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University housing deals with dorm damages after students leave
10:47 PM 5/13/2008 — Though the mass exodus of summer vacation-bound students from the dorms has left much of campus uninhabited, University Housing expects to stay busy through the summer.
More than 10,000 people are expected to live in the dorms during the next few months including students taking classes during the summer sessions and groups using the rooms for camp programs, but University Housing will be making renovations, installing microfridges and carpet for next year's tenants and cleaning the aftermath of another school year in the dorms.
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Fire at UWisconsin destroys fraternity house
11:19 PM 5/13/2008 — A raging fire at a Langdon Street fraternity house left one firefighter injured and the house destroyed Monday night, though no residents were hurt. The fire reportedly caught near the base of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house on 237 Langdon St. around 11:30 p.m.
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Local groups plan to remember victims of China quake
2:51 AM 5/15/2008 — University students and community members plan to locally remember the victims and aid the survivors of the severe earthquake that hit central China Monday.
The Chinese Students and Scholars Association and the Overseas China Education Foundation have planned a candle requiem and a blessing of the victims for Thursday night from 8 to 8:30 p.
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Senate committee to discuss tuition, student scholar bills
6:19 PM 5/14/2008 — The Illinois senate higher education committee will hold hearings Wednesday to discuss in-state tuition for active military personnel and admittance of state scholars.
The committee will consider HB5905, which would provide in-state status for tuition purposes to any active duty military personnel that are reassigned to an out-of-state post or to a different country and their dependents.
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Champaign SWAT team plans training for Thursday
6:19 PM 5/14/2008 — Champaign Police plan to conduct a training for the Special Weapons and Tactics team Thursday at 2007 Round Barn Road, between Mattis Avenue and County Fair Drive northwest of Campustown.
The department has asked residents not be alarmed of the training scenarios meant to prepare the team for potential situations if they see officers around the area between 9 a.
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Teach for America sees big growth
11:09 PM 5/13/2008 — WASHINGTON - Backpacking in Europe? Nah, the dollar's too weak - and for some, the needs closer to home are too great.
More than ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America's poorest communities as part of Teach for America, the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains top college students for teaching jobs.
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Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide
10:52 PM 5/13/2008 — ELKTON, Md. - Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges.
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Champaign votes against resident funding of apartment inspection program
11:41 PM 5/13/2008 — The consensus with the Champaign City Council is that the new Multifamily Common Area Inspection Program, an apartment inspection program, is so far a success. However, the Council voted Tuesday night to not move forward with a plan to fund the program with taxes from Champaign citizens.
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Another twister reported in tornado-damaged Mo.
11:19 PM 5/13/2008 — SENECA, Mo. - Another round of storms moved Tuesday into tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters.
The National Weather Service said conditions could be similar to those that spun funnel clouds and killed 27 people Saturday and Sunday in the Plains and the Southeast.
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Ellis sentenced to prison term, probation for burglary
4:22 PM 5/14/2008 — Former Illini football player Joseph "Jody" Ellis was sentenced to 120 days in prison and 30 months probation at the Champaign County Courthouse Tuesday morning.
Ellis pleaded guilty to a class three felony for charges stemming from a March 2007 incident in which Ellis was charged with the theft of a laptop valued at more than $300.
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Police reports
10:43 PM 5/13/2008 — Champaign A 47-year-old man was arrested late Sunday night at the 00 block of East Bradley Ave. after officers discovered he was in possession of a controlled substance. According to a police report, police pulled the suspect over to the side of the road after he signaled improperly.
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