To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs" <provost@illinois.edu>

Reply-To: dkemphue@illinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Unofficial St. Patrick's Day - Friday, March 5

On Friday, March 5, 2010, many students and visitors will participate in 
an event known as Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. While the University does 
not support or condone this event, steps are being taken to ensure safety 
and to minimize disruption to classes and campus operations.

The Champaign, Urbana, and University Police Departments, assisted by 
other local and state agencies, will patrol the campus district on March 
5. They will enforce all applicable ordinances in commercial and 
residential areas, and have authority to intervene if private parties 
threaten to disturb the peace. In addition, Champaign and Urbana officials 
will enact restrictions on liquor sales intended to curb overconsumption. 
Emergency medical personnel will be available to provide care.

University police will continue to focus on protecting students, staff, 
faculty, and University property. In case of emergency, call METCAD at 911 
(from campus phones, call 9-911). For non-emergencies, call 333-1216.

As in years past, we have made clear to students that academic business 
will continue as usual on Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. That has helped to 
minimize disruptions. Instructors should not need to alter instructional 
plans.

The Student Code (http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/policy/code/) addresses 
student responsibilities on campus. Sections 1-102(d) and 1-302(f) concern 
classroom conduct expectations, and section 1-307 focuses on alcohol 
consumption. The Code empowers instructors to ask disruptive students to 
leave class; after class, names of disruptive students should be reported 
to the Office for Student Conflict Resolution at 333-3680 or online at 
http://www.conflictresolution.uiuc.edu/forms/incidentReport/form.asp.

If asking a disruptive student to leave class could escalate into a 
confrontation, you may seek assistance. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 5, 
teams of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs professionals will walk 
through and around buildings with classrooms and lecture halls where 
disruptions were experienced in the past. Team members, wearing University 
IDs, may be summoned to help. Teams will be prepared to document apparent 
Code violations and to call University police, if necessary.

Students will be asked not to bring any liquids into Foellinger 
Auditorium. (Longstanding policy prohibits liquids and food in Foellinger.)

Students who interfere with the academic mission of the University will 
face serious consequences. Thank you for reinforcing this message before 
and on March 5.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs


This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

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