THE DAILY ILLINI
THURSDAY October 4, 2018
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Vol. 148 Issue 12
Student political groups discuss hot-button topics BY SANA KHADILKAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Illini Democrats and Illini Republicans held their annual debate at the Illini Union’s Courtyard Cafe on Tuesday, discussing health care, immigration, tax reform and gun control. The Illini Democrats were represented by Audrey Dombro, club president and junior in ACES, and Adem Osmani, freshman in LAS. Jack Johnson, president of Illini Republicans and junior in Engineering, and Jakob Puckett, graduate student in economics, spoke for the Illini Republicans. The debate was moderated by Fernando Arias, chief justice of the Illinois Student Government, who
allowed each side to give an opening statement. The first topic of discussion was health care, with the debaters mainly addressing abortion issues and women’s health care. The Illini Republicans argued women should have equal access to health care, but taxpayers should not have to pay for services such as mammograms or abortions. Countering, Osmani said “But also, what happens too often in this country is that we have two white men discussing women’s rights, so I would like to give my colleague a chance to speak.” A small group of the audience snapped their f ingers at Osma ni’s SEE DEBATE | 3A
Flu shots administered at vaccine clinics across campus BY JULIE KANG CONTRUBUTING WRITER
If students think they are noticing an increase in coughing and sniffling during classes recently, they might be onto something. Christopher Byron Brooke, assistant professor in LAS, runs a research lab where he and his team study the replication and evolution of infectious diseases, specifically the influenza virus, which circulates campus yearly. “It is important to note that a lot of viral infections that are not influenza virus often get described as the flu,” Brooke said. “Influenza virus is a very different virus from the viruses that cause the common cold or stomach flu.” Brooke strongly encour-
ages everyone to get a flu shot yearly, especially for the influenza virus, which has symptoms such as coughing and headaches. “This minimizes your chance of getting an influenza infection and, importantly, minimizes the chance you might pass on influenza to someone else who is more vulnerable,” Brooke said. According to its website, McKinley began administering flu shots on Sept. 17. There are approximately 40 mobile flu clinics, which are held at different days and times in student-populated areas like the Undergraduate Library and the Business Instructional Facility. Dr. Robert Parker, director of the McKinley Health SEE FLU SHOTS | 3A
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Construction workers expand dining facilities for Illinois Street Residence Hall. Various residence halls on campus are undergoing changes to reflect the needs of the incoming 2019 class.
Dorm changes to adapt for new class BY KAREN LIU NEWS EDITOR
Universit y Housing started 2019-2020 housing sign-ups for returning students Tuesday, but students who are hoping to return to familiar residence halls in the coming school year might need to look for the changes being made to campus. The oldest residence hall on campus, Busey-Evans, was built in 1916 and 1926, respectively, and has been an all-female dormito-
ry since it housed a fighter-jet pilot group during World War II. However, the Evans wing will be hosting all-male students starting Fall 2019. Alma Sealine, University Housing director, said there are more male students than female students in the incoming class, so they must accommodate more male students. However, there will be no co-ed floors, so no major changes will be needed. Madel i ne C orb et t ,
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Budget cuts endanger magazine
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BY JESSICA BURSZTYNSKY SENIOR REPORTER
University employees involved with the publication of Ninth Letter — the University’s literary magazine — are preparing for funding to be cut in the next budget cycle, leaving the journal’s future vulnerable. Since 2008, funding for the publication has decreased by almost 61 percent, going from $127,000 to $50,000.
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Ninth Letter, a collaboration between the School of Art + Design and the creative writing program, has operated since 2004, and its main source of funding is from the Office of the Provost. Creative Writing department head Janice Harrington said Ninth Letter is essential to the operations of the department, as students use the journal almost as a “laboratory,” and it brings in
national attention. “If not to benefit our graduate students, who often come to Illinois because of the Ninth Letter, if not to retain our faculty of outstanding writers, then the University should support Ninth Letter because of the international attention it draws to our campus,” Harrington said in an email. SEE CUTS | 3A
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lot she can park in is Lot E-14, which is three blocks south of where she lives. “I drove here from Texas, so I needed to park my car,” Cano said. “In front of my dorm, it is only faculty and staff (parking).” T he ma ster pla n released by University Parking outlines a proposal to improve two current lots and to identify possible locations for new lots or garages. Martin Paulins, director of parking at the University, said in an email the price is necessary in order to pay for the maintenance costs of parking facilities. “Pa rk ing fees a re imposed to recoup the expense associated with operations, maintaining parking garages, main-
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freely.” Corbett said she’s disappointed about the residence hall becoming coed. She said she relied on the dorm as a safe space for women when she had issues before, and a co-ed dorm could take that away from some female students living there. “There’s also a great female community here, and that will definitely be transformed if the dorm
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senior in LAS, has lived in Busey-Evans for all four years of college. She said in an email that she really enjoyed the sense of a supporting female community in the residence hall. “There are a lot of woman-centered discussions and organizations, so there were lots of opportunities to talk about issues that I felt strongly about with other women,” she said. “ I also feel like the all-female dorm made me more comfortable in moving around
Students complaining about a lack of parking spaces near residence halls may have their concerns alleviated, as the University is considering building new parking garages around campus, including ones near Ikenberry Commons, Sherman Hall and Illinois Street Residence Hall. Students living in residence halls have been expressing concerns about the price of student parking passes and the location of parking lots. The current cost of a student parking pass is $660 per year. Sarah Cano, freshman in ACES, said the $660 fee is not worth the long trip to her car. She would like to be able to park closer to her residence hall. Cano lives in Ikenberry Commons, but the closest
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