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Inclusion task force issues suggestions Report recommends removing Evans’ name from buildings, programs January 2013

Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance petitions Northwestern to recognize founder John Evans’ role in Sand Creek Massacre, create Native American studies program

Nov. 17, 2014

Task force releases report with more than 50 recommendations for the University to improve relations with Native American communities

May 29, 2014

NU releases Evans report, concluding he had no direct involvement in the massacre, but the University “ignored his significant moral failures before and after Sand Creek”

November 2013

University decides to create second committee ahead of schedule to improve campus climate for Native American students

February 2013

NU creates John Evans Study Committee to investigate Evans, massacre

By stephanie kelly

the daily northwestern @StephanieKellyM

with the campaign. The office, which Slavin directs, will continue providing training on sexual harassment and misconduct prevention to faculty and students, the administrator said. “Within the next few months, we hope to offer online training for faculty, staff and all grad students on sexual misconduct,” Slavin said in an email to The Daily. SESP senior Anisa Mian, co-director of Global Engagement Summit, which signed on to the campaign, was personally drawn to the initiative because of its potential to effect change by altering perceptions of sexual assault. “I’m hoping that this campaign will go beyond surface-level awareness and that students will educate themselves about the available resources as well as how to take action,” Mian said.

Council voted Monday to participate in the Divvy bike-share service, though some aldermen voiced concerns about the program. The resolution authorizes city manager Wally Bobkiewicz to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement with Chicago on how to implement the program, which provides residents with bicycle stations set up around the city. Aldermen passed the resolution 7-1, with Ald. Don Wilson (4th) dissenting. Evanston will install It’s a eight Divvy docking stareally good tions startopportunity ing in spring to get more 2015 with a grant from people riding Illinois Gov. bikes in that Pat Quinn, which was short commute announced from one part in September. On the same of downtown to day, Mayor another part of Elizabeth downtown Tisdahl also Ald. announced Coleen Burrus that Divvy, (9th) st ar ted in 2013 by the Chicago Department of Transportation, would be coming to Evanston. “It’s a really good opportunity to get more people riding bikes in that short commute from one part of downtown to another part of downtown,” Ald. Coleen Burrus (9th) told The Daily on Monday. “I have friends that live in the city of Chicago who use it all the time to commute because you’re not having to chain a bike at a Metra station or the CTA and then riding it somewhere else.” Funding from the state will provide 70 new bike-share stations in Illinois, said Catherine Hurley, the city’s sustainable programs coordinator. Eight stations will be in Evanston, 50 will be in Chicago and 12 will be in Oak Park, with each community responsible for its own cost share, a number that is proportional to how many bicycle stations the community will be granted, she said. Evanston’s cost share, which will cover the equipment and installations of the stations, will be $80,000, and the net cost for operating the program in Evanston will be $66,600. The total expected cost of launching Divvy in Evanston is estimated to be $146,600. Some aldermen expressed concerns with the bike-sharing program. Wilson said when he first heard about the concept, he was really excited for it to come to Evanston.

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April 2014

Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force begins studying NU’s ties to Native American community

Nov. 4, 2014

The University of Denver’s John Evans Study Committee releases its report that found Evans “deeply culpable” in the massacre, disagreeing “strongly” with portions of NU’s report Graphic by Ghichong Lew/The Daily Northwestern

By Tyler Pager

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Northwestern’s Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force released its report Monday outlining a series of recommendations for the University, including establishing an Indigenous Research Center and renaming programs and buildings named after NU founder John Evans. The report, now in the hands of University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer, outlines suggestions on how the University can improve its relationship with Native American communities. It offers more than 50 recommendations and suggests hiring a

staff member within Multicultural Student Affairs to support Native American students. The University originally planned to form the task force after the John Evans Study Committee released its report, investigating Evans’ role in the Sand Creek Massacre, which killed about 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho people. However, the task force was fast-tracked after administrators decided, regardless of the report, that NU had progress to make in inclusionary efforts for Native Americans. The task force, which met nine times between February and October, comprises 21 members including NU undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, professors and members of the Native American community in Chicago.

Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, and Phil Harris (Weinberg ’80), a vice-chair of NU’s Board of Trustees, chaired the committee. “There are a lot of recommendations, and I think it’s going to take time to absorb them,” Telles-Irvin said. “I think we really took a more comprehensive approach about what would be helpful in reaching out and strengthening our relationship with the Native American community.” The recommendations are divided into five categories, each addressing a different area where the University can improve. Psychology Prof. Doug Medin, who served on the committee, said the report is a good first step. “The recommendations are both

concrete and quite extensive,” he said. “I think that indicates the seriousness with which Northwestern is beginning to address its relationship with Native nations and Native American people. The proposed Indigenous Research Center, which the task force recommends the University explore creating, would focus on researching the needs of Indigenous populations. The center would encourage collaboration with other Native American scholars, offer tenure-track to faculty involved in the center, establish a postdoctoral program and offer a certificate or minor in Indigenous studies for undergraduate students. The committee also suggests the » See Report, page 6

Students pledge to stop sexual assault By Christine Farolan

daily senior staffer @crfarolan

Nearly 30 Northwestern organizations have joined the national “It’s On Us” public awareness campaign which focuses on campus sexual assault. Associated Student Government launched its website for the campaign Sunday night, as colleges across the country began the It’s On Us National Week of Action. The campaign, which NU joined in September, is a joint effort by the White House and nonprofit Generation Progress to encourage students to be proactive in preventing sexual assault. Because groups such as Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators and Rainbow Alliance specialize in this topic, ASG’s initiative focuses on facilitating conversation rather than

hosting its own programming, ASG president Julia Watson said. “The purpose of this campaign and having it be called ‘It’s On Us’ is that each person needs to rethink how they perceive and deal with intervening and keeping each other safe and self-reporting,” the Weinberg senior said. ASG’s site features a video with members and students from other groups discussing the issue’s importance and urging fellow students to join the initiative. It also offers information about resources available to assault victims and tips for intervening in situations that could lead to an assault. “We encouraged all the student groups who signed on, whether it be in their general meetings or if they’re having programming, to think about how they can talk about this,” Watson said. Organizations that have partnered with ASG on the initiative

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include Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault, Northwestern Athletics, Dance Marathon, theater and entertainment groups, multicultural groups and Greek councils. Communication sophomore Will Altabef, MARS’ spokesman, said he is grateful for ASG’s initiative in starting the campaign at NU. “Nationally it has been successful at opening a dialogue and raising awareness,” Altabef said, “and that is critical to starting a campus culture shift.” Throughout the year, MARS plans to use information provided by “It’s On Us” to update its presentations with national statistics, Altabef said. University administration has been receptive to the campaign, Watson said. At a meeting of the Campus Coalition on Sexual Violence earlier this month, Title IX Coordinator Joan Slavin extended an offer to students to contact the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office for assistance

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Around Town City hosts entrepreneuriship events By stephanie kelly

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A slew of events in Evanston this week will showcase and celebrate entrepreneurial activity in the city. The inaugural Evanston Entrepreneurship Week is being held through a collaborative effort between the city and Now We’re Cookin’, a local food business. Starting Monday, the week of activities coincides with the Global Entrepreneurship Week, with both running through Nov. 23. Evanston’s week will feature events including panelists, showcases and open houses. “Taking one week out of the year to recognize our thriving entrepreneurial culture is an important, exciting prospect,” Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said in a news release. Paul Zalmezak, the city’s economic development coordinator, said the idea for the week came from Nell Funk, the owner of Now We’re Cookin’, 1601 Payne St. Funk approached him and said the week would be a great way to celebrate entrepreneurship, Zalmezak said. Evanston has become a great place for entrepreneurial activity, and the week would

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Chicago woman charged with retail theft at city grocery store

Police arrested an employee Saturday at an Evanston grocery store in connection with retail theft, police said. A loss prevention officer at Food 4 Less, 2400 Main St., confronted the 21-year-old woman about stealing from the store, Evanston police Cmdr. Jay Parrott said. The officer told police that as the woman rung up a customer, she would slide his items over the scanner without the prices being registered and

demonstrate that, Funk said. “There’s an increasing number of resources available to entrepreneurs,” she said. “The city is increasingly active in supporting entrepreneurial activity, and of course the resources of Northwestern are just excellent. All those things have come together in the last few years.” Events throughout the week include free startup workshops, a discussion and networking event called “Ladies Who Launch,” a startup showcase and a brewery tour, according to the Evanston Entrepreneurship Week’s site. “We talk a lot about digital startups and we talk about entrepreneurs, but this new craft movement of people, of craft beer — craft distillery is an example — those are also entrepreneurs as well,” Zalmezak said. “It’s not just digital or app development, but also consumer products.” One of the open houses Monday was held at Creative Coworking, a workspace for professionals, students and entrepreneurs at 922 Davis St. Co-owner Angela Valavanis said she was not expecting a lot of action, but there were a couple people who stopped by for the event. Valavanis and her husband first started

Creative Coworking three and a half years ago, after Valavanis said she realized there were not many places in Evanston that offer quiet spaces and collaborative zones. The city’s Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Division are both very supportive of startups and entrepreneurs in Evanston, Valavanis said. There is a startup ecosystem in Evanston that is especially unique to the city’s population of about 75,000, Zalmezak said. Entrepreneurship in Evanston has always been very steady, but the growing difference is that people are now paying closer attention to it, he said. In the future, Evanston hopes to continue to create a networking environment that encourages startups or new businesses to stay in the community, he said. Companies that come from NU also help to form this community, he said. “I don’t think one week will (make new entrepreneurs stay),” Zalmezak said. “As we continue to build our support programming, I think this is one way that we could do it. It’s just a reminder to people that this is a great place to start a business.”

purchased, authorities said. Police believe the customer was the woman’s boyfriend, Parrott said. There is video of the incident, which shows the Chicago woman taking more than $100 of various food items without paying, Parrott said. Police arrested the woman around 3:15 p.m. and charged her with misdemeanor retail theft, authorities said. The man who police suspect to be the woman’s boyfriend has not yet been charged with a crime.

morning by a woman he knows, police said. A 75-year-old man told police he had brought a known woman to his residence in the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue, Parrott said. After the 22-year-old woman left around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, the man noticed his wallet and its contents were missing, police said. Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made in connection with the incident, Parrot said.

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A man’s wallet was stolen early Saturday

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On Campus Students create website to pool NU resale groups By EMILY CHIN

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For a student looking to buy something specific on the Free & For Sale Facebook page, it can be daunting to scroll through thousands of offers, McCormick senior Al Johri said. To solve this problem, he and Bienen-McCormick junior Andy Bayer created a website called NUCraigslist, which pulls data from the Free & For Sale Facebook page, the NU Closet Recycle Facebook page and the Textbook Exchange Facebook page, allowing students to search for offers from all three pages. Bayer and Johri downloaded all of the data from those pages, which included 6,500 posts from the Free & For Sale Facebook page. They then ran the information through an algorithm that determines whether the person is looking to buy or sell an item to determine what category each item belongs in. “The issue with the Facebook page that we’re trying to get around is there is lot of data on there,” Bayer said, “and it’s hard to find something specific.” In the past, students have tried to set up similar websites, such as NUList.org, NUBodega and Wildcat Exchange.

NU researchers develop technology to spot cancer

Northwestern scientists created a new tool that can detect cancer in its initial stages. The technology, called the NanoFlare, uses DNA nanoparticles that bind onto tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream. Using a geneticbased approach, the particles are able to locate, enter and mark any cells that contain traces of cancer.

Source: NUCraigslist screenshot

STUDENT RESALE Students can view a categorized database of free and for sale items on NUCraigslist. The new website, created by two students, organizes resale posts from various Northwestern Facebook groups using an algorithm.

“I think the reason this one’s going to be successful is because we rely on an existing platform where people are already posting stuff,” Johri said. “People are already buying and selling things. It’s already a successful platform. All we’re doing is making it easier to search and easier to browse.”

Johri said the website will make it more accessible for the casual browser to search specific categories and for someone looking for a specific item to find what they want. He mentioned that students looking for furniture at the beginning of the year will be able to go to the website and access the furniture

“The NanoFlare turns on a light in the cancer cells you are looking for,” Dr. Colby Thaxton, an assistant professor of urology at NU’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said in a news release. “That the NanoFlares are effective in the complex matrix of human blood is a great technical advance. We can find small numbers of cancer cells in blood, which really is like searching for a needle in a haystack.” With this advance, potentially cancerous cells can be targeted before a tumor develops. NanoFlare can track suspicious cells by probing their genetic code for specific biomarkers. In contrast, current technology only looks at proteins on the

cell’s surface. By marking affected cells, NanoFlare also allows the patient’s cancer to be studied. This approach allows for more personalized treatment. “Cancers are very genetically diverse, and it’s important to know what cancer subtype a patient has,” Chad Mirkin, a nanomedicine expert and a corresponding author of the study, said in a news release. “Now you can think about collecting a patient’s cells and studying how those cells respond to different therapies. The way a patient responds to treatment depends on the genetic makeup of the cancer.” NU scientists used a culture of breast cancer

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section, making it much easier to browse different items. When students want to buy things they find on the website, they will be able to Facebook message the seller directly, just as if they were buying it through the Free & For Sale Facebook page. “To include any kind of transaction system on NUCraigslist would be a little alienating,” Bayer said. “People have been using Free & For Sale for years, and I think for us to go against what people have become comfortable with and what’s been established isn’t really the best option.” Bayer said he thinks people will start using the website because it organizes the content in a better way. “There’s no way that we can kill the Facebook page, and that’s not what we are trying to do at all,” he said. “All we want to do is create something that will allow people who already use the Facebook page to find things a lot easier.” Johri said they hope to expand the website by adding more features, such as one that would indicate whether an item has been sold. He also said they are looking to expand to other schools, and he is specifically working on reaching out to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Waterloo. emilychin2018@u.northwestern.edu cells in their research, which lit up when the NanoFlare bound to the cells’ genetic targets. Although not all tumor cells end up spreading, analysis of cells marked through NanoFlare can identify those cells that will be a threat. The study will be published this week. “When it comes to detecting and treating cancer, the mantra is the earlier, the better,” Thaxton said in the release. “This technology may enable us to better detect circulating cancer cells and provides another tool to add to the toolkit of cancer diagnosis.” — Alice Yin

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How the Internet hurts creative content Improving Winter Quarter L i k e Like L i k e with events Lucas Matney

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You wouldn’t steal a car, and you wouldn’t steal a handbag, but would you steal a society’s creativity? There has been an explosion of online piracy ever since the floodgates opened in 1999 when Napster was released. Since then, record companies and other major players have blamed torrents from The Pirate Bay and direct downloads from MegaUpload for the large restructuring the entertainment industry has had to undergo. These evolutions are being driven by something far more nefarious than downloads, however. The fact is today’s consumers are growing increasingly wary of paying for any digital creative content on the Internet. In 2004, when the Motion Picture Association of America launched its “Piracy, it’s a crime” advertisements, Netflix was three years away from adding online streaming to its services. The introduction of the subscription model has been the latest evolution in the monetization of creative content. The dangers of this model were brought up last week by Taylor Swift when she pulled her entire music library from Spotify, adding weight to the argument she put forth in a July guest editorial in The Wall Street Journal in which she argued, “The value of an album is, and will continue to be, based on the amount of heart and soul an artist has bled into a body of work.” The music industry has had a head start in going down the digital path to destruction, or reconstruction, but as society digitizes itself and download speeds increase, very few mediums of creative expression

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thoughts to make social media more social and less like a block of text your friends probably won’t even bother reading. The second thing my friend does is consider whether or not what she’s trying to say on social media needs to be said by her. Let’s face it: We’ve all been tempted to chime in on an issue that we didn’t really have a say in. But sometimes it’s better to just leave a conversation alone instead of jumping in when you don’t really know what you’re talking about. If the issue isn’t one that’s relevant or familiar to you, it’s better to leave it alone instead of accidentally offending your peers. I’ve found that just remembering those two things has helped me bridge the gap between professional and honest usage of social media. I feel a lot more comfortable and honest these days linking articles through my Twitter and Facebook, and I’m not too worried about getting rejected from internships because editors scoured my public social media profiles and saw something that was inappropriate. It’s obvious that the ways people use social media are evolving, but that doesn’t mean our relationships with social media have to be less genuine. We just need to be smarter with what we post and when we post it, but it’s still possible to express ourselves freely through our Twitter feeds.

It is the end of Fall Quarter, Christmas is just around the corner and everyone is looking forward to being finished with finals and headed home for some much needed time to relax with family. But Winter Break comes and goes, and students return to Northwestern with the dreaded thought in the back of their minds that Winter Quarter is about to begin. Why do so many of us despise Winter Quarter so much? Part of the reason is, obviously, the weather. No students in their right minds would enjoy waking up while it’s still dark outside and treading through a foot of snow to get to class. However, one of the biggest reasons in my mind is that there are absolutely no fun events offered by NU, or by other organizations, that we have to look forward to. Fall Quarter is bearable because we have A&O Blowout and the weather is still tolerable enough for us to go into Chicago and enjoy the city without a second thought. We also have Winter Break — almost a month of no classes — to look forward to. Spring Quarter, we are rewarded for a hard year’s work with the amazing event that is Dillo Day. But there is nothing Winter Quarter. Sure, there is some programming Winter Quarter, such as A&O Production’s winter speaker, but it pales in comparison to the events offered during Fall and Spring quarters. There is also Dance Marathon. However, it requires students to raise funds for the $400 entry fee, and it is also scheduled for the end of Winter Quarter. It would be much more beneficial to students if it was offered in the middle of Winter Quarter, when students need it the most. It is especially important for students to have some sort of fun event to attend during Winter Quarter when morale is arguably at its lowest point of the year. Little things like concerts or parties play an understatedly large role in our mental well-being, and this is an extremely important aspect of student health, especially at a school as stressful as NU. My suggestion is that NU work a bit harder to organize some sort of event for the students during the thick of Winter Quarter: Bring in a popular band, have some sort of social, anything that will get the student body together in a fun gathering. The University could also allocate this responsibility to a student group, like Mayfest or A&O, so they could take care of logistics while still providing the same end result. The energy on campus during the Fall and Spring quarters is so different from the vibe during Winter Quarter, and having some sort of event would definitely be a good way to change that. I’m not exactly sure what level of difficulty is involved in planning a large-scale event as I have suggested. It might take a few years to actually get a plan going and start something up, but in the end, it is very important that we think of something to add during Winter Quarter that will take the focus away from all the negatives, like the weather and classes, for a moment. I’m sure it would be a much appreciated effort. It might also be very beneficial to have some sort of open forum or suggestion survey where students can voice their ideas as to what kinds of things they would enjoy. At this point, any sort of movement toward a Winter Quarter event would be a step in the right direction.

Bethany Ao is a Medill sophomore. She can be reached at bethanyao2017@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Trevor Stoimenoff is a Weinberg junior. He can be reached at trevorstoimenoff2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

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will lie untouched. What will unite these trends is the misrepresented ideal that views, clicks and page views are the Internet’s currency. Out of the blessings of the Internet’s democratization, there has grown an incalculable mass of creative content that vies for web users’ attention. We “spend” with our attention. When artists are rewarded with enough bouts of our gaze and achieve critical popularity, they have generally been thrust onto the more traditional path to success such as record labels, where they earn livelihoods and then some. As the Internet invades this path to stardom, the creative artist is being forced into playing for exposure to the point where the only thing people will pay for is a concert ticket.

The introduction of the Internet has been nothing if not disruptive to the industries that thrive on the commodification of ideas and creative persons. It seems that digitization is ripe to re-engineer each one of these fields, but only after it first destroys their existing structures for making money and rewarding artists. Our culture thrives on the creativity of its people and the ideal that talent and unique skill should be rewarded monetarily, but it seems the newly birthed web culture may be a bit slow in its adoption of these concepts. Lucas Matney is a Medill junior. He can be reached at lucasmatney2016@u.northwestern.edu. If you would like to respond publicly to this column, send a Letter to the Editor to opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

We’re losing the ‘social’ in social media BETHANY AO

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I remember when I signed up for a new Twitter account at the beginning of my freshman year. My journalism professor made it part of our assignments to tweet links to our stories, just to get us freshmen in the mindset of using social media as a professional tool. As I deleted my old Twitter, cluttered with angst-filled complaints, song lyrics and jokes I thought were clever from my high school years, I felt a little sad. My Twitter was no longer a reflection of my interests and personality — it was now something that future employers would look at and judge. Today, it feels as if social media is no longer “social” for many college students. Instead, we feel self-conscious whenever we post something on Facebook or Twitter. Every time I post a status or share an article, thoughts like, “Will my future boss find this interesting?” and “Will other students think I’m annoying for sharing this one thing 5 billion times?” run through my head. High school students change their names on Facebook when college application season rolls around every year. Social media is supposed to reflect us. However, when there are so many consequences attached to something shared through social media, the reflections become narrow and distorted.

That’s one of the reasons why Yik Yak appeals to so many students. Yik Yak allows social media users to post anonymous comments to the Northwestern thread. It also lets people upvote or downvote other comments. The anonymity on Yik Yak allows people to be brutally, sometimes disgustingly honest — something you don’t see much on Twitter or Facebook anymore. So how can we use How social media in a more honest way that doesn’t can we use hinder us from landsocial media ing our dream jobs in in a more a few years? Is it even possible? It’s definitely honest way tricky, but it’s not that doesn’t impossible. One of my friends hinder us from told me that when landing our she finds something dream jobs in she wants to share on Twitter or Facea few years? book, she has a process she uses to decide whether to post it or not. First, she thinks about whether the post in question needs to be said. It’s important to consider whether your thoughts are timely, relevant and constructive to the conversation at hand, especially if it’s about a sensitive issue. Another thing I like doing on social media is to ask for a response from people who read it. Pose a question to your friends so they’ll respond to your

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Ahead of winter, city starts campaign for snow preparedness

City staff launched a campaign Monday to ensure Evanston residents are prepared and informed for the upcoming winter, which is forecasted to bring below-normal temperatures and above-normal levels of snow to the Chicago area. A joint effort between the city manager’s office and the public works department, the Snow Awareness Week is meant to act as a reminder to residents and businesses of their winter responsibilities, according to memo addressed to City Council on Monday. The awareness initiative comes after Evanston’s record snowfall last winter. A series of snowstorms brought in a measured 90.9 inches of snow, public works director Suzette Robinson said in March in a presentation to City Council. The city spent about $1.3 million in snow removal, which highly surpassed the $685,000

Across Campuses Controversial professor files lawsuit against University of Illinois

Controversial professor Steven Salaita, whose job offer at the University of Illinois was rescinded after he made anti-Israel comments on social media, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that the university has violated the state’s open records law. The lawsuit, filed in Champaign County court, contends the university failed to comply with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act by refusing to produce documents that Salaita’s attorneys requested. State law requires government bodies, including public universities, to disclose records related to decisions, policies and other government activity upon request. Salaita had been offered a tenured position at U. of I., but it was rescinded in August, weeks before he was to start, after he wrote hundreds of anti-Israel tweets during the summer, some of which included profane and inflammatory language. The decision not to hire Salaita was met

set aside in the city budget, Robinson said. For the 2014-15 season, winter in the Chicago area is projected to bring more snow and colder temperatures than usual, according to the 2015 edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac. The city is mailing a bilingual message to its community members that includes information on snow preparedness, according to the memo to council. Developed by the city’s citizen engagement team, it consists of details on snow removal operations, parking regulations and sidewalk shoveling. The city is also encouraging people to sign up for notifications via email or text message to alerts them to snow parking regulations, which go into effect on Dec. 1. When snow is on the ground, drivers are prohibited from parking in certain areas in order to make room for plowing and salting trucks, according to the city’s site. The Citizen Engagement Team will also create a social media presence through videos and graphics focused on snow awareness, according to the memo. The awareness week will last until Friday. — Paige Leskin

with backlash from faculty across the country who argued that Salaita was punished for his controversial views. The dispute over the records began with a request from Salaita’s attorney Sept. 17, days after the U. of I. board of trustees voted 8-1 not to hire him. That vote finalized a decision made weeks early by campus officials. The request by Maria LaHood, Salaita’s attorney with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, asked for nine categories of documents, including emails from 38 university officials containing at least one of 26 keywords. The university responded that the request was “unduly burdensome” because there are “potentially thousands of records responsive” to the request. Illinois law allows public bodies an exemption for requests that they consider unduly burdensome. On Oct. 15, Salaita’s attorney narrowed the request to ask for emails of 15 university officials that contained at least one of 14 keywords during a three-month period. The revised request was narrowed so it targeted “emails

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DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN? Snow falls outside of Norris University Center on Monday night. Ahead of the upcoming 2014-15 winter, Evanston started a campaign called Snow Awareness Week on Monday to secure community members’ preparedness for the snowfall.

related to outside influences that affected the decision to fire Salaita,” according to the lawsuit. For example, it requested emails with the keywords “Palestine,” “Jewish and “Uncivil,” records show. The lawsuit alleges that the university’s outside lawyer has not provided a written response to the narrowed request — or to another version narrowed even further Nov. 5 — and that “it has vaguely objected orally” that it would still require the review of thousands of emails. The lawsuit asks the court to order the U. of I. to produce the requested records under FOIA. “The university has put some documents out there about the decision, but they have not told the full story,” said Anand Swaminathan, an attorney with Loevy & Loevy, a Chicago-based firm that filed the lawsuit on Salaita’s behalf. “We believe it is extremely important, especially given the amount of interest among academics, students at the university, faculty, the media and audiences around the country.” U. of I. spokesman Thomas Hardy, the

university’s chief records officer, said school officials had not yet seen the lawsuit. “We’ll review it carefully and defend the university’s interests,” Hardy said. Salaita, 38, was to start in a tenured position in the U. of I.’s American Indian studies department Aug. 16. He left his tenured position at Virginia Tech University earlier in the year, then tweeted hundreds of comments during the Middle East conflict this past summer. Salaita has described his tweets as “passionate and unfiltered,” and many focused on the number of children killed in the conflict. Critics have said the U. of I.’s decision was an affront to free speech and academic freedom — the principle that protects faculty who have unpopular and controversial views. Examples of his tweets include: “If (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu appeared on TV with a necklace made from the teeth of Palestinian children, would anybody be surprised?” And: “Let’s cut to the chase: If you’re defending #Israel right now you’re an awful human being.” —Jodi S. Cohen (Chicago Tribune)

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task force Members of Northwestern’s John Evans Study Committee discuss their research at an open forum held in October 2013. The forum, which University President Morton Schapiro called “productive,” led NU to create a second committee ahead of schedule to study the University’s relations with Native American communities.

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40 percent decline in polar bears in Alaska, western Canada heightens concern

Since then he has become increasingly disappointed with the way the service has evolved and its proposed cost, he said. In addition, in order to make sure each Divvy station always has a bicycle, trucks must drive around carrying bicycles from certain stations to others, Wilson said. From an environmental standpoint, this negates the purpose of the Divvy program, he said. “I think our staff has done an excellent job given the constraints of what the product is,” Wilson said, “and we don’t have any ability to negotiate. It is what it is.” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said she also wanted to make sure the public is aware of how much it could cost them if they go beyond the 30-minute limit allotted to them for riding. Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) said he was concerned with the locations of stations around Evanston Township High School. “I want to watch this and I see the potential for it,” he said, “but I really want to pay attention to it in the event that some locations don’t work and in the event that you’re overcrowded at some stations.” Hurley spoke to council about a proposed framework for acquiring sponsors in the community and about the process of finalizing the locations of the bicycle stations. “Most of the goals of having sponsors or financial partners include building wider community support … highlighting local organizations — there’s good branding and marketing

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The number of polar bears in eastern Alaska and western Canada has declined by 40 percent, according to a scientific study that raises more questions about the impact of global warming on the creature that has become the symbol of some of its worst effects. The study, published in the current issue of Ecological Applications, was carried out by scientists from several groups, including the U.S. Geological Survey and Environment Canada, that tagged and released polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from 2001 to 2010. The bear population in the area shrank to about 900 in 2010, down from about 1,600 in 2004, according to the findings. Perhaps even more worrisome, just two of 80 polar bear cubs that the international team tracked between 2003 and 2007 survived, according to the study. Normally about half of the cubs live. “Climate change is not some future threat,” Sarah Uhlemann, senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups that has been fighting to save polar bears, told the Los Angeles Times. “Global warming is happening now and killing polar bears now.” Polar bears have long been followed as scientists watch for early signs of global warming. The bears are especially at risk as Arctic ice melts. — Michael Muskal (Los Angeles Times)

University make efforts to improve outreach programs for Native American students by bolstering support for the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance and creating programming around the experiences of Native American students. The report further addresses the representation of Native American students, faculty and staff on campus. Recommendations include hiring a Native American recruiter, developing partnerships with organizations designed to support Native American high school students and creating a scholarship initiative for members of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Nation, among other Native American groups. In addition, the committee details ways in which the University can build relationships with Native American nations, institutions and communities. Recommendations include ensuring the Native American population is “visibly represented” in NU’s diversity strategic plan and identifying an office to serve as the Native American liaison to develop opportunities — and offering multiple levels of participation,” Hurley said. Hurley said city staff will be able to collect data about where participants start and end their bicycle rides. She suggested re-evaluating the data at the end of the first warm season. Council also discussed the implementation plan for the plastic bag ban, which goes into effect on Aug. 1. Aldermen passed the ban in July, requiring city businesses larger than 10,000 square feet to eliminate their plastic bag use in 2015. A group of 27 businesses will be affected, including CVS pharmacy, Whole Foods and Jewel-Osco. Hurley said it is important to increase the public’s access to reusable bags. A cost-effective way to do this is to implement a bag-sharing program, called Share-A-Bag, for people to give away their reusable bags for others to use them, she said. Sustainability hub locations, such as the Ecology Center, the Noyes Cultural Arts Center and the Levy Senior Center will also make it easier to recycle plastic film within the community, Hurley said. Hurley also spoke to council about different initiatives staff will do in the quarters leading up to the day of the official ban, including the ShareA-Bag program, education and outreach around Earth Day and coordination with Chicago as its plastic bag ban comes into effect in August as well. At the end of the discussion, Bobkiewicz said the city will mainly rely on the Share-A-Bag program in order to provide residents with reusable bags.

relationships with Native American communities. The task force also urges the University to re-engage Native American alumni through purposeful programing. In shaping their recommendations, the task force studied nine peer institutions to see what student groups, academic opportunities and other programs they offer. “(Schapiro and Linzer) asked for our recommendations,” Harris said. “I’m confident they will look at what we recommended and determine what makes the most sense for Northwestern.” The recommendations come amid campus events celebrating Native American Heritage Month. NAISA is holding events observing the upcoming 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. They also come two weeks after the John Evans Study Committee at the University of Denver released its report about Evans and the massacre, which disagreed with parts of NU’s own committee’s report on the issue, released in May. tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats set to take on SIU-Edwardsville in first round of NCAA Tournament

No. 16 Northwestern (9-3-6, 4-1-3 Big Ten) is headed to the NCAA Championship this year as one of 24 at-large selections. The Wildcats will take on state rivals SIU-Edwardsville (6-8-4, 4-1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) in their first match of the tournament at Lakeside Field on Thursday night. The Cougars are going to the NCAA Championship after capturing their conference title for the first time since 1982 . NU, despite losing in penalty kicks to Indiana in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament, received an at-large bid and will be playing in the tournament for the ninth time in its history and making its eighth trip in the last nine years. A strong Big Ten conference totaled six teams in the field, including third-seed Michigan State, fourth-seed and Big Ten tournament winners Maryland and fifthseed Indiana. — Julian Gerez

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Cats peform well at Notre Dame despite loss By Alex Lederman

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Football wasn’t the only Northwestern team in South Bend, Indiana this weekend — fencing also traveled to Notre Dame for an exhibition event against the Fighting Irish. But unlike coach Pat Fitzgerald’s squad, the fencers couldn’t shock the world with an upset, falling short 60-45. “I thought we did really well, actually,” coach Laurie Schiller said. “I know it looks like we lost by 15 points, but what the score doesn’t show is that basically we fenced them even throughout except for their Olympian, Lee Kiefer, who took sixth in London in team foil.” In fact, the outing looks even more impressive for the Wildcats considering the scoring system. In the scrimmage set up between the two schools, they followed a modified version of the USA Fencing relay format rather than the dual meet system. In USA Fencing events, fencers are paired, with each duo squaring off until one team reaches five touches or time runs out. Scores are cumulative, and this continues with the next pair until someone reaches 10, and so on until 45. But because it’s just epee or foil in the international competitions, NU and Notre Dame changed the rules so that all three weapons could compete. There was not a rotation of fencers, as in USA Fencing, but four bouts in each of the three weapons, meaning the first team to 60 touches would come away victorious. A dual meet is only to 27 points, and each competitor can only fence three bouts. That means the most any individual fencer can score is 3 points. In the relay format, Kiefer racked up 15 points alone. “I think Notre Dame wasn’t very happy with their result,” Schiller said. “They won, but they know how they won, and they know that when it comes to dual meets, Lee

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THE FENCING IRISH Two fencers square off in a dual meet earlier this season. The Wildcats struggled with an alternate scoring format this weekend, falling to the Fighting Irish 60-45.

can only fence three bouts. When it comes down to that kind of format, it gives a real confidence that we can win a match against a team like Notre Dame. You take Kiefer’s score out of there today, and basically it’s a dead heat.”

Kiefer not only finished sixth at the 2012 Olympics, but she was also the silver medalist at the 2011 Junior World Championships and Cadet World Championships, the gold medalist at the 2012 North American Cup and the 2013 NCAA Foil Champion.

The teams flipped a coin to decide which squad would go first: epee, foil or sabre. Notre Dame won and chose epee. Schiller then went second, picking foil and leaving sabre for last. Heading into the eighth bout — Kiefer’s bout — the score was tied 25 apiece. With the foils going until one team reached 40, Kiefer picked up 15 touches versus NU junior Charlotte Sands’ three. “There wasn’t anybody on my team that could keep up with someone as strong as that,” Schiller said. Schiller said if he had his druthers, foil would have gone first. “If I had been lucky, won the coin toss and put foil first,” he said, “it would have limited how many touches she could score. … A little bit of strategy was there, but I lost the coin toss, so what are you gonna do? This is what happens in football overtimes, right? You get what you get.” At the eighth bout, tied 25-25, Kiefer was able to to run the score up to 40. If she had been the fourth bout as Schiller hoped, she could only score up to 20, so she likely would not have had the opportunity to score as many points. If you take Kiefer’s rounds out, the score is much closer: 45-42 Notre Dame. “They still would have won by three touches,” Schiller said, “but the psychology is a little bit different when you’re suddenly down by 15 and then you have four more matches to go. The sabre girls can only do so much. They caught up and they kept it even, but there was only so much we could do with it.” Because of this, Schiller views this scrimmage as an incredibly successful one for the team. “Even though it doesn’t count,” he said, “it was actually the test I was aiming at all fall … and I think we passed the test. I feel very good about next quarter.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu

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JerShon Cobb rolled around a screen from sophomore forward Sanjay Lumpkin and caught a pass from freshman forward Vic Law right in the chest before stepping into a deep, open three. The senior’s jumper flew through the net and gave the Wildcats a 48-30 lead over Brown Monday night. Northwestern (2-0) went on to knock off Brown (1-1) by a final score of 69-56 at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Coming off an uneven season opening victory over Houston Baptist at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Friday night, the Cats found smoother waters in their early-week foray into East Coast basketball territory. NU never trailed Brown, a rising program that nearly beat the Cats last year in Evanston and made a postseason trip to the CIT tournament. NU came out of the gate playing fierce defense, holding the Bears scoreless for the first two minutes and 55 seconds. A deep two by freshman Bryant McIntosh and a smooth three by Cobb gave the Cats a quick 5-0 lead. By the 12 minute media timeout, that lead ballooned to 19-9. NU kept its foot on the pedal and held a 10 point lead going into halftime.

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CALCULATING COBB JerShon Cobb surveys the court. The senior guard led the way against the Bears, scoring a team-high 16 points and shooting a perfect 5-for-5 from the free throw line. Things got out of hand for the host Bears in the as 21. second half, as Cobb’s rainbow three behind the JerShon Cobb’s play was essential in the buildLumpkin screen concluded a 12-2 NU run with ing of the lead. 16:29 left in the second. “I thought Cobb played tremendous,” coach Chris Collins said after the game. The Cats cruised the rest of the way. The Bears never got closer than 13 and trailed by as many He led the Cats with 16 loud points on just seven

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shots and went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc. The performance represented a bounce back outing after Cobb finished with just 5 points in the opener Friday against Houston Baptist. “I missed some easy shots Friday, and I thought just by playing, I’d make them this game,” Cobb said. “I just shot my shot.” Sanjay Lumpkin contributed 15 points on six shots and snared 12 rebounds. Freshman Scottie Lindsey provided pop off the bench, scoring 10 efficient points on four shots. He nailed a pair of threes. As a team, the Cats shot 57 percent from threepoint land and finished an impressive 17-for-21 at the charity stripe. They also held Brown to just 36 percent shooting. Junior forward Cedric Kuakumensah, who scored 15 points in the Bears’ season opener against St. Peter’s, finished with just 2 points. Cobb credited the coaching staff for the strong defensive performance. “We knew everything they were running,” Cobb said. “We were prepared.” Brown coach Mike Martin appeared impressed with the Cats’ performance. “Collins has done a great job recruiting in a short amount of time,” Martin said, “but he’s also gotten great buy-in from his older guys. He’s really got those guys believing in what they’re doing.” NU now holds a 7-2 lead in its all-time series with Brown. The Cats will next take the floor at home against North Florida on Thursday. “We’ve got to get home, and we’re right back at it on Thursday night,” Collins said. “I’m really excited about this win. It was a good one.” timothybalk2018@u.northwestern.edu

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Cats take down 3 foes at Despite win, Cats are Eastern Michigan Duals focused on next game By ALEX LEDERMAN

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Three up, three down. Northwestern continued rolling through its nonconference schedule — advancing to 4-0 — with three dominant performances Saturday at the Eastern Michigan Duals in Ypsilanti, Michigan. “I wasn’t completely happy with the Stanford result last week,” coach Drew Pariano said. “But I think that we stepped it up a little bit this time out and did a good job.” First, the Wildcats took on the home squad, Eastern Michigan. Each NU wrestler won his bout except 125-pound junior Garrison White and 174-pound sophomore Ben Sullivan. Seniors No. 4 Pierce Harger, at 165 pounds, No. 10 Alex Polizzi, at 197 pounds, and No. 1 heavyweight Mike McMullan all cruised to victory, winning their matchups 6-0, 12-2 and 15-3, respectively. “We’ve got these seniors that are just, they’re leading by example,” Pariano said. “I couldn’t be more proud of them. Polizzi, let’s be honest, he went out there and he just dominated guys in every way, shape and form. McMullan did the same. It’s great for the younger guys to see.” In all, the Cats topped the Eagles 26-6 — a good result, but not what the team was hoping for. “Eastern Michigan’s not a bad program,” Pariano said, “but we came out a little flat. We should have definitely expanded the score on certain guys and probably widened the gap a little bit on them.” Up next for NU was Clarion, but the Golden Eagles didn’t fare any better against the Cats. This time, NU didn’t even drop one decision except the 174-pound weight class, which they forfeited. Junior Dominick Malone at 133 pounds and Polizzi pinned their opponents, and 141pound junior Jameson Oster and McMullan won by technical falls. “They’re a program that’s rebuilding right now,” Pariano said, “so we put the hammer on them.” Lastly, Central Michigan stepped up to the plate but struck out looking, giving the Cats

a perfect 1-2-3 outing. Two NU wrestlers lost — Malone and redshirt freshman Mitch Sliga at 184 pounds — and the team again forfeited the 174-pound bout. But the Cats still won handily 25-12. “On paper,” Pariano said, “they match up really well with us. And with us not having a 174-pounder, that’s kind of like going into a football game missing a defensive back. It’s pretty important. Our guys stepped up, especially at 125 (White) and 141 (Oster) — couldn’t be happier with those guys — and 157 with (Bryce) Brill coming out there as a true freshman.” The match against Central Michigan even featured an upset from NU — Oster took down Zachary Horan, No. 10 in the nation at 141 pounds. “I’ve wrestled that kid a couple times the past couple years and lost to him,” Oster said. “It felt good to go out and beat him this time. I felt like I went out there with a good plan to wrestle my match, and I just got the win.” Pariano wasn’t surprised at the result. “Jameson has had one of the best preseasons out of any guy on our team,” he said. “What you’re just seeing is the benefits of hard work. He deserves everything he gets, and he doesn’t take shortcuts. As a redshirt junior, he’s just getting it. He’s getting it.” Oster said he pulled through by staying in good position, pushing the pace, staying sound defensively and taking his opportunities when they were there. “Going forward,” he said, “I need to keep improving and keep winning. I’m looking at the end of the year to get on that podium as an All-American.” Six Cats finished 3-0 on the day: Oster, No. 1 sophomore Jason Tsirtsis, at 149 pounds, Brill, Harger, Polizzi and McMullan. Overall, NU only lost four out of 30 total matchups and won nine with bonus points. “We’re not satisfied,” Pariano said. “We’re happy with the result, but it’s a long season. And we’re not content by any means. We have a long way to go, and we have a lot of improvement to do. But at the same time, I’m encouraged by the result.” alexanderlederman2017@u.northwestern.edu

By BOBBY PILLOTE

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It’s been a good week for Jack Mitchell. After a clutch performance that saw him nail the gamewinning kick in Northwestern’s most improbIt hits you right able victory in recent memory, in the face. the sophomore kicker was The fact that if named Big Ten we don’t win Special Teams Player of the this, we’re not Week. going to go to a “I think he really had his bowl game. ... It routine down in-game,” coach definitely puts Pat Fitzgermore motivation ald said. “He on us to play for did not play wel l against our teammates. Michigan, but he rebounded Nick VanHoose, really well.” junior cornerback On the team level, seniors safety Ibraheim Campbell and receiver Kyle Prater were named the defensive and offensive players of the week for their roles in the upset. “Arguably (Prater) had the best game of his career,” Fitzgerald said. Senior quarterback Trevor Siemian and the offensive line also drew praise for their dramatically improved play. Fitzgerald highlighted Siemian’s improved health in particular as a reason for the offensive outburst. Plagued by an ankle injury since the second week of the season, Siemian was at his most mobile Saturday and even had a rushing touchdown on a quarterback scramble. “I think it gives him a lot of confidence,” Fitzgerald said of Siemian’s health. “Schematically we were able to do things that we haven’t all year.” At the opposite end of the health spectrum,

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Fitzgerald announced that sophomore defensive tackle Greg Kuhar has suffered a lower body injury that requires season-ending surgery. Junior wide receiver Miles Shuler has also been ruled out for this week’s game. With no margin for error left if the Wildcats want to become bowl eligible, Fitzgerald has the team focused on its upcoming matchup against Purdue with what he’s repeatedly called a “playoff mentality.” “It hits you right in the face,” junior cornerback Nick VanHoose said. “The fact that if we don’t win this, we’re not going to go to a bowl game. … It definitely puts more motivation on us to play for our teammates.” But if Saturday’s shocker over the Fighting Irish is any indication, this is precisely the situation where NU can thrive. “We’ve been playing better this year when our back is against the wall,” senior linebacker Jimmy Hall said, “when no one thinks we can do it.” After surrendering 40 points and 498 total yards to Notre Dame’s offense, VanHoose and Hall both stressed the importance of an improved performance from the Cats’ defense. The Boilermakers haven’t posted stellar offensive numbers this season but have improved since making a mid-season switch to quarterback Austin Appleby. “You can’t take any team for granted,” VanHoose said. “(Purdue) has a lot of speed, a lot of playmakers. We’re excited for the challenge.” That sentiment is shared by the offense, even against a porous Boilermakers defense that is giving up 422 yards per game. “We can’t let off the gas pedal,” redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Alviti said. “We have to keep focus and keep preparing and not take Purdue lightly.” Fitzgerald pointed out the team has dealt with plenty of struggles this season but does not have nearly as much experience dealing with triumph. “I think it’s easy to respond to adversity,” Fitzgerald said. “The hard thing is to respond to success.” robertpillote2017@u.northwestern.edu