Scandal at NW might delay massive Ryan Field project
Residents ask NU to 'pause' Ryan Field proposal amid hazing scandal
Paywalled, but the gist is that there's growing momentum (including a group of professors this morning, which isn't mentioned in this article) to pause the huge stadium project. I personally doubt it'll be impacted, given how difficult it is to "pause" a project this big with so many implications down the line. I also know these residents have been fighting this thing since the start, so there's probably some opportunism here.
David DeCarlo, an Evanston resident who lives near the stadium and is co-founder of the nonprofit Most Livable City Association, which opposes the new stadium proposal, said in a statement that the scandal reveals that “Northwestern's leadership has no credibility, and its priorities are badly distorted.”
In the wake of recent reporting, the school needs to put the “Ryan Field proposals on hold,” he said.
Other residents agree.
Evanston was the home of the Temperance Movement. Not shocked with these Yuppies. No wonder they don't like booze or stadium improvements. They did not even have a liqour store in town until 1984.
Let's not forget the biggest assholes of all: sanctimonious d-bags that overuse the term NIMBY to reflect their oversimplified view of community planning.
There is a group of people being stirred up in the People's Republic of Evanston that will pull whatever lever is at their disposal to create problems. The hazing issue is just one such lever. The stadium proposal is fantastic, would be great for Evanston and I think will wind up happening even as this small but vocal group endeavors to kill it for no good reason.