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Proposed cuts to EFD worry officials 2019 budget calls for closing Station 4, personnel cuts
By RUIQI CHEN
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A $1.2 million cut to the Evanston Fire Department in the city’s proposed 2019 budget would mean eliminating nine positions and shutting down Station 4, which has led to pushback from current and former EFD personnel as well as city residents. The suggested reduction is the largest for any city department and follows a 2018 budget cut of $288,762 for EFD. Station 4 — located at 1817 Washington St. — is in the 2nd Ward and services the southwest region of Evanston. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said if City Council approves the proposed budget in November, the building that houses Station 4 will be sold and nearby stations will take over emergency services for the area. “It’s the one that will make the most sense to sell because it’s tiny, it’s in a residential neighborhood, it’s not been improved significantly in (the) recent past,” Bobkiewicz said at an Oct. 4 press briefing.
However, in an email to The Daily, Evanston Fire Local 742 Union executive board members Ryan Roeder and Billy Lynch said “recklessly” closing Station 4 would compromise the safety that Evanston residents deserve by causing delays in service. They said the city’s five fire stations are “strategically situated” to respond to emergencies. According to EFD’s 2017 Annual Report, the department responded to just over 10,000 emergency calls last year. Former EFD Chief Greg Klaiber wrote in an Oct. 7 Facebook post that 1,173 of those calls were located in the neighborhood serviced by Station 4, which is typically staffed by one captain, two firefighter/ paramedics and one fire engine. Evanston and Northwestern are serviced by only two ambulances and seven firefighter/ paramedic-staffed vehicles — five engines and two trucks. According to the proposed budget, after Station 4 is shut down, its fire engine will also be removed from service. According to Klaiber, engines located at Madison Street and Emerson Street would have to cover the area, resulting in increased response times. » See EFD, page 13
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A candlelight vigil at the Rock. CaSA held the vigil Thursday to show support for survivors of sexual abuse.
Sheil vigil honors abuse survivors Amid scandal in Catholic Church, CaSA organizes at The Rock By CAMERON COOK
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The Northwestern Catholic Students Association held a candlelight vigil for survivors of sexual abuse at The Rock on Thursday night. The event, planned by the CaSA board, began at Sheil Catholic Center; the attendees walked south on Sheridan road, then
stopped at The Rock to sing, pray and light candles to show support for survivors of sexual abuse. In the wake of the sex abuse scandal that broke over the summer, Catholics are being forced to grapple with their relationship to the church, said Mary Deeley, a pastoral associate at Sheil. “We are in the middle of a second round of this crisis,” Deeley said. “This hits harder than the one in 2002. I think part of the reason for that is the hierarchy is more
involved. Bishops themselves were perpetrators. It’s very hard.” This internal struggle, coupled with the need to speak out against the longtime silence normalized by the church hierarchy, was the driving force behind organizing the event, Deeley said. Weinberg sophomore Faith LaVoie, the CaSA service senator, was one of the main architects of the vigil. “There’s a lot going on in the world,” the Weinberg sophomore
said. “Our church has been under fire for terrible, unexcusable conduct. We wanted to have a space where we can say (to survivors) ‘we’re here, we see you, we support you, we love you.’” Weinberg junior Denise Lopez, the CaSA treasurer, said the vigil was planned in only a week and a half. The students selected appropriate hymns, contacted people from the Evanston community » See VIGIL, page 13
Huerta discusses history, education Alumni recall Renowned civil rights activist gives Women’s Center keynote By MEGAN MUNCE
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The Northwestern University Women’s Center kicked off its year-long theme of “Gender, Work, & Power” with a keynote address by civil rights activist Dolores Huerta on Thursday. The speech, fittingly given on International Day of the Girl Child, was introduced by Women’s Center director Sekile Nzinga-Johnson and associate director Njoki Kamau. They highlighted Huerta’s work under the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the many awards she has won. The room erupted in a standing ovation as Huerta took her seat on the low stage of PickStaiger Concert Hall, smiling
humbly from the living room set up complete with an artificial flower in full bloom. Huerta set the tone of her address from the start, saying, “I think it is time for a healing,” to the 500 students in attendance. Despite her soothing statement, she didn’t shy away from jumping into controversial current events, such as the nomination hearing of Brett Kavanaugh and racialized police brutality. Huerta characterized the political climate as one of “abysmal ignorance,” diving into an examination of the country’s origins to provide context for her criticism of the present day. “(White supremacists) obviously don’t know the real history of the United States,” said Huerta. “Our government was formed by immigrants… When
recession job woes 10 years after economic crisis, NU looks back By ALAN PEREZ
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Dolores Huerta speaks at Thursday event hosted by the Women’s Center. Huerta punctuated her heavy subject content with quips of light-hearted humor.
their parents came to this country, it was a brown country. It was a country of indigenous people… It was the African slaves that built the White House and the Congress.” However, she punctuated her heavy subject content with quips of light-hearted humor.
“Mexicans are good, by the way,” Huerta joked with a thumbs-up while recalling the genocide of Native Americans and Mexicans during the Texas Revolution. Her speech oscillated between » See HUERTA, page 13
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One of the most important weeks of Evan Gray’s life was about to get hit with a bombshell. It was spring 2009. Gray (Weinberg ’09) had secured his dream job at United Airlines, a company he had been eyeing since he switched his studies to transportation during his freshman year. The offer didn’t come without some hard work — the career hunt was feeling a little more complicated than it had before.
Rumors were circulating among students that firms were cutting back on hiring, even after all the customary interviews and dinner meet-and-greets. Friends who had lined up posts in the financial industry had their offers rescinded, or at least delayed for an uncertain time. Speculators feared that United would soon file for bankruptcy approaching the summer of 2009. As Gray was preparing to walk the stage after four years of countless late-night hours in the library, United said it was pushing back his expected summer start date. “I didn’t really contextualize it at the time,” he said. “The career search was a dose of reality.” Gray wasn’t alone in not » See RECESSION, page 14
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