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Inquest for student killed by bus to be held Thursday

12:41 AM 11/16/2004 — The inquest for Carolyn Jeffers, a University doctoral student who was struck and killed by a bus at the intersection of Gregory Drive and Goodwin Avenue on Oct. 27, will be held Thursday, Nov. 18 at 10:50 a.m. at the Urbana Civic Center, 108 E. Water Street.

Hundreds of books reach local children

12:33 AM 11/16/2004 — Children in Champaign County might receive new books in time for the holidays - all because of efforts of University students to serve the community and improve literacy. Several student organizations on campus are collecting books for women and children associated with organizations such as the Crisis Nursery, local elementary schools, The Reading Group and the Center for Women in Transition.

Bad football season impacting sales

12:29 AM 11/16/2004 — As the Illini football remains mired in a losing season, local merchants selling Illini gear are faced with the possibility that their merchandise won't sell. Cory Shumand, manager of Gameday Sports, 519 E. Green St., said a losing season could seriously impact his business.

Rate of younger college students increasing

1:07 AM 5/6/2008 — A new trend has begun to emerge with high school students: going to college early. Click on the icon to hear The Daily Illini's Sydney Langford bring you more on the story. 0

International families adjust to university life in United States

12:31 AM 11/16/2004 — When Catherine Ioseliani's husband decided to come to the University to get his master's in economics, Ioseliani and one of her sons packed up and moved from Tbilisi, Georgia, a country south of Russia, to Champaign-Urbana with him. Ioseliani, who came to the United States last November, left behind her job as an economist - and her 18-month-old son, who was too young to come and is staying with grandparents.

Council approves church annex ordinances

12:45 AM 11/16/2004 — The Urbana City Council approved two ordinances Monday night regarding a new annex at Twin City Bible Church. One approved ordinance requested an increase in the floor-area ratio of two different houses owned by the church at 806 and 808 W. Michigan Ave. City planner Paul Lindahl said the church plans to construct the annex in the place of the two houses.

Other campuses: Professor researches Harvard's ties to Nazi regime in 1930s

12:20 AM 11/16/2004 — (U-WIRE) BOSTON - University of Oklahoma professor Stephen Norwood presented his controversial research on unsettling ties between Harvard University and Germany's Nazi regime in the 1930s at the School of Management Sunday. During his hour-long speech based on an academic paper he recently wrote, Norwood said the Harvard community promoted the Nazi regime in Germany.