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Howard to leave NU for Yale job By PAIGE LESKIN
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PREsidential star Noah Star (right) celebrates his victory as the new ASG president. Star and his running mate Christina Kim defeated Haley Hinkle and Chris Harlow by more than 700 votes.
Star, Kim win ASG election By Shane McKeon
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Noah Star and Christina Kim have won the ASG presidential election. Star, a Weinberg junior, will be Associated Student Government’s next president and Kim, a McCormick junior, its next executive vice president, after defeating Medill junior Haley Hinkle and SESP junior Chris Harlow. Star and Kim won 60 percent of the vote to Hinkle and Harlow’s 35 percent of the 2,991 of the total votes. The two will be sworn in at Senate this Wednesday. After he is inaugurated, Star said, he and Kim will begin work on the first “100-day plan,” a series of projects the two aim to complete by the quarter’s end. The plan, Star said,
will be built in part on suggestions from students. Kim said she thought her and Star’s platform based on “Listen Then Lead” went over well with voters. “Our message resonated with a lot of students,” Kim told The Daily. “People really liked what we had to say about humility and bringing ASG back to students.” Star, who just finished a year as speaker of the Senate, said he wanted to “inject a healthy dose of humility into ASG.” “There’s an assumed authority that exists when one joins ASG, because you’re a student representative, because you speak on behalf of others,” Star told The Daily earlier this month. “But the problem is we don’t feel ASG is putting in the due diligence to be qualified to speak on behalf of others.” Star is the former vice president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and
a former Wildcat Welcome peer adviser. Kim is ASG’s vice president for services, a Quest Scholar and a member of Northwestern University Community for Human Rights. Star said the other ticket “ran a tight ship.” “I think they did a great job, every single person on their campaign is a hard worker,” Star said. “I have nothing but respect for them.” Hinkle said she and Harlow are thankful for the relationships they’ve developed with their campaign team. “We’re obviously disappointed,” Hinkle said. “But I think that we’re so grateful for all the friends we made throughout this process and all the relationships that became so close.” Hinkle said she will still look
Burgwell Howard, Northwestern’s assistant vice president for student engagement, will be leaving the University for a position at Yale University at the end of the school year. Howard accepted a job at the Ivy League school to be the associate vice president for student engagement and the senior associate dean of the undergraduate school. Howard said he informed NU administrators of his new position this week. Howard’s announcement comes a few days after Yale announced it hired his wife, Jennifer Richeson, a psychology professor at NU. She will teach psychology at Yale beginning in 2016. Yale plans to expand its undergraduate population by 15 percent in 2017 — a major decision Howard said he is excited to have a role in. Yale’s East Coast location will bring Howard and Richeson closer to relatives and their childhood homes, Howard said. Nevertheless, Howard said he will miss NU, where he has worked for 10 years. NU spokesman Bob Rowley said the school will miss the years of dedication both Howard and Richeson brought to NU, but added he is thrilled the two are moving on to “big things” at Yale. In his administrative role,
By TYLER PAGER
daily senior staffer @tylerpager
Northwestern has approved the addition of a neuroscience major that is scheduled to begin Fall Quarter. The major, which will be housed in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, was approved Wednesday by the college’s faculty. The process of creating the neuroscience major has been in the works for a while, said neurobiology Prof. Catherine Woolley. She said a ninemember committee was tasked with developing the major in February 2014. “Neuroscience is a very rapidly growing field,” Woolley said. “There’s a lot of interest and excitement in understanding the brain — both how the brain functions normally and what goes wrong with brain functioning
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University adds neuroscience major and a variety of brain disorders.” The 25-credit program, which is being sponsored by the Department of Neurobiology, is divided into three parts: six neuroscience units, six units in allied fields and 13 units in related coursework. The neuroscience curriculum will include a combination of existing classes and newly created ones. The allied fields include biology, chemistry, computation and systems modeling, human behavior and cognition, and language and human communication. Students must also complete laboratory work. “Studying the brain appeals to a very diverse group of students,” Woolley said. “Some of whom may be oriented more toward the quantitative sciences, others who may be oriented more toward understanding complex human behavior.” Woolley said she will be holding two informational sessions later this
Howard often worked with student group leaders. Julia Watson, outgoing Associated Student Government president, said Howard helped the organization to create its Student Engagement stipend and provided insight into funding reform. Watson, a Weinberg senior, characterized Howard as incredibly personable and said he always talked with her about NU football and Massachusetts, where they’re both from. “He’s a super warm and inviting person,” Watson said. “Whenever you see him, he always has a smile and is excited to see you and stop and chat.” Mayfest co-chairs Ian Robinson and Justin Wolf said Howard has been instrumental in assisting their group, including with implementing the new wristband policy for Dillo Day. Howard said he spoke with Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, about finding his successor. Howard said he wants to ensure there’s a “smooth transition” so students are not negatively impacted. Watson said the University will have to do an extensive search to find a proper replacement for Howard. “They’re going to have to … find somebody who’s equally as committed to engaging with students on such a genuine level and being there for events, being there for people on an individual basis, really being there for Northwestern as a school in general,” Watson said.
quarter for students who are interested in pursuing the neuroscience major. Students also played a large role in the creation of the major, through the work of the NU Neuro Club. Weinberg junior Helen Chen, the club’s curriculum chair, worked with the faculty committee to provide student feedback as they developed the major. Chen said when she arrived at NU, she was disappointed the school did not offer a specific neuroscience program. Instead, she majored in cognitive science and biology with a neuroscience concentration. However, she said she ended up having to take a lot more classes that she did not want to take. “With the new neuroscience major, anyone who is coming in will have the opportunity to just take these » See NEUROSCIENCE, page 10
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City resident charged in car crash that killed 3
Police charged a 21-year-old Evanston resident last week in connection with careless driving following a crash in Minnesota last year that killed three college students. Police say William Sparks endangered passengers when he did not slow his car to maintain control in icy conditions in the February 2014 crash, according to documents from the Dakota County District Court. Sparks was charged with the misdemeanor offense Friday, the StarTribune reported. Sparks, a student at Carleton
College in Minnesota, was driving on a highway near Carleton’s campus around 3 a.m. Feb. 28, 2014, when he lost control of the car, veering into oncoming traffic and hitting a semi truck, according to court documents. Three of the four passengers in the car — who were all Carleton students — were killed. An investigation by the Minnesota State Patrol revealed Sparks failed to reduce driving speed to compensate for weather conditions, which had covered the roads with packed snow and ice, the documents said. Sparks could face up to 90 days in jail and receive a fine of up to $1,000. — Paige Leskin
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