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Windsurfer saved after high winds Coast Guard, fire department aid in rescue effort By NORA SHELLY
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Weinberg sophomore Sammy Cuautle initially voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the Republican primary but said he now supports Donald Trump. Cuautle said he thinks there are more Trump supporters on campus who choose not to voice their beliefs out of fear of being judged.
VOTING TRUMP
Students back nominee despite comments, concerns By JONAH DYLAN
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Although Sammy Cuautle initially wanted to vote for Rand Paul in the Republican
primary, there were only three options left when he went to vote in Illinois: Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. Cuautle ended up voting for Kasich because he said he didn’t want to tell people he had voted for Trump.
“I just couldn’t actually bring myself to bubble the circle next to his name,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “There was still that part of me that was afraid of the social » See TRUMP, page 6
A windsurfer who called 911 in distress has been rescued. Evanston Fire Department officers and the U.S. Coast Guard had been out searching for the windsurfer on Lake Michigan off Lee Street beach, City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz said. He had no visible injuries. According to an EFD news release, the man called in at about 4:30 p.m. and was rescued about an hour later. The windsurfer called in after he realized his sail had become disabled in the high winds, Evanston Police Department Chief Richard Eddington said. EFD then dispatched crews to the lakefront and began searching for the man on their waverunners. It quickly became apparent the waverunners would not be enough to conduct an extensive search, Eddington said.
At that time the Chicago Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard were called in for assistance, Eddington said. The windsurfer was located, pulled onto the Coast Guard boat and taken to Wilmette Harbor, Eddington said. Eddington cautioned people looking to windsurf on the lake. “You have to be extremely respectful of the lake, especially during high wind conditions,” he said. “You put other people in danger when you take risks out on the water.” Kirill Przhebilsky, of Wheeling, IL, said he was windsurfing with a few friends and the man who was rescued when he became distressed. Przhebilsky said he didn’t see anything happen with the rescued man. “He just went out really far. He’s actually really experienced,” he said. “The funny thing about this whole thing is that he goes to these (other) really crazy places … nothing ever happens. But every single time he goes to this lake, something breaks for him.” norashelly2019@u.northwestern.edu
SES office hires Motion for lower speed limit passed two new staffers By ERICA SNOW
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Student Enrichment Services has expanded to include two additional staff members as part of an effort to increase its reach across campus, SES director Kourtney Cockrell said. Cockrell had been the only full-time employee at SES since the office, designed to support low-income and firstgeneration students, opened in October 2014. With newly-hired assistant director Sharitza Rivera and administrative assistant Christine Mendoza joining her, Cockrell said she is optimistic the office will be able to achieve more of its goals. “With a full team, we’ll finally be able to move further with our mentor program as well as increase programming about financial wellness, career development and connecting students with faculty members,” Cockrell said. Rivera will lead Compass, a mentorship program for about
20 students that helps them navigate Northwestern and its resources, Cockrell said. Previously known as the SES Peer Mentor Program, Compass was piloted last year and uses a cohort model in which participating students come together each week and meet with their mentors oneon-one every other week. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, told The Daily in September the University believes the office is “essential” for students from low-income families. “Sometimes there are challenges that they face, and we want to make sure that they have one place that they can go,” Telles-Irvin said. “This is one central location that they don’t have to explain themselves over and over again.” Telles-Irvin added that University President Morton Schapiro is committed to increasing the number of Pell Grant-eligible students, which she said is at nearly 18 percent now. Cockrell said her office has » See SES, page 6
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Aldermen discussed the details of two-way bike lanes and unanimously approved a motion to consider reducing the Sheridan Road speed limit to 25 mph at a City Council meeting Monday. Conversation surrounding the bike lanes was renewed last month after the death of Northwestern first-year student Chuyuan “Chu” Qiu, who was killed after being struck with a cement truck while turning onto Sheridan Road. Bike lanes are set to be constructed next summer after being delayed in 2014. Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said the four lanes of traffic for a few blocks on Sheridan Road create a dangerous situation for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists on the busiest section of the road. Fiske said she had hoped to see a plan for three lanes of traffic on Sheridan instead with pedestrian medians at crosswalks. “I don’t feel entirely comfortable that this is a very pedestrian-friendly response in those four blocks,” Fiske said, referring to the blocks with four
lanes of traffic. “I don’t see that this is making anything better.” Lara Biggs, chief of the city’s Engineering and Capital Planning Bureau, outlined the restructuring of many intersections on Sheridan Road. She said the traffic would likely still exist if Sheridan only allowed for three lanes of traffic. With the current plan, Sheridan would be resurfaced and widened in areas that have bike lanes and four lanes of motor traffic. Traffic signals would also be upgraded to have bikespecific signals.
At the Foster Street bus and shuttle stop, a raised bus platform will match the height of the raised bike lanes. Along most of Sheridan Road, a 3-foot-wide concrete median will protect the bike lanes. The plan is projected to cost $12.2 million. Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) said the Sheridan Road project would be a “disaster waiting to happen.” She pointed to the bike lane project on Dodge Avenue, which she said was a failure that ultimately made the street more dangerous for bikers. However,
Rainey said she still supported the plan to make Sheridan safer, but it required more thought to not inadvertently cause too much traffic. Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) countered Rainey’s point: He said Sheridan Road faces different problems than Dodge Avenue and the plan as it currently is addresses many safety concerns. Wilson added a “culture change” is necessary to slow traffic on Sheridan Road. He » See LANES, page 6
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Associated Student Government President Christina Cilento addresses the mayor, aldermen and city staff at City Council on Monday. Cilento advocated for the city to install bike lanes and lower the speed limit on Sheridan Road.
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