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Restaurants adapt to colder temperatures Owners face propane, social distancing obstacles By ZOE MALIN daily senior staffer @zoermalin
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Police officers in riot gear form a barricade on the east side of Ryan Field during the Maryland vs. Northwestern game Saturday.
CNC protests head to Ryan Field
Students met by some police force on 13th straight day of action By MOLLY Lubbers and BINAH SCHATSKY
daily senior staffers @mollylubbers, @binahschatsky
Students led by Northwestern Community Not Cops demonstrated at the perimeter of Ryan Field during the Maryland vs. Northwestern game Saturday, marking 13 straight days of protests demanding the abolition of University Police.
NU reports highest weekly case count at 36
Northwestern reported 36 new cases of COVID-19 from Oct. 16 to 22 — the highest ever weekly case count according to the University ’s COVID-19 Dashboard. Out of the new cases, 28 cases were marked as students, five were staff and six were faculty. (Though the dashboard shows 39 cases for the week, University spokesperson Jon Yates said three have been double-counted because they belong to two categories, i.e. someone who is both a student and staff member.) The U n i v e r s i t y ’s COVID-19 positivity rate from Oct. 15 to Oct. 21 was 0.57 percent overall and 0.4 percent among undergraduates. The University received about 5,000 tests this past week, marking over 35,000 cumulative tests since Aug. 15. “We currently have no major clusters of COVID-19 cases,” Yates said. “Instead,
The group was met with an escalated police presence from the Evanston Police Department, UP and Illinois crowd control — officers from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System’s Mobile Field Force. As protesters moved around the exterior of Ryan Field, police on bicycles and on foot rushed to form barriers between the crowd and the stadium, sometimes becoming forceful and threatening arrest.
we are seeing small cases of transmission between groups of students.” Last week, the Kellogg School of Management decided to make all fulltime MBA courses remote for two weeks, from Oct. 19 to 30, following a rise in COVID-19 cases traced to several off-campus student gatherings. The uptick in positive cases, Yates said, coincides with an uptick in cases throughout the area. According to Yates, the overall total case count is not entirely driven by positive cases at Kellogg. Since Oct. 16, he said there have been nine COVID-19 cases among Kellogg faculty, students and staff — eight of those being students. Compass Group announced Tuesday that two subcontracted NU staffers who work at the Kellogg Global Hub had tested positive. The University has yet to publicly disaggregate data based on factors like school location or addresses associated with specific outbreaks. — Isabelle Sarraf
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“I was disgusted by it, it was frightening,” one graduate student said. “But all in all, I just feel happy to be out here fighting for something that I know is a just cause. And (the police) are proving it with their behavior tonight.” That graduate student, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons, told The Daily that as protesters tried to form a protective bike barrier at one gate, one officer picked
up a bike and tried to throw it into the crowd, and it swung toward the student’s face. At the same time, the student said another officer in front of them shoved his handlebars into their stomach. About two hours into the action, protesters gathered in an open space to the east of the stadium, and police formed a barricade in front of them. » See PROTEST, page 6
Most Octobers, John Tasiopoulos, owner of Old Neighborhood Grill, serves customers burgers as they watch Northwestern football inside his restaurant. This year, the restaurant looks very different. Old Neighborhood Grill added two tents to its outdoor beer garden and set up multiple heat lamps and a television in the space. Tasiopoulos expects the tented area to be where he will serve most customers in the cold months to come. Restaurants across Evanston are tasked with the challenge of extending the outdoor dining season because of COVID-19. Tasiopoulos said that although many customers don’t feel comfortable eating indoors, even with socially distanced tables and masked servers, they still want to brave Evanston’s chilly temperatures and wind to enjoy a meal outdoors. Tasiopoulos said finding ways to keep customers coming to local restaurants is the only way many small businesses will survive through the fall and winter. “The fate of restaurants is in
customers’ hands,” he said. “If they support us, we’ll make it through this madness. If they don’t, some of us will close. It’s a grim picture, but it’s inevitable.” Restaurant owners have been preparing to continue outdoor dining through the winter for months. In May, City Council approved a resolution waiving sidewalk cafe permit fees for 2020, which helped businesses financially, many of whom were already struggling. The resolution also allowed temporary outdoor seating permits to be issued in accordance with COVID-19 health guidelines, according to the City’s website. Janek Evans, general manager of Peckish Pig, knew he could set up heat lamps on his patio weeks ago. Yet, when he tried to purchase them, they were already sold out. Evans said heaters and tents are hard to come by because restaurants across the country are preparing for the cold months ahead. Tasiopoulos experienced a similar problem. He ordered propane heat lamps in August, which usually ship in about a week. This year, the heaters took between six and seven weeks to arrive. The increased demand for heat lamps and other heating elements has created another problem: a propane shortage. Evans said he often goes to multiple gas stations and home improvement stores, but cannot » See COLD, page 6
City celebrates Día de los Muertos All-female mariachi band inspire crowd, facilitate cultural joy By ANGELI MITTAL
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Members of the Evanston community sang, danced and shared Mexican foods, including tacos and churros, as part of the city’s Day of the Dead celebration at the James Park Soccer Field this Sunday. The Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos begins on Nov. 1 and signifies a time for families to honor and celebrate the lives of their ancestors. In the past, the city has hosted the festival indoors, but the pandemic prompted the city to hold the event outdoors. All-female mariachi band Mariachi Sirenas performed at the event. It was the band’s first stage performance of the year, Ibet Herrera, a band member, said. Herrera said she enjoyed the opportunity to play onstage and » See DIA, page 6
Courtesy of Rachel Angulo
Mariachi Sirenas band members pose in front of La Cocinita food truck at Sunday’s Day of the Dead celebration in James Park Soccer Field.
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