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Students are rarely University’s priority AIMING FOR INCLUSION
Hire more black faculty, profs say
After report, black professors ask for more diverse faculty By MARIANA ALFARO
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Charles Clarke, a seventh-year graduate student, said he planned to hunger strike until he received an apology from Weinberg Dean Adrian Randolph for the administration’s handling of political science Prof. Jacqueline Stevens’ now-lifted campus ban. Clarke, who ended his hunger strike on Sunday, said he was not offered information or guidance when Stevens was prohibited from contacting students at the end of July.
Students voice concerns over impact of professor’s campus ban By JULIA JACOBS
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Graduate student Charles Clarke was halfway into the eighth day of his hunger strike when his faculty adviser, political science Prof. Jacqueline Stevens, convinced him to eat again. Clarke, a seventh-year
political science and law dual-degree student, had said he would hunger strike until he received an apology from Weinberg Dean Adrian Randolph for how the administration handled Stevens’ near eight-week ban from campus. Clarke said the ban, which included a prohibition of contact with students, had slowed the process on his dissertation and derailed his work with the
Deportation Research Clinic, which Stevens directs. Stevens was put on involuntary medical leave at the end of July based on reports that she posed a threat to campus safety, according to a letter Randolph sent to Stevens, who made the document public online. The political science professor holds that claims of “threatening” behavior are without foundation, attributing the
University’s action in part to her political activism, including organizing the opposition to former ambassador Karl Eikenberry’s appointment to lead the Buffett Institute of Global Studies. The campus ban was lifted more than two weeks ago after Stevens completed a required fitness-forduty evaluation, but Randolph » See STEVENS, page 5
Millennials should vote, rep says By NORA SHELLY
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The millennial vote is crucial to American politics, said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) at an on-campus event Tuesday. Schakowsky attended a forum with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) hosted by Northwestern’s chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority in Parkes Hall. The event
was one of several held by the Future Forum, a group of young Democratic congressmen who work to engage millennials in politics. The two representatives discussed issues surrounding the current election, political engagement and student loans with members of the sorority, as well as NU staff and students. Both Swalwell and Schakowsky urged young people to get out and vote on Election Day. “Elections are always a
choice between two individuals,” Schakowsky said. “This election is going to make a huge difference, bigger than any in my lifetime.” Schakowsky told The Daily that those who feel neither candidate represents their views need to “think again” and that a vote for any third-party candidate would essentially be a vote for Donald Trump. Trump’s values are “antithetical” to those that young people hold, she said, and those
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Two weeks after a report recommending Northwestern hire more diverse faculty members, some of the University’s black professors have said not enough has been done to create a better environment for both black students and faculty. McCormick Prof. Russ Joseph said NU has to prioritize recruiting black faculty, and to do that, it must look beyond its usual networks and have a diverse search board. “It does make a difference, the ability to see people who look like you, who have similar backgrounds to you,” Joseph said. “The lack of those types of role models … has very negative effects. I know that personally.” The Black Student Experience Task Force reviewed surveys and held focus groups to write the 150-page report, which includes 14 recommendations to improve the experience of black students at NU. The report recommends the University increase the number of black faculty, who make up only 3.5 percent of the University’s total faculty, according to the most recent data released by NU from the 2014-15 school year. The report also says NU
should expand its “efforts to increase the pipeline of Black faculty” by investing in programs and research opportunities that benefit black faculty, saying it should form a cohort of minority faculty who will assist in recruitment and development processes. In NU data from the 201415 school year, 118 Northwestern faculty members identified as African American. By contrast, 2,448 NU professors identified as Caucasian and 525 identify as Asian American. Nearly half of the 118 black professors taught at the Feinberg School of Medicine, and 27 worked in the Weinberg School of Arts and Sciences, according to the same data. The school with the fewest black professors was Bienen, with only two black professors reported. African American Studies Prof. Debra Thompson said increasing the number of faculty of color broadens students’ horizons, especially when they have mentors who look like them. Particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, students are discouraged because they don’t have a firm foundation of support throughout their education, she said. Only five African American professors taught in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science out of the school’s 231 faculty members in » See FACULTY, page 6
concerned with the future of the Supreme Court should make sure to vote in November, as the next president will likely nominate a person to fill former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat. “I’m hoping that their precious vote won’t be squandered,” she said. “The decision of who’s on the Supreme Court will resonate for literally generations to come.” » See FORUM, page 6
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Council discusses community, police relations at meeting By ERICA SNOW
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Aldermen and community members discussed on Tuesday the need for a solution to the perception among Evanston residents, particularly people of color, that city police act aggressively. In effect, Ald. Brian Miller (9th) said officers must be
trained to use de-escalation practices. Miller said at the Human Services committee meeting that he has heard several residents complain about police escalating encounters, making them feel uncomfortable around officers. Miller referenced the report delivered by diversity expert Gilo Kwesi Logan to the committee this September. Logan said communities of color
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believe black residents are policed more aggressively and more frequently than other groups. Miller, a candidate for Evanston mayor, said the perception that some police officers are biased needs to be addressed by the Evanston Police Department. “ W hether it ’s true or not… that is the perception towards our officers,” Miller said. “We, as a council, have to make a policy statement of
how we want our officers to treat our residents. And that’s why I want to continue this conversation.” Evanston resident Julie Koehler said she experienced a case of police escalation when she left her three children within eyesight as she went to an Evanston Starbucks for a few minutes. She said she witnessed a police officer walk up to her car, distress her children and accuse her of abandoning
them. As a public defender, Koehler said she knew she wasn’t breaking the law and was shocked when the police officer reported her to the Department of Children & Family Services. “This situation is a perfect example of something that got escalated way out of control because the officer assumed the worst in me,” Koehler said. “I shouldn’t have to be trained on how to speak to that police
officer. That police officer should be trained on how to speak to me.” Deputy police chief Aretha Barnes said police officers do receive training about appropriate use of force and how to communicate effectively with residents, and officers will continue to be trained. In a presentation delivered to council members, Barnes said » See POLICE, page 6
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AROUND TOWN
Foundation looks to grow endowment Evanston Community Foundation hopes to expand following 30th anniversary By SYDNEY STONE
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The Evanston Community Foundation celebrated 30 years of assisting local organizations, highlighting its plans to expand its efforts in the near future. ECF development officer Amy Monday said the foundation aims to grow their endowment funds to help Evanston residents and those who work in the city. “ECF is Evanston’s largest cheerleader,” ECF President and CEO Monique Jones said. “What makes us so unique is that we look at things holistically. … We’re about the whole, and we’re interested in addressing needs in all of Evanston.” Mark Muenzer, the city’s director of community development, said ECF might begin
to play a bigger role in the community if state funding becomes less available in the future. Last year, Evanston officials anxiously awaited news of state budget cuts after Gov. Bruce Rauner’s initial budget proposed $3.75 million in funding cuts to Evanston. “Foundations and grant-making entities that serve populations that are in need of social services may have an opportunity to play a larger role,” he said. The nonprofit has partnered with many community organizations and focuses on grant making, other financial support and leadership development, Jones said. One of the foundation’s longest standing partnerships is with Northwestern University’s Dance Marathon. ECF and DM have worked together since 1998 and have awarded 298 grants to 128 organizations. Since 1998, DM has raised over $1 million for ECF and has become one of the foundation’s top four contributors.
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Monique Jones, CEO of Evanston Community Foundation, speaks at 2016 Dance Marathon. The ECF recently celebrated assisting local organizations for 30 years in the community.
“By supporting ECF continuously as our secondary beneficiary, we can give back to the community that’s given us so much,” said Medill senior Katharine Currault, DM marketing and media co-chair. The foundation also helps DM organizers learn about what it means to be philanthropic
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It’s really important that you have a foundation that’s Evanston-specific, that meets the needs of the community.
Mark Muenzer, director of community development
in Evanston because ECF can connect students directly to nonprofits, Jones said. Currault said DM hosted two service days last year to work with organizations that have benefited from ECF grants. She said the first service day this year will take place on Nov. 6. “It’s really important that you have a foundation that’s Evanston-specific, that meets the needs of the community,” Muenzer said. “There are so many foundations out there that do great work in a number of different communities, but, when you have an entity that has the history that ECF has, that’s obviously very helpful.” Jones said ECF plans to engage more with the community in the future through social media, a blog and more newsletters. Muenzer said it ’s important to have a foundation that focuses specifically on Evanston and that has a long history with the community.
POLICE BLOTTER Teenagers attempt to start trash can fire
Police responded to a report of teenagers attempting to start a trashcan fire in south Evanson on Monday. At about 1:20 p.m., Evanston police received a call that two 14- to 15-year-old boys were trying to light a trashcan on fire in a city park, said Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan. A resident had put out the fire with a hose by the time officers arrived. A 46-year-old Evanston woman who had confronted the two teenagers told officers that the boys told her they were conducting a science experiment, Dugan said. There was no visible damage to the trashcan. — Nora Shelly
Residents safe after fire breaks out in Greenwood home
A structure fire broke out in a two-story, single-family house in the 2000 block of Greenwood Street at approximately 2:47 p.m. Tuesday. The Evanston Fire Department arrived at the house soon after and reported smoke rising from the chimney. The alarm was upgraded to a Code 4, meaning that no additional assistance was required. Firefighters located the fire in the second floor bedroom and extinguished it. The residents reported the fire while at home and safely left the property. Due to the fire damage, the residents will be displaced, and the Red Cross will assist as needed. No injuries were reported.
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NU Listens to expand phone hours
Peer listening service will increase its service from 3 days each week to 4
By ARIKA HO
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NU Listens updated its operating hours for Fall Quarter and extended its service from three days a week to four. The anonymous peer listening hotline now operates Monday to Thursday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Service for this academic year resumed Monday, said Weinberg senior Elena Dansky, director of NU Listens. Previously, the service operated Sunday to Tuesday, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. “This is a big progression,” Dansky said. “Ideally we hope to provide 24-hour service one day.” The new change is based on the increased availability of undergraduate active listeners and psychologists from Counseling and Psychological Services, Dansky said. The new schedule benefits students more, NU Listens events chair Miriam Mikhelson said. “Service on weekdays should be a better practice,
NU Medicine scientists find pathway to improve depression drugs
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a pathway in the brain that could be used to develop new methods for easing depression, a study published Tuesday shows. The discovery could lead to the development of a new antidepressant more effective for people who do not get sufficient relief from current drugs, according to a news release. Between 10 and 20 percent of the population experience major depressive disorder at some point in their lives. “The biochemical changes in the brain that lead to depression are not well understood, and
as the students here are usually stressed with academic burden on school days,” the Weinberg senior said. “That’s the time they need help.”
This is a big progression. Ideally we hope to provide 24-hour service one day. Elena Dansky, Weinberg senior NU Listens director
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The exact number and profile of callers is kept confidential to avoid discrimination or bias, Dansky said. Every listener undergoes proper training before dealing with callers’ situations, and, if needed, a caller can be referred to counsellors at CAPS, she said. The relationship between CAPS and the student hotline is strong, said Allyna Mota Melville, many patients fail to respond to currently available drugs,” Feinberg Prof. Jack Kessler, a Northwestern Medicine neurologist, said in the news release. “Our findings may not only help to understand the causes of depression, but also may provide a new biochemical target for developing more effective therapies.” The breakthrough was part of a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, a scientific journal. Scientists observed for the first time during the study that antidepressants such as Prozac and tricyclics target part of the hippocampus –– the center of emotion, memory and the autonomic nervous system –– called the BMP signaling pathway. A signaling pathway is a group of molecules that work together to control one or more cell functions. Prozac and tricyclics blocked the BMP signaling
the group’s assistant director of logistics. CAPS has helped NU Listens expand by training listeners and providing funding, the Medill sophomore said. NU Listens hopes to expand both its user and listener base through outreach programs, Mota Melville said. There are plans for a committee to assist the group’s executive board in publicizing the hotline, she added. “The main thing for us is to heighten awareness, so that we can create larger projects within NU Listens,” Mota Melville said. “This year is up to a really great start with all the enthusiasm and excitement around it.” The organization will also hold workshops on active listening later this fall to get more trained listeners, Mikhelson said. “This year, we are planning to create a larger listener base,” Mota Melville said. “Now we have a huge amount of the people that have emailed us and have signed up to help as listeners. We are really excited about that.” kaho2016@u.northwestern.edu
pathway and prompted the brain to trigger more neurons, according to the release. These neurons are associated with memory and mood functions. After determining the pathway’s importance, Noggin –– a brain protein known for blocking the BMP pathway –– was administered to depressed mice. The protein stimulated new neurons and had a strong antidepressant effect on the mice. Mice with Noggin were more energetic when put in depression- or anxiety-causing situations, such as being held upside down by their tails, according to the release. The study was funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, the National Institutes of Health and the Davee Foundation. — Allyson Chiu
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Undergrads are rarely NU’s top priority COLIN WANG
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Last week, Northwestern announced major changes to the Women’s Center, including the elimination of long-term counseling services starting Winter Quarter, sparking uproar from students. Along with the recent passings of Scott Boorstein and Chuyuan Qiu, issues of mental health and wellness have resurfaced in the NU community. This recent announcement reflects that students seem to be low on NU’s totem pole of priorities. Contrary to what Wildcat Welcome may lead us to believe, NU does not revolve around us undergraduates. This is the drawback of attending an elite, multifaceted research university but should come as no surprise. Many aspects that attract record levels of applicants each year — the prestige, the massive research output, the B1G athletics — are the same aspects that the administrators and donors hold dear. When the opportunity comes for NU to recruit more elite high school football players or to break through to the cutting edge of a lucrative scientific field, the administration must value those opportunities over the concerns of current students. And unfortunately, as we recently discovered, the opportunity to increase administrative efficiency and organization trumps the concern of students’ mental health. The administration claims the elimination of counseling from the Women’s Center does not mean that there’s a net loss of
counseling resources on campus. Counseling at the Women’s Center will move to CAPS in an effort to consolidate and streamline mental health resources. This plan, however, neglects many of the important nuanced differences between the Women’s Center and CAPS. For example, the Women’s Center provides a more specialized environment for women and survivors of sexual assault than CAPS. But more importantly, the Women’s Center has, in the past, presented itself as a longer term alternative to CAPS. In contrast to CAPS’ now-defunct 12-session limit for counseling, the Women’s Center offered up to 52 counseling sessions. Despite the CAPS session limit being lifted last spring, the goal of CAPS is still only to provide short-term mental health options, serving as a way-station to private, off-campus services. The consolidation of counseling services could also significantly increase wait times for mental health services, as all recipients of counseling at the Women’s Center will be rerouted to CAPS to continue their sessions. By attempting to streamline mental health services for efficiency and ease of administration, NU will effectively make mental health resources less accessible for students. Since my own arrival on campus two years ago, NU has gone through several changes — both administrative and physical — and a common theme across many of these changes is the lack of concern regarding their potential impact on the lives of students. Two projects that immediately come to mind are the renovation of Mudd Library and the debate surrounding reallocation of space in the Black House. The decision not to house administrative offices in the Black House came after a series of
student protests and demands, perhaps some evidence that the administration is not completely deaf to our voices, although they are very, very hard of hearing. The Mudd library is currently under renovation to create a new research center, but the plans call for a significant reduction in the size of the Mudd library from three floors to a single floor, reducing space available to the general student population. Changes, big and small, have arisen from the outspoken determination of students. In addition to the Black House, the successful creation of an Asian American Studies major occurred after 25 years of student advocacy. The saying “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” holds true. This is where new students play a vital role. With their doe-eyed, gung-ho attitudes and unstrained voices, new students have the capability to squeak the loudest. They must be willing to learn about and participate in campus activism, campaigning for things that will benefit themselves, as well as future generations of NU students, over the next four years. Beyond that, new students must take advantage of the resources that NU does provide. After all, not every school has access to world-class faculty and research labs, an entertaininglyunpredictable football team and lakefront views. Colin Wang is a Weinberg junior. He can be contacted at ColinWang2018@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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Following NLRB ruling, AFT is best choice for graduate employees Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a ruling that grants graduate teaching and research assistants at private universities the same collective bargaining rights as their peers in public institutions within states that allow it. This decision affirmed what many of us consider obvious: graduate students who work in labs, grade papers and teach classes are employees of the university, and, as employees, we are entitled to form a union. Even before the NLRB ruling, graduate students had been working with organizers from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to take the first steps towards forming a union here at Northwestern. We believe AFT is the better option. SEIU is a recent arrival to higher education and has not yet successfully negotiated a contract for graduate employees anywhere in the country. Here at NU, SEIU’s drive to organize non-tenure-track faculty last year ended in a contested election, the final results of which are still being adjudicated by the NLRB. SEIU’s current graduate campaign is characterized by the same strategy that drew criticism during their adjunct drive: a rapid push for workers to sign authorization cards, then filing for an election as soon as the campaign reaches the minimum 30 percent threshold of signed cards. This truncated timeline comes at the expense of workers’ efforts to deliberate, organize and strategize ahead of a vote. It also risks defeating the more significant aim of unionization: building collective power. AFT is better positioned to represent graduate workers and help us fight for our interests. As a bottom-up, member-driven union, it favors a deliberate, grassroots approach to build strong majorities within our bargaining unit, and it has the resources and expertise to translate these majorities into effective representation. AFT represents 200,000 academic faculty and staff members across the United States and has represented graduate employees for almost 50 years. In that time, AFT locals have routinely secured important gains for their members, such as increases in graduate compensation and stronger benefits packages. Recent AFT contract victories include parental accommodations, antidiscrimination protections for transgender workers and disability accommodations beyond those required by law. AFT affiliation would also provide a robust framework for self-governance. While affiliating with SEIU would mean incorporating into Local 73, a local that represents over 25,000 workers across both Illinois and Indiana, AFT would allow us to form our own chartered local, offering us more direct control over our finances and the bargaining process. The question graduate employees face is not just whether to start a union, but also how a union can best represent its members. AFT is the better choice. —Kevin Baker, History Ian Hartman, Screen Cultures Ben Schacht, Comparative Literary Studies Ari Tolman, Sociology Eight other signatures were included on this letter.
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said in the letter notifying Stevens of the news that he was considering other disciplinary actions based on what he called “bullying” of colleagues, staff and students. Stevens said she categorically denies bullying anyone. When Stevens’ involuntary medical leave began at the end of July, Clarke said no one reached out to inform him that he would not be allowed to continue business as usual with Stevens, who he called “the one person in the world” who has kept him at Northwestern. “I had tried other less extreme methods of just simply asking, demanding, begging for help and recognition, and the responses were very unsatisfactory,” Clarke said. Before the 35-year-old graduate student ended his hunger strike on Sunday, Randolph told The Daily in an email that he had urged all those involved — including Stevens — to join him in asking Clarke not to harm himself. The dean also said he was working with the department and The Graduate School to address his concerns. Stevens told The Daily that she had tried to dissuade Clarke from continuing the hunger strike, encouraging him to find a different channel for his “well-founded outrage” over how he was treated and “not to be heroic about it.” Clarke said he did not inform Randolph directly about the hunger strike, but rather, relied on friends and colleagues to relay the message. During the hunger strike, he said he consumed one scoop of protein powder and a vitamin each day. Clarke — who said he has worked with Stevens for four years — first sent an email to Randolph on Sept. 3 attesting to his faculty adviser’s character and competence after she made the campus ban public on her blog. In the email, obtained by The Daily, Clarke also wrote that he considered the decision to ban Stevens from contacting students as a “direct attack on me as well,” saying he was considering taking legal action against the University for the “delay and inconvenience” he endured. “As in all cases like this, we are following the University’s established procedures designed to protect the health of our students and promote their academic success,” Randolph told The Daily in an email. In Randolph’s response to Clarke, he said Stevens was permitted to continue advising students over email. But — according to Stevens and multiple students — the dean and Stevens’ lawyer were attached to those emails. Clarke said he didn’t feel comfortable sending through that email channel a copy of his dissertation or work from the Deportation Research
Clinic, which studies misconduct of government agencies in implementing deportation laws. Stevens said she was permitted to create a list of students she could be in contact with over email, but considers that allowance by administrators a way of “avoiding accountability” when pressed on their actions in the future. “None of what they were doing at any point was about helping the students. It was all about trying to harass me,” Stevens said. When Clarke followed up over email on Sept. 13 with Randolph and political science Prof. Karen Alter, director of graduate studies, he wrote that he was “suffering psychologically, economically and intellectually as a result of your indifference” and demanded an official apology from the University. Alter responded saying she would not “engage long emails such as this,” but invited Clarke to visit her office or speak with her during special office hours reserved for graduate students. Before Clarke ended his hunger strike, Alter told The Daily that Clarke had not approached her in person with his concerns. “I am, and remain concerned about his well being, and I am happy to do what I can to help him,” Alter wrote in an email to The Daily. Clarke said he did not visit Alter because, at that point, seeking help from department leadership did not seem like it would benefit him. In the email to Randolph and Alter, less than a week before Stevens’ ban was lifted, he demanded financial compensation
from the University if his graduation was delayed due to actions toward Stevens, as well as requested that the University appoint or pay for a lawyer, among other demands. Clarke has been able to communicate freely with Stevens since the ban was lifted. But he also told The Daily that his personal problems in effect of Stevens’ ban multiplied when anonymous users on an internet forum “Political Science Rumors” began calling him out by name — once referring to him with disparaging curse word and another time as “one of Jackie’s lackeys.” Because his name was mentioned multiple times, he said he worried about the forum’s effect on his reputation and job prospects. “I didn’t do that to myself; Prof. Stevens didn’t do that to me,” Clarke said. “The University administration did that to me, or at least triggered this series of events.” Undergraduate students who work closely with Stevens also found out about the professor’s ban through her blog or media accounts. Weinberg senior Bit Meehan said she reached out to faculty and administrators to discern whether she could use a letter of recommendation from Stevens and whether she needed to find a new adviser for her honors thesis. Faculty helped her confirm that she could use Stevens’ letter, Meehan said, but when she clarified that she would still like to keep Stevens as an adviser if possible, she was told in an email on Sept. 4 that it would not be possible. In the two weeks before Stevens’ ban from
Rachel Dubner/Daily Senior Staffer Scott Hall, where the department of political science is located. Some students of political science Prof. Jackie Stevens have taken issue with the effects the professor’s near eight-week campus ban had on their work.
campus was lifted, Meehan said she was searching for someone else to advise her thesis. “What else could I do?” Meehan said. “There was no other information to operate on.” Political science Prof. Sara Monoson, chair of the department, responded to a request for comment on protocol following Stevens being put on leave by saying the department is committed to making available learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students inside and outside the classroom. Months before Stevens’ ban, Weinberg senior Hayley Hopkins said she applied to renew her Farrell Fellowship that she had initially received for her junior year. Hopkins said the option to work with Stevens again was listed on the website, but when she submitted her application through the department, she never heard back. Stevens told Hopkins she hadn’t received her application, which is typically forwarded to the proper professor through the department. After Hopkins, who also works at the Deportation Research Clinic, inquired about the status of her application, she said she received a notification from the department saying they would not be pursuing the application — the same generic rejection she got as a freshman, when she first applied for the fellowship, she said. “Had I known this project wasn’t going to be funded, I would’ve applied for something else,” Hopkins said. Stevens said she was given shifting answers as to why the Farrell funds she used to pay undergraduate researchers was taken away. She said she was initially told the revocation of funds was due to unspecified “student complaints,” before pointing out that students were reapplying to work with her. Stevens said Randolph then told her the funds would continue to be withheld because she had supposedly made a colleague feel unsafe, according to an email Stevens sent to the dean after the ban was lifted. In Randolph’s letter to Stevens notifying her that she could return to campus, he wrote that Stevens may hire students as research assistants but that the “department will continue, however, to make decisions about the funds they control.” Clarke, who plans to defend his dissertation in the spring, said using a hunger strike to draw attention to what he said was a lack of guidance offered to Stevens’ students was “extreme,” but not inappropriately so. “To me, if I bump into you on the street, I turn around and say I’m sorry,” he said. “You don’t need to go on hunger strike to get me to do that.” juliajacobs2018@u.northwestern.edu
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The group also discussed issues with student debt for college students. Swalwell said he is working on reforms, such as easing debt payments for those who choose to enter public service.
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This election is going to make a huge difference, bigger than any in my lifetime. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Evanston
Making college affordable — and student debt livable — is important to the country, Schakowsky said. “It’s a crisis, it really is,” she said. “There are too many young people who are ambitious, who are smart, (but) just are not able to take on that kind of debt.” Schakowsky said that students at previous forums told her they had to scale back their ambitions, such as choosing not to go to graduate school, because of problems with student debt. Other students and recent graduates have said they have had to put their life on hold, such as getting married or having children, because of student debt they had to pay off, she said. “We lose as a country if we don’t make college affordable,” Schakowsky said. Swalwell and Schakowsky also asked the attendees about NU’s financial aid and their experiences in dealing with institutionalized racism. Both these things, as well as limited mental health resources for students, can add to the pressures students already face with schoolwork, Swalwell said. “There’s just an anxiety that a failure of leadership has put on young people,” Swalwell said. Both representatives praised the younger generation for their tolerance and accepting spirit. Swalwell said the generation is changing the way people work and interact. “We have big hurdles that stand in our way, but there’s nothing that we can’t fix with the same spirit that our parents had before us,” he said. “If as a generation … we showed up.” SESP senior Kieara Reed, president of the chapter, said events like Future Forum are important to get politicians to understand the millennial perspective. “It’s really sitting down and talking and having voices heard that aren’t usually heard,” she said. “When people are high up in government they don’t necessarily see the everyday that’s happening in the community…you can’t affect good change.”
officers have received trainings from the Department of Justice, and teaching de-escalation tactics is a work in progress. “At the police academy and during their department training programs, newer officers receive training on dealing with human and individual rights and how to talk to people respectfully during low- and high-stress calls,” Barnes said. Earlier in the meeting, Miller wanted to amend city code to allow people to bike without lights at night. Miller said he supported the use of bike lights at night, but he withdrew the ordinance after backlash against the amendment. Miller said the law was tied to police escalation because the absence of a bike light could be used as an excuse to pull someone over.
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2014-15, according to NU data. Joseph said he empathizes with black Northwestern students, especially those in STEM fields. He said he felt the same alienation as an undergraduate student at Carnegie Mellon University and a graduate student at Princeton University. He said even now, as a professor and member of the research community at large, the lack of diversity in STEM fields continues to affect him. “If I look across the room and I look at my other colleagues at the university or in other technical venues or conferences, there are not a lot of black faculty,” Joseph said. “You notice that.”
Whether it’s true or not... that’s the perception toward our officers. Brian Miller, 9th Ward alderman
“My intention was never ever to remove the requirement to have lights at night on a bike,” Miller said. “I want to have a continuous discussion of how our police are using minor ordinances and how they’re escalating — potentially — situations that don’t need to be escalated.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu Thompson added that a greater number of faculty of color is especially necessary because they serve as mentors outside of the classroom. Students of color frequently come to faculty of color to talk about subjects beyond classroom material, “informal” work that isn’t recognized by universities, Thompson said. “Without our mentorship, we know students are less likely to succeed,” she said. Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell (Medill ‘84, ‘85, Weinberg ‘14) said although she believes representation in NU’s faculty has improved since her time as a student, it is not dramatically better. Greenwell said she was saddened by how September’s report echoed a report published in 1968 — the same year the Black House was founded — by black NU community members unhappy with the way the University treated
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Brian Miller proposed an amendment that would not require bikers to use lights at night. He removed his amendment after receiving backlash from the community.
students of color. “Definitely I would say the student body is more diverse, not necessarily more AfricanAmerican students, but more diverse,” Greenwell said. “(The black student experience) is one we should particularly pay close attention to because … unfortunately it hasn’t flown upwards consistently enough.” She said NU needs not only to increase the number of black professors but also Hispanic faculty. She said the the country’s population is “browning,” so Northwestern’s faculty population should do the same.
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Beyond NU, having few black professors can skew a student’s perspective of leadership, Thompson said. Hiring more black faculty will normalize the idea that people of color have equal potential, she said. “We are astutely aware that myself and my colleagues might be the first or the only people of color that our students see in positions of power and authority,” Thompson said. “When you don’t encounter faculty in these positions of authority, then you’re much less likely to question why there aren’t any people of color in other positions of authority.”
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Red Robin Burger Works restaurants close in Evanston, Chicago
Evanston’s Red Robin Burger Works permanently closed its doors on Friday as part of a plan to close all five of its Burger Works locations in the Chicago area. The closing at the 1700 Maple Ave. location was a direction from higher-ups, Downtown Evanston executive director Annie Coakley said.
“It has nothing to do with the Evanston market. It’s a corporate decision,” Coakley said. Red Robin Burger Works in Evanston opened in March and primarily competed with Epic Burger, a burger shop that opened in January, Coakley said. Red Robin occupied the space once filled by Borders, a discontinued bookstore chain, within the Church Street Plaza. The restaurant was one of 12 Burger Works restaurants, which are smaller Red Robin sites focused on quick carry-out and delivery service. Only three remain open today, Red
Robin spokesman Kevin Caulfield said, but they aren’t closing the entire chain of Burger Works restaurants. “They are being rebranded,” Caulfield said. “The common denominator with the nine restaurants that closed was that they weren’t performing as well as we’d liked.” The Burger Works concept was introduced in 2011, and the Evanston location joined four restaurants in Chicago. Of the three remaining Burger Works sites, two are in Denver, Colorado, and one in Clackamas, Oregon. The location in Evanston closed on Friday along
with the four restaurants in Chicago, two in Washington D.C, one in Fort Collins, Colorado, and one in Boulder, Colorado. Red Robin is dedicated to learning how to make the Burger Works idea succeed, Caulfield said. “We’re going through a strategic review of how the smaller platform can be differentiated from the larger Red Robin restaurant,” Caulfield said. “We aren’t abandoning the fast service, smaller units.” — Ben Winck
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to post a round higher than 1-over. “I worked a lot on my short to intermediate putts,” Komoto said. “I was really proud of myself for doing well on those throughout the tournament. That was probably the best part of my game.” Because this was NU’s home tournament, five Cats participated as individuals, not counting toward the team score. Freshman Brooke Riley was the best finisher of the group, tying for 32nd at 5-over.
This gives us a chance to see where we stand going through the rest of the season. Emily Fletcher, coach
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Georgia, which tied with NU and Arizona for first in the tournament last year, defended its title. The Bulldogs finished 10-under as a team, 22 strokes ahead of NU and four strokes ahead of second place Stanford. The seventh place finish is not disastrous for NU, as the team dealt with eight of the top 11 teams in the country in this tournament. “This gives us a chance to see where we stand going through the rest of the season,” Fletcher said. “It shows us what we need to improve on.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Kacie Komoto watches her ball flight. The senior struggled, along with the rest of the Cats, at the Windy City Collegiate Classic.
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Ryan Lumsden leads NU to first tournament title in three years By BENJY APELBAUM
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Ryan Lumsden had a breakout performance to lead Northwestern to a signature win at the Marquette Invitational. The W ildcats finished the 10-team tournament 4-under to beat second-place Mississippi by five strokes. The star of the show was Lumsden, who shot a 1-under 69 in each of the three rounds to finish in a tie for first at 3-under with Southern Methodist’s Gray Townsend. “It was really, really fun to see
the team play so well this weekend,” Lumsden said. “It was the first time we really had all our games synced up and playing well together.” Although Lumsden was seeded second behind the team’s usual leader, junior Dylan Wu, it was the sophomore from London who paced NU in its first team tournament victory since 2013. Lumsden’s win may have been a surprise to some, but not to coach David Inglis. “I’m delighted for Ryan to get his first win, and I would say the signs for him have been good. It looked like this kind of performance was coming,” Inglis said. “He’s really
improved from his freshman year to now. In particular his short game and his putting have come on so much.” As a team, the Cats led the tournament throughout. They shot 3-over in the first round and improved on their score in each of the subsequent rounds. Wu and senior Andrew Whalen both contributed top 10 finishes, carding scores of even and 1-over, respectively, which tied Wu for seventh and Whalen for 10th. Junior Sam Triplett was the final player to contribute to NU’s total score, shooting 2-under on the final day to finish 2-over on the tournament. Lumsden, Wu and Inglis all said
the most important effect of the win would be on the team’s confidence going forward. “We’ve been close the past couple years, but the coaches have been telling us we’re a really good team that’s capable of winning tournaments,” Wu said. “This gives us the confidence to know we can win against really good teams if we play well.” Inglis also said the team’s performance has steadily improved through the team’s first three tournaments of the season, as they went from finishing tied for 11th two weeks ago to 4th place last week. The Cats’ last two tournaments had weaker fields than the first, although
the Marquette Invitational featured quality teams such as UCLA and Mississippi. As the tournament came down to the wire, both players and coach had to deal with the pressure of attempting to accomplish what no NU team had done in three years. On the last three holes of the tournament, the three most difficult holes of the week, the top four Cats shot a combined one-under to close out the victory. “It’s great,” Inglis said. “There’s no other feeling like winning.” benjaminapelbaum2019@u.northwestern.edu
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Wildcats stumble down the stretch at home tournament By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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GLENVIEW, Ill. — After a blazing start, Northwestern cratered to a seventh place finish in this year’s Windy City Collegiate Classic, failing to defend a share of its 2015 title. The Wildcats shot 7-under in the first round Monday to tie for the lead, but consecutive rounds at least six strokes
over par left the team with a finish at 12 strokes over par. Junior Hannah Kim led NU, tying for the individual lead following the first round and sitting in a tie for second entering the final round. She struggled Tuesday, however, falling back to a tie for seventh after closing with a 5-over round to finish at 3-under for the tournament. “It was really helpful to have someone go really low,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “We were kind of lacking that the first
two tournaments, so when Hannah did that in the first round it was big for us.” Kim and senior Kacie Komoto led the way at a combined 9-under in the first round, but cooled a bit after. Komoto finished the second round 3-over, and Kim’s 2-under 70 in the second round was NU’s only under-par performance in either of the final two rounds. “The first day I was really hitting my short putts well, and that helped me score really low,” Kim said. “I had good
momentum going the first day, but coming back out here for the final round I just didn’t have that same confidence.” That lack of confidence was evident down the back nine Tuesday, when Kim shot 4-over to drop out of the top five. The rest of the squad, however, struggled throughout the tournament. Sophomore Stephanie Lau finished tied for 64th in the field of 78 after tying for 14th at last year’s event. Lau was not the only one who struggled, as fellow sophomore Janet Mao finished tied for 61st.
A team’s lowest score from each round is dropped. But when multiple Cats struggled, the team’s standing dropped rapidly. “Hannah really kept us in it for a while,” Fletcher said. “It’s hard to succeed when there’s multiple people shooting three, four strokes over par.” Junior Sarah Cho provided a consistency absent from the rest of the lineup, and she was the only Wildcat golfer not » See WOMEN’S GOLF, page 7
VOLLEYBALL
Struggling NU looks for first Big Ten win against in-state foe As rival Illinois rolls into town, Cats badly need a victory By AIDAN MARKEY
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The Wildcats (7-9, 0-4 Big Ten) will try to snap their five-game losing streak as they host No. 24 Illinois (10-5, 3-1) on Wednesday. NU enters on the heels of a 3-0 home loss to Iowa, where the Hawkeyes dominated the Cats at the net, tallying a monstrous .413 hitting percentage and nine blocks in the match. The Fighting Illini are currently the ninth Big Ten team in the top 25. Coach Shane Davis said the team is looking to play a more consistent match. “We’re a little too much up and down on the court,” Davis said. “We had to come back (to practice) and get back to competing and to some of the basics.” Illinois ranks second in the Big Ten at three blocks per set and proved its might when it took down No. 17 Purdue earlier this season. Fighting Illini junior Brandi Donnelly ranks fifth in the conference at 4.13 digs per set, and sophomore middle blocker Ali Bastianelli holds the top spot in the Big Ten at 1.86 blocks per set. Junior setter Taylor Tashima, who had 25 assists in the Iowa loss, said NU recognizes the Fighting Illini’s
No.24 Illinois vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 7 p.m. Wednesday
ability on both sides of the net. “They’re a great team,” Tashima said. “They have some great offensive weapons and a great libero.” Preparing for a match against a ranked team and adjusting from a devastating home sweep, NU looks to produce positive energy and enthusiastic play. That’s where junior middle blocker Gabrielle Hazen comes in. Maddie Slater, a senior middle blocker for the team, said Hazen’s spirited style of play and resounding kills have helped energize the Cats when it needs momentum in a match. “We love playing with her on the court,” Slater said of Hazen, who ranks second on the team with 125 kills and had eight kills for NU in its most recent match. “She just explodes and brings a lot of energy to us. We really feed off of that.” Wednesday’s match marks the first of three consecutive contests in which the Cats will face a ranked team. In NU’s sole match against a ranked foe this season, the Cats went down in a home-opening sweep to Penn State. Slater said for the team to remain poised and confident throughout the taxing stretch, it must take a pieceby-piece approach. “The Big Ten has always been famous for being the best conference in the country, and we know
that when we start conference play,” Slater said. “You just have to take it one game at a time.” NU’s most recent conference victory was a 3-0 road win over Iowa on Nov. 21 last year. Though the pressure of a possible
first Big Ten win might loom over the team, Slater said the Cats are ready for this opportunity and are eager to have a chance to take down an in-state rival. “I’m really excited to see how Illinois shows up,” Slater said. “They’re
a little bit different, but it’s just another challenge for us, and I’m really excited to get back out on the court.” aidanmarkey2019@u.northwestern. edu
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Maddie Slater (center) celebrates a point. After an 0-4 start, the senior middle blocker and her teammates are seeking their first Big Ten victory Wednesday against Illinois.