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Kilgore’s supporters to speak Press conference to encourage renewal of Kilgore’s contract BY ABIGALE SVOBODA STAFF WRITER
A press conference will take place Monday regarding James Kilgore’s employment. The former instructor’s contract is up for renewal and under consideration after a series of articles exposing his criminal background were released last spring. The press conference, hosted by Friends of James Kilgore, will take place outside the Henry Administration Building, 506 S. Wright St., at 9:30 a.m. The group anticipates that the University Board of Trustees will reconsider Kilgore’s employment status at its meeting Thursday. Provost Ilesanmi Adesida appointed a committee in April to review Kilgore’s status at the University and advise the Board of Trustees on how to proceed. Kilgore served six years in prison for his involvement in a 1975 bank robbery, where one woman was killed. Kilgore was not the gunman. He was also a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, known for the kidnap-
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Illinois’ Nik Goncin shoots the ball during the game against Milwaukee at the Activities and Recreation Center on Saturday.
Treasurer too close to call A clear winner has yet to be declared in the race for Illinois state treasurer, where ballots are still being counted, mainly in Cook County. The current results show Republican Tom Cross in the lead with 48.06 percent of the votes. Democrat Mike Frerichs is close behind with 47.79 percent of the votes as of Friday night. The current ballot count places Cross in the lead by a slim 0.27 percent, or less than 10,000 votes. “We’ve known since the beginning that this was going to be a very close race,� said Dave Arkin, spokesman for Mike Frerichs. “It was consistently viewed as one of the closest races in the state, and right now it’s looking to be one of the closest races in Illi-
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(Administrative Center) where voters were standing in line to make sure they had the opportunity to vote,� said Arkin. “It’s important to him to make sure that not only their votes, but the votes of all the people across the state of Illinois, some who waited until three in the morning to vote, have their votes counted.� This race is one of the closest races in Illinois’ history and both candidates are currently waiting for all votes to be tabulated in order to announce a winner.
Abigale Svoboda and Marijo Enderle contributed to this report.
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Participants rush to their bikes in the Champaign-Urbana Bike Project’s annual Cranksgiving event held on Saturday. Cyclists raced to grocery stores throughout Champaign and Urbana in order to collect non-perishable food items which will be donated to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank.
Hard hitting, intense, violent. These might be words you use to describe a sport like football or rugby, but there is another sport being played in Champaign-Urbana that is the epitome of these descriptions: wheelchair basketball. Everything you expect to see when watching basketball can be found in wheelchair play. Cuts, screens, no-look passes, 3 -point plays are all there. The Illnois men’s and women’s teams have both been successful h istoric a lly, securi ng 15 and 14 national titles, respectively, more than any Illinois varsity sport. The two teams hosted the Illinois Classic on Saturday at the Activities and Recreation Center. Game one tipped off with the Illini men squaring off against the Illini women. The two teams were tied after the first half with 20 points apiece, but the men eventually cruised to a 54-39 victory. Gail Gaeng and Helen Freeman were two bright spots for the women, scoring 12 and 11, respectively. For the men’s team Nik Goncin and Tim Nagel paved the way for their team’s victory scoring 18 and 14 points,
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nois history.� According to Illinois election law, candidates are allowed to request a recount if the votes are within 5 percent of each other. The recount is considered a “discovery recount� and is nonbinding, but it can be used as evidence if a candidate chooses to file an election contest with the Illinois Supreme Court. All votes are scheduled to be counted by Nov. 18, and the Illinois State Board of Elections will officially announce the winner of the race on Nov. 30. “Like most people, we’re watching and waiting for all the votes to be counted,� Arkin said. “Right now, it’s extremely close; it can go either way.� The majority of the votes to be counted are mail-in ballots. “I think particularly for voters in Champaign, Mike, on election night, went straight to the Brookens
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ping of Hearst Media Company heiress Patty Hearst. According to Kilgore, the University was fully aware of his past when he was hired in 2011. However, his criminal record had not been a public issue until articles about Kilgore were published in The News-Gazette. Following the public’s reaction to the University’s employment of a former criminal, Kilgore was told his contract with the University would not be extended and was not given an explanation. A press release stated that Friends of James Kilgore will emphasize the recommendations made by the committee, which is chaired by Matthew Wheeler, professor in Animal Sciences, though the release does not specify what those recommendations entail. Friends of James Kilgore will assert its opinion that by terminating Kilgore’s future employment with the University, the board would infringe on the sovereignty of campus governance. They will also claim that the board cannot overstep the current system for hiring faculty and staff already acknowledged by University administration.
Abigale can be reached at asvobod2 @dailyillini.com.
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