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Ludlow resigns from Northwestern
Ludlow’s resignation came as the University was taking steps to terminate his employment and a faculty committee was considering his case, University spokesman Al Cubbage said. “Ludlow’s actions violated University policy and are an aff ront to the standards and expectations that Northwestern University has for its faculty members,” Cubbage said in a
statement. “The University regrets the pain that was caused by his actions.” Cubbage declined to comment on the situation further Tuesday, saying that he could not give any details about the two instances of sexual harassment. Ludlow has not taught classes at Northwestern since March 2014. In the past, Ludlow has denied all allegations of sexual assault. He did not respond to a request for comment
Northwestern faces financial aid hurdle
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich to speak at NU
By SOPHIA BOLLAG
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Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow resigned Monday from Northwestern following more than a year of legal battles and University findings that he sexually harassed two students, the University announced Tuesday.
NU waits to see if Congress will renew Perkins loan program By DARBY HOPPER
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For this year’s freshman class and future students, the Federal Perkins Loan Program may not be available if the U.S. Congress does not restore the financial aid program next month. Oct. 1 marked the expiration of the Perkins program, which has aimed to offer low-interest payment plans for students with financial need for nearly 60 years since its founding in 1958. Congress could potentially renew the program in mid-December. Northwestern is one of approximately 1,700 U.S. universities that offers Perkins loans to students, with 26 percent of current undergraduates receiving a Perkins loan. Students who already received the award in the 2014-2015 school year or earlier will have their loan
package “grandfathered in” — meaning they will continue to receive the aid whether Perkins continues or not — either until they graduate or until five years time is up. Future classes, including current freshmen, are not eligible to be “grandfathered” into the program. Last year, 23 percent of the $10.6 million in federal need-based student loans NU gave to undergraduates was from the Perkins program. Roughly 20 percent of graduate and professional students who had loan packages received Perkins funding. The loss of the Perkins loan program will not reduce the amount of aid the University can provide students, said Carolyn Lindley, NU’s director of financial aid. Lindley said her office is working with the Office of Student Loans to establish a campus loan program similar to the Perkins program through different forms of funding such as a donor-established endowed loan program. Associate Provost for Enrollment Michael Mills said a group of University administrators met Monday to discuss this program and other potential plans should the » See LOANS, page 5
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Northwestern College Republicans announced Tuesday that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will speak Nov. 16 at its annual fall event. Gingrich, who ran an unsuccessful presidential bid in 2012, served as a United States representative from Georgia from 1979 to 1999. He also co-authored the “Contract with America,” a Republican plan to retake the U.S. House of Representatives. After the Contract’s release in 1994, Republicans successfully regained control of the House for the first time in 40 years. “He seemed like an obvious choice of somebody who brings a balance of wide name recognition and also superb
Evanston aspiring model killed in Chicago shooting
An Evanston woman who won a renowned Chicago-area modeling competition this year was killed and a 15-year-old boy was critically injured Monday in a drive-by shooting on Chicago’s South Side. Kaylyn Pryor was standing with the teenage boy at about 6:20 p.m. in the 7300 block of South May in the
Tuesday. The University’s findings that Ludlow violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy came to light in February 2014, when a then-Medill junior filed a Title IX lawsuit against NU. The student, who has since graduated, said in the suit the school responded with “deliberate indifference and retaliation” after she told University officials Ludlow sexually assaulted her in 2012.
She said Ludlow took her to a downtown Chicago art show in February 2012, bought her alcohol and ignored her repeated requests to return to Evanston, taking her to his apartment where she lost consciousness. The student said she regained consciousness early the next morning in Ludlow’s bed. » See LUDLOW, page 5
intelligence and wisdom,” said College Republicans president Harrison Flagler. “He’s able to speak to a very diverse subsection of our campus.” The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the Louis Room of Norris University Center. Flagler, a Weinberg senior, said NU students would get priority in the Q&A session. At this point, the group doesn’t know what Gingrich will speak about when he comes to NU later in November. “We’re still working on the exact theme,” said Will Pritzker, College Republicans secretary of events and a Weinberg junior. “We don’t want to micromanage what Newt talks about, but I’d imagine a big theme is going to be broad stuff about freedom and conservative values.” Funding for the event was provided by Associated Student Government and a grant worth up to $20,000 from Young America’s Foundation, a
conservative youth organization. As the event draws closer, College Republicans will be providing periodic updates on their Facebook page about themes and advance tickets, Flagler said.
Englewood neighborhood when someone drove by and shot them, Chicago police said. Pryor, 20, was shot in the right armpit and was later pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. The teenage boy, who was shot in the groin, was transported to the medical center in critical condition, police said. Police said the drive-by shooting has possible ties to gang violence, but the Evanston woman was not the intended target of the shooting. Police are unsure whether the teenager has gang ties or was the intended target.
Pryor, a 2013 graduate of Evanston Township High School, won the Mario Tricoci “Make Me a Model” contest this year. “We are saddened and brokenhearted to learn of the tragic passing of Kaylyn Pryor,” the Mario Tricoci modeling competition said in a statement. “This touches every one of us who knew and worked with her. Kaylyn will be remembered for her kind and generous spirit. She truly was beautiful inside and out.”
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