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MONDAY May 5, 2014
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Law dean Smith to resign June 1 BY TYLER DAVIS AND MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITERS
College of Law Dean Bruce Smith announced Thursday morning that he is stepping down as dean, a position he has held since February 2009. Smith’s resignation will be effective June 1, and he will return to the College of Law faculty as a tenured professor. Smith took over as law dean in February 2009 just before the clout scandal — where University officials allowed certain “special consideration” students to gain admission to the University despite not being qualified for entry — hit the news. In 2011, also during Smith’s tenure, the College of Law suffered a second scandal, where it misreported LSAT and GPA scores to the Law School Admission Council to help make the University appear to be more exclusive to help attract prospective students. As a result of the scandal, then-assistant dean of admissions Paul Pless was forced to resign. As a result of the admissions scandals, Smith said in an email that the college has instituted “a comprehensive, rigorous, and externally validated data compliance program.” He added that over the years, the college has continued to hire “outstanding faculty, recruit exceptionally talented cohorts of students, and secure transformative gifts.” When Smith took over as dean, the College of Law was ranked No. 23 in the U.S. News and World Report annual ranking of law schools. Today, the law school comes in at No. 40, bottoming out at No. 47 last year. The college has named law professor John Colombo as new
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Members of the Marching Illini pose for pictures with Barry Houser, Marching Illini director (center left), and Wesley Whatley, creative director of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (center right).
UI band selected for Macy’s parade BY BRYAN BOCCELLI ASSISTANT DAYTIME EDITOR
The Marching Illini will be traveling to New York City come November 2015 as one of four collegiate bands chosen to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Parade coordinators chose 10 marching bands to perform at the annual parade out of a list of over 175 applications sent in by bands from across the country. Eager students, many of them members of the Marching Illini, filled the Harding Band Building Friday morning, awaiting the news that Band Director Barry Houser had been keeping under lock and key for weeks now. Accompanying him were Chancellor Phyllis Wise and Wesley
Whatley, creative director of the parade. “The suspense has been growing for a while,” Houser said. Whatley made the announcement upon presenting the Marching Illini with a drumhead to commemorate the accomplishment. “It gives me great pride, and it is with great pleasure to finally share this news,” Whatley said. “The University of Illinois Marching Illini have been selected to represent this University, represent the great state of Illinois and perform in New York City in the 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” In a statement from Macy’s, Whatley said the selection committee looks to recognize bands that have a kind of stage pres-
Teen birth rate rises in Champaign County BY JOSH WINTERS STAFF WRITER
Despite a national decrease, the teen birth rate is on the rise in Champaign County. From 2011 to 2013, the number of teenagers, ages 15 to 17, having babies in Champaign County rose from 10 births per 1,000 teenagers to 23 births per 1,000 teenagers — well above the national rate of 14 births per 1,000 teens, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. Teens 19 -years- old and younger made up 7 percent of births in Champaign County in 2012 and 2013, up from 6 percent in 2011. As of 2012, the national teen birth rate for 19-year-olds and younger is 2.94 percent. Jennifer Jackson, health educator with CUPHD, said it is difficult to pinpoint a specif-
ic cause for the spike in teen births, but she believes a lack of comprehensive sexual education could have played a role in Champaign District 4 schools. Prior to 2014, Illinois did not require public schools to include information about contraceptives and birth control in sexual education. But starting January 1, the state requires schools that teach sexual education to include information on birth control, contraceptives, preventing sexually transmitted infections and stressing abstinence. The law, however, does not require public schools to teach sexual education. CUPHD has been implementing “targeted interventions” to limit the teen birth rate, including a mobile clinic that operates outside of high schools in the district that provides STI
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College of Law Dean Bruce Smith announced his resignation, effective June 1, on Thursday.
interim dean, pending approval from the University Board of Trustees at its May 14 meeting in Springfield. A national search will be conducted for a permanent replacement. Colombo said he did not know when a permanent dean would be appointed but anticipates the appointment will occur before the 2015-16 school year begins. This is not the fi rst time Colombo has temporarily stepped in as a dean for the College of Law. Colombo served as associate dean of the college from 1995-98, 1999-2000 and 2010-12. He served as acting dean in 1998 and 2001 and interim dean in 2002, according to a press release from the University. Colombo has been a faculty member for 26 years and primarily teaches tax law. He has written books regarding tax exemptions for charitable foundations and hospitals, according to the release. Smith is confident that Colombo will continue this strong positive momentum
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GREEN: Sexual education is not required by the state. Sexual education must be medically accurate. Information on contraception must be included.
Teen birth rate: 2.79% Passed the law in 2013 to mandate comprehensive sexual education From the law: “Course material and instruction shall teach honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage”
HIGHEST TEEN BIRTHRATE BY STATE 1. NEW MEXICO: 4.75% 2. OKLAHOMA: 4.73% 3. MISSISSIPPI: 4.61% 4. ARKANSAS: 4.57% 5 TEXAS: 4.44% 6. WEST VIRGINA: 4.41% 7. LOUSIANA: 4.31% 8. KENTUCKY: 4.15% 9. ALABAMA: 3.92% 10. TENNESSEE: 3.85%
BLUE: Sexual education is not required by the state. Sexual education must be medically accurate. Information on contraception must be included. PURPLE: Sexual education is required by the state. Sexual education does not have to be medically accurate. Information on contraception must be included. ORANGE: Sexual education is required by the state. Sexual education does not have to be medically accurate. Information on contraception does not need to be included.
LOWEST TEEN BIRTHRATE BY STATE 1. NEW HAMPSHIRE: 1.38% 2. MASSACHUSETTS: 1.41% 3. CONNECTICUT: 1.51% 4. VERMONT: 1.63% 5 NEW JERSEY: 1.67% 6. MINNESOTA: 1.85% 7. MAINE: 1.94% 8. NEW YORK: 1.97% 9. RHODE ISLAND: 1.99% 10. WISCONSIN: 2.19%
CALIFORNIA Teen birth rate: 2.65% From the law: One of the goals of the California sexual education policy is to “encourage a pupil to develop healthy attitudes concerning adolescent growth and development, body image, gender roles, sexual orientation, dating, marriage and family.”
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Teen birth rate: 3.38% From the law: “abstinence is the most effective and healthy means for preventing sexually transmitted infections,” and that teachers should “describe the steps individuals should take if they suspect they have contracted a sexually transmitted infection,” but makes no mention of other ways to avoid contracting an STI.
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YELLOW: Sexual education is not by the state. Sexual education does not have to be medically accurate. Information on contraception must be included.
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SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE
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Illinois just passed sexual education reform, but what are the policies in other states? Here is a state-by-state look at the American sexual education system.
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