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University’s credit rating downgraded Moody’s based drop on NU’s high level of debt, low cash flow By ALAN PEREZ

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Interim city manager Erika Storlie. At Monday’s City Council meeting, Storlie discussed the city’s new budget and long-term financial goals.

City’s two-year budget avoids cuts Post-defecit, city staff propose $317 million budget with no layoffs By CASSIDY WANG

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After last year’s deficit, aldermen praised city staff

at Monday’s City Council meeting for the 2020-21 proposed budget, which avoids layoffs or cuts to services. This year, the city is proposing a two-year budget, amounting to approximately

Ethics Board to hear complaint Ald. Braithwaite faces complaint from two residents By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Evanston’s Board of Ethics will hear a complaint Tuesday against Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) that alleges he “scorned and ridiculed” white residents during a City Council meeting. Residents Trisha Connolly, who is white, and Albert Gibbs, who is black, filed the complaint on Aug. 5, accusing Braithwaite of violating three provisions in the city’s Code of Ethics: abuse of power of office, intimidation by a public official and impartiality. The complaint followed a July 15 City Council meeting when Braithwaite expressed frustration with white residents talking about racism. D uring the meeting, before aldermen discussed a proposal from Mayor Steve Hagerty to censure City Clerk Devon Reid for

the workplace environment complaints against him, residents during public comment said racism fueled the city’s actions against Reid, who is black. “I really sit here and have a difficult time when I hear white folks admonishing me and using the word racism like it’s some coin phrase you just came up with,” Braithwaite said at the July 15 meeting. “Unless you’ve walked in my shoes or any one of us blacks sitting back here I suggest you keep that to yourself. You want to have that conversation internally. I’m a big fan of that, internal versus external conversations. Do that.” Braithwaite’s attorney C. Shawn Jones said the complaint is not an ethics board issue. He encouraged residents who disagree with the alderman to speak out at public comment. “If you don’t like something an alderman says, run against him,” Jones said. “It’s not a Code of Ethics issue.” At a Sept. 17 Ethics Board meeting, the committee » See ETHICS, page 6

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$317 million, which will be broken up across 38 different funds. The largest amount is the city’s general fund, which has approximately $118 million in both expenses and revenues.

Implementing a two-year budget for the first time would allow for “long-range planning” for next year, said interim city manager Erika » See BUDGET, page 6

A credit rating agency last week downgraded its opinion of Northwestern’s financial health, marking a bump in the road to achieving a balanced budget. Moody’s, a Big Three rating agency, stripped Northwestern of its top credit rating, citing “ongoing weak operating performance projected for the next several years.” The agency based its decision on the University’s high level of debt, low cash flow and the challenge of reducing expenses while facing pressure to invest and remain competitive with other “elite universities.” In a statement, Craig Johnson, NU’s vice president for business and finance, said the change is “expected to have minimal impact on the University’s day-to-day operations or our ability to borrow.” “The University will continue to operate with discipline and prudence to move forward as one of the world’s premier centers for research, education,

and public service,” Johnson said, noting that he expects the deficit to recover by the end of August 2021. Lower credit ratings signal great risk of an organization’s ability to pay back its debt. Northwestern was one of a select few schools to hold Moody’s Aaa rating, but the downgrade to Aa1 reflects continuing financial pressure for the University. NU’s new rating — Aa1 — is still one of the highest Moody’s awards and still investment grade, which the agency said reflected NU’s “still excellent credit quality” supported by strong fundraising and research enterprises, “impressive” student demand and management practices focused on restoring financial stability. Moody’s also switched its outlook to stable from negative, indicating the rating would not move anytime soon. Northwestern has been trying to fill what turned out to be a $94 million budget gap since early 2017. A leadership change later that year led to a strict fiscal plan that included spending cuts in custodial services, student groups, independent school budgets and administrative offices, among other areas. » See RATING, page 6

Student activists express challenges Some named a visible dynamic: marginalized students do the most work By ASHLEY CAPOOT

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In 1960, four undergraduate students in Greensboro, N.C. famously staged the first sit-in, refusing to leave a lunch counter to protest racial inequality. In the months that followed, thousands of students replicated this protest in more than 50 cities, and this simple, nonviolent act of resistance became a symbol for the power of student activism. College campuses are still widely recognized as hubs for progressive social justice activism — however, many Northwestern students feel that most of the students who participate in advocacy hold marginalized or underrepresented identities. Northwestern currently has 37 organizations dedicated to advocacy in some form, but Weinberg senior Lucy Yang said it can be difficult to find and retain engaged members who do not already identify with the marginalized group in need. Yang is the diversity and inclusion chair for Northwestern’s chapter of Girl Up, which operates through the United Nations Foundation to promote intersectional feminism for girls around the world. She said that since the organization is mainly centered around women’s rights, it can be difficult to attract male-identifying members. “Activism is very interesting, because you can say you’re a feminist but not do anything,” Yang said. “The core group of activists are oftentimes people who have

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Lucy Yang and Chloe Cohen working on a poster for the Chicago Marathon. Lucy Yang said it can be difficult to find and retain engaged members who do not already identify with the marginalized group in need.

marginalized identities, and it’s really hard to get other people with different identities to be allies and stuff. It’s like, what is an ally really do? Everyone is a little confused about that sometimes, and it definitely presents a challenge.”

Weinberg junior Mara Kelly has noticed similar trends in her political activism work. Kelly is currently interning for Marie Newman’s congressional campaign for Illinois’ » See ACTIVISTS, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Alderman challenges proposed marijuana ordinance By JOSHUA IRVINE

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Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) challenged an ordinance Monday establishing rules for recreational dispensaries after it was disclosed that the ordinance lacked buffer zones for preschools and daycares. Cannabis will become legal for private consumption in Illinois starting Jan. 1, and Evanston must set regulations for dispensaries before then. The new law legalizes the purchase of cannabis from authorized dispensaries and private usage for residents age 21 and older. The ordinance, which was discussed during a Planning and Development Committee meeting, currently limits dispensary locations to a handful of commercial and business districts and prohibits dispensaries within 750 feet of public and private elementary, middle or high schools, as well as within 1,500 feet of other dispensaries. Fiske pointed to a business district in a largely residential area straddling Noyes Street, calling the addition of a cannabis dispensary to the area “inappropriate” and comparing the dispensary to a bar or tattoo parlor. “A lot of these little shopping districts have grown up based on the neighborhoods that surround them,” Fiske told The Daily. “A cannabis dispensary just wouldn’t be a good match.” Community development director Johanna

POLICE BLOTTER Man steals detergent from Jewel-Osco A 39-year-old employee at the Jewel-Osco located at 1128 Chicago Ave reported a theft around 4:45 p.m. Saturday. The employee told officers that he saw a man take laundry detergent off the shelf and put it into a black shopping bag that he was holding. After the employee confronted him, the man began walking and then

Leonard said Fiske’s proposal to add buffer zones to preschools and daycares would cause further headaches for city staff, as expanding the zoning restriction in that manner could render much of the city’s downtown area ineligible for a dispensary. “Preschools and daycares are everywhere,” Leonard told The Daily. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said creating more zoning restrictions would eliminate the already limited space for dispensaries. She said the city’s current medicinal dispensary has not intruded upon the community. “I would say 90 percent of people have no idea where our current medicinal dispensary is,” Rainey said. Fiske ultimately voted with the committee to move the ordinance to City Council, where aldermen unanimously moved to introduce the legislation for action at a later meeting. The city’s sole medicinal dispensary, Verilife, currently operates at 1804 Maple Ave. The franchise owner, PharmaCann, plans to obtain a recreational license for the same location and begin selling Jan. 1. According to city documents, this would give the provider exclusive domain over a large portion over the downtown area, per the 1,500-foot rule. Recreational dispensaries may operate between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. under the ordinance. During budget discussions, interim city manager Erika Storlie said the city allotted $250,000 in revenue for an up to 3 percent tax on recreational cannabis. However, she said the council has not yet running toward the front of the store, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. While at the front of the store, the man ran into a 51-year-old customer and knocked him over, dropping the black shopping bag with the items in the process. The man got up and ran out without paying for the items. The customer was not injured and did not want to seek any further action. The man was last seen running northbound on Hinman Avenue. The employee described him as being

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Ald. Judy Fiske (1st). The alderman opposed an ordinance creating zoning codes for recreational cannabis dispensaries because the zoning would allow for dispensaries in close proximity to residential areas.

discussed a tax rate for the substance. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said the city could use the tax revenue to fund reparations for black citizens, citing drug charges brought against black people. Rue Simmons has called for reparations and is a member of a subcommittee addressing wealth and opportunity gaps experienced by black

residents in Evanston. “Considering that the impact of over-policing and poor policing as it relates to marijuana use specifically,” Rue Simmons said. “I think that it’s an appropriate use of those funds.”

around 6’2”, between 30 and 35 years old with black hair, and wearing a white T-shirt and black sweatpants. Glew said that there are no suspects and there is no one in custody.

took several items off the shelf and put them into his bag. When the employee confronted the man, he responded, “You got me,” Glew said. The employee recovered the three bottles of vodka that the man had taken, each priced at $29.99. The man left the store but the employee said he wants the man to be warned not to return, or he will be charged with trespassing. There is currently no one in custody.

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A 45-year-old employee at Whole Foods, located at 1640 Chicago Ave reported a theft around 4:50 p.m. Sunday. The employee said he saw a man in a gray hoodie with a blue shopping bag in the liquor aisle. The man

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During its first week back in session, the Supreme Court heard arguments for the most important LGBTQ rights cases since the legalization of same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges four years ago. Two cases, Bostock v. Clayton County and Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, involve sexual orientation discrimination, and the last case, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, focuses on gender identity discrimination. The latter is the first transgender civil rights case brought to the Supreme Court. For Northwestern students who are members of the LGBTQ community, the Court’s decisions on these cases could have a direct impact on their futures. NU Pritzker School of Law Profs. have broken down the key elements for and against LGBTQ employment discrimination protection. The question centers around Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination against employees on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, and, most important to these cases, sex. Pritzker Prof. Andrew Koppelman said the argument for applying Title VII to protect LGBTQ employees is simple. He said sexual orientation and gender identity are attached to the word “sex” in Title VII, which disputes the plain text of the statute. “An employer that fires women who date women but not men who date women discriminates on the basis of sex,” Koppelman said. “Treating a woman worse because she’s a woman is sex discrimination.” The Supreme Court’s politicization has escalated during the Trump administration with two new conservative justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, but Gorsuch’s position as the swing vote in these three arguments could make all the

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The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court heard arguments last week about whether a federal statute protects LGBTQ Americans from employment discrimination.

difference, Koppelman said. Koppelman said Gorsuch believes in textualism, which holds that laws should only be interpreted based on their plain language. “The judges are pulled in two directions,” Koppelman said. “The problem is that the plain language of the law points to a result that (the conservative justices) are not politically inclined to like.” Pritzker Prof. Susan Provenzano also said that the primary battle of the Court is over the meaning of the word “sex” in Title VII, because Congress in 1964 failed to consider the possibility of the statute covering sexual orientation or gender identity. “The question is whether we can now read ‘sex’ in a more contemporary way because social and cultural norms have changed,” Provenzano said. “We should be mindful of that in thinking of the word ‘sex’ today, or are we constrained to what ‘sex’

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was supposed to cover in 1964?” Only 21 states have enacted statues that ban LGBTQ employment discrimination, which means that 48 percent of LGBTQ Americans live in states where they could be fired based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. in history. Until the House bill is taken up by the Republican-controlled Senate, Provenzano said the cases brought before the Court last week are the only immediate window of opportunity for federal protection of LGBTQ employees. The decision by the Court, set to be released by early summer 2020, will hinge on the justices’ method of interpretation of the word “sex” in Title VII. isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu

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There’s a problem with political fandoms, toxic discourse BEN BORROK

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We live in a national nightmare. Political discourse on social media is a virulent pool that perfectly captures the toxicity of the environment in which the people of this country live. Democrats and Republicans seem to live in completely different spheres from each other, with their own news corporations, boycotts and activists to boot. It isn’t surprising that a country with a two-party system would result in this situation, in fact, it seems like a natural conclusion to teaching the general public to pick one side or the other. Our politics have become so ingrained in our personality that we often view a contrasting opinion as a personal attack on us. This is the central cause of animosity in online debate. The transition from a simple discussion on important topics — such as healthcare — to ad hominem frenzy is rapid. Think of the archetypes that we have carved out for each party: One party is seen by many as bigoted and anti-immigration, wearing the ubiquitous red hats and advocating to make the country great again while the other, is seen as overly politically correct, hypersensitive, and reliant on handouts. Now, how many people do you actually

know that fit all of these descriptions? One, two at most? Despite this, we have come to convince ourselves that the world operates within these strictly defined teams, with each archetype being the flagbearer of political identity. Worse, we have begun to see government officials as superstars, similar to how we see NBA players or musicians. Each presidential candidate, for example, seems to have a fan club of fervent supporters who will post and speak about them rather casually. These people love to create names for their groups, as if Democrat or Republican isn’t enough of a title. We have the Trump Train, #I’mWithHer, Bernie Bros, and others like Kamala stans and supporters of Mayor Pete. More than likely, you are familiar with each of these groups and more. You have seen their memes, heard them speak on television or in-person, or you are one of these people. As a society, we have normalized this behavior, but in reality, it is destroying our democracy and way of life. Instead of holding government officials accountable for their actions, we have allowed for the system to be spun around. Fans will adjust their own views to be aligned with their favorites; they will attack those who express otherwise. President Donald Trump, despite having near-universal support from his party today, faced plenty of opposition from the Republican party during his candidacy.

Take someone like U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who for years would work along party lines and opposed Trump during the 2016 election. Today, he appears on Fox News on a weekly basis to defend the ramblings of our Commander-in-Chief. He has no shame despite appearing as a puppet for a man he once detested.

Nancy Pelosi has merchandise promoting her as some sort of hero standing up to Trump, but he’s still in office and she doesn’t seem very interested in changing that. Ben Borrok, Op-Ed Contributor

Political fans will also pick and choose the candidate’s policies and strategies in order to design their ideal politician. Hillary Clinton failed to campaign in Midwestern swing states and didn’t promote her agenda enough on national platforms, but a quick look at her supporter’s corner of the Internet would have you believe that there was no more perfect candidate in American history. Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg are both running on relatively centrist platforms,

so their popularity amongst certain young people would surprise you. However, when you find out that Beto has seemingly coopted “punk” as his ideology and see Mayor Pete’s “trolling” of Trump, the support seems to make more sense. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has merchandise promoting her as some sort of hero standing up to Trump, but he’s still in office and she doesn’t seem very interested in changing that. I fear that soon politics will no longer be about substance, but rather will rely purely on appearance. Instead of allowing for these politicians to pander to you, hold them accountable. Public office is meant to be a thankless job; stop letting these people tell you otherwise. You are not their fans, you are their critics. Even with the myriad of issues plaguing the current political and social landscape, this country remains an unequal labyrinth. In a time where coherent political thought is desperately needed, we seem to be slipping into a reality where retweets control our decisions. Ben Borrok is a Weinberg sophomore. They can be contacted at benjaminborrok2022@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.

Illegal immigration should be decriminalized in the U.S. SACHIN SHUKLA

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Every week a member of Political Union’s executive board will share their thoughts on an issue of their choice in this column. The pieces do not represent the opinions or stances of the wider Political Union, but rather offer an individual’s ideas to spark a conversation. On April 1, 2019, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro called for decriminalizing border crossings in his candidacy for president. Despite widely being seen as just another example of the Democratic Party’s race to the far left, it embodies a small but important change that would make the way our system handles illegal immigrants more humanitarian and efficient. What Castro is referring to is Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, which stipulates that anyone caught crossing the border illegally is to be tried before a judge and fined, imprisoned for up to two years, or both. At no point does it provide for deportation. Deportation is the penalty for the civil offense of illegal immigration. The criminal offense outlined in Section 1325 simply puts illegal immigrants through the criminal justice system and imprisons them for up to two years. Even conservatives who want to deport illegal immigrants should see a problem with this: It seems remarkably inefficient to put them through the criminal justice and prison system, instead of deporting them in the first place.

But to really get a sense of why this is so deleterious requires an understanding of Section 1325’s history, which dates back to the 1920s. Congress had basically eliminated nonwhite immigration to the U.S. from pretty much everywhere else other than Northern and Western Europe. But the one hole it couldn’t plug was Mexico, because agribusinesses in the Southwest depended on Mexican immigrant labor. So no matter how hard white supremacists in Congress tried, any efforts to cap Mexican immi-

All Section 1325 does is expose illegal immigrants to the needless abuse and gross incompetence of the federal government — and it unwittingly serves the ends of white supremacy in the process. Sachin Shukla, Op-Ed Contributor

gration were shot down by agricultural lobbying. Enter Democratic Senator Coleman Blease from South Carolina, who “entered Congress committed, above all else, to protecting white supremacy,” according to UCLA prof. Kelly Lytle Hernandez. Blease noticed that the U.S. already had an awful system for border crossings at legal ports of entry. It required the payment of entry

fees that were prohibitively high for Mexican laborers, and a humiliating and dangerous delousing procedure that often expropriated immigrants’ property. Understandably, many laborers crossing the border preferred to avoid this route. Blease’s idea was to criminalize illegal border crossings, forcing all immigrants from Mexico into “authorized and monitored stream that could be turned on and turned off at will at ports of entry.” From the start, Section 1325 was designed to drive Mexican immigrants into the abuse of the federal government. That design is echoed today in its most grave effects. Section 1325 wasn’t enforced seriously through most of the 20th century, until 2005, when the Bush administration ramped up prosecutions with Operation Streamline. This was a policy “aimed to secure quick guilty pleas and process large caseloads more efficiently through group hearings” — sometimes up to 80 defendants at a time. According to the ACLU, defendants “frequently have no counsel until their hearings, allowing little time to consult with an attorney to understand the charges and plea offers, consequences of conviction, and potential avenues for legal relief.” They may not even get a chance to speak confidentially with their attorneys, who often represent 7 to 8 clients at once. Due process goes out the window. But it gets worse. Prosecutions went up so sharply under Operation Streamline, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security were overwhelmed. The predictable result of this is the current crisis at the southern border, a crisis many years in the making. The horrors of the humanitarian crisis speak

for themselves: more than 2,500 children have been separated from their families, some of whom have died in custody, while adults are kept in overcrowded concrete cells with no running water. In June of 2019, Customs and Border Protection estimated that it had 15,000 people in custody. It considers its full capacity to be 4,000. The saddest part of all this is that if Coleman Blease — the man who came to Congress committed to preserving white supremacy and ending Mexican immigration — were still alive today, he would be very pleased: Lytle Hernandez pointed out in The Conversation that “Latinos, led by Mexicans and Central Americans, make up 92 percent of all immigrants imprisoned for unlawful entry and reentry” to the United States. The loudest voices concerning immigration on the left — and one of the most tried and true attack lines for those on the right — often call for “open borders,” or ending all deportations. And that’s a debate we can have another day. But Section 1325 has no bearing on any of that. All it does is expose illegal immigrants to the needless abuse and gross incompetence of the federal government — and it unwittingly serves the ends of white supremacy in the process. Castro is right to point this out and call for its repeal. The cruelty on display at the southern border is not a tragic side-effect of keeping our borders safe. The cruelty is the point. Sachin Shukla is a Bienen junior. He can be contacted at sachinshukla2021@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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Research: Early career failures lead to future successes By EMILY SAKAI

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New research from the Kellogg School of Management found that scientists who failed in the early stages of their careers end up being more successful in the long run. The study, co-authored by Kellogg professors Dashun Wang and Benjamin F. Jones and postdoctoral researcher Yang Wang, compared career success across young scientists who narrowly missed grants from the National Institutes of Health and those who narrowly won them. The researchers discovered that in the five years following the original grant applications, the scientists who did not receive grants ended up having more successful papers than those who received them. Wang said though the group began researching this question at the end of 2016, it has always been interested in what makes successful careers, especially in science. It was their study of success that led them to the subject of failure, Wang said. “We had to look into failures instead of success,” Wang said. “Our idea was to investigate the nature of failure.” In terms of grant applications, Wang said “failure is much more common than success,” making the study of failures more representative of the whole picture. The researchers studied biomedical scientists’ applications for the R01 grant, the NIH’s most common grant type. The NIH’s grant approval process uses a numerical scoring system, making it easy to recognize which scientists nearly missed the grant and which were narrowly approved. The researchers chose to study a group of 561 narrow-win and 623 near-miss scientists and compare their future career success. “We looked at people who were, prior to the application for the grant, observationally identical,” Jones said. This meant that in terms of their careers, the only significant difference was whether or not their proposal was accepted, Jones said.

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The Kellogg Global Hub. Kellogg researchers found early failures in careers in science lead to future success.

Analysis between the two groups showed that in the following five-year period, those who missed the grant produced more top-cited papers than those who received the grant. Wang and Jones said this result contradicted the hypothesis that scientists who were originally successful would continue to be successful in the long run. “Those who persevere, who fell short but kept going, are the ones who outperform those who actually got the grant in the first place,” Jones

said. “They take something from the failure experience that gives them greater wisdom or makes them try harder going forward.” The study demonstrates a positive side of failure, but Wang cautioned against claiming failure is always good. Many scientists who experience these early failures drop out of the field entirely, but those who stay tend to excel. “The simplest implication is that what doesn’t

kill you makes you stronger,” Wang said. For students, this finding serves as a necessary reminder that failure does not have to be devastating, said McCormick freshman Eleanor Colligan. “It shows that it’s actually okay to fail, and having to do something again doesn’t mean that you’re worse off,” she said. emilysakai2023@u.northwestern.edu

NU alumna reflects on her election as NABJ president By ARI CROCKETT

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Evanston Police Department restarts Latinx outreach program

The Evanston Police Department relaunched its Hispanic Liaison Officer Program, which aims to create better communication with Evanston’s Latinx population. EPD’s previous Hispanic Liaison Officer retired

last year, and after a selection process, the department assigned officers Cesar Galindo and Ivan Reza to both serve in the position, according to a Monday EPD news release. Police sergeant Anthony Correa will serve as the program’s supervisor. EPD has expressed the need to strengthen the relationship between officers and Evanston’s Latinx community, particularly in the wake of deportation threats from the Trump administration. At a city event earlier this month, Correa said the department is working to increase its role in protecting Latinx residents.

When Northwestern alum Dorothy Tucker was fresh out of college and working at KWGN, an independent news station in Denver, she said she was the only African American journalist at the station. Tucker (Communication ’77) was eager to find other black journalists in television “who would be willing to look at my work and help me out and give me some guidance and direction.” When she heard of the National Association for Black Journalists’ annual convention, she jumped at the chance to attend. That year’s convention was in Washington, D.C., and Tucker said she paid the registration fee and bought a plane ticket, without having the money to book a hotel room in advance. Though she was lucky and shared a room with someone for free, she said she realized other young journalists in similar situations aren’t always so fortunate. Now, years later, Tucker has kept her own experiences in mind as the new NABJ president, a position she was elected to this August. Tucker said she was initially worried that all the resources and effort put into her campaign would be for naught, but she was quick to remind herself that she had nothing to fear. “You’ve done everything that you can, you gave it your all,” she told The Daily before the announcement. “You will walk away knowing that you ran a damn good campaign.” In light of her personal experience, Tucker made a campaign promise to cover convention costs for those who can’t afford them. In a promotional video, she vowed to give black media professionals more opportunities to advance in their careers by producing an annual report “We have responsibilities with maintaining constant and consistent communication with the Latino community,” Correa told The Daily on Oct. 3. “We are hearing their needs, bringing those needs to the police department, providing them resources, providing them a voice.” Galindo is currently assigned to patrol operations and has been with EPD for one year. Reza, who has been with the department for nine years, is also assigned to patrol operations and is a U.S. Army Veteran.

card that evaluates and holds media companies accountable for their figures in hiring, salaries, promotion and retention of black journalists. She said she has the ultimate goal of making the NABJ the greatest asset to those in search of talent, as well as data and research about black journalists and black America. Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell said she wishes Tucker much success as NABJ’s president. She said she’s happy to see a fellow Chicagoan heading the organization and noted that Tucker’s passion, innovation, and legacy in the organization as the vice president makes her confident that Tucker will “hit the ground running” in her new role. As a black female reporter, Greenwell said she has felt lonely at times in majority-white newsrooms. She said the hard work and enduring effort put into normalizing black excellence in newsrooms by experienced black reporters — like herself and Tucker — creates more opportunities for new black journalists. Medill sophomore Camille Williams said she saw how eager Tucker is to helping young black journalists through her social media accounts, and added that she is excited to have her as a resource in figuring out her own journalism career. As the vice president of external relations of NU’s NABJ chapter, Williams said she hopes to invite Tucker to a campus event for journalism students. She added that she’s excited to give students the chance to network and understand the journalism industry, especially that of Chicago. “I’ve learned from some upperclassmen — some older people that these connections can last a lifetime and can be so useful,” Williams said. “Now, I’m glad I can help provide this opportunity to my peers at Northwestern.” aricrockett2023@u.northwestern.edu The goals and duties of the program are to “bridge the gap” as well as build and maintain trust between EPD and Evanston’s Latinx community; seek out information relating to crimes and concerns of the Hispanic community; advise the community of their rights and responsibilities as well as other available resources; attend community meetings and work with “different Hispanic community resources,” according to the release. — Samantha Handler

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BUDGET From page 1

Storlie. “My priority for the coming twelve months is to really focus on revenues and expenses over the next five years and have forecasted as to what those look like,” Storlie said. Last year, community members spoke out against cuts to important social services including services for victims of domestic violence, and the restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services in the city’s 2019 operating budget of $319 million. She said the city can then think of some long-term solutions to adjust the property tax and move the needle on some of the bigger issues in Evanston.

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From page 1 found it had jurisdiction over the complaint and would conduct a full hearing Oct. 15. The board initially found jurisdiction at a previous meeting, but due to logistical errors it had to use the September meeting to redo the process. Residents said they were unhappy with how the board handled the rescheduling, adding that they discovered shortly before the meeting that it would not be a hearing on the complaint. “You’re just whipping us around, the citizenry,” resident Clare Kelly said at the Sept. 17 meeting. “I’m appalled. This is really disgusting.” In the complaint, Connolly and Gibbs said Braithwaite’s behavior was “uncivil and hostile” because they believe he “mocked, ridiculed and intimidated” residents from the dais.

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3rd District, and actively advocates for the progressive politics and changes she wants to see in Washington. Kelly said many people traditionally think of activism and politics as separate entities, but she believes there are a lot of opportunities to advocate for change within the political system. She added that while she has enjoyed working Newman’s campaign with other passionate young people, she has noticed that students with agent identities — identities that are typically perceived as more privileged with access to power and resources — are often less likely to get involved. “I think the sort of people who would be drawn to activism are people who are experiencing injustice themselves,” Kelly said. “The most privileged people in society who aren’t directly

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2019 While council members will adopt an ordinance and tax levy only for the 2020 budget, Storlie said they plan to roll over the decisions made this year into next year’s budget. The budget decisions made this year are largely setting the city up to achieve two-year budget goals, she said. In one major proposed change, the city plans to move social services out of the general fund to a human services fund to serve the most vulnerable residents. Kate LewisLakin, the city’s budget coordinator said this aims to set aside money for social services instead of having to compete with others in the general fund. The proposed budget includes new revenue sources, including the recreational cannabis tax and the $1.5 million increase to the home rule The complaint also said after City Council ended on July 15, a white resident approached Braithwaite, and the alderman told him to “shut up, just shut up.” Connolly and Gibbs said in the complaint that they question the intention and goal of Braithwaite’s “spiteful comments” from the dais. “We can’t help but wonder if perhaps Mr. Braithwaite wasn’t doing the bidding of those who want to undermine support given to aggrieved Black community members and to weaken their cause and broader support,” the complaint said. “He seemed intent on casting a chill and fear among white people who sympathize with Black residents’ concerns and speak in support.” The board will determine if Braithwaite violated the city’s ethics code at the Tuesday meeting. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu experiencing that injustice probably would be less likely to be activists.” SESP junior Christine Hwang is the co-president of NU’s chapter of Active Minds, which works to destigmatize conversations about mental health on college campuses. Hwang — who emphasized that she doesn’t speak for all student activists — said she believes students feel they are unable to participate in conversations surrounding social justice activism because they are unfamiliar with the terminology that is used. She said that while marginalized students should continue to vocalize their struggles, the true purpose of activism is to create change, and that is impossible without the creation of a space for other parties to learn and contribute to the conversation. She added that beyond dialogue, collective and collaborate action should be taken with investment from all stakeholders.

sales tax adopted by the council on Sept. 23. The recreational cannabis tax is projected to generate $250,000, according to city documents. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) recommended council considersusing 100 percent of the recreational marijuana tax revenue to help fund the city’s reparation account solutions fund to counter opportunity gaps created by the legacies of racism in the city, an idea she got from Ald. Ann Rainey (8th). “A month ago, we agreed as a council to work towards funding a local reparation and I don’t see where there’s any allowance made for that in this budget,” Rue Simmons said. “Considering the impact of over-policing and poor policing as it relates to marijuana use, specifically, and that being mostly damaging

the black community, I think it’s an appropriate use of those funds as we generate revenue.” The city has scheduled meetings for Oct. 26 and Oct. 28, where residents can discuss the planned budget, including the potential reparations fund. Storlie acknowledged city staff for their work while operating with fewer resources. She said that after the cuts last year, the city wanted to be able to prevent further reductions. “That level of anxiety people are operating under has been present and concerning,” Storlie said. “There was simply no room to cut any more personnel this year.” cassidywang2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) at a City Council meeting. Two residents accused Braithwaite of abuse of power, intimidation and lack of impartiality in a complaint to the ethics board.

Hwang, however, emphasized that her experiences with activism are uniquely her own, influenced by her background and upbringing, and that she does not wish to speak for other activists who have been dedicated to their own views of justice. “It’s really important for dialogue to happen,” Hwang said. “There are certain cases where if the only goal is to shame a certain party or do something like that, it might not lead to anywhere even though more radical movement is for sure necessary. There are different components in activism that all have to complement each other, one of which is also listening to your so-called opponents and building relationships with those you are advocating with and for as well as the people who are preventing you from achieving your goals.”

RATING

From page 1 The fiscal crackdown also resulted in a mass layoff in IT, research and other administrative departments, along with additional subsequent firings across the University. Moody’s said NU could receive a ratings bump if it improved cash flow margins and the amount of cash on hand. Additional debt, failure to maintain a balanced budget and a reduction in cash on hand could lead to a downgrade. The ratings affect $2.2 billion of debt, including bonds issued through the Illinois Finance Authority. The agency also affirmed its top ratings on $260.8 million in Adjustable Rate Revenue Bonds and $300 million in Taxable Commercial Paper Notes.

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HONORING HISTORY Prof. organizes trip ahead of Indigenous People’s Day Medill Prof. Patty Loew’s journalism class, called “Native American Environmental Issues and the Media,” traveled to Wisconsin to engage with members of the Oneida Nation for two days. Students learned about the tribe’s history and discussed challenges members face today—like a lack of federal support and a continued fight to take back the land they once owned. The group of Oneida people known as the White Corn Cooperative are actively working to establish their own trade-based economy and nurture crops despite declining climate conditions.

In some cities like Evanston, the second Monday in October is not Columbus Day; it’s Indigenous People’s Day. Evanston became the first city in Illinois to recognize Indigenous People’s Day in 2016, honoring Native Americans, recognizing their histories and celebrating their culture and traditions. Check out the pictures below from the class’ trip to the Oneida Nation Reservation as Evanston and Northwestern’s campus commemorated Indigenous People’s Day on Monday. — Zoe Malin

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It’s been pretty frustrating to watch from the sidelines. Hopefully after this, I’ll be good to go for Sunday’s game. — Bardia Kimiavi, midfielder

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Northwestern loses its fifth straight Big Ten game By CARLOS STINSON-MAAS

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No. 20 Purdue

After Northwestern lost in straight sets on Oct. 4 at No. 20 Purdue, coach Shane Davis said he hoped the home court environment would give the Wildcats a leg up when the two battled again Saturday. NU (9-9, 0-6 Big Ten) started strong, playing with high energy and jumping out to a first set lead. But, like several other games this season, the Cats blew their lead and eventually dropped all three sets. The first set was close throughout, with neither team leading by more than four points. NU jumped ahead 19-17, but a 6-0 Boilermakers (11-4, 3-3) run put them in front for good, and they would eventually win the set 25-22. The Cats have now blown a late first set lead in five of six conference games this year. Davis said the team performed well but couldn’t convert when it mattered. “We had opportunities to set our best players in moments and we just couldn’t do it,” Davis said. “It was when it matters, can we make the right decisions.”

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NU kept it close again in the second set. The Cats tied the set at 12 thanks to a ferocious kill by freshman outside hitter Temi Thomas-Ailara that brought the crowd to its feet. The score stayed close, yielding a 16-16 tie. Once again, Purdue took over, scoring seven straight on its way to a 25-19 set win. Thomas-Ailara said the team needs to focus on limiting errors. “As attackers, we can definitely take care of the ball better,” Thomas-Ailara said. “Because we are getting good sets from our second contact, we just have to take care of the ball.” Errors proved to be a problem for the Cats, as NU finished with a hitting percentage of .123, over 100 points lower than the team’s season average. The Cats also committed 22 attack errors while the Boilermakers committed just 13. In the third set, Purdue again used

a timely scoring run to seal the win. With the score tied at 11, the Boilermakers scored four straight and held on to win the set 25-18, clinching the match in straight sets. There were some positives for the Cats. Junior opposite Danyelle Williams, who is recovering from injury, played in all three sets for the first time in conference play this season. She tied for the team lead in total blocks and added five kills. Thomas-Ailara recorded 15 kills and two service aces, marking her 15th consecutive game with 10 or more kills. She currently ranks first in the Big Ten in kills and third in service aces. But NU has now lost 37 straight matches against ranked opponents dating back to 2016. However, Davis said he’s confident the Cats can win games down the stretch despite their winless conference start. “This is a great team and we need to keep getting better,” Davis said. “They’re going about it the right way and getting ready to come back to work on Monday and get better each match, which is a good sign.” carlosstinson-maas2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats blowout Aurora in exhibition match at home By DREW SCHOTT

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While Northwestern knew their exhibition match against Div. III Aurora University wouldn’t count towards their overall record, the Wildcats (5-7-1, 1-3-1 Big Ten) still played as if the game did. With a hat trick from junior forward Spencer Howard, NU defeated the Spartans 6-0. The Cats dominated offensively, taking 21 shots and 4 corners and spent most of the game in their opponent’s third. Coach Tim Lenahan said that he was able to schedule a mid-year friendly in order to give redshirts and reserves, as well as players returning from injury, a chance to play. “We were able to manipulate our schedule a little bit so that we had an exhibition game mid-year, which is very unusual, but … very effective,” Lenahan said. “What you want to do when you play these teams that you’re better than is find offensive rhythm. And that’s what we did. So mission accomplished.”

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NU started off strong, firing three shots within the first five minutes, matching their total from a 2-0 loss to Loyola last week. The Cats opened the scoring in the 14th minute, when sophomore midfielder Max Silberg sent a high cross into the box for Howard, who headed the ball into the right corner of the goal. NU finished the half with 12 shots but couldn’t get another goal. Fortunately for the Cats, while the Spartans had a few chances to score, they leaned on the stellar play of the defense and freshman goalie Kevin Klausz, who notched a shutout in the victory. In the 53rd minute, the floodgates opened. Howard received a pass from senior forward Ty Seager and fired the ball into the right side of the net for his second goal of the night.

Four minutes later, Howard completed the hat trick. Junior midfielder Drew Viscomi sent a beautiful cross to the left side of the box, and Howard fired a shot on the run with his right foot. According to Lenahan, Howard has scored seven goals in exhibition matches. Viscomi later had a goal of his own. Sophomore midfielder Bardia Kimiavi entered the game after missing the last four games because of injury. The sophomore from Reston, Va. sent a beautiful cross to the middle of the box that resulted in freshman midfielder Vicente Castro’s first goal of the season. Kimiavi also added a score himself in the 85th minute to put six on the board for NU. Kimiavi, whose recovery took longer than he expected, said he was excited to get back on the field. “It definitely felt good (to play),” Kimiavi said. “It’s been pretty frustrating to watch from the sidelines. Hopefully after this, I’ll be good to go for Sunday’s game.” Coming off the win, Lenahan said a five day break before their match against Rutgers will allow the team to get three days of training, the most the

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squad’s had since September. Additionally, Lenahan hopes the Cats can finish in the top four of the Big Ten standings, which would guarantee a match at home during the conference tournament. Howard knows the importance of NU’s final Big Ten matches

against Rutgers, Michigan State and Wisconsin. “Three games will make or break our season,” he said. “If things go our way, we should have a home seed in the tournament.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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NU finishes in 11th place at the Stanford Intercollegiate By TROY CLOSSON

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In their final tournament of the fall, the Wildcats struggled to stay consistent at the Stanford Intercollegiate, finishing tied for 11th place while the

Field Hockey: Baekers earns Big Ten Freshman of the Week — again

For the fourth time in the past five weeks, freshman forward Bente

team’s youngest talent shined. Northwestern ended the weekend 30-over-par, brought down by disappointing showings on the tournament’s second day that ended with the Cats tying for the round’s second-worst stroke total. While the team struggled, freshman Irene Kim remained steady.

The California native shot even-par on each of the tournament’s last two days to reach her best collegiate finish: tied for 21st place at 2-over. She ended the weekend tied for fourth in birdies — knocking in 13 of the team’s 45. Sophomore Kelly Sim finished five places behind her after shooting 8-over on Saturday and turning around to

catapult 28 spots up the leaderboard on the final round. Still, across the tournament’s three days, NU couldn’t find the same momentum. The Cats ran into trouble on Par 5 holes in particular where the team shot just 3-under — compared to 29-under for Arizona State, who won the tournament.

Senior Brooke Riley rounded out NU’s top scorers on the weekend, finishing tied for 32nd with 11 birdies. The tournament was the last of the fall for Northwestern, as the team won’t compete for around four months until they travel to Puerto Rico in February.

Baekers received Big Ten Freshman of the Week Honors. The award comes after the Netherlands native helped NU snap its three-game losing streak. During the slump, Baekers scored just one goal in three games, but she came in the clutch when the Cats needed it most. In Sunday’s game against No. 19 Rutgers, Baekers

scored first to give NU an early lead, something the Cats hadn’t done during their three-game losing streak. Later in the game, with just under two minutes remaining and NU up by two, Baekers added an insurance goal to push the game further out of reach. The freshman standout has been

stellar for the Cats all season, as the leading offense threat for the team. Baekers has taken 25 more shots than the second shot taker on the team and has 21 more points than NU’s second-leading point scorer. For the season, Baekers leads the Big Ten with 19 goals and ranks third in the country in goals. With three games remaining

before the Big Ten Tournament, Baekers has a chance to finish the season in the top 10 for points scored in a season by a Cats’ player. She is currently at 39 points, only five points behind Isabel Flens, who currently sits in 10th place with 44 points in 2016.

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