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IT students: ASG campaign erred
Patterson’s team members misused, violated policies By JONAH DYLAN
daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan
Members of Weinberg junior Sky Patterson’s campaign for Associated Student Government president misused the Northwestern directory and violated MailChimp rules, multiple students who work for NU Information Technology said. On the morning of April 4, Patterson’s campaign sent an email through the email marketing service MailChimp to roughly 4,000 students, campaign manager Jillian Gilburne said. About 30 members of Patterson’s campaign team obtained the emails by compiling a list of Facebook friends from Northwestern and then finding their information on the NU directory, Gilburne said.
The campaign collected data on students’ email addresses and — in some cases — class years, local addresses and Greek affiliations. Members of the campaign then put that data into MailChimp, which states that recipients of emails sent through the service must give the sender permission to use their email addresses. “Permission is express, verifiable consent to receive marketing communication,” MailChimp policy states. “Express means that when you asked for permission, your question wasn’t tied in with another agreement. For example, a separate checkbox for ‘I would like to receive marketing email from XYZ company’ is express and clear.” MailChimp also requires people sending an email through its platform to check a box indicating they have permission to use all the addresses listed. In addition, the NU » See CAMPAIGN, page 10
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The Northwestern football team practices in the new Ryan Fieldhouse for the first time on Saturday. The 460,000-square foot facility will serve numerous purposes for Northwestern athletics and beyond.
NU christens Ryan Fieldhouse
Facility opens as the first component of Walter Athletics Center By COLE PAXTON
daily senior staffer @ckpaxton
There are still a few kinks to work out in Ryan Fieldhouse: After the Wildcats had wrapped up their first football practice in the
building, a fire alarm began blaring through the building. An alternating siren and evacuation message bellowed through the cavernous facility for more than 15 minutes, interrupting interviews and confounding officials about how to turn it off. Nonetheless, Saturday was a
celebratory day for Northwestern, which officially christened the first component of the $265 million lakefront Walter Athletics Center, designed to become an on-campus hub for athletics and recreation. Only the indoor football practice facility, known as Ryan Fieldhouse — approximately one-fifth of the
roughly 460,000-square foot complex — was unveiled. The remainder will open in the summer. “This is a dream come true,” athletic director Jim Phillips said. “Sometimes pictures are better than the actual facility. This is the » See FIELDHOUSE, page 8
Nonprofit extends drop-in services Mulukutla relives Connections for the Homeless to provide food pantry, clothing closet By ADRIAN WAN
the daily northwestern @piuadrian
Connections for the Homeless extended drop-in services to five days a week for the first time since 2015 in an effort to alleviate homelessness in the city. The Evanston-based organization announced in a Tuesday news release the reopening of its full-time drop-in services — offered at 1458 Chicago Ave. — thanks to “relentless support” from donors and volunteers. Connections will provide an array of services including access to storage lockers, a clothing closet and a food pantry as well as counseling with case managers and mental health specialists, according to the release. Executive director Betty Bogg said up until recently,
the organization did not have enough funding to offer the drop-in services full-time. In 2015, the organization struggled when the state budget impasse halted full funding for the public service sector, she said. Since July of that year, Connections has laid off several staffers and ended up stopping its drop-in services completely until April 2016, when they were made available part-time. However, following private community fundraising events and the state restoring some of the funding that was withdrawn during the budget crisis, the organization is back on track, Bogg said. She said although Connections continued housing services and homelessness prevention initiatives during the budget impasse, the reopening of full-time drop-in services further ensures access to “essential” human needs for
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ASG highlights Outgoing ASG president reflects on successes of term
By JONAH DYLAN
daily senior staffer @thejonahdylan
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Connections for the Homeless’ main office at 2121 Dewey Ave. The organization extended its drop-in services for homeless individuals to five days a week for the first time since 2015.
those who are homeless. “The services that we provide … are not things that people can only live with for a couple of times a week,” Bogg
said. “These are basic human needs and rights that we care about for all of our community » See CONNECTIONS, page 9
As Nehaarika Mulukutla was sitting in Fran’s Cafe at the beginning of her freshman year, another student approached her and asked her to sign his petition to run for an Associated Student Government Senate position. She asked him how she could get on the ballot, and decided to run herself after he sent her the information. “I actually beat him for the same position,” Mulukutla said. More than three years later, Mulukutla, the current ASG president, and Weinberg senior Rosalie Gambrah, the executive
vice president, are nearing the last week of their term. Looking back on their time in ASG, both said they were proud of the impact they’ve made. Gambrah said she hadn’t planned to join ASG in any capacity when she got to campus, but changed her mind after attending an activities fair at the beginning of her freshman year. “I remember walking into the activities fair, and it was the first booth,” she said. “It was Julia Watson and Erik (Zorn). They were just so friendly. I was looking for a community and for a leadership opportunity, so I was like ‘Yeah, I’ll join.’” Mulukutla later served as speaker of the Senate, while Gambrah served as vice president for student activities. Gambrah said she hadn’t planned to run for any positions, but decided to run for » See OUTGOING, page 9
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