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NU lawyers help release immigrant Man falsely listed as gang member in CPD database

By ALEXIS WHITE

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Northwestern lawyers helped settle a case for the release of an undocumented immigrant who was detained for 10 months after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents incorrectly identified him as a gang member.

Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez was arrested March 2017 and detained by ICE agents. Vanessa del Valle — one of his civil rights attorneys — said he was released Jan. 22 after his attorneys struck a deal with the federal government, after previously filing a civil rights complaint on May 1.

According to the complaint, ICE raided Catalan-Ramirez’s home after the Chicago Police Department shared information from its gang database with the organization that said CatalanRamirez was a gang member.

Del Valle, also a clinical assistant professor at the Pritzker School of Law, said Catalan-Ramirez was in the database as a member of two rival gangs, but is not actually a member of any gang.

The Chicago Police Department, as part of its settlement, later issued a letter saying Catalan-Ramirez was falsely recorded as a gang member, del Valle said.

The Chicago Tribune reported in December that this letter was

sent to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

As he was arrested, CatalanRamirez was slammed to in the ground by ICE agents, del Valle said. He hit his head and suffered a fractured shoulder.

The complaint also stated Catalan-Ramirez,the primary provider for his family, already had previous injuries after being the victim of a drive-by shooting last January, which left him partially paralyzed on his left side and with “cognitive deficits.” “(ICE agents) violently arrested him,” said del Valle, a lawyer at Northwestern’s MacArthur Justice Center. “They really used excessive force when arresting him, and exacerbated his existing injuries and caused him new injuries.”

Del Valle said the MacArthur Justice Center learned about Catalan-Ramirez’s case through Organized Communities Against Deportations, an advocacy group for fair treatment of immigrants, with which the center already had a relationship.

The civil rights claims, del Valle said, were against the medical provider at the detainment center for neglecting CatalanRamirez’s injuries, ICE agents for entering his house without consent and using excessive force, CPD for putting false information in the gang database and sharing it with ICE and McHenry County for failing to accommodate » See DETAINMENT, page 6

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Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. EPL recently hosted workshops discussing mental health in an effort to raise awareness.

EPL takes steps for mental health Recent policies emphasize awareness, health literacy on local level

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Throughout the past year, Evanston Public Library has taken strides to raise mental health awareness in the Evanston community, emphasizing health literacy and library resources on a local level.

EPL has ramped up its

mental health services in its main branch within recent months. The library hired a full-time social worker last year, started workshops related to mental illness in November and will hold its inaugural health and wellness fair in April.

Community engagement librarian Jill Skwerski said the library focused on mental health particularly during the

last year. She said the library serves a special role in the Evanston community in bringing people together to discuss mental illness.

“We’re committed to meeting the diverse expectations and needs of Evanston residents around access to information,” Skwerski said. “We are the access point to health literacy. … We want to be sure that we are serving our community

equitably with services and programs that they need.”

Public services librarian Susan McClelland said mental health emerged as a prominent issue in a recent health survey released by the Health and Human Services department in Evanston.

She added that libraries in particular have been addressing » See LIBRARY, page 6

Opera singer to deliver 2018 address City considers tech Renowned performer Renée Fleming to be commencement speaker

By JANE RECKER

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World-renowned opera singer Renée Fleming will deliver the address at commencement this June.

The ceremony will be held on Friday, June 22 at Ryan Field in Evanston, according to a University news release.

The critically-acclaimed opera singer, often called “The People’s Diva,” has ties to Northwestern and Chicago.

According to the release, she led a master class featuring Northwestern vocal performance students at the Bienen School of Music in 2014, and once served as the creative consultant for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where she is now a board member.

Fleming has also worked with researchers at Northwestern in her pursuit to promote further exploration into the effects of music on the brain.

She and Northwestern auditory neuroscientist Nina Kraus

joined forces at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. last June as part of an initiative Fleming began to explore the science connecting music with health and the mind.

Of course, Fleming is best known as a gifted performer.

In a career spanning over three decades, Fleming has performed in opera houses the world over, won four Grammys, became the first classical artist to sing the National Anthem at a Super Bowl, has performed at Buckingham palace for Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. government.

After recently singing the role of the Marschallin — one of her most acclaimed roles — in The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Der Rosenkavalier, Fleming will head to Broadway this spring to perform in the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, Carousel. janerecker2019@u.northwestern.edu

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training program Grant would help teach coding to students, residents

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Opera singer Renée Fleming talks about singing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVIII at the Rose Theater in New York in January 2014. Fleming, often called “The People’s Diva,” will deliver the address at commencement in June.

The Economic Development Committee recommended last week that City Council approve a $75,000 grant for a program providing technology job training to primarily low- and moderate- income Evanston residents.

Evanston resident Emile Cambry — who founded Blue1647, a network of entrepreneurship centers dedicated to economic development through technology education — proposed the Evanston Codes program, which he said would provide free coding classes to residents and some Evanston Township High School students.

“I was excited,” Cambry

said. “I’m from Chicago, but recently moved to Evanston, and my wife is from Evanston.

We’re really passionate about seeing how we can help in any capacity.”

Evanston economic development manager Paul Zalmezak said Evanston had wanted to start a coding initiative for several years before they “finally” found Cambry, who had the capacity to deliver a program in the city. But while the city hoped to launch the program after Cambry discussed the plan at a meeting in July last year, he said it could not move forward due to lack of funding.

Zalmezak said the $75,000 from the city would support four classes for about 100 students total through the course of the year. He added that they may also license programs through ETHS, which could provide classes to 300 more students.

“This would deliver on our promise that we would find an » See CODE, page 6

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AROUND TOWN Former ETHS student newspaper adviser honored

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After wrapping up 31 years advising Evanston Township High School’s student newspaper, Rodney Lowe is being honored by the Journalism Education Association.

Lowe, who advised The Evanstonian until his retirement, won the Journalism Education Association’s lifetime achievement award, making him one of 12 educators who “contributed significantly to scholastic journalism in 2018,” according to the association’s website.

District 202 school board member Jonathan Baum nominated Lowe for the award. JEA announced the winners Jan. 25 and will honor the recipients at a convention hosted by the Journalism Education Association and National Scholastic Press Association in San Francisco on April 13.

Lowe taught at ETHS for 31 years and said the award is a “crowning glory” for his 36 total years of teaching. Over the years, he said his students helped him grow as a teacher and he hopes that he influenced both their work and their character.

“I hope that (my students) felt that they were part of something that they were proud of,” Lowe said, “and if they grew as individuals, that’s all you really hope for.”

Baum said he nominated Lowe because of his ability to nurture students. Baum added that Lowe knows how to bring out the best in the paper’s writers and editors, including Baum’s own three children.

Baum said ETHS parents and The Evanstonian alumni have shared similar sentiments about Lowe.

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“He is such a role model for his students,” Baum said. “He’s just so devoted to journalistic integrity and getting it right and to the importance of the role that a free press plays in our democracy.”

Trinity Collins, an ETHS junior and news editor for The Evanstonian, said she misses Lowe’s presence on the paper since he retired after the last semester.

She said Lowe influenced her writing and helped her gain confidence in school. Going into her freshman year, Collins said she was shy and did not feel comfortable speaking in front of large groups, but has since overcome that largely due to Lowe’s guidance.

“He cared so much about everything,” Collins said. “He wanted all the stories to be perfect. I don’t think I’ve ever had a teacher who cared that much about my development as a writer or as a person than he did.”

ETHS senior Michael Colton, co-executive editor for The Evanstonian, said Lowe always pushed students to do their best, but also stressed that they learn to be autonomous with their work.

He added that Lowe was willing to “defy the authority of anyone above him” and encouraged the staff to stand up for their work. Colton said Lowe was always willing to allow his students to defy him and supported them whenever they received pushback from administrators.

“Mr. Lowe never once stepped away from us as journalists,” Colton said. “He always stood by our work. He really did all that was in his power to ensure that we had an autonomous paper and a paper that had the integrity that we all put into it.” samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu

battery in south Evanston.

Police responded to an unidentified caller in the 100 block of Ashland Avenue who was crying, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said. At the scene, they found a 20-year-old woman with

Source: The Evanstonian

Rodney Lowe sits at his desk. The Journalism Education Association granted Lowe a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to scholastic journalism.

scratches on her upper left arm and other marks on her neck and face. She told police her and the man were “only playing,” Glew said.

Police also recovered a loaded handgun and crack cocaine that were discarded outside the

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ON CAMPUS Clean energy startup becomes finalist

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Aerospec Technologies — a company that was launched at Northwestern’s startup incubator The Garage — will represent Northwestern as one of eight finalists in the Cleantech University Prize competition this week.

According to its website, the company “provides a turnkey solution using drone technology and big data analytics to efficiently manage solar and wind assets.” The company’s analytics platform processes data and pinpoints issues within minutes — as compared to the hours or days taken by other available technologies.

The competition is run by Clean Energy Trust, a nonprofit that works to assist in the creation and growth of clean energy businesses in the Midwest.

Its mission aligns with Aerospec’s visions for clean energy.

“The purpose of this Department of Energysponsored program is to engage students who are working on clean energy ideas in the classroom and encourage them to continue shaping their ideas into real businesses,” said Emily Achler, director of marketing and communications for Clean Energy Trust.

Aerospec provides services that include preventative maintenance, solar panel inspection and wind turbine blade inspection.

“The purpose that Aerospec has in terms of clean energy is very important,” Weinberg senior and Aerospec intern Yunil Seo said. “We’re definitely making great progress.”

Founder Lance Li, (Kellogg, ’17) said Aerospec received strong backing as a University-supported company. Li said he feels NU fostered a great environment for him to execute his ideas about clean energy and gave him a good space to create a legitimate company.

“Being at the school is the best time to test it out,” Li said. “You have the safety net, you have the supporting network, you have professors.”

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The Aerospec Technologies team works on clean energy solutions. Aerospec, which got its start at The Garage, is a finalist in the Cleantech University Prize competition.

Li said through his work with The Garage and various Kellogg faculty members, he was able to recruit interns like Seo, attend the startup fair, increase exposure for his company and receive backing from professors, who he said “never failed” to respond to emails or provide assistance when he reached out.

Placing as one of the eight finalists may afford companies opportunities such as monetary grants, chances to participate in other competitions or the potential for their technology to be picked for use

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While Li said the other competitors were “very capable,” he believes Aerospec is “further along.”

Regardless of placement or prize, though, Li said the competition has proven to be an important testament to the success and viability of the company as a whole. “(Being a finalist is) a validation of how far we’ve come,” Li said. anamariasayre2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Eagles celebrations reveal racial biases in riot coverage ALEX SCHWARTZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

As I watched coverage of the celebrations taking place in Philadelphia after the Eagles won the 2018 Super Bowl this past Sunday, I thought, “This is going to get interesting.”

People on social media worried about whether the city would be able to handle its residents celebrating their team’s victory, and it seemed like a storm was brewing.

The revelry in the streets was cute at first — not much worse than St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago. But soon things took a turn. A convenience store was looted. A building’s awning collapsed. Many of the city’s lampposts were toppled. Chain store windows were smashed. Several traffic lights were torn down. People literally ate horse poop off the street.

While the behavior was relatively less Dionysian than the night the Phillies won the World Series in 2008 — when cars were

overturned, fires were started, bus stops were destroyed and 76 people were arrested — the media at large seemed to laugh it off. Coverage of the riots painted them as innocuous, as if just a little destruction of public property in the name of local pride never hurt anyone.

A Slate article described the riots not as deplorable, but as “extremely Philly.” The Philadelphia Inquirer talked of policemen who were “eager to get in on the revelry themselves.” WHYY briefly talked property damage before focusing on how historic the win was for the Eagles. The Washington Post put out a fascinating expose into the psychology of post-sport rioting.

However, in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, most people said this kind of behavior was shameful. Police arrested 61 people for committing the same crimes as residents who high-fived police officers in Philadelphia.

America told the Black Lives Matter movement that it shouldn’t resort to violence if it wants real change. Laura Ingraham compared Ferguson protestors to a “lynch mob.”

Public property in Philadelphia was damaged and destroyed. People behaved out of control. Yet, according to the public at large,

they deserve to be violent in their joy. Why did we not afford Ferguson protesters, who used violence only because we would not listen to them otherwise, the same privilege?

There are a few striking differences between Sunday’s rioters and protesters throughout the country in recent years who have engaged in violent demonstrations.

Philadelphia’s revelers were mostly white; BLM and many other social justice organizations are organized by people of color. Eagles fans weren’t protesting anything, and their behavior wasn’t inherently political.

However, had the Falcons won the 2017 Super Bowl and similar celebrations taken place in Atlanta, I imagine national reactions to the behavior of the city’s majority black population would be quite different than those we saw this year.

The coverage of Philadelphia is indicative of our societal attitudes toward violence, and how unequally we view it when different social groups engage in it. White, nonpolitical violence is harmless, while nonwhite violence directed toward a cause is dangerous.

Whether we’re underreacting to the former or overreacting to the latter comes down to your

personal view of when (if at all) violence is an acceptable means to an end — but the point is that these reactions are imbalanced and racially motivated.

The public sees violence and anger as antithetical to protest and necessary for celebration. They make it OK for us to break things as long as we’re in a good mood but require us to be polite if you’re protesting injustice. This creates a world in which white, heteronormative institutions are encouraged to be violent, while marginalized people are expected to politely ask for escape from this violence.

Sunday’s events bring about a discussion of what violence is, who gets to engage in it and when it’s acceptable. The events in Philadelphia and Ferguson both included violence, but we should ask ourselves why our society is more scared of the latter than the former.

Alex Schwartz is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at alexschwartz@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

Students can honor black culture both on, off campus MARISSA MARTINEZ

DAILY COLUMNIST

Back in grade school, Black History Month was associated with some basic elements: a few history lessons about heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks, some sort of culturally significant gathering or talks held by the Black Students Association, and maybe a mandatory assembly or school function. Essentially, all operations were surfacelevel and seemed just as much a performative gesture as genuine appreciation.

This model was an OK introduction into the world of black history, but ultimately failed to give a nuanced look at black achievements, past and present, and doesn’t acknowledge wider aspects of black culture as much as it should. However, I always chalked this gap up to limited time or funds, as well as a general lack of interest in encouraging diversity.

As The Daily Northwestern’s editorial board discussed last week in its editorial

about the embarrassing lack of official Northwestern events, it’s been made clear that students are forced to pick up the slack and create their own programming to celebrate the month. While topics like slavery or the civil rights movement are important, February is 28 days of highlighting black culture, and one vital step in accomplishing this is going beyond just academic talks and analysis. It is possible to focus on modern accomplishments and leaders and still honor the past.

There are many ways to participate in Black History Month on and around campus beyond attending University talks — Chicago is home to dozens of curated black culture hubs, big and small, that hold special events in February. The DuSable Museum of African American History, located in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago, hosts performances and celebrations almost daily in February in addition to their regular black history exhibits. The Museum of Science and Industry holds the longest-running annual exhibition of juried black art until the end of the month. A quick Google search will show other functions geared toward college students and young adults around the Chicago area. Despite being at a school that offers

little programming for the month, supporting these efforts by Chicago’s organizations is a great way for students to interact with a city that has a large black population and ensure that events like these can prosper into the future.

On campus, students can support studentled programming and achievement through fundraisers, discussions or engagement with black student groups. There are opportunities to hold conversations in the classroom as well, even in courses that don’t seem related to black history.

One problem many nonblack students face is getting involved in thinking that these events are not made for them. This is a common misconception, but one that can be easily remedied. There is a difference between dominating and monopolizing black spaces with nonblack voices and uplifting and supporting Northwestern’s small but powerful black community. Simply attending public events affirms the importance of having a diverse campus, reminding students that their efforts to celebrate their culture are noticed by the entire NU community.

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Stop ‘pushing through’ mental health issues TROY CLOSSON

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It’s week five, but I feel like by now, we should be at reading week. For a lot of this quarter, I’ve felt like I’m running on empty — and that’s worrying.

During my first year at Northwestern, I felt the exact same way around this time of year. Coming from a high school where mental health was never talked about or addressed, however, I wasn’t able to fully articulate or process how I was feeling during Winter Quarter. So rather than deal with anything, I stayed overwhelmed, stressed and burnt out. Part of me knew just dropping a class or taking time off from different student groups would help, but I didn’t do either. I thought I could just push through and be fine — like I did in high school and like I saw everyone else doing on campus.

But by the end of the quarter, I was really struggling.

I’ve tried to make sure I don’t fall into the same pattern this quarter. But over time, I’ve also realized that this phenomenon doesn’t just apply to me: Northwestern’s culture surrounding personal and mental health is one in which students often choose, and are even encouraged, to always keep pushing through without taking a breath.

Last week, for example, a friend of mine was talking about how even though she was sick, she still felt like she had to attend class because she was worried about her professor’s attendance policies. And I’ve felt the same way in the past, too. Even beyond the fact that faculty shouldn’t require students to deprioritize their own wellbeing, any environment where students consider doing so in the first place needs to change.

Obviously, it’s important that we prioritize everything that comes with being students.

I’m not saying anyone should just abandon all their responsibilities or commitments, but it’s an issue when these things become more important than students’ own health and wellbeing.

On campus, so many people seem to think they can “just push through” without actually addressing or confronting what’s going on. But sometimes it’s essential to step back from everything else going on and work to process what you’re feeling or check in with yourself. Even though it seems like everyone else is able to, realizing that you can’t do everything is crucial.

Compared to my high school, dialogues surrounding mental health are much more prevalent on campus. But these conversations often operate on a broad level; it’s important to also turn the focus directly on ourselves and stop acting like the issues and struggles that we have aren’t actually problems that need to be addressed. The culture surrounding mental health throughout NU

needs to be reframed — constant stress isn’t normal and pulling all-nighters shouldn’t become a competition. I’m not trying to act like I don’t struggle with falling into this mindset myself, but it’s important to acknowledge when I do and understand that it’s harmful.

I couldn’t be happier that we’re already halfway done with Winter Quarter, but it’s also been important for me to understand that just trying to constantly survive until Reading Period isn’t healthy — and other students should as well. On campus, mental health resources aren’t always easily accessible, and reaching out to anyone for help can be challenging. But that doesn’t mean there’s no value in working with friends to process what you’re dealing with, seeking help from outside counseling services or reaching out to advisers to create a plan to get back on track.

Moving forward, it’s important to work to change Northwestern’s culture surrounding mental health to stress the importance of prioritizing it above everything else — and doing so throughout the entire quarter, not just with self-care programming during Reading Period and Finals Week.

Troy Closson is a Medill sophomore. He can be contacted at troyclosson@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.

efforts should be made to invest in student programming for other months, like Hispanic Heritage Month in September and October or Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May. As our university looks to increase its diversity, these are easy ways for all of us to participate in cultural activities and truly live up to our own claims of inclusion.

A tired line is, “We should celebrate black history every month, not just during February.” While that is true, there is also great value in dedicating a specific time period for community members of all backgrounds to leave their comfort zones and interact with black pride festivities. It’s vital to have meaningful months focused on underrepresented groups throughout the year, but in order to get the full value, Northwestern has to fully endorse them, and all students, in turn, have to engage in them.

Marissa Martinez is a Medill freshman. She can be contacted at marissamartinez2021@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this op-ed, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@ dailynorthwestern.com. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members of The Daily Northwestern.

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Teach-in explores free speech history, controversies

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African American Studies Prof. Martha Biondi spoke about free speech in its historical and contemporary contexts at a teach-in and discussion on Tuesday, referencing events from the national civil rights movement to the 1968 Bursar’s Office takeover at Northwestern.

Biondi’s talk, hosted by Black Lives Matter NU and Associated Student Government, provided historical examples of governmental repression of black Americans’ right to free speech. Afterward, about 15 students in attendance discussed free speech at large and in the context of Northwestern.

Biondi opened her talk by discussing the recent national debate surrounding free speech on college campuses. Biondi said highly-publicized clashes between conservative speakers and student protesters have created the perception in the media

Kipnis talks #MeToo, Ansari allegations in New Yorker podcast

Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis reflected on the state of the #MeToo movement and contemporary feminism in a The New Yorker podcast released Monday.

Kipnis is the author of “Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus,” which includes her experiences with Northwestern’s Title IX procedures. A graduate philosophy student filed a lawsuit after the book’s publication for counts including “false and damaging statements.” She spoke with staff writer Alexandra Schwartz on the “Politics and More” podcast about what she saw as the achievements and limitations of the #MeToo movement.

Pointing to the case of Aziz Ansari, an actor and comedian whose recently publicized sexual encounter sparked a national conversation about consent, Kipnis said the woman involved failed to read Ansari’s “signals.” Although men act “inherently grossly” regarding sexual

that right-wing views are suppressed and that free speech is a conservative issue. However, the views of the left, particularly of marginalized groups, have often been policed and silenced, she said.

“This history of stigmatizing and criticizing protest, especially black protest, is still alive,” Biondi said.

History can provide a framework for discussing contemporary protest, Weinberg junior and BLMNU member Jessica Ogwumike said. She added that such discussions are important in light of conservatives’ attempts to “co-opt free speech.”

One free speech battle discussed was a protest last May, when students shut down a sociology class to which an Immigration and Customs Enforcement public relations officer had been invited to speak. In a statement issued later, the administration called the protest “inappropriate and contrary to the values of the University.”

Communication junior and BLMNU member Danielle Dougé said the University’s response to the ICE protest was condemning the right to protest. behaviours, women should also be held responsible for “self-examining their participation” in the feminist movement, she said.

Kipnis added that while the grassroots movements used #MeToo as a political tactic to empower women, the power has been hijacked by institutions like colleges and workplaces to further control students and employees.

“You got these institutions and employers stepping in wanting to cover their ass,” Kipnis said. “(It turns) this into a behind-closed-doors set of decision-making about what is and isn’t consent … without there being any public discussion about that.”

Kipnis said the #MeToo movement is an education moment not only for men to realize what they are doing is not desirable, but also for women to reflect on how they are “complicit in not reading the signals” issued by men.

“I’m kind of pro-#MeToo, and I do think that this insurrectionary spirit is fantastic and exciting,” Kipnis said. “But at the same time, I also think there is a certain amount of excusemaking that maybe I feel my generation allows us.”

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“Freedom of speech was weaponized against us,” Dougé said during the discussion.

Ogwumike found similarities between the ICE protest and the Bursar’s Office takeover, as she said both protests fought for the rights of marginalized students and aimed to protect vulnerable students.

The University is commemorating the takeover this year for its 50th anniversary.

During her talk, Biondi said that in response to the takeover, then-University President J. Roscoe Miller, some alumni and the Chicago Tribune wanted to have the protesting students arrested and sanctioned. But negotiations ultimately led to an agreement, and many of the students’ demands were met, she said.

Fifty years later, the Bursar’s Office takeover is celebrated as a critically important moment that “ushered in a season of change,” Biondi said. The University is hosting a series of events this year to celebrate its significance.

However, both Ogwumike and Dougé found the administration’s enthusiasm about commemorating

the Bursar’s Office takeover and its disapproval towards the ICE protest contradictory — Dougé called it an example of “cognitive dissonance.”

“It’s exploitative of black student organizers from the past to make themselves … look as though they would support those things if they would happen now. They did happen now,” Dougé told The Daily. “To position (themselves) as supporters of the speech of students and their right to protest, and then not to follow through on that, not to support students in their protest contemporarily, is hypocritical.”

Understanding the history of free speech that Biondi presented can help students guide their arguments, Ogwumike told The Daily.

“It’s important to keep things in historical context,” she said. “So, we have to see the continuity of the ways in which certain populations have been marginalized and set apart and left outside of the body politic.” gabriellebirenbaum2021@u.northwestern.edu

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this issue within Evanston.

“Mental illness is seen as something that is unaddressable on a local level,” McClelland said.

“One of the things that the library attempts to do is to make sure that people can readily access the information about where to go and who does what and where do I start.”

Skwerski said hiring social worker Justine Janis has made a “huge difference” in the library’s mental health efforts. EPL, the city and Presence Health — a nonprofit health care network in Illinois — funded the social worker position, Skwerski said.

In her role as a social worker at EPL, Janis said she provides referrals to other community health services, application assistance for benefit programs, mental health assessments and other consultation services. She said she knows of three other full-time social workers in Illinois public libraries.

“People experience stress and depression,” Janis said. “It’s important for people to recognize

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From page 1 initiative that would bring coding and web development (to Evanston),” Zalmezak said. “This is most likely going to benefit the individuals who need it the most, but it’s a program that’s open to all of Evanston.”

Cambry said since his initial presentation in July, the program has received a grant from Google and support from Apple Inc. The program has also partnered with workforce development organizations that are focused on finding jobs for the students who receive the training, he added.

The target market for the training, Cambry said, is 18- to 34-year-olds and others who would like to work in the technology sector but could not gain the necessary skills or connections otherwise.

Cambry said Blue1647 is similar to the widelyused Codecademy platform, but less expensive.

According to city documents, the average cost of a 10-week web development program is $10,000.

Cambry’s 12-week program proposal is an “alternative web-based training model” that would

Pritzker apologizes after reveal of racialized comments from 2008

Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker apologized Tuesday for recently revealed comments he made about black politicians in 2008, according to a Pritzker campaign statement.

Early Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported on a

when to get help and to know that there’s help out there … in developing healthy ways of coping with these very normal stressors.”

Janis said the library has held several workshops to discuss mental health, including a session in November about serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and a trauma information session in January hosted by the Children’s Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County. She said EPL will also hold a workshop led by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance about accessing insurance coverage for mental illness on Feb. 21.

Skwerski said the library will hold its first health and wellness fair in April, hosting practitioners and service providers from across the North Shore. They will set up information booths and provide holistic health assistance, she said.

“The more we get it out there and talk about it and come together as a community, we discover that we’re not alone in our concerns about mental health,” Skwerski said. catherinehenderson2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Catalan-Ramirez’s injuries and disabilities.

“At the detention center, he wasn’t getting adequate medical care for his injuries,” del Valle said.

“He wasn’t getting any of the physical or occupational therapy that he was receiving before he was detained. … He wasn’t getting any appointments with doctors to address the injuries that he got during the raid with the ICE agents, and he wasn’t getting any of his medications.”

Del Valle said Catalan-Ramirez’s attorneys filed a motion for preliminary injunction to get care for their client the same day they filed the complaint.

This care included accommodations to help him eat and dress and ensure that he would be transported with seatbelts and without shackles in vehicles.

Pritzker Prof. Sheila Bedi, another of CatalanRamirez’s attorneys, said while settling with CPD, the county and the medical provider, they had to drop his claim against ICE agents in order for their client to be released from detention.

“What Wilmer has said repeatedly is that you can’t put a price on the ability to spend time with

his children,” Bedi said. “So he bargained away his freedom so that he could be at home with his kids in exchange for dropping the civil rights claim.”

The case concerning whether or not CatalanRamirez can remain in the U.S. is currently being adjudicated at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and may not be decided for up to two years, del Valle said.

Catalan-Ramirez’s case demonstrates the consequences of inaccuracies in the CPD database, del Valle said, and the difficulties immigrants face in detention centers where they may not receive adequate care or representation in court.

Bedi said despite claims that Chicago is a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants, CatalanRamirez’s case “makes it clear that that’s a myth.”

“The Chicago Police Department, in Wilmer’s case, collaborated with ICE and established what we believe is a pervasive CPD-to-deportation pipeline,” Bedi said. “Merely because Wilmer was a young Latino male that CPD thought was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” alexiswhite2021@u.northwestern.edu

provide free training in programming, project management and software development, according to the documents.

He said one of the reasons Blue1647 can offer a low-cost model is because the other bootcamp programs are for profit.

Cambry added that all students participating in Evanston Codes will be from Evanston, and that Blue1647 has other programs for young adults in other areas.

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said she supports the program and that she has followed Cambry’s progress on social media since his last presentation.

“It checks so many boxes,” Rue Simmons said.

“Workforce development, business development, tech in underserved communities that don’t have access. (This) is something that we are long overdue here at Evanston. So I’m excited that (Cambry is) bringing this resource here.”

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Alane Lim contributed reporting. samanthahandler2021@u.northwestern.edu 2008 conversation — recorded by an FBI wiretap — with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in which the two discussed filling former President Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat.

Pritzker told Blagojevich that picking Secretary of State Jesse White to fill the seat would “cover you on the African-American thing,” the Tribune reported.

He also said that compared to the other candidates Blagojevich was considering, White was the “least offensive.”

White, who is running for reelection, endorsed

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) speaks at a City Council meeting. Rue Simmons said she supports a grant that would improve technology job training access to low- and moderate-income residents.

Pritzker for governor earlier this year. White’s political director Rocco Claps said the secretary of state is standing by his endorsement, according to the Tribune.

In his apology, Pritzker said he has been friends with White for more than 35 years and that he would have been a great senator. He also said that “I wasn’t my best self ” on the call.

Pritzker’s Democratic opponents had condemned his comments before he apologized, with State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) saying the conversation shows “everything that’s wrong with the connection

between money and power,” according to a campaign news release.

“For too long our broken system has allowed the wealthy to have unfettered access to the decisionmakers in our government,” Biss said in the release.

“That’s what breeds corruption. And when that access involves two influential white men making political calculations based on skin color, that’s what perpetuates a racist system.”

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Sustainable farmer finds success at Evanston market

By ALISON ALBELDA

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Every Saturday morning, Ed Kugler stands at his booth at the indoor winter farmers’ market in Evanston, selling microgreens he helped grow using sustainable methods.

Kugler said his microgreens — short, vegetable greens which are typically sold locally, as opposed to being shipped nationally — are usually bagged the day of sale and last for less than a week. He said he is one of a few vendors at the market who offer certified organic fruit and vegetables.

“People like their freshness, they are generally cut to order,” he said. “They are grown in a tray and cut from a tray.”

Kugler said his microgreens have found success at the market, held on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at the Evanston Ecology Center. The market features about a dozen vendors selling bread, cheeses and apples. It will continue through the end of April, and the outdoor market in downtown Evanston will reopen at the beginning of May. Evanston’s farmers’ market manager Myra Gorman said through the market, people in the community have gotten to know local farmers well. “(The market) is good for the community, it is good for sustainability for the farmers,” Gorman said. “Eating local, knowing where your food comes from, these are all important ideas for our community.”

Hewn Bakery featured for uniqueness in Illinois tourism video, profile

Hewn Bakery may become the bread and butter of Illinois tourism ads after the local bakery was featured on the Enjoy Illinois tourism YouTube channel as an Illinois Made business video according to a post from Evanston’s Twitter account.

The tourism site also wrote a profile of Hewn, tracing the history of the bakery’s name and the qualities that make the bakery unique. Ellen King, the bakery’s co-owner and head baker, said the word “hewn” comes from structural beams made by master craftsmen in past centuries, according to the profile.

“The word ‘hewn’ is really going back in time to

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A woman peruses different vegetable options. Some vendors at the indoor winter farmers’ market in Evanston are using sustainable technology to grow plants during the cold months.

A resident of Highland Park, Kugler first sold his sprouts at the Ravinia Farmers’ Market 40 years ago. In addition to selling at the market in Evanston, Kugler also has teamed up with Highland Park High School and its Advanced Placement Biology classes to visit his at-home “teaching garden” and help students become familiar with horticultural skills.

He said through teaching the cultivation of microgreens and sprouts, he can create the first impression when an artisan made something by hand,” King said in the video. “Artisan means to me that there’s a face behind who’s making it.”

King said the foundation for the bakery started in her kitchen in between her son’s naps, as she would mix the bread, shape the loaves and deliver the bread across the community. As Illinois is known for farming, she said, it is important for her to support local farmers who grow various products including wheat.

King added that the atmosphere of the bakery, not just the product, is important.

“I want people to feel, first off, that they just ate the best loaf or had the best cookie, best pastry that they ever had,” King said. “But I want them to walk out feeling like the environment that they were in was one that was really welcoming.”

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students have of gardening.

“They taste, they start and then they plant,” Kugler said. “The whole premise of why I did the teaching garden is to initiate the first contact for students to understand how easy it was. … Instead of having an ornamental garden when they are later in life, they should make an edible garden.”

Kugler said his microgreens take anywhere from a week to a month to grow, depending on the desired

length. Kugler partners with landscape architect Robert Boyce and raises his microgreens at Boyce’s greenhouses for harvesting.

“Right now, this our first year (growing microgreens),” Kugler said. “We are sampling it to see how … the growing cycle of microgreens (works). People are buying them.”

Though the lack of light is a major obstacle to organic farming in the winter, Kugler said microgreens can grow in the winter despite low levels of light.

Boyce holds his greenhouses at a temperature between 50 and 60 degrees for optimum growing conditions.

Boyce plants the seedlings in the greenhouse around February and moves them outside in the spring. Boyce and other customers purchase the seedlings for personal garden use, he said.

His greenhouse grows only organic products; including tomato and pepper plants, native plants and flowering plants, such as perennials and annuals.

Kugler said when he first started the teaching garden, less than a quarter of his students had any experience with at-home gardening. He said he hopes they take the skills they learn from him outside the classroom.

“I am showing how simple it was to put a seed in the soil, water it and produce edible product,” Kugler said. “(The students) have learned a simple step to enhance their future and give them a kick-start into the organic message.” alisonalbelda2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Hewn Bakery, 810 Dempster Street. The Evanston bakery was recently featured on the Illinois tourism YouTube channel.

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By ELLA BROCKWAY

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When Michigan and Northwestern met earlier this season Jan. 29, the Wildcats went a full 7 minutes without scoring and lost 58-47 in Ann Arbor.

The tables were turned when the two teams met again Tuesday at Allstate Arena.

NU (15-10, 6-6 Big Ten) held the No. 20 Wolverines (19-7, 8-5) without a field goal for more than nine minutes in the second half and picked up a 61-52 win, its first against a ranked opponent this season.

The Cats’ zone defense looked strong again, despite the fact that Michigan had played against the zone just eight days ago. The Wolverines’ 52 points tied for their lowest total this season.

“Defensively we did an excellent job,” senior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “When you do that, you give yourself a great chance to win a game, especially in the second half. We had to do our best communication of the season in order to get those stops and let us get out in transition and run

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and find shooters and make plays.”

NU started the game slow, missing its first six shot attempts. The Cats faced a 10-1 deficit early on, and it took a jumper from junior center Dererk Pardon at the 14:56 mark to get the team’s offense going.

The offense found its rhythm at the end of the half, beginning with a made 3-pointer from McIntosh with five minutes left in the first.

The shot, his first made three since Jan. 23, was part of a 24-point, fiveassist performance from McIntosh.

Scottie Lindsey was another bright spot for the offense. The senior guard finished with 19 points and shot 4-for-6 from the three, his best showing from beyond the arc this season. Lindsey hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining in the first half to pull the Cats within 3 heading into the break.

“At the beginning of the game, they came out and punched us a little bit and got off to a lead, so we were playing from behind,” Lindsey said.

“We were just a little bit more ready to play in the second half, and we threw the first punch.”

The Cats came out swinging in the second half, hitting six of their first eight shots and two-of-three from deep. Law made his first and

only 3-pointer at the 17:12 mark to give NU its first lead of the night.

The Cats would not trail again.

McIntosh said the team’s adjustments allowed them to space the floor and drive the ball more on Tuesday, compared to a quiet offensive showing against the Wolverines in the previous matchup. The Cats outscored Michigan 24-15 from the 3-point line and 22-20 in the paint.

The Wolverines made just two field goals in the final 12 minutes of the game, shooting 5-for-20 from the field in the second half. Michigan attempted to stage a late comeback when forward Moritz Wagner, who finished with a team-high 20 points, drew an and-one with just over 2 minutes remaining.

The Cats answered on the other end with a layup from McIntosh and three straight made-free throws to seal the win.

“I just loved how we hung in there,” coach Chris Collins said. “For us to hold (Michigan) to 20 points in the second half, 52 points overall, to play that team twice in the span of a week and hold them to 58 and 52 points makes me really proud of the defense (and) the fight.” ellabrockway2021@u.northwestern.edu

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NU’s zone defense Cats seeing progress despite losses stifles Wolverines

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH

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Tuesday’s statement win over No. 20 Michigan might mark Northwestern’s true arrival into the thick of the Big Ten race, but the Wildcats’ surge to get back into this position truly started weeks ago with the implementation of a zone defense.

“When we made some changes defensively when we went to our zone, we started to see a significant change,” senior guard Bryant McIntosh said. “We believed in that defense and it’s really worked for us. … That’s when we started to turn our corner.”

Since debuting the zone scheme for the first time this year — coach Chris Collins did employ a zonelike hybrid defense back in 2015 and 2016, too — on Jan. 10 against Minnesota, NU (15-10, 6-6 Big Ten) has won five of eight games and held opponents to 40.7 percent shooting.

And it’s only improved over time, too. In three consecutive games now, the Cats have held their opponents to fewer than 60 points — the first time they’ve done that in Big Ten play since early 2014. In the second half of Tuesday’s 61-52 NU win, the Wolverines (19-7, 8-5) made just five field goals — total.

For even those who claim zone defenses are empirically inferior to man defenses in the sport of basketball, the reality that this system emphatically works for NU is indisputable.

“It is really good,” Michigan coach John Beilein said. “You very, very rarely see it, especially with

that type of length everywhere. It’s got a chance to help them win a lot of games.”

The fact that Beilein, despite getting a good look at it for a full 40 minutes in the first meeting between the teams just eight days ago, still couldn’t devise an offensive game plan to exploit the zone is perhaps the most promising sign yet.

Collins said he noticed Michigan making an effort to move the ball quickly during the game’s earlygoing, and made some adjustments to counteract it. The coach admitted he was expecting the Wolverines to “put pressure” on the defense because they had seen it before and were “ready.”

Yet, Beilein said even if his team had had a week to prepare for this matchup — they didn’t, and their two meetings with the Cats were split up by a home game against Minnesota this past Saturday — he didn’t know if it would’ve made a difference. Throughout Tuesday’s contest, NU physically boxed out, aggressively switched onto shooters and, when it was caught in outmanned situations, reacted quickly and smoothly.

Seemingly no Big Ten offense could’ve beaten it. And in recent weeks, seemingly few teams can beat the Cats, either.

“Our defense has really been impressive over this stretch,” senior guard Scottie Lindsey said. “We’ve really improved our talk, our activity, our hands, rebounding and stuff like that. … As long as we keep our defense up, our offense will come along too.” benjaminpope2019@u.northwestern.edu

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When Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah received the ball in the post with three seconds to go Sunday at Indiana, she knew what to expect. Last year, the junior forward said she would have been less assertive with the clock winding down.

This time, she attacked the rim and made a confident move toward the basket.

But the officials called her for a travel, and Northwestern (9-15, 2-8 Big Ten) lost 78-73 in overtime, continuing its trouble putting games away late.

“We’ve literally been put in every situation that’s possible in basketball,” KunaiyiAkpanah said. “We’ve lost close games, we’ve been blown out and we’ve gone into overtime. … Now we’ve been put in every situation to help us grow as a team and as individuals.”

Before dropping this opportunity to earn their third Big Ten win, the Wildcats, who play No. 21 Michigan on Thursday, lost to No. 11 Maryland two weeks ago in part because of freshman guard Lindsey Pulliam’s turnover in the final minute. In a game before that at Purdue, NU’s inability to force the Boilermakers into turnovers cost it the win.

Much has been made of NU’s five new starters this season, but after its first three conference losses were by double digits, coach Joe McKeown said the Cats are posing new challenges to their Big Ten competition.

After averaging 12.2 points in her first five Big Ten games, Pulliam, the reigning Big Ten freshman of the week, scored 15 points or more in four of her last five games. Against the Hoosiers, she scored a career-high 33 and fueled her team to close a 16 point gap before losing in overtime.

“A lot of people would look at our record and say that we’re not playing well,” freshman guard Jordan Hamilton said. “But going through practices individually and as a team, you can see that we

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are progressing in a lot of areas.”

Pulliam’s consistent scoring has been one of the areas of improvement, and another has been Kunaiyi-Akpanah’s dynamic play. While she averaged just 1.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in an injury-shortened season as a sophomore, Kunaiyi-Akpanah ranks 15th in the country with 11.4 rebounds per game and scores in double figures as well.

Her improved play has caused McKeown to trust her in clutch opportunities, like the shot she made against Indiana that the officials waved off. KunaiyiAkpanah said she learned from the missed opportunity.

“My biggest takeaway is to watch my footwork,” she said. “You just have to win

in that type of situation. At the end of the day, it’s all about learning how we can move forward and learn what not to do and what to do.”

Heading into Thursday’s game in Ann Arbor and their second game in two weeks against Michigan, McKeown said the Cats need to maintain their level of play for 40 minutes after failing in the second half against the Wolverines in their last meeting.

But with six remaining games until the Big Ten Tournament, and four of them against top teams in the conference, he said the team isn’t concerned about its losing record.

“They haven’t been deflated by tough losses, and it’s just giving them a reason to play harder,” he said. “We’ve been so close, but the key is putting yourself in those positions. If we keep playing as hard as we’re playing, I think that’ll happen.” charliegoldsmith2021@u.northwestern.edu

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Jordan Hamilton gathers herself for a layup. The freshman guard and the Wildcats face a stiff test on the road at No. 21 Michigan on Thursday.