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A&I committee resigns from ASG Austin Gardner, 14 members step down at Senate By GABBY BIRENBAUM and JONAH DYLAN

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Associated Student Government vice president for accessibility and inclusion Austin Gardner and the entire A&I committee have resigned effective immediately, Gardner said during Senate on Wednesday. The committee made the decision following Weinberg juniors Sky Patterson’s and Emily Ash’s ASG election victory. Patterson and Ash narrowly defeated SESP junior Justine Kim and Gardner, a SESP sophomore, with 49.2 percent of the vote. Gardner announced his resignation shortly before Patterson and Ash were sworn in during Wednesday’s Senate. He and the other 14 members of his committee sent a letter — forwarded to The Daily — to former ASG president Nehaarika Mulukutla.

“We have reached a point where we feel we cannot accomplish our tasks under the structure of ASG or its new leadership,” the letter said. “We thank ASG for the opportunity to have a visible platform as we advocated for our peers over the last year. We wish the very best for each and every remaining member of the student government, including the new leadership.” In the letter, Gardner and the other students highlighted the initiatives they’ve taken over the past year, including a number of policies created by the trans rights subcommittee. According to the letter, the subcommittee’s initiatives included a trans sensitivity guide for professors and gender neutral housing. The letter also stated that Gardner’s predecessor, Jourdan Dorrell, warned him to be cognizant of ASG’s “history of maltreatment” regarding co-opting the work of other students. The committee members said that they believe Patterson and Ash took their work and presented it as their own, » See RESIGN, page 6

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Outgoing Associated Student Government president Nehaarika Mulukutla swears in new president Sky Patterson. Patterson and her running mate, Emily Ash, won last week’s election with 49.2 percent of the vote.

Patterson, Ash sworn into ASG Weinberg juniors look ahead to executive board selection process By GABBY BIRENBAUM

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Weinberg juniors Sky Patterson and Emily Ash were sworn in as Associated Student

Government president and executive vice president at Senate on Wednesday. Patterson and Ash defeated SESP junior Justine Kim and SESP sophomore Austin Gardner in last week’s ASG election. Patterson and Ash won 49.2

percent of the vote, compared to Kim and Gardner’s 42.25 percent. Ash told The Daily the pair has been taking the past week to recuperate from the election and to work through the transition process. She also said she

is looking forward to executive board selection. “The (executive) board really makes or breaks the presidency, in a lot of ways,” Ash said. “Just making sure that that selection » See ASG, page 6

Senate votes to back NTE faculty Theta Chi returns

Faculty senators show support, avoid unionization involvement

after suspension Chapter actively recruiting as old members left out

By ALAN PEREZ

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Communication Prof. Robert Hariman speaks during Wednesday’s Faculty Senate. At the meeting, Senate voted to support non-tenure eligible faculty.

By WILSON CHAPMAN

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Faculty Senate voted during its Wednesday meeting to support non-tenure eligible faculty without getting involved

in unionization efforts, after a contentious debate regarding an amendment that would recommend Senate enter unionization negotiations. NTE Committee head Elsa Alvaro presented the resolution, which called for Senate to affirm its support of NTE

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faculty members and their rights as employees of Northwestern. She said NTE faculty make up a large and integral component of NU, and they deserve representation and support from their peers. However, Alvaro recommended that Senate leave the

process of unionization to the National Labor Relations Board, which she said her committee viewed as a more appropriate body to work on this issue. “Neither the NTE Committee or the Senate are appropriate » See FACULTY, page 6

The international headquarters of Theta Chi fraternity is redeveloping its Northwestern chapter, seeking to rebound after it suspended the chapter last year. The chapter is actively recruiting until the end of Spring Quarter, Mitch Nolan, a headquarters field executive, told The Daily in an email. Members of the chapter that disbanded, however, will not be asked to participate. “The former members of the chapter are suspended from the fraternity and will not be a part of the process — this is based upon the decisions of those men in the Spring Quarter of 2017,” Nolan said. “These men no longer wanted to be a part of the organization, so we are focusing our efforts on new men who plan to uphold the ideals of Theta Chi.” Former chapter president Bruce Johnson, while

declining an interview, wrote in an email that “none of us want to be involved with Theta Chi anymore.” Johnson told The Daily last May that the chapter members asked to disband due to low membership and difficulty recruiting. Headquarters and NU’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life provided little support, he said, though the two governing bodies disputed that. Weinberg freshman Noel Kamenica, the new chapter president, said field executives gave “vague” answers to questions about the former members, but added that he was told “they didn’t do much.” Nonetheless, Communication freshman Nolan Robinson, who said he is one of seven new members, said the past won’t “inform” their actions. Instead, he said, the new chapter will focus on values of brotherhood, given the recent scrutiny of Greek life. “I want to show people that fraternities are about brotherhood and connections and networking,” he said. “We can be a role model fraternity and have people look at us and see what we do. It won’t be easy, it’ll take » See THETA, page 6

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Plan Commission recommends mixed-use building By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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The Evanston Plan Commission decided at a Wednesday meeting to recommend that the City Council approve a five-story mixed-use building at the border of Evanston and Chicago. Commissioners voted 5-1 to approve the proposal, allowing developers to move forward with the plan for the building at 128-132 Chicago Ave. with some building allowances and a map amendment. The building features both retail and living space with plans for several garden spaces, a cafe and coffee shop as well as a bee apiary. David Brown, president of Harrington Brown, LLC., said the development will brighten a “underutilized” and “blighted” site. “(The location is) screaming out for something special to be done here,” Brown said, “and we are thrilled to be at this point in the process where I think we have pulled together something that is quite special and will be a great benefit to the City of Evanston going forward.” The building —- what Brown called the first education- and garden-based lifestyle center in the country — will include 26 residential units, five of which are affordable housing units, along with a teaching garden and an organic plant yard. The cafe will serve organic, locally sourced food. City Grange, a social enterprise garden center set to open with the complex, will run the gardening component of the building as well as some

POLICE BLOTTER Man arrested in connection with possession of cannabis, unlawful use of a weapon Police arrested a Chicago man Wednesday in connection with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of cannabis. The man was driving in the 500 block of Sheridan Road at about 1:54 a.m when an Evanston

workforce training programs. LaManda Joy, the president of City Grange, said she plans to work with GirlForward — an organization that provides opportunities to girls who are refugees — and similar groups to provide jobs that could lead to careers within the horticulture industry. Joy said City Grange is an evolution of her nonprofit, the Peterson Garden Project, which organizes community gardens in Chicago. She added that City Grange is a separate for-profit business, but still has a similar goal of teaching people how to grow organic food. “The way we staff, the way we spend our money, the way we do our programming is maybe a little bit different than maybe a typical independent garden center,” Joy said. “So we want to work with small local farmers and grow as much locally and organically as we possibly can.” To comply with the city’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, Brown proposed an alternative equivalent proposal of five affordable units to households with earnings at 80 percent Area Median Income, according to city documents. The documents state that the ordinance requires the developer to either provide five affordable units to households with earnings at 50 and 60 percent Area Median Income or make a fee-in-lieu payment of $500,000. Brown said there was a desire from the beginning of the project to incorporate affordable units into the building, so the developers wanted to submit an alternative equivalent proposal rather than make a fee-in-lieu payment. “That opens up a lot of opportunities for the

police officer pulled him over. The officer determined the man was driving the car with a suspended license due to an insurance violation, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. While approaching the vehicle, the officer smelled cannabis and asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, Glew said. The man admitted to the officer that he had smoked earlier in the night. Upon searching the vehicle, the officer found a loaded gun and under 2.5 grams of cannabis,

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David Brown, president of Harrington Brown, LLC, speaks at a Plan Commission meeting Wednesday. The commission voted 5-1 to recommend City Council’s approval for a building at 128-132 Chicago Ave.

apartment part of the project to really be something that attracts a very diverse population as renters, whether it’s multi-generational housing or seniors or younger people or garden enthusiasts,” Brown said. “We really think that gives us the opportunity to have something very special there.” After Sue Loellbach, director of development at Connections for the Homeless,asked the developers to consider increasing the affordability of the units because of the “poverty level” in the area, Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) told The Daily it is a “non-issue.”

Rainey, who attended the meeting, said the area is “self-supporting” and the units will be beneficial to the neighborhood. She added that this proposal “beats anybody else’s affordable housing plan” and will bring life into that area of her ward. “What it’s going to bring to the city is a brandnew, refreshing front as you enter the town,” Rainey said. “It’s going to be really beautiful, and I’m so proud that they wanted to come here.”

Glew said. The man was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, possession of cannabis and driving on a suspended license.

theft. The 59-year-old man said four men entered the store and two of them took items and left without paying. One man took a package of M&M’s and the other took a can of 7UP, Glew said. Responding officers canvassed the area and did not find anyone fitting the description of the suspects.

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Study: Late sleepers see health risks By RACHEL KUPFER

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People who tend to stay up late at night and sleep in later in the morning have increased rates of mortality, according to a study published April 11 that was co-led by a Northwestern professor. Feinberg Prof. Kristen Knutson authored the study along with University of Surrey Chronobiology Prof. Malcolm von Schantz. She said society has created a culture encouraging this so-called “night owl” behavior, resulting in sleep deprivation and negative health effects. The study, published in “Chronobiology International,” was conducted using data from the UK Biobank, a study initiated in 2006 that periodically gathers information through follow-up questionnaires from a base subject pool of 502,642 people aged 37 to 73 in the United Kingdom. Participants self-identified as being either a morning or evening type and within that categorization as either definite or moderate. The “definite evening type was associated with a 10 percent increased risk of all-cause mortality,” according to the study’s results. Von Schantz said people who are night owls are

more likely to experience negative health effects, including higher prevalences of diabetes and neurological disorders. And society’s culture of waking up early — because work and school hours tend to start earlier in the day — is exacerbating the problem for those who go to bed late, he said. But it’s important to remember that morning and evening preferences are largely genetic, von Schantz said. “There’s an idea people get up to no good in the evening and people who sleep in longer in the morning are lazy,” von Schantz said. “But when it comes to being a night owl, it’s part of our biology, largely dictated by genes.” He said chronic sleep deprivation affects the quality of physical and mental functions as well as cognitive performance to a degree that is comparable to the effects of alcohol consumption. “You wouldn’t expect a business executive to boast about being able to work after drinking. I also think they shouldn’t boast about being able to do work without sleep,” von Schantz said. “We need sleep. It’s not a waste of time, but a fundamental biological need.” College students are especially prone to sleep deprivation because, according to previous studies, around ages 18 to 20, people are the most owl-like of their entire lives. What’s more, students tend to study late at

night and wake up early for classes, instead of sleeping in, Knutson said. “Northwestern is probably not immune to the general college behaviors, which include, particularly during exams and midterms, staying up late to get everything done,” Knutson said. “Unfortunately, you’re not doing well because you’re not getting enough sleep.” To help avoid sleep deprivation, college students can protect their health by maintaining regular sleep schedules and picking classes later in the day, she said. Gradually going to bed and waking up earlier can help adjust one’s sleeping type as well, von Schantz and Knutson said. Turning off devices like phones and laptops at night and minimizing light exposure also make it easier to fall asleep, they added. More generally, making sure there is awareness of the health risks that come with staying up late — and of sleep deprivation in general — is key to minimizing the effects of those risks, Knutson said. “We’ve heard diet and exercise are important, but now the general public needs to appreciate sleep and timing,” Knutson said. “We need to figure out how to mitigate it and help make night owls as healthy as morning people.” rachelkupfer2021@u.northwestern.edu

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences gains 2 NU faculty members

Two Northwestern faculty members, humanities Prof. Deborah Cohen and sociology Prof. Gary Fine, were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, according to a Wednesday news release. The Academy, which was established in 1780 by founders such as John Adams and James Bowdoin, is one of the country’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers. According to its website, the Academy brings together leaders from government, business and academic sectors to address critical challenges facing society. According to the release, the academy currently focuses on issues like higher education, science and technology policy and global security. Cohen and Fine are two of the 213 leaders in social sciences, humanities, arts, business and public affairs elected to the academy for 2018. Cohen’s research focuses on modern Britain and Europe. She’s currently working on a book about American foreign correspondents who reported from interwar Europe and Asia. Fine specializes in culture, ethnographic research, social theory and collective behavior. His book “Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in Art Education,” will be released this summer. The two faculty members will be inducted into the Academy at an October ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to the release. — Jonah Dylan

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Humanities Prof. Deborah Cohen. Along with sociology Prof. Gary Fine, Cohen was elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Art theory and practice Prof. Michael Rakowitz’s sculpture of a Lamassu stands in London’s Trafalgar Square. The piece was unveiled March 28 and will remain in London until 2020.

NU professor unveils sculpture in Trafalgar Square By CHARLOTTE WALSH

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When art theory and practice Prof. Michael Rakowitz was nominated to propose a sculpture to top the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square, he was given blueprints of the plinth, which measured exactly 14 feet long. At the time, he had been researching means to reconstruct the statue of a Lamassu — an Assyrian protective deity in the shape of a winged bull — which once guarded the ancient Nergal Gate of Nineveh, near modern-day Mosul. The original statue stood from 700 B.C. until February 2015 when it was destroyed by ISIS. It had measured exactly 14 feet as well. “It immediately became a situation where I thought, ‘What else would I do there?’” Rakowitz said. His sculpture was unveiled March 28 in Trafalgar Square, where it will remain until 2020. It features the 14-foot Lamassu, reconstructed out of 10,500 empty Iraqi date syrup cans.

The sculpture is part of Rakowitz’s ongoing project “The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist,” which attempts to recreate artifacts that were reported missing or looted from the Iraq Museum in April 2003 during the conflict in Iraq, as well as those destroyed in the aftermath. The sculptures are made using the packagings of Middle Eastern foodstuffs and local Arabic newspapers, Rakowitz said. Rakowitz said he began the project in 2006 because he felt the anger over the lost and destroyed artifacts “never really translated into outrage over lost lives.” The project strives to highlight some of the more prominent missing pieces, while also bringing attention to the chaos the conflict caused for millions of people. “It didn’t really matter what your politics were, if you were for the war or against the war,” Rakowitz said. “We could agree that this was a human catastrophe, and it wasn’t simply a localized, Iraqi disaster — it was a loss on the whole of mankind.” He said he chose to form the sculpture using date syrup cans in recognition of Iraq’s suffering date industry, which was once the largest Iraqi export second to oil. The number of date palms

decreased from more than 30 million to three million due to the violence and destruction of the conflict in Iraq, he said. Emily Henson, Rakowitz’s studio manager who assisted him with the sculpture, said the process of getting the cans was somewhat difficult, as they didn’t want to purchase date syrup cans just to empty them for the piece. Henson said the group reached out to many Iraqi date syrup can printing factories and explained the project. One cannery, she said, reopened its business to assist with the sculpture because of its passion for the idea. Henson said she was excited to help revitalize the date syrup printing industry in Iraq and said the sculpture will not only impact viewers of the work, but the country’s economy as well. Aya Mousawi, a London-based Iraqi curator who helped Rakowitz export the cans from Iraq, said this is a deeply personal project for her. She and Rakowitz first became friends due to their Iraqi identities, and have since become like family, she said. Mousawi said it was emotional to see the sculpture, as both the United States and the United Kingdom — Rakowitz’s and Mousawi’s respective

adopted homelands — were involved in the invasion of Iraq. This directly led to the destruction of historical icons like the original Lamassu statue, she said. “I actually cried when they first unveiled it,” Mousawi said. “It’s so powerful, and aesthetically it’s incredibly beautiful. To see something that is directly from your homeland recreated in your current homeland yet was destroyed by your current homeland ... it was an emotional moment.” The Lamassu’s place in Trafalgar Square, Rakowitz said, makes a pointed statement to the forces that have caused Iraq so much destruction. Unlike the pair of Lamassu housed inside the British Museum, this one stands outside with its wings raised, still acting as a protective deity for those who need it, he said. “It’s looking southeast toward the Houses of Parliament, where the war was voted on, toward the Foreign Office, where decisions were made to enter the Iraq War,” Rakowitz said. “But it’s also looking past those things, southeast towards Nineveh, in the hopes that it may one day return.” charlottewalsh2021@u.northwestern.edu

Exhibition probes race, gender through advertisements By ANDREA MICHELSON

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For artist Hank Willis Thomas, advertising has always been something of a “second language.” “(Advertising) was something that I could decode and understand at an early age, and I was hyperaware of being communicated to through the images,” Thomas said. “I realized that the real message wasn’t through the text, but actually through the images.” When a friend of Thomas’ came to him with an advertisement as a potential art piece, Thomas said his instinct was to strip away the text. The idea spawned two collections — “Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America” and “Unbranded: A Century of White Women.” A selection of works from the two collections, titled “Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded,” opened at the Block Museum of Art on Saturday. The exhibition, which examines the portrayal of African Americans and white women in the media, will be on display through Aug. 5. Janet Dees, the Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, said this is the first time “significant selections” from the two “Unbranded” collections have been brought together in a single exhibition, so visitors can observe relationships within and across each series. Unlike past displays of the “Unbranded” collections, works are arranged thematically rather than

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Gallery visitors look at a piece in “Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded” at The Block Museum of Art. The exhibition opened Saturday and examines the portrayal of African Americans and white women in the media.

chronologically. Dees said she loosely organized the pieces according to themes such as gender roles, family dynamics, standards of beauty and exoticism. Ivy Wilson, NU’s director of American Studies, said the exhibition is unique in that it is dually curated through the eyes of both Thomas and Dees. He said Thomas’ creation of the “Unbranded”

collections was a curatorial process in itself, and Dees’ approach “animated and reinforced” Thomas’ vision. Though she took a thematic approach in curating the show, Dees said she avoided explicitly categorizing the images because many are “multi-layered.” “Some of the images are stereotypical, and

some are operating in more surreptitious ways,” Dees said. “Having an image of a couple enjoying a day at the beach, it seems kind of innocuous, but then you think about things like, ‘Well, she’s been at the beach all day but her makeup and hair is perfect.’” The titles of the works are inspired by the text and slogans of the advertisements, Thomas said. For example, “It’s done with a simple push of the hand” depicts a mother teaching her daughter how to use a vacuum. “Farewell Uncle Tom” portrays a African American couple dressed in 1970s fashion. Thomas said he hopes the subversive titles will provoke new questions about what is being sold. “I realized that ads are never really about the product,” Thomas said. “It’s about what you get people to buy into through the language and the images and the stories that you tell.” Thomas commented on the constantly changing nature of advertising and media in general. There are fewer iconic print ads nowadays, he said, but consumers likely view “thousands of ads a day” without even realizing it. The “Unbranded” collection shows not only the evolution of the advertising industry, but also reflects how cultural norms and representations have changed over time, Thomas said. “(Advertisements) really act as a time capsule,” Thomas said. “I believe you can learn just as much about culture by looking at the ads it produces as you could by reading a whole book or watching a whole movie about that time.” andreamichelson2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Lovers and Madmen to showcase student works By MADELEINE FERNANDO

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Communication senior Preston Choi was looking for a way to bring a new twist to classical plays. And he wanted to do it in a way that would focus less on the voices of “dead white men.” That’s why he pitched creating an adaptation festival to Lovers and Madmen, a group that produces classical and classically inspired works. “Often for the sake of being classical, a lot of voices — of people of color, and women, and people who don’t identify as a man — their voices get lost,” Choi said. “So I was like, ‘We could keep doing this, or we could grow in a new direction and comment on the past with the voices of … the people who haven’t been heard.’” Choi, who serves as Lovers and Madmen’s adaptation chair, said the group began collecting submissions last Spring Quarter, then narrowed it down to three. This weekend, the student works will come to life onstage in Shanley Pavilion. All pieces were inspired by “classic works,” such as fairy tales, mythology and religious stories, he said. The chosen adaptations — “Tatter and her Sister and also her Spoon,” “Sohni Mahiwal” and “Haus of Apolla” — were built upon and refined by the playwrights throughout the year, Choi said. Communication junior Simran Bal, who wrote “Sohni Mahiwal,” said she got involved in the festival because like Choi, she wanted to diversify the kinds of stories told onstage. “Sohni Mahiwal” is an adaptation of a Punjabi folk tale of the same name. Bal said she grew up hearing the original story from her grandmother, which inspired her to write her own version. Unlike the traditional folk tale, though, Bal’s work features additional characters — including the

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Students rehearse for Communication junior Simran Bal’s adaptation “Sohni Mahiwal.” The play is one of three original works that will be featured in Lovers and Madmen’s first adaptation festival this weekend.

voice of the river, who acts as the narrator, Bal said. Communication senior Juliet Roll said her play “Tatter and her Sister and also her Spoon” is based off the Norwegian fairy tale “Tatterhood,” which was included in a book of feminist folk tales her mom read to her when she was growing up.

The original six-page fairy tale served as the basis for Roll’s adaptation, which spans over 140 pages. Roll said her work has been called a “superhero origin story,” and features two sisters who are warriors. As a playwright, Roll said it was difficult

walking the line between staying true to the traditional story and writing a compelling adaptation. “We talk a lot about factual truth and emotional truth,” Roll said. “A lot of things that were emotionally true about that story for me meant that I had to stretch the facts of the original fairytale, which was sort of a hard balance to figure out.” The last adaptation — “Haus of Apolla” — follows Hermione, the daughter of Helen of Troy, and takes place in a drag house, according to the show’s description. Choi called the work a “wacky joyride through Greek mythology,” combining drag lifestyle and high drama with traditional Greek roots. Bal said it has been “incredibly gratifying” watching her adaptation come to life, and said the beauty of classic works comes from their timeless messages. “A lot of people, when asked why (they) love classical stories, (say) it’s because of the relevancy that they still hold,” Bal said. “What was human nature then is still reflected in what is human nature now.” The three works will be presented as staged readings with simple lighting and stripped-down sets, Choi said. This allows playwrights to focus on reworking the script, he said, and gives audience members a “taste” of the shows’ potentials. Choi said he hopes the adaptation festival sticks around in future years because it allows writers to talk about traditional themes while adding their own contemporary twist. “New work has always sort of been a thing at Northwestern, but adaptations haven’t,” Choi said. “It’s pushing ourselves in a new direction of working on stories that already exist and not always feeling the pressure to make something new, but also the opportunity of taking a story… and giving it new life.” madeleinefernando2020@u.northwestern.edu

Alum finds success on Amazon through self-help book By RYAN WANGMAN

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Northwestern alumnus Jordan Gross grew up with a “quadfecta” of misfortune: He was overweight, cross-eyed, had hair long enough to get confused for a girl and a last name that made kids go “ew” before they had even met him. Gross (Weinberg ’16, Kellogg ’17) had to quickly get comfortable with his identity — which he did through athletics and a sense of humor — and said he wanted to use his experience to help others feel satisfied with themselves as well. So he quit his corporate job and took a risk, penning the self-help book “Getting COMFY: Your Morning Guide to Daily Happiness” — currently the No. 3 Amazon bestseller in the teen health category. “It’s all about just how you frame it and the perspective you go along with things,” Gross said. “It’s something that could’ve been crushing to my mentality, but for me it was actually more of a springboard to understand … it is time to do a little bit better so that I’m able to be seen for who I am rather than for what my qualities exude.” The book, released in late January, centers on what Gross calls the “COMFY” philosophy, an acronym that stands for calm, openness, movement, funny and you, tenets he explores in depth. Gross calls the philosophy an “IDUH” instead of an idea, because it is simple and accessible, and something readers may have already thought about. The point, he said, is to promote implementable strategies, not “grandiose self-help schemes.” Gross majored in economics and said he never thought writing would be part of his future, but

began listening to podcasts and reading books from influential figures toward the end of his college years. He then started working on his own book because he said he couldn’t wait for the ideal opportunity to do it. “Why would I wait for the perfect alignment of the stars or some sort of tragedy to occur for me to start sharing my story with others and hopefully influencing the lives of millions?” Gross said. When setting his expectations for the book’s release, Gross said he hoped to have five people respond to the book, but has received reactions from thousands. Ariel Radow, the book’s publicist, said she became involved after the manuscript was written but before the book launched, and she helped Gross grow his brand. She said the pair focused on building awareness of the book on social media, resulting in more than 2,000 followers on the book’s Instagram page in a matter of months. Radow said she decided to join the project because she was inspired by Gross’s leap of faith in leaving his job to follow his passion. “Everything he wrote in that book was just his way of adding value to others without expecting anything in return,” Radow said. “It’s just clear that when he talks about it, it’s something that he’s really passionate about and it’s something that he really believes in.” Jake Freeman, who contributed a subsection within the “Movement” section of the book, has known Gross since the two played soccer together in grade school. He said the two still play sports and go to the gym. On a personal level, Freeman said he and Gross clicked as friends because Gross cares about other people and makes individuals feel important.

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Jordan Gross. The Northwestern alumnus published a book that has hovered near the top of Amazon’s bestseller list in the teen health category.

“‘Getting COMFY’ as a whole is doing so well because of the type of guy that (Gross) is,” Freeman said. “He’s such a selfless person, and he’s so supportive whether it’s with his family

COMING UP Friday, 4/20

Saturday, 4/21

• Lovers and Madmen’s Adaptation Festival

• Purple Crayon Players presents: 10th Annual

presents: Sohni Mahiwal in Shanley Pavilion

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and that they also “erased” the work of the subcommittee members. “We just don’t feel comfortable moving into the current year with our leadership potentially taking our work,” Gardner said at Senate. The committee members said in the letter that they will continue to pursue advocacy and activism elsewhere on campus. In a message to The Daily, Patterson said that despite the resignations, she is excited to see what the A&I committee can do this year, and she wants each executive board committee to prioritize accessibility and inclusion policies. Patterson added that she had been looking forward to working with Gardner and building unity considering the contentiousness of the election. “Traditionally, the losing candidate has remained in ASG at least long enough to transition their successor and ensure their work continues, but we do understand Austin’s desire to step away after this stressful period,” she said.

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From page 1 a lot of time.” Building a fraternity chapter from scratch, Robinson added, is what attracted him in the first place. Kamenica said the chapter’s immediate focus will be recruiting and reestablishing a residence, possibly the Lindgren House, where the former members lived. The current low numbers, he added, will allow the new members to form

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From page 1 process goes as smooth as possible and we come out on the other end with a leadership team that is representative and competent and is willing to work well with others is really our top priority.” Outgoing ASG president Nehaarika Mulukutla reflected on her term in a speech to senators. Mulukutla recognized individual members of the executive board and senators for their roles in her administration and mentioned accomplishments such as implementing funding reform and mandatory training from the Center for Awareness, Response and Education for ASG-funded student groups. Mulukutla also advised senators to prioritize

closer relationships. “In a larger house you might not know everyone,” he said. “In this situation you have a very small group, very strong brotherhood. That’s the main purpose of the fraternity, and I think this is one of the best ways to build that up.” The return began in February, when Nolan and Colin Ogle, another field executive, began recruiting on campus. Difficulties come with every “redevelopment,” Nolan said, but so far they haven’t encountered any new problems. As a field executive, Nolan said he will offer

support and education to the new members and maintain regular contact with the executive board. Headquarters will provide opportunities to attend educational programming events and interact with alumni. “Our staff is dedicated to overseeing and supporting the growth of our chapters,” he said. “We look forward to continuing to foster positive relationships within the community and are optimistic for the future of our chapter.”

doing meaningful work over worrying about getting credit. “As long as you’re being kind and you’re trying to make a change, the most important thing is to be selfless,” she said. However, Mulukutla also said that being president was an exhausting and often draining experience that negatively impacted her mental health. Patterson told The Daily she plans to discuss this issue with the new vice president for health and wellness. “One of the things that we talked about was adding a more internal aspect to the role that is Wellness VP,” Patterson said. “We think that that role can also play a part in making sure that people on the exec board are also taking care of their health and practicing wellness, good habits.”

ASG elected Weinberg junior Julia Shenkman and Weinberg freshman Katherine Conte to the selection committee, which will help choose the next executive board. Weinberg freshman Nyle Arora also ran but was not elected. Senate also approved a proposal from the Wild Ideas committee to fund “Stronger Together: A Night of Female Art and Friendship.” The event, an exhibition of feminist art, will take place on April 26. Later, Weinberg freshman Juan Zuniga, the interim District 6 senator, presented a resolution concerning feminine hygiene products. The resolution calls on the administration to provide feminine hygiene products on campus.

arbiters for unionization,” Alvaro said. “We believe that handling of legal matters will happen most competently under the NLRB.” NTE faculty originally filed for an election to join Service Employees International Union in June 2016. SEIU challenged 25 of the ballots, and majority support for the union was not confirmed until May 2017. NTE faculty filed unfair labor practice charges against NU in September because the University, citing the fact that some ballots remained uncounted, refused to bargain with them. The resolution was first placed under the NTE Committee for review in November after the history department suggested a proposal for Senate to get involved in unionization efforts. The NTE Committee changed the resolution to offer support for NTE faculty without getting involved in unionization, then unanimously approved it. Alvaro added that her committee — which is made up entirely of NTE faculty members — had done extensive research to determine that their proposed motion was the correct one for NTE faculty at NU. However, at Wednesday’s Senate meeting, French Prof. Jane Winston presented an amendment to Alvaro’s motion that she said was voted on by the French and Italian departments. The amendment recommended that Senate call on the University to accept any future rulings of the NLRB and enter negotiations with the union. Many of the members who were considering supporting the amendment said they were influenced by NTE faculty members within their departments. But most Senate members suggested the amendment would alter the main focus of the resolution. English Prof. Barbara Newman said the amendment ignored the fact that the NLRB has been actively reviewing the NTE faculty’s decision to unionize, and that it was naïve to assume that Senate had the power to change the current situation. “I agree with the NTE Committee’s resolution that the Faculty Senate cannot reverse a contested election, one that has been contested for almost two years,” Newman said. When the Senate moved to final voting, the majority of the members voted for the memo and against the amendment, ensuring that Alvaro’s motion to have the Senate support the rights of NTE Faculty without becoming involved in unionization efforts would be put into effect. Although anthropology Prof. Micaela di Leonardo supported the failed amendment to become involved in unionization efforts, she said she respected the work put into the approved resolution. “I am most impressed with the work of the committee and with (Alvaro’s) report,” di Leonardo said. “It is extraordinary how much labor (they) have put into this report.”

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Ilseman one of 19 ETHS teachers to receive tenure By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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During her four years at Evanston Township High School, geology and astronomy teacher Melanie Ilseman has worked to revamp the curriculum and learned to code on her own to teach her students. A week ago, she joined an unusually large group of staff members in receiving tenure at the school. On April 9, 19 teachers received tenure at the ETHS/District 202 board meeting. District 202 superintendent Eric Witherspoon said the district usually has about 10 new tenured teachers a year, but this year it had a “very impressive number.” “We’re very careful about how we screen and interview and select people to teach here,” Witherspoon said. “We put a lot of work on the front end, and then, when people join us, we’re equally as careful because we want tenure to really mean something. In my estimation, it’s a real honor to be invited to be tenured at ETHS.” Witherspoon said the district’s tenure process follows state regulation. Each staff member must teach full-time for four consecutive years at the school and undergo extensive evaluation, training and reflection. He said the tenure process at ETHS is particularly selective in looking for teachers that fit and contribute to the culture at the high school. He said tenure is a commitment a teacher makes to the district, and vice versa. Ilseman said she felt “very supported” during her tenure process compared to her peers in other school districts. Though it was a lot of paperwork, she said she took the process seriously and tried to

Duckworth, U.S. Senators can now bring babies on Senate floor

The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday allowing Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to bring her baby onto the Senate floor. Duckworth became the first sitting senator to give birth when her daughter, Maile Pearl

use it to her benefit as an opportunity to improve her teaching. “(Tenure is) a great accomplishment and an honor,” Ilseman said. “I love ETHS, and it’s definitely a lot more supportive than other districts that I’ve taught at.” Ilseman said teachers receiving tenure is a positive for students at ETHS because it allows teachers to be more creative and take risks. She emphasized that they continue to receive evaluations and trainings even after the tenure process ends. At the District 202 board meeting, ETHS science department chair Terri Sowa-Imbo introduced Ilseman with a list of accomplishments and a handful of geology puns. “She is dedicated and passionate about geoscience to her ‘core,’” Sowa-Imbo said. “Since she started teaching, she has become ‘boulder’ and revamped the entire geoscience and environment curriculum. … We ‘lava’ you.” Sowa-Imbo highlighted Ilseman’s focus on project-based learning — having students execute open-ended labs, create their own Google websites and write TED talks to demonstrate their learning. She said Ilseman took it upon herself to learn to code and now leads the She is Code group at ETHS. Ilseman said she likes to use humor and project-based learning to cultivate student interest in geology and astronomy. She said using a more open-ended science curriculum gives students autonomy and helps them be less anxious about science. With the security of tenure, Ilseman said she hoped to get students outside more. She said she wants to take field trips outside of Evanston and out of the state to see geological phenomena and

Bowlsbey, was born on April 9. The chamber cleared the resolution by unanimous consent on Wednesday, allowing Duckworth, or any other senator to bring a child under the age of one onto the floor during votes. The Senate had previously banned all children from entering the Senate floor. “I would like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle … for helping bring the Senate into the 21st century by recognizing that sometimes new parents also have responsibilities

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Eric Witherspoon presents at a District 202 board meeting. Nineteen teachers received tenure at the April 9 meeting.

give students control of their learning. “I listen to the students and respond to what they need,” Ilseman said. “I act things out. I’m very dramatic in my teaching style, which catches their

attention and shows them that I’m interested in the subject matter and that I care about them too.”

at work,” Duckworth said in a Wednesday news release. “The Senate is leading by example and sending the important message that working parents everywhere deserve family-friendly workplace policies. These policies aren’t just a women’s issue, they are a common-sense economic issue.” Other lawmakers, including Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), publicly expressed support for sending a symbolic message that the Senate should make accommodations for working

parents. Durbin said in the Wednesday release that senators who are new mothers or fathers should not have to choose between caring for their children or “performing their constitutional duty.” “Perhaps the cry of a baby will shock this Senate into speaking up and even crying out on the issues that confront our Nation and world,” Durbin said.

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“The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier” Fay Lomax Cook Assistant Director, National Science Foundation (NSF) Head of the NSF’s Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow The National Science Foundation has developed 10 “Big Ideas” for investments in science. Cook will briefly describe all the Big Ideas, but her talk will focus on one in particular, “The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier.” She will describe some of what we do, and do not, know about how rapidly emerging technologies from artificial intelligence to robotics are changing the workforce and workers’ lives. What are the benefits and risks of the changes that are taking place? How can social and behavioral scientists work with computer scientists, engineers, and educators to develop technologies that can work collaboratively with humans—for example, as cognitive and physical assistants? How can we foster lifelong and pervasive learning so that displaced workers can more easily adapt to change and learn new skills for the ever-evolving workplace?

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Cats clinch first win over Notre Dame since 2013 Northwestern

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In a Wednesday game between outof-conference rivals, Northwestern beat Notre Dame 8-3 for its first win against the Fighting Irish since 2013. After the Wildcats (26-13, 8-5 Big Ten) scored a run in the first inning, Notre Dame’s offense responded by loading the bases in the first two innings. Even though the Fighting Irish (28-16, 11-6 ACC) scored 2 runs in the bottom of the second inning, freshman pitcher Kenna Wilkey worked out of trouble, leaving five runners on base. That was the last time Notre Dame had a lead over NU. Wilkey pitched the rest of the game, giving up only 1 run, while the Cats scored 7. Wilkey has pitched the last 29 innings for the Cats, spanning all the way back to their weekend series against Purdue on April 7. During that stretch, she threw 546 pitches and got NU’s last 87 outs. Wilkey said she has become accustomed to the pressure as the season has progressed. “I would definitely say I’m more comfortable because I’m getting more used to being out on the mound in crucial situations,” Wilkey said. “I’ve been through a lot of it already and I’m still

learning as I go.” As Wilkey thrived on the pitching mound, the Cats had a record-tying day on the basepaths. They tied the school record for steals in a game with eight. Four of those came from senior center fielder Sabrina Rabin, who tied her own single-game record for steals. Rabin said any of her teammates can steal bases, but she works to set the tone for the rest of the team. “I think everyone on the team can hold their own,” Rabin said. “But I know I need to do my job, and my job is to run the bases and score runs.” Rabin, who reached base in all four of her plate appearances in the game, got the Cats started in the first as she singled, stole second base and scored on a Notre Dame error to give NU a 1-0 lead. Coach Kate Drohan said Rabin’s speed gives opposing teams a challenge trying to get her out. “Sabrina just makes everyone hurry,” Drohan said. “Even when she’s getting hits and even when she’s just making a

ball bounce twice in the infield, people know they have to hurry and that, oftentimes, forces errors.” In the top of the third inning with two outs, Rachel Lewis doubled to right field to start NU’s rally. The freshman second baseman was one of six straight batters who reached base. After junior left fielder Morgan Nelson’s walk, senior catcher Sammy Nettling and senior shortstop Marissa Panko both had singles up the middle and gave NU a 4-2 lead. The Cats then scored another run to make it 5-2. Drohan said the offense’s stretch of two-out hitting changed the team’s momentum. “That was a big shift for the game,” Drohan said. “There have been a couple of times in the last couple of weeks (where) we’ve done a really good job of extending innings and keeping the pressure on.” The Cats will now prepare for their weekend series against Rutgers, where they will look to keep winning heading into the Big Ten Tournament. Drohan emphasized that NU has to continue to stick to its offensive identity and produce runs. “I think our energy comes from our offensive production,” Drohan said. “That’s good pitch selection and putting the ball in play, so that’s what we will continue to work on.” andrewgolden2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Sammy Nettling runs to third base. The senior catcher had one hit and 2 RBIs in NU’s 8-3 win over Notre Dame Wednesday.

FENCING

NU aims for success Eight Cats make D1 Nationals in final home matches By PETER WARREN

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With a packed Big Ten weekend ahead, Northwestern is aiming for success at home against Minnesota on Friday and Wisconsin on Sunday. This weekend’s matches are the last home events and final competitions of the regular season for the Wildcats (9-14, 4-5 Big Ten). The Cats are looking to turn the tide after losing their last three matches, but defeating the No. 35 Gophers (13-6, 6-2) — a team in which half of the singles players rank in the top-100 for singles — will not be easy. Minnesota’s No. 3 seed, Stefan Milicevic, holds the No. 85 ranking and is set to face NU’s Ben Vandixhorn on Friday. Vandixhorn, a junior, is in his first year playing in a top-three spot in the lineup. He said the elevated position makes competition all the more difficult and bringing his A-game all the more necessary this weekend. “I cannot give away any points,” Vandixhorn said. “Whether it is missing a first ball or double faulting, those little differences make a big deal when you get up against the really good guys. The focus of this weekend is starting off right and setting a tone for a mental capacity to be able to handle every point, and not give anything to my opponent.” For the No. 1 seed slot, sophomore Dominik Starý will challenge No. 95 Felix Corwin. Starý currently holds the No. 122 ranking for singles. Nick Brookes, the No. 2 seed freshman who has a team-high nine victories this season, will face No. 89 Matic Spec, who claimed his seventh-straight victory last weekend for Minnesota versus Michigan State. “Our main target for the upcoming

Minnesota vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 2:30 p.m. Friday

Wisconsin vs. Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 12 p.m. Sunday

matches is to build on what we started in this season,” Brookes said. “To learn from our mistakes and try and build upon that. … I have spent a bit of time recognizing what has gone well and what has not gone well and learn from that for the upcoming season. Doubles for us has not been a strong point, which in previous years has been, but I think that comes with being a young team.” Doubles is a strong point, however, for the Badgers (12-10, 4-5) with duo Chema Carranza and Josef Dodridge holding the No. 7 ranking. Wisconsin and NU have the same record in the Big Ten, but the Cats notched victories over Indiana and Purdue when the Badgers could not. However, Wisconsin pulled off a win against Penn State, a team NU fell short to last weekend. Coach Arvid Swan stressed the importance of winning the doubles point in order to obtain an overall team victory. He said clinching the doubles point gives NU powerful momentum to finish matches on a high note in singles play. “The Big Ten is so close,” Swan said. “You obviously could have a big advantage if you win the doubles point and that has been a focus, working on doubles for us … It is great if you can get that point and be up 1-0 and only have to win three singles matches. We have to keep improving, that is the goal. We want to finish strong.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern. edu

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Even though the collegiate season has been over for about a month now, there is still one more event left for Northwestern to attend. Eight Wildcats are traveling to Richmond, Virginia, this weekend for the 2018 Division I National Championships. Four members of the epee team will travel east for the event: senior Katie Van Riper, junior Ella Lombard, sophomore Pauline Hamilton and freshman Anya Harkness. On the foil squad, junior Sharon Chen and sophomores Alexandra Banin and Amy Jia are making the trip to Virginia. In the sabre event, only freshman Alexis Browne is representing NU. “It is a group of fencers selected based on their finishing places at various national events like the Division I North American Cups that we have been going to throughout the year as a team,” Lombard said. “It is a really select group of people. It is really, really elite fencing.” At last year’s competition, five Cats

fencers participated: Chen, Hamilton, Jia, Van Riper and junior sabre Maddy Curzon. Hamilton was the highest finishing NU competitor at 25th, while Chen also finished in the top-32 at 29th place. The competition features many of the best fencers in the country. Coach Zach Moss said he would like to see a few fencers finish in the top 32 but understands the difficulty of the event. “Your draw can be so tough,” Moss said. “You can have a really good pool and then draw an Olympian in your first round.” Two of the number one preliminary seeds – epee Katharine Holmes and foil Nicole Ross – have fenced in the Olympics. Anne-Elizabeth Stone, the preliminary one seed in the sabre event, does not have Olympic experience, but won a team gold medal at the 2014 World Championships. With the collegiate season over since the NCAA Championships last month, this is an inconvenient time for the event to be held. Moss said the team is now in preseason mode and preparing for the 2018-19 collegiate season. As a result, the Cats’ overall focus at workouts has now been more on strength, speed and endurance than

fencing, Moss said. However, they plan time for team members still competing to hone their skills. “We have a number of people who are still training to compete for the next month or two, but the team direction is focused on preparing for next year’s collegiate season overall,” Moss said. “So we balance those two things.” In addition to the eight fencers competing at this event, other NU fencers have been fencing at major competitions as well. Junior foil Yvonne Chart finished in fifth place at the British Fencing Championships last weekend with her only loss coming to the winner of the tournament. Freshman foil Sarah Filby went undefeated in pool play at the Junior World Championships and finished in the top-32. For Lombard, this is the first time she’s competing at the event. Because of this lack of experience, she said she has no expectations for the competition. “My goal is to go and experience it, to have some fun and see what happens,” Lombard said. “I certainly hope that fencers that are going from our team have a great time and are really successful.” peterwarren2021@u.northwestern.edu

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A Northwestern fencer dodges an attack. Eight NU fencers will compete in this weekend’s Division I National Championships.