UpdatedFri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:09 am CT
Replies(4)
Police said between four and six people from two disputing groups were involved in the Jan. 24 fight, along with others that tried to break it up, in the parking lot of Rand Road House. (Google Maps)
DES PLAINES, IL A homicide investigation continues into the death of a Rolling Meadows man last month following an altercation in the parking lot of a sports bar in Des Plaines. Police said Wednesday that no one is in custody for a Jan. 24 fight involving two disputing groups outside of Rand Road House, 864 Rand Road.
Thomas B. Adamowski, 34, of Rolling Meadows, died from blunt head trauma two days after the incident, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner s Office.
25 shares
University Hall at Northwestern University, which responded to a complaint about hate speech against Bart van Alphen by telling the student to reach out to Hillel, the Jewish campus organization. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
JTA A Northwestern University neuroscientist who caused controversy with a series of racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic posts he wrote on social media has died by suicide.
Bart van Alphen, a postdoctoral fellow who studied sleep patterns, appears to have maintained multiple social media accounts under the name @The Dr Caveman that denigrated women, echoed far-right slurs and repeatedly called for the death and deportation of protesters, nonwhite immigrants and politicians whose views he opposed.
UpdatedFri, Feb 5, 2021 at 1:26 pm CT
Reply
A Northwestern neuroscientist accused of anonymously espousing neo-Nazi sentiments on social media died by suicide Tuesday in Evanston, authorities said. (Shutterstock)
EVANSTON, IL A Northwestern University neuroscientist took his own life Tuesday morning in Evanston after he was accused of posting racist and anti-Semitic comments on an anonymous Twitter account.
Bart Van Alphen, 43, was found dead by a passerby on the jogging path in Elliot Park shortly before noon, authorities said. The Cook County Medical Examiner s Office ruled his death a suicide the next day. It is with a heavy heart that I write to share that a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology, Bart van Alphen, passed away Tuesday. I extend my deepest condolences to Bart s wife, family and friends and offer support to them during this difficult time, Northwestern University Provost Kathleen Hagerty said Tuesday night in a message to the school community.
Postdoctoral fellow Bart van Alphen dies
This article mentions suicide.
Postdoctoral fellow Bart van Alphen died by suicide Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Van Alphen was found dead on a jogging path at 1181 Lake Shore Blvd, authorities said.
Van Alphen was a researcher in neurobiology Prof. Ravi Allada’s lab, where he studied and published research on the effects of sleep in fruit flies. Last month, van Alphen co-authored a study finding that deep sleep allowed flies to clear waste more effectively and recover from traumatic injuries.
Prior to his death, allegations had circulated on Twitter for several months that van Alphen was behind the since-deleted Twitter account @The Dr Caveman that used racist slurs and transphobic language, featured Islamophobia and anti-Semitism and expressed support for political violence, such as shooting protesters.