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Efiom presents equity framework Aldermen agree equity lens should be used in all cases By ALEX WONG
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A line of candles at Beth Emet the Free Synagogue. Hundreds gathered on Sunday to mourn the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Leaders mourn shooting victims
Evanston, NU community members come together at Sunday vigil By AMY LI
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Hundreds of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds gathered at Beth Emet the Free Synagogue on Sunday night to mourn the 11 killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting. Rabbi Andrea London said
while she regrets that the community is gathering under unfortunate circumstances, it is important to come together during times of need. “These are not the times we want to gather,” London said. “But sometimes we gather because we know we need to be here.That when they come for any of us, they come for all of us. The shooting at the Tree of
Walker advocates for culture change Author, activist discusses her new book in panel talk By PRANAV BASKAR
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Alice Walker crossed borders and learned new languages to write her new book “Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart.” But whether she’s in Evanston, North Dakota or Mexico, her message remains the same: “Be true to whoever you are.” The Chicago Humanities Festival celebrated the arts this Sunday with a panel discussion at Cahn Auditorium featuring Walker, a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and celebrated activist. The Dolores Kohl Education Foundation and CHF organized the event and honored Walker with the 2018 Kohl Education Prize Parneshia Jones, winner of the Midwest Book Award — awarded annually for excellence in writing in the region — and sales and community outreach manager at Northwestern University Press, moderated the discussion. She began by asking what motivated Walker’s new collection of poems. “Planetarily, we have an arrow in the heart,” Walker
said. “This is no Cupid’s arrow — Earth is in its final decades.” Walker said nature faces a myriad threats today: the displacement of indigenous communities, the slaughter of wildlife, climate change and war. She said the destruction is compounded by partisan noise and mass media portrayals of outspoken individuals. “What our culture needs more than anything is silence — we can’t grow in all the noise,” Walker said. “We figure out what we are here to do in the quiet.” Walker said the solution to the unending commotion is caring. Part of the issue is selfishness — people care about improving their own lives but rarely put their problems in perspective, she said. Walker said as a young writer, she formed a sisterhood with other black, female authors. They helped her reject the culture that pits women against each other. “The establishment will choose one black person and try to clone that person through generations,” she said. “We were refusing to be chosen.” Walker urged audience members to diversify the perspectives they drew from, noting » See WALKER, page 6
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Life Synagogue on Saturday morning was one of the deadliest against the Jewish community in the United States, according to The New York Times. The shooter, Robert Bowers, shouted anti-Semitic slurs and shot indiscriminately into the crowd of congregants in the synagogue with an AR-15-style assault rifle and at least 3 handguns. Speakers included leaders of
the Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Baha’i communities in Evanston and the service attracted a diverse group of Evanston residents and Northwestern students. At the beginning of the vigil, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty asked everyone in the audience who was not Jewish to stand, which amounted to about half of » See VIGIL, page 6
Evanston’s equity and empowerment coordinator urged aldermen Saturday to consider a framework meant to ensure the city approaches all policy through an equity lens instead of on a case-bycase basis. In a budget equity review, Patricia Efiom introduced the goals of the Equity and Empowerment Commission’s proposed framework to aldermen for the first time. If adopted on Jan. 1, the framework would create a sevenstep equity process where city staff would approach all policy review by engaging with communities they believe could be negatively impacted. Helping department directors use an “equity lens,” Efiom said, is a starting point for where the process of creating equitable practices can begin from the “top down.” “ When we address the
issues of our most vulnerable communities one case at a time, we continue to perpetuate the inequities in that community,” she said. “Equity is a process, it is not an answer.” Most aldermen were receptive to the proposed equity framework, which forced them to reevaluate the process by which they wanted to seek equity. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said he agreed with Efiom’s top-down approach, which he added he hadn’t considered before. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) was also supportive of the framework and said she agreed that the city needs to approach equity in a more systematic manner. “I love this,” she said. “Everything becomes a little bit more complicated, but in some ways it becomes clearer. I think it’s a great thing for the city. You’re taking some of these issues which I thought were fixed in my brain, and you’re turning them upside down.” Efiom said the city hadn’t properly engaged with vulnerable groups when drafting the proposed budget for fiscal year » See EQUITY, page 6
FOOTBALL
Wildcats take down No. 20 Badgers
NU dominates Wisconsin to take control of Big Ten West division By COLE PAXTON
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No. 20 Wisconsin
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Entering Saturday, Northwestern had played everyone close. The Wildcats lost to Michigan by only a field goal. They needed overtime to defeat then-winless Nebraska. Even lowly Rutgers lost to NU by a single possession. Then, perennial Big Ten West juggernaut Wisconsin rolled into Ryan Field. And the Cats cruised, dominating every aspect of the game en route to a barely competitive 31-17 victory over the No. 20 Badgers (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten), giving NU (5-3, 5-1) its fourth straight win and a critical victory in its quest for a Big Ten West title. “A lot of times we get called the ‘Cardiac Cats,’” senior quarterback Clayton Thorson said. “I don’t know how much we like that name, but we haven’t given anyone any reason to not call us that. It’s nice to get a win like that. A big win for us.” Offensively, the Cats relied on newfound strengths in the
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Sophomore receiver Kyric McGowan stretches for a touchdown reception during the third quarter of Saturday’s game. McGowan’s big play helped Northwestern pull away for a 31-17 win over Wisconsin.
run game. True freshman Isaiah Bowser racked up 117 yards on 34 carries, a week after the first 100yard game of his career. NU tallied 182 total yards on the ground, aided also by a handful of lengthy scrambles — and two rushing touchdowns — from Thorson. The quarterback was mostly muted through the air, throwing for just 167 yards, with a touchdown and three interceptions. But the Cats’ defense allowed just one touchdown off the turnovers, and recovered three fumbles of its own.
Takeaways were among several strengths for the defense on Saturday. Wisconsin racked up just 323 total yards, many of which came on garbage-time drives late in the fourth quarter. Reserve quarterback Jack Coan, playing in place of injured starter Alex Hornibrook, threw for just 158 yards and failed to make much of an impact. Star running back Jonathan Taylor, who had rushed for 100plus yards in every game entering Saturday, mustered just 46 on a paltry 11 carries.
“Great job by our D-line today,” Fitzgerald said. “Most of their (successful) runs were on draws and passing situations. … To hold (Taylor) to 46 yards, that’s a big accomplishment for our defense.” The Badgers efficiently converted a Thorson interception into an easy opening touchdown. But NU trailed for barely five minutes before answering with a touchdown drive of its own, and never again fell behind. » See FOOTBALL, page 6
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