Cameron Cook
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Northwestern insurance change to remove price cap on mental health treatment
Northwestern has removed a cap on mental health appointment copays as part of its insurance plan for the 2019-2020 academic year, which may increase the out-of-pocket cost for students and employees seeking treatment. Outpatient mental health treatment — which Aetna, the University’s insurance provider, defines as “outpatient mental disorders treatment office visits to a physician... → Read More
Cook County Medical Examiner determines Novozhenova’s cause of death
This article mentions suicide. The death of Northwestern graduate student Sasha Novozhenova has been ruled a suicide by the Cook County Medical Examiner, an employee confirmed to The Daily on Monday. Novozhenova, a third-year art history doctoral student, was found dead in her Rogers Park apartment in January. Her cause of death was not immediately... → Read More
Northwestern police surveil campus. Here’s what we know about it
When walking around Northwestern’s campus, students can expect to be watched, and not just by their classmates. The University uses an unknown number of closed-circuit television cameras and other video recording devices to surveil public places on campus for the purpose of “safety and security,” according to the University’s Video Recording and Surveillance Policy, which... → Read More
Scott Thomas pleads not guilty to charges of sexual assault
A former Northwestern student pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse Thursday at Cook County’s Second Municipal District courthouse. The move sets up a legal battle for Scott Thomas, who was arrested March 19 by University Police after students leaving the library early on March 16 saw... → Read More
NU Graduate Workers, SOLR recognize International Workers’ Day
Northwestern student groups held events Wednesday to celebrate International Workers’ Day, a holiday that commemorates gains made by labor movements all over the world. International Workers’ Day — sometimes called Workers’ Day or May Day — has its roots in a Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions convention that took place May 1, 1884... → Read More
Northwestern Graduate Workers rally for guaranteed sixth-year funding
Graduate students rallied Thursday and presented a list of demands of The Graduate School during Northwestern University Graduate Workers’ first public action to lobby for guaranteed sixth-year research funding since it was discontinued last spring. Protesters marched from The Rock to Rebecca Crown Center, where Sergey Kucherenko, TGS’s associate dean of finance, met them to... → Read More
Northwestern student charged with sexual assault released on bail
A Northwestern student charged with criminal sexual assault was released Wednesday after posting the cash portion of a $50,000 bond, the Chicago Tribune reported. The student, 20-year-old Scott Thomas, was arrested by University Police on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a female student after a party early on March 16. The female student does not... → Read More
Northwestern’s Sigma Chi chapter suspended by national headquarters
Northwestern’s chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation by their national headquarters into alleged violations of Sigma Chi’s policies. The suspension, which went into effect Tuesday, will remain until the national organization’s executive committee reviews the allegations. SESP junior Trevor Lystad, president of the chapter, said he cannot comment… → Read More
Northwestern administrators comment on proposed Title IX changes
University administrators submitted a public comment to the Federal Register concerning the U.S. Education Department’s proposed changes to Title IX on Wednesday, roughly six hours before the midnight deadline. The University expressed concern over some of the changes but stuck with familiar rhetoric, saying it appreciated the proposal’s commitment to a fair process for both... → Read More
Telles-Irvin email notifies Northwestern of misconduct training
Northwestern administrators are rolling out mandatory sexual misconduct training for students and revising the faculty misconduct training, according to a Wednesday email from Patricia Telles-Irvin, the vice president for student affairs. The training, which the Office of Equity will facilitate, will open Jan. 23 and will be available through Feb. 20. Sophomores, juniors and seniors... → Read More
Northwestern is letting Kanazawa stay, and students are angry Northwestern decision to keep Satoshi Kanazawa frustrates students
Students are voicing their concerns about the impact of controversial visiting scholar Satoshi Kanazawa’s presence and research after Northwestern signaled it would not remove him from campus. Kanazawa — whose works bear titles such as “Why Are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?” — is spending his year-long sabbatical from the London School... → Read More
Beta Theta Pi suspended for four years after serving alcohol to minors
Northwestern’s chapter of Beta Theta Pi has been suspended for four years after a student conduct panel found the fraternity responsible for distributing alcohol to minors, the Interfraternity Council and Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life announced on Tuesday. A panel made up of staff and students found the fraternity in violation of a social... → Read More
Elder dining hall to remain under construction after renovation plans change
Elder dining hall will not reopen this academic year as originally scheduled due to a redesign of the renovation plans, according to a Monday email from student affairs administrators. The change was made “in response to student feedback,” and the new design will focus on “inclusive dining” — including kosher, halal and vegetarian food and... → Read More
CAPS hires two staff members to assist with rapid response screening
Counseling and Psychological Services has hired two new staff members to provide clinical support services and do suicide screenings within University Health Services, according to a Wednesday email from Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. The new positions are part of an initiative to improve rapid response crisis screening, a method by which clinicians... → Read More
DeRay Mckesson and Parkland activists to discuss gun violence and civil disobedience during campus event
Black Lives Matter activist and Pod Save The People host DeRay Mckesson will join two student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Saturday to discuss activism and gun violence at “Guns, Activism, Change,” an event hosted by College Democrats. Mckesson, who co-founded the policing reform movement Campaign Zero and has worked as a... → Read More
Northwestern Jewish organizations light ice sculpture menorah to kick off Hanukkah
Students and Evanston community members came together Sunday evening in the rain to carve and light an ice menorah and celebrate the first night of Hanukkah in front of Deering Library. The event was organized by Northwestern Hillel and Northwestern Chabad. After a menorah was carved out of an ice block, students from Hillel and... → Read More
Evanston police respond to report of break in attempt, BB gun shots
Evanston Police Department officers on Monday night responded to a report of a man with a gun in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue in west Evanston. A 52-year-old Evanston resident told officers that someone was trying to get into his residence and that four unknown men shot him in the back with a BB... → Read More
Blotter: Woman arrested for slapping employee at Jewel
Evanston Police Department officers responded to a report of battery at the 1128 Chicago Ave. Jewel-Osco in central Evanston on Saturday night. A 64-year-old Jewel cashier told officers he was assaulted by a woman while at work, said Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew. The man said he saw the woman arguing with another employee, and... → Read More
Going to a campus play but don’t have cash? Starting in Winter Quarter, you can use Venmo
Students will be able to use Venmo to pay for events hosted by A-Status student groups starting Winter Quarter, according to an Associated Student Government news release. The project is a partnership between ASG and the Student Organization Finance Office, and is designed to streamline the payment process and make events more “digital-friendly.” Groups will... → Read More
Man arrested for setting fire in Chicago Avenue apartment building
The Evanston Fire Department responded to a fire at an apartment building on the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue in downtown Evanston at around 3:30 a.m. on Monday. A man located in the area “made statements implicating himself” in the fire and was taken into custody for further investigation, said Evanston police communications coordinator Perry... → Read More