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THE DAILY ILLINI
TUESDAY October 29, 2013
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Two-year plan aims to create 3,000 C-U jobs BY ANGELICA LAVITO STAFF WRITER
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University of Illinois Vice President Christophe Pierre speaks at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Faculty at the Illini Union, on Monday. He and Chancellor Phyllis Wise discussed the previous academic year and the current fiscal year.
Officials discuss University fiscals BY MARYCATE MOST STAFF WRITER
Christophe Pierre, vice president for academic affairs, who spoke at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Faculty on Monday, summarized the past academic year with a quote from author Charles Dickens. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,� Pierre said. “For the University, it is a time of much good, and it is also a time of serious concerns.� Among these concerns, Pierre and Chancellor Phyllis Wise listed a slew of economic issues that
affect students and faculty. State debt has taken a toll on the University, Pierre said. In fiscal year 2014, the University did not receive an increase in appropriation from the state, which currently is about $640 million. Additionally, allocations from the state to the University have declined by 25 percent in the past 10 years, despite an enrollment increase of 16 percent, he said. “The state has continued to owe us money,� he said. “It currently owes us $309 million — that is almost half of our yearly
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appropriations from the state. These cash flow delays continue to hamper University operations.� Pierre said the state of Illinois also continues to take cuts out of money reserved for the University in order to cover pension deficits, which has ended up costing the University about $9 million. “We still don’t know what pension reform will be, and we still don’t know what cuts pension reform could bring to the University,� Pierre said. “We are also subject to state procurement requirements. These impede
research and even reduce revenue generating opportunities.� Wise addressed some of these economic concerns by introducing a new, three-year strategic plan. “It is a way of us measuring how we will continue to be and even become a greater preeminent public research university,� she said. “We want to be doing innovative teaching, meaningful engagement, and we certainly want to have a hand in economic development.�
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Consumers can now see proof that the restaurant they are eating at will serve them safe meals, as the Champaign County Public Health Department and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District propose all food vendors post the results of their recent health inspections. Color-coded, single-page signs will display vendor’s results and will be placed on the front doors to ensure customers can see whether the building is a safe environment before even entering, said Michelle Mayol, chair of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. The proposal was discussed at a study session Monday night where citizens had the opportunity to express their opinions. The proposal will be passed on to each separate board to vote within the coming months. If passed, officials hope to have the signs in effect by Jan. 1, 2014. The regulation will affect 1,112 food vendors throughout Champaign County, which includes private certified housing dining halls, but not University dining halls, said Jim
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A recent study found that some Illinois river otters have traces of banned pollutants in their livers. The study assessed the concentrations of 20 different contaminants and compared their findings to numbers reported about river otters about 25 to 30 years ago, said Samantha Carpenter, a wildlife technical assistant at the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University’s Prairie Research Institute. The University’s Illinois Natural History Survey, College of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Animal Sciences worked in collaboration with Michigan State University’s Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to complete the study. The goal of the research was not to quantify the effects of the compounds on the otters, said Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, wildlife veterinary epidemiologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey. Rather, the group wanted to establish if the chemicals were present in the otters and if their presence differed from previous studies. Researchers found the highest concentrations of the pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls; DDE, which is a breakdown of the pesticide DDT; and dieldrin, another pesticide. The amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls and DDE found in the studied river otters were consistent with the amount
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“On the other side, the businesses that have had problems with closure may see a hit to their business, which will require them to have the utmost compliance at all time for fear of failing future health inspections.�
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The Champaign County Economic Development Corporation recently set its two-year goals, which include providing support to create 3,000 new jobs in Champaign County. Over the next two years, the corporation aims to attract $225 million in new private investment to Champaign County, assist companies to grow payroll by $132 million and increase private sector influence in the corporation by doubling the number of its private investors. “Ultimately, we want to increase the level of income in our communities, which will be a big economic boost to the local economy,� said Erik Kotewa, deputy director of the corporation. “In order to do that, we have to attract new jobs by either expanding current businesses that are here or attracting new businesses.� Financial contributors give money to the Economic Development Corporation to help fund business retention programs aimed to ensure that Champaign County-based companies are satisfied, ease expansions and provide other services that help keep corporations in the area. In the past 10 years, Champaign County has been in the bottom half of the Midwestern community peer group for job growth, according to the EDC’s two-year strategy. Creating 3,000 jobs would put Champaign County in the top third. Lori Gold Patterson, CEO of Pixo, a technology firm in Urbana, doubled the size of her company in less than a year. She said she supports the EDC’s strategy,
and her company will help the corporation reach its goals. “The more jobs that are created locally, the stronger the economy is,� Gold Patterson said. “The more likelihood there is a growing talent pool here we can pull from.� The EDC also aims to attract $225 million in new private investment to the county, such as expanding local companies or new companies investing in new facilities, which would create jobs. In assisting companies with growing their payroll, the corporation seeks to ultimately increase per capita pay to $26,000 from $23,700, according to the two-year strategy. “They’re aggressive (goals), but they’re realistic and provide something for the organization and the region to shoot for in terms of growing the economy,� said Bruce Knight, Champaign’s planning and development director. Kotewa said in order to accomplish its two-year goals, the corporation strives to double the number of private investors who contribute to the EDC. “These goals are bigger than what we can accomplish with our current level of resources and with the current level of involvement in our organization from local stakeholders,� Kotewa said. Gold Patterson said she supports this initiative and thinks the corporation needs to focus more on the private sector business model. She said other companies should support the organization once they see the value of it. The corporation provides
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Previously, researchers were concerned with potentially lethal consequences of large amounts of pesticides, as discussed in conservationist Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring.� Now, however, the greater concern is the potential of the pesticide as a neurotoxin. Coming with smaller levels of exposure, a particular concern is developmental neurotoxicity, said Samantha Carpenter, a wildlife technical assistant at the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University’s Prairie Research Institute. According to a report on developmental neurotoxicity by Harvard researchers, some neurodevelopmental disorders are learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and types of sensory deficits. Researchers found concentrations of dieldrin in liver of studied Illinois river otters, a pesticide that had been banned decades ago, Carpenter said. Dieldrin was used as a pesticide on its own and was the primary breakdown product of a pesticide called aldrin. Widely used in the past, most of the dieldrin in the state comes from aldrin used on corn soil, Carpenter said.
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