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C-U plans Ebola safety measures BY ALI BRABOY STAFF WRITER
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University Laboratory High School in Urbana is now over $1 million in debt due to an accounting error.
Audit filed for UI high school BY ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER
Due to an accounting error that charged salaries to a closed account for several years, the University Laboratory High School has accumulated nearly $1 million of debt. Jeff Walkington , director of the high school, said they are still not sure how the error happened.
The University fi led a request for an audit in September, which is now underway. School officials hope the audit will tell more than just how the error occurred. “We hope that from this audit we will figure out how the error happened and also how fi nances can be better monitored,” Walkington said.
The audit will eventually reveal the error, but will not be complete for several months. In the meantime, the school created a budget task force, composed of school officials, to find where the school can make cuts and where it can generate new funds, Walkington said. Keith Marshall, associ-
ate provost of the University said the Office of the Provost is working with the high school to create a defi cit reduction plan aimed at fi nding ways to “increase revenue or decrease cost without affecting the quality of students’ education.” The high school was originally funded by the
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Early admission eliminated BY ERIC FRIES STAFF WRITER
Beginning this 0RUH LQVLGH fall, applicants The Daily to the University Illini Editorial will not have the option to apply Board shares early. The Uni- its thoughts on the versity will have early admissions and a single decision period and all deferral changes. applicants will Page 4A be notified on Feb. 13 if they have been admitted or denied. Applications will be due Dec. 1 for all prospective students. However, priority consideration for honors programs will be given to students who submit their application by Nov. 1, the former early application deadline. The changes will not apply to transfer or graduate applications; only freshman applications will be affected. Nancy Walsh , director of admissions operations, said the changes were made in response to rising numbers of early applicants. “In December, it was getting harder and harder to make a true final decision on those students,” she said. As a result, more students were
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Early admission breakdown
= total early applicants
The percentage of students deferred has increased from 19.3 percent in 2010 to 30 percent in 2014.
= total denied of deferred
= total admitted of deferred
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16,864 15,673
15,651
15,269
15,000
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19,917
20,000
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10,000
In many ways, local medical officials believe Champaign County is prepared for the possibility of Ebola cases in the area. Carle Foundation Hospital has had a number of emergency management plans in place for years, which address events such as pandemic occurrences, according to Dr. Daniel Bronson-Lowe, infection preventionist at Carle. The Ebola epidemic, which is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection from an Ebola virus strain, is currently the largest outbreak of the virus in histo-
The Illinois Poison Center will be taking calls to the Ebola hotline, which was activated Thursday, and runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health Sheila Porter said the hotline was created because of the concern surrounding Ebola. The hotline is a customer service for Illinois residents to help them get a better understanding of the infectious disease. As of Oct. 21 the hotline has received around 400 calls, since it launched. Porter said the hotline will continue as long the public has a need for it. The hotline can be reached at 1-800-8893931.
ry, according to the Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention. It has affected multiple countries in West Africa and killed 4,555 people as of Oct. 20, including one American, Thomas Duncan . Five Americans have been affected by the Ebola virus. “The current outbreak in West Africa is the result of several concurrent events, including the geographical spread of the virus among fruit bats, the practice of butchering animals which carry the virus, ritual burial practices, urban poverty, poor health care access and inadequate commu-
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Symptoms of the Ebola virus: Q
Fever
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headache Muscle pain Q Weakness Q Diarrhea Q Vomiting Q Abdominal pain Q Unexplained bleeding or bruising Q
Symptoms may appear anywhere from two to 21 days after exposure to the Ebola virus; the average is eight to 10 days. Recovery from the virus depends on clinical care and the patient’s immune response. People who recover from an Ebola infection develop antibodies that last at least 10 years. SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASES CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Total students deferred
5,971 3,278
5,000 3,018 2,457
561
2010
3,010 2,037
4,017 2,188
3,806 2,120
1,829
1,686
2,693
973
2011
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SOURCE: University of Illinois Admissions
2013
2014
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A protester stands outside the White House asking President Obama to ban flights in an effort to stop Ebola, the deadly epidemic that has already reached American soil, on October 17, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
Republican House candidate details views to students BY TEA LOJANICA STAFF WRITER
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Kristin Williamson, Republican candidate for the 103rd representative seat, answers the questions of University students at the Illini Union on Tuesday night.
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Kristin Williamson, Republican candidate for the 103rd representative seat, answered questions from University students in a forum Tuesday night regarding her campaign, state policies and the University. The Illinois Student Senate sponsored the event in the Illini Union to increase student political participation and knowledge of the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Williamson said her main goals as the potential House representative would be to create more jobs and a better state of the economy for Illinois. She said several things she would do include reforming the workers’ compensation system and making it easier for people to start small businesses. Students asked questions pri-
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marily concerning student debt and student loans. Williamson said she supports keeping interest rates on student loans down, but also wants to create a healthy, friendly, business environment in the community. She said she does not support raising the minimum wage in Illinois. Williamson said the ongoing pension crisis is the biggest issue related to campus. “This makes the University not as competitive as other Big Ten schools and makes it harder to recruit top tier faculty,” she said. Williamson also took a stance against for-profit MAP grant funding and said she would support a bill that would no longer allow the grants to be used at forprofit universities. She stated her support for various student interest issues in the community, including first-time
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homebuyer tax credit, medical amnesty and the decriminalization of marijuana. Garrett Hill, Williamson’s spokesman, said the campaign intended for the event to be an opportunity to engage with student voters. “The University of Illinois is the economic engine of ChampaignUrbana,” he said. “The student body could sway the election.” William J. Lynch, Committee on Community and Governmental Affairs chairman and graduate student, said the committee originally asked Carol Ammons, Democratic candidate for the seat, to participate in a debate with Williamson for the event. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Ammons was unable to attend.
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