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WOMEN’S MARCH
Democratic Party does not endorse in AG primary By AMELIA LANGAS
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A woman looks at the crowd at the march. A group from Indivisible Evanston attended the Chicago Women’s March.
Women’s March draws locals
Evanston residents among those calling for political, social change By NIKKI BAIM
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Linda Tate (Weinberg ’76) –– a Northwestern graduate who attended the Chicago Women’s March last year as well –– helped to organize the morning trip alongside other Indivisible Evanston leaders. Indivisible Evanston is one of over 5,800 Indivisible groups nationwide
formed in the wake of the 2016 election with the mission to resist a conservative agenda on local, state and national levels. “This is a long haul,” Tate said. “It’s very easy to get people motivated for a month, so we see lulls and peaks and lulls. … This march is really about re-energizing people.” Indivisible is comprised of local groups working to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders and realize bold progressive policies, according to
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their website. Tate said the group is currently addressing issues with voter rolls as midterm elections approach. An estimated crowd of 300,000 rallied at Chicago’s second annual Women’s March at Grant Park in anticipation for November’s midterms. The reported crowd exceeded last year’s estimated turnout of 250,000 from the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Evanston fire chaplin David Jones –– who was one of two men in Indivisible Evanston’s group of about 20 people –– said this year’s crowd proved that last year was not a “anomaly.” He added that a lot of people are still motivated to make political changes. “It’s not really any one person’s concern, any gender or any race,” he said. “We’re really all in this » See MARCH, page 6
The Democratic Party of Evanston voted Sunday to endorse State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) for the 2018 Democratic primaries. The group announced in a Sunday news release that Cook County commissioner Larry Suffredin, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago), Cook County Board president Toni Preckwinkle, and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioners Debra Shore and Kari Steele also received the group’s endorsement for the 2018 Democratic primaries. Earlier that night, about 500 members of the organization packed into the Unitarian Church of Evanston to cast their votes for the DPOE’s endorsements in the March 20 primary elections. Biss won the group’s endorsement for governor after receiving 85 percent of the vote — the highest received by any candidate Sunday night. Suffredin received the endorsement for Cook County commissioner, Cassidy for state representative of the 14th District, Preckwinkle for Cook County board president and Shore and Steele for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board, all of whom are incumbents.
“Evanston is a really important community in Democratic politics in general … because we have a lot of voters, they’re progressive and they vote, and we have a diverse electorate,” Eamon Kelly, Evanston’s Democratic committeeman, told The Daily. “It’s an important endorsement in terms of winning.” For attorney general, state representative of the 17th District, Cook County assessor, Cook County treasurer and other positions on the Water Reclamation District board, the DPOE did not endorse a candidate. Kelly said that in order for the organization to endorse a candidate, at least two-thirds of members must agree on the candidate. The turnout Sunday evening was more people than he’s ever seen attend an endorsement vote, Kelly said. He said he views this boom in DPOE membership as a result of two things: the fact that Biss, an Evanston resident, is running for governor and the administration of President Donald Trump. “I think a lot of this is a reaction to Trump and the newly energized electorate that … wants to be engaged in the democratic process,” Kelly said. Gayle Anderson (Weinberg ’64), who attended the event and has been a member of the DPOE for about 25 years, told The Daily she came to hear about each candidate’s experience in government and to see what made each » See ENDORSE, page 6
ASG to connect groups with city
Coalition will pair civic organizations, mayor’s office also involved By SAMANTHA HANDLER
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The Associated Student Government committee for community relations is slated to launch a coalition centered on community engagement, which will have its first meeting on Tuesday. ASG’s vice president for community relations, Michael
Deneroff, said the committee will implement new partnerships this quarter in an effort to connect civically engaged groups with the city. The Community Engagement Coalition, an association of student groups working with residents and organizations in the Evanston and Chicago area, will bring civically-minded groups together so they can share ideas. Later in the quarter, a task force will create a liaison
between the mayor’s office and student associations. Community relations committee member Alex Moore said they expect 15 to 17 groups to attend. Moore said the groups all have a similar goal in mind — giving back to either the Evanston or Chicago communities. “Growing up in Evanston, I saw the gap between the Northwestern and Evanston communities,” the Medill
freshman said. “This coalition will help to bridge that gap by encouraging more meaningful and lasting relationships with the community.” Deneroff said the coalition will be a collaboration between student groups that engage in service or work directly with organizations in Evanston and Chicago. The coalition will meet once or twice a quarter » See ASG, page 6
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State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks at an event. Biss received the Democratic Party of Evanston’s endorsement for his gubernatorial campaign.
Alleging HIV exposure, patient files suit against NU hospital By MADDIE BURAKOFF
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A former patient filed suit Wednesday against Northwestern Memorial Hospital, alleging hospital personnel reused a syringe on him that had previously been used on an HIV-positive patient and concealed information regarding the mistake, according to a copy of
the complaint obtained by The Daily. In the complaint, filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the plaintiff, “John Doe,” accuses Northwestern of three counts: reckless endangerment of patient, fraudulent concealment and medical battery. Christopher King, a spokesman for Northwestern Medicine, declined to comment, and told The Daily in an email that the hospital does not comment
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on pending litigation. Doe had a hernia surgery performed at Northwestern Memorial on Jan. 31, 2017, and then had a corrective hernia surgery performed there Feb. 17, according to the complaint. During the second surgery, the complaint alleges employees administered Doe’s anesthesia using a syringe that had been used formerly on a different patient — one who had tested positive for HIV. At this point, personnel
drew blood from Doe without his knowledge to test for HIV, the complaint notes, but then destroyed the blood. Doe was discharged soon after his surgery on Feb. 17, and it was not until his followup visit on Feb. 27 that he was told by Charles Hogue, chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, that the syringe had been reused. At this time, Hogue “intentionally” did not reveal the HIV status of the other patient,
according to the complaint. In a series of email exchanges with Sean Jones, executive assistant for the Department of Anesthesiology, and Jennifer Benton, a lawyer for Northwestern Memorial, Doe repeatedly requested information on the other patient, according to the complaint. Neither Jones nor Benton provided information regarding the other patient’s health information and HIV status, the complaint alleges.
On March 22, Doe met with infectious disease specialist Teresa Zembower, who disclosed that the other patient had been HIV-positive. Zembower told Doe he should use a condom during sexual activity with his wife, according to the complaint. That day, Doe went to the University of Chicago to seek treatment for exposure to HIV, » See HOSPITAL, page 6
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