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Kellogg reaffirms honor code By DREW GERBER
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COMMUNITY DEBRIEF Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington speaks to community members Thursday about a shots-fired incident near Evanston Township High School the previous day.
City officials discuss violence Talk comes after shots fired incident near ETHS By ELENA SUCHARETZA
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After Evanston residents voiced concerns about safety around Evanston Township High School following a shots fired incident Wednesday, Police Chief Richard Eddington told members of the
House passes bill to release revenue to local governments
The Illinois House of Representatives voted Tuesday to release funds including motor fuel tax revenue and lottery winnings to local governments such as Evanston that have been missing the contributions since the state started a new fiscal year in July without a budget. The same day the House passed the bill, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced his newfound approval of the legislation Tuesday in a memo to lawmakers. The governor’s memo, which voiced an ideological reversal on the issue, included a further suggestion that the state add money to local governments for purchases such as road salt considering the coming winter season. The Senate would still need to approve the bill before it heads to the governor. Evanston aldermen voted Monday to pass a resolution urging state leaders to take action to release funds similar to those included in the bill that passed the House, including revenue from video gambling and funding for emergency service centers. The state has been withholding motor
community they do not have reason to feel unsafe in the area. At the Thursday meeting of the city’s 2nd Ward, residents expressed worry for students walking home from school after gunshot fire was heard at about 4:15 p.m. one block from ETHS. Two individuals were arrested in connection with the incident after police saw them run into a residence in the 1800 block of Lake Street fuel tax revenue payments from communities such as Evanston since July 1. The missing funds — which would be restored to local government if this legislation is enacted — have led Evanston officials to question where some funding for city staff would come from if a state budget was not passed by January. Rauner also reached an agreement with business groups and labor organizations Monday to a new framework on unemployment insurance. Rauner also announced changes state-funded child care, increasing eligibility from an emergency rule instituted at the beginning of July. Although Rauner applauded legislators for the compromises made in Tuesday’s session, he noted that larger issues still need attention. The governor highlighted reforms such as term limits, property tax relief and a balanced budget that require consideration. “We still need major structural and economic reforms,” Rauner said in a news release. “I know that not all of these are easy, but I’m confident we can accomplish a tremendous amount if everyone is willing to work together.”
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following the sounds of gunshots. The pair both tested positive for gunshot residue. One of the arrested Evanston residents, a 16-year-old boy, was charged Thursday with five felonies — among them aggravated discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a street gang member. Police are unaware of any victims in the » See 2ND WARD, page 12
Following news reports of alleged cheating last week, the Kellogg School of Management reaffirmed the importance of its honor code in a statement. Poets and Quants, a blog focused on business schools, garnered attention when it published a post detailing anonymous allegations of cheating at Kellogg in September, as well as claims by anonymous sources that the school did not properly address or punish the alleged cheaters. The story was cited by several other news outlets after its publication, including CNBC, the Chicago Reader and Business Insider. The Daily has not been able to verify any of the claims made in the story regarding the alleged incident. In response to the story, Kellogg officials told The Daily in a statement that all honor code issues reported to the school are thoroughly investigated, including sanctions and hearings when necessary and appropriate, and that investigations and their results are confidential. In addition to the provisions for confidentiality in its honor code, Kellogg cited the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, which protects the privacy of student education records, in preventing it from commenting on specific matters related to the application of its honor code.
In its statement, Kellogg said its honor code is designed to achieve fair, thoughtful and unbiased outcomes that reinforce the school’s commitment to both academic integrity and professional behavior.
Reports of cheating
In the post, three anonymous students alleged that six male students in the Master of Science in Management Studies program openly cheated during exams in statistics and accounting this September. The three students also claimed Kellogg assigned a biased student to conduct an investigation into the alleged cheating and ultimately failed to punish students accused of cheating. The students interviewed in the post who claimed to have witnessed the cheating incident additionally claimed that they have received threatening phone calls after the school released their names to the accused students. Ethan Baron, the author of the Poets and Quants post, told The Daily he could not reveal any information about his sources to protect their identities, but said he was certain of the story’s accuracy. “What I did to verify the information was speak with a whole number of different sources … from different people, to make sure the stories matched up, which they did,” Baron said. Apart from the alleged witnesses he interviewed, Baron said he had no » See KELLOGG, page 12
Research funding hits record By MARGARET CORN
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This year, Northwestern’s sponsored research funding reached an all-time total of $620 million, representing a 4 percent increase from last year and a 63 percent increase in the past nine years alone. Approximately 3,400 research proposals were written during the past fiscal year and totaled $2.5 billion, NU’s vice president for research Jay Walsh said. “The faculty submitting these proposals … they’re submitting them into a competitive pool,” Walsh said. “Particularly for the government funding, these funds are peer reviewed. (Peer review panels) review 100 different proposals of which typically only something of the order of 10 get funded.” Eric Neilson, vice president for medical affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine, said the $620 million figure represents a culmination of what is predominantly grant awards that NU faculty have been awarded for projects they are
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REVAMPING RESEARCH NU is building the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center in the Chicago Campus with the aim of creating more research spaces for faculty, said Eric Neilson, vice president for medical affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
pursuing. “It is given to Northwestern on behalf of the faculty,” Neilson said. “Northwestern is required to manage the grant. We have to follow many technical rules of how the money is used or not used — we have very elaborate research services.”
Peter Civetta, the director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, said these grants are used after faculty come to NU and establish their laboratories. “Northwestern pays for faculty to » See RESEARCH, page 12
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