The Daily Northwestern — November 2, 2020

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Officers from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System’s Mobile Field Force advance in full riot gear on protestors.

Police meet students with force

EPD, NIPAS use chemical ammunition, make one arrest on Saturday

By BINAH SCHATSKY

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Evanston police and Illinois crowd control officers,

NUGW writes letter against police violence

In a Sunday statement, Northwestern University Graduate Workers condemned the police escalation — including the pepper-spraying and shoving student protestors — at Saturday’s NU Community Not Cops protest.

At least two participating NUGW members were pepper-sprayed, the group wrote, during the 20th straight day of demonstrations demanding that NU divest from law enforcement.

“Last night proved once again that it is heavily armed, militarized police who create and escalate violence,” NUGW wrote. “As NUCNC has long argued, and as we unfortunately saw on display last evening, the police do not, and never will, keep us safe.”

NUGW wrote that Saturday night ’s escalation was also a direct result of University President Morton Schapiro’s controversial Oct. 19 email to the community condemning student protestors. In it, he warned

deployed in riot gear with K-9 support, used chemical ammunition and made one arrest during Saturday night’s anti-policing protest led by NU Community Not Cops.

any members of the NU community found to violate rules and laws would be held accountable for their actions.

NUGW called his rhetoric a “threat of aggression” that gave police the “green light” to harm student protestors with impunity.

The group called on Schapiro to resign and urged the University to meet NUCNC’s demands to abolish University Police and sever ties with the Evanston and Chicago Police Departments. Instead, NUGW said the University should “meaningfully invest ” in Black student communities in order to repair the harm done to them.

NUGW added that its support for NUCNC’s abolitionist demands are not just a solidarity issue. The abolition of police, they wrote, would mean a “reduction in harm” faced by Black graduate workers at their workplaces — campus itself.

“President Schapiro, who sits in one of the highest positions of power at this institution, helped to unleash this terror on his own students,” NUGW wrote. “He must resign immediately.”

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Evanston Police Department and Northern Illinois Police Alarm System’s Mobile Field Force officers, who have been assisting EPD with protest management over the last few weeks,

flanked the crowd of about 150 students from their starting location at the John Evans Alumni Center to the street outside the Evanston » See PROTEST, page 6

After police arrested one Northwestern student and used chemical ammunition against protestors Saturday, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty wrote an open letter to University President Morton Schapiro addressing the NU Community Not Cops protests and their impact on the city.

The protest was the 20th consecutive day of actions from NUCNC, which is advocating for the abolition of University Police. The group began protesting on Oct. 12 In the release, Hagerty said he supports the rights of student protestors to demonstrate peacefully and believes Evanston is undergoing a re-evaluation of its policing system. However, he said he doesn’t support property damage or physical attacks against police officers, which reportedly occurred during the Saturday protest. EPD and NUCNC presented conflicting reports on the source of the altercations.

Medics at the protest told The Daily law enforcement on the scene utilized pepper spray

on protestors. The NU student who was arrested remained in police custody for approximately five hours. In a Sunday news release, EPD said the student was detained for allegedly hitting an officer, and was charged with a misdemeanor.

Hagerty said he found the protestors’ issues with the city and its law enforcement “ironic,” citing the city’s reparations fund as reasoning that it is working to support its Black residents. However, many students involved with the protest criticized the statement, saying the reparations fund doesn’t absolve the city from its controversies related to EPD’s treatment of the Black community.

In the letter, Hagerty also wrote that the continued protests have cost the city tens of thousands of dollars — which he expects NU to cover. He also said he expects law enforcement to continue to arrest protestors in cases of escalation.

“My expectation is that your administration will remind these Northwestern organizers that officers also have families and their safety is as important as the safety of the protesters,” Hagerty wrote. “Our City will continue to arrest anyone who is seen harming or threatening harm to police officers, as well as damaging or defacing public property.” fulton@u.northwestern.edu

State’s Attorney Foxx seeks re-election

Despite national Smollett scandal, Foxx favored to win again

By SAM HELLER

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After four years as Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx is running for re-election, facing off against Republican Pat O’Brien and Libertarian Brian Dennehy for the position.

While Foxx is favored in the general election, she made national news last year in her handling of the Jussie Smollett case, which her opponents believe may hurt her chances of reelection.

In January 2019, the actor was indicted for filing a false police report. Smollett initially claimed that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime, but there was later said to be evidence he staged the incident.

Foxx dropped all criminal charges in March 2019, prompting criticism from her opponents, who said the decision was unjustified. » See ATTORNEY, page 6

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Kim Foxx at the Illinois Primary Election night earlier this year. Foxx is running for reelection for Cook County State Attorney against Republican nominee Pat O’Brien.

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AROUND TOWN Underwood hopes to keep seat in historically red district

By LAYA NEELAKANDAN

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After winning a tight race in a historically red district in 2018, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) is looking to hold on to her seat in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District.

Underwood, who is the youngest Black woman to ever be elected to Congress and the first woman to represent the district, is running against State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) and write-in Independent Joseph Monack. No Democrat has ever been re-elected in the district, according to Underwood’s website, but she is looking to change that.

In 2018, Underwood scored a historic win, flipping the district from red to blue, by defeating four-term Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren. In her first term in Congress, Underwood has introduced 42 pieces of legislation and passed four bipartisan pieces of legislation into law, according to her website.

Even though Evanston residents cannot vote for Underwood because she represents District 14, some have volunteered in an attempt to help her win the neighboring district. Working with Indivisible Evanston, Evanston resident Mike Fisher and Glencoe resident Laura Solon have been phone banking for the representative.

“It’s important to keep the House and expand the House for Democrats,” Fisher said. “(Underwood) is such a young and dynamic individual.”

In 2018, Fisher volunteered with Underwood’s

POLICE BLOTTER Retail theft

A 51-year-old woman was charged with retail theft at Sam’s Club on Tuesday night.

An employee of the store, located at 2450 Main Street, called Evanston Police Department around 7 p.m. when he suspected the woman was

campaign because his own representative was guaranteed to win. He said he had a positive experience, which prompted him to coordinate the Indivisible Evanston phone banking effort in 2020.

Since the group started phone banking, Fisher estimates they have made 15,000 calls to registered Democrats, Republicans and undecided voters alike.

“We have an opportunity to try to persuade undecided voters,” he said. “It’s always gratifying when you find out they want to hear about your candidate.”

For Solon, the last four years motivated her to do something about the current state of politics.

She said that she felt she had not been paying attention to politics as she raised her family, but the 2016 election changed that.

“When Trump was elected, I was shocked and appalled,” Solon said. “The hatred and corruption and incompetence and lies — he’s turned this country into something we don’t like.”

To make a change in her community, she attended an Indivisible Evanston event where Underwood spoke, and Solon thought she was fantastic.

In her experience with phone banking, Solon said she has learned to not prejudge the person on the other end, but rather to “treat people as individuals.” Ultimately, she hopes she can help Underwood get re-elected to move the country in a different direction.

Similarly, District 8 resident Zachary Wilder felt compelled to phone bank for Underwood because of her platform.

Wilder said he was specifically drawn to Underwood’s commitment to making health care affordable and accessible, which is especially relevant given the recent controversy surrounding the status of the Affordable Care Act. Wilder said in rural Illinois, many people live off of the Affordable Care Act and would not have

attempting to commit theft. Officers located her outside the store after she left with a tabletop arcade. The arcade was valued at $199.99, police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.

The woman is set to appear in court on Dec. 14.

at a Shell gas station on Thursday morning.

The Evanston resident reportedly approached the sales counter of the gas station, located at 101 Ridge Avenue, and tried to lift the plexiglass before attempting to walk behind the counter, Glew said. The two employees tried to push him out. As the man and employees struggled, the display was knocked over. One of the employees

Battery at Shell

A 37-year-old man was charged with battery

access to health care in a pandemic without it.

“Helping to campaign for politicians I believe in is what I want to do,” Wilder said. “This was a good opportunity for me to support a politician who I think is doing everything right.”

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) speaks at an event in February. Underwood is currently running against Republican Jim Oberweis to keep her seat in a historically red district.

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also sustained a small cut on his finger, Glew said.

The employees called EPD after the man left and showed officers video footage of the incident.

Officers located the man about three blocks away.

He is set to appear in court on Nov. 19. ­— Yonjoo Seo

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ON CAMPUS University to implement C/NC option

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General Manager Stacia Campbell

the NU community was divided over that decision, with “some feeling it deprived them of the opportunity to show improvement or to distinguish themselves.”

The University’s move to allow a CR/NC option comes after Associated Student Government passed a referendum with 86 percent of the vote to implement optional P/NP grading options this fall.

One widely-circulated petition for optional P/NP had garnered over 500 signatures, and the ASG referendum received 647 votes. The petition cited COVID-19, political unrest and unequal access to technology as reasons to create a P/NP option.

“Our goal is to provide you with relief now and balance that with maximum optionality, considering the uncertainty of the coming months,” Hagerty wrote.

Seniors who graduate this fall or winter will have two weeks after they graduate to decide whether they want to denote their classes as CR/NC. Those graduating this academic year and currently taking a full-time courseload in the fall can choose to elect one CR/NC class at the end of Fall Quarter.

Hagerty said more detail about the CR/ NC option, including the maximum number

By ISABELLE SARRAF

Northwestern announced Friday that it plans to implement a temporary Credit/No Credit grading option in order to provide flexibility for students this academic year due to the pandemic.

The new option will fulfill any academic requirement, Provost Kathleen Hagerty said in an email. These grades won’t bear an impact on a student’s GPA, but rather denote whether a student has completed and earned credit for a course (CR) or has not (NC).

Students will have the option in early summer 2021 to change up to one-third of their classes this academic year to CR or NC grades, Hagerty wrote. The University is implementing this option so students can understand the “full impact” of this year on their academic performance before making their decisions.

Traditional Pass/No Pass grading options will also still be available this year.

This spring, the University implemented a universal P/NP grading system for undergraduates. But in her email, Hagerty wrote

NU will not offer asymptomatic testing for two weeks over break

Winter Quarter, the email said. Students who show symptoms will still be able to receive a COVID-19 test through the Health Service during that time.

The University also made recommendations for students regarding travel over Thanksgiving break. Many students are planning to travel and visit with family over Thanksgiving, with some not returning to Evanston until January. For those who will be returning after Thanksgiving, the University said they “strongly suggest” students postpone or limit travel to places where COVID-19 cases are high.

If students do go through with travel plans

Northwestern will not offer asymptomatic testing for two weeks during Winter Break, according to a Thursday email. The email also outlined travel recommendations for students in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday.

From Dec. 21 to Jan. 2, the testing location at the Donald P. Jacobs Center will be closed while the University prepares for

of courses that can be taken for CR/NC and early election for seniors will be posted to the Office of the Registrar website early next week. isabellesarraf2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation is not a feminist victory LILY NEVO

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Just over five weeks after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Senate is expected to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday. For many, the death of Ginsburg, who contributed more to gender equality than most others in history, presented the possibility that much of what Ginsburg fought for may be reversed, given that an already conservativeleaning court could be tilted even further right.

But many Republicans are painting Barrett not as the antithesis to Ginsburg, but as yet another role model for what a woman can be.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, “So all the young conservative women out there, this hearing to me, is about a place for you. I hope when this is all over that there will be a place for you at the table.” For Graham, and many other Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, Barrett represents the ideal of conservative feminism: the woman who cares equally about her traditional family values and her career. The woman who does it all.

For Graham to tout Barrett as some kind of trailblazer for women is absurd. Barrett’s workfamily balance represents much of what the second wave of feminism prioritized: the ability for women to exist outside the sphere of the home.

In the work that defined the movement, “The Feminine Mystique,” Betty Friedan described a strong dissatisfaction among women who were

suddenly confined to strictly maternal roles in the wake of World War II. While Friedan’s work was undeniably radical and life-changing for many women at the time, she only spoke for women in a very specific, and privileged, position. Women who were not White, collegeeducated and married were alienated from the movement, which painted staying home as the biggest barrier for women.

Where the second wave of feminism fell short, so does Barrett. The feminist ideal she has seemingly attained is only available to the privileged. Barrett was raised by two parents, one of whom was an attorney, and she attended Tennessee’s Rhodes College and University of Notre Dame Law School. Now, Barrett attributes much of her ability to simultaneously raise seven children and become a conservative legal superpower to her husband, who is able to split the childcare responsibilities, and her husband’s aunt, who has also cared for their children.

Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) proclaimed at the Judiciary Committee hearing that “The great freedom of being an American woman is that we can decide how to build our lives… We don’t have to fit the narrow definition of womanhood. We create our own path.” While women are generally no longer restricted to the kitchen, Ernst’s claim undermines the struggles of so many mothers to achieve the balance that Barrett has been lucky to find. She argues that it is not the systemic restriction of choice that limits women’s freedom, but rather their own lack of ambition.

In reality, women in American still face significant structural barriers to becoming mothers.

The United States has no requirement for paid maternity leave and little access to affordable

childcare. According to Pew Research Center, mothers are more likely than fathers to feel that they need to reduce their work hours or turn down a promotion, and that they are being treated like they aren’t committed to their work.

Meanwhile, fathers are more likely than mothers to be employed even when the family cannot find adequate childcare.

Historically, policies that address the issues aforementioned have been opposed by Republicans. The leader of the conservative countermovement to Friedan’s fight for women’s liberation, Phyllis Schlafly, spent most of her life fervently opposing affordable childcare, and it was not until the 2016 presidential cycle that Republican candidates supported paid leave.

Additionally, Republicans have traditionally opposed welfare expansion and universal healthcare, the lack of which gives many women no choice but to return to work.

In the absence of liberal policy, conservative feminism is only accessible to the privileged.

Republicans may uplift Barrett as the ideal that all women should try to achieve. They ask, “How does she do it?” but then they ignore the answer.

They ignore the single mothers. They ignore the women earning minimum wage who barely make enough to pay for a roof over their head.

They ignore the Black and Hispanic women earning 62 cents and 54 cents, respectively, to the White man’s dollar. They promote prolific motherhood but deny the mother any financial resources to properly raise a child.

Meanwhile, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) criticized Democrats for not supporting Barrett. “You’d think my colleagues (on the left) would jump at the opportunity to support a successful female legal superstar…who is a

working mom,” she said. This extremely polarizing language stems from nothing other than Republicans’ attempt to signal that by supporting Barrett, they are the party that champions women.

To be clear, no one is shaming Barrett for her success. In fact, what she has managed to achieve is remarkable, regardless of what resources were available to her. What is concerning, though, is how she coopts feminism, but consistently overlooks the differences in the discrimination women of color face. This only serves to undermine the work of intersectional feminists to bring attention to these discrepancies.

Given her concerns on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, along with her opposition to the Roe v. Wade decision, it is clear that Barrett reaps the benefits of many women’s rights movements of the past – evidenced by her mere ability to be appointed to the Court – but she denies the less fortunate a pathway to even a fraction of the success she has found. This is what is so regressive about labelling Barrett a feminist icon. Conservative feminism rests on the assumption that what is equal is the same as what is equitable, and it ends conversation on an issue that has plagued women for centuries with a mere If Barrett can do it, why can’t you?

Lily Nevo is a Weinberg freshman. She can be contacted at lilynevo2024@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern. com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

We have not yet left the election storm — we’re in the eye BEN BORROK

OPINION EDITOR

At the end of the summer, I spent some time on the East Coast, where I stayed in a house right on the beach. After days of relaxation, a storm rolled in from the shore, the sky darkened and the wind picked up. As it dropped buckets of rain on us, it also churned the ocean into a frenzy, with wave after wave pounding against the sand. It felt as if the storm would never end.

We are less than a week away from the election and I find myself returning to this memory quite often. I couldn’t understand the relation between the two until I remembered that a friend mentioned that they were “so excited for this storm to pass.” I was taken aback by the idea that this political and social storm we have been experiencing would just suddenly disappear. As if election results would clear the

metaphorical skies, and bring to a close the thunderous protests over inequality and discrimination in our country. Far too many people see this election as some sort of final reckoning, that we weathered the storm and could come out the other side unbroken if their preferred candidate is chosen. Well, the reality will be sure to disappoint them.

There is this idea that we owe gratitude to politicians for granting us rights and protecting our freedoms, rather than acknowledging our own power. Today, people are so convinced that politicians can do no wrong that we rarely see pushback from the electorate. Instead, people adjust their moral compass, overlooking any information that may force them to reconcile with what their values have become. Dissenters are silenced, treated by these people as traitors to the cause. Politicians are gods to them, harboring the power to mold America their light.

I fear that, when it is all said and done, the election will create a false sense of calm in many, retreating to an opinion that, once again, politics doesn’t really affect them. The storm that has

thrashed against their windows for the past four years may be gone, so why continue to worry?

It is in human nature to lose enthusiasm in a movement after an extended period of time, people rarely stay committed long enough to see it through. Those who do are considered inspiring and dedicated, never folding on their aspirations. The current fight for equality and equity, however, cannot afford to lose support.

The recent boost of activism into the mainstream has forced many to call into question the society around them. It has opened the eyes of many to the struggles that minority populations face in America. But at the same time, some have co-opted this movement, trying to ally it with a political organization that has never really had their preferences in mind. This candidate speaks more to the center than he does the young people of his party, banking on the fact that his opponent is so widely despised that they would be forced to support him. His policies do not address these hotly contested issues, so why would the protests fade with his election?

This election, in short, is not the tail-end of

How to use sports as a guideline for failure ANNIKA HIREDESAI

DAILY COLUMNIST

My dad and I don’t have much in common when it comes to books, but we’ve always bonded over our love of a good sports memoir. Whether it’s someone we’ve been rooting for on TV for years or someone just arriving on the scene, we’ve always loved the dramatic arc of an athlete’s narrative. Reading about an epic championship victory, especially after a lifetime of hard work, gives us all a chance to feel like we’re a part of those surreal moments.

While the long-awaited success is the fairytale ending, it’s the difficult journey in between that makes these stories so gripping. When these extraordinary athletes stumble and falter, when they face seemingly abject failure, we feel most connected to them. Written with depth and emotion, there’s a lot of wisdom to be gained from struggle.

Unfortunately, the nuances of these moments are often lost in translation. From early in our childhoods, overcoming failure is often packaged into this oversimplified phrase: If you don’t succeed

at first, try, try again.

I’m writing this in the midst of midterm season, and I’ve found that this feeling of failure is something many of my peers and myself have often faced after a particularly rough exam. Seeing that score in the gradebook incites a queasy feeling; your insides feel like they’ve liquified, and there’s a strange numbness in your veins. It’s only after the doubts -- about your capability, your intellect, your career path -- come into focus that the hurt begins to set in. Failure is about more than just some grade on a test; it’s this jolting blow to our egos that, as college students, forces us to take a hard look at our current academic path.

I understand the temptation of finding a quick fix solution. Failure is one of the most jarring, painful experiences we face as humans. It’s natural to make every effort to disengage from it. Oftentimes, we end up coping by abstracting away from our emotions, putting our heads down, and blindly trudging forward. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, right?

Though there is value in showing resilience, these setbacks are more than just obstacles in our path. Maybe haphazardly trying over and over again worked when we were learning to ride a bike for the first time, but it’s a disastrous way of living an adult life. Failure is life forcing us to stop and

reflect on the direction we’re headed in. By robbing ourselves of an opportunity to reflect, we stand in the way of our own success.

In sports, it’s never just about moving forwards or backwards. Athletes move laterally, jump vertically, pivot at the drop of a dime. If sports imitates life, we do ourselves a disservice by buying into the idea that blindly moving forward is our only option. Maybe you’ve outgrown an old dream and want to explore somewhere new. Maybe you’ve got other priorities right now and choose a less direct route. Maybe you’ve left something important behind and turn around to find it again. Whatever it may be, you owe yourself the space to reflect on your direction. Paths are never set in stone, and every good sports story has its fair share of twists and turns. Failure may be universal, but what comes next doesn’t have to be. Don’t settle for the predictable ending. Read the whole book. I promise it’s worth it.

Annika Hiredesai is a Weinberg sophomore. She can be contacted at annikahiredesai2023@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

the storm — it is the eye. Rather than deferring to our elected officials, especially ones who will not make change without pressure, we must continue to seek what is right. Politics should not be treated like a high school spirit week, those divisions do not suddenly vanish like they do at a pep rally. There will still be racism, sexism and homophobia after November 3. There must remain a majority of people who are dedicated to fighting them.

It is easy to be tempted into assuming that the worst is over, but when has monumental change happened over night? The storm will continue to rage on. We must adapt to live in it.

Ben Borrok is a School of Communication junior.

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NU students express Patriotism, economy cited hesitancy to vote Biden as reasons to back Trump

By BINAH SCHATSKY

daily senior staffer @binahschatsky

With the 2020 presidential election approaching amid growing momentum for the national Black-led movement for police abolition, there is a disconnect between the traditional Democratic Party members that coalesced around former Vice President Joe Biden and younger, more progressive voters.

While progressives nationally were advocating to defund the police, Biden appointed U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a former prosecutor, as his running mate. As protesters in Philadelphia took to the streets after the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. this week, the Biden-Harris response was half a condolence and half a condemnation of the means by which the protesters expressed their pain.

Still, for voters who prioritize progressivism and human rights like Medill senior Amar Shabeeb, four more years of President Donald Trump are a far worse alternative.

“Trump completely trivializes and disregards human rights as a concept both locally, nationally and internationally,” said Shabeeb, who is the co-director of the Northwestern University Community for Human Rights. “We’re living in an unprecedented time (with the) COVID-19 pandemic. Trump’s negligence has resulted in the deaths of over 200,000 people. To me, that choice is clear.”

In 2017, Trump signed an executive order rescinding DACA — a decision which has since been blocked by the Supreme Court, though they did not necessarily block future rescission attempts. Even with DACA in place, Vergara Miranda has to pay an annual fee of $495 and undergo what for her has been a six to nine month approval process every year, a change from the initial two-year protection, as created under the Obama administration.

Still, she added that while Biden is the preferable alternative to Trump, she has learned not to put all of her faith in elected officials.

“Obama ran with getting immigration reform and nothing happened,” she said. “I’ve learned not to take politicians’ platforms as promises. And so if I don’t expect something, I won’t be disappointed.”

Climate change

Next to the other issues on the ticket, Shaheeb emphasized climate change as one of the most urgent.

“Climate change is clear. And the response needs

By ALEX PERRY

the daily northwestern @whoisalexperry

This year, McCormick freshman Michael Richards said his mother’s job is on the ballot.

Deemed a non-essential business by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the taekwondo center she works for suffered during spring shutdowns, Richards said.

“My mom’s business is probably not going to make it through,” Richards said. “All these restaurants around us aren’t going to make it.

It’s just very terrible.”

Richards said he is not confident in the way Democratic leaders handled the pandemic, especially with how small businesses that were deemed non-essential fell through the cracks. He is also a staunch believer in limited government, pro-life policies and

Immigration

Beyond Trump’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shabeeb said Trump’s policies on race and immigration are, in a very practical sense, highly detrimental to “people who are not White Americans.”

“Biden said that he would repeal Donald Trump’s executive order commonly known as the Muslim Ban,” Shabeeb said. “As someone who is the daughter of Syrian immigrants, it is horrifying to me that that ban was even ever in place and it needs to be repealed.”

Since January 2017, Trump has signed a series of executive orders that restrict travel and ban refugees from several predominantly Muslim countries, including Syria.

On his campaign website, Biden has pledged to “Rescind the un-American travel and refugee bans,” adding that he will “commit significant political capital to finally deliver legislative immigration reform to ensure that the U.S. remains open and welcoming to people from every part of the world.”

DACA

For undocumented students like SESP junior Teresa Vergara Miranda, there are several ways in which four more years of Trump could be harmful.

Vergara Miranda — who has been protected under DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, since she was 17 — is unable to vote but said she supports Biden as an alternative to Trump.

Vergara Miranda was brought to the U.S. when she was 3 years old and has not left the country since.

Without her DACA protections, she would be vulnerable to deportation.

to be swift,” Shabeeb said. “And although Biden’s (plan) is infinitely better than Trump’s, it still can be improved upon.”

In the most recent vice presidential debate, Harris emphasized the Biden-Harris administration would not be against fracking, but voters as young as high school recognize the severity of the Trump alternative.

Lily Aaron organizes with the climate group E-Town Sunrise, a local chapter of the national youthled organization Sunrise Movement, at Evanston Township High School.

Aaron lauded Biden for appointing Green New Deal author Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to co-chair his campaign’s climate change task force.

“We have 10 years,” Aaron said. “We’re basically done for right now. We have a sliver of a chance to even remotely turn things around, but if he is re-elected, then honestly, we’re done for.” binahschatsky2022@u.northwestern.edu

limited taxation, which is why he said he will be voting for President Donald Trump this election.

Trump’s patriotism and unconventional background appeal to Richards. He said a leader who has pride in America is an important factor to him and he feels that former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden were too “doom and gloom” during their eight years in office. “(Obama) was an amazing speaker, but I just feel like he didn’t do a good enough job in promoting patriotism and promoting optimism. And I guess I just assume that Biden will follow the same path,” Richards said.

McCormick junior Ryan Abbott, who did not disclose who he was voting for, said Trump supporters on campus focus on the president’s accomplishments.

Abbott, secretary of public relations for

Schakowsky seeks 12th term in state congress

By LAYA NEELAKANDAN

the daily northwestern @laya_neel

After over 20 years in the House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) is seeking re-election for a 12th term representing Illinois’ 9th Congressional district.

Schakowsky is up for re-election this year against Republican Sargis Sangari, who defeated Richard Mayers in the Republican primary earlier this year. Schakowsky, who has held the seat since 1999, is currently serving as a Senior Chief Deputy Whip in the House.

The Democratic Party of Evanston’s committeeman, Eamon Kelly, said Schakowsky is doing exceedingly well, largely because she has name recognition compared to Sangari.

“She’s doing terrific, and I’m confident she’s going to get re-elected,” Kelly said. “Jan stands out among other members of Congress as a fighter for progressive values.”

In a Chicago Tribune questionnaire, Schakowsky said her highest priorities are curbing the effects of COVID-19 and lowering the cost of

prescription drugs. On the other hand, Sangari, who is a self-defined moderate, said he is focusing on business and economic development to bring about equal opportunities.

Cook County resident Sarah Neczwid strongly supports Schakowsky, but said she had not thought much about the Representative until recently.

“She didn’t come into my field of vision until this year when all of the racial justice issues took place,” Neczwid said. “When I came across that she was a co-sponsor of the H.R. 40 bill for reparations, I thought she’s actually really forwardlooking and understands equity.”

Neczwid has been particularly frustrated with Sangari’s “lack of transparency” in making his platform visible to the public. She said she has been unable to find actual paragraphs of information about his stances on his website, where she’s only found links to interviews or articles.

However, even if she could find information, she said she still would not vote for Sangari because of the “way the Republican party has currently been presenting themselves.” Neczwid is hopeful that Schakowsky will win because she believes in progress.

Similarly, Edgewater resident Susan Danzig said she did not even know Schakowsky’s opponent and doesn’t know anyone who will be voting for the Republican. Instead, she expressed her unwavering support for Schakowsky.

“She’s fabulous, smart, and focused,” Danzig said. “She’s been my Congresswoman for years, and we’ve become really good friends.”

Danzig said she often volunteers for political events and, over the years, has grown close to Schakowsky. Danzig specifically appreciates Schakowsky’s work on bettering healthcare and furthering gun violence prevention.

As the incumbent, Schakowsky is highly favored in this race, according to the Democratic Party of Evanston. If she wins again, she will be entering her 12th consecutive term as a Congresswoman representing Illinois.

“I have really made it my mission in these years to encourage young people, young women, young men, to run for office,” Schakowsky said in a Sept.

26 debate hosted by the League of Women Voters. “Everyone needs to get out to vote to make sure that we have a country we can be proud of.” laya@u.northwestern.edu

NU College Republicans, pointed to how Trump continued to expand the rising economy he inherited and how the economic bounceback from the initial shock of the pandemic is faster than experts predicted it to be.

Abbott added that Trump followed through on his promise of withdrawal of a number of troops from the Middle East and how the Black unemployment rate is at a historic low.

“It’s stunning that the magnitude of these accomplishments isn’t being recognized,” Abbott said. “It’s acceptable completely to debate the merits of them and to consider how important they really are in the long run, but they aren’t really being discussed at all.”

One Weinberg sophomore, who preferred to remain anonymous, lives near Detroit, Mich. and saw the effects of Trump invoking the Defense Production Act. The act enabled factories in Detroit to produce masks and PPE. The student said he appreciates how Trump wants to reopen the economy, as his mother lost her job due to the pandemic restrictions.

Although he could not vote in the 2016 election, Trump caught his eye during the Republican primaries — namely because of his demeanor and pride in America.

“A lot of people like him because he has that aggressive side to him and he won’t let anyone or any foreign nation trample on America,” he said. “I am very America first and take care of your own citizens first.”

Political science Prof. Laurel HarbridgeYong, one of the faculty fellows at the Institute for Policy Research, has studied polarization in her research. She said she observes Trump as a “president who sought to be president for his base, and not necessarily for the rest of the country.”

While Trump has not greatly impacted policy polarization, Harbridge-Yong says that his rhetoric has impacted “affective polarization,” which refers to the impressions members of groups have on the opposing side. She sees his name-calling — “low-energy Jeb” or “crazy Nancy Pelosi” — as increasing the prevalence of the us-versus-them mentality.

However, his brash personality is part of the reason why certain students support Trump. To them, Trump is the American Dream. Students like Richards, who align themselves “more with conservatism than Trumpism,” are standing behind him because “he stands for the Republican Party.”

“I truly believe that he wants what is right for the good of the country, he stands for benefiting everyone and he wants everybody to succeed and follow the right direction,” Richards said. “He’s an unapologetic defender of everything that I hold near and dear to my heart.” alexperry2024@u.northwestern.edu

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Due to the Smollet case and Foxx’s handling of the recent protests in Chicago, some Democratic organizations and figures have endorsed O’Brien instead. One of the most prominent Democratic figures to support O’Brien is Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd), who originally endorsed Democratic primary candidate Bill Conway.

The American Middle East Voters Alliance PAC, a coalition that spreads voter information among residents of Middle Eastern ancestry, endorsed Foxx in 2016, but this year will be endorsing O’Brien.

When the PAC endorsed Foxx in 2016, the group expected to see a larger representation of minorities within her administration and stronger actions against hate crimes. They didn’t feel like either of these criteria were met, AMVOTE-PAC Chairman William Haddad said. He also said the organization does not feel that Foxx has handled prosecution in relation to the protests in Chicago well.

While AMVOTE-PAC is supporting certain other Democratic candidates, Haddad said that the vote to endorse O’Brien was unanimous.

“It takes a lot when you have a minority group supporting a minority candidate in the last election to do a complete reversal,” Haddad said.

Another group that believes Foxx has not done a good job in office is the apolitical Chicago Justice Project, which sued Foxx’s office two weeks out from the election due to issues with transparency.

Executive Director Tracy Siska said the group sued Foxx’s predecessor in 2015 in regards to transparency issues. Before Foxx’s 2016 election, Siska sat down with the current State’s Attorney and made it clear that if she did not abide by being transparent, they would sue her as well.

Almost immediately after entering office, Foxx breached the settlement agreement that closed out the group’s last lawsuit. Since then, there have been various instances where the office has claimed not to have documents that did actually exist, he said. Siska said he does not believe the timing of the lawsuit should not have an impact on the election. Transparency is a bipartisan issue, he said, so regardless of who is in office after the election they will hold them to a high standard.

“She knew what was coming,” Siska said.

“The date of this is all her doing.”

Despite individual’s grievances with Foxx, Eamon Kelly, Democratic Party of Evanston chairman, said Foxx has completed many impressive things throughout her time in office and is a far stronger candidate to have in office than O’Brien.

Kelly said Foxx has helped shift the criminal justice system away from its concerning history of false prosecutions and has done a good job shifting focus away from petty crimes towards more substantial ones.

Kelly said the emphasis on Smollett has been used to distract from the good Foxx has done.

The other important thing to focus on is keeping O’Brien, who has been using “Trumplike tactics” throughout the election cycle, out of office, he said.

“There are deeply entrenched interests that want to preserve the status quo of our broken criminal system, and Kim has been taking them on effectively,” Kelly said. “(O’Brien) represents the fightback by those interests; we just have to resist it.”

Public Library where they unleashed pepper spray and fired pepperballs.

“I just remember the intense feeling of fear for my safety,” one student protestor said.

“And then I remember thinking, well, that’s fine, that’s what I’m supposed to feel, right?

Because they have weapons. And that’s exactly what they’re trying to do.”

Following the escalation, protestors retreated, chanting “We’re gonna disperse, police” and ducking behind a line of umbrellas to protect from ammunition and identification. Over 30 officers followed the crowd closely on the sides and around the back, holding batons, pepperball guns and what one medic identified as less-lethal multi-grenade launchers — typically used for flashbangs, tear gas or other impact munition — at the ready.

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Signs of a storm to come

For the first hour and a half of the action, students marched with little incidence.

The group marched northwest from the Alumni Center, pausing outside the Rebecca Crown Center — the office of some central administrators — to spray-paint messages condemning the University and then moved south on Orrington Avenue. At least one group member would sporadically release a firecracker into an open street as the crowd chanted and walked.

The goal, one protestor said, was to disrupt past the point of what the University would deem acceptable.

“The University has not responded to what they call a ‘respectable protest,’” one protestor and NUCNC member said. “Respectable protest is respectable so people can ignore it. The purpose of protest is to disrupt the normalcy of life.”

“We’re really here just to show them what sense of urgency we have,” they added. “And how serious we are about abolition.”

According to several student organizers, tension increased when the group turned off Orrington Avenue and began walking east on Church Street. That is when, one protestor alleged, police officers closed in on the crowd.

“I remember looking behind me and thinking ‘Wow, there’s a lot of bike marshals,’” she said. “And then I look again and I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, those are cops. And they’re closer to us than I’ve ever seen them before.’”

At least two organizers in the back of the crowd and one organizer in the front of the crowd said it appeared that the police were attempting what the front organizer called “kettling” — or surrounding a group and closing them in, so as to perform a mass arrest.

Escalation, as it happened

According to several organizers in the back of the crowd, as police continued to follow the crowd east on Church Street, they eventually tried to go around the side of the group. In

District 65 switches decision, continues remote learning plans

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will not return to in-person learning on Nov. 16 as previously planned, Superintendent Devon Horton announced Friday.

Citing increasing positivity rates for COVID-19 in Evanston and across the state, Horton said it would not be in students’ best

order to prevent the group from being surrounded, an organizer said, they started calling for protestors with bikes to block the sidewalk so officers could not pass.

But not enough bikers moved to the sidewalk. One organizer said it was because the group was smaller than anticipated. Another organizer guessed it was because protestors in the back row, who were shielding their faces with umbrellas, could not clearly make out the situation.

Without enough bikes, when one protestor moved to the sidewalk and refused to move, she was immediately surrounded by several police, the organizers said.

Several protestors in the back row of the crowd attempted to intervene to prevent the arrest but were unsuccessful. The police shoved them back forcefully and unleashed pepper spray. One protestor was sprayed in the mouth, they said. Struggling to breathe, the protestor said they lost track of the protestor being detained.

NIPAS threw the protestor to the ground, pinned her to the sidewalk and zip-tied her hands together. Meanwhile, other officers forcibly shoved the crowd backward, weapons drawn. They employed pepper spray and an impact round — what appeared to be pepperballs. At this point, the group began to retreat.

“I think one of the most stressful things about being in the back was just trying to get people to keep moving,” one organizer said.

“We could not have any kind of gaps because it’s only through numbers and through communities of care that we’re all going to get through this.”

As they backed up they sang “This Little Light of Mine.” They walked to the intersection of Maple Avenue and Davis Street, where they dispersed in smaller groups.

In a press release, EPD described police aggression as triggered by rocks, stones and fireworks being thrown at officers, lasers being pointed in their eyes and property damage — spray-painted sidewalks and broken windows at Whole Foods Market.

Several protestors described the fireworks and lasers as distraction tactics to prevent arrest and protect identity, not intended to maim.

The fixation on property as a justification for police aggression was something many protestors found frustrating.

“They don’t care about anybody’s lives, they’re just protecting property instead,” one protestor said. “And it’s not the same. Property can be fixed. Property can (be replaced). All the people who are traumatized now and all the people whose lives are destroyed by cops and by the military all over the world is nothing compared to what we could do by busting a window.”

“The escalation was entirely initiated by the cops,” one protestor said, adding that they feel some reports from Chicago media Sunday morning inaccurately framed the protestors as violent.

Meanwhile, following dispersal, several protestors who were standing in the back of the

crowd when pepper spray was released were suffering severe injury. One team of three medics reported treating a total of nine people and at least five more medics were on the scene treating others. Chloé Archuleta, a Ph.D. candidate, said she and her friend were sprayed directly.

“My friend got hit in the face, so she starts crying and freaking out,” Archuleta said. “So I’m holding on to her, trying to move back, shouting for a medic… And then (the pepper spray) got in my contacts and I had to rip them out.”

One protestor hit by pepper spray experienced respiratory distress and was taken to the hospital, two medics reported.

The apprehended protestor was detained at the EPD precinct for about six hours. After the crowd dispersed, a group of about 20 students returned to the street outside the precinct with blankets, snacks, coffee and hot chocolate waiting for her to be released.

She was released at around 4:30 a.m. Members of NUCNC assisted her with paying bond and she was greeted with a round of cheers as group members wrapped a blanket around her. According to NUCNC members, she was charged with a misdemeanor.

“I’m still really sad about it,” one protestor said. “That we weren’t able to keep her safe.

And that she was alone.”

interests to return to in-person instruction.

The earliest D65 students can now go back to school is Jan. 19.

The district previously committed to release its plans on a trimesterly basis, but in the release, Horton said the district “cannot wait” until the start of the third trimester for students to return to the classroom. Instead, if conditions in the region improve, students may be permitted to return to school after winter break and a 14-day quarantine Horton wrote in the release that the district anticipates releasing a plan before fall

break that elaborates on capacity plans and staff returns.

“We cannot expect school or our lives to look or feel ‘normal’ especially under current conditions,” Horton wrote in the release. “I am proud of the way our community has stood together and navigated the unprecedented challenges that we face in the wake of COVID-19. And, I appreciate the flexibility of our staff, students, and families to adapt to changing health conditions, changing plans, and evolving guidance.”

An increasingly divided campus

Universit y spokesperson Jon Yates responded in an email to the accounts of police activity with counter accounts of damage by protestors — consistent with EPD’s report.

Yates added that while Northwestern supports the right to protest, the University does not condone breaking the law and violators “will be held accountable through our processes.”

Saturday’s action coincided with Halloween and as protestors marched through the streets, many costumed and belligerent students passed by. Some took photos, some heckled at the crowd and others remained disengaged.

As police activity escalated, residents watched from the windows of their apartments, some in costume.

One protestor said that when they walked back from the action, they saw a Halloween party with a large crowd of people that was clearly ignoring COVID-19 regulations.

Simultaneously, they said University Police in a parked car appeared to be guarding the Weber Arch from vandalism.

As an abolitionist, the protestor does not support police intervention as a way to enforce social distancing. But contrast in police action between public health regulations and the protestors on Saturday showcased the University’s priorities.

“You all know Halloween parties are happening right now,” they said, referring to UP, “but you’re putting all this money and all this time into brutalizing Black students.” binahschatsky2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Gabel platform includes healthcare, environment

By CHRISTINA VAN WAASBERGEN the daily northwestern @cvanwaasbergen

State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) is running for reelection this November against Independent Sean Matlis.

Gabel represents the 18th District of the Illinois House of Representatives, and has held the seat since 2010. Before that, she served as executive director of the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for the health of women, children and families.

Gabel said her top priorities are human services and the environment.

“My background being public health, I understand that healthcare is not just about the healthcare services you get at the doctor’s office, but about your entire environment,” Gabel said.

Matlis, her opponent, is a computational neuroscientist running as an independent candidate with an anti-corruption platform.

Matlis criticized House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) for the level of control he maintains over the House. Matis said he’s running as an independent because he’s frustrated by the impact of partisanship on what he sees as non-partisan issues. “(Madigan and his associates) have a pretty tight control over the party and state,” Matlis said. “A lot of things that people want to get done can’t get done because of the kind of control that there is there. There’s not enough negotiation and there’s not enough independence there.”

Matlis doesn’t have much political experience, but he said this also means he doesn’t

Alderman Rue Simmons announces she will not seek re-election next year

As her first term comes to a close, Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) announced Friday that she will not seek re-election in Evanston’s 2021 election.

have to contend with longtime connections and relationships.

Matlis said he also wants to work to change the state’s economy. Illinois has seen a significant number of residents leave for other states, which Matlis sees as evidence of the state’s economic failure.

Both the Daily Herald and the Chicago Sun-Times endorsed Gabel in the race, but the Chicago Tribune endorsed her opponent, despite supporting Gabel in 2018. The Tribune’s Editorial Board criticized Gabel for her response to Madigan’s link to a federal bribery investigation. Gabel said Madigan should resign if the allegations are proven to be true.

The board felt this wasn’t a strong enough response, and that it was evidence of her “fear of holding him accountable.”

However, Gabel said the allegation she’s beholden to Madigan is “ridiculous.”

“I raise my own money, and I vote with my own conscience and the conscience of my district,” she said.

In the decade Gabel has been in the legislature, she said Madigan has only asked her for a vote once, and she said no. She said she does believe Madigan has been in the role too long, and supports the adoption and implementation of term limits. Madigan has held the position of speaker every year but two since 1983, making him the longest-serving state House speaker in U.S. history.

Additionally, Gabel said she has a track record of responding to constituents. She said each year she’s run at least one bill brought to her by a constituent.

“I think I have a track record of being an excellent legislator,” Gabel said.

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State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston). Gabel. Gabel is running for reelection against independent Sean Matlis.

In her tenure, Rue Simmons has most notably led the push for the city’s reparations fund, which was established in November 2019. The city has committed to put $10 million into the fund, which will be directed toward initiatives including housing, business and education improvements, and is collected through a 3 percent tax on recreational cannabis and from private donations.

Rue Simmons’ announcement came after

Mayor Steve Hagerty announced Wednesday that he would not run for re-election.

In a news release, Rue Simmons wrote that she is proud of the changes the city has made since she was elected, including a variety of equity-focused initiatives that bring Evanston “more in line” with its residents’ values. She said she looks forward to the next steps the city will take as residents continue to push for progress.

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“Together, we have made extraordinary commitments to racial equity and sustainability, including passing the nation’s first funded local reparation policy for Black residents and the passing of our Environmental Justice Resolution,” Rue Simmons wrote. “I would not want to be in this time in history in any other American city but Evanston, Illinois.”

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Student-athletes get Tuesday off to head to the polls This Election Day, Northwestern student-athletes won’t head to practice.

Instead, they will head to the polls.

Northwestern Athletics made November 3 an off-day from practice for all sports as a way to “empower our student-athletes in raising their voices,” Vice President for Athletics and Recreation Jim Phillips said in a September statement.

Graduate student lacrosse midfielder Lindsey McKone said while she and many of her teammates voted by mail, she still felt “incredible” about the

athletic department giving studentathletes the day off of practice Election Day. “All those who made that decision had our best interests in mind,” McKone said. “One less day of practice is not that big of a deal, so to make it Election Day is really awesome.”

Since then, Northwestern Athletics has posted photos and videos on social media under the hashtag ‘#B1GVote to encourage students to register to vote and use their voices on Election Day. A Tuesday video featured student-athletes talking about the importance of voting and reminding students the election was one week away.

“Voting is a way to be a part of something bigger than yourself,” softball player Maegan Hollins said in the video.

Student-athletes also had the opportunity to join the Wildcat Engagement and Voter Registration team, an initiative with the Big Ten Conference and Northwestern’s Center for Civic Engagement. The group encourages civic engagement by posting on the Northwestern Athletics’ Academic Services and Student Development Twitter and Instagram pages and emailing student-athletes.

McKone, who is part of the group’s social media team, said she joined as a way to impact her teammates and learn more about the voting process.

“As student-athletes, we have a platform where we can promote positive messages,” McKone said.

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— Charlotte Varnes

ATHLETICS

FOOTBALL

Quiet Ryan Field shifts dynamics Wildcats pull lastBy JACOB FULTON and GRACE CHANG the daily northwestern @jacobnfulton

Most Fall Quarter Saturdays at Northwestern follow a similar pattern. Thousands of students and Evanston residents flock to Ryan Field and the surrounding area for tailgates, parties and — when the Wildcats are playing at home — NU football games. Fans boast purple and white as far as the eye can see, and cheers scatter up to half a mile away.

In Evanston, football is king.

This year, however, Ryan Field is quiet.

On Sept. 16, a month before Northwestern’s game-opener against Maryland on Oct. 24, Big Ten Network announced there would be “no public sale of tickets” for football games. In stead, each coach and player is allotted four tickets to invite immediate family members and significant others to the field. The expected attendance for that first Saturday of the season was around a thousand spectators. Ryan Field’s capacity is 49,256.

Northwestern Wildside, the official student section of Northwestern Athletics, typically spends game days leading cheers in the student section at Ryan Field or handing out free NU merchandise outside the venue. This season, its spirit events have gone digital, as Wildside has taken to social media to host contests, hold online meet-ups with coaches and players and host watch parties of old games.

In a typical year, events like football games completely take over the neighborhoods surrounding Ryan Field. Local homeowners host game

day parties, and students and fans attend parking lot tailgates. Some weeks, games run late into the night.

However, with limited attendance allowed in the stadium and a University ban on tailgates, Ryan Field’s Saturday atmosphere has completely changed. Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) represents the residents who live around Ryan Field in City Council, and said in past years, she would often hear complaints from residents about issues the football games created, like traffic congestion and student overflow.

This year, however, Revelle said she hasn’t heard any complaints.

“The one bit of feedback I did have was from residents on Central Street, just to the south of the stadium, who were very unhappy about the buses that had brought the Maryland team to the stadium,” Revelle said. “They were just sitting there with their motors idling and it’s smelly, it’s noisy, it’s polluting and it’s against the law.

So they contacted me about that.”

Many of the other football-related disruptions residents face, however, are nonexistent this year. Evanston resident Ken Proskie lives right next door to Ryan Field, and said often, residents would face extreme traffic delays because of football games.

On a typical Saturday, he said what would usually be a five-minute drive could take upwards of 45 minutes.

But this year, the congestion doesn’t exist.

Proskie, who attended the University of Michigan, said he’s always enjoyed the energy of football seasons. Though he doesn’t miss gamerelated disruptions and subsequent cleanups, he said the community feels different this year.

“There’s a lot of things relating to noise, traffic congestion and parking congestion that we really appreciate (being gone),” Proskie said. “Now, it feels more like a residential neighborhood to me. On the other hand, I kind of like the festivities and the stuff that goes on during the football season.”

This season has also changed how publications report on sports.

WNUR Sports, Northwestern’s student-run radio sports group, typically would send four staffers to each football game: two broadcasters, a sidelines reporter and someone live-tweeting on press row. However, according to Medill junior and WNUR Sports Director Eric Rynston-Lobel, the broadcasting network is only allowed two broadcasters per game this year.

For Medill senior and WNUR Sports Director Kevin Sweeney, sideline reporting during the 2018 Big Ten West-clinching win against Iowa was “one of the probably top three experiences” of his time at NU. While he recognizes that reporting this season looks different from any fall in the past, he’s still thankful for the opportunity to report at all.

“I think we haven’t come at it from the perspective of, ‘Here’s what we can’t do,’” Sweeney said. “It’s more been like, ‘Here’s what we get to do’ — and be thankful for all that we’re able to do. Because there are a lot of places that don’t have the same opportunities that we do. And we saw our season flash before our eyes.

So if it’s one game that I get to be at, it’s one game I get to be at, and I’ll take it.” fulton@u.northwestern.edu gracechang2023.1@u.northwestern.edu

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minute win over Iowa

By PETER WARREN

daily seior staffer @thepeterwarren

IOWA CITY, Iowa — As the clock ticked towards zero at the end of the first quarter, and with his team down 17-0 to rival Iowa, coach Pat Fitzgerald huddled up his players.

“The Wave,” a tradition in which everyone in Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium waves at the patients at the neighboring University of Iowa Children’s Hospital after the first quarter of play, is one of Fitzgerald’s favorites in college football. But he had something to say to the group first.

“I think the guys thought I was just going to talk to them about the wave,” Fitzgerald said. “It wasn’t just that. It was more that we are going to just settle down and settle in. Let’s go. This is going to be a four-quarter game. You don’t lose a game after one quarter.”

Fitzgerald’s speech made an impact. After a start that looked more like a trip to a Halloween haunted house for Northwestern, the Wildcats (2-0, 2-0 Big Ten) came back from 17 points down to defeat the Hawkeyes (0-2, 0-2 Big Ten) in a windy Halloween matinee.

After an almost perfect start against Maryland in Week 1, Saturday’s first quarter was the exact opposite, as NU came out looking nervous and sloppy.

Senior wide receiver Kyric McGowan — thrust into punt return duties after senior Riley Lees was injured on the game’s first possession — overran Troy Taylor’s swerving punt and fumbled the ball. Iowa recovered inside the 10-yard line, and quarterback Spencer Petras found wide receiver Brandon Smith in the back of the end zone on the next play.

Just 90 seconds later, junior running back Isaiah Bowser fumbled around midfield for the Cats’ second turnover in the first five minutes of the game. It took only three plays for the Hawkeyes to find the endzone this time, as Tyler Goodson rushed in from 15 yards out to put his team up 14-0.

By the end of the quarter, Iowa had added a field goal to score 17 unanswered points to start the game.

“We knew it wasn’t over, we knew we had a lot of football left to go,” senior Peyton Ramsey said. “Offensively, we came out flat and we picked it up in the second quarter.

NU picked it up by working almost exclusively on the ground. Eleven of the Cats’ first 12 plays in the period were rushing attempts, with the final one being a 3-yard touchdown sweep from McGowan.

Another field goal from Keith Duncan extended the Hawkeye lead

to 20-7, but momentum continued to swing NU’s way. Behind a heavy dose of Bowser, the Cats marched down the field again, with senior running back Jesse Brown topping off the drive with a one-yard touchdown run.

NU held onto the ball for over 10 minutes during the second quarter, running the ball 23 times for 102 yards while throwing it only three times. The wind, which was blowing at 20 miles per hour at the start of the game, was a huge reason why the Cats went with a heavy run attack, Fitzgerald said.

NU finished the game with 60 rushes compared to just 18 pass attempts. Bowser led the running back group with 25 carries and 85 yards.

After each team started the third quarter with a nothing-going drive, redshirt freshman safety Brandon Joseph stepped in front of a Petras pass and returned it back to the Iowa 35-yard line. The Cats continued their slow-burn running attack, and once again Brown ran it in from a yard away.

With about eight minutes remaining in the contest and his side up 21-20, Ramsey made an ill-advised throw on the run that fell into the arms of Iowa defensive back Jack Koerner, setting the Hawkeyes up at the Cats’ 36. But only three plays later on a third down, Joseph picked off Petras again, negating the Hawkeyes’ best field position since the first quarter.

“This is a mindset not just me but the whole DB group has.” Joseph said. “It’s a mindset that we have to get turnovers and we are going to do that every week.”

The Hawkeyes had two more drives after that to take the lead, but weren’t able to enter scoring range. On the first attempt, Iowa managed to cross midfield, but three straight Petras incompletions led to a turnover on downs. On the second, senior linebacker Blake Gallagher intercepted Petras with a minute remaining to ice the victory.

NU now sits tied with Purdue for first place in the Big Ten West, with preseason favorites Iowa and Minnesota both at 0-2 and Wisconsin not playing this week due to a COVID19 outbreak.

In a non-coronavirus world, Kinnick Stadium would’ve been loud and rocking during those final drives of the game, and the Cats would have celebrated the win late into the Halloween night. But in today’s world, that’s just a figment of the imagination.

“When I was in college, Halloween was a pretty awesome night, especially after a road win,” Fitzgerald said. “I hope that awesome night means going home and going to bed.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu