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Vol. 147 Issue 50
A promise from new DI staff ABBY PAETH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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came to the University not just because I believed in the teachers, in the course work or in the journalism program, but specifically because I believed in The Daily Illini. I remember looking at Megan Jones, former editor-in-chief, during info nights at the beginning of my freshman year. She seemed so much older, wiser and more experienced. At the time, I was scared and nervous to start working at The Daily Illini. I wanted so badly to make a good impression and to cover important topics. I didn’t really know much about journalism when I started working here, but I was quickly taught everything I needed to be successful. I credit a lot of editors before me for taking me under their wings and for giving me the tools to be a good reporter. Once I started to move up in the company, I made it my mission to do the same for newer employees. Being at The Daily Illini, I’ve seen it go through some pretty dramatic changes. I saw the paper move from printing four times a week to two. I was here when the NewsGazette closed its printing press and we had to change our production schedule as a result. And I will be here when we move our office from Green Street to the University YMCA on Wright Street. A journalists, we are taught to be prepared for anything. We change with the circumstances and roll with the tide. I’ve been here through a lot, and as the next editor-inchief, I promise to dedicate myself even more as we continue to evolve. I’m going to be frank: We’re students with exams, social commitments and lives outside of The Daily Illini — we’re going to make mistakes. It won’t be intentional, but it will be educational. We will learn from our mistakes as we go, and we will always strive to do better. While I cannot promise we will be perfect, I can promise we will work tirelessly to cover diverse content from an array of angles as timely as we can. I can promise we will make edits thoroughly and keep you all up-to-date on factual news. Most importantly, I can promise we will be present. paeth2@dailyillini.com
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The former house for Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center has been torn down and will be replaced with a new building at the same location. which is expected to open in 2018.
Recovered documents reflect neglect BY CORI LIPPERT STAFF WRITER
Construction on the new African American Cultural Center is underway, but students are still working through the contents of the old demolished building. Nathan Stephens, the director of the new African American Cultural Center, said in an email that students were helping with the cleanup of the old building when they made the discovery. Kurtis Ture, graduate student in Education and co-organizer of Black Students for Revolution, is one
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agendas of past black student organizations, photos and other materials were left in the basement. Black Students for Revolution is volunteering time to help enter the files into the University archives system. Ture said due to a lack of funding in the archives department, Black Students for Revolution volunteered to archive the materials themselves. Black Students for Revolution has been working with Anna Trammell in the archives department to make the records available for the public.
Trammell said she works closely with student organizations and encourages them to archive their files and photos to help preserve the history of the University. “Students are the reason that we are here, so we do spend a lot of time in the archives focusing on faculty papers are departmental records,” Trammell said “But the history of student life and student culture on campus tells a very different story, and it really enriches the story of the history of the University of Illinois.”
Startup helps battle cancer in developing countries
Two students create Vitrix Health to fight oral cancer BY MADELYN FOSTER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Two University students are breaking traditional business models by making oral cancer screening technology affordable for areas around the world with fewer resources, starting in Argentina. Aashay Patel, senior in Engineering and co-founder of Vitrix Health, said the startup was inspired by developing countries where oral cancer is prevalent. Patel said oral cancer screening is a simple technology that is artificially made too expensive for poorer regions to access. “I recognized that this technology did not need to
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of the students who discovered documents in the basement of the old cultural center, which was condemned due to asbestos. “I would have to say they were left down there because of institutional neglect of black student lives in history,” Ture said. “I think nobody in the administration, whether it be a white administrator or many of the black administrators or senior staff, it seemed like they didn’t feel like the recovery of those items were important.” Ture said radio broadcasts, the minutes and
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be that expensive,” Patel said. “I realized that if I stripped off the bells and whistles to the core functionality of the product, then I could make it for a lot cheaper.” Ayush Kumar, senior in Engineering and co-founder of Vitrix Health, said traditional business models look at people as customers, a practice that cannot be applied to poorer communities. “We came up with a business model so that the cost and the burden of who pays for this technology is not put onto the people who have the least amount of money and really need it,” Kumar said. Patel said while he and Kumar could make a greater profit in European and American markets, the two are driven by a moral business model, which he calls “business for the people.”
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of cancers worldwide can be prevented by modifiable factors
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Oral cancer screening with a visual inspection by a health professional showed a
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COLLEEN ROMANO THE DAILY ILLINI SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
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Citizens of developing countries often lose their lives to cancers that are preventable and treatable with proper screening and attention.
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Oral Cancer Screening reduces cancer incidence
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Trammell said researchers from Project 500, the University ’s effort to attract more African -American students, often ask questions about the archives. She said she has already discovered documents relating to Project 500 from the basement that the archives didn’t have access to before. Ture said he feels excited but cautious about the new cultural center. He said black students and black student activists have not been consulted on the construction of the new cultur-
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