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Women’s Center counseling to end Students criticize decision to fold support into CAPS
By YVONNE KIM
daily senior staffer @yvonneekimm
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Christine Lagarde discusses economic policy during a lecture at Cahn Auditorium on Wednesday. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund stressed the importance of free trade to continue economic growth.
IMF director defends free trade
In Kellogg talk, Christine Lagarde discourages protectionism By BOBBY PILLOTE
daily senior staffer @bobbypillote
Christine Lagarde had sharp words for economic policy makers around the world. “Restricting trade is a clear case of economic malpractice,” the director of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday at
Northwestern. “Rather than helping those sectors of the economy it means to protect, shutting off trade would deny families and workers important economic opportunities.” Speaking to a Cahn Auditorium crowd of about 600, most of whom were Kellogg students, Lagarde laid out her vision for the future of economic growth and the steps necessary to achieve her
goals ahead of next week’s IMF and World Bank annual meetings. Lagarde did not directly address the upcoming U.S. presidential election, but touched on many of the economic issues raised by the major party candidates during their campaigns. Trade stood out the most among those topics. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has campaigned as an
economic protectionist, vowing to strong-arm China and renegotiate long-standing free trade agreements. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, has backed off her previous support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other nations. Lagarde indirectly repudiated » See LAGARDE, page 10
Long-term counseling through the Women’s Center will no longer be available to Northwestern students, the provost’s office said in an email Tuesday. The changes include integration of the center’s counseling with the University’s central mental health service and a formal search for a new director, Provost Dan Linzer and Jabbar Bennett, associate provost for diversity and inclusion, said in the email. An administrative office undertook an evaluation process last spring and spoke to students, faculty and staff before implementing changes to the Women’s Center, the email said. Alecia Wartowski, interim director of the center, said the elimination of long-term counseling is permanent but declined to comment further. The integration of the center’s services with CAPS drew criticism from some students on Wednesday. Medill junior Isabel Schwartz, who started a
“wellness chair” program last year to promote mental health within student groups, said she understands the administration’s desire to streamline treatment. However, despite hiring more counselors and removing the 12-session limit, CAPS is still a short-term solution, she said. It’s important to have a space for just women to receive counseling, Schwartz said. “Any time students hear that their choices for mental health resources are diminishing, that can create a lot of concern,” she said. “From what I’ve heard, the Women’s Center was a very holistically nurturing environment to be treated. … CAPS doesn’t have that same kind of association on campus.” Linzer and Bennett could not be reached for comment, and CAPS staff did not comment by the time of publication. Weinberg senior Elena Dansky, director of NU Listens — a phone listening service for NU students — described the Women’s Center as a “wonderful resource that’s safely trying to combat rape culture and be a safe space for women.” With increased demand, CAPS may not be able to respond quickly enough to students’ needs, Dansky said. “There’s going to be more » See COUNSELING, page 10
EPD, UP in talks Judge limits same-day registration of law to get body cameras Opponents say it unfairly By SAM KREVLIN
daily senior staffer @samkrevl
The Evanston Police Department is in preliminary talks with University Police to obtain body cameras, the city manager said. The exploratory discussions come one year after EPD was denied a federal grant of more than $600,000 for the cameras. City manager Wally Bobkiewicz said the two police forces have a close working relationship and that a
partnership could maximize the budget for the cameras. Bobkiewicz said a partnership could involve one shared brand of camera and one system for storing and managing the data. “It helps us lower some of our costs, because … rather than buy 50 body cameras, we could buy 250 body cameras,” Bobkiewicz said. “The economy of scale is involved. That’s really the benefit for us.” An Illinois law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in August » See CAMERAS, page 10
Serving the University and Evanston since 1881
treats rural voters By ERICA SNOW
daily senior staffer @ericasnoww
Illinois residents will not be able to register at polling precincts the same day they vote this fall, after a federal judge struck down a state law facilitating same-day voter registration on Tuesday. The law required counties with populations of more than 100,000 to offer same-day voter registration at all polling places, while counties with populations less than 100,000 people were
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A federal judge limited same-day voter registration in Illinois on Tuesday. Opponents of the law said it disadvantaged rural voters.
not required to offer the sameday registration service at all voting sites. Voters can still register on Election Day at certain locations,
according to the decision. Opponents of the law said it favored people living in large cities and disadvantaged rural Illinois residents. Nonpartisan Liberty
Justice Center challenged the law by saying it allowed some people in populous counties to register » See REGISTRATION, page 10
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