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New bike racks to revamp campus
Moving day starts early for students
WHITNEY WAY Daily Egyptian Cooper Springfield will now commute to campus by bike. “I didn’t bring my bike to school last year because the racks looked so bad,� said Springfield, a junior from Springfield studying forestry. The university is installing new bike racks in areas with a high concentration of bike commuters, said Dave Tippy, assistant supervisor of university grounds. The new racks will serve to increase student safety and the campus’ appearance, Tippy said. He said grounds workers began installing the new racks in June and plan to continue throughout the fall semester. “Some of the old racks haven’t been updated since the 1950s and 1960s,� Tippy said. “Racks were old and rusted, and the students weren’t using them.� He said maintenance staff monitored where bike racks on campus were used the most to determine which buildings would have updated bike racks. Campus buildings that have new bike racks installed include Morris Library, Faner Hall, Altgeld Hall, Neckers Building, Wham Education Building, Student Center, Lawson Hall, Rehn Hall, Life Science II and the Communications Building, Tippy said. The new racks will hold nine bikes while the previous racks held 19 bikes, said Rod Sievers, assistant to the chancellor for media relations. Tippy said the location and number of bike racks will be changed according to student requests and what areas used the most. “We’re still in the process of installing racks,� Tippy said. “We’re going to be looking for where bikes are used the most when students return.� Sievers said students complained the old racks damaged the wheels of students’ bikes. Springfield said the new racks look safer to use than the old ones and will reassure students it is safe to use their bikes. “The (new) racks look like they wont break anything on my bike,� he said.
STEVE MATZKER | DAILY EGYPTIAN
Marion Anderson, right, helps her granddaughter, Kristin Anderson, both from Downers Grove, move into Schneider Hall Monday. The official day for residence hall movein is Wednesday, but Anderson, a sophomore studying
recreation, was allowed to move in early because she is an athletic trainer for the football team. Anderson’s mom, Christine, also from Downers Grove, said she was glad they moved her daughter in early to avoid the large crowds.
Services help ease new student transition KARL BULLOCK Daily Egyptian It’s no secret that incoming students can find college intimidating. However, New Student Programs has come together to provide a smoother transition. “We’ve taken the collective wisdom of generations of successful seniors and we give it to them as freshman,� said Mark Amos, director of Saluki First Year. “We’re not teaching them any secret tricks on what gets them through college. We’re teaching tips that students have learned and give it to them early, which results in less wondering.� Amos said the university has in recent years to implement new programs that could help students adjust to college life, such as New Student Orientation and Saluki First Year. He said these programs are important so first-year students can have their questions answered before they come to the university. Steven Adams, a senior at Egyptian High School, participated in a journalism camp this
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rom the understandings of the surveys, students didn’t understand what college was about. They didn’t understand what the academic expectations were and what we as instructors expect of them in the classroom. — Mark Amos Director of Saluki First Year summer at SIUC. He said he has questions about college, but his biggest concern with the transition is that the classes would be more difficult than high school. “In some cases you have to adapt to a whole new society and an environment you're not used to,� Adams said. Amos said Saluki Startup, an extra day of orientation to help students understand expectations in college, was implemented in the 2010-2011 school year and continued this year. Saluki Startup gives students the day to meet and become familiar with the expectations of advisers and faculty in their specific college. Amos said the general feedback comes from alumni, some who are parents, wishing a program of this magnitude had been
available to them as a resource coming into college. “From the understandings of the surveys, students didn't understand what college was about,� Amos said. “They didn't understand what the academic expectations were and what we as instructors expect of them in the classroom.� Saluki First Year began in 2008-2009 after a self-study was conducted to find out what programs the university could design to enhance the effectiveness of welcoming students and their success during their first year, Amos said. Amos said the Saluki First Year website lists an executive summary with 14 recommendations on how to improve services for students. He said two focuses are excellence and holistic approaches.
Amos said the program focuses on the student as a whole. “It's not just how do we make our students academically successful, but how do we make our students more successful as students on campus and as human beings during their early years on campus,� Amos said. Haley Atwell, a senior from Farmer City studying speech communication, said she worked as an orientation leader and student life adviser for New Student Programming. Atwell said the orientation leaders set up in the Student Center where students were able to walk booth-to-booth and ask faculty members specific questions. Please see TRANSITION | 3