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The Daily Illini
Wednesday October 31, 2012
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WRIGHT AND ARMORY
GOODWIN AVENUE
WRIGHT STREET
STAFF WRITER
Main Quad
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Bike path intersects with sidewalk Bus stop overflow obstructs bike path
NEVADA STREET ARMORY AVENUE
BUSEY HALL GREGORY DRIVE
pavement between First Street and Peabody Drive. Capt. Skip Frost of the University Police Department said there were places where the infrastructure could be improved, but that infrastructure did not affect whether people abide by the law. He said the stricter enforcement, which began mid-September, was not due to
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Bike path lines faded Pedestrians confuse path with sidewalk
GREEN STREET
BY CLAIRE EVERETT
Local police recently began stepping up enforcement of discipline for bicyclists committing offenses from riding the wrong way to not being on the proper path. But the University’s Facilities and Services Department isn’t shy about the fact that conditions of the bicycle paths and lanes are poor and in need of repair. Morgan Joh nston, coordinator of Transportation Demand Management at Facilities and Services, said despite a $1.5 million grant given to the department to repave the paths, construction is not scheduled to begin until this summer. Johnston said she is aware the infrastructure for cyclists is in “dire straights” and said the University plans to use the money to implement changes to the bike paths, specifically on Sixth Street between Gregory Drive and Armory Avenue, Fourth Street to Kirby Avenue and resurfacing
Vol. 142 Issue 48
Trojan Condoms has University in 1st for sexual health centers
Wheels yet to get rolling on bike paths Infrastructure poor, but rules still enforced
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requests from the University but resulted from several complaints from community members. “Just because we’re a bicycle -friendly campus doesn’t mean we don’t expect everyone to obey and abide by the law,” Frost said. Frost said the police
See BIKES, Page 3A
Sidewalk intersects with bike path
STAFF WRITER
Sexual health experts at the University support the fi ndings of a recent report that ranked Illinois fi rst in sexual health out of 141 other schools in the nation. The report, called Trojan Condom Brand’s 2012 Sexual Health Report Card, based its rankings on the sexual health resources available to students on campus with data collected from student health centers. All the institutions were critiqued on categories including the usability and quality of their health center websites, condom and contraception availability and STI/HIV testing on site, according to the report card. Lena Hann, clinical instructor and Master of Public Health program coordinator, said sexual health education in a college setting is very important. Hann said she was excited to see the University’s recently released rank and immediately posted it to the discussion board of her Human Sexuality class. “Besides the actual sexual health topics we talk about, what I like to do with my class is emphasize the amount of local resources that students have for their sexual health,” she said. “Every day there’s something [regarding] sexual health going on on campus.” Hann said for her class’ midterm, she assigns students in her section to go out in the community and research a local sexual health resource.
See SEXUAL HEALTH, Page 3A
2012 Sexual Health Report Card Top Ten GREGORY AND GOODWIN ! !
Bike path lines faded Pedestrians confuse path with sidewalk
BRYAN LORENZ DESIGN EDITOR PHOTOS BY CLAIRE EVERETT THE DAILY ILLINI
1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2. Brown University 3. Columbia University 4. Princeton University 5. University of Wisconsin-Madison 6. Yale University 7. University of Arizona 8. University of Iowa 9. Colorado State University 10. Oregon State University SOURCE: TROJAN CONDOM BRAND’S 2012 SEXUAL HEALTH REPORT CARD
ILLINOIS STUDENT SENATE
Committee to vote for students to have voice, governance
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Conference currently limited to faculty only
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D BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER HASAN KHALID THE DAILY ILLINI
Police are warning students about using fake guns as costume accessories. These are often confused as real, especially when the federally regulated markings are removed by students after purchase. Check out these examples of fake and real guns for yourself. Can you pick out the real gun?
University police concerned about detecting real, toy guns BY CARINA LEE STAFF WRITER
Students may want to rethink dressing up as police officers for Halloween. Members of the University Police Department are expressing concerns regarding the differences between BB guns used as costume accessories and real guns. Capt. Skip Frost of the University Police Department said the main differences between a real gun and a BB gun are the materials inside the cartridge, the colored tip and the size of the magazine. Frost said many people who have BB guns as part of their costume remove the colored tip distinguishing the prop from the real thing in an effort to make the accessory appear more legitimate. Frost said this makes it difficult for officers to determine whether someone is carrying an illegal weapon or a toy. Andy Dallas, owner of Dallas and Company, a local costume shop, said sometimes there are students who paint the tips black to make the guns look real. “Even if your gun was white, they can paint it black and make it look like a real gun,” he said. “The fact is, as long as they have those marks in them, they are considered toys and police can see them as toys immediately.”
oritized above student interests. “Faculty concerns are different from student concerns,” he said. “It’s important for direct representation, for direct voice from constituents.” Maskeri said he contacted senators from the Chicago and Springfield campuses who will present the resolution within their respective senates. Although the document may be revised, Maskeri said the general principle would stay the same.
Ryan Young, ISS vice president-external, said he thinks of the University Senates Conference as an important advocacy body for students. “These are groups that have actual power and binding authority,” he said. “It’s where the faculty and staff and indirectly students, have the fi nal say in authority over what happens at the University.”
See ISS, Page 3A
Drop and give me candy
Federal law requires that “each toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm shall have as an integral part, permanently affixed, a blaze orange plug inserted in the barrel of such toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm.” The only exception is for fake weapons used in theater or movies, in which case, the law allows the Secretary of Commerce to waive the requirement. Dallas said he encourages students not to take the colored tip off the BB guns. In past years, the department had to arrest a student who was pointing an air soft gun at another person through an open window in Scott Hall. “We responded as we should because the report that was made to us is they were pointing this weapon out the window and pointing at people on the sidewalk,” he said. Sgt. Matt Myrick of the University Police Department said these kind of incidents frustrate him. “I got a wife and family and just can’t take the chance of whether it’s a real gun or a toy gun,” Myrick said. “This is the real world and real stuff ... My intention is to stop the threat.”
Carina can be reached at lee713@dailyillini.com.
In the photo, only the bottom-center handgun (C) is a real weapon – the others are toys.
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The Illinois Student Senate will vote on a proposal at Wednesday’s meeting that would allow students to be a part of the University Senates Conference. The conference, which senator Jim Maskeri, senior in LAS,
calls “the end-all be-all of shared (University) governance,” is the link between faculties of the Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield campuses. The conference also acts as an advisory to the Board of Trustees. Maskeri wrote the resolution and said currently only faculty can be members of the conference. Although they must represent the values and voice of the students, Maskeri said he believes faculty interests are pri-
HASAN KHALID THE DAILY ILLINI
ROTC cadets do their annual Halloween PT outside of the Armory on Tuesday. Cadets are dressed in costumes, and awards are given to the best dressed.
Po l i ce 2 A | Co r re c t i o n 2 A | H o ro s co p e s 2 A | O p i n i o n s 4 A | C ro sswo rd 5 A | Co m i c s 5 A | H e a l t h & L i v i n g 6 A | S p o r t s 1 B | Cl a ss i f i e d s 3 B | S u d o ku 3 B