Fmo 1990-1992

These discussions will take place as part of the process of
developing annual hiring plans and budget allocations. They

will take into account the specific parameters of the hiring
plan, the current diversity of the unites) in question, and
the effective pool of potential candidates. Recommendations
for hiring new faculty will continue to be made by the
appropriate academic units, subject to review by the Provost.
(3) The University reaffirms its policy of making strong,

competitive offers for all new faculty, particularly candi
dates who are African-American. These offers will encompass
salary, support, and opportunities for professional develop
ment.
(4) Where appropriate, special incentives will be provided

to help the Deans and Department Chairs to achieve the
agreed-upon goals. These incentives may include additional
positions, space, and other elements of departmental support.
(5) The performance evaluation of administrators, including

the President, the Provost, the Deans, and the Department
Chairs, will give significant weight to the active involve
ment and record of success in achieving the agreed-upon goals
of diversity.
(6) A long range plan will be developed for minority repre

sentation, particularly African-Americans, in the faculty and
administration of the University. This plan will take into
account the size of the pool of qualified candidates, reason
able efforts to expand the pool, the positions available
through growth or turnover, and other relevant factors. The
formulation of the plan will involve consultation with the
Deans, Department Chairs, and representatives of the faculty.
In the past, Northwestern's commitment to diversity has

elicited the earnest, good faith efforts of the administration and
the faculty. Experience reveals that achievement of our goals in
this complex, sensitive area will not be an easy matter. But we
must rededicate ourselves to this task so that we can create an
educational environment congenial to all our students and faculty,
and help to realize the expectations of society at large.
5/5/89
CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION AGENCY CHARGE NUIIBER
Th1s form 1s affected Dy the Pr1vacy Act of 1974j See pr1vacy Act Statement Defore 0 FEPA
complet1ng th1s form. 00 EEOC
Illinois Dept. of Human Rights and EEOC

State or local Agency, if any
NAUE (IndIcate Mr., Ms ., Mrs. ) HOUE TELEPHONE (Include Area Code)
Mr. Muhammed-Shahid Ebrahim (708) 771-6g4~

STREET ADDRESS CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE I DAT~ OF ;IRTH
j7 ROCKFORD AVE FOREST PARK. IL 601jO #2~
NAMED IS THE EMPLOYER, LABOR ORGANIZATION, EMPLOYME:NT AGENCY APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE,
STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY WHO DISCRIMINATED AGAINST ME (I r more than-.one JJ s t oe ioe.]
NAME I NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, MEMBERS ITELEPHONE (Include Area Code )
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Cat D (~01 +) ("112) 491-j741

STREET ADDRESS CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE I COUNTY
2001 SHERIDAN ROAD EVANSTON IL 60201 0~1
NAUE TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include Area Code)
STREET ADDRESS CITY , STATE AND ZIP CODE I COUNTY

CAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON (Check approprIate box(es) ) DATE DISCRIMINATION TOOK PLACE
EARLIEST LATEST
[K] RACE D CDLDR DSEX D RELIGION [K] NATIONAL ORIGIN
D RETALIATION DAGE D DISABILITY D OTHER (Speciry) 11/01/91 05/13/92
[K) CONTINUING ACTION
THE PARTICULARS ARE (I r sda t t:t ons t space Is needed, attach extra sheet(s)):
I. I matriculated into Respondent's Department of Finance as a Ph.D.

student in September, 1988. From November, 1991, until May 13, 1992, I
was denied teaching positions within the Department.
II. Respondent did not prOVide me wi th a reason why I was denied these
teaching positions.
111.+1 believe I was discriminated against because of my race,

non-White, and my national origin, non-American, in violation of Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, in that White and
American-born Ph.D. students with less experience than me and with fewer
years in the Ph.D. program, were given teaching positions.
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D I want this charge filed with both the EEOC and the State or NOTARY - (Wh en necessary for State and Lo cal Requirements)
local Agency, if any. I will advise the agen cies if I change my
~ddress or telephon e number and cooperate fully with 'hem in 'he I swear or affirm that I have read the above cha rge and that
processing of my Charge in acc ordance with their pro cedures. it is true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foreg01ng i s true SIGNATURE OF COMPLAINANT
and correct.
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THIS DATE
~ . . ."'1 (Day, month, and year)
Date
<, } '"\ \ ! \"! ' t.. Charging Party (S! "ryf/ cu r e)
EEOC FORM 5 (Rev. 06/9 2)
To whom it may concern,
On March 8, 1990, Rob Sin, a worker for Marriot Food Service, harrassed
a black student by throwing her coat on the floor.
At approximately 9a.m., at Foster Walker Complex, Maxienne Brutus sat at

breakfast with her friends and placed her coat on an empty chair behind her.
Rob Sin then sat down in the chair where her coat was placed. Maxienne could
not believe that he actuall y sat on her coat and tried to remove it from un
der him. She had to tug at it to get it from under him because Rob barely
stood up to let her take her coat. He did not even apologize for sitting on
her coat and pushed it on the floor when she tried to put it back on the chair.
Rob e xpressed no remorse or concern for what he had done; he simply turned his
back and continued talk~:g to his friend. Maxienne and her friends were in
shock at his nonchalantAa;t~one of her friends, who knew Rob, went to ask him
why he did such a thing. He then replied to her friend," If she wanted it .
moved she should have done it herself." Maxienne did not want her coat moved
she simply wanted him to have respect for someone else's property and ask
her if he could move her coat and then sit down.
Not being satisfied with his reaction, Maxienne and oneof her friends
went t o find the mana ger. Again Rob showed no concern whatsoever by giving
no apologies for what he did. Instead he stated, " She acted as if her coat
had more right to be there than I did so I just brushed her coat on the floor;"
and he shrugged his shoulders. This was said in front of the manager and she
apologized on his behalf. She promised to take care of him in private because
she did not want to embarass him in front of customers.
This act of disrespect that an on-duty employee of Marriot Food Service

committed disturbed not onl y Maxienne, but her friends as well. We felt that
not enough was done and hope that appropiate measures are taken in reprimand
ing him.
Shaunda Oliver
cc: Vice President Jim Carleton

Alan Hayes Food Service Director
Dean Landwehr
Dean Spurlock-Evans
To whom it may concern,
On March 8, 1990, Rob Sin, a worker for Marriot Food Service, harrassed
a black student by throwing her coat on the floor.
At approximately 9a.m., at Foster Walker Complex, Maxienne Brutus sat at

breakfast with her friends and placed her coat on an empty chair behind her.
Rob Sin then sat down in the chair where her coat was placed. Maxienne could
not believe that he actuall y sat on her coat and tried to remove it from un
der him. She had to tug at it to get it from under him because Rob barely
stood up to let her take her coat. He did not even apologize for sitting on
her coat and pushed it on the floor when she tried to put it back on the chair.
Rob e xpressed no remorse or concern for what he had done; he simply turned his
back and continued talk~:g to his friend. Maxienne and her friends were in
shock at his nonchalantAa;t~one of her friends, who knew Rob, went to ask him
why he did such a thing. He then replied to her friend," If she wanted it .
moved she should have done it herself." Maxienne did not want her coat moved
she simply wanted him to have respect for someone else's property and ask
her if he could move her coat and then sit down.
Not being satisfied with his reaction, Maxienne and oneof her friends
went t o find the mana ger. Again Rob showed no concern whatsoever by giving
no apologies for what he did. Instead he stated, " She acted as if her coat
had more right to be there than I did so I just brushed her coat on the floor;"
and he shrugged his shoulders. This was said in front of the manager and she
apologized on his behalf. She promised to take care of him in private because
she did not want to embarass him in front of customers.
This act of disrespect that an on-duty employee of Marriot Food Service

committed disturbed not onl y Maxienne, but her friends as well. We felt that
not enough was done and hope that appropiate measures are taken in reprimand
ing him.
Shaunda Oliver
cc: Vice President Jim Carleton

Alan Hayes Food Service Director
Dean Landwehr
Dean Spurlock-Evans
North
._ _ ._ i:P vioWioas. said it MI1100k CowlIy Circuit Cowt lale Man-

new suit
mouth's a1Ieptions of police lIN

As !be FBI bepn to probe re- The brulUtr ~t'I iD rbQIaint'l iD tbe iDtO tile ~ ~ .day. Roea:Ie Harris. '64, aD Ev- tality ,.aid Poulos and Betty
ports of police brutality apiDst MardI 10 iDc:idcnt were fiIcd 'blooa'c fiIcd by "We h8ve enteftd the invatip- &DSlOD landIotd. IIqes that lOur Palmer. !be mother of the two
two )'OlIIllI iD aD E...-oa iDa- resideucs who said that ,It 'I ealthat It 1e8It . tioa," said FBI ~ Bob office" mis.treated him . s'Iole )'OWII men arrested in the inci
""'... .,.ptig.
clcnt earlier this month. DeW ~ ofticen beat two ~ mt:III ~ IlleII
~ llllde--in-a ~~~c::Iula wililt: braIWiI up braIWiI up
SIlI1 that pollee used elle:aat"l: a ......
Lon&. MWe do!n't have any ~-
ic _ I S ;"
$900 from ~ car IIId made ~
cia! slun '~
U~SlinaiiU \,j(lOCiliil'l:S , ·lhe-~dt-· \·939. -
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Pclice would not confirm
..wbet1Ier MOOIiLiLIl!::U1I invaa.
IiJtcz on a 64-year-old EvaDItoII Two ollicen iD that incidentbat incident results of the FB investiption clIae/ Powos. abo rqlI'aaIIS .the IIIed iD the MardI J0 IDcideat.
,man lWO yean 1IlIO. on IEvUISlOn's west side ba vet ,si de ba ve will be turned over to !be U.S. lWO)'QUIlI ~ .msted OI! cnm- He could nOl be reached for
AI !be same time !be EYlIIlS- beco rasaiIned wbiIe !be ~-e !be ~. attorney's office for examination mal c:!taJ:Ies lD this month I IIICI- oommall Tuelday.
toD braDcb of !be N&tioaat AsIc- ~'s intemal 8ff'aim dMIIion in" dMIIion in by !be civil ,ricbts ·dMSion of !be dent. PouIoI said,. "Now, of ooune,
_elation for tbe_~~ ~ the c:tuqes. , I. . O.S. De pan m en t of Justice , Officer -CbaI1es M~n_, one of is all 'appropriate time to file tbiI
.......__JGIoRd ... calledfor ~ beif- .MSnwlliIc .!be FBl;' wItich.~wbidI.~
Iq-OO 1lO1ice-bebavior-tn-the-·V1ews-bru~
· .cues for..,a 1!lKa for..,a "tl _
t.on& 81- - . - !be ofticen .named in Hams' law
In a la.w.suiLofiled•.lCL.C-O.O'x - 'W'l ,.. alse wu named in tbis
(1,9.891 cae. 1'bee are iOIllC fa-
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WIJata...UJal.k WD there?
On a crvstak:lear early spring day, some
~ Pineham,
city Iandinartcs take on an entirely dIt1erent
look from the air. For example. tNt's Bel
mont Harbor (r:t9t't), before bolJtll fill its
slips, and 8uckillghamFountaln, before
I'·party back:
I 9 in runoffs
water' begins Ilowl'!'9' But even from I
plane, downtown ChlClgo stili looks just
exaetly like downtown Chicago. .
'By Thomaa Hardy

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mayoral ~ TucscMy, ~ week 1»
fol~ ~ .ad Icdn of the

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made lIlI cudoi_ .ja 'ruDlA ill 1M
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III CIlQgo liri bune, Tuesday, ~ :2. 1991 Section 2 3
:ficer;-icer =in~ <Bnaryville-beatiitg trial
. . ~
StUe's StUe's AUy . Chris t o p h er them with a hIIIf-<loled fist as she group shouted ra cial epith ets,
PfitnnkiII:bc I'tlumIaIdIe sUd Moore and Serio let them out of !bl: squad car at McLiD tati:fied.
weR tbe ( weR tbe only male-female team 45th Street and Unioo A_ in But tile P IP a!Ji ln MeLin ,and
working if working in the Deering District the IIIOSlIy white CanaryviDe
DeiBh beat him, knockinll him UlJa)D
that DiPl that DiPl in a "cage" car. Both borbood. scious. '
\'ic:tims sU \'ic:tims sUd ·the squad car bad a A ociIbbor, DoloresJc:m 8m'ctt, Three jtn=iles were COIIYiaed ,of
ClIIC-- lterwl ClIIC-- l>etwcen thec-"UQn! and :cstified-thal - sh& saw- Moore hit ~ . battery and - etIInic in
seats. seats. two cftiIdI'l:n &5 !bl:y leftber squad timidation and sentenced to .30
As the As the police car proceeded car thal DiPl at 45th 'Street and days in the Juvenile Temporary
south, bolt south, both youths said Moore, a Union A_ ue. Oetention Center and placed on
heavysel • heavyset woman , askl:d them if After the squad car left, the two years of probation. Two odIen
they had they had ever bad their butts you ths waIbd just aboul half a were acquitted, and two more sI:ilI
"wbipped 'b "wbipped by a 'bic tac white lady?" llIodi 'v.:hen a group of white boys face trial.
_Mclin ill _Mclin said be heard the driver anada:d ' UDder. questioniDl by defense
tell Moon tell Moore quietl~, "We'U rake " We started heari~.J..
. IX
bottles Iawym, Mclin and Weaver COII
them~ them cmr to 45th [Street! bccaJJse cnsb.ing," Mcl..ill said. !bey were ceded they ~ filed a civil lawsuit
it's kind of it's kind of rough over there ." hitting
doee to us." against tile ofIicen, scekina 51 mil
Both yet Both youths, ,said Moore struck Tbe two took otT NIIlIina &5 tile lion in daJnaIes.
Betting parlor plan
withdrawn'in Skokie
By Pat Sullivan Zeft dustrialcon=ns raised 5.3,000 10

. . . prim and mail 50,OOOOicrs Ul'J'
~rhnllonl~lernalJ0!lal
Inl villaae res idents too an end
RacCCl?une 0.ffic!a11y bas wt!h Mon day's board meetinc 10 voice
drawn Its app\i~hon for a ~DIIII their opposition 10 the betting
cbanae to perDUI construction of parlor
an e/f.uack tenina parlor on a. 5~ ....TIM, 'incIusuial--oem - .
- acre' site in a Skolcie indust n al thrutelled by the IUOniflI. We
area. sItouId be protected Iik the fomr
Skokie 's Village Board was - presena;" sUd Roo. CusItinI. na
scbeduled to !tear Arlington 's re tional saIcs ~. for Cleol:nI
gu esl Monday night. Arlin~on AulllaWion Inc.. 3300 W. 0aIa00
[ residen
l Edward Duffy notified SI "fm~" aboul Ar
village officials of the racetndl's wiaon's . - aqj, Cusbioc __
dec:ision in writing Monda.y mo~- William Krucb , p~t of
ing. The ~·s Plan C01'IUItIS Ra uland- Boq Co rp . , .34 S0 W.
sian last month had voted qamst 0aIa00 St, Iocatai west ol!bl: sift.
the request. ' . . also was p\aaed. .
Arlington pro posed , building a n...Qce is "bella' for eqtmlIllIII

16,OO(Hquare-foot bettina partor , ,of eitber flilllt-ledI. or loW-UdI iD
restauranl and bar, with parlUnc Ibtty," Knx:b said. '1n !bl: Ioua
for 450 cars on a vacant Ilot at IUD it will create man: jobs !bID a
3400 W. Oakton St ., near McCor bening parlor and restaurant
mick Boulevard. CXl\IId," be Slid. 1\ lXtoIy 011 tile s
~ Duffy's letter did not ~plai!l acR Ioc could .u.uu..... lIbout
raise profdes, iles, . ' why ArIingt~ ~ I!S IlO'5!" 1,000 ~ be ~

~ no n, But Oaire Sto rti , Artintton s 0JsIlinI beIieoa ArliQgtoo widJ.
director of opaatM)D5 said, "We dRw Us apptiaDoa for a ClJIIIbiIR.
no loager have posecssion of the tioo of ra.1OIa, iDc:IudiDc _ _
,
_,!_- - ••__ ... _...... ._~ 1 ft • : _ ct ' 4" ......._ _ 1 U I I' .......__ ... _ ....... ~ __' . :• • _ _. ..... site," ~be wo&a.ld not dabo.rate... ...dv~
AmUnI w t it would ~
hantCt to filld IlCIfJSIIc to LIb on
mon ~ jQbI without UIa
,,*,-J exl" plY, tnJSl,ecl iIcmandcd rein
!\ op u b lic J n i and Dem o cTa ll '11 addition 10 P~, Adelman 'IICCiaI ~ ~
IlIlemct1t pC Ibe
h lVO frequently ll'llded I;ha ra e l has rep'aced I'VII of Ihe ' hrec ~.sumof $ ISO. th
,over whetJlcr propcny was bel,.. membe ,~ of Ihe Pr('lpe rly T ' l\ for police apccia/lslJ.
wcued faiJty in lhe CtIu nty: Boud of Review. But the uoioo uld it WlAtod the
"'1 mta ~~YIii~'~_ICMld..OD a-c
..,....~in~!"
Lbo1 face of a Counly
.
AJl(iJ 1I\Cll"Illperyjso, of ~ oo' ljn l , ~::r.ublica n who
nee IIIIl1lld by
Adelman Iw'o ycIB 110 10 sludy
in·
riaht 10 decide who woulcl ~c
any calli mcNICY IJUIICla WlAtod
tD;~ .
" We' re happy to lab: it," uld
qui" into ~ of milmanaac ihc CO\Inty's I!l'9pcrtr IIX SYSIC'!' , BOO FOItcr, ~t oI lbe Oak
men l in his office. a id be and fou r 0\bU lowns/llp Lawn chapter of lho CombiDed
Cre le T ownlbip A~r Ron as selian will url e Ibe Co unl y C o u n tje . Po lice A ,~~eja t i 0.!'.l
KocUilll wei T~y t'-' he and BOIIrd 10 adopl 1\ reso lulion 10 which "¥CSCnla Ibe W1IIIl'a lUll
several other township assesso rs have ROllmann's job restored . pol lee oIflCCl'S' " But iI" up to Ibe
will appullo lhe Counly Boanl at Koclling said Ro tlman n wa. memben hip wllere the m o ne y
ils mcclin.s Th unday 10 restore fired from an already shonhanded l'JC5.
t l
lhe post elimiRlled by Adelm!ln in staff. " WIlen lhe supervisor or as
his ousler of ROll ma nn. scwnents falls . bcbind , the whole 1bIl extra incentive pay COmet ~~~~~~
10 a 10111 of $61,200 ova- a year.
Adelman has said he abotished cycle falls behind, and the system At the union's J;eQuest, • •fDdcnl
lhe job ' as an cconomy measure suffers," Koelling said. medial9r bas been c&Uccl .1n and
and to increase accounlability in ROll mann says his firing was will try to resolve lhe disllutc at a
lhe olflce. "strictly polit ical." meet in8 tenta tively sdteduled (or
So me officials note, however, "Mr. Adelman made up his Monday.
lhat Rottmann was ousted shonly mind a long time ago who he The oriainal con trll:t, ,mieh was
after an announcement in January wanted 10 gel rid of in the office, ratilied by union membe n l would
that lhe stat e would put a mul and there arc more 10 come," have siven saJary parity of ~ 19 , SOO
tiplicr on county assessments for Rollmann said. by 1992 to aU of the viJlI&e's offi
lbe lirsl time in eight years, a 500 ROllmann noted thai Supervisor cers with at IWI Ihree yean of
ous POlilical setback for Adelman. of Assessments Richard Lod ina , experience. Some officers would
The state mulliplier, expected 10 named I!y Adelman to replace Per have received raises of alm ost 14
be in lhe neighborhood of 1.1)2, ros, had praised Ilis work and percen l this year, with all reccivina
means property in tbe county has called him an asset 10 lhe office. a 5.9 percent increase ne~t year .
been undemsCsscd. "So when my own boss (Loding) The proposal a1so eliminated a
Ioll&Cvity raise provision for offi
While such a mulliplier would says I'm doing a good Job and cers hired before 1980--a move
raise IIX bills only slighlly, il also won't lire me, he (Adelman) elimi seoerally aJlplau ded by yo'!nser
would give Adelman's opponents nates my job ." ROllmann said. members of Ibe fDtu. bul pnva!e-
an oppo rtu nily 10 contend Ihal his The County Board's Executive Iy criticizec\ by ils veterans.
changes have hurl rather Ihan Committee has asked Adelman In subsequent nOJotia. ina ses
helped the taa system . aod Lodinlto appear at its meet sions, villlle negollators s1as.bed
~iie'suc'lt ';nm~ti'li~;' ~'U'fd ~~yttm 2aJrn8·~la~~o'1to~~'Ca~~d '~.C'\.i - ;' ...t. '7-.. u _ ~~ .. . _t='_.A.
raise IIX bills only sli~tlY, it also
cers hired before 1980--a move
won't fire me, he (Adelman) elimi geoerally aJlplau ded by yo'!ns er
would give Adelman's opponents nates my job." ROllmann said. members of Ibe fDtu. bul pnva!e
an opponu nily to contend thai his The County Board's Executive Iy criticizec\ by ils veterans,
changes have hurt rather than Committee has asked Adelman In subsequent nOJotia. ina ses
helped the taa system . aod Lodinlto appear at its meet sions, villlle negotiators s1l.lb ed
Adelman, a Democrat, has made In, Feb. 2 to explain Rottmann's their ori l ina. pay offers , Foste r
the streamlining of the assessment linng. said. .
Joliet polire cleared of abuSing blacks
By Jennifer Cerven city's alJllmenl lhat Smith failed to and poked a gun in his rih$.
A federal judge has dismissed a
prove hiS allegations. Tharw said the offi~ did nol
civil rights lawsuit that accused The court action ~temmed from !ISC. physiW force al all du ring Ihc:
Joliet police of using e~cessive
an incident on the cveoing of Feb. lIIC1dent .
force againsl blacks. 21. 1996. Smith said in court doc The judge said Smith's account
umenls lhat he was running the en of lhe cvenl did nol lil the deflni
The decision by U.S. District sine on his car to warm ii up so it lion of "e..ccssive force."
Court Judge John A. Nordberg is would start more easily the ne~t "Havina observed Smith's repeal
"a mllior victol)l for the city and morning. He look several minutes ed, futile efforts 10 enter Ihc: car ,
the individual olflecrs who were ac to enter the car, parked outside his the police officers could rusonably
cused of using e~cess.ive force: : home, because the driver's door have 5IJ5PCCled drup, alcohol or il
said Thomas Thanas, clly corpora had a faulty hinge, he said. legal cntry," Nor dberg $llid in a
lion counsel. Smilh said that while he was sit wriuen oplllion. "It would have
The lawsuil by Augusl Smith ting in his car with the motor run been reason able for them to ap
alleged that the CIty allowed police ni n g , IWO police officers ap pfOllCb Smith with cautio n. as they
officers to consistently use "e~ees proached from an unmarked car. would an y suspected fClo n, and
sive. unnecessary force in Ihe arrest According to Smilh , one of them keep him al bay with th rea ls o f
and detention of black persons." pulled him from the drivcr's seat, for ce or Ihe actual use of mild
In dismissing Ihe suil without pushed him ul;' apinst the car, told foree. Tha I is precUely whal lhey
Irial. Nordbcra agreed wilh the him to put his hands on the roof did."
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IJIilr QUe of official nlisoonduct.
Ona youth wu beaten I!Y 'I PJ1&
of Wh,i!lt 110,. momenu after Ibc
police car drove away /i'om 45th
StRet and Union AveDue in the
CanuyviUc naiahbomood.
The AUI . IS, 1989, inoident
stir ted outraBe in the African
American community and sparked
a 3-mil e prot est march two
months later throuah the South
Side /leiBhborhoocf and Mayor
K.' ........
31atW"': Regner
Richard M. Daley's home nelsb "Ray" Suarez wins. .
borhood of Bridgeport.
Associate JudBe Ralph Reyna 48th WIIrd: Helen
called the incident "despicable" Shiller willS re-election.
but said the state's attorney's of
fice failed to prove police officers 48111 Ward:JoeMoore
Kathleen Moore, 33, and Jlmes elected
Serio, 36, guilty beyond a reasona
ble doubt. Proviso scttooISI
Reyna said of the four state wit A victorious Mayor Richard Daley wades through
Taxproposal fails. outstretched hands II! he makes his way Into
nesses' "not one made a clear and
uncontested identification of eithe~
defendant."
At word of their acquittal ,
Moore an4 Serio, who have been
suspended without pay since their
indictments in October 19l!9,
huged each other. tears streaming
down both their faces.
Reyna also found both officers
• not guilty of a misdemeanor
suspenaea Wllnout pay SInce melr
indictments in October 19l!9,
huged each other. tears streaming
down both their faces.
Reyna also found both officers
• not guilty of a misdemeanor
ch~ of battery. The two victims,
Calvin Mclin, IS , and Joseph
Weaver, 16, and two Canaryvillc
residents who witnessed the inci
dent said a woman police officer
struck each teen on the head with
a half-closed fist.
"They got the wrong people ,
and it's a shame," defense lawyer
Joseph Roddy said of police inves
tigators. "There's no doubt this m
cident took place."
Prosecutors declined to com
ment after the verdict.
None tlf the state's witnesses
the two victims and the two
eyewitn.esses who watched fro)TI
about 50 teet ..Jlld.}<=idenu fied T..... _bycnMH~
Serio as the officer who stayed in A sign favoring a reductlon In the size of the played at thll corner of Sherman Avenue and
the police car in the driver's seat. Evanston City Council Is prominently dls- Elgin Road on Election Day.
. Allhough Mclin and Weaver
identified Moore in court as their
assai !ant~ both first picked out
photos 01 other female police offi
cers the day after the incident,
Reyna noted in his ruling.
A neighbor , Dolores Jean Bar
rett, also identified Moore in court
Tax-conscious Evanston cut
as the attacker and also said she By Jessica Seigel stantiaUY change Evanston poli posal, "Voters ate reachin
had made a positive identification tics, forcing 18 aldermen into a straw of hope."
of Moore in a lineup within weeks Suburban vote,s were in an anti runoff election for the nine re Seen as a no-confidence .
of the incident. ta ~ mood Tuesday as they ap maining seats in two years. the City Council, the E\
However, in a stipulation Tues proved a referendum proposal to Evanston anti-tall activists be proposal, which won with
day, prosecutors adm itted an assis cut the Evanston City Counc!1 in lieve reducing the council will help Cent of the vole, followed I
tant state's attorney and an invest half and rejected school till hikes, lower property taxes by increasing of Des Plaines, Markham a
igator for the state s attorney both including one in the district that council efficiency and accountabil Forest, where residents v,
noted Barrett 's identification of produced the state boys' high ity. 1987 and 1988 to halve lh
Moore in that lineup as tentative, school basketball champions this "The vote is an overwhelminl! councils.
Reyna noted in his ruling. year. reaction to higher taxes," saio Referendum oppon ents,
Both Moore and Serio took the A protest over hi~ tax rates in Teresa Valdes, -a member of the included most elected offici
stand to deny ever seeing McLin Evanston was the driving force be Evanston Tax Accountability that the measure will ove
See Police, PlI. 8 hind the measure that will sub Committee. which backed the pro- aldermen with work and no
L.A. mayor asks Gates Wednesday
Sox to sign 80: The White

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I to \he Mate COIIIllIv
n Q j!t& Jlllle Ip b\Jy,
and RluJllllllb Drivlte t:aousinI
lor tow-income mSdcota, Ba.eri
of \he" 0rdabIe houaIna" IlJleIld.
ment, Incl udl.n. l he WllICOnlln
~ton~n and ~
\IdYoeIteI. IrJUIllt ~ II I»

=r:..% ~na::'/~
die dderly. 0pp0IICliIJ ctwwod ·\he
amendmeDt would encou r..~_ 1I,
"l\ill ~ of the wdfll1l QIe
in Wisconsin. .
Tribune lfire seM<:es oonrribuUld
lD thiJ report.
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sevenlh irItlq IhII
BoIh youths, ~I. on the \ri-
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SIDDcr I lIelo ol 'whll
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IlIle ~ ion IIw, The
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II I bcndt waiIirw for a
Uthonand Wallacc Streets =JIi iii;
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IIld W.VfIr on Alii- I~ , 1989, \he when a police car IIoppcd and a
tfOIIIt ¥Wd~::J0~~ nWtt of \he inl:idenL femaJc o8ior:I' used III cxpIl:Uve II
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- u.L." .... .... I father of 10 IIld ltoddy called on Police SUI!.! .
~ MII1ln 10 Idnslale boIh oIIl
aho called them fNCf. They w= or·
dered inaidc, \he two ~. thRat
• Romu C11hotic wtlo onco

CICn to the iIRlc in . I of the juda c:ncd. then told to ave \he car
~:tlII,l ~ _~~ -~ ltoddy called on Police SUI!.! . aho called them fNCI. 11IcY w= or·
• I father of 10 IIld
• Romu Ihotic wtlo onco I~ MII1ln 10 Idnslale boIh oIIl dered inaidc, \he two ~, thRat
1M pria&hood, vaoed \he CICn to the iIRlc in lilhl of the juda c:ncd. Ihcn told to Ica \he car
Monday leu lhan IWO houn o daI:i!lon. 4'1b ¥ld Union. wha'e the woman

after lUCiYCId I filnnII ClOI'Y of The dcfelllC also ~ced evi stnx:k ClICb of them.
.., Hla IfeIO . . . . . IIId daICll IhII MQllI'C and Serio, botb • McLin Slid be and WC8YCl' bid
menl " m Ull IlOl pgy God." while officers Inilned 10 t he . ... ~ 1Il:IicaI 1IlU'
Walked just about half a block before
• DislricI, had been tCClI eat-
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\0 ..... 1IlUt, lhey heard bollies cl'llShing near
q ... I'CIIIUI'IUl& Ihcn'dnM 10 tbc tel ied. Moore and . CtIlcml Ibcm ¥ld boY' .. ,ftftl _ IOWIId \hem 1h11 SUnday Chit
Dallas OKs filming wrina
cliIIOclllltion tbc time of \he \he disIrict's IIl:IicaI unit, or lac , of- and shou~ raciii'q;lheIs. W_
fla: al about 10:4' p.m. and stayal c:scaped, bul Mclin was beaten.
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bloom with an exelus
CanaryviIIc inclIblt.
'JFK' on 6th floor

Officer MlchId Jaiomy, also as
~ 10 the Dl:aiJli DisIricI. 1eSli
about 10 Of " minutes.
fl'llJlk Petrik. an admillCd
Three juveniIc:a have been oonvict-
ed of !lIJP'IIYaICd /JIIIaY. ¥ld cIbnic
reaching millions of
pallo, po~

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Commilalm III1llld Tuadly 1.0 kit
dltector . ~ lIlC \he aialh
noor of \he fonner Teus ~
Boc* DcpaclJOIY ror fllminl III
movie ~JFK." aboul \he Iri .
diet
10:20
Serio
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TIle 0 11111 Coun lY liOd he WIlli to a reItIIunuIl
Ayenue thaI ni&ht at aboUI
20 minuta
and found Moore IIIId
~ Tbey left aboul
• be Slid.
0fficlCr Veronica Samani!" tben
Ar member lIlTCSted \bat /lilllt on .. intirnidaUon in tbc incident They
wcapons ~. SlIid he also \Ii ----wm: SCllteIIald ~ dIYs in \he Ju-
Moore and Serio in the tac room.
MclirI
\'ClIiIc TentpOrlU)' t:J:taition Caller
and W_ wen: IIIlSW1l of and Placed on two )all or prolla
the time of the incident , thouIh \hey lion. l\vo othcn -lIlXlUitted, and
left a White Sox niBhl game; in \he two more sliD r.cc trial.
Uon inlO \he 1963 lIS5ISSinaticln 01
Pmldenl John f . Kennedy. ~
oomrnilaiontn YOIed l-2 10 m'aIll 10 counter \he growina OJIIl'lSition.
10 deny aca:ss to lbe Bul ~ts SIIy lhat the chief,
I •,
i'th 11oof, now an S5IIS$inl tion
museum. Previously . \hey had t
g The videotaped beati Mardi 3 who has scrvaI on \he force fOr 4i
set 011' a debate on Police brutality
yean. shouJd be held ICOOUnlllblc: for
lhat reached from \he streeIs of Los
the actiom of his oftiocn.
..uvdy IPflIOWd Slone's usc of the ~freIlI . . . 1 An&dcs \0 the nation's capital
Y t _Ih IIoor and the bulJd fII!IiI!c:aI Icaden have been slow 10 Broadcast repeatedly, the IIpe \heThey c:IIarBc lhat Gates; wtIo in
~'. calCrior. JOIn II\. showed an unre~, motorist, sitive piIsl lias made sta!elJlCnts insen
minoriIics, lIIS sa a tacist I~---:
8nldIcy had been !tJchirlI towaJd Rodney G. Kina. ' and beaten \0
Protection urged TUddIy's decision for more \han by Ibrce oftioer5 while more \ban a tone lhal pc:I1IIC:IItA:S tbe I'IIIb of tbc
two • dozen othcn looked on. dcp;lrtmenl. whidl hu moire than
As pressure to act 1IlOWlIed. tbc Four ollicers involvcd in \he inci 8,300 ofticcrs. .
for sockeyeBalmon, mayor

allowed ~ 10 slalf \0 openly dent. induding the supcrvisina ser Earlier Tucsda)', Jcaders of a newly
WASHINGTON'-The National altack \he chief. Last week. be lIP pot, have been inlticted. and scwr formed poup or black Iaw-aUort:e
aI investipbons inIo Che allegations menl officers claimed there was I _=~=;::;;;:;: ::::::===
~
i n led I cil!ze!'s pancI] which
Marine f isheries Servia: on Tues
day lUJCd that Snake River sockeye an IIlVCSllPbOII MOll<IIY. of I1ICivn and \he usc of exccWvc wiiIespmId I'llCism within \he Police "
UI the mounting pressure has Department.
salmon be declared an en<fanat:red failed 10 budge Ihe 64-year old fon:e arc undc:I' way. has .
Gales repeatedly
species under fcderal law. selling up Gates, who has headed \he fOroe for sponsibility denied re "Silence is oomplicjty and we have
a nfronllllion between oonscrva 13 years. 111SlClId. il seems \0 make for \he beating and says ~ \0 break the silence in ~ef
be wants to ~ to \he boIIom of \he fort \0 pin \he oommunity's uUst
lioni IS and users of \he Northwest's
watrr raoun:es. Northwest Iawmak him more dclcrmincd \0 hlq on. incident, which be caUs an "aberra and suppon ." said Officer Carl
en say federal protection of lhe The chief has lIllIIfCSSivdy fOUlhI tion,"
before retiring. Gates appoint McGill, head of \he too.member Af
ockeye in Idaho's Snake Riyer back. making numerous public ap ed his own pand last week to invcs rican Nnen(;llll Peace Officer Ass0
oould carry Il/'IIVll coonomic CORSe pearances and raIJyinjf~ supporten tiaate \he beating incidenl ciation.
que,. e~ralepayers
eleclric for shippers, fishermen. "r;::::::::::::::::::;::;::;:::;;:::;:::;:::::;:;:::;:::==~:::;::;;;:::=;;:::===::~=======,1
and farmc....
Wortd report
Roadblocks increase
tensions in Croatia
POD brutality; How wideSpread iJ i
.'.
~Idon't
og l
By David Jackson .
In Du Page County, local police
commanders an: instructing their of
• l.A. Is divided over demands to oust the pones Chief. Page 16.
• Pollee brutality triggers many complaints, few statistics. Page 16.
complaints will swell as a
the publicity surrounding th
nia case. "We're gelling ca
fleers to reread depanment regula time now. It 's definitely an
tions on the use of force . renewed concern over such violence a rise in local complaims againsl po said David Kremin, an an o
the In Evanston. community leaders among both police and residents . lice. According 10 the office of pro- has several brutality cases ~
angrily accused the police of beating The incident also has focused new fessional standards, the Chicago Po - the local courts.
'l'g &llti two younE men during a recent ar attention on an .o ld question: How lice Departme ' investigative arm, One of the problems in
1~1. bad is police ilrullWI) i,eiC? there wer 367 mplaints last brutality problems in Ch
hthe And al poli ce stations in Chicago. "I would obviously like 10 believe year, up fro . -a 14 percent been the very office chatxD
iphony officers are report ing tense ex thaI somethi~ like that could not increase. D "-:"~lIga"ng police cendu
changes with civilians during routine happen in Chicago," Albert Maule, Moreover, after inve stigating the 1985, the office of professi
heends traffic stops. Chicago Police Board president , said charges, the office upheld 190 of the dards has been rocked by tI
Throughout the city and suburbs, of the los Angeles beating. "But I complaints last year-51 more tha nal police .audits accusing t
seasons. publicily surrounding rhe videotape am nOI naive." in 1989. ~~of losing mvesnganve files,
of a los Angeles police beating has Maule 's concern is underscored by Some observers predict citize n See BruWI
~
rannual
yards
\Ita. Hussein shifts Cabinet amid unn
!'Nt beat ac:hooIa, education Is
memortudion of NndcNn Iraq's policies'
no one can c.. .... 8bout
dnd up bored to death...
~ expert Roger fJdlank . In Tempo.
still the same,
Bush says
DU:.sU says
By Timothy J. McNUlty
Cni<:ago Tribune
WASHINGTON-Saddam
Hussein moved to halt Iraq's grow
ing rebellion with an internal poliu
cal sh ift Saturday , but President
Bush immediately rej ected the ef
fort. saying that as long as Hussein
is "calling the sho ts" there can be
no real change in pol icy.
In an apparent attempt to placate
Iraq's majority Shiite population,
Hussein s te p ped aside as prime
minister and elevated Saadoun
JV Europe isout to lure Hammadi , one of the few Shiite
Muslim s in his ruling circle , 10 the
I n vscationees magical post.
The ch ange in the Cabinet ap
., ."...
h as a ride ua Switurland;s Glacier pears to be only cosmetic, however,
• In War s altermath , Kuwaitis

takd \I00d with Md. Page 10.
• Non-combat oeslns jn gulf in
JMKl ever flict special pain. Page 11
I' kHon his Fighting for survival
<• because Hussein will remain as
I '>(11season, Iraq's president and head of state as
, An Iraqi refugee grabs for food being handed out Safwan The tooo, provlded bV tha Saudi I
well as leader of the Revolutionary
•.. 4:1, stillis Co uncil. S8tLlrday by a Saudi soldier at a food and medi 90~ernmont , caused a 'reOIled s trug g la
cal distribution center set up by the U.S . Army In tho hungry peopie gathared
~ Sporb. "Saddam Hussein appears 10 still
be calling the shots and , as I bave
sa id before , normal relations with
<Lough guy
I fl r (J f('~l1 i o n !i 1
the United Stales cannot be effec
live with Saddam Hussein still call
ins the ShOIS, 51ill in po wer," Bush
, a,d during a brief While House
new s co nference.
Lawsuits aim to silence publ
~ m , ( 'hic/ll(o'» The Ir aq] Cabin et shuffle , an By James Coates homc uwncr , d ud the I
nounced b y Baghdad Radio . gi ves Chl cBoo TrIbuna Woru rn \ 'Uh ." "h JI HCI
.n The H amrnadi lhc po sit ion Husseio h as DENVER -While Ihe th ough I of Ihll , . (' alit
htld "nr c sho r! I'i a ftn he w uk Iitigaling ove, /ibel I" lettu ce },rlng, 8 1.ll t' \\ ~l ' IJ f\llr"t \\1
I'D"' ", in 19 79. laugh ter legal scholn" '>a)' Co lor a 1l1l!! 1H1l 1I ' I -,lil t h l ll1 u
r",cIlV' MHlI>ler T df '4 /\' ;" I Ill' du ', I,ill harming pl "'/UCC h -l~h,nfl i'l drv d (\ p n \C'f\ l I l m1t' .l l\\ t L
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well know n Iraq, official " Il",
"u ~",in himself. wa, narnrd dC 'futy
r rime mtn "tcr Al I" ,-, f Ih,,-.: (l Ih t:
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aaa-a' ..... to tni ...... do rylJ!I .about IInaac:iII rula . TIley
IIOl ealCnlf to "~ . Ire Ia a Di'oIiabIy
e:rowdal theater."
caa" ~ Illy kind or a
loan wtth t"at 1I111rihly halll in,
Danoc:ntic Oov. Roy ROIlIer II over tbeir..... or
and llIIIly diem
nplCtad to decide Ibl l wnk proIIab!y lola tbeir inIufUCt c:ov.
...... to ... or veto tile iIi¥. e!'lle tiaca... InlUruee compa
wIlIcb IIIowI IlImlen and I'IIldIciI nIeS don't WlDI to carry IOIlldJCIdy
-to _ (or IripIe ~ or tIInc who raca a mullimillion-doUar
. . . tile ..-rIt 01 Illes IoIt be c:oun~.
CIlIII 01 cliIIIarIIinI . . . .· "Do you ..ink lbal k>lIIcl1ody
Crilics oI l11e _ wbo .... ~ thai kind 01
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triggers mamany complaints, little data

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~ . . ... said Conycn,
Ilecu New ~ork and 497 in florida, the ,Wily as wei ,Wily as weU as complaints about led them on a bigb .speed chase. A la1ity cases usually have been i n
wb~ 10 tile '':S,t .1 1 ye.a rs .has study said,. racial violei racial violence and slavery, The Clayton County officer was ~lved in a crime, so their credibil
~ ~~ . ~ m:1O Bet ween 1980and 1989, Texas fe,deral 'lOYI fe,deral 'lovemme!lt gets involved cbarged witb battery and I,iRd last i!): may be in question, and it.is
~ oIfic:Jl:ios ., . of fora: DI Los, also led DI lin: number of police wnh police j Wlth .police brutality cases when a week. for ,his part to the mcidenl difficult to get cormboraung WIt·
~ New Yorit CItY lIIId DaI ~O::::m with SO, foUowed by complaint ,is complaint ,is filed with ,!be FBI or An Atlancapolice ofticer last week nesses, Prosecutors also mllSt-provt
las. .. with 211, Alabama with the Justice [ the Justice Department, was 5U5PeDded witb pay for using that the officer e~ intended to
U ~S, A t .t y . G en . D ; c k 18 and Georgia with 17. There American American Civil Uberties Union excessive force in handling a pas violatethe victim's ngbts.
~ Ills iIIIIIIOWICCld a 1JiI· wa'C nine ,prosecutions in Califor· spokesman spokesman Phil Gutis in New senger riding with thesuspect. However, a 1988 amendma n to
~ ~ iDeo police- nia during that time an'd six in York .said Cl York .said complaints about po!ice • A Washington, D .C.,~d civi1 rights la':"S .increased the pen
~1II~·fa"'I1111.0"''' m~ l:Ompiaints. BUt the New York. brurality:co~ brurality'COrttItIg mto the orpnua jury receruJy indicted two oIIicers a1ty for violations by police that ID
. . . Jab COlIliftI ( D ·1~ .I);eputmmt has provided The Sl'Udy ranked Ulinois 10th in tion's ~ non's ~h offices range from for incidents in 1989 in which they volve bodily injury but not death :
IIidiij _ ~ D i • &it- ... SIIIISbCS about 1M 5alCIC of the the ~n for tO~ns of po ,~o to thiCe ,~ o to thiCe a w~ m some loca allegedly broke one man's jaw and Tbese are now a felony <:aITYIlli a
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4I,OlIO ~u- IIfd*m. lice. WIth 403 during 1?84-89; but. nons to 75 a nons to 75 a week m Los Angeles. beat two ether ,men wbo were pnson..t erm up to .1O years.
I . _ _ Ik !all'" sa. "'We ba¥c. Do inilI uiariuii at an the stale bad ~.fiftIl.~ num·~ Here are!_ Here are ~mc !If !be cases 'cur standing at a bus stop. One of the Fyfe from American University
.. ~ I~ _ a.,
- CD IIow oftm die ~ who we Iller of proseeulJOnS of police offi lendy being . lendy being tOvestilated: officers'is on adrniDistra,tiv leave; said CoJ!iI'CSS coWd force ael1anl!e
~. lie ~ 10 pnICIII:l lIS kiIl llS ~. abuse cers, 14. • In New • In New York ("tty, five police the other has been dismissed Rom by 'm aking departments legally Ii
~ ...- JlIid4WEik:an Uuie.sit, ph,. ~, .. bicJI tile ~iiliill officers 'Iasr officers ,1 ~thc-f.oR:e .able..for~~CI
~.... mr JIna .Fyfe, • li:lnna' New News Q!lIIPiJed from. Justice iDe.. with ':Durder, with ':Durder, ~ter 'and as • Denver police and !be FBI are or by linking federal funding to
YcB City polic:c offit:er.. paronent n:a>n1s obtained. through sault m ,the , sault m ,the cbokiDg death of a 21 investigating allegations that oftj.. ~up efforts. Others say local ~-
Tbc best- .iDformatiao cunently the F~ of lnformatlon Act, year-old ca year-old car-theft suspect. New eers kicked and beat a 15_year-old!ictals .are a ~ey component. in
..... _ fiam.a SIDdy _ do not indicate bow many pmsecu York Police York Police Commissioner Lee P. boy wbiJe he was face down on the 1IlIJl1'0V1118 the srtuanon.
IiIIIcd last. week in- tire D8JJas lioas led Ito convictions. Brown. who Brown, who is credited with clean gJoundin a JlIIIIIlIIY 'incidellt. civic
"In the overzealous efforts to
MIlnIia&. Newt. lnbllM dlIt TaB Hawem', Asst . Atty. Gen. John ing up the Ii ing up the Houston Police Depart leaders there also bave Called "a com)lat the 'ipaease .in cnme, peG
polic:c liM beaI. 'iIM:sIipad
. • lIIId Dunne said at the congressional mentwben i mentWben it bad a reputation for town meeting to discuss police bnI pie m '! posInon ,to dosometbiDg
............... civil ricllls .,;ola- bearina that the department has violence, saM violence, said the New York ,police .taIity. about It bave. been lookinll tbe
IiaaI. iadIIIdiia& IleaDJlP, 'coen:cd bad a convictioa rate in official "are 'Rot go "are not going to be allowed . to Dunne said tbe Justice Depart_ otbe!' way.," said EJJen Span, el
f F . . . ,1J!llf cIeIda, _ oftm misc:ooctue:t cases of at least 70 b~ the Ia b~ the law and get away with ment 'should be a ''bIdlstnp'' for ecutM; ~ of tbe ACLU 01
1fIID aIii:aI m adIa' - . percent for aD 'but one of the last Il Il Slate lIIId local prosecutors and ~ What IflCOIIle at the lead
Mere... 2,000 ~ of seven fiscal years. • Police ,~ • Police in Atlanta and Clayton lice ofticiaIs. BUt be and ,civil ~ ~ levels are domg ~ a Ilia
Taa poIicc ~ CODduc:IId liom Owme '&aid !he department an County, Ga County, Ga., are investigatiJ!g a activists also point out the,difIK:ul Impact on .~t officers 00 'the
" 1 0 1_. HoMd by 1,294 iD nuaUy investi~tes about 2,500 March 12 int March 12 incident in which ofIii:ers ties for federal as weU as state street are domg.
CaJi(onaia,. the most po pulous aJIegalioas of officiaJ misconduct. a allegedly I allegedly beat a handcuffed prosecutions. Tn1lwJe researcher Rum Lopez
1,D50 in ,l.oaisiIIm; 694 in eafCIOI'Y that · iJlcIiIdes poIIl! bru drunken-dJi· drunken-dJiving suspee:t after be IDunne said victims in police-bru- oonm"buted to chis repol't.
Bru-·italitY
One' important factor tll considef
in jlJdaing 'the complaints is that
the mcrease to alJegatiot!5 parallels
the iDatase in the amount of dan
COIdiDued from PIlll! I gerous police' work performed last
~. key ~ and . 'bo,us= year. 'Chicago police made 45,936
IDg an Investigators' "dnnkmg more arrests in '\990 than 1989, a
club." . 15 pen:cnt jump. They also seized
Even the .Ioudest critics of the a record 19,669 ,guns last year,
office. however, say its deepest 1,950 morethaD in 1989.
prolilem is. not misman~ment. "You ba¥c to be wry, skeptical !If
but reauJanons that stand in the the nllJllbm you usuallY _:' said
or
way its resolving a majority of Harvey Grossman, legal diree:tor of
,its brutality cases. the Ameri'can Civil U ber t ies
According to anorneys, .most Union.
1brutali!Y.complaints boil down. t? Perbaps more revealing thaD ,the
,credibility conteslS between a Clt! total complaints are Slatistics that
zen and a police officer. 10 a tradi· show a minority of officers being
tional couruoom, ju~es and ~nsibIe for a majo rity of com
juries decide whom to believe, But plaints. or Cbicago's II ,(lOO-tDeIII
at the standards office, statutes her police force, 437 officers bad
and the police union's contract more than one excessive force
di,ctate that without indepen~t complaint, according to 1989 de
Witnesses tlt· strona corroboratina panment figun:s released -to the
ev,idence, complaints must be Tribune. Of those, 278 officers bad
lruled "not sustained." two complaints; 85 lbad ,tlmle:; 35
Last year, 59 pen:cnt of the 8FD: halIl four, and 39 had more than
ey's cases were "not susta.ined." five.
Aocon:f.intl to court recon1s, some .Departm ent stat·istics for 1989
Cbicago police officers have bad also sbow that African-Americans
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John W. Ellis IV
P.O. Box 1531 Evanston, IL 60204 (312) 973-3092
April 27, 1992
Dear FMO Executive Council,
I know that you guys are probably swamped with more agenda items than you want, but I have
another one for you--cultural diversity at Northwestern University in the wake of the April 22,
1989, black student march.
I'm sure all of you at least know about what went on four years ago. Students marched at Crown
about the lack of black faculty, the dropping black student rates, the lack of enthusiastic support for
African-American Studies, African Studies and African Languages.
So what happened? We have some new black professors. The African studies department is
reportedly on the way up. But what's really happened in the past few years? Has there really been
enough progress? These questions need to be asked publicly, and Northwestern needs to answer
them publicly.
The enclosed document is the initial statement Weber released after the march. He came up with a
special guideline document for "minority" hiring practices a few months later, which was
published in The Observer.
But what about this document? Have the stipulations been met? Item one states "We must take
aggressive steps to broaden the effective pool of potential African-American faculty members."
What has Northwestern done to live up to this charge?
This is just one example of things that need to be investigated in this and the other documents
concerning cultural diversity at Northwestern. This is an item that Blackboard has toyed with for
two years. The story idea just keeps getting handed down, but never gets done. In a way it is
probably too big a venture for one person, and something that seems to fit right in line with FMO
executive council goals.
I suggest that you pass this along to the next FMO council as a top priority. Maybe have an open
forum to discuss ideas. (This year? You would probably want to catch those seniors who were
involved in it before they leave.) Maybe a committee headed by an exec. member.
Whatever the case, I think the university needs to be evaluated on their progress. Maybe we'll fmd
that the university has done a good job. Maybe not. Either way, they need to know that we are still
concerned with how they do business.
cc. Karla Spurlock-Evans

Everne Saxton
"Duke"
Statement by President Arnold Weber
Concerning Diversity in the Northwestern Faculty
Northwestern has had a long-standing commitment to build and

maintain a University community based on equal opportunity and
reflecting the diversity of American society. In this regard, we
recognize that special efforts should be made to insure the
recruitment and retention of African-Americans, and other minori
ties among the student body, the faculty, and the staff. We
believe that significant progress has been made . in certain areas,
but recognize that there should be a strengthened commitment to
diversity and the further development of programs that will
promote the attainment of this goal.
Although our efforts to insure diversity relate to all

aspects of the University, we are particularly concerned with the
representation of African-Americans and other minorities on the
faculty of Northwestern. Currently, we have sixteen African
Americans in tenure track positions. This constitutes only 1.4
per cent of the full-time tenure track faculty at the University.
Moreover, in recent years, both the absolute number and percentage
of African-American faculty members have declined. I recognize
that the administration, including the Deans and the Department
Chairs, have taken special steps to identify and recruit
African-Americans to our faculty. This year, Provost Duncan
initiated new procedures to insure that there is a sensitivity to
this issue in the search process, and that all reasonable efforts
are taken to recruit African-Americans and other minorities to the
faculty. However, these measures have had very limited ~uccess.
We must intensify our efforts across all schools and departments
of the University to achieve a higher degree of diversity within
the faculty, with particular respect to African-Americans.
Accordingly, the administration is promulgating operational
guidelines that are intended to improve our performance in this
area. These operational guidelines are as follows:
(1) We must take aggressive steps to broaden the effective

pool of potential African-American faculty members. This
involves a detailed identification of new Ph.D.'s who may be
candidates for junior faculty members, incumbent faculty
members at other institutions, visiting faculty and qualified
African-Americans who are employed in government, business,
and other non-academic organizations. The concept of an
"effective pool" reflects the need to sustain a professional
and social environment so that qualified candidates, who are
usually widely recruited, will view Northwestern as an
attractive employment opportunity.
(2) Reasonable targets will be established on an annual

basis for the hiring of African-American faculty. The
targets will be determined through discussions between the
President, the Provost, the Deans and the Department Chairs.
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FMO STATEMENT
Concerning Rodney King Verdict/Los Angeles Riot
April 29, 1992
African brothers and sisters of Northwestern, what we have

witnessed over the past 12 hours stands as a grim example
that is not only a familiar misfortune of a racist society,
but also embodies a reality that is foreboding and
prophetic. The verdict reached by the all white jury
concerning the brutal and merciless beating of Rodney King
by four Los Ange les Police Department, (LAPD), officers
along a Los Angeles highway, should come as no surprise to
the American public, particularly these of African descent.
The verdict reached by the jury was not only unjust, but was
an insult to the dignity of every African descendent in
American, reminiscent of Emmet Till. Understand that this
occurrence serves as a classic example that "There are no
rights that a Black man possesses that a white man has to
honor." Consider that this society continues to nurture and
foster these once written laws as unwritten standards and
repeatedly declares war on the Black community and on
itself. Nothing has changed.
If you are angry, you have a right to be, one cannot help
but wonder how many times this has occurred, escaping video
tape? One cannot avoid a feeling of humiliation after
bearing witness to the many contradictions that outlined the
LAPD trial. As you all are probably aware of, the Los
Angeles masses have expressed this anger, in the form of a
riot. There has been burning, looting and death, in our
very own communities. This tragic action, however violent,
is not an act of regression. Aside from military, America
has not progressed in any significant amount to allow
regression of ,a n y sort to occur. That is why we are in
support of brother Rodney King and are extremely discontent
with the verdict reached. While we do not condone violence
as a solution, we definitely do not condone the v icious
bea ting administered to brother Rodney King by the LAPD.
Many students have expressed a desire to respond to the "not

guilty" verdict. African students, we must organize before
we react. I repeat, we must organize before we mobilize!!!
We must anticipate the chain of events that is about to
occur and react accordingly. Bear in mind that this is not
just a conflict of color, but of the mind and culture as
well and while racism and hatred lie at the core, skin color
is not always the sole criteria.
The FMO Executive Council is in affirmation of an orderly

demonstration of protest to the verdict as well as an
enlightening session emphasizing our need to maintain our
unity as an Afrikan people, worldwide. Our first steps will
be to contact other Chicago area Black student unions as
well as - Ch i c a g o City Officials to see how legislation may
be affected in Los Angeles.
FRESHMEN BROTHERS
AND SISTERS...
In response to your enthusiasm and willingness to get involved, FMO

is proud to announce the formation of a Freshman Committee to
address and voice the concerns and needs of your class. This
committee will be run by members of your class, who you will elect!
We invite you to come out and get involved! We ask that if you are
interested, please return the form at the bottom of this letter to the
Freshman Committee Response Envelope, located on the first floor in
the Black House, by Thursday November 5, 1992. The first meeting
will be Sunday, November 8, 1992, at 2 PM, in the Black House. We
hope to see you there! If you have any' questions, feel free to call the
FMO office at 467-1836.
Yes, I am interested in the Freshman Committee and
will attend the meeting on November 8, 1992, at 2 PM in
the Black House.
Yes, I am interested in the Freshman Committee, but
will be unable to attend the meeting on November 8,
1992, at 2 PM in the Black House.
Name (Please Print) :, _

Address: _
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A ~TT\ CTCT~D C
/ M. Shahid Ebrahim
1915 Maple Ave., #1005
Evanston, IL. 60201
(708)-864-3631.(Home)
July 15, 1992
Dr. Stuart Greenbaum

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL. 60208
Dear Dr. Greenbaum:
I am writing this letter to appeal the decision made by the financE

department to fail me at the dissertation proposal stage. Since
starting at Northwestern University as a Ph.D. student, I passed all my
course work and maintained an overall GPA of 3.45. I also passed my
preliminary exam in July 1989, and started working on independent study
/ research under Professor Mills in the Fall of 1989 in accordance with
the Kellogg Doctoral Programs Bulletin dated 1988-90. I started my
dissertation in spring 1990 and I have been in touch with my committee
members regularly and have been working under their guidance. Thus I
was able to write four papers, two of which are at present under review
by scholarly journals. I plan to finish the other two by the end of
August 1992 and send them for publication. So far I have one comment or
a finance paper published in a social science journal and have one more
paper on mortgages under review by the same journal. I have also had
several articles of mine in the area of finance published in
newsletters. That, my work is of importance, is revealed by the fact
that I have received numerous requests for my working papers from
institutions such as the National Association of Realtors and faculty
members of other universities. I was also invited to discuss my
research and present my papers at the Doctoral Seminars of the American
Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in January 1992 in New
Orleans, and the American Real Estate Society in April 1992 in San
Diego.
It seems that the departmental procedures described in the Kellogg

Doctoral Program Bulletin are not clear and were abused in my case. It
states that Hat the end of the second year, students typically take the
oral qualifying exam (at which time a formal dissertation proposal is
presented)". I tried to do this in summer of 1990, and I was told by
one committee member that the finance department typically admits peopl
to candidacy after they are done with about 50% of the dissertation.
This is not mentioned in the bulletin. When I did accomplish this, my
candidacy was scheduled and cancelled and I was told that I needed to d
80-90% of the work. During the period of two years, my oral exam was
scheduled and cancelled four times. I was asked to write paper after
paper and run simulations many times without being admitted to
candidacy. On the other hand, I have seen some students' proposals
being accepted with just one paper. This shows that the procedural
process in the doctoral program is arbitrary and inconsistent.
Moreover, when the committee decided to schedule my oral exam, it
was purposely set at the end of the fourth year when the graduate schoo l
requires that students either be accepted as doctoral candidate or
discontinue their studies. When I appeared for my oral/thesis proposal
exam to formally present my work in front of the committee, I found
myself being examined by the whole department in a manner which was
extremely critical and even hostile. In the end, I was asked to leave
with a masters degree in finance. The doctoral program bulletin never
mentions that the whole department rather than the committee judges the
prospective candidate. The normal procedure in most departments on thi~
campus and other universities across the country is that it is the
committee that confers the degree and not the department. It troubles
me that members of the department who are not aware of the intricacies
of the real estate finance area should have a final say in my case. It
would seem to me that such deviations from commonly accepted practices
should have been clearly spelled out in the doctoral program bulletin.
The entire episode was surprising, because prior to this exam, my

committee had finally made a contract with me about what would finally
constitute my thesis in order for me to graduate with a Ph.D. Clearly,
something has gone awry. It seems that considerations unrelated to the
merit of my work have had an impact on the final decision to terminate
me at this late stage.
I am closing this letter with an earnest request that you intervenE

on my behalf and assist me in gaining reinstatement so that I may
complete the requirements for my Ph.D.
Sincerely
M. Shahid Ebr a h.i i

I am closing this letter with an earnest request that you intervenE
on my behalf and assist me in gaining reinstatement so that I may
complete the requirements for my Ph.D.
Sincerely
M. Shahid Ebrahi l
P.S.:1 am making arrangements for you to receive my working papers,

review of my work by Journal of Finance, invitation letters by A.R.E.S.
and A.R.E.U.E.A., and copy of letter to Dr. Edwin Mills.
Kellogg ] . L. K e llogg Graduate Schoo] of Management Northwestern University
S tua rt I. G ree nba u m

A ssoc ic t« Dea n for Academic A ffairs
Norman SlTImi< D istingu ished
Professo r of Financial lnscituli on.1
Direcror, Banki ng Research C enter
August 3, 1992
M. Shahid Ebrahim
1915 Maple Avenue, # 1005
Evanston, IL 60201
Shahid:
I referred your appeal to Professor McDonald, chairman of the Finance Department. He in tum
referred it to Professor Mills, the chairman of your PhD committee. Their responses leave little
room for appeal, it seems to me. Th ere is no doubt in my mind that your case was dealt with
on its merits, even though your disappointment may prompt you to think otherwise. My advice
is to accept the decision of your committee, and the department, and get on with plans for your
future.
Should you decide to pursue your appeal further, the next level would be the Graduate School.
If J can be of any assistance to you, do not hesitate to ask.
- .
referred it to Professor Mills, the chairman of your PhD committee. Their responses leave little
room for appeal, it seems to me . Th ere is no doubt in my mind that your case was dealt with
on its merits, even though your disappointment may prompt you to think otherwise. My advice
is to accept the decision of your committee, and the department, and get on with plans for your
future.
Should you decide to pursue your appeal further, the next level would be the Graduate School.
If J can be of any assistance to you, do not hesitate to ask.
Sincerely
,~~;fQ
ei~um
Stuart I.
Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs
SIG:lod
NORTHWESTERN
UN I V E R SIT Y
VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH

AND DEAN OF THE GRAD UATE S CHOOL
September 9, 1992
Mr. M. Shahid Ebrahim

37 Rockford Avenue, #23
Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Dear Mr. Ebrahim:
I have been asked by President . Weber to review the concerns

raised in your letter to him dated August 12, 1992. In that
regard, I have re viewed your status in the Department of Finance,
including information relevant to the Department's decision to
terminate you from the doctoral program and the matter regarding
financial aid.
My evaluation indicates that the policies and procedures of both

the Department of Finance and The Graduate School for granting
candidacy have been followed.
I note from information regarding your funding that you received

a substant ia lly larger award fro m the GE Foundation Forgiveable
Loan program for 1991/1992 than any other app l icant. In additio l
to your prior fund ing, you rec eived that special financial assis·
tance in your fourth year of study, even though financial suppor 1
is not normally provided for doctoral students at such time.
I find no basis for your suggestion that factors other than your
academic record were involved in your termination from the doc
toral program in the Department of Finance. Therefore, based on
the faculty's judgment of your work, I am upholding the affirma
tion of Dean Stuart I. Gr eenbaum, Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, of the decision of the Department to terminate you
from the PhD program.
Because a master's degree in the field of finance might well be

advantageous to you, I am pleased to inform you that the North
western University Department of Finance considers your record
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Mr. M. Shahid Ebrahim
September 9, 1992
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eligible for you to receive the Master of Science degree. If

you wish to pursue this award, please contact Dean Leila Edward
in The Graduate School for the appropriate procedure.
Sincerely yours,
c. William Kern
Vice President for ReseRrch and
Dean of The Graduate School
cc President Arnold R. Weber
Dean Stuart I. Greenbaum
Dean Leila S. Edwards
M. Shahid Ebrahim
37 Rockford Ave., #23
Forest park, IL 60130
Phone:708-771-6945
November 29, 1992
Rachael Kirkland, President

FMO
1914 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208
Dear Rachael:
It was a pleasure talking with you last week when I informed you of
my dispute with Northwestern University. I am aware of other non-white
students who have been thrown out of graduate school last year. All of
them have given me their testimony. It seems that there is
institutional racism in NU. My main goal in this dispute is to get not
only my Ph.D. from NU but also to make it easier for minorities to
graduate without being subject to discrimination. I know that the fight
is going to be a long drown out one. But I believe that the good Lord
is with me because I am fighting for justice. I am enclosing copies of
necessary documents highlighting my struggle. I will appreciate it if
you can have a signature campaign for me and other students requesting
President Weber to have a special committee to look into these issues
and reinstate us. So far NU has just brushed it aside. If you need
more information please feel free to get in touch with me.
Thank you.
Rachael Kirkland, President

FMO
1914 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208
Dear Rachael:

recognize that special efforts should be mad e to in s ure tne
re t r u ±tme n t and r e t e n t i o n of African-Americans , and other minori
ties among the student body, the faculty, and the staff. We ~
believe that significant progress has been made in certain areas,
but r ec o g n i ze that the~ sh o u ld be a str e ng t h e ned c o mmi tme n t to ~QD
diversity an the fu rther d e vel o pment o£ programs tha t will
pI 0 t the attainmen t of this goal.

faculty of Northwestern. Currently, we have ~ixteen African
Americans in tenure track positions. This constitutes only 1.
p ~ ent o~ t h e full -~i m e ten llI e tr ack f a c u ~ty at t he U niversit~.
of African~American faculty members have declined. I recognize
faculty. Howave , these measures have nad very ~ 'mi~ed success .
We must ' o t e n s i J:y ur e£forts across a l l SCh00Ls and departmen s
o the University to achie ve a higher degree of d i ve rsi ty wi t h i n
t he faculty, with particular respec t to African-Americans .
(1) We must take aggressive steps to Dr~aden t h e e££ecti ve

poo.e 0 potentia l African -Ame ican facul ty memb rs. This
involv~s a detailed iden tification of new Ph .D . ' s who may be
candid ates £Gr jU Ai o r facult~ member s , i n c u mbe nt faculty
memGers at other institutions , visiti~g faculty and quali fied
AfriGan -Americans w h~ are employ.ed in government , bu s i ness,
and otner non-academ i c organizations . The concept of an
" e f fec ti ve pool" ref lec ts the need to sus tain a professiona 1
a nd social environment so that qualified candidates, who are
u s ua l l y widely recruited, will view Northwestern as an
a tt ac tive emplo yme n t opportunity.
Reasonable targets will be established on a n annual

~~~'s ro~ th e hiring of African-Americ a n fa c ultYe Th
targets 11 be determined thro ugh discussions be tween th~
Pres±de~t , the Provost , tRe Deans and ehe Department Chairs.
aculty. Howeve , t ese measures have had very 11m1~e - succe s s .

~ ust ' o t e n s iJ:y our e£forts across a l l SCh00Ls and d ep a r t me n ts
of the University to achie ve a hiaher dearee of d i ve rsi tv wi t h i n
plan, the current diversity of the unit(s) in question, and

ment.
) Where appropriate, special incentives will be provided

o help the Deans and Department Chairs to achieve the
greed-upon goals. These incentives may include additional
ositions, space, and other elements of departmental suppor
5) The performance evaluation of administrators, including

he President, the Provost, the Deans, and the Department
hairs, will give significant weight to the active involve
ent and record of success in achieving the agreed-upon goals
f diversity.


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NORTHWESTERN
EVIEW
OLe X, No. 21 . PtJUUSHED IUWEI':KLY BY r IIE L ONSI':RVt\'I'I \, E LOUNCIL APRIL 26, 1991.
Uhityj .mat's ' ,,""e~' ~icket': ~~d hi;'j~~~~k~6:'9'ig

prospective weekend; a ·.nu tnber df~bl ick . students wore
black t ~shi rtSwHh~tlle motto i'\Ve: 17te ' N U '; .,~ tI1 bj a z b h e d
across the fwnt; ~ thinly veiled attempt at promoting black
student uriity over sfud~nt unity in general :HNU. Sorry;
FMO. but your little "grou p o t maraude:ts are riot NU. There
are many other students 'he re who contrlbure ,tq ' make . NU
what it is today.
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SPECIAL ORDER 10-21-92
Garrick Greenblatt will be making a presentation at Senate Wednesday, October 21st

concerning a monument in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. to be placed ~n campus.
Please read this article written by him; and, get feedback from your constituents.
Thank You!
Something ha s to be done . I don't

Monday, October 12, 1992 want a war of this sor t to break out at my
university. What I want. what I demand.
is a new commitment from NU's adrninis
tration and student body to racial har
Perspective mony. Furthermore. I demand actions,
not just an endless stream of speeches
NU segregation
and editorials like this one . Specifically, I
demand:
1. That a monument in honor of Mar
must end now tin Luther King Jr. be built and placed in
a highly visible place on campus. King
By Garrick S. Greenblatt tried to teach all people, regardless of
race, the true meaning of civilization and
When Northwestern accepted me in racial harmony. NU's administrators and
the winter of 1989. I was ecstatic. This is students need to honor King's achieve
life, I thought. I had been sheltered by ments now more than ever. I will be
high school walls too long. Time for bringing this pr oposal before ASG later
some reality. Well, after two years here, this month and before the administration
I've realized that nothing has changed. lin November.
NU is just as distant from the real world 2. That the eig ht houses of the Black
as my quiet Chicago suburb was. Why? Greek Council rec eive the housing they
For only one reason: NU's student body deserve and subsequent IFC member
is more racially segregated than any I've ship . No more excuses. folks. If NU has
ever seen. enough money for lakeside dance stu
It wasn't unti l this past summer that I dios. constant add itions to Tech and
was shocked at how different our school "wellness dorms," they have plenty of
is. A white student once told me that I cash to build a dorm for the se organiza
was a "traitor to the white race" for tions. Has anybody ever used that field
putting up a poster of Malc olm X. I've just south of Tech for anything?
had black people tell me not to go to par 3. That the A&O Board schedule a
ties at the Black Hou se or the Plex be greater variety of speakers and musicians
cause "it's not my place." These are just to perform here . In my view, rap and
my experiences with campus racism. No heavv metal are the most socially con
one can deny that they too have heard scious forms of music in America today.
the racial slurs and seen the graffiti that It would be much appreciated if artists
is all too common on our campus. from those genres performed at :\"tj in
Whv is this so bad? Because the real stead of vet an oth er R E.:vr. wanna-be.
world depends on our ability to get along 4. Lastly, I want all students , faculty
and combine the talents of all individuals, and administrators to make a personal
regardless of race. sex or religion. When commitment toward racial desegrega
entire nations ignore this fundamental tion . What very few people here real ize is
concept, the result is revolution. war and that everyone is part of a minority in
bloodshed. What will happen to NU if we some way. On a global scale. wo men are
. " . ' . 0 .
Something ha s to be done . I don 't

Monday, October 12, 1992 want a war of th is sort to break out at my
university. What I want . what I demand.
is a new commitment from NU's adrninis
tration and student body to racial har
Perspective
mony. Furthermore. I demand actions,
nnt ;1I<:t :In pnrllp"" "trp:lm of "npprhp"
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FMO STATEMENT
Concerning Rodney King Verdict/Los Angeles Riot
April 29, 1992
African brothers and sisters of Northwestern, what we have

witnessed over the past 12 hours stands as a grim example
that is not only a familiar misfortune of a racist society,
but also embodies a reality that is foreboding and
prophetic. The verdict reached by the all white jury
concerning the brutal and merciless beating of Rodney King
by four Los Ange les Police Department, (LAPD), officers
along a Los Angeles highway, should come as no surprise to
the American public, particularly these of African descent.
The verdict reached by the jury was not only unjust, but was
an insult to the dignity of every African descendent in
American, reminiscent of Emmet Till. Understand that this
occurrence serves as a classic example that "There are no
rights that a Black man possesses that a white man has to
honor." Consider that this society continues to nurture and
foster these once written laws as unwritten standards and
repeatedly declares war on the Black community and on
itself. Nothing has changed.
If you are angry, you have a right to be, one cannot help
but wonder how many times this has occurred, escaping video
tape? One cannot avoid a feeling of humiliation after
bearing witness to the many contradictions that outlined the
LAPD trial. As you all are probably aware of, the Los
Angeles masses have expressed this anger, in the form of a
riot. There has been burning, looting and death, in our
very own communities. This tragic action, however violent,
is not an act of regression. Aside from military, America
has not progressed in any significant amount to allow
regression of ,a n y sort to occur. That is why we are in
support of brother Rodney King and are extremely discontent
with the verdict reached. While we do not condone violence
as a solution, we definitely do not condone the v icious
bea ting administered to brother Rodney King by the LAPD.
Many students have expressed a desire to respond to the "not

guilty" verdict. African students, we must organize before
we react. I repeat, we must organize before we mobilize!!!
We must anticipate the chain of events that is about to
occur and react accordingly. Bear in mind that this is not
just a conflict of color, but of the mind and culture as
well and while racism and hatred lie at the core, skin color
is not always the sole criteria.
The FMO Executive Council is in affirmation of an orderly

demonstration of protest to the verdict as well as an
enlightening session emphasizing our need to maintain our
unity as an Afrikan people, worldwide. Our first steps will
be to contact other Chicago area Black student unions as
well as - Ch i c a g o City Officials to see how legislation may
be affected in Los Angeles.
nThe Poynter Institute
For Media Studies
For Students Interested in a Career in Print Journalism
A $1,500 Fellowship Opportunity
For Liberal Arts Graduates

June 22 - July 31, 1992
Deadline: March 15.1992 __
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies has a unique fellowship for new college
graduates interested in a career in print journalism. The Institute offers a six-week
summer fellowship for 12 students chosen from a national competition.
This program will train students to become newspaper reporters in six weeks, this
year from June 22 to July 31. They'll learn journalism basics, and write daily for the
Institute's weekly summer newspaper. At the end of the program, editors from news
papers across the country travel to Poynter looking for promising new journalists to hire.
• • • • • • • • •
- - Enclosed are brochures with an application aescribing the program an its require
ments. We welcome students from all majors, and we particularly seek minority
applicants.
Would you please pass this brochure along to the appropriate faculty members and
students, and have one posted where students will see it? Thank you.
pm Third Street South St. Petersburg, FL33701 Phone: (813) 821-9494 Fax: (813) 821-0583
May 4, 1992
To Our Concerned Brothers and Sisters: .
In light of the Rodney King incident, the African American Student body
of Northwestern University is now mobilizing itself to unite with the
community. Our first step toward unification is to have a rally on Thursday,
May 7, 1992 at 1914 Sheridan Road, Evanston, II. The purpose of this rally
is to build awareness of the need to strengthen ties within our community.
With this in mind, we would like you to join us on May 7, 1992 at 12:00 p.m.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call (708) 467-1836. This
is the number of For Members Only (FMO), the African American student
organization at Northwestern University. We look forward to seeing you at the
rally.
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The Brothers and Sisters pf .
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of Norhtwestern University
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The Brothers and Sisters
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of Norhtwestern University
Chicago Area Intercollegiate Association
& Black NIA F.O.R.C.E
1914 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, ll. 60201
May 4, 1992
To Our Concerned Brothers and Sisters:
In light of the Rodney King verdict and the subsequent events in Los Angeles,
the African-American student body of several colleges in the Chicago area is
mobilizing in an effort to unite with the community and other colleges. Our
first step toward unification is a rally to take place:
Thursday, May 7, 1992
12 noon
Northwestem University
"'Black House"
1914 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, 11. 60201
The purpose of the rally is to build awareness and strengthen ties within our
communities. Information on raising funds to help the victims of the riots
will be given at the rally. Any questions regarding this event can be addressed
to For Members Only (FMO), Northwestern's African-American Student
Alliance, at (708)467-1836. We hope to gain your support!
Chicago Area Intercollegiate Association

& Black NIA F.O.RC.E.
ATTENTION
AFRICAN
PEOPLEl
FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING TO RODNEY KING...
What Has Changed?
THE TIME TO UNITE IS NOW!!
Rally: Thursday, May 7, 7992

Time: 72:00 pm
Location: The House (7974 Sheridan Rd)
Purpose: To Raise Money for the Riot Victims in L.A.
Brothers and Sisters, to

show our unity and
confidence in our
leaders, our statement
to the press will be "No
comment." Please
direct the media to the
Brothers and Sisters, to

show our unity and
confidence in our
leaders, our statement
to the press will be "No
comment." Please
direct the media to the
designated
spokespersons.
All of the participants in the rally please meet at The House

at ~am.
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All Participants Wear Black Clothing
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STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA
The rally on May 7, 1992 was sponsored by the Chicago

Intercollegiate Association, a group of African-American college
student unions, and the Black NIA F.O.R.C.E. It's purpose is to:
- raise money and food for the victims of riots in L.A.
- express our solidarity and support for Rodney King
- unify colleges and unify African-American community
businesses
- address harassment by college campus police and police
brutality nationally
It is essential that we help our brothers and sisters in L.A. that

have lost their homes, jobs and loved ones. This rally shows that the
strife in L.A. is not an isolated incident. We share in and are just as
much a part of the struggle that they are fighting now. Please send
all donations to :
Black Artists United
c/o Lisa Wedgeworth
1114 5th Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
90019
(213) 735-8759
Donations are going to a L.A. hospital, the United Urban League and a
church in L.A. that has victims of the riots living in its basement.
Our solidarity is in support of Rodney King. The media are
portraying the rioting in L.A. and other cities as Rodney King's fault.
This is not the case. Rodney King is the victim of police brutality and
injustice in the American judicial system. Most of all , Rodney King,
like all African- Americans, is the victim of the massive oppression in
America.
This rally is also to stress unity among African-American
students at various colleges and unity among African-American
community businesses. We must strengthen our organizations and
support each other. Incidents like the savage beating of Rodney King
and the acquittals of Rodney King's offenders unfortunately serve as
a reminder that African-Americans must at all time be unified.
Harassment and brutality are daily occurrences with African
Americans. In Chicago, thousands of police brutality complaints are
filed annually. Even on college campuses, African-Americans,
especially males, are harassed by campus police daily.
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filed annually. Even on college campuses, African-Americans,

especially males, are harassed by campus police daily.
FUNDRAISING FOR L.A. FAMILIES
MAY 11,1992
MEETING
I. Letter Describing College Student and Community

Responsibility and Efforts
II. Distribution of Letters to Businesses and Churches
A. confirmation sheet with name, address and phone

number
B. this way we'll be able to keep track of the money

and food commitments the businesses make
III. Money Donations
A. companies send directly to Black United Artists
B. Black United Artists
III. Money Donations
A. companies send directly to Black United Artists
B. Black United Artists
c/o Lisa Wedgeworth
1114 5th Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
C. devise a way to collect money right here on
campus
IV. Food Donations
A. set up food baskets at businesses

Boxes Etc. and mailed out for free
C. get a written statement that they will ship food

free
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCA"rION
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS-REGION V
401 SOUTH STATE STREET -7TH. FLOOR
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605-1202
OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR
APR ~ 2 1992
Mr. Muhammed Shahid

1915 Maple Avenue Apt. 1005
Evanston, Illinois 60201
Dear Mr. Shahid:
On April 20, 1992, you contacted the Office for Civil Rights (OCR),
an of fice of the United states Department of Education. In that
contact, you requested information about filing a discrimination
complaint against Northwestern University on the bases of national
origin and sex.
OCR enforces Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of

the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, which prohibit
discrimination on the bases of race, color, national origin, sex,
handicap, and age, respectively, in programs receiving financial
assistance from the u.s. Department of Education.
We are enclosing a Discrimination Complaint Form that may be used

to file a complaint with OCR. A complaint must be in writing and
it must be signed. You may complete the form or write a letter
that p r o v i d e s the following information:
1. your name, address and telephone number;

2. the basis (race, color, national origin, age, sex,
handicap) of your complaint;
3 . the name and address of the institution your
compla int is against;
4. the date(s) of the alleged discriminatory act(s);
5. a description of the act(s), along with any
explanatory documentation;
6. if applicable, the name of any Federal, state or
local court or civil rights agency with which you
have already filed this complaint; and,
7. if applicable, the status of your internal
grievance filed at the institution named.
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We also enclose one copy of OCR's Notice About Investigatory Uses

of Personal Information and two copies of the OCR Consent Form. In
f i I ing a complaint, one (1) copy of the Consent Form should be
signed and returned to this office. You may retain the other copy.
It is important that you sign and return this Form to allow us to
use your name in our investigation. otherwise, it might be
impossible to investigate your complaint and this might lead to our
administrative closure of the complaint.
Please be aware that the civil rights regulations enforced by OCR

provide that, as a general rule, OCR cannot investigate complaints
that are filed more than 180 days from the date of the alleged
discrimination. However, if a person does not file a complaint
within the 180-day period but does file a grievance under the
institution's internal grievance procedure or otherwise actively
does pursue resolution of the complaint issues with the affected
institution during this period, OCR will generally extend the
filing date until 60 days after the conclusion of the internal
grievance or other active attempts at resolution with the affected
institution.
Under the Freedom of Information Act it may be necessary to release

this document and related correspondence and records upon request.
In the event that OCR receives such a request, we will seek to
protect, to the extent provided by law, personal information which,
if released, could constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
If we may be of any further assistance, please contact us at the

above address or telephone Mr. Wayne G. Cunningham, Sr., Technical
Assistance Coordinator, Postsecondary Education Division, at
312/353-0550.
Sincerely,
dr . ~AA.~ee .. fJlL--
~~ lS lmpor~an~ ~na~ you slgn a~urn ~nlS rorm ~o allOW us ~o
use your name in our investigation. Otherwise, it might be
impossible to investigate your complaint and this might lead to our
administrative closure of the complaint.
Please be aware that the civil rights regulations enforced by OCR

provide that, as a general rule, OCR cannot investigate complaints
that are filed more than 180 days from the date of the alleged
/
M. Shahid Ebrahim
37 Rockford Ave., #23
Forest Park, IL 60130
Augu s t 1 2 , 1 99 2
Dr. Arnold R. Weber

President
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Dear President Weber:
I am a Ph.D. student at Kellogg Graduate School of

Management. I selected Northwestern University for my doctoral
studies over other schools because of the reputation of Kellogg
Graduate School of Management. I completed all my course work
with a GPA of 3.45 and passed my Ph.D. qualifying exam in July
1989 . I was at the very end of my dissertation when I was
asked to leave with an M.S. in Finance. I have summed up all
my academic accomplishments in my letter to Professor Greenbaum
and I also requested that he intervene on my behalf. In that
letter, I had alluded to the fact that it was something other
than merit of my work which had made the Finance Department
fail me in my Ph.D. proposal stage. Since I am not satisfied
with his response and my entire career is at stake, I am forced
to communicate the details of my situation to you.
Since
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letter, I had alluded to the fact that it was something other
than merit of my work which had made the Finance Department
fail me in my Ph.D. proposal stage. Since I am not satisfied
with his response and my entire career is at stake, I am forced
to communicate the details of my situation to you.
Since settling down in the U.S. as a first generation

immigrant, I have always tried to become a model citizen by
contributing to the community at large. Vice President Jim
Carleton can testify to the fact that since 1988 I have been
involved in building up a tutorial program at African American
Student Affairs. Dean Louise Love can verify that I have
developed and taught courses in investments and real estate
investments at the University College. I have also been
involved with the Minority Engineering Opportunity Program and
the LEAD Program at Kellogg.
It has taken me some time to reflect upon the possible

reasons for the course of events. One possibility is that
since I raised the question of special preferences in the
awarding of fellowships and teaching positions for those of
European heritage, the department retaliated against me in
several ways, the final manifestation of it being their
decision to fail me at the proposal stage. Another possibility
is that my research results are viewed by the department as
having negative political implications.
In spite of the fact that the re i s q reat d ive rsitv i n this

fellowship in the first year of my graduate study. When I
raised questions about this, I was arrogantly told by a faculty
member that "we did not give out any fellowships to the Koreans
either." This made me do some research and I found that since
1987, students of European heritage fared better at being
awarded a fellowship, whether or not they were u.s. citizens or
better prepared for graduate study. Something else which
struck me as being of special note was that in certain
instances when students of European heritage applied even past
the deadline date, there were special arrangements made by the
department to award them with financial support. Some of them
in fact even had continuous support in spite of failing the
Ph.D. qualifying examination.
I brought to the Northwestern University a variety of

skills which included my experience as an instructor, financial
planner and analyst. Since my second year here, I have
regularly requested a teaching position either in the
undergraduate corporate finance class, an M.B.A. class or a
research assistantship position. But this was also denied to
me. Initially I was told by a faculty member that to be
considered for a teaching position, I should be admitted to
candidacy. And yet, there were instances in which students who
were allowed to teach had not even been admitted to candidacy.
Some lacked teaching experience. Almost exclusively they were
students of European heritage. When I raised this issue, I was
informed by a faculty member that these are special cases.
Still, another faculty member told me that the department did
not consider me for any teaching jobs or a fellowship in the
first year because the department did not expect me to
graduate with a Ph.D. I was warned by a number of other
students that I should not expect equal treatment. They
intimated that the department is "WASPish" and they do not like
people of color. They gave as an example denial of tenure to
Dr. Ravi Jagannathan. I did not want to believe these
assertions. This is why I persisted in spite of my feeling
that I was not entirely welcome. Now in retrospect, it appears
that a negative decision was made about me very early on
without regard to my demonstrated performance.
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considered for a teaching position, I should be admitted to

candidacy. And yet, there were instances in which students who
were allowed to teach had not even been admitted to candidacy.
Some lacked teaching experience. Almost exclusively they were
students of European heritage. When I raised this issue, I was
informed by a faculty member that these are special cases.
Still, another faculty member told me that the department did
not consider me for any teaching jobs or a fellowship in the
first year because the department did not expect me to
graduate with a Ph.D. I was warned by a number of other
students that I should not expect equal treatment. They
intimated that the department is "WASPish" and they do not like
people of color. They gave as an example denial of tenure to
Dr. Ravi Jagannathan. I did not want to believe these
assertions. This is why I persisted in spite of my feeling
that I was not entirely welcome. Now in retrospect, it appears
that a negative decision was made about me very early on
without regard to my demonstrated performance.
Aside from irregularities in jobs and financial support,

the department in my case violated the procedure of granting me
Needless to say, the requirements for the Ph.D. on both the
part of the Graduate School and the Department had by this time
been satisfied. One faculty member reprimanded me by saying
that "if you go out in the job market, you will not graduate."
The tone was such that it sounded to me like "if you go out in
the job market, we will not let you graduate." Another faculty
member also re-emphasized this by shouting at me publicly and
humiliating me. I was not asking the Department for any
support in the job market, though I was aware of the fact that
faculty members actively market their students and in some
instances the department pays for the postage and provides the
stationery for the student's job search. It seems that the
right to support one's family, which is a basic civil right,
was being denied to me.
Aside from the issues outlined above, I was poorly treated

by my Department and members of my committee. When I formed my
committee, I was under the impression that they agreed to
assist me in good faith. Yet, when I started working on my
dissertation in early 1990, no one wanted to help me. One
senior student remarked publicly about this in a Ph.D. seminar
in front of all the faculty members of the department. When I
finally got help, there were instances when I was asked to do
project after project and run simulation again and again
without being admitted to candidacy, even though my results
were satisfactory. There were times when it appeared to me
that one faculty member was trying to confuse me. I suspect
the reason he was doing this because of the politics related to
my research topic which was on tax shelter aspects of real
estate. He had even remarked "if you think that you will get a
thesis out on a tax shelter, you are mistaken. We will never
let you graduate." He then began suggesting different ways of
modeling, which I did incorporate. But since I arrived at
solutions reinforcing the tax advantages of income property, I
was given the run-around until the end of my fourth year. By
this time, I was able to write four working papers, two of
which were accepted by my committee as part of my dissertation.
Had the department openly and early on suggested that they were
sensitive about the area of my study, I would have changed the
thesis topic. Having embarked on my research, however, I would
have found it intellectually dishonest to have backed away from
the clear implications of my findings.
a s s a s t; me a n gooo r a i t.n ,
r e c , wnen .l s-car-ceo wor x i.nq OIl Illy
dissertation in early 1990, no one wanted to help me. One
senior student remarked publicly about this in a Ph.D. seminar
in front of all the faculty members of the department. When I
finally got help, there were instances when I was asked to do
project after project and run simulation again and again
without being admitted to candidacy, even though my results
were satisfactory. There were times when it appeared to me
that one faculty member was trying to confuse me. I suspect
the reason he was doing this because of the politics related to
my research topic which was on tax shelter aspects of real
estate. He had even remarked "if you think that you will get a
thesis out on a tax shelter, you are mistaken. We will never
let you graduate." He then began suggesting different ways of
modeling, which I did incorporate. But since I arrived at
solutions reinforcing the tax advantages of income property, I
was given the run-around until the end of my fourth year. By
this time, I was able to write four working papers, two of
which
... ., . ,
were accepted
..
by my
. committee as part of my dissertation.
of Wisconsin-Madison, and I have never experienced anything
other than civility, decency and fairness.
I am providing you with this information in an earnest

hope that you will be able to recognize the inequities that
have occurred and assist me in rectifying them. My wish is to
be reinstated into the Ph.D. program and permitted to graduate
based on the merit of my work.
Because of the urgency of this situation, I would

appreciate it if you could respond to this request at your
earliest convenience. Thank you.
Cordially,
M. Shahid Ebrahim
Encl.: Copies of correspondence with Professor Greenbaum.

NORTHWESTERN
U N V E R S T Y
OFFI CE OF THE I'IlESIOENT
August 18, 1992
Mr. E. Shadid Ebrahim

37 Rockford Avenue, #23
Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Dear Mr. Ebrahim:
Your letter of August 12 makes serious, sweeping accusations

and I have asked Dr. Kern, the Dean of the Graduate School to
promptly review this matter in accordance with standard University
procedures. Your complaint will, of course, be evaluated strictly on
its merits. But as a general matter, the University has aggressively
adhered to a policy of non-discrimination and the composition of both
the graduate student body and the faculty does not support any broad
allegation that there is favored treatment of those with a "European
heritage. "
ery truly YrrS,

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Arnold R. Weber
President
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cc: Dr. C. William Kern
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recognize that special efforts should be made to insure the
recruitment and retention of African-Americans, and other minori
ties among the student body, the faculty, and the staff. We
believe that significant progress has been made in certain areas,
but recognize that there should be a strengthened commitment to
diversity and the further development of programs that will
promote the attainment of this goal.

faculty of Northwestern. Currently, we have sixteen African
Americans in tenure track positions. This constitutes only 1.4
per cent of the full-time tenure track faculty at the University.
of African-American faculty members have declined. I recognize
faculty. However, these measures ~ave had very limited ~uccess.
We must intensify our efforts across all schools and departments
of the University to achieve a higher degree of diversity within
the faculty, with particular respect to African-Americans.
(1) We must take aggressive steps to broaden the effective

pool of potential African-American faculty members. This
involves a detailed identification of new Ph.D.'s who may be
candidates for junior faculty members, incumbent faculty
members at other institutions, visiting faculty and qualified
African-Americans who are employed in government, business,
and other non-academic organizations. The concept of an
"effective poolll reflects the need to sustain a professional
and social environment so that qualified candidates, who are
usually widely recruited, will view Northwestern as an
attractive employment opportunity.
(2) Reasonable targets will be established on an annual

basis for the hiring of African-American faculty. The
targets will be determined through discussions between the
President, the Provost, the Deans and the Department Chairs.
plan, the current diversity of the unit(s) in question, and

ment.


of diversity.




of diversity.


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These discussions will take place as part of the process of

developing annual hiring plans and budget allocations. They

(3) The University reaffirms its policy of making strong,

(4) Where appropriate, special incentives will be provided

(5) The performance evaluation of administrators, including

(6) A long range plan will be developed for minority repre­

In the past, Northwestern's commitment to diversity has

CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION AGENCY CHARGE NUIIBER

Illinois Dept. of Human Rights and EEOC

NAUE (IndIcate Mr., Ms ., Mrs. ) HOUE TELEPHONE (Include Area Code)

Mr. Muhammed-Shahid Ebrahim (708) 771-6g4~

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Cat D (~01 +) ("112) 491-j741

STREET ADDRESS CITY , STATE AND ZIP CODE I COUNTY

I. I matriculated into Respondent's Department of Finance as a Ph.D.

111.+1 believe I was discriminated against because of my race,

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cc: Vice President Jim Carleton

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April 27, 1992

Dear FMO Executive Council,

cc. Karla Spurlock-Evans

Concerning Diversity in the Northwestern Faculty

Northwestern has had a long-standing commitment to build and

Although our efforts to insure diversity relate to all

(1) We must take aggressive steps to broaden the effective

(2) Reasonable targets will be established on an annual

Concerning Rodney King Verdict/Los Angeles Riot

April 29, 1992

African brothers and sisters of Northwestern, what we have

Many students have expressed a desire to respond to the "not

The FMO Executive Council is in affirmation of an orderly

In response to your enthusiasm and willingness to get involved, FMO

Yes, I am interested in the Freshman Committee and

will attend the meeting on November 8, 1992, at 2 PM in

the Black House.

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