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Yahoo
08-05-2025
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East Bluff man sentenced to 6 years for SUV hijacking in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — An East Bluff man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for hijacking another person's SUV nearly three years ago. Cameron Camper, 24, pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to one count of vehicular hijacking, a felony that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years. In return, prosecutors agreed to drop more serious charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking which carried a possible 30-year term. He has already spent more than 500 days in custody meaning that after he gets credit for that time already served, he has less than a year left to serve, assuming he earns all of his day for day 'good-time' credit. Camper was arrested Oct. 18, 2022, by Peoria Heights police officers after they responded to the 1200 block of East War Memorial Drive on a report of someone taking a Nisson Rogue by force. He was accused of using a BB gun to steal the car. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
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What would a new name mean for Hillsborough Community College?
Allyssa Camper squinted into the sunlight at the giant blue letters that adorn each building on Hillsborough Community College's Dale Mabry campus. 'HCC,' she said. 'H-C-C. It kind of rolls off your tongue.' Camper is 19, a liberal arts major and one of the more than 48,000 students who attend the college at least part-time. But when she graduates next year, her diploma might say something different. Florida Senate is considering a bill (SB 1624) that would rename Hillsborough Community College to Hillsborough College. The bill has been scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor for two weeks. A House version of the bill (HB 1307), which would opt for Hillsborough State College, has yet to make it out of a subcommittee in that chamber. Either way, 'community' will soon be dropped from HCC's name. It's the last of the state's 28 public colleges to lose the community nomenclature. It's part of a longstanding trend. Colleges across the county are offering more four-year degree and changing their names to reflect the blurring lines between themselves and traditional universities, according to Inside Higher Ed. Nationwide, more than 40 two-year institutions dropped 'community' from their names from 2004 to 2014, according to data collected by the Wall Street Journal. The name change also signals a perceived souring on the 'community college' brand as schools look to distance themselves from the term's association with an inferior education. Among current and former students, opinions are mixed on the name change. Some worry the renaming portends more changes to the school they see as a lifeline to an affordable, quality education. Others welcome the rebrand, mostly as a step away from the stigma carried by the phrase 'community college.' The name change isn't exactly a hot topic among HCC students. Most surveyed on recent trips to HCC's Ybor City and Dale Mabry campuses either hadn't heard about the proposal or had no strong opinion. Camper said she doesn't think the name change would impact the school's reputation as part of the community. 'Each of the campuses has such a distinct personality and is so embedded in its community,' Camper said. 'The brand is already so established, starting when you're a high school student doing dual-enrollment. I don't think the name change will affect what the school is already accomplishing.' The 'state college' title may even help the school attract more students, Camper said. 'It sounds a little bit better to me. I wouldn't mind if my degree said Hillsborough State College,' she said. The school opened in 1968 as Hillsborough Junior College, changing its name to Hillsborough Community College two years later 'to better reflect its community orientation and involvement,' according to the school's website. Colleges can drop the 'community' nomenclature or switch to 'state college' once they start offering bachelor's degrees. HCC's first four-year degree, in nursing, started in 2022. The school's board of trustees support the name change, Chairperson Gregory Celestan said, adding that it aligns with the other schools in the Florida College system and will 'lead to enhanced academic pathways.' On the other hand, Echo Durham, a graphic design major, called the rebrand 'a stupid, embarrassing thing to spend our money on.' The 23-year-old worried that the school would divert resources away from serving students and that the new name could signal a change in mission away from affordable courses. 'I didn't want the pressure of going to a state university,' Durham said. 'Here I can take a few classes and find my passion because the stakes were relatively low.' She'd seen her own mother take on student loan debt from multiple graduate degrees. 'The campus feels like a community without judgement,' Durham said. 'HCC takes everyone, regardless of income or being an A+ student.' Companies rebrand for a variety of reasons: to attract customers, to react to the market, and to stay relevant. But in any case, rebranding works best when it's reflective of the wants and needs of the target customers, said Loran Jarrett, a professor of marketing at the University of South Florida's Muma School of Business. 'Think of Coke's rebranding to New Coke in the '80s. There was horrible pushback because they had this idea and weren't listening to what their customers wanted,' she said. 'Rebranding comes with a cost,' she said. And it's often more than just new signs. So why change the HCC brand now? 'First off, they have to determine, is it just a name or does it go beyond that? It is what they offer? Is it cultural? Is it voice?' she said. But if the state is looking to shed the 'community college' stigma, there's reason to be cautious. Nearly half of Americans said they had at least 'quite a lot' of confidence in community colleges, according to a 2024 Gallup poll. Only a third said the same about four-year programs. That confidence has stayed strong even as the public's perception of higher education has fallen in the past decade. And the confidence in the country's two-year programs holds up across party lines, with 36% of Republicans approving of community colleges, compared to just 15% who support four-year colleges and universities. 'Education as a whole is really shifting for a lot of reasons, but a big one is the rising cost,' Jarratt said. 'But for community college, cost has essentially stayed the same. Whatever you get out of that with your (associate's degree) is pretty high value,' she said. 'At the end of the day people don't ask, 'Where did you go all four years?'' Ian Hodgson is an education reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, working in partnership with Open Campus.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Inside CamperLab's First Store in Paris' Marais
For Achilles Ion Gabriel, walking into CamperLab's new store in Paris' Marais feels like coming home. The Finnish designer, who became creative director of CamperLab in 2019 and took the reins of the entire Camper brand a year later, recalled that his first office in Paris, early in his career, was just steps away from the new store on Rue Debelleyme. More from WWD Martha Stewart Relaunches Apparel and Gardening on QVC, Introduces New Lines of Culinary and Home Decor Ruben Toledo to Receive the National Arts Club's Medal of Honor in the Field of Fashion Swimwear Expert Miraclesuit Launches Body by Miraclesuit, a Collection of Shaping Dresses 'The location is super special for me,' he said Monday during a preview ahead of an evening launch event during Paris Fashion Week. Ion Gabriel has been developing CamperLab — a younger, more experimental range by the Spanish label — with an expanded collection of genderless footwear and a new ready-to wear push. Accessories are also a growing category, and for spring 2025, the brand launched sunglasses. The boutique, located in the former Camper store space, was designed by Harry Nuriev, founder and creative director of Crosby Studios. The architect took a sleek raw concept and added unique industrial touches. 'Harry knows that I love not perfect things, so that's why we have broken walls,' Ion Gabriel said. 'I wanted to have the product on display, but I didn't want it to scream. I wanted it to be a little hidden.' The designer has evolved the shoe collection during the past five years, and among the key styles on display in the store are the brand's futuristic sneakers, which feature textured panels that swirl around a breathable mesh design with contrast edges on the laces. Elsewhere in the collection, Ion Gabriel took inspiration from a traditional wooden clog for new loafer, sandal and sneaker designs. 'I like to morph a lot of different things. It doesn't have to be so literal,' said the designer, who launched a namesake collection last year at Pitti Uomo. In tandem with the store opening, CamperLab debuted a new stand-alone website on Monday, in collaboration with Giga Design Studio. Looking ahead, the designer is planning a full Paris Fashion Week presentation in June, when he will reveal more of his vision for the growing ready-to-wear line. Best of WWD Macy's Is Closing 66 Stores in 2025 — Here's the List, Live Updates Inside the Demise of Lord & Taylor COVID-19 Spikes Elevate Retail Concerns
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- General
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'Spread the Love' calling for volunteers
Feb. 4—LIMA — Aaron Poling, of Friends of Lima, came to the Lima Municipal Building on Tuesday to offer volunteers to "Spread the Love," a new program to donate meals to children in Lima. Laurie Camper, public relations director for the program run by Faith Christian Church, said the program would be a small step toward lowering the 20 percent of Lima children who are hungry. "They don't know where their next meal is coming from," she said. "So we want to provide some nice sack meals for them for after school with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, apple sauce, a drink and a cookie to help fill their tummies." City councilman Derry Glenn said since the Cheryl Allen Community Center closed down three years ago, the number of hungry children has risen in the city. "I wish I could take it down to zero every year, but it's a win-win for us to be involved with the church here to help out these kids," he said. "We ask that everyone in our community steps up. We always show our hometown pride and we need to get ready to go out and help one another in this community." The program could have all the peanut butter and jelly in the world, but Camper said it is still in need of volunteers to make sandwiches and drive vans to deliver the meals to children throughout the sixth ward. "People need to know that it's a very simple job," she said. "We have a van that's marked as the 'Spread the Love' van. You just need to be an adult driver with a good record and we will do a background check. Even if you're just a single driver, we can pair you with another to go out on delivery day to play music and hand out sandwiches to the kids." Camper said keeping kids fed, even after school, is important for the learning process. "No learning happens, no character building happens, nothing happens when they're hungry," she said. "And if they're in school or coming home from school and they're hungry, there are no more lessons they can learn unless they have a full belly. If they're not fed, they can't learn to be good, responsible young men and women who grow into responsible adults." The program will deliver meals from 4 p.m. to dark starting Friday, Feb. 7 in the sixth ward. For more information on volunteering or donating, visit Reach Jacob Espinosa at 567-242-0399. Featured Local Savings
