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Sarah Halpern, a member of the Common Ground Co-op, sits in the cooking classroom. The co-op is hosting a series of cooking classes, which aim to reach all community members of the Champaign-Urbana area.
Co-op receives art grant
BY CORINNE RUFF STAFF WRITER
Past the conveyer belt counters and checkout lines at Common Ground Food Cooperative is a cooking classroom decorated with a vegetable print rug, a rainbow of mismatched chairs and an empty glass case covered with blue plastic hanging on the wall. By May 23, the plastic will come down and the glass case will be transformed into a gallery to showcase local artwork. The project is funded in part by a $5,000 Urbana Arts Grant, given by the city in collabora-
Common Grounds offers variety of classes The Common Grounds Flatlander Classroom offers a variety of classes each month on topics from healthy eating and cooking to brewing your own beer. Introduction to Homebrewing: Jared Lofrano leads a class on how to brew beer in your own kitchen. Attendees also sample beers brewed through different techniques. Cooking Healthy on a Budget: This class is a part of the Food for All program and is free to the public once a month. Participants
all these classes, (the deciding jury) saw it as a way for the arts to have a wide impact on people who may not go out looking for an art exhibit,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for people to see artwork in a unique context.” Many customers use the classroom to attend classes on healthy and affordable eating, or to eat food from the cafe inside the store. Angie Wolske, a Champaign resident, frequents the classroom to check emails during the day between appointments. “The art makes me feel good,” she said. “Before, there were prairie scenes covering the whole wall sketched receive tips on how to make meals in pencil, and they were realfor $1.25-2.00 a serving. ly cool to look at.” Wolske is one of more than Common Ground Story Time: This 4,700 community members to is a free class for children and offers share equity in the food coopa story, activity and organic snack. erative and receive discounted prices on classes and food What Does it Mean to be Glutenitems. Free?: Isabel Ivanova Neacato “I feel like I’ve made a shows participants how to adapt relationship with the people their diet towards gluten-free here,” she said. “They care substitutes in baking and cooking. about the products, and I want to support them with the Natural Remedies for Pets: Penny classes they provide.” Watkins-Zdrojewski, Animal Although the grant only Wellness Counselor, teaches covers a little less than half of how to use dietary supplements the total cost to implement the and household items to treat project, Maya Bauer, educaminor wounds, sore muscles and tion coordinator of Common diabetes for pets. Ground, said the organization couldn’t have afforded
tion with the Urbana Business Association, which provided $1,000 of the grant. Out of 57 applications, the city of Urbana distributed a total of $49,500 to Common Ground and 22 other artistic individuals and organizations.. Christina McClelland, Urbana public arts coordinator, said the money for the grant comes from the Tax Increment Funds in Urbana districts one and two and contributes to the economic development of the city by adding to the quality of life in Urbana. “Because they will be having
Urbana distributes almost $50,000 in grants for art
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Former Assistant City Manager Dorothy David assumed her position as the new Champaign city manager Saturday, the first to be appointed in 28 years, as well as Champaign’s first female city manager. David became Champaign’s Neighborhood Services Director in 1994 and was promoted to assistant city manager in 2007, under former City Manager Steve Carter, before taking over as the new city manager. She said the transition was not difficult because she is still working with the same group of people. “I love this community,” she said. “Working with the people that I work with who are great professionals, who are committed to public service, makes the job easy.” As city manager, David will be in charge of Champaign’s
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daily administration, serving the elected city council. David said she has an advantage because of the time she has already spent serving Champaign. In addition to being city manager, she is part of the Legacy Project Group, which works
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to promote and advance women in government. Since 1980, the percentage of women in government positions has been low, and the group is working to increase this total, she said. “I bring all of my strengths and trades and perspectives to the office, and I always have,” David said. “I think diversity from all angles is really important.” David said she will be cooperating with other governmental organizations, including the city of Urbana, Champaign county and the Village of Savoy, on economic development and transportation systems. “There is no way to do local government, particularly in the community like ChampaignUrbana, without having strong intergovernmental relationships,” David said. While managing administration is one of the city man-
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Half of all undergraduates receive gift assistance as part of their financial aid The Office of Financial Aid aids 72 percent of undergraduate University students in paying for college by giving them some form of financial aid. The grand total of financial aid offered to undergraduates in the 2011-12 academic year was equal to $383,525,962.
Given to individual artists: Here & Now: $5,675 Envision 365: $8,575 Given to groups and businesses: Creative Mix: $18,550 Urbana Festivals: $16,700
the project without help from the city. “Our owners have indicated that art and the community is really important to them,” she said. “Some of our goals include being the center of a vibrant new community. For us, public art viewership is really important to that.”
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ager’s responsibilities, Mayor Don Gerard and the city council decide on the city’s priorities and visions. The city manager is then responsible for implementing these goals. David said she is looking forward to working on several developmental construction projects in downtown Champaign and on campus. “Every day there’s a new challenge,” David said. “I may think I know exactly what I’m (going to) do today, but what we’re (going to) do today is work on whatever issues present themselves in the community.”
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The Urbana Arts Grant distributed $49,500 this year to four categories of local individual artists and organizations that promote the arts in the community.
David starts as city manager BY EARN SAENMUK
Many high-achieving high school students are not applying to the nation’s most competitive universities, according to a recent Brookings Institute study. The study shows that many high-achieving, low-income students apply to local schools with lower sticker prices, rather than more expensive, prestigious universities. However, students who do attend the competitive schools end up paying less for their education because of financial aid benefits, accord-
ing to the study. The study names two types of high-achieving, low-income students: achievement-typical and income-typical. The achievement-typical students apply to colleges similar to those a highincome, high-achieving student would apply to, while incometypical students apply to colleges similar to those their lowerachieving peers apply to. Many of the income-typical students who do not apply to the more competitive institutions are unaware of the financial aid
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Students arrested on drug charges DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Two University students were each charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with an intent to deliver on school grounds. The charge was issued at a 1:30 p.m. bond hearing at the Champaign County Courthouse after the students were arrested on multiple drug charges. Nineteen-year-old Dalton Lukasik and 20-year-old Robert White were arrested on the charges of delivery of cannabis 30-500 grams and possession of a controlled substance. They were arrested at 7:45 p.m. Monday at the Phi Kappa Psi
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fraternity house, 911 S. Fourth St., where they are roommates. University Police detective Thomas Geis said the narcotics and street crimes units, along with assistance from the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant, during which they located about 250 grams of cannabis, about 4.5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, a digital scale, packaging materials and a little more than $2,500. Bond was set at $5,000 for each of the students. Their next appearance in court will be May 7, where both students will submit their pleas.
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