THE DAILY ILLINI
THURSDAY January 17, 2019
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Vol. 148 Issue 33
Regaining good standing varies by college BY SANA KHADILKAR STAFF WRITER
While some students received good news when their final grades were posted in December, others found themselves in tricky situations with the University, such as being placed on probationary or drop status. Section 3-110-D in the student code defines probationary status for undergraduates as a warning that students need to improve their academic performance or they may be given drop status. When a student is on probationary status, they can enroll with conditions. Students can also regain good standing with the University by improving their grades. “We always recommend that students on probation make contact with their department adviser. We have advisers in the LAS college office that are available to talk to students to help them get on the right path,” said Gretchen Pein Baloun, assistant dean in LAS. “We have student workshops, a life and career design lab that helps students who are struggling with their choice of major and the counseling center has time management workshops for students, so there’s a lot of help available across campus.” Primarily, students are put on probation status due to their cumulative GPA, but they may also be on probation if they are not making progress toward SEE STANDING | 3A
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Clothing retail store Urban Outfitters closed its doors after more than 10 years on Green Street. It now joins the list of closed businesses including Firehaus, Clybourne, Campus Florist and Woori Jib.
Urban Outfitters closes for good BY JOSE ZEPEDA ASSISTANT DAYTIME NEWS EDITOR
Urban Outfitters, a popular shopping destination located on the 500 block of Green Street, closed its doors for good. The clothing store closed as of Jan. 7. Since then, supplies have been removed; however, calls are still accepted to inform customers about the closing. The
actual reason for the store's closure is unknown, but there has been speculation. Urban Outfitters is one of several businesses that has left Campustown in recent years, with some businesses coming and going fairly quickly. It now joins a list that includes Firehaus, Clybourne, Campus Florist and Woori Jib. TJ Blakeman, senior plan-
ner for economic development in Champaign, said he is not worried about the number of businesses leaving, because there are always prospective businesses looking to open up a store. “I’s the general nature of any commercial area, especially a successful commercial area,” Blakeman said. “The key though is to refill
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A recent lawsuit by Guilford College was filed against the Department of Homeland Security’s secretary Kirstjen Nielsen after her recent decision to change the visa policy for international students in the United States. A total of 65 institutions of higher education joined in an amicus brief supporting Guilford College in its lawsuit against Nielsen’s move to change the visa policy, including Northwestern University, the Illinois Institute of Technology and Northeastern University. However, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did not sign the amicus brief. The Unlawful Presence policy became effective on PHOTO COURTESY OF TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Aug. 8. This policy from Guilford College filed a lawsuit against Kirstjen Nielsen after
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her decision to change the visa policy. While the University did
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Blakeman said. “We provided some data with the store manager for her to be able to use to talk to her executives.” Rosie Johnson, senior in FAA, and Chi Nwoko, junior in AHS, said they believe the store closed due to the prices of the store’s merchandise. They said everything in the SEE URBAN | 3A
UI opts out of visa policy petition University adopts BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ
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the space and here there’s very little vacancy.” Blakeman said he thinks the store closed as a result of a corporate decision from Urban Outfitters executives. “I’ve had interaction with the store manager a couple of months ago and it seems to be that the company as a whole is reviewing and analyzing their sites and this one was being looked at,”
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The University is working to adapt to the changes to the Common Rule, a United States code of ethics about behavioral and biomedical research of human subjects, which will affect researchers, including University students, who study human behavior. Changes to the Common Rule, also known as the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, are effective as of Jan. 21 and were
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