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Local efforts set up to aid tornado victims DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Organizations and individuals at the University have begun relief efforts to help victims of the tornadoes that hit parts of the Midwest on Sunday. Gov. Pat Quinn declared 13 counties as disaster areas due to the storms, which killed at least six people in Illinois. Hard hit towns include Washington, Coal City, Diamond, Brookport and Gifford. Allison Canty, a fifth year student in LAS, is working to bring supplies to her hometown of Washington, which is located about 10 miles east of Peoria. Canty was told by her neighbors that a tornado passed right over her house. While Canty’s home was not damaged, two homes in her community were completely destroyed, she said. “Seeing the pictures of the neighborhoods we grew up in ... it’s so surreal. Like you see (the pictures) in the news, but you’ve actually been there,� Canty said. Canty said she and a group of students from Washington wanted to give back to the town that has always been there for them, so they started the “Fill the Truck for Washington� fundraiser. Canty is working with Jessica Weston, senior in LAS, Mandi
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McGuire, senior in ACES, and Dani Frye, senior in AHS, to fill a truck with supplies and bring those supplies to Washington. The truck was provided by Frye’s father’s company, River City Construction, LLC. The truck can hold 8,000 pounds of supplies, Canty added in an email. The “Fill the Truck� effort is placing boxes at Greek houses on campus, but they are also hoping to involve those outside the Greek community as well, possibly by partnering with Illini Pride and Orange Krush. “We are hoping everyone will rally around ‘Fill the Truck for Washington,’� said Bill Sterrett, Interfraternity Council president and senior in Engineering. The group is looking for donations that include hygiene products and non-perishable food items, rather than old clothes, Canty said. “We need soap, we need feminine products, we need batteries. We’re out of those,� Canty said. “Instant meals like microwavable macaroni, stuff like that.� Donations are due by noon on Friday, although boxes will be picked up from Greek houses Thursday.
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Lisa Mahon and Krista Marubio, sophomores in DGS, create cards at the Illini Union on Tuesday to send to troops.
FDA implements ban on trans fats BY ZILA RENFRO
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The battle to ban artificial trans fats is finally coming to a close as the FDA issued the preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils are not “generally recognized as safe� early this November. This decision allows for a 60-day period during which more data can be collected, and food manufacturers can submit comments on how long they would potentially need to reformulate foods that contain trans fats. Manabu Nakamura, University professor of nutritional sciences, explained that artificial trans fats are produced when vegetable oil undergoes partial hydrogenation to make it more solid. These partially hydrogenated oils are linked to heart attacks
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Linda Agne, who lost her former father-in-law Joseph Hoy and his sister Frances Hoy during Sunday’s tornado, pauses as she looks over the Hoy’s farm in New Minden, Ill., on Monday.
and heart disease. According to the FDA, the reduction of artificial trans fat in America could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease per year. “One thing we know is that (partially hydrogenated oils) increase blood cholesterol,� Nakamura said. “Blood cholesterol is a risk factor for heart attacks.� Erica Nehrling is the administrative dietician for dining services at the University and is a licensed dietician nutritionist. She said an elimination of trans fat would benefit everyone who eats in University dining halls. “The problem with trans fat is that it increases the LDL (bad cholesterol) without increasing
Twenty-Year Battle Against Trans Fat The ban on artificial trans fats has been 20 years in the making. March 1993 Harvard study finds link between trans fat and coronary heart disease Jan. 2006 FDA requires trans fat content to be labeled Dec. 2006 Board of Health bans trans fat in New York 2006-2007 Large restaurant chains such as McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken switch to using trans fat-free oil 2013 FDA makes preliminary determination toward banning artificial trans fat FDA suggests the artificial ban would prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths by heart disease each year.
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SOURCE: FDA.gov, sciencedirect.com, bantransfat.com
Law professor raises concerns over police surveillance BY JULIANNE MICOLETA STAFF WRITER
State and local police departments are rapidly adopting mass digital surveillance technologies in an effort to fight crime and improve efficiency. However, the use of this type of advanced technology can raise significant privacy concerns, said Stephen Rushin, University law professor. Rushin, who recently authored a paper that will be published in the Brooklyn Law Review next
month, warns that the everincreasing use of advanced surveillance technology such as red light cameras, automatic license plate readers, facial recognition software and surveillance cameras can create the opportunity for abuse and misuse. Over the past few decades, the use of surveillance cameras by police departments in the U.S. has increased from only 20 percent in 1997 to nearly 70 percent in 2007, Rushin said.
The University of Illinois Police Department increased the number of security cameras monitoring activity on campus over the past three years, from 13 in 2008 to around 1,000 cameras today, said UIPD Chief of Police Jeff Christensen. The images from all 1,000 cameras are sent to a centralized database on campus. The images are then stored on a server for a minimum of 30 days. However, if some of the video footage
turns out to be evidence, they then record them on a DVD and place the DVD in their evidence room. “The first thing that I show (in the study) is that there is a lot of empirical evidence showing that a lot of police departments, especially ones in urban areas, are starting to use this type of technology,� Rushin said. “But the important thing is not that they have it,it is what they’re doing with the information that they
are gathering is what is worrisome to me.� With the advent of surveillance cameras with biometric recognition and automatic license plate readers, Rushin is particularly concerned with data retention policies. “The thing is that people have no expectation of privacy in public places, and while police officers must get a warrant before using certain types of technology, the courts generally don’t
regulate efficiency-enhancing technologies,� Rushin said. “So what happens is that police departments end up with tons of data that they collect, and some departments have very good data retention policies and get rid of them, but other police departments just have tons and tons of data laying around.� However, Christensen said UIPD has strict security cam-
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Parkland’s new food pantry will provide for its students BY MIRANDA HOLLOWAY STAFF WRITER
A new food pantry is scheduled to open at Parkland College and will serve as an added resource to support students in need. The pantry, which is scheduled to open Dec. 11 in the college’s “S Building,� is an offshoot of the Wesley Foundation’s Wesley Evening Food Pantry, which is located at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 1203 W. Green St. The Wesley Foundation will be running the pantry and managing the volunteers, said Wesley Evening Food Pantry Director Donna Camp. In its first few months of operation, Parkland’s pantry will be accessible from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month, but Camp
said adjustments may be made as they find what works at the location. Marietta Turner, Parkland College dean of students, said the idea for opening the pantry stemmed from seeing a need for food assistance from some students and wanting to give greater support to the students in need, especially the school’s veteran population. After meeting with the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, which will be helping to support the pantry, the project moved forward. “We were happy to meet with them about how to help our vets when they return, help assist them and their families, and to assist our other students who are trying to be successful,� Turner said. “Out of that meeting over
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a year ago, we moved forward with the idea.� Along with having a high number of veterans attending school at Parkland, many students work, some full time while trying to earn their degrees. “There are a lot of single families and veterans that are really trying to take their life to the next level and are trying to get that degree,� said Eastern Illinois Foodbank Spokeswoman Julie Melton. “So opening a pantry was just kind of a natural step for us.� By supporting students with their needs for food, Turner hopes they feel supported in their academics as well. “We are hoping that the impact
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