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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Sexual conduct policy unveiled By Ally Mutnick
daily senior staffer @allymutnick
Northwestern administrators unveiled Monday a new sexual misconduct policy that offers a more comprehensive definition of consent and a wider-reaching list of what constitutes sexual violence. Titled “Sexual Conduct, Stalking, and Dating and Domestic Violence,” the policy will comply better with federal regulations, including Title IX which prohibits sex discrimination in education, officials said. It has students and faculty optimistic the policy will aid in the fight against sexual violence on campus. The policy applies to all members of the University. Previously, one policy covered students and another applied to faculty and staff, Dean of Students Todd Adams said. “I’m almost most proud that we have a uniform policy that says this is what we consider to be sexual violence,” Adams said. “(It’s) how we view that as a community, not just for students but for everyone.” The policy provides more comprehensive guidelines on consent,
noting that consent must be voluntary, is invalid if an individual is incapacitated, does not carry over from one sexual act to another and can be withdrawn at any time. It also defines stalking, domestic violence and dating violence and labels each specifically as prohibited conduct — something the former policy did not. Laura Stuart, coordinator for sexual health education and violence prevention at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, said she thinks the detailed policy will help survivors of sexual violence make sense of what happened to them. “It supports their feelings,” Stuart said. “That’s something that Northwestern says in writing is not acceptable here. I think it hopefully makes it easier for survivors to come forward and get the help they need.” Announced early Monday in an email to the NU community, the policy has been in the works for several years. A new policy was recommended shortly after the 2010 founding of the Campus Coalition on Sexual » See POLICY, page 6
» See COUNCIL, page 6
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RECOVERING SLOWLY Ald. Mark Tendam (6th) speaks at Monday’s City Council meeting Monday night. Aldermen discussed the Davis Street fire and plans to benefit the affected businesses, as well as the impact of winter storms.
City Council discusses fire recovery, winter weather By Edward Cox
daily senior staffer @EdwardCox16
Evanston staff and a handful of residents revisited the December fire that destroyed three Davis Street businesses and the winter storms that resulted in a snow emergency during Monday’s City Council meeting, the first of 2014. Evanston fire department Chief Greg Klaiber showed residents a video of the
fire that gutted Pine Yard Restaurant, 1033 Davis St., TechniColour Nail & Day Spa, 1031 Davis St. and Taco Diablo, 1029 Davis St. Insurance representatives of the business owners or renters are continuing to investigate the source of the fire, he said. “I think it’s so helpful to the community to understand that its really more than the firefighters, it’s everybody working together,” Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said. A fundraiser will be held at 27 Live, 1012 Church St., to support the workers
affected by the fire. When Lulu’s, 804 Davis St., announced it would close this month, some workers planned to continue working at Taco Diablo before the fire, said Gina Speckman, executive director for Chicago’s North Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau. The two restaurants have the same ownership. Public Works Director Suzette Robinson discussed the city’s efforts to manage the two snowstorms that hit Evanston in » See COUNCIL, page 6
Dominick’s Closures
Store’s shoppers say goodbye By Scott Brown
the daily northwestern @scottbrown545
The shelves were almost empty. The red and green neon letters were flickering for the last time. But many Evanston residents still wanted to say their goodbyes before the city’s two Dominick’s grocery stores closed Dec. 28. “There was a lot of upset in the community,” Evanston resident Pat Maunsell said. Maunsell called Ald. Jane Grover (7th) to express interest in organizing an event to show appreciation for the employees at her neighborhood Dominick’s, 2748 Green Bay Rd. Through emails and social media,
Maunsell and Grover put the word out about a reception at the store and got an immediate response from the community. Residents brought food and live music and created a banner for people to sign. “I thought it would be nice to do something to acknowledge the service of folks who were losing their jobs,” Maunsell said. At Evanston’s other Dominick’s location, 1910 Dempster St., Dickelle Fonda and Asa Gezelius also wanted to thank the employees that had served their neighborhood. They held a similar reception, food and banner included, at the end of December. “There were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs, a lot of goodbyes,” Fonda said. “It was a very emotional reception.”
Source: Lynn Trautmann/LTPhoto Evanston
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Friends of the Dominick’s branch formerly located at 2748 Green Bay Road signed a shirt at the store’s farewell party. Both Evanston branches of the grocery store closed in December.
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As a part of the tribute, resident Lynn Trautmann created a Facebook page called Evanston’s Dominick’s Community. Trautmann, a local photographer, filled the page with photos of both shoppers and employees at Dominick’s. But those same employees are now largely out of work, and Maunsell said many of them had been working at the supermarkets for decades. “My hope is that people will look at them as really experienced and smart and committed,” Maunsell said. “But in the reality of our economy, we’re down a grocery store chain and it could be harder.” In response to the mass layoffs, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) wrote blanket recommendation letters for all Dominick’s employees. “The extraordinary customer loyalty to this Evanston grocery store can be attributed to the professionalism, kindness and exceptional service of each store employee,” the letter said. “As both store customers and neighbors, we consider the store’s employees to be our neighbors as well, wherever they happen to live.” The community’s efforts have helped several employees land new jobs. At least four former Dominick’s employees have been hired at the Jewel-Osco grocery store in Wilmette, Grover said. Kevin Schneider, a longtime Dominick’s employee familiar in the Northwestern community for the “Cards for » See LAYOFFS, page 6
Daily file photo by Ebony Calloway
SHUTTING ITS DOORS A street view of the Dominick’s store on Green Bay Road in October 2013. The store closed in December.
Tisdahl creates committee to address vacancies Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl is creating a committee to address two vacant retail spaces formerly occupied by Dominick’s grocery stores, the city announced Monday. All branches of the Chicago area chain, which included two in Evanston, were closed by Dec. 28. In addition to Tisdahl, the committee will include Alds. Peter Braithwaite (2nd) and Jane Grover (7th), staff from the city’s economic development division, the property owners of the retail spaces and two residents from each neighborhood with a vacancy, the city said. The stores in Evanston were located at 1910 Dempster St. in Evanston Plaza and 2748 Green Bay Road. The retail space on Green Bay Road is no longer listed as an available property
by Safeway, Inc., which owns Dominick’s, the city said in a news release. The space at Evanston Plaza is still available. “We are told that interest exists from locally-based independent grocers that are interested in accessing the Evanston market,” said Scott Inbinder, principal of the group that owns Evanston Plaza. “Filling the vacant Dominick’s space is key in our work to revitalize Evanston Plaza and we appreciate the support that has been provided thus far by the city,” he said in the news release. Tisdahl said she was “confident” the committee would bring new business to the area. “I was hopeful that we would have had resolution to what would happen to the Dominick’s locations prior to December 28, 2013,” Tisdahl said in the release. “The closing of those stores was a disappointing time within our community. Unfortunately, we have not seen these two locations filled and I believe we must work together to fill these two key locations.” — Ciara McCarthy
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