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Dining halls no longer listing allergens BY ESTEFANIA FLOREZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A new University dining hall regulation has students concerned that there will no longer be signs listing allergens for foods. Previously, a student was able see if dining hall food contained any allergens, such as peanuts, listed on small placards above the food. The dining halls used to contain physical labels resembling the familiar FDA-mandated Nutrition Facts format along with colorful window clings to denote common allergens and restrictions. This will no longer be the case, as the mobile UI Dining app is replacing the placards. Kirsten Ruby, associate director of housing for communications and marketing, said in an email that this new rule will be beneficial for students with allergens because they can look up foods
ahead of time or use the app right in the dining hall. Students can also become part of the Inclusive Solutions program, which provides custom meals for students with food allergies. “Relying on signage at the time of a meal is problematic for students with allergies, as there is the potential for an item to be mislabeled or for a label to be moved or removed by another patron,” Ruby said. “When students with allergies look up foods ahead of time, or using an app right in the dining hall, they can receive accurate information created, entered and reviewed by a dietitian and plan their meals accordingly.” However, many students were not aware that allergens were no longer getting listed, and that they would now have to use an app.
Dominique Watkins, freshman in LAS, said that as a student with a peanut allergy, she does not agree with having an app as the only way to check if the food contains peanuts. “Personally, I don’t use any of the Illini apps. ... I rely a lot on the visual, and I think that they should really emphasize if a certain food contains allergens right in the dining halls,” Watkins said. Watkins also said she will probably not download the app and just ask a manager if a certain food contains peanuts. Justin Sebastian, senior in AHS, has worked at the Ikenberry Commons dining hall for more than three years; however, he said he and many of his coworkers were unaware of the new development. Sebastian, who also has a peanut
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The new dining hall app allows students to check ingredients and plan ahead for meals.
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Willard Airport to improve taxiway The University of Illinois Willard Airport received $437, 532 in federal funding to reconfigure its taxiway. The taxiway will be widened from 50 feet to 75 feet, and the end of it will be squared off from a 45-degree angle to a 90-degree angle.
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Airport receives funding to improve infrastructure BY FATIMA FARHA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Federal Aviation Administration recently granted $437,532 to the University of Illinois Willard Airport for improvements to the airport’s infrastructure over the next five years. The project will focus on widening the taxiway from 50 feet to 75 feet, squaring off the end of the taxiway from a 45-degree angle to a 90-degree angle and installing runway lights and markings. Steve Wanzek, Willard airport manager, said these changes will increase safety and allow for larger aircrafts to use the taxiway.
“It will make it, not that the airport is not safe, but it’s safer to do this new configuration,” Wanzek said. “We get charters that want to fly in to sponsor our sports teams. We’ve had symphonies come in. Private companies come in to charter our programs. It was difficult for them, even though the company could accommodate a larger aircraft, the airway couldn’t.” According to Wanzek, the airport generally receives $1.2 to $1.3 million in entitlement dollars from the FAA; however, that amount was insufficient for this project. In order to have enough, the airport applied for additional funds
First College of Medicine proposal approved BY MEGAN JONES ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The Urbana-Champaign Faculty Senate approved a preliminary proposal to create an engineering-based College of Medicine at its Monday meeting. University officials will outline additional details for the college in three new documents — a governance plan, curriculum plan and budget — before the faculty senate gives an official approval. “There is a huge amount of work on this campus if we want this to be a reality,” said Provost Ilesanmi Adesida. The preliminary college aims to take research-based academics and pair them with Carle Health System to create a medical school that intersects with engineering, technology, health care and medical sciences. The college was inspired to help solve problems such as
the influx of people entering the health care system due to the Affordable Care Act, an increase in chronic conditions and a decrease in the amount of physicians in the field. As millions of new people are entering the health care system due to the Affordable Care Act, along with a shortage of physicians and additional chronic conditions, “A great University has great ideas,” said Nicholas Burbules, Senate Executive Committee member and professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership. “I’ve been here for 25 years and this is one of the most exciting initiatives.” Some of the schools to be included in the proposed College of Medicine include Veterinary Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Social Work, Animal Sciences, Engineering and LAS.
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through discretionary dollars, which may be granted by the FAA. Willard Airport applied for the funds with a master plan looking ahead five years said Elizabeth Cory, FAA spokeswoman. The plan involves ensuring safety and efficiency to the airport’s infrastructure. “Congress appropriates the moneys to keep up the infrastructure in the air transportation system. This is something the airport applies for and is granted after we’ve reviewed the plans,” Cory said. “In this situation, we found that they can enhance safety at the airport by realigning and widening a taxiway and installing runway lights and runway markings. They’re designed to improve safety at the airport.” Wanzek said having a saf-
Anticipated timeline for the proposed College of Medicine The following timeline outlines the steps needed before the college can officially admit students. Q The Senate Executive Committee approved the concept on Sept. 15. Q The Urbana-Champaign Faculty Senate, along with the Senate’s Educational Policy Committee, endorsed the concept Monday. Q Formal documents outlining the college’s curriculum, budget and governance plans will be submitted to the Educational Policy Committee,
Adesida said the platform of the college looks at prevention medical science, predictive medicine and technology-based applications. When asked whether the Board of Trustees supported the idea, Adesida said the Board has looked over the
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er and more efficient airport will prove to be very beneficial to the community, because it will make room for new airlines and further improvement in the services Willard has to offer. “Having a vibrant airport is very important for a community — the business community and the University itself. Everybody appreciates the economic impact that having an airport in the community has,” Wanzek said. “This is a commitment on the airport’s part to the community as well as to the airlines so they are more serious about maintaining the airport and keeping it in good shape and making improvements that will last for 20 years.”
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the Senate Executive Committee, the Faculty Senate and other relevant campus offices. Q Next, the Board of Trustees will review the plan. Q The Illinois Board of Higher Education will review the plan in 2015. Q An application for accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education will be submitted in 2015. Q The first College of Medicine class would begin in 2017.
“Hey-hey-ho-ho censorship has got to go,” shouted protestors from the back of the Illini Union ballroom as the first academic senate meeting of the year began. Professors and students voiced their concerns over the rejection of Steven Salaita’s appointment to the American Indian Studies program. The Board of Trustees voted 8-1 to reject Salaita’s appointment at its meeting on Sept. 11. “We must recognize that our statutes say that within the limits fixed by the Illinois constitution of laws, the Board of Trustees exercises the final authority of the University,” said Roy Campbell, chairman of the Senate Executive Committee. Campbell urged professors to reconsider a “vote of no confidence.” He said he feels many are not making distinctions between expressing their anger in a resolution and voting no confidence, which in U.S. higher education means someone is no longer able to effectively serve their post. When a vote of no confidence is taken, the Open Meetings Act rules need to be followed and vote totals should be released with the vote, Campbell added. On Monday, executive officers representing the 14 departments that voted no confidence in University administration issued a statement reaffirming their vote. The following departments issued votes of no confidence: African American Studies, Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Latina/ Latino Studies, French and Italian, History, Anthropolo-
gy, Religion, Asian American Studies, English, Philosophy, American Indian Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Program in Compartive and World Literature. Campbell said “it is fair to say that on all sides of this dispute, no one wants to find our campus in this situation ever again.” During the meeting, Chancellor Phyllis Wise said that she feels honored to be the chancellor and that she would continue to meet with faculty and students in the upcoming weeks regarding academic freedom and freedom of speech. “I’ve heard from one pro-
“No one wants to find our campus in this situation ever again.” ROY CAMPBELL
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fessor at the College of Media that the constitution makes it clear that there is no limit on freedom of speech and that we need not discuss this any further. But a few days later when I visited the College of Law, one of their faculty members told me that in constitutional law, they have a whole semester course on the first amendment ... and the definition and limits of free speech,” Wise said. She said the hiring process is being reviewed, and the Board of Trustees needs to approve appointments much closer to when they are made. A forum on “Academic Freedom Across the Disciplines” will be held at the Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave., at 4 p.m. Sept. 29.
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SOURCE: URBANA-CHAMPAIGN FACULTY SENATE RESOLUTION 15.02 FOR A PRELIMINARY ENDORSEMENT TO CREATE THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
plan, and while they have not endorsed it, they told University administration to develop a business plan for the college. The University’s sister MEGAN JONES THE DAILY ILLINI campus in Chicago, howev- Student activists stand at the back of the Illini Union Ballroom protesting the rejection of Salaita as well as censorship
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