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Synthetic cannabis poses health risks BY OLIVIA WELSHANS STAFF WRITER
Champaign and is completely volunteer-staffed, Kimberly Stanhope, coleader of Austin’s Place, said. Austin’s Place was able to open earlier in the year and close later due to a larger
Over 100 individuals across the state have reported severe bleeding after using synthetic cannabinoids, and the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is trying to prevent it from spreading to the area. Monday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported the third death, and there have been 114 reported cases of severe bleeding after using synthetic cannabinoids as of Tuesday. Synthetic cannabinoids are man-made chemicals with mind-altering effects that are sprayed onto dried plant materials, said Julie Pryde, public health administrator for the CUPHD. These chemicals mimic the effect of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Synthetic cannabinoids can be smoked or vaporized in e-cigarettes, Pryde said, and have brand names such as K2, Black Mamba and Genie. Pryde said sick individuals used a particular synthetic cannabinoid containing brodifacoum, a lethal anticoagulant commonly found in rat poison. According to the IDPH website, people who have gotten sick from the synthetic cannabinoids “have reported coughing up blood, blood in the urine, severe bloody nose, bleeding gums and/or internal bleeding.” “So far, there have been no cases in Champaign,” Pryde said. “We feel like, hopefully, we’ve gotten ahead of this a little bit.”
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Kevin Love asks for spare change on the corner of Sixth and Green Streets. C-U shelters call for resources and volunteers to stay open year-round.
Homeless shelters close after winter CU reaches out to community
vide services to homeless people. Sheryl Palmer, senior pastor of Faith United Methodist Church and BY CORI LIPPERT president of the C-U Men’s STAFF WRITER Shelter board, said the C-U As seasonal homeless Men’s Shelter is unable to shelters close, community stay open all year due to a groups are working to pro- lack of funding.
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The shelter is run on donations from the community, Palmer said. They opened Nov. 20 and closed March 31. “We were supposed to close on Sunday, but we weren’t comfortable closing on Easter Sunday. So we stayed open, and our
last morning was Monday,” Palmer said. Following in the footsteps of the men’s shelter, Austin’s Place, a women’s shelter, closed for the season on April 2. Austin’s Place is run through First United Methodist Church in downtown
Expanding language courses keep cost low Faculty BY HAIPEI WU STAFF WRITER
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Florencia Henshaw knew she had found something unique when her first Spanish class with the Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program began. Two years later, Henshaw, now director of advanced Spanish and of the Center for Language Instruction and Coordination, is looking to expand the program that once helped her grow as an instructor. The program operates during winter and summer breaks, covering a wide range of language courses including Latin, Arabic and Hindi. To register for a 30-hour course with the program, University students only need to pay $100. What makes the program unique is students won’t get
any credits for taking the courses, Henshaw said. “If it’s a course for credit, you have to follow the syllabus,” Henshaw said. “In IFLIP, you should be able to take courses just for pleasure without worrying about credit, exams and homework.” Henshaw said the next step for the program is to open online courses, expand class schedules during summertime and make the topics of the courses more specific. The expansion would not increase the enrollment fee, Henshaw said, as long as the amount of enrollment can sustain the program operation. “The fee has been frozen for several years,” Henshaw said. “We want to keep the courses affordable because SEE LANGUAGE | 3A
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W it h Ta x D ay approaching, many students on campus are learning how to file their income tax for the first time. University professors are offering their advice to students on how to file taxes and highlighting the resources available to them. This year, Tax Day falls on April 17. Michelle Hutchens, assistant professor in accountancy, said most students have a base-
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