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Illinois receives No. 12 seed in NCAA tournament
9:20 PM 3/11/2007 — Illinois basketball can breathe a sigh of relief now that the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee has granted the program a bid in the Midwest Region. With a No. 12 seed, the Illini will face No. 5 Virginia Tech on Friday in Columbus, Ohio.
Intriguing matchups may await the Illinois team if it goes far enough in the tournament.
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Asonye elected trustee
8:22 PM 3/11/2007 — "I haven't been this nervous in a while," said Chris Yoon, a freshman candidate running for the SORF Board.
All the candidates sat impatiently and waited for the student election results to be read in Room 2 of the Education Building. Candidates used a variety of campaign strategies from chalking the sidewalks to Facebook groups in this years race.
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Student gives up Facebook for Lent
7:09 PM 3/10/2007 — The Lenten season is one of remembrance and piety. But while some students choose to give up things like chocolate or videogames, others choose to give up practicing one of the most recent and popular trends of the day: Facebook stalking.
Starting Wednesday Feb.
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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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Homosexuality awareness creates controversy in Deerfield
10:02 AM 3/10/2007 — There is a dispute over classroom content at Deerfield High School. Leigh Krahenbuhl has the story.
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Women of Color hosts Mae Jemison
10:54 PM 3/8/2007 — In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first black woman to enter space. Today, she will speak on being a minority woman in the field of science at the Eighteenth Annual Women of Color Conference.
The conference will be held from Mar. 9 to Mar. 11, celebrating the empowerment of minority women, and educating the public on the significance of uplifting, uniting and empowering women of color.
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Bill may ban smoking in cars with children
10:56 PM 3/8/2007 — Inspired by an experience in his local grocery store parking lot, Rep. Mike Boland, D-East Moline, has introduced a bill that would prohibit smokers from lighting up in their car if children under the age of eight are also riding in it.
"The windows on a car were rolled up, and an adult in the car was puffing away on a cigarette, and a cloud of smoke hanging in the air," Boland said.
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State budgets provide aid for community colleges
11:02 PM 3/8/2007 — Gov. Blagojevich's new budget proposal includes greater funding for higher education, with an increase in University funding, including funding for Lincoln Hall. It also increased funding for community colleges in the state, to the tune of $395.5 million for the Illinois Community College Board.
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Bush-visit protestors injured in Brazil
10:58 PM 3/8/2007 — SAO PAULO, Brazil - Police clashed Thursday with students, environmentalists and left-leaning Brazilians protesting a visit by President Bush and his push for an ethanol energy alliance with Latin America's largest nation.
Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Sao Paulo after more than 6,000 people held a largely peaceful march, sending hundreds of demonstrators fleeing and ducking into businesses to avoid the gas.
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