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Emergency system ready for use
11:21 PM 10/17/2007 — The Emergency Text Message Notification System is fully operational as of Wednesday. Although tests are still being done on the number of messages that can be sent at a given time, the system is ready for use.
When activated, the system will go though each student and staff member according to University identification number and send a message to all outlets specified by the recipient.
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Three Wrigley gums certified as beneficial
8:48 AM 10/18/2007 — Chewing a piece of gum after each meal might have more benefits than just fighting bad breath.
The American Dental Association recently put its seal of acceptance on three types of sugar-free gums made by Wrigley - Orbit, Extra and Eclipse - the first and only gums in the United States approved by the ADA to help maintain good oral health.
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Local schools respond to moment of silence
11:19 PM 10/17/2007 — The Illinois House voted 74 to 37 to override Gov. Rod Blagojevich's veto of a bill that requires Illinois public schools to observe a moment of silence at the start of every school day. Champaign and Urbana administrators, teachers and students had mixed reactions to the decision.
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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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Student senate discusses stereotype party fallout
10:38 PM 10/17/2007 — The Illinois Student Senate spent the majority of Wednesday night's meeting discussing a resolution written in response to a stereotype party that took place several weeks ago. This resolution calls this event detrimental to the mission of the University and declares that the senate will aid the vice chancellor of student affairs, cultural houses and various multicultural organizations in facilitating discussion about it.
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Bush honors Dalai Lama with congressional medal
11:11 PM 10/17/2007 — WASHINGTON - President Bush, raising Beijing's ire, presented the Dalai Lama on Wednesday with the U.S. Congress' highest civilian honor and urged Chinese leaders to welcome the monk to Beijing. The exiled spiritual head of Tibet's Buddhists by his side, Bush praised a man he called a "universal symbol of peace and tolerance, a shepherd of the faithful and a keeper of the flame for his people.
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Children learn Latino culture through stories
10:40 PM 10/17/2007 — The substantial growth of the Latino population in the United States in recent years has provided added cultural significance to programs such as Spanish Story Time at the Urbana Free Library that offer exposure to the Spanish language and Latin American cultures.
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Illinois lawmakers want students to be quiet
5:42 PM 10/17/2007 — A new law is bringing changes to Illinois students' school day. Terrell Star reports.
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Ill. waterways cleaner, still not all swimmable 35 years later
11:17 PM 10/17/2007 — CHICAGO - When Tom Linblade began canoeing the Fox River in Chicago's western suburbs decades ago, he knew what to expect come midsummer. When the weather was hot and the water slow, the river would turn pea-soup green and smell "pretty nasty."
Today, Linblade, 64, of Rockford, still paddles the Fox River about two or three times a year and has seen a "tremendous change" for the better in the water quality.
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Blinding Calif. sandstorms cause highway wrecks, killing at least 4 people
2:55 PM 10/18/2007 — LANCASTER, Calif. - Wind advisories were extended Wednesday following blinding sandstorms that helped trigger several car pileups north of Los Angeles that killed at least four people and injured dozens of others, authorities said.
The sandstorms struck Tuesday as wind gusted to 55 mph in the arid high desert .
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