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City to consider tax resolutions By sophia bollag
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collins and son Doug Collins speaks at the McCormick Tribune Center Forum on Tuesday evening as his son Chris looks on. The Collins talk was part of Medill’s “Beyond the Box Score” sports media lecture series.
Doug, Chris Collins share stage By david lee
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Northwestern men’s basketball coach Chris Collins and his father, long-time NBA coach Doug Collins, drew a large crowd Tuesday as they talked about their fond basketball memories and
experiences. The event, which nearly filled the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, was part of the “Beyond the Box Score” series of sports journalism lectures and panels. Dave Revsine, the lead studio host for the Big Ten Network, moderated the discussion before opening the floor for a question-and-answer session. Much of the conversation centered on
Radhanath Swami talks compassion, leadership
the pair’s struggles growing up and growing old around basketball. Doug Collins said he faced many challenges balancing his own career with his son’s burgeoning basketball aspirations. “I always was very fearful of wanting to be looked at as somebody who was pushing him to do something he didn’t » See collins, page 7
A world-renowned speaker and social activist spoke at Northwestern on Tuesday and discussed how his experiences shaped his view of the role of different leaders in society. The event, called ‘The Power to Lead,” featured Radhanath Swami and drew a crowd of about 150 individuals to Harris Hall. It was co-sponsored by several student groups including the Bhakti Yoga society, Engineers for a Sustainable World, Wild Roots, NCDC, Interfaith Advocates, among others. Radhanath Swami began his talk through discussing how the choices he made throughout his life affected his spiritual decisions. Radhanath Swami left his hometown of Highland Park, Illinois at age 19, when he traveled to Europe to spend a semester People will abroad. At the end of this expenot love you rience, he said for what you he was drawn achieve. People to India, where, after several love people years of living because of their in the Himalayan forests, he values, their adopted a Hindu compassion, and Buddhist theology called their love. Bhakti yoga. A Radhanath Swami, few years later, social activist he took monastic vows. Radhanath Swami attributes his decision to become a monk to his childhood
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not be able to immediately address the movement of invasive species between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River basins, according to a report released Monday. In a summary of public comments released on Monday in response to the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study, the USACE said public input would be helpful in making decisions in the future, but it would have to wait for higher-up authorities to come to a final conclusion before moving forward. “USACE will continue to work with ... agencies as well as with non-governmental stakeholders to participate in collaborative discussions and provide input or technical assistance in advising solutions to control the spread of ANS (aquatic nuisance species), as authorities and funding allow,” the summary said. “However, until a clear consensus can be identified, USACE will await further direction from the Administration or Congress prior to conducting additional study efforts.” GLMRIS, released in January, was originally conducted to look at alternative solutions to protect the Great Lakes, including Lake Michigan, and Mississippi River basins from aquatic nuisance species, which could transfer via waterways connecting the two basins. Among the list of invasive species examined was Asian carp, a fish which local officials have attempted to deter with electrical barriers.The species has threatened Lake Michigan for decades as institutions like the Illinois
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lead with compassion Activist Radhanath Swami discusses how his experiences affected his views on the roles of leaders within society Tuesday. The event, called “The Power to Lead,” drew about 150 individuals to Harris Hall.
experiences, pointing to his parents and uncle as role models. He said when he was growing up, his family often experienced economic hardships, followed by success. “Either way, (my father) would regularly say to his children, ‘What really matters is our love for each other,’” he said, “‘We work for money because we have to.’” During his talk, Radhanath Swami stressed the importance of the inherent goodness in each person and the change that individuals can make in their societies. He illustrated this by recounting the story of an older woman he heard speak at an International Woman’s Day event in India last year. He said the woman frequently was punished for abandoning her chores to sneak off to school during her childhood. After she got married, she was brutally beaten » See swami, page 7
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it happens.” The committee’s vote comes two weeks after State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) spoke at a town hall meeting in Evanston in support of extending the tax increase. Biss warned the decrease would cause $2 billion in cuts of discretionary spending, which includes funding for education and public safety. “It would be pretty significantly devastating,” Biss said during the April 21 meeting at the Evanston Public Library. “The current tax path that we’re on today is a really bad idea.” The committee voted 9-1 to recommend the resolution asking for the state legislature to allow local governments to tax calls to 911 on mobile phones. Ald. Jane Grover (7th) supported the resolution, which she said would encourage the state to modernize an » See tax hike, page 7
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Comments released on lake report
By mark ficken
the daily northwestern @Mark_Ficken
Evanston aldermen voted Monday night to move two resolutions supporting tax increases for consideration by the City Council. One of the resolutions encourages state legislators to extend the current income tax increase in the state beyond 2015. The other resolution voices support for the state legislature to allow local governments to tax calls to 911 on mobile phones. “The theory is that if enough of us pass this kind of resolution, then Springfield will listen,” Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said during the Rules Committee meeting Monday.“Let’s see if it works.” After some discussion, the committee, made up of all nine aldermen and the mayor, ultimately voted 6-4 in support of the resolution to extend the income tax increase. If the elevated income tax is not extended, it will drop from 5 percent to 3.75 percent for all Illinois taxpayers in 2015. “The cuts that are going to come are going to come heavily on municipalities,” Tisdahl said. “I think this is a better time to deal with it than to scream after
The theory is that if enough of us pass this kind of resolution, then Springfield will listen.
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catching carp A January study looked into ways to stop invasive species, such as Asian carp, from moving between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a public comments summary on Monday, in which it said it would wait to take action in the effort.
Department of Natural Resourceshave tried various methods to prevent their entrance. The summary details the almostthree month period of public comment after the GLMRIS report arrived in front of Congress on Jan. 6. By March 31, more than 1,600 comments had been submitted about GLMRIS, the USACE said. “This document is intended to provide a synopsis of the public dialogue following the release of the GLMRIS Report, including opinion regarding possible future prevention actions,” said GLMRIS program manager Dave Wethington. “The comments submitted reflect passion about preserving valuable natural resources and the vitality of our shared waterways.” Commentary on the GLMRIS report was received through a series of 11
public meetings, spanning from Minnesota to New York to New Orleans. People also submitted input through the GLMRIS website, mail and e-mail. Responses came from individuals and campaign organizations, as well as local and state governmental agencies from 43 states and some Canadian provinces. Of those who submitted public input, the summary said 40 percent of people voiced advocacy for a physical separation of the two basins as a way to solve the aquatic nuisance species problem. However, it also reported that another 35 percent supported an alternative that would continue to use the Chicago Area Waterway System,which connects the two basins and provides navigation, water supply and flood risk » See carp, page 7
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