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THURSDAY April 16, 2015
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UI searches for Med funds $135 million remaining to raise for new College of Medicine BY MAGGIE SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
Creating the College of Medicine will cost $235 million, a task university administrators are trying to complete through fundraising and private donations. Of the $135 million left to raise, most of the funding will go toward hiring faculty, said Dan Peterson, vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement. The college will not require its own building, Peterson said, allowing $60 million of $135 million to go toward faculty members. In March, the Board of Trustees approved the Urba-
na-Champaign campus’ first new college in 60 years, with a $100 million commitment from Carle Foundation Hospital over the next 10 years. Before becoming an accredited college from the Liaison Committee for Medical Education, the college must raise the remaining funds needed. “Showing the financial viability of a new college is probably the most important factor in gaining preliminary accreditation, which allows you to admit your first class of students,” said Normand Paquin, associate director for
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Creating the College of Medicine
The University plans to raise $135 million before opening the doors to the new College of Medicine. The money will fund a variety of essential components.
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Students from the University’s Urbana-Champaign, Springfield and Chicago campuses gathered at the Captiol Building in Springfield Wednesday to lobby against Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget cuts.
Students lobby budget cuts University members express concerns at the Capitol Building
$135 million
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Total
$60 million Faculty support
$50 million Student support $25 million
Progams and training centers
College of Medicine
SOURCE: Dan Peterson, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Development KELSIE TRAVERS THE DAILY ILLINI
Students took the opportunity to advocate for the University Wednesday when they traveled to Springfield to fight Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget cuts. Students from all three University campuses met in Springfield with Illinois legislators for Lobby Day to discuss the proposed 31.5 percent budget cut, or $209 million, to the state’s appropriations for higher education. Lobby Day is an annual event where students meet with senators and represen-
tatives to share their concerns about the University or state, said Tim Knudsen, graduate student in the College of Law. Roaming the Capitol Building, students presented legislators with facts about the University to fight the proposed budget cuts. Knudsen said the students view the budget cuts as a scary realization. He said the less money and funding that goes into school, the more the quality of education will decrease. In order to make a bigger impact, Knudsen said he and others on the planning committee for Lobby Day
focused on getting more students involved. “My biggest concern is maintaining quality of the U of I education. The tuition can only go so high until they stop attracting students,” Knudsen said. “I’m concerned the cuts are going to come from faculties, great resources like the Career Center and things that really matter to attracting the best students in the country.” President Robert Easter said he believes the value of student’s education will continue to be upheld, regardless of the challenges and despite the students’ fears. “The biggest challenge is the uncertainty and not knowing what we are dealing with,” Easter said. “It will have very real impacts and
will make us a very different place.” Easter said he thinks the out of classroom experience makes the University unique but it is at risk too. He said he hopes the University can protect the integrity of its faculty, as the cuts could make recruitment more difficult. “If we are trying to recruit someone who is a star somewhere, there will be a perception that Illinois is a financially difficult place and will be another indirect effect to hiring them,” Easter said. Senator Chris Nybo, R-24, a supporter of the proposed budget cut, said the cuts would improve the fiscal atmosphere in Illinois as a
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Campus supports male survivors BY CLAIRE HETTINGER STAFF WRITER
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The crime is the same. The horror is the same. The shame doesn’t hurt any less. But still, something is different. “People don’t understand how men get raped,” said Rachel Storm, assistant director of the Women’s Resources Center. The Women’s Resources Center and the Counseling Center’s Trauma Treatment Team held a workshop Wednesday to teach students how to better understand the unique issues faced by male survivors of sexual violence. The workshop was part of a series of events hosted during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Blake Bullock, senior in
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LAS, facilitated the event and presented the challenges men face after they’ve survived a sexual assault. He said men are viewed to be the stronger sex and are often considered to be the perpetrators of rape, not the survivors; consequently, they are less likely to be believed when they share their assault experiences. Bullock said male survivors of sexual assault are not given the same support and opportunities to heal that female survivors are typically given, and people also
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• One in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college. • One in 71 men will be raped at some time in their lives • 3 percent of American men have experienced some type of sexual assault in their life • 9 percent of rape and sexual assault victims are male. • 2.78 million men in the United States have been victims of sexual assault, harassment or rape.
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• 40.2 percent of surveyed gay men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes. • 47.4 percent of surveyed bisexual men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes. • 20.8 percent of surveyed heterosexual men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes. SOURCE: RAPE, ABUSE AND INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK
LIFE & CULTURE
Three Illini gymnasts invited to nationals
YouTube guru Jenna Marbles comes to campus
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Marbles to be interviewed Oprah-style as part of Illini Union Board’s lecture series Thursday
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Sexual assault education should be inclusive Events like “Supporting Male Survivors” help shed light on male sexual assault issues
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Social work program going swimmingly BY JANE LEE STAFF WRITER
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Mary Jane Horth, Sunny Kato and Giana O’Connor to compete for Illinois
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University students — and founders of Swimable — teach children with disabilities how to swim while at the CRCE pool. Swimable is held every Friday and Saturday until early May.
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To provide children with disabilities the opportunity to learn how to swim, four University students created Swimable, a program geared toward offering resources that were not readily available to children with special needs. Swimable offered its first swim lessons for children with disabilities Friday at the Campus Recreation Center East pool, said Chelsea Fry, president of Swimable and senior in Social Work. Fry said she and her cofounders came up with the idea during a social work class last year.
These lessons are taught by a team of certified swimming instructors and held every Friday and Saturday until early May. Swimable emerged from the idea of creating a swimming program that uses resources at the University to teach students with special needs how to swim while helping them excel in higher levels of swimming, Fry said. Fry said there aren’t many resources for children with disabilities to learn life skills or to participate in a unique environment. Efthemia Tounas, swim-
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