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Friday, February 21, 2014
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Student says NU failed her By Ciara Mccarthy and Ally Mutnick daily senior staffers @mccarthy_ciara, @allymutnick
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rain, rain, go away Water spilled onto Foster Street after Evanston officials warned of possible flooding. Excess rain and warmer temperatures might factor into more drenched streets in the coming days.
Evanston warns of flooding due to rain and warmer temperatures
City officials warned residents Wednesday of potential flooding, citing forecasts of increased rain and rising temperatures.
As of Thursday morning, the city recorded 0.42 inches of rain in addition to about 30 requests regarding street flooding problems, city officials said in an email. The melting snow will contribute to the possible flooding, the city said. Frozen turf will be unable to absorb the excess water, which might cause flooding in the city and residents’ basements and garages, the city said. Evanston’s Water Division offered
tips to residents to combat the flooding. The department advised residents to clear snow and ice surrounding their homes and to unplug electronics and remove valuables that could be damaged. The city also said drivers should avoid parking over street drains, an act that could increase the likelihood of street flooding. — Bailey Williams
The Medill junior who filed a Title IX lawsuit against the University last week said Thursday she has “lost faith as an individual and as a student” because of the way Northwestern handled her reported sexual assault at the hands of a professor. “I can honestly tell you that the last two years have been stolen away from me,” the student said. “It was almost like making friends, having a normal Northwestern undergraduate life, was not anywhere on my radar.” The student, who says philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow sexually assaulted her in February 2012 after the two attended an art show together in downtown Chicago, said in the lawsuit that NU handled the incident with “deliberate indifference and retaliation.” She told The Daily on Thursday multiple offices and administrators within the University had failed her, spurring her Title IX lawsuit. After reporting the incident in February 2012 to Joan Slavin, director of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, the student said she was given very little information about Slavin’s investigation into the student’s claims. In an email update during the investigation, Slavin told the student she asked Ludlow to delete photos from his
Facebook profile. The photos depicted the student and were taken without her permission, she said. In spring 2012, Slavin sent the student a letter telling her she concluded that Ludlow had made unwanted sexual advances but she could not give her further information about disciplinary actions because it was of a “confidential personnel nature.” When the student found out Ludlow would be returning to campus for Fall Quarter 2012, she became disillusioned with the University’s ability to respond to her claims. She said fear of running into Ludlow on campus gave her panic attacks and night terrors. “I was shocked,” the student said. ”At least I had hope that they were going to do something. Something that’s visible, something that I can feel like I’m safe.” Though the student said the school granted her academic accommodations, she felt the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, which was founded in 2011 to serve students who are survivors of sexual violence, had not been helpful “at all.” “I think they can do good things for people when the sexual assaulter is not a University employee,” she said. “When it’s a University employee, things change so dramatically. And I can tell you that CARE is no longer offering me services. Period.” Political science Prof. Jacqueline » See student, page 10
NU witnesses testify Alum caps Money Matters week in NLRB hearings By Rohan Nadkarni
daily senior staffer @Rohan_NU
Witness testimony continued Thursday in the College Athlete Players Association case against Northwestern in front of the National Labor Relations Board. NU called three witnesses to the stand: Steven Green, deputy director of athletics for internal affairs; Carolyn Lindley, university director of financial aid and Janna Blais, deputy director of athletics for studentathlete welfare. Green’s testimony finished quickly but started slowly for NU. CAPA objected to its relevance, and after a long back and forth with the hearing officer, he was finally allowed to testify. The testimony mainly dealt with finances for the first part of the hearing. In stark contrast with the large football revenues reported Wednesday, Green testified that the NU athletic department actually loses money. He said money generated from football is diverted to cover other expenses. Ultimately, athletics are subsidized by other University funds. But CAPA made sure to assert
that only revenues from football are important and relevant to the case for unions. During one objection in Green’s testimony, hearing officer Joyce Hofstra called the CAPA case weak for not having put enough on the record. Lindley’s testimony also ended after only a short questioning period. Lindley revealed that $15 million of the $139 million NU provides in aid goes to athletes, and those grants cover the full $63,000 cost of attending school this year. After lunch, the excitement picked up considerably. Blais had the longest testimonial period of the day, taking the stand for more than four hours. Blais testified to specifically refute claims made by Kain Colter on Tuesday. Blais said players were allowed to take classes before 11 a.m. and brought up Colter’s 3.2 GPA as a sign of his academic success. Blais also revealed more policies for athletes. She testified that athletes are not allowed to travel to road games 48 hours before final exams, per NU rules. Blais testified that professors are not required to change their syllabi » See hearing, page 10
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Lubrano (Medill ‘80) talks class differences in college transition
By Tyler Pager
the daily northwestern @tylerpager
The gap between an individual’s low economic background and middle class aspirations “doesn’t have to be debilitating,” journalist Alfred Lubrano (Medill ‘80) said Thursday night. Lubrano delivered the keynote address to about 50 people in Harris Hall as a part of Money Matters, a week organized by Northwestern’s chapter of Quest Scholars to promote discussion about socioeconomic diversity. Lubrano works as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and authored the book “Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, WhiteCollar Dreams.” The book details the challenges of balancing a bluecollar upbringing with white-collar aspirations. Emily Rivest, the co-social chair of NU’s chapter of Quest Scholars, said she had wanted to bring Lubrano to speak since the group began planning Money Matters. “A friend of mine loaned me (Lubrano’s) book, and I read it in one night during the middle of all my midterms because I was so engrossed in it,” the SESP senior
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more than money Journalist Alfred Lubrano (Medill ‘80) speaks to the audience about the difficulties low-income students face adjusting to college. The speech was the final event of Northwestern Quest Scholars’ Money Matters week.
said. “What he wrote about is something that I thought would resonate with a lot of Northwestern students.” Lubrano grew up in Brooklyn in a low-income family and said the transition to Columbia University, where he completed his undergraduate degree, was very challenging. “Middle-class students are doing something their parents did, something which their parents and
family have prepared them for,” he said. “College is not such a leap. Kids are moving from one middle-class space, home, to another, campus. They are not making the journey that working class kids are making.” Lubrano also talked about the need for working-class students to change who they are in order to fit » See lubrano, page 10
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