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Bernie backers resist Clinton vote Students launch Young Democratic Socialists chapter By JONAH DYLAN
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llinois Comptroller nominee Susana Mendoza speaks at event held by College Democrats on Tuesday. During the talk, Mendoza criticized her opponent Leslie Munger and Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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Mendoza criticizes Republican opponent at College Dems event By SAM KREVLIN
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Illinois Comptroller nominee Susana Mendoza lashed out at her opponent Leslie Munger and Gov. Bruce
Committee on transgender students formed Ad m i n i s t r a t o r s h a ve approved a committee to work toward improving support for transgender students at Northwestern, a University official said. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs,
Rauner on Tuesday night at an event held by College Democrats. With a projected $10 billion state backlog in unpaid bills to start the 2017 fiscal year and an unprecedented budget gridlock, the comptroller race is now hotly
contested. The comptroller is responsible for issuing payments from the state’s fiscal accounts. Mendoza, a Democrat, said the ongoing fiscal crisis makes prioritizing payments difficult. She said several social service providers have
been forced to shut down or make cuts because they have not received government funding, and many are still awaiting payments. She refuted the claim that the comptroller election is a
told The Daily that the committee will look at new buildings, including residential halls, to ensure there are enough accommodations for transgender students. “ We have done some changes in the bathrooms at Norris,” Telles-Irvin said. “There will be more.” The committee will work to determine what transgender students need on campus and what administrators can
provide to help them, she said. Jabbar Bennett, associate provost for diversity and inclusion, said he does not think there was a specific issue that led administrators to create this committee. He added that throughout Spring Quarter and last summer, staff from his office, Multicultural Student Affairs and the Office of Human Resources met to discuss resources for transgender students, faculty
and staff. “How can we better provide a roadmap to individuals who are transitioning… to help ease the process as much as we can, but along with that provide education to the people who are working and providing these services, around the sensitivity and the personal nature of these processes?” Bennett said.
Eugene Debs died in 1926, but that won’t stop Camren Ward from considering writing in the name of the socialist politician on Nov. 8. Ward voted for Bernie Sanders in the Illinois Democratic primary but said he will not vote for Hillary Clinton in the general election. “It’s kind of a throwaway, but I have the luxury of that being from a non-swing state,” the Weinberg junior said. Ward said he is starting a chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists, an organization with chapters at colleges nationwide, at Northwestern. He said the club has been approved by the University and has five members so far. Weinberg junior Charles Blackstone, a member of the group, said Ward will likely serve as the president of the NU chapter, which is awaiting approval from the national headquarters. Aside from the current members, there are “a dozen or two” other students who have shown interest,
Blackstone said. Although Blackstone, Ward and Jalil Khoury, another member of the group, are all registered as Democrats, they said they won’t necessarily vote for Democratic candidates in future elections. Blackstone said the Young Democratic Socialists don’t have to support Democrats and instead can act as a third-party option. “The bipartisan system has become so stale that it’s sending a message that these third parties are legitimate,” he said. The three students all said they support Sanders and are not sure if there is a current candidate who shares their viewpoints on a variety of issues. Khoury, a Weinberg sophomore, said he does not trust Clinton on several issues, and he hasn’t decided if he will vote at all next week. “It is hard for me to choose,” he said, “because I don’t feel like picking the lesser of two evils is the way we should be voting.” Other students who support Sanders expressed different reasons for disliking Clinton as a candidate. Blackstone said his issue with Clinton does not come down to trust. “It ’s…do I want to see third-party candidates have » See BERNIE, page 6
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Bernie Sanders speaks on the first night of the Democratic National Convention on July 25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some Northwestern students are not abandoning their support of Sanders even though he did not win the Democratic nomination.
New Divvy station near Dempster CTA stop proposed By NORA SHELLY
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A new Divvy bike station may pop up in Evanston next spring, if funding proposed in 2017’s budget is approved by City Council. Divvy bikes came to Evanston this summer in coordination with Chicago and funded in part by a state grant. The plan then was to allow people to travel between Oak Park and
Evanston with Chicago using the bikes. From the end of June to the end of September, 900 Evanston community members had “active memberships,” meaning that they either had new or renewed memberships that they frequently used, according to council documents. The potential new station is proposed near the Dempster Street CTA station because there was a “hole in the system” in the area, said Katie Knapp, Evanston’s transportation and
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mobility coordinator. Additionally, a thousand 24-hour passes were sold at Evanston Divvy stations from June to September. Divvy bike riders took almost 6,500 trips and covered roughly 16,500 miles. Knapp said the program is growing at the expected rate. Knapp said the city is glad to see a variety of users, meaning there are a significant number of people with both annual memberships and using 24-hour passes. Many of the trips are under
30 minutes, Knapp said, meaning that the bikes are likely being used as a convenient mode of commuting. “(It) really speaks to how the Divvy system fits into our ecosystem of transportation,” she said. “It just really points to the versatility of the Divvy system.” The exact location of the station is still being worked out with business owners in the area, Knapp said, and will be installed in the late spring if the funding is approved in the 2017 proposed budget.
Tim Peterson, the owner of Squeezebox Books, located at 1235 Chicago Ave., said he was excited about the possibility of a new station near his business. “The notion of stations throughout town and folks coming to hit this neighborhood is awesome,” he said. Peterson, who is the former marketing chair of the Main-Dempster Mile Special Service Area, said the Divvy station near the Main Street CTA and Metra stations would connect well with a station near
Dempster Street. Divvy users, he said, would have the opportunity to start at either end of the special service area and be able to easily explore the neighborhoods on a bike. The business area stretches along Chicago Avenue from Main to Dempster streets, and includes the stores on either sidestreet. “That would be a long walk, (to) just come check out all the shops along Main Street and » See DIVVY, page 6
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