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Monday April 29, 2013
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UI police join DEA program Event helps dispose of drugs safely BY SARI LESK STAFF WRITER
Champaign and Urbana residents had the opportunity to anonymously turn in prescription medications to local police officers for safe disposal on Saturday as part of National Drug Take-Back Day. The University Police Department took part in this initiative this year for the fi rst time, along with the Champaign and Urbana police departments. The local police departments set up collection stations at two Walgreens locations and at UIPD to participate in the initiative that was started by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2010. Saturday was the Drug Enforcement Agency’s sixth Take Back event. Its current policy requires controlled substances, like prescription drugs, to be disposed of by the owner or a police officer. The DEA will continue to hold these single-day collections with police departments until a new policy is in place. Roy Acree, UIPD Captain, said the department chose to participate in the event this year because it has seen an increase in the misuse of prescription drugs. “One of the bigger drug issues that we’re seeing nowadays are teenagers and junior high kids taking prescription medication,” he said. In addition to safety concerns, National Drug TakeBack Day addresses environmental concerns. Skip Frost, UIPD Deputy Chief, said the event not only keeps prescription drugs from being misused, but it also keeps them out of the water supply, as
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Nick Hird, the first place winner in the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon, is embraced by his fiancé Marisa Mele after his win. Over 16,000 athletes participated in this year’s events.
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Runners take off from the starting line early Saturday morning part of the marathon. More than 1,800 people participated in the marathon this year.
Runners cross under the American Flag during part of the marathon on Saturday.
Streets clear for Illinois Marathon More than 1,800 runners participated in Saturday’s Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon BY JANELLE O’DEA STAFF WRITER
Christie Clinic hosted the fifth annual Illinois Marathon from Thursday to Saturday. Nick Hird of Naperville, Ill., fi nished the marathon first out of 1,820 participants with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 56 seconds, according to results compiled by Gault Race Management. More than 16,000 athletes participated in this year’s
events. The 5K and 10K races were held Friday night after pre-race events on Thursday and Friday. The wheelchair marathon started at 6:58 a.m. on Saturday, and the marathon, marathon relay and half-marathon races began at 7 a.m. on Saturday. “The positive energy and seeing all the other runners allowed me to power through and run the entire thing,” Julia Povilaitis, freshman in Business. “The weather
Fifth-annual walk raises money for Champaign-Urbana Autism Network
Illini Independent Film Festival screens 20 films at Armory
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Evan Metz, guitar, and Phil Sudderberg, drums, of Spaghetti Recess played an accompanying score for the 1909 silent film "Une Excursion Incohérente," directed by Camille de Morlhon. Metz and Sudderberg also play in the band Grandkids, which played at Pygmalion. only half made the cut for the fi nal schedule. “We were able to have enough submissions to actually have standards,” said Esther Hwang, member of the press relations group and sophomore in LAS. “Dancing Shoes,” a two-minute comedy directed by Dillon Hanley, Jim Joyce, Aaron Weiss and Dan Winslow, won the IIFF Best Film Award and received a $75 prize. “It made people laugh the most, and it was pretty well put
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Autism Walk held at Hessel Park to raise awareness
UI course judges films at festival
Filmmakers and moviegoers gathered Saturday in the Armory to watch more than 20 fi lms screened by the Illini Independent Film Festival, organized and judged by the students of MACS 464, Film Festivals. A total of 21 fi lms from all over the country were shown at the festival sponsored by the College of Media, The Art Theater and Indi Go Artist Co-Op, a company that provides space for artists. Screened fi lms ranged from two-minute animated shorts to a feature-length romantic comedy. The class originally received 40 submissions, but
was also really nice.” Christie Clinic hosted a health and fitness expo, pasta party and speaker series in the two days leading up to the marathon. Eight of the first 10 who fi nished the marathon are Illinois residents, and two of them, Jim Turchyn and Micael
together for a short fi lm,” said James Easterling, member of the steering group and junior in Media. “It was simple enough to get, and the class voted on it as a whole.” The fi lm also won the Illini Award for Best UIUC Student Film, and the directors received seven tickets to The Art Theater in downtown Champaign. “We wanted to highlight the fact that we are a student-run fi lm festival, and we do appreciate student fi lmmakers,” East-
erling said. The 75-minute feature length fi lm, “Xu’s Little Lover,” was directed by and starred Kunyang He. The Chinese foreign language fi lm won the IIFF Award for Cinematic Excellence, and He received a $50 prize. “I try to convey my strange type of obsessive humor in this type of fi lm,” He said. “The fi lm was made locally. The whole
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The Champaign-Urbana Autism Network hosted its fifth annual Autism Walk on Sunday at Hessel Park in Champaign. The walk was hosted to increase community awareness of autism spectrum disorders. Teresa O’Connor, event coordinator and a Champaign developmental therapist, said the Autism Walk means a lot to her and to many other families. “Autism is a very isolating disability,” O’Connor said. “By doing this, all the families are able to get together and realize that they’re not alone.” More than 1,000 people in the community registered to participate in the event. Sally Mustered, associate director of the Autism Society of Illinois, said she has
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a 21-year-old who was diagnosed with autism 18 years ago. She said the walk is about more than raising awareness. “It impacts families,” Mustered said. “It’s about awareness but it’s also about trying to develop acceptance from other kids.” Mustered said it’s important for families to know that they are supported. “It’s hard to push yourself out into the community when you have a kid that’s going to have a hard time somewhere — it gets embarrassing, and your world gets smaller and smaller,” Mustered said. The walk also serves as a fundraiser to help affected families. Mustered said the walk has helped her own son over the years.
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