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Trustees pass Global Campus Initiative
2:38 PM 3/14/2007 — URBANA- University of Illinois trustees voted Tuesday to create a virtual campus to give the state's higher-education flagship greater reach and a new source of revenue.
The go-ahead followed a unanimous vote, but came only after a lengthy debate and obvious unease among some board members.
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9/11 mastermind confesses in Guantanamo hearing, according to hearing transcripts
11:26 PM 3/14/2007 — WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon.
Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing, and training others for bombings ranging from the 1993 attack at the World Trade Center to the attempt by would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
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Board's vote supports end to Chief dance
11:39 AM 3/14/2007 — The University Board of Trustees ratified the Feb. 16 decision to retire the Chief Illiniwek tradition Tuesday morning, a move that is believed to be the final step in the elimination of the University's former symbol.
An amended version of the resolution proposing board ratification of Chairman Lawrence Eppley's decision to retire the tradition received only one "no" vote.
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Rise in student fees passed for Fall 2007
11:55 PM 3/13/2007 — The University of Illinois Board of Trustees met Tuesday to discuss an increase in student, health insurance and housing fees on campus. Also on the agenda was the appointment of a new dean in the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the founding of a new school within LAS and a proposed library technology fee.
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Destructive Urbana fire may have been intentional
4:39 PM 3/14/2007 — Fire officials and the Champaign County Sheriff's Department are investigating a fire that appeared to have been set intentionally Tuesday morning at an Urbana home.
The house, 2401 E. Elm St., suffered extensive damage but was unoccupied at the time because it was being renovated.
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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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ON-AIR: Board officially decides to retire Chief Illiniwek
2:58 AM 3/15/2007 — It's final. The Chief is gone.
The Board of trustees met yesterday morning to discuss whether the February 16th decision to rid Chief Illiniwek would hold.
The motion was carried with Trustee David V. Dorris as the only opposing member.
Trustee Robert Sperling says that although he's sad to see the chief go, he's ready to move on from the issue.
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Class plans barcrawl to raise awareness of sexual assault
12:06 AM 3/14/2007 — When a class and their teaching assistants decided they wanted to educate others about sexual assault while raising money for the cause, they came up with an untraditional way to reach their audience.
Kyle Mosley, senior in Communications and an Illini Media employee, is one of the teaching assistants of the class that planned the Sexual Assault Awareness Bar Crawl that will take place on Wednesday night.
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New Energy Act changes tax credits for purchasing hybrids
12:05 AM 3/14/2007 — While many people buy hybrid vehicles to save the environment, others are purchasing hybrids for more economical reasons. Hybrid electric vehicles have been a part of mainstream society for multiple years, but since the government passed the Energy Act of 2005, things have been changing for hybrid car owners.
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Council approves continued development of Research Park
12:04 AM 3/14/2007 — The Champaign City Council unanimously supported an annexation agreement Tuesday night allowing Fox Development Corp. to keep Phase IV of Research Park development on schedule.
Phase IV of the Research Park development consists of a hotel and conference center, child development center, amphitheater and retail center - facilities that Fox Development Corp.
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Adult adoption becomes more common
12:03 AM 3/14/2007 — CHICAGO - Linc Morris admits it took him awhile to get used to the idea of being adopted - which probably explains why he was 42 years old by the time it happened.
Morris' mother and father divorced when he was young, and he grew up with both parents and their new spouses, spending the bulk of his formative years with his mother and stepfather.
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Animal euthanasia on the decline
2:52 AM 3/15/2007 — Pet overpopulation is still an issue today.
About 8 to 12 million animals entered shelters nationwide in 2005, and among them about 5 to 9 million were euthanized. But within two years, euthanasia has dropped 12% in the Chicago area.
Ledy VanKavage is the senior director of legal training and legislation at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Green plates could be required for sex offenders in Wisconsin
4:13 PM 3/14/2007 — MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin child sex offenders would have to display distinctive bright green license plates on their cars under a proposed bill announced Monday.
The bill, drafted by State Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, Wisc., states that those convicted of first and second-degree child assault would be required to purchase bright green license plates for vehicles registered under their name.
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Top general regrets anti-homosexuality remarks
12:09 AM 3/14/2007 — WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's top general expressed regret Tuesday for voicing his personal view that homosexuality is immoral, but he did not apologize for the comment that drew criticism from lawmakers and gay-rights groups.
In a newspaper interview Monday, Marine Gen.
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Defective pumps installed after Katrina
12:01 AM 3/14/2007 — NEW ORLEANS - The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet President Bush's promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last year despite warnings from its own expert that the equipment would fail during a storm, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Illegal immigration, drugs on Bush agenda in Mexico
11:58 PM 3/13/2007 — MERIDA, Mexico - President Bush sought to soothe strained ties with Mexico on Tuesday by promising to prod Congress to overhaul tough U.S. immigration policies. But Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized U.S. plans for a 700-mile border fence and said Bush must do more to curb American drug appetites.
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