The Daily Northwestern – October 24th, 2018

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The Daily Northwestern Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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As course textbook prices soar, students and faculty search for alternatives to limit the cost

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City keeps GibbsMorrison funding Aldermen voted 7-2 to remove cuts in proposed budget By KRISTINA KARISCH

daily senior staffer @kristinakarsich

Aldermen voted Monday to remove a measure in the proposed 2019 budget that would have cut city programming at the GibbsMorrison Cultural Center. In the proposed city budget for fiscal year 2019 — which contains a $7.4 million deficit — city staff recommended to cease operating the center, which is located at 1823 Church St. in the 5th Ward. Rather than cutting programming at the center completely, the city had planned to find a different operator, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily. Gibbs-Morrison is the smallest city facility in the Parks, Recreation and Community Services department,

he said, and it would have given the city the “greatest opportunity” to find another operator for the center. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th), whose ward the center is in, proposed the removal of the measure after speaking with community members and staff to try to find alternative ways of raising revenue for the center. She said it has been a stalwart presence in the community and that she has been working to find ways to improve it. Alderman voted 7-2 on Simmons’ resolution to remove the Gibbs-Morrison measure from the proposed budget. Rue Simmons said she has invested a “substantial” amount of money in the improvements, and that there are plans for the center that includes public art, among other things. “My hope is that we will stay committed to a facility in a community that we all » See GIBBS, page 6

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Charles Evans, Ph.D., speaks Tuesday in Harris Hall. Evans discussed his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and monetary policy.

Chicago Fed leader talks economy Charles Evans discusses helping lead Fed through Great Recession By ZOE MALIN

the daily northwestern @zoermalin

Charles Evans had to take a lot of controversial measures during the Great Recession when he served as president

of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Evans said at a campus event Tuesday that those measures, however, changed the confidence of everyone involved for the better. A t Tu e s d a y ’s e v e n t hosted by the Northwestern

University Political Union and the economics department, Evans shared his professional experiences and thoughts about the United States’ current economic standing with about 70 NU students and members of the Evanston community.

The first quantitative easing package, released during the recession in March 2009, was intended to stimulate the economy and increase liquidity. The Fed, however, faced political scrutiny for » See EVANS, page 6

Mansion demo plan rejected Commission opposes Harley Clarke demolition By DANNY VESURAI

the daily northwestern @dvesurai

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Preservation Commission chair Diane Williams at a meeting. Members on Tuesday voted unanimously to deny the city’s certificate of appropriateness to demolish Harley Clarke Mansion.

The Evanston Preservation Commission unanimously denied the city’s application to demolish the Harley Clarke Mansion at Tuesday’s Preservation Commission meeting. A total of 35 expert architects and historians, as well as Evanston residents — arranged by statewide nonprofit Landmarks Illinois — urged the commission to deny the certificate of appropriation application during public comment after city manager Wally Bobkiewicz formally presented the application. “The presentation by this

city shows a total lack of respect for the preservation commission and for this process,” said Brad White, coauthor of Evanston’s Preservation Ordinance, who attended the meeting. “They haven’t even presented a case that shows they would even have an iota of trying to meet the standards. No information on what the financial hardship is, no experts, nothing.” The 11-member commission — absent one member — voted based on five standards found in the city’s Preservation’s Ordinance. Commission vice chair Ken Itle moved to deny the city’s application on the grounds that it did not meet any of the five standards. Harley Clarke Mansion,

which sits along the lakefront in north Evanston, has been vacant since 2015 when the Evanston Arts Center moved out of the facility. Since then, residents and city officials have been discussing possible renovation and restructuring of the facility, as well as options for demolition. In July, City Council voted 5-3 to move forward with demolition of the mansion. On Oct. 9, they voted to allow commissioners to inspect the mansion’s interior but rejected a similar application made on behalf of architects and engineers from Landmarks Illinois. Commissioners visited the » See PRESERVATION, page 6

‘New Norris’ plans stall, 2019 construction falls out of reach Lack of naming donor, budget deficit contribute to delay

By ALAN PEREZ

daily senior staffer @_perezalan_

More than two years ago, Patricia Telles-Irvin, the vice president for student affairs,

stood beside a big glass box draped by a white cloth. She unveiled a model of what was to be the new student center: a luxurious $150 million project that would expand usable space by 21 percent and, administrators hoped, strengthen Northwestern’s sense of community. Today, that model still sits on the ground floor of the Norris University Center,

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

where renovations by the new dining provider have yet to be completed. The University Commons, originally projected to begin construction in 2019, will not come anytime soon. Administrators haven’t secured a naming donor, and have stalled new building projects indefinitely.

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» See NORRIS, page 6

A University Commons model. Construction of the development has been delayed as a naming donor is sought.

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