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SJP talks future plans for activism Members reflect on events since 2015 ASG resolution By STEPHEN COUNCIL and JAMES POLLARD daily senior staffers @stephencouncil @ pamesjollard

This is the first article in a series called “2020 Vision” which walks through the reflections and hopes student groups, administrators and others throughout Northwestern have on the past few years and upcoming new decade. In 2015, the Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution askingNorthwestern to divest from six corporations that the resolution’s sponsors said violate Palestinians’ human rights. As the University enters a new decade, the recommendation remains unmet and Northwestern’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is reckoning with various administrators’ pro-Zionist stances while trying to build strong relationships with other activist groups — relationships with which they hope to push for more lasting change. A Northwestern member of SJP, who wishes to remain anonymous for privacy-related

concerns, said given the 2015 resolution passed by majority vote, it should be understood that many students stand for anti-Zionist and pro-Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions ideals until proven otherwise. Students, the member added, should be allowed to share those opinions without facing backlash on an institutional level. “There’s always going to be conflicting opinions amongst individuals on campus by nature of a college campus with diverse backgrounds,” the student said. “But the institution should not take sides. And if the institution is going to take sides, the institution should take the side of the majority of students.” After Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher in May commended supporters of the Palestinianled movement in a speech, University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Jonathan Holloway issued a statement criticizing his comments. “Northwestern as an institution unequivocally rejects BDS,” the statement said. “To the contrary, we value our many relationships with a variety of universities and research centers in Israel.” Weinberg senior Sharmain Siddiqui, a member of the » See 2020, page 6

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Student activists gather outside University President Morton Schapiro’s house in April 2016. Northwestern’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is trying to build strong relationships with other activist groups on campus.

Students debate Sessions’ event Ahead of his speech, Political Union hosted 50 students for an open debate By EVAN ROBINSON-JOHNSON daily senior staffer @sightsonwheels

A day before former Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes his opening remarks as Northwestern

College Republicans’ fall speaker, more than 50 students piled into the front room of the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs on Monday to debate the presence of the controversial politician on campus. Political Union hosted the

dialogue in place of their weekly debates on topical political issues. NUCR vice president Dominic Bayer and NU College Democrats president Romie Drori sat across the table from each other, a gavel in between. Both delivered opening statements.

Bayer said NUCR chose Sessions because of both his experience in government and also to encourage viewpoint diversity on campus. “In an age of increasing » See SESSIONS, page 6

Keenan reflects on his career path New restaurant Former Obama speechwriter gave attendees advice on their futures By ISABELLE SARRAF

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“Raise your hand if you know exactly what you’re going to do with your life,” Cody Keenan (Weinberg ‘02), director of speechwriting for former President Barack Obama, asked an audience of around 300. A few students raised their hands. “I didn’t,” he said. Keenan discussed his career path from Northwestern to the White House and gave advice to undergraduate students, in Lutkin Hall on Monday. The Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program hosted the event in partnership with Northwestern University College Democrats. After graduating from Northwestern in 2002 with a degree in political science and no job offers, Keenan moved to Washington, D.C. He began working on Capitol Hill as a mailroom intern for Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in

opens near ETHS Litehouse Whole Food Grill gives meals healthy twist By ANDREW ROWAN

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Cody Keenan, former President Barack Obama’s speechwriter since 2007, spoke to an audience of around 300 in Lutkin Hall. Keenan discussed his career path from Northwestern to the White House.

September 2003. He eventually made his way to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign where he worked

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as a speechwriting intern. From there, Keenan was promoted to deputy speechwriter in former President Obama’s

first term and became chief speechwriter in his second » See KEENAN, page 6

The newly-opened Litehouse Whole Food Grill wants to show the community that fast food doesn’t have to be unhealthy. Taneesha Ford, franchise owner of the Evanston Litehouse, said she aims to offer a variety of menu items that gives a healthy twist on meals that are usually unhealthy. She also said she hopes to maintain the good taste often associated with fast food. The menu includes a combination of pizzas, wraps, salads, bowls, tacos, burritos and pasta. Erik Nance, the original founder of Litehouse, said he wanted a restaurant where his vegan and non-vegan family members could both find high-quality options that satisfy their different eating

preferences. “The menu is literally allnatural, whole food cuisine,” said Nance. All of the food is all-natural and comes from responsibly sourced places, he said. For example, they make pizza on garlic naan bread with natural vegan cheese. For the chicken burrito and jerk chicken tacos, the restaurant uses cage-free chicken meat. The restaurant, located directly across from Evanston Township High School in the Gibbs-Morrison Cultural Center, 1823 Church St., is in the middle of Evanston. With wooden tables, colorful rugs, seating variety and graphic art, Ford said she hopes the restaurant will become a space for the community to gather and linger. The space is reflective of the name, Litehouse. “That’s why we have the couches, the TVs and everything, it’s like being at home,” Ford said. Nance said the term “Lite” has a double meaning, Nance said. The restaurant brings » See LITE, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Bookends & Beginnings discusses disability access By REBECCA AIZIN

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With the aroma of old books floating toward rustic wood paneled ceilings at Bookends & Beginnings, authors Pia Justesen and Mary Rosenberg emphasized on Saturday the need for greater awareness about disabilities. Justesen wrote “From the Periphery,” a book that features 30 stories of daily experiences from people with various disabilities. In the book, Rosenberg shared her own story about living with a disability. Justesen discussed how some able-bodied people fail to engage in conversations about disabilities because they don’t prioritize disability awareness. She said abled people often want to “fix” the individual by “healing” their disability. However, the more contemporary view, and the view Justesen adopts, looks at the barriers surrounding disabilities and attempt to change those to make the world more accessible. Justesen said this disability awareness issue remains taboo, despite the fact that 15 percent of people worldwide live with a disability. “We should do something to erase this invisibility of disability,” Justesen said. Her book shares stories of people with disabilities who feel infantilized and paternalized, leading them to ultimately feel dehumanized. These stories resonated with audience members, who nodded in unison as Justesen and Rosenberg

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested for allegedly attacking four hospital employees A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with two counts of battery that took place on Oct. 28 at AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston, 355 Ridge Ave. The Chicago Police Department brought the man to the hospital after an altercation with a police officer. Upon arrival, he acted violently toward a 42-year-old

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Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Ave. Bookends & Beginnings hosted conversation between disability rights advocates Mary Rosenberg and Pia Justesen.

conversed about the struggles people with disabilities experience and the need to expand the movement to embrace one’s disability. Many attendees worked with Rosenberg at Access Living, an organization that focuses on building a more accessible community for people with disabilities, families of people with disabilities and a few people with disabilities themselves.

Audience members asked questions about cultural differences surrounding disability between the United States and Justesen’s native country of Denmark. She said Denmark has a stronger welfare system, but people with disabilities often end up in group homes, rendering them invisible. In “From the Periphery,” Rosenberg aimed to raise awareness about how people with disabilities

nurse, according to Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. The nurse said when the man attempted to leave the room, he shoved her and she hit the side of the desk. Though she was unhurt, she wanted to report the incident, and later decided to sign complaints to formally charge the man, Glew said. After police arrived and began to conduct a further investigation, officers found a clear plastic bag on the man.The bag contained 10 grams of a crystal-like substance, most likely methamphetamine, said Glew. The bag was inventoried at the police department and will

most likely be sent to the lab for further investigation. Prior to being medically discharged, the man fled the emergency room and allegedly attacked three hospital employees, Glew said. They were all 26 years old and were easily identifiable as employees of the hospital. After fleeing the emergency room, the man was pursued and proceeded to run down the street. A group of hospital employees were escorting him back to the emergency room when he tackled one of the men onto the ground. After a physical altercation, he

struggle with bullying, accessibility and acceptance. An attorney for Access Living, Rosenberg had a unique perspective on the issue of disability accessibility, from both a personal and legal perspective. “It’s good to have legal protection,” Rosenberg said, “but what really changes people’s minds are personal stories.” She said that while progress happens on the legal front, the law can only solve certain issues — such as the installation of a ramp at a building — but not stigma or taboo. Bookends & Beginnings owner Nina Barrett said she was thrilled with the outcome of the event. She said she opened the bookstore so Evanston residents could have a place for important conversations in a comfortable, home-like environment. She said the highlight of the event was how engaged the audience was in the discussion. “Our space is very intimate,” Barrett said. “People feel empowered to have a conversation.” After working as a personal assistant for a man in a wheelchair, Justesen saw first hand how much he struggled with limited accessibility. It was then she realized that accessibility is a human rights issue. Justesen added that the biggest takeaway from writing her book was learning to see the similarities in people instead of differences. “No matter what we look like, inside or outside, we all are similar,” she said. “We all have the same wants and needs.” rebeccaaizin2023@u.northwestern.edu

was brought back inside by the employees. The man who was attacked had abrasions on his hands and arms due to the fall. Once back in the hospital, the group tried to restrain the man, but he allegedly bit one of the men on his right bicep and left hand, and a woman on her left thigh. The man was arrested and charged with battery on both accounts. — Natalie Chun

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Three months after the 2019 shooting in El Paso, Texas, Miriam Guevara still has difficulty reconciling with the massive loss of life that occurred in her hometown within the span of several minutes. On Aug. 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart in El Paso — a predominantly Latinx city — where a gunman killed 22 people and injured 24 others, leaving a racist manifesto that described that attack as a “response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”The shooting was the deadliest anti-immigrant attack in recent U.S. history. “I still drive by the Walmart,” Guevara said. “I still can’t believe that someone would come and kill 22 people. For me, it’s still not real.” The Weinberg sophomore was at a swim meet and California when she received a notification on her phone that read, “22 killed in El Paso.” She said because she didn’t hear from her parents back home, she thought the news wasn’t real. She described her neighborhood in El Paso as a close-knit community, where everyone is “each other’s aunt or uncle.”The community’s Latinx heritage also factors in a “big family mentality,” so in the weeks immediately after Aug. 3, she said she felt her community drew even closer together after the tragedy. Communication senior Bridget Gonzalez said was saddened that national shootings leave the minds of people outside the neighborhoods in which they occur only weeks later. Gonzalez said while the pain of loss was shared within her community, it was strange seeing her hometown at the center of national political discourse around gun control. She said though the shooting felt personal because it was targeted towards the Latinx community in El Paso, she and her family were able to begin moving on, in the months after. But for families that experienced losses, moving on is less of an option. “You know, there are literally only two degrees of separation between you and anyone you can possibly

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know in El Paso,” she said. “You can’t just drop the conversation,” Gonzalez said. “It wasn’t just El Paso — it was so many shootings. You can’t forget them all.” Three months after the shooting, Guevara said she finds it “devastating” not only that people outside of the city have moved on from the tragedy, but that the shooting has been politicized. Former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rouke made the shooting a centerpiece in his presidential campaign, and President Donald Trump was photographed with an infant orphaned by the El Paso shooter. Despite the routine use of the shooting as a political talking point, Guevara said she was frustrated that no gun legislation has been passed in Congress, while O’Rouke and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigeig, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, continued to fight against each other on whether states should implement a mandatory buyback program.

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“There has to be a cultural shift in America,” Guevara said. “At what point… how many more mass shootings need to occur for both parties to come together?” Guevara said Trump’s tolerance and use of hateful rhetoric surrounding immigration policy and immigrants normalizes that language and validates the people who hold those ideologies, prompting them to “do whatever they felt like they needed to do.” She urged students on campus to continue to fight for policy changes, despite the broken electoral system they must navigate to do so. “Don’t be complacent, especially with the current administration,” Guevara said. “Stay active and vote. Believe — even though our electoral system is wrecked — still believe.” amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu daisyconant2022@u.northwestern.edu

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The best way to protest Jeff Sessions at NU: Simply ignore him

The best way to protest Sessions: Just ignore his irrelevant presence Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is an awful human being and an awful politician. His homophobic, racist and xenophopbic agenda

makes us cringe. Even some conservatives have spoken out against his arrival on campus. Jeff Sessions stands for corruption and loyalty to President Donald Trump’s cult personality and not rule of law or individuality. Almost the entire campus is in agreement on this subject. So it’s natural to want to protest his very presence on campus. I think that we are all going about it the wrong way. The best way to protest is simply to ignore him. Here’s the thing. If you are going to protest, protest for a specific cause. Don’t spend the

time and energy protesting one bad speaker who is never going to speak on this campus again. Jeff Sessions and everyone in NU College Republicans, the club that invited him, are probably relishing that a bunch of “triggered” liberals are showing up to scare away a lone conservative from his treasured right to free speech. After all, it’s not as if Jeff Sessions has a massive youth following. I certainly don’t think that the average young conservative is going to sleep at night wishing to be like Jeff Sessions, staring at the Jeff Sessions Poster in his

room… well at least I hope not. Support for impeachment in the polls continues to rise. Jeff Sessions is irrelevant. Protesting him is like protesting the presence of one online, alt-right troll on campus. Give him the inattention he deserves. There are far more impactful protests students can attend, such as the protest to divest from fossil fuels this Thursday which calls from NU to dump it’s massive shares in the coal and oil industries and put that money into investing in clean energy. — Medill first-year, Roman Raies

On electing senators, direct democracy doesn’t work ZACH KESSEL

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Hidden among the later amendments to the United States Constitution, tucked between the authorization of a federal income tax and the prohibition of alcohol manufacture and sale, lies one of the worst decisions in American history — the 17th Amendment. The 17th Amendment, ratified on April 8, 1913, established the direct election of U.S. senators by a popular vote. The ensuing decades saw the expansion of the federal government far past the intentions of this nation’s founders and drastically increased partisanship in the Senate, but those are not the only issues with the amendment. The American populace is by no means equipped to choose who sits in the Senate. Before the 17th Amendment, state legislators elected senators. The senator acted as a conduit between the state and the federal government, essentially protecting federalism as envisioned by America’s founders. The Senate was meant to be a voice for individual state governments in Washington, so the federal government would not have the option of forgoing state consent in lawmaking. A bicameral deliberative body aimed to provide order to the legislative process — the House of Representatives was the “voice of

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Cut Coach Pat Fitzgerald’s pay — for many reasons, it’s the right choice for NU

The Wildcats football team has morphed from purple pride to red-faced shame, with its 1-7 record, including humiliating losses to Ohio State and Indiana. Daily reporter Peter Warren compared NU’s 2019 season to the 1930’s Dust Bowl. In this century’s biggest understatement, coach Pat Fitzgerald said: “We haven’t had momentum created for our offense.” No kidding. The only bowl bid NU is likely to get is an invitation to the Toilet Bowl, if such a post-season event actually existed. When Division I football and basketball teams suffer losing streaks, it’s common for angry alums and students to cry: “Fire the

the people,” and the Senate would represent the interests of the states. In a conversation between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Jefferson asked Washington why the convention had created a Senate. Pouring his tea, Washington responded, “we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it.” In Washington’s analogy, the House is where legislation begins, and the Senate is a more deliberative body that weighs the consequences of bills passed in the House. That is how the American political system is supposed to work, but the 17th Amendment prevents the Senate from fulfilling its rightful role. Since the amendment’s ratification, U.S. senators must worry about reelection. If you’re looking for a reason why Republican senators have no problem with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) stalling the legislative process with his refusal to bring bills passed in the House to the Senate floor, look no further than the 17th Amendment. McConnell can stop bipartisan legislation because he doesn’t have to worry about responsible state legislators replacing him. Senators now have to worry about appeasing an ever-polarized and vengeful base that wants to vote out any single member of the Senate who dares reach across the aisle or oppose party leadership. When former GOP senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) publicly opposed President Donald Trump, the Republican base called for their heads on pikes, and they were both forced to retire. No senator who wants to

keep their job would ever butt heads with the base. In addition to increased partisanship, money now plays an enormous role in Senate elections. According to George Mason University law professor Todd Zywicki, “changing the method by which the Senate was elected undermined the check that bicameralism provided against special interest legislation.” The 17th Amendment destroys the barrier between the law and moneyed special interest groups, allowing the Senate to make decisions not based on the will of the states but based on the pursuit of campaign donations. Call me elitist, but I believe that the people responsible for deciding who sits in the Senateshould be the people who know what they’re doing. The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center conducted a poll in 2017 in which 37 percent of respondents could not name a single right protected in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Only 26 percent of respondents could name all three branches of the federal government. Thirty-three percent of respondents could not name a single branch of the federal government. The American people–the majority of who know absolutely nothing about government or policy–should not be deciding who sits in the Senate. Countless Washington staffers have anecdotes reinforcing my argument. On a recent episode of the Bulwark Podcast, Bulwark senior editor Jim Swift recounted an experience he had while working in former Sen.

Jon Kyl’s (R-Ariz.) office. A constituent called the office, peeved over a vote the Senator had cast. That constituent said to Swift that they would no longer support Kyl for reelection later that year. The issue was that Kyl was not up for reelection in five-and-ahalf years. A U.S. senator’s term, of course, is six years. That constituent didn’t know that, and I’m sure most Americans don’t either, considering one third of them can’t name a single branch of government. Angry, partisan voters with no clue what they’re talking about should not be in charge of who sits in the Senate. I’m sure a lot of people like being able to choose their senator. I do, too. We all like the feeling of power it gives us. The fact of the matter, though, is that it is entirely inappropriate for an electorate that doesn’t have the slightest idea of what it’s doing to choose the people meant to protect the states from an overzealous Washington. The people should serve the goal of federalism, to prevent a tyrant like King George III from once again ruling over the American people with an iron fist. The 17th Amendment should never have been ratified, and it’s time to correct one of the American body politic’s greatest mistakes.

coach.” That’s not appropriate in this case, but reducing Fitzgerald’s compensation is, for both fairness reasons and tax purposes. Private universities are not bound by the same disclosure laws when it comes their athletic staff ’s pay. However, USA Today revealed earlier this year that Fitzgerald received $5.1 million in 2017, according to the latest data available. NU athletic director Jim Phillips also received nearly $1.57 million that year — not exactly minimum wage. Fitzgerald ranked among the nation’s top 20 highest paid college football coaches and was in the top half of all 14 of the Big Ten’s football coaches. Winning teams pack stadiums with fans, attract lucrative TV contracts and generate revenue that benefits their schools’ athletic and academic programs. Fair enough. Pay based on performance is a top rationale for coaches’ compensation — so how do you justify a coach’s fat paycheck when his team collapses big time? I believe coaches should be paid on a sliding scale, based on the team’s current

performance. NU can’t legally cut Fitzgerald’s pay, because his contract extends to 2026. However, he can take a voluntary annual pay cut to $1 million until he gets better results. I feel he should do this not only out of decency but also to help NU comply with a new tax law. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, all private, non-profit institutions, including universities, must pay a 21 percent tax on the salary of any staffer whose yearly pay exceeds $1 million. The employer, not the employee, pays the levy. By dropping his salary below the law’s threshold, Fitzgerald can save NU over $1 million in taxes, plus $4 million in compensation costs, by my own estimates (I majored in journalism, not math). NU could potentially use this money to bolster student mental health services and increase aid to low income students for tuition assistance, textbooks, winter clothes, food and other basic needs. I salute Fitzgerald’s achievements as an NU football player and coach. As a linebacker

from 1993-96, he twice won the Bronco Nagurski Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award as the best defensive player in college football. He played on NU’s 1996 Rose Bowl team, the Cats’ only trip to Pasadena since 1949. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. Two years prior at age 31, he was named NU’s head coach, becoming the youngest football coach in the Big Ten at the time. From 2006 through 2018, NU won 96 games, including 56 Big Ten contests and played in nine bowl games. He recruited top high school players who also met NU’s tough academic standards. That’s a lot to be proud of. However, to quote an old Hollywood adage: “You’re only as good as your last picture.” In Division I sports, you’re only as good as your current season, and 2019 really sucks. Football requires sacrifice, in body, mind and heart. It may also require financial sacrifice. How about it, coach? Will you take a hit for NU’s team?

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Zombies invade Evanston for sixth annual scramble By MOLLY BURKE

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While Halloween may have ended last Thursday, spooky season didn’t. Evanston hosted its sixth annual Zombie Scramble on Saturday, where families and children run from “zombies.” The zombies, volunteers from Evanston and Northwestern, dressed in ripped and bloody clothes with their faces covered in matching makeup. The participants, wearing flags hanging from a belt around their waist that protected them from zombie attacks, traversed the 1.6-mile course along the Ladd Arboretum in west Evanston. The run featured alternating “safe zones” and “infected zones,” where zombies hid behind trees, waiting to chase the children. Zombies tried to pull the flags off of the belts, similar to flag football, while participants try to keep their flags, which represent their “lives.” Michelle Tompkins, a program coordinator for the city’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, started the event six years ago. She envisioned a community-building event similar to a zombie obstacle course in her hometown. “It was a lot more physical so they did things like climb fences and move tires and things like that, but they did that while they were chased by zombies,” Tompkins said. “The thing that attracted me to it was the community that it built and just the number of people that it took for the event to be successful.” The event relies heavily on volunteers, particularly from NU. Slivka Residential College and the

Sen. Dick Durbin urges DEA officials to improve opioid dose regulations

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) recently urged officials at the Drug Enforcement Administration to improve regulations on opioid prescription rates in response to the nationwide crisis. Durbin and U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Nov. 1 sent a letter to officials at the DEA urging them to prevent and limit opioid diversion

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Zombies prep strategy for the Zombie Scramble. Evanston residents and Northwestern students dressed as zombies on Saturday for the sixth annual Zombie Scramble.

Sigma Nu fraternity have been sending volunteers every year since the event started. Among the volunteers was Weinberg sophomore Noah Scantlebury, who came with Sigma Nu.

“We wanted to come out here and have a good time while giving back to the community,” Scantlebury said. “One of the biggest things that brought people was just the concept of being a zombie and

by placing increased regulations on the pharmaceutical industry and reducing opioid production quotas for 2020. In its 2020 proposal, the DEA said it would lower quotas based on reported theft and seizures. Durbin and Kennedy argued this does not adequately reflect the effects of public health harms, abuse and overdosing created by high production levels. “We fear that the explanation provided by DEA for ignoring the clear connection between the staggering volumes of painkillers approved for production and the current overdose epidemic signals that DEA is reverting to the short-sighted

approach that precipitated this opioid crisis,” the senators wrote in the letter. “DEA must exercise its quota authority to serve as a gatekeeper and weigh the public health impact of how many opioids it allows to be sold each year in the United States.” Between 1993 and 2015, the production of oxycodone increased 39-fold, hydrocodone increased 12-fold, and fentanyl increased 25-fold, according to a news release from Durbin’s office. He linked the increase in overdose deaths in the United States to increased opioid prescriptions. In 2016, 42,000 individuals died as a result of

chasing people around. It seemed kind of fun.” Another fraternity, Delta Chi, sent a large crew of volunteers this year. The Delta Chi members served as a zombie relief crew, who were dressed as zombies and alternate with other groups to let them come inside for a break from the cold weather. Jaime Berkovich, a McCormick first-year, came to get points for Ayers Residential College that will allow him to live in the dorm next year. He was working the final infected zone, trying to pull off the remaining flags before the runners crossed the finish line. “The kids are faster than I expected and I need to try harder,” Berkovich said. “It’s a good way to keep warm because it is pretty cold. That’s one downside; the people here are pretty chilly.” Berkovich said the event was an enjoyable volunteering opportunity, as he got to dress up and run around to stay warm. With over 900 participants registered prior to the event, Tompkins has been happy with the growth of the event since its beginning, when much fewer participated. She said people have been calling trying to get even younger children allowed into the event, which currently allows participants 8 years or older. “It’s becoming one of those community events that people look forward to and can’t wait to get to the point that they can participate, which is exactly what I wanted,” Tompkins said. “I wanted something that people would look forward to each year that was a little bit different than a traditional haunted house or something like that.” mollyburke2023@u.northwestern.edu opioids, and the pharmaceutical industry put 14 billion opioid doses on the market. In 2018, after passage of Durbin and Kennedy’s Opioid Quota Reform Act, the DEA was allowed to adjust their opioid quotas to prevent opioid diversion and abuse while ensuring an adequate supply for legitimate medical needs. On Oct. 31, Durbin and Kennedy secured funding to provide the agency with additional tools “to limit the over-production of prescription painkillers,” according to the release. — Kristina Karisch

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partisanship and polarization, it’s beneficial to hear what the other side thinks,” Bayer said. Drori said she sees Sessions’ presence on campus as “violent to undocumented students and people of color” and plans to attend the protests planned during the event. Nearly 400 students are expected to protest Sessions, according to the event’s Facebook page. She described Sessions’ past actions as “transphobic” and “xenophobic” and said it’s “alarming” that NUCR would endorse Sessions and his beliefs by inviting him to campus. Throughout the discussion, students who identified as conservative said they felt ostracized on campus because of their beliefs. Many cited the University’s past pushback against NUCR’s proposed

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term. He now works as Obama’s senior advisor and director of speechwriting. He also spends his Mondays as a visiting professor in Northwestern’s Political Science department where he teaches a professional linkage seminar on speechwriting. Keenan said he was inspired to create the speechwriting class, so his students could graduate with marketable skills and a portfolio that could land them a job, something he lacked when he graduated. “I didn’t even know I wanted to be a speechwriter until I had a chance to write a speech in 2005 (for Kennedy), three full years after graduation,” Keenan said. “I only ended up writing about six or seven speeches for Senator Kennedy, but those are what got me in the door.” Several students asked Keenan about how his undergraduate major and extracurriculars at Northwestern shaped his future careers. Keenan said he learned most of his speechwriting on the job, and students with a passion for writing should focus on channeling

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From page 1 “lite” foods into the community, and through service, brings the light of Christ. Nance is also a minister, and he wanted to open a restaurant that was good for the body and the soul. “Our motto is to treat everyone like Obama,” said Nance. “That’s the mindset we’ve been able to keep for a while.” The restaurant offers a “go-premium” option, where customers can purchase an

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speakers, while Dhori said NU College Democrats’ pitched speakers are easily accepted. Discussing the right to free speech, Bayer described how he feels conservative viewpoints are suppressed at Northwestern. After the discussion concluded, Bayer continued to discuss that claim saying he believes LGBTQ and other marginalized communities receive support at Northwestern, whereas conservatives are not treated like full members of the community since they often can’t express their beliefs in public without pushback. During the debate, Political Union member Sam Cole advanced that point, saying that Northwestern should lean further into its status as a primarily liberal student body. “Northwestern should get rid of the conservatives on campus,” the Weinberg junior suggested half-jokingly. “They should get rid of the semblance of diverse ideology.”

Aishwarya Jois, who organized the protest during Sessions’ speech, said in a phone interview that she was invited to speak at the Monday discussion but declined the offer. Jois criticized Political Union’s decision to discuss Sessions and his policies, saying there are some topics that are “degrading to debate.” Jois began organizing the protest as a way to turn her disapproval of Sessions into a movement. As a bisexual women of color, Jois said she has seen the damaging effect of Session’s actions with her own eyes. Still, she said the goal of the protest is not to disrupt the speech itself. “We believe he should be allowed to speak and people should be allowed to attend and hear,” Jois said, “We will not condone protesters disrupting the event in any way.”

their passion into a talent–“the most important commodity of all.” Austin Waldron (Weinberg ‘78) understands the difficulty of choosing a career path personally. Waldron, who introduced the event, told The Daily he created and endowed the Student-Alumni Connections Program in Weinberg College because he decided to change career paths halfway through his time at Northwestern and found that there wasn’t much of a support system to guide him through the process. “It’s very scary to suddenly have to change (majors) and realize you can still be successful,” Waldron said. “The impetus was to help people realize that changing or not knowing all the way through senior year is okay because you’ll find something.” Medill junior and Northwestern College Democrats PR director Cameron Peters said he appreciated Keenan’s discussion about how current candidates have resorted to repetitive soundbytes intended to go viral on Twitter in lieu of traditional speeches. Peters was fascinated to learn that few 2020 Democratic candidates have full-time speechwriters, whereas in Keenan’s time on the Obama campaign, there were at least three

on hand. “The candidate that’s going to win is the one that does the best job coalescing their worldview, why they’re running, and why their presidency will make a difference,” Peters said. “(Keenan) was spot-on about the value of those longer speeches and the value of ideas broadly stated over a moment of virality. After the event, Keenan talked about how students on campus are paralyzed by the future, constantly stressing about job prospects, pre-professional career tracks and how many majors they can squeeze into their course load. He emphasized that students need to ease up on occupying all of their free time with activities they think will look good on a job application and instead pursue things they actually find enjoyable. “What I want people to realize is that your first job does not determine the course of your entire career — you do,” Keenan told The Daily. “You don’t need to know the answer right now, but pursue the things that interest you, where you think you can make some sort of difference, and where you can do some good.”

extra meal for someone who may not be able to afford it. Ford said less-fortunate students have asked if they can wash the dishes or take out the trash in exchange for a meal, but through the generosity of other patrons, they can get the same meals for free. Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said she admired the “neighborly approach” of the restaurant, which is in her ward. She also highlighted the restaurant’s efforts to hire within the community. “We could not have found a better business

model for that location,” Rue Simmons said. Because of the inviting atmosphere and a location in the “heart of Evanston,” Rue Simmons said she has scheduled work meetings and office hours in the building. Going forward, Ford and Nance said they’re excited about the menu and community philanthropic efforts. “I love Evanston,” said Ford. “I plan to be here for a really, really long time and to encourage healthy foods, the fast way.”

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From page 1 Northwestern chapter of SJP’s executive board, said both Northwestern’s investments and statements like Schapiro’s condemnation make it hard for students to talk about Palestine in general. However, Siddiqui added she observed increased student mobilization after the University statement. “There are always people who care about Palestine and there are always people who are really invested and passionate about the issue and questions surrounding possibly liberation,” Siddiqui said. “That existed before Morty’s statement. It existed after Morty’s statement.” Northwestern’s SJP chapter is trying to build relationships at the student level, collaborating on events like last year’s Freedom Seder that connect different marginalized communities around the ideals of liberation, freedom and justice, according to the anonymous chapter member. The member who asked to remain anonymous added that the chapter is working with Jewish students, making sure that the distinction between antiZionism and anti-Semitism is clear, and pointed out that SJP does not stand for any anti-Semitism within its community. That line can often be blurred by a growing online database called Canary Mission, whose slogan reads, “Because the world should know.”The site, which has entries about various SJP-involved Northwestern alums, aggregates social media links and information about activists with little distinction between antiZionist, pro-BDS and anti-Semitic thought. According to the Forward, a Jewish-American media site, Canary Mission functions as a blacklist and has been used to halt and deport travelers at the Israeli border. Siddiqui said NU’s chapter is currently collaborating with Fossil Free Northwestern on a transparency campaign calling for more information surrounding the University’s investments. With Northwestern’s endowment size of over $11 billion — “that of a small, functioning nation” — it is important that the University be transparent about its investments, she said. Siddiqui added that SJP is thinking more and more about “honoring the legacy and the labor of student activists” that came before them. She said that the chapter’s current work is only possible because of the 2015 NU Divest campaign led by student activists — some of whom now have entries on Canary Mission. Utilizing the foundational work makes it more difficult for the University to placate student activism, she said. “Student activism doesn’t have to be transient in nature, even though most of us are around for four years, maybe more, maybe less,” Siddiqui said. “It’s really important that we’re building upon those networks and foundation by being in community and building off of old campaigns.” stephencouncil2022@u.northwestern.edu jamespollard2022@u.northwestern.edu

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NU-Q community stages protest as tensions boil over More than 100 students and alumni staged a silent protest at Northwestern University in Qatar Sunday afternoon, demanding public apologies and policy changes. The demonstration followed NU-Q Prof. Justin D. Martin’s Nov. 2 tweet alleging that during a January faculty meeting, in response to Muslim students who were concerned that NU-Q’s graduation had been set on the first day of Ramadan during fasting hours, the school’s Dean Everette E. Dennis told a group of about 40 faculty members, “To Hell with them.” The protest coincided with a community meeting titled “Conversation with Provost Holloway,” according to The Daily Q, the campus’ student newspaper. NU-Q senior Farah Al Sharif, designated as a

spokesperson for the students, delivered the opening statement. “For several years, we’ve been mistreated, misspoken to, disrespected and ritually discriminated against by not only multiple faculty members but by our very own dean,” Al Sharif said at the protest. “The members of the Northwestern community who are supposed to teach us, shape us as human beings.” The protest also addressed what students called a history of inadequate responses to Title IX claims, which led to an environment where they feel unsafe. In response, Holloway said NU will commit to addressing Title IX claims in Evanston’s Office of Equity. — Amy Li and James Pollard

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They’re in the endgame now. No. 11 Northwestern destroyed Indiana 6-0 in their final game of the regular season. After a scoreless first quarter where the Wildcats seemed shaky offensively, the team took advantage of their scoring opportunities en route to a lopsided victory. And, to add to NU’s great weekend, Iowa defeated Michigan on Sunday to give the Cats the third seed in the Big Ten tournament. NU (13-6, 5-3 Big Ten) had possession on its offensive half of the field for almost the entire first quarter, but could not seem to score. Despite taking seven shots, the Cats kept missing tips and shooting balls wide. But two penalty corner goals in the second quarter helped break that streak. “We were getting shots, we were attacking from the end lines, we were getting people in front of the net, diving, and that’s all you can ask,” coach Tracey Fuchs said. “It didn’t happen in the first quarter, but I knew if we just kept on it and if everyone was down and

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ready, we’d be able to grab some goals.” Fuchs said executing on penalty corners is important if NU hopes to make a run in the tournament. And on Friday, the Cats showed off the versatility of their penalty corner attack. For the first goal, with leading scorer and usual target freshman Bente Baekers on the bench, junior forward Lakin Barry took the shot from the top. Freshman midfielder Ana Medina Garcia deflected her hit upwards and into the back of the net. Later in the game, NU scored two goals off the traditional stick-stop corner with a Baekers shot from the top. They also ran the play with sophomore midfielder Maren Seidel, which led to the final goal of the game. After Seidel’s initial hit, inserter and senior defenseman Kirsten Mansfield cut to the post and passed the ball in, capping off senior day with the third senior goal. Every senior played Friday, and

three seniors, midfielder Saar de Breij, midfielder Lily Gandhi and Mansfield scored. “Everyone was ready to celebrate the day, celebrate our season and just defend our turf,” Mansfield said. The Cats also took advantage of second chances, with all three seniors scoring off of rebounds. de Breij took the initial shot, but the Hoosiers’ goalie dove and blocked it. Freshman midfielder Alia Marshall took another shot that bounced off the stick of an Indiana defender and came right back to de Breij, who lifted it just over the defender’s stick to score her ninth goal of the season, a career high. Gandhi’s goal came barely a minute into the third quarter. Baekers missed a shot, forcing the Hoosiers’ goalie to dive, and Gandhi got the rebound. It was Gandhi’s first goal of the season. “My first goal of the season! I’m normally defending, so it was good to get a goal,” Gandhi said. “Not the last one of the season,” de Breij said. “Hopefully not the last one of the season!”

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Ty Seager fights for possession. The senior forward scored two goals and added two assists in his final regular season game for Northwestern.

On Senior Night for Northwestern’s men’s soccer, the Wildcats played their best offensive game of the season. Tying a program record for largest margin of victory, NU (8-7-2, 3-3-2 Big Ten) defeated Div. III Marian University 7-0. The Cats took 20 shots, with 15 of them on-goal, and attempted eleven corner kicks. The victory lifted NU to an above .500 overall record for the first time since 2014. “Our goal was to find offensive rhythm,” coach Tim Lenahan said. “I think we did that very well (and) we did it early. The game itself was never in doubt. I was really happy with our performance… and a lot of different guys got to play. All in all, a great Senior Night for us.” NU started the game fast. In the second minute, senior forward Ty Seager fired a rocket from the right side of the box that gave the Cats a 1-0 lead with an assist from senior midfielder Matt Moderwell and freshman midfielder Vicente Castro. Six minutes later, off a pass from

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senior Mac Mazzola, Seager sent a cross to sophomore midfielder Richie Bennett, who buried a shot in the right corner of the net for NU’s second goal. Within the next twenty minutes, the Cats scored two more goals from senior Spencer Howard and Moderwell, giving Seager his second assist. Seager added his second goal of the night when he fired a curving shot past Marian goalie Kevin Cervantes to give NU a 5-0 lead. The West Chicago native, who finished third on the team with eight points in the regular season, said he was proud of his performance. “Coming into this game, I knew that it might possibly be my last game on this field,” Seager said. “I knew that I wanted to leave it all out there and do everything that I could. I felt like I did that today.” By halftime, the Cats had a six goal advantage and added one more in the second half. Senior goalie Robbie White got a zero-save shutout in the win, his second

of the season. White said the team, coming off a big Senior Night win, is beginning to shift into a playoff mindset ahead of the Big Ten Tournament. “We feel great. We’ve had some big wins,” White said. “Our mentality… is we’ve got to be locked in. Hopefully we can put together a few wins in a row and win a Big Ten championship. I don’t think it’s outside of our possibilities.” Now, the Cats will face fourth-seeded Maryland — a team that NU beat 3-1 on the road in September — in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at home. NU’s playoff game at Martin Stadium will be their first tournament home game since 2014. This week, Lenahan said the squad will practice for five days and break down the defending national champion’s game plan. He added that the Cats must continue their trend of play and use momentum from the Marian victory to beat a “disciplined” Terrapin squad. “This game rejuvenates you a little bit after the grind,” he said. “That’s four games in a row we haven’t given up a goal. I think we’ve been sharp defensively. We continue to add some offensive weapons.” drewschott2023@u.northwestern.edu

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Steigleder, Thron receive postseason Big Ten honors

Northwestern earned a pair of spots on the All-Big Ten third team in the end-of-season conference accolades on Oct. 31.

Junior midfielder Regan Steigleder took home one spot on the All-Big Ten third team after starting all 18 games this season and firing 31 shots — the most of anyone on the Wildcats. The Iowa native also notched two goals this season, both the lone goals against Illinois on Sept. 20 and Penn State on Oct. 20.

Another place on the All-Big Ten third team went to sophomore center back Julietta Thron, marking the first postseason conference honor of her career. Thron, the only returning member of the backline this year, not only played solid defense all season, but also provided an assist in NU’s victory over William and Mary on Sept. 1.

Steigleder and Thron were also selected for the preseason all-Big Ten team last August, and Steigleder won a spot on the All-Freshman team in 2017. Steigleder led the Cats in minutes this season, playing 1,690, and Thron was third with 1,639 — just behind sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood. Graduate midfielder Olivia

Korhonen, who played her last game with the Cats on Oct. 27, was NU’s Sportsmanship Award honoree. The Cats ultimately finished the season ninth in the conference with a 3-6-2 record, missing the Big Ten Tournament for the second consecutive year.

taking second in the 500 free. Other individual wins in swimming events came from sophomore Ryan Gridley in the 100-yard backstroke, freshman Ben Miller in the 200-yard butterfly, sophomore Manu Bacarizo in the 200 back and junior Jeffrey Durmer in the 400 IM. The Cats swept the diving events as well, with sophomore Yohan EskrickParkinson winning both the 1- and

3-meter events. With the victory, NU is off to its first 3-0 start since 2016 in coach Jeremy Kipp’s second season in charge. The Cats also defeated Illinois-Chicago and Oakland earlier in the season. NU will have the next two weekends off before returning to action for the TYR Invitational from Nov. 22-24.

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SWIMMING

Northwestern wins first Big Ten dual meet since 2014

It may have come against lowly Michigan State, but Northwestern has finally broken its Big Ten dual meet drought. The Wildcats (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

blew out the Spartans 172-126 on Saturday in East Lansing to claim their first win in a Big Ten dual since January 2014 against Iowa. NU had beaten Michigan State (3-4-1, 1-2-1) multiple times in the annual TYR Invitational and had regularly finished ahead of the Spartans at the Big Ten Championships, but the teams had not met in a dual since 2004.

The Cats led from the outset Saturday, taking first place in 10 of the 16 events. Freshman Marcus Mok was among NU’s brightest stars, with individual wins in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events. He was also part of a team that took first in the 400-yard medley relay and finished third in the 400-yard individual medley. Junior DJ Hwang also swam well, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle and

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