h2. Police sweep results in many citations
37 citations were issued Saturday night and early Sunday morning during a police street sweep detail, according to a press release.
The Illinois State Police, assisted by the Champaign Police Department, conducted the sweep as part of Operation Campus/Tap. Five citations were issued for license required, 18 were issued for possession/purchase of alcohol by a minor and 14 were issued for possession on public property.
h2. Robert F. Kennedy to visit campus
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak at Foellinger Auditorium on Wednesday.
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Kennedy is a political speaker and activist. Some of his recent works include “Crimes Against Nature,” a 2004 book questioning U.S. environmental policies, and “The Last Mountain,” a film focusing on a mountain in West Virginia.
He is chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeepers, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance.
The event will take place at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
h2. Parts of printing department to remain open as new department
Facilities and Services announced Tuesday afternoon that it will keep areas of the University printing department open and rebrand it as a new unit called document services.
The new department will now have 19 employees – a decrease of 20 workers from when the initial announcement to close the printing department was made in April 2010.
Jack Dempsey, director of Facilities and Services, said retirement and the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program have accounted for some of the downsizing.
In addition, those not eligible for retirement or the incentive program were able to find alternative employment with the University or another company, according to a press release.
While the majority of the services will continue, some will be discontinued, such as support for long-run offset printing and binding.
These services were “costly” and “underutilized,” according to the press release.
The entire printing department is scheduled to close in June 2012.
_Compiled from Daily Illini staff reports_
