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Early votes for school boards fall By Marissa Page
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Early voting in Evanston to elect new school board members dropped by nearly 15 percent from early turnout in the previous election. The Civic Center saw 1,087 voters turn out early for the 2015 election, which will determine three spots on both the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education and the Evanston Township High School District 202 school board. In the last consolidated school board election in 2011, 1,265 Evanston residents voted early, according to the Cook County clerk website. The voting period that year was 16 days, compared to the 13-day period this year. Early voting in the Cook County consolidated election closed Saturday. Five candidates are running for the open spots on the District 202 board and four are running to fill out the District 65 board. Two candidates in each race are incumbents. Jonathan Baum, a current District 202 board member running for reelection, said he thought the small pool of candidates was one factor that contributed to lower early voter turnout.
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The Buffett Institute for Global Studies is giving more funding to students and faculty for international travel and expanding its research programs, following a more than $100 million dollar gift from Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ’54). The institute is expanding needbased scholarships for the Global Engagement Studies Institute, a global service learning program, and increasing its career development opportunities for undergraduate students. The institute has already partnered with the One Acre Fund to offer a two-year post-baccalaureate fellowship in East Africa scheduled to begin this summer. The One Acre Fund, which was founded by Andrew Youn (Kellogg ’06), works with small farmers to increase food production and reduce hunger. Weinberg senior Amanda Meyer,
who works at the Buffet Institute’s Global Engagement Studies Institute, said the funds will allow more students to travel internationally. “They’re trying to reduce the financial barriers to study abroad and have interests in global engagement and international development,” she said. Sociology Prof. Bruce Carruthers, the institute’s director, said a large portion of Elliott’s gift has been “earmarked” for funding scholarships for international students, a move he says will support University President Morton Schapiro’s goal of having a larger international student population at Northwestern. Carruthers said that although the institute does not oversee international student scholarships, it is in charge of funding and developing other programs as well as hiring new faculty. “The idea is to have the Buffett Institute partner with interested schools and departments so it’s not going to be just inside Weinberg,” he said. “It’s going to be inside several » See BUFFETT, page 10
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there (than in the previous election) for both school boards.” Running for District 65 are incumbents Omar Brown and Richard Rykhus, as well as Jennifer Phillips and Adrian Dortch. District 202 board incumbents Baum and Mark Metz seek to reclaim their seats, with newcomers Monique Parsons, Anne Sills and Dortch also in the race. All candidates’ websites address the theme of strengthening the relationship between ETHS — the only school in District 202 — and District 65. Although Dortch pointed out that Spring Break falling during the early
voting period could have contributed to lower numbers, he said he feels Evanston parents have been let down by their educational system, leading to possible apathy in the board elections. “The interest in the educational system is down,” Dortch said. “The schools don’t really have a presence and outreach into the community. A lot of the achievement gap is not just with the students, it’s the same parents who went to the school system who didn’t get that information as well.” marissapage2018@u.northwestern.edu
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Substantial GIFT A panel discusses global issues at the January announcement of Roberta Buffett Elliott’s more than $100 million gift to Northwestern. The Buffett Institute for Global Studies is using part of that gift to expanded its scholarship and research programs.
Jay Sean to perform at SASA’s spring concert
2 injured in driveby shooting in south Evanston
Jay Sean will perform at Northwestern as the headliner for the South Asian Student Alliance’s spring concert, the group announced Friday. SASA’s annual spring concert usually showcases South Asian performances to raise money for a charity. The group has not announced this year’s charity yet. The group chose Sean to appeal to a larger audience, said Weinberg freshman Meghna Katta, who arranged for Sean to come to NU. “We look to see if they’re relevant at the time,” she said. “It’s more fun when you attend the concert if you’re really familiar with their music.” Last year, the audience filled McCormick Auditorium, which fits more than 350 people. The venue » See sasa, page 10
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Two men were injured early Saturday morning in a drive-by shooting in south Evanston, police said. The two men — a 23-year-old resident of Waukegan, Illinois, and a 22-year-old resident of Round Lake Beach, Illinois — sustained non-life threatening injuries, officials said. The 22-year-old man was shot in the arm and back, and the 23-year-old man was shot in the head and groin area, officials said. Evanston police responded around 3:50 a.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired in the area of Howard Street and Dodge Avenue in Evanston, officials said. Officers did not find anyone who had been shot, but found several
shell casings. Shortly after, two people with gunshot wounds came to the emergency room at Presence Saint Francis Hospital, 355 Ridge Ave., police said. An initial investigation discovered that four people — including the two who were shot — had just left a club in Chicago and were driving on Howard Street, when another car pulled up next to theirs and fired several shots into their car, police said. The car from which shots were fired then drove away on North California Avenue toward Chicago. Detectives are still investigating, police said. The 22-year-old is in good condition and the 23-year-old is in serious but stable condition, officials said. — Paige Leskin
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