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Nonprofit plans new bid for Harley Clarke The group’s prepping a new proposal for the lakefront mansion By SAMANTHA HANDLER
daily senior staffer @sn_handler
Following City Council’s sudden denial of the group’s proposal to take over the Harley Clarke Mansion last year, the nonprofit formerly known as Evanston Lakehouse and Gardens is coming back with a new plan. The group — now called Evanston Community Lakehouse and Gardens — has been preparing a new proposal to determine the use of the Harley Clarke mansion, 2603 Sheridan Rd., in response to the city’s third request for proposals period, which ends in February. The nonprofit previously submitted a response to the city in 2018, which was denied and set the city on a course to demolish the historic lakefront mansion. Members of the group also rallied to get a referendum on the ballot last November, which resulted in 80 percent of voters favoring preserving the mansion for public use, a result that is not legally binding. In the spring, the nonprofit held a series of community engagement meetings where residents could express what activities or
uses they wanted to see at the property. “Our approach this time is going to be a little bit different because it’s going to be much more oriented around what we heard from the community,” said Emily Guthrie, the president of Evanston Community Lakehouse and Gardens. “We submitted a response to a proposal in the spring of 2018. So this is going to be different — not a lot different, but enough different.” The new plan includes input from Evanston residents on what they want to incorporate in the 37,700-square-foot estate, including a bird sanctuary, art classes, theater, exercise classes and performances, Guthrie said. She added that the community engagement sessions generated about 250 ideas, resulting in the nonprofit adding the word “community” to its name. The city’s new request for proposal calls for nonprofits, individuals, and for-profit organizations to submit plans for the mansion, coach house, or both, according to city documents. The city also requires the proposals to include a public component as well as a “substantial renovation” of the property that still maintains both its historic character and the Jens Jensen Gardens. Guthrie said another part of » See HARLEY, page 6
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Harvard Prof. Anthony Jack speaks at Alice Millar Chapel. Jack, who is the seventh speaker of the Nancy and Ray Loeschner Leadership Series, said elite institutions aren’t doing enough to accommodate low-income, first-generation students.
Jack advocates for FGLI support
Author Anthony Jack says colleges need to prioritize more experiences By CATHERINE KIM
daily senior staffer @ck_525
When Anthony Jack first set foot on Amherst College as a freshman in 2003, he asked himself: “Where are the poor black folks?” He eventually found friends
that were also low-income, firstgeneration students at an elite institution, but his experiences drove him to a different question: “What does it mean to be a poor student on a rich-student campus?” Jack, who is now an assistant professor of education at Harvard University, explores that very question in his latest book “The Privileged Poor: How Elite
Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students.” In recognition of his work, the School of Education and Social Policy invited Jack to speak at Alice Millar Chapel on Wednesday to about 150 people. Jack is the seventh speaker of the Nancy and Ray Loeschner Leadership Series, which invites “visionary leaders” in education, SESP Dean David Figlio said.
“Tony Jack is an extraordinary leader himself,” he said. “I know that this book he’ll talk about tonight is one of the… most influential things I’ve read in the past year, and I hope that you end up being stimulated and challenged by it.” During his talk, Jack criticized » See LOESCHNER, page 6
ASG puts forth resolution on pronouns City to take new Resolution aimed at standardizing name and pronoun usage at NU By YUNKYO KIM
the daily northwestern @yunkyomoonk
Associated Student Government introduced a resolution Wednesday that supports a Spring 2019 Faculty Senate legislation to standardize name and pronoun usage across University platforms. The resolution calls for the administration to take immediate steps to establish a database system of preferred pronouns and names, with the choice to optout for privacy. The information, in turn, will transfer to the University’s class rosters, CAESAR, Canvas, online directory, email servers and Wildcard systems. If put to action, Adam Davies, co-author of the resolution and ASG executive vice president, said the resolution will improve the experience of the nonbinary and gender-nonconforming population at Northwestern. “I’m excited about this legislation,” the SESP senior said. “This legislation will just be another additional word of weight to hopefully have some
look at primary rules Post-frustrating 2017 election, Evanston reflects By KRISTINA KARISCH
daily senior staffer @kristinakarisch
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Students talk during Associated Student Government Senate. ASG introduced a resolution Wednesday calling for administrators to take immediate steps to establish a database system of preferred pronouns and names, with the choice to opt-out for privacy.
mobilization.” Davies was repeatedly misgendered before they legally changed their name, they said, and their
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
Wildcard, which only listed their birth name and not their preferred name, was a part of the problem. Transgender students at NU
have worked for a long time for the resolution to reach the Senate » See ASG, page 6
The last municipal election cycle in Evanston was fraught with confusion about filing dates, primaries and an old referendum that got lost in the shuffle. Now, as the 2021 election creeps closer, Evanston officials must find a way to avoid the chaos and sort out the city’s primary policies. “Unequivocally, we need to make sure our rules are as clear as possible,” said Mayor Steve Hagerty, who ran back in 2017. “We need to be clear for all future candidates that are running for office here, so that no one is removed from the ballot on a technicality.” Candidates for the 2017 election were slated to file their paperwork in December 2016, in anticipation of a general election in April. However, one candidate — former 9th Ward alderman Brian
Miller, who was then launching a bid for mayor — submitted his filing paperwork in November, a full month earlier than city officials had specified. He cited a referendum passed in Evanston in 1992 which requires a primary to be held in mayoral races with two or more candidates. In 2017, there were five mayoral candidates on the ballot. Once Miller submitted his paperwork, three other candidates also rushed to file: Hagerty, former Evanston Township supervisor Gary Gaspard and former 6th Ward alderman Mark Tendam. Hagerty said he immediately turned to an election lawyer to better understand what was going on with the filing process, and other candidates did the same. A supporter of Miller’s, William Arnt, sought to kick a number of candidates off the ballot for not filing for the February primary, but his objections were overruled by the board of elections. “It was frustrating,” Hagerty told The Daily earlier this month. “It was frustrating as a candidate. You just want to follow the rules, » See MAYOR, page 6
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