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Aldermen also pass amendment limiting panhandling hours By SOPHIA BOLLAG
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City Council approved an amendment on Monday night to the city code limiting hours for legal panhandling. The amendment, which passed unanimously, will limit panhandling — the practice of asking for money, loans or gifts in a public place — to the hours between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. In response to concerns of aldermen, city attorney Grant Farrar confirmed seeking signatures for a political campaign is considered campaigning, not panhandling or solicitation. Earlier in the meeting, Dave Stoneback, the city’s utilities director, presented a study on negotiations to sell water to other municipalities and the infrastructure that would be needed to carry the water to these areas. The study, which was completed in December, investigated the costs and potential revenue from four proposed transmission routes that would bring water to municipalities generally west of Evanston. Construction of the routes and expansion of the water treatment facilities would likely be financed by the participating municipalities, Stoneback said. The route and its associated costs and revenues will largely depend on whether or If the not the Northwest Suburban Pivens take Municipal over over half Joint Action the Noyes Water Agency decides to Cultural Arts join the other Center ... there municipalities considering are going to be purchasing less diverse water from groups at the Evanston. The study Center. also revealed Fay Kaiser, Lincolnwood Voice Studio officials need teacher to negotiate a separate contract to purchase water from Evanston. Evanston resident Carl Bova, who said he came to Monday’s meeting primarily to hear about the study, said he was optimistic about the proposal but thinks the city is far from being ready to make a decision. “I think they’re not done doing their work yet,” the 58-year-old engineer said. “There are a lot of things that have to mesh.” The city’s assistance in the expansion of the Piven Theatre Workshop generated further concern, particularly from two Noyes Cultural Arts Center tenants who expressed concerns that expansion within the building would disenfranchise groups serving minorities. Maggie Weiss, chair of the Noyes tenants’ committee, told aldermen during the
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The Chabad House disaffiliation sparked outrage across campus last fall — but NU claims this wasn’t the first time its leader had been told to stop serving alcohol. By CAT ZAKRZEWSKI
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This December, like many before, Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein led a group of Northwestern students on a Birthright trip to Israel. Sitting in the Tannenbaum-Chabad House in February, Klein explained how “amazing” the trip had been for the students who joined him. He was wearing a bright purple sweatshirt with a cartoon of his own face drawn on the back. “I don’t wear it outside of here,” Klein joked. “But it shows you how much they embrace me.” The rabbi, a campus figure since 1985, is now setting his sights on planning the next Birthright trip. But when he spoke with The Daily in September, he wasn’t sure if this would even be a possibility. That month, Klein received a letter from the University that said he was no longer allowed to host Birthright trips per the University’s decision to disaffiliate with him and the Tannenbaum Chabad House. The University claims Klein violated NU’s alcohol policy by serving vodka and whiskey to minors at Shabbat dinner. In a September interview with The Daily, Klein
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admitted that he had done so. The University was unable to stop him from hosting Birthright trips because Birthright is funded through a private organization not affiliated with NU. But the disaffiliation has weighed heavily on other aspects of Klein’s involvement with students. He can no longer serve in a range of positions, from director of the Kosher food program to residential college fellow, or use campus property. Lubavitch-Chabad of Illinois filed a suit on behalf of Klein and Chabad House in September claiming NU’s decision was a form of religious “discrimination.” In part, Klein’s defense rests on an Illinois law that makes an exception for underage alcohol consumption during a religious celebration or ritual, but it is unclear whether his actions qualify for that protection. The matter remains in litigation, and University spokesman Al Cubbage said a trial date was set for Jan. 27, 2014. Chabad House’s doors remain open, and the organization is expanding. Klein said he has already raised more than $350,000 for a construction project he hopes to begin zoning in the spring. More than 800 students and community » See CHABAD, page 4
Male body image, food take focus at prof talk Male body image lecture begins week of wellness activities By JILLIAN SANDLER
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Body Acceptance Week kicked off Monday with a talk focusing on male body image. Dr. Roberto Olivardia, a clinical psychology instructor at Harvard Medical School, delivered a lecture titled “In Pursuit of Adonis: Male Body Image in Contemporary Culture.” NU’s Counseling and Psychological Services, NU’s Health Service, the Women’s Center and the dance department sponsored the talk attended by about 50 people in Norris University Center, said Dr. Eileen Biagi, CAPS staff psychologist and Eating Concerns Team coordinater. Olivardia addressed males’ battles with various eating disorders, as well as steroid use and pursuance of cosmetic surgeries. He said body image issues and eating disorders have both increased in prevalence and attracted more notice in the last three decades. Olivardia explained the Adonis Complex, named for the mythological figure who embodies the ideal male image. Men with this complex strive for facets of this image, including a muscular physique and strong jawline. Olivardia said men can manifest this in various ways, including eating disorders, body dissatisfaction and steroid use. To bring him Olivardia said males here would ... make up 10 be an avenue to 15 percent of people with for people bulimia and 5 to feel more to 10 percent comfortable of people with knowing men anorexia. He said 5 to 20 do struggle with percent of male Univerthese issues. sity students Dr. Eileen Biagi, are at risk CAPS staff for eating psychologist disorders. The psychologist has also studied “muscular belittlement” in males, which causes them to believe they are less muscular than they actually are. He said men who have this are more likely to experience negative emotions. “It was one of the first studies to show how the variability of muscularity is integral to how men and boys view their body image,” he said. The problem with the desire to be muscular, Olivardia said, is that with muscle comes increased fat content. “That’s where the dilemma is for a lot of these boys,” he said. Males’ manifestations of their eating disorders differ from those of women, Olivardia said. Males tend to binge and exercise more often, while women are more likely to abuse laxatives and diet pills
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