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Vol. 141 Issue 130
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One Day Without Shoes raises awareness on Quad Fifth annual event brings light to dangers of improper footwear CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In support of TOMS’ One Day Without Shoes, some students spent the day barefoot on Tuesday. The fifth annual event is hosted by TOMS, a shoe company that pledges to donate one pair of shoes for every pair bought. The One Day Without Shoes event
seeks to increase awareness about the harms of living without proper footwear. Every year, the company challenges its supporters to go about their daily activities as normal but without wearing shoes. Rather than canning on the Quad or collecting clothes in a drive, the Engineering Freshman Committee encouraged students to take part in
this event. Troy Meehan, president of Engineering Freshman Committee and freshman in LAS, said the diseases a child can get from infections on their feet due to improper footwear can be just as harmful to the child as other issues, such as hunger.
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Abraham Koshy, freshman in Engineering, stands barefoot in front of chalk feet outlines by TOMS’ “One Day Without Shoes” booth. The fifth annual event was held on the Main Quad on Tuesday.
Screening of ‘Real Women Have Curves’ starts filmmaker’s artist-in-residence stay on campus STAFF WRITER
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Rick Santorum announced Tuesday that his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination is officially over. Santorum addressed supporters in Gettysburg, Penn., while surrounded by his family. This announcement c o me s one day after his SANTORUM 3-year-old daughter was released from the hospital. S a ntor u m’s c a mpa ig n experienced a surge in recent months, and he emerged as Mitt Romney’s biggest competition in the race. “Against all odds, we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes,” he said. A lthough the Romney campaign raised much more money than Santorum’s, Santorum did well in the primaries, said Hannah Ihms , president of the Illini Conservative Union and graduate student. “He was incredibly outspent by Romney, but look at how his campaign built steam when very few people thought he could,” she said. Some political experts said Santorum did well because he stayed true to his conservative values. “For some time, Santorum was competitive,” sa id Robert Rich , director of
Champaign County General Primary Election results Mitt Romney 7,515 votes, 42.51% Ron Paul 2,323 votes, 13.14% Rick Perry 102 votes, .58% Newt Gingrich 1,679 votes, 9.50% Charles “Buddy” Roemer 51 votes, .29 votes Rick Santorum 6,010 votes, 33.99% Total 17,680 Over Votes 7 Under Votes 197 (118 precincts of 118 precincts counted) the University’s Institute of Government and Public A ffa i rs. “ He cer ta i n ly represents a st rongly conservative point of view in the Republican Party that he articulated quite effectively.” Romney remains the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, ahead in the delegate count but still below the 1,144 needed to clinch a spot on the ticket. If Santorum were to continue his campaign, he would need to win 869 more
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ILLINOIS STUDENT SENATE
Online social networks for student concerns relaunched
BY THOMAS THOREN
Award-winning writer Josefi na Lopez screened her 2002 film, “Real Women Have Curves,” Tuesday evening at the Spurlock Museum. About 20 students and faculty members gathered for the first event of Lopez’s artist-in-residence stay on campus. The department of Latina and Latino studies hosted the event with a number of other co-sponsors. Isabel Molina, associate professor of Latina/Latino studies, introduced Lopez as “one of the top contemporary Chicana playwrights of today.” She said Lopez grew up as LOPEZ an undocumented youth in east Los Angeles and transformed her experiences into award-winning films. “Real Women Have Curves” was produced in 2002 and has won her the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was based on Lopez when she was 18 years old and working in a sewing factory with her mother and sister, while preparing to graduate high school and transition to college. She attended a high school for the arts and wanted to be an actress but faced many hurdles because of her race and weight. “There basically were no roles for women who weren’t perfect looking,” she said. Lopez said the film is “a loose adaptation” of the play of the same name that she also wrote. In her Q-and-A session following the screening, she addressed some of the differences between the film and play. Lopez said many differences were necessary because of the different storytelling formats, but others were included to create a better story. “Honestly, the movie’s a little different from
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Audience members sit for the screening of the film “Real Women Have Curves”at the Spurlock Museum. The screening kicked off writer Josefina Lopez’s artist-in-residence stay Tuesay. The film centers on a teenage girl, Ana, who lives in a Mexican American community in east Los Angeles. my real life story,” she said. “But I wanted to write a story that didn’t have a typical story line and had a protagonist who had some girth, and not just in terms of weight but in terms of self-substance.” Many students were curious about Lopez’s adaptation of the play while trying to remain truthful. “I thought it was interesting how she (altered the film from) an authentic experience,” said Jonathon Madura, senior in LAS. “It was quite a bit different.” Lopez said she wanted to create a movie that showed the beauty of her home while she grew up. She said most movies set in her neighborhood show gang violence, so she and
More on-air: Listen to the 5 p.m. newscast on WPGU 107.1-FM to hear more on the screening of Lopez’s film. the production team made an effort to change that norm. “We went out of our way — the director, the cinematographer and everyone — to say, ‘You know what? Why don’t we show this neighborhood in a way that has never been shown before, the way that Josefina would see her neighborhood,’ as beautiful and colorful and wonderful,” she said. “I swear to you; when I was growing up, I did not know that my neighborhood was the gang mecca of the world. I did not know because that was not my reality.”
T he I l l i nois St udent Senate recently relaunched i l l A N NOY E D, social networking pages intended for students to voice concerns about the campus, after taking it down to develop rules for the pages. The program uses Facebook and Twitter to receive direct feedback from the student body. Students can post any concerns or complaints they have on these pages, and ISS will answer their questions and work to fi nd solutions to their problems. “It had a really strong launch, and I’m hopeful that they (the pages) will grow to be a relevant part of the campus community,” said David Pileski , student body president. “illANNOYED is an interesting opportunity to utilize social media.” The pages initially launched on Feb. 23 but were taken down because ISS needed to create rules to moderate the pages. “I think it’s always better before starting something to set down specifi c goals and policies,” Pileski said.
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“There were issues initially with how the page was initially administered.” The Facebook page has 125 likes, and the Twitter page has 21 followers. So far, illANNOYEd has tweeted three times, and no one has reTweeted ill A N NOY ED. Three people have posted on the Facebook page. Pileski said he expects more people will use the pages now that they are back up. “I think there’s always room for improvement,” he said. “The lower number of likes is partially (because of) spring break as well as internal transition.” Matt Gold , student senator and junior in LAS, said the page has the potential to connect ISS with the student body, but it is not right now. “They’re (the pages) mostly being used by senators,” he said. “I don’t think the student senate has done a good job connecting to the student body. But I think that (the pages) can be used effectively to reach out to the student body...I think the page should be clearly labeled as a forum of communication for everyone.”
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