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Ludlow to stop winter teaching Brian Lee/Daily Senior Staffer
DRIVING DISCUSSION Weinberg juniors Laura Whittenburg and Jazz Stephens coordinated a sit-in of philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s class on Tuesday. Students gathered in Harris Hall to plan their next steps after Ludlow cancelled the class.
By Ally Mutnick
daily senior staffer @allymutnick
Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow will not teach classes at Northwestern for the remainder of Winter Quarter, University spokesman Al Cubbage said Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after students planned a sit-in and walk-out of Ludlow’s afternoon class in Harris Hall. Although Ludlow canceled the class, the students met to discuss next steps and protested in front of the office of Sarah Mangelsdorf, dean of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and Todd Adams, dean of students, met Wednesday with three students who spoke out in protest of the University’s response to an alleged sexual assault committed by Ludlow against a Medill junior, who sued both NU and Ludlow last month.
Weinberg juniors Laura Whittenburg and Jazz Stephens were invited to the meeting along with philosophy graduate student Chelsea Egbert. The administrators did not give specific reasoning behind the decision, but warned the students they could be subject to disciplinary proceedings if they continued to disrupt classes, Stephens said. Telles-Irvin and Adams had a conversation with the students about Ludlow teaching Spring Quarter classes, but told them a decision has not been made, Whittenburg and Stephens said. “They understood why people would be uncomfortable taking classes with Professor Ludlow,” Stephens said. “But they were also saying that’s not the view of all students. Some students want to take this particular class.” Telles-Irvin did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. Kristin Case, Ludlow’s attorney, declined to comment. As of Wednesday afternoon, CAESAR listed 12 students enrolled in Ludlow’s 200-level philosophy class for Spring Quarter. Undergraduates in Ludlow’s Winter Quarter “Philosophy of Psychology” class had not been notified of the change as of Wednesday afternoon, multiple students confirmed to The Daily. Whittenburg and Stephens said they were told a substitute will give Ludlow’s lectures. Stephens said a planned sit-in of Ludlow’s Thursday class has been canceled, but the group made clear they will continue to advocate for change. “We said, basically, if Professor Ludlow continues to teach next quarter, we will continue to protest,” Stephens said. allymutnick@u.northwestern.edu
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FUNDING WITH FUNDERBuRG ASG speaker Katie Funderburg discusses funding for B- and T-status groups Wednesday night. The Student Groups Committee allotted more money to organizations this quarter because of a delay in sending out applications.
ASG approves extra funding By Rebecca Savransky
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Associated Student Government gave thousands of dollars more than usual in Spring Quarter funding to B-and T-status groups at its meeting Wednesday due to a delay in sending out funding applications. The total amount of money allotted was $16,365.02, surpassing the previous averages by several thousand dollars, said ASG president Ani Ajith, a Weinberg senior. “We were certainly a little more generous with the funding than what has happened in the years past,” Ajith told The Daily after
the meeting. “There were a lot of requests for increases, more groups applying for more money.” Ajith said the number was greater this quarter due to a glitch in the system when applications were first sent out. Several a cappella groups did not receive their funding applications in time to turn them in by the original deadline due to an internal miscommunication within the Student Groups Committee. This affected about six groups, Ajith said. In an effort to give funds objectively and because the committee had already allotted funding to groups that had given in their applications on time, members of the committee gave additional
funding instead of reexamining the already recommended amounts, Ajith said. He said the initial amount was closer to the $11,000 to $12,000 normally allotted for Spring Quarter. “That second wave of applications, we couldn’t go back and look at all of them again instead we just said ‘OK, based on the same ways we accredited these folks, we’ll apply to the second wave,’” Ajith told The Daily. Members of the Student Groups Committee said each organization was given its funding according to a specific set of guidelines and the amount of funds recommended was » See Senate, page 6
Students talk Israel, Palestine Youth group to move to space near ETHS
By Elizabeth Kim
the daily northwestern
Several Northwestern students discussed a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine on Wednesday in the first of four educational initiatives by J Street U. About 12 students attended the discussion in Kresge Hall titled, “Peace is Possible I would just like - Borders,” facilitated to see more by two costudents get founders involved, more of the NU educated and chapter of J Street U, spreading the a student organizaword. tion promotTal Axelrod, ing student J Street U engagement co-founder of the Israel-Palestine conflict. “I would just like to see more students get involved, more educated and spreading the word,” said
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By Edward Cox
daily senior staffer @edwardcox16
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LET’S TALK J Street U Northwestern members lead a discussion Wednesday night on issues involved in drawing the borders of Israel and Palestine at Kresge Hall. The discussion was a response to ongoing negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
Medill sophomore Tal Axelrod, a co-founder of NU’s J Street U and a former Daily staffer. “I think this conflict is extremely important. It’s an exciting time, and I do think there is enough interest on this campus.” The event involved a brief history of the conflict, a presentation of three videos and a discussion after each video. The discussions brought in
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various perspectives clarifying what the two-state negotiations entailed and what the implications would be for both Israelis and Palestinians. “I guess I’ve been concerned about how everyone is quiet about the Israeli-Palestinian issue,” said Jacqueline Soria, a SESP sophomore. » See peace, page 6
A youth organization has signed a purchase agreement to move into the space formerly occupied by Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe. We Want To Live spokesperson Bobby Burns said the volunteer-run group hopes to move into the space, 1823 Church St., in September. We Want To Live hopes to partner with two other groups interested in the property to create youth initiatives, Burns said. The organization has been engaging youth in Evanston since around 2009, volunteer Lonnie Wilson said. Wilson, a social worker who helped create the center, said the group aims to engage the community, which is the same foundation Boocoo was built on. The center fell apart under financial stress and poor leadership decisions, Wilson said. Boocoo has had to suspend some of its programs since December 2013.
“I think it became kind of bourgeois and ‘bougie,’ and the African American community didn’t respond to it the way it should have,” Wilson said. The approximately 3,000 squarefoot space at the Boocoo Cultural Center building, which is kittycorner from Evanston Township High School, will serve as an area for youth activities, Burns said. The existing cafe inside the building will be the centerpiece of a “Battle of the Chef ” competition in which chefs from Chicago culinary schools will compete for a six- to 12-month residency at the building. The organization will present an internship plan to ETHS, which will bring students to work in the building’s cafe, Burns said. In the program, the organization may partner with culinary schools such as Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago and Kendall College. Burns said he plans to make We » See live, page 6
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