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City newsstand to carry Hebdo By TORI LATHAM
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PASSING THE TORCH Weinberg junior Kenny Mok is sworn in as Associated Student Government’s student groups vice president. ASG Senate unanimously confirmed Mok for the position at its meeting Wednesday.
ASG talks Title IX policy By EMILY CHIN
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Associated Student Government introduced a proposal Wednesday to include students on Title IX conduct hearings. Northwestern took students off its Title IX hearing committees after White House officials said in an April report that students should not be included on the committees. The legislation was discussed at the Association of Big Ten Schools conference at NU this weekend by representatives from ASG and other Big Ten school student governments. If ASG passes the legislation, which it will likely vote on next week, delegates
will lobby in Washington, D.C., in the spring in favor of including students in Title IX hearings nationwide. The White House based its report on feedback from task forces on college campuses. The report recommended removing students from sexual assault hearings to protect students who reported sexual assault from encountering other students they knew at the hearings, said SESP junior Chris Harlow, student life vice president. Although they are trying to create a comfortable atmosphere, “adults don’t fully understand the view of students on campus,” he said. In her explanation of the proposal, ASG President Julia Watson said students would help keep the hearing process of sexual violence fair and
City considers rideshare regulations By JULIA JACOBS
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Evanston City Council will discuss whether to move forward with regulations on ride-sharing companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar at next Monday’s meeting, city manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. The opinions of aldermen vary widely on the issue. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) said he thinks the city needs to treat ride share services and taxicab companies fairly. The key question is whether or not to regulate this form of transportation, he said. “I don’t really see how you can maintain these significant restrictions and requirements you have for taxis and not have the same kind of limitations for other people that are essentially providing the same service,” Wilson said. The proposed ordinance, which borrows from active Chicago regulations, would require that ridesharing companies pay a licensing fee of up to $25,000 a year per driver
and provide drivers with liability insurance. Former Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed legislation requiring ride-sharing services to provide their drivers across the state with liability insurance after vetoing a previous, more stringent ride-sharing bill in August. The city needs to start from scratch when regulating this type of innovation, Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said. Because ride-share companies have their own ways of protecting clients through independent feedback mechanisms, the council has to find a new strategy for regulating them, Grover said. “Innovation in ride-share is far ahead of where municipal regulation is,” she said. Two Uber drivers in Chicago were charged with sexual assault in the past three weeks, adding to the conversation about whether to regulate the company. One of the assaults occurred in November while the other took place over the summer, according to the Chicago Tribune and other media outlets. » See RIDE-SHARE, page 10
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balanced, particularly if students have received training prior to the hearing. “Students provide valuable perspective as peers that faculty and staff cannot,” the proposal says. “They relate to the student experience directly and provide insight during questioning and discussion.” Senate also discussed ASG’s stance on discrimination and harassment policies. Although NU has an expansive policy to address these issues, Rainbow Alliance Senator Petros Karahalios proposed ASG amend its constitution to prevent discrimination and harassment with its own policies. “What I’m proposing is a more » See SENATE, page 10
Evanston residents will soon be able to get their hands on a copy of the most recent issue of Charlie Hebdo. The French satirical magazine will be available at the Chicago-Main Newsstand, 860 Chicago Ave., as early as Friday morning, newsstand manager Eric Ismond, said. “Years ago, we carried the magazine, and we’ve been dealing with the distributor for years,” Ismond said. “About seven years ago there was not enough demand to keep carrying it, but now everyone is interested.” On Jan. 7, gunmen targeted the Charlie Hebdo Paris offices and killed 12 people in response to the controversial magazine’s frequent cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and criticism of Islam. The cover of the most recent issue, printed after the massacre, shows Muhammad with a tear rolling down his face and holding a sign that says “Je Suis Charlie,” a phrase of solidarity that became popular among those who denounced the attack. The issue’s print run has reached 7 million amid a surge in interest in the publication, according to international media reports. The magazine usually prints 60,000 copies. Only 300 magazines will be sent to the United States, and those issues will be distributed to cities across the nation, Ismond said. He does not know how many copies Chicago-Main will receive.
“No store will have very many,” he said. “I’m guessing we’ll only have a handful. I’m hoping for more copies in another shipment, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens.” The magazine will be sold on a firstcome, first-served basis and only one issue will be allowed per person, according to the newsstand’s website. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said he was not surprised to hear that Chicago-Main would have copies of Charlie Hebdo for sale. “While there has not been much community discussion about the magazine being available there, most comments I have heard have been along the lines of, ‘Of course, the Chicago-Main Newsstand will have it. They have everything else,’” he said. Evanston restaurant owner Pascal Berthoumieux, a French citizen, also said he expected the city to have the magazine. “Evanston is known to be a more liberal town,” Berthoumieux said. “It makes sense to me that they would import the issue.” Ismond said it is the store’s policy to try to carry everything available. “We’re happy to be a part of it,” he said. “There have been a lot of people interested in it, and we want to take care of the people who want to see or buy a copy.” There has not yet been any negative response toward the newsstand’s decision to carry the magazine, Ismond said. Berthoumieux said he knew how difficult copies were to come by, whether » See HEBDO, page 10
NU admin, ASG discuss Divvy By OLIVIA EXSTRUM
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Associated Student Government and Northwestern administrators discussed the possibility of bringing Divvy bike-sharing stations to campus last week. A survey was sent out Jan. 14 to students and Evanston residents on 17 possible locations for the stations, at least two of which are located near campus. Eight specific locations will be chosen in April or May after city staff makes its recommendations to City Council for approval at a meeting Feb. 23. However, the University is interested in adding stations to campus in the future, regardless of whether Evanston chooses to install the stations, said Kevin Harris, ASG vice president of community relations. “We do recognize there’s only eight stations in this first batch so we’re in the process of figuring out if Northwestern will bring a spot of its own,” the Weinberg junior said. “That was the conversation we’ve already started to have, regardless of what the city might decide.” Harris said ASG is currently promoting the survey, which will close Jan. 31, to get a better idea of how
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DIVVY TO NU Divvy, a bike-sharing service, has many locations in Chicago. Associated Student Government and Northwestern discussed bringing the bike stations to campus last week.
students would use the service. He said “a long-term plan is to connect students to Chicago,” which also hosts Divvy stations. However, he said, any plans for the University to independently install stations will be put on hold until the city-funded stations are chosen and they’ve “evaluated what’s
best for Northwestern at this time.” “Would students buy into this?” Harris said. “Would it be useful for students? Is this something Northwestern wants to invest in?” The two campus locations would » See DIVVY, page 10
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