The Daily Northwestern — October 1, 2019

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There is nothing wrong with therapy

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Former prof.’s trial faces new testimony Co-defendant of Wyndham Lathem took plea agreement

By ALAN PEREZ

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The Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs is located on the third floor of 1800 Sherman Ave. Following student and faculty backlash, Annelise Riles, the executive director of the institute, announced structural reforms to how research funds will be allocated.

Buffett Institute faces pushback Post-funding cuts, students say they feel in the dark about changes

By AMY LI

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Shortly after a scathing Faculty Senate in February when multiple faculty members questioned Annelise Riles’ decision to employ large-scale funding cuts since her appointment as the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs’ executive director last September, Riles sent a letter to all faculty announcing major structural reforms to the institute’s funding. During a Monday meeting with The Daily, Riles shared the email with The

Jaden Smith to headline A&O Blowout 2019

Jaden Smith will headline the 2019 edition of A&O Blowout, A&O Productions announced in a Monday release.

The annual show, which will be held Saturday evening at WelshRyan Arena, will be the first-ever free Blowout.

Smith released his second studio album “Erys” in July, which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 200. The 21-year-old’s biggest hit is “Icon,” which has amassed over 174 million streams on

Daily and discussed Buffett’s new direction in funding allocation.

“Buffett looks forward to continuing to support Faculty who wish to work collaboratively across disciplinary and national boundaries to address critical global questions in ways that reflect the highest scholarly standards and push the frontiers of knowledge,” the letter said.

The February letter introduced a three-phase model for research to be approved for funding, including an idea incubation phase, a long-term collaborative research phase and a last stage to

Spotify. The song was a single off his first studio album “Syre.” In between his two studio albums, Smith also released a mixtape entitled “The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story.”

In addition to his work as a musical artist, Smith is an actor, clothing designer and philanthropist.

Previous headliners have included pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen and hip-hop artists Lil Uzi Vert and Young Thug.

The opener for Blowout will be producer, DJ and songwriter SOPHIE. Based in Los Angeles, SOPHIE has worked with Madonna, Charli XCX, Vince

ensure the research makes global impact. Riles said the Buffett institute uses the United Nation’s outline of today’s most salient global issues to measure what it considers as projects that can yield “global impact.”

The new criteria to receive research funding necessitates “broad multidisciplinary commitment” and must “further the wider strategic objectives of the Institute and the University,” the letter said.

Before Riles’ appointment, the executive director was in control of funding allocation to working groups. However, the new and

Staples and Flume.

This year marks the 10th iteration of Blowout and the 50th anniversary of A&O Productions, A&O co-chair Brooke Alsterlind told The Daily earlier this month.

But A&O concerts committee head Claire Toomey said the process behind making Blowout happen didn’t necessarily change because of the two milestones.

“We always try to put on shows to the best standard that we can,” Toomey said. “But we were definitely aware of trying to just have something high-energy, have as many people come as possible, and just get people really excited.”

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Council suggests incentives

Aldermen endorse tax benefits for Howard St. property

By CASSIDY WANG

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Aldermen voted 7-2 to send an application to the Cook County Assessor endorsing a Howard Street property for special assessment at a Monday meeting.

The applicant, 619 H, LLC, is requesting the vacant property at 611-24 Howard St. to be considered for a commercial tax break status designation, which “intends to encourage commercial projects

in areas determined to be in need of commercial development,” according to the Cook County Assessor’s website.

Such projects have total development costs — excluding land — under $2 million and would not be economically feasible at this site without the incentive.

If the application is approved, the occupant would be exempt from over $600,000 worth of property taxes after development, according to city documents. Dr. Mohamed Eldibany, the founder of 619 H, LLC, plans to invest $1

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million to renovate the property and then lease the space for events.

“It has truly been a blight in our neighborhood for twenty years,” said Jeannie Sanke, an 8th Ward resident. “It is crumbling before our eyes, quite literally. I put in calls every couple of months to 311 because there are trees growing in the gutters.”

While “everything else on Howard Street has been redeveloped,” Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said the building has sat empty for 19 » See HOWARD, page 6

higher bar for funding approval under Riles added a judging process after the “idea incubation phase,” in which groups of researchers pursing an interdisciplinary answer to a global question are to face a group of judges in November to decide whether their projects makes it into the research phase.

The judges will include a trustee, someone who specializes in foundations for grants, someone from the policy world and various academics, Riles told » See BUFFET, page 6

Former Feinberg Professor Wyndham Lathem, who faces charges for killing his boyfriend in a premeditated murder-sex fantasy, plans to defend his innocence despite a plea agreement prosecutors struck with his co-defendant.

If the trial in Chicago continues, Lathem could face potentially damning testimony for his alleged role in the 2017 murder of 26-year old hairdresser Trenton James Cornell-D uranleau. After Cook County Circuit Court Judge Charles Burns made the plea agreement public, lawyers for Lathem said they looked forward to questioning Andrew Warren, a former Oxford University employee.

“It seems like another codefendant who’s guilty, shifting blame,” Adam Sheppard told reporters in July after a status hearing for his client at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. “We don’t

support (Warren’s) credibility. We take great issue with it. We’re looking forward to cross-examining him at trial.”

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Warren would be sentenced to 45 years in exchange for his cooperation.

Lathem and Warren were indicted in September 2017 on charges of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say Lathem and former Oxford University employee Andrew Warren killed 26-year-old Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, who was Lathem’s boyfriend at the time, as part of a premeditated murder-sex fantasy.

An autopsy report showed Cornell-D uranleau was stabbed more than 40 times.

He was found in the kitchen of Lathem’s apartment, lying face down and dead from stab wounds to his back.

Lathem was fired from Northwestern soon after he fled the Chicago area, which led law enforcement officials on a nationwide manhunt.

In an unusual development, Lathem made a stop during the chase to record a video expressing regret for the crime and for betraying CornellDuranleau’s trust. He called » See LATHEM, page 6

Ethics reform nears end

Subcommittee holds final meeting on revising code

By JOSHUA IRVINE

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The Ethics Subcommittee of the Rules Committee held its final meeting Monday afternoon, the beginning of the end of a months-long saga to reform the city’s ethics code.

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) led discussion as the subcommittee compiled points for presentation at the Rules Committee’s Oct. 7 meeting. If the committee votes to advance the ordinance, it will proceed to City Council, where aldermen will cast the final verdict on a slate of reforms for the Evanston Code of Ethics and its enforcing body, the Board of Ethics.

Most of the meeting focused on refining and clarifying legalese within the ordinance, with Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) saying the ordinance should be accessible to both the public as well as City Council and the board.

The subcommittee also suggested the removal of language in the draft that would allow the board to levy penalties against the subject of the complaint. Wilson said the code did not currently grant the board this power.

The subcommittee has already

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Alds. Donald Wilson (4th) and Judy Fiske (1st) at an Ethics Subcommittee of the Rules Committee meeting. The subcommittee hosted its final meeting Monday.

run afoul of the Board of Ethics, which said it was “frustrated and disappointed” with the subcommittee’s process in a June memorandum and suggested the board was better suited to revising the code. The board also provided its own recommendations for the ordinance, including an annotated edit of a draft initially provided by the subcommittee.

Wilson said questions of giving the board such powers are “all subject to further conversation.”

“It’s all subject to further conversation,” Wilson said.

Wilson did not go into specifics when asked about the board’s

recommendations.

“They had a lot of comments,” Wilson told The Daily. “I can’t characterize their response. I just appreciate that they spent time on it.”

The subcommittee did not appear to use the board’s draft in their discussion, though its contents were referenced.

Wilson said in an email to The Daily that the draft the subcommittee reviewed incorporated some, but not all, of the board’s comments. The board’s comments and annotated edit » See ETHICS, page 6

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AROUND TOWN

New exhibit shows past, present of Native jewelry

By AHLAAM MOLEDINA

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Upon entering the warmly-lit space housing the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian’s new exhibit, “Stunning Stories in Native American Jewelry,” attention is first drawn to the subtle gleam of a silver necklace accented with turquoise, encased in the center of the room. Closer inspection shows the faded markings of the dimes and half-dollar coins melted to form this piece of jewelry during World War II, when the practice was revived by Navajo silversmiths after being banned in the 1890s.

“Stunning Stories in Native American Jewelry,” located at 3001 Central St., opened to the public on Sept. 28, featuring nearly 100 pieces of jewelry representing tribes from throughout the U.S. and Canada, with a focus on the Southwest.

“The Mitchell Museum is dedicated to presenting the material culture of a lot of American Indian people,” said Ernest M. Whiteman III, a Northern Arapaho filmmaker and the museum’s education coordinator. “This exhibition represents not only a material culture, but also an art form that is culturally important to Native people.”

Information about materials and techniques opens the exhibition, providing a background to the different types of jewelry on display and the influence of expanding trade and change on them.

One piece that illustrates the blend of Native American symbolism with the influence of Spanish silversmithing techniques is a squash blossom

POLICE BLOTTER Target employee arrested for theft

An 18-year-old Chicago resident was arrested on Sunday in connection with a theft of $923 of merchandise from the Target located at 2209 Howard St. On Sept. 12 at 3:13 p.m., a 34-year-old male Target employee reported the theft, which had taken place a few hours earlier, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan

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Native American jewelry on display at Evanston’s Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central St. The exhibit opened Sept. 28.

necklace, of which several are on display as part of both “Stunning Stories” as well as the Mitchell Museum’s permanent exhibit. Another section of the exhibit

displays pieces made during the Great Depression, using materials such as repurposed vinyl and utensils in lieu of semi-precious stones like jet.

Glew. The woman was an employee at another Target location, but came to the Target on Howard Street on Sept. 12.

The woman selected numerous items and went to check out, but prior to paying, she asked if she could speak to customer service about her credit card and the transaction was suspended, Glew said. After speaking to the clerk, the woman took the items and left the store without paying.

The woman turned herself in at 11 a.m. on Sunday and has been charged with a misdemeanor of retail theft.

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Over the weekend, the Target located at 1616 Sherman Ave. reported four different thefts. At 2:00 p.m. on Thursday and at 9:05 a.m. on Friday, the Target reported alcohol was stolen.

“In developing the exhibit, we reached out to the artists and tribal communities to share their intimate stories of what their prized jewelry means to themthe materials, symbols, and experience making, wearing, and even losing their treasured pieces” Kathleen McDonald, the exhibit curator and museum’s executive director since 2009, said in a news release.

Weinberg first-year Delaney Glassner visited the exhibit on its opening day, and said it was “refreshing” to see artwork that is “often overlooked.”

“It’s unlike anything I’ve seen before in larger museums,” Glassner said. “It’s all new and interesting.”

Particularly captivating in Whiteman III’s eyes is the Storyteller Belt by prominent Alaskan Chugach Aleut jewelry-makers Denise and Sam Wallace, completed in 1992. Intricately set in 14 carat gold, the belt entitled ‘Women and Children’ is elaborate in its depiction of Native American lifeways. It follows Storyteller traditions which began in the 1960s when artists started creating jewelry explicitly depicting Native American lifeways ranging from portraits of Indigenous people to scenes of herding sheep.

A combination of both historical and contemporary works such as the belts is important to the Mitchell Museum’s ethos, Whiteman III said.

“It connects not only the historical aspect of jewelry making but also the contemporary which a lot of institutions do not do,” he added. “The idea that Natives are making a resurgence is wrong. We were always here.”

The museum will host a day of events on Oct. 14 for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, including events for young people and families led by Carol Kramer, Ojibwe. ahlaammoledina2023@u.northwestern.edu The two thefts could have been carried out by the same person, Glew said, based on the descriptions of the individual.The other two thefts took place at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday and 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, and the items stolen were electronics and alcohol, respectively.

Other than the location, no other connection has been made between the thefts. ­— Natalie Chun

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ON CAMPUS

Political Union talks immigration

By JAMES POLLARD

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At their first debate of the year, Northwestern Political Union voted for a mock resolution in support of the decriminalization of illegal immigration.

As a crowd of around 60 packed inside the Buffet Institute for Global Affairs on Monday night, the group ultimately reached the same conclusion Rep. Julián Castro did this summer, when he started a discussion among Democratic Presidential contenders by voicing support for repealing Section 1325 of the U.S. code. That section allows people who enter the U.S. without proper documentation to be criminally prosecuted.

After the group’s first meeting of the new academic year, co-president and moderator Jahan Sahni said participants like to discuss topics currently in the national discourse.

“We wanted to do something that was quite accessible to the majority of the Northwestern population,” the Weinberg senior said. “Also, considering the fact that a lot of the people attending today might be first-timers, especially first years.”

After Sahni opened the event by reading Section 1325, Bienen junior Sachin Shukla reminded the group that the avowed white supremacist Sen. Coleman Blease constructed the statute, adopted in 1929.The statute aimed to force Mexican immigrants into the abuse of the federal government, Shukla said.

He added that to deal with the growing number of prosecutions, President George W. Bush began Operation Streamline in 2005, processing large groups of immigrants in group hearings.

“So you can throw due process out the window,” he said.

Recalling Blease, Shukla cited a statistic that found 92 percent of all immigrants imprisoned for illegal crossings come from Mexico and Central America.

“Section 1325 is about sending immigrants into needless abuse, gross incompetence, unwittingly aiding white supremacy in the process,” Shukla said. “We don’t need to do this.”

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Northwestern Political Union Co-President Jahan Sahni raises his gavel during the debate. The Political Union voted for a mock resolution in support of the decriminalization of illegal immigration.

In his opening statement, McCormick senior Ian Odland argued that attitudes, rather than rules and policy, are the real problem.

Odland said Section 1325 does not legalize the Trump administration’s family separation policy, nor does it legalize criminal prosecution of undocumented immigrants.

“It has been the decision of the Trump, Obama and Bush administrations to prioritize criminal prosecution, instead of informal deportations,” Odland said. “It has been the attitudes of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller that resulted in child separations and violations of due process. It has been the prejudices of law enforcement officials that have led to abuses of human rights and the use of excessive force.”

Rather than repeal the statute, Odland said people should elect a president who will deprioritize criminal prosecution of undocumented immigrants, as had been the case before the 21st century.

He also expressed concern over the political pushback Democrats might face if they adopt a stance against the statute.

“Supporting the decriminalization of illegal immigration, and repeal of sections 1325 and 1326, will

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When some argued that decriminalizing illegal border crossings would incentivize immigrants to forego the legal process, another student responded that the fact that undocumented immigrants do not have access to various government benefits would be incentive enough to go through the legal ports of entry.

Northwestern Political Union aims to foster discourse on topics where there is political tension, Sahni said.

With “echo chambers” rampant, he said the respectful space the group fosters allows people to be exposed to a greater variety of opinions that will force them to think critically about their own ideas.

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There is nothing wrong with wanting to go to therapy MARCUS THUILLIER

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In my first class of what will be my last quarter of school, the instructor opened with a question to the class: How do you reflect?

For me, the answer was an emphatic “therapy.”

In the spirit of being completely honest, I’ll admit that it took me a long time to get to that answer.

I attended my first therapy session during my sophomore year of college after months of talking about making an appointment and backing out at the last minute. Even though it wasn’t an easy first step, I was aided by going to school in California. De-stigmatization of mental health issues started here earlier than in the rest of the United States.

I was even comfortable sharing this new undertaking with my parents, who were very aware of my struggle and welcomed the news with enthusiasm. I persisted in going once a week for about six months and stopped after “fixing” my issues and deciding for myself that I was now okay.

Two years of hard work later, and I was accepted into a Master’s Program at Northwestern University. The first thing I did when I landed in Evanston last year was schedule an appointment with Northwestern University’s Counseling and Psychological Services. After being referred to an outside counselor, I’ve been going to therapy once a week for the past year and will continue doing so through my final quarter in school.

Now that I have established my background, I feel like it’s important to explain why I went back to therapy. The issues I had when I first went were gone, no other obvious issues had appeared in the meantime and I had just started my dream program at my dream school. After the first few meetings, my therapist hit the bullseye: I was going through burnout and as a graduate student I couldn’t really find a respite.

Walking around Northwestern University, it’s not hard to see that I am probably not the only one experiencing this. Just like at

any other elite university across the country, the students here often come in as the brightest amongst them all, and very often experience a rude awakening upon their arrival. Here the pressure is upped, both for undergraduate and graduate students, and people are expected to perform or fold.

In my analytics program, with 45 other people around, I felt isolated at first, unable to wrap my head around the fact that I had even gotten in. It’s a feeling I assume that many others also felt. Being outside of the family cocoon and experiencing the pres-

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After the first few meetings, my therapist hit the bullseye: I was going through burnout and as a graduate student I couldn’t really find a respite.

Walking around NU, it’s not hard to see that I am probably not alone.

sure of being outworked and outperformed for the first time can create a sense of selfdoubt and a lack of confidence. At a college like Northwestern, getting a break can often seem impossible, and taking a break might just be a forgotten footnote at the end of the week.

Like many of the other top colleges, mental health care does not seem to be a priority to Northwestern’s administration. Students in the past have demanded such things as an increase in funding for CAPS and the hire of additional counseling staff who better reflect underrepresented populations on campus. [cq] On top of that, CAPS doesn’t handle any non-emergency therapy treatment, and someone seeking treatment would have to take the extra step of reaching out to someone who isn’t even associated with Northwestern in the first place.

Students should not have to jump through

hoops to take a break. I was lucky enough to follow through with this process, but many others might feel intimidated and give up before getting the help they need or want. A student’s mental health is important for their quality of life on campus and when Northwestern puts mental health in the backseat, it takes away from the college experience.

As for me, who is completely addicted to my personal and class work and often puts more than twelve hours a day into it, I tend to put my health, both mental and physical, to the side until the completion of my projects. I’m in no way special in this and many undergraduate and graduate students go into this same war of attrition when they attend college.

For me, I wanted to take 55 or so minutes each week to sit down and talk about how I’m doing. This helps me escape a difficult and stressful reality, and in my case, that conversation happens with a therapist.

Even in 2019, many people still see therapy as a gauge of how much a person is struggling socially and personally. Not going to therapy because you “don’t need it” should somehow help establish that you are a sane and healthy participant in the world.

However, I disagree. My experience has taught me that this is a regressive thought.

Sure, I might not need therapy on the basis of my mental health diagnosis, but I decided to go because it comes with a great benefit to me, my work and my relationships with others. Overall, I think it makes me a better person. And I’m not ready to compromise on that because of the stigma that therapy still caries.

As college students, we are forced through four-plus years of extremely demanding workloads where we barely get a breather.

Sometimes, even when we want to take a break, we don’t really get the opportunity.

Utilizing the infrastructure in place both here and at my undergraduate college has helped me tremendously to cope with the world we live in today. Three months from graduation, it is a habit I intend to keep and cherish. It helps me grow as a human and progress outside of my career achievements.

Marcus Thuillier is a second-year graduate student.

He can be contacted at marcusthuillier2019@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.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why won’t Northwestern University return Saudi blood money?

Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Ronan Farrow revealed that the MIT Media Lab and its director, Joi Ito received $1.7 million in donations from convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and deliberately hid this financial relationship. Ito promptly resigned.

One of the lab’s advisors, journalist and author Anand Giridharadas, stepped down in protest.

“Universities should know better than to be drive-through reputational laundromats,” he declared.

This situation raises questions for Northwestern as well. Last year, information from the U.S. Education Dept., revealed that several professors accepted donations from the King Abulaziz City of Science & Technology, a Saudi Arabian government agency. Over the course of 5 years, a total of $14.4 million dollars have been accepted as donations.

The disclosure followed the death of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in a Turkish consulate. Strong evidence linked top Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to the murder.

Unlike the MIT situation, NU administrators did not try to conceal the funding source. However they have not, as far as

I know, identified the professors and academic departments who used the money for research projects.

President Morton Schapiro said that NU professors will “reconsider” their relationship with the Saudi government, but won’t return the money they received, because their work benefits the scientific community.

“Scientists in our labs get to do transformative research,” he stated. Creating a traffic management plan for visitors to the city of Mecca was among the projects cited by Provost Jonathan Holloway.

While such research may indeed be “transformative,” it doesn’t justify, in my view, why an elite university that hosts one of the world’s leading journalism schools refuses to return funds donated by a regime implicated

in the murder of a prominent journalist.

NU’s position, in my view, reflects a value system in which Riyadh’s riches outweigh Evanston’s ethics.

During an interview with the Daily, President Schapiro said he wasn’t “horrified” by the fact that the Saudi government paid for NU professors’ scientific research.

But he should be horrified, and so should all concerned NU students, faculty and alumni. Elite academic institutions like NU and MIT cannot claim to aim their ethical values at the North Star while allowing their moral compass to point directly to the bottom line.

I welcome readers’ feedback.

— Dick Reif, MSJ 1964

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Author discusses Syrian documentary filmmakers

By JACOB FULTON

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Author Joshka Wessels shared her experiences chronicling the stories of documentary filmmakers in Syria at a Monday event at the Evanston Public Library.

Wessels, the author of a book titled “Documenting Syria,” was the first lecturer in the fall 2019 series on political and social issues in the Middle East, co-sponsored by Northwestern University’s Middle East and North African Studies Program and the Evanston Public Library. The partnership began in January 2015.

During the presentation, she detailed stories of revolutionary Syrian filmmakers as they faced government censorship and war zone conflicts. It was the bravery of these people, Wessels said, and the realization that few had heard their stories that compelled her to share them.

“This is important — not only for Syria — it is important for us to know that there are these incredibly courageous artists who use film and are visual dissidents,” Wessels told The Daily.

“Their mission was to tell the world to tell their story. I hoped that if I wrote this book, I could maybe somehow help them tell their story.”

Throughout the presentation, Wessels shared footage from a variety of documentaries, and personal stories about her interactions with filmmakers. She spoke about documentarians

Evanston Fire Department collaborates on new hiring law

The Evanston Fire Department collaborated with local officials on a new law that creates a hiring preference for fire service career applicants with at least 600 hours of fire suppression work in a certified program.

The law, signed on August 23 by Governor J.B. Pritzker, amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. The change will

who illustrate the growth of Syrian documentaries from the 1970s to the present, including Nabil Maleh, Mohamed Malas and Basil alSayed. She also explained how her experiences as an anthropologist and filmmaker informed her coverage.

Lorena Neal, the library’s Legal Literacy Librarian, said the selection of Wessels as a speaker was particularly impactful, as few people in the United States share her in-depth knowledge of Syrian media.

It is because of this unique point of view, Neal explained, that many Evanston residents were drawn to both Monday’s event and the lecture series as a whole.

“All knowledge is worth having, and the more you can expose people to different perspectives, the more they get perspectives on their own lives, on the world and on their role in it,” Neal told the Daily. “People want the opportunity to hear for themselves from those who have worked in the region.”

Evanston resident Ernie Norrman said he frequently attends events at the library to broaden his worldview and hear from people he may not have interacted with otherwise.

“We all should be staying informed about the world,” Norrman said “I think people in Evanston are more likely to do that. They’re more interested in what’s going on in other places. Having programs like this engage the intellectual wealth of the community as a whole.”

Wessels said interacting with diverse perspectives will hopefully broaden the understanding now allow qualified candidates to receive hiring preference if they have had the 600 hours of work within a 12-month period as part of a certified apprenticeship program.

These applicants can receive up to 20 points added to their firefighter eligibility list score, thus increasing their chances of employment.

“This law will not only encourage more individuals to explore a fire service career through a certified apprenticeship program,” Scott said in a news release, “it will also help ensure that departments can hire the best candidates available, resulting in safer communities.”

The bill was sponsored by state Rep. Robyn

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Author Joshka Wessels speaks at an Evanston Public Library event. She released a book about the stories of documentary filmmakers in Syria.

of those who encounter her stories.

Wessels hopes that people who learn about Syrian media from her book will be encouraged to “break down the East-West dichotomy” and learn more about the diversity of all of Middle Eastern culture.

“It’s great to see that people are engaged

like this,” Wessels said. “They don’t always get information like this from the media, so it’s nice to get some more grounded insight. I hope that, through tonight, people will begin to form a human connection with the subject.”

Gabel (D-Evanston) in collaboration with the Evanston Fire Department. Gabel thanked Evanston Fire Chief Brian Scott for his collaboration in creating the law in a news release.

“It allows a wider range of backgrounds and experiences to be considered for firefighters’ apprenticeships, thus expanding access to good jobs beyond traditional sources,” Gabel said in the release.

The bill was also developed with the help of the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois and its president Pat Devaney, as well as the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association.

The Evanston Fire Department is working

with Oakton Community College to create a three-year apprenticeship program. [The program would complement the Fire Explorer Program geared toward young adults.

The Fire Explorer Program currently helps men and women aged 14-20 learn the basic skills of firefighting and EMS. The program also offers ride-alongs and opportunities to assist with routine tasks around the fire department and in the community.

The three-year apprenticeship program is expected to launch in the fall of 2020.

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However, months after funding cuts, student groups, graduate students, and faculty members who previously used the institute as a continuous source of funding remain uncertain about whether they had a role to play in Buffett’s new direction.

Political science Prof. William Reno said since Riles’ arrival, she has requested to meet with all WCAS faculty that had received Buffett funding for research or to support working groups, and most faculty members lost the funding as a result.

“I think that for faculty, one of the complaints was that they didn’t like losing the support, but they also thought that their opinions and views were not being listened to, and if they were listened to they were being rejected,” Reno said.

Reno said while faculty often find other means to finance their research, via workshops or book conferences on campus, for example, student groups struggled the most with the abrupt cessations of funding.

LATHEM From page 1

it the “biggest mistake of my life,” and made a $1,000 donation in Cornell-Duranleau’s name to the Lake Geneva Public Library in Wisconsin.

The hunt ended in California, when Lathem dropped Warren off at a police station in San Francisco before turning himself to police in Oakland, after which police extradited Lathem to Chicago.

During the hearing in July, Assistant State’s Attorney Craig Engebretson read a statement from the agreement, in which Warren admits he and Lathem discussed the murder for weeks

HOWARD From page 1

years, with crumbling plaster on the floors and ceilings.

Evanston resident Virginia Mann said when she moved to the city 23 years ago, Howard Street was a “blighted nightmare.” Since then, Mann has seen a “tremendous transformation” in the area, which she said has cultivated a viable community and has increased the city’s tax base.

“The transformation has been great, except that there’s one property there still in the area that for nineteen years has been vacant that continues to deteriorate on a daily basis,” Mann said.

The building would need extensive redevelopment for occupance, from electricity and roof replacements to the installation of plumbing, Rainey said.

While this project would be expensive, Rainey said the development of the property could bring the city additional revenue.

“I did not vote for the additional sales tax, because I

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019 Global Brigades, a volunteer group that organizes brigades to under-resourced communities to resolve global health and economic disparities, received quarterly allotments of around $500 through the Buffett Institute before the institute froze funding to most student groups, Avi Dravid, who was NU chapter president during the funding cuts, told The Daily.

“The Buffett Institute will not be accepting funding requests from student groups this year, and the pause on funding to all but a select few student groups will continue throughout the academic year.” An email to Global Brigades, signed by Emory Erker-Lynch, associate director of global collaboration for the institute wrote. “While we recognize your group’s work as valuable, we are unfortunately not able to fund it this year.”

Riles, who initially said she was unaware that Global Brigades was affiliated with the institute at all, later told The Daily a different narrative — that funding is awarded each year on a competitive basis through an application process.

“This group’s funding was not cut,” Riles wrote in an email to The Daily. “It was just not successful in this year’s cycle of funding applications because other before Warren arrived in Chicago.

Lathem is reportedly teaching fellow prison inmates in an unofficial role while he awaits trial. Sheppard, his lawyer, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he explains biology, science and politics during the limited outdoor time every day.

“He is a brilliant microbiologist, who is now being treated for depression,” Sheppard told the Chicago Sun-Times. “Both his parents died during his incarceration. He continues to persist in his not guilty plea and that his co-defendant is literally to blame.”

Lathem’s trial awaits scheduling.

student groups’ proposals were more competitive.”

However, Dravid said the group was not informed on what criteria was used to determine which groups received fundings and which groups didn’t.

In order to retain the NU chapter, Global Brigades had to ramp up fundraising through donut sales, for example, to cover expenses previously supplemented by the institute.

The Buffett Institute was founded in 2015 with a $100 million donation from Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ‘54) with an intention to expand programming and to internationalize the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research and learning experience.

Under previous directors and with the additional help of around one million in donations from Buffett each year, the institute has broadened its reach by funding over two dozen faculty working groups, undergraduate and graduate student groups across the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, including affiliated faculty from the Kellogg School of Management, the Pritzker School of Law, and the School of Communication.

Hendrik Spruyt, who had previously served as

Buffett’s executive director and on the board of advisors for the institute, said as a result of rampant expansion, talks began about a more focused direction while he was still involved — supporting bigger themes at a higher level. “(Buffett) did many things for many people,” Spruyt said. “So one view was: ‘Maybe we’re doing too many things. Maybe we need to define our new voice.’”

However, despite the institute’s broadened mission statement on the website — something that a faculty member previously described as “marketing” — some faculty felt that Buffett is narrowing in its impact.

All together, Reno said since Riles’ arrival, the international studies institute has diminished in importance in the daily lives of faculty, students and Weinberg as a whole.

“From my position as a political science professor, I don’t really see what the Buffett institute does anymore,” Reno said. “I can go to their website and I can see things, but in terms of what goes around on campus, I can’t really see what they do.”

ETHICS

The board also ruled Rainey lacked impartiality after she used profanity and threats against Evanston residents at a fall 2018 meeting.

Controversy erupted in December after Rainey cast a tie-breaking vote within the Rules Committee that effectively halted any future action on the board’s findings regarding the ethics complaints against her.

The subcommittee was formed in January and charged with reviewing the ethics code as well as investigating issues including use of profanity in public meetings and City Council’s ability to vote on ethics code violations.

The Rules Committee will vote on whether or not to advance the ordinance at a meeting next week.

From page 1 of the ordinance will also be submitted to the Rules Committee.

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) sat at the table throughout the meeting, though she did not speak. Ethics complaints against Rainey and her subsequent actions led to the formation of the subcommittee after aldermen called for an examination of the city’s ethics code.

In October 2018, the Board of Ethics found Rainey abused her power as an elected official after a series of incidents involving the group Evanston Lighthouse Dunes. Rainey used her city email to solicit funds for the group while City Council deliberated on the future of the Harley Clarke Mansion.

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know these kinds of things, development in this town, is the way to go,” Rainey said. “That is the way to take care of everybody. Let’s do more development. Every single penny that we’re getting off Howard Street is helping everybody in this town.”

Sanke said “the dollars do follow” from development projects. The renovation project is expected to generate a home rule liquor/sales tax totaling $55,000 and the property would contribute to “ongoing revitalization of Howard Street,” according to city documents.

Evanston resident Mike Vasilko said he is concerned the applicant is looking for a large property tax break “in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

“Sooner or later, all these tax giveaways come back to bite us in the ass and the people that end up paying for it are the people that live in Evanston,” Vasilko said. “This is a commercial, for-profit company that deserves to pay their property taxes.” cassidywang2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) at a City Council meeting. Rainey said there needs to be more development in Evanston.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019

Prof.’s research lends evidence to Darwin’s theory

By AMY LI

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Erik Andersen, a Northwestern associate professor of molecular sciences, lent some of the first evidence to Charles Darwin’s 1859 hypothesis that natural selection acts similarly to domestication using new research that monitors roundworm reproductive processes.

Andersen’s study, published on Sept. 23 in the journal of Nature Ecology & Evolution, uses one millimeter-long roundworms, C. elegans, to investigate how the nematode gambles between feeding within its existing environment or undertaking a dangerous journey to a new location that may promise more food.

“It sounds like a simple decision, but it’s one of those decisions that every organism in nature has to decide,” Andersen said.

Andersen found that the nematodes’ evolution in nature parallels their growth in a laboratory setting from a 2011 study by Stanford University’s Patrick McGrath, published in Nature, thereby discovering convincing evidence for Darwin’s theory in his book, “On the Origin of Species.”

“The evolution of traits is rarely connected to exact genes and processes,” Anderson wrote in a University release. “We offer a clear example of how evolution works.”

Darwin’s ideas focused on exotic bird systems, which are difficult to regulate in a laboratory and in nature.

However, C. elegans, with a relatively simple genetic system, makes testing hypotheses on genetic crosses and the function of genomes more feasible.

The discovery that C. elegans could be an effective

Across Campuses Iranian students were accepted to US schools. Then their visas were revoked without explanation LOS ANGELES — Sepideh was packing her suitcase for her move to California when a message from a friend popped up on her phone: Some Iranian students’ U.S. visas had abruptly been canceled.

They couldn’t board their flights from Tehran to the United States.

The 23-year-old from Tehran had been accepted into a graduate program in computer science at the

and versatile system to use in a myriad of research on genetics was a primary motivating factor for first starting his lab, Andersen said. “(Using C. elegans), we can easily do genetic crosses and understand how the genome works, whereas if we were doing this in pine trees, elephants or humans, it would take decades to get the same answers,” Anderson said.

Humans need about 20 years to cycle through a single generation. By contrast, C. elegans take only around 3.5 days to grow.

Andersen’s lab, which employs 17 full-time staffers and 14 undergraduate students, is working on a variety of different research projects testing gene characteristics and responsiveness using the nematode.

The lab currently uses nematodes to how genes lead to differences in chemotherapeutic responses. The lab is also studying the evolution of parasitic nematodes, which affect two billion people across the world every year.

“We want to understand how drugs used to kill these parasites also work with C. elegans, and we can then learn about what genes respond to resistance against these drugs,” Andersen said.

The molecular biologists in the lab used a combination of laboratory experiences, computational genomic analysis and field work to show that natural selection acts on signal-sensing receptors, rather than the later parts of the genetic process, according to a Northwestern release.

“The evolutionary principles outlined in the study — they come to play in many other projects in the lab,” Andersen said. amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu University of California, Riverside. She was supposed to fly to Los Angeles at the beginning of September.

“I got really nervous,” said Sepideh, who like other students in this article asked that she only be identified by her first name. “I heard this could happen.”

Sepideh is one of about 20 Iranian students who had planned on starting graduate studies in fields such as computer science and engineering over the last few weeks, when their visas suddenly were revoked by the U.S. government.

The students, the majority of whom were bound for University of California schools, said they received no explanation. University officials and Iranian American groups said they didn’t know what

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Roundworms magnified under a microscope. Prof. Erik Andersen’s study uses them to draw major findings and lend evidence to Darwin’s theory.

prompted the sudden change.

The visa cancellations come amid mounting political tensions between the Trump administration and Iran and the threat of military escalations in the Persian Gulf. Advocates say it’s unclear how the countries’ strained relations may factor into the visa cancellations.

“There’s been no transparency about what is happening and so we’re left to wonder whether this is the result of the Muslim (travel) ban, extreme vetting or maximum pressure,” said Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council.

Student visas are one of the few remaining gateways for Iranians to enter the United States. The

Trump administration’s travel ban grants exceptions for F-1 visas.

Still, applicants go through more extensive background checks and vetting as a result of the ban, a process that experts say has delayed many applications for months.

The current iteration of the ban includes Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea and Venezuela - countries that the U.S. government says fail to share information that would help it determine whether certain travelers could be involved in terrorism.

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Wildcats look for rare win against No. 5 Hoosiers

By DREW SCHOTT

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Even throughout the slog of last year’s winless conference campaign, Northwestern played some of its best soccer against one of the Big Ten’s best: Indiana. The Wildcats lost both of their road matches against the defending Big Ten champions by one goal, including a 2-1 overtime defeat in the second round of the 2018 Big Ten tournament.

But this season, a new and improved NU (5-3-1, 1-0-1 Big Ten) roster hopes to hand the No. 5 Hoosiers (5-1-2, 1-0-0) their first conference defeat of the season and their first defeat to the Cats in over a decade. “(Indiana is) a preeminent program in the country,” coach Tim Lenahan said.

“They have eight stars on their jersey for a reason.”

This will be the Cats’ second match up this season against a top-25 team. On Sept.

20, NU beat defending national champion No. 25 Maryland 3-1 on the road.

NU will face one of the most productive offenses in the conference. The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten with 125 shots and 64 corner kicks. Spearheaded by forward Ian Black, they’ve scored 13 goals, good for second in the conference.

The Hoosiers are led defensively by Jack

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Maher, the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year and the 21st-best player in the nation according to Top Drawer Soccer’s preseason rankings.

With a win over Indiana, the Cats could pull off one of the program’s largest upsets in recent history. Lenahan said the Cats must take advantage of scoring chances, something they failed to do in a 0-0 tie against Ohio State on Sept. 28.

In its two matchups against Indiana last season, NU was outshot 49-6. But the 2019 Cats have performed better in the attacking third. In its first nine games last year, the team managed just 63 shots. This year, they’ve already fired 88, with 25 coming over the past three games. Additionally, NU ranks No. 37 in the nation and second in the Big Ten — behind Michigan — with a .471 shot accuracy percentage.

The success NU has had this season has resulted in Lenahan expressing confidence in the roster.

“I know where this group is,” he said on Sept. 24. “We’re better. We have better players. We learned how to compete and this year, we’re going to learn how to win.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Bardia Kimiavi takes a touch towards the goal. The sophomore midfielder has found the net three times and dished out two assists on the season.

CROSS COUNTRY

Northwestern struggles to find early season rhythm

By SOPHIA SCANLAN

daily senior staffer @sophia_scanlan

Ahead of Saturday’s Buckeye Preview and Loyola Lakefront Invite, coach Jill Miller told the Northwestern runners to be present during the race and find their teammates throughout the course.

After the Wildcats finished in the bottom half of both meets, Miller said she didn’t think the Wildcats lived up to her goal.

“It was a rough weekend,” Miller said. “There’s a lot of growth that we need to do as a team both in and out of practice and during competition.”

Michigan came out on top at the Buckeye Preview in Columbus, and Wolverine freshman Ericka VanderLende, took first in the 6K overall.

Her winning time was 20:17.9 — roughly 5:26 minutes per mile.

Sophomore Rachel McCardell, NU’s top finisher, crossed the line a minute and a half later, taking 31st place at 21:54.1.

Though McCardell may not have been satisfied with her result, she “moved through the field well,” Miller said.

Senior Sarah Nicholson finished next for the Cats — with a time of 22:52.6 — but only after she passed out with 40 meters left.

Nicholson was running “a great race” until then, Miller said, and the senior had to get up and finish the course after she blacked out.

“She had a really, really tough effort out there,” Miller added. “She just hit the wall and mistimed the finish.”

Freshman Kalea Bartolotto finished 10 spots later in 92nd, and senior Kelly O’Brien and sophomore Olivia Verbeke followed in 99th and 127th place, respectively.

With a score of 316, NU landed in 11th place out of 12, beating Rutgers by 14 points.

Things didn’t go much better in Chicago at the Loyola Lakefront Invite.

Northern Illinois won the meet, partially because Huskies junior Ashley Tutt finished the 5K first at 17:26.76.

Junior Amanda Davis led the Cats with a time of 19:05.58, and freshman Kayla Byrne clocked in moments later at 19:14.03. Even though only 31 seconds separated Davis from the last scoring NU runner — freshman Elizabeth Bulat — the Cats still ended the meet second

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Kayla Byrne runs in the Loyola Lakefront Invite. The freshman finished the 5K with a time of 19:14.03.

to last, scoring 14th of 18 with 374 points.

NU now has a three-week break from racing, and Miller said the biggest thing she wants to focus on until

then is consistency.

“The results — they are what they are,” she said. “Hopefully we can move out of them by the end of the season, but honestly, (we’re) looking

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FOOTBALL

Pat Fitzgerald talks about California’s Fair Pay to Play act

By PETER WARREN

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Fair Play to Pay Act on Monday morning that will allow student-athletes in the state to be compensated for their likeness, and the decision has sent shockwaves throughout the country.

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said Monday he did not know enough about the bill to specifically

discuss the measure, but added he was “a proponent of whatever is in the best interest of student-athletes.”

The 2018 Big Ten Coach of the Year never mentioned paying players during the press conference.

He did say he has a “pretty good” perspective on the situation due to his success as a player and his tenure as a coach.

“There’s a lot of things that I look at our guys and say, ‘I wish I could do this’ or ‘I wish I could do that,’” Fitzgerald said. “Someday maybe we will be able to. But that list has gone down exponentially.”

Fitzgerald’s biggest point of emphasis was to not create measures that heavily favor football and basketball. The Illinois native said it is important that athletes of all sports get the same opportunities as others.

“I just really really hope it’s not just for football and basketball,” Fitzgerald said. “That, I do know. Because I think that would really change what college sports is all about.”

As of Monday night, the Big Ten Conference had not released a statement about the new California law.

The NCAA has been open with

its disdain for the bill, and released a statement Monday that continued to express its disappointment in the now-passed legislation.

“Unfortunately, this new law already is creating confusion for current and future student-athletes, coaches, administrators and campuses,” the statement said, “and not just in California.”

The NCAA did admit, however, that changes are needed.

Newsom, who played college baseball at Santa Clara, signed the bill on an episode of “The Shop,” LeBron

James’ HBO show.

“Collegiate student-athletes put everything on the line — their physical health, future career prospects and years of their lives to compete,” Newsom said. “Colleges reap billions from these student-athletes’ sacrifices and success but, in the same breath, block them from earning a single dollar. That’s a bankrupt model — one that puts institutions ahead of the students they are supposed to serve. It needs to be disrupted.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu