ILLINI MEDIA INFO NIGHT THURSDAY August 25, 2016
Aug. 30 and 31, Gregory Hall 112 Tuesday and Wednesday 7 p.m.
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Sixty students live in University housing lounges BY MEGAN JONES STAFF WRITER
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Students attempt to enter the Illini Union Bookstore but are prevented from doing so due to full capacity on Monday.
T.I.S. stops selling books, Illini Union Bookstore reaches maximum capacity BY MEGAN JONES STAFF WRITER
Students stood outside the Illini Union Bookstore in the rain Wednesday morning as the bookstore staff slowly allowed small groups into the store to avoid exceeding maximum capacity of the building. The University-owned bookstore is now the sole location for students to purchase textbooks on campus, as T.I.S. College Bookstore no longer carries textbooks. Around five to seven percent of the profits made at the bookstore goes back to student activities for the Illini Union, Tod Piere, director
of the Illini Union Bookstore, said. T.I.S. was remodeled over the summer and transitioned into The Illini Shop Campustown, said Jon Tichenor, operations manager of T.I.S., in a statement. The area in the store where textbooks were previously housed is currently under construction. Pietre said they were notified that T.I.S. would no longer sell books after the end of spring semester, and they prepared differently over the summer by hiring more student staff and increasing orders to publishers. “We always evaluate
changes needed after every semester based on many factors,” he said. “Obviously, we did not know what the full impact of T.I.S. closing would have, so it is a learning curve for the whole staff.” Brett Alexander, senior in ACES, said he would look at both T.I.S. and IUB’s offerings online to compare the prices and buy from whichever had the best deal. “The prices always varied. For some semesters, most of my books would be from T.I.S., and other times mainly from IUB,” he said. He purchased books from IUB online two weeks ago,
and he said they are normally ready for pick-up before he is back on campus. This year, he has yet to receive an email that the books are ready. A line wrapped around the Illini Union Bookstore Monday as students gathered to get books on the first day of class. Many students said they had never seen as many people try to get in at once. Pietre said that while the bookstore does receive a large amount of customers at the beginning of the school year, they have seen
Joshua Barker and his roommates sometimes feel like the stepchildren of their residence hall floor. Unlike a typical room, theirs is a bit different: The three male students live in a lounge area that was transformed into a bedroom. Barker, a transfer freshman in FAA, found out he was assigned to live in temporary housing in the beginning of August through email. He and 60 other male students are currently living in lounge areas, but this is not anything different from what University Housing has had to do over the last three years, director of University Housing Alma Sealine said. The University has over 250 spaces they could convert into temporary housing, but they have not had to use all of the spaces this year. The majority of students in temporary housing live in Illinois Street Residence Hall. “The target number for the incoming class has now reached 7,500 freshmen, so we have been over that number for the last two years,” Sealine said. “We
work with our colleagues in enrollment management, fi nd out what the target number is and then we try to work around the housing options that are available and reserve those spaces for fi rst year students or returning students.” Sealine said this year, the University has more male students than they originally set aside male space for. As the University receives cancellations of housing contracts, they begin moving individuals into permanent assignments, Sealine said. Students in temporary housing placements depend on when they signed up. When a returning student decides last minute to come back to University Housing, they might not have space available for them right away, she said. People are placed first come first serve. Barker lives on the second floor of Hopkins, where the living learning community LEADS is located. Because LEADS residents move in early, he felt everyone already acquainted with each other before him and his roommates arrived. “It was kinda weird,” he said. “We didn’t get a
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Students brave the Illini Union Bookstore COMPILED BY ANNABETH CARLSON MANAGING EDITOR FOR ONLINE
On Tuesday afternoon, lines of annoyed, rushed students grew longer and longer outside the Illini Union Bookstore, as they waited to be allowed inside. The bookstore staff had to slowly siphon small groups of students into the store because of fi re codes. But what some students may not realize, especially
freshman on campus for the fi rst time, is these lines may be due to the recent announcement that T.I.S. Bookstore is no longer carrying textbooks, making the Illini Union Bookstore the only location for books on campus. Students inside the store shared their thoughts about the crowds and recent news about T.I.S.
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San Kim (Freshman, Political Science) inhabits what would typically be used as a lounge for Scott Hall in the Six Pack.
Interim dean begins evaluating the future of the College of Media BY ADAM KAZ
“It could be a monopoly, but it could "I was kind of thinking, ‘Which [line] do make things easier because you I choose? Because they are both long only have to go to one place.” anyways, and I guess I’m going to be MICHAEL OSADJEN here for a while so listening to music. Sophomore in ACES I’ve never really had to stay in a line that long ... so it’s definitely a new experience."
NORA GURRERO Sophomore in FAA
"I am most displeased that T.I.S. is closed because I loved that place; it was great. I loved it because while the lines tended to be long, they moved quickly. I get the sense that it’s not going to be the same here and I’ll be here for hours."
ALEX SANTAY Master’s student in Engineering
University releases first day enrollment numbers DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
As the first week of classes comes to a close, the University released preliminary enrollment numbers for the campus. The freshman class had near record-breaking enrollment, despite initial administration worries over how the state budget impasse would impact University attendance. The total enrollment is expected to drop by the tenth day of classes when the official numbers for the semester are released. There were 7,600 freshmen enrolled on the first day of classes and a total of 33,243 undergraduates. Last year, there were 7,574 freshmen enrolled on the fi rst day with a total undergraduate population of 32,640. By the tenth day of classes in fall 2015, 352 freshmen had dropped, leaving 7,222 still enrolled. The highest percentage of
students were born in 1996. Twenty-three students were born between 1944 to 1973 and four students were born in the year 2000. Among all of the different colleges, the smallest entering freshmen class is in the School of Social Work with 60 newcomers. The largest is in the College of LAS, with 2,313 incoming freshmen. The University enrolled 10,324 total international students, including both u nderg radu ates a nd graduates. The country outside of the U.S. with the largest representation was China with 5,546 students. India had the second most represented with 1,253 students and South Korea had the third largest with 1,088. There are students from 111 different countries enrolled at the University.
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Professor of Journalism Brant Houston has seen the College of Media fluctuate and grow with the digitization of his field. Committees have been discussing questions about the future of the college almost since its inception: Should the advertising department be moved to the College of Business? Is the discipline of media and cinema studies better suited to the College of Fine and Applied Arts? “There have been discussions almost consistently since I’ve been here in 2007, when the College of Media was a new college,” Houston said. "The college has been asked to define “exactly what its role as the College of Media is, (and) what’s the best job we could be doing.” These committees have raised questions about Media’s cohesion and fueled rumors of its possible absorption into other colleges. With the arrival of Interim Dean Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, the college will once again undergo evaluation. Over the course of this semester Chodzko-Zajko will evaluate the college’s resources, opportunities and personnel. He will then give his findings, along with recommendations for the college’s future, in the form of a report called a white
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paper, to Associate Provost Bill Bernhard. “I think what we’re looking for right now is a relatively short-term strategy so that we can continue to have the best possible undergraduate and graduate programs in all of the areas within the college,” Chodzko-Zajko said. “As well as to support the important work of Illinois Public Media and its radio, television and internet elements.” Chodzko -Zajko will speak with the faculty, staff, students and alumni in order to gauge what future will be best for all stakeholders. He believes the college’s structure may change, but he doesn’t think any weight should be placed on its rumored absorption into another college. “It’s hard for me to speculate why rumors happen, but in this case the rumors are not based on any substantiated facts,” he said. “While it is possible that there will be a different organizational structure, nothing has been decided, and it’s equally possible that the College of Media will continue in the same organizational format.” With new technological advancements in the world of media, Bernhard sees this evaluation as an opportunity for the college to redefi ne itself. However,
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