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The Daily Illini
Friday March 8, 2013
www.DailyIllini.com
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871
Vol. 142 Issue 117
BY TYLER DAVIS
The Campus StuBoard members: dent Elections ComJaylin McClinton mission u n of f i Justin Ostrowski cia lly a nnounced Nathan Hesch the winners of the John Sample spring 2013 election Shawn Gordon Thursday. Shao Guo As of these unoffiScott Grubczak cial counts, all availShivam Gupta able referendums passed on this year’s ballot, including the $25-per-semester Assembly Hall renovation fee, which is planned to finance 17 percent of renovations on the building. The results of a question asking whether students support Chief Illiniwek as the official symbol of the University are being withheld, pending a Moot Court Board Judiciary case. The case centers on the constitutionality of a resolution passed by the Illinois Student Senate that enabled a symbol selection survey in midJanuary. If the resolution is deemed unconstitutional, the results of the election and survey won’t be released. The judiciary hearing will take place Wednesday. The unofficial counts also indicate that Mike
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Members of the Australian Circus Oz — Shane Witt, Hazel Bock and Luke Taylor — pay homage to the Alma Mater. They stop at iconic places in each community on their world tour to make the most of local landmarks.
On Friday and Saturday, almost every regular trend from past Unofficials held: a high ratio of non-University students ticketed to those given to University students (about 3-to-2), large number of minors ticketed, huge parties raided (a record-high bust this year netted 69 violations, 61 of them for minors in possession — that’s $19,520 in tickets). But the most unmistakable trend was weather’s effects on the Unofficial festivities, which may have been the factor that significantly reduced the number of violations recorded that day. “At least in the early morning and afternoon hours, because they noticed weather was fairly cold … more students may have decided to drink indoors,” said Roy Acree, University police captain. “I’d say this year was primarily weather-driven, compared to last years.”
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Law school tries to gain more applicants after prior scandal
Nathaniel Lash and Adlai Stevenson contributed to this report.
Minor in possesion tickets continue to dominate Unofficial citations
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The University’s board of trustees met for its regular meeting Thursday and approved the following:
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Almost half of Urbana’s total waste in 2012 was recycled, marking a record high for the city. According to a new waste report released by the environmental management division, the city’s diversion rate, the amount of recycled waste, including repurposed landscape waste, divided by total waste, increased from 22 to 40 percent. While the public works department staff isn’t sure what caused the jump, Urbana’s recycling coordinator Courtney Rushforth said she thinks the higher diversion rate can be attributed to increased outreach and education, both locally and nationally. She said it could also be an indicator of an improving economy. “Once the green movement took hold, we saw more interest in people recycling,” Rushforth said. “That has increased along with climate change and talk about sustainability and environmental awareness.” Rushforth said the 18 percentage-point increase in diversion rates since last year is
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In keeping with the Affordable Care Act, student health insurance fees will see an increase of 16 and 6 percent next year for undergraduate and graduate students, respectively. The undergraduate rate will be $254, $35 more than last year, and the graduate rate will be $328, $18 more from last year. The health insurance policy will also follow the federal mandate in prohibiting lifetime health benefit limits and raising the annual cap to $500,000 for undergraduate students and $1
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