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DeVos unveils new Title IX proposal Changes would bolster rights of those accused By ALAN PEREZ
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Carly Rae Jepsen belts her hit songs in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Jepsen recently released a new song, Party for One.
Pop star shines at A&O Blowout
Carly Rae Jepsen, Smino wow students during Welsh-Ryan concert By ZOE MALIN
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Twenty minutes into headliner Carly Rae Jepsen’s set at Saturday’s A&O Blowout, the distinct beat of her hit song “Call Me Maybe” blasted through the
speakers. The audience screamed and began to sing like it was 2012. “I wasn’t ever expecting to hear that song live,” said Communication freshman Erin Zhang. “It was so cool to be with my friends from NU, jumping up and down together.” About 1,700 attendees piled
into Welsh-Ryan Arena at A&O Productions’ fall Blowout as Jepsen and opener Smino took the stage. The artists performed music of widely different genres, which A&O co-chair Jessica Collins said attracted a diverse crowd. Jepsen was Blowout’s first solo female headliner. Overall, Collins is proud of
the event. “It was a group effort,” Collins said. “A&O really came together to make the concert a good experience for first-years and all of Northwestern in general.” Smino played a variety of songs from two of his previous » See BLOWOUT, page 6
The Education Department unveiled its proposal of highlyanticipated rules on Friday that would bolster the rights of those accused of sexual assault and harassment, a move that could drastically reshape how colleges like Northwestern handle allegations reported to them. The proposed rules would require that schools no longer rely on the so-called single investigator model, give defendants of sexual misconduct allegations the right to cross-examine their accuser and other witnesses and provide written notice of claims to both parties. Due process advocates and self-described men’s rights groups hailed the new rules after arguing for years that procedures adopted by some schools were unfairly biased against defendants of claims.
“While not perfect, the proposed regulations indicate the federal government’s recognition that students accused of serious misconduct are entitled to meaningful due process rights, and the proposed regulations include a number of important procedural protections that will improve the integrity of the process for everyone,” Samantha Harris, vice president for procedural advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, said in a statement. The rules codify procedures that have varied widely across states and schools since sexual harassment was ruled illegal under Title IX as a form of sex discrimination. Title IX rules have until now only been issued through guidelines and “Dear Colleague” letters, which the Obama administration used in an ambitious effort to combat sexual violence in the nation’s schools. But this administrative process frustrated some for skirting the formal rulemaking process. U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ rules would put the administration on a stronger » See TITLE IX, page 6
Students report mold in Bobb Sand Creek remembered Similar concerns were raised about dorm in 2016
Descendants reflect on impacts of massacre
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Emma Coughlan has had a severe, chronic cough since the start of the school year. When she visited University Health Services, she was told the cough wasn’t due to a virus. Now, the Weinberg
NU received 187 reports of sexual misconduct policy violations
An Office of Equity report published earlier this month notes 187 reported violations of the University’s sexual misconduct policy during 2017. Twenty-eight reports of sexual violence, — nonconsensual sexual penetration or contact — 17 reports of domestic violence and 36
freshman thinks it’s because of mold. And she’s not the only one. Several Bobb-McCulloch Hall residents have reported finding of mold but say Residential Services did not adequately respond to their complaints. SESP freshman Emma Austin Stein found an organic moldlike substance “all over” the air
conditioning vents in her room in early November. After hearing about mold findings in the past, Stein and her roommate actively looked for mold. She promptly notified her residential assistant. Two weeks later, a member of residential services visited the room and determined the mold to be
reports of stalking made by or on behalf of students were reported to the University, 72 of which reportedly took place on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. Another 62 reports of sexual violence, 32 reports of domestic violence and 12 reports of stalking were made anonymously, without reference to location. The University did not resolve 70 of the reports because it had insufficient information or jurisdiction or honored a student’s request not to move forward with an investigation. Of the two sexual violence investigations completed
in 2017, one respondent was expelled from Northwestern. Four complaints from previous years were decided — only one person was found responsible and excluded from NU. Another respondent to a claim of domestic violence was expelled, while one accused of stalking was expelled and another suspended. The report does not include violations of the policy that may have taken place outside of the policy’s jurisdiction such as off-campus, non-University related events.
Descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre victims — Otto Braided Hair, Karen Little Coyote, Fred Mosqueda and Gail Ridgely — shared their family’s pain at an on-campus commemoration of the massacre’s 154th anniversary. The commemoration attempted to grapple with Northwestern’s ties to the massacre. John Evans, one of the Northwestern’s founders, was the territorial governor of Colorado and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs when the massacre occurred. A report released in 2014 by Northwestern found that Evans did not directly order the attack, but did not serve Native Americans’ best interests as superintendent of Indian Affairs and refused
— Cameron Cook
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A bird rests on a fence post overlooking the area of where the massacre took place at sunrise at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site on June 29, 2016 near Eads, Colorado. Northwestern commemorated the 154th anniversary of the massacre.
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