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Unionization sparks dispute among faculty Campus faculty divided on whether or not to unionize STAFF WRITER
Members of the campus community gathered at the Campus Faculty Association’s press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday to voice their support for faculty unionization. In attendance were members of the Graduate Employees Organization, who negotiated a new contract with University administration in December 2012. “We were just there letting them know how much we appreciated their support in the past and how much we appreciate what they are doing now,� said Stephanie Seawell, GEO spokesperson. “(Unionization) makes our campus stronger — making sure we have effective governance at the University is something
A message is left for Chancellor Phyllis Wise in front of Anniversary Plaza on the Quad on Wednesday.
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Police officers in Champaign County have a unique tool at their disposal. When they receive a call about a disturbance, they can enter the address into a database that connects officers to an array of information about the destination, such as names of property owners, or directions to the site. This “Geographic Information System,� said Leanne Brehob-Riley, director of the Champaign County GIS Consortium, can be a very valuable tool in the planning stages of major operations. “We’ve had officers come in ... if they know there’s drugs in an area and they want to plan out the best way to get to the property ... they’ll come in and ask for aerial photos,� she said. The county’s GIS is provided by the Champaign County GIS Consortium, an entity composed of seven members: unincorporated Champaign County (the area of the county not directly governed by municipalities), the City of Champaign, the City of Urbana, the University of Illinois, the Village of Rantoul, the Village of
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“We’ve had officers come in ... if they know there’s drugs in an area and they want to plan out the best way to get to the property ... they’ll come in and ask for aerial photos.�
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Snow covered streets didn’t stop guests of Yahoo’s expansion announcement from attending the event at the I-Hotel on Wednesday. Yahoo held the ceremony to announce their plans to expand their presence in the University’s Research Park. “The Research Park has been a great home for Yahoo’s Champaign team, and I know the people love working here at the Yahoo Champaign site for a variety of reasons,� said Senior Engineering Director and
Champaign Site Director Catherine Singer at the ceremony. Yahoo’s Champaign location is one of its main engineering facilities in the U.S. The 40,000 square foot facility will be designed to encourage a fun, collaborative atmosphere, according to Yahoo’s invitation. Yahoo opened the location in 2007, and is the largest employer in Research Park with 90 employees. They anticipate creating at least 80 new jobs with the new facility. Scott Burke, Yahoo’s senior vice president of advertising technology, is happy to have a
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Mahomet and the Village of Savoy. Each of these members pays a fee to gain access to the system. The fees are based on the population of each body. Additionally, the consortium receives about $100,000 in additional revenue selling the map data to private entities. But on Monday, the Urbana City Council passed a resolution to change the language in their agreement with the consortium. The updated language clarifies the role of technical advisors and also updates the process of data disclosure to non-member agencies. Urbana City Council member Diane Marlin, Ward 7, said she had seen similar tools before that stored more information and tied it to property addresses. She said the current GIS was, in comparison, slightly outdated. Nevertheless, the GIS database is the groundwork for engineering projects, sewer systems and tax information, said Bill Gray, Urbana director of Public Works. “It’s a very useful tool for (city staff) in our daily work,� he said. Additionally, residents can access the spatial data main-
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that graduate students care about too.� Unionization has become a controversial topic among faculty at the University — more than 120 faculty have already signed a statement in opposition of faculty unionization as a part of the Preserving Excellence campaign, headed by professors Joyce Tolliver, Jeff Brown and Nick Burbules. Faculty members who signed the Preserving Excellence statement have listed the loss of critical faculty as one of their main concerns about unionization. “I have heard people tell me that they would leave if the campus unionized,� Burbules said in an interview earlier this week. “That is why the campaign is called Preserving Excellence.� Harriet Murav, president of the Campus Faculty Association, believes that faculty unionization is the best way to
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