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Champaign • Burglary and criminal damage to property were reported around 7:30 a.m. Monday in the 2500 block of North Mattis Avenue. According to the report, an unknown offender attempted to enter by prying open a window but was not successful. • Theft was reported Monday around 1:30 p.m. in the 100 block of North First Street. According to the report, the
suspect stole a trash can from the business but was not located.
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• Nothing to report.
Urbana • Burglary from a motor vehicle was reported Saturday at approximately 9:40 p.m. in the 2400 block of Prairie Green Drive. According to the report, an unknown offender entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and took
currency. • Burglary and criminal damage to property was reported around 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Canopy Club at 708 S. Goodwin Ave. According to the report, unknown offenders forced entry to the business by throwing a rock through a glass door and destroyed cash registers looking for money but did not find any.
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Occidental students end weeklong sit-in, pledge to fight bias on campus BY TERESA WATANABE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Student protesters at Occidental College have announced that they are ending their weeklong sit-in, vowing to continue their fight against racial bias at the liberal arts campus. “While the occupation is over, the movement is not,” said Abhilasha Bhola, a movement leader and senior majoring in diplomacy and world affairs. Since Monday, students had occupied the Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center, demanding greater funding for minorities, more diverse faculty and the resignation of President Jonathan Veitch, among other things. The protests had started the previous week, when more than 500 students, faculty and staff held a rally for racial justice at Occidental and in support of other students of color at the University of Missouri, Yale University, Ithaca College and Claremont McKenna College. Veitch refused to step down. But he announced that he agreed with several of the student demands last week, including diversifying the faculty, creating a black studies program, increasing funding for
diversity initiatives and training all campus staff on minority student needs. All 80-plus faculty members who attended a recent meeting on the issues voted to support the student demands for more diversity.
“While the occupation is over, the movement is not.” ABHILASHA BHOLA
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE STUDENT
Veitch announced Friday that the college would form committees to oversee progress on the diversity initiatives and to review campus safety practices by Dec. 15. Increased funding for the Intercultural Affairs Office, from $13,000 to $26,000, will be delivered by Wednesday, he said.
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“We’re glad the sit-in ended as it began: peacefully and safely,” said Marty Sharkey, the school’s associate vice president of marketing and communications. “We look forward to working together with our students in the days and weeks ahead to meet our mutual goals.” Students have invited Veitch to a meeting Monday to discuss how they would hold him accountable to his promises. Bhola said she viewed the protests as a success despite the failure to force Veitch to resign. She said she was particularly thrilled by the increased funding for the Intercultural Affairs Office and the pledges to start a black studies program after what she said was four decades of requests for one. “I believe students were able to shift the campus culture by starting conversations about racial justice and sexual assault and forcing people to recognize their privilege,” she said. “I’m exhausted,” she added, “but definitely ready to do more.” About 42 percent of the 2,100 undergraduate students at the Eagle Rock campus are minority or multiracial.
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