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Kristof shares stories of global change think that’s one reason I tend to want to pay it forward.” Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, recently published “A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity,” a book in which they share their experiences with giving back to communities around the world in order to help others become more effective global citizens. The event, which was co-sponsored by six Northwestern organizations, included a Q&A session and a book signing. Janka Pieper, manager of marketing and communications for International Program Development and one of the sponsors of the event, said the turnout was remarkable.
By tyler pager
daily senior staffer @tylerpager
Nicholas Kristof is often asked why many of his columns in The New York Times focus on issues of global engagement. For him, the answer is the story of his father. Kristof ’s father, who was a refugee after World War II, found himself working in a hotel in France. There he met an American woman who was working for the U.S. government. She took a liking to Kristof ’s father and convincewd her parents in Portland, Oregon, to sponsor his travel to the United States. Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The New York Times, spoke Monday night to about 500 people in Cahn Auditorium, using his father’s story as an example of the impact individual efforts can have. “I sometimes hear the objection that our efforts really can’t solve problems,” he said. “These are problems that are too vast to address. Anything we do is going to be a drop in the bucket, and in a sense, that’s true.” For Kristof ’s father, however,
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global citizen New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof shares advice on how college students can impact global issues. Kristof spoke to an audience of about 500 in Cahn Auditorium on Monday night.
these efforts changed his life. “Their efforts didn’t solve the global refugee problem, didn’t even make a dent in the global refugee
Cordero to leave NU after 14 years
problem,” he said. “It was a drop in the bucket, but for my dad, it was pretty transformative. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for that as well. I
Dona Cordero, assistant provost for diversity and inclusion, is leaving Northwestern to take a job at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her departure was announced by Provost Daniel Linzer on Monday in an email to the NU community. Cordero’s Source: Northwestern University last day on the job at NU was Friday, and she will start her new position in Dona Cordero November. bring student input to the proposed Cordero came to NU as director of change management in 2000 and was requirement. Romero said he is “sad to named assistant provost for diversity and see her leave.” inclusion in 2012. She was also the chair “I had hoped this year to establish of the University Diversity Council. even more of a relationship with her,” “Dona has fostered much greater the SESP senior said. “My next thing is, awareness and discussion of all aspects who is going to be the new person who of diversity and inclusion across is going to help me with this agenda?” In his announcement, Linzer encourthe University,” Linzer wrote in the announcement. aged the NU community to nominate As assistant provost and chair of people for Cordero’s replacement and the UDC, Cordero led administrative submit suggestions for members of the efforts in diversity and inclusion, most search committee that will find and recently the potential implementation interview candidates. of a curriculum requirement on diverStudents will be included on the sity and social inequalities. Proposed by search committee, Linzer said in an the UDC in February 2013, it would be email to The Daily. the first University-wide undergraduate Romero said he wants the new assisacademic requirement. The UDC protant provost to meet with students often posed the requirement be implemented and include students’ mental health and in fall 2015, and it is currently being conability status into consideration when sidered by administrators from NU’s addressing diversity and inclusion. undergraduate schools. Lesley-Ann Brown, director of the Cordero spoke to students in June Department of Campus Inclusion and about the progress of the requirement Community, and Nsombi Ricketts, as part of a panel of administrators assistant dean of diversity and inclusion for The Graduate School, will serve as addressing the state of inclusion on campus. co-chairs of the UDC until a replacement is hired. Austin Romero, Associated Student Government vice president for diversity and inclusion, worked with Cordero to jkuang@u.northwestern.edu
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Group seeks lakefront protection By paige leskin
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“I’m just blown away, but that shows how much of an impact he has on us, on our students, on everyone in the community,” she said. Kristof, who has traveled to all 50 states and more than 150 countries, shared stories of ways people across the country have been successful in helping others, mixing in his own perspectives about effective ways to make change. He strongly encouraged NU students to take advantage of study
abroad opportunities, citing his own experience studying in Arabic in Egypt. “I really think just a crucial part of an education is to get out of the classroom in a very different environment in ways that really contest yourself,” he said. Weinberg sophomore Alex Kaldjian said he attended the event because he has grown up reading Kristof ’s columns. He said Kristof ’s message about how to establish connections with others resonated with him. “The way to reach out to people, the way to inspire people is through personal stories and seeing these human connections,” Kaldjian said. “He does an incredible job at putting that together in the way he writes and in the way he speaks.” Kristof concluded the Q&A session by encouraging college students not to limit their efforts to help others. “I don’t think our empathy or compassion should depend upon the color of someone’s skin or the color of their passport,” he said. “Often our efforts can actually have more impact abroad.”
In the aftermath of the 2013 debate about turning the Harley Clarke Mansion into a boutique hotel, a group of Evanston residents continues to call on the city to implement an ordinance prohibiting the private sale of the lakefront and maintaining its availability for public use. Under the name of the Evanston Parks and Lakefront Alliance, community members are asking city officials to establish a lakefront protection ordinance that would codify the city’s 2008 Lakefront Master Plan. The plan acts as a blueprint for any renovation projects that would take place on the lakefront. Although the plan outlines a non-commercial future for the lakefront, the city is not legally obligated to follow the recommendations, EvPLA member Barbara Janes said. Members of EvPLA said they want the lakefront to have a relatively passive use, acting as green space that is not in any way restrictive to any residents. Once the city gives land away to private entities, it can’t be reversed, alliance member Jeanne Lindwall said. EvPLA wants to ensure that the space along the lakefront stays non-commercial, she said.
NU basketball nabs power forward Aaron Falzon
Power forward Aaron Falzon has committed to Northwestern, the high school senior tweeted Monday. Falzon is coach Chris Collins’ third commitment for the recruiting
“If you look up what makes a healthy and vibrant community, open spaces are one of them,” Lindwall said. “In a densely populated community like Evanston, the open space we have is precious … you can’t easily recreate park land.” EvPLA is dedicated to preserving the open space on the lakefront “for you and your kids” and maintaining the presence of public domains “in perpetuity,” member Linda Damashek said. The city’s master plan, approved by council in January 2008, was the result of 18 months’ worth of staff and community input, according to the city’s website. It outlines the city’s efforts to maintain the high quality of the lakefront and make it environmentally-friendly to continue to provide the community “with a range of active and passive recreational opportunities, including beaches, playgrounds, flexible green space, trails, and a range of boating facilities.” “Some cities are more inclined to follow their policies than others,” Lindwall said. “But not so much in Evanston.” One of the objectives in the plan is to evaluate a policy to eliminate commercial use of the lakefront. Last year, City Council members considered a bid from local billionaire Jennifer Pritzker to buy Harley Clarke Mansion for $1.2 million in order to turn it into an upscale hotel. Although the proposal was eventually rejected in July 2013, Evanston residents, including the alliance, voiced their
opposition that the city would consider selling public land that staff said would stay private. Under the name No Park Sale, members of the alliance doled out more than 100 yard signs for Evanston residents to visibly show their support for keeping the land in the hands of the city, Janes said. In the aftermath of the Harley Clarke debate, No Park Sale members first formed the EvPLA to fight for the noncommercialization of the entirety of the lakefront, instead of just land that the mansion takes up, Janes said. With no current pressing issue like that of Harley Clarke, city members are less concerned about meeting with the group and developing an ordinance to protect the lakefront privatization, Janes said. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said that residents had come to the city about implementing an ordinance. “My sense is Council believes there is no need to adopt an ordinance supporting an action they have already taken,” Bobkiewicz said in an email to The Daily. The alliance wants to also ensure that if the city is to revise any part of the master plan or wants to change the lakefront, officials consult the public for its input, Lindwall said.
class of 2015, and the Massachusetts product is the biggest so far. He joins three-star guard Jordan Ash and three-star forward Derek Pardon. Falzon is a consensus four-star recruit. He is ranked No. 91 nationally in ESPN’s recruiting rankings and No. 98 in Rivals. At 6-7, Falzon has the size of a big man. But he is also known for his outside shooting abilities.
ESPN’s evaluation of Falzon says his range extends past the NBA 3-point line. With that skill set, Falzon could pose some mismatches in the Big Ten. Falzon chose NU over Harvard, according to reports from Medill junior Luke Srodulski of 247 Sports, who first reported Falzon’s commitment Monday. — Jesse Kramer
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