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Black House changes revoked By MARIANA ALFARO
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COMBATTING CRIME Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Police Chief Richard Eddington spoke at a news conference Monday about the city’s plans to address 11 properties with a history of police activity. Six of the 11 properties are located within a block of Evanston Township High School.
Tisdahl talks nuisance sites City regroups to address crime patterns By MARISSA PAGE
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Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, in conjunction with the Evanston police and fire departments, presented a plan Monday to combine the efforts of both departments in combating premises that have a pattern of misconduct throughout the city. The announcement came five days after shots were fired near Evanston Township High School and one of the shooters fled into a house in the 1800 block of Lake Street. Just over a week before in the same area, a woman was found dead of a suspected drug overdose in the backyard of a property at 1716 Dodge Ave. These properties, both located just a block away from ETHS, were on a list of
11 nuisance premises listed today that have each been the subject of dozens of neighborhood complaints and calls to the Evanston Police Department. “These are homes with 76 total police activities,” Tisdahl said at a press conference held Monday at the Evanston Fire Department Headquarters, 909 Lake St. “No one should have to live next door to places like that.” Evanston Police Chief Richard Eddington said over the next month, EPD, the fire department and the city’s property standards staff will visit the properties to assess them for all possible violations. “We are going to tailor our efforts over the next 30 days to address these properties, and we’ll come back in 30 days with an update on how successful our efforts have been,” Eddington said. Out of the 11 properties, 10 are known
gang hangouts, according to notes compiled by Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan that were distributed at the news conference. The other house, located in the 2000 block of Asbury Avenue, is designated as a Northwestern off-campus party house. “If you look at these numbers for each individual address, these are consuming a huge amount of public resources on a small amount of properties,” Eddington said. The properties are largely concentrated on the west side of the city, with six located within a block of ETHS. “When you start to ask the question to teenagers, ‘How many are there around the high school?’ and they say ‘There are six,’ the reaction is ‘Whoa, that is six too many,’” Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) told » See CRIME, page 7
Proposed changes to the Black House have been cancelled, administrators announced Monday afternoon at the third Black House listening session. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and Charles Whitaker, chair of the Black House Facility Review Committee, said the plans announced over the summer to move some Campus Inclusion and Community administrative offices into the Black House have been called off. “We need to figure out what to do with this space to enhance what we have for our black students,” TellesIrvin said. “I thank everyone who has spoken.” Whitaker, a member of Student Publishings Co., The Daily’s parent company, told The Daily the committee will now focus on enhancing the services the Black House currently has to better benefit black students at Northwestern. “The original plan is now out the window,” Whitaker said. “Now the committee’s charge is to make recommendations about how to enhance the Black House and the Black House experience.” The third Black House listening session was held at Norris University Center’s Wildcat Room. About 100 students, faculty and community members attended, including University President Morton Schapiro. At the beginning of the session, Telles-Irvin told the crowd that what was said during the discussion would determine if there would be a fourth listening session Friday. That changed, however, by the end of the session. Participants argued it was
unfair to decide the possibility of a Friday listening session for students who were unable to attend, and Schapiro, Telles-Irvin and Whitaker, among other faculty members, decided that Friday’s session would focus on enhancing the Black House’s services rather than discussing the proposed changes. “I’m going to ask the committee to meet with all of you at that fourth session,” Telles-Irvin said. “We’re not going to cancel (it). The charge will be how do we enhance the Black House? How do we honor it in perpetuity? What do we need to do to make sure we never have these sessions again?” Schapiro said he wasn’t surprised by what participants said during the session, arguing that everyone needs a safe space on campus. Had the changes gone through, CIC offices would be moved from Scott Hall to the Black House and all the Multicultural Student Affairs offices would be located at the Multicultural Center. Participants complained about the third session’s timing, saying it was unfair for students who had to choose between going to class, getting lunch or going to the session. Charles Kellom, MSA director, said this session was scheduled at noon on Monday so Jamie Washington, who presents annually at Wildcat Welcome’s diversity and inclusion Essential NU, could facilitate. Washington presided over the last two sessions and will lead the next and final one, which will be held Friday at 5 p.m. in Scott Hall. Kelly Schaefer, assistant vice president of student engagement, said the sessions were scheduled so there would be a variety of times to accommodate alumni and students. During the session, alumni, faculty » See BLACK HOUSE, page 7
Rauner: Halt influx of Gingrich criticizes race protests new Syrian refugees By DAVID FISHMAN
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Illinois will temporarily suspend acceptance of new Syrian refugees following recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Monday. The governor’s unilateral decision to halt resettlement is a response to a series of deadly attacks in Paris perpetrated by at least one Syrian citizen who entered Europe posing as a migrant escaping war, according to The New York Times. “Our nation and our state have a shared history of providing safe haven for those displaced by conflict, but the news surrounding the Paris terror attacks reminds us of the all-too-real security threats facing America,” Rauner said in a statement. “We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens.” Rauner added that state officials will consider all legal options in the event of a national review of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s refugee acceptance and security processes. President Barack
Obama directed his administration in September to make plans to accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year, which started in October. Lee Williams, vice president and chief financial officer of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, said governors have little control over the issue considering the federal government is in charge of resettling refugees. “As soon as a refugee enters the U.S., they are legal residents of the U.S. and anyone has the right to move anywhere in the country,” Williams said. “Nothing would stop them from moving to Chicago or Evanston the following day.” According to the State Department, 169 Syrian refugees have migrated to Illinois since 2010 — almost two-thirds of whom are living in Chicago. Weinberg senior Ameer Al-Khudari — whose parents both immigrated from Syria in the 1970s to the Chicagoland area — said although the governor may not have the power to close Illinois borders to Syrian refugees entirely, he may be able to make the process more arduous for migrants. » See REFUGEES, page 7
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College students protesting institutionalized racism are “wasting their time,” according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who addressed a packed crowd in Norris University Center on Monday night. “I’m happy to say all lives matter,” he said. “I’m not going to say one group of lives matter more than the other. That’s racist.” The response sparked an exchange between Medill sophomore Anna Waters and Gingrich about safe spaces and historical oppression of black people. “We have spent the last 60 years trying to get rid of segregation,” Gingrich said. “We’re not going to be bullied because a handful of people decide they can be important without having earned it.” Students of color could eliminate racism by studying hard, working and getting wealthy, he added. Speaking to a bipartisan crowd Monday, Gingrich received a standing ovation upon entering the Louis Room, which » See GINGRICH, page 6
held more than 350 people. He began with an overview of current politics, joking about the two Republican frontrunners: Donald Trump and Ben Carson. “At that magic moment when (America) wanted somebody different,” Gingrich said. “Who dances across the stage but the star of ‘The Apprentice’ and the impresario of Miss Universe — the inventor of the Trump tie.”
Gingrich attributed Trump’s rise in popularity to America’s recent call for unconventional politicians. After running an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2012, Gingrich became a political commentator for Fox News and CNN. Today, he produces policy documentaries, gives speeches around the country and advises a major lobbying firm.
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SPEAKER SAYS Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses a bipartisan audience in the Louis Room in Norris University Center on Monday night. His talk, which touched on everything from potential nuclear war to racism, was met with a standing ovation and some pushback from the crowd.
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