The Daily Northwestern – April 10, 2018

The Daily Northwestern Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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3 CAMPUS/Activism

NU’s offense struggles as Wolverines sweep

Shepard Hall opens exhibit highlighting historical, contemporary student activism

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NU underfunds mental health services

Patterson campaign violates ASG code

Associate VP of equity resigns from University

Dwight Hamilton, associate vice president of equity and Title IX coordinator,has resigned from his post after nine months on the job, University spokesman Al Cubbage confirmed in a Monday email to The Daily.

Hamilton, who joined Northwestern in July as the inaugural person to hold the position, resigned last week, Cubbage said.

He gave no reason for the leave or indication of Hamilton’s next job.

“I appreciate the contributions Dwight made during his tenure at Northwestern,” Provost Jonathan Holloway said in an email to administrators obtained by The Daily. “I know I speak for everyone in offering my very best wishes for his future success.”

A search for a replacement will be conducted “shortly,” Holloway said. Associated general counsel Sarah Wake will serve as the interim vice president of equity, and deputy Title IX coordinator Amanda DaSilva will be the interim Title IX coordinator, Cubbage said.

Wake is an “experienced attorney” with knowledge of issues related to equal access and equity, including affirmative action and the Violence Against Women Act, Holloway said. Before arriving at NU, she served as the director of the Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX coordinator at the University of Notre Dame.

As former director of student conflict resolution at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, DaSilva handled student reports of sexual assault and Title IX violations, according to her LinkedIn profile.

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A third violation would remove pair from ballot

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looking to take on the project. “(The mansion) is going to sit there for a while while everyone moans and groans because nobody knows what to do with it,” Revelle said.

Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said she had concerns about the time frame for fundraising and potential liability issues for the city. The lease would have required Evanston Lakehouse and Gardens to raise $5 million

Weinberg junior Sky Patterson’s campaign committed two violations of election guidelines, Associated Student Government election commissioner Dillon Saks said in a Monday statement.

Saks said Patterson and her running mate, Weinberg junior Emily Ash, violated campaign rules by prematurely engaging in pre-campaign activities and going beyond what is considered “acceptable pre-campaigning activities.” A third violation would remove them from the ballot, he said.

The Weinberg sophomore said the campaign received its first violation for recruiting campaign personnel before the election commission had been elected, which officially marked the start of the pre-campaign

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Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) speaks at a council meeting. Wynne voted to deny the lease agreement with Evanston Lakehouse and Gardens.

City denies Harley Clarke lease Aldermen cite issues with fundraising, potential risk for city

By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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City Council denied a 40-year lease agreement with Evanston Lakehouse and Gardens for the Harley Clarke mansion at a meeting Monday, possibly signalling the end of the three-year-long renovation effort.

Aldermen voted 7-2 to deny the lease, with Ald. Eleanor

Revelle (7th) and Ald. Tom Suffredin (6th) voting to approve the agreement. Aldermen who denied the lease cited issues with fundraising and potential risk for the city.

The Harley Clarke mansion — located in north Evanston at 2603 Sheridan Rd. — has been vacant since the Evanston Art Center moved out of the building in 2015. In November, aldermen authorized the city to draft a lease and contract with Evanston Lakehouse

and Gardens to renovate the mansion, which includes lakefront access, a greenhouse and garden.

The nonprofit was founded in 2015 with the goal of renovating the historic mansion, according to its website.

Revelle told The Daily she was disappointed that city staff did not get a chance to come back with a revised lease. She said this agreement is “truly at the very end” and she isn’t aware of any other organization

ASG cancels first Taxicab program changes approved candidate debate Evanston aldermen vote to increase costs, decrease boundaries Campaigns will gather for debates Tuesday, Thursday

By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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The first of three debates between candidates for Associated Student Government president and executive vice president was canceled by ASG on Monday.

Election commissioner Dillon Saks said ASG canceled because “there were certain individuals who were feeling slightly under the weather.” SESP junior Justine Kim, an ASG presidential candidate, said she was told there was a personal emergency with her opponent’s campaign and felt going forward with the debate would be “contrary to the spirit of the process.”

Saks said he did not feel that the cancellation of the debate would impact the election cycle or future debates.

“I don’t foresee any differences

that would’ve gone on between this debate and other debates,” the Weinberg sophomore said.

“Usually, most debates contain many similar aspects. Nothing big usually happens between them that would change the context from one debate to the other one.”

Jillian Gilburne, the campaign manager for Weinberg junior Sky Patterson, the other presidential candidate, said in statement to The Daily that Patterson’s campaign has no control over the debate schedule and didn’t have additional information about Monday’s cancellation.

However, the Communication sophomore said Patterson’s team is looking forward to the next two debates.

“We have spent a lot of time this week meeting with student organizations and clarifying aspects of our platform to different groups on campus and appreciate the night off,” Gilburne wrote. “But ultimately, we are excited about the opportunity to talk through our policies » See DEBATE, page 7

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Aldermen approved changes Monday to a taxicab program for senior citizens and people with disabilities that would increase costs and decrease boundaries, moving away from paper coupons and toward virtual payment.

The program — aimed at alleviating financial barriers for residents with mobility challenges — provides subsidized rides with participating taxi companies to residents who demonstrate financial need and have disabilities or are over 60 years old.

Monday’s ordinance proposed a $1 increase in rider contribution, from $4 to $5. The ordinance also shrinks the program’s reach, restricting subsidized rides to within Evanston’s corporate boundaries. The changes will go into effect on April 16.

According to city documents, these changes attempt to combat the significant increase in the program’s cost between Oct. 1, 2016, and Sept. 30, 2017, when the program’s boundaries

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Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) at Monday’s City Council meeting. Aldermen voted 7-2 in favor of changes to a taxicab program for residents with disabilities and senior citizens.

included Wilmette, Skokie and Lincolnwood. Long term care ombudsman Audrey Thompson said another motivation for the rider contribution increase was preventing conflicts with cab

drivers. “(Our riders) got a lot of backlash from cab companies because they did not feel that there was a fair fare,” Thompson said.

She said the changes will

have riders and the city splitting the bill equally. She also noted that the new program will allow residents to continue using paper » See TAXI, page 7

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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018

AROUND TOWN

District 202 holds hearing to approve bond funding

By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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The Evanston Township High School/District 202 board held a public hearing Monday to authorize the sale of $6 million of working cash fund bonds for renovation projects in the school’s 95-year-old building.

Board members listened to the proposal during their meeting at ETHS. District 202 Chief Financial Officer Mary Rodino said the money would fund the third entrance renovation and other capital projects.

“We are redoing entrance three and have heard nothing but positive feedback,” Rodino said. “I felt strongly, as many people do, that if we were going to do that particular project we should do it right.

It hasn’t been done in … 50 years.”

Elizabeth Hennessy of Raymond James — an investment company serving 3 million clients worldwide — has been advising the district about finance and debt projections for the fiscal year.

She said the public hearing is just one step of a longer process.

After the meeting, the financial committee will need to prepare an offering document and a presentation for a bond agency, she said. Once prepared, Hennessy will return to the board on May 7 and authorize issuance, at which point the bonds will go to market and be sold. Hennessy predicted funds should be available for the district

POLICE BLOTTER Chicago man arrested in connection with aggravated assault A Chicago man was arrested in connection with aggravated assault Saturday morning.

Police responded at 5:31 a.m. to a report of a man with a gun. Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said a 38-year-old Evanston woman called officers when the man attempted to force his way

to use by the end of May in time for summer projects.

Last year, ETHS was awarded a AAA rating, the highest possible bond rating, Hennessy said.

“We presume that will be the case this time as well,” she said.

District 202 superintendent Eric Witherspoon told The Daily it was “normal” for ETHS to sell this amount of bonds every two years. Witherspoon emphasized that few school districts get a AAA rating, demonstrating the strength of an investment in District 202.

Witherspoon said bond funding is essential in maintaining ETHS facilities, adding that bond funding dates back to the beginning of the school district.

“This building was built in 1923, so there are a lot of capital needs, and that’s what the bonds do,” Witherspoon said. “They go to take care of the school facility.”

Witherspoon said the district is “capped,” meaning it has a legal limit on how much debt it can accrue over a year. Every year, the district pays down debt to leave room for additional projects up to the cap, he said.

Other Illinois school districts use public finance in the same way, Witherspoon added.

Rodino said the bond money would go to other projects, including development over the summer and “brick and mortar” tasks to maintain the building. She added some funding from the ETHS Educational Foundation would contribute to campus projects as well.

into the residence, claiming he wanted to see his daughter.

The woman reported that the man appeared to be holding a black semiautomatic handgun.

Glew said the man was located at the rear of the building and was taken into custody. Police were initially unable to locate the weapon. After later reviewing video footage that showed the offender holding a handgun, patrol officers located a loaded firearm beneath a garbage can, Glew said.

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Eric Witherspoon listens at Monday’s District 202 board meeting. Board members heard the proposal of $6 million in bond funding for the district.

“We certainly will reserve some (bond) money for next year’s projects, but as you know our funding is tight every year,” Rodino said at the meeting.

“We always have more needs than money, and we

just try to scale it down and postpone what we can.

It’s a constant struggle.”

Chicago man charged in connection with obstructing identification

Howard St. Glew said the man gave an incorrect first name when officers initially asked for identification. During the follow-up investigation, the man admitted to providing a fictitious name and proceeded to identify himself correctly.

When officers located an insurance card with the man’s real name, they learned he had an active warrant for his arrest, Glew said.

A Chicago man was arrested Friday morning in connection with obstructing identification.

Officers were dispatched to the CVS at 101 Asbury Ave. in response to a report of a person stealing vitamins. Upon arrival, Glew said officers met with a CVS employee who gave a description of the suspect.

A man who matched the employee’s description was found at a nearby McDonald’s at 1117

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ON CAMPUS Exhibit features past, recent activism

By TROY CLOSSON

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Melissa Foster (Bienen ’96, ’01) was a sophomore at Northwestern when University Police knocked a black student down while he was traveling home and handcuffed him for taking a bike that he owned. The incident prompted an “outcry” from students, the Communication lecturer said, and she participated in a campus protest asking for police accountability, support for the Black House and several other demands “If you care about something, you can make a difference,” said Foster, who is a Shepard Hall and 1838 Chicago Faculty-in-Residence. “It seems like one person can’t and we’re all too busy but even the smallest things (matter).”

Conveying that message is a goal of Shepard Hall’s new educational exhibit, Foster said at its opening reception Monday, which drew around 35 attendees. Newspaper archives, black-andwhite photos and reproductions of social media posts line the walls of the Shepard Engagement Center to bridge historical student activism at NU with modern-day movements.

The educational gallery is a joint initiative between the Office of Residential Academic Initiatives, University Archives, other campus departments and in-area Faculty-in-Residence.

Charla Wilson, the University archivist for the black experience, told The Daily she hopes the exhibit can serve as an opportunity to honor past campus activists. While she said it’s easy to “take for granted” the significant impacts students have made on NU, the gallery is meant to directly recognize that.

“An aspect that this exhibit highlights that I find remarkable is that academic programs such as black, Asian-American, Latino, women and gender studies were not enhancements that were resulting from the top administrators down to the students,” Wilson said. “They were actually the results of students fighting for these programs.”

The exhibit features media from the Bursar’s Office Takeover, hunger strike for

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A visitor looks at an aspect of the Shepard Engagement Center’s new student activism exhibit. The gallery will run until at least Reading Week and highlights both historical and contemporary movements.

Asian-American Studies and other past activism movements at NU, director of Residential Academic Initiatives Brad Zakarin told The Daily.

But more recent movements were also intentionally included, he said.

In the process of curating the exhibit, Zakarin said exploring both what constituted campus activism historically and “what sorts of shapes (it is) taking in the social media age” was essential.

One feature of the gallery, an online quiz created last year to identify black actors and actresses in the theater community, was a “perfect example” of how modern activism can take unconventional forms, he said.

“We had this idea to not do something that was a straight-up commemoration of the Bursar’s Takeover,” Zakarin said, “but instead to use the Bursar’s Takeover as a source of inspiration for looking forward over 50 years of Northwestern student activism and thinking about the different forms, the different issues, the different people

involved.”

The exhibit will run until at least the beginning of Reading Week, Zakarin said, but depending on students’ responses, it could be in place for longer or move into a different residential space or campus building.

McCormick freshman Claudia Kalisa said she attended the exhibit’s reception to learn more about student protests on campus. After looking throughout the gallery, she said the ways past activism can impact the present was evident.

“We’re here and we have the Black House … and it’s a more diverse community than I imagine it was back then,” Kalisa said. “But I feel like it’s important for people to know it hasn’t always been like this, that there were people that had to do something for us to have what we have now.

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Palestine protests show need for progressive policies GABE LEVINE-DRIZIN DAILY COLUMNIST

For the second straight week, thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip marched toward the border fence with Israel to protest on “Land Day,” a day that has been commemorated since 1976 when Arab leaders initially declared a day of protests in response to the Israeli expropriation of Arab land in northern Israel. In response to the demonstrations in 1976, Israeli security forces killed six unarmed participants, transforming the day into an annual protest in which Arab citizens rail against institutional discriminatory government and link their plight to the “1948 Arabs” of the West Bank and Gaza.

This year, the impending move of the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel emboldened the protesters. The upwards of 30,000 protesting for their right to return to their original home marched to the Israeli border fence along the Gaza Strip to stay in tent encampments and participate in peaceful protest.

During the first iteration of the protest on March 30 of this year, some young men

approached the border fence and hurled stones, burned tires and even threw improvised Molotov cocktails. One thing, however, is clear: These men, without firearms, posed no real threat to the lives of the Israeli soldiers stationed along the other side of the barrier. Nevertheless, the soldiers had been given leeway to use lethal force in the run-up to the protests.

The ensuing massacre and subsequent lack of international outcry should come as no surprise: of the over 1,400 injuries inflicted upon the protesters, Israeli snipers killed 16 and injured another 773 due to live fire. On April 6, a week later, protest organizers and Hamas called for renewed demonstrations which left another 1,350 wounded, 400 of them injured and seven more dying due to live Israeli fire. Prominent among the dead — and indicative of the random nature of the sniper fire — was Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja, who died after being shot in the stomach even though he was reportedly wearing a press jacket.

Criticism of Israeli policy, I must admit, often takes up an inordinate share of discussion on both the domestic and global stage. Discussions of Israeli policies are often intensely emotional too: critiques of Israel are often nefariously denounced as anti-Semitic. The debate surrounding Israel’s policies aside, however, I am curious as to why the killing of these protesters has been largely met with a deafening silence on the part of U.S. leaders

— particularly those who have in the past shown a propensity to trumpet liberal interventionism.

As Mehdi Hasan writing for the Intercept pondered, “Where is the moral outrage from former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, the famously pro-intervention, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a ‘A Problem From Hell’ which lamented US inaction in Rwanda?” The silence of these beloved “liberal interventionists” like Madeleine Albright or even Barack Obama seemed to hammer home that humanitarian intervention is reserved only for the privileged, perhaps only for the whiter and wealthier. The Palestinian people, the “enemy” of our staunchest ally, seem never to qualify.

The lack of outcry on the part of American officials plagues the left just as much as it does the right. Their tepid response, epitomized by Bernie Sanders’ tacit denunciation of an Israeli overreaction, is indicative of a larger failure of the far-left: creating a coherent foreign policy that challenges the Democratic Party’s current framework, which continues to be shaped by those who have committed recent blunders.

The liberal interventionism of hawkish voices like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden has recently mixed with the old-style neo-conservatism of newcomer “resistance” Republicans like George W. Bush and David Frum to prevent a true reckoning with the devastating legacy of a foreign policy

driven by visions of empire. What is needed, then, is a coherent foreign policy vision from the ascendant social democratic wing that can push the Democratic Party establishment to the left, just as Sanders’ calls for “Medicare for All” created a quasi-litmus test to which up-and-coming Democrats like Cory Booker and Kamala Harris have been forced to respond.

The creation of a foreign policy that veers away from imperial ambitions and links the struggles of oppressed people around the world could do so while still recognizing the idea of a supposed “American exceptionalism.” As both the adherents to the “Make America Great Again” trope and the defenders of an America that is “already great” have demonstrated, a prominent role for the U.S. in global affairs seems virtually impossible to eradicate. So, if we must continue to adhere to the idea of an America that will play the role of a global policeman, perhaps we could begin by telling one of our staunchest allies that it cannot snipe its subjugated neighbors.

Gabe Levine-Drizin is a Weinberg senior. He can be contacted at gabriellevinedrizin2018@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.

NU grossly underfunds students’ mental health services ALEX SCHWARTZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

I’ve seen student activists stress countless times the need for more funding and resources for mental health and wellness on our campus. I’ve never disagreed with that, but I have to admit that it never struck me as an extremely pressing issue. At least, not until I sought out Counseling and Psychological Services myself.

I’ve struggled with social anxiety for years, but by the end of Winter Quarter I decided it wasn’t healthy for me to deal with it alone anymore. I had never regularly seen a therapist before and I did not have a diagnosed mental illness, but I felt that something about myself definitely needed to be fixed.

I scheduled a phone call with CAPS and was luckily able to get an intake appointment before

leaving for Spring Break. The counselor I met with suggested group therapy as an option for treating my social problems, and I scheduled a screening with one of the session leaders after I returned to campus this quarter. She discussed the therapy’s format with me and it seemed as if I would benefit from it. And then she told me, regrettably, that I would essentially be competing with someone else for the last slot in the only session that worked for my schedule. There just weren’t enough staff to take on more groups.

Not only do Northwestern students have to compete for membership or leadership positions in nearly every student organization or extracurricular activity, but we apparently have to compete for mental health counseling, too. It’s laughable, but more so infuriating. It is baffling to me that CAPS cannot give support to every student that seeks it out. While I was assured that I was not being evaluated on “merit” to be given a spot in group therapy, I felt as if I had to pitch myself to convince them that I deserved a spot — after all, it’s what I’m so used to doing in interview

after interview for organizations on this campus.

Lo and behold, I received an email informing me that I did not receive the spot several hours after the session. I was actually rejected from therapy.

I am in no way arguing that the work CAPS does is ineffective or that its staff is incompetent. This issue has nothing to do with the clinic itself — it’s a matter of the University’s failure to allocate sufficient funds to CAPS that leaves it understaffed and unable to accommodate every student that asks for help. It offers referrals to outside providers, which I’m sure some students find valuable, but there’s something to be said about being part of the NU community, understanding the specific issues students on campus face and offering programs at no cost to students.

It’s sad that the good work these professionals are doing cannot affect everyone who seeks counseling.

I’m hopeful that I’ll find help eventually, but the sad reality is that I probably won’t seek outside therapy. I have neither the time nor the mental energy to figure out how to pay for a therapist

with my confusing insurance plan. I cannot imagine what someone who does not have the same privileges I have would do in this situation.

I don’t think it’s selfish to expect the bare minimum of support from the University given the amount of money I pay to go here. I should not be put on a waitlist to receive therapy while shiny new buildings that I will never use pop up all over campus.

It takes so much to admit to yourself that you have a problem and that you need help. And to be essentially put on hold when you finally decide to seek that help delays your own treatment while creating a reputation among students that CAPS — and help in general — isn’t worth seeking out.

enough signatures for this vote to be placed on the same ballot to elect our next student body president this Thursday and Friday. As voters, we will choose whether or not we want Northwestern to disclose possible investments in firearms, as well as whether or not we want our University to divest from them.

America’s gun culture is one of oppression and inequality. It allows people of color to be executed in the street, while mass shootings by white supremacists are blamed on mental illness rather than on an industry that fetishizes guns and profits off bloodshed. That’s why as candidates and student activists, we’re calling for NU to reveal whether it’s invested in gunmakers and to divest from gun violence, and we’re asking you to vote on April 12 to cut off all financial support

for gun manufacturers.

Investors in gun manufacturers prop up gun violence and the National Rifle Association. It’s time for us to ensure that NU isn’t supporting them.

Our University refuses to disclose which companies it invests its $10.5 billion endowment in.

All we know for sure is that NU chooses highperforming stock portfolios of the most profitable companies available — this could possibly include private prisons and firearm manufacturers. The University still has not honored 2016 student demands to divest from private prisons.

We must recognize that gun violence and mass incarceration are twin engines of a system that glorifies gun ownership for some and makes it a death sentence for others.

But now, students have a way to change this.

The next student body president will have the power to appoint students to the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility, which can decide where our University invests its funds. If we’re elected, we vow to appoint students to this committee who will demand transparency and honor the results of referendums like this one.

We’ve seen amazing student divestment campaigns in recent years, and we know that when students organize, we can reclaim power.

Let’s build on the work of the activists that came before us and fight back against gun violence. On April 12, vote for Sky and Em, and vote to stop support for gun violence.

Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, 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.

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University should divest from guns, increase transparency on profits From the beginning, we’ve wanted our campaign to be about reclaiming power for students.

We know that our strength is built from large numbers and coalitions across different communities on this campus that force the University to pay attention to the issues that we care about.

That’s why we’ve spent our campaign gathering signatures from students who agree that our university should be transparent about whether it profits from companies that manufacture guns — and we’re proud to announce that we’ve secured

— Sky Patterson, Emily Ash and other members of the Northwestern Gun Reform Project

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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018

Political Union debates repeal of 2nd Amendment

By AMY LI

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In its first debate of Spring Quarter, Northwestern Political Union voted against a mock resolution to repeal the Second Amendment, by a margin of 16 to 15.

Political Union hosted the debate after last month’s March for Our Lives, a national, student-led demonstration in support of gun control legislation in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February, said Dominic Bayer, director of events of Political Union.

Bayer, a Weinberg sophomore, and Edmund Bannister, party leader of the center, opened the debate before the crowd of 50 attendees also expressed their views on the issue.

Bannister, a former Daily staffer, called for a repeal in an opening statement, arguing the view of gun ownership as an intrinsic constitutional right has contributed to the “vast spasm of homicidal violence” in the country.

“These deaths aren’t because people in the United States are homicidal maniacs,” the Weinberg junior said. “They are a direct product of the fact that we cannot create pragmatic legislation until the Second Amendment has been removed.”

Bayer, the opening speaker for the pro-Second Amendment side, said while he mourns the unnecessary and tragic loss of life from deadly shootings, depriving citizens of the “fundamental right to selfdefense” is not the right solution.

If the amendment was to be repealed, Bayer said, “it would be naive and presumptuous” to believe that those who obtain guns illegally would cooperate with

U.S. senator from Illinois becomes first to give birth while in office

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) became the first senator to give birth while in office.

Her daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, was born Monday.

“Bryan, Abigail and I couldn’t be happier to welcome little Maile Pearl as the newest addition to our family,” Duckworth said in a statement.

She said former U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, a Democrat from Hawaii, was “able to bless her name for us” before his death Friday. The two senators worked together in Congress on veterans’ issues.

“His help in naming both of our daughters means he will always be with us,” Duckworth said.

Duckworth is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and was a helicopter pilot in the Iraq War. She

new laws.

Some student attendees against repeal also argued that if the government becomes undemocratic in the future, citizens must be free to form a militia for security.

Bannister said many of the con arguments seemed to be based on hypothetical situations, and he claimed a student on the opposing side cited an “outrageously magnified” statistic from the National Association of Gun Rights, a partisan organization.

Attendees also brought up the possibility that appealing the Second Amendment may not decrease the number of illegally-owned guns in the country, to which Bannister countered with more information on illegal gun-related concerns.

Weinberg sophomore and Political Union executive member Ian Odland advised the audience to take evidence offered on both sides with “a grain of salt.”

After the debate, Bayer told The Daily he believes it is important for the whole campus to engage with Political Union debates.

“Northwestern has the potential to be a bubble, an echo chamber where people just listen to who they agree with already,” Bayer said. “Coming here (to Political Union), people have a wide range of perspectives.”

Medill freshman Jessica Liu said this was the first Political Union debate she’s attended. She said she was pleased with how “passionate” and persuasive the students were. Liu was also surprised Political Union members ultimately decided against a repeal in their mock vote.

“Because Northwestern is characterized as a largely liberal campus, it was actually very surprising that in the end, it was 16 (votes) for the ‘con’ side,” Liu said. amyli2021@u.northwestern.edu

is one of only 10 sitting Congresswomen to give birth. She gave birth to her first daughter, Abigail, while serving in the House of Representatives in November 2014.

Duckworth reiterated her stance on paid family leave in her Monday statement, saying, “Parenthood isn’t just a women’s issue, it’s an economic issue and one that affects all parents.”

She added that motherhood has shaped her legislative goals and has given her an “important” and “underrepresented” perspective on Capitol Hill.

“Across our nation, working parents face barriers to staying in the workforce,” she said in a March statement regarding her pregnancy. “Lack of access to affordable child care and to paid family, medical and parental leave forces people to choose between taking care of their children or a sick family member and losing their job and their health insurance.”

— Syd Stone

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over 10 years, which Wynne said would have to be shortened for her to support the agreement.

She added that she cannot support a lease that poses a “significant” risk to the city when there are other ways to address insurance issues that would not leave the city “exposed.”

“The issues about insurance coverage, potential risk to the city, liability problems — those have to

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From page 1 period. The second violation came after the campaign sent out a pre-campaign email that was not “for the sole purpose of developing a platform” because it included promotional material, Saks said.

Consequently, Patterson’s campaign received a $15 reduction of possible reimbursement for campaign expenses, he said.

Patterson deferred comment to campaign manager Jillian Gilburne, who wrote in a statement to The Daily that Patterson’s team felt these code violations are “minor” and distract from the campaign’s platform and policy proposals.

“A contested election is an opportunity for ASG to prove its validity as an organization and for this campus to have an open and in-depth conversation about what the University owes to us as students and how we can come together to advocate for ourselves,” the Communication sophomore wrote.

be addressed in a way that the city is protected,” Wynne said. “As much as I want this project to succeed … those issues would need to be addressed before I support this project as well.”

According to city documents, if property damage — by a “casualty or act of God” — is less than or equal to 85 percent of the market value, the city must repair the mansion.

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) also voiced concerns about donor fatigue, considering the city has taken on other renovation projects like the Robert

Crown Community Center.

Rue Simmons cited Family Focus — a building in the 5th Ward that community leaders are attempting to purchase — as a nonprofit that could benefit from donations. Community leaders and residents need to raise $5 million to purchase, maintain and renovate Family Focus, which provides educational resources.

Responding to residents who spoke during the meeting’s public comment section about how approving the lease would promote equity in

Evanston, Rue Simmons said only five people came out to support the preservation of Family Focus.

“I’m concerned we are using equity and inclusion sometimes to push for our projects and agendas and we’re not really doing what we can for equity and inclusion for families that need it most,” Rue Simmons said. “We have some families that are in crisis, and there are some opportunities that I believe are being overlooked in the community.”

“Instead, our campaign is being nitpicked.”

Gilburne said the first violation pertained to her hiring, which was not formalized until the precampaign period began. She declined to comment on the second violation, but said the campaign is in the process of appealing it.

Saks told The Daily there is no opportunity for another appeal. However, he said, violations of the guidelines are common and “expected.” Nehaarika Mulukutla, the current ASG president, echoed Saks, adding that the violations are common due to the number of rules and regulations.

“Sometimes there are some relatively obscure things that you don’t realize are there,” she said.

“There’s a lot of opportunity when you’re running a campaign of such scale and size across the entire student body to maybe unintentionally lose track of the more obscure rules. There’s also a lot of opportunity to make mistakes.”

Mulukutla declined to comment on the specific violations, but said “the significance (of campaign rules) vary from year to year in the perspective of

different people.”

Saks said the commission knew of the first violation during the pre-campaign period. The second incident was not initially considered a violation, he said, but was appealed over Spring Break and confirmed Sunday by the Rules Committee.

News of the code violations came the same day The Daily reported that the Office of Student Conduct will look into whether members of Patterson’s campaign violated the Northwestern directory policy when they collected personal student information and sent unsolicited emails through the email marketing service MailChimp.

Saks declined to comment on whether ASG is considering an investigation on the matter.

SESP junior Justine Kim, who is also running for ASG president, said even if the other campaign didn’t intend to break any rules, the election is still affected. Kim added that she could not determine how impactful the violations are.

Though the election itself has not been compromised, she said, the “perception” of ASG has.

Kim said the violations don’t equate with the 2016 campaign violations — when the winning ticket failed to disclose it had received information about the voting margin while polls were still open — or the problems with voter engagement due to last year’s uncontested election. However, she said this is yet another election that “does not follow up to the ideals that ASG is supposed to be held accountable to.”

In her own campaign, Kim said she was “intentional” in ensuring that she and her staff upheld ASG rules and standards.

“If we’re going to advocate for equity in every aspect of what we do in ASG, then I think that the election should be the place to start,” Kim said.

“If you’re going to advocate for equity, then you should start by not only talking the talk but also walking the walk from the second that you enter the campaign process.”

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directly with the other ticket.”

Though Kim said having three debates would be ideal, she thinks the upcoming coverage can still allow students to engage with the candidates’ platforms. She said she hopes students use the debates as opportunities to ask questions about her platform and ensure that their voices are being heard and represented.

Kim said she believes the other two debates will be fruitful exercises.

“I think that the other two debates will still be of good quality and still have the opportunity for us to be able to really show people what our platforms are about — how they’re similar and how they’re different,” Kim said.

The Daily will host a debate Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Technological Institute Lecture Room Two. Coalition of Colors will host the final debate Thursday at 6 p.m. in Lecture Room Three. gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

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All but two aldermen — Ald. Thomas Suffredin (6th) and Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) — voted in favor of the changes.

Suffredin, whose ward includes two retirement communities, said he spoke with constituents who were concerned about the change. Rue Simmons added that Evanston’s senior community is vulnerable and subject to high taxes that already cause financial stress.

“Any further burden for our residents that need this service, I’m not in support of,” Rue Simmons told The Daily. “One dollar may seem insignificant, but it’s substantial when it’s your only way of mobility.”

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said city staff is committed to ensuring that residents are comfortable using smartphones and debit or credit cards to pay for rides, adding that there will be at least six public workshops on the topic for users of the program.

Bobkiewicz added that moving away from coupons will allow riders to keep their involvement in the program confidential, which he said the city hopes will decrease the stigma attached to the use of coupons. It will also prevent abuse of the program, he said, noting that because there was no limit on the number of coupons provided, a select few were engaging in fraudulent coupon brokerage.

“This is an important service to provide our residents … we feel real positive that this is an improvement,” Bobkiewicz said.

Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd), who voted in favor of the program, complimented the city staff ’s approach to introducing the program. He said he had seen his own constituents grow more comfortable with the suggested changes through participation in the focus groups.

“Doing anything to create change is always difficult,” Braithwaite said. “Over the last couple months of your focus group … you’ve moved (one of my residents) from anxiety to neutral and willing to try.” keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu

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It puts too much pressure on the pitchers. We pitched good enough. That game is different if we have a lead.

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COLD BATS

Northwestern’s offense struggles as Michigan sweeps series

By PETER WARREN

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After senior catcher Jack Claeys equalized Sunday’s game against Michigan at 3 p.m with a solo shot over Rocky and Berenice Miller Park’s right field wall in the sixth inning, Northwestern loaded the bases with one out but failed to score.

Two innings later, junior first baseman Willie Bourbon doubled to lead off the inning but was left stranded there with the score still tied.

A half inning later, in the top of the ninth, the Wolverines (19-11, 6-0 Big Ten) scored four runs to put the game in the bag and secure a series sweep of the Wildcats (8-17, 1-8).

“When we have an opportunity to throw a knockout punch in the sixth, seventh and eighth, we have to do that,” coach Spencer Allen said. “It puts too much pressure on the pitchers. We pitched good enough. That game is different if we have a lead.”

NU had opened the scoring in the third when sophomore second baseman Alex Erro singled home junior shortstop Jack Dunn, who walked and stole second base. One inning later, the Cats manufactured another run when Bourbon scored on a grounder to second from freshman outfielder Casey O’Laughlin.

After getting a run back in the

fifth, the Wolverines took the lead in the sixth. With the bases loaded and two outs, Ako Thomas hit a ground ball that got through Erro at second and scored two runs.

Sunday’s defeat came after Michigan, who came into this weekend riding a 12-game win streak, shut out the Cats twice on Saturday by scores of 6-0 and 3-0.

NU managed only three hits — two singles from sophomore outfielder Leo Kaplan in game one and a single from Bourbon in game two — across Saturday’s 18 innings and never had a runner advance past second base.

“The blame is on us for this weekend,” Dunn said. “Hopefully we stop that moving forward.”

The Wolverines’ starters on Saturday, Tommy Henry and Ben Dragani, were dominant. Henry, who improved to 5-0 on the season, struck out nine batters across six innings. Dragani struck out five and improved his Big Ten-best ERA to 1.13.

Apart from a four-run fifth inning, freshman pitcher Quinn Lavelle was solid for the Cats in game one, as was sophomore Hank Christie in game two. Lavelle went five innings with four strikeouts while Christie threw six innings, giving up only six hits and one earned run while surrendering no walks.

“As far as the first couple games, I thought that (our pitchers) really filled the zone, they really could

throw all of their pitches for strikes,” Bourbon said. “They controlled the game; they kept us in the game for the most part. Our offense didn’t click.”

Freshman pitcher Jack Pagliarini also threw well in his start on Sunday, striking out eight Wolverines and giving up only two hits in 4.1 innings of work.

Clutch hitting has been an Achilles’ heel for NU all season. With runners in scoring position, the Cats had only one hit this weekend — Erro’s RBI single on Sunday — in 21 plate appearances. Heading into the weekend, the team had a batting average of .256 with runners in scoring position, compared to .303 for its opponents.

Bourbon and Dunn said the team needs to do better when given scoring opportunities. Allen said if the team puts itself in opportune situations with fewer than two outs, where outs can also score runs, the hits will come.

“We have struggled all year with it,” Allen said. “There is no magic pill for it. You just have to continue to work and grind good at-bats.”

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Wildcats remain perfect in conference play

By CALVIN ALEXANDER

the daily northwestern @CalvAlexander

Northwestern narrowly defeated two Michigan-based conference rivals to stay undefeated in the Big Ten. The No. 13 Wildcats (15-4, 8-0 Big Ten) started the weekend in East Lansing against Michigan State (13-7, 4-4).

They then traveled southeast to Ann Arbor to meet Michigan (11-9, 7-1) the next day. Both matches resulted in 4-3 victories for the Cats, extending their unbeaten run in conference play.

The unranked Spartans put up a fight against the Cats, winning at Nos. 2, 5 and 6 singles. However, NU, led by its seniors, edged out the victory on the day. Seniors Erin Larner and Maddie Lipp both won their matches in straight sets. Sophomore Julie Byrne also won her singles match, clinching the win for the Cats, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

“All credit to them, they came out really aggressive and hungry,” coach Claire Pollard said. “I was pleased that we survived and got a ‘W.’” The fourth point against the Spartans came from the doubles point, where Byrne and junior Rheeya Doshi won their matchup along with the senior partnership of Lipp and Larner.

The two seniors began the contest against Michigan in similar fashion, dropping only one game. Senior Alex Chatt and junior Lee Or finished soon after with a 6-3 win to clinch the doubles point for the second consecutive day.

The singles portion was back-andforth from the start. Or was the first off the court in a losing effort, but freshman Inci Ogut put the team back on top with a convincing win. Soon after, Larner won her match and continued an astounding streak.

Larner has not lost a singles match in nearly two months. Her impressive

win on Sunday will ensure that her streak will continue at least one more week. She defeated Michigan’s Kate Fahey, who is 29th in the singles rankings. This marks her third win over a top-50 opponent this season.

“Last year, I was competing with the top girls but I just fell a little bit short,” Larner said. “This year, I have just been trusting my shots and leaving it all on the line in every single match.”

Nonetheless, Larner’s win left NU up 3-1. After Byrne and Lipp both faltered in straight sets, the match was in Chatt’s hands.

She got up 5-1 in the first set of her match but lost the next six games to cede the first set to her opponent.

“Losing that first set was obviously a heartbreaker, but I couldn’t let anyone get in my head at that time,” Chatt said.

“It was such a mental game today.”

She stormed back and won the second set, but trailing 5-4 and 40-15 in the third set, she faced three match points. With the odds in Michigan’s favor, Chatt saved all three match points and took the deciding set to a tiebreaker.

In a back-and-forth tiebreaker,

Chatt watched her big-hitting opponent crumble. She won the tiebreaker 7-4, and with it, defeated the Cats’ biggest rival in a thrilling matchup.

Pollard said the team saw this win as a crucial moment in its season with just four matches left until the postseason.

“It’s humongous; it’s the shot in the arm that we needed,” Pollard said.

“It’s really hard to stay focused for five months and this gets us ready to finish the regular season really strong.” calvinalexander2021@u.northwestern. edu

Daily file photo by Brian Meng

Alex Chatt hits a return. The senior dramatically won Northwestern’s Sunday match at Michigan in a third-set tiebreaker.

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Graduate transfer Ryan Taylor joins incoming class

Graduate transfer Ryan Taylor will join Northwestern’s young core next season, choosing the Wildcats over Miami, Oregon and Indiana, ESPN reported Monday. After graduating three starters, NU’s lineup will be solidified by the reigning firstteam, all-Missouri Valley Conference guard.

Taylor averaged 21.2 points per game last season for Evansville and shot 42 percent from beyond the arc.

Considered one of the top ranked players on the graduate transfer market, Taylor will play his only season in Evanston next year.

After sophomores Isiah Brown and Rapolas Ivanauskas announced their intention to transfer last month, the Cats had only two returning guards on scholarship, so Taylor will likely have a regular presence in coach Chris Collins’ rotation. The two holdovers, rising sophomore Anthony Gaines and rising senior Jordan Ash, combined to shoot just 28.4 percent from deep last season, so Taylor will be the team’s best perimeter threat.

Taylor started his career at Ohio University, starting 27 of 29 games and scoring 8.1 points for a team that finished 10-20. In 2015 after his freshman year, Taylor transferred to Evansville, where he made an immediate impact after sitting out his transfer season.

Including the four incoming freshmen, NU now has 12 scholarship players for the 2018-19 campaign, the first season at the renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena. Taylor joins Pete Nance, Jordan Lathon, Miller Kopp and Ryan Young as the incoming class.

— Charlie Goldsmith