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Is climate change causing ice melts?
2:12 AM 4/22/2008 — A piece of Antarctica the size of Connecticut, also known as the Wilkins ice shelf, received attention around the world when it broke off from the continent in March. But, officials from the University and the National Snow and Ice Data Center have said it is actually ice in the Arctic that may be most affected by climate change.
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Students celebrate Passover at home and on campus
12:33 AM 4/22/2008 — As night fell on Saturday, Jewish students sat down with their families or friends for the first Seder meal of Passover.
Since the beginning of the eight-day holiday occurred on a weekend this year, many students were able to go home and celebrate with their families.
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Bike theft hits dozens of students
12:30 AM 4/22/2008 — Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series taking a closer look at the issues of bike safety and bike theft on campus. Four months after her bike disappeared, Lauren Etmekjian, junior in AHS, said she spotted it leaning unlocked against Murphy's on a frigid February night.
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Committee hears objection to Calabrese candidacy
4:23 PM 4/22/2008 — The Champaign County Officers Electoral Board heard the objections to Frank Calabrese's candidacy for state representative for the 103 district Tuesday morning at the Champaign County Courthouse. Attorneys for Calabrese and his objector, Pat Devaney, were on hand to state their cases.
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Briefs
3:38 PM 4/22/2008 — Statewide license plate recycling program begins Secretary of State Jesse White announced the launching of a state-wide license plate recycling program. The program allows people to recycle expired and obsolete license plates in all 136 vehicle facilities in Illinois.
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Rate of younger college students increasing
1:07 AM 5/6/2008 — A new trend has begun to emerge with high school students: going to college early. Click on the icon to hear The Daily Illini's Sydney Langford bring you more on the story.
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Student Senate urges cities to move signing dates for leases to February
12:31 AM 4/22/2008 — Students that would normally be scrambling to solidify their living situations for the following academic year in the early weeks of first semester might be resting easier this fall.
On April 2, the Illinois Student Senate passed a resolution urging the Champaign and Urbana city councils and the Savoy Board of Trustees to adopt an ordinance prohibiting a lessor from entering into a lease or pre-lease more than 200 days before the contract takes effect.
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Champaign co-sponsors programs across area to help environment
10:25 PM 4/22/2008 — Students and residents living in the city of Champaign may have a harder time finding ways to recycle and help the environment than people living in Urbana, but there are some programs available.
Champaign does not have a recycling program that collects from residents' homes or apartments, said Eleanor Blackman, assistant city engineer in the environmental section of the Champaign city government.
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Extension Partners lobby for withheld funds
12:24 AM 4/22/2008 — Members of the organization Extension Partners met in Springfield with state legislators Wednesday to lobby for UI Extension, whose employees learned earlier this month that it will not be receiving the state funds they had expected.
The lack of funding will cause the program to cut about 450 jobs statewide, according to a press release.
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Suspicious bag causes class evacuation
12:35 AM 4/22/2008 — The presence of an unattended black bag in 116 Roger Adams Laboratory caused a statistics class of about 200 students to be evacuated Monday.
The bag was not present in the room at the beginning of the speech communications class at 11 a.m., but the professor noticed it at the end of class on a chair behind the teaching podium, said Hannah Prince, freshman in LAS.
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Urbana plans for future by educating community
9:51 PM 4/22/2008 — As the city of Urbana continues to commemorate its year-long 175th birthday celebration, residents and government officials are thinking about the future by focusing on sustainability and the environment.
Urbana has had a residential recycling program since 1986, said Rodney Fletcher, environmental manager for the city.
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UI environmental summit to discuss future
12:10 AM 4/22/2008 — The first annual Sustainability Summit will take place Wednesday and Thursday as a part of the University's 10th Environmental Horizons Conference to discuss the themes of energy, climate and sustainability.
The two-day conference will bring scholars from across campus to begin the dialogue about climate change and use the resources that are available on campus, said Bill Sullivan, director of the University Environmental Council.
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Despite cold winter, global warming still existing issue
12:13 AM 4/22/2008 — In spite of a winter filled with heavy snow and freezing temperatures, scientists said global warming still exists.
Climate change is more of a long-term pattern, meaning there will still be day-to-day and month-to-month variations, said Jim Angel, state climatologist.
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U.N.: Increase of food levels now necessity
12:34 AM 4/22/2008 — ACCRA, Ghana - The U.N. chief warned Sunday that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices and pledged to set up a task force on a crisis threatening to destabilize developing nations.
The cost of food has increased by around 40 percent since mid-2007 worldwide, and the strain has caused riots and protests in countries like Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Egypt.
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Alternative fuels gain use, reduce gas prices
12:09 AM 4/22/2008 — While the answer to the question of alternative fuels has not yet been determined, ethanol may play a role in the solution despite its possible consequences on a global scale. While Illinois was at one time the No. 1 producer of ethanol, the state is now somewhere between second and third as other states such as Iowa and Nebraska have increased their production in recent years, said Mark Lambert, communications director of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board.
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Campus events for Earth Day
12:04 AM 4/22/2008 — Want to get involved and learn more about what is going on with the environment? Attend an event around campus this week: Wednesday, April 23 8:30 a.m - 5 p.m. - Sustainability Summit, at the Illini Union Noon - Andrew Leakey "Global Warming, Biofuels and Food," Wahl Room YMCA (Students for Environmental Concerns) 7 p.
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Quick environmental facts
12:09 AM 4/22/2008 — Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a computer for three hours. It takes approximately 1 million years for a glass bottle to break down at a landfill. The U.S. represents 5 percent of the world's population but uses 26 percent of its natural resources.
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Odds and Ends: Police: Manager sold drug from drive-through window
9:20 PM 4/21/2008 — FORT SMITH, Ark. - Police have arrested a pizza parlor manager on charges alleging he sold marijuana out of his drive-through window in Fort Smith, Ark. Authorities said Monday that state and local investigators acting on a tip went to the Pizza Hut restaurant and found six ounces of marijuana and a set of digital scales in the manager's office.
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Police report
9:19 PM 4/21/2008 — Champaign A 23-year-old woman from St. Joseph, Ill., reported criminal damage to property at the 800 block of North Prospect Avenue, Sunday afternoon. According to a police report, a 44-year-old male suspect damaged two tires of the victim's vehicle by cutting the valve stems and sidewalls.
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