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Salvadoran woman finds refuge, hopes to reunite family By JULIA ESPARZA
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Ana’s two sons play soccer and go to school in Evanston, but her eldest child, Yesica, has been in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Houston for more than a year.
Ana — whom The Daily is not identifying with her last name for safety reasons — told The Daily in Spanish that she left her home in El Salvador in 2015. After her husband was murdered by members of the violent MS-13 gang in front of their produce shop, Ana and her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. Ana and her two sons made it to Lake Street
Church, a sanctuary church in Evanston located at 607 Lake St., where they have been living for the past two years. But during the migration, Ana said she was separated from her now-21-year-old daughter, who was forced to return to El Salvador after being stopped at the Mexico-U.S. border. Following months of torment and threats,
Yesica attempted to to join her mother and brothers once again but was apprehended and placed in the Houston detention center. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Yesica’s appeal to remain in America while her request for asylum is reviewed, which could take several years, Ana said. Yesica is set to be deported Friday, but given her
experiences in El Salvador, returning is very dangerous, Ana added. “The only thing she faces if she goes back is death itself,” Ana said in Spanish.
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Ana’s family was one of many from Central America — primarily El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala — who fled to
the U.S. around 2014 to escape violence or poverty in their home countries. The Chicago Tribune reported that while President Donald Trump has been a proponent of restrictive immigration stances, he has promised to crack down on MS-13, singling out the gang for its brutality. » See ASYLUM, page 6
Graduate School to limit funding School will restrict assistantships for 6th-year students By JULIA ESPARZA and ALAN PEREZ
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The Graduate School is barring some students from using interdisciplinary assistantships to fund their sixth year of study, prompting condemnation from students as some struggle to offset the newly imposed financial burden. Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff clarified the policy in an email to humanities and social science students earlier this month after word had circulated that she was prohibiting several departments from granting interdisciplinary assistantships to sixth-year students. Assistantships — which include research and teaching positions — supplement the various financial supports many graduate students obtain, including stipends, external scholarships and private loans. Graduate School policy allows doctoral students to secure the special interdisciplinary funding only during their second through fifth years. However,
exceptions had been made in the past to allow students to continue receiving assistantships for their sixth year. But Woodruff said in her email to students that the school would no longer make exceptions to the school’s policy. Graduate students took issue with the announcement, saying the sudden change harms those who had believed the funding would be available. “The Dean’s sudden decision to enforce a no-exceptions policy has pulled the rug from under the feet of our peers,” NU Graduate Workers wrote in a May 10 statement. “Graduate workers projected to have funding for the next couple of academic years must now scramble to secure their very livelihood for this fall.” Angela Leone, a graduate student in the communication studies department, said she applied for an assistantship position for her sixth year, only to have her acceptance rescinded after the policy changes were announced. “All these cover letters and prep work is just a pile of paper now because there was no clarity … that this was happening until this spring,” Leone said. “It didn’t leave any time for us to make other plans.” » See GRADUATE, page 6
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J.B. Pritzker speaks at the Celtic Knot Tuesday. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate discussed his views on policy issues at the campaign event presented by the Evanston chapter of Action for a Better Tomorrow.
Pritzker talks gubernatorial race Democratic candidate speaks on policy issues at Celtic Knot event By AMELIA LANGAS
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker spoke at the Celtic Knot on Tuesday, outlining his views on policy issues
such as health care and Illinois’ tax system. The campaign event, presented by the Evanston chapter of Action for a Better Tomorrow, drew a crowd of about 60 people. Pritzker also answered questions from attendees and discussed why he decided to run
for governor. “I grew up in a home where my parents taught me to fight for social and economic justice … and to fight for equality and inclusion,” he said. “It’s why I carry those things with me wherever I go.” It’s been a little more than two
months since Pritzker defeated State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) in the Democratic primaries, and he is now on the path to the general election in November in which he will face Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. » See PRITZKER, page 6
Jacobs Center to house social sciences ‘hub’ post-renovation By SYD STONE
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The Donald P. Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Rd. Construction on the Jacobs Center could begin next summer at the earliest.
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The recently vacated Donald P. Jacobs Center will become a social sciences “hub” in the coming years, but construction won’t begin until summer 2019 at the earliest, Provost Jonathan Holloway told The Daily. Once renovations have been completed, the Jacobs Center is set to house the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, the Institute for Policy Research, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Global Engagement Studies Institute, according to the Facilities Management
website. University President Morton Schapiro told The Daily in October that administrators and the Board of Trustees began to discuss new options after moving the Kellogg School of Management, which was formerly housed in the Jacobs Center, to the newly constructed Global Hub. Holloway said consolidating all of these departments into one building will increase interaction between faculty. However, he said, the project remains stalled because it is “hard to raise money” for a building that has already been named. “These beautiful new athletic facilities are going up because someone is paying
for them,” Holloway said. “That’s why they’re able to go up. Jacobs is a different story. So while I would love to have shovels in the ground this summer, we just know that’s not happening.” He said a construction start date for the Jacobs Center is dependent on other projects on campus, including the construction of the University Commons as a replacement for the Norris University Center. “Frankly, if an angel investor or donor came in and said, ‘I want to give this money for Norris, and only Norris,’ then Norris would go to the top of the list,” Holloway said. “That’s just the way it works.” » See JACOBS, page 6
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AROUND TOWN Locals travel to Springfield, protest systemic racism By CLARE PROCTOR
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A bus of Evanston and other North Shore protesters drove to Springfield for a statewide rally against systemic racism and poverty Monday. Almost 400 people attended the rally organized by the Poor People’s Campaign — a national organization calling for “moral revival” across the country — said Daniel Ruen, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston. About 100 of the rally’s attendees “decided to take a rest” in front of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office in protest, Ruen said. “There was a lot of singing and chanting and folks who sat down in front of Governor Rauner’s office,” Ruen said. “And then they moved to the doors outside of the House Chambers and sat there until they were escorted out by the police.” Thirty-six attendees came from the North Shore and Lake County area, which includes Evanston, he said. Ruen said the event featured speakers who have been directly impacted by systemic racism and other issues. The Springfield rally was one of more than 30 in various states as part of a 40-day movement created by the Poor People’s Campaign. These weekly protests are tackling the campaign’s four pillars — systemic racism, systemic poverty, environmental degradation and military spending — and will culminate in a rally on June 23 in Washington, D.C., Ruen said.
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Protesters gather in Springfield to fight against systemic racism and poverty. The Poor People’s Campaign held the rally Monday, and a bus of Evanston-area residents attended.
Ruen was the main coordinator for Evanston, securing a bus for transportation to Springfield sponsored by the Service Employees International Union. He said being a part of the rally was a “great joy.” The Evanston branch of the Poor People’s Campaign has recently hosted local rallies to increase awareness of the four pillars in Evanston, Rev.
Dr. Michael Nabors of Second Baptist Church said. The church hosted one of these rallies earlier this month. Nabors said addressing and fighting against each of the core issues the Poor People’s Campaign focuses on is the best way to work toward equity. “We need to be concerned about the disparity that is growing between a very small minority,
$25 worth of quarters stolen from vehicle
vehicle on the 600 block of Hinman Avenue and removed approximately $25 worth of quarters, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said.
A 24-year-old Evanston woman reported that her car had been burglarized sometime between May 17 at 11:30 a.m. and May 20 at 7:30 a.m. The woman reported that between those dates, an unknown person had entered her
A 68-year-old Evanston man was arrested Monday afternoon for driving under the influence after the alcohol levels in his bloodstream registered two times over the legal limit,
according to an Evanston Police Department tweet. The man received seven citations around 4 p.m., including two DUIs, a seatbelt violation, improper lane usage and three traffic tickets for failing to signal, Glew said. The man was driving westbound on Davis Street and was observed not wearing a seatbelt by an officer at a nearby intersection. The man, who appeared to be impaired, stopped
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wealthy population that runs the nation and world, and the very large group of people who fall into the other category,” he said. “We have to stop that growing disparity.” Carmen Flores-Rance is the council president of San Lucas United Church of Christ in Chicago, which is a member of the Poor People’s Campaign. She said the most important thing is that everyone — both those more and less impacted by racism, poverty and other issues — gains awareness of and is educated about these topics. Flores-Rance said rallies and events organized by the campaign have been successful in raising local attention about these issues, a process she said needs to continue. “People are waking up, little by little,” she said. “We have to stand for something.” The Poor People’s Campaign has also been fighting for the establishment of election days as national holidays, which could allow poor and working people to vote more easily, Ruen said. Ruen said he had been involved in issue-based advocacy in the past, but the Poor People’s Campaign is different because it organizes support for overlapping issues. “To address one of (these issues) implies the others,” he said. “People understand that this is a systemic connection of these evils in our country. We’re looking for, not a Democrat or Republican solution, but an entirely new moral narrative for our country.” clareproctor2021@u.northwestern.edu his vehicle outside of Evanston 1st Liquors on Davis. When asked if he had been drinking, the man initially said he had not, then admitted to having a drink after work. EPD is currently participating in an initiative between May 18-29, enforcing a zero tolerance policy for seat belt violations. — Colin Boyle
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ON CAMPUS Panelists discuss social impact work By ELIZABETH BYRNE
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When navigating the career field, Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said it’s important for Northwestern students to be confident in their ideas and roll with the punches, wherever a career might take them. Rue Simmons spoke on Tuesday’s Women in Social Impact panel with Amy Silverstein — senior manager at the Monitor Institute at Deloitte — and Taylor Kinn, assistant director of student career advising at Northwestern Career Advancement. In front of roughly 30 students in Harris Hall, the three discussed balancing social impact work as women in a changing industry. The panel was co-hosted by Lending for Evanston and Northwestern Development, a student-run nonprofit that aids local entrepreneurs, and Global Engagement Summit. Silverstein said through her time at Deloitte, she learned the importance of having and seeking mentors, both male and female. Strong mentor relationships, she said, allow young entrepreneurs to increase their relationships with other members of their organizations. “When you can reframe even the most daunting challenges as opportunities, almost anything is possible,” Silverstein said. Silverstein added that the role of social impact work in a corporate industry is changing, and that as NU students start to enter the workforce in a few years, they should learn how to adapt to different roles and responsibilities. Rue Simmons said her work procuring and selling housing for disadvantaged communities in Evanston exposed her to a “white, male-dominated industry.” She experienced challenges in competing with other companies that had greater resources, but that job — as well as her role as an alderman — made her feel lucky. “I feel like it’s an absolute gift to be able to earn a living while doing service work,” Rue
Simmons said. “I would do this work (even) if I could not get paid.” Kinn addressed the resources NCA has available for students, echoing Silverstein’s advice about finding mentors who can help students enter a workplace that aligns with their personal interests and values. “It’s really important that you take the time to understand yourself and how you fit in with organizational cultures of different employers or people you may work with in the future,” Kinn said. “Building on the experiences that you already have will help you figure out what you want to do.” Kinn added that NCA offers pathways for students to make connections, such as
OurNorthwestern, the alumni directory and new career platform Handshake. Weinberg junior Petra Barbu, a member of both LEND and GES, told The Daily she helped organize the event. She said she was inspired to bring these women to NU because of their unifying message of finding a balance between making a living and making an impact. “While there are definitely challenges, there are so many networks, so many resources and so many mentors that are willing to connect with you and reach out,” Barbu told The Daily. “I hope (people) left inspired and ready to make a change.” elizabethbyrne2020@u.northwestern.edu
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It’s up to fans, not black rappers, to avoid the N-word MARISSA MARTINEZ
DAILY COLUMNIST
Rapper Kendrick Lamar invited a teenage girl on stage Sunday to rap part of his popular song “m.A.A.d city” during his Hangout Festival set. The song contains the N-word (although it is not featured prominently), which the young white fan proceeded to sing during the hook. After she said the word twice, Lamar interrupted her and said she had to “bleep one single word.” The fan apologized, saying, “I’m used to singing it like you wrote it.” She got another chance to rap the same lines, but still tripped up over the word’s absence, and left the stage soon after. Many takes I read online seemed to agree — this was just another disappointing incident in a long line of non-black fans rapping or singing the word (accidentally, subconsciously or purposefully). But one article stood out to me in particular: An opinion column written by black author Jeremy Helligar for Variety boldly stated in the headline, “Rap Should Retire the N-Word for Good.” The idea that rappers — and all members of the black community — should abstain from using variants of the N-word is not an uncommon
sentiment in both black and non-black spaces. Many argue that the word is steeped in such deep history that it can never be truly reclaimed, while others assert art should be for all audiences, and no group should be restricted from any word. As Helligar puts it, “Is it really fair to have one set of rules for black fans and another for white fans?” My answer is yes (and this applies to all nonblack people, although Helligar solely uses a whiteblack dichotomy in his piece). Helligar argues that because rappers like Lamar profit from white fans, people can’t “expect them to consume (his) music differently,” later adding, “Did he really think a starstruck teenage girl who probably has never been in front of such a massive crowd would instinctively know that she was supposed to censor herself when he doesn’t?” Pretending that non-black Americans don’t understand the heavy weight of the word is ridiculous. Those who have grown up in this country know it’s taboo — whether people choose to ignore that fact is a different story. African Americans have reappropriated the N-word for all intents and purposes, but it’s no secret that the word is regularly used by non-black people, intentionally or otherwise. In the context of Lamar’s concert, the most common reason a non-black fan would sing or rap the word is if they haven’t consciously trained themselves to avoid it, and they say it all the time during songs anyway.
This is part of a larger pattern of chalking up the ignorance of the rules surrounding the N-word as someone else’s fault, expecting the marginalized to take the high road. As a society, we constantly excuse and remove blame from non-black (particularly white) citizens for saying the N-word for so many reasons: “I grew up around it.” “I can’t not sing it.” “If they can say it, why can’t I?” As Ta-Nehisi Coates put it during a talk at Evanston Township High School last year, the N-word is about context, like many other words Americans consider vulgar. His wife uses the B-word with her friends, but Coates would never do the same — and he doesn’t have the desire to. Likewise, just because the N-word is used in certain contexts within the black community doesn’t mean this extends to everyone else. This logic applies to all kinds of oppressed groups across the United States. White Americans live in a society in which everything from long-standing institutions to popular culture is geared toward their comfort and satisfaction. This may be where the indignance comes from — when people are raised to feel like they can say whatever they want, having a word “taken away” can feel unjust. However, it is not a huge concession for non-black fans to avoid a word that has such a deep and complicated history associated with it. As Coates said during his talk, this censure gives others a chance to experience being black: “Because to be black is to walk through the world and watch
people doing things that you cannot do.” Helligar ends his column by arguing the use of the N-word only detracts from a song’s message, further alienating white people. I do believe rap can be enjoyed by everyone, although there will be inherent differences in how songs are interpreted, based on how similar the listener’s experiences are to the artist’s. But it’s OK for art to have multiple layers that audiences can process in different ways. Not including the N-word in songs solely to pander to the non-black community would be yet another unnecessary societal limitation placed on black people for outside comfort. I’m black, and I choose not to say it. Some of my black friends do, some don’t. Ultimately, it comes down to personal choice and background, although the arguments for removing it from everyone’s vocabularies will always persist. While I understand the reasoning behind both sides of the main debate, I cannot accept Helligar’s column that seems to blame black artists for white absent-mindedness and ignorance. Marissa Martinez is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@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.
Amazon’s facial recognition tech furthers systemic biases HEENA SRIVASTAVA
DAILY COLUMNIST
Facial recognition technology has been developing since the 1960s and has taken off over the last 20 years. From tagging people on Facebook to searching faces in iCloud’s photo library, the technology adds another dynamic to how we interact with images. Now, developers are looking to sell it to law enforcement. In 2016, Amazon developed a facial recognition program called Rekognition. On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of California released a series of documents detailing how the company has been pushing its technology on police departments. Rekognition is partnering with the Orlando Police Department in Florida and the Washington County Sheriff ’s Office in Oregon; however, the departments have expressed concern over the program’s accuracy. While this technology has revolutionized social media and can dramatically improve the law enforcement arena, we need to consider how it
affects communities of color. In 2015, software developer Jacky Alciné tweeted a screenshot of Google Photos identifying his African-American friends as gorillas. In a study conducted by M.I.T Media Lab earlier this year, facial recognition algorithms from Microsoft, IBM and Face++ are more likely to falsely identify darker faces than lighter ones. While gender was misidentified for only 1 percent of lighter-skinned males and 7 percent of lighter-skinned females, gender was misidentified for 12 percent of darker-skinned males and 35 percent of darker-skinned females. Study leader Joy Buolamwini took interest in the topic while testing a facial recognition program as an undergraduate at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It would recognize her white friends’ faces but would not pick up on hers at all. Only when she put on a white mask would the program recognize her as a person. This isn’t the only piece of tech to be crafted for white people by white people. In 2015, Vox released a video explaining the invention of colored film. Scientists determined and calibrated film chemical composition using white female models, disregarding combinations that would accurately portray darker tones. As a result, the photos were less flattering for people of darker tones, who appeared less
prominently compared to their white counterparts. Because the tech field is dominated by white people, technology is being crafted without sufficiently considering people of color. While photographic technology has made up for these errors, recognition software still has a long way to go. If facial recognition technology is not evolved enough to not be racist, it is certainly not ready to be utilized by our nation’s police departments. Police intend to use the technology to identify high-risk individuals in crowds. Rekognition project manager Ranju Das explained the program at an Amazon Web Services conference in Seoul. Using Orlando as an example, he described how the technology would analyze footage from cameras across the city. “We analyze that data in real time and search against the collection of faces that they have,” he said. “Maybe they want to know if the mayor of the city is in a place, or there are persons of interest they want to track.” Institutional racism continues to find its home in our nation’s police departments. According to Mapping Police Violence, black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than white people. Since Trayvon Martin’s murder in 2012, police brutality has been at the forefront of civil
Dog Days shows complexity of Greek charity ALEX SCHWARTZ
DAILY COLUMNIST
I don’t even like hot dogs. I can’t remember the last time I ate one, and I plan on keeping it that way. Last week, I did not purchase a single one no matter how many times the fraternity men in hot dog suits placed so auspiciously around campus asked me to. Yet, here I am writing an 700-word thinkpiece about hot dogs. I remember first reading through Joseph Charney’s Letter to the Editor several weeks ago and thinking, “All this for a bunch of hot dogs?” The president of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity made a passionate argument for their Dog Days event — in which AEPi brothers grilled hot dogs to sell to eager students throughout campus — that I was surprised to find coming from a Greek organization. I find most fraternity and sorority philanthropy events pretty lackluster, as if chapters have chosen a random charity out of a hat and left most of the efforts to a select few members who are actually dedicated to that kind of work. And I wonder whether the costs of these events are really being offset by whatever donations they bring in. But Dog Days seemed different to me. Low overhead, high donations. And, more importantly, a tangible focus on the charitable nature of the event. It didn’t seem like the brothers of AEPi put on Dog Days to keep up some thin veil of philanthropic
piety over the ugliness that is the rest of Greek life; it seemed like they were doing it because they actually cared about the cause. This passion seems inspired by Scott Boorstein, an AEPi brother who took his own life shortly before the start of Fall Quarter 2016. This year, Dog Days benefited the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Boorstein’s memory. Dog Days has become almost a mini Dance Marathon: an established campus tradition that changes its beneficiary every year and is inextricably linked to Greek life. And with that distinction comes a host of criticisms, this year in the form of memes in the ever-present Northwestern Memes for Networking Teens Facebook group. One in particular suggested donating directly to charity to bypass supporting Greek organizations, triggering countless comments worth of what meme page moderators referred to as “discourse” when they told members to cool it with the online arguments. Paragraphs were fired back and forth, either praising the brothers of AEPi or condemning those who valorize them for just selling hot dogs. Reading these comments, I wondered if I was overreacting to Dog Days. Were my expectations of frat boys so low that I felt they deserved to be praised for actually being decent people and donating to charity for a week, despite whatever ugly behavior they might engage in for the rest of the year? Should thousands of dollars in charitable donations absolve Greek organizations of the deep-seated, violent ideologies on which they were founded? I’d have to say no. But we should recognize
that this type of philanthropy can make a difference. Even DM, which is certainly not free from criticisms, sends millions of dollars a year to charity. I find it incredibly hard to believe that college students would be donating such large amounts of money if these events didn’t exist. We’re frugal; we need to know what’s in it for us in order to donate, whether it be a hot dog (or two, or three) from Dog Days, social clout from DM and so on. And the close-knit communities and social capital that come with Greek life, however negatively they may affect other aspects of campus life, give these organizations considerable philanthropic power. Painting a monolithic picture of Greek life as being incapable of anything good is unproductive, especially when Dog Days demonstrates AEPi’s enthusiasm for philanthropy as a result of a tragedy their chapter experienced. It seems in poor taste to write off a group of people doing charity work in honor of their friend who passed away. Greek life has become an entrenched presence on this campus, both with its unsafe parties and its philanthropy events. We can be cognizant of its complexities and at the same time feel empowered to critique it. Then again, I still won’t be buying any hot dogs next year. But that’s just a personal thing. Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@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.
rights movements. The Anti-Defamation League began to conduct diversity training for law enforcement agencies across the nation, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the New York State Police and the Houston Police Department. Activist groups have continued initiatives to tear down practices that further institutional bias. However, the widespread use of underdeveloped facial recognition technology will only reinstill the systematic racism they have worked so hard to fight. Facial recognition technology can be influential in ensuring public safety from convicted offenders and high-risk individuals. However, this powerful technology comes with great risks to marginalized populations and should only be fully utilized after thorough accuracy testing. While it can be used to do good, without proper vetting, it can be a weapon to perpetuate discriminatory institutions.
Heena Srivastava is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at heenasrivastava2021@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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Community expresses concern over budget survey By CATHERINE HENDERSON
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Community members at a City Council meeting Monday voiced their frustration over the priority-based budgeting survey and advocated for programs affecting underprivileged communities in Evanston. The city released the survey on May 10, asking residents to rank their top 10 and bottom 10 budgeting priorities using a list of 46 items. Residents spoke out against the survey during public comment, highlighting items vulnerable to cuts such as the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program — which provides work opportunities for young people ages 14 to 18 — and the Mental Health Board, which provides funding for organizations addressing wellness. Alyce Barry, a board member of Organization for Positive Action and Leadership — an Evanston nonprofit focused on civic engagement and equity — said during public comment that some people lead “privileged” lives in Evanston and do not know the implications of cutting some programs, which she said could have an “enormous” impact on lower-income residents. “Are we really a city in which youth programs and mental health are no more important than tree trimming and Divvy bikes?” Barry said. “Equity is everybody getting what they need. It’s not everybody getting what they’d like even if it’s at the expense of others.” Barry said her biggest concern was the way the survey put all programs on equal footing. She said the city should be clearer about who benefits from each program. Bobby Burns, co-founder of Evanston
Evanston Fire Department promotes 3 individuals to various positions Tuesday
Evanston Fire Department promoted three individuals to various positions on Tuesday. Captain Emanuel Perrino, a 27-year veteran
Collective, told The Daily that the survey did not offer enough information about how resources are allocated, only providing the total cost of each program. For example, when looking at the summer youth programs, he questioned how much of that money goes to staff, resources or other administrative costs. “(The survey is) incomplete,” Burns said. “The risk we’re taking is if people truly don’t know the details of the program, people will just … start cutting the most expensive programs first. I don’t think we have enough information to have a discussion about each of these programs.” Burns said he is concerned that summer youth programs and storefront modernization projects made the list for possible cuts. He spoke to “historical disinvestment” in the 5th Ward and the 8th Ward and said these programs were designed for underserved communities. However, Burns emphasized that the survey is the first step of a long budgeting process for the city. He said he was pleased the city started the process early, as it gives citizens more of a chance to get involved in the discussion. Evanston resident Robin Robinson also spoke at the council meeting and told The Daily that the survey was “obnoxious” and “infuriating.” Robinson now has eight grandchildren in Evanston, and she said she wants programs like the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program and the Summer Food Program — which offers free breakfasts and lunches for children in need — to be available for them and their peers. “It is imperative we have something in place where not only my grandchildren, but the younger children of the community have something to look forward to, something to hold onto, something to give them hope,” Robinson said. Robinson described her own experience with
of the department, was promoted to shift chief, according to a Tuesday EFD news release. Perrino holds a bachelor’s degree in fire science and has certifications in confined space rescue as well as trench and rope rescue. “Captain Perrino’s knowledge and experience will bring great leadership to Evanston Fire Shift One,” the release stated. “Captain Perrino has been instrumental in the development of the
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Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Community members spoke during Monday’s City Council meeting about their concerns for the priority-based budgeting survey.
the Certificate of Rehabilitation Program, a program on the survey that currently helps people get their criminal records expunged. She said the program “opened doors that were closed” for her, allowing her to avoid the stigma of a criminal record when looking for a job or purchasing a house. Though she said those days are behind her, other people still benefit from the program. Robinson, a person of color, explicitly pointed out the racial implications of cutting certain
programs: Most white residents would not be affected, she said, but black residents would be devastated. She said this spoke to the amount of white privilege in Evanston. “When you start messing with the children in my community and the elderly, I have a problem with that,” Robinson said. “It just infuriates me. I get really emotional. … I don’t bite my tongue.”
department’s training program and has led several important initiatives through his leadership within the EFD and Local 742.” Fire apparatus operator Michael Spillane ranked up to the position of captain after serving as a fire apparatus operator since the beginning of the program. Spillane is a 22-year veteran of EFD, holds a bachelor’s degree in fire science and serves as an instructor at the Illinois Fire Service Institute in
Champaign. Justin Morson, a firefighter and paramedic who has served in the department for 12 years, will now take on a full-time position as a fire apparatus operator. Morson is certified in vehicle and machinery operations, and the release stated that Morson’s knowledge will also “no doubt be an asset” to EFD.
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Ana said gang members in El Salvador began to take an interest in Yesica during her third year in college, but Yesica — who is a lesbian — ignored their advances, making her a target for harassment. Ana said that that until recently, she had never spoken openly about her daughter’s sexuality, but now she is “desperate.” “In my country, (lesbians) are discriminated against,” Ana said. “Not only are lesbians threatened, they are killed.” The harassment became so bad that Yesica’s parents walked with her wherever she went. When Yesica’s father told gang members to leave her alone, they threatened him, saying “you only have three days to live,” Ana said. “Exactly three days later, they killed my
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Rauner is vying for his second term after spending two of his years in office plagued by a budget impasse. Pritzker said he is aware that both he and Rauner are businessmen, but he noted that Rauner also accepted donations from the billionaire Koch family while he did not accept any outside donations. “This is me working to change policy, this is me working to expand rights, this is me working because I understand the difference that Bruce Rauner doesn’t understand between business and
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Leone said the change is “devastating” because she invested hours preparing for an “incredible professional opportunity” that she will no longer experience. The news comes months after the University publicly announced a deficit ranging between $50 million and $100 million for the 2018 fiscal year.
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For now, the Jacobs Center sits mostly empty. Holloway said he is “troubled” by the fact that there are only about 100 people working in the Jacobs Center currently. “It’s not good to have empty buildings,” he said. “We’ve got to get cracking on these things.” One proposed use for the Jacobs Center was to house some or all of Norris’ functions once construction begins on the new University Commons, a project that has been delayed due to financial reasons. However, Schapiro said he was taken aback to
husband,” she said. Ana remained in El Salvador for several months as the threats against her family worsened, before eventually deciding to move her family to the U.S. three years ago. When they reached the border, Ana was allowed to apply for asylum from within the U.S. for herself and her two sons. Because Yesica was already an adult though, she was apprehended, Ana said. According to the Tribune, Yesica was coerced into signing a voluntary departure form and was sent back to El Salvador. There her situation worsened: Ana said Yesica was sexually assaulted by her uncle, who threatened to hurt her if she went to the authorities. Ana said because of this, Yesica decided to come back to the U.S., where she was once again stopped. Because her entrance violated the agreement she
signed upon her first entry attempt, Yesica was automatically marked for deportation, Ana said.
government,” Pritzker said. “You don’t run government like a business.” Pritzker also said that if he wins the governor seat, he plans to raise the minimum wage, create jobs, legalize marijuana and reform the tax system. He added that he would make health care available and affordable to everybody by supporting the public option, which would create a government-run health insurance agency. Alisa Kaplan, director of Action for a Better Tomorrow, said the group invited Pritzker to speak because they wanted to hear his views on issues troubling the Democratic Party as well as the state as a whole.
“We asked (Pritzker) here to discuss topics that are uncomfortable for many Illinois Democrats,” Kaplan said. “That includes what many people see as troubling trends for the role of money in politics, … the concentration of power in the hands of a few Democratic Party operatives and the way these things contribute to the alienation and exclusion of many Illinois residents from the democratic process.” During the Q&A portion of the event, Pritzker said he would get rid of gerrymandering and also does not support public financing of statewide campaigns, only allowing individual donations to such campaigns.
McCormick senior Amaan Badruddin said he attended the event to try to better understand what was going on with the gubernatorial race since he will be staying in Illinois after graduating. “You hear a lot about what’s going on with these gubernatorial races online but it’s very easy, especially as a college student, to feel a little removed from the process,” Badruddin said. “Being able to actually meet and literally sit up front and ask questions to these guys is incredibly important for the transparency of these kind of campaigns.”
Provost Jonathan Holloway told Faculty Senate in January that academic functions would not be substantially impacted. “This annoyance is not going to have a major impact on our academic priorities,” he said. “We’re still recruiting faculty, we’re still pursuing opportunities. … My hope is that for the great majority of the campus, including the faculty, you will not notice any difference.” But the Graduate School’s move raises
questions about whether administrators are feeling a financial squeeze. According to meeting minutes obtained by The Daily, Woodruff told Graduate School faculty earlier this month that “finances are more complex than they have been in the past,” despite financial support for doctoral students having grown 7 percent over each of the past nine years. After the Graduate School announced Tuesday that administrators would hold office hours to
discuss the policy, NU Graduate Workers said in a statement that it will connect affected students to one another and continue to build support for them. “Financial precarity should not threaten advanced-year graduate workers’ academic success at Northwestern University,” the statement read.
see that the building was not a practical alternative because of its physical state. “It turns out that Jacobs is not the building that many of us expected,” he told The Daily in an October interview. “When we got in there, we saw that the systems are failing. The big surprise was that Jacobs couldn’t just be painted and moved into.” Upon realizing the Jacobs Center needed more than just cosmetic updates, Schapiro said the Board of Trustees developed a full renovation plan for the building. Holloway said those involved with the planning of the renovations and expansion have “gone the middle route” — instead of just laying down new
carpet or completely knocking down the building to start from scratch, he said they plan to develop a sixth floor overbuild to connect the three separate buildings that make up the Center in an “organic” way. According to the Facilities Management website, the construction will “provide an opportunity to normalize spaces to meet Northwestern guidelines, standardize navigation and floor layout … and upgrade systems as needed to achieve at least a LEED Gold rating.” Jacobs Center project manager Deborah A. Burkhart declined to comment for this story. Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, the director and a faculty fellow at IPR said she has not been
told when construction will begin or when IPR will move into the Jacobs Center. However, she said she is “extremely excited” about the new space. She added that she looks forward to how the new, unified space will “promote interactions between researchers just by running into each other in the hall.” “Right now our researchers are spread out over a lot of different buildings across campus, and that means it’s just more rare that we run into each other and get to talk about research and talk about ideas,” she said. “So much of the way that academic research happens is from informal conversations.”
Advocates from Lake Street Church are working alongside Yesica’s attorney to push Illinois state officials to speak out on her behalf. Matthew Nickson, Yesica’s lawyer, said U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) asked the Houston ICE field office director Patrick Contreras to release Yesica until her appeal was heard. Now advocates are asking U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to put pressure on Contreras. “I’m here in Texas for Yesica, but the folks who are really fighting are in Illinois,” Nickson said. Nickson said he was impressed by the amount of support from activists in Evanston. Shanti Elliott, the Lake Street Church’s immigration justice leader, said she is proud the church
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Illinois politicians and candidates called for Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republicans in Congress to take action to prevent gun violence in the wake of last week’s shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. On Friday, a 17-year-old gunman and student at the school opened fire, killing 10 and wounding 13. The New York Times reported that the student confessed to the shooting and said he spared students he liked so he could “have his story told.” U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) wrote in a Tuesday tweet that it is “sickening” that more children in schools have lost their lives this year than deployed service members: There were 13 non-training military deaths so far in 2018 versus 27 student deaths in school shootings, according to a Washington Post report. “When my daughters are old enough and I send them to school, I hope they won’t face the dangers in their classrooms like I did on the battlefield,” Duckworth, a veteran, wrote. “Our children — the American people — deserve better than this sort of cowardice in the face of so much preventable violence.” U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) wrote in a Friday tweet that the National Rifle Association and its “allies” in Congress stand in the way of creating a solution. She added that as students continue to demonstrate and demand action, the Republicans have “dug in their heels” and done “nothing.” Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also called on Rauner to pass state-level gun reform. On
RABIN
From page 8 She got off to a slow start, at least by her standards, hitting just .242 after two weeks of play. But she went on a tear after that, going 8-for-14 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic and not looking back. Rabin had a 13-game hitting streak from March 4 until March 30, with nine multi-hit games during that stretch.
March 13, Rauner vetoed a bipartisan gun dealer licensing bill, which would have made it illegal for a person to sell, lease or transfer firearms without a license issued by the Department of Professional and Finance Regulation. Even after Illinois lawmakers amended the bill to address one of Rauner’s concerns — having Illinois State Police certify gun dealers instead of the Department of Professional and Finance Regulation — Rauner called the effort “political grandstanding,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Pritzker said in a Friday statement that Rauner was playing “the lowest form of election-year politics” by continuing to oppose the bill while lives are on the line. “This callous governor vetoed a commonsense Gun Dealer Licensing Act that would have helped keep families and communities safe,” Pritzker said. “It’s past time for this failed governor to put people before politics and do something about the senseless gun violence ravaging our communities.” In a statement on Tuesday, Durbin said that Illinois needs to mimic the 15 states — including Florida and Kansas — that have passed legislation to prevent gun violence since the Feb. 14 Parkland school shooting. He added that he hopes Rauner will not veto the revised gun dealer licensing bill as the statelevel reforms are “significant.” Durbin called on Congress to listen to students rather than gun lobbyists. “We may not be able to stop every shooting in our schools and in our streets,” Durbin said, “but if Congress takes meaningful action to close gaps in our gun laws, we will save lives.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu Drohan said Rabin’s versatility has helped her to be a catalyst for NU’s offense. “The defense has to decide what they’re going to defend because they cannot defend everything,” Drohan said. “They may have to overplay the slap and then give up some gaps in the outfield. With her power this year especially, which she’s working diligently on, it’s really opened up the field for her.” Rabin led the Big Ten in steals this season, finished
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second in runs scored and third in hits. She is one of only 12 players in program history to be named to an all-conference team all four years. Her on-base skills at the top of the lineup helped NU improve from 25 wins last season to 38 this year. The Cats advanced to the championship game of both the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Athens Regional. Throughout her time at NU, Rabin never lost her
work ethic and has always been looking to improve, which has helped her become one of the program’s most decorated players. “Every year, she shows up in the fall and is like, ‘How can I grow another part of my game?’” Drohan said. “That’s what’s really helped her to be such a force for us.” benjaminrosenberg2021@u.northwestern.edu
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Sabrina Rabin’s speed, versatility push her into record books By BENJAMIN ROSENBERG
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“Love Runs Out” isn’t a bad walkup song for Sabrina Rabin. But perhaps “Born to Run” would be more fitting. The senior center fielder has made an impact with her speed since the day she stepped on Northwestern’s campus, and she hasn’t stopped running since. Rabin ended her college career last weekend ranked second in program history in stolen bases, second in runs scored, third in hits and fourth in batting average. But it wasn’t always smooth sailing for the Wildcats’ speedy leadoff hitter. In fact, a major change in Rabin’s approach at the plate helped her get to where she is today.
Switching sides
Rabin grew up in St. Charles, Illinois, an outer western suburb of Chicago. When her family moved there, all the recreational leagues were full, so Rabin’s mother suggested she join a travel team. “I was awful for my first two years,” Rabin said. “I was batting (right-handed), I was kind of chubby. My coach was like, ‘We can’t fix this, let’s start over.’ So that was kind of the transition to going from the left side.” Rabin eventually changed travel teams, playing three years for the Illinois Chill. Her game improved steadily, as did her speed. Batting left-handed helped Rabin develop into a slapper who could beat out grounders to the infield. “I throw righty, I just swing lefty,” Rabin said. “I definitely had to work
at it, but it was more natural hitting from the left-hand side instead of the right-hand side.”
A natural fit
Rabin started coming to NU softball camps at age 12, where she first met coach Kate Drohan and her top assistant and twin sister, Caryl Drohan. The coaches helped Rabin continue to develop her game, so that by the time she enrolled in St. Charles North High School, she was already a star in the making. At St. Charles North, she excelled both at the plate and in the circle. As a junior in 2013, Rabin hit .534 while stealing 35 bases, and also went 18-4 as a pitcher with a 1.49 ERA. She earned high praise from the local media that season, and the next year was No. 47 in the Student Sports Inc. ranking of the top 100 senior softball players in the country. Not surprisingly, Rabin was also a track star in high school, and set the school indoor records in the 50and 55-meter distances. Her high school softball coach, Tom Poulin, said Rabin’s impact is still being felt on their program today. “I’ve coached three sports for 20 years, and I have not had a better student-athlete, a better person, as far as values and character traits, than Sabrina,” Poulin said. “She’s so driven and self motivated and she was consistently working to improve.” Rabin kept coming to Evanston for the camps, and became more connected with NU’s coaches. The Drohans identified her early on as a young player with a lot of potential, and Rabin committed to NU as a high school sophomore. “I had looked other places, and each place that I went to, I was like, ‘Is this Northwestern? Is this close to my family? Are (the coaches) Kate and Caryl?’” Rabin said. “I knew that I wanted a great athletic and academic school.”
An immediate impact
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Rabin was an instant star upon arriving at NU. She started every game in her 2015 freshman campaign, hitting .394, scoring 50 runs and stealing 28 bases. Her speed made an impact beyond stolen bases as well — in a game at Notre Dame, for example, Rabin scored on a sacrifice fly from second base.
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She was recognized for her accomplishments by being named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. “Sabrina has never taken a day off on the softball field,” Kate Drohan said. “I’m not at all surprised, because of her work ethic and her intelligence, what a big impact she had on us.” Rabin’s career at NU was marked by incredible consistency. Over the next three years, she would prove that her outstanding freshman season was no fluke. Rabin got many of her hits by slapping the ball to the left side of the infield, and simply using her speed to beat the throw. Her career-high 10 extra-base hits her senior year, however, proved Rabin is also capable of driving the ball into the outfield. “Before I came in, I was mostly a hitter and Caryl helped me with my slapping once I got here, so it just adds another layer,” Rabin said. “Being able to get on base in multiple different ways is what I’ve been focusing on.”
Though Rabin’s speed captures attention on the bases, it is a huge asset in the outfield as well. She made just seven errors in her college career and frequently makes difficult plays in center field look easy. Her defense is an underrated part of her game but came to the forefront several times, most notably April 27 this year, when she tracked down a long fly ball in deep center to help preserve a win over Iowa. “That’s a position she had been playing her whole life,” Drohan said. “She covers so much ground out there. She has literally changed games by making plays in the outfield.”
A strong finish
Rabin capped her remarkable career with a fantastic 2018 season. She started every game in center field, and led off in every game but one, when Drohan experimented with the lineup and had her hitting second. » See RABIN, page 7
WOMEN’S GOLF
Season ends with dramatic loss in NCAA quarterfinals By JOSEPH WILKINSON
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With Northwestern’s season on the line, Janet Mao stepped up to a birdie putt on her 17th hole of the day. And she drilled it. But her work wasn’t done. After an up-and-down match play showdown against Stanford star Andrea Lee, Mao still sat one shot back heading to the final hole. The teams were tied at 2-2 in the five-person match play quarterfinal. And on that final hole, Mao once again stood on the green with a must-make birdie putt to keep the Wildcats’ season alive. This one came up short. Lee won the match, Stanford moved to the semifinal and NU headed home.
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“Looking at it, it looked like it was going to go right at first,” Mao said. “And then I was looking in my book, and it said kind of by the hole it was going to trickle back left. But at the end of the day, the putt was a little slower than I thought it was, so I ended up leaving it a little short.” The upperclassmen-laden squad entered the week hoping to repeat last year’s run to the championship final. With seniors Hannah Kim and Sarah Cho returning alongside juniors Mao and Stephanie Lau, the team relied on its talent and
experience to snag the No. 4 seed in the match play bracket. Kim and Cho both thrived in the match play competition, as Cho took the opening match 3-and-1 while Kim dominated to win her match 5-and-3. “I honestly felt like I wasn’t really playing against my opponent, it’s just me against the golf course,” Kim said. “That’s one of my biggest secrets to match play. I think that’s why I’ve been so successful. I just keep doing my own thing regardless of what the score is.” While Kim and Cho controlled their matches, Lau, Mau and sophomore Brooke Riley all struggled. Lau has yet to pick up a win on the biggest stages, falling to 0-4 in National Championship match play rounds after losing 5-and-4 to Stanford’s Albane Valenzuela.
In Tuesday’s high-pressure showdown, Riley made seven straight 5s across three par-4s, three par-5s and one par-3, failing to take advantage of her opponent’s similar struggles. “All of us fought as hard as we could out there,” Cho said. “It was exciting to be able to watch some of the holes for Janet’s match, and it reminded me of the camaraderie we have and how supportive we are of each other.” Mao was tasked with the hardest challenge. Lee, her opponent, had tied for the second-best round among all competitors over four days of stroke play and was named First-Team AllPac 12 after a spectacular individual season. “It definitely wasn’t going to be easy, especially against Andrea,” Mao said. “We’ve been friends for a long
time, she’s great, and I have a lot of respect for her game. After seeing that match, I knew I wouldn’t have room to make any mistakes.” With the quarterfinal loss, the Cats completed their second-best tournament in program history, trailing only last year’s runner-up finish. Cho and Kim conclude their careers having played in all four of the school’s best national championship performances, starting with a 10th-place finish their freshman year. “I haven’t really had much time by myself to really process everything,” Kim said. “Once I get back home, unpack and get settled down, I think that’s when it’s going to hit me. … I’m going to break down in tears and really recollect all the memories I made at Northwestern.” josephwilkinson2019@u.northwestern.edu