The Daily Northwestern – November 21, 2017

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As NU goes global, professors raise concerns of pay, gender equity among non-tenure language faculty At Northwestern, not all faculty feel they are treated equally.

According to a survey on faculty compensation, 50 percent of all instructional or clinical faculty — who are ineligible for tenure — were satisfied with their salaries. But for those in the humanities in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, satisfaction dropped to just over 20 percent.

Full-time, non-tenure eligible faculty who teach humanities courses like language, religion and

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philosophy are typically at the bottom of the pay scale compared to their colleagues. For language faculty, this disparity feels particularly pronounced, in part because they often face larger teaching loads.

Spanish Prof. Penny Nichols said she feels a “longstanding tradition” discredits her work as a foreign language professor. As someone with a heavy course load, she said she — and other faculty who teach foreign languages — still tend to earn salaries at the “bottom of the barrel.”

She said though full-time, non-tenure eligible faculty who teach foreign languages receive support and benefits from the University, there are still issues with pay equity.

As NU expands its global reach, those faculty in

foreign languages not only teach a larger course load than others in Weinberg, but are also predominantly women.

Administrators said different fields command varying salaries due to factors like outside competition and tenure eligibility.

Weinberg Dean Adrian Randolph told The Daily in an email that language instruction is a “clear priority,” and that administrators don’t take gender into account when setting pay.

While Nichols said she doesn’t believe faculty who teach foreign languages are paid less only because they’re women, she said gender may play a factor. » See IN FOCUS, page 4

When Njoki Kamau first showed up at Northwestern as a graduate student in the Kellogg School of Management, she said there was no women’s center, and no talk of policies to address sexual harassment and sexual assault.

This year, the Women’s Center is celebrating 30 years since its creation — an event that changed the campus climate for good, said Kamau, now the center’s associate director.

“Just knowing that there is a Women’s Center somewhere … obviously that makes a tremendous difference in terms of women feeling like there’s a place they can go to,” Kamau said. “It doesn’t mean we have all the solutions, but at least we can point in the right directions.”

Though the main anniversary celebration isn’t until March 1, Women’s Center director Sekile Nzinga-Johnson said the center will host programming throughout the academic year to reflect on its past and look forward to the future. Nzinga-Johnson, who joined the center this fall, said it has been exciting to “hit the ground running.”

The overarching theme for the year is “Critical Intersections,” » See WOMEN, page 3

EPD to leave 8th Ward site behind Howard Street outpost vacated as safety increases

By RYAN WANGMAN

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The Evanston Police Department vacated its outpost on Howard Street on Monday, marking a newfound confidence in the safety of an area that has faced crime-related problems.

Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said in a Monday news release that the outpost at 745 Howard St. — which the city leased — was “no longer necessary to fight crime.” The outpost, which opened in 1987, moved to 633 Howard St. in 2001 before shifting back to its original location roughly 14 years later. The

outpost’s 2015 relocation one block west freed up city-owned space to be leased to potential business owners.

Over their 30-year existence, Dugan said the police outposts have hosted meetings, served as polling places and were utilized as places to meet complainants.

“The outposts have assisted the Evanston Police Department in having a positive presence in the Howard Street area and forge long lasting partnerships between the Police Department and 8th ward residents,” Dugan said.

Ald. Ann Rainey (8th), whose ward encompasses the outposts, said the south end of the city has come a “long, long way” since the first outpost opened in 1987.

Rainey said before the outpost was created, there was very little foot traffic throughout the day » See HOWARD, page 8

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Theater chair prepares to leave NU Harvey Young will become Fine Arts dean at Boston University

By MADDIE BURAKOFF

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In high school, Communication Prof. Harvey Young said he became “enamored” with theater, but never saw himself as an actor, instead preferring to stick to backstage work like lighting design and stage crew.

“I always knew that my talent was more behind the scenes than actually onstage,” said Young, who is now a theater historian and critic. “My contribution to that field is to help share that sense of wonder when I write about artists who perform, but also who write, who direct, who produce.”

He currently serves as the chair of NU’s theater department, but said he will soon leave the University. Young will assume the role of Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Boston University, BU’s provost

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Harvey Young, chair of Northwestern’s Department of Theatre. Young will leave for Boston University after spending 15 years at NU.

announced in a July news release.

Young said he has been at NU ever since he was hired as a lecturer and dissertation fellow in 2002, and has been chair of

the theater department for more than three years. Before coming to NU, he received degrees from Yale University, the University at Buffalo and Cornell University,

he said.

Though he began his college career focusing on film, he said he » See YOUNG, page 8

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AROUND TOWN Rideshare tax added to 2018 budget

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Aldermen voted Monday to add a tax on trips taken with ridesharing services such as Lyft and Uber to the proposed 2018 budget.

The tax will raise the cost of each ride by 20 cents and would take effect following the city’s approval of the 2018 budget. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said the tax would not have a major effect on multi-million dollar rideshare companies.

“This 20 cents, believe me — and the drivers have had this beaten into their heads by the companies — is not going to kill your business,” Rainey said.

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz told The Daily that preliminary estimates from discussions with Lyft and Uber suggest the tax will raise about $100,000 in funds. He said the revenues will be added to the city’s general fund, which — if approved — would help fill the 2018 budget’s $6 million deficit.

Chicago raised its own rideshare tax in 2015 in an effort to appease aldermen who expressed concerns about rideshare services negatively affecting traditional taxi businesses.

The city currently charges 52 cents for every ride, with the resulting funds going toward its budget.

Nolan Robinson, an Evanston resident and Lyft driver, said he started the job when he lost his previous position in restaurant management. The father of four said his new job

allowed him to gain control of his life because it offered flexible hours and a reliable income.

He said his salary from Lyft salary goes toward college tuition for two of his children. “(Ridesharing) allows countless drivers to keep their families afloat,” he said. “Keeping ridesharing affordable for people from all backgrounds and neighborhoods is crucial.”

Matt Patton, Lyft’s Midwest public policy manager, spoke at Monday’s meeting in opposition of the proposed tax introduction in Evanston.

Patton said the tax could deter customers, and fewer riders equates to lower paychecks for drivers.

“Lyft is more than just a safe ride to work, home or a doctor’s appointment,” Patton said.

“It allows people to be their own boss, gives them flexibility in their schedule and allows them to earn supplemental income. While 20 cents may seem minimal for some, for someone in an underserved community who uses ridesharing to get to work, it can mean one less paycheck.”

Although aldermen rejected a proposed 7.5 percent tax on vacation rental units like Airbnb, they approved other taxes and fees at the meeting, including increasing the municipal parking tax and doubling expired parking meter fees from $10 to $20. kristinakarisch2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) speaks at a City Council meeting. On Monday, Rainey expressed support of a proposed tax on rides from services like Uber and Lyft.

An article published in Monday’s paper titled “Locals look to add affordable housing” misspelled Meg Welch’s name. The Daily regrets the error.

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ON CAMPUS NU honors victims of anti-transgender violence

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Sylvia Regan (left) and JT Turner read the names of victims of anti-transgender violence during a vigil in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. The event was held by Multicultural Student Affairs on Monday in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Northwestern students, faculty and staff read the names of victims of anti-transgender violence and honored their memories during a Monday vigil held in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.

The vigil was organized by Multicultural Student Affairs in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Originally scheduled to be held at The Rock, the event was moved inside Norris University Center due to heavy winds.

Assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs JT Turner and Weinberg senior Sylvia Regan read 36 pages of names –– collected over a one-year period from around the world –– at the vigil.

Turner told The Daily the vigil was organized to provide a space for people to mourn and also to share personal stories, because there isn’t always a place to discuss these issues.

“The premise of the event is that people are continuing to spread awareness about

anti-transgender violence,” Turner said. “It’s important to recognize folks that have lost their lives to violence and honor their stories.”

Regan, who is the publicity chair of Rainbow Alliance, told The Daily she thought the vigil was important for others to see and recognize the violence that has occurred against transgender people over the last year.

“It’s important for people to stop and recognize the terrible loss,” Regan said. “It’s something we shouldn’t forget, but it’s easy to forget when we’re isolated from that violence.”

Regan added that while reading the names, she was thinking about how long the list was.

She said she hopes people who were unable to attend the event will go online and look at the list to better understand the magnitude of loss.

Associate director of alumni engagement Suresh Mudragada attended the event and told The Daily he hopes events like these help educate others about the transgender community.

“Challenges and obstacles exist in our society that are very much binary and wanting to force people into boxes,” Mudragada said. “It’s very much eye-opening, so that’s when I started going to Transgender Day of Remembrance

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programs and learning about what’s happening in our country and what is oftentimes not reported.”

Turner said this year, Multicultural Student Affairs decided to focus transgender awareness programming around the Day of the Dead holiday. At the center of the vigil, a Day of the Dead altar was set up with photos of more than 20 victims from the U.S. Attendees were also encouraged to bring photos of loved ones to place on the altar, Turner said.

“The significance with it is that the majority of (transgender) folks who have been murdered every year are usually of Latinx descent,” Turner said. “We’re just trying to acknowledge that component.”

Regan said she hopes the event spurs people to think about anti-transgender violence every day.

“Transgender Day of Remembrance isn’t the only day that people can and should think about the issue of violence against transgender people, but it’s a good start,” Regan said.h elizabethbyrne2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Nzinga-Johnson said. This represents the junction of past, present and future, she said, and the ideas of intersectional feminism she is working to introduce.

“We try to note and design programming in our theme that reminds us that in order to respond to gender inequity, we have to look at how gender inequity is connected to other forms of inequity,” she said.

Kamau, who has been at the center for about 25 years, said she has seen it evolve through different stages. At first, she said the staff focused on building a foundation on a campus with no policy against sexual harassment and no childcare. After establishing the basics, Kamau said the center moved toward more educational programs for women and the larger University community.

When the center opened, Kamau said NU wasn’t “very keen” on talking about gender equity. But when director of programs Alecia Wartowski joined the Women’s Center in 2013, she said she began to notice an increased willingness to engage.

“That was when a lot of things were changing on this campus, about a real interest and thirst in addressing some deeply buried issues around racism, sexism and sexual assault,” Wartowski said. “We as the Women’s Center felt in talking to people that they wanted to learn how to be better.”

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One main goal of this year’s events is to increase the “visibility” of the Women’s Center as a resource for students, faculty and staff, Wartowski said.

McCormick freshman Eliana McComas — a work-study student at the Women’s Center — said though NU generally informs students of resources, the center remains often overlooked.

Colin Clayton, communications chair for Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators, said he thinks people know about the Women’s Center but aren’t sure how to utilize it. He added that it is “really unfortunate” NU eliminated long-term counseling at the center last year.

“The Women’s Center is unique in that it’s a safer space than the more clinical atmosphere of CAPS,” the Weinberg senior said. “Some people are more inclined to go to a place like the Women’s Center.”

Previously, counseling accounted for “easily a third” of what the Women’s Center did, Wartowski said. The team now has the chance to bring Nzinga-Johnson’s new perspective into filling that space with other ways to serve women, she said.

The 30th anniversary is a chance to “rock the campus” and keep tackling the contemporary issues that impact women, Kamau said.

“Seeing what seemed impossible when you started asking for it … and to see what happened afterward, gives me the idea that even if you’re met with resistance, the idea is to keep coming back,” Kamau said.

“And eventually, the world does yield.” madelineburakoff2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Crowe Hall houses many offices of non-tenure eligible faculty who teach foreign languages. Professors raised concerns of pay and gender equity among that group due to their greater teaching loads.

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“It’s hard to distinguish why we’re discriminated against,” Nichols said. “Are we discriminated against because we’re in humanities, are we discriminated against because we are in languages … or are we discriminated against because the majority of us are women? It probably is somehow a combination of all of those factors.”

The table left out median salaries in the group from the Bienen School of Music, the School of Communication and the McCormick School of Engineering because it excluded salary figures for categories with less than five people. Salaries reported on the table are on a nine-month basis.

Beyond an imbalance between fields, several professors expressed concern that differences in salary could also indicate a gender equity issue.

Faculty divides

Faculty are split among tenure lines, which can create an explicit and implicit “hierarchy,” said French Prof. Nasrin Qader, chair of the Department of French and Italian.

Those on the tenure track are offered different benefits and job security, according to the Faculty Handbook. Non-tenure track faculty, which include teaching-track faculty, work on a contractual basis and are evaluated for reappointment or promotion.

Qader, who is tenured, said non-tenure eligible faculty within her department usually teach lowerlevel language classes. Tenure-track faculty mostly teach upper-level literature courses. She said she makes salary recommendations for French and Italian faculty, which requires her to track their work.

Many faculty members are conscious of their contracts, which may prevent them from critiquing the University, she said.

“That always affects the way that they see themselves within the institution,” Qader said. “That makes them ... less certain in their position within the University and makes them a little bit more vulnerable.”

Over the past four decades, the share of full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty has decreased nationwide, while the share of full-time, non-tenure track faculty has risen, according to a study by the American Association of University Professors.

Tenure-track faculty face different professional expectations, like researching and publishing their work, Provost Jonathan Holloway told The Daily earlier this month. Non-tenure track faculty, however, are primarily viewed as teachers and can therefore face heavier course loads, he said.

Foreign language instruction spreads across several departments and programs, and many of their core faculty are ineligible for tenure. According to the AAUP, large departments that teach many sections of required freshman courses, like in foreign languages, “often have the highest density of nontenure-track faculty.”

Nearly 35 percent of Weinberg full-time faculty were on the non-tenure track, according to a 2016 report by the Faculty Senate’s Non-Tenure Eligible Committee.

A copy of a faculty salary table obtained by The Daily summarizes median salaries of full-time, nontenure eligible instructional faculty from the 2016-17 academic year. The table shows median salaries of each school at different levels.

Assistant professors of instruction from the Weinberg humanities had the lowest reported median salary at $57,400, compared to $79,000 in the Weinberg social sciences and $73,500 in the Weinberg natural sciences.

Gender breakdowns

Qader said she doesn’t see an issue of pay equity within her own department, but at the “structural” level as many faculty who teach foreign languages are women. “(The gender breakdown) happens that way for personal reasons, for societal reasons, for whatever reasons that women end up taking these jobs,” she said. “But then that raises the issue of workload, of place within the institution, issues of hierarchy and, of course, pay.”

Some have voiced concern that many of the fulltime faculty who teach foreign languages and are ineligible for tenure, are women.

Women make up about 91 percent of core fulltime, non-tenure eligible faculty within the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, nearly 85 percent in the Department of French and Italian and about 81 percent in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures — excluding visiting, affiliated and emeritus faculty.

In spring 2015, then-provost Dan Linzer and associate provost for faculty Lindsay Chase-Lansdale launched an initiative to “heighten the success” of faculty, which included a Faculty Perspectives Survey. Nearly 70 percent of NU faculty completed it, excluding responses from medical clinical faculty.

Chase-Lansdale deferred comment for this story to Randolph, who said in an email the University is “committed to fairness when it comes to setting pay.”

A copy of a preliminary report obtained by The Daily addresses issues of salaries and equity.

To measure faculty salary equity among non-tenure track faculty, NU statisticians used two models with different variables, including demographic information and Course and Teacher Evaluation responses. However, the report noted that “due to the relatively small size” of faculty in some schools and departments, there were limitations to measuring pay inequity.

The report found “no statistically significant differences” between men’s and women’s salaries for instructional or clinical faculty by rank.

Another preliminary report obtained by The Daily examined diversity and inclusion. According to responses from the Faculty Perspectives Study, 47 percent of instructional or clinical faculty within Weinberg’s humanities agreed that from their perspective, “the work climate/culture is supportive regardless of a person’s gender.”

In the same study, 54 percent of the same group agreed that the climate and opportunities for female faculty are equivalent to those for male faculty within their department.

Karen Alter, co-chair of the Organization of Women Faculty, which examines issues of gender equity and diversity at NU, said the study was “incomplete.” She said it failed to capture the full picture of pay and gender inequity for non-tenure track faculty.

Alter, a tenured political science professor, said though the study was a “very valiant” initial effort, a “do-over” is in order.

“This was the first, most comprehensive evaluation of pay equity, I think, in Northwestern’s history,” Alter said. “It’s a huge advance, but it could not do everything. And there’s the recognition that, especially with respect to teaching-track faculty, it really didn’t work.”

Still, Spanish Prof. Heather Colburn, another co-chair of the OWF, said faculty who teach foreign languages at NU are in better positions than others at different schools.

Colburn pointed to multi-year contracts and clear paths to promotion as positive steps Weinberg has taken for non-tenure track faculty.

“There are a lot of perceived, and in a lot of cases, very real issues for non-tenure eligible faculty in languages in Weinberg,” Colburn said. “But again, Weinberg is really ahead of the curve in a lot of ways.”

University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily earlier this month that the pay equity study could help address any related issues.

“It’s important to really look into it, as we’ve done,” Schapiro said, “And figure out, in fact, whether there’s some imbalance — and if there is, you address it.”

Holloway said he will work with Randolph and other deans in the spring to set faculty salaries.

He said market forces and “resource management” can drive salaries. He added that “great discrepancies” exist between salaries, which reflect different fields.

“We can’t be a sole actor in mitigating the market,” Holloway said. “The fact is, the market pressures are really quite strong.”

He added that the study and conversations with the OWF may help guide him and others when determining details about salaries, but it’s “premature” to say how.

Issues of pay and gender equity for non-tenure

eligible faculty who teach foreign languages may exist at NU, Holloway said.

“I know it’s a national issue,” he said. “I don’t know enough yet to say if it’s a Northwestern issue. I’d be surprised if it weren’t a Northwestern issue.”

“We are overwhelmed”

Most full-time, non-tenure eligible faculty in Weinberg teach six courses per academic year, but those in foreign languages are required to take on nine, according to the Non-Tenure Eligible Committee’s report.

Colburn said faculty who teach foreign languages face more demanding workloads if they teach three different courses per quarter.

“A lot of teaching-track faculty in languages feel that we know that our reappointment decisions, our promotion decisions in part are based on our teaching,” Colburn said. “A big concern … (is) that doesn’t allow a lot of time to do those other things that are really necessary to get to the next level, to be promoted.”

People often misunderstand how much preparation work is required to make language courses dynamic and interactive, said Nichols, the Spanish professor.

She said because the approach to teaching foreign languages is always evolving, professors must attend conferences to stay up-to-date. She added that professors who teach foreign languages are “put upon” and the nine-unit teaching requirement can hinder their involvement.

“That means that we can’t possibly do a lot of outside things,” Nichols said. “Whether it’s serving on University committees, whether it’s doing research, whether it’s professional development — any of those things, because we just don’t have the time to do it.

We are overwhelmed.”

Italian lecturer Alessandra Visconti said the nine-unit teaching requirement is so “onerous” that it’s nearly impossible to “stay abreast” of the latest developments in language teaching.

Visconti said teaching several sections of the same course in one quarter doesn’t necessarily reduce her preparation because she must tailor lessons to each class.

“Every class is different. So it doesn’t mean that when you teach one class at 10 and again the same level at 12, you’re going to be teaching the exact same material,” Visconti said. “Anyone who thinks that doesn’t really understand teaching and learning.”

Despite the limited time available for non-tenure eligible faculty to devote to additional matters, the report estimated that most also conduct research, serve on committees or perform administrative work.

Japanese Prof. Noriko Taira Yasohama said some quarters she teaches more than one section of the same level course. However, she said she’s “overloading” due to her administrative work as the director of language programs in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

“Doing that and then doing administrative work, it’s really hard to even manage what I’m supposed to do,” she said.

Qader, the Department of French and Italian chair, said despite some misconceptions, teachingtrack faculty “don’t just teach.” Instead, they involve

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2017 themselves in their departments and engage with students outside class, like practicing foreign languages over lunch, she said.

She added that teaching foreign languages is rigorous because teachers root learning in “broader cultural instruction.”

Qader said the teaching load is neither reasonable nor sustainable given everything chairs ask of nontenure eligible faculty.

“We have been requesting, and we have been agitating, to get the load to come to six to equalize … so that everybody is treated the same across the University,” Qader said. “We don’t really buy the whole argument that multi-section classes require so much less work that you have to teach three extra courses.”

Economics Prof. Mark Witte, who is ineligible for tenure and teaches six courses per year, said the University must offer competitive salaries to incentivize professors to teach rather than work in the private sector.

Witte said though he’s happy with his current course load, he would likely be unable to keep up with his outside commitments if he had to teach nine courses per year.

“I couldn’t read as much about the field,” Witte said. “I certainly couldn’t afford to go to any conferences. It would limit what kind of creativity I could bring to the classroom to change things up.”

Randolph, the Weinberg dean, said in an email that teaching loads are “variable” across Weinberg,

including among tenure- and non-tenure track faculty. He added that NU is at the “vanguard” of higher education in offering full-time employment to faculty on the teaching track. “(Teaching loads) may be dependent upon the assignment of duties other than teaching courses, number of preparations as well as a variety of other factors,” Randolph said. “We are clear when we run searches for tenure-track and teaching track positions what the teaching expectations are.”

Going global

In 2016, the Global Strategy Task Force — convened after Roberta Buffett Elliott’s more than $100 million donation — released a report to increase NU’s global stature. One of the recommendations aimed to “support language study and training.”

“Language competency training in support of global research, teaching, learning, and service should not be constrained by enrollment,” the report said.

The report determined the University has a “significant opportunity” to raise its visibility abroad in part by using “ambitious, cohesive marketing.”

Political science Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Weinberg’s sole representative on the task force, said results of the report must be followed through at all levels of the University.

Kellogg Dean Sally Blount, a co-chair of the Global Strategy Task Force, deferred comment to Randolph, and executive vice president Nim Chinniah, the other co-chair, deferred to Chase-Lansdale.

Alter, one of the OWF co-chairs, said though NU can’t counter the market, administrators should recognize those faculty who help accomplish its initiatives, including going global.

She added that many goals tend to be “laborintensive” and fall on women faculty.

“Northwestern has a set of new and wonderful goals, including language teaching,” Alter said. “There should be a greater match between salary and goals. … Put the resources there, and reward the people who make contributions to these goals.”

Schapiro said he was unaware of the greater teaching requirement for non-tenure eligible faculty who teach foreign languages, but said they play an important role in NU’s globalizing mission.

“One of the most important things we hope people get out of a Northwestern education is cultural literacy,” he said. “I don’t know if (foreign language instruction is) more important now than it was, I think it’s always been extraordinarily important.”

A more perfect union

Visconti, the Italian lecturer, said the only solution to achieve greater pay equity is to sit down as

a union and bargain with the University.

In May, the National Labor Relations Board certified majority support from non-tenure eligible faculty to join the Service Employees International Union after faculty filed for an election in June 2016. However, the University has refused to bargain with the union, citing over two dozen contested ballots. In response, the union filed unfair labor charges.

Nichols said there’s “no doubt” many faculty who teach foreign languages favored unionization, given they want parity with their peers.

Bargaining with the union will bring greater transparency and equity, Visconti said. She added that while she understands market values can determine salaries, nonprofit universities — even private ones — should foster studies in the humanities.

“I don’t think market value really should determine how much someone who may be a Nobel Laureate gets paid,” Visconti said. “Market value should stay in the market, and I don’t think that the University should become a market.”

Visiting sociology Prof. Jackson Bartlett, an organizer of unionization efforts, said he noticed many involved have been language and creative writing faculty members.

“One of our broader strategies is to lift up the bottom,” Bartlett said, “and to pick up some of the most egregious injustices on campus — and languages is definitely one of them.”

He said he’s encouraged others to be more transparent about their pay so greater equity can be achieved. Bartlett, who was hired right after receiving his doctorate, said he may have the “sweetest deal” because he has his own office and other benefits.

“A lot of us who have better gigs view this disparity between us and the languages as arbitrary and as gendered because women are seen as language teachers,” Bartlett said. “The amount of work that they do is by no means less than the amount of work that we do.”

Nichols said the University can show the importance of language instructors by lowering teaching loads and raising salaries.

Holloway said he acknowledges that the teaching load is heavier, but that it comes with the job.

He said the best way to manage resources is to take cues from the market.

“Say we wanted to change radically the pay structure for our lowest-paid faculty in whatever field that is,” Holloway said. “That’s a great thing, but then before you know it, you don’t have the resources to continue.”

An equitable future

Randolph said in an email the University is “in the midst of appointing a committee to consider how best to support language instruction.”

Moving forward, faculty from many departments said the importance of language instruction and pay equity must be better understood.

Nichols said concerns of gender equity are still prevalent after years of advocacy.

“It’s much better than it used to be, but it’s still not ideal,” she said.

Hurd, the political science professor, said concerns about language instruction were raised during outreach events as the Global Strategy Task Force asked faculty about pressing issues.

She added that moving forward, the University must commit to upholding the recommendations outlined in the task force.

“If you want to globalize Northwestern, you’ve got to have serious and comprehensive and wellpaid language instruction,” Hurd said. “That means, of course, getting the best instructors, paying them what they deserve and treating them with the respect that they deserve, as people who are integral to Northwestern’s global mission.” ericasnow2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern, Illinois renew in-state rivalry Saturday

By BEN POPE

daily senior staffer @benpope111

A win over Illinois on Saturday would give Northwestern almost twice as many Big Ten wins during its ongoing winning streak as the Fighting Illini have accumulated over the past three seasons combined.

That’s a sobering testament to the state of the rivalry, which No. 23 NU (8-3, 6-2 Big Ten) has dominated lately. Since 2003, the Wildcats have had an equal-or-better record than their southern rivals in 11 of 14 seasons and won the head-to-head matchup 10 times. They’ve already secured another victory this year in the former category; the latter will be determined this week.

The Cats’ players declined to call out Illinois’ struggles Monday, with junior guard Tommy Doles saying that the Fighting Illini “are Big Ten football players, so we absolutely respect the guys that are

across from us.”

But all data suggest that Saturday’s matchup will be rather lopsided. Illinois (2-9, 0-8) enters the weekend the loser of nine straight games overall and 11 straight Big Ten games dating back to 2016, including a 52-14 demolition at the hands of Ohio State last week. NU, meanwhile, has won six straight to climb into second in the division.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald focused his comments mainly on the long-term vision of Illinois coach Lovie Smith, a longtime friend.

“He’s put together the plan to build a program,” Fitzgerald said. “He’s playing a lot of young guys, as many as we’ve seen all year. They’ve stayed the course with their plan, and that’s what great coaches do.”

Approximately 10 freshmen will start for the Fighting Illini on Saturday — 11 if freshman quarterback Cam Thomas returns from injury and makes his second career start — because of Smith’s rebuilding strategy.

Smith said Monday that Thomas, who gradually

took over the starting job from Jeff George Jr. in October but has missed the last two games, is likely to play barring any mid-week setbacks. Thomas has completed just 14 career passes but is averaging 5.5 yards per carry this year, demonstrating the kind of scrambling ability the Cats have struggled against at times.

“There’s some flux there at quarterback, so we’ll have to prepare for multiple guys there,” Fitzgerald said. “Cam’s a true dual-threat young man that they can do a lot of different things with.”

Fitzgerald also praised Illinois’ defense for its physicality and for holding four straight opponents — prior to Ohio State — to fewer than 30 points.

The statistics agree that the defense has been the team’s strongest unit: ESPN’s efficiency ratings rank it a below-average 91st in the country, but well above the 120th-ranked Illinois offense.

Nevertheless, NU’s 63rd-ranked offense and 36th-ranked defense both appear to be in another league, and oddsmakers agree. The Cats are currently

16-point favorites, and if that line holds, it’ll be the most they have been favored by in road game since 2001.

With the matchup — at least on paper — seemingly so imbalanced, both coaches have taken to the tactic of drumming up interest using the rivalry storyline. With a win, NU would retain a bronze hat known as the Land of Lincoln Trophy, created to replace the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk in 2009, for the third consecutive year.

“There are some natural rivalries that you have, and I think athletes know exactly what it means when this week comes around,” Smith said in Champaign.

“Northwestern week is here and we can’t wait to play.”

One-hundred fifty miles to the north, Fitzgerald echoed the sentiment.

“This is the only (rivalry) that matters for us,” he said. “To fight for the Land of Lincoln Trophy, it means the world to our program.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Facing down Northwestern’s stout defensive front, which sits in 13th in the nation in rushing yards allowed, many opponents this year have given up on the running game.

Instead, foes have tried to take advantage of the team’s secondary, a typically strong unit that has become a relative weakness due to youth and injuries.

In Big Ten play, the No. 23 Wildcats (8-3, 6-2 Big Ten) have defended an average of more than 37 passes per game. Two teams, Michigan State and Purdue, aired it out well over 50 times.

Through the onslaught, the team’s two starting senior safeties have led the way, forcing turnovers and dishing out hits as NU has rolled up six straight wins.

Those two seniors are Kyle Queiro and Godwin Igwebuike.

“You’ve been seeing it all year,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said Monday. “We’ve had a lot of different substitutions and different guys playing in the back end, and I think the two constants have been Kyle and Godwin.”

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long-time starter who passed on the 2017 NFL Draft to return this fall. He brings heavy doses of swagger and confidence to the squad and stepped up as a leader in the defensive backfield amid injuries a year ago.

The more low-key Queiro took longer to blossom into a starting role for the Cats, but emerged as another key cog in the defense last fall. In one of that season’s highlights, he made a leaping one-handed interception against Indiana with a cast on his other hand. This fall, he has taken his game to new heights and leads the team with four interceptions.

“He has improved so much,” Igwebuike said after the team’s win over Minnesota on Saturday. “He’s putting a lot more into the season, and I think it’s paying off for him. It’s been a great blessing playing with him.”

In the sloppy Senior Day rout of the Golden Gophers, the defensive backfield turned in its finest performance. With an assist from the conditions, the Cats allowed two completions the whole game and intercepted quarterback Demry Croft three times.

Queiro pulled down one of those picks, returning it 36 yards to set up a quick NU touchdown drive.

In addition to his pilfers, Queiro has filled a variety of columns on the stat sheet this season, racking up 3.5 tackles for loss and 53 tackles.

Meanwhile, Igwebuike has continued to build

on his reputation as a hard-hitter and carries 68 tackles into the team’s season finale against Illinois on Saturday. He has a pair of interceptions too and has cleared the 300-tackle mark for his career.

Fitzgerald said the two safeties’ impact extends beyond the box score.

“They both have come a long way from a standpoint of learning to be the leaders that they’re capable of,” Fitzgerald said. “Both I think were very well prepared in high school, but more lead-by-example guys. And now, as they’ve gotten older, they’ve seen they have to be more than that for us to be consistent in the back end.”

The entire unit has displayed that consistency lately, racking up seven interceptions in the last three games and allowing just two of the past six opponents to complete more than 60 percent of their passes.

And facing an Illinois team that has struggled to find a consistent passing attack this fall, the two seniors may have one more impressive regular season showing left in them.

“They’re great leaders on our team and great playmakers,” senior linebacker Brett Walsh said Monday.

“Those are guys that I think a lot of offenses fear, and they’re gonna make you pay if you make a mistake.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu *against the spread

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even though there were some great businesses.

With the arrival of the outpost — which usually had a police car parked out front — people were no longer afraid to visit the area, she said.

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said Rainey’s vision for an active police presence on Howard was the first step in the active redevelopment on the street.

Bobkiewicz said the city considered its budget constraints and weighed the utility of the outpost before deciding to vacate it. The outpost’s departure from 745 Howard St. will save the city $12,000 in rent, he said.

The city will also generate additional revenue through leasing 633 Howard St. to Pascal Berthoumieux for his second Evanston Patisserie Coralie location, Bobkiewicz added.

“For the city to say … the original building that was purchased for this purpose is now going to be an active commercial use, is exactly how, from my view as a city manager, exactly how you want this to work out,” Bobkiewicz said.

Rainey said because people feel comfortable enough to frequent the area without a constant police presence, the city was successful in putting the outpost “out of business.”

“Now we have a lot of exciting, wonderful, tax-paying, entertainment-generating, wonderful things for people to do down there,” Rainey said.

“We don’t really need a police outpost any longer, and that is a very positive thing.”

became interested in theater while studying stage-toscreen adaptations and eventually pursued his doctorate in theater at Cornell. Currently, Young said his focus is in contemporary American theater, adding he has long been fascinated by how the arts can serve as a “mirror to society.”

Though he used to teach introductory lecture classes, Young said he is at his best in smaller seminars.

He especially enjoys teaching contemporary works, he said, because students have to develop their own critical voices without the “crutch” of prior criticism.

Communication junior Ziare Paul-Emile said she took an American theater course with Young last year and thought it was one of the best classes she’d taken at NU. She found Young to be “brilliant” and passionate about his work, she said.

“I’m heartbroken. I’m really so sad he’s going,” PaulEmile said. “He just made such a good impression on me, and he’s done a great job here. … He’s a wonderful professor and ally.”

After spending 15 years at NU cultivating relationships, Young said it will be difficult to leave. Many of Young’s closest friends are fellow faculty members, he said, and the collegiality among faculty is “essentially unmatched.”

Theater Prof. Cindy Gold said Young is a “wonderful” colleague who will be greatly missed. As chair of the department, Gold said Young excels at being aware of the strengths of faculty members and also engaging with students in his classes.

“Students adore him,” Gold said. “There are very few faculty members who I think are as well loved.”

During his time as chair, Young said he has dedicated much of his time to improving facilities for the theater department — including recent renovations to the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts — and also working on a redesign for the theater curriculum, which will be implemented later this academic year.

The main focus of his work, though, has been a commitment to his “core passion” of diversity and inclusion, he said. Part of it was through the Ghostlight Project — a commitment implemented by the theater department last year — which involves bringing diverse artists to campus and partnering with communities in Evanston and Chicago.

By incorporating works from more diverse authors into courses and engaging students in conversations about race, gender and equity, Young said he has tried to create a more inclusive culture in the theater community at NU, which would then “ripple out” into the professional world.

“My hope is that current students and recent alumni are able to understand and appreciate life from another person’s perspective,” Young said. “If our students think differently about casting to the point at which they want to make the theater and the art they create to look more like the society we live in, then that’s a win as far as I’m concerned.”

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A 35-year-old Chicago man was arrested Thursday in south Evanston in connection with aggravated battery.

The man, who was a patient at St. Francis Hospital, had attempted to leave while still attached to an IV, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. After the man argued with security staff and hospital workers, an ER nurse agreed to remove his IV, Dugan said.

After the IV was removed, the man chest bumped a security officer and punched him in the face, Dugan said. The man also struck two other security officers.

Police arrived and took the man into custody, Dugan said. He was charged with one count of aggravated battery, a felony.

Man arrested in downtown Evanston in connection with cannabis possession

A 25-year-old Chicago man was arrested Friday in downtown Evanston in connection with cannabis possession.

The man was stopped in the 1700 block of Ridge Avenue after officers observed him talking on his cellphone while driving, Dugan said.

The man was unable to produce a driver’s license or proof of insurance, and officers later learned that the man’s license had been revoked due to a DUI, he said.

Officers found a bottle containing 2.25 grams of cannabis and a glass pipe used to ingest it, Dugan said. Police also found an open, halfempty bottle of Corona in the vehicle.

The man was charged with cannabis possession under 10 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and illegal transportation of open alcohol — all misdemeanors, Dugan said. The man was also issued citations for driving without a valid license, driving with a revoked license and driving without proof of insurance. ­— Jake Holland

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Council rejects transfer of EPD victim advocates

By AMELIA LANGAS

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In an effort to cut costs, aldermen rejected a motion to hire one full-time and three part-time victim advocates for the Evanston Police Department’s Social Services Bureau.

At Monday’s City Council meeting, aldermen voted 4-5 not to pass the proposal, which was included in the suggested 2018 budget. However, they asked that city staff assemble a document detailing more options for organizing victim services and information on how the budget will be impacted in each case.

Currently, there are four full-time victim service positions in EPD’s Social Services Bureau and only two of them are filled, which city staff said was not beneficial to people in need of services.

“Our concern is coverage,” city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. “We want to make sure that we can provide 24/7 on-call coverage for this and our concern is that with only two people the reliability to do that is really something we’re concerned about.”

Bobkiewicz said with only two full-time staffers, the department would have a “difficult” time catering to those who may need assistance in the “off-hours.”

The proposal for one full-time manager and three part-time employees — who would work 28 to 30 hours a week — would allow for their hours to overlap and introduce the ability to schedule overtime, said Evonda Thomas-Smith, director of Evanston’s Health and Human Services department.

“Unfortunately, some incidents just occur in the evening hours and occur on the weekend hours, and so not having that coverage would be incredibly concerning,” Thomas-Smith said.

Evanston chief of police Richard Eddington said his department houses the victim advocates, but their work falls under the purview of the Health and Human Services department. Eddington said having more employees means a more manageable workload.

He said the department “needs” all four positions to be filled. However, if the city were to keep the initial allotment of four full-time employees — rather than accept the proposed switch to one full-time and three part-time employees — it would continue to cost the city more than it can afford.

“We find ourselves in a difficult situation attempting to attend to the needs of the victims in the context of a $6 million mess,” Eddington said.

Originally, the cost for maintaining the victim advocates’ positions in the Social Services Bureau was $680,000, but the proposal to move the positions to the Health and Human Services department would decrease the cost by $400,000.

Although the proposal failed to pass Monday, Thomas-Smith said she wasn’t “married” to that idea, and is open to suggestions for how to structure roles.

She added that there should be at least one full-time victim services manager with supporting staffers.

Bobkiewicz said staff will present the detailed document aldermen requested in a continued budget discussion at next Monday’s meeting. amelialangas@u.northwestern.edu

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Wildcats edge out Spartans to win TYR Invitational

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

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After trailing Michigan State following Friday’s events and leading by just two points entering Sunday, Northwestern pulled away from the Spartans on the final day of the TYR Invitational to win the home meet for the second straight year.

Last season, the Wildcats edged Michigan State by a mere half-point. This year, NU (3-6) won the invitational a little more easily, finishing 23 points ahead of the Spartans and more than 250 points ahead of each of the other four teams: Grand Canyon, Saint Louis, Illinois-Chicago and Truman State.

“We’ve been training day in and day out,

putting in the work,” freshman DJ Hwang said.

“Having a Big Ten team come and to get a win at home just shows that we’re going in the right direction as a program.”

NU recorded just one first-place finish in 25 events — from junior Ben Magliato in the 1-meter diving — but finished second in 10 other events.

The Cats had multiple swimmers in the championship heat in 13 of the 17 individual races, including six of the seven events on the final day.

Junior Will Hofstadter said the size of the meet and the home-pool advantage helped the Cats. “(The energy) makes the meet more exciting, especially for the freshmen,” Hofstadter said. “It shows them this is a big meet, it’s not just another dual meet, and having our parents there really gives us a lot of extra energy and helps us swim faster.”

Among NU’s second-place finishers were Hofstadter, who swam the 50-yard breaststroke in 25.26, senior Nick Petersen, who touched in 22.92 in the 50-yard backstroke, and freshman Jeffrey Durmer, who finished the 400-yard individual medley in 3:56.22. Hofstadter also finished second in the 100 breast with a time of 54.51.

The Cats also got second-place finishes from junior Ryan Tate in the 100-yard butterfly, Hwang in the 1650-yard freestyle and junior Justin Hanson in the 200 fly.

Durmer said the Cats were motivated swimming against Michigan State, with whom they are evenly matched.

“Seeing those gladiator caps kind of makes me mad and makes me swim faster,” Durmer said. “It’s a good competition. I like the guys, I know some guys on MSU, but I love beating them.”

After a rough start to the season, the team was pleased with its weekend performance. NU’s fall campaign is now over, and the team will not compete again until Jan. 13. To stay in shape until then, the Cats will train for two weeks at the University of Hawaii, Petersen said.

Hwang, who is from Hawaii, said he is looking forward to training close to home. He added that he is excited to focus solely on swimming and take a break from balancing academics and athletics.

“Usually we all come out in very good shape after the training,” Hwang said. “We’re just looking forward to swimming more season-bests, being more aggressive at the meets and putting up times that are going to help us be competitive at Big Tens.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Becoming a better writer, listener as Opinion Editor MARIANA ALFARO

DAILY COLUMNIST

As Opinion Editor, this last quarter was interesting, to say the least.

I’m a trained reporter, but I decided to take over The Daily’s Opinion section as a way to explore an aspect of journalism I had never considered pursuing. I am not one to pass a good challenge. I had also heard that The Daily’s opinion section is, to quote some of our loyal readers, “trash.” Which, fine.

Opinions aren’t meant to please everyone; that’s why they’re opinions, not facts. Sure, you can (and should) have factually correct opinions, but even then people will doubt you.

From this quarter of experimenting with the Opinion section, I’ve learned that staying on the news side of newspapers is, in a way, easier than balancing a spectrum of individual thoughts and rationalizations. Don’t get me wrong; journalism, good journalism, is still incredibly hard to do. But dealing with opinions — yours and other people’s — takes a special kind of effort that goes beyond news gathering. Also, publishing your opinion makes you pretty vulnerable, no matter how

good, bad, hot or cold your take is.

Lin-Manuel Miranda once tweeted, “do NOT get stuck in the comments section of life.” That works, in theory. But, as Opinion Editor, you cannot, and should not ignore the comments. When you so publicly open your brain and thoughts to other people’s exploration — becoming vulnerable — you also open yourself to their criticism and views. Some of the feedback I got this quarter was really sweet, encouraging and comforting. Most, however, was not. And for that, I am thankful. It only helped make me stronger.

Professional reporters I’ve talked to in the last year have told me that these are weird times to join the journalism industry. They haven’t said this in a discouraging way. Far from it, they’ve said it in a “hey, this is a golden era for journalism” kind of way. But “fake news” has continued to be an issue, and we’ve seen name-calling and attacks on journalists not only here, but abroad. So deciding to work in a newsroom instead of taking some other media job — marketing, PR, consulting — can seem like an odd choice to many. Why would you want to keep up with what other people think when sometimes even your own mind can be difficult to follow?

I can’t really explain the logic behind what drives me to reporting. Call it a love for the job, call it a love for interviewing and picking

people’s brains. I didn’t get a chance to do the former much this quarter, but I sure did get a chance to do the latter. I got to talk to people whose opinions are on the complete opposite end of the spectrum as mine, I got to see how they rationalized their thoughts, and somehow came to understand (most of the time) how they came to those conclusions. I didn’t necessarily agree, but I could at least trace their train of thought. I also got to see the good, the bad and the ugly of online commenters, which in all honesty is good training for the long career in journalism I hope to have after graduating from Medill.

But it shouldn’t take a job as an Opinion Editor to put yourself in a place where you can hear and analyze other people’s opinions.

We’ve all discussed the whole “bubble” problem most of us are in: that bubble where we seemingly can’t run into opinions that differ from our own, the bubble that many blame for the results of the 2016 election. The freaking bubble. Many think that Northwestern is such a liberal bubble you can’t easily find anyone who has opinions different than your own. If I learned anything from running the Opinion section is that you’re wrong.

What I’m trying to say is: Please go out of your way and find an opinion different from your own. These debates play out better when they’re had in person and not behind a computer screen, as long as you maintain

a civilized amount of respect, and as long as you keep others’ feelings and identities in mind. Sometimes you’ll be able to understand where the other person’s rationalization is coming from and get a peek into how they view the world. Sometimes you won’t, and you’ll feel frustrated but hey, at least you tried. Can’t go around changing everybody’s minds.

It’s really easy to have opinions when you’re not airing them out for the world to judge. Once they’re on a platform, seeing them get dragged can be a hit to your ego. However, this was an experience that made me not only grow stronger and more informed, but also helped me better understand those whose brains rationalize things differently than mine. I am ready to go back to reporting, but this is an experience I’ll never forget and will carry on in my career.

Thanks for letting me voice my thoughts on the pages of this newspaper and for the lovely — and unlovely — feedback. It only made me a better writer.

Mariana Alfaro is a Medill senior. She can be contacted at alfaro@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Trump’s attacks on black people illustrate deeper issues TROY CLOSSON

DAILY COLUMNIST

In the latest edition of “What black person will Donald Trump attack this week?,” LaVar Ball, LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA basketball players were subjected to one of the president’s infamous tweet storms.

According to Trump, LaVar Ball did not accept his generosity in getting LiAngelo out of China and complained that he “should have left them in jail.” Amid countless more important issues in the United States and abroad, one might think Trump would spend his day talking about problems that actually matter.

But no.

Instead, Trump came after another black person — not that this is anything new. In

September, the president lashed out at Stephen Curry, Colin Kaepernick and black NFL athletes as a whole. It’s easy to think his attacks are limited to black athletes, but they’re not. He eviscerates black people whenever they voice concerns, whether it’s the cast of “Hamilton,” a soldier’s wife expressing disappointment over Trump’s condolence call or Barack Obama becoming president.

And clearly deeper issues exist beyond Trump’s own turbulent relationship with black people, which can be hard for some to understand. On Alex Schwartz’s column about the ridiculous “IT’S OK TO BE WHITE” posters that showed up in Crowe Hall, a commenter wrote, “In light of the fact in this day and age a person of colour can be elected into the highest office in the land and perhaps the world, it’s time for people of colour to explicitly reject the notion that they are in any way disadvantaged.”

The fact that we don’t often see overt

racism anymore doesn’t mean everything is fine. Trump’s widespread attacks on black people illustrate that there’s still a belief we need to “stay in line.” Moreover, just because some cannot see the everyday impacts of racism and discrimination, many deeper structural and institutional issues still exist.

The NAACP and Clean Air Task Force recently found that black people are 75 percent “more likely to live in communities close to industrial facilities than the average American.” And that’s not a simple coincidence nor the fault of black people. The report showed that Trump’s environmental regulations disportionately impact people of color. This is not to imply that Trump conspired to target non-whites; it shows that his administration likely failed to consider the regulations’ impact on black people. Other structural problems exist in America from education to criminal justice, so it’s just false to claim that people of color don’t face disadvantages.

Australia marriage vote spurs hate speech EISH SUMRA

DAILY COLUMNIST

Last Tuesday evening, news broke that marriage equality had been given a resounding vote of approval in Australia. It came after a long, hard-fought campaign that saw ugly public battles between celebrities, politicians and citizens. Anti-gay graffiti was spray painted on buildings, and bitter words were exchanged in a campaign defined by its devisiveness. Despite the “Yes” camp winning a whopping 61.6 percent of the vote, the result shouldn’t just be seen as a step forward for the Australian people — it proves how their government failed the nation and how others continue to fail around the world.

The use of a referendum to solve this issue, which was shot down by previous prime ministers, was ridiculous. Referendums have been proven, especially in the last few years, to be divisive and unnecessary. They serve almost as a dictatorial tool, allowing powerful politicians to manipulate the public into voting in their interest instead of leaving it to the democratic processes to solve such debates.

We don’t have to look very far to see bad outcomes of referendums. Take, for example, the United Kingdom’s 2016 Brexit vote, which pushed over half the country into believing a heavily skewed, misleading argument based on promises of a golden age of jobs and

English nationalism. Or look at the referendum in Turkey earlier this year, which saw the power hungry Recep Tayyip Erdogan push for increased powers and a heavily streamlined government to take complete control of the nation. In Italy, an opportunity to make government more efficient and effective was dismissed by the voting public, leading to a crumbling administration and a virtual standstill in Rome. All of these instances saw rhetoric and dialogue that harmed the unity of a nation, forcing people to pick a side and believe their nation was more polarized than it actually was.

In Australia’s case, the marriage equality vote is, shockingly, non-binding. This means the government can do whatever it wants in the aftermath. Though most members of parliament want equal marriage, it doesn’t guarantee successful legislation, with competing ideas as to how it should be put into law.

After all the blood, sweat and tears LGBTQ rights campaigners put into this campaign, the vote has no wider constitutional effect on Australia. All it does is force the nation’s parliament to follow through on something it already believed in but was too afraid to legislate itself. The democratic belief that all people should be represented in government has clearly been undermined in favor of division and collision between two very passionate sides. The Australian government should be ashamed it couldn’t do its job and protect and advance the rights of millions of its citizens, even though all the opportunities were there.

It begs the question, why were politicians unable to live up to their commitment to their constituents on this issue? In the process of strengthening equality in the nation, politicians ensured that the LGBTQ community was laid open to attack in the form of anti-gay vandalism and hateful messages posted in public. This vote also led to a spike in access of mental health services for LGBTQ people.

Yes, the result is heartening. A progressive western nation like Australia has finally caught up with other leading liberal countries.

Or at least, we hope. However, the methods of achieving marriage equality were cowardly and inappropriately handled. Now the government will have to try and push this legislation through parliament, with a promise to complete this by the end of the year. And not only that — it will be forced to confront the reality that the long, drawn out public debate made this issue a bigger deal than it actually is. In a few years, the vote will be a distant memory, and Australians will (hopefully) look back on this time with appreciation. However, one can’t help but feel that while equality made a huge leap forward, the flaws of democracies were made ever more apparent.

Eish Sumra is a Medill senior. He can be contacted at eishsumra2018@u.northwestern.edu.

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And when black people react to these issues, many including Trump like to throw around the term “ungrateful” — NFL athletes should just be glad they make millions and keep their mouths shut, Jemele Hill should be thankful she works at ESPN in the first place and stop stirring the pot. But these situations more broadly illustrate how black people are expected to stay silent — and how when we don’t, we’re challenged. When Trump inevitably unleashes another fury of tweets against another black person, don’t just laugh it off.

Recognize that his actions are representative of deeper problems, which work to silence and disregard the concerns of people of color.

Troy Closson is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at troyclosson@u.northwestern.edu.

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FOOTBALL

SIDELINE From page 12

Hall recognized as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after win

By working out daily, whether that be in a forest preserve in Libertyville or in the weight room, she said the team is able to establish a culture focused on growth and ultimately winning.

“Running is not necessarily a technical sport,” Haynes said. “It is a one foot in front of the other sport and how you do that best is by doing it often and consistently, and that consistency is translated into our performances. I do not ask them to do anything crazy, but I do ask them to do it daily.” ♦ ♦ ♦ To say Haynes has big plans for the program would be an understatement. Much like New Mexico, whose first-place finish at NCAA Championships on Saturday marked its second championship in three years, Haynes aims to lead NU to a national platform.

She recognizes NU still has a lot of work to do but said it is progressing toward top of the Big Ten, her intended destination. Once they reach that mark, Haynes is confident the Cats will be nationally prominent.

To Haynes, the growth of the team is relatively formulaic, so long as it coincides with NU’s academics — something she recognizes the Cats must be, and have been, on top of.

When recruiting, she said she looks for runners who understand the importance of athletics and academics, but most of all, their future success.

Source: ‘A Havahla Haynes

‘A Havahla Haynes talks to a runner. Haynes has been Northwestern’s head cross country coach since 2015.

Beyond putting academics at the forefront, Haynes said there are certain things the team must do to best equip itself for that success.

“This is our goal, this is what we are going to accomplish and this is how we are going to do

The Evolution of the Revolution: Media and the LGBTQ Community

it,” Haynes said. “We do it by consistency, by preparedness, by a good attitude, all the things that great winning programs do.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu

— Tim Balk and Jonah Dylan

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Tracy Baim has worked in LGBTQ media for 33 years and co-founded Windy City Times in 1985.

This talk and discussion will center around the history of LGBT coverage in the mainstream media.

Baim will address the current state of LGBTQ media, and how collaboration and networking can enhance and expand the pool of media and reporters covering this ever-evolving community.

Monday, November 27th 5:00pm - 6:00pm Fisk Hall, room 311 Sponsored by the Daniel H. Renberg Endowment

A seven-tackle performance against Minnesota highlighted by an interception and a recovered fumble earned junior linebacker Nate Hall Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday.

Hall also wreaked havoc in the backfield during No. 23 Northwestern’s 39-0 rout of Minnesota on Saturday, totalling 2.5 sacks. The Wildcats’ defense dominated the Golden Gophers throughout the afternoon, holding them to 182 yards in the shutout.

Coach Pat Fitzgerald said Monday that Hall was “very active” in the contest. He also joked that the linebacker was “kind of a garbage man,” in the right place at the right time.

“No, he played great. He played real physical,” Fitzgerald said. “He’s having a great year.”

Hall is the second NU linebacker to win the award this season after redshirt freshman Paddy Fisher was recognized following his performance against Michigan State.

In 2016, Hall finished with 73 tackles. He passed that number with his performance Saturday and now has 74 on the season, good for second on the team behind Fisher. Hall also leads the team in tackles for loss with 14.

“I’m just having more fun than I’ve ever playing this game,” Hall said Monday. “I improved in the offseason obviously with my technique, and then getting stronger physically, and then a lot of credit goes to the whole defense, especially those guys up front.”

The Cats will conclude their regular season Saturday at Illinois, looking to earn their ninth win of the season.

What I didn’t realize, at least until this fall, is that she brings her cheerful attitude to Norris despite a two-hour commute from her home on the West Side of Chicago. She doesn’t get home to her family until 1:15 a.m, often working six days a week.

But when I asked her recently if she likes her job, dealing with NU students all day, she said she loves it. She said feeding people gives her joy, reminiscing about making Thanksgiving dinner at Dearborn Homes on the South Side, where she grew up and where her mom still lives. She’ll be back there Thursday for the holiday.

And with Thanksgiving around the bend, I’m trying to take a moment to appreciate this special place, filled with people like Charlotte and many others who go to great lengths to make it feel like home.

Among these, of course, are my phenomenal peers at The Daily, who have become my on-campus family. Who joined me in traversing hundreds of miles of Midwest roads to reach far-flung motels and cover football and basketball games. And who inspired outrageous late-night debates about emdashes or whether the word nonconference should have a hyphen.

When all’s said and done, it’s worth trying to appreciate each day here, even those stress-filled, sleep-reduced, Winter Quarter days. All the little moments, and all the people you share them with.

Because this school is filled with people who want to lift your spirits.

And because it won’t be too long before you’re just a washed up senior like me, looking around and taking stock of how lucky you’ve had it — and all the memories you’ve made.

Tim Balk is a Medill senior. He can be contacted at timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

BASKETBALL From page 12

NU is committing 20.3 turnovers per game. Following the departure of four seniors, that number is up almost six per game from last season.

The two freshman guards, each starting and playing more than 30 minutes per game, have been the biggest culprits so far, combining for 23 of the team’s 61 turnovers.

Even so, the Cats still sit at 3-0 headed into a difficult stretch in which they play four games in five days.

“It’s good to be 3-0 and to be able to teach from ahead,” McKeown said. “We’ve got a really tough nonconference schedule. Between now and when we start after Christmas in the Big Ten, it’s a learning experience. We’re really young, but this is a fun team. … They play hard for each other.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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THE SIDELINE

Haynes leads NU toward Big Ten success

By ALISON ALBELDA

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July 2, 2015 was a big day for ‘A Havahla Haynes.

First, she was tabbed to lead the Northwestern cross country team, returning to the program where she first began her coaching career. Then, she got engaged.

Austin Brobst had already bought a ring and was planning to propose sometime in the near future. After the first bit of news, July 2 provided the perfect opportunity.

“I had initially planned to ask her later,” Brobst said. “And then she was off ered the position. … I don’t remember the exact specifics of how the question came up, but it was basically something to the extent of, ‘Do you want to get married?’ and she was like ‘You’re joking.’”

After spending five years as an assistant for the University of New Mexico, Haynes returned to the Midwest with her fiance to lead the NU program and begin the next chapter in her life. ♦ ♦ ♦ Raised in Phillips, Wisconsin, Haynes got her first taste of Big Ten cross country close to home as a member of the 2006 Wisconsin team that finished fourth at NCAA Championships.

A year later, she earned AllAmerican honors in the 3000meter steeplechase and met the Olympic Trials qualifying standard. Haynes spent 2008 training for the Olympic Trials and, afterward, arrived in Evanston to get her master’s in sports administration at Northwestern.

While getting her master’s, Haynes reached out to then-head coach April Likhite to express her

interest in helping out with the cross country team. The timing was perfect. Likhite was in search of an assistant coach, and she soon hired Haynes.

Haynes originally aimed for a career in marketing and public relations, and even applied for several jobs. She never expected to enjoy coaching so much.

“I realized, when coaching, I never really disliked any of my days,” Haynes said. “I thought, ‘that’s a nice career path and my boss has a pretty good gig. I should probably keep coaching.’”

Haynes decided to pursue the coaching avenue and was hired at New Mexico, where she would spend five years with the Lobos’ cross country and track and field programs, eventually becoming associate head coach. During her tenure, the Lobos consistently competed for national championships. In her final season, they placed third at the NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships.

It was at New Mexico that Haynes met Brobst, a graduate assistant for the track and field team, who would later become the team’s recruiting coordinator and assistant coach for horizontal jumps and short sprints.

When Likhite decided to retire in 2015, Haynes reached out to her former colleague to inquire about the open position.

“I reached out to her and I said ‘April, do you think that this is a position that would be the right fit for me?’” Haynes said.

Likhite gave her blessing, and after a long interview process, Haynes was invited to return to NU, now at the helm.

She and Brobst moved to Evanston, and after six months as head recruiting coach of the National Collegiate Scouting Association, he was hired to join Haynes’ staff.

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Jim Stintzi coached Haynes for three years at Wisconsin and makes an effort to talk with her frequently.

He now coaches at Charleston Southern in South Carolina, but despite the distance, the cross country veteran is well aware of Haynes’ success.

Stintzi said he enjoyed his time coaching her and emphasized that she was able to have fun but also work hard, and said her coaching style reflects her racing style.

“She was a really tough, gutsy runner,” Stintzi said. “She sort of approaches coaching the way she raced, which is no nonsense, and I think she values toughness in her athletes and doing things the right way. I think that is why she is going to be and has been and will continue to be a success.”

Senior Isabel Seidel was a sophomore when Haynes was hired. Seidel said the Wildcats were originally intimated by Haynes’ training, with the new coach amping up the mileage and intensity of workouts. But as time went on, she said they realized the workouts were doable and better for the team.

“I didn’t totally trust in the training of our old coach,” Seidel said, “and I just feel like I completely trust in Haynes’ training and that I have responded to it very well.”

Seidel is not the only one who has taken to Haynes’ approach. This season, the Cats earned their highest regional ranking in four years, with sophomore Aubrey Roberts leading the pack and individually qualifying for NCAA Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

As a freshman, Roberts became the first NU runner to clinch a bid to

NCAA Championships since 2010.

She said the insight Haynes has as a former Big Ten runner is invaluable.

“I realized during the recruiting process that she really cares about you as an individual and as an athlete,” Roberts said. ♦ ♦ ♦ Haynes’ background as a Big allowed Ten athlete has

Source: ‘A Havahla Haynes

her to apply her past experiences to her coaching, Roberts said. Haynes added that she most emphasizes consistent communication with her athletes.

“The communication component is huge,” Haynes said. “We have recruited a great group of women, and the women that are here were wanting better communication. So I think it has really worked out well in our favor and has been sort of this snowball that has been a really cohesive environment for that.”

Roberts, one of three members of Haynes’ first recruiting class, spoke highly of the communication between Haynes, Brobst and the team.

The Cats, who are 17 deep, are a smaller team compared to other Division I programs, which Haynes said she prefers to maintain communication and consistency.

She added that it is imperative that no athlete feels like they are “on the fray” and unaware of what is going on. She said she and Brobst are constantly available for the runners and take pride in doing so.

“It is really good for me to stay in contact with the women and really understand what they are going through and make adjustments so they can stay healthy,” Haynes said.

Haynes also stresses consistency to maintain her team’s health. She laid out diet, sleep and workout routines for her team, which Seidel said helps the Cats track incremental improvements, on both an individual and team level.

Haynes said she understands the nuances of the sport because she lived it not too long ago. Her insight is comprehensive and holistic because of her past. » See SIDELINE, page 11

Parting thoughts from NU wins on road at UT-Martin a senior sports writer WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Northwestern

By JOSEPH WILKINSON

daily senior staffer @joe_f_wilkinson

It wasn’t supposed to go like this.

Last year, Northwestern cruised to an 82-59 win over Tennessee-Martin. This year, the Wildcats and Skyhawks were knotted at 50 with just over nine minutes remaining.

Then senior guard Lydia Rohde drilled a 3-pointer, freshman guard Jordan Hamilton splashed another and NU (3-0) pulled out to a 6-point lead it didn’t relinquish, eventually closing out a 71-63 victory Saturday.

“My teammates just found me the

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ball and created a lot of opportunities,” Rohde said. “That’s why it went so well.”

Rohde made the most of those opportunities, pouring in a career-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting. The senior did most of her damage from behind the arc, shooting 6-of-10 from deep.

She wasn’t the only setting careerhighs on the day, as sophomore forward Abi Scheid added 21 points, her own

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Byrdy Galernik dribbles the ball. The sophomore guard and the Wildcats won at UTMartin on Saturday.

personal best. Scheid shot 9-of-13 in the game and pulled down eight rebounds.

“I had sort of a hot hand, and same with Lydia, so they were smart in crunch time in just getting us the ball,” Scheid said. “They were getting us open shots by them cutting and screening for us.

All the success is due to my teammates.”

Hamilton played a crucial role in that success, dishing out seven assists and handling point guard duties for much of the game. She played 38 minutes, while backup sophomore guard Byrdy Galernik played 12 across multiple positions.

At times, however, the freshman looked shaky, committing a team-high five turnovers including three under pressure in the fourth quarter.

After building a 63-53 lead with just over three minutes to go, NU committed four turnovers in the next two minutes, and UT-Martin cut the lead to 67-63 with just over 30 seconds remaining. Clutch free throws from Hamilton and fellow freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam helped seal the Cats’ victory.

“They’re freshmen, but they’re not freshmen, you know,” coach Joe McKeown said. “Their poise, their experience and their mental toughness is a little bit beyond their years. They’re fearless, and that’s how you want them to be.”

Despite that poise, the team is still struggling with turnovers.

Against relatively weak competition, » See BASKETBALL, page 11

TIM BALK

DAILY COLUMNIST

It hit me like a bullet train. A week early, actually.

At halftime of Northwestern football’s penultimate home game of the season, I snuck out of the press box and into the upper deck. I stood in the frozen slush and looked down at Ryan Field, soaking up the back end of four years, unsure whether I was sniffling from the cold night air or from nostalgia.

I’m not graduated yet. In fact, I have a full quarter of classes to go.

But as I approach the end of the line at this publication — I’m tapping out after Winter Break — it feels like a de facto graduation. Some time around winter of my sophomore year, the first quarter I spent on The Daily’s edit board, classes became background noise. When the paper finished publication at the end of the quarter, I felt pretty sure the quarter was finished, finals be damned.

That all might sound pretty bonkers.

And it probably is.

But it’s about more than just printing newspapers that languish away on those pathetic little dining hall newsstands.

It’s about home and family and all that warm fuzzy stuff. (Is this about to get unforgivably kitschy? Of course it is; you’ve stumbled your way into a senior column, mate.)

As a sports reporter, I covered more than a dozen games from the Ryan Field press box and many others across the Big Ten, dropped by Welsh-Ryan Arena from time to time, and had the chance to talk to some phenomenal student-athletes and coaches. So maybe that’s why I nearly teared up at the Purdue game.

But I still have yet to sit down and reckon with peacing out to Norris, a place where, in my prime, I ran the The Daily’s Opinion Desk as I watched the Yik Yak haters pile up. (Pour one out for the Yak.) And where, later, I pretended to be a Managing Editor for two quarters, once forcing the whole staff to watch a Bionicle movie.

Home, they say, is where the heart is, and Norris never could have felt like home if not for the people who work here.

There are many wonderful people at Norris, from the folks who always say hello each night as they help clean up our newsroom to the baristas at Norbucks.

I’ll also always owe a special debt of gratitude to Charlotte Taylor. She’s been dishing out pizza on the ground floor as long as I’ve worked at The Daily. The warmth she exudes is stronger than the oven at The Kiln.

In my five quarters on The Daily’s edit board, I could always count on her to keep my spirits up on a stressful day with a simple smile and greeting.

» See BALK, page 11