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EPD charges man with sexual assault Ex-priest accused of abusing minor in 2001 incident By SYD STONE

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Evanston Police Juvenile Bureau arrested a 56-year-old Colorado resident Friday in connection with a 2001 criminal sexual assault incident. Arvada, Colorado, resident Kenneth Lewis was charged with sexual assault against a minor stemming from an incident that took place in an Evanston hotel in July 2001, according to an Evanston Police Department news release. Lewis, who was a Catholic priest at the time of the incident, was with the boy’s family on a trip to Evanston. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the alleged assault occurred at 1501 Sherman Ave., the current location of the Holiday Inn Chicago North. The boy assaulted was a 13-year-old resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the time. The boy’s parents reported the incident to Tulsa police in

2004, and Tulsa police then reported the incident to EPD. Lewis was not charged as part of the initial investigation because the state declined to charge him, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew told The Daily. Stephen Komie, Lewis’s private attorney, told the SunTimes that Lewis, who has not yet been arraigned or indicted, is expecting to enter a not guilty plea. According to the EPD news release, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Evanston Police Juvenile Bureau reopened the investigation in 2017, which led to an arrest warrant for Lewis for predatory sexual assault of a child. The warrant was issued on Dec. 27, 2017. Lewis was in Ecuador when the warrant was issued, but was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents upon returning to the U.S. on May 9 at HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport. He was then transported back to Illinois by the Cook County Sheriff ’s Police » See LEWIS, page 6

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Starbucks in downtown Evanston, 1734 Sherman Ave. Equity and Empowerment coordinator Patricia Efiom said she will host equity forums on May 29 in response to an incident of racial bias in a Philadelphia Starbucks.

City to hold public equity forums Meetings come after racial bias incident at Philadelphia Starbucks By CATHERINE HENDERSON

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In response to the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month, Evanston

officials have organized public forums for residents to discuss the incident and reflect on greater issues of racism and discrimination in the country. On April 12, two black men were arrested at Starbucks after they tried to use the restroom

without purchasing anything. After the men declined an employee’s request for them to leave, the employee called the police. The men were escorted out of the coffee shop in handcuffs, and the video of their arrests went viral — sparking a national

conversation about racism and discrimination. Five days later, Starbucks announced it would close its more than 8,000 locations in the United States on May 29 to conduct » See STARBUCKS, page 6

Student activists unite for teach-in Cost estimate for Campus groups discuss goals, stress importance of coalition building By ALAN PEREZ

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Student activist groups came together Monday at University Hall for a teach-in to inform the community of their progress and future plans to accomplish their goals. Members of Black Lives Matter NU, the Latinx Asian American Collective, Students for Justice in Palestine and Students Organizing for Labor Rights discussed strategies to overcome barriers facing student activists at Northwestern. The groups stressed their interconnections and the importance of coalition building to reach their goals. Weinberg sophomore Sharmain Siddiqui of SJP stressed the importance of “BlackLatinx-Palestinian” solidarity, referencing a 2015 demonstration organized with MEChA de NU. Activists also referenced the May 2017 protest against the visit of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement public relations officer, organized in part by MEChA and BLM NU. More recently, some activists — many of whom are in several of the groups — walked in on a May 3 panel discussion

of the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover, holding a banner that read “You Never Completed Our Demands.” Members of the groups released a list of demands on the same day that outlined broad concerns regarding the black student experience, departmentalization and the dining service transition on

campus. The collective action and support is representative of the shared struggles nonwhite students face at a predominately white institution. “We’re all oppressed under similar, if not the same, forces,” said Weinberg freshman Eliza Gonring, a member of BLM NU. Members of each group said they plan to support each

other’s efforts, as many of them face the same difficulties when trying to get administrators to act. Siddiqui said she plans to double down on efforts to urge the University to divest from companies that supply Israeli forces with weapons and machinery. SJP plans to urge » See TEACH, page 6

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Student activists discuss strategies and progress at a Monday event in University Hall. The activists stressed the importance of forming supportive relationships between activist groups.

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Robert Crown up Aldermen, staff talk $4.5 million increase to budget By KEERTI GOPAL

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Aldermen and staff discussed a $4.5 million increase to the cost estimation for the Robert Crown Community Center and looked ahead to new sources of revenue at Monday’s City Council meeting. The total budget estimate is now $52.9 million, assistant city manager Erika Storlie said. She said the timeline for the project remains the same, with construction scheduled to begin this summer and the initial opening set for fall 2019. Barring any major changes before June, $52.9 million will likely be the maximum price for the community center, Storlie said. The cost increase comes from several new developments, including a steel price increase, new knowledge surrounding the poor soil at the site and a new $1.4 million owner contingency added to the city’s contract with Bulley & Andrews, the site’s construction manager. Mayor Steve Hagerty said investing in a project like Robert Crown was important for Evanston, and he urged the council to

continue searching for creative forms of revenue. “We ought to take a look at some of the city-owned assets that we have and ask ourselves … should we sell some of these assets and take the proceeds of that sale and put it into another asset that is benefiting the community, i.e. the new Robert Crown,” Hagerty said. “That doesn’t seem unreasonable to me.” Friends of the Robert Crown Center, an organization dedicated to raising money for the project, updated City Council on its own fundraising efforts — which representative Pete Giangreco said have been very successful. Storlie noted the work of FRCC will offset the $4.5 million cost increase. Giangreco said that between now and the end of the year, FRCC will meet with potential donors and will host an event June 22 to celebrate the groundbreaking of the site. Just one day after sending out invitations, the event has reached more than half of its $250,000 fundraising goal, Giangreco said. “We feel very good about the path that we have to ($)15 million,” he added. “We are just going to keep going until we get (there).” In addition to brainstorming forms of revenue for the project, » See CROWN, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Aldermen consider changes to list of public benefits By SAMANTHA HANDLER

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Aldermen directed city staff at Monday’s City Council meeting to create a more definitive list of public benefits that developers can include when proposing a new project. A current city zoning ordinance lists nine public benefits that are supposed to be provided by new developers, though Evanston director of community development Johanna Leonard said some items are “wildly” open to interpretation. At the last council meeting, Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) said she did not consider a number of the public benefits the developer listed to be benefits because they are required by law. Wynne said the city should change the zoning ordinance to remove benefits that are mandated by other city ordinances, including the Green Building Ordinance and Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. “We’re not very good at being clear to developers or the community in terms of how we value and what we’d like to see in terms of public benefits,” Wynne said. According to city documents, public benefits are used as legal conditions for development and are imposed on developers to alleviate the negative impacts of a property. The documents list preservation of historic and natural resources, business development and provision of a variety of housing types as some possible benefits.

POLICE BLOTTER Man charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon

Following a foot chase, police arrested a Skokie man Saturday night in connection with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. An officer pulled over a vehicle at about 8:45 p.m. after it ran through a red light in the 800

Wynne said she would like to see a more specific list that removes subjective terms and gives the development community and residents a better idea of which benefits the council prioritizes. By offering benefits, developers can possibly obtain certain site allowances such as ones around floor area ratios and building height. Some aldermen suggested that city staff come up with a list of categorized benefits that would help developers understand what they can provide to possibly receive these allowances. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said public benefits are relative to each project, so aldermen need to be more involved in identifying what would benefit their wards. She said the city should look at a program the Chicago aldermen have, in which big projects are proposed to a community committee. Rainey added that she often sees a project’s public benefits for the first time at the Plan Commission, and she sees certain items — like pay boxes — listed that she does not consider necessary in the 8th Ward. “I just think that nobody’s talking to us about what those public benefits are, at least they’re not talking to me,” Rainey said. “We ought to be more involved in that. There should be a step that’s not being taken.” Assistant city manager Erika Storlie said staff will come back to City Council in late July or early August with an amended ordinance. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu block of Asbury Avenue. The officer detected the smell of cannabis and searched the car, finding ammunition, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. The vehicle’s passenger gave police a false name, but officers determined him to be a man with five outstanding warrants from state police. The 28-year-old man fled from police on foot, injured an officer and got hit by a car in the process. Police apprehended the man in a dead end in

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Ald. Melissa Wynne (3rd) speaks at a council meeting. Wynne said she wants the city to create a clearer list of public benefits for developers.

the 1200 block of Lee Street, Glew said. Police charged the man with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

Man wanted in connection with aggravated battery

Police were called to the 2000 block of Dodge Avenue on Friday night after a fight resulted in a man “covered in blood,” Glew said.

When officers arrived on the scene, they spoke with the 35-year-old Evanston man who was injured, but the other man had already fled. Police were unable to get more information from the Evanston man before he was transported to the hospital, Glew said. Police have not yet located the man who fled. — Julia Esparza

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Chief executive talks fringe festival By JONAH DYLAN

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When Shona McCarthy describes the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, she repeats a mantra: Don’t talk about the size, don’t talk about the numbers. But McCarthy, the chief executive of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Society, went against that mantra for a few minutes during her Monday talk, emphasizing the annual audience of about 4.5 million people, on par with the FIFA World Cup and short of only the Olympic Games. At an event hosted by the Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises department — held at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum — she said journalists only asked her about the number of vendors at the festival during her first news conference as chief executive. “That was literally what the story had become,” she said. “So it really kind of brought home to me that the first way that I could add value was to remind people of the starting point of this festival and what it was really about. And this isn’t just a festival. This is a platform for creative freedom, for freedom of expression.” According to its website, the festival was founded after eight theater groups showed up uninvited to the Edinburgh International Festival. Since the groups weren’t invited, they performed on the “fringe” of the festival, which eventually led to the formation of the Fringe Festival Society. Jennifer Novak-Leonard, director of the MSLCE department, said she was “thrilled” to bring McCarthy to Northwestern. The talk was part of an ongoing series. “The speaker series is an opportunity for the rising professionals within the program, members of the broader Northwestern community, as well as members of the broader Chicago area … to connect with innovative and influential thinkers,” she said. After speaking for roughly 40 minutes to a crowd of about 70 people, McCarthy participated

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Shona McCarthy speaks on Monday. McCarthy, chief executive of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Society, spoke about the festival at a Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises department event.

in a moderated Q&A session with Novak-Leonard and then an open Q&A with audience members. She answered questions about the festival’s corporate relations, its cost and its future. McCarthy said the cost to perform at the festival has been fixed for a while, adding that the festival recently decided cost would not rise for at least the next five years. However, she noted that costs for travel and accomodations have increased, which can make it difficult for some people to attend the festival. Katrina Herrmann, who works as a stage manager in the Chicago area, said she’s attended multiple events in the speaker series. She said she was interested in learning more about the arts. “It’s really important that she said, ‘You can do

great things if you don’t care who gets the credit,’” she said. “I have also found that, in my own experience, that if you’re willing to let your ego go, more things get done and you don’t waste time on blame and you don’t waste time on credit.” At the end of her initial speech, McCarthy said she is passionate about leading the festival society every day. “We believe in the power of arts and creativity to connect, to create empathy, to explain, to unravel, to give new eyes to all problems, to give voice and to tackle difficult subjects in illuminating ways,” she said. “That’s what I believe, that’s why I’m there, that’s why I love my job.” jonahdylan2020@u.northwestern.edu

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Armed SROs present immediate gun violence relief DYLAN GRESIK

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Dixon, Illinois and Santa Fe, Texas. Two towns and two high schools. Two ordinary school days and two different end results. These towns — roughly 1,000 miles apart — took divergent turns vis-à-vis the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our schools. The former saw tragedy prevented and lives saved, while the latter suffered an attack so heinous that we are still struggling to process it. The now all-too-familiar sound of gunshots rang out last week at Santa Fe High School in Texas, as an armed student opened fire, leaving 10 people dead and the American public collectively uttering an anguished, “Again?!” Santa Fe High School is the latest community to join a network of heartbreak no one wants to join: sites of school shootings. Fortunately, Dixon High School avoided this fate after an armed school resource officer stopped a potential shooter. After the horrific scenes from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, it seemed as if the nation finally proclaimed, “Enough is enough,” and “Never again,” with certainty. The March for Our Lives on Washington drew hundreds of thousands of supporters, and close to a million more walked out of classrooms across the country to protest this unacceptable new norm. But, that “never again” happened again. So

once more, we must ask ourselves: Have we really done all we can to protect our students? Schools continue to be so-called “soft targets,” vulnerable and unprotected locations susceptible to mass casualty attacks. According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ 2015-16 “School Survey on Crime and Safety,” an annual study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, only 42.9 percent of all public schools had armed school resource officers, defined as “career sworn law enforcement officers with arrest authority, who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations.” This comes out to be only 35,900 schools out of the 83,600 public primary, middle and high schools across the country. In addition, only 4.2 percent of all public schools utilize metal detectors at their entrances, an actual decrease since 1999 according to the 2013-14 report. Andrew Pollack, founder of Americans for Children’s Lives and School Safety, who lost his daughter Meadow in the MSD shooting in February said this weekend, “There’s layers of security. … You’ve got to have limited entry points. You need metal detectors, and you need armed guards. It’s really three layers of security to protect our kids.” The recent incident in Dixon, Illinois, should set a precedent for immediate steps to mitigate risks of shootings and “harden” these soft targets. An armed SRO assigned to schools is an actionable step to reducing or preventing further violence. I am not saying the presence of an SRO is the “golden ticket” solution to school shootings. Nor am I advocating for teachers in

classrooms to be armed. Simply put, requiring schools to staff an armed SRO is a responsible and potentially life-saving measure that can be swiftly adopted and implemented to provide an effective deterrent to would-be shooters. Inevitably, calls are again being made for a complete and total ban on — even forceful confiscation of — “assault rifles” and other “military-grade” weapons. These weapons, however, are neither assault rifles nor military grade, as fully automatic weapons have been legally restricted in the United States since 1934. Some will argue that banning access to semiautomatic weapons will decrease the potential for shootings across the board. With an estimated 8.5 million to 15 million AR-15 style rifles in circulation, it would be nearly impossible to quickly seize and destroy every one. Most importantly, these demands ignore the underlying causes beleaguering our youth, shift the blame from the perpetrator to the weapon and fail to accurately and swiftly address safety concerns. Banning semi-automatic rifles will not miraculously cure the malady of evil that continues to plague our society. The most recent perpetrator at Santa Fe High School did not even have such a weapon, instead carrying an illegal shotgun, a handgun and a homemade pipe bomb. Blaming the National Rifle Association or responsible gun owners will not lead to a comprehensive plan of action that brings together all sides. Underlying cultural and social problems must be examined to understand the trend of violence in our youth. The possession of firearms is no new phenomenon in

America. Nonetheless, our communities and our children deserve better, and our students deserve to feel safe in their schools. The heroic actions of Officer Mark Dallas from Dixon demonstrate the effectiveness of armed SROs in thwarting potential tragedies. Placing these officers in schools throughout the country is an immediate, effective step to increase security for schools and students. The following are the names of the victims from Santa Fe High School. While the debate about how to best protect our schools is intertwined with the gun debate, we should not lose sight of the great human cost that has brought this discussion into the national spotlight. Glenda Anne Perkins, teacher Cynthia Tisdale, teacher Jared Black, student Shana Fisher, student Christian Riley Garcia, student Aaron Kyle McLeod, student Angelique Ramirez, student Sabika Sheikh, student Christopher Stone, student Kimberly Jessica Vaughan, student Dylan Gresik is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at dylangresik2020@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.

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NU, districts present student performance research By WILSON CHAPMAN

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The Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance has identified six main schoolbased factors that affect how students perform in college as part of a preliminary study and partnership with Evanston school districts. The data — which focused on students who graduated from Evanston Township High School between 2012 and 2014 — found that even though 85 percent of graduates from those years attended college, their success after graduation varied based on a number of high school-dependent factors. These predictive markers include the grades students receive in high school, whether a student has been held back, whether a student is young for their grade, standardized test scores and both course-taking and attendance patterns. The project, a partnership between the school districts and NU’s School of Education and Social Policy, is led by SESP research data analyst lead Lila Goldstein. “Our goals here with this research, we are looking for actionable, trackable factors, so things that the districts can really help students improve,” Goldstein said at a joint Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 meeting Monday. NEERA was launched in September 2017 with the goal of identifying the factors that can predict success in college and creating concrete models to predict a student’s college readiness. NEERA representatives reported their findings Monday’s meeting. Goldstein presented research findings that

EPD enforcing ‘zero tolerance’ for seat belt violations May 18 to 29

Evanston is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation for a national seat belt enforcement campaign during one of the busiest travel and holiday weekends of the year. According to a city news release, EPD will

came as a result of several months of NEERA collecting data. The organization, she said, attempted to find markers in students’ lives that might predict college success. “Doing great research and doing good are not mutually exclusive,” SESP Dean David Figlio said at the meeting. “One of the things that we really are feeling very strongly about is that we want to bring together our research mission, our teaching mission and our service mission in the service of our hometowns.” He said he hopes the alliance’s findings will lead to further research that can help create ways to ensure students’ long-term success post-high school graduation. Moving forward, Goldstein said the alliance is working to expand on this preliminary study and dig deeper into existing data for the classes of 2013 and 2014 while also conducting further research into other graduation cohorts to help identify other factors that may impact students’ performance in college. Goldstein said in the future, NEERA hopes through its research and analysis, the group will be able to further break down data based on the specific types of colleges students attend. District 65 superintendent Paul Goren said the initiative represents an exciting new opportunity for education research in Evanston. He said the alliance intends to continue emphasizing collaboration and expand its focus to additionally examining “problems of practice” and how to best serve school systems. “This is such important and exciting work because it changes the narrative of what research about education should be about,” Goren said. wilsonchapman2021@u.northwestern.edu enforce a zero tolerance policy for seat belt violations May 18-29 with an emphasis on nighttime enforcement as part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign. EPD will take a “no-excuses” approach to seat belt enforcement, writing citations “day and night.” According to the release, motorists caught not wearing seat belts will be ticketed and those caught driving impaired will be arrested. “Our law enforcement personnel see firsthand the loss of life when people refuse to buckle up,”

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent Paul Goren attends a meeting. Goren said Monday that the Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance presents an exciting opportunity for education research in the city.

EPD traffic unit Sgt. Tracy Williams said in the release. “It’s such a simple and effective way to protect yourself while traveling. As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, we want to make sure people are doing everything they can to stay safe in the unfortunate event of a crash.” Illinois has a 93.8 percent observed seat belt usage rate, the release said, but a disproportionate number of fatalities involve unbelted motorists and passengers. Of the 1,093 traffic deaths in Illinois in 2017, the release said 54 percent of

those killed were not wearing seat belts. “Please help us spread this life-saving message before one more friend or family member is killed as a result of this senseless inaction,” Williams said. “Seat belts save lives, and every vehicle occupant — front seat and back, child and adult — needs to remember to buckle up, every trip, every time. Together, we can make zero fatalities a reality in Illinois.” — Syd Stone

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From page 1 Fugitive Unit, and the EPD took custody of Lewis on Friday. According to the Sun-Times, U.S. officials were flagged when Lewis purchased a plane ticket from Ecuador to Atlanta in March. It is not clear why Lewis was living in Ecuador for about a year and a half. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved one felony count of predatory sexual assault of a child, the EPD news release stated. At Lewis’ initial court appearance Saturday, a Cook County prosecutor attempted to read the details of two additional charges of criminal sexual abuse of the same boy, but the attempt was denied because the charges weren’t filed in time for the hearing, the Sun-Times reported. According to the Sun-Times, Lewis has faced an “extensive history” of sexual abuse allegations. Bishop Edward Slattery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa sent Lewis to treatment in 1994 after Slattery was made aware of as many as six people who had made accusations against the priest, stemming from the early 1990s. Those allegations were investigated at the time, but authorities could not file charges because the statute of limitations had expired. Lewis was allowed to return to active ministry in 1995 after finishing treatment with a special order not to spend time alone with children, the Sun-Times reported. He served as an associate pastor at several Oklahoma churches and was later appointed pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in McAlester, Oklahoma.

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From page 1 transparency from the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility, which is a product of the 2015 and 2016 divestment campaigns and has since been used to simply “placate” students, Siddiqui said. Communication junior Danielle Dougé of LAAC and BLM NU said the Latina/Latino and Asian American Studies Programs have won concessions in their fight for departmental status, such as an increased LLSP budget and the possibility of tenure-track professors. But deliberations with Weinberg administrators are slow and frustrating, she said. “Really it’s been kind of just a battle and a back and forth. Having the support of faculty and faculty in the room to affirm us is really important,” she said before praising the directors of the two ethnic studies programs. Weinberg sophomore Isabella Ko of Students Organizing for Labor Rights said after winning assurances of job security from Compass Group, the newly-formed group plans to work toward an elimination in the University’s

In 2002, Lewis resigned from his position at St. John after claims surfaced that he improperly touched young boys in 1993 and 1994. He was then barred from further work as an ordained minister. Komie told the Sun-Times that Lewis denies the “historical” allegations as well. Lewis will appear in court later this week. sydstone@u.northwestern.edu

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use of E-Verify, a federal employee verification program, for jobs that don’t require it. SESP sophomore Austin Gardner, a BLM NU member and former Associated Student Government vice president for accessibility and inclusion, said Northwestern’s commemoration of the Bursar’s Office Takeover was problematic, given its inaction and denouncement of student activism today. The celebration of black student protest was also problematic, Gardner said, because the University did not acknowledge at any point its “positionality as the oppressor” in 1968. Gonring said moving forward, BLM NU plans to continue its push for divestment from companies that contribute to the prison-industrial complex. “Black students have been living on this campus despite the fact that conditions don’t want us to, or allow us to, for quite a while,” Gonring said. “They have been doing work on this campus for quite a while as well, and we want to make sure that the work is continued and their voice is continued as well.” aperez@u.northwestern.edu

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“racial-bias education,” according to a news release from the company. Evanston officials also decided to hold equity forums on the same day. The equity forums will take place on May 29 at 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Each session will last about an hour and a half, according to a news release from the city. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said he hoped participants will discuss what issues caused the incident at Starbucks to occur and what the community can do to prevent racial bias in Evanston. “How can we better educate ourselves and educate our neighbors so that these incidents don’t occur in our future?” Bobkiewicz said. According to the release about the forums, participants will watch footage from the April 12 incident and discuss how the community can be aware of implicit bias. Bobkiewicz said holding the meetings on the same day as Starbucks’ presents an opportunity for individuals to talk about race and discrimination on a local level. He said when “millions of people” go to get their morning coffee around the country, they can stop and think about these issues that face the country. Evanston equity and empowerment coordinator Patricia Efiom said she had planned to hold forums on the topic regardless of the incident, but Starbucks’ training increased the urgency and timeliness of the meetings. She said the company’s announcement of the racial bias training provided a chance for the city to “chime in” on current events and engage more people. Efiom said the equity forums are meant to be

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From page 1 aldermen also discussed the controversy surrounding the potential health ramifications of turf fields, an issue undergoing investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Robert Crown plans include three turf fields, which Storlie said would be the first turf fields owned by the city. The fields would be multipurpose, suitable for a number of sports including soccer, baseball, football and lacrosse. Artificial turf was chosen because of the maintenance challenges of grass fields such as canceled games and rain damage, Storlie said. Despite their convenience, crumb rubber turf fields are under national investigation for a possible link to cancer, Evanston resident John Kennedy said during public comment. Kennedy said his daughter played soccer for years at ETHS before going to college and playing on turf. He said when she came home during her sophomore year, she was diagnosed with cancer. “As of 2017, 237 soccer players (and) football players had come down with cancer after playing on artificial turf,” Kennedy said.

“community conversations” and will focus on implicit bias and how individuals can respond differently to racially charged situations. “Right now, the national climate is so bad in terms of how we talk to each other, the lack of civility,” Efiom said. “We’re trying to model what it means to talk about a difficult conversation in a way that’s positive and uplifting.” Bobkiewicz said the forum fits into the city’s larger efforts to emphasize equity and diversity though trainings for city staff, budget discussions and community engagement like the Starbucks forums. He said civic institutions in Evanston are “very sensitized” to the issue of equity. “It really is a community standard that we treat everyone equitably,” Bobkiewicz said. “It’s a tall order, but the Evanston community has said that they want to take it on in our schools, in our city government, in our places of worship. So hopefully at the City of Evanston, we’re doing our part to further those goals.” However, Efiom described Evanston’s views on race relations as divided — white people often think things are fine while people of color feel the city is “missing the mark.” She said residents need to recognize that there are inequities in Evanston before they can properly address them. Efiom said there are many “racially conscious” people in Evanston who want to help, but she emphasized issues can’t be fixed without partnering with those directly impacted. “As we come together to talk about these videos in our training, I’m very hopeful that there are people who will hear the voice of the ‘other,’” Efiom said. “How do we hear each other … and not speak for somebody else?” catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu He specified that a causal relationship has not been proven but said correlation is dangerous enough to require action. Kennedy said his daughter is currently healthy, but he urged City Council to invest in something other than crumb rubber turf. “The first job of the government is the safety of its citizens,” Kennedy said to the council. “You want 6-year-olds getting cancer?” Engineering and capital planning bureau chief Lara Biggs presented turf options to aldermen, the cheapest of which was crumb rubber. Biggs noted that the EPA is investigating the controversy around crumb rubber and is set to release its results early this summer. Hagerty and the rest of the council were unequivocal in their decision to adhere to federal findings. “I’m going to speak for everybody,” he said. “We are not going to have our kids and adults playing on any kind of material if the federal government comes out and says that this is a toxic, cancerous-causing material. Staff and aldermen will continue to brainstorm revenue options and look into different forms of turf, Storlie said. keertigopal2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Daze Depot prioritizes low-cost summer storage By AMY LI

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Weinberg sophomore Nick Westfall started a mobile DJ company when he was a high school freshman. After coming to Northwestern and connecting with additional partners, he rebranded and relaunched Daze Productions, a company that owns its own audiovisual assets and offers full-scale production services, he said. Earlier this year, Westfall and Daze Enterprises decided to venture into the summer storage industry too, founding Daze Depot. The company is the third under the larger brand — a separate venture, Daze Consignment, deals with audiovisual asset management, liquidations and resale. Westfall said the team continues to integrate the values behind the name “Daze” — including transparency, execution and design — into their new ventures. “The idea (for Daze Depot) came about a month ago when we realized we have extra storage capacity where we store our equipment,” Westfall said. Westfall said the team takes pride in its commitment to quality. Daze Depot is only offering storage to 420 students this summer to ensure that it is able to protect students’ belongings and deliver the best service possible. Daze Depot also accommodates students who will be studying abroad in the fall and need storage for a longer period of time, Westfall said. Justin Adkins, sales and logistics operator at Daze, said he has been friends with Westfall

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The Medill School of Journalism partnered with Denison University to co-host the third Between Coasts Forum, gathering journalists to discuss how to promote underreported stories, according to a Monday news release. The forum was held May 4 and 5 at Medill’s

since high school and joined Daze last summer after attending an entrepreneurship camp. “I realized that I really enjoy school, but I need to be doing something else. I was bored,” said, Adkins, who attends the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After joining the group, Adkins said he and three others on the “core team” bought and transported all 105 speakers from Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City to Chicago, liquidating the entire arena sound system in a matter of months as a Daze Consignment project. The company also picked up another large shipment of audiovisual equipment from Seattle last winter, liquidated half of it and kept the rest for Daze Productions. Westfall said the team’s experience with asset tracking through Daze Consignment makes Daze Depot a more secure option for summer storage. Will Noglows (Medill ’17), chief experience officer, said NU students should pay more attention to what summer storage services they use. “Boxes get lost if you don’t care about it,” Noglows said. “But we’re taking summer storage more seriously than anyone else.” After graduating from NU, Noglows spent the past 9 months working at ESPN before deciding to join Daze Productions. Adkins said he connected with Westfall because they are both passionate about producing events. “I was doing DJing and had no audio equipment myself,” Adkins said, “and (Westfall) was a student providing audiovisual equipment for students who want to do more.” The new storage company has been making its presence known by setting up sleek white Chicago campus, and nearly 80 local and national journalists were invited, the release said. Medill Prof. Peter Slevin and Denison Prof. Jack Shuler put together the workshop, along with Medill special events manager Stacy Simpson and Medill senior associate dean Tim Franklin. “The challenges facing local news especially are huge, but there is so much valuable work being done,” Slevin said in the release. “We want to connect those great stories with the audiences near and far that most need to see

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Daze Depot sets up in the fraternity quad. The Northwestern startup aims to provide summer storage at a more affordable price.

booths accompanied by electronic tunes across campus. Westfall said Daze focuses on interacting with its customers through its minimalistic design and upbeat music. “We’ve applied our branding to what’s

usually a brandless industry,” Westfall said. “We want to show that we’re more than just space for your stuff.”

them.” Denison hosted the two previous forums, one in January 2017 and another in September, the release said. Between Coasts was created by Shuler and Denison Prof. Mike Croley in an attempt to find ways to tell the stories of middle America, which national news outlets had overlooked during the 2016 presidential election. Over the course of the two days, panels and speakers included journalists from the Washington Post and ABC News as well as from Nashville Public Media and the Marietta Times from Ohio,

according to the release. “We’re trying to do a couple things,” Slevin said in the release. “One is to support reporters and producers — freelance and fulltime — who don’t have the backing of big news operations. Another is to find ways to get underappreciated stories and issues in front of larger audiences. A third, and this is the issue that is newest, is to get those stories to small and mid-sized outlets, whether print or broadcast, around the country.”

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CONTENDERS AGAIN NU qualifies for match play bracket of NCAA Championships By JOSEPH WILKINSON

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For the second straight year — and second time in program history — Northwestern will square off in the match play bracket of the NCAA National Championships. That bracket is reserved for the top eight teams after four days of stroke play competition, and the Wildcats claimed their spot by taking fourth and shooting 21-over across four days on one of the toughest collegiate golf courses in the country, Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Oklahoma. NU will face Stanford tomorrow morning in the quarterfinals of the match play bracket. “Our players did a really excellent job,” coach Emily Fletcher said. “It’s been a long time coming, it’s been a long 12 months, but I’m really excited for the opportunity ahead of us. … They have just played some really, really impressive golf.” Unsurprisingly, the Cats were led by senior Hannah Kim, who finished tied for 13th overall and shot two of the team’s three under-par rounds on the weekend, including a

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final round 2-under. Playing in her fourth and final National Championships, Kim was the team’s most consistent golfer throughout the weekend, never shooting higher than 3-over despite the course’s fast greens and challenging tee shots. “Hannah has really stepped up these last two days,” Fletcher said. “Her game is really looking good.” Junior Janet Mao fired the only other under-par round by a Cats golfer on the weekend, and her 4-under 68 on Friday put her in second place in the rise for the individual title. That title was eventually captured by Wake Forest’s Jennifer Kupcho, while Mao dropped back with a 6-over second round. Still, she played a crucial role in NU’s push into the top eight over the final days, shooting back-to-back 2-over rounds to help stabilize the team’s position. After tougher opening rounds, senior Sarah Cho, junior Stephanie Lau and sophomore Brooke Riley all bounced back over the ensuing three days, and the Cats’ spot in the final eight was never in serious danger throughout the final day. Last year, NU took first in the stroke play portion of the competition before taking down Kent State in the quarterfinals and Southern California

in the semifinals en route to their championship loss to Arizona State. “Our experience certainly helped us today,” Fletcher said. “They just had a sense of calm. Today they knew what they were up against and what was ahead of them, and they just handled it really, really well. I was really proud of them, and they were very poised out there. And I think that same experience will carry over to the match play.” While the experience may help, the path will certainly be different this year. If the Cats take down Stanford on Tuesday morning, they’ll face the winner of UCLA and Arizona in the afternoon. Fletcher, however, isn’t looking too far ahead, and is focused on the imposing challenge that the Cardinal represent. Stanford is coming off a semifinal appearance at last year’s National Championships and its lowest scorer on the weekend, Andrea Lee, finished tied for second in the individual competition. Lee will go head-to-head with Mao as the duo anchor tomorrow’s match play showdown. “With Janet playing her, Janet has been there before, she can handle this,” Fletcher said. “Janet shot 4-under the first day, there’s no reason she can’t beat Andrea.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu

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Emanuel Dildy was officially hired by Northwestern on Monday as a new assistant coach, according to a news release. Dildy replaces the recently departed Armon Gates on coach Chris Collins’ staff, which now includes Dildy, Billy Donlon — who was hired away from Michigan last summer — and long-term regular Brian James. “(Dildy has) great energy, passion and enthusiasm for the game,” Collins said in the release. “He’s going to bring a strong work ethic and character to our program. We’re excited to have him join us as we move forward.”

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I’m extremely eager for the opportunity to help Coach Collins and staff continue to push the NU program to new heights. Emanuel Dildy, assistant coach

NU will be Dildy’s fourth team in as many seasons, having served as an assistant at Valparaiso in 2017-18, Missouri in 2016-17 and LoyolaChicago from 2013 to 2016. When he was hired last offseason by the Crusaders, Dildy was heralded as a great Chicago-area recruiter. He played collegiate basketball at New Mexico State and Eastern Illinois, graduating in 2005.

“I’m extremely eager for the opportunity to help Coach Collins and staff continue to push the NU program to new heights both on and off the court,” Dildy said in the release.

Gates ends ‘whirlwind’ spring in Nebraska

After leaving NU to be announced as a new assistant at Florida on April 8, Armon Gates lasted only one month in the Sunshine State. On May 8, he was introduced as an assistant at Nebraska, which is scheduled to host the Wildcats during the upcoming 2018-19 season. What happened in the meantime remains decidedly unclear, with Gates only describing it to reporters at his Nebraska news conference as a “big-time whirlwind.” The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Florida coach Mike White “began feeling uncomfortable with the overall dynamic” of his staff, leading to Gates’ quick departure. Gates, however, told reporters in Nebraska he left the Gators after he “re-evaluated and assessed the situation” himself. Gates had been an assistant in Evanston for the past five years.

Brown, Ivanauskas declare transfer destinations

Former NU guard Isiah Brown and forward Rapolas Ivanauskas both recently announced the schools to which they’ll transfer next year. Brown, a shoot-first guard who saw his role decrease to near-nothingness in 2017-18, will transfer to the rising mid-major power Grand Canyon. Ivanauskas, who missed most of his two years with the Cats recovering from injuries, will head to Colgate. Both will have to sit out next season, however, before playing for their new teams. benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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For a majority of the season, senior Connor Lind ceded most of his usual third base duties to sophomore Charlie Maxwell, shifting his role to designated hitter. But on Saturday, Lind was in the five spot for his final collegiate appearance, linking up with longtime infield companion Jack Dunn in a display of what they call “left-side loyalty.” Lind, who has played baseball since he was 5 years old, felt a whirlwind of emotions following his final game in a Northwestern uniform. “The passion for baseball and life has just been something that I’ve been able to feed off of from every one of these guys,” he said. “I’ve made some of my best friends on this team and those are the things I’ll miss the most: the relationships and the strong bonds that we have together.” The senior class has seen its share of ups and downs on the field with the Wildcats. It is the last class to have had Paul Stevens as its coach, who in his final year at NU led the team to an unimpressive 18-36 record. The group was also around the following season, when the Cats set the program record for losses. But in the class members’ junior years, they contributed to a frenzied late-season push to net a Big Ten conference tournament berth and then took part in a miracle bracket run that saw NU painfully close to capturing a tournament victory and making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1957. Senior catcher Jack Claeys was a key contributor during the streak, plating runs with a double and a home run and helping to upset Minnesota and Maryland. Claeys emphasized the importance of the community he has found with the team. “You know, it’s weird,” he said. “It’s not like you’re just playing baseball with them, right? I live with all those guys,

and those guys, whether they’re freshmen this year or juniors or seniors … they’re all over at our house and they’re just growing … socially as well as athletically and academically.” Over the weekend, coach Spencer Allen said he wasn’t necessarily thinking about the seniors’ performances in the series loss against Belmont, but rather how they’ve impacted the team throughout their careers. He added that the senior class members weren’t afraid to challenge other teammates and coaches in a respectful way, and that they worked hard. “I think about the last three years, what they’ve done, what they’ve meant to this program,” Allen said. “It’s hard

right there, just having to go say bye to them, you don’t get to coach ’em (anymore), so it’s tough.” Looking forward, Claeys was confident in the positive direction of the program, regardless of this season’s result. Tacking on, Lind said he’d heard great things about the new recruits, and that the coaching staff would take the program as far as they could. “It’s hard to realize that it’s over for me and for the rest of the seniors,” Lind said. “But at the same time we’re excited to see what Northwestern does in the future, (and) we’re going to miss these guys like crazy.” ryanw@u.northwestern.edu

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Jack Claeys waits for the pitch. The senior catcher’s season ended with last weekend’s series loss to Belmont.