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WILLIAM SHI THE DAILY ILLINI

Steve Fay, center, Urbana resident and faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine, visits with his wife Kamittha Fay, also of Urbana, who works at Armory House, the Bike Co-op in Champaign during Bike To Work Day on Tuesday. Steve Fay has been biking to work for around thirty years, while his wife has only been doing so for six weeks. More online: To listen to audio from yesterday’s newscast, visit DailyIllini.com

GONE WITH

BY ROSIE POWERSMANAGING EDITOR FOR ONLINE

Students learned that the Universi-ty’s proposed wind turbine project will be canceled after a meeting Tuesday

with University President Michael Hogan and Interim Vice President and Chancel-lor Robert Easter.

Members of Students for Environmental Concerns, or SECS, and the Student Sus-tainability Committee, or SSC, were told the propos-al has been canceled due to Urbana’s concerns over the project.

Eric Green, member of SECS and graduate stu-dent, attended Tuesday’s meeting. He said the Board of Trustees set up the Audit, Budget, Finance and Facili-ties committee to evaluate the turbine. The committee decided on the project’s can-cellation because of Urbana residents’ complaints over the turbine’s proposed place-ment, as well as the project’s economic feasibility.

“They’ve been telling us

this project is going to hap-pen, but now the project’s feasibility with cost-cut-ting and not being able to work with community part-ners is more prevalent than addressing student con-cerns,” Green said.

The project, which would have constructed a 1.65 megawatt turbine on the University’s South Farms, was estimated to generate 5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually as part of the campus’ Climate Action Plan, or iCAP.

SECS and the SSC were asked by the administra-tion to draft a list of alter-native sustainable initia-tives that are included in the iCAP report that would act as alternative plans to the turbine project. These could include a Campus Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund for investment in sus-tainable energy, native land-scaping and a campus-wide battery recycling program.

Suhail Barot, chair of the SSC, said although the com-

Champaign police fi le charges against 5 more in connection with mall shootingDAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT

Charges have been fi led against six people in connection to Sunday’s shooting at Market Place Mall in Champaign. Five males, previously considered persons of interest in the shooting, were charged Tuesday with aggravated battery with a fi rearm.

Champaign police spokeswoman Rene Dunn said in a press release that Frank J. Day , 24 years old, Raighee T. Day , 24 years old, Ronald A. Harris , 18 years old, Quaran Irland-Coleman , 18 years old and Tyree O. Williams, 17 years old, had been charged with the Class X felony. All fi ve are resi-dents of Milwaukee, Wis.

On Monday, the Champaign Police Department obtained an arrest war-rant for attempted fi rst degree mur-der and aggravated battery with a fi rearm for Dontrell L. Thompson , 28 years old, who is also a Milwaukee resident , according to a press release

from Julia Rietz , state’s attorney for Champaign County.

Rietz said Thompson remains hos-pitalized at Carle Hospital. Bail is fi xed at $2.5 million .

Anthony Brock, 28 years old, of Champaign, was shot by Thompson and remains hospitalized, Rietz said.

Rietz said on Sunday at approxi-mately 4:35 p.m., a witness report-ed seeing a purple Chrysler Pacifi ca with Wisconsin plates driving reck-lessly on I-74 westbound.

The witness followed the vehicle to Market Place Mall and saw it park near Bergner’s and the Food Court. The witness then reported seeing multiple individuals exit the vehi-cle, with one carrying a gun in his back pocket.

The Champaign, Urbana and Uni-versity police departments respond-ed, along with the Champaign County Sheriff’s Offi ce.

Rietz reported that evidence indi-cates the six men entered the mall separately. According to Rietz, Thompson located Brock, followed him out of the mall and opened fi re on him at the exit by LensCrafters.

Champaign police had located the vehicle in the mall parking lot and were nearby to hear the shots, responding immediately. Police then ordered Thompson to drop his gun and when Thompson did not, offi cers opened fi re on Thompson. The other charged individuals exited the mall and denied knowing him or having a connection with the shooting when questioned.

However, investigation has shown there is an ongoing feud between Brock and associates of the charged men and that the Days are fi rst cous-ins to Thompson, Rietz said.

Out of the car, onto the bike

Gerard takes oath in front of packed crowd

THE WINDUI o! cials put end to turbine project

See ARRESTS, Page 3A

See WIND TURBINE, Page 3A

2005Illinois Clean Energy

Community Foundation (ICECF) awards a grant of up to $2,000,000 to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the Installation of 3 Wind Turbines on Campus South Farms

Combination of grant from ICECF and contribution from the Chancellor, Provost and a loan from Utilities, fund amount totals to $5.7 million

2007APRIL 10 — grant period extended from Nov.1, 2005 to June 30, 2009

2008MAY 12 — grant period extended through June 30, 2010 and changed to one turbine

2011JAN. 31 — The University’s Department for Facilities and Services continued its plea for funding from the Student

Sustainability Committee at a public forum in Urbana on Monday night, asking for $700,000 for its wind turbine project.

FEB. 8 — President Hogan announces that the University will do whatever it takes to complete the wind turbine project, and will take the proposal to the Board of Trustees in March.

MARCH 14 — In a meeting of the Audit, Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee on Monday, University Trustee Ed McMillan said the Board of Trustees plans to pursue an extension of the $2 million grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation for the University’s wind turbine project.

Source: sustainability.illinois.edu/ssc

ILLUSTRATION

BY DANNY WEILANDTTHE DAILY ILLINI

BY JAMAL COLLIERSTAFF WRITER

Don Gerard is offi cially the new mayor of the city of Cham-paign. He was sworn in at the start of the Champaign City Council meeting Tuesday night in front of a packed crowd with standing room only at Cham-paign City Hall.

“For the fi rst time in six months, I was actually kind of nervous,” Gerard said.

Members of the audience lined up to capture photos and videos of Gerard’s inau-guration, which was a histor-

ic moment for the city. For the fi rst time since 1999, Cham-paign has a new mayor.

Paul Faraci also joined him as a new member to the council now that he’s taken over for Lin-da Cross as the council member for District 5.

“It is thrilling that there was such a turnout,” Faraci said. “This was an exciting and hum-bling experience.”

Gerard embraced his chil-dren, mother and all the mem-bers of the council before tak-ing his seat.

Gerard admitted that read-ing the council bills and head-ing the meetings will still take

MICHAEL BOJDA THE DAILY ILLINI

Mayor Don Gerard is sworn in at the Champaign City Council meeting Tuesday. Gerard is Champaign’s fi rst new mayor since 1999.

New mayor gets to business in 1st meeting

Council swears in 2 new members BY JAMAL COLLIERSTAFF WRITER

The new Champaign City Council completed its fi rst meet-ing Tuesday night after swear-ing in two new members, Mayor Don Gerard and District 5 coun-cil member Paul Faraci .

Council members-at large Tom Bruno , Deborah Frank Feinen and Karen Foster were also re-sworn in to the council after com-peting in uncontested races.

“There’s a new ‘F’,” Feinen

said referring to Faraci’s name now coming before her own in the roll call.

The council unanimously approved all the bills before it, including approving the leas-ing agreement for the recycling drop-off facility on 807 Pioneer Street.

Members of the communi-ty came before the council to speak about minority

See GERARD, Page 3A

See CITY COUNCIL, Page 3A

CHAMPAIGN CITY COUNCIL

Life-long commitment: Columnist gives tips for health after college HEALTH & LIVING, 6A

Softball coach Terri Sullivan builds solid program at Illinois SPORTS, 1B

A STRONG FOUNDATION

TIMELINE OF WIND TURBINE GRANT

some getting used to. During the meeting, he stumbled over a lit-tle of the language in the bills.

“We need to get new writers,” Gerard joked after tripping over some of the words.

The new council completed its fi rst meeting approving all bills unanimously.

Now that Gerard offi cially has his seat, he said he will continue to work with his transition team and to meet with the city coun-cil regarding the city’s budget.

“It is great to have people in the community that are willing to donate their time,” Gerard said.

During next week’s council meeting, the council will discuss the budget cuts to the front desk of the police staff.

“The budget is the number one priority,” Faraci said. “We’re going to dig in line by line to see what issues we have and how we can become educated on them.”

Gerard added that his cam-paign foundations are some-

thing he truly believes in and not just promises.

“We have money in ‘rainy day accounts’ … and this may be the time to use it,” Gerard said.

Another issue he wants to deal with is the issue of minority hir-ing. This issue has been brought up by audience members several times in the past couple years. Gerard said with the recession, it is tougher for the youth in the community to get jobs.

“The best way to keep the community safe is to have teen-agers working,” he said.

Gerard and Faraci have chal-lenges ahead of them to try and deal with budget issues and community relations. But they are issues that Faraci said they will be ready to deal with.

“I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t,” Faraci said. “We’ve got a great group of council people and lots of people with expe-rience ready to get the budget squared away.”

Gerard will have a different challenge on his hands next, throwing out the fi rst pitch for the Illini baseball team on Friday.

issues in the community.Champaign resident Martell

Miller said he hoped that the new council and new leader, Gerard, will work to move the community closer together.

“We’re dealing with problems today we shouldn’t still be deal-ing with,” Miller said.

Craig Walker , Champaign res-ident, told the council that this election saw one of the highest turnout rates for African Ameri-cans. He added that three years from now, he hopes the council will have improved its relation-ship with the minority community in Champaign.

Gerard also expressed his con-cerns over the problem of minor-ity hiring and inclusion in the community. He said there are cer-tainly going to be people in the city working on that issue.

Next week the council will re-address the budget cuts they made earlier this year when they dis-cuss the cuts to be made to the front desk staff of the police offi ce.

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BY DARSHAN PATELSTAFF WRITER

After two years of serving as chair of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, Joyce Tolliver will not lead senate meetings next fall. Tolliver was honored at the sen-ate’s April 25 meeting with a standing ovation.

She will step into a new role at the beginning of next year as the vice chair. The Daily Illini spoke with Tolliver about her new posi-tion and the incoming chair, Mat-thew Wheeler.

The Daily Illini: Professor Wheeler will be senate chair next year. What makes Wheeler qualifi ed for that position?Joyce Tolliver: I am fully sup-portive of this decision on the part of the senate given Matt’s extensive knowl-edge of how the Universi-ty works and how the campus works. He’s got, perhaps, more experience in governance than anyone I can think of, expect for maybe two or three other people on this campus. Matt, this year, has chaired the University Senates Con-ference, and that’s representa-tive of each of the three cam-pus senates. Matt has done an absolutely superb job leading us through some very rocky waters.

DI: Did you consider running for Senate Executive Committee, or SEC, chair again for a third term?JT: I did consider allowing myself to be nominated for a third year as SEC chair. I ulti-mately decided not to do that, both because I think there are other people who are at least (as) capable as I am in leading the senate through tough times and also because it is a job that takes a tremendous commit-ment of time and energy. When it continues to be a full-time faculty member, it’s hard for most faculty members to main-tain that beyond two years. I don’t know if there has been a senate chair in the last 10 or

15 years who has done a third term. It’s typical to do two, but much less typical to do three for those reasons.

DI: What will be some of your duties as a vice chair?JT: I will be doing more or less a traditional job that a vice chair does, which is do what-ever the chair tells me to do. If the chair is not available for chair meetings, it would fall upon me to do so. There may well be times when Matt has a confl ict of schedule. For exam-ple, if he’s unable to attend a meeting where the senate needs to be represented, I’d be glad to step in, and he requests I do so. In the past, the role of vice chair has varied accord-ing to how much business the senate has to deal with. My hope is that as we make a tran-sition to next year, I will be available as a resource to Matt for history (and) to give him some insights on my experienc-es as a chair of this senate for the last two years. I will con-tinue to be involved in the SEC, as well. We’ll work with Matt to make sure the senate is always well-represented in any venue in which the senate needs to be represented.

DI: What is the biggest challenge facing the senate?JT: The biggest challenge is to keep the ship of shared gover-nance on course and upright. We’re going to continue to go through very challenging times in the year ahead, and it will be crucial to the mandated role of the senate and the faculty in making decisions about how to carry out our academic mis-sion with fewer resources.

DI: What do you look forward to in your new position?JT: I will look forward to sit-ting to the left or to the right of Matt as the SEC chair and watching him do his mag-ic chairing the meeting and giving myself the luxury of expressing myself more freely than I do as an SEC chair and watching him continue to lead us in ways I think will be very productive and harmonious.

Tolliver refl ects on 2 years as chair, successor Wheeler

The votes are in

JONATHAN HAYWARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves to the crowd following his speech on election night in Calgary, Alberta. Harper won his coveted majority government in elections Monday.

LOCAL BRIEFSUI band leader to step down

The director of Marching Illini will be leaving the University after this semester.

Peter Griffi n, assistant direc-tor of bands and director of ath-letic bands, accepted a job offer Saturday evening from Elmhurst College to become the chair of the music department, said Rob-

ert Rumbelow, University direc-tor of bands.

“I know that it was diffi cult for him to make that decision because he loves his job here as well,” Rum-below said. “But it’s a really solid professional move for him.”

There are already efforts under-way to search for a visiting assis-tant professor to replace Griffi n, Rumbelow said.

Special library hours announced for fi nals week

Below is a list of hours of operation for various libraries during fi nals week, Friday, May 6 to Friday, May 13.

Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES):

Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.Saturday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 a.m.Engineering-Grainger:Starting Thursday, May 5

open 24 hours until 7 p.m. Fri-day, May 13

Main:Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m.

to 11 p.m.Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday: 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.Undergraduate:Starting Thursday, May 5

open 24 hours until 7 p.m. Fri-day, May 13

Compiled from Daily Illini staff re-ports

TOLLIVER

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE

All six charged men came to Champaign from Milwaukee in the vehicle earlier in the day on Sunday, according to the investigation.

The shooting remains under investigation by the Cham-paign Police Department and the Champaign County Sher-iff’s Offi ce.

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ARRESTS

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GERARD

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WIND TURBINE

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CITY COUNCIL

mittee is disappointed with the outcome of the project, students will continue to work with the University to promote alternative sustainability projects.

“Students have committed $640,000 through their environ-mental fees toward this proj-ect, and it served as the original impetus to create these fees eight years ago,” Barot said. “Nonethe-less, we hope to continue working with the University administra-tion to develop additional suc-cessful sustainability projects.”

While the suggested initiatives may be more monetarily feasi-ble, none are of the same mag-nitude as the turbine project, Green said.

“The turbine was the largest capital project of sustainabili-ty on campus, and nothing can replace it on the terms of sym-bolism,” he said. “Other projects could be much more cost-effec-tive and rewarding with return on investment, but their connec-tion to sustainability for the aver-age student isn’t as direct.”

University administrators were unavailable for comment.

BY JENNIFER KIMSTAFF WRITER

University students will be able to cross off “run down Green Street in underwear” from their bucket list after Wednesday night.

Starting at Washington Park and ending outside of Foellinger Auditorium, the fourth annual “Underwear Mile” will take place at 9 p.m. to raise aware-ness about the fi ght against cancer.

Anyone can participate and must pay a $3 fee for a wrist-band, which is required to run. Throughout the night there will also be $1 glow sticks sold that runners can carry and $1 raf-fl e tickets for a $20 gift card to Firehaus Bar and $10 gift cards to The Beef Stand.

Participants are encouraged to run in their underwear or in a crazy outfi t, and the two participants with the best cos-tumes will receive a $25 dollar Fat Sandwich gift card.

Mary Russell , director of marketing for the Illini 4000, said she is looking forward to seeing the costumes.

“I’m most excited to see how many people turn out and what they will be wearing,” Russell said. “I plan to dress like some sort of superhero with a glit-tery cape.”

The event is organized by members of the Illini 4000, a Registered Student Organization.

The goal of the event is to encourage student participa-tion in the fi ght against cancer,

which is also the goal of the group. The RSO sends students on a bike ride across America each summer.

Ellie Spitz , senior in ACES, said this bike ride serves more than just one purpose.

“First, it allows members to actively advocate for cancer awareness at a national level,” said Spitz. “Second, the ride serves as a means to raise mon-ey for cancer research and sup-port programs.”

So far, the organization has raised over $100,000 this year and all proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society and Camp Kesem.

Proceeds from tomorrow’s run will also go to the Ameri-can Cancer Society and Camp Kesem.

‘Underwear Mile’ to promote cancer awareness