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College of Medicine searches for dean DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
The search for a dean of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine will begin in October, the University announced Wednesday. According to a University press release, the committee will aim to have a founding dean selected by spring 2016. The committee will be composed of 19 members — eight representatives each for the Carle Health System and the University and three external members including a local health care community leader. Committee members were chosen based on their “depth of expertise” in their own field, leadership at Carle, Illinois and within the community and their past search experience, according to the release. “(The committee will be) looking for a candidate with extremely strong collaborative leadership skills,” said Matthew Gibb, Carle
Health System’s chief medical officer. Additionally, Gibb said the dean should be someone of “national prominence” who can help recruit “excellent” faculty. The founding dean will also serve as the chief academic officer of the college. Gibb said the chief academic officer is responsible for overseeing the translational activity between biomedical engineering and traditional medicine among other tasks. Robin Kaler, campus spokeswoman, said once a dean is chosen the “fi rst order of business” is establishing job requirements; the committee is not yet sure what exactly they’re looking for in a candidate. Regardless, she said external nominations are encouraged. Once a dean is estab-
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University enforces smoking citations UIPD has issued $200 in fines so far BY CHRISTIN WATKINS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Since the University imposed fines for smoking violations on campus Sept. 8, Deputy Chief Skip Frost, of the University of Illinois Police Department, estimated the amount of fines collected has totaled $200 or less. In accordance with the Illinois Smoke-Free Campus Act the University established a series of citations and fines to enforce the smoking ban put into place in January 2014.
First time offenders are issued a warning, second time offenders are issued a citation and a $25 fine that can be waived through an educational video. People found in violation of the ban a third time will be issued a citation and a $50 fine and every violation following warrants a $100 fine. It’s too early to know how effective the campaign is, said Brian Farber, executive assistant to the associate vice chancellor of student affairs. “Colleagues have said, ‘I don’t see people smoking out there anymore,’ because now there is a mechanism for immediate and significant
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Civil rights activist shares story, experiences at the YMCA
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Dr. Bernard Lafayette, a civil rights activist who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, shares his experiences at the University YMCA on Tuesday.
UI must preserve Salaita info Court orders all evidence pertaining to Salaita lawsuit be preserved DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
The University has been ordered by a federal court judge to preserve all evidence relating to the lawsuit brought by Steven Salaita. According to U.S. District Court judge Harry Leinenweber ruled Tuesday that the University “attempted to destroy or hide communications regarding this case and that [the University] flouted known disclosure obligations in the past.” Salaita filed a motion charging officials with intentionally destroying evidence on Aug. 25 after former chancellor Phyllis Wise resigned amidst the revelation that she and other administrators used personal email accounts to discuss University matters, including Salaita’s dismissal, in an attempt to avoid FOIA laws.
Citing the revelations, Leinenweber said the court had “concerns” about whether the University would comply with the current litigation hold on the evidence. He ruled the University and its administrators must “preserve all physical, documentary, or other evidence in their possession, custody, or control … including all email communications sent or received by the defendants and their colleague, whether those communications are stored in University email accounts, in personal accounts, or in some other location.” Salaita’s offer to join the faculty as a tenured professor in the American Indian Studies department was revoked in August 2014 after Salaita sent controversial tweets regarding the con-
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Steven Salaita speaks for the first time since the university rescinded his job offer at the University YMCA on Sept. 9, 2014. flict in Gaza. He filed suit against the University on Jan. 29, stating the University violated his rights to free speech and academic freedom and intentionally caused him emotional distress. Salaita is suing for the position for which he was originally hired and monetary compensation.
“As the university stated to the Court, and the Court noted in its Order, ‘The University has and will continue to preserve all evidence that is potentially relevant to this case,’” said Robin Kaler campus spokeswoman. Salaita could not be immediately reached for comment.
Students push to revive La Carta La Casa hopes to revive Hispanic publication BY ADAM KAZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Student leaders of La Casa Cultural Latina are using the center’s resources to bring back the defunct Hispanic publication La Carta Informativa. La Casa’s goal is to develop the educational, cultural and sociopolitical programs that lead to a stronger, more empowered Hispanic presence at the University, according to the website. According to the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, 8.1 percent of students in the total fall 2015 enrollment are Hispanic. La Carta was established in October 1979 by Latin and Latin-American students at the University through La Casa, said Director of La Casa Gioconda Guerra Perez. “Students had the opportunity to share their stories that were not often found in other publications,” Perez said. “It had many different purposes, but the main one was to educate the campus community about Latinos, Latino issues, their con-
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Cultural art is displayed around the La Casa Cultural Center. Students hope La Casa will begin funding La Carta again this semester. cerns and how things could improve for the Latino student body on campus.” The paper varied in length and format, but its goal was to give a voice to the Hispanic community on campus, a minority group that often feels underrepresented at the University, said Cristina Lucio, senior in LAS. Lucio said the paper often took strong stances against the perceived racism at the
University. Especially in its earlier publications, La Carta refused to shy away from difficult issues involving marginalized minorities on campus. Lucio uncovered the paper’s archives through her work at La Casa. She decided that the current mistreatment of minority students at the University demanded the paper’s immediate resurgence.
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