general safety.” Rhoda Kamin, a Third Ward resident, told The Daily she was concerned about safety after
her neighbors were robbed. “I feel [the police] are being very responsive, and they certainly took these concerns seriously,” she said. ryanw@u.northwestern.edu
City and University collaborate to repair local homes By BEN WINCK
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Two Evanston homes have safer exteriors, as a result of a new project run by Evanston and Northwestern. The project Rebuilding Evanston works to make major repairs on the exteriors of homes owned by low to moderate fixed-income senior citizens. Rebuilding Together North Suburban Chicago facilitates the the joint effort. Volunteers did renovations on two west Evanston homes last month as pilot run for the program. “The residents of Evanston have a lot of needs, especially the seniors, and anytime that we can help them live their lives freer, more flexible, that’s a good thing,” deputy city manager Erika Storlie said. “There are more needs than
there are resources.” The team of over 50 volunteers included staff from Northwestern Neighborhood and Community Relations, the Office of Sustainability and Northwestern Facilities Management. Planning for the project started in Fall 2015 at the suggestion of NU’s vice president of facilities John D’Angelo, said Alan Anderson, executive director of neighborhood and community relations. NU then went to Evanston staff to identify properties in need of repairs, Anderson said. The pilot run in August is building toward the organization’s larger effort that will take place in April. The team first fixed porch stairs and fencing for one house and installed a wheelchair ramp for the other. The addition of a ramp added necessary accessibility and allowed the residents to continue with their daily schedules, Storlie said.
“They were so excited because they hadn’t been to church in a long time, and we did this on Saturday and they had planned to go to church on Sunday,” Storlie said at a City Council meeting Monday. “They’ve been out of the house several times since.” NU and Evanston staff are hoping to expand the program to include more homes and hold another service day in 2017. The first run went well and there’s definitely opportunity to grow, Anderson said. Anderson told The Daily they were proud to help the two seniors. “We hope to do more of this,” Anderson said at the council meeting Monday. “This was a pilot in some ways in terms of testing it out, so we’re looking forward to being able to do more of this, hopefully at the beginning of next year, with additional homes in the community.” Anderson told The Daily that August’s pilot
work day helped them figure out the logistics of the program, and they were hoping to include student volunteers in April’s Rebuilding Together Day. Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) said the program would help seniors with larger projects. Evanston already runs a “handyman” program that allows low and moderate-income seniors to contract small repairs in their home though a city-paid repair man. “There’s a lot of seniors, and low and moderate-income people, who just can’t afford to do the kinds of renovations and things that need to be done to their homes,” she said. “That’s a big help to have someone come in and do the things that are necessary to get it back to the code.” Nora Shelly contributed reporting. benjaminwinck2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Wu leads Cats to fourth-place finish at home event By BENJY APELBAUM
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GLENVIEW, Ill. — A purple-and-white Northwestern flag flew over North Shore Country Club on Sunday as the Wildcats hosted the 20th-annual Windon Memorial Classic. After playing two rounds on the first day of action and one round on the second, the Wildcats finished fourth out of 14 teams with score of 9-over. Junior Dylan Wu led the way for the Cats and tied for second in the tournament, shooting a 4-under. Wu was followed by sophomore Ryan Lumsden and senior Andrew Whalen, who shot 3 and 4-over, finishing tied for 14th and tied for 18th, respectively. Playing at home was a special experience for NU, as they appreciated the strong fan support at the club located about 7 miles from campus. “It was great to have a lot of people out there supporting us and that made [the tournament] more fun and enjoyable,” Lumsden said. In addition to a friendly crowd, the Cats had the advantage of considerable playing experience at the course. Every golf course is different and comes with its unique set of challenges and opportunities. Wu said NU appreciated the familiarity the team has with the course. “We had played those same pin locations while practicing,” Wu said. “Since you’ve played it before that makes you a lot more comfortable.” After finishing in 11th place as a team at the Fighting Illini Invitational last week, both coach
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singles and doubles brackets in tournaments, Chatt said the team is looking to stay together as they prepare for team competition in the winter and spring. “Having six upperclassmen, we have more of a responsibility to be more of a team and less individual,” Chatt said. “This weekend’s going to be pretty important to see where we are as a team.”
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Dylan Wu prepares to tee off a drive. The junior finished tied for second in the Windon Memorial Championship this week.
David Inglis and Lumsden said the team took a step forward this week, while acknowledging they have a ways to go. Inglis focused on the team’s rough second round in particular, after NU tied with Florida for the lead at 6-under in the first round. On that Sunday afternoon round, the Cats shot 8-over as a team and fell to 4th place. “In the afternoon we lost a little bit of our energy and a little bit of our enthusiasm,” Inglis With the winningest coach in the Big Ten and a team with experience, chemistry and talent, the Cats will have a chance to solidify their status as contenders in the conference during their fall slate. Larner said that NU is ready to to do just that. “We all know each other so well, we know each other’s game and our potential,” she said. “We’re just ready for this year.” robinsonmarkus2019@u.northwestern.edu
said. “We made a couple of mistakes and we didn’t quite weather the adversity well enough for where we need to be.” During the third round on Monday, NU shot a team score that was similar to their previous round, but the course conditions had worsened. After balmy weather to open the tournament, temperatures dropped into the 60s on Monday. In addition, maximum wind speeds of 24 mph
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aggressiveness in her swing are key to her success on the court. With both teams desperately searching for a first Big Ten win, NU will likely see yet another competitive conference match. Fara admitted that the Cats have struggled against powerful hitters and large blocks, but
posed significant problems during the final round. Despite the tough environment, the Cats’ third round score was the third best of any team that day. “It was a small step in the right direction, but we have to understand that we have bigger goals than to finish fourth at our home event,” Inglis said. benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu said NU must focus on what it can do to best combat a team like Ohio State. “We always have our scouts. We always have our systems that we want to run,” Fara said. “(But) they’re going to get kills. They’re going to get blocks. They’re good teams. The best way to combat that sometimes is just to control the ball and keep it in.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Cats are eager to prove their potential By ROBBIE MARKUS
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With six returning upperclassmen, a top-ten doubles team and two ranked singles players, Northwestern is ready to roll during its fall season. Consistently one of the strongest teams in the Big Ten, the Wildcats will look to build on their performance from last year. As a team, NU only suffered one conference loss and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where it lost 4-2 to No. 3 North Carolina. This year, the Cats will be led by their three juniors, Alex Chatt, Maddie Lipp and Erin Larner. Chatt and Lipp have proven to be a top doubles team in the country and recently repeated as champions at the ITA Summer Nationals in August. The pair has earned a No. 8 pre-season ranking as a doubles team, and NU coach Claire Pollard indicated that Chatt and Lipp will likely play together again this season. “It’s very enticing to stick Lipp and Chatt back together and know that you’ve got one great doubles team in the bag,” Pollard said. In addition, Lipp and Larner are both recognized forces in singles. Lipp was the hero in the Cats’ home upset over No. 10 Michigan last year, defeating then-No. 18 Brienne Minor 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4 to clinch the match 4-3 for NU. Lipp comes into the season ranked No. 30 individually. Meanwhile, Larner set the tone for the Cats last year, largely competing at No. 1 singles and
notching 20 wins with three over ranked opponents. Pollard said Larner, who opens the year ranked No. 61, and Lipp will pave the way for the team’s success in singles play. “The experience that Erin and Maddie gained playing at the top of the lineup will really help them,” Pollard said. On top of the returning juniors, seniors Jillian Rooney, Brooke Rischbieth and Manon Peri also come back and provide NU with a strong senior presence. Rooney was often clutch last year for the Cats at No. 5 singles, especially when she won three straight games to clinch a 4-3 victory over Georgia Tech on Feb. 28. Meanwhile, Rischbieth was a constant source of consistent play at No. 6 singles and No. 2 doubles last year, and, although Peri struggled to stay healthy last season, if she can find her way back into the lineup, the senior has the potential to contribute. Rounding out the rest of the team are redshirt sophomore Rheeya Doshi, sophomore Lee Or and freshman Nina Van Oost. After largely playing No. 5 singles her freshman year, Doshi redshirted last season. Or managed to grab eight singles and 10 doubles wins last year, while Van Oost comes in as a true freshman from Overijse, Belgium. NU’s first test will come this weekend as it hosts the Wildcat Invite in Evanston. Although the nature of fall play is largely individual, with players competing in Daily file photo by Keshia Johnson
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VOLLEYBALL
Wildcats seeking elusive first conference win By AIDAN MARKEY
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It’s crunch time for Northwestern. After dropping their first two Big Ten matches of the season, the Wildcats (7-7, 0-2 Big Ten) will travel to Columbus, Ohio to face the No. 19 Ohio State (10-4, 0-2) on Wednesday in search of their first victory in almost two weeks. It will be NU’s second match of the season against a ranked opponent. In the Cats’ first on Sunday, they lost their home-opener to then-No. 18 Penn State. For the Buckeyes, the match comes in the midst of a four-game stretch that includes contests against the top three teams in the country. Coach Shane Davis expects junior outside hitter Symone Abbott, NU’s offensive leader, to be a focal point of the match on both sides of the net. “Symone’s going to be one that everyone keys in on, so she is in tough spots,” Davis said. “She has to be able to get herself out of those situations and hit some better shots.” Abbott, the conference leader with 4.21 kills per set, has recorded double digit kills in every match this season. In addition to her offensive prowess, Abbott’s 1.90 digs per set rank fourth on the Cats’ roster. “We’re asking her to do a lot,” Davis said. “So hopefully she can thrive with what we are doing with her.” NU has recently struggled with consistency. The Cats have dropped their past three matches and five out of their last seven. They also had an
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up-and-down weekend at the University of Northern Iowa Tournament just before Big Ten play. Abbott recognizes the Cats must be more consistent in order to compete with the top-tier conference teams.
“We just have to make sure that our offense is good while our passing is good,” Abbott said, adding that aggressive serving will help NU put together a solid, complete match. While Abbott is the catalyst of NU’s attack, the team does have other weapons. Junior middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen, senior outside hitter Rafae Strobos and sophomore middle blocker Rachael Fara have
also contributed at times throughout the season. Hazen has 114 kills on the season while Strobos has notched 48, and Fara had a strong start to the match in the Cats’ loss to the Nittany Lions. “We’re giving (Rachael) some good opportunities,” Davis said, who also noted that Fara’s confidence and » See VOLLEYBALL, page 7
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Rachael Fara winds up for a kill. The sophomore middle blocker and the Wildcats are looking for their first Big Ten win of the season.
NU men’s hoops to play 2017-18 season in Rosemont
One Northwestern team has found a home during renovations to WelshRyan Arena, as the athletic department announced in a release Tuesday that the men’s basketball team will play its home games in the 2017-2018 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The arena, which is a half-hour or more drive from the Wildcats’ Evanston campus, is the current host of DePaul’s basketball teams. With the Blue Demons planning to move into a new downtown arena in the fall of 2017, NU will temporarily take their place as Allstate Arena’s college basketball tenant. Athletic department spokesman Paul Kennedy said venue size and proximity to Evanston were major factors in the decision to move 2017-2018 home games to Allstate Arena, which seats roughly 18,500. Additionally, he said that the arena’s past experience hosting college basketball games and its ability to commit to a number of necessary open dates played a part in the decision. Tuesday’s announcement did not discuss arrangements for game-day transportation for students to the arena. Kennedy said providing transportation from Evanston for students is a priority, but a plan to do so isn’t in place yet. Additionally, Kennedy said that details about plans for the other teams displaced by the renovations, the women’s basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams, will be made public soon. In June, the athletic department announced plans for a “complete renovation” of Welsh-Ryan Arena, slated to cost roughly $110 million and take place from the end of the 2016-2017 basketball season until the fall of 2018. — Max Schuman