Joshua Snedden, co-owner of Fox at the Fork Farm in Monee, Illinois, says there’s a lot of faults in Illinois’s local food infrastructure. Snedden says without a food processing facility nearby to turn his harvested vegetables into canned goods for the slow season, tomatoes that could be sold at grocery stores end up in compost.
Members of the Eastern Illinois University union came to a tentative agreement with the university administrators Thursday, while unions at Chicago State University and Governors State University remain on strike. Unions at the three Illinois public universities went on strike in early April after contract negotiations with their respective administrations fell through, primarily over increasing.
Political science Prof. Sirus Bouchat tells his students at the start of every quarter that he understands if his class is not their main priority. Bouchat said they don’t want their students to feel uncertain about their grade when they’re “giving 100%”. Rather, a student’s grade is based on effort, they said. “You might decide.
April marks the start of Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month, which is dedicated to promoting inclusion and understanding of autistic people. At Northwestern, faculty are continuing to make strides in both research and education to further understand ASD. Communication Prof. Molly Losh, who teaches a course on autism and leads the Neurodevelopmental Disability Lab within.
Content warning: This article contains mentions of gun violence and death. On Wednesday, a young man lost his life. Two 15-year-old boys were injured, one gravely. Though much of The Daily’s coverage so far has centered on the impact Wednesday night’s Clark Street Beach shooting had on Northwestern students, we know the effects go far.