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RSO celebrates Ghandi’s birthday, Indian culture BY ATOOSA SAYEH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Indian Student Association will culminate its weeklong celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 143 birthday Saturday. ISA held a series of events this week to honor Gandhi, whose birthday was Oct. 2. Karan Talati, president of ISA and senior in Engineering, said the main reason the group hosts Gandhi Week is to commemorate the life of Gandhi and
demonstrate how his principles have affected the world. Talati said Gandhi has been an inspiration to many people around the world, including Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama. As part of the week’s activities, participants made a mural out of handprints to memorialize Gandhi, an ISA tradition . The group also hosted a fi lm screening of “Lage Raho Munna Bhai ,” which covers Gandhi’s
principles of nonviolence and truth. On Gandhi’s birthday, ISA did a mock walk of Gandhi’s Salt March in 1930 on the Quad. The march had been in protest of the national salt tax; Gandhi walked 240 miles on the march to obtain tax-free salt. The purpose of the mock walk was to help perpetuate Gandhi’s principles of nonviolence in an interactive way. “The walk will help bring to life Gandhi’s dream of truth,
nonviolence, service and love that can be used to bring about social change and lasting peace,” Talati said. Rebecca Elkayam, senior in Media and FAA, attended the walk and said it is important to celebrate Gandhi because of his impact on the world. “The fact that so many people can agree that he is a respectable person is a good reason to celebrate the life of Gandhi,” Elkayam said.
On Thursday, ISA joined several other organizations for the Illinois-Fast-A-Thon , a campuswide day of fasting that serves to bring attention to world hunger. They sold T-shirts for $5 to raise funds for Syrian refugees. The week will end with Be the Change Day, a national day of service led by the national nonprofit South Asian Americans Leading Together. The local event is sponsored by the Jain Student Association and was
inspired by Gandhi’s famous words: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” “Not only is (Gandhi) a big part of Indian history, tradition and culture, but he also influenced a lot of people around the world,” Talati said. “We want to recognize him for Indians and non-Indians and remind people of the issues of poverty.”
Atoosa can be reached at asayeh2@ dailyillini.com.
Car-wash workers lack safe conditions BY JANELLE O’DEA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A new study done by University researchers shows that Chicago -area carwash employees are working under unfair, and sometimes unlawful, conditions. The study, conducted through the school of Labor and Employment Relations, was published Sept. 20 and showed that wage and safety violations are being suffered by these employees. One of the main problems the study highlighted was that car-wash owners have been taking advantage of their employees’ lack of knowledge of their rights. Alison Dickson Quesada, labor education specialist whose office is in Chicago, and Robert Bruno, professor of labor and employment relations, were assisted by Frank Manzo IV, research assistant, in completing the study. Results were based on survey data from 204 employees at 57 car washes in Chicago. Dickson Quesada said the majority of survey inter-
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Over 25 percent of employees have suffered nausea or dizziness from using harsh cleaning chemicals. Nearly 2/3 of employees did not have clean and free drinking water. Almost 60 percent of employees did not have a sheltered area for their meal break. 11.4 percent of employees were not paid for off-theclock work. 13 percent of employees earned less than $2 per hour. SOURCE: CLEAN CARS, DIRTY WORK STUDY COMPLETED BY ALISON DICKSON QUESADA, ROBERT BRUNO AND FRANK MANZO IV
Trees across from St. John's Catholic Chapel have turned yellow. According to Jeffrey Dawson, professor emeritus in ACES, there won’t be a peak color display of leaves at the end of October because some leaves are changing early or already falling. “There’ll be some color, but it probably won’t be among the most spectacular of years,” he said.
Lack of color expected in leaves this fall BY CHRISSY PAWLOWSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After the drought in Illinois this summer, trees on campus are unlikely to trade their green exteriors for autumn colors as the leaves fall and change prematurely. The deep reds, yellows and oranges are produced when temperatures decline and the leaves cease to produce chlorophyll, the pigment that make leaves green and absorbs light for photosynthesis. But after a summer of scarce rainfall, many trees
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are unhealthy and are not going through normal cycles. “There’ll be less foliage to turn color because some trees have dropped their leaves early,” said Jeffrey Dawson, professor emeritus in ACES. “So there won’t be a big peak altogether in the third week of October, which is more normal. (This) will lessen the overall impact and peak color display at the end of October.” The leaves that do change early, though, will not necessarily contribute to the typical radiant display. Dawson said students
Illini pride, tradition focus of Orange and Blue Days BY ABIGAIL SOLANO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Emily Otnes, freshman in FAA, sits on a bench on the Quad and plays the guitar while singing on Wednesday.
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should expect to see more yellow and brown leaves this year. For autumn lovers, this lack of expected color is disappointing. “The leaves changing colors is really the trademark of this season,” said Skye Maclean, member of October Lovers and junior in LAS. “The brilliance before death is what makes the season beautiful instead of depressing.” Darragh McDermott, president of October Lovers and senior in LAS, said she agreed that enhanced colors contribute to the anticipation of autumn.
Full-day campus tours, or Orange and Blue days, begin Friday, and those tours may be a bit different this year. At the beginning of the school year, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions decided to make changes to the process of campus tours. Tour guides, called Illinois Student Admissions Representatives, or I-STARs, will now focus more on the traditions at the University, said Allison Morse,
I-STAR and sophomore in FAA. Now that the construction at Lincoln Hall is complete, for example, the tours will be led into the building so students can see the inside of the newly renovated building. To connect more to Illinois tradition, guests are encouraged to rub the nose of the Abraham Lincoln statue in the hall. At that point in a tour, an I-STAR will explain that it is good luck to rub Lincoln’s nose before a test.
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“I think it just gets everyone in the fall spirit when the leaves start to change,” she said. Callan McDermott, events coordinator for October Lovers and sophomore in AHS, said she hopes this absence of spirit will not deter students from participating in the club’s events. “I think people will still be excited about the different events and hopefully still come out, even though the leaves haven’t changed,” she said. Callan McDermott has planned all of the same events for
this season, and the RSO is still planning its annual trip to Curtis Apple Orchard. She predicted that this trip, scheduled for Oct. 7, is the only, if any, event to suffer a loss in attendance because “that’s the whole fun of it — the scenery — and it will be different now that the leaves aren’t changing.” However, Darragh McDermott does not see the less vibrant leaves as a hindrance to the club’s events.
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