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Anti-gay rep met with opposition By tYler pager and REBECCA SAVRANSKY the daily northwestern @tylerpager, @beccasavransky
At least one representative from an anti-homosexual organization was met with student backlash Thursday after handing out fliers and voicing his opinions by The Arch. Wayne Lela, the founder of Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment which is based in Downers Grove, Illinois, said his mission is both to spread his ideas and to create student forums on college campuses to encourage
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‘REINVENTIONS’ Swimmer Michael Holtz addresses students at Annenberg Hall Thursday night. Rainbow Alliance sponsored the talk by Holtz, who is openly gay, as its Spring Speaker.
Holtz talks LGBT athletes By Jordan HARRISON
the daily northwestern @MedillJordan
More than 30 individuals gathered on Thursday to hear Michael Holtz, an openly gay swimmer and LGBT activist, talk about the “reinventions� in his life and LGBT issues in athletics. Holtz, who was Rainbow Alliance’s Spring Speaker, began his talk by describing his life in high school in Naples, Florida. He said although he was very active and successful in high school,
he didn’t feel happy with his life. “People would accept me not because I was gay and successful, but rather they would overlook the fact that I was gay because I was successful,� Holtz said. Holtz came out in college at Fordham University. After college he went into finance. However, he said he found that his real passions were philanthropy, sports, networking and the LGBT community. He founded his own company called MKH2O Productions, which raises money for LGBT organizations through sporting events. Weinberg junior Peter Cleary,
co-president of Rainbow Alliance, said the group chose Holtz as its spring speaker partially due to a recent dialogue about LGBT athletes. “We think that something that’s going on a lot right now is discussions about LGBTQ individuals in sports,� Cleary said. “A lot of high-profile athletes are coming out, which is, we think, important, and it’s important to take part in that discussion.� Cleary said Holtz’s points resonated with his experience.
conversation about homosexuality. Lela has come to NU in the past and received similar student responses. During the day, he passed out fliers which detailed his organization’s ideas, calling homosexuality “immoral.� Devin Moss, director of the LGBT Resource Center, said he came to The Arch after seeing the fliers Lela was passing out. “From my perspective, I just want students to know that they are supported here at Northwestern,� Moss said. “This is a space for them and so
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unsweet home Wayne Lela, founder of Heterosexuals Organized for a Moral Environment, hands out flyers about his views at The Arch on Thursday.
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Environment Board D65 students fight bullying backs plastic bag ban By Paige leskin
By Edward COX
daily senior staffer @edwardcox16
The city’s Environment Board agreed to support a ban on plastic bags Thursday. City council will review the proposed ordinance in a special meeting May 19. Evanston sustainable programs coordinator Catherine Hurley said the city’s legal team will draft a ban modeled after one passed by Chicago City Council. The Chicago ban prohibits plastic bags in chain stores or franchise stores more than 10,000 square feet in size and will go into effect in August 2015. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz, who requested that the ordinance be brought before the board, seems receptive to the ban, Hurley told The Daily. “The mood is pretty open to having
an open public discussion about it,â€? Hurley said. “I think it’s low hanging fruit. By bringing in your own bags ‌ (you can) reduce environmental impact.â€? City officials should include compromise language in the draft, public works director Suzette Robinson said. A previous discussion in 2011 on a similar ban failed to come to fruition, Ald. Jane Grover (7th) said. Members also discussed creating “comfortable corridorsâ€? throughout Evanston for cyclists to use. In the city’s bike workshop on Saturday, Evanston officials presented a plan that would add safety features to eight “corridors,â€? including parts of Asbury, Chicago, Sherman and Maple avenues, Noyes and Howard streets, Green Bay Road and several other streets, in most cases by creating protected bike lanes. It would also prohibit bike travel on Âť See plastic bag, page 6
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Students of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 schools painted benches on Wednesday as part of a service project run by volunteer group Caring Outreach by Parents in Evanston to prevent exclusion and bullying during recess. More than 100 children from 11 different schools in District 65 and their parents showed up to Washington Elementary School after a half-day of school to decorate benches designated for each school. The “buddy bench,� an idea that has debuted at schools nationwide, will serve as a place where children can go if they feel down and lonely. The hope is that other students will go over and act as friends if they see children sitting on the benches, COPE co-founder Juliet Bond said. “The idea of installing something at each of the schools where the kids can support each other is a really important aspect of this,� she said. “(COPE) just
wanted to do like a big service project all together, and I thought this was a great thing that would kind of bring all the schools all together.� Students used paint markers to write words of inclusion on the benches. They will be installed on the various school playgrounds at a later date. Susan Kolian, Washington Elementary assistant principal, said this event acted as an opportunity to apply a district-wide effort called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Known as PBIS, the behavioral management process aims to encourage students to act appropriately. “It really is to emphasize positive behavior,� she said. “We talked about how selecting children to do the bench painting could fit into that system of recognition and reward for kids being respectful and kind. The students were honored for their own behavior.� Beyond this project, COPE has been active in providing assistance to the students of District 65 schools. The nonprofit organization came to Evanston three years ago to support district families who were struggling to access basic
resources. “It’s kind of like what churches do if there’s a family in need, which is organize and respond to that family,â€? Bond said. “We’re really trying to support families in crisis.â€? COPE focuses on providing safety, sustenance and service. Bond said services include informational sessions at schools on nutrition and school safety, as well as a grocery program out of Kingsley Elementary that serves 50 families a month. COPE works with a social worker in each of the 14 schools which it partners with. Having these connections in the district allows COPE to respond to specific families that need assistance, Bond said. So far, COPE has focused on aiding families affected by cases of cancer and those struggling with poverty, she said. “I think it’s more meaningful in a community to attach a real story about a family that they can relate to and may even know,â€? she said. The group of local families that COPE Âť See cope, page 6
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