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Wise discusses campus goals, improvements BY LAUREN ROHR STAFF WRITER
“I am finding, as a faculty member, that it is very often a very long process to change curriculum and to redo courses, which seem to counter the idea of an agile University and an agile curriculum.” ANNA STENPORT, associate professor of Germanic languages and literature
JONATHAN DAVIS THE DAILY ILLINI
Chancellor Phyllis Wise smiles while taking questions at the town-hall meeting address to faculty and staff Monday. During the speech, she outlined her working goals that are open to modification and change. “I’ve learned so much about the storied history of this great University,” she said.
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Because of the high volume of complaints about bicycle accidents, University police said they will more strictly enforce state bicycle laws. “We have been actively issuing warning citations and some traffi c citations to offenders who put themselves at great personal risk,” said Capt. Skip Frost of the University Police Department. “But this is a public safety issue that we take very seriously, and people need to know that we are going to step up our enforcement.” Illinois bicycle laws require cyclists to follow the same rules of the road as vehicles when riding in the street. The laws also require cyclists to ride on roads
designated for biking by local ordinances. Bikes must have a front lamp with a white light visible from at least 500 feet away, as well as a red reflector when riding at night. However, Frost said cyclists are not aware of these regulations, especially the vehicle law. Frost said police officers are working to enforce the importance of recognizing the Illinois vehicle law. And it’s not just police offi cers who have been witnessing a lot of bicycle accidents. Alex Massey, sophomore in DGS, said that as a cyclist, he sees a lot of students disobeying the vehicle law on campus. “On occasion, I see cyclists
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hancellor Phyllis Wise held a town-hall meeting Monday afternoon to dis-
cuss University goals and improvements with the campus community. Wise said one of those goals is to fi nd ways to break the barriers in terms of interdisciplinary teaching because there have been challenges when teaching across colleges. She said she hoped to further discuss this matter in the future. Also at the meeting, Wise presented a list of goals she wants the University to focus on this year. She said she hopes to empower faculty and staff, expand the University’s research portfolio, continue to become a more diverse community and improve the University’s agility, or speed of response to challenges. Anna Stenport, associate professor of Germanic languages and literature, said she was concerned with the agility of the University in terms of curriculum. She said she hoped to have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty members in various departments on planning a new curriculum, but doing so can prove difficult. “I am fi nding, as a faculty member, that it is very often a very long process to change curriculum and to redo courses, which seems to counter the idea of an agile University and an agile curriculum,” Stenport said. Wise also presented the fi ndings of the threemonth “listening and learning tour,” as she called it, which she took last fall to attain a better understanding of what the campus community wants for the future. “I’ve learned so much about the storied history of this great University, the cherished culture of collaboration, the potential that we have, the challenges that we face and the dreams that we all have to become even better,” Wise said. On the tour, Wise said she talked to individuals on campus, as well as external stakeholders, such as alumni and community leaders. She said she
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University ranks 3rd in review
Cops crack down on bike regulations BY CARINA LEE
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NATHANIEL LASH THE DAILY ILLINI
A cyclist heads the wrong way on John Street at the intersection with Sixth Street on Monday. University police have announced plans to crack down on cyclists breaking the rules of the road.
The University of Illinois ranked third best university to work for in a University Report Card published by Glassdoor.com, a social website about jobs. Rankings were given based on faculty and staff ratings on the site. These ratings were given in categories including career opportunities, compensation and benefits, work and life balance, culture and values, and senior leadership. The University received a score of 4.2 out of 5, improving from last year’s score of
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‘Gaysian’ student talks about LGBT struggles BY GARRETT WILLIAMS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
JONATHAN DAVIS THE DAILY ILLINI
Kevin Ng addresses faculty, staff, and students as part of Quench, a lunchtime series co-sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center. He gave a talk called “Growing up Gaysian: Infusing My Identities.”
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center kicked off LGBT History Month with a presentation by a University student about growing up gay and Asian-American. Kevin Ng, intern at the LGBT Resource center and senior in AHS, gave the presentation “Kevin Ng: Growing Up Gaysian” as part of the center’s regular lunchtime series called Quench. The event was hosted by the LGBT Resource Center and the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations. Ng talked about his experiences in school and the difficulties and prejudices he faced being both gay and Asian-American. “Elementary school was the roughest time of my life,” he said during the presentation.
Ng said he has been the target of hate because of his sexuality and race. He said even his eighth-grade teacher bullied him about his sexual orientation. He highlighted the LGBT Resource Center as a place for students facing similar struggles. “There are people here who are great at talking to students,” he said. “There’s also a coming-out support group and counseling.” Leslie Morrow, director of the LGBT Resource Center and organizer of the event, said in an email that she wanted participants in the lunch series to learn about some of the obstacles faced by people who don’t fit with society’s norms. “My hope concerning today’s Quench in particular is that students will walk away after hearing one person’s story hopefully understanding,
“There are people here who are great at talking to students. There’s also a coming-out support group and counseling.” KEVIN NG, intern at the LGBT Resource Center and senior in AHS
appreciating and fostering a greater sensitivity of the challenges, as well as opportunities, that lie at the intersection of our multiple social identities,” Morrow said. The Office of Inclusion and Intercul-
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