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TUESDAY October 6, 2015
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UI to rate classroom diversity grounds, beliefs and abilities. Instructors’ behavior also plays a role in the questions’ categorization; one question asks students to evaluate whether the instructor treated students with respect. The last category analyzes how well instructors understand diverse perspectives. The questions ask students whether the instructor encouraged students to think broadly on certain topics and viewpoints and encouraged discussion of controversial topics related to the course. Looking at the topic of diversity among students, Angela Wiscons a sophomore in Engineering, said she looks at the forms as a way for students to share their perspectives with the University. “I don’t know if fi lling out a form will help in general to address an issue, but if there is an issue if a certain group of people are feeling left out, maybe this form will help to get their voices out and heard,” said Wiscons. In terms of changing student perspective though, Jash Vora, freshman in Engineering, said he thinks the new questions will ultimately be ineffective among students who don’t accept different views. “I don’t think it’s going
DIXITA LIMBACHIA CONTRIBUTOR WRITER
The Center of Innovation Teaching and Learning expanded an aspect of the Instructor and Course Evaluation System, ICES, forms by including a new array of questions about diversity. CITL added 12 pilot questions to the ICES forms last semester, after several departments expressed interest in adding questions that addressed student perception of instructor and course diversity. Rajat Chadha, a CITL measurement specialist who revised and created the diversity questions, said the goal was to make students aware of the diversity on campus and in the professional world. “There is a lot of emphasis on the industry because it’s industries that hire our graduates and almost all the time they’re dealing with people from diverse backgrounds, countries, cultures, religions, political views, and beliefs,” Chadha said. “Basically, everything, and it’s highly important that we consider these democratic outcomes.” The 12 diversity questions are grouped into four main categories. The fi rst and second categories evaluate how the instructor promoted collaboration on work and discussion among students with different back-
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A student rides a bike through the Main Quad Monday. Many students use bikes to get to and from class quickly.
More bike parking available BY ADAM KAZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Busy college students may take short cuts whenever possible. Sometimes it means a Sparknotes search, sometimes it’s microwave dinners. Sometimes it means rushed bicyclists will lock their bikes against nearby campus property rather than to the authorized bike parking stations. Improperly locked bicycles have been such an issue for the University that it recently used a grant to install new bike parking spaces around campus, said Stacey DeLorenzo, transportation department management coordinator for facilities and services. “We wanted to improve it
for a long time,” DeLorenzo said. “We didn’t have any funding so we put in a grant to the Student Sustainability Committee, and they issued us a grant back in
Demand Management in Facilities and Services has added 337 bike parking units since June. DeLorenzo said this translates to over 600 bike parking spac-
“One of the things about parking policy is we had no enforecment policy ability at all, aside from, we can impound the bycicle.” MORGAN JOHNSTON ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY
2012 or 2013 for $225,000 to update the bike parking, so that’s what we’ve been working on for the past couple of years.” The Transportation
es to the campus. The new parking locations include the Main Library, north and south of the Illini Union, north and south of the College
of Education Building and south of the Architecture Building. More bike parking will also be added west of David Kinley Hall in October, DeLorenzo said. These additions are the result of the Transportation Demand Management’s desire to have fewer bikes parked against fences and more bikes parked in the designated places. Students who do not fi nd parking spaces readily available will sometimes resort to locking their bikes against fences, railings and other non-authorized campus property, said Morgan Johnston, associate director of sustainability within Facilities and
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University to hold annual bike census Wednesday
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Bike census reports campus bicycle use and parking availability 6000
4000 3000 2000 1000
October 2014: 5,657
5000
410
different bike rack locations can be found on campus
53% U-Loop
April 2014: 4,739
“Every Bike Counts,” on Wednesday during the University bicycle census. The annual census is held by the University and Champaign County Bikes to help make future decisions about bike parking and infrastructure changes at the University. The campus is divided
and Pennsylvania Avenue Residence Ha lls a nd the Six Pack / Ikenberry Residence Halls, according to the Champaign County Bikes’ website. Joh nston s a id t he volu nteers i nd ic ate whether the bikes are parked at a bike rack or chained to a fence or railing so that they can identify where new racks are needed. This year, students will use their smart phones to count bicycles using GIS app, according to Champaign County Bikes’ website.
October 2013: 5,574
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into 25 quadrants. Morga n Joh nston , director of sustainability in Facilities and Services, said the census has occurred every semester for about three years i n pa r t nersh ip w it h Champaign County Bikes. Volunteers count all the bikes parked in the Campus District on average, the group will find 5,000 bikes in one hour, she said. Last year, the census reported 5,657 bikes around campus. This year, volunteers are primarily needed from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Volunteers are also needed at 7 a.m. or 7 p.m. at Florida Avenue
Number of bikes counted at UIUC
Volunteers will count campus bikes in UI district
650 bicycles were abandoned on campus in May, 2013
200 repaired
450
26% Ladder Rack
and sold by the campus bike shop
donated to World Bike Relief
14% Donut Rack 7% Wave Rack >1% Varsity Rack
0 SOURCE: Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
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Illinois joins coalition to ease college applications BY DANIEL CORRY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University has joined a national coalition public and private universities aimed at reducing high school students’ stress when they apply to college. The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success announced a plan to improve the college application process for high school students on Sept. 28. The coalition will create a set of free online tools for high school students who are applying to college. Over 80 colleges are involved with the Coalition; Julie Peterson, spokeswoman for the coalition, said the schools believed working together would help them improve the application process. The coalition hopes to “recast the college admission process from something that is transactional and limited in time into a more engaged,
ongoing and educationally reaffirming experience,” according to a press release. According to the Coalition’s website, the schools created the new process because of research that showed students “from disadvantaged backgrounds” do not effectively get involved in the college application process. As a result, some of the most qualified high school students do not go on to college or complete their degrees. “The new platform will give students concrete tools to help them plan for college throughout high school, and then, later, to apply to specific schools,” Peterson said. The application will require students to provide information about their interests, self-reflections and recommendation letters. Students can then invite counselors, teachers and employers to review their application and offer
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advice. Additionally, students will be able to reach out to schools they’re applying to for guidance. These tools will help all students, but they will be especially helpful toward students at under-resourced schools who typically do not receive the same opportunities, Peterson said. The college planning tools will be available in January 2016 and the application will be available in June 2016 for students applying to college in fall 2017. J.B. Sandlund, senior at St. Charles East High School, said he thinks the new process will make the application process less stressful for students applying to college. “I feel like it gives everyone a much more fair chance to really express all of their abilities, talents to colleges,” he said.
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Schools in the Big Ten that will use the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Sucess’ platform for college applications University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Michigan State University
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Big Ten Schools will use Coalition
Purdue University
January 2016
FREE
Platform opens to all students
July 2016 Coalition application available
University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
Ohio State University
Coalition platform and tools
Indiana University, Bloomington
SOURCE: Coalition for Access Affordability and Success
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Bike safety on campus Ferguson out for Illini Freshman Ke’Shawn Vaughn likely to replace senior starter on Saturday against Iowa.
8 of the 14 Pennsylvania State University
Northwestern University
SPORTS
Cooperation between cyclists, pedestrians key.
80+
American higher education institutions will use Coalition in 2016
The Internet brings all that jazz to Champaign Jazz collective brings new vibes to Canopy Club.
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