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Wednesday January 23, 2013
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ILLINOIS STUDENT SENATE
ISS tables ‘Fighting Illini Forever’ resolution “It’s part of our heritage. ... I think it’s important to preserve our history in this way if we can.” BROCK GEBHARDT, ISS president
BY TYLER DAVIS STAFF WRITER
The Illinois Student Senate’s committee on campus affairs discussed a proposed resolution ensuring that the University will be forever known as the Fighting Illini at its meeting Tuesday but tabled the issue until its next meeting on Jan. 29. Review of the legislation was postponed to give committee members time to conduct more research on the subject and make changes to the language of the resolution.
The resolution, sponsored by student body President Brock Gebhardt , was introduced via press release Jan. 14. Gebhardt said the purpose of the legislation is to quell students’ fears that with the potential change of a campus symbol, there may be a move away from the name Fighting Illini. “It’s part of our heritage, it was not sanctioned by the NCAA in any way whatsoever, so I don’t think this is a hugely debatable issue, and I think it’s important to preserve our history in this way if we can,” Gebhardt said.
According to University of Illinois Archives, the earliest recorded usage of the term “Illini” appears in a January 1874 edition of the University’s weekly student newspaper, the predecessor of the modern The Daily Illini, when it changed its name from “The Student” to “The Illini.” The name Fighting Illini was given to the University’s football team in honor of drafted Illinoisans in World War I. The senate is working with registered student organization Campus Spirit Revival to adopt a new symbol
for the University. Gebhardt is not concerned that retaining the name “the Fighting Illini” will hinder this selection process. He said the concern regarding how a new campus symbol and Fighting Illini would mesh will be addressed by the resolution in its amended form next week. “I’d rather work on my own and with other senators who are interested to really put a lot into it to make sure that
Shooting at Lone Star College in Houston
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Board of trustees to decide on fees, tuition BY LAUREN ROHR STAFF WRITER
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Ana Leal, left, embraces Lone Star College student Sabrina Cuellar after she was evacuated and picked up by her mother, Maria Cuellar, right, from the campus following a shooting at the school Tuesday in Houston.
Child care » » » » » » » facility launches fundraiser
Rezoning ordinance voted down in wake of community concerns BY EMMA WEISSMANN STAFF WRITER
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URBANA CITY COUNCIL
BY MADDIE REHAYEM
Six local restaurants have teamed up with Crisis Nursery to support dine&donate, a new fundraising program for the nonprofit. The Crisis Nursery, a child care facility in Urbana for families going through temporary crises, is expanding its services and in need of more staff. The nursery previously only took infants through children up to age 5, but they now accept 6-year-olds as well. They will also be doing more outreach to the local Latino community. The restaurants — D.P. Dough, The Great Impasta, Kofusion, Village Inn Pizza, Butcher Boy Burgers and Java Connection — have agreed to donate ranging portions of their profits to the fundraiser for one business day each month to help the nursery as it expands, according to a press release. The program will begin Jan. 30 at D.P. Dough. “Like Crisis Nursery, these local restaurant owners depend on community members for support,” said Stephanie Record, executive director of Crisis Nursery, in a press release. “In addi-
The University’s board of trustees will approve next year’s tuition and fee increases at its regular meeting Thursday in Chicago. “If the recommendation is for a tuition increase, I expect it would be a modest rate given the Board’s policy to try to keep tuition increases no greater than the cost of living index,” said University spokesman Tom Hardy in an email. While the tuition recommendation of the academic and student affairs committee, which is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 8:30 a.m., have not been made public, recommendations for cost recovery programs have been released. Cost recovery programs are academic programs covered entirely by tuition and fees.
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Steve Fiala, owner of D.P. Dough, stands next to calzones at D.P. Dough on Green Street on Tuesday. D.P. Dough agreed to donate some of its profits to the Crisis Nursery as part of the dine&donate program. tion to helping the Nursery fulfill our mission, we’re confident this partnership will bring restaurants increased business and positive feedback.” D.P. Dough owner Steve Fiala said he will donate 20 percent of his restaurant’s gross sales to the program and hopes to break even after his donation to the nursery. “When they asked if I wanted to help pilot this program, it sounded like a no-brainer,” he said. “They are a great organization, and they can use all the help they can get.” Fiala said he hopes the program will bring new customers to the restaurant and make his current
customers happy as they will be participating in giving to a good cause. Kristen Bosch, the nursery’s development and marketing director, said restaurants seem to be excited about participating, and one restaurant, Kofusion, approached her about being part of the program after hearing about it. “They called us and said that they wanted to be involved and they wanted to be associated and they wanted to give back to a good cause,” Bosch said. “It was really meaningful to us that they saw how meaningful that this could be
for their business as well as giving back to a local charity.” She added that the Crisis Nursery has worked with restaurants similarly in the past requiring flyers or verbal mention of the promotion, but dine&donate doesn’t require anything extra of the customer. This way, the donations “come back to Crisis Nursery with no strings attached,” Bosch said. “It’s an easy way to try something new and also know that their money’s going somewhere that can really use it,” Fiala said.
Maddie can be reached at rehayem2@ dailyillini.com.
Urbana resident Viola Bias has watched as all but one of her neighbors chose to move from the area, selling their properties to a local developer. But after years of battling cancer, Bias was fi nally feeling well enough to voice her opposition to an ordinance that would place her home in a commercial business area at Tuesday’s Urbana City Council meeting. Council members unanimously agreed. Bias has been a resident of West Hill Street for 20 years. She has been approached multiple times by developer Howard Wakeland, the owner of nine of the 11 single-family properties on Lincoln Avenue just north of University Avenue that surround Bias. Wakeland wants to rezone the area, including Bias’ home, and develop it commercially. “I have a right to live peacefully and in serenity,” Bias said. “I’ve been living in this house for 20 years. This is my home. ... (The council is) supposed to be for the people, not one person.” The Urbana City Council voted 6-0 to defeat this ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting.
The action came after Bias, along with several community members, expressed their concern before the council’s discussion. The Urbana Plan Commission had unanimously recommended approval of the ordinance Dec. 20 with a 5-0 vote, saying the development was in line with the city’s comprehensive plan. Tuesday’s meeting was not the fi rst time Wakeland faced backlash to the idea of rezoning the neighborhood. The fi rst time he petitioned for a similar rezoning was May 2008, but he withdrew his application after a public hearing. Alderman Dennis Roberts, Ward 5, presented the motion to defeat the ordinance. He noted several disadvantages to rezoning the area, among them addressing community concerns and discussing the positioning of the properties not owned by Wakeland. “Because of the position of the two lots not in Mr. Wakeland’s ownership, I don’t see how any Lincoln Avenue-facing business can be built,” Roberts said. “Mixing the neighborhood (to be residential and
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