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Monday, February 17, 2014
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Course to look at NU’s diversity By Tyler Pager
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DEUS EX MACCHINA Evanston business owners and Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl attended La Macchina Cafe’s January ribbon cutting. The cafe, 1620 Orrington Ave., is aiming to attract students with deals and later hours.
La Macchina targets students By Paige leskin
the daily northwestern @paigeleskin
A new Evanston establishment is targeting Northwestern students of the legal drinking age with discounted drinks and later weekend hours. La Macchina Cafe, 1620 Orrington Ave., opened Oct. 14. Owner Marco Ferrarini said he wanted to bring an Italian restaurant complete with a full wine bar to Evanston. He said business has been
going well as word of the place spreads and more regular customers come in. Ferrarini said he recently had the idea to try to attract NU students to the restaurant. At the beginning of the year, he introduced more party-oriented events at La Macchina on Monday and Friday nights with an hour-long open bar and a $10 entry fee. News of the promotions spread through Facebook events created by a group of five NU students. Alan Herskowich, a Weinberg junior and one of the organizers, said Ferrarini approached
him and his friends when they were having dinner at La Macchina. He asked for their help to promote the special nights to students. Herskowich said the restaurant’s efforts have been successful so far. “NU students are really responsive to parties in general in Evanston,” he said. “After The Keg closed, there’s not a lot of places for students to go to.” Despite the comparison to The Keg of Evanston, Herskowich said La Macchina » See la macchina, page 6
Touted as an example of what the proposed University-wide diversity requirement would look like, a new class examining diversity and inequality at Northwestern will be offered this spring. The Social Inequalities and Diversities requirement was proposed by the Diversity Council last February and was recommended to be implemented in the fall of 2015. While the requirement is still in the works, it includes an academic curricular component and a discussion-based activity outside of the classroom. “Many, many schools have requirements that are about diversity or something like that, so this is not a radical idea,” said Nitasha Sharma, an African American studies and Asian American studies professor who will be teaching the course this spring. “We’re a little bit behind when it comes to that. We got to this point, however, because of a lot of the student protest and activism, which came about as a result of a number of on-campus racist incidents.” (Diversity Council rolls out proposal for university-wide social inequalities, diversity requirement)
The course, titled “Diversity and Inequality at Northwestern University,” is listed under African American studies. It is open to 100 students. “I want this class basically to talk about, very deeply, local issues that impact all students at Northwestern, but what it also does is question this idea of ‘One Northwestern’ or one culture,” Sharma said. Sharma said the class will analyze a variety of different issues from three different lenses. The class will first look at how an issue can impact NU’s present state. It will then compare the topic to issues at other universities around the country, and finally the course will examine these issues historically. Some examples of topics Sharma plans to discuss are affirmative action in admissions, themed parties and campus organizations. When the class analyzes different issues at NU, she said she hopes to take advantage of primary sources. For example, when the class discusses admissions, she hopes to bring in a representative from NU’s admissions office. Thaddeus Tukes, Associated Student Government’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, said he plans to enroll in the course. He is » See diversity, page 6
Ludlow sues media Amonte Hiller highlights 3rd cos. for defamation Women in Sports Day at NU By Ciara Mccarthy
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Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow is suing three local media companies, claiming their coverage of a Title IX lawsuit against Northwestern was defamatory and portrayed him in a “false light before the public.” Ludlow is suing Sun-Times Media, LLC, Fox Television Stations, Inc., and Cumulus Broadcasting, LLC, asking for damages for the outlets’ false use of the word “rape” in their descriptions of the allegations against him. He filed the suit Friday morning in Cook County Circuit Court. In the federal lawsuit filed Monday against NU, a Medill junior alleges she was sexually assaulted by Ludlow. The student claims he bought her alcohol on a trip to an art show in Chicago in February 2012 and refused repeated requests to take her home. Ludlow has denied all allegations against him. The professor is not named as a defendant in the suit. After the student filed her suit Monday, Sun-Times Media published an article on its local publication, Evanston Review, titled “Student allegedly raped by professor suing Northwestern University.” The
article did not identify Ludlow by name. Evanston Review also tweeted the article using the headline for the text of the tweet. The article was also published by Fox Television on its Fox 32 News website and on Cumulus’ WLS-AM 890 website, crediting the Sun-Times’ media wire as the source. Both outlets also tweeted the story. In the lawsuit, the student did not claim Ludlow raped her or that the two engaged in sexual intercourse. Both the Sun-Times and Fox removed the word “rape” from their publications of the article. Cumulus republished the article under a revised title but did not remove the original post from its website, according to Ludlow’s lawsuit. As of Friday afternoon, the word remained in the URL of Fox’s story. The media coverage of the student’s lawsuit caused Ludlow to suffer “damage to his reputation, emotional distress, humiliation and embarrassment,” the professor’s lawsuit claims. The media outlets acted in “reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which Plaintiff Ludlow would be placed,” the suit says. The three companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. mccarthy@u.northwestern.edu
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Northwestern lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte Hiller spoke at the National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday about achieving athletic success by accepting differences and improving upon failure. The event, which took place at Welsh-Ryan Arena, included a series of roundtable discussions between fourth through 12th-grade girls, student athletes, media representatives and coaches. Many of the participants played sports or had interest in sports media or advertising. Amonte Hiller concluded the event with her keynote address. “As a female athlete, sometimes you break the mold,” she said. “You have to have confidence and be OK with being a little different.” Growing up, Amonte Hiller said she was always aware she approached sports with more intensity than her classmates. She said embracing this distinction allowed her to succeed. Amonte Hiller has won nine NCAA Championship titles — seven as coach, two as player — as well as making nine consecutive NCAA semifinal appearances at NU.
Amonte Hiller also described the importance of believing in yourself, which she strives to instill in the women’s lacrosse team. The coach said players engage in creative exercises to boost one another’s confidence. Recognizing failure is also important, she said. “Our program has been very
successful,” Amonte Hiller said of the lacrosse team. “But we’ve been defined by how we’ve responded to our setbacks.” She said the team’s ability to identify areas of weakness and overcome them has led to a greater degree of success. » See women in sports, page 6
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‘BREAK THE MOLD’ Northwestern hosted National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Kelly Amonte Hiller, NU’s lacrosse coach, spoke at the event.
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