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Residents demand police transparency Evanston citizen group pushes for police advisory By CASSIDY WANG
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More than one hundred undergraduate students gathered in Scott Hall Thursday. Students expressed frustrations over the lack of progress in implementing Fossil Free Northwestern.
Students demand NU divestment Board of Trustees has refrained from halting fossil fuel investments By SPENCER ALLAN
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After a year of inaction from the Board of Trustees, students renewed their calls for Northwestern divest from fossil fuels during the Advisory
Committee on Investment Responsibility’s open meeting Thursday. Students gathered in Scott Hall to support the Fossil Free Northwestern proposal, which calls on NU’s Board of Trustees to cut investments in gas and oil companies from the school’s endowment fund. According to
the proposal, NU has over $49 million invested in companies listed on the Carbon Underground 200 Index. Tasked with making recommendations to the Board of Trustees’ investment committee, the ACIR holds three public meetings a year in the Guild Lounge, where students can
voice their concerns about University investments. The meetings often bring in low turnout, but over a hundred undergraduate students attended in support of Fossil Free Northwestern on Thursday. Weinberg sophomore Sarah » See ACIR, page 12
For 5th Ward resident Carlis Sutton, the operations of Evanston police have historically treated residents of color differently. “I like to use the term ‘double standard,’” Sutton said. “As a black man in this community, I’ve seen both sides of it.” A member of the Citizens Network of Protection — a group dedicated to police reform and civilian oversight — Sutton said he’s tried to work “in the system” for marginalized groups. He’s among many residents in the city demanding civilian oversight of the Evanston Police Department. The Citizens’ Police Advisory Committee currently reviews police complaints. In 2018, former assessment committee chair Matthew Mitchell expressed doubt about whether city officials had the authority to hold former police chief Richard Eddington accountable to enforce discipline taken against an accused officer.
At an Oct. 28 meeting, City Council voted to introduce an ordinance that would create a formalized commission to address complaints. The new commission would provide transparency in the complaint process, Deputy City Manager Kimberly Richardson said. The commission aims “to promote public confidence in the professionalism and accountability” of EPD through unbiased review of complaints and policy recommendations, according to city documents. The ordinance also specifies how the commission would incorporate a “citizen perspective” in evaluating complaints and seek to provide a systematic means to citizen and police interactions. EPD said they are not prepared to comment on the ordinance at this time. Despite their consistent advocacy, Sutton said he and other members of the CNP feel the city has largely ignored their demands in constructing the ordinance. “We’re being asked to accept something that’s politically expedient rather than something that would resolve issues in the community,” Sutton said. “This proposal is a Band-Aid, » See CITIZENS, page 12
Fine sponsors insulin bill SESP to pay for practicum State Sen. Laura Fine stresses rising health costs By ANDREW MYERS
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Last week, state Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) chief cosponsored a Senate bill that caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $100 for a 30-day supply, attempting to rein in the cost of insulin. As insulin prices have doubled from 2012 to 2016, Sen. Fine decided to chief cosponsor to the bill to make insulin affordable. The bill passed the Illinois Senate in a 48-7 vote on Oct. 29. “The goal (of the bill) is to make sure that people who rely on insulin can afford their medication and not have to
choose between their medication and food,” Fine told The Daily. The bill requires any insurer that covers prescription insulin drugs to limit the total out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of insulin to $100. For patients suffering from Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, their bodies either struggle to naturally produce insulin or effectively use the insulin their bodies produce. Without insulin, patients quickly experience life-threatening symptoms, including heart disease, strokes and kidney disease. Because insulin is an essential drug for those suffering
from diabetes, the increased costs of insulin caused some patients to make difficult choices, such as rationing the drug to last longer. Fine said this concern was one reason she supports the bill. She heard stories from constituents taking only as much insulin as necessary or instead using it once a day instead of twice a day in order to ration their supply. She said that choice is unacceptable to her. “This is ridiculous because if this (insulin) is prescribed to them, they need to have it on a regular basis,” she said. Communication » See RELIEF, page 12
Pilot program to give work-study students stipends By NEYA THANIKACHALAM
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In response to student recommendations, the School of Education and Social Policy is piloting the Undergraduate Practicum and Student Teaching Support Fund program to provide a stipend for students who are part of a federal work study program during their SESP practicum. As their final project in a SESP class taught by SESP Dean David Figlio, a group of students created a policy recommendation to make the practicum more financially accessible for work-study students. The school adopted the policy this quarter after students presented the recommendation to Figlio and
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Annenberg Hall. SESP is piloting a new program to provide practicum stipends for students who are part of a federal work study program.
other University administrators last spring. The pilot program will provide a $1,100 stipend to students on the work-study program — under the
$1,200 that the students proposed in the project — and will run for three years. The project identified » See SESP, page 12
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