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ELECTIONS 2012 Democrats pick up key congressional seats in Illinois Democrats erased painful memories from 2010, when they lost five congressional seats to Republicans. They landed almost all the big prizes on Tuesday's Illinois ballot, taking back three of the seats they lost in the tea-party inspired surge two years ago and picking up a fourth when Bill Foster defeated seven-term U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert. Among the three GOP freshmen unseated was U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, the Obama-bashing tea party favorite, who lost to Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth in one of the most closely followed races in the country.
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Tammy Duckworth: 54.7 % Joe Walsh: 45.3 % Democrat Tammy Duckworth says she was able to defeat first-term tea party Congressman Joe Walsh with a strong grass roots approach. She says more than 500 volunteers were active throughout her campaign. The suburban Chicago matchup was one of the most closely watched in the nation as Democrats identified it early on as a pickup.
Brad Schneider: 50.5 % Bob Dold: 49.5 % Perhaps the most painful and surprising loss for Republicans was Democrat Brad Schneider's election over first-term Republican Rep. Bob Dold. Republicans have held the territory that includes affluent and working-class suburbs north of Chicago for more than three decades, and Dold outraised and outspent Schneider. Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk held the territory for five terms as a congressman.
Bill Foster: 58.1 % Judy Biggert: 41.9 % Seven-term Republican Rep. Judy Biggert also lost her seat to Democratic challenger Bill Foster, a former congressman.
Cheri Bustos: 53.3 % Bobby Schilling: 46.7 % Republican Rep. Bobby Schilling, a pizzeria owner, lost to former health care executive and city council member Cheri Bustos. Schilling, who won with heavy tea-party support in 2010, said he was looking forward to returning to his family business: Saint Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza in Moline.
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Totals: Democrats: 12 seats Republicans: 6 seats
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UI joins others in international student survey BY LAUREN ROHR STAFF WRITER
The University joined 1,200 others in the world this year in participating in the largest international-student satisfaction survey in the world . The International Student Barometer Survey allows international students to rate a variety of programs and services offered at a university based on their own personal experiences. The survey is conducted by the International Graduate Insight Group Ltd., or i-graduate. Pamela Barrett, i-graduate director of client relations, said question topics range from students’ learning experiences to their living environments to sport and social facilities on campus. “From these questions, the University will get a very clear picture of what the international students think about different dimensions of the experience,” Barrett said. “Then the University can fi nd out where the challenges or problems are and where the good practice is, and they can think about what changes might need to be made.” Barrett said ISB will also enable the University to compare the experiences of their international students with all other participating universi-
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On Tuesday, voters returned the state’s congressional tilt to the Democratic Party
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Rodney Davis: 47 % David Gill: 46 % Republicans were counting on one victory as Republican Rodney Davis beat Democrat David Gill. However, Gill, a Bloomington physician, said the election was still too close to concede and wanted to look at the impact of provisional ballots. Davis had a nearly 1,300-vote — or less than 1 percentage point — lead over Gill.
Vote leaves congressmen in Illinois blue
ties, including other Big Ten schools. The standard single-year price for participating in the ISB is $10,000 per institution. But Julie Misa, director of the University’s Office of International Student and Scholar Services, said the office opted to pay a discounted price of $21,000 for one survey per year for three years. The office sent out the fi rst survey in an email Oct. 30 to all international students on campus, including undergraduate, graduate and non-degreeseeking exchange students. Misa said that of the 8,648 international students who received the survey, 2,462 students — about 28 percent — responded as of Tuesday. She added that she is hoping to receive a lot of strong and accurate feedback from international students, so the University can work to accommodate their needs and preferences. “It’s good whenever you’re working with a population to fi nd out how things are going and see what’s working well and what might need to be changed,” Misa said. “This is a good instrument, we feel, to be able to do that.”
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Jesse Jackson: 63.0 % Brian Woodworth: 23.5 % Jackson easily won re-election Tuesday even as an extended medical leave kept him from campaigning. He remains hospitalized at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic. Three little-known challengers highlighted Jackson's absence and corruption allegations against Jackson on the campaign trail. Jackson wasn't expected to lose the seat he's held since 1995.
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Voters stand in booths at the Salvation Army in Champaign on Election Day. Democrats won several of Illinois’ seats in Congress on Tuesday. More online: Watch a video on DailyIllini.com from early Wednesday morning of Illinois’ 13th District Democratic candidate David Gill refusing to concede the race to Republican rival Rodney Davis, in spite of several major media networks calling the race for Davis.
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Vote on fee » » advisory body ends; results soon Committee hopes campus voices support DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
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TOP: Felicia Speranske, senior in ACES, demonstrates real green energy forms to students from Jefferson Middle School on Wednesday afternoon. Speranske and other students in the Illinois chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council set up booths in the gymnasium composed of interactive games, simulations and visual presentations in an attempt to direct students’ attention to the efforts their school has already made with regards to sustainability. BOTTOM: Students wrote their pledges on sticky notes describing how they will make the world “greener.”
Voting for the Service Fee Advisory Committee’s 2012 fall referendum closed to University students at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. Results for the referendum will be announced Friday. The ballot was available at vote.illinois.edu. T he referendu m is on endorsement of the existing committee, which provides recommendations to Chancellor Phyllis Wise regarding Student Initiated Fees. The Student Fee Advisory Committee consists of 12 members: six undergraduate students, two graduate students and two at-large students, all of whom are nominated by the Illinois St udent S en ate. T he committee also includes the treasurer of the student senate. The associate vice chancellor for student affairs — who also serves as director of auxiliary services — rounds out the list of committee members.
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