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Tuesday February 19, 2013
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Committee to review state alcohol amnesty bill BY CHRISSY PAWLOWSKI STAFF WRITER
A state bill that would protect underage drinkers who seek medical assistance from prosecution will be reviewed by the House’s judiciary committee on Wednesday. While Bill 1285 , introduced Feb. 5 by state Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-103 , would apply to the entire state, the University, along with Champaign and Urbana police departments, has already adopted a version of the policy. Lt. Rich Surles, north patrol commander for the Urbana police department, said the University, Champaign and Urbana police all have the same informal policy regarding medical amnesty. “If somebody calls for a student who needs medical assistance, then we don’t take enforcement action,” Surles said. “We treat that as a medical event.” Surles said this policy has been in effect for several years, and while it isn’t technically a written code, each department ascribes to it. “Conceptually, we’re all on the same page,” he said. “Internally, we send information out to our officers telling them this, so it’s kind of written.” Though the University already has an informal policy, University police Chief Jeff Christensen said any legislation to protect students is beneficial. “I think (the bill) is a good thing,” he said. “We don’t want people to suffer traumatic injury because they’re afraid to call (the police) because the police may give them a ticket for underage drinking.” A fter receivi ng ca lls
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Though the University has its own informal policy regarding immunity from prosecution for underage drinkers seeking medical assistance, this could become state law in the future. Here’s where the rest of the Big Ten stands: SCHOOL
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Indiana
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From left to right, Gen Nemeth, senior in Engineering; Jeremy Kaiser, senior in Engineering; Savannah Goodman, junior in Engineering; and Anthony Ali, junior in Engineering, play a game of Twister during E-Week at Engineering Hall. E-Week, Feb. 17-23, is a week devoted to celebrating engineers.
UC2B deadline extended to Sept. 30 BY HANNAH PROKOP DAYTIME ASSISTANT EDITOR
Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin
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Penn State
The Urbana Champaign Big Broadband project, which will bring high-speed Internet to underserved areas, received an extension through Sept. 30. The $22.5 million Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program grant, which partial-
ly funded the project, originally expired Jan. 31, but coordinators of the project, known as UC2B, ran out of time to complete construction, according to a press release. “While as of today, we have connected more than 850 locations to UC2B fiber, that is far less than the 2,700 we had
hoped for,” said Michael Smeltzer, UC2B principal investigator. “We are committed to helping as many people as possible get connected to the internet and our state of the art community broadband network.” Along with the extension, the National Telecommunications Information Administration des-
ignated an additional 61 organizations as “community anchor institutions.” This allows UC2B to use grant funds to extend fiber to those new locations without a construction-related cost to the institution. The UC2B project is funded by the $22.5 million grant from
See UC2B, Page 3A
Allen Hall hosts Israeli DJ, talks music Eyal Rob presents to change minds about Israel culture
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Vol. 142 Issue 104
Policy at other Big Ten schools and states
More inside: See what the
Daily Illini editorial board has to say about the state’s alcohol amnesty bill for underage drinkers on Page 4A.
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BY JACQUI OGRODNIK STAFF WRITER
Eyal Rob, Israeli MTV developer, DJ and media critic, showed a different side of Israel through the use of music on Tuesday at Allen Hall. “I’m getting tired of the immediate connotation of the name Israel when mentioned (being) the conflict,” Rob said. “They talk about all this as if it is the only thing that happens in Israel.” Rob, a native of Tel Aviv, discussed the city’s music scene in a presentation titled “Made in Tel Aviv.” The event was co-sponsored by Israel Illini, Music for the Masses, Pizza FM, Illinois Student Association of Music Scholars and the University’s program in Jewish culture and society. Rob said he wants to shed light on the cultural aspect of the country that is less publicized than others, usually related to the country’s political situation. “My main focus is music and showing its unique relationship by explaining and showing the music of Israel as a state and Tel Aviv as a city,” Rob said. The presentation included a lecture and video clips. Rob showed a total of 10 music videos that either took place in Tel Aviv or were performed by artists from Tel Aviv.
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Primary education and summer youth employment programs will be priorities for Urbana aldermen as they determine social service funding allocations. The Urbana City Council discussed the next steps in setting the social service budget for fi scal year 2013 at its regular meeting Monday. Carol Ammons , city council candidate for Ward 3, and Bill Brown , city council candidate for Ward 4, both running unopposed, were brought to the
front of the room to give input. The city council and candidates emphasized the need for more educational opportunities for low-income students. “We want to focus on teenagers’ employment because we understand there is a greater issue,” Ammons said. Council members also looked at possible changes to the five key categories that social service agencies are grouped into and changes in the amount of funding that will go toward each area.
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Eyal Rob, professional DJ and music producer, speaks to students at Allen Hall on Monday evening. He discussed the unique history of the Tel Aviv music scene and new hybrid styles of music it has created. The videos featured music genres such as Israeli hip-hop and rap, each showing a different area of Israeli life. The lyrics of the songs, while mostly in Hebrew, sometimes contained English, Italian and Russian. Elaad Applebaum, sophomore
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in LAS, co-organized the event with Elana Weiner-Kaplow, sophomore in FAA. As Hillel’s Israel Interns, the two create Israel-related programs on campus to form a well-rounded representation of the country. These events vary from being
political to environmental. “It brings a different view of the Middle East,” WeinerKaplow said. “The media focuses so often on confl ict and politics, but this shows the side of
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