The Daily Northwestern Friday, November 4, 2016
DAILYNORTHWESTERN.COM 9 SPORTS/Gameday
3 CAMPUS/Politics
Carr-Thorson rapport fuels Cats’ offense
International students weigh in on candidates in 2016 presidential election
Find us online @thedailynu 6 OPINION/Column
Online ‘slacktivism’ accomplishes little
Students say cops targeted them
New committee aims to help student veterans
happen, but we do not condone any offensive speech particularly in regards to gender identity,” Ganatra said. The Weinberg senior said McSA recognizes the effect
The University created a new committee that will make recommendations to improve support for student veterans. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president of student affairs, told The Daily in an email that the committee was recently approved by her and Provost Dan Linzer. “(The committee is) going to be coming up with more recommendations in terms of making sure that our veterans feel welcome, and they have services and the support they need to be successful,” Telles-Irvin said. Most of Northwestern’s student veterans are in the School of Professional Studies and Kellogg, Telles-Irvin said. Improving resources to support student veterans is one of many steps the University is taking to improve diversity and inclusion on campus, according to an email sent by Linzer and Telles-Irvin to students in September. Recent graduate Alec Kinczewski (SPS ‘16) served as an active duty officer for eight years in the U.S. Army before enrolling in the University’s pre-medicine postbaccalaureate certificate program. Kinczewski said although he did not notice a “glaring lack of resources” for student veterans, he is still looking forward to seeing what recommendations the committee has. “It’s great they’re paying that kind of attention,” Kinczewski said. “Northwestern’s always shown a willingness to try and do things to help out the veterans. … So I’m pretty excited to see what they come up with.”
» See FIASCO, page 16
— Allyson Chiu
3 from NU say police mistreated them near Wrigley
By JULIA JACOBS and SHANE MCKEON daily senior staffers @juliarebeccaj, @shane_mckeon
Three Northwestern students said they were handled, searched and interrogated by Chicago police for no expressed reason other than looking “suspicious” while in Wrigleyville on Wednesday night. Communication sophomore Linkon Pickus said he and his two friends had spent hours watching the scoreboard outside Wrigley Field before three police officers grabbed and led them from the crowd for about half an hour as fans celebrated the Cubs’ historic World Series win. Pickus, along with McCormick senior Michael Martínez and Weinberg senior Daniel Isaacson, said they were put up against the wall of the stadium as police patted them down, searched their belongings and questioned them as to why they were there that night. “I just felt so violated and so embarrassed,” Pickus said. “I was trying to be as calm and compliant as possible and still understand why I was being detained.” Hundreds had gathered outside Wrigley Field to await the result of the game, which took place in Cleveland. Fans clogged the streets outside the stadium, climbing on each other’s shoulders and on top of traffic lights. The Chicago Police Department said 14 people were arrested in Wrigleyville as of Thursday at 3 a.m., mostly for “disorderly and reckless conduct.” Pickus said the police officer who handled him repeatedly called him a “spic,” which is a derogatory slur against Hispanic people, and continued to tug the collar of his jacket despite him saying he was choking. While sitting with his back against the stadium, Pickus said he asked multiple officers why he was being kept but did not get a specific answer. He also said he asked for the police officer’s name and badge number, but did not get a response. Martínez said officers were wearing rain jackets and neon vests that blocked their badges. Although Pickus said police eventually returned his wallet and phone, he said the officers never returned his keys. Isaacson said he did not know why he and his friends were grabbed by police but speculated that it could have been because the trio was criticizing police during conversations with others in the » See POLICE, page 16
High 59 Low 47
Colin Boyle/The Daily Northwestern
Chicago-born rapper Lupe Fiasco speaks during McSA fall speaker event Thursday night. Fiasco discussed his personal experiences with the Muslim faith.
McSA apologizes for speaker line
Rapper Lupe Fiasco makes joke involving transgender people By HANNAH BROWN
the daily northwestern @kwhannahbananas
Chicago-born rapper Lupe Fiasco took the stage in Galvin Hall Thursday night as the Muslim-cultural
Student Association’s fall speaker and ended his speech with a joke involving transgender people as the punchline, resulting in the group making a statement of apology. “ W hat do you call a woman with a Saudi
Arabian driver’s license?” Fiasco asked the audience. “Transgender.” McSA president Rimsha Ganatra said the group apologizes for the joke Fiasco made. “ We were unaware that the joke was going to
EPL staff proposes full-time social worker By NORA SHELLY
daily senior staffer @noracshelly
Evanston Public Library staff are proposing to hire a full-time social worker in 2017. The main branch of the library, 1703 Orrington Ave., already houses several part-time student social workers, said library director Karen Danczak Lyons. A fulltime position will give the library service more “predictability,” she said. “Finding a way to help patrons who are already gathering in the library, the thought was to connect them to services and help them think about how to improve their situation,” she said. “It just makes absolute logical sense to me.” The position would primarily meet with library patrons who need the counseling and connect them to other social service agencies in Evanston. EPL already does this, Danczak Lyons said, but a full-time position would be able to build “trustworthy” relationships with both the patrons and the social services agencies in the city.
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
The social worker would operate out of the main branch and the Chicago Avenue/Main Street branch. A public library is a good place for this sort of coordinated effort, Danczak said. “As a public library and a public space that’s open seven days a week and welcomes everyone, we have patrons from all walks of life,” she said. “They will be talking to patrons, introducing themselves, and talking about different programs and services that may be available.” The position would begin in July 2017 and would be grant funded, according to Library Board documents. EPL would contract with Presence Health for the position. Currently, college students working part time at the library are responsible for the duties this new position would perform. Having students conduct social work was helpful, the documents said, but made the schedule inconsistent. “When the students graduate and until a new group of student interns are recruited and receive orientation, this service option is
not available to our patrons and staff,” the document said. “There is usually a break in services over the summer.” According to the document, Presence Health has previously helped EPL fill in the social worker gap in the summer months. Danczak Lyons said the position was needed now more than ever in light of cuts to social
service agencies across the state during the state budget crisis. Cuts to agencies EPL had partnered with hurt the library’s patrons, Danczak Lyons said. “Some of our patrons that relied upon services no longer have access to those same services,” she said. Sue Loellbach, director of development for Connections for the Homeless, said having a social
worker at the library would help social services agencies expand their network. “A social worker at the library could be a very good connection point between people who need services but are reluctant to engage any of the services that are out there ready to help them,” she said. Connections and EPL already » See SOCIAL, page 16
Daily file photo by Nathan Richards
The outside of Evanston Public Library. The library is interested in hiring a full-time social worker to assist Evanston residents in navigating the facility and using its resources.
INSIDE: Around Town 2 | On Campus 3 | Opinion 6 | Gameday 9 | Classifieds & Puzzles 16 | Sports 20