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Police deal with drinking on campus despite cuts BY AARON NAVARRO STAFF WRITER
As the state of Illinois approaches its seventh month without an official, approved budget, Illinois police are starting to see consequences as cuts to programs and initiatives continue to be made. Due to the lack of a state budget, the funds to pay young undercover buyers working for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission are currently unavailable. While the lack of a budget has affected the resources to initiate undercover stings in towns such as Berwyn and Oak Lawn (who do these checks in cooperation with the state), Champaign rarely works with the state on liquor sale checks, said Champaign Police Sgt. Joe Ketchum. “We at times do compliance checks in cooperation with the state but these are few and far between,” Ketchum said. Initially, Champaign was granted additional funds for extra compliance checks. However, due to the budget,
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Ellie Hahn, a freshman in Social Work, remembers the hassle of scheduling a counseling session with the Counseling Center. “It was really frustrating having to call at 7:50 a.m. I personally felt like I wanted to get into counseling as soon as possible to get the process rolling,” she said. “The fact that every single morning I didn’t want to get up at 7:50, it just made it that much harder to get it started.” According to the Counseling Center’s website, a student can make a sameday appointment by calling their phone number any time after 7:50 a.m. Monday through Friday. Hahn said the morning that she did end up calling, she made an appointment that fit perfectly with her schedule. However, the Center later called her back saying that they accidently penciled her in for a filled spot. The Center apologized to Hahn and she received an appointment the following day. The website specifically encourages students to call earlier, since times available for initial appointments are provided to students in the order that their calls are received. “This approach allows us to offer support to as many students as possible each day,” the Counseling Center website says. “We are dedicated to providing accessibility and support services to our students.”
FY 2013-2014
Alcohol-Related Violations
843
Drug-Related Violations
259
Discipline-Related Referrals eCheckup to Go
487
AODO
460
External Agency**
48
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* An individual may be charged with multiple violations in a single case; these numbers reflect policy violations, and not individuals charged. **OSCR began to capture the requirements if dismissed students in FY14, which is why there was a significant increase.
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Alcohol-Related Violations
348
Drug-Related Violations
106
Total Alcohol-Related Offenses
funding for extra checks will be unavailable and only a regular amount of compliance checks will remain. “The past two years the city received a grant through Community Elements to conduct extra compliance checks, but this year the grant is not available,” Ketchem said. “We will be conducting the same amount as if we did not have the grant before.” Checks are done by police in Champaign and Urbana, state troopers or Secretary of State police on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for about five to six hours at a time, said UIPD Lieutenant Joseph McCullough. The University of Illinois police, UIPD, contribute some officers to stings conducted by Champaign and Urbana police, though that may be a little tougher to do now. “We’re occasionally involved in those (stings); we’ll contribute a couple of officers for that. Generally those are done more extra duty, extra time, overtime,”
86
Total Arrests
81
Non-Arrests
5
Illegal Possession (State Charge)
3
Illegal Consumption (State Charge)
17
DU (Non-Drug Related)
29
Illegal Transportation (State Charge)
13
Minor in Possession (City NTA)
19
Transportation in Vehicle (City NTA)
0
About four out of five college students drink alcohol.
50% of college students who drink also consume alcohol through binge drinking
Safety/Alcohol Awareness Presentations Presentations
65
Attendees
14,420
SOURCE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM BIENNIAL REPORT ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG EFFORTS
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McCullough said. “We are very cognizant of our overtime right now.” With the budget standoff back to July 1, McCullough said the UIPD has been preparing for tight money. “You can see the writing on the wall, we’re gonna get in some times where we have to clamp on the budget and every penny is accounted for,” he said. “We’re holding off on some of our bigger projects and equipment purchases, just to see what happens with the budget.” Along with police
presence, Phil Owusu, a Joe’s Brewery employee, said the bar’s ID checking system also gets the job done. “We’ve got a very good track record of our bartenders (checking) for ID from customers,” a representative from Joe’s said. “MillerCoors over the last year has done four different bar checks and our staff successfully asked for ID all four times. We’ve also been checked a dozen times in recent memory by the local and state authorities and have a similar track
record. However, stings and investigations are done independent from the bar. “As far as when the officers are inside, we don’t get involved in their investigations,” the representative said. “They are very experienced in handling those situations and they do a very good job with no help needed from us.” UIPD officers are out every night in two shifts, 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. and 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. Most of the contact
patrollers have with underage drinkers are people out doing something to “get our attention,” McCullough said.“We’re focusing on where we do tend to see more crime, most alcohol related,” McCullough said. “Normally the way our shifts are set up, we have officers out there every day anyways on regular time. Those are just regular shifts, those aren’t things we are reimbursing extra
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Illinois gender parity at standstill of 19.7 out of 50, and was state legislative office are ranked 19th out of all 50 worth 30 points, and local states in the country. Illi- representation at the city nois’ ranking dropped since and county level is worth 1993, when it was ranked 10 points. 17th out of 50. “We have different points New Hampshire achieved for different offices in the the highstate in est genorder to der parity weight score of 57. the imporT h e tance of State of f e d e r Wo m e n ’s al offices Repre and state sentation executive 2015-2016 offices more highreport for ly than the the state CYNTHIA TERRELL local officof Illinois CHAIR OF REPRESENTATION 2020 es because looked at the impact the numof th at b er of women elected to office representation, we feel, is in four categories and greater,” said Cynthia Terassigned points to each cat- rell, chair of Representaegory – U.S. Congress, state- tion 2020. wide executive office and However, Terrell said that
BY LILLY MASHAYEK STAFF WRITER
The state of Illinois’ progress on gender parity has come to a standstill since 1993, despite efforts to help increase female representation in government. Illinois was ranked as just above average for equal representation of women in office, according to a report by Representation 2020, a FairVote program that works to increase the representation of women in elected offices. According to the report’s ranking, a state reaches gender parity when they receive a score of 50 out of 100, meaning there are equal numbers of men and women in elected offices. A score of zero means there are no women present in elected office. Illinois received a score
However, the Counseling Center does provide emergency consultations to students with urgent mental health concerns. “These consultations are focused on stabilizing the current crisis and emergency and providing immediate support to the student while assisting them in linking to our services,” the website says. While Hahn cited her reasons for seeking out a counseling session as “not super serious,” she said talking to a counselor was something she has wanted to do since middle school. Students receive 12 free
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“The U.S. ranks behind 95 other countries in the percent of women’s representation. ”
this trend of underrepresentation is evident throughout the entire country. “In fact, the United States ranks behind 95 other countries in the percent of women’s representation on our national legislature,” she said. “In the case of women’s representation at the state legislative level, the number actually regressed (nationally) – that’s pretty staggering.” Within the Office of the Provost, the Gender Equity Council, similarly works to increase the representation of women on campus. “There are people who are committed to this, but there is still a lot of work that can be done,” said Nadya Mason, professor in physics and member of the Gender Equity Council.
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