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NU Faculty Senate backs Hong Kong Members also discussed change to CTEC system

By RAYNA SONG

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Northwestern University Faculty Senate unanimously passed a resolution during their Nov. 20 session to support a U.S. Academia Joint Statement about the protests in Hong Kong, urging politicians to put pressure on Hong Kong so the government would withdraw violent attacks on pro-democracy protesters.

Last spring, the Hong Kong government introduced an extradition bill, which would allow suspects to be extradited to China. Since then, protesters have taken to the streets. Though leaders withdrew the bill in September, protesters continued to rally for other pro-democracy demands: universal suffrage, independent inquiry into police, amnesty for protesters, and abolishment of the “riots” description used for protests.

Communication Prof. and faculty senator Robert Hariman proposed the resolution about the “violent crackdown on prodemocracy protesters” at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong.

He said the statement has

been circulating among academics, and many prestigious institutions have already demonstrated their support for Hong Kong by endorsing the statement.

Students, alumni and faculty from various institutions — such as Cornell University, Columbia University, MIT, Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania — have signed the document, he said.

The statement aimed to respond to the conflicts between student protesters and the police at the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, where students have been trapped for the past few days.

According to the statement, “the (Hong Kong Police Force) threatened the students with the use of live ammunition on the campus… and subsequently invaded PolyU with brute force” on Nov. 18.

By passing the resolution, the Faculty Senate demonstrates its support of the United States taking “all necessary economic and diplomatic steps to avert potential bloodshed.”

The statement also says that “the unsolicited deployment of People’s Liberation Army in Hong Kong not only escalates tension in Hong Kong, but also patently challenges the ‘One Country Two Systems’ principle » See FACULTY, page 6

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The windows of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center displays the faces of 22 transgender individuals lost to transphobic violence in 2019. A small group gathered at Norris University Center for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

MSA honors those lost to transphobia Transgender Remembrance Day event memorialized murder victims

By YUNKYO KIM

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In 2019 alone, at least 22 transgender people — mostly black women — were killed due to anti-transgender violence, and two

more deaths are still being investigated for discriminatory intent, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Multicultural Student Affairs hosted its annual vigil Wednesday at the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center for Transgender Day of Remembrance to

memorialize murder victims of transphobia.

A group gathered at Norris University Center to engage in a moment of silence and read aloud the names of victims of transphobic violence, including Bailey Reeves, a 17-year-old black transgender woman who

was the youngest to die this year, along with Paris Cameron, a black transgender woman among threepeople killed in an anti-LGBTQ shooting in Detriot.

Students also folded origami butterflies to decorate the GSRC’s » See REMEMBRANCE, page 6

Art event to tackle climate issues Nursing home fined Evanston Made to highlight environmental art in April showcase

By ZOE MALIN

daily senior staffer @zoermalin

Over the last eight years, Evanston artist Ted Glasoe has focused his photography on Lake Michigan’s beauty, but over time, he came to understand the way it is “abused” and “polluted.” Glasoe’s pieces now take on new meaning: they are a call for action to protect the lake.

“Lake Michigan is a huge natural resource in our backyard,” Glasoe said. “I’m just trying to get people to care about it.”

Work like Glasoe’s is why Liz Cramer, co-director of Evanston Made, founded “Art for the Earth,” a program Evanston Made plans to launch in April 2020. Cramer aims to use art as a forum to talk about environmental issues, celebrate the Earth and think about how to solve the climate crisis.

She plans to engage Evanston residents in programming that culminates on April 22, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. “Unfortunately, we are now

$25,000 by IDPH Health off icials f ined city facility for care policy

By MAIA SPOTO

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Courtesy Ted Glasoe

“Art for the Earth” will showcase local pieces centered around the natural world. Ted Glasoe photographs Lake Michigan and will partake in the program.

at the crisis stage,” said Cramer. “It’s important for people to be aware, but more importantly, to feel empowered to do something.”

“Art for the Earth” will begin on April 4. Cramer

Serving the University and Evanston since 1881

said the artists and galleries that participate will center their work around the natural world and introduce residents to the month’s theme.

From there, Evanston Made will host events for residents

like artist talkbacks, readings, film screenings and workshops. Evanston Made will host a window display contest and wants to partner with » See EARTH, page 6

Health officials fined an Evanston skilled care facility for failing to notify a physician of a resident’s functional decline, which the state claims likely resulted in the resident’s death, a statement from the Illinois Department of Public Health said.

In a quarterly report posted Oct. 25, the IDPH announced the $25,000 fine on Grove of Evanston Living & Rehabilitation Center for an “A” level violation of its license. The Grove is one of 25 nursing homes in Illinois to receive an “A” violation during the July-September quarter, according to the report.

“An ‘A’ violation pertains to a condition in which there is a substantial probability that death or serious mental or physical harm will result, or has resulted,” IDPH said in its Oct. 25 news release.

Through interviews and

record reviews from July, the IDPH found that the 124bed facility did not notify the attending physician of a resident’s decline between June 20 and the morning of June 24.

That morning, the facility called 911 upon finding the resident “on the floor, lethargic, having abnormal vitals.” Shortly after midnight on June 25, the resident died in the hospital.

“I should be notified when there is change in condition with the patient,” the attending physician told health officials, according to the report. “It is part of their protocol.”

The Grove did not respond to requests for comment.

In an email to the Daily, IDPH public information officer Melaney Arnold wrote that long-term care facilities are required to comply with the Nursing Home Care Act, which is enforced by the skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities code.

“Long-term care facilities are inspected at least annually and upon complaint to ensure compliance,” Arnold said in the email. » See HOME, page 1

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AROUND TOWN Former Obama speechwriter shares in new memoir

attendee Ann Jacobs, who adopted a son but didn’t tell him that he was adopted until years later. She hopes that by attending the discussion, she can learn more about her son’s experience after he found out about his biological parents.

“I wanted to know he handled finding out about his biological family,” Jacobs said.

While others felt stunned by Frankel’s story, Northwestern University archivist Kevin Leonard had thoughts about the writing. He said the memoir did “not (have) a lot of wasted space or words” and wanted to know how Frankel learned to express himself in eloquent and concise prose.

Frankel said his writing talent emerged from spending hours creating speeches as a former presidential speechwriter.

“The truth is, working on a presidential campaign is a great place to learn how to write because you write so many speeches and writing is practice,” Frankel said. “Candidates do not take breaks on weekends so you’re working around the clock.”

Frankel said he hopes that reflecting on intergenerational trauma can help others move forward like he did by writing the memoir.

Everybody has trauma, he said, whether it’s the legacy of the Holocaust or addition, abuse or racism. But Frankel emphasized his hope for healing.

“We can situate ourselves in the larger landscape and see how trauma can reverberate across generations,” Frankel said. ”It doesn’t make the trauma go away but, at least in my experience, it helped me move forward, and I hope it does that for other people too”

By ANIKA MITTU

the daily northwestern @anika_mittu

Author and former Obama speechwriter Adam Frankel spoke to an audience of around 50 people on the process of digging through family trauma and heartache to write his memoir, “The Survivors,” at Evanston Public Library on Wednesday.

Frankel’s family memoir covers how his maternal grandparents’ experience in the Holocaust created pain that bled through generations, impacting his mother’s mental health. By looking closely at his mother’s life, Frankel said he learned that the man he thought was his father is not his biological parent.

“The truth is I needed to write the book,” Frankel said. “I needed to write it for myself just to process this.”

Frankel had to unpack more than his own trauma to write the memoir, he said. He also had to consider his grandparents’ Holocaust experience, reflecting on how his own grandmother never slept through the night in her old age due to nightmares.

When he discovered that the father figure in his life is not his biological father, Frankel grappled with a loss of identity.

“Parents are such a fundamental part of your identity,” Frankel said. “I still remember looking at my body, my legs and my hands and thinking ‘I feel like I’m inhabiting a stranger’s body.’ There would be many hours over the coming years where I would just stare into a mirror feeling like I didn’t recognize myself.”

Fire Department extinguishes Mulford Street house fire

Evanston Fire Department extinguished a house fire located at 1017 Mulford St. that caused a pet dog’s

Daily file photo by Alison Albelda

The interior of Evanston Public Library. Former Obama speechwriter Adam Frankel spoke to an audience at EPL about his new memoir, “The Survivors.”

Despite the pain of searching through trauma, Frankel said he wrote the novel for good reason.

Not only did it let him process his thoughts, it allowed him to write about the emotion behind

discovering that a parental figure is not a biological parent and create a story for people experiencing similar heartache.

Frankel’s story resonated with discussion

death Wednesday afternoon.

At 4:25 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the house for smoke coming from the roof and the windows, according to a news release.

When the first firefighters arrived on the scene, they determined the fire started in the first floor kitchen. The fire, however, was already spreading to the second floor via a “void space,” according to the release.

“This fire certainly had a significant head start companies in handling the fire and providing fire prior to discovery and FD notification,” Fire Chief and EMS coverage for the rest of the city during Brian Scott said in the release. “Firefighters did an the incident. outstanding job of quickly containing the fire to an There were no reported human civilian or firearea of origin while saving a majority of the structure.” fighter injuries. The cause of the fire is currently under Although the home was unoccupied at the time, investigation. the family’s pet dog died from smoke inhalation.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019

ON CAMPUS Senate weighs title changes for roles

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Associated Student Government Senate discussed initiating a code review during its Wednesday meeting that would make it mandatory for senators to attend at least one community dialogue meeting a year.

Community dialogues are regular conversations between students and administrators that center primarily around four topics — academics, campus life, student well-being and activities. It’s already mandatory for ASG executive board members to attend at least one dialogue, but parliamentarian Elizabeth Sperti said she thinks it’s beneficial to expand the policy to the rest of ASG. “It gives them a good chance to get experience talking directly to admin and advocating for students,” the Weinberg sophomore said.

Sperti said she will lead a town hall about the code review but has not finalized the time or location. Still, she encouraged senators to attend it.

ASG also introduced two constitutional amendments to its constitution that are meant to resolve logistical problems surrounding titles of members and the role of the chief of staff.

One of them would change the official titles of executive board members that start with “vice president.” Sperti said during the meeting that changing the designations would make it easier to differentiate between the executive vice president at the leadership of ASG and other members of the executive board.

Right now, the proposed shift would change “vice president” to “secretary,” Sperti said, while adding that she was still open to suggestions.

Co-vice president of community relations Jillian Gilburne said she supported the amendment. Although her title would change,

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Associated Student Government’s chief of staff Henry Molnar speaks during ASG Senate’s meeting. An amendment introduced during session would officially make him a part of the executive office.

the Communication senior said she thought it would be easier to explain her actual role on ASG to people unfamiliar with the organization and assert her authority.

“A lot of times when I say ‘VP,’ people think that there’s someone above me, and that I don’t actually have full authority to make a decision or have a meeting,” Gilburne said.

“I’m like, ‘Cool, nope, I’m in charge,’ and then I have to explain the whole hierarchy to them.

And that’s kind of awkward and frustrating.”

The other amendment would officially add the chief of staff to the executive office. On the ASG website, chief of staff Henry Molnar is already listed under the executive office.

Sperti said the chief of staff has often been involved in major decisions with the group,

so it “didn’t make sense” for them to not be a part of it.

Vice president of health and wellness Revika Singh said she also viewed the amendment as a reflection of how ASG functions.

“The roles in ASG definitely evolve a lot over time,” the Weinberg sophomore said, “and even just in one year, where sometimes you have to change the code to meet what that role has now become.”

Senators were also encouraged to attend the group’s next meeting during reading week because decisions about funding would be finalized, and emergency legislation about emergency funding would be passed. neyathanikachalam2022@u.northwestern.edu

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The cast of “Dog Days” in rehearsal. The modern opera follows a family struggling in the postapocalyptic world.

‘Dog Days’ brings modern opera to Northwestern

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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Bienen Senior Morgan Mastrangelo sang in numerous operas at Northwestern. But in “Dog Days,” the latest opera opening in Ryan Opera Theater, he’s taking on his most challenging role yet: a character who doesn’t speak at all.

“I’ve sung a lot of music in my life, and the idea of being a character in an opera who doesn’t sing at all, but still has to interact with the music and be musical in the way he interacts with characters was a really fascinating acting challenge for me as a singer,” Mastrangelo said.

“Dog Days” is a modern opera, first staged in 2012 at Montclair State University. Composed by David T. Little, the show follows a family in a postapocalyptic world whose lives are upended when they take in a mute homeless man dressed in a dog suit, played by Mastrangelo. Bienen’s production is the

Chicago-area premiere of the opera and will open this Thursday and run to Nov. 24.

As the director of this production, Bienen Prof.

Joachim Schamberger said he was interested in producing the opera because of its timely themes. The show explores how people lose sight of their humanity in the face of an uncertain future, an idea Schamberger said resonates with current college students.

Schamberger added that the show can offer NU students a rewarding experience because it is so contemporary. While many opera companies focus on producing hundred years-old classics, Schamberger thinks exposing students to recent work helps them realize that opera can be a classical and modern medium.

“The perception that opera is an old artform is partially true,” Schamberger said. “But there are many many contemporary pieces produced in America.

It’s wonderful for opera in general, and so it’s very important to expose students to in school because it’s very likely something they will do in their professional lives, and it’s subject matter that concern

us right now.”

Alan Pierson, who conducted the original “Dog Days,” returned as the conductor for the Bienen’s production. In addition, Little’s has acted as an advisor to the cast members to help them understand the work. There are many benefits to work alongside living creators, Schamberger said.

Bienen graduate student Marin Tack, one of two actors who alternate the role of Lisa, agrees with Schamberger. She said while the original creators have offered valuable guidance, they’ve also allowed them to define this production as a separate entity.

Tack said “Dog Days” is the most challenging opera she’s been in. According to Tack, the score of the show is highly modern and operatic with a touch of pop and rock influences. The score incorporates electric guitar and synthesizer, and is written in conversational English. Tack said this type of score is highly unusual and difficult for Bienen students, but it’s been rewarding to overcome these difficulties with the rest of the cast.

“I was initially attracted to this because of the

music because of how different it is,” Tack said. “I’ve never sang anything quite like this. I love singing opera of course, but I also love incorporating different styles into my singing, and this was the perfect opportunity to do that.”

Mastrangelo said the themes of “Dog Days” can resonate with younger audiences who constantly wonder what the future holds given current world affairs.

According to Mastragelo, the show’s central conceit is how humanity changes when our lifestyles undergo a massive shift. Mastragelo said young generations will have to consider this question, especially because of uncertainty about what the world will look like in 50 years.

“It kind of holds up a mirror and says, ‘are we prepared to deal with these consequences of our actions?’” Mastrangelo said. “And it’s rare to see that in the world of art, even more so in the world of opera, held up to you for the world to see.” wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu

Q&A: Chicago-based rapper Lulu Be talk second EP

By AARON WANG

daily senior staffer @aaronwangxxx

As a first-generation Ethiopian, Chicago-based rapper Lulu Be grew up with her parents’ groove and her brother’s hip-hop beats. Two years after the debut of her first EP, “Lululand,” the artist will release her second EP “BOMBSHELTER” on Nov. 29, which weaves afrobeat, Chicago juke and hip-hop into her unique style. Ahead of the album release, The Daily chatted with Lulu about her childhood, inspiration and her love for live performance.

The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

The Daily: What does it feel like growing up in the city of Chicago as a first-generation Ethiopian?

Lulu: It’s really a balance. There are a lot of things in American culture my Ethiopian side of the family doesn’t understand. My parents recently came to visit me during the summer. I just happened to be wearing a sports bra and sweatpants, and my mom almost lost her s--t. She was like “You’re not going out like that. It’s like you’re naked.” Everything I did was not traditional in the sense of what my family expected.

Like my schooling and my choice of going into music.

I kinda just ripped the Band-Aid off. I’m 26 years old now. There are still certain things that I’m trying to

break away from and ease myself out.

The Daily: You went to Columbia College Chicago to study music engineering. How would you describe the music scene there?

Lulu: I used to hate school. I just didn’t like traditional schooling. It always felt like a prison and being forced to do things that I didn’t really ask for. But Columbia was creative and nontraditional. The professors talked about things that were relatable because they worked in the fields. Sometimes they couldn’t come to class because they were on tour or had to mix for another artist. Things like that excited me and made me want to come to class at the end of the day. There were a bunch of creative weirdos with very unorthodox thinking. The end product they make makes sense and looks so beautiful, but it’s like, “How did they get there?” It’s a genius mindset.

The Daily: How was your first time performing on stage? What is particularly charming or terrifying about live performance?

Lulu: I was very, very, very nervous in the beginning. My heart used to pound out of my chest to the point where I’m like, “Oh my god, can they hear that through the mic?” I’m a clumsy person. I really wasn’t super comfortable with my movements, but as soon as I got on stage — I can’t lie — I fell in love. I am 100 percent here for this. I would do this forever until I’m unable physically to do it because it’s such a rush. It’s

like a drug. I love making people dance. I love seeing people in the best way. It’s really infectious.

The Daily: How do you feel about your forthcoming EP ‘BOMBSHELTER’? Where did the concept come from?

Lulu: I called my house the bomb shelter even before this project. Spiritual warfare is everywhere, but in my house, that’s my safe space. There was a point where I felt discouraged to the point that I retreated into myself and got in a cocoon. Everybody has an opinion. Everybody you know wants to tell you about yourself. They almost don’t give you a chance. They judge you off of first glance, but in my house, that’s my safe space. That’s my shelter. I could be at peace.

I can mess up without anybody judging me. When I started messing around with production, I started making beats, and the sound was very good for it.

The Daily: It’s been two years since you released your first project “Lululand.” How have you changed as a person and as a musician?

Lulu: I definitely grew up. I was crawling at first.

Now, I definitely feel like I’m doing this with a nice brisk jog. I’m moving. Before, I was like a puppy who was really excited and all over the place. I’m still excited.

But when it comes to my sound and music, I’m also very firm. xuandiwang2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Chicago-based rapper Lulu Be. Two years after the debut of her first EP, “Lululand,” the artist will release her second EP “BOMBSHELTER” on Nov. 29.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Lipstick’s ‘Hookman’ explores trauma, college transition

By JENNIFER ZHAN

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Cast members rehearse “Hookman.” Presented by Lipstick Theatre, the 75-minute production will run in Shanley Pavilion from Nov. 21 to 23.

Communication junior Valen-Marie Santos imagines the experience of growing up as a woman isn’t too far off from living in a slasher movie, a message explored in Lipstick Theatre’s latest production “Hookman.”

“Hookman” follows a freshman named Lexi who’s coping with sexual assault and the death of a friend. At the same time, Lexi and her peers need to deal with the college transition and a serial killer on the loose. The 75-minute production will run in Shanley Pavilion from Nov. 21 to 23.

As the show’s director, Santos said although the show deals with violence and trauma, “Hookman” is still a comedy.

“There’s a quote that we say a lot in rehearsal about needing to laugh in order to not cry,” Santos said. “Lightness, laughter and absurdity go hand in hand with what’s heavy, rough and traumatic. They coexist, and that’s where this show lives.”

Communication sophomore Julianna Lee said “Hookman” is a tech-heavy show that involves fake blood and other special effects makeup, as well as the synchronization of sound, lights and projections. As the show’s sound designer, Lee said selection of sound and background music help strike the story’s careful balance between horror and comedy.

Communication sophomore and show producer Amal Salem said she’s excited for audiences to see “gory moments” and the dynamic fight choreography. Still, she stressed that “Hookman” does not treat the underlying issues of trauma and violence lightly.

“The show dramatizes and satirizes a lot of the things that women do go through, but I don’t believe at all that it’s making fun of it,” Salem said. “(Santos) has done an amazing job to really use that as a way to show how crazy it is that people are going through these things every single day.”

Content warnings listed on the Facebook event for the show include mentions of sexual assault, heavy violence, racial prejudice, alcoholism, existential themes and frequent mentions of death and grief.

Santos said she thinks it’s important to address such topics through the lens of the college transition experience. To her, the lack of conversations about new obstacles are part of the reason unhealthy coping mechanisms develop.

“People talk about, ‘Oh, when I get to college, I’m going to have to make my own food and do my own laundry,’ and all that silly stuff,” Santos said. “No one likes to talk about the things that happen to your own self esteem, self-worth and self identity.”

“Hookman” hopes to remind people that coping with trauma doesn’t make someone less of a person, Santos added. She said it’s important to recognize that there are healthy ways to confront and live alongside pain.

Salem said even though she expects a lot of laughter and gasps throughout “Hookman,” she hopes people can also resonate with the truth in the story.

“I want them to recognize that it’s real life,” Salem said. “(In Hookman), it was just put on, it was a little bit exaggerated, but it’s still real life.

So really be careful, look out for one another and for yourself and don’t be afraid to reach out.” jenniferzhan2022@u.northwestern.edu

Alum debuts new Chicago holiday play ‘Cold Town/Hotline’

By CHARLOTTE WALSH

daily senior staffer @charwalsh_

Last November, Raven Theatre’s artistic director Cody Estle gave writer/director Eli Newell (Communication ’18) a mission: see every holiday play in Chicago and come back with notes. Estle wanted to add a holiday play to Raven’s 2019 repertoire and tasked Newell with finding an untapped niche in Chicago’s seasonal show scene.

Newell noticed many of Chicago’s holiday shows often feel light-hearted and lacked a connection to the city. To find something new, Newell combed through Chicago Tribune archives until inspiration struck — and it did, in the form of a 1992 article highlighting the annual Yule Connection hotline, a call center to help people get through the holiday season. Estle commissioned Newell to write the new holiday play for Raven, and “Cold Town/Hotline” was born.

Premiering Nov. 30 and running through Dec. 22, “Cold Town/Hotline” follows the story of five call center volunteers fielding calls on Christmas Eve 1983. The group is unexpectedly trapped inside as the coldest Dec. 24 on record sweeps through Chicago, with recorded wind chills of minus 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Alongside Newell, the play features Northwestern Communication senior Sam Linda, and alumni Caroline Chu (Communication ‘18) in the cast, as well as lighting designer Seth Torres (Weinberg ‘18).

Written and directed by Newell, “Cold Town/ Hotline” is the first holiday production to focus on the Edgewater/Andersonville neighborhoods. Although the show is family-friendly, Newell said it’s not just a show for kids. The story focuses on the bittersweet holiday experiences of many generations, from college students to middle-aged adults.

Newell said “Cold Town/Hotline” is unlike any work he’s written before. As a director specializing in immersive projects like “Masque Macabre” and Sit & Spin’s “FAIR GAME: A Chicago Spectacle,” Newell said he felt illequipped for the holiday, family-friendly genre.

But the chance to commission a work for Raven pushed him outside his comfort zone.

“This is a real culmination of sorts for me,” Newell said. “As I’ve started to get more interested in writing over the past couple of years, trying lots of new things has been a real gift.”

Because of the commission schedule, Newell said every aspect of the show’s timing has been crunched, from workshopping the play over the summer to a final draft finished by October. The cast will have three weeks of rehearsal before previews, which is “very, very fast, in particular with a new play,” according to actress Caroline

Chu (Communication ’18). But Chu, who plays Annie, a 26-year-old from rural Wisconsin looking for a sense of belonging in Chicago, said the play is fun both because of her castmates and because of its relevance to the community.

“One of the things that makes the play exciting is that it’s organic — it’s a story true to Chicago,” Chu said. “And it acknowledges the idea that the holidays are really difficult time for a lot of people.”

While Chu had not worked with Newell before, Communication senior Sam Linda, who plays Bruce in the play, is one of his best friends and a longtime collaborator. Playing Bruce, a 21-year-old Loyola student overwhelmed with his fast-moving life, Linda said he’s excited to join forces with Newell again as they share the same “creative language.”

Above all, Linda said he’s enjoyed working on “Cold Town/Hotline” because it’s a more grounded take on a classic Christmas story.

“It’s a story about a bunch of people that have nowhere to be on the holidays helping people who are having trouble with the holiday season,” Linda said. “At the end of the day, it’s a really heartwarming exploration of what Christmas means to the average person.” charlottewalsh2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Communication senior Sam Linda and Caroline Chu (Communication ’18) rehearse for “Cold Town/Hotline.”

The play focuses on a group of volunteers working at a holiday crisis hotline.

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Northwestern alum Eli Newell (Communication ’18) wrote and directed “Cold Town/Hotline.” This is the first holiday production to focus on the Edgewater/Andersonville neighborhoods in Chicago.

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window alongside photographs and descriptions of the anti-transgender violence victims. Adam Davies, a SESP senior who has attended the event for the last four years, said Northwestern needs to do more to create a safe environment for transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming students.

“It’s really important on a campus like ours to recognize all of the trans people and specifically women of color who have died,” Davies said. “Recognizing this is important because (in the) 365 days out of the year… cis people and Northwestern as a university don’t recognize trans people.”

Davies, who is transgender and nonbinary and serves as the executive vice president of the Associated Student Government, said the University doesn’t provide basic necessities for transgender students such as all-gender restrooms in certain campus buildings and does not collect statistics on transgender populations.

Davies added they often feel obligated to advocate on behalf of other students who feel unsafe to speak

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out. Through their role, Davies has authored resolutions to project the transgender flag onto Deering Library and to create a university database system of preferred pronouns and names.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Transgender activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith established the observance in 1999 to honor the death of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed the year before.

Students who attended the event said despite increasing recognition of trans identity over the past two decades, transgender people continue to be far underrepresented at Northwestern and around the world.

About 3 percent of undergraduate respondents recently surveyed by the ASG analytics committee indicated they identified as transgender, nonbinary or gender nonconforming and 0.6 percent of the U.S. population identifies as transgender, according to the Williams Institute, a policy think tank at the University of California, Los Angeles.

“It’s just a really important event to be at to recognize the experiences of trans people and how it’s something that it’s wildly underrepresented especially on

this campus,” Alyssa Peterson, a Weinberg junior said.

Peterson also noted the small turnout of the event and said the University should host LGBTQfocused events more often.

Northwestern’s 2019 Campus Climate Survey showed undergraduate trans, genderqueer, or nonbinary and questioning students experienced disproportionately higher rates of sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, stalking and nonconsensual contact.

Matt Abtahi, assistant director for LGBTQ issues at MSA, said the murders of transgender people each year prompts continued reflection and remembrance.

People are still complicit in violence and microaggressions against transgender individuals, Abtahi said, and silence only further normalizes anti-transgender rhetoric.

“Transphobic violence happens at all levels,” Abtahi said. “Today is not only a space of remembrance but also space for us to hold the mirror to ourselves and be mindful for the community we want to be building.” yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu

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Joyce Elias, a local artist, started planning her involvement with “Art for the Earth.” Elias photographs Lake Michigan every day and has shared the pictures on social media for about five years. She assigns each photo a color based on the weather that day, which inspired her to create other pieces like wood collages. Elias will show a collection of her works, titled the “Artist’s Weather Project,” at the Evanston Public Library in April and talk about the environmental change she said she “accidentally” documented.

“I go to the same beaches in Evanston every day to take pictures, and I’ve noticed that they’re being washed away,” Elias said. “I hope people notice what’s happening.”

For events like Elias’ presentation, Cramer is coordinating with green organizations in the city, such as Citizens’ Greener Evanston, to educate the event’s attendees. While Cramer said art can give entry to grim topics like climate change, she wants environmental advocacy groups to share their knowledge with residents as well.

“Art can facilitate personal connections about protecting our planet,” Cramer said. “But information from these environmental advocacy groups can answer residents’ questions and tell them where to turn next.”

Another aspect of “Art for the Earth” is the “buy art, plant a tree” initiative. Cramer said it’s still in the works, but for each piece sold in April, galleries or artists will donate a portion of their profits to Evanston Made to plant

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From page 1 and threatens Hong Kong’s autonomy.”

Kellogg Prof. Angela Lee said because she was born and raised in Hong Kong, she followed the protests very closely, and she encouraged audience and senate members to come to her with any questions.

“I think it will mean a lot to the protesters in Hong Kong, to know that it is not just the (American) government, but the people, and universities are backing them,” Lee said during the meeting.

Also, before the proposal of the resolution about the statement, Claudia Swan, chair of the Educational Affairs Committee and art history Prof., also talked about student evaluations on Course and Teacher Evaluation Council.

According to Swan, the American Sociological Association has advised universities not to use students’ evaluations as the primary assessment of effectiveness for important personnel decisions. She added that Northwestern University is now considering a new system for CTECs. “The committee on educational affairs is currently continuing to gather information,” Swan said. “We would like feedback from departments from the senate on the uses of CTECs and the ways in which they are not useful. We would like the administration to take a stand on the use of CTECs in high-stakes personnel decisions.” raynasong2023@u.northwestern.edu

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be a section for residents to sign up to volunteer.

Cramer encourages all residents to participate and reach out to her if they have ideas.

“My goal is to have everyone involved,” said Cramer. “Saving the Earth is something we can all unite over.”

A Medicare profile comparing nursing homes ranks the Grove above average overall, but the level of staffing per resident at the Grove is below average. Since March 2016, the Grove has violated the Nursing Home Care Act on four separate occasions, according IDPH quarterly reports. Each instance involved a portion of the code detailing minimum procedural guidelines for general nursing care.

After the report, the Grove submitted a mandatory Plan of Correction to the IDPH. The plan said an audit conducted by the director of nursing on July 22 found all physician notifications regarding change or decline in condition to be complete. The facility also trained staff to comply with physician notification requirements that day, according to the plan.

“Administrator or designee will conduct random (Quality Assurance) audits of five residents once a week for the next two months (starting July 22) to ensure facility’s compliance regarding physician notification,” the Plan of Correction said. “The results of the monitoring will be shared at the QA meeting for review and follow up.”

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Students sit on the Lakefill. Evanston Made’s “Art for the Earth” will highlight local artists and their work focused on the environment.

trees in all nine wards in Evanston. Cramer said Evanston Made will gift the remaining funds to an organization like One Tree Planted, a non-profit that plants one tree for each dollar donated. Cramer said Evanston Made committees are currently planning the program.

Evanston Made’s website will be updated as more events are solidified, and soon there will

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

How much the non-conference schedule costs NU

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

daily senior staffer @2021_charlie

Northwestern men’s basketball pays $75,000 to $95,000 for every non-conference home game against a low major team, according to game contracts obtained by The Daily from the last six years.

These “buy games” –– intended to fill the schedule with competition against lower caliber NCAA teams –– cost the Wildcats around $400,000 dollars per year.

NU usually plays five low-major opponents each season, and these games can be pricey. The Cats typically schedule teams from low major conferences, and they’ve already lost two of those games this year.

And these losses don’t come cheap.

In December, NU will play Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, which plays in the Ohio Valley Conference. In an agreement signed on March, 4, 2019, the Cats’ Athletic Department commited to pay SIUE $95,000 for this game before conference play ramps up.

When these two schools played each other in December 2015, it only cost NU $75,000, but the price to play SIUE has risen almost 27 percent in four years.

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Chris Collins yells from the sideline. Northwestern has lost two of its first three games to start the season.

In the standard contract signed between the Cats and a low major school, the visiting team receives the fee, 50-100 tickets to the game and agrees to grant the home team radio and television rights. The contract also explicitly states that the visiting team will be

“furnished” programs in their locker room at least an hour before the game.

The Daily obtained seven game contracts from over the past six years, with all of the game fees around $80,000 or around $90,000.The cost to play SIUE this

season –– which was the only game contract acquired from 2019 –– had the highest price tag at $95,000.

NU paid a slightly lower price to schedule a home game last season against Binghamton, costing $90,000.

Games against Central Michigan and North Florida over the past few years were on the low end, costing $75,000 and $80,000 respectively.

NU plays 20 games every season against Big Ten opponents, leaving ten games for non-conference opponents. Two of those games are determined by the conference as a part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge or the Gavitt Tipoff Games, an annual series between the Big Ten and the Big East.

The Cats also participate in a non-exempt event or an early season tournament at a neutral site that features four or eight teams. This season, NU will play in the Fort Myers Tip-Off and compete against Bradley and Kansas State or Pittsburgh.

In addition, the Cats have an ongoing series with crosstown rival DePaul, played at alternating campuses through 2024.

But the five remaining games NU determines for itself have proven to be the most dangerous ones of the 2019 season. charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

EPL presents $9.5 million revenue budget for 2020

By JACOB FULTON

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The Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees passed multiple motions at its meeting Wednesday related to the 2020 fiscal year. The board also laid out plans for the new Robert Crown Center branch.

Assistant library director Teri Campbell presented the revenue budget for next year, planned at approximately $9.5 million, as well as an expenditure budget for under $9.5 million. The board approved both. Campbell said that EPL’s 2019 finances indicated that the 2020 fiscal year would run smoothly.

“With regard to our finances, we are in a wonderful place — revenue is far exceeding expenditures, thanks to the hard work of our development committee and the generosity of this community,” Campbell said. “We fully expect to reach all of our revenue targets this year.”

Board president Shawn Iles said that as of now, the board has received 95 percent of its targeted funding and only spent 88 percent of their planned amount, which means EPL will likely end the year with a surplus.

One of EPL’s biggest priorities in the new year will be opening the Robert Crown branch.

John Devaney, the library’s projects manager, said that as of the meeting, the center was still on track for a soft opening in the end of

January.

In preparation for the opening of the branch, Campbell said EPL is interviewing potential staff members for the Robert Crown Center and other locations.

“We’re trying to staff up at our branches, as well as Robert Crown,” Campbell said. “We’ve got lots of interviews underway, so we should be introducing lots of new staff soon.”

The board also unanimously passed two motions relating to EPL’s 2020 calendar. It agreed to meet 13 times throughout 2020, including a special budget meeting on Sept.

2; they will have one meeting on the third Wednesday of every month and an additional special budget meeting on Sept. 2. The board also decided that the library will be closed for

13 days — 11 holidays, as well as two staff development days in April and October. EPL will also close at 4 p.m. on May 7 for a donor recognition event.

As the library looks at logistics for next year, the board also intends to shift their programming to reach more members of the community. Iles said the board plans to re-evaluate the impact they have in Evanston.

“Going into 2020, from top to bottom we’re really examining what we do through an equity, diversity and inclusion lens,” Iles said. “Our focus going into the new year is to improve inclusion and how to reduce barriers to service.” jacobfulton2023@u.northwestern.edu

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DRIVING THE ENERGY BUS

Jeremy Kipp’s road to success with NU has started with leading a culture change

By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG

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Welcome to The Sideline, a series of profiles of Northwestern’s coaches where The Daily’s sports staff provides detailed looks into the lives and personalities of all 19 varsity coaches.

Jeremy Kipp’s coaching philosophy stems from a book he requires all of his recruits to read.

The summer before they enroll, Kipp assigns all Northwestern swimmers “The Energy Bus” by Jon Gordon, which he described as “a simple allegory.”

“The point of the allegory is you’re really the master of your fate, you’re the one driving the bus,” Kipp said. “That’s one of the things we’ve tried to instill in the kids, they’re the drivers of this bus.”

It’s also something Kipp tries to instill in himself. Kipp was hired at Northwestern to combine the men’s and women’s programs in 2018. Now in his second season with the Wildcats, he has his mind set on taking NU back to national prominence.

His athletes read “The Energy Bus” at USC, where he was an assistant coach for eight years, and at his first head coaching stop at Boise State, where he led the Broncos’ women’s-only program for three years.

Several swimmers have noticed immediate, positive change in the culture and energy of the team. While much of that comes from having more people on the pool deck after combining genders, multiple Cats were quick to attribute the change to Kipp and his staff as well.

“His resume was obviously really impressive,” junior DJ Hwang said. “The way he brings energy on deck, the way he brings the team together really shows.

We’re happy to have him on board.”

From Southern California to Idaho and now to Evanston, Kipp has been driving the bus for his team. But Kipp’s winding road began on the East Coast, in a working-class suburb south of Philadelphia.

Kipp was raised by a single mother as the middle of three children, in “a world as far away from Northwestern

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Jeremy Kipp talks to his team. Northwestern’s second year coach has taken a long journey to success with the Wildcats.

as you can really get.” His mother drove a bus for a local school and was a stayat-home parent before landing a job in sales at an aeronautical engineering company. But that didn’t stop her from waking up before dawn to help her son prepare to deliver newspapers.

“I used to be a paper boy when I was 14, and that was my first job,” Kipp said.

“My mom would get up with me at 4:30 in the morning, and we would bag the papers, and I’d be out the door at like 5:30, so I could get my papers done. I’d go deliver papers, so I could go home to get breakfast and then go to school.”

Kipp said his mother’s work ethic rubbed off on him, in swimming and in life. He spent his summers on the swim team at the local recreation center, then began swimming year-round as a teenager.

He went on to swim collegiately at Division II Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, serving as captain his final two years before graduating in 1999 with a degree in English.

He thought he was done with swimming and set out to become a fireman.

Instead, he got a coaching job right out of college as an assistant at UC Santa Barbara.

“If you’re a kid from Philly and you’ve never been to Santa Barbara, it’s amazing,” Kipp said. “The guy who was coaching with me offered me a job. I thought I was going to be a fireman,

to be honest. He talked me out of that, (saying) ‘you’re a born coach, you should be coaching.’”

Kipp stayed in Santa Barbara for eight years before accepting a position as an assistant coach at USC, a national power on both the men’s and women’s sides. One of the Trojans’ top swimmers from his time in Los Angeles was Meghan Hawthorne, who went on to work for Kipp as an assistant in Boise and at NU. Hawthorne was a two-time allAmerican at USC and competed for the U.S. national team from 2012-2014.

The Trojan women finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships every year of her career.

When Kipp finally got his first head coaching opportunity at Boise State in 2015, he wanted to bring Hawthorne with him. The only challenge was convincing Hawthorne, who had never lived outside the Los Angeles area, to follow him up to Idaho.

“I was driving, sitting on the 405, and Jeremy called me,” Hawthorne said. “I had been in traffic for about an hour.

He’s like ‘I just got the head coaching position at Boise State.’ I’m like, ‘this is great, but what does it have to do with me?’ He’s like, ‘I’m looking for someone who’s enthusiastic, excited, do you know anybody?’ And I’m like, ‘I can’t think of

anybody off the top of my head,’ and he goes, ‘Hawthorne, I’m talking about you.’”

Hawthorne did not need much persuading. Five hours after she got off the phone with Kipp, she accepted the offer.

Five days later, she had packed up her entire life and moved to Boise, a city where she did not know a single person other than her boss.

The Broncos were already among the country’s strongest mid-major programs when Kipp took over, and he kept it that way, winning Mountain West championships in 2017 and 2018.

“It was the best decision I ever made,” Hawthorne said. “I take Jeremy’s decision to heart, I take it seriously. He’s not playing around if he tells me that Boise is a beautiful place, that I’d be able to be part of a really incredible team there.”

Kipp had interviewed for the women’s head coaching position at NU just before being hired in Boise, but the Cats went with alumna Abby Steketee instead. But when Steketee and men’s coach Jarod Schroeder both resigned in April 2018, much of the swimming world assumed — correctly, as it turned out — that NU would combine genders for their program.

The opportunity was too good to pass up for Kipp, who began reaching out to anyone he knew in the North Shore

area. When Kipp got the job, he got back on the bus and traveled east.

But Kipp knew he was headed into a challenge. While USC and Boise State were both strong programs when he came in, the Cats were in a different place. The men had finished second to last at Big Ten Championships for the past several years, while the women were right in the middle of the pack.

“Every head coach, you have to have an ego,” Kipp said. “I think I can overcome that problem, I can overcome those things. You can outcoach or outrecruit. I got really excited about the opportunity.”

Kipp immediately went to work assembling a strong coaching staff. He brought Hawthorne along again and added Jake Tapp, a former Olympian and world record holder, and Katie Robinson, who had previously been the women’s head coach at Tulane.

Junior Sophie Angus said the new staff made the transition as easy as possible.

“We had a lot of uncertainty with where the program was going, what was going to happen,” Angus said. “But the minute we started meeting, all that talk dropped, and we really connected with them right away.”

NU’s practices have been demanding, especially in terms of weight training, but Kipp knows the Cats need to have fun, too. He understands the pressure his student-athletes are under and said swimming can be a respite from academic stress.

Kipp has already built up plenty of momentum in recruiting — six current freshmen have competed on the international stage.

And he’s starting to see some success in the pool as well, most notably when the men won their first Big Ten dual meet in nearly six years earlier this month.

He’s preaching positivity all the way, always behind the wheel of the team’s energy bus.

“It’s been really fun to be on this journey with him,” Hawthorne said. “I think I speak for the whole staff when I say we’re really honored to be seen on the pool deck with him and going on this journey on the bus, and hoping it’s going in the right direction, which we know it is.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Wildcats look to win fourth straight against Valparaiso

By GREG SVIRNOVSKIY

daily senior staffer @gsvirnovskiy

Daily file photo by Joshua Hoffman

The Wildcats bench celebrates. NU is off to a 3-0 start for the second straight season.

With five minutes left in the second quarter of Northwestern’s season opener against Loyola Maryland, senior center Abi Scheid ran down Stephanie Karcz with a LeBron James-style chase down block, emerged with the ball and a whole lot of hoopla.

“It was a fast break,” Scheid said. “I saw her coming, tried to stop her and she went right by me. I wasn’t just about to let that happen. Just trying to block it, not touch any of her body or get a foul or anything.”

It’s still early. But with three wins in as many games so far this season, the team is starting to make some more noise. They’ll continue the non-conference slate Thursday, facing off against Valparaiso at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Their three wins so far have all been defensive shows of dominance which have seen the Wildcats (3-0) outscore their opposition by an average of 16.7 points and average eight less turnovers

than opposing teams. The closest NU has come to anything other than a win was a Nov. 14 overtime matchup at Marquette, which the Cats eventually won by 8.

But still, it’s early.

Coach Joe Mckeown knows the feeling. The exciting anxiety that comes with realizing just how good a group of players can be. He felt it last year, when NU started the season 5-0, drubbing teams like then No. 21-ranked Duke and Florida.

It’s different now. Gone is Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, a superstar whose 404 rebounds last season accounted for almost 30 percent of the entire team’s rebounding total. She finished second on last year’s team in points per game and recorded a whopping 55 blocks.

The Cats are now looking to junior guard Lindsey Pulliam and senior center Abbie Wolf for increased offensive production.

Pulliam has started the season averaging 23 points per game, her shots finding the basket at roughly a 40 percent clip.

Wolf is shooting at 62 percent, and has not missed a free throw all year. Still,

NU is yet to eclipse 70 points in any game this season. But they’ve missed “good shots by good shooters,” something Mckeown said will clean itself up.

“Every time Pulliam shoots I’m thinking it’s gonna go in,” Mckeown said. “When it doesn’t go in, I’m looking at my coaches like ‘what happened? Did she get fouled, how’d she miss?’ When Veronica Burton shoots the ball, especially when she gets in transition, I think every shot she takes is going in too. I’ve seen Jordan Hamilton score 25 points in a Big Ten game.”

Mckeown said this year’s group is deeper. But it’s going to take some time for them to gel together, to develop and identity. That’s what the non-conference schedule is all about.

“A little too early,” Mckeown said.

“Just getting people back and used to playing. I think Pallas was such a huge part of this program. To take her out of the line up, it’s hard to replace her.

I’m just gonna take the whole 11 game non-conference schedule and really just use it as a gauge.” gregorysvirnovskiy2022@u.northwestern.edu