The Daily Northwestern — October 6, 2022

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D65 apprenticeship program gets revamp

Teacher salaries increase, partner university changes

By KRISTEN AXTMAN the daily northwestern @kristenaxtman1

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 launched a new teacher apprenticeship program to improve an existing teacher residency program this September, addressing an anticipated teacher shortage and hiring a more diverse teaching staff.

The district announced that it will partner with BloomBoard, Inc, an organization that partners with school districts to strengthen their staff. First, the organization will select 10 paraprofessionals, assistant-teachers with associate’s degrees, who will receive their bachelor’s degrees and enter a teacher apprenticeship program.

Andalib Khelghati, District 65 assistant superintendent for human resources, said the teacher apprenticeship program will expand teaching opportunities to people who do not have a master’s degree and recruit a more diverse workforce.

Khelghati said higher education has historically excluded people of color. According to the US Department of Education, in 2018 82% of teachers were white, compared to 48% of students.

“The vision of this work really stems from the District 65 education board and its journey around really prioritizing the need for recruiting and bringing in more educators of color,” Khelghati said.

Participants will start the program in October and are projected to finish the program, which includes 20 credits of college coursework totalling 60 hours of classes, in about two years.

The program is free for participants and will cost the district $135,000. District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton said in a Sept. 14 Personnel, Building & Grounds, & Finance Committee meeting that the district plans to pay through the first year with grant money. The second year is not fully paid for, but the district is looking into possible grants.

Joey Hailpern, District 65 Board Member, said in the September meeting

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NU preps for Homecoming 2022

As alumni return to campus, students, staff plan slate of events

By JULIAN ANDREONE the daily northwestern @julianandreone

Alumni and current students will come together this weekend

for football, a pep rally and lots of free food as part of Northwestern’s annual Homecoming Week.

Planned by the Homecoming Commi ee, a branch of the Alumni Association’s Arch Society, the weeklong celebration

‘starlight’ re ects on art, resistance

SpaceShi Collective hosts event with Race, Caste and Colorism project

By KATRINA PHAM daily senior staffer @katrinapham_

Students, artists and community members lined the entryway of the “starlight” space on Devon Avenue with pink, blue and green sticky notes. A endees wrote quick re ections about art as resistance on the notes and placed them purposely on the wall.

e activity concluded starlight’s ursday “Art + Resistance” event, which is part of its ongoing programming hosted at the SpaceShi Collective in conjunction with the Race, Caste and Colorism project at Northwestern. e event featured an artists panel that discussed forms of anti-Black resistance through art followed by a community discussion on the panel.

Second-year Asian Languages and Cultures graduate student Soumya Shailendra, a research assistant for starlight, said the project is meant to hold the diaspora accountable for di erent forms of anti-Blackness in the South Asian community.

Hanging the sticky notes was

a way to provide an open platform for folks to engage with art, Shailendra said.

“(We’re) giving the community the vocabulary and the tools to understand themselves in relation to caste and to also seek out moments of resistance, in which these social structures are actively resisted and survived by people in the Black community,” Shailendra said.

ey said starlight centered the event on Devon because

of its history as a South Asian hub of community and culture.

Chicago’s Indian and Pakistani communities have opened shops, homes, restaurants and community centers on Devon Avenue, as well as Arab, Somali and Bangladeshi groups.

ird-year Asian Languages and Cultures graduate student Ishan Mehandru said since coming to Chicago from India, they have gone to Devon Avenue to nd South Asian groceries,

confections and other items.

Coming to Devon Avenue gives Mehandru the opportunity to interact with other members of the South Asian diaspora, he said.

Mehandru was interested in the opportunity for creating a dialogue within the South Asian community in Chicago, which he said sometimes may remove itself from politics, when he

began Sunday and will conclude this Saturday.

Committee co-chair and Weinberg sophomore Duke Lin said it’s fun to engage with undergraduate students and alumni on campus through the

slate of events.

“(Homecoming week) is a great opportunity for students to take a break, especially during the start of the Fall Quarter, and for alumni to come back to

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HOMECOMING

Brew Coffee Lab replaces Brewbike

Main Library’s coffee shop bringsboba to the menu

By ALEX PERRY daily senior staffer @whoisalexperry

Main Library visitors will soon be able to pick up boba- lled ube la es or lychee-jellied calamansi juice to sip while studying, thanks to campus newcomer Brew Coffee Lab.

e Des Plaines-based co ee shop — which o ers bubble tea, co ee and pastries — is opening its second outlet next week in the space formerly occupied by Brewbike, which shut down in August a er failing to complete its latest round of funding.

Brew Coffee Lab has postponed its opening date multiple times, but founder Japhlet Arañas said details will be ironed out soon and the shop is “99% ready to go.” It expects to open next Monday and will host a pop-up stall on Norris University Center’s East Lawn on ursday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Both independently and minority-owned, the shop was founded in 2019 as a brick-andmortar outlet called Brew Co ee Lounge. A er converting to a graband-go in the Des Plaines Metra station, Northwestern will be its third home. Despite the number of bubble tea shops in Evanston, Brew Coffee Lab will be the rst outlet to open a location on campus.

Arañas said he thought about expanding when a Compass Group representative invited him to tour the library’s vacant space late this summer.

“ e most beautiful part about it is the fact that the person that was part of Compass who reached out to us was actually a customer of mine,” Arañas said. “It was really a blessing in disguise that they chose us for all this.”

A er touring the space, Arañas immediately sent a follow-up email con rming his interest in opening a Brew Co ee Lab location in the library. Within two weeks, Compass got back to him with an o er, giving him less than a month to set up shop.

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The Northwestern Homecoming Committee planned festivities, including the annual pep rally, for returning alumni and current undergraduate students.

Katrina Pham/Daily Senior Sta er Community members gathered at the SpaceShi Collective space on Devon Avenue last Thursday for starlight’s “Art + Resistance” event.

How workers’ rights are on the ballot this election

By JESSICA MA the daily northwestern @jessicama2025

On Nov. 8, Illinois voters will head to the polls to vote on Amendment 1, also dubbed the Work ers’ Rights Amendment. The ballot measure could cement unprecedented collective bargaining rights for workers into Illinois’s constitution.

Amendment 1 would establish the state consti tutional right for employees to organize and bargain collectively through chosen representatives, accord ing to the office of the Illinois’ Secretary of State.

If ratified, the amendment would allow Illinois employees to negotiate wages, hours and work ing conditions, as well as advocate for their “eco nomic welfare” and workplace safety. The proposed amendment also blocks laws that prevent workers from engaging in collective bargaining for these issues.

Currently, right-to-work laws in many states allow workers to decide whether to join their workplace’s union and pay dues. While current Illinois law pro hibits local governments from creating right-to-work zones, Amendment 1 would codify a right-to-work ban into the state constitution.

If the amendment is ratified, Illinois law would allow workplaces to require workers to pay dues to the labor union as a condition of employment.

Right-to-work laws can make it difficult for unions to collect dues from workers who enjoy union pro tection, potentially restricting union resources and bargaining power. A report by a 2011 Economic Policy Institute estimates that on average, wages in states with right-to-work laws are 3.2% lower than other states.

Currently, 23 states don’t have right-to-work laws, while 27 states do.

Amendment 1 would take Illinois workers’ rights a step further than any other state in the nation. New York, Hawaii and Missouri have established the right to collective bargaining in their constitutions, but none have banned right-to-work laws.

Several Illinois unions, including the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois and Chicago Teachers Union, have stated support for Amendment 1.

Federal law already governs organizing and col lecting bargaining for private-sector workers, which prevents states from directly regulating these rights for these workers. The National Labor Relations Act, passed by Congress in 1935, allows privatesector workers to organize in unions and engage in collective bargaining. The legislation also prohibits employers from taking employment action against workers who participate in unions.

State Sen. Ram Villivalam (D – Chicago)] told Vox Amendment 1 is notable because it applies to employer-employee relationships that are not cov ered by NLRA, including public-sector workers and agricultural workers.

On the other hand, the Illinois Republican Party opposes the amendment, along with organizations

like the Illinois Association of School Boards and the National Federation of Independent Business. Opponents are against endowing more power to labor unions.

The Illinois Policy Institute, a libertarian think tank, also opposes the amendment, arguing it will increase property taxes. The amendment would likely lead to a tax hike estimated to be more than $2,100 for the typical Illinois homeowner if ratified, according to research conducted by the organization.

Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy has described Amendment 1 as a “disguised tax referendum, a Trojan horse.”

In April, attorneys from the Liberty Justice Cen ter and the Illinois Policy Institute filed a petition to Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in Sangamon County

to remove the amendment from November’s ballot. In the petition, the plaintiff argued NLRA super sedes Amendment 1’s attempt to provide a state-law right to collective bargaining, while violating the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause.

The petition was denied on May 26. The Fourth District Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed the deci sion on Aug. 26, allowing voting on amendment to move forward.

Illinois voters will now make the final call on Election Day. To ratify the amendment, three-fifths of those voting on the specific ballot measure, or a majority of those voting in the general election, must approve.

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Armenian student org pushes for change

By DAVIS GIANGIULIO daily senior staffer @giangiuliodavis

When Northwestern students created the Arme nian Student Association last year, the organization was supposed to be a culturally focused club.

“It wasn’t meant to be a political presence on cam pus,” Weinberg junior and ASA co-founder Nick She higian said.

But that focus changed when the decades-old con flict between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated Sept. 13. The dispute has been over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region home to a large Armenian population. A vote by the region’s parliament in the 1980s to join Armenia started an armed conflict, and since, the region has remained under Armenian separatist control despite being recognized as part of Azerbaijan.

Thousands of miles away, ASA works to raise awareness about the violence and encourage NU community members to support Armenia.

ASA member and Pritzker second-year Lisabelle Panossian said the conflict is devastating. She’s a descendant of survivors of the Armenian Genocide and fears part of her culture could disappear.

“Seeing this government and its forces invading our country again brought up a lot of trauma within me,” she said. “It was hard to focus on work (and) everyday activities.”

But Panossian said she also didn’t want to feel help less and instead decided to take action.

Just days after the conflict reignited, ASA partnered with similar organizations across U.S. universities. The organizations wrote an open letter calling for the uni versities’ students and educators to condemn Azerbai jan’s actions and spread awareness about the conflict.

Weinberg sophomore Isabel Toghramadjian, co-founder and president of ASA, said the letter was important in demonstrating U.S. solidarity with Armenia.

“It’s very heartening to be able to have that unity with other students around the country,” Toghra madjian said. “To collaborate with them was really encouraging and kind of reassuring, because you feel helpless in a sense as an individual or organiza tion, but (the group of organizations) adds a lot of

credibility.”

Shehigian said ASA is encouraging NU students to sign an open letter denouncing Azerbaijan’s aggres sion. He also said ASA seeks to work with other small affinity groups, like the Balkan Student Association, on joint advocacy work.

Panossian is co-president of Pritzker’s Middle East ern Law Students Association. She said the associa tion hosted Karnig Kerkonian, a human rights lawyer representing Armenia in its case against Azerbaijan in the International Court of Justice, to discuss how terminology affects perception of events.

Panossian said terms like “border clash” make the situation seem more two-sided than she thinks it is. She added that she plans to use MELSA’s monthly emails to provide updates on the conflict.

One of ASA’s goals right now is spreading aware ness of the conflict amid a lack of consistent and prominent media coverage, Shehigian said.

“It seems no one else really knows — it almost

feels like reading the news is reading a fiction book, because it’s so removed from the reality that we’re in,” Shehigian said.

He said ASA has been making an effort to spread accurate information about the violence and describ ing how people can help.

ASA is encouraging people to contact their repre sentatives to support a resolution in Congress urging the president to end current military aid to Azerbaijan and donate to nonprofits aiding wounded soldiers and documenting atrocities.

Most importantly, Toghramadjian said, ASA pro vides an outlet for Armenians to feel connected with one another at this time.

“Over the past couple weeks since the situation has escalated, we’ve each been going through it alone,” Toghramadjian said. “To be able to now have a space to lean on one another, I think, is very meaningful.”

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OPINION

Mwangi: Will humanities professors ever go paperless?

DUNCAN MWANGI

My last two years at Northwestern have taught me that humanities professors — who are some of the best faculty on campus — might be the biggest threat to tree coverage everywhere.

Humanities professors are good people. They’re excited to help you know and understand the things they’re passionate about. They don’t have a fit when you ask for accommodations or even to take time for yourself. As someone who regularly benefits from their unwavering support, I am always under the impression they must be ancient people because of their level of patience. Many of them appear to be fellow flaming homosexuals who probably enjoy nature on their weekends off. They probably pull off great weekend fits, and they always know what TikTok sounds the kids are obsessed with — like Steve Buscemi holding a skate board in the “How do you do fellow kids?” meme.

While some of these professors seem ingly drink from a fountain of youth, when it comes to tech, they might be the chil dren we left behind. One reason: they still like paper. While STEM professors utilize a host of interactive programs for their

communication and assignment needs, humanities professors will insist on paper.

Lots and lots of it. They want you to print readings and assignments. Some will even dare you to use a pen in class.

I’m not a consistently green person. I’m

My last two years at Northwest ern have taught me that human ities professors — who are some of the best faculty on campus — might be the biggest threat to tree coverage everywhere.

- DUNCAN MWANGI, Op-Ed Contributor

also not the most tech savvy person. I’ve been in and out of beginner coding spaces for a total of five years now, and have come out of each space feeling like I have a bag of rocks for a head. I tend to feel like a stranger in the room, so I either overshare and overcompen sate — just like professors who don’t want to be alone in a classroom.

In my first quarter at NU, I was deter mined not to bring a laptop to class, so I

wouldn’t get distracted. I also tried to get through class without looking at my phone, but that became more impossible with each new iPhone software update. I often carry folders of earmarked pages in my bag from ghosts of classes passed. I don’t even know why I’m complaining, I might as well be just as old.

In a sense, humanities professors are kind of my people. Do I like them giving me paper? No. Do I like that they give me a break? Always. Some have probably known what it’s like to feel stupid confronting math or science, or have probably needed a lot of grace to get through a class. Or maybe they haven’t — they do look smart and confident.

I’m also not saying STEM professors are perfect; their hell looks worse to me. I can barely sit through a STEM class without being assaulted by the thought of going back to bed. While I’m not foreclosing on the possibility that I might one day receive a tech awakening, this side of the fence has given me better days. I will stay here and take my deep long breaths, awaiting greener pasture.

So will humanities professors ever stop handing out paper? Maybe not. I can live with that. Stack that paper all the way to the ceiling and plop it on my desk like Mr. Crocker giving Timmy Turner his homework. Let Shell come up with a better PR strategy for their green issues. Let Greta Thunberg miss some algebra and cross the ocean on a shoe like Thumbelina across a pond to yell at

people in suits. I might even have to retract my statement accusing humanities professors of choking nature’s lungs.

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In a sense, humanities professors are kind of my people. Do I like them giving me paper? No. Do I like that they give me a break? Always.

- DUNCAN MWANGI, Op-Ed Contributor

It’s the third week of class, and I already have a sheaf of papers. More will eventually find home on my desk and rock in silence every night to the radiator’s breeze. Bring on the unpredictable chaos.

Duncan Mwangi is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at duncanmwangi2024@u.northwest ern.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.

Reif: Instead of a new Ryan Field, consider Soldier Field

RICHARD REIF OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Why does Northwestern plan to spend a nine-figure fortune to redesign its football stadium with a seating capacity one-quarter lower than it currently holds?

I raise this question after learning my alma mater wants to spend up to $800 million for a renovated Ryan Field with 35,000 seats — 12,000 fewer than its current capacity. That’s comparable to a homeowner spending lav ishly to downsize a house from eight to six rooms. $480 million of the renovation’s cost was earmarked in a donation from alumni Pat and Shirley Ryan, the field’s namesakes. That means NU must raise another $320 million in funds via donations, a bond issue or other means, to finance Ryan Field’s extensive facelift.

Funding isn’t the only obstacle to over come. Residents of Evanston’s 7th Ward, where Ryan Field is located, have raised complaints about noise, transit and parking problems where the Wildcats play their home games. Many aren’t happy about hosting a renovated stadium in their neighborhood and City Council has yet to approve the planned project. If it does, the construction process is projected to bring 2,900 new jobs and $10 million in fee revenue to Evanston, according to the University.

Because NU faces some stiff headwinds on

this project, why not consider an alternative site? I propose Soldier Field, full-time home of the Chicago Bears since 1971. The Bears now lease Soldier Field from the Chicago Park District under an agreement that runs through 2033. But, they can exit the lease in 2026 by paying a fee of $84 million, accord ing to the Chicago Tribune. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is trying to persuade the Bears to remain at Soldier Field. She proposed expanding its capacity to 70,000 “total seats including additional fan activation areas.” If the Bears elect to leave, she has a “Plan B” that includes inviting other teams to play there.

While many issues must be worked out, I think NU should consider Soldier Field as a new home for the Wildcats, even if the Bears decide to remain there. The Wildcats play nearly all home games on Saturday, while the Bears, like all NFL teams, play mainly on Sunday. Smart scheduling could resolve conflicts.

A 62,000-seat stadium will generate more revenue than one with 35,000 seats. But, that’s not the only reason NU’s football team should move there. The Wildcats promote themselves as “Chicago’s Big Ten Team’’ and have played some games at Wrigley Field under a partnership with the Cubs. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for “Chicago’s Big Ten Team’’ to play all of its home games in a football stadium that’s hosted an NFL team for decades? Not to mention, NU also has a history with Soldier Field, having played in the first collegiate football game to be hosted

at the stadium, in 1924. Playing there would bolster NU’s growing relationship with Chicago.

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My alma mater wants to spend up to $800 million for a reno vated Ryan Field with 35,000 seats — 12,000 fewer than its current capacity. That’s compa rable to a homeowner spending lavishly to downsize a house from eight to six rooms.

- RICHARD REIF, Op-Ed Contributor

But the most important reason for choos ing Soldier Field is the potential for savings. I don’t know how much the Chicago Park District will charge NU to lease the site, but I’m certain it will be considerably less than $800 million over a multi-year period of time. NU could use the money saved for other vital purposes, such as expanding student housing, increasing student financial aid, adding staff to the Counseling and Psychological Services and providing food and winter clothing for

those low income students who need more of both.

One drawback to using Soldier Field is its distance from NU’s Evanston campus, compared to Ryan Field’s location. But NU can solve that problem by chartering buses. Students can also take the Chicago Transit Authority, Uber, Lyft or other ride sharing services to Soldier Field.

Some students and faculty might object to this move, but the biggest howls of protest may come from alumni who fondly recall watching the Wildcats play at Ryan Field, or Dyche Stadium, as it was originally named. I enjoyed many Saturday afternoons there while I was a Medill graduate student, 196264. But, evoking past pleasures does not justify endorsing future expenses.

Construction for a redesigned Ryan Field is scheduled to start after the 2023 football season ends and is targeted for completion by the start of the 2026 season. That gives NU’s Board of Trustees ample time to seriously consider and thoroughly evaluate Soldier Field as an alternate site for the Wildcats football team. Not all of the Daily’s readers will agree with me, but I hope those who do will make their voices heard.

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Northwestern's Organization of Women Faculty and 205 women faculty urge President Schill and the Board of Trustees to reassess and course correct the current direction of priorities and investment at Northwestern.

Dear President Schill and Mr. Barris,

The Organization of Women Faculty (OWF) is excited to welcome you to your new leadership positions at Northwestern. We would like to meet with you this fall to discuss the matters we raise in this letter.

We are pleased to see inclusion prioritized in President Schill’s welcome mes sage to the Northwestern community. We look forward to working together, as President Schill succinctly put it, to “enhance diversity in all of its forms and to foster a sense of belonging and respect.” In that spirit, and in this moment of leadership transition, we wish to start a new conversation about advancements for women faculty. In Spring 2022 we solicited feedback from our membership, which suggested there is much to be done. In this letter we identify areas of con cern and offer concrete suggestions that can aid your work to take Northwestern to the next level, and that can be part of an ongoing collaboration for positive change.

Double whammy: a Northwestern financial crisis followed by a global pandemic

The COVID pandemic and the social upheaval triggered by George Floyd’s mur der created many leadership challenges in our community. Faculty stepped up to meet the needs of students even when it meant putting research and other priorities on hold, even as our own health, childcare, and eldercare situations stretched many of us to our limit. We were patient as University leaders made decisions in a context of great uncertainty.

When the pandemic hit, Northwestern had already been in austerity mode for two years because of financial mismanagement, over-building, and overspend ing. Northwestern’s credit rating dropped. Most departments and schools were required to make painful budget cuts in AY 2018-2019. On the eve of the pan demic, salaries had been modestly rising at rates that barely, if at all, matched inflation. Major merit achievements that would normally have been rewarded financially did not necessarily lead to salary increases. Faculty hiring and reten tion efforts were limited. Then by late 2019, we received the good news that these extreme measures had led to an easing of the financial crisis, and we were look ing forward to the resumption of a more normal state of affairs.

Then the pandemic arrived, and the University’s response was to safeguard the budget rather than to draw on the endowment to preserve the University’s human resources. This response led to furloughing and firing staff, freezing salaries, and seizing faculty retirement benefits, all while asking faculty and the scaled-back staff to address the exigencies of the pandemic with more (and often uncompensated) work. We did not immediately protest. In fact, faculty and staff demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the University by stepping up quickly to move teaching and research activities online, to support our students within and outside the classroom as their own challenges and needs increased, and to endure a benefits reduction that we were told would limit staff layoffs.

By December 2020, the University reported a budget surplus, which surprised us. The stock market also boomed, resulting in a 7% growth in the endowment in fiscal year 2020, and 37% growth in fiscal year 2021. The University's finances emerged from the pandemic stronger, healthy, and thriving. But this seemed to come at the expense of the wellbeing of faculty, staff, and students who emerged fatigued, underpaid, and unwell. The University remained in austerity mode with salary increases that did not keep up with inflation, and budgetary approaches that hurt hiring and retention.

At the beginning of fiscal year 2021, Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced the following measures as an initial return to normalcy and an attempt to recoup pandemic losses:

• Addressing the decline in faculty salaries by growing the salary pool. The plan was a 6% increase in the faculty salary pool over two years.

• We were told that tax rules made refunding the seized benefits very complicated. We were given a small “bonus” as a thanks for our hard work, but these taxable funds did not make up for the retirement funds that were seized.

• Ongoing efforts and policy changes were being made to fill the unprecedented, yet self-inflicted, staff vacancies.

The Faculty Senate’s May 12, 2021 query as to why the pandemic was exceptional enough to require a suspension of faculty benefits but was not considered a “once in a century” event that would merit a special draw from the endowment has gone unanswered.

As we enter the fourth academic year affected by the pandemic, the University’s return to financial health has barely, if at all, translated into the resumption of normal salary, hiring, and staffing levels. A real decline in faculty and staff salaries continues, and recruitment efforts for new faculty and staff are ham pered by below-market rate salaries. All of this translates into a reality in which faculty are spending time and energy doing the work of staff who are no longer there to support research and teaching efforts. OWF’s Spring 2020 and Spring 2022 faculty surveys show faculty are deferring new and ambitious research and pedagogy efforts because of a lack of support. Faculty are also directly and indirectly burdened by an underinvestment in Northwestern’s mental health and accessibility support systems for students. Research has shown that these burdens are typically not felt equally by all faculty, and tend to exacerbate many existing gender, racial, and status inequities.

Meanwhile, the endowment has grown significantly, and the university is poised to invest a significant amount in yet another round of upgrades to sports facili ties. Although current inflationary conditions raise fears of loss of endowment revenue, we question whether the 40% increase in the endowment over the last two years will be eaten away completely by inflation. We further note that while faculty raises have not kept pace with inflation, administration salaries have increased above the rate of inflation. The University and top-level administrators may have recovered from years of austerity and the pandemic, but the faculty and staff are still living amid a long chain of losses that affect us professionally and personally every day.

The message that University leadership actions and words have conveyed Faculty are grateful for the steps the administration took to help the wider com munity stay safe during the pandemic. Provost Hagerty has been extraordinarily responsive to the OWF’s Fall 2020 Call for Action. Communication about needed assistance improved as the pandemic unfolded. The Provost’s Faculty Pandemic Impact Response Task Force played a critical role in thinking ahead to avoid even greater future losses.

Yet faculty feel a serious gap between the stated commitment of the University to research and teaching, and the actions and intentions toward growing the endowment and the pattern of quite lavish investments in athletic facilities. While the Provost has introduced concrete steps to address the problems we have raised, we also learned that there is a limit to what can be done given the many deferred maintenance and construction projects that must come from the operating budget. We are concerned that there seems to be no plan to deal with the exceptional situations imposed on faculty, produced first by the University’s self-created financial crisis, then by the COVID-19 pandemic, and now because of numerous building and maintenance projects that are taking priority.

It is time to reassess and course correct

The President and the Board of Trustees together set financial priorities and steer fundraising to where investments are most needed. We are asking for a serious reassessment of Northwestern’s goals and priorities. It is important that appropriate funding is directed to empowering faculty to do our best teaching and research in an environment that also prioritizes our wellbeing and signals respect from the Board of Trustees and the Central Administration.

Our concrete suggestions include the following:

• A clear statement of academic priorities that is backed with resources to support faculty and staff in their teaching and research.

• A special draw from the endowment so that necessary infrastructure maintenance and ongoing building project expenses do not compete with resources needed to support the University’s academic mission and faculty salaries.

• Creation of a special salary pool to remediate salary inequalities, especially given the extra student and familial caregiving that fell disproportionately on women faculty, international faculty, and faculty of color during the pandemic.

• A greater effort to ensure that spending on sports facilities is dual use. On-site childcare would provide much-needed relief to many faculty and staff. The redevelopment of Ryan Field provides an opportunity to remediate this omission by creating a childcare facility in the new stadium.

We also ask to begin a conversation between faculty and the President and Board of Trustees chair through the following methods:

• A listening tour by the President and Board of Trustees Chair to meet with faculty to learn about concerns, priorities and potential investments.

• A new faculty survey that includes consulting faculty about areas of existing under-investment and that sufficiently differentiates the wide range of faculty experiences and needs so that the University may create more nuanced ways to empower all of us.

• A resumption of the 2016 Provost’s Pay-Equity study that, this time, also investigates the over-time growth rates of faculty pay at Northwestern by gender.

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Students, brands partner for social media marketing

By JOCELYN MINTZ the daily northwestern @jocie_mintz

Weinberg junior Alina Fernandez has always loved drinking Celsius, a fruit-flavored energy drink, before her workouts. So when the company asked her to apply for a brand ambassador role, the answer was easy.

“I drink (Celsius) literally every day — I genuinely enjoy the brand and the flavors,” Fernandez said. “So I figured, why not try and make some money off it?”

At campuses across the country, students like Fer nandez partner with established brands to promote products and services on social media. Students say brand ambassadorships offer them opportunities to network, improve their social media presence and make extra cash.

Celsius initially reached out to Fernandez after she posted several videos featuring the drink on her TikTok account. After a brief application process, she now pro duces one main feed post and two story posts a month on Instagram.

Communication sophomore Grace Petersen signed up for the Youth Marketing Connection email list, which sends out brand opportunities. Over the sum mer, a position opened up with Samsung, so she sent in samples of her social media posts.

Petersen said she spreads brand awareness through social media posts and by engaging in conversations

about Samsung with the student body.

“As a college student, you have the capital to reach a really wide number of people on campus,” Petersen said. “It’s really smart that these brands are (seeking out) students.”

Communication sophomore Zack Owens said he applied to be a Bumble ambassador after his friend at another university recommended the job.

Owens now works with Bumble and said the job’s flexibility is one of its key selling points. Instead of work ing traditional shifts, he completes a list of monthly tasks from Bumble, including content creation.

Recently, Bumble has campaigned with state legisla tors to legally prohibit unsolicited nude photos, a move which Owens supports. He said he appreciates seeing the company taking action and making an impact.

“They don’t just talk the talk,” Owens said. “They actually put in the work to achieve their goals.”

Several other students at Northwestern are brand ambassadors through Bumble’s “Honey” college cam pus ambassador program. Owens said he loves the community of ambassadors because they can come together and organize events.

Petersen said one of the best parts of her job at Sam sung is being able to connect to the NU community.

“I’ve had a really good time so far,” Petersen said. “It’s pretty easy, and it’s social media, which I feel is something that’s really natural for everyone our age.”

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what to watch for against wisconsin

By LAWRENCE PRICE daily senior staffer @lpiii_tres

e one contest of the season that Northwestern fans from across the country and world return to Evanston for is nally upon us. Homecoming has arrived.

A er falling to No.11 Penn State last weekend, NU (1-4, 1-1 Big Ten) welcomes in Wisconsin (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) this Saturday for each team’s third conference matchup of the season.

Considering each team’s disappointing 2022 results so far — the Wildcats riding a four-game losing streak and the Badgers ring their head coach last Sunday — a lot can be said about the two squads going to ba le. Here’s what to watch for during the Homecoming game:

Who will rue the day: junior running back Evan Hull or Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen?

Two players that racked up over 1,250 all-purpose yards last season, both Hull and Allen appeared destined to be dominant forces for their respective o enses in 2022, while opposing defenses would circle their names on the drawing board.

Yet last week, outside of Hull’s 29-yard run, the two combined for 18 yards on the ground — a huge contributing factor in both team’s losses.

With the two being such impact players and focal points of their respective o enses, a big day from one will boost their team’s chances of winning

tremendously. is especially holds true for the Cats, as the Badgers ex the strongest rushing defense in the conference, limiting their opponents to 64.8 yards on the ground per game.

Will Northwestern be able to replicate its defensive performance from last Saturday this game?

NU’s defense arguably put on its best performance

of the season against No. 11 Penn State last Saturday, limiting the Ni any Lions to 17 points. Entering the contest, the Happy Valley team averaged 38.8 points per game.

e Cats also took the ball away ve times, their highest since No. 19 Wisconsin in 2020, winning 17-7.

However, with rainy, slippery and mud-soaked conditions in University Park, both teams struggled to hold on to the ball or make pinpoint passes. Hence, it can be questioned whether NU’s defensive prowess

would have been as e ective on a regular weathered day.

is weekend, facing a Wisconsin team under hopefully be er conditions, and a running back who rushed for 174 yards in the teams’ last matchup, NU fans will get answers on whether coach Jim O’Neil’s defense is legit.

Can NU nally string together its rst complete game since Nebraska?

Since the Cats’ Week Zero win in Ireland, NU hasn’t been on the same page regarding o ense and defense.

In its next two games versus Duke and Southern Illinois, the defense looked out of sorts, and in games four and ve, the o ense struggled to get its motor going.

Yet, with the additional Homecoming energy in the crowd, Wisconsin’s surprising ring of former head coach Paul Chryst and the halfway point of the season, now would be the perfect time for NU to ip the switch.

In total, the Cats have lost by a margin of 28 points, with 10 coming at the hands of Penn State last weekend — illustrating how close NU has been from ge ing back into the win column nearly every game. A er Wisconsin, four of NU’s opponents boast a top six scoring o ense in the conference, revealing how Saturday might be the Cats’ last chance to get on the same page before facing a few heavy hi ers.

NU keeps same approach against new coach

By ALEX CERVANTES daily senior staffer @cervantespalex

The latest victim to the 2022 college football coaching carousel? Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst.

On Sunday, the Badgers fired Chryst, who accumulated a 67-26 record at the helm of Wisconsin football for over seven years and led the team to three Big Ten West titles. He’s spent the majority of his life as a player and coach in Madison, but at the end of the day, winning is a cure-all in football, and Chryst had not been doing a lot of it recently.

Wisconsin opened the 2022 campaign ranked 18th nationally and was subsequently trounced by three Power Five opponents — Washington State, No. 3 Ohio State and Illinois — dropping all three games by a combined score of 103-45. The tough start this season, coupled with previous shortcomings in 2020 and 2021, led to Chryst’s sacking.

The man tasked with righting the Badgers’ ship in the interim, former defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, said at a Tuesday press conference that the emotions of the team are naturally running high.

“My message to the team starting yesterday was to let it settle in, get out of the building a little bit, let it hurt,” Leonhard said. “A big lesson we got to learn is how to compartmentalize the emotion of it. Not trying to brush it aside, not trying to make it go away but we have to be able to focus.”

In assessing the team’s current status, Leonhard said the defense will likely operate normally, but he’s looking to get the offense back

to the basics: physical play, running the ball and play action.

Despite meeting for the first time as head coaches Saturday, Leonhard and Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald share a lot of similarities. Both were All-American defensive cogs as players and returned to their alma maters as defensive backs coaches, before being propelled to the head coaching position. And both are desperately searching for a glimpse of hope during seasons of turmoil.

Though Fitzgerald said he was “shocked” to hear the news of Chryst’s firing, he spoke highly of Leonhard’s coaching ability.

“It’s always challenging to take over a role in some adverse times and coach Leonhard will do a phenomenal job,” Fitzgerald said. “He was a phenomenal player at Wisconsin … and he’s been outstanding since he’s taken over their defense and (I have) just the utmost respect for Coach Leonhard.”

The Wildcats, amid a four-game skid, have not won a game in the United States this season and are coming off a rainy and turnover-filled 17-7 loss to Penn State. The one highlight from the ugly affair is that NU’s defense forced a season-high five turnovers and held a dynamic Nittany Lion rushing attack to 3.8 yards per carry.

The Cats’ rush defense will need another strong performance to stymie Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen.

Allen, who expressed his dismay towards Chryst’s firing on Twitter, has rushed for 499 yards and six touchdowns this season. He’ll be looking to replicate his dazzling display against NU from 2021, in which he torched the Cats for 173 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

Junior defensive back Garnett Hollis Jr., who

forced a fumble against the Nittany Lions, said the Cats are concentrating on fixes internally, not any external matters.

“We haven’t really focused on them, we’re really focusing on us,” Hollis said. “They do have a new coaching change … that doesn’t really affect us. We gotta focus on how we can get better throughout the week and how our preparation will help us win this game.”

In front of a homecoming crowd at Ryan Field, emotions will be running rampant for both NU and Wisconsin. The outcome of Saturday’s

contest will be determined by which coach, amid all the early season struggles, can piece together a relatively complete game of football. Easy in theory, difficult in practice — at least for both of these teams so far.

Regardless, Fitzgerald and the Cats won’t be worried about the difficult situation unfolding for the Badgers.

“I work here, and I’ve got 99 problems,” Fitzgerald said. “Theirs are not one.”

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what ryan field should keep, add in 2026

By GAMEDAY STAFF the daily northwestern

Northwestern released designs last Wednesday for its rebuild of Ryan Field. e 35,000-seat stadium will give Wildcat football a much-needed facilities upgrade, along with the possibility to host concerts and championship events for other sports.

From students and alumni to players and coaches, the NU community is buzzing with excitement about the new stadium, especially during a season in which the Cats haven’t given fans much to cheer for on the eld.

“ is will be the rst time that we’ll have a home eld advantage in the history of Wildcat football,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said in a Monday press conference. “If 35,000 is done right, it will be the loudest, most raucous, best home eld advantage in college football. is is going to set the precedent for future stadiums and future community engagement opportunities in college towns.”

What should the new Ryan Field retain from its predecessor ahead of its 2026 opening? Which new features would take the stadium to another level? Each of the Gameday sta writers chose one aspect of Ryan Field to keep and one to add that would make the upcoming stadium a premier venue for watching sports.

John Riker, Gameday Editor

Keep: e hedges behind the end zone. is is easily the most impressive part of Ryan Field — how does all the shrubbery always look so immaculate and pristine? From SEC stadiums to the Rose Bowl, plants are an o -overlooked but essential factor behind the appeal of the college football stadium aesthetic, and the le ers spelling out “Wildcats” are a nice touch on the Ryan Field hedges. I don’t see much green space other than the eld itself in the released concepts, and plants aren’t the rst thing that come to mind with a state-of-the art stadium. Still, hedges or other plant displays will imbue the stadium with a liveliness and potential for NU-speci c ourishes that you can’t get with steel beams and arti cial turf.

Add: An underground tunnel entrance for the football team. Team entrances are one of the best ways to hype up a home crowd, and NU has dropped the ball in this aspect in recent years. Remember the in atable Cat? NU should take a cue from the Chicago Bulls and former defensive lineman Joe Spivak and spice up the entrance before kicko : fog machines, concert lasers for night games, the whole works. Even be er, they should build an underground tunnel connecting to Welsh-Ryan Arena or the new locker rooms to enhance the entrance’s intensity. is change would make the Wildcat Dash so, so much be er.

Skye Swann, Assistant Gameday Editor

Keep: Even though the renovations aim to completely remodel Ryan Field, the stadium’s architecture is one of its most a ractive features. e high rise columns

create a classic aesthetic, adding to NU’s gothic uniforms. Views from the top of the columns inside the press box are arguably the most iconic. Destroying that with the new modern stadium would erase the endearing and historic aspects of Ryan Field. By keeping this architectural structure, the Wildcats will have their program history while allowing fans to get the 360-degree views of the eld.

Add: A Raising Cane’s is a must for the new stadium.

e Baton Rouge fast food chain has taken over Chicago with high demand from students at NU. Including this eatery inside the new Ryan Field would not only increase student a endance but guarantee a sold-out stadium every game. e nger-lickin’ chicken would be one of the best decisions the NU athletic department could make in pu ing retail stores inside the new modern stadium. With this addition, there would be no question whether Ryan Field would be all purple’d out.

Lawrence Price, Audio Editor

Keep: One aspect I would love to keep is the proximity of fans to the eld. I think it brings a personal atmosphere and heightens the feeling of being right next to the action. is is especially true near the student section, with a grassy hill that allows students to even reach out and feel it. Of course, the rebuild of Ryan Field will lead to new dimensions, points of access and more, but the opportunity to be so close to everything can be a game-changing experience for fans.

Add: At least Skye and I are on the same page here…Raising Cane’s! It’s quickly become a staple in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, so who wouldn’t want a top-notch fast-food chain right at their ngertips? is would boost the student a endance, at least until they get their food, and, even more importantly, increase revenue for Ryan Field. NU couldn’t go wrong with this addition, considering the pros outweigh the cons by a million! I can tell you this right now, if NU follows this request, I will be the rst person in line with no

Charlo e Varnes, Sports Editor

Keep: A bit sel sh, but the press box views. I couldn’t believe everything I could see when I rst stepped in the Ryan Field press box. It’s a sampling of the best of Chicago and Evanston: the city skyline, Ryan Fieldhouse, University Hall, Lake Michigan and the Baha’i Temple. Like the University itself, Ryan Field embraces its unique location on the North Shore through its beautiful vistas. I hope the new iteration does, too.

Add: A Dunkin’! ink about it: it’s an 11 a.m. kicko , you stayed up late the night before and you’re exhausted. Stopping by Dunkin’ for an iced co ee or a sweet treat would be a delightful way to kick o your Saturday morning at Ryan Field. Plus, NU wouldn’t be the only school to have a Dunkin’ at their venue. When I witnessed the horrors of 2022 Georgetown basketball, I was excited to take a break from the action and stop by the Dunkin’ at Capital One Arena. If we’re going to have 11 a.m. kicko s, you might as well give the people some decent ca eine to push through.

Angeli Mi al, Digital Managing Editor

Keep: When Cats fans were unable to a end basketball games during the pandemic, the Cats’ athletic department gave them the option to purchase their own cutouts for display in the Welsh-Ryan Arena stands. ough the new Ryan Field will reduce capacity by 12,000 and remove many of the usually empty seats, there’s no guarantee that they’ll ll the stands. My solution is similar to the cutouts and involves recruiting McCormick students to build imposing, life-sized gurines. is could come in handy when we play against tough opponents like Miami (Ohio) and Southern Illinois.

Add: A safety net for the poor reporters and

photographers who fear for their lives when the ball gets near the end zone. It’s actually frightening when you’re just trying to get some good close ups of the team, but the players are barreling towards you. Having a net at the sidelines would not only keep the ball but also the players within bounds. Maybe we’d have fewer injuries on the eld if players could just bounce o the safety net rather than topple over one another.

Alex Cervantes, Assistant Sports Editor

Keep: e food trucks and variety of dining options. Full disclosure, I say this without having tried much of the food within Ryan Field, but the food trucks on the outer concourse seem to be an integral piece in the game day experience. Please, NU, don’t try to shoehorn people into a small and uniform concessions menu that only features hot dogs, cheeseburgers and the like — although those are all great staples. e “Rebuild Ryan Field” campaign does highlight an improved tailgating experience with a burger and drink illustration, so maybe those in charge already have this covered. All this to say, keep the variety of options open and accessible to fans.

Add: Alcohol sales. I understand that the ma er has been a contentious issue within Evanston over the last few years, and given the city’s history, this may not be an immediate addition, but it should happen nonetheless. While Northwestern does o er alcohol in the Wilson Club — which requires a minimum $6,000 donation — other schools in the conference are trending towards full scale sales throughout their entire venue. e new and improved Ryan Field won’t open up until 2026, plus we’re only two years removed from the approval of alcohol sales at Welsh-Ryan Arena, so there is enough time to get the ball rolling on such a proposition. And, you know, NU’s only win in 2022 came in a venue, Ireland’s Aviva Stadium, that served free alcohol. Just sayin’.

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Waikar builds culture, community through cooking

By COLE REYNOLDS the daily northwestern @charcole27

Kalpana Waikar remembers standing against her mother’s shoulder at a very young age, her small hands smashing little balls of dough into ovals, which she then separated into semicircles. She gripped the dough in her fist, forming a cone and filling it with potatoes and peas.

There were always a lot of samosas, she remem bers –– enough for her family, as well as extras to share with the community.

Connecting family and community is Waikar’s mission for Inspired Indian Cooking, her spice shop on Dempster St. She sells premade Indian spice kits, which she said are aimed at making a potentially daunting cuisine more accessible.

“I just realized that the feeling of community, like interacting with customers, was really valu able,” Waikar said.

The store itself is painted in what Waikar described as turmeric yellow, the walls casting a faint glow. On one wall, there’s a rainbow of little colored packages –– each containing the spices and instructions for seasoning different Indian meals.

The red one is for vindaloo, which most custom ers associate with mouth-burning spiciness, Waikar said. But that’s not actually the case.

It was British and Portuguese colonists who added that intense spiciness to vindaloo, which was traditionally a milder dish, Waikar said. So, her vindaloo isn’t spicy, and she makes it a point to educate her customers about that colonial concep tion of vindaloo.

“I don’t want to make anybody feel bad,” Waikar said. “But really that kind of explaining what curry is, is what I really like doing.”

This educational aspect of Inspired Indian Cooking is what most excites Waikar’s daughter, Sarika. She said one day, she envisions her mother’s turmeric walls will be scattered with QR codes edu cating customers about the origins and histories of the various spices.

Sarika, who worked at Inspired Indian Cooking this summer, hopes to help her mother further the shop’s educational purpose. At school, she has led educational events about social justice initiatives in the South Asian community.

“I love interacting with the customers and just

talking about our family histories,” Sarika said. “I think that can be connected to social justice in a deeper way.”

Customers have said they get to learn about Indian culture through the spice kits, too. Evanston resident Ande Breunig, a loyal customer, describes herself as a “semi-spice aficionado.”

Before using Waikar’s kits, she typically just sprinkled spices atop her food after cooking. But, Waikar’s kits include whole spices which is typi cal of Indian cooking. Breunig has learned how to properly add spices to Indian dishes throughout the process.

Even as an aficionado, Breunig found herself outside of her comfort zone cooking with the shop’s packets and using novel techniques to treat her spices.

“When you cook with her spices, you kind of

feel like a professional chef,” Breunig said. “It just kind of gave me a sense of accomplishment, like ‘Oh! I don’t have to be scared of things I’ve never done before.’”

Waikar said the use of whole spices separates Indian food from other cultures — and separates her business from competitors.

There are plenty of other companies that sell pre-ground spice mixtures, but Waikar roasts cumin seeds and star anise, along with over 20 other spices, every Monday, just like her mother used to do when she was a child. As far as Waikar knows, Inspired Indian Cooking is the only shop that sells freshly-roasted spices.

It’s the experience of seeing those spices trans form into authentic Indian food that keeps people coming back. Of about 1,000 local customers, about 700 have become repeat visitors, Waikar said.

Waikar has been teaching customers like Breunig about spices and Indian cuisine since 2019, when her business was an online Indian spice sub scription box.

Almost a year later, in February 2020, Waikar filmed a video detailing how to fold samosas. She forms the dough into little cones, just like her mother taught her a half-century ago. This time, it’s her daughter learning through the screen.

Since she moved to college, Sarika said she’s been using the spice kits and her mom’s expertise to teach herself Indian cooking –– in line with her mother’s educational mission.

“I’d like to create a legacy,” Waikar said, “of what this business represents both to my customers and to my family.”

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Kalpana Waikar sells packaged Indian spices at her shop Inspired Indian Cooking.

Wildcat Vintage offers up timeless flair for students

By CHARLOTTE EHRLICH the daily northwestern @charlotteehrlich

Walking down Sheridan Road, pedestrians can count on one consistent sight: student after student decked out in Northwestern apparel.

Students have several options for purchasing new merchandise, including the bookstore in Norris Uni versity Center or the Campus Gear store on Sherman Avenue. But there are few locations where they can purchase authentic, old merchandise.

Now, the brand new Wildcat Vintage is filling that niche. The student-run store is an online one-stop shop for authentic NU attire, and it’s gaining traction fast, with the store’s first drop on Sept. 1 selling out within an hour.

Weinberg sophomore Varoon Enjeti founded the startup over the summer before coming to the Uni versity in the fall as a transfer student. Wildcat Vintage’s Instagram page has grown particularly popular, gaining nearly 450 followers since July. Enjeti said his vision for the account is to embed posts featuring new pieces he’s selling among historical images capturing NU’s athletic victories and significant cultural moments.

“This brand is not geared toward just one person,” Enjeti said. “I don’t want people to feel like if they’re not into sports, they can’t purchase the merch. We do have posts about history and cultural things around campus. This is for anyone and everyone.”

Enjeti’s inventory features a wide selection of oversized sweatshirts — a trend he said is “linear” across all college students’ styles — priced between $45 and $60.

He also prioritizes sourcing high-quality second hand pieces and always checks the tags on clothing before deciding to sell them for authenticity purposes. Any piece that’s not in perfect condition is accompanied on the website by a disclaimer disclosing its defects.

Weinberg sophomore Jonathan Mazor purchased a piece from Enjeti’s first drop and said he appreciated the fair price for the quality item he received.

“The sweater I got mentioned how the inside lost a lot of fluff,” Mazor said. “They’re super upfront about that, and they’re very committed to transparency, which is great to know.”

Mazor said he found Wildcat Vintage on a Reddit page while doing research about NU before arriving as a transfer student. A fan of buying secondhand, he signed up for notifications for the Sept. 1 drop.

At 7 p.m. that day, Mazor said he found a piece he liked and reserved it. Wildcat Vintage then reached out to him via email for payment and shipping options. Mazor got lucky: he was among the select few to reserve a piece before the sellout.

“I’m not surprised it sold out — today’s genera tion is super into vintage,” Mazor said. “There’s this perception that the clothes are higher quality and look better. People can achieve versatility of style with vintage clothing in general.”

For his upcoming drop on Oct. 6, Enjeti said he expects many clients will select the on-campus deliv ery option. He still plans to list the same amount of pieces — about four to seven — despite the high demand that caused the first drop to sell out.

Enjeti said he plans to keep up his monthly drop strategy but wants to expand the business’s visibility by partnering with on-campus athletic organizations like Northwestern Wildside.

“I try to create a unique and different collection every month,” he said. “In that way, people know I’m not just dumping 40 items onto my website and hoping a few sell. I’m putting effort into thinking about this from the perspective of another Northwestern student.”

Molly Smith, Enjeti’s girlfriend and a sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles, helped him get the idea off the ground.

Enjeti has always loved entrepreneurship, espe cially as he designed the startup’s website by himself, she said.

“He’s already been successful with startups in the past,” Smith said. “People always say it’s not about the company, it’s about the entrepreneur, and for that reason, I think it’ll be really successful.”

Though Enjeti is running Wildcat Vintage by him self, he said he is using the startup as a way to get to know his new community better.

“As a transfer who is searching for my own niche on this campus, I want Wildcat Vintage to be a way for anyone to feel welcomed to the Wildcat com munity,” he said.

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EPL adds to online downloads, shutters book hotspots

By ASTRY RODRIGUEZ

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Evanston Public Library added thousands of books to its online download service this summer after shutting down its book hotspot devices in August. Under the revised program, clients can read and listen to books without a library card.

EPL released the first iteration of its online library program at the start of the pandemic, when an increased number of residents were interested in accessing books from home, Communications and Marketing Manager Jenette Sturges said.

The pop-up hotspots were strategically placed in four high-traffic areas across the city: Robert Crown Community Center, Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, Presence St. Francis Hospi tal and Erie Family Health Center. In these areas, people were able to access books through public hotspots and download them to a device without a library card.

EPL was among a handful of libraries across the country to open spots for “virtual libraries.” How ever, the library has now expanded their electronic library, which includes fiction, non-fiction, young adult and classics genres.

“The most important thing for us to focus on as a library organization is identifying the needs and the assets that exist already in our communities and hoping to meet and elevate (them),” Sturges said.

EPL’s virtual library can be accessed through the library’s website. It provides three external services

for the online materials — Hoopla and Libby for books, and Kanopy for streaming services.

Hoopla has no limits on how many items a resi dent can check out, despite its smaller selection, according to Collection Development Manager Elizabeth Bird. EPL added additional access to virtual resources when e-book use surged during the height of the pandemic.

“We just diverted more money to the purchase of e-materials (because) we can never catch up with demand,” Bird said. “Of all the libraries in that consortium we belong to, which is called Digital Library of Illinois (OverDrive), we have the high est circulation.”

The original hotspot initiative was expected to thrive and even expand with a fifth location, but

Sturges said clients did not use the hotspots as much as EPL had hoped.

Sturges said she’s found dedicated readers prefer more readily available options to library services, including digital books, newspapers, magazines, tv shows and movies.

“We’re on a continual process of trying to decide which programs and services we offer that are really being used and which ones are not,” Sturges said. “There are different programs and services that are sometimes popular in different communities.”

Evanston resident Michael Medos said he has utilized EPL’s online library almost five days a week for three years.

Medos said he prefers the e-book library to checking out books physically. He added that he tends to gravitate toward nonfiction books related to social and political science and has been impressed with the library’s collection.

“I’ve been successful finding most of the titles that I’ve been looking for,” Medos said. “I find them super user-friendly. I think it’s really easy.”

Medos added that he is a realtor and is able to listen to audiobooks from the library during his commute.

He said he’s excited to see the library continue to grow its digital book selections.

“It makes books and literature more accessible to people,” Medos said. “I’m onboard for them expanding their catalog because that’s exactly what will benefit users and drive more users to the platform.”

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The Daily Explains: Illinois Attorney General’s race

Thomas DeVore

By SHANNON TYLER daily senior staffer @shannonmtyler

This November, Republican Thomas DeVore will face off against Democratic incumbent Kwame Raoul in Illinois’ attorney general race.

The attorney general of any state serves as its chief legal officer. Attorney generals are responsible for enforcing state law and offering the state government legal advice. They also represent the state in court, defend state officials and prosecute some crimes, among other duties.

Illinois is one of 43 states that holds elections for the office of Attorney General, while candidates are appointed by the state’s governor in the other seven states. .

The Daily compiled an overview of the candidates and their platforms.

A constitutional attorney from southern Illinois, DeVore said he decided to run for attorney general after he began pursuing legal battles against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 policies.

DeVore, who has worked as an attorney for about 11 years, has mainly practiced in civil litigation, according to the Chicago Tribune. He also founded and runs his own practice, DeVore Law Office.

DeVore said he intends to stand up for people instead of politicians. He aims to ensure equality under law, end corruption and decrease violence in Chicago.

DeVore recently sued Pritzker’s administration, 145 state school districts and the state Board of Edu cation for Illinois’ mask and exclusion requirements in schools. DeVore filed the suit in Sangamon County Circuit Court, which temporarily restrained the man date in schools, though it was ultimately dismissed by the Sangamon County Circuit Court.

He is also a vocal opponent of Pritzker’s SAFE-T Act, which will end cash bail in Illinois. DeVore said in a press conference that the act unlawfully violates separation of powers by deciding what types of felo nies would or would not be eligible for cash bail. His campaign website promotes a petition to repeal the act.

DeVore ran against Steve Kim and David Shestokas in the primaries and obtained 44% of the vote, securing his spot as the Republican attorney general candidate.

Kwame Raoul

Raoul has served as Illinois’ attorney general since 2019. He was born to Haitian immigrant parents in Chicago and is running on a campaign of, fighting for affordable healthcare, protecting voting rights and standing with workers, among other initiatives, accord ing to his website.

In his time as attorney general, Raoul created the state’s first Organized Retail Crime Task Force to

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As the sitting attorney general, Raoul fought DeVore’s lawsuits against Pritzker. After DeVore’s law suit temporarily restrained the masking mandate in some schools, Raoul immediately filed for an expedited appeal, which was successful.

Raoul is a proponent for the SAFE-T Act, but said the law needs further conversation to address potential ambiguities. Raoul ran unopposed in the democratic pri maries securing his spot for the Democratic candidacy.

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Despite the quick turnaround — Arañas remem bers it as less than a month between him touring the space and the first day of school — he said he’s con fident in the upcoming launch because of his shop’s unique offerings, such as the “Mitski:” a vanilla chai with lavender and espresso.

“We have global tea that has unique cultural flavors that you will honestly not see in almost any place around here,” Arañas said.

The menu boasts an array of Filipino-inspired flavors and includes items like pistachio doughnut lattes and white mocha Oreo “croffles,” which are waffles made with croissant batter. Arañas said he is also excited to introduce Brew Coffee Lab’s signa ture latte: a coconut and almond milk drink flavored with ube-sweetened condensed milk and topped with espresso.

According to the coffee shop’s student baristas, these new recipes have been exciting to learn.

“The menu is massive. The aesthetic is different,” Weinberg senior and Brew Coffee Lab barista Natalie Rarick said. “The bones are still there, but Brewbike is very much gone.”

Many of the baristas previously worked at Brew bike. Though baristas have said the increase in menu items has presented a bigger learning curve, Arañas’s management has made the learning process smooth.

Former Brewbike employee and current Brew Coffee Lab barista Rachel Ruddy added that Brew Coffee Lab will still feel like a part of the student body because of the heavy student staffing, which was one of the former coffee shop’s appeals.

“Northwestern students go hard for boba,” Ruddy said. “I think the new spots are gonna be pretty popu lar with just how much it has to offer.”

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“There are factions within the community along gendered lines, along religious … lines, which often (provide) interesting opportunities to sort of explore racial affinities across sort of ethnic belongings as well,” Mehandru said.

Thursday’s art and resistance event featured three artists, English Prof. and co-founder of the Race, Caste & Colorism project Ivy Wil son, Maulikraj Shrimali, founder of the Whistle blower Theater and Ayesha Riaz, an artist at

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that nothing compares to a hands-on educa tion. The opportunity for these students to learn while keeping their classroom jobs is significant.

“It’s a really good opportunity for our dis trict to not go through a hiring crisis like we’re having with our bus drivers,” Hailpern said.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, D65 has experienced significant trouble in hiring and retaining bus drivers.

Halipern said that communities around Evanston are experiencing a teacher shortage, and he expects to see reduced involvement in the coming years. That reality, he added, makes the partnership with BloomBoard, Inc a great decision.

According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the Chicago area has experienced the largest teacher shortage of any area in the state. Northeastern school districts in Illinois had the second-highest number of unfilled positions at 1,370, second only to the city itself.

Horton said in the September meeting that training paraprofessionals from District 65 is a long-term investment; the program will help strengthen their education system since participants will already know the needs of the district.

“Every district is unique, so we’re trying to build teachers that are specifically trained to be highly effective here in our district,” Horton said.

District 65 is increasing the number of residents pursuing master’s in special educa tion, aiding students who need individualized instruction. Additionally, the district has hired

SpaceShift.

Artists explored the ways different art forms can be used to disrupt systemic violence through anti-Black resistance printmaking, theater per formance and architecture.

Riaz dove into the history of urban planning in Chicago. She spoke about how structures built in the city represent various power dynamics by creating visual and physical levels of control which watch over a central open-space.

Shailendra said art is deeply political, and many forms of art have “deep political invest ments in them.”

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a second talent developer for their new cohort to help residents balance classes and courses.

The residency program will now be two years instead of one, thanks to a $600,000 grant awarded by U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Khelghati said.

The district also increased the stipend for residents from $30,000 to $45,000. Khelghati said the district is proud of providing financial assistance to aspiring educators in the Evan ston community.

“Over time, opportunities in education are one of those fields that make it even more difficult (to enter) because of the financial burden that is placed across the board for any body who’s interested,” he said.

The program also partnered with a Pacific Educational Group to introduce a racial equity series for residents.

In that program, residents will look “at the systemic impact of the way in which racism or inequity or homophobia will show up in our biases,” Khelghati said.

With the new model, participants will do their residency at Chicago State Uni versity instead of Northwestern University or National Louis University. According to Khelghati, Chicago State University’s long history of teacher education and its semester structure matched District 65’s goals.

18 residents graduated from District 65’s initial cohort that ran from June 2021 to June 2022. This year, there are nine people in the residency program.

“(The programs) are all embedded under the same vision around what we’re calling cre ate, which is really building and growing our own staff,” Khelghati said.

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throughout October, including several con certs and comedy nights. Asian Languages and Cultures Prof. Laura Brueck, a co-founder of the Race, Caste and Colorism project, said she hopes the space will encourage members of the South Asian community to engage with antiBlack resistance.

“We’re really hoping that we can create a kind of atmosphere in which new ideas or new works of art emerge that wouldn’t have otherwise been possible without that sort of cross cultural con versation,” Brueck said.

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campus and see what’s going on,” Lin said.

Committee co-chair and Weinberg junior Kaitlyn Hurka said the planners prioritized scheduling popular activities and traditions in this year’s celebration. This year’s agenda includes events like the food truck festival and Wildcat Warm-Up on Friday.

The committee is also hosting a tailgate before the volleyball game Friday, following the suc cess of last year’s tailgate before a women’s soccer game.

“We’re trying to mix it up and highlight other sports, as well as football,” Hurka said.

The Homecoming Committee began plan ning for the week of festivities last winter. Hurka and Lin selected five students to join the com mittee and help plan events during the summer.

Hurka and Lin also said Student and Young Alumni Engagement Director Bobby Dun lap and Senior Associate Director of Student Engagement Suresh Mudragada offered integral advice throughout the planning process.

“Our job is to really promote the events and get undergraduates to know about what is going on,” Hurka said. “Homecoming week is a reunion where a lot of alumni come back, but we want undergraduate students to be involved, too.”

Homecoming week will culminate in a Satur day afternoon football game, with the Wildcats facing off against Wisconsin at Ryan Field.

The annual pep rally will be held the night before on Deering Meadow. The event features student performers, the marching band and royalty court nominees.

Eight nominees from the senior class make up the royalty court. Students select one nomi nee as the “Homecoming Wildcat.” The Home coming Wildcat crowning ceremony adds to the buzz around the event.

“I think the biggest success will definitely be the pep rally because everyone is just very excited about it,” Lin said.

Weinberg senior Jules Wesson said she has attended the Homecoming football game and voted for the royalty court in past years.

Wesson said events throughout Homecom ing Week could inspire more school pride among returning Wildcats.

“(Alumni) reinstilling interest in Northwest ern that they may have lost over the years (could benefit the community),” Wesson said.

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Thomas-Ailara takes Northwestern to new heights on and off the volleyball court

By CHARLOTTE VARNES daily senior staffer @charvarnes11

Senior outside hitter Temi ThomasAilara is a force on the court.

One second she’s floating, arm extended overhead as she readies for a powerful, graceful kill. The next she’s running, eyes on the ball as she read ies to assist her teammates. Then she’s gently tipping the ball over the net, per plexing opponents with her placement.

It’s the kind of play that brings WelshRyan Arena to its feet. It’s the kind of play that spurs cheers of “Temi time” and “TTA.” It’s the kind of play that leads to Big Ten Athlete of the Week nods.

The program’s season leader in kills and points, Thomas-Ailara has emerged as a focal point on a Wildcats team in the midst of a renaissance. NU is lighting up the court, recording its best 12-game start since 2012 and recording two upset, ranked victories over then-No. 24 Pepperdine and then-No. 7 Minnesota. Quiet off the court and dynamic on it, Thomas-Ailara is helping pave the way for an NU season for the ages.

After tearing her lateral meniscus dur ing the 2021 season, she was stuck on the sidelines for five months.

Sitting out at practice in early 2022, Thomas-Ailara kept an eye on her teammates. She noticed significant improvements, including sharper pass ing, serving and defense.

Thomas-Ailara was already driven to return to the court healthy as soon as possible, but witnessing her team mates’ growth ignited a new fervor.

“That motivated me to start working harder,” Thomas-Ailara said. “I was like, ‘We really do have a chance at being a lot better this upcoming season.’”

Slowly, Thomas-Ailara gained strength. She worked with NU’s train ers every day and was eventually able to hit the court again in June. Easing her way back into volleyball, Thomas-Ailara hit as much as she safely could through out the month. By July, she was serving again. In August, she was fully ready to compete — just in time for the season.

The injury brought new resiliency, too. Sitting out during the off-season was difficult, but Thomas-Ailara said it made her appreciate the game more.

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team’s trainer, even when she leaves practice early. Her care for her own wellbeing has set the example for the rest of the team, he said.

Davis said Thomas-Ailara is see ing the dividends of her hard work paying off now.

“She’s like a whole new Temi,” Davis said. “(For) athletes, sometimes things just click and you see a bit of a change. That was the point for Temi: going through an injury like that and being able to pull through and have success.”

Athletic Beginnings

Thomas-Ailara dove into sports as a child, trying everything from cross country to basketball to soccer. She and her family knew little about volleyball before she started playing.

Her mother, Abiola Omolaja, had a friend who encouraged ThomasAilara to try volleyball. When she took up the sport, the friend noticed Thomas-Ailara’s talent right away and advised Omolaja to encourage her to stick with volleyball.

By her freshman year of high school, she chose to focus solely on volleyball. Though it was partly because of the time-consuming nature of high school and club volleyball, Thomas-Ailara also attrib uted it to the community she found.

“The people I had around me, growing up and playing club volley ball, turned out to be my best friends even now,” Thomas-Ailara said. “It was the people that made me fall in love with the sport.”

Thomas-Ailara was a head-turner from a young age. Her former high school and club coach Ryan Summers recalled asking a college coach to stop by and watch her play when she was in sev enth grade. Even then, the college coach said he would be interested in Thomas-Ailara as soon as she began the recruitment process.

By the time Thomas-Ailara was in high school, Summers said college coaches were constantly dropping by practice to see her play. Opposing coaches would come up to him postgame solely to talk up her play.

When Davis first saw Thomas-Ailara play during her freshman year of high

school, he said he thought, “‘Wow, what a super-athlete.’”

He spent time with Thomas-Ailara and her family over the following years, getting to know them. Thomas-Ailara was set on attending a school with good academics. Between NU’s offerings and the connection with Davis, her decision became clear.

As Glenwood residents, ThomasAilara’s family is often able to make her matches.

The daughter of Nigerian immi grants, Thomas-Ailara’s heritage has been central to her life. Her parents arrived in the U.S. in 1996 and had Thomas-Ailara and her brother a few years later.

Throughout her child hood,

ThomasAilara said her would remind her that they immi grated to create more opportuni ties for her and her brother, which has kept her motivated and pushed her to do more.

When Thomas-Ailara visits home, Omolaja said they often go to Nige rian parties, activities and church together. Cooking is also an impor tant part of her family relationships, as they frequently eat Nigerian food at home.

As volleyball has become a significant part of ThomasAilara’s life, family mem bers have embraced it, too. She said her family sometimes calls her and asks if she watched a certain game or if she has thoughts on how other Big Ten teams are playing.

“It’s crazy to see how far they’ve come along with me on this journey,” ThomasAilara said. “They’ve learned so much. They call me all the time and tell me what I should be watch ing, what I should be