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NU releases annual report on security Data finds major uptick in reported rape over past year By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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A sign advertising “Give for the Gulf” outside Whiskey Thief, 616 Davis St. The month-long effort to support victims of recent hurricanes raised more than $12,000.
City rallies for hurricane relief
Community raises more than $12,000 in month-long fundraiser By DAVID FISHMAN
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Evanston community members raised more than $12,000 in a month-long fundraiser for those affected by this year’s hurricane season. The fundraising effort, dubbed “Give for the Gulf,” brought together more than a dozen local businesses and organizations to raise relief funds. It also laid the framework for future natural disasters through a Facebook page
called “Evanston Giving” that will promote similar efforts. Three devastating hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — that battered U.S. coastlines in quick succession in September left dozens dead and billions of dollars in damage. According to the Weather Channel, September was the most active month on record for Atlantic hurricanes. Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty, whose emergency management consulting firm helped lead local fundraising efforts, said he liked the model of bringing in local businesses to support the
cause. “Give for the Gulf,” the fundraising effort, included several events throughout the city at which organizations shared a percentage of their profits. “We’re coming together to do something good for these other communities that have really been adversely impacted,” Hagerty said. “We’re building community in Evanston through these events and we’re also supporting local businesses.” Despite the ambitious effort, Hagerty said he wondered if a single event that marshalled the community in an immediate
response might be more effective. He pointed out that a fundraiser for Nepalese earthquake survivors in 2015 — also organized by Hagerty Consulting — raised more than $15,000 in just one night. Though “Give for the Gulf ” fell short of that mark, some of the funds raised during September will be matched by local organizations including Hagerty Consulting, Grumman/Butkus Associates and Multilingual Connections, said Laura Scherb, who works » See GULF, page 5
N o r t h w e s t e r n’s 2 0 1 7 Annual Security Report for Evanston and Chicago showed an increase in reported rapes in 2016 compared to the two years prior. The report, sent in a Friday email, includes statistics on crimes reported in 2016, 2015 and 2014 at the Evanston and Chicago campuses. The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to release “timely and annual information” regarding campus crime and security policies, according to the report. Thir teen r apes were reported in 2016 on the Evanston campus, up from eight in 2015 and three in 2014. Reported rapes increased significantly for the Chicago campus: 15 rapes were reported in 2016, while just one was reported in each of the previous two years. Burglar y reports also increased from 2015 to 2016 — from 23 to 34 reports in
Evanston, and from six to 10 reports in Chicago. The Evanston campus saw a decrease in liquor and drug law violations referred for disciplinary action from 2015 to 2016, according to the report. Liquor law violations decreased from 439 to 272, and drug law violations decreased from 77 to 48. Drug law arrests in Evanston increased from one in 2015 to eight in 2016, while liquor law arrests remained at zero. Data in the report are provided by University Police, Evanston Police Department, Chicago Police Department and other University authorities. The University also provided reports for its campuses in Qatar, San Francisco, Miami and Washington, D.C. “We spend a lot of time making sure that we are making a good faith effort to report everything and be transparent,” Gloria Graham, UP’s deputy chief of police, told The Daily. “Anything that’s reported to the police department is contained in the report.” madelineburakoff2020@u. northwestern.edu
Effort links students with Chicago Neighbor2Neighbor gives students opportunities to volunteer By JULIA ESPARZA
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Although northern Chicago is less than three miles from Northwestern’s campus, it can often feel like “a world away,” said Val Buchanan, assistant director of the Office of Leadership Development and Community Engagement. To build a relationship between students and the North of Howard area of Rogers Park, Buchanan and the rest
Awards, grants for diversity renamed after former provost
Northwestern renamed the Provost Awards and Grants for Faculty Diversity and Equity after former provost Dan Linzer, the University announced on Thursday. Linzer, who created the awards and grants last year,
of her office launched a new program, Neighbor2Neighbor, this quarter. The initiative partners with neighborhood school Gale Community Academy, social service agency Howard Area Community Center and community kitchen A Just Harvest to cultivate relationships with Rogers Park residents. Neighbor2Neighbor specifically focuses on the North of Howard area because of its racially — and economically — diverse community, Buchanan said. “We call ourselves Chicago’s
Big Ten (school), but how much are students really understanding the history of Chicago, and our dynamics and history of racial housing segregation in Chicago and Evanston?” Buchanan said. The program will feature conversations and dinners with community members from the North of Howard neighborhood. Zoey MeyerJens, who works in the Office of Leadership Development and Community Engagement, said the events aim to engage students and expose them to
new perspectives. Students will be able to attend these community dialogues, called Justice Talks, and host parents and students from the partner neighborhood at NU events. The program also transports students to help in a greenhouse and work at Gale in northern Rogers Park, Buchanan said. The North of Howard neighborhood is the closest Chicago community to the Evanston campus school,
stepped down following the 2016-17 academic year. After 10 years as provost, the awards will “honor his dedication to building a more diverse, inclusive and equitable climate on campus,” the release said. The newly-named Daniel I. Linzer Awards for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Equity and Daniel I. Linzer Grants for Innovation in Diversity and Equity aim to increase diversity in terms of race, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, age and
political affiliation, according to the release. “I am honored and humbled to have these awards named for me,” Linzer said in the release. “The goals of the grants and awards are, quite simply, to catalyze and recognize the best ideas to improve diversity and inclusion throughout the University.” During the last academic year, the Office of the Provost awarded nearly $165,000 to fund faculty work and projects “designed to improve diversity
and equity” at NU, according to the release. “To be a great institution of the world, we must be represented by diverse voices of the world,” Provost Jonathan Holloway said in the release. “Dan’s commitment to that ideal, highlighted by his creation of these awards, fosters a powerful learning environment for students and faculty to grow into leaders on a global stage.”
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