SHEENA TAN: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Sheena Tan.
MADISON SMITH: And I’m Madison Smith. This is The Weekly: a podcast that breaks down our top headlines each week.
MADISON SMITH: Here’s what’s been happening in the headlines. In Evanston, teachers said they were blindsided by the decision to begin hybrid instruction in April, despite months of collaboration between Evanston Township High School/District 202 administrators and the school’s certified staff union.
SHEENA TAN: And the City Council has voted to accept Artist Book House’s proposal for the Harley Clarke Mansion, after years of extensive delays and community-wide debate over its future. The book house hopes to transform the mansion into a literary center.
In this edition of The Monthly: Northwestern alumna Danielle Taylor pushes for access, diversity and equity in the classical music world.
Further reads: The new Monthly Editor introduces herself. Actor and NU alum Raymond J. Lee sits down with Assistant Audio Editor Jordan Mangi to talk about performing in Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, a production born on the popular social media app. Haley Fuller, staff editor and development and recruitment editor, sits down with Weinberg junior Giboom (Joyce) Park to talk about her new book exploring the topic of Asian fetishization. Amazon Prime’s “The Wilds” prompts a feminist critique from Editor in Chief Sneha Dey and Campus Editor Megan Munce. Assistant Sports Editor John Riker examines HBO’s documentary on golfing legend Tiger Woods in a Reel Thoughts column. And In Focus Editor Wilson Chapman explains in Liner Notes why singer Jazmine Sullivan’s “Heaux Tales” is the album to beat this year.