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Committee votes on Ethics revision Rules Committee agrees to send Code to Council By JOSH IRVINE

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Evanston inched closer to a revised Code of Ethics after the Rules Committee unanimously voted Monday night to send an ordinance amending the code to City Council. The ordinance, which originated in the now-dissolved Ethics Subcommittee to the Rules Committee, went through adjustments ranging from single words to significant subsections of the 18-page text which would replace the current code. One of the major changes was an increase of the maximum fine that City Council may issue as penalty for officials found to have violated the ethics code. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said though the $500 fine proposed by the ordinance would represent a significant imposition upon the aldermen, who make $15,990 per year, it would prove less significant for the higher-paid mayor or city manager. “The whole goal is to make sure that it’s meaningful,” Braithwaite told The Daily.

“So whatever we set forth and agree to as a council, it’s a serious consequence.” Mayor Steve Hagerty suggested a fine as a percentage of annual income. However, the committee ultimately chose to set the maximum fine at $750. Also amended was a proposed one-year terms on Board of Ethics members. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) said the Board of Ethics required expertise that was important to preserve and contended the brevity of the terms would give elected officials undue power in controlling their own supervision. Under the ordinance, the mayor appoints Board of Ethics members with the advice and consent of the aldermen. “They could rule one way on a particular member and then find that wasn’t particularly popular and so they won’t be reappointed next year,” Revelle said. Despite pushback from Ald. Judy Fiske (1st), the committee agreed to extend term lengths to two years. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) discussed her own experience with the Board of Ethics hearing by calling for greater input for defendants in scheduling their hearings. Ethics complaints against Rainey served as part of the impetus for the new » See RULES, page 6

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Students discuss impeachment at a Political Union meeting. Political Union voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump at their Monday meeting.

Students debate impeaching Trump Politican Union voted to do so in wake of whistleblower report By SPENCER ALLAN

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Northwestern Political Union gathered Monday at 1902 Sheridan Rd. to debate whether the House of Congress should impeach President Donald Trump.

The debate comes in the wake of a whistleblower report detailing Trump’s phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25. The report said Trump denied military aid to Ukraine unless the country opened an investigation on the Biden family. Speaking in favor of

impeachment was Weinberg sophomore John Magloire, who argued that Trump, during his phone call with Zelensky and in a subsequent memo, had violated the public’s trust. “This memo, released by the President himself, clearly demonstrates that President Trump asked the Ukranian President to open an investigation on his

primary political opponent,” Magloire said. “Was there an explicit quid pro quo? No, but it was certainly implied.” Dominic Bayer, a member of College Republicans, spoke out against impeachment. The Weinberg senior argued that while there was justification for » See POLITICAL UNION, page 6

Mental health sick days in the works Alum sparks anger Student Government working with Univeristy to redefine policy By NEYA THANIKACHALAM

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Associated Student Government is working with the University to implement policies that would allow students registered with AccessibleNU to take excused absences for mental health reasons, ASG President Izzy Dobbel said. If implemented, AccessibleNU students can take “mental health sick days” with no questions asked. Currently, these students can receive accommodations if they communicate with AccessibleNU and their professors, but some students find the process uncomfortable and extensive. For Communication senior Shane Eichstaedt, taking a day off from class to focus on their mental well-being has been an intimidating process. They had to email professors, explaining why they needed time off during their “most vulnerable moments.” Sometimes they ’ve lied,

choosing to tell a professor they were physically ill instead of the truth. “The amount of times that I have had to email professors mid-panic, or at the lowest lows of a moment of depression, in a true moment of suicidal ideation, to email them saying, ‘I can’t come to class brings intense feelings of failure,” Eichstaedt said. Dobbel and Executive Vice President Adam Davies campaigned on prioritizing mental health on campus. They introduced a policy to allow excused absences for mental health last spring. Other universities have implemented similar policies for the entire student body. At Duke University, any student can fill out an Incapacitation Form that exempts them from completing an assignment or attending a class for mental health reasons. The students then has 48 hours to contact instructors and make up any coursework they missed. The Incapacitation Form can be used up to three times in a semester.

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Rockets GM Daryl Morey’s tweet upsets NBA, China By TROY CLOSSON

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Dobbel said she wanted Northwestern to create a policy similar to Duke’s, and she received approval from the administration to start developing one. However, she ran into federal policy roadblocks

that forced ASG to reevaluate and make more local changes in the meantime. Northwestern students must remain in class for » See SICK DAYS, page 6

As demonstrations in Hong Kong continue leading to violence between police and protesters, Northwestern alumnus and Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey took to Twitter on Friday to weigh in. The international backlash that’s ensued as a result of his post has propelled the Rockets and the league into a frenzy. Morey (McCormick ’96), whose original and now-deleted tweet contained an image reading “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong,” apologized Monday evening for his post. This comes after several Chinese businesses had announced they were suspending ties with the team. The Chinese Basketball Association, headed by former Rockets center Yao Ming, also announced Sunday it was suspending cooperation with the team. “I did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to Rockets fans and friends of mine in China,”

Morey posted on Twitter. “I was merely voicing one thought, based on one interpretation, of one complicated event. I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives.” In response to the growing fallout overseas, other team and league officials attempted to distance themselves from Morey’s tweet. Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta tweeted that Morey “does NOT” speak for the Rockets and that team is “NOT” a political organization. Superstar James Harden apologized saying “We love China. We love playing there.” The Association also released a statement in an attempt to minimize the damage. “We recognize the views expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which is regrettable,” the NBA statement read. But those reactions set off their own firestorm as many lept to the defense of Morey, who was named 2018 NBA Executive of the Year and regarded as one of the most innovative executives in the sport. Some argued the NBA’s response ran contrary to » See ROCKETS, page 6

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D65 to revise policies to protect LGBTQ employees By CASSIDY WANG

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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board policy committee requested policy revisions and procedures to protect transgender and genderexpansive employees at Monday’s meeting. At a Sept. 23 board meeting, around 35 community members called for a policy change to protect LGBTQ employees from harrassment. Ren Heckathorne, a special education teacher at Park School, attended the school board meeting last month to voice their concerns. Wearing a shirt that said “still not safe” in pastel blue and pink lettering, they called out the district again at the Monday meeting. “I want so desperately to find out this is all a bad dream,” Heckathorne said. “I want to open my eyes and find out I work for a district that believes LGBTQ+ lives matter, a district where the lives of queer people are celebrated and embraced. The bad news is that I am awake. This is not a dream. I’m working for a district that believes the lives of LGBTQ+ people do not belong in schools.” Heckathorne filed a grievance in February 2017 against another District 65 employee for making hateful comments, including refusing to use

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for theft at Best Buy, theft from apartment on Noyes A 34-year-old Evanston man was arrested Saturday in connection with a theft at the Best Buy located at 2301 Howard St. A 28-year-old female employee of Best Buy reported the theft around 4 p.m. on Saturday. She said she saw the man with a television that cost approximately $950 and a piece of stereo equipment that cost around $100. The employee saw the man pushing a cart of these items through the warehouse and asked if he was

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D65 community members at the Sept. 23 board meeting. The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board Policy Committee plans to revise policies and create procedures to protect transgender and gender-expansive employees.

their pronouns and telling other students to pray for Heckathorne’s salvation. Human resources found the complaint unfounded, and Heckathorne filed another complaint in April after a breach in confidentiality. As Heckathorne and other parents, staff and students have started speaking out to the board, they also voiced other concerns about the safety

of LGBTQ staff and students. Sergio Hernandez, chair of the policy board, apologized for failing to address the community’s concerns faster. “Equity isn’t easy,” Hernandez said. “We get to be critical of ourselves as we move forward with the process. Folks who have not been heard before are now at the table.” The school board requested policy changes to

dropping something in the warehouse. The man told her he was looking for the exit, so the employee sounded an alarm, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The man wore camouflage jacket, red pants and a black hat, Glew said. An officer in the area stopped the man fitting the description as he was walking east-bound. He was arrested and transported to the police department a few hours later where he was charged with one count misdemeanor of retail theft.

She said she was home in the 2300 block of Noyes Ct. and went to be around 1 a.m. and woke up around 5 a.m. When she woke up, she checked around her drawer where she had been hiding her cards, but they were missing, police said. The woman told the responding officer she believes the known offender came into her apartment while she was sleeping and took the cards, Glew said. She said that this known suspect has a key to the apartment and has entered in the past without her permission. She never saw the offender in the apartment when the theft occurred. No one is currently in custody.

Theft from apartment on Noyes

A 64-year-old Evanston woman reported two debit cards stolen from her apartment around 5:31 a.m. on Sunday.

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include transgender and gender expansive employees as a protected group. The disctrict revised the non-discrimination policy to include “gender or gender identity whether or not traditionally associated with the person’s designated sex at birth; gender-related identity or expression.” The board requested the same language in the district’s revised prohibition against workplace harassment. The board plans to vote on the policy at the next board meeting, hire a consultant and engage stakeholders in the process. Heckathorne said they and other teachers have spent early mornings this past year writing a policy for the district. However, they said the group struggled to integrate protections into the school policy without administrative support. Though the board is now creating these changes, Heckathorne said a policy could be in place by now. Board president Suni Kartha said the board will use the group’s work as the foundation for policy changes in the future. “It’s our bad for not moving forward on it sooner,” Kartha said. “We should have taken over in the middle of multiple transitions. The work got lost. I apologize for that. We are now trying to make ourselves accountable so that doesn’t happen again.”

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University announces 6 new trustees By AMY LI AND JAMES POLLARD daily senior staffers

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Northwestern named six new members to the Board of Trustees, a University news release announced. Here are the new trustees:

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Courtney D. Armstrong (McCormick ‘93, Pritzker ‘96, Kellogg ‘96)

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Armstrong is the executive vice president of worldwide business affairs for Warner Bros. Pictures, working on films like “Dunkirk,” “Lego Batman,” “The Dark Knight” trilogy and “Wonder Woman.” He is also an executive committee member of the Law Board at the Pritzker School of Law and a member of the Executive Leadership Council, a membership organization that works for the development of global black leaders. The recipient of the Northwestern Alumni Medal in 2018, Armstrong received a bachelor’s degree from the McCormick School of Engineering, a juris doctor from the Pritzker School of Law and a master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Management.

courtroom lawyer focused on complex litigation, class actions and legal ethics. He also serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Civic Federation and is an elected member of the American Law Institute. A member of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Quality Committee, Hoeflich graduated first in his class from the University of Illinois College of Law and from Colgate University.

corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions and government entities. He previously served as president of global banking and markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Montag serves on the board of directors of Mervin Manufacturing, the NYU Langone Medical Center’s Board of Trustees and the Japan Society.He is also an advisory board member for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

Valerie J. Friedman (Weinberg ’85)

April McClain-Delaney (Comm ’86)

Milton “Chip” Morris (McCormick ’92, Kellogg ’04)

Friedman is the head of business development at Bracebridge Capital, LLC, a Boston-based hedge fund. Previously, she worked as a managing director and senior salesperson in the global fixed income department at Salomon Brothers Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. In 1992, she opened and managed Salomon Brothers’ emerging markets trading desk in London. Friedman has also served as an independent board director for a number of private biotech and medical device companies. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in political science from Northwestern, she moved on to receive her master’s degree in finance from Columbia Business School.

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A partner at Bartlit Beck LLP and a professor of practice at the Pritzker School of Law, Hoeflich is a

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Northwestern’s Rebecca Crown Center at 633 Clark St. The University announced six new members to its Board of Trustees.

McClain-Delaney is the Washington director and board member of Common Sense Media. Her work centers around expanding digital citizenship, empowering women in media and creating opportunities for young girls and protecting them from predatory behavior online and offline. She has been actively involved in groups such as the International Center for Research on Women, Innocents at Risk, Meridian Center Women’s Leadership Council and Georgetown University’s Women, Peace, and Security Institute. McClain-Delaney is married to presidential hopeful and former Maryland congressman John Delaney.

Thomas K. Montag (Kellogg ’82)

Montag is the chief operating officer of Bank of America, and a member of the executive management team of the company. His role focuses on

Morris is the president and CEO of Neuspera Medical, previously serving as the senior vice president of research and development and emerging therapies at LivaNova. He currently serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board for McCormick and the biomedical engineering department. While working as a research assistant in the Medical Computing Laboratory at the University of Michigan, he received fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for his research on the development of novel approaches to low-power arrhythmia classification and algorithms designed for implantable defibrillators. jamespollard2022@u.northwestern.edu amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

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How SI’s recent layoffs impact a college sports writer CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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When I attended the NBA Summer League in 2017, I staked out the scene and waited for the right moment to introduce myself to the legends from Sports Illustrated. Senior NBA writer Andrew Sharp was the first one to shake my hand. I’d read his work for years, respecting his sarcastic and well-written analysis on the characters in the NBA. But this week, he was laid off by Sports Illustrated, along with 35 to 40 percent of the newsroom. My first reaction was disappointment for the writers who were fired, and over the past week I’ve been trying to figure out what this means for the business as someone who hopes to break into it.

TheMaven, the company which now manages the best magazine in the history of sports, has been soliciting new contributors to replace the established ones that were just fired. Their job post went something like this: “Hi, as many of you know, we (TheMaven) have now acquired the right to publish content w/ Sports Illustrated for the next 100 years… There isn’t another company that can give you as many benefits or exposure as what TheMaven can offer.” TheMaven’s strategy to refill one of the most dynamic newsrooms in the country centers around hiring freelance contractors who won’t receive benefits, according to Deadspin. The company is listing illustrious job openings like “expert writer,” which is what any aspiring journalist dreams to do when they grow up. Really, they just fired all of their experts. Here’s where it gets worse. According to Deadspin, these experts are encouraged to create more content by “(going) to the

nearest college and find eager young students who would write for free.”

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It’s difficult to wrap my mind around someone thinking that unpaid college content creators is a solution to the challenges in this industry. No matter how hard you work, it’s going to take a while for a writer to produce at the highest level. I admire laid-off writers like Joan Niesen, Daily Northwestern legend Khadrice Rollins (Medill ’17) and Sharp. They know so much more than I do. Maybe layoffs at Sports Illustrated were inevitable –– it certainly isn’t the first

publication to fire a major portion of its staff. But just because TheMaven runs SI doesn’t mean they get to ruin its legacy. I’m trying to be optimistic — reporting still matters, and there’s nothing more satisfying for me than a well-written story. The staffers who lost their jobs feel the same way, no doubt, and they’ll keep producing great work. I still want to be a sports writer, not an “expert writer.” I still want to emulate Niesen, Rollins, Sharp and others. Maybe that’s naïve –– I haven’t spent decades in the field yet. I’m just an eager young college student. What do I know? Charlie Goldsmith is a Medill junior. He can be contacted at charliegoldsmith2021@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.

Students make college decisions with limited experience GRANT LI

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It’s relatively well-known that the brain isn’t fully developed until you turn 25, and it’s easy to see why that’s true. We see teenagers constantly make poor choices everyday with terrible consequences to bear. All this is made infinitely worse when we give unprepared students difficult and important decisions to make. When I was heading into the college application season, I was 17. And like most other kids around my age, l had a few things to decide: where to apply — if at all — picking a major, and then where to go. These decisions have huge implications, and while some students make the right choice, a concerning portion do not. As a transfer student, I can tell you I certainly did not make the right choice. I went from going to a school focused entirely on STEM intending to major in that area, to being undecided here, somewhere in the realm of humanities. Yet even on the second round when I was applying to transfer, I felt I was still wholly inadequate to make this decision.

I went to a public high school in a rural town of 28,000, and our school system was substandard. Bad teachers made it difficult to develop a passion for any subject, and I often found myself in complete confusion over whether I actually hated math or history because the teachers were dreadful or the topic itself wasn’t something that interested me. That very dilemma plagued me in both rounds of college applications. Underresourced schools like mine didn’t have common extracurriculars like olympiads, mock trial, debate, science fairs, Model UN or even good sports programs. It wasn’t possible to have a diverse range of experiences before going to college. Where other students might have had a hint of what they might like to do in the future thanks to those activities, I had none. These problems cloud the judgements of students in high schools across America. The situation becomes worse if you cannot figure out who you are and where you belong. It’s not the lack of understanding that’s the bad part — arguably it’s a good thing — but the fact that the college application system demands that you know is the issue. The first step of making a college list is a lot easier if you actually know what you want out of your college experience. The personal statement then requires a lot of clarity about yourself that many seniors in

high school, lacking perspective, struggle to write. Meanwhile, the supplemental essays ask why you want to go to that particular university, and you want to say something like, “The economics department’s focus on getting students involved in undergraduate research is very compelling,” but you don’t actually know if you want to do economics or research for that matter. Simultaneously, you want to avoid the typical platitudes and pandering that comes with, “Your school is really good, it’s pretty, and it’s near Chicago.” The most plain example of this is when they ask you to choose which school or college within the larger university you want to apply to, each with their own unique majors. Switching between those schools isn’t always easy and picking the wrong one can box you in. There are innumerable factors that can confound the decision-making of a high schooler, but the numbers alone will tell the story. In fact, some 37.2 percent of students have transferred between universities. Fortyfive percent of those transfers then change schools again, and none of these statistics portray those so disillusioned they drop out, or the huge portion of students who dislike the situation they’re in but don’t choose to transfer. Unfortunately, not everyone is privileged enough to change their situation.

Transferring isn’t easy, and there are many costs to be borne out of the process whether it’s the years wasted, the strain on mental health, or the money lost. Considered with the enormous price tag of college, the question begs — why are teenagers thrusted into costly decisions rather than being eased in? There’s a lot wrong with the education system and the industry around higher education is even worse. However, bad decision-making is one particularly undiscussed and big patch of the massive, ugly, dark under-belly of higher education. The entire system should be reworked to give students more leeway and time to explore before settling down on one option over another. I don’t know what that ideal system looks like, but we have to start the conversation somewhere. I’ll go first: I suggest removing the question of which school or college in the university you want to apply to. Let’s just assume we’re all undecided. Grant Li is a Weinberg sophomore. They can be contacted at ligrant@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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an impeachment inquiry, there was no existing consensus that the president had committed an impeachable offense. Bayer, referring to his blue pocket Constitution, suggested Trump had not committed a “high crime or misdemeanor,” which is defined in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment. “Congress can’t just use impeachment to remove the president when he does something they don’t like,” Bayer said. Bayer also argued impeachment would hurt Democrats’ chances in the 2020 elections, citing the difficulties Republicans had in gaining support for impeaching then-President Bill Clinton

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a certain amount of hours, according to the federal government’s credit hour policy. Meeting the minimum hours is mandatory for all accredited universities. Dobbel said because the quarter system is already “so condensed,” there wasn’t a way to create a campus-wide system that would allow students to miss a certain amount of days in a quarter. Duke — which is under the semester system — was able to work around the federal policy. However, students say they would appreciate it if the University gave them sick days,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 in 1998. “Impeachment by the House at this moment, given what we know, is a bad idea,” Bayer said. “Rather than continue with an undemocratic and partisan attack on the presidency, Democrats should focus on winning back the hearts and minds of voters in 2020.” Magloire responded with his doubts about Trump’s intentions in the Ukranian phone call. “I am very skeptical of the claim that Trump was genuinely worried about corruption,” Magloire said. “If impeachment is partisan, so what? Some battles are worth fighting. A lack of consensus should not justify inaction.” In the Q&A section of the debate, many students hovered between immediate impeachment and full acquittal, favoring further inquiries by

the House before a vote. “If anyone wants to impeach Trump, it shouldn’t be with glee or joy,” McCormick sophomore Ryan Abbott said. “We are annulling the results of an election, we have to treat it somberly.” The discussion was especially topical for the group. Just a few days earlier across the street from the Political Union’s meeting place, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) had spoken to Northwestern students about the developing impeachment inquiry. Schiff, who is chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued a subpoena for the whistleblower complaint in September. At the end of the hour, 27 students voted for impeachment and 13 voted against.

Bayer also announced after the vote that Northwestern University College Republicans will host former United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Nov. 5. The debate continued just a short stint down Chicago Avenue, where the Political Union reprised their weekly tradition of discourse over dinner in the Celtic Knot Public House following the debate. On the way to the Public House, often called “The Knot” by students, Political Union speaker Ian Odland discussed his takeaways from the evening. “It went really well,” the McCormick senior said. “There are few locations on campus where people with different ideas can come together.”

specifically for mental health. Eichstaedt said that the lack of a policy makes it seem as though the University doesn’t care about students with mental illnesses. “If I didn’t have to put my whole self-worth on defense in order to protect myself, I would feel so much safer here,” Eichstaedt said. “I would feel like I deserve to be here more, because I don’t always feel that way.” Eichstaedt added that there were larger systemic changes that need to be implemented for students with mental illnesses to feel welcome on campus. Until then, more people need to support students struggling with their mental health, they said.

Dobbel said she is currently working with AccessibleNU to create defined and uniform guidelines for professors about how to treat students who are absent from class for mental health reasons. Weinberg junior Grace Gay, who is registered for AccessibleNU, said she would like to see the program’s policies expanded to support students who aren’t diagnosed with a specific mental health condition. “I know people that have been penalized for not being registered with AccessibleNU simply because maybe they can’t afford to go to therapy regularly and get that paperwork or because they don’t have the understanding that

these things exist that can help you,” Gay said. ASG met with Dean of Students Todd Adams and will meet the Duke University administration to discuss how they implemented a school-wide policy regarding the Incapacitation Form. Until then, due to the federal restrictions, Dobbel said she can only clarify AccessibleNU accommodations. But she hopes that larger, more significant, improvements will happen in the future. “I have not given up on what this can look like yet for Northwestern,” she said.

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ordinance, after a procedural loophole allowed her to cast a tie-breaking vote preventing any further action on her ethics violations. Ultimately, no amendment was made regarding the related section on hearing proceedings.w Ald. Donald Wilson (4th), headed the majority aldermen subcommittee and also led the aldermen who composed all but one of the Rules Committee’s members to pass the ordinance to themselves on City Council. The Board of Ethics had criticized the aldermanled subcommittee in a June memo and suggested the board would be better suited for revising the Code of Ethics. A pair of memos addressed from the board to the subcommittee that suggested revisions to the ordinance appeared in a packet of information provided to the Rules Committee but was not discussed. The board’s stance was not forgotten by all. During the debate over deciding fines, a resident shouted from the back of the room, “Why don’t you give it to the Board of Ethics?” Several audience members applauded. City Council will vote at a later date whether or not to approve the ordinance.

the league’s longstanding reputation of supporting its players and personnel in commenting on social issues and said the league was caving to business interests abroad. More than 500 million Chinese viewers watched at least one NBA game last season, according to The New York Times, and the league’s business in China is a multi-billion dollar venture. On both sides of the aisle, politicians and presidential candidates including U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), tech executive Andrew Yang and former congressman Beto O’Rourke criticized the league. “The only thing the NBA should be apologizing for is their blatant prioritization of profits over human rights,” O’Rourke posted on Twitter. While some journalists speculated on Twitter that Morey’s job could be in danger, reports as of Sunday evening suggested the Northwestern alumnus wouldn’t face disciplinary action. League commissioner Adam Silver also weighed in Monday, defending both Morey and the NBA’s response.

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Group recommends GovHR for city manager search By SAM HELLER

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The Rules Committee voted 5-2 on Monday to recommend City Council hire GovHR USA to conduct the search for city manager, voting against having the council interview multiple firms. The firm will find a replacement for Wally Bobkiewicz, who moved to Issaquah, Wash.after spending 10 years as Evanston city manager. Currently, interim city manager Erika Storlie will serve in the role until the search concludes. After looking through eight different firm proposals, Evanston’s human resource division manager

Jennifer Lin recommended that council interview three firms, GovHR, The Novak Consulting Group and Slavin Management Consultants. Originally, city staff had proposed that City Council sign a contract with GovHR, but at the Sept. 24 meeting, aldermen decided to interview three firms after raising concerns about GovHR. All three firms are within a similar price range, though GovHR is the only one located in Illinois, according to city documents. The city has also used Gov HR in the past when hiring the chief of police, the parks and recreation director and the business diversity compliance officer. Considering the additional cost of hiring an out of state firm, Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) recommended to the committee they scrap the interviews and move

forward with hiring GovHR. However, during the Sept. 24 meeting both Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) and Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) — who was not present at the Rules Committee — had discussed their issues with the firm due to a lack of diversity among the firm’s associates. “This is a very important job,” Fleming said. “We should not just go with somebody because they are close or we have used them before.” However, Braithwaite said that of the three employees GovHR hired for Evanston, two have been black and one a member of the LGBTQ community. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) also praised GovHR, saying the firm’s work in the past for the city has been “tremendous.” Rainey also said that the concerns over their diversity within leadership were not the only

thing to consider when hiring them. “It’s not what color or sex they are,” she said. “It’s who they can go get and bring to us.” In the vote, Fleming and Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) were the only two aldermen to vote against hiring GovHR. During the Sept. 24 council meeting, Mayor Steve Hagerty stressed the importance of this search, stating that the selection may be the most important responsibility of the council. “We have several great firms here, but time is of the essence.” Hagerty said during the Rules Committee. “We talk about using firms that are in this area, this firm has worked for us before, there is an immaterial difference in price and I think we should get going.” Samuelheller2022@u.northwestern.edu

Council to consider creation of Citizen Police Review group By EMMA EDMUND

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Evanston’s Human Services Committee recommended Monday that City Council approve a City Code addition that would create a Citizen Police Review Commission. The proposed addition to the City Code, reviewed at Monday’s committee meeting, would create a commission with the purpose of addressing citizen complaints. The group would consist of nine members, who would serve without compensation and could not be current elected officials, city employees or family members of a city employee. While the current agreement in place leaves discipline of the officer in question to the chief of police and city manager, the commission would review the department’s internal investigation and evaluate its objectivity and fairness, among other factors. Members would have the ability to watch necessary videos, including body-cam footage, in their closed sessions. Because members would be privy to non-redacted body-cam videos, the human services committee amended the ordinance, reinstating a statement requiring members of the commission to sign a non-disclosure and confidentiality form.

“We just have to be very mindful of why we’re asking this committee to be a part of this process,” said Kimberly Richardson, the deputy city manager. “It’s to allow for that community input to ensure that we’re doing the job that we’re supposed to do in these types of situations.” Under these circumstances, this video footage would be redacted for outside viewers, such as those who FOIA request the footage. Such redactions would include blurring the face of police officers, especially since some officers have greater interaction in the community, which could lead to a higher number of complaints. Richardson said she doesn’t want members to use previous incidents to make innocent or guilty charges on officers without listening to the content of the video. Richardson added that body-cam footage is relatively new for the city, and while the city is asking staff to expedite the redaction and review process, a short video could take anywhere from several hours to two days to redact. Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) emphasized the need to protect both the identity of a police officer in question, as well as any citizen in the video. When looking to reduce bias, she said, citizens should also be protected since the videos could include footage of the citizens in a vulnerable mental state or list their address.

“I could very well have a bias against the citizen in the video,” Fleming said. “And I could make a judgment based on that, and by seeing the citizen’s face and the number of drinks they’ve had, and all that kind of stuff. So when we’re talking about, in this instance, with the video, and keeping faces anonymous, that needs to go across the board.” The proposed ordinance also states members of the commission should recuse themselves from any case in which they have a conflict of interest. The code would also prohibit members from making any comments outside of committee related to any pending complaint or investigation. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) also brought up the training mentioned in the ordinance for the commission members. “There’s a training session involved with this that I hope would include the confidentiality agreement and all of those consequences should someone step outside of that committee and share the information,” Braithwaite said. Violations of these provisions would be grounds for removal from the committee by the mayor, according to the ordinance. Should the ordinance get approved by Council, the City of Evanston Citizen Police Advisory Committee would be dissolved on Jan. 1. emmaedmund2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) at Monday’s Human Services Committee meeting. Braithwaite emphasized the need for members of the proposed Citizen Police Review Commission to sign confidentiality forms.

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Former NU players ref lect on summer baseball By SOPHIA SCANLAN

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While most Northwestern students spent this past summer interning, researching or studying abroad, Jack Dunn (Weinberg ‘19) and seniors Alex Erro and Nick Paciorek had an unconventional job: professional baseball player. “In the grand scheme of things,” Erro said. “It’s a pretty fun job to have.” Erro, who was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the MLB Draft last June, spent the summer as an infielder for the Lowell Spinners, a Class A Short Season team in the New York-Penn League. Class A Short Season is usually the second level in an organization’s farm system, just above the Rookie League, and in some cases Rookie Advanced. It’s also five levels beneath the Majors. Erro finished his season with the Spinners with a .277 batting average, the fifth-highest on the team for anyone with over 50 plate appearances. He said playing for the Wildcats helped prepare him for the Spinners, but the speed of the game is “a tick above” college ball. “The arms are better — catchers throw out more runners,” Erro said. “The hitters — they know their approach really well, they know what they want to swing at and they

have an idea of how they’re going to be attacked. (They have) refined approaches in all aspects of the game.” The Miami native also had to get used to playing every day and taking bus rides late at night to each game, whether the next field was five or eight hours away. Though the traveling wasn’t ideal, Erro said he tried to make the most of it. “The long bus rides, the average- to below-average hotels, the ghost towns that you visit — it’s all part of it,” Erro said. Like Erro, Dunn also made the long drives throughout New YorkPenn League, playing for the Auburn Doubledays, an affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The former Wildcat said a highlight of his season was becoming friends with so many international players, many of whom came from Latin America. In fact, Dunn won “Most Popular Player on the Auburn Doubledays.” “I love meeting new guys,” Dunn said. “(And) I like meeting other people from different countries and trying to put myself in their shoes to see how they live their lives.” Dunn compiled a .255 average over the course of the summer, and hit a home run in his first at-bat — which he called “shocking” since he’d only hit two home runs in his four years at NU. The Georgia native said his experience with the Cats, both as a baseball

player and as a student, helped him do well on the Doubledays. “If you want to play baseball at Northwestern, you’ve got to be a special guy because not only are you putting in 50 hours a week playing baseball, but you’re also challenging yourself academically,” Dunn said. “Having to deal with the school year and late nights and early mornings — all that stuff translated to pro ball.” Paciorek, who played with the Gulf Coast League Yankees West at the Rookie level, said the NU coaching staff helped him feel confident going into professional baseball. However, coaching in the Rookie League was different from Division I baseball, Paciorek said, since coaches are prohibited from giving players advice for the first 30 days. “They just let you do what you did to get to the point you’re at,” Paciorek said. “And after those 30 days, they’ll give you some advice.” His new coaches want him to be a starting pitcher instead of the reliever he was in college, so Paciorek will look to go deeper into games, improve his change-up and strengthen his stamina and command in 2020, he said. Paciorek, Dunn and Erro each said they want a career in baseball, and they’ll continue playing until they’re told to stop. “It was a dream come true,” Dunn said. “I know that sounds like a cliche, but that’s really what it felt like.” sophiascanlan2022@u.northwestern.edu

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NU plays 3-day tourney Cats look ahead to 2020 season By ANDREW GOLDEN

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Northwestern and 13 other teams took part in the Wildcat Invite this weekend, a three-day tournament in Evanston. A number of Wildcats players took part in singles and doubles matches against opponents across the country. On the first day of the tournament, every NU competitor who played won their first match. The Cats were led by freshman Christina Hand and sophomore Inci Ogut, who won both of their matches Friday. Junior Caroline Pozo and sophomore Vanessa Streng also won their opening matches, but Pozo suffered a setback in her second match. The second day was strictly doubles matches, and NU was

represented by the duos of Hand and Ogut and Pozo and Streng. While the partnership of Pozo and Streng got out in the first round of the bracket, Hand and Ogut found a rhythm, rattling off four straight wins and taking the doubles’ bracket championship. On the final day, two Cats had the chance to win their respective brackets. Hand matched up against Columbia’s Melissa Sakar and lost in the final in three sets. But Ogut was able to come out of the weekend with a championship, winning the championship match of the E bracket in three sets. The Wildcats will have three more tournaments in the fall before taking a break until the winter. NU is headed to the ITA All-American Championships for their next competition in Tulsa, Ok. andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Inci Ogut hits the ball. The sophomore won the championship match of her portion of the bracket during the Wildcat Invite.

By PETER WARREN

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Allen added the team was being careful this fall with sophomore catcher Jack Anderson, junior pitcher Ryan Bader and sophomore pitcher Parker Hanks.

Northwestern opened it’s two-game fall slate with a 15-inning scrimmage on Sep. 29 against Saint Louis at Miller Park. No pitcher for the Wildcats threw more than two innings, and most pitchers who threw for a summer team this summer did not step on the rubber. In limited action, the pitchers pounded the zone as the Billikens were held scoreless for most of the day. Sophomore Mike Doherty was the first pitcher of the day and set the tone with a solid performance. With top-of-the-order mainstays Jack Dunn and Alex Erro in the pros, the NU lineup looked different with senior infielder Charlie Maxwell leading off with sophomore Michael Trautwein in the twohole. Although it was just a scrimmage, the two looked comfortable at the top of the lineup and had strong swings throughout the day. Defensively, the Cats mixed and matched players all over the diamond, but still managed to hold their own. “We had the one error on the day,” coach Spencer Allen said. “Anytime you play 15 innings and make one error, I think that’s great.”

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After playing all of last season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, sophomore infielder Shawn Goosenberg is now recovering from an offseason procedure. Allen said he started throwing again the week before the Saint Louis scrimmage, and has still been able to practice fielding. Allen added he expects a full recovery. Neither senior pitcher Hank Christie nor junior pitcher Quinn Lavelle pitched Sunday after both were shut down in the middle of last season with injuries. Allen said the team is being extremely cautious with both arms. He also said if it were closer to the start of the season, Lavelle would be pushed harder.

In June, Michigan went on a remarkable run to the finals of the College World Series. Highly rated coming into the spring, the Wolverines were inconsistent during the regular season but snuck into the field of 64 as one of the final four teams. Michigan then caught fire. The Wolverines won the Corvallis Regional, defeated top-ranked UCLA in the Super Regionals and didn’t lose a College World Series game until the finals when they took powerhouse Vanderbilt to three games. The run put not only Michigan on the college baseball map, but also the Big Ten conference as a whole. The conference is regarded as the worst in baseball of the Power Five, and the February start date puts its members at a disadvantage. But the Wolverines success could be a changing of the guard. Allen said the run was awesome to watch, and that the success of Michigan can have a trickle down effect in recruiting and for team morale. In his first two seasons in Evanston, junior Charlie Bourbon saw the field only once — a one inning relief appearance against Texas in 2018. But after the 2019 spring season, Bourbon moved from the mound to the field, where he is listed as a catcher and outfielder. Over the summer, the Illinois native played in eight games as a corner outfielder and designated hitter for the Michigan Monarchs in the Great Lakes League. However, he was used mostly as a pinch hitter, finishing 2-for-14 with two walks, three runs scored and a triple. Bourbon played left field and was a bullpen catcher during the scrimmage. In

his first at-bat, he knocked an RBI single, which garnered arguably the biggest cheer from the NU dugout all day. “We’re just trying to find a role for him,” Allen said. “I think we are in a good spot with where he’s at now.”

Late addition Stephen Hrustich impresses

Over the summer, Jack Kelly left the Northwestern program and transferred to Minnesota. New NCAA rules instituted for this summer made it easier for baseball players to move schools, but according to D1Baseball.com, only one Wildcats player — Kelly — entered the transfer portal. In Kelly’s place, NU picked up a late recruit over the summer: catcher and infielder Stephen Hrustich. Hrustich is a Georgia native who earned an 8.5 rating from Perfect Game. Hrustich looked good in his first exhibition in purple, contributing arguably the highlight of the day when he smashed a two-run home run over the left field fence. Hrustich played catcher and first base during the game, and his presence will help with depth behind the plate.

Andrew Dickson named new volunteer assistant coach

The Cats hired Andrew Dickson as the team’s new volunteer assistant coach. Dickson replaces Dillon Napoleon, who was the volunteer assistant coach for two seasons and is now the pitching coach at junior college Iowa Western Community College. Dickson primary work is with the infielders, but he will also assist with the hitters. He held the same role at Lafayette, where he spent the past two seasons. He also was the head coach of NAIA Brescia University — where he also played baseball — for two seasons. Dickson was unable to attend the Sep. 29 due to a prior arrangement, Allen said, but the fifth-year coach said Dickson is doing “a great job.” peterwarren2020@u.northwestern.edu