The Daily Northwestern - Feb. 13, 2014

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

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CAPA, NU present at board hearing By Rohan Nadkarni

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SHOW OF SUPPORT Linda Scott speaks about the importance of rescue and foster organizations as an alternative to euthanasia. A Human Services subcommittee met Wednesday to discuss Community Animal Rescue Effort and its euthanasia policies, among other issues.

City officials criticize CARE By ciara mccarthy

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Evanston officials criticized a local animal adoption nonprofit during a tense meeting Wednesday, accusing the organization of blatantly lying about its canine

euthanasia rate. Officials met Monday evening with representatives from Community Animal Rescue Effort, the Evanston Police Department and CARE volunteers critical of the nonprofit. Evanston’s Human Services Committee voted to create a subcommittee to address CARE during a heated meeting last week. CARE is a cat

and dog adoption agency that operates out of the Evanston animal shelter, 2310 Oakton St. The committee was scheduled to determine the future of CARE’s affiliation with the shelter and consider an extension of CARE’s lease agreement with the city. However, community debate » See CARE, page 7

Formal proceedings began Wednesday as the College Athletes Players Association attempts to form a labor union for football players at Northwestern. CAPA and NU both presented their initial issues at the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board in downtown Chicago. The hearing, though brief, provided insight into what arguments each side will make in the coming weeks. CAPA began the proceedings by defining an employee, and asserting that college athletes met every requirement of the definition. “You can be both a student and an employee,” CAPA attorney John Adam said. “There is no connection between performance of football and an academic degree.” NU’s lawyers brought up a host of issues with CAPA’s case, primarily arguing that football players were “predominantly students,” the grouping of players for the union was too arbitrary, and that players, because they have just four years of NCAA eligibility, would be temporary employees at best. Adam responded strongly to the latter argument. “The notion that football players who bring in millions of dollars aren’t

employees because they are temporary is baseless,” he said. NU also questioned the grouping of the players who signed union cards. Alex Barbour, the school’s attorney, repeatedly mentioned graduating seniors as a group that does not belong in the union. “If you look at the NU roster today, there will be graduating seniors who have exhausted their (athletic) eligibility,” Barbour said. “Graduating seniors will never step on the field again, but are still receiving benefits of a scholarship.” Barbour also noted NU will use the NLRB’s 2004 ruling involving Brown University graduate students as the test case for the university’s defense. In 2004, the NLRB ruled in favor of Brown, asserting that graduate teaching assistants were primarily students and not university employees, preventing the students from forming a union and gaining the privileges that come with certification, including the ability to strike and bargain collectively. The Brown case, however, is only part of a complicated history regarding unions at private institutions involving teaching or research assistants. The 2004 ruling overturned a 2000 NLRB decision allowing TAs at New York University to unionize and collectively bargain. In 2002, NYU began » See CAPA, page 7

Attorney: Student filed Quest starts ‘Confessions’ site police report on assault By tyler pager

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The Medill junior who filed a Title IX lawsuit against Northwestern also filed a police report describing the alleged sexual assault by philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow, her attorney said Wednesday. It is unclear whether the student is pressing criminal charges against Ludlow. The student’s attorney, Kevin O’Connor, sent out a statement late Wednesday night with more specific information about the lawsuit and the alleged assault. Early Thursday morning, O’Connor told The Daily there is not a simple answer to the question of whether or not the student tried to press criminal charges against Ludlow. He directed inquiries to the detective who assisted the student in filing the report. Ludlow’s attorney, Kristin Case, told The Daily on Tuesday that to her knowledge no criminal charges had been filed against her client. O’Connor said he believed the student filed the police report about a year after the alleged February 2012 incident. It took time and persuading for the student to come forward to the police because she was “very intimidated by the potential for backlash,” O’Connor

said in the statement. The case became public Monday when the student filed a lawsuit against NU, claiming the University did not act on a sexual assault complaint she filed against Ludlow. In the lawsuit, the student said Ludlow sexually assaulted her after a trip to a downtown Chicago art show. The professor bought her alcohol and refused several requests to take the student back to Evanston. The student woke up the next morning in Ludlow’s bed after losing consciousness. In the statement, O’Connor also addressed the committee which the suit says the University created to determine a course of action with regards to the student’s complaint. “We know of its existence and its decision through sources from inside NU,” he said in the statement. “Presently, we cannot divulge those sources out of concern for reprisal.” According to the lawsuit, the committee recommended that Ludlow be fired but the University did not act on its recommendation. Included in the statement was a copy of an email sent to the student by Joan Slavin, director of the Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention. In the email, dated April 11, 2012, Slavin disclosed the findings of her investigation to the student. On the night of the alleged incident, Ludlow “engaged in unwelcome » See report, page 7

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In an effort to promote campus-wide dialogue on class and identity, Northwestern Quest Scholars launched “NU Class Confessions” on Wednesday, a website where students can anonymously share their experiences with different economic backgrounds. The website, which was inspired by similar projects at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, is a precursor to Quest Scholars’ “Money Matters,” a week of programming beginning Monday devoted to issues of economic differences. NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars works to advocate and provide a community for low-income students. “The most striking thing about the page is you see a lot of guilt,” said Erin Turner, the social chair of NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars. “You see guilt from people of all backgrounds. The guilt is directed toward parents, peers, themselves. This guilt can be incredibly destructive and really multiply the stress of students.” Submissions to the website opened in the afternoon, and as of Wednesday night, there were more than 225 posts, said Turner, a SESP senior. One of the anonymous posts on the website reads, “I have a full ride at Northwestern because my family is not able to pay a single penny. I work three jobs so that I can eat, sleep, and socialize like the rest of my friends. It breaks my heart

Source: NU Class Confessions screenshot

DOLLARS AND CENTS Northwestern Quest Scholars set up a website Wednesday where students can anonymously submit confessions about socioeconomic status. Students’ confessions will be on display in Norris from Feb. 17–22 in an attempt to encourage discussion about class.

whenever I go home because my family still sleeps in a cold bedroom, doesn’t buy Christmas presents, and doesn’t eat anything other than groceries purchased with food stamps or an occasional trip to McDonald’s.” Weinberg senior Alex Glancy said the website shows that everyone, regardless of their financial background, has something to hide. “I think it is perhaps helping people see that they are not alone,” she said. “I think it’s great that people are talking about these issues more, but I hope it doesn’t stop at awareness.”

Glancy said she hopes discussions lead to substantive changes to financial aid and meal plans. Daniel Flores, the founder and copresident of NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars, said “Money Matters” was created because conversation about class is lacking on campus. He said 14 percent of NU students are low-income, and others depend on loans to finance their education. “This isn’t just our issue,” the Communication senior said. “This is » See QUEST, page 7

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