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New fee worries int’l students International Office’s tech charge stokes student fear
By DANNY VESURAI and ALEX WONG the daily northwestern @dvesurai, @alexalwwong
A technology fee levied this academic year on international students has sparked outrage among many graduate students, who said the fee’s implementation unfairly targets the international student population and was poorly communicated by administrators. The $50 fee assessed by the International Office has stoked fears that the University is becoming less welcoming for international students and that the software purchased with the fee will ultimately harm them. Students also said antiimmigrant rhetoric and policy coming from the president has added to their fears. “This fee makes me feel very unsafe on top of all of the other challenges,” said Niki Charlafti, a third-year doctoral music composition student on an F-1 visa from Greece. The International Office
assessed the fee to fund a third-party software that will allow them to more efficiently report student visa data to the federal government. Administrators said only international students were asked to pay as it serves them, but some faculty and students express concerns that the fee could set a dangerous precedent. Poor communication from the International Office has exacerbated students’ confusion and anger over the fee, as it initially provided little detail about the fee’s implementation and the software’s purpose and nature. Although the International Office clarified on its website that the software was needed to overhaul its data reporting system — which allows students to maintain their visa status — some students said they felt blindsided by the fee. Almost 600 faculty and students signed a petition circulated by Northwestern University Graduate Workers and the Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council, which demanded the fee be revoked. The petition was sent » See FEE, page 9
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BET host Marc Lamont-Hill speaks in FMO event. Hill encouraged students build community of resistance during this time of chaos.
BET host talks black activism
Marc Lamont-Hill discusses making sense of this “moment of chaos” By AMY LI
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Host of BET News Dr. Marc Lamont-Hill reminded black students at Northwestern
to look to the black tradition of resistance and freedom fighting as a tool to make sense of the current “moment of chaos.” Hill recalled how in the age of Barack Obama’s presidency he felt the need to prove to
people that a black man in the White House doesn’t mean the country had turned a racial corner, but in the age of Trump, “so much of that has been laid bare,” Hill said. The key to building a
community of resistance is “an audacious imagination,” he said at a talk hosted by For Members Only and the Contemporary Thought Speakers Series. » See HILL, page 9
NU grapples with rising STD rates Colectivo brings its With STDs up nationally, universities consider education approach By CAMERON COOK and ALAN PEREZ daily senior staffers @cam_e_cook, @ _perezalan_
Rates of sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fourth consecutive year to a record high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Northwestern hasn’t changed its approach to addressing it students’ sexual health in response to the news. Nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in 2017, an increase of more than 200,000 cases from the year before. Young people are especially at risk, since they make up about half of new cases, and most of them don’t get tested. “Certainly young people are the individuals in our nation
who are at greatest risk for sexually transmitted infections,” Edward Hook, the scientific committee chair of the National STD Prevention Conference, said in a press briefing earlier this year. Many students come to college without having learned about safe sex and STD prevention in high school, and while some are turning toward colleges to ensure their students are properly educated, Northwestern hasn’t made any changes to orientation programming in response. Madison Fiedler, who attended an all girls middle school in her hometown of Asheville, NC, says her high school sex education was inadequate. “Our sex education comprised our math teacher bringing in some organic vegetables
coffee downtown The new Church Street location opens doors Friday By MADDY DAUM
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Condoms in a basket. CARE provides free condoms as well as plans content for The Student Body, a True Northwestern Dialogue about sex and consent.
from her garden and putting some condoms on them, and asking if we had any questions,” the Communication senior said. “We didn’t know what to ask questions about.” Adequate sexual health
education — or any sex education — isn’t a given. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 24 states in the U.S. require sex education » See STD, page 9
The days of searching for a seat in a crowded Evanston cafe may soon be in the past. Colectivo Coffee, a chain based out of Milwaukee, will be adding itself to the city’s cafe scene when it opens its doors this Friday, following the construction of a cafe at 716 Church St. Colectivo is going in the storefront previously occupied RadioShack on the corner of Church Street and Sherman Avenue. In addition to selling their own roasted coffee, the cafe
will also sell food and craft beer. The chain is looking to provide more variety than traditional establishments, said Jeff Scott Sopko, who manages the Chicago-area Colectivo locations. “The environment is not just coffee,” Sopko said. “You can come work, you can have a date, you can meet with friends and you can still stay until eight or nine at night. We will eventually serve beer so you can get a full range throughout the day, whereas I think coffee shops limit themselves to some coffee and pastries.” Sopko said Colectivo is working to do outreach to support residents and other businesses in the area. Colectivo will be giving out coffee at the Downtown Evanston Tree Lighting » See COLECTIVO, page 9
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