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Minority course requirement proposal discussed by Educational Policy Committee
is a mechanism to train students not to focus narrowly on a specific major, but to think broadly and engage in life.” The last time the University’s general education requirements were updated was in 1989, according to BY SAMANTHA JONES TOAL Francis. The 1989 requireSTAFF WRITER ments also included a numSome students at the Uni- ber of mandates that were versity want to ensure their supposed to be implementfellow classmates graduate ed in the years following. with a better understand- However, no mandates ing of minorities and non- were ever applied. western experiences. Since 2000, it was genCurrently, each student erally agreed the origimust take a Western/Com- nal mandates would not be parative Culture(s) course, updated, Inda said. and either a Non-Western Laura Saldivar, Illinois or U.S. Minority course. A Student Senate vice presiproposed resolution would dent external, said ensurrequire undergraduates to ing that students take take a course in all three a U.S. Minority course areas to fulfill their gener- through revised requireal education requirements. ments would help make stuAt the Educational Poli- dents more accepting and cy Committee meeting on open-minded. Jan. 25, the U.S. Minority She said when the policy course proposal was dis- was discussed at the meetcussed, ing, it was sta ndi ngbut not room only v o t e d — meanon , a nd i ng t he has yet room was to reach full of the entire d i ffere nt Academic Senate, groups accordin sup ing to port of the C om m itchange. tee Chair LAURA SALDIVAR “I would ISS VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL say there Bettina Francis. is overwhelming She said the proposal is a “for your student support,” Saldivar information” report that said. “Everyone I’ve talkpassed the Illinois Student ed to seems in favor of it.” Senate in November. Saldivar said one concern “The proposal has a lot of of some students is that details that need to be add- they don’t really undered, that’s all,” said Shawn stand the details of the Gordon, graduate student proposal, especially the on the Educational Poli- additional required credcy Committee. “We don’t it hours. pass any proposal out of The Educational Policy the committee without the Committee will discuss the details and questions being proposal again on Feb. 15, addressed. So the fact the but Francis is uncertain proposal didn’t get a vote whether the committee will at the meeting last Monday vote on it. isn’t indicative — it’s not a “It will get considered signal of anything.” by the committee and Gordon said the meet- once that’s done, it’ll get ing was an opportunity a recommendation and go for the proposal’s sponsors to the full senate and then to make their case for its the senate will vote on it. enactment. That’s basically the proRonald Bailey, profes- cess,” Gordon said. sor of African American At the Senate Executive studies, and Jonathan Inda, Committee meeting held on professor of Latina/Latino Monday, members shared studies, are sponsoring the their concerns about the proposal. proposal. “We want to make sure Sam LeRoy, a sophomore everyone has a curriculum in LAS who serves as the that is very spread out,” SEC undergraduate repreInda said at the Education- sentative and as a student al Policy Committee. “The SEE MINORITY | 3A nature of general education
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“I would say there is overwhelming student support. Everyone I’ve talked to seems in favor of it.”
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Vice chancellor issues Title IX sexual misconduct policy update DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
Renée Romano, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, issued a University Massmail on Wednesday reminding them of resources available to those impacted by sexual misconduct. “As we begin a new semester, I want to make sure that you are aware of the resources available to help educate about, prevent, support those impacted by, and respond to sexual misconduct,” Romano said.
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The email encouraged students to visit the University’s We Care website, where they can find “information about confidential and non-confidential resources, reporting options, university policies, and disciplinary procedures.” The email also announced that Assistant Dean Amy Thomson — who helped the University establish the We Care website — was appointed as the interim Title IX Coordinator.
Romano said she is confident in the strength of the University’s “resources, policies, and procedures we have established to address sexual misconduct on our
campus” and an appreciation for the students’ help on “this very important issue.”
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Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the main objective of the law is to "avoid the use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices.”
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor arrives for the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Sotomayo will visit the Krannert Center on March 7.
Supreme Court Justice to visit in March Sotomayor will participate in law school’s moot court competition DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
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Students walk across Fifth Street to get to Joe’s Brewery following Tuesday night’s storm.
Sonia S o t o m a y o r, Supreme Court justice, will talk with the University community in March. The College of Law will hold “A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor,” on March 7, according to the school’s website. At the event, Sotomayor will “discuss a wide range of topics” with Robin Kar, University Law professor. The event is free and
open to the public but tickets — available at 10 a.m. Feb. 15 — are required. Tickets can be reserved on the Krannert Center’s website or by calling or visiting the center. Sotomayor will sign copies of her book, “My Beloved World,” at 8:30 p.m. following the discussion at 7 p.m. Sotomayor will also be one of the judges in the Frederick Green Moot Court competition, the law school’s biggest moot court competition, on March 8. Sotomayor’s involvement with the competition was announced in July in an email to students in the College of Law. The competition was named after Professor
Frederick Green, who taught at the University from 1904 to 1939. According to the competition’s website, four University College of Law students will be participating in the moot court competition: Elizabeth Carter, Sarah Craig, Lindsey Lusk and Kevin McKeow. The top competitors will be chosen to compete nationally and will be editors for the following year’s competition. Ac c ord i ng to t he Supreme Court’s website, Sotomayor was nominated as an associate justice to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2009 after serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
since 1998. Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York in 1954 to two Puerto Rican immigrants; her appointment to the Supreme Court earned her the distinction of being the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice and the third female justice. Sotomayor earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton in 1976 and her juris doctor from Yale in 1979. Also serving on the panel will be Ann Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Jill Pryor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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