The Daily Northwestern Wednesday, October 5, 2016
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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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