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CARE looks to build stability By tyler pager
daily senior staffer @tylerpager
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Condemning crimes Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks Wednesday to more than 100 people at Northwestern’s School of Law in Chicago.
Durbin talks human rights bill By paige leskin
daily senior staffer @paigeleskin
CHICAGO — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he would introduce to Congress a law that would allow the U.S. government to prosecute people who commit international crimes against humanity — and called on Northwestern law students for their support. The bill would allow the U.S. to try people who have committed human rights violations in foreign countries
DM adds new exec positions aimed at student inclusion
In an effort to expand its accessibility and inclusion efforts, Dance Marathon has created a community engagement committee as they plan for next year’s event. Weinberg junior Kevin Harris and Medill junior Arielle Miller, DM’s new executive co-chairs, presented a series of changes to the organization’s executive board at an informational session Wednesday night. Harris told The Daily the changes were aimed at growing the organization’s community outreach and fundraising, as well as making DM more efficient. The community engagement committee, which will be led by two cochairs, will be responsible for connecting with student groups, facilitating community discussions and brainstorming new ways to connect more Northwestern students to DM, Harris said. The committee will also serve as the liaison to the Evanston Community Foundation, the secondary beneficiary. The marketing committee has also been disbanded and its responsibilities have been divided up between marketing and media — formerly the public relations committee — and the technology and analytics committee.
and come to the United States to avoid punishment, Durbin said in a speech at the School of Law in Chicago to about 100 students, faculty and members of the public. The new legislation, which initially failed in 2009, would fill a loophole in the nation’s laws on human rights, an issue that consistently needs, and receives, bipartisan support in Congress, Durbin said. The law would allow for the prosecution in the U.S. of those who are convicted abroad of crimes against humanity, including slavery and ethnic The dancer relations committee has been renamed to dancer and beneficiary relations to better represent its responsibilities for connecting the NU community with the primary beneficiary. DM has also created a new committee called alumni and university relations to focus on growing its relationships with alumni, faculty and staff. This committee will also be responsible during the 30-hour event for security, which the public relations committee handled in the past. Harris said the organization will still comprise 10 committees. “We’re excited to not necessarily just kind of continue to do the same thing over and over every year,” Harris said. “(We are) always looking to make it better.” — Tyler Pager
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DIFFERENT DM Students dance at this year’s Dance Marathon. The new executive co-chairs announced changes to its executive board.
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cleansing. “Even in hyper-partisan times, I found that practices that shock the conscience have the ability to bring together broad coalitions,” Durbin said. “This is a perilous time for human rights, which is why we need you, and we need smart talented lawyers like you, who are committed to defending those most basic rights.” Durbin has long been involved with human rights issues as the former chairman of the Senate’s subcommittee on human rights. » See Durbin, page 10
With both positions now filled at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, the two recent hires are looking to restore stability to the center and awareness about its work. CARE lost both of its full-time staffers before the start of the academic year and had trouble replacing them. However, with Erin Clark, the new assistant director, starting last week, the office is back to full capacity. Carrie Wachter, CARE’s survivor advocate, joined the full-time staff in January after being hired part-time in October. “Our first conversations together are really to improve CARE’s visibility,” Wachter said. “Because there was a gap in services because of the turnover in staff, I just think that we kind of got off the radar of a lot of students so we’re working with Student Affairs Marketing to refresh that campaign.” Clark last worked at Break the Cycle, a non-profit organization aimed at dating-abuse education and healthy relationship promotion for students. She said she was drawn to Northwestern because of her past work with students and her experience as a student activist at Wesleyan University. Clark said she wants CARE to be more visible in the community and for its priorities to be student-driven. “My dream would be to have every student on campus know what CARE
is and have a positive relationship with them,” Clark said. “I want people to say, ‘CARE, I know them. I like them. I like what they do.’” Laura Anne Haave, the former sexual health education and assault prevention coordinator, left the office in August, and Eva Ball, the former survivor advocate, resigned in May. CARE failed to fill the vacancies in initial search committees last summer and the office’s services were on pause at the start of the academic year. Lisa Currie, the director of Health Promotion and Wellness, said it was difficult to wait for the positions to be filled, but that Clark and Wachter are the right people for the positions. Currie said Clark, who is serving in the new position of assistant director, has a depth of experience working on sexual violence issues that will help further Health Promotion and Wellness’ strategic plan. Currie, who oversees CARE, said the center is working toward establishing a four-year curriculum for students. “We’re going to talk to seniors different than we’re talking to incoming students,” Currie said. “We want to really make sure we are covering this issue throughout the time students are here and addressing it in as many ways as possible.” With Clark and Wachter now hired, CARE is in the process of filling its new position, the coordinator of men’s engagement. Currie said she hopes whoever is hired will start before the end of the academic year. tylerpager2017@u.northwestern.edu
Blogger discusses gender, gaming By mariana alfaro
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Blogger and media critic Anita Sarkeesian spoke about the hypersexualization of women in video games Wednesday during the Public Affairs Residential College’s annual speaker event. Sarkeesian is the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video blog that explores the representation of women in pop culture. The site features “Tropes vs. Women in Video Games,” a YouTube series Sarkeesian started in 2013 that discusses the role of gender in video games. Due to her involvement in “Tropes vs. Women,” Sarkeesian has been the target of death threats, rape threats and online harassment, mainly from groups on sites like Reddit and 4chan, who identified themselves under the Twitter hashtag “#gamergate.” The attacks, however, have not stopped Sarkeesian from speaking out about female rights and equality, especially in the gaming community. She said she aims to create enough social consciousness among the gaming community to make game developers start changing the way women are represented. “It is no secret that gaming has been male-dominated since the very beginning of the medium,” she said to a crowd
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GIRLS GOT GAME Blogger Anita Sarkeesian speaks Wednesday about the misrepresentation of women in video games. Sarkeesian, the founder of the blog Feminist Frequency, was invited to Northwestern as Public Affairs Residential College’s annual speaker.
of about 100 people, “and this notion that gaming is supposed to be the domain of young men is something I’ve heard for a very long time.” Sarkeesian, who has been playing video games since she was about five, said she has been constantly told she’s not
a gamer because she’s a woman. “I’ve had a bit of a contemptuous relationship with gaming ever since, like many women who game, there have been periods in my life where the constant » See Sarkeesian, page 10
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