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SafeWalks app streamlines safety at night New app uses smartphone’s GPS to bypass need to call police
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Former Illini coach Lou Henson inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Former Illinois men’s basketball head coach Lou Henson will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in November. The 83-year-old coach led three schools — Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State and Illinois — for a total of 41 years, retiring in 2005. The induction ceremony will take place on Nov. 20 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame is different from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. The college Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 2006. Following Tuesday’s announcement, Henson couldn’t help but be humble when thinking about his nod to the hall. “I’m just happy to be in there,” Henson said. “I feel fortunate
Lou Henson served as the Illini men’s basketball coach from 1975-1996. Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois history, having won 423 games during his time in Champaign. Highlights of his tenure include winning the 1984 Big Ten championship and reaching the 1989 Final Four with the Flyin’ Illini. BOTTOM: Kenny Battle celebrates Illinois’ trip to the 1989 Final Four.
because there are a lot of great coaches that will never get this
“I’m just happy to be in there. I feel fortunate because there are a lot of great coaches that will never get this great honor.” LOU HENSON
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great honor.” Henson was the head coach of the Illini from 1975-1996. During his time at Illinois, he compiled a 423-224 (214-164 Big Ten) record, led his team to the NCAA tournament 12 times, won 20 games 11 times and reached three NIT’s. He still leads all Illinois coaches
in wins and his career at Illinois was highlighted by the 1989 Flyin’ Illini run to the Final Four, where the team lost to eventual champion Michigan. Henson also coached at HardinSimmons and had two stints at New Mexico State. His 775 career wins places him 10th in the NCAA alltime list. In the late 1950s, Henson was a high school coach in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was offered an assistant position at New Mexico State in 1962. At the same time, however, Hardin-Simmons in Albine, Texas, offered him a head coaching spot. When he met with Hardin-Simmons officials, Henson experienced a moment that he still believes is the highlight of his career. He was interested in the job, but there was a problem: The school wasn’t
might be underage, intoxicated and don’t want to call the police department, fearing they will get in trouble. International students speak poor English and may not understand phone conversation. This app establishes a swift and convenient method for them, so they don’t have to walk alone at night.” Johnson believes that with the launch of this new app, more students will request a SafeWalk. The program has recently hired more student patrollers to ensure that every requester can get a pair of student patrollers in time. The SafeWalk app will support both iOS and Android systems, and directly connect students and faculty who request the service with a SafeWalk student patroller. Initially, users will have to register with their net ID, name and phone number, which will be stored for all future requests.
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SafeWalks Requests Increased in 2014 2012: 900 requests ...
2014: 1,400 requests
Student patrollers: 39 Speed: within 5-10 minutes Ability: 10-12 Safewalks per hour Operating Hours
Boundaries of Operation
Sunday - Wednesday: 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
North: University Ave.
Thursday - Saturday: 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. From Oct. to March, Safewalks begins at 7 p.m.
South: Florida Ave./Kirby Ave. East: Race St. in Urbana West: Neil St. in Champaign THE DAILY ILLINI
SOURCE: University of Illinois Police Department
Airport to possibly gain CEO, funding, new flights BY ELYSSA KAUFMAN STAFF WRITER
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Martin Burke, professor of chemistry, recently launched his company REVOLUTION medicines, which aims to find natural medicinal solutions for severe fungal infections. the human’s cholesterol, as opposed to what he was taught in medical school. By using simple chemical building blocks, Burke was able to synthesize a derivative of the drug that kills only the fungi’s cholesterol. With this information, Burke recently founded the company REVOLUTION Medicines in collaboration
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New Willard Airport plans gaining altitude
Professor’s new company receives investment When chemistry Professor Martin Burke attended medical school, he learned about Amphotericin B, a natural medicine used as the last line of defense for severe fungal diseases. This drug was also thought to be very deadly to humans because it disrupts the polarization of cells, therefore killing individual cells, and sometimes caused debilitation and death. According to the National Institutes of Health, severe fungal diseases kill over one million people per year. Considering that half of the patients with systemic fungal diseases will die even if they take Amphotericin B, Burke sought out to research and develop a better, non-toxic version of the drug. W h i le rese a rch i ng Amphotericin B in 2012, he discovered the medicine to be deadly because it kills both the fungi’s and
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Students walking home alone at night, fearful of walking by themselves but not comfortable calling the University police department, will soon have a new alternative. SafeWalks, a program sponsored by the University police department that provides student patrols to escort students and faculty around campus, is set to release a new mobile app in two to three weeks, according to the University police department. The smartphone-based app will provide a simpler way to request SafeWalks than calling the University police line. Ryan Johnson, security coordinator for the Division of Public Safety, said when students walk at night in pairs or with a group, their chances of being involved in a critical incident or becoming the victim of a violent crime are greatly reduced. Most of the time students become the target of a crime just because they are outside alone, he said. “Our goal is to make it easier for students to connect with our SafeWalk program,” Johnson said in an email. “Many times, students
with Third Rock Venture, a fi nancing investment fi rm that invested $45 million in the company. Dr. Mark Goldsmith, the founding president and chief executive officer of REVOLUTION Medicines, said the company’s “initial vision is to treat severe fungal dis-
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For international student Patrick Ang, flying from Singapore to Champaign isn’t easy. Willard Airport’s flights to Chicago and Dallas provide options, but not as many as students and the airport’s new advisory board wish. Within the next three years, the airport plans to expand locations to major hubs across the U.S. and improve air service. Steve Carter, advisory board chair, said they want to encourage international students to fly directly into Willard rather than flying into O’Hare and then taking a bus to Champaign. “Willard means an extra connection fl ight for me and could cost as much as $300 to $400 United States dollars more without being that much of a convenience as far as time is concerned,” Ang, freshman in FAA, said. “If Willard were to offer routes that involve greater time savings, that allow me
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From Chicago to Champaign Willard is looking to revamp the airport through a new marketing plan.
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to transit to Willard through San Francisco International Airport or New York, it may be worth it to consider as an option.” At the beginning of 2014, a task force was created to present a business plan to Chancellor Phyllis Wise regarding the revamping of the airport. The plan, presented in late January, also included governance recommendations, including
creating a CEO, adding more community representation and a new management system for the airport. “From the task force perspective, one of the most important recommendations is to put some management in place that has responsibility for implementing the strategic plan,” Carter said. “This management would
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