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City introduces new ethics code Changes include special counsel, new term limits By JOSHUA IRVINE
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The city’s proposed ethics code will appoint a special counsel for the Board of Ethics and shorten term lengths for board members. City Council introduced the ordinance Monday. The proposal is a total rewrite of Evanston’s ethics code and contains significant modifications to the operations and organization of the Board of Ethics, the independent committee charged with upholding the code. The Ethics Subcommittee of the Rules Committee, a now-dissolved group comprised mostly of aldermen, drafted the new ethics code. The ordinance has faced subsequent revision from the Rules Committee on Oct. 7. The code was last updated in 2007, with minor amendments made in accordance with amendments to the City Code in 2012 and the dissolution of Evanston Township in 2014. The new ordinance creates a new role in the administration of the Board of Ethics. According to the proposal, a
“special counsel” will receive all complaints and determine with the chair of the Board of Ethics committee which ones fall under the board’s jurisdiction. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said the position will replace a role previously fulfilled by city attorneys, who could find themselves in a conflict of interest in proceedings. “This is a way to take that out of the equation and have a more independent person in the role,” Wilson said. The special counsel can also initiate an ethics investigation on their own volition with approval from the board chair. The ordinance specifies that the special counsel must be a licensed member of the Illinois State Bar Association and demonstrate “relevant experience” for the role. The city manager’s office will administer the position as an independent contractor. Unlike board members, the role has no stated term limit. The ordinance also shortens the term lengths for members on the Board of Ethics from three years to two. Language in the ordinance also suggested board members would only be able to serve one term. When asked about this restriction, Wilson said he would revisit the portion of the ordinance, though he did » See ETHICS, page 7
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Andrea Lin and Khizar Nandoliya edit essays in Norris. The two Northside College Prep alumnae created an editing service for CPS seniors affected by the strike.
NU students edit essays for seniors
Students organize essay editing service for CPS seniors during strike By EVA HERSCOWITZ
the daily northwestern @herscowitz
For Northside College Preparatory High School senior Resty Fufunan, November is the height of college applications: polishing resumes, scoring last-minute letters of recommendation and — with the guidance of his Chicago public school teachers — writing
admissions essays. But for Fufunan and the thousands of seniors enrolled in Chicago Public Schools, Nov. 1 also marks the first day back to school since the Chicago teachers strike began Oct. 17 — the end of an 11-day-long stretch without teacher feedback on their college essays. “I’ve been working closely with my AP Lit teacher, conferencing with him during class,” Fufunan
said. “There are study hall periods in our schedule. I was looking forward to conferencing with him then, but I missed out on that during the strike.” But Fufunan won’t submit unedited essays. Thanks to Northwestern juniors Andrea Lin and Khizar Nandoliya, who organized an essay feedback project for CPS seniors, Fufunan received comments on his Common Application essay and a University of
Chicago supplemental essay. Many CPS students have submitted college essays for review through Lin and Nandoliya’s outreach. CPS teachers took to the streets to protest a shortage of school nurses, librarians and social workers and large class sizes. In the Oct. 31 compromise between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago » See CPS, page 7
Provost Holloway talks admissions Evanston Made In interview, Holloway lays out vision for NU, departmentalization By JAMES POLLARD
daily senior staffer @pamesjollard
In mid-October, members of The Daily’s editorial board sat down with Provost Jonathan Holloway for an interview. Jeri Ward, the vice president for global marketing and communications, also sat in on the meeting. Holloway talked through his academic vision for the next few years, along with his reactions to the college admissions scandal — among other topics. His answers to these questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. The Daily: With only a few months left until we’re in 2020, what’s your academic vision for Northwestern for the next decade? Holloway: The basic point is start from the place that Northwestern is an excellent university that is unique amongst almost all of its peers. And when I’m saying “peers,” I’m talking about the top 15 in the U.S. News & World Report — we are like so many of them because we are a comprehensive research university founded with a liberal arts foundation. We are unlike all of
them, except for maybe Penn, in the extent to which we are interdisciplinary, and that there’s a really strong mix of theory and application. Yale, where I came from, is a theory school. There’s very little there at the undergrad level that is about what one could simply call like vocational education. Northwestern has a mix. So if you take that as the foundation of what Northwestern is, the vision is how can we amplify those things that make us really distinctive? It’s a vision that we need to build upon our — I’ll call it — conceptual strength, which is this interdisciplinary ethos that has a marriage of applied and theoretical thinking. And we do need to find our talent in those areas and push that to the front of the queue. The Daily: Students and some faculty in LLSP and AASP have been seeking departmental status for years. We know Weinberg created a group to conduct faculty searches to appoint tenure-track professors for the programs last year. But is departmentalization still a possibility for them? What’s been delaying the process?
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Provost Jonathan Holloway speaks at Convocation during Wildcat Welcome. Holloway, in an interview with The Daily, discussed his academic vision for Northwestern.
Holloway: It’s certainly a possibility for them. Until you get a critical mass — let’s just pick Latinx Studies for simplicity. Until you get a critical mass of Latinx scholars in Weinberg who actually want to work in the Latinx study space, it doesn’t make a whole bunch of sense to have a department in that regard, because departments need to be staffed and need to be managed, just like the languages. And if you don’t have enough faculty to have a healthy rotation of chairing, being a director
of Undergraduate Studies, and eventually a director of Graduate Studies, you actually aren’t going to be able to have a functional department. Because if I’m a chair of a department it also means my teaching load has been reduced — so you’re taking people out of the classroom to manage the department. The main thing is we’ve got to get more faculty who are teaching these areas. And Dean Adrian Randolph was able to » See HOLLOWAY, page 7
“Cutting-edge,” “dynamic” and “contemporary” are not generally words associated with Evanston’s art scene, said Lisa Degliantoni, the executive director of Evanston Made. She said outsiders often picture a grandmother painting watercolors when they think of Evanston, but that could not be further from the truth. Evanston contains 10 times more artists than the national average, according to a report by evanstARts. Degliantoni founded Evanston Made, an organization that aims to shine a spotlight on the city’s vibrant arts scene. Her core mission is to engage local artists with the public. “I want to know the painter who lives next door,” Degliantoni said. “Making art can be so isolating… there’s tremendous validation and community coming out of this organization.”
Since 2012, Evanston Made has worked with about 500 local artists. Currently, 217 artists are paying members. They participate in studio tours on the first Saturday of every month, attend monthly social mixers and fill the Evanston Art Center with their pieces throughout June. The organization recently launched an online calendar to centralize community arts events in Evanston. In April, Evanston Made will lead an initiative called Art of the Earth, where local artists will display Earthrelated works. A percentage of artwork sales will also support a tree-planting initiative. Before Evanston Made, the city lacked a coherent arts scene, said Darren Oberto, a member and co-owner of Alley Gallery. Since the inception of Evanston Made, a network of artists has crystallized, bringing both exposure and a sense of community, Oberto said. “This is the most concrete idea that anyone’s had that has really stuck around,” Oberto said. Liz Cramer, a co-director at Evanston Made, said artists often struggle with self-promotion. For » See MADE, page 7
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Evanston library reaches residents with free books By MAX PAIK
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In an effort to reach local residents, the Evanston Public Library has placed two dozen free book distribution centers around town. Residents can grab free books at various locations, including businesses, train stations and barbershops. Each distribution center passes out about 700 books monthly and also includes flyers for library events and initiatives. Mariana Bojorquez, the Latino outreach librarian at EPL, said the primary goal of giving away free books is to reach residents who usually can’t make it to the library in-person. Beyond books, Bojorquez hopes to raise awareness about other resources at the library, including citizenship classes or computer education. “It’s just one way that the library can help,” Bojorquez said. “We have all these different resources for people, and this is my way of being able to go into the community and let them know we’re here.” In particular, Bojorquez is focused on expanding the presence of Spanish language resources at the library. She travels annually to Guadalajara, Mexico, where she orders books in Spanish that are harder to find in the U.S. Book giveaways coincide with other community events. Every second Tuesday of the month at the Robert Crown Community Center, EPL has a
Schakowsky passes resolution in Trump impeachment inquiry
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) voted Thursday to pass a resolution setting out rules for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
table at Producemobile, a Greater Chicago Food Depository initiative where people can pick up fruits and vegetables for free. In November and December, during Mayor Steve Hagerty’s Holiday Food, Book and Toy Drive, EPL anticipates giving away more than 3,000 books. Bojorquez works with other library staff, like Jill Skwerski, the engagement services manager at EPL, to run free book giveaways. For Skwerski, helping families is a particularly important goal because it helps set children up for successful futures. “(The goal is) to provide access to books,” Skwerski said. “We’re immensely committed to helping kids develop early literacy.” Library assistant Jeff Balch, who oversees the free book distribution program, said keeping book distribution stations up and running requires a set of committed volunteers as well as public donations. Books that aren’t donated come from within the library when staff weed their shelves for old or unpopular titles. EPL also partners with Have Dreams, a local nonprofit serving autistic children, teens and young adults, and their members serve as volunteers to transport boxes of books. In the coming months, EPL intends to expand the initiative with new free book distribution centers in Evanston’s 8th and 9th wards. To Balch, this is a natural continuation of one of the library’s primary goals. “Get books into the hands of folks who otherwise may have a harder time getting them,” Balch said. maxpaik2023@u.northwestern.edu The measure passed on a divided vote of 232 to 196, with Democrats rallying to approve the rules and procedures of the investigation. Schakowsky said in a Thursday statement that the vote shows Democrats are upholding their oath to protect and defend the constitution. “This vote, this resolution, and this day will go down in history,” Schakowsky said in the statement, “and it will be a moment I proudly remember when I look back on my career in Congress.”
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Schakowsky said the resolution will allow the House Intelligence Committee to hold public hearings and make other materials public. The measure also lays out the process for Congressmen to decide whether to introduce articles of impeachment against the president, as well as his rights regarding the investigation. Schakowsky said the evidence against the president is “staggering.” The Democrats began the investigation after an anonymous whistleblower
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Next steps in Hinman revamp unclear By KIRSTEN HUH
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After a budget deficit in Fiscal Year 2017, the 10-year Housing Master Plan halted construction, leaving the University behind on its goals. Now that Northwestern is back in the green, students are still unsure about the future of housing. While some dorms like 1835 Hinman remain empty, the administration reopened Jones Residential College and the Beta Theta Pi house to accommodate over-enrollment. Hinman is the only residence hall not open for residential purposes for the 2019-2020 academic year. In anticipation of renovations under the housing master plan, the residential hall closed down at the end of the 2018 Fall Quarter. Motivated by the construction of 560 Lincoln and renovation of Willard Residential College, University President Morton Schapiro said Northwestern initially planned to build another university village near Hinman and Jones Residential College and consider the pros and cons of raising the residency requirement from two to three years. However, with zoning restrictions in Evanston and the budget crisis, the housing master plan stalled. “Eventually, there’s going to be a housing complex — if the city allows it — where Hinman and Jones are,” Schapiro said. “But not in the immediate plans anymore.” Weinberg senior Brandon Cho, who lived in Hinman during his freshman year, said renovations felt necessary. “(The infrastructure) certainly felt behind the other dorms,” Cho said. “We are basically paying the same amount of money to live in a dorm, but the living conditions are so different. It was off-putting as a freshman.” Yulan Chen also said Hinman was in need of renovation. During her stay in Hinman, the Weinberg senior said her allergies and eczema became more
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severe because of carpet in the rooms. “I haven’t had that bad of a flare-up since I was 8 years old,” Chen said. “I kind of attribute that to the gross atmosphere of the building.” Brad Zakarin, director of residential academic initiatives, said a new campus capital project plan is causing delays in construction as they wait to finalize their new course. Hinman is currently partially unused with only its kitchen open to support campus-wide operations, student organizations and student-led businesses. The Hinman dining hall is not open for students, but some of the food preparations for other dining halls take place in the Hinman kitchen. As a replacement for Hinman, Jones reopened this year. It was originally on a “programmatic hiatus,” Zakarin said, as it was supposed to be
renovated under the housing master plan. Due to an influx of first-year and transfer students, administration opened Jones to accommodate extra students. “If we had used 1835 Hinman, it would be half empty,” Zakarin said. “For a community vibe, a half-empty building is not optimal. From a sustainability perspective, providing heating and utilities is not optimal. In terms of existing amenities, Jones offers a lot more than Hinman.” Zakarin said the anticipated capital project plan will be released “sooner rather than later.” The plan will answer questions regarding what will happen next with Northwestern’s unused or under-utilized buildings. kirstenhuh2023@u.northwestern.edu
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NORTHWESTERN VS. INDIANA
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Friday, November 1, 2019
NU receivers struggling with injuries By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
daily senior staffer @bxrosenberg
Somewhat ironically, one of the few good plays Aidan Smith made last Saturday against Iowa might have been the most damaging for Northwestern. Midway through the first quarter, the junior quarterback and the Wildcats (1-6, 0-5 Big Ten) — trailing just 7-0 at that point — faced a third and four on their own side of the field. Smith stepped up in the pocket and found sophomore receiver JJ Jefferson over the middle for a nine-yard gain and a first down. But as Jefferson tried to spin away from the Hawkeyes’ defense, he went to the ground and rolled over a couple times, clutching his knees. Shortly afterward, Jefferson was ruled out for the game with a lower body injury and has also been ruled out for this week’s matchup against Indiana. “Obviously, you feel bad for the young man,” wide receivers coach Dennis Springer said. “He’s put in so much time, so much effort to get to where he is, being productive out there on the field. It’s next guy up. The next person available has to be ready to step in where you lost that player.” The loss of Jefferson was a big one. The injury came on NU’s second completed pass of the game, and both came to
Jefferson, with the other going for 14 yards. Jefferson is second on the team in catches and receiving yards — just yard one behind junior Riley Lees — and has caught the only two touchdown passes the Cats have thrown all season. NU’s depth at the receiver position has been tested all year. Senior Bennett Skowronek was expected to be the Cats’ top receiver, but he sustained an injury against Michigan State on Sept. 21 and hasn’t returned since. NU struggled to replace his production — despite having played in just three of the Cats’ seven games, Skowronek is still tied for second on the team in receptions with Jefferson and is third in receiving yards. In the three games Skowronek appeared in, he averaged 47 receiving yards. No other NU receiver is averaging even half that many. Junior Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, who caught a season-best four passes for 41 yards against Iowa, said the Cats have to rely on the little depth they have. “Everybody’s prepared, everybody’s embracing their role,” Chiaokhiao-Bowman said. “It’s on us to take advantage of our opportunities.”
Beyond being thin at receiver, NU has gone through multiple quarterback changes this year. Add that up, and the result is a passing offense that ranks 127th out of 130 FBS teams in yards per game. But the reality behind the numbers is even worse. The three teams with lower passing averages than the Cats — Navy, Army and Georgia Southern — all throw the ball less than 20 percent of the time, compared to 45 percent for NU. Without an explosive playmaking receiver, the Cats are dead last in the country with just 4.1 yards per pass attempt. “We had a couple drops on Saturday, so we’ve got to be cleaner there,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “We had guys that were open, we missed a couple shots. We’ve got to win some one-onones. We have to win those situations to help our quarterbacks out.” NU’s two highest-rated recruits in the current freshman class, Genson Hooper-Price and Bryce Kirtz, are both receivers, but neither has seen the field this year. Kirtz, interestingly, attended Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, Ind., the alma mater of sophomore quarterback Hunter Johnson. Springer said the Cats are evaluating the newcomers’ readiness week by week. “As we go through game plans and look at where we are injury-wise, we’re getting everybody ready to play,” Springer said. “We’re watching them in practice and seeing where they are in their mental preparation as well as physical preparation. When they’re ready to play, they’ll play.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Hoosier QBs present challenges for Cats By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH
daily senior staffer @2021_charlie
Not everything that looks the same really is the same. Take Northwestern and Indiana’s two-man quarterback competitions, which look as different as the Titanic and a leaky sailboat. While the Wildcats are still looking for a quarterback who can throw more touchdowns than interceptions, the Hoosiers have two players who have proven they can lead the team to victory. Freshman Michael Penix Jr. won the training camp competition and has proven to the coaches that he’s the better passer. If it weren’t for a recent injury, he’d have started every game this season, Indiana coach Tom Allen said. In five games, Penix Jr. has thrown for 1,232 yards and 10 touchdowns, but he’s a game-time decision for Indiana’s (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) game under the lights against the Wildcats (1-6, 0-5), Allen said. Junior Peyton Ramsey, who started all 12 games last season, has played even better in the games he’s played this year, throwing for 1194 yards and on a 72.1 completion rate. If Penix Jr. isn’t healthy, Ramsey will get to follow up on the best game of his career. He threw for a career-high 351 yards, added 42 more on the ground and scored three touchdowns in last week’s 38-31 win against Nebraska. “Peyton’s done a phenomenal job, but if Mike can’t go, Peyton’s going to go,” Allen said. “I have absolute confidence in Peyton Ramsey. We don’t know exactly yet what this week will hold, who will be the starter, but whoever it is, we’ll be ready, and they’ll play well.” Even though they run the same plays, Penix Jr. and Ramsey are very different quarterbacks. Penix Jr.’s arm strength rivals any quarterback in the Big Ten, and he’s already thrown three touchdown passes of 25 or more yards. Penix Jr. is also a more composed pocket passer, which he showed when he completed 13 straight attempts in a 40-31 loss to Michigan State on September 28. But he’s taken worse hits than the more elusive Ramsey, and he’s missed three games. After sitting two games early this season with a shoulder injury, Penix Jr. was hit again scrambling
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Northwestern gears up at the point of attack. The Wildcats will battle an Indiana team that has had two successful quarterbacks this season.
outside the pocket in the Hoosiers’ game against Maryland on October 19. He hasn’t played since, and Ramsey has stepped up in his absence. Ramsey has had more success this year in new offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer’s up-tempo spread offense, but he hasn’t made as flashy throws as Penix Jr. Even though Ramsey’s more efficient and more experienced, Penix Jr.’s arm strength makes him the preferred option. “It’s so awesome because anybody can get the ball (from Penix Jr.) at any time,” Indiana receiver Nick Westbrook said after Pennix Jr. threw three touchdowns in a 35-0 win against Rutgers. “Even if you’re the third or last read, you’re thinking, ‘I still need to win this route’ because the ball might still be coming to me. We’ve got so many good players on this team. We can really spread it around.” As Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields and
Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley have shown over the last two games, the Cats are susceptible to aggressive down-field quarterbacks. With several players in the secondary dealing with injuries this season, most notably senior captain Trae Williams, the defense has allowed six completions of 30 or more yards in the last two weeks. The Cats haven’t intercepted a pass since they played Wisconsin on September 28. The secondary has a role to play in NU turning around its season, and the coaches have stressed in practice that they need to force turnovers to win. “Every Big Ten team that won (last) weekend won the turnover margin, and we haven’t gotten turnovers,” Williams said. “We’re playing decent on defense but haven’t gotten turnovers. If we have five (pass breakups) you need to make two picks.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu
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daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan
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11 QB Aidan Smith 6 RB Drake Anderson 81 WR R. Chiaokhiao-Bowman 8 WR Kyric McGowan 19 WR Riley Lees 89 SB Charlie Mangieri 70 LT Rashawn Slater 66 LG Nik Urban 65 C Jared Thomas 52 RG Sam Gerak 73 RT Gunnar Vogel
6 DE James Head Jr. 98 DT Jerome Johnson 94 DT Demarcus Elliot 87 DE Michael Ziemba 47 LB Micah McFadden 7 LB Reakwon Jones 9 HUSKY Marcelino Ball 3 CB Tiawan Mullen 5 S Juwan Burgess 29 S Khalil Bryant 23 CB Jaylin Williams
97 DE Joe Gaziano 95 DT Alex Miller 90 DT Jake Saunders 91 DE Samdup Miller 51 WILL Blake Gallagher 42 MIKE Paddy Fisher 28 WILL Chris Bergin 2 CB Greg Newsome II 13 S JR Pace 7 S Travis Whillock 18 CB Cam Ruiz
9 QB Michael Penix Jr. 8 RB Stevie Scott III 6 WR Donavan Hale 1 WR Whop Philyor 15 WR Nick Westbrook 86 TE Peyton Hendershot 76 LT Matthew Bedford 57 LG Harry Crider 68 C Hunter Littlejohn 72 RG Simon Stepaniak 77 RT Caleb Jones
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WEEK 10
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Georgia (-4.5) at Florida
Utah (-3.5) at Washington
SMU at Memphis (-4.5)
England (-5.5) vs South Africa
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The touchdown drought stretches right into November.
Northwestern 6 Indiana 23
DYLAN
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Hoosier daddy?
Northwestern 3 Indiana 9
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Indiana 20 Northwestern 14
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Charlie Kuhbander wins offensive playmaker of the week.
The wait for a Big Ten win continues.
Northwestern 10 Indiana 24
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Welcome to Indiana football.
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“Don’t start chasing applause and acclaim. That way lies madness.” -Ron Swanson
Northwestern 3 Indiana 17 TROY
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I’d like to use this space to shout out my guy Blake Griffin. Wish you a quick recovery!
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In a season where running backs have dropped like flies, it was only fitting that Northwestern’s running backs coach joined his players in the recovery room. Lou Ayeni — himself a former NU running back — tore his bicep while picking up a bench during NU’s loss to Nebraska in October and has since had surgery. “Just kinda had something extremely heavy, lifted something extremely heavy, and all of a sudden, I felt this rip pulling in my bicep,” he said. “It was crazy. I’m looking at my arm like, ‘I think I just ripped my bicep.’” But Ayeni still had to be on the sideline and give signs to the offense, so — like he did when he was a player — he pushed through the pain and did his job. NU’s backs can certainly relate to that. Sophomore Isaiah Bowser has battled injuries since the opener against Stanford and has been ruled out of Saturday’s trip to Indiana. Jesse Brown started against UNLV, rushed for 79 yards in less than a half, promptly left with an injury and hasn’t played since. So Pat Fitzgerald and his offensive staff have turned to a new but familiar face — wide receiver Kyric McGowan. The junior has shown explosiveness throughout his career but has only 75 yards receiving on the year. After NU’s loss to Wisconsin on Sept. 28, the coaching staff approached McGowan and told him they wanted to work him in with the running backs. “He’s explosive,” Fitzgerald said. “He’s really talented. He’s a guy that we’re just trying to find ways and creative ways to get touches and get the ball in his hands. I’m really proud of him because he’s got a lot on his plate mentally and he hasn’t made one mental mistake yet. So I’m really proud of him for that. He’s just adding depth at a position we haven’t been healthy all year.” McGowan said he spends about 30 percent of his time with the running backs and has been working overtime to learn all the things that go into playing running back. “It’s reading a lot of the linebackers,” McGowan said. “Reading that can be a little challenging because what you see is not always what you should take. So trusting my pullers and trusting my double teams, even when it doesn’t look like it’s there, to still hit it. Stuff like that, I think, is still something I need to work on.” McGowan first featured in the backfield against Ohio State, carrying the ball twice for 14 yards. With Bowser out again, McGowan could play a significant role in NU’s rushing attack alongside redshirt freshman Drake Anderson. Anderson has paced the Wildcats with 436 yards this season, but he had just five carries in Saturday’s loss to Iowa. After what looked like a breakout performance against UNLV, where he tallied 141 yards and a touchdown, his production has dropped off. In every game since then, Anderson’s rushing yardage has been progressively lower. Fitzgerald, Ayeni and offensive coordinator Mick McCall have all talked about the importance of establishing a consistent running attack, especially in a season with so much uncertainty at quarterback. “Everybody’s goal is to stop the run,” Ayeni said. “And everybody’s goal is to run the ball. So as long as we can be consistent in there doing that and get the run game going, it should open some things up passing wise, it should open things up with your offense, with play action.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu
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Across Campuses NCAA says it will let athletes benefit from name, image and likeness use; a plan is in the works LOS ANGELES — Only weeks after the NCAA called California’s Senate Bill 206 “unconstitutional” and an “existential threat,” the NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to permit college athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” On the surface, that is a major turnabout by the NCAA. But if name, image and likeness rights are granted to players in a way that falls in line with how things have always been done with artificially set limits for compensation and regulation then the organization’s attempt at national-level reform will not meet the freemarket standards set in California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in late September. “We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes,” said Ohio State President Michael V. Drake, the chair of the NCAA Board of Governors. “Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education. This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members
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have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships.” In its news release, the NCAA laid out principles that its working committee on the name, image and likeness issue recommended, which will guide the philosophy behind any rule changes to come. Among them: “Assure student-athletes are treated similarly to non-athlete students unless a compelling reason exists to differentiate;” “Ensure rules are transparent, focused and enforceable and facilitate fair and balanced competition;” “Make clear the distinction between collegiate and professional opportunities;” “Make clear that compensation for athletics performance or participation is impermissible;” “Reaffirm that student-athletes are students first and not employees of the university;” “Protect the recruiting environment and prohibit inducements to select, remain at, or transfer to a specific institution.” With those principles in place, could any change the NCAA embraces be meaningful to the college athletes in football and men’s basketball who help to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars each year? California’s law, which has spurred similar bills to be put forth, does not set any limits on what an athlete can receive from use of his name, image and likeness. Will Newsom and state legislators be open to compromise with the NCAA based on
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Members of Northwestern’s football team. The NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously earlier this week to permit college athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.”
what it said Tuesday? Or will the NCAA have to go further in the future? The NCAA said that its working committee on name, image and likeness use will “continue to gather feedback through April on how to best respond to the state and federal legislative environment and to refine its recommendations on the
Northwestern appoints special assistant for graduation transition
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Graduating students during 2019 commencement. Jeremy Schenk will oversee adjustments to the graduation calendar and related ceremonies.
As Northwestern implements changes to the academic calendar for commencement ceremonies, the University announced Thursday that Jeremy Schenk has been named as special assistant for graduation transition. Schenk, executive director of Norris University Center, will oversee the adjustments to the graduation calendar, different events traditionally held during Senior Week and end-of-year processes that’ll be impacted by the new schedule, according to the release. University President Morton Schapiro announced on Oct. 17 that commencement and other graduation ceremonies will move to the Sunday and Monday after finals week starting in the 2020-2021 academic
principles and regulatory framework. The board asked each division to create any new rules beginning immediately, but no later than January 2021.” SB 206, as it currently stands, would not go into effect until January 2023. -J. Brady McCollough, LA Times year. Because of this shift, the schedule eliminates Senior Week, programming for graduating students such as an alumni office-sponsored beer garden and a day trip to Six Flags. In his role, Schenk will coordinate with schools on the impact of calendar changes to budget planning, gather input ahead of the change and form different working groups focused on a range of issues — including rescheduling Senior Week events. Schenk, who was co-chair of the University’s 2019 commencement, will continue to serve in his Norris position while in his new role. He’ll report to Graduation Transition Steering Committee co-chairs Julie Payne-Kirchmeier and Jaci Casazza. “I’m thrilled that Jeremy is taking on this role,” said Casazza, who is the University registrar. “It’s a big job, but having led large organizational changes and planned commencement, his experience will be invaluable.” — Troy Closson and Andrew Golden
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From page 1 Teachers Union, CPS offered teachers a 16 percent pay raise, $35 million to reduce class sizes and 250 additional nurses by 2023. After Nandoliya mentioned that the strike poses an obstacle for seniors to work with teachers on college applications, Lin made a Google Form asking CPS seniors to submit essays. She then asked CPS alumni to edit those essays, organizing responses in a Google Spreadsheet. That night, she posted both documents on Facebook, and the post had around 200 shares the morning after, she said. Lin and Khizar Nandoliya are both Northside College Prep alumnae, and the service intended for CPS seniors “quickly snowballed,” Lin said. Now, Lin’s original post has been shared over a thousand times. One tweet sharing the project has
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From page 1 not confirm whether this was the intent of the board. An earlier draft of the ordinance that reduced terms to only one year made its way as far as the Rules Committee before Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) led to the creation of the current term limit. Revelle pointed to the expertise required to become an effective board member and suggested shorter term limits would leave board members susceptible to vengeful elected officials. “They could rule one way on a particular member and then find that wasn’t particularly popular and so they won’t be reappointed next year,” Revelle said at the Oct. 7 meeting. The ordinance also amends a loophole that allowed city officials to influence their own ethics violations. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) blocked possible censure by casting a tie-breaking decision on her own ethics violations in a December vote.
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secure this great grant from the Mellon Foundation, which is about doing just that. I’m confident we’re heading in that direction. I really am. I offered no resistance to the idea of it. But I don’t want to do it on the backs of faculty that are already overburdened. That’s just not fair. The Daily: Elizabeth and Manuel Henriquez, who are parents of a former NU student, pled guilty
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amassed over 500 likes and 700 retweets. “I’ve never been part of something that has blown up like this,” Lin said. “I’ve had a news station contact me today. I just figured, if I could get the word out to more CPS seniors that this is a thing that exists, that would be good.” Many early applications are due Nov. 1 and Nov. 15. Some Chicago-area colleges have extended deadlines in wake of the strike. Northwestern Admissions released a statement on its Facebook page Oct. 30 indicating that CPS students should submit their Common or Coalition applications by Nov. 1, but can “work with (their) teacher(s) and counselor(s) to send other documents once schools have reopened.” The University of Chicago extended its Nov. 1 early decision and action deadlines to Nov. 10, Lin and Nandoliya, along with Northside College Prep alumna and Weinberg sophomore May Nguyen, originally intended to edit the essays themselves. As The new ordinance bars aldermen, ethics board members and the city manager from “all participation directly or indirectly” in the complaint process if they are the subject of the complaint. In cases where an elected official is the subject of the violation, the mayor will take their place. Members of the Board of Ethics expressed criticism of the process behind the new ethics code, arguing they would be better suited to revise it. In response to an early draft, the board produced a heavily annotated revision to the proposal that was also submitted to the Rules Committee. Aldermen did not discuss the board’s proposal publically, though Wilson told The Daily in September some of the board’s suggestions were included in the ordinance draft submitted to the Rules Committee. City Council will vote on the ordinance at the Nov. 11 meeting. joshuairvine2022@u.northwestern.edu to their role in the college admissions scheme this week. What lessons do you think Northwestern can take away from everything that’s happened in higher education over the past couple of months? Holloway: Well, lots of different lessons. Thankfully, as far as we know — which I have to put that way very intentionally — we have not been deeply affected by the Varsity Blues scandal. And it’s a scandal. We have a very clean system in the first place, but we had to do our own — I mean, everybody across the country, especially at what I’ll call the targeted class of schools: You know, high-end research
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essays piled up, that goal quickly proved unrealistic. But attracting volunteer readers wasn’t a problem, Lin said. She estimated over 100 CPS alumni, Northwestern students, Chicago residents and undergraduate and graduate students nationwide provided essay feedback. Nandoliya said volunteers’ willingness to offer edits surprised him. The high volume of readers mean seniors often receive multiple perspectives on a single essay, he added. “It’s not uncommon on the documents to see three to four people leaving comments on the same essay,” he said. “That way, the person receiving feedback gets a slight variety of feedback, which can be useful in determining ultimately how they want to shape their essays.” Fufunan found the form after Lin’s sister posted it on her Instagram story. It was posted in Northwestern class Facebook groups, CPS senior Facebook groups
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From page 1 artists busy creating, marketing often falls by the wayside, Cramer said. Cramer, who has a background in education and marketing, said Evanston Made fills that gap by breaking down the barrier between artists and residents. “We want (art) to be very approachable and friendly,” Cramer said. “There’s something really special about meeting the person who created the art that you’re buying, which I think really attaches a whole new level of meaning to it.” A ceramics artist and longtime member of Evanston Made, Joanna Kramer said Evanston Made advertises all of her events and inspired her to establish an active presence on social media. Since becoming a member, she said her ceramics sales have increased. universities — we all had to do some pretty intense self-analysis. What kind of rigor are we applying to the application when it comes in the door? We certainly went back and looked at our practices when it comes to athletics — and that was actually pretty fast, because we already had policies in place where athletics, the department, or even at the coach or department level, they don’t admit people. The University admits people. And we now know that’s quite different than what a lot of other schools do. So we’re pretty clean. And I just say pretty clean because as we’ve learned the SAT and
and linked in articles from national news outlets. Lin said she’s unsure how long the form and spreadsheet will remain active, but added that it’s “reasonable” to keep the documents open during regular decision. Weinberg junior Marcianni Morillo has edited three essays through the spreadsheet. The Whitney M. Young Magnet High School alumna shared the project, as well as other essay editing services for CPS students, on her Facebook. She called the project an “untapped source of community.” “The project emphasizes how much we appreciated our teachers in high school and how much they worked regardless of the amount of money that they were getting,” Morillo said. “This is an indirect way of giving that back.” evaherscowitz2023@u.northwestern.edu “They are a cheerleader and promoter, fan of all creatives in Evanston,” Kramer said. Evanston Made is taking steps to become a nonprofit and will eventually establish a board and a brick-and-mortar headquarters, Degliantoni said. She added that she hopes to display members’ artwork in a future building and support artists-in-residency. As a nonprofit, Evanston Made will expand its programming for more frequent events. The organization will also grow to attract a larger audience both from Evanston and the larger Great Lakes area, Degliantoni said. “I need the whole city to be a gallery, every single square inch. And then I need all the murals,” Degliantoni said. “And then I need all the buildings to have projections on them. I need Evanston to look like a lot artsier than it does.” maiaspoto2023@u.northwestern.edu ACT processes is not rock solid that we thought it was before. And so we are subject to what they’re able to tell us. We are subject to the data we get. So when I say pretty clean, that’s probably about the highest level of confidence that you can have. But I am confident about what we do and that it’s rigorous and that it’s ethical. But boy, admissions everywhere, we are all — to say there’s a heightened level of scrutiny in internal processes is an understatement. That’s for sure. jamespollard2022@u.northwestern.edu
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The Loss of White Innocence In this talk I describe what it means to deploy love in the process of critically engaging whiteness. Love will be discussed as a site of vulnerability, courageous listening, and the capacity to be what I call un-sutured. I will then explore some of the graphic white racist vitriol that I received as a result of asking white America to face its whiteness/racism. I explore this hatred as a response grounded partly in the arrogance of whiteness and its failure to tarry with the fact that the “innocence” of whiteness does not exist. I will also explore some examples of the subtlety of how whiteness operates and how it remains complicit with white supremacy. I will conclude with a brief discussion about what it involves for whiteness to be in crisis, which I argue is a positive way of beginning to undo whiteness.
George Yancy, PhD George Yancy is professor of philosophy at Emory University and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. He received his BA in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh (with honors). His first MA in philosophy is from Yale University, and he obtained his second MA from New York University in Africana Studies, where he received the distinguished Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship. He received his PhD from Duquesne University (with distinction). He is the author, editor, and co-editor of over 20 books, numerous scholarly articles and chapters ranging from issues within critical philosophy of race, critical whiteness studies, and philosophy of the Black experience.
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The Cats get final tune up before Big Ten tourney By GABRIELA CARROLL
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Northwestern needs to gain as much momentum as possible heading into the Big Ten Tournament. The No. 11 Wildcats will have that opportunity when they face off against Indiana on Friday in their last regular season game. The Hoosiers (5-11, 1-6 Big Ten) are coming off a win at Central Michigan, though they’re having a difficult season. They lost eight straight games prior and won just one Big Ten game this season against Michigan State, the last-place team. Indiana’s struggles are a result of the overall strength of the Big Ten. There are currently six teams in the Big Ten ranked in the top 25, and only seven teams qualify for the Big Ten Tournament. If the Hoosiers lose this weekend, they won’t make the postseason, as they are currently in eighth place. NU can expect a motivated team playing to keep their season alive. NU (12-6, 4-3) needs to win this game to stay in the top half of the Big Ten standings, and the Hoosiers provide the Cats with a perfect opportunity to make that happen. Indiana only averages 1.63 goals per game and on average allows 3.56. The Cats average three goals per game and allow 1.61, almost the exact inverse of the Hoosiers. Unfortunately, the Cats’ fate doesn’t just depend on a win Friday. NU also needs to keep an eye on Michigan vs. Iowa and Rutgers vs.
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Penn State. If Iowa beats Michigan, the Cats will jump to third place with a win Friday. Then they would avoid being in the same half of the bracket as No. 2 Maryland and get an opportunity for a revenge game against No. 9 Iowa. If Penn State beats Rutgers, NU will fall to fifth with a loss Friday. But on their senior day, the Cats have so much more to play for than just Big Ten Tournament seeding. “This game is huge, and I’m so motivated,” senior defender Lily Gandhi said. “I’m always motivated throughout the game, but this being our last game at home is especially motivating.” Gandhi said she most treasured her off-field memories with her teammates, like getting ice cream at Penn State. Luckily, she’ll have an extra opportunity to do so with the Big Ten Tournament there next week. “I’m so grateful for all of the friends and the good times that my year has had at Northwestern,” Gandhi said. “It’s sad that everything’s coming to an end, but it’s nice to see how everyone has grown into themselves.” Coach Tracey Fuchs said NU has seven graduating seniors this year and one redshirt junior, Lakin Barry, who will be staying for her final season next year. Fuchs believes having
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Lily Gandhi stares at her opponents on the field. The senior defender will play in her final home game on Friday.
so much senior leadership will be extremely beneficial for the team as they enter the postseason. The seniors provide a steady presence that keeps the team focused on their goals, she said. Coming into
the postseason, where every game is a must-win, the Cats need that focus to be successful. “They’re all over the map, from their majors to their skills on the field,” Fuchs said. “They bring a lot
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of different types of leadership — we call it pop-up leadership. They all bring something different to the table.” gabrielacarroll2023@u.northwestern.edu
CROSS COUNTRY
NU looks for its first win at home Wildcats ready for Big Ten Championships
By BEN LUALDI
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While Big Ten volleyball may be reaching its halfway point this weekend, Northwestern’s goal is the same as when conference play began over a month ago: win a Big Ten game. The Wildcats return to WelshRyan Arena this weekend to host a pair of matches, taking on Michigan State on Friday before battling Michigan on Saturday night. NU (9-13, 0-10 Big Ten) is the only Big Ten program not in the win column and lost to Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J. last weekend, a program which previously had won one conference game since joining the Big Ten in 2014. Coach Shane Davis said that the team needs to start performing better in high-pressure situations. “It’s usually just in those pressure situations that we’re not very great,” Davis said. He added the team has been working in practice to try and recreate high-intensity situations to improve performance when it matters. But the biggest storyline heading into the weekend is the health of star freshman outside hitter Temi Thomas-Ailara, who has the secondmost kills in the Big Ten. ThomasAilara was injured during the Scarlet Knights game last weekend, and whether or not she plays will have a big impact on the Cats’ chances in these matchups. The Spartans (13-7, 4-6) come into Evanston reeling after only winning one set total from three straight home defeats. It’s hard to blame Michigan State for its recent form considering the quality of its recent opponents — No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 6 Minnesota
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Temi Thomas-Ailara jumps to hit the ball. The freshman outside hitter might not play in the Cats’ game on Friday.
and No. 7 Penn State — some of the best teams in the country. A win for the Spartans would help solidify their position in the middle of the crowded Big Ten standings. Also, after only winning five games in Big 10 play last year, the Spartans could match that total this year a month before conference play ends. On Saturday, NU will face the Wolverines, who will be coming off a game against Illinois in Champaign. After winning its first five conference games, Michigan (13-7, 6-4) was on the verge of entering the national rankings, but the Wolverines have slipped recently, losing four of their last five games. However, those four losses have all been to teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation, and the Wolverines took the first two sets against the Golden
Gophers last Friday, before ultimately losing 3-2. The Wolverines boast two excellent servers in Paige Jones and May Pertofsky, who both are top five in the conference in aces. As a team, Michigan is third in the conference in hitting percentage and third in assists per set, only behind elite programs like Penn State and Wisconsin. For Northwestern, this weekend has the potential to turn its season around and rise in the standings or sink the Cats deeper into the abyss of the Big Ten. “I think in general our team needs to find a way to be more consistent,” Davis said. “Now we can finish sets, now we gotta figure out how to finish a match.” benjaminlualdi2023@u.northwestern.edu
Coming off a fifth place finish in the “White Race” at NCAA Pre Nationals, Northwestern will face its greatest challenge of the season at Sunday’s Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio. The Wildcats found their stride at NCAA Pre Nationals in Terre Haute, Indiana, with three runners placing in the top 30 and the team finishing in the top half of a meet’s standings for the first time this fall. NU’s confidence was an important factor in its success, one that coach Jill Miller hopes to parlay into their preparation and execution for the conference championships. “The challenge of conference week is being excited and also compartmentalizing and making sure that you don’t enter the race being depleted of energy because you got too excited early in the week,” Miller said. “We’ve planned out times to sit down and focus on the race, where we want to be tactically, and bring that same confidence that we brought to the race out of Terre Haute.” While that performance earlier this month was a step in the right direction, Big Tens will be a whole different animal for the Cats. They’ll have to face tough competition, including national contenders No. 7 Wisconsin, No 8. Michigan and No. 9 Michigan State. Miller said the end results will come down to how well NU can execute and keep a competitive mentality.
“The margins (between teams) are very small,” Miller said, “and those margins can be filled up by a willingness to hurt to push through pain for your teammates. I really want to see that fire when the going gets rough to push through, work together, and get 100 percent out of ourselves and each other.” For graduate transfer Clare Severe, this weekend represents a chance for a breakthrough performance. Severe, who competed in soccer and track for Lehigh prior to coming to Northwestern, had never run cross country entering this season. Though Severe did not finish her race at Pre Nationals, Miller believes Severe is capable of closing the crucial gap between the Cats’ third and fourth runners. “She knew coming in she had a lot to learn, having never having run the length we’re doing workouts,” Miller said. “Her progress in training has been incredible. When we put it all together and she learns what it’s like to hurt for a long period of time, she’ll have a big breakthrough and be very helpful for us.” With NCAA Regionals looming, the time is now for NU to determine whether it can compete with the top teams in the nation. Still, Miller says the Cats’ focus is set squarely on the task ahead. “All of our focus is on the Big Ten Championships,” Miller said. “That is the most important thing to our program right now. It’s our goal to get out there and overachieve, so we have all eyes on Sunday and have not even begun moving forward to the regional meet.” johnriker2023@u.northwestern.edu