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Students rally for Chief
12:35 AM 2/20/2007 — Clad in a Florida State University Seminoles sweatshirt and waving a bag of Big Chief Sugar, Joseph Trevan, a member of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, showed up to support the Chief at the rally on the Quad Monday night.
"(The Chief) is a student symbol," Trevan said.
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Students fight for referendum to save Chief
12:20 AM 2/20/2007 — They had seven hours to get the paperwork and 3,000 signatures for a referendum to possibly overturn the Board of Trustees' decision to retire the Chief last Friday. But that fight was just not feasible according to Paul Schmitt, sophomore in LAS and president of Students for Chief Illiniwek.
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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.
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Video games now available at Undergrad
12:04 AM 2/20/2007 — Students can check out more than just books at the undergraduate library, choosing from the extensive movie and film collection to electronic equipment. However, they can now take advantage of the library's latest installment - video games. Lisa Hinchliffe, head of the undergraduate library, said the library has consoles that cannot be checked out, including the PS3, original Nintendo and a Wii, which is on its way.
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Employee charges Carle Clinic with racial discrimination
11:55 PM 2/19/2007 — Urbana resident Vilma Hascall has charged Carle Clinic Association with denying her a job because of her color and national origin. Hascall was born in Honduras and her first spoken language is Spanish. She worked as a receptionist for Carle Clinic Association for four years, where most of her work entailed interpreting for Spanish-speaking, low English proficient clients.
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University offers self-defense course
5:57 PM 2/19/2007 — The University of Illinois is one of over 100 universities participating in the fastest growing self-defense course in the country.
The Rape Aggression Defense program, or RAD, is a comprehensive course that teaches women defensive techniques against various types of assault.
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Urbana still working to get snow off streets
11:51 PM 2/19/2007 — A flurry of snow-related information blew into the Urbana City Council Monday night, when the City of Urbana Public Works department released their blizzard summary for last week's storm. According to the report, which was prepared by the Director of Public Works Bill Gray, 13.
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U-C Senate holds first semester meeting; discusses Chief, Global Campus Partnership
11:53 PM 2/19/2007 — The Urbana-Champaign Senate held its first meeting of the semester Monday afternoon, convening at the Levis Faculty Center to discuss wide-ranging issues such as the Chief Illiniwek decision and President B. Joseph White's Global Campus Partnership.
The meeting began with a series of congratulations, notably for President White's receipt of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Cities address flooding from melting snow
9:59 PM 2/19/2007 — The City of Urbana Public Works department is once again busy in keeping the streets and sidewalks hazardous-free for pedestrians and vehicles. Only this time, they're dealing with flooding. Now that the temperatures are rising and snow is melting, the Urbana Public Works department is pushing all the snow onto the curb, despite protests from residents.
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Chancellor tightens regulations on Unofficial
12:36 AM 2/20/2007 — This March, celebrating Unofficial St. Patrick's Day by drinking before class could leave you with more than a hangover; you could also end up with a ticket home. Due to policies recently enacted by Chancellor Herman, showing up to class intoxicated or disrupting instruction in any way on Unofficial would now constitute grounds for dismissal from the University.
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