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District 202 to remain online D202 plans differ from D65, which returns Nov. 16 By JACOB FULTON daily senior staffer @jacobnfulton After over a month of virtual learning, Evanston Township High School/District 202 will remain all virtual through at least the end of the semester, district officials said in a Monday meeting. The district has based its decision on returning to inperson instruction, in part, on statistics and guidelines from the state. It is located within Region 10, as designated by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Conversely, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is currently slated to begin a phased return to in-person classes on Nov. 16. Superintendent Eric Witherspoon said the region’s seven-day average positivity rate is hovering above 5 percent. The statistic is significantly higher than the 3 percent marker the district has previously said would allow for the consideration of some in-person instruction. Witherspoon said despite relatively low levels of

COVID-19 positivity in Evanston, the district can’t exclusively consider the state of the city as a marker for the impact of reopening. “The problem is we don’t live in isolation,” Witherspoon said. “The minute we would try to bring back people, remember, we have 600 employees, and they live not only all over Region 10, they even live in Indiana and Wisconsin, and some other areas.” ETHS Assistant Superintendent/Principal Marcus Campbell said multiple schools across the state have reopened in the past few weeks, but have subsequently closed because of COVID-19 outbreaks. He said schools using the hybrid model may be able to limit the spread of the virus to an extent, but any return to in-person learning will put students at risk and create difficulties for teachers. “The hybrid model is more instructionally disruptive,” Campbell said. “There’s definitely significant challenges to remote learning, but it is the best option for the continuity of instruction.” Campbell said the district is continuing its outreach to students to attempt to make » See D202, page 6

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Kemone Hendricks, founder of Evanston Present and Future, is starting the Teen Parent Leaders Present and Future to provide teen parents with resources and support.

Organization assists teen parents

Evanston Present and Future aims to provide resources, break stigma By DELANEY NELSON

daily senior staffer @delaneygnelson

Kemone Hendricks became a parent when she was 16 years old. As a high school student facing

pregnancy and motherhood, she said her family helped her with issues she faced, but she wished she had more support from her community. At Evanston Township High School, she was judged by her peers and her teachers, and followed by whispers that her

Council nominates interim manager

One of three finalists, Storlie recommended after COVID leadership By JACOB FULTON

daily senior staffer @jacobnfulton

Evanston City Council has nominated interim City Manager Erika Storlie as the next city manager, the city announced in a Tuesday news release. Storlie was previously announced as one of three finalists for the position, after the city received 76 applications for the role. The other two finalist candidates were Aretha Ferrell-Benavides, who is the current city manager of Petersburg, Va., and Marie Peoples, who is serving as Coconino County, Ariz.’s deputy county manager. Storlie has been an employee of the city of Evanston since 2004, and has served as interim city manager since the departure of her predecessor, Wally Bobkiewicz, in September 2019. Prior to stepping into the interim role, she was Evanston’s assistant city manager beginning in January 2018. In the release, Mayor Steve Hagerty said the Council’s

future was over. People told her she should forget about school. Hendricks, now 34 and the founder of Evanston Present and Future, said teen parenting is a “big elephant in the room.” When a Black teenager has a child, she said they’re looked at differently than a

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decision was based Wally Bobkiewicz in part on Storlie’s tenure as interim city manager, where she has helped lead the city through COVID-19 and the resulting recession. “We believe Erika Storlie has the leadership skills, experiences, and professional demeanor we are seeking to lead our City into the future

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and to work effectively with our elected body and community,” Hagerty said in the release. “She understands Evanston, is passionate about this City and its future, and is well respected by City staff and stakeholders for her thoughtful approach, problem solving skills, and willingness to listen. Throughout her tenure as Interim City

Manager we were impressed with her leadership and her team’s ability to navigate our City through such a turbulent time in our history.” Storlie’s contract will be discussed and voted on in a special City Council meeting on Oct. 19. fulton@u.northwestern.edu

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PHA recruitment canceled for 2020-21 By ISABELLE SARRAF

Erika Storlie. The interim city manager was nominated to be the next City Manager on Tuesday.

White teen. Her experiences in the community have led her to start Teen Parent Leaders Present and Future, a program to provide teen parents with support and services. Parents 25 and under who live

Delegates from Northwestern’s 11 Panhellenic Association chapters voted to cancel a formal PHA-sponsored recruitment this academic year. According to Weinberg senior Jessica Tartakovsky, PHA’s VP of Membership, the delegates’ decision was based on concerns for hosting a virtual recruitment and “uncertainty” among chapter status surrounding the Abolish Greek Life movement. Each individual chapter had an internal discussion on canceling formal recruitment — some holding votes to see where the majority of members stood on the issue. Two weeks after the chapters’ internal discussions, PHA delegates each voted on behalf of their chapters. Votes among the delegates pass with a two-thirds majority, which means only eight of the 11 chapters had to vote in

favor of cancellation for it to pass. PHA told The Daily it was unable to disclose which chapters, or how many, voted for or against the cancellation of formal recruitment. Last month, PHA released a statement acknowledging its harmful history and the current movement to abolish Greek life on campus. In the statement, PHA said it would stop charging chapters for dues that go toward recruitment, as those are the only dues PHA has direct discretion over. Throughout the summer, an Abolish NU IFC/PHA Greek Life Instagram account had facilitated community-wide discussion on the harm that the institution inflicts on members of the NU community. According to PHA President Afnan Elsheikh, delegates discussed a variety of reasons for and against cancelling recruitment. The Weinberg senior said a virtual format would be inaccessible for some potential new members because Zoom requires WiFi and a device with video capabilities. They added that class disparities would be “more prominent” » See RECRUITMENT, page 6

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Student-run LEND grants loans to small businesses By ZOE MALIN

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When the coronavirus pandemic forced Evanston stores, restaurants and offices to temporarily close, Weinberg senior Femke Munting predicted that some of these small businesses would go under within weeks. But as the president of Lending for Evanston and Northwestern Development (LEND), a student-run microfinance organization at Northwestern, Munting did not feel helpless. She mobilized LEND’s team and developed a plan to support the city’s local businesses. “Situations like COVID really test organizations,” Munting said. “LEND wanted to show that we’re here for this community and want to help.” LEND, founded in 2010, is a non-profit organization that gives loans and development services to small businesses in Evanston. It often works with women-owned and minorityowned businesses, as well as other enterprises near campus in areas like the Main-Dempster Mile and Howard Street. In order to support Evanston businesses in need of financial aid during the pandemic, LEND created the COVID-19 Support Program. It provides zero-interest, zero-collateral loans of up to $5,000 dollars to businesses by application. The organization fundraised $60,000 for the program through donations

Multiple claims filed against EPD Chief Cook following Snapchat posts

Multiple claims from a February lawsuit filed against police chief Demitrous Cook, Evanston Police Department and the city of Evanston were

and received another $100,000 through a program grant from the city of Evanston. Businesses fill out a short form online to apply for a loan. In contrast to the complex form companies have to fill out in order to apply for loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration, Munting said LEND made the process simple. LEND’s loan application asks questions about a business’ purpose and finances. LEND team members then follow up with businesses that apply within one to three days, whereas the SBA can take months. LEND’s board of directors makes final decisions regarding which businesses receive loans. The coronavirus relief loans LEND gives out are conditionally forgivable, meaning the terms of repayment depend upon each specific business’ circumstances, Munting said. “We tell businesses that LEND loans are the last they should pay back,” she said. “We want them to focus on growing their business, and we only recollect if they’re successfully making money.” Katherine Gotsick, executive director of the Main-Dempster Mile, said LEND’s impact during the pandemic goes beyond financial assistance. Businesses that receive loans have also received access to free development services through LEND, including QuickBooks training, website development, financial consulting and marketing. Gotsick said a handful of businesses that are part of the Main-Dempster Mile received loans through LEND, including Evanston Grill, a

restaurant for which LEND also helped create an online ordering platform. These extra services allow businesses to adapt to the demands of the pandemic, she said. “During the pandemic, my job has involved marrying the right businesses to the right aid opportunity,” Gotsick said. “LEND has been incredibly handy to my district, and we’re all so thankful for it.” La Cocinita, a Latin American street food restaurant in Downtown Evanston, also received a loan from LEND. Owner Rachel Angulo said LEND provided marketing support to La Cocinita, creating a video about the restaurant for their Instagram account. Angulo said working with LEND has been an amazing experience overall. They helped her with many projects that she did not have time for, between running the restaurant and taking care of two young children. “We’ve never worked with a PR company before, so it’s always been just me doing marketing,” Angulo said. “LEND provided the fresh eyes and expertise that we needed.” To date, LEND has provided 31 Evanston businesses loans during the pandemic and is still distributing capital. Munting said LEND has processed over 100 applications so far this year, compared to five in 2019. The organization is distributing between $10,000 and $15,000 about every two weeks, according to Munting. Working with small businesses throughout the pandemic has taught Munting how much

dropped on Monday. The lawsuit, which was filed by Evanston resident Kevin Logan, was prompted by a Feb. 17 incident in which Cook posted mugshots of over 30 of EPD’s known suspects to his public Snapchat story. Logan’s mugshot was included in the photos, which also included his date of birth and last known address, along with a handwritten note reading “HIV.” In February, Logan tested negative for HIV. The

suit claimed that the posting harmed Logan’s reputation, in part by implying he was HIV-positive, which prompted online harassment. Additionally, the suit alleged that Cook violated police protocol by posting the photos, and the incident caused Logan emotional distress. Multiple claims against the city were dismissed Monday, including those for infliction of emotional distress and gross negligence. However, the

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La Cocinita, 1625 Chicago Ave. The restaurant is one of over 30 businesses that has received a loan during COVID-19 from LEND, a student-run microfinancing organization.

they rely on their community to survive. She urges students and residents to shop and eat local to prevent the number of vacant storefronts from increasing in Evanston. “If you can shift 15 percent of your monthly spending away from Amazon and towards small businesses, it helps so much,” Munting said. “If you’re able to mobilize your money in some way during the pandemic, that is a great way to do it.” zoemalin2022@u.northwestern.edu claims of violation of Fourth Amendment rights, due process and equal protection rights against Cook and the city were not dismissed. Additionally, Logan’s defamation claim against Cook was not dismissed. The city and Cook must respond to the claims that were not dismissed by Nov. 3. — Jacob Fulton

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020

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ASG discusses Pass/No Pass petition By EMMA YARGER

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After the referendum to implement optional Pass/No Pass grading options for Fall Quarter passed with 86 percent of vote, Associated Student Government discussed next steps at Wednesday’s senate meeting. In addition to discussion about a petition for optional Pass/Fall grades, ASG’s first senate meeting of the academic year included swearing in new senators, a code update, Rules Committee elections and executive board reports. A large portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing the petition, which has received over 500 signatures, and the referendum, which received 647 votes. The petition cites COVID-19, political unrest and unequal access to technology as supports for making Pass/No Pass an option for students. “The students of Northwestern kindly ask that students have the option for ‘Pass/No Pass’ classes to be counted for major and minor requirements, distribution requirements, and language courses,” the petition states. “This is a more equitable path for Northwestern to take and maintain its core mission of the common good.” During ASG’s virtual senate meeting, Weinberg junior speaker Matthew Wylie explained that the supporting vote means ASG will work with the University to bring the goals of the petition to fruition. ASG invited two students to the meeting to speak on behalf of the petition and referendum. One was Weinberg senior Bhavin Bhatt who said NU is not “meeting the requirements of a sound community” during the pandemic. “Do we still have that same level of inclusiveness? And that same level of support in today’s education system at Northwestern?”

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Bhatt asked. “And when we were discussing it, our final answer was we’re actually missing those two dimensions within our community.” ASG President Juan Zuniga said the referendum supported optional Pass/No Pass instead of mandatory Pass/No Pass due to complications with mandatory University grading policies that occurred in the spring. Zuniga, a Weinberg senior, explained that classes are a professor’s individual intellectual property. He said professors have the right to sue the University if NU were to mandate Pass/No Pass. Although no official statements have been made by the administration, SESP junior and Executive Officer of Justice and Inclusion Daniel Rodriguez said he believes there is

some movement within the administration on this issue based on the conversations he has had with the Office of the Registrar. Zuniga said it was inspiring to see newly elected senators at the Wednesday meeting, who may not have set foot on campus, care deeply about the NU community. He said he eagerly waited for senate to begin during the summer and start of Fall Quarter because that is when ASG “comes alive.” “Despite us being remote and (students) coming from all over the world, from all over the United States — it feels like we’re coming together again,” Zuniga said. “And hopefully in a way that’s really collaborative.”

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Ziwe Fumudoh. Fumudoh interviewed Communication senior Rishi Mahesh and spoke to Northwestern students over Zoom last night through an event hosted by A&O Productions.

Comedian Fumodoh puts student in the spotlight By ONYEKAORISE CHIGBOGWU

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“How many Black friends do you have?” comedian, writer and show host Ziwe Fumudoh (Communication ‘14) asked Communication senior Rishi Mahesh as an opening question during Wednesday’s remote event organized by A&O Productions. Fumudoh’s comedic routine has become a hit from her interviews with actress Alyssa Milano, influencer Caroline Calloway and a number of other well-known names on Instagram Live. Her questions probe everything from her interviewees’ opinions to their past tweets to centering the ways they view and interact with Black people in their lives. Communication senior Isaac Dodson, director of speakers for A&O Productions, said balancing entertainment and consciousness of current events was at the forefront of planning. “Even if you’re not the one being interviewed, there is still a level of (discomfort) as you’re watching,”

Dodson said. “You think about what you would have said or how you have conversation about race in your own life.” Mahesh’s own comedy has grown him a following on social media under the name RishiPuff. He has accrued over 10,000 followers on Twitter and over 700 subscribers on Youtube. He said he felt some of the discomfort Dodson mentioned as soon as Fumudoh asked her first question. “I don’t want to do anything that tokenizes or commoditizes people in my life,” he said. Mahesh was initially reserved as he listed the names of his Black friends, but says he found his stride in being as honest about the questions as possible. “I cosign everything I said,” Mahesh confirmed after the event. Fumudoh and Mahesh’s discussion touched on Black art, reparations and even sketches Mahesh himself had written for Out Da Box, Northwestern’s multicultural comedy club. Members of the audience interacted with Fumudoh and Mahesh in the chat section of the Zoom call,

poking fun at the weirdness of Mahesh’s sketches and transcribing his quotes. Many pointed out that he began to stumble over words when asked if he had ever used the N-word or if he hated women. “I don’t hate women, I don’t think — not as a concept,” he answered to which Fumudoh replied, “I think that is going to follow you for the rest of your life.” Mahesh credits the awkwardness of his answer to his attempt to remain genuine throughout the entire interaction. Throughout and following the event, students buzzed on Twitter about Fumudoh and Mahesh’s interaction. “@Rishipuff told @Ziwe I’m a Black friend and I am so honored,” read one tweet from Mari Gashaw, a student in attendance who was shouted out by Mahesh. Gashaw said the event brought them joy, and they believe many Black students felt the same way. The fact that Ziwe Fumudoh is an alumna at Northwestern was a source of inspiration for them. “We need to funnel more resources into Black people and their community because if they are able to create platforms like that, that’s so powerful,”

Gashaw said. On the topic of her own platform, Fumudoh said she had to spend time finding confidence to confront people in such a straightforward manner. When a member of the audience inquired how she discovered her own voice and style, Fumudoh talked about a period after college where she tried to replicate others’ satire and comedy. Eventually, she said she realized, “You have to let the art speak for itself.” Mahesh said as a creator and comedian, having a conversation with Fumudoh brought him his own inspiration. “I can just do what I want to do,” he said. In a final question for Fumudoh, a student in the audience asked how she was able to keep a straight face while her interviewees rambled out answers to her questions. She shared that as a Black woman she has been forced to have awkward conversations since she was young and had learned to embrace it in her comedy. “I have been training for this my whole life.” onyekachigbogwu2023@u.northwestern.edu

Waa-Mu takes to the virtual stage for 90th annual show By YIMING FU

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Amid the uncertainty of a global pandemic, The Waa-Mu Show, Northwestern University’s musical written, arranged and produced by students, is charging toward its 90th annual show this May. “I’m going to throw a fit if I don’t get a senior WaaMu in Cahn Auditorium, personally,” music director and Bienen and Medill senior Ezri Killeen said. “But that will be out of everybody’s control.” Students typically perform Waa-Mu in Cahn Auditorium, but last May, the cast presented its 89th annual show live on Zoom. Members had to quickly restructure the show in March when the pandemic hit. Communication senior Jessica Nekritz, a co-chair for this year’s show, said everyone working on WaaMu last spring set the bar for NU’s Zoom theatre scene. “They really embraced the challenge,” Nekritz said. “They were like, ‘We don’t know what we’re doing, and we have to figure out how to do this.’ Most of us had never used Zoom in our lives, which is crazy six months later, looking back.” Nekritz said last year’s show did “a beautiful job” — a testament to the strength of Waa-Mu’s community. This year’s show is currently in the writing process. A 16-member writing board was chosen in the summer, and four members were chosen to be writing coordinators leading the team. They selected a pitch for the show’s general plot in August. Writing coordinator and Communication junior

Bennett Petersen said the writing board meets once every week for two hours to freely generate ideas for characters, relationships, motives and plotlines. “A term that’s been thrown around is, ‘throwing spaghetti at a wall and seeing what sticks,’” Petersen said. He said the coordinators meet weekly to funnel the writers’ ideas into more concrete decisions. The team aims to finish writing the show’s outline by the end of Fall Quarter. Killeen said she’s not sure which format this year’s show will take. “Literally at every step of the way, somebody’s been like, ‘OK and then, if it’s in a Zoom format, could we still do X?’” Killeen said. Nekritz said Waa-Mu’s community sets the organization apart. She hopes freshmen and students who may not be interested in performing can also find a home within the organization, she said. Waa-Mu is hosting events for students looking to be involved, and Nekritz said the team has planned game nights, movie viewings and other social gatherings to foster relationships within the organization. Even though Waa-Mu members can’t work together in person, Petersen said it has been extremely fun to be back in the same “room” with everyone else. “The ability to meet with the other writing coordinators, and meet with the rest of the writing team every week, and just be able to talk about stories and talk about characters and things that we care about has been a driving force for me,” Petersen said. “Not only in Waa-Mu, but in school this quarter. It’s been a highlight of my week, every week.” yimingfu2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Waa-Mu’s 89th Zoom production “State of the Art.” 2020-21 members are currently preparing for this May’s show.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020

Film festival builds community without live audience By NICK FRANCIS

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Wednesday marked the first day of the Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), North America’s longest-running film competition. CIFF is just one of many events in the entertainment industry forced to adopt a predominantly online presence amid public safety concerns. Though streaming viewership experienced a surge in March, the entertainment industry still faced substantial losses this year. Most recently, movie theater giant Cineworld placed a temporary screening moratorium on over 600 of its locations worldwide. However, virtual film festivals have fared much better than other entertainment outlets, and their success

is a sign that the Chicago International Film Festival will have a substantial turnout, artistic director Mimi Plauché said. She said the festival might even see a large amount of sales right before the individual films screen, rather than in the days or weeks before like prior years. “As far as ticketing sales goes, I think we’re exceeding our expectations,” she said. “(Attendees) don’t necessarily find (the movies) in advance. They are going to buy them the moment that they’re ready to watch them.” Because films must be submitted for judging far in advance, the festival saw an increase in submissions this year since most directors completed their productions before the pandemic forced an industry-wide shutdown. However, Plauché said she expects the “fallout” to adversely affect the festival’s submission pool next year.

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A still from Siskel/Jacobs Productions’ latest documentary. “The Road Up” is set to premiere Sunday, Oct. 18.

Although CIFF is venturing into uncharted remote territory — virtual screenings, Q&As and Zoom discussions — programming associate Joyy Norris (Communication MFA ‘18) said she remains hopeful that the festival will provide an enriching experience for attendees and filmmakers. “We can still have the same connection… with the filmmakers and audiences that we’re so used to having in person,” Norris said. The strength of its networking opportunities sets CIFF apart from other festivals, fellow festival programmer Sam Flancher said. Even though the majority of the festival will be held online, Plauché said some screenings will premiere in person at the ChiTown Movies drive-in theater. The documentary “The Road Up” will premiere there this Sunday. Plauché said the screening is a unique opportunity to foster in-person engagement while keeping both the audience and filmmakers safe. “That is kind of our one really nice touch point for filmmakers and audience,” she said. “We just felt that we’re going to make an impact this year, both on the films and filmmakers as well.” “The Road Up” follows the lives of four Chicagoans as they enter a local transition program helping formerly incarcerated people, survivors of domestic violence and others secure necessities like a job and apartment. The opportunity to connect with the community amid political and civil divide is something that “The Road Up” co-director Jon Siskel said he was greatly looking forward to as the festival approached. “It’s incredibly fortuitous timing, and just something that you could never, never plan for,” he said. “But it seems that our film is landing at this moment where it does touch on so many of these issues that are part of the public conversation today.” “The Road Up” was an over two-year endeavor. After shadowing the subjects of the documentary daily during a preliminary month-long session, Siskel said he and his team checked in periodically with them through the end of production.

The crew was there for some of their largest lessons, triumphs and hardships, he said. “(It was) really amazing to see little victories and big victories,” Siskel said. “To see one of the women reunited with her two daughters was incredible. I feel like these will be friends and even family for a long time.” The emotion they captured in the documentary, he said, will endure the physical separation, providing for a gripping and “intense” experience. And as the in-person premiere of “The Road Up” converges with the COVID-19 pandemic, reckonings for racial justice and a presidential election, Siskel said its showing will be a unifying experience not just for those involved in the production, but the audience and the residents of Chicago as well. “Showing your film for the first time in front of a live audience… is one of the most thrilling things I’ve ever participated in,” he said. “For us to have been selected to be one of the films that will actually have a live audience… we’ll be able to have a collective, communal experience of singularity.” The screening, though, will be vulnerable; Siskel said that the documentary touched upon many points in the subjects’ lives that were difficult periods. The “singularity” and shared experience, though, will bring about time for him to reflect on how the art of filmmaking impacted him and the subjects of his documentary, he said. “It feels like friendships forged in fire,” Siskel said. “To hopefully see and feel and hear audiences connecting with it, I’m sure it’s gonna be very emotional.” nickfrancis2024@u.northwestern.edu Scan this QR code with Snapchat or your smartphone camera to view an accompanying video on Chicago International Film Festival hosts 56th festival

Virtual opera film ‘Orfeo Remote’ twists Greek myth By HALEY FULLER

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As theaters around the world went dark in March, Bienen’s spring production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” was just ramping up. Performing the opera in Cahn Auditorium was no longer an option, so Director of Opera Joachim Schamberger and conductor Stephen Alltop reimagined the performance to create “Orfeo Remote,” a virtual opera film. Over 30 singers and 20 instrumentalists had to learn new skill sets, including audio and video recording, to turn the opera into a virtual production. In order to ensure that the performers had backing tracks to learn from and practice with, Alltop played and recorded every note of the opera on his harpsichord, then sent them to the performers. After they recorded themselves singing or playing their instruments, Alltop rerecorded the accompaniment to match the differences in their tempo and pitch. Over 1,400 audio files went into the creation of “Orfeo Remote.” The project is not done, however, as Schamberger is still editing the videos. Alltop said he hopes to finish the opera by the end of 2020. “Both the director and I, and the students, just made the commitment and there was no turning back. So it meant a whole lot of acquiring new knowledge and skills,” Alltop said. “I ended up feeling by the time it was done like, ‘Okay, this was the biggest single project I’ve ever done.’ It felt endless. I literally worked from morning until usually after midnight for weeks and weeks in a row.” Although “L’Orfeo” tells the Greek myth of Orpheus and his quest to the underworld to bring back his love Eurydice, Schamberger reimagined the story to fit the pandemic. The character La Musica (music) introduces the story and acts as a narrator. However, instead of depicting La Musica as a goddess, “Orfeo Remote” portrays her as a Bienen student who is dismayed by the shuttering of theaters and end of live performances, and calls and texts her friends to ask if they want to put together a virtual opera during the pandemic. La Musica essentially tells the story of the students and faculty putting together the opera, Schamberger said. The character creates a YouTube channel where she posts segments of the opera as a miniseries — exactly the way the project itself will be released when it’s finished. In this production, the myth of Orpheus that La Musica introduces takes place in the 1960s, juxtaposing the limitations of the pandemic with the physical closeness and togetherness of the hippie movement. In addition to learning how to engineer audio and film, the cast Zoomed to discuss angles and scenery to ensure cohesion in the story. Because they were spread out across the country, it was difficult to find

locations that looked the same and make the screen directions look seamless. Despite the difficulties of creating a remote opera, “Orfeo Remote” gave the students a project to focus on, Bienen senior Nicholas Lin, who played Orfeo, said. In addition to the hours he spent rehearsing and filming, Lin also created his own props and costumes. He said that filming the scenes properly and getting all the angles right was difficult. Lin had to redo a scene when he stretched out his arm at the wrong angle while passing a wad of cash to a castmate who wasn’t there. “It’s just like a testament to the things that COVID makes us do. It’s very personal, and it made it really fun, too,” Lin said. “For a lot of us, it was definitely a way to just do something, especially when singing in general is just not a good idea. It just gave us something to do that involved other people.” Bienen sophomore Eugene Hwang, who played Pastore #4, echoed Lin’s thoughts, saying that “Orfeo Remote” gave him a purpose. “It was a great experience, even though it was like, ‘Oh, there’s so much work, so much music we have to learn,’” Hwang said. “It was great to feel like I was still making music with everyone else, and I think that’s what kept me going.” haleyfuller2022@u.northwestern.edu

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From page 1 in Evanston and the surrounding areas are eligible for the free program, which is accepting 20 to 25 teen parents per year starting in 2021. Upon completion of the program, individuals will receive funds to pursue a college education, an entrepreneurship, or a trade skill, and will receive assistance in gaining full time employment. Hendricks has worked with teen parents in the past, with projects ranging from providing them with free PPE during the pandemic to creating focus groups for them. In Evanston, Hendricks said there’s a wide range of services to support the children of teen parents, but she hasn’t seen much support for the parents themselves. She doesn’t think the community is investing in teen parents enough, she said, which is why she is doing this work. “There’s a lot of resources for mothers in general, there’s a lot of resources for teens in general,” Hendricks said. “But teen parents, I want them to be out of that same long line that everybody else is waiting in for services, because their needs are more important and greater because of the kind of situations that they’re in.” Tilly-Ana Ceriser, case manager and family support specialist at the Infant Welfare Society of

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through Zoom, because it would allow the sorority members to see into PNMs’ houses. “Our reasons for considering cancelling recruitment came from COVID concerns which are inherently tied into the AGL discussion about exclusivity,” Elsheikh said. “If we continue to exist, it is Panhellenic’s duty to ensure we are as inclusive as possible.” On the other hand, some argued the opposite point that holding formal recruitment actually increases inclusivity and accessibility by allowing PNMs to visit all 11 chapters. Without formal recruitment, the individual chapters are the ones to seek out PNMs, Elsheikh said, which could exclude students who don’t have previous ties to the PHA community. Even with the cancellation of formal recruitment, the National Panhellenic Conference established that every chapter has a right to recruit and that attempts to entirely prevent chapters from recruiting would be an “infringement” on that right, Elsheikh said. PHA chapters can still choose to recruit members

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Evanston, works with teen parents, and said while the city provides services and support, the Evanston community needs to work on breaking the stigma that comes with being a teen parent. Ceriser said it’s important to encourage teen parents, check in on their mental health and show them that their lives aren’t over. Many teen parents struggle with physical changes associated with pregnancy, as well as mental health struggles, relationship difficulties and financial instability. “It can happen to anybody,” Ceriser said. “It’s not just individuals who fall under Black or Hispanic. That sometimes is a stigma in itself.” Part of the goal of the program is to provide teen parents with sources of income and a path forward, so they don’t get stuck in what Hendricks described as a cycle that needs to be broken. If a teen parent isn’t equipped with resources and support, she said it’s going to be more difficult for them to provide for their own children. By keeping requirements minimal, Hendricks is trying to make the program accessible to more people. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Illinois Teen Birth Rate in 2018 was 15.8 percent. The teen birth rate has been decreasing, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Cary Archer, manager of education and outreach at Planned Parenthood of Illinois, said it’s also important to provide teens with medically accurate, informally, under whatever level of autonomy their national organization grants. In an email to The Daily, Dani Weatherford, CEO of the National Panhellenic Conference, said the organization remains committed to supporting the Panhellenic community at NU by helping create more accessible recruitment practices in future years. NPC’s Access and Equity Advisory Committee, Weatherford said, is currently reviewing policies to provide recommendations on systemic changes to processes like formal recruitment “to reduce barriers for women of all backgrounds to join our sisterhoods on campuses across the country.” “While we firmly believe that the sorority community creates vitally important women’s only spaces, we know that our community at Northwestern and elsewhere has also too often fallen short in creating a welcoming environment for all women – including Black and Brown women,” Weatherford said. “And we’ve been clear that we must review and change systems and norms that have historically centered and benefited White women.” isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu and more, Northwestern’s performance scene is vibrant. But now that fall quarter is remote, how are these performance groups continuing to perform? How are they maintaining the sense of community typically fostered in a rehearsal room? How did these performance groups make the transition from a stage to a

“non-shame based, non-stigmatizing” sexual education. He said that includes talking about birth control, pregnancy and sexual health. “People don’t deserve to be stigmatized or shamed based on where they’re at in life,” Archer said. “By providing medically accurate comprehensive education you’re able to give young people the knowledge and the skills so that they can make the decisions that are best for themselves.” Hendricks said many factors, including family support, income and race, can impact a teen parent. The cycle of teen pregnancy is tied to systemic issues, including institutional racism, she said. According to the CDC, Illinois is one of the states with the largest disparities between Black teen birth rates and White teen birth rates. Hendricks said from her experience, Black teen parents are more likely to need more assistance than their White counterparts, but that help isn’t always easy to give, or to find, which makes her question the general societal willingness to break the cycle that is disproportionately impacting teenagers of color. “It’s not an easy thing to help a teen parent — it’s a challenge,” Hendricks said. “Do we have enough leaders in the community that is up for that challenge? Do we really want to break the cycle? It’s a systemic issue along with other systemic issues.”

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e-learning as accessible as possible. The district has implemented multiple programs, including weekly free lunch pickups and the distribution of Chromebooks, to try and support families in some of the same ways it does during normal school years. Despite previous experience in the spring and additional time to prepare for remote learning over the summer, Pete Bavis, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, said teachers are still facing significant challenges. Bavis said many teachers are completely relearning how to run their classes, but they have been sharing potential solutions with each other. Additionally, if the proposed hybrid model goes into effect later in the year, students will attend school in person approximately four times a month, and teachers will have to adapt their teaching strategies again. “Educators have been asked to transform the educational environment, and that holds true today,” Bavis said. “As much as it did in the summer, and as much as it did in the spring, school does not look or feel the same.” fulton@u.northwestern.edu

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Professors discuss Winter Quarter return to campus By ISABELLE SARRAF

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Provost Kathleen Hagerty answered questions on Northwestern’s plans for Winter Quarter and heard feedback about the University’s fall return at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. The University emailed students last week announcing Winter Quarter undergraduate and some graduate classes would start Jan. 11, one week later than planned. Administrators also said they are still finalizing plans on whether to allow underclassmen to come to campus this winter and will share decisions no later than early November. Medill Prof. Judy Franks said she was concerned about the decision to reduce Winter Quarter down to a nine-week quarter and the implications on the student learning experience.

“We’re basically going to have to take 10 percent of the curriculum for our courses out of the course, relative to the percentage of students who will benefit from the opportunity to return to campus,” Frankes said. Given that the University would need to plan staggered on-campus move-in dates and ensure every student received a negative test result before going to classes, Hagerty said the extra week is necessary. The administration has a rough estimate of 2,500 students planning to move back to campus, Hagerty said, but sent a survey to the student body to get exact headcounts of who plans to return. There are currently about 500 students living on campus this quarter, she added. “We know that freshmen and sophomores are very eager to come back, and we think we kind of have a way to bring them back,” Hagerty said. Physics and astronomy Prof. Enectali FigueroaFeliciano said he was concerned about low-income students thinking about returning to campus in

January and the choice they’d have to make in leaving their families behind. There are some who live in small, disruptive homes without enough private space weighing the price they’d have to pay to live on their own in Evanston, he said. Hagerty said in most cases, low-income students can rely on financial aid to cover their on-campus living expenses. She added that NU offered exemptions for several hundred students this quarter who felt that their home situation wasn’t an ideal learning environment. Molecular biosciences Prof. Robert Holmgren brought up the uncertainties around reopening Greek housing, even if the University does plan to bring students back this winter. As part of the University’s fall reopening plan, all sorority and fraternity houses were closed until the winter. “That’s been a concern at some of the other institutions, and I imagine that might change the equation for positivity rates and the like,” Holmgren said.

One big difference between NU and its peer institutions is that all Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council chapter houses are located on campus, Hagerty said, so they’re all “much better supervised” than they would be at other schools. She said she feels like the University would have more control in curbing an outbreak within the Greek community. However, many Greek members share unofficial offcampus housing. Greek housing on NU’s campus boasts 700 beds, Hagerty said, which the University may put to use. She said she thinks Greek houses this winter would either be highly supervised fraternity or sorority houses, or they could function as dorms. “We need all the beds that we have,” Hagerty said. “Either to (have) people living in them or as a quarantine isolation space — we want to make use of all those rooms. We’ll use them one way or another.” isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu

NU Title IX policy opens new path to report discrimination By DAISY CONANT

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Northwestern’s Faculty Senate discussed changes to the University’s Title IX policy at its Wednesday evening meeting, laying out how the Trump administration’s guidelines will impact the process through which complaints from students, faculty and staff are handled. The Trump administration’s changes to Title IX — which broadly bar gender discrimination in federallyfunded schools — implement more restrictive legal rules for how educational institutions have to respond to reports of violations and sexual misconduct (including dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault). These include requiring a complainant to prove harassment was “severe,” “pervasive” and “objectively offensive,” a cross-examination of the accuser by the accused and vice versa, and a mandate that everything discovered in an investigation be shared. Sarah Wake, associate general counsel, explained the implications of these changes.

“The most impactful thing that these regulations did is change the definition of sexual harassment,” Wake said. Wake said the policy now asserts that Title IX can only apply to sexual harassment that occurs in the United States and within a building or unit under the jurisdiction of the University — meaning NU would not be responsible for any violations to or by a student, faculty or staff member off campus or abroad. Colleen Johnston, director of Sexual Misconduct Response and Resources, noted following this policy alone would ultimately eliminate an avenue for people to report violations. “When we’re thinking of things like sexual assault, stalking, those types of behaviors, often, some of those allegations involve off-campus conduct,” Johnston said. “It’s really hard to say without combing through each report to see exactly where the allegations occurred, but there is a fair amount of sexual misconduct that comes to my office that is typically occurring off campus.” In codifying these new regulations, the U.S. Department of Education said schools could develop their own policy to address situations that are outside the jurisdiction of the new Title IX regulations. With that discretion, Wake said the Office of General Counsel,

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the Office of Equity and the Faculty Senate worked through the summer to craft and implement new University policies that would satisfy the government’s legal changes while accounting for its restrictions. The result was two new policies on handling sexual harassment and assault: an Interim Policy on Title IX Sexual Harassment, which satisfies the government’s guidelines, and a Policy on Institutional Equity, which will govern all other incidents of discrimination, harassment and sexual assault. Both went into effect on Aug. 14. TiShaunda McPherson, associate vice president for equity, compared the two policies for Senate members. On a jurisdictional front, the Title IX policy would govern conduct of quid pro quo sexual harassment by an employee and instances of sexual harassment as defined under the Clery Act and the Violence Against Women Act. On the other hand, the Policy on Institutional Equity — a hybrid of the University’s previous Policy on Discrimination and Harassment and Policy on Sexual Misconduct — is much broader. “Part of the reason why we wanted to make sure that we had the Policy on Institutional Equity is to ensure that (NU can govern) any allegations of

misconduct or behavior that impacts our Northwestern community,” McPherson said. “Whether that’s in Doha or whether that’s during remote learning and individuals are in a variety of places.” Political science Prof. Karen Alter asked whether the new Title IX procedural elements could have a “chilling effect” on willingness to file a complaint. Atler added that despite a preference for their complaint to be handled under the Policy on Institutional Equity over the DOE’s regulations, a student’s inability to choose that policy may further that chilling effect. She then asked whether students, faculty, staff and administration should be concerned. Stephanie Graham, vice president and general counsel, responded bluntly: “Yes.” “We are very concerned, and everyone across the country is very concerned. And you’re right — we don’t have a choice, and that is exactly why we have two policies,” Graham said. “If these (Title IX regulations) stay in effect, we’re going to really have to see… how else we can work through these issues without going back on the 10 years of progress that we’ve made in this area.” daisyconant2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Bajakian, Hankwitz talk training camp, new players By ELLA BROCKWAY

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Against all odds, the Big Ten football season is now less than 10 days away. Northwestern is set to open its 2020 campaign on Oct. 24 against Maryland at a mostly empty Ryan Field. The Wildcats will return most of their 2019 starters, but there’ll also be a share of new faces — a new quarterback, a number of new graduate transfers and a new offensive coordinator all joined the fray this offseason. As the countdown to the 2020 season nears the single digits, The Daily rounded up the latest news and notes from the last week inside the NU program.

Bajakian talks quarterbacks, playing ‘hard, physical football’

Another year, another preseason full of questions about who exactly will line up under center for the Cats on opening day. First-year offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian kept his cards close to his chest Wednesday, not giving away any hints about the progression of the Cats’ current quarterback battle. Juniors Andrew Marty and Hunter Johnson, senior Aidan Smith and sixthyear TJ Green all saw playing time in 2019, but Indiana graduate transfer Peyton Ramsey is the likely favorite. “We have a lot of experience on our roster, and then obviously (with) the addition of Peyton, those guys have been outstanding as it relates to learning the offense and applying themselves and working hard and being leaders for the entire unit, and the entire team,” Bajakian said. “I’m really happy with the quarterback room in general.” Though he’s introduced a new offensive system, Bajakian stressed that NU will continue to play its brand of “hard, physical football, with great effort and great physicality.” The adjusted preseason meant that his offense hasn’t

had many chances to play in a live, contact-heavy situation yet, but Bajakian seemed confident in the number of potential playmakers on the roster. Sophomore receiver Malik Washington topped the coach’s list of players who have impressed in training camp thus far. The Georgia native appeared in 11 games as a true freshman in 2019, catching six passes for 25 yards, and seems poised for a breakout year on the Cats’ wide receiver corps. “He’s a young guy who, frankly, is playing like a veteran right now,” Bajakian said. “He’s a guy who has learned the offense very quickly and is performing at a really high level.”

Defense filling graduation gaps, adjusting to shortened training camp

The departure of Alex Miller and Joe Gaziano — who was called up to the Los Angeles Chargers’ active roster for the first time Monday night — leaves a glaring hole in NU’s defensive line. The two combined for 24.5 tackles for loss and 13 sacks in 2019, and replacing them will be no easy feat. Even so, defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz said he’s pleased so far with the development of players to fill those gaps in 2020. He rattled off a long list of players who’ve improved over the offseason: senior Earnest Brown IV, junior Trevor Kent, and sophomores Jason Gold Jr., Adetomiwa Adebawore and Eku Leota. “I’ve seen improvement in those guys, and it’s their turn to step up like Joe did and Alex did,” Hankwitz said Wednesday. “We feel good about what we have with our front seven there.” Like Bajakian, Hankwitz addressed concerns about his unit’s preparedness, given the shortened training camp schedule and limited opportunities to simulate live-game hitting and tackling. In 2019 — even after a normal preseason and training camp — the Cats’ defense was plagued by missed tackles in the season-opening loss to Stanford. “It’s been a challenge with the restrictions we had early that we couldn’t be in

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pads and we couldn’t work against each other. So we may be a little behind in the physical aspect, but mentally we’ve really pushed hard to get our football stuff installed, and I like where we’re at mentally,” he said. “We’ll have to see in the game, that’ll be the real test.”

Brown earns No. 1 jersey

The No. 1 jersey is frequently described as the highest honor inside the Northwestern program. Since 2011, it has been awarded annually to the player who best embodies the team’s values and character. Senior running back Jesse Brown will wear the No. 1 shirt this season.

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Club sports wait for recognition By GRACE CHANG

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In 2014, then-Northwestern club tennis president Trevor Stoimenoff (Weinberg ‘16) wrote an opinion column for The Daily on disparities at NU related to club sports. He said University policies left club teams “scraping the bottom of the barrel.” Six years later, club sports athletes are still facing the same challenges. When the club crew team’s old practice space in the basement of Patten Gymnasium turned into new facilities for the varsity fencing and golf teams, the crew team and its 20 indoor rowing machines moved to the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion. According to club crew president and McCormick senior Luciana Ruiz, the transition from practicing alone to sharing a space with the Evanston community was difficult. Crew practices often involve loud music and lots of yelling from coxswains — two features she said the public doesn’t tend to receive well. “I think it’s been tricky for Rec, too,” Ruiz said. “They’re stuck in between the members who want things one way and then us, who like it another way… you can’t make both parties happy, unfortunately. So I do feel bad for them because they’re doing the best they can.” Club sports fall under the domain of NU Recreation, an entity separate from the University’s athletic department. Crew club member and Weinberg senior

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The club rowing team. The squad has not been able to practice since the pandemic hit.

Jackson Lifford said this classification makes resources tight for his team. “We are a club sport, so there’s only so much we could realistically ask from the school,” Lifford said. “But also, the nature of rowing is that you need equipment. You need space.” For some club teams, the pandemic has compounded the difficulty to obtain proper resources. According to Weinberg senior Jami Silverman, a member of the equestrian team, NU stopped renting out vans for the players’ commutes to practice. The move leaves athletes who lack cars and don’t feel comfortable driving with other people for 45 minutes unable to practice. Prior to the pandemic, club sports leaders say, underfunding for NU club sports became especially apparent when NU teams attended competitions with other university club teams. During some regattas, Ruiz said, she

has met other teams from Purdue and Michigan and noticed their universities invest a significant amount of money and resources into their club sports. Ruiz referred to those teams as “super clubs,” and said, “Northwestern doesn’t really have that culture” with regards to its club sports. Resources aside, many students say they still find club sports to be a positive outlet during their college experience. “It’s just nice to be there working out with your friends, and you sort of cope with the differences or the changes in schedule or the switches from year to year,” Ruiz said. “But at the end of the day, for our team to get together and work out with our friends, under solid leadership of coxswains, coaches and captains, that’s what really makes the experience worthwhile.” gracechang2023.1@u.northwestern.edu

The Georgia native has made 17 career appearances and scored two touchdowns for the Cats. In 2019, he appeared in four games, but his season was cut short when he suffered an injury against UNLV. Off the field, Brown is earning a master’s degree in engineering design innovation from the McCormick School of Engineering, and plays bass in Foster Revival, a rock band that features fellow NU players Jake Saunders, Gunnar Vogel and Riley Lees.

Kickoff time announced for game vs. Terrapins

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the Terrapins will feature in the Big Ten Network’s primetime slot on Oct. 24. The game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT, marking the first time NU has opened its season with a night game at Ryan Field since 2000. The Big Ten has yet to announce kickoff times for the rest of the Cats’ season. The conference will play an eight-game regular season schedule, followed by a Champions Week featuring matchups between teams in the East and West divisions on Dec. 19. ellabrockway@u.northwestern.edu

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Former Wildcat trio faces off during professional game

Northwestern may not be starting its football season until later this month, but the presence of several familiar faces in Monday’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and New Orleans Saints brought a distinct taste of Ryan Field to its fans. Three former Wildcats — New Orleans wide receiver Austin Carr, Los Angeles defensive end Joe Gaziano and Los Angeles running back Justin Jackson — appeared on their respective teams’ 53-man rosters in New Orleans’ 30-27 overtime win. The trio were teammates on the 2016 NU squad that went 7-6 and knocked off Pittsburgh in the Pinstripe Bowl. Carr and Jackson are currently the only active Cats in the league who play offensive skill positions. The unique purple constellation came together late Monday afternoon, when ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Chargers had activated Gaziano from its practice squad. ESPN’s Field Yates reported that the Saints had done likewise with Carr shortly thereafter. The two former teammates joined Jackson, a regular in Los Angeles’ lineup since starting running back Austin Ekeler went down with a hamstring injury on Oct. 4, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Jackson had a prominent role for the Chargers, rushing for a careerhigh 71 yards on 15 carries. His performance in the Big Easy represented

his highest rushing total in any competitive football game since Dec. 29, 2017, when his 157 yards on 32 carries garnered him Music City Bowl MVP honors in NU’s 24-23 win over Kentucky. Reflecting his roots, Jackson drew more Google search interest in Chicago the day of the game than in any other metropolitan area in the United States, including both Los Angeles and New Orleans. Carr, seeing his first NFL action in nearly a calendar year, played two snaps on special teams. Gaziano, though on the Chargers’ roster, was declared inactive before the game and is still waiting to make his professional debut. — Patrick Andres

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Justin Jackson stiff-arms a Penn State defender in 2017. The former Northwestern running back has been a critical part of the Los Angeles Chargers’ offense in 2020.