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Juicy Campus fuels rumors, hurt feelings
5:17 PM 2/13/2008 — For gossip lovers on campus, Juicycampus.com may become their new home page. However, for others, the Web site may bring feelings of embarrassment and anger.
The Juicy Campus Web site allows college students to anonymously post their thoughts about anything on multiple blogs.
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14-year-old to graduate high school
11:54 PM 2/12/2008 — When Kelsey Caetano-Anolles, a 14-year-old junior at Urbana High School, went to have her schedule changed two weeks ago, she was told she could graduate at the end of the current school year.
Caetano-Anolles said the decision was simple.
"I was already ready to graduate a semester early because I thought it was the earliest I could graduate," she said.
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New business facility being built
10:47 PM 2/12/2008 — Potential Business students touring the University campus are catching a glimpse of the construction on the Business Instructional Facility located on the corner of Fifth Street and Gregory Drive, which will be ready for the class of 2012 in the fall.
"When students come to campus to see the College of Business, a brand new building along with Wohlers Hall is going to be very attractive to the students," said Tina Howard, assistant dean of development for the College of Business.
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Comcast holds presss conference to answer customer questions
3:47 PM 2/13/2008 — Comcast officials held a press conference earlier today as a way of answering the questions that have emerged in recent months.
"Comcast is still talking with the Big Ten Network," said Rich Reggiero, vice president for communications. "In order for a deal to be reached, it has to be a good agreement for us as well as our customers.
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Activists planning campus women's center
10:41 PM 2/12/2008 — A group of 17 women and three men met Thursday evening to discuss the need for a campus women's center.
When a sign-in sheet was passed around, participants listed their contact information using a pen from the Women's Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Australian Parliament provides apology to indigenous people
10:49 PM 2/12/2008 — CANBERRA, Australia - Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in the Outback, giant TV screens went up in state capitals, and schools allowed students to watch the telecast of Australia's apology Wednesday for policies that degraded its indigenous people.
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Housing search difficult for UI students studying abroad
10:40 PM 2/12/2008 — Before students bid adieu to Champaign-Urbana for a semester abroad, they must search for a semester of campus housing so they don't return to find themselves living on the streets.
"(Finding housing for one semester) is very hard," said Esther Patt, coordinator of the tenant union program.
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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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Sorority women celebrate community
10:51 PM 2/12/2008 — Panhellenic Pride Week, a celebration of the University's sorority women and their services to the campus and surrounding community, started Monday with brightly colored T-shirts and an enthusiastic speaker at Foellinger Auditorium.
"Panhellenic Pride Week is a time for the women in the Panhellenic community to show their appreciation and support for sorority life," said Hillary Teter, junior in Education and Panhellenic vice president for service.
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Eighteen cars damaged, 10 people hurt in pile-up on California highway
10:52 PM 2/12/2008 — FRESNO, Calif. - Eighteen vehicles piled up in a chain-reaction accident in dense fog Tuesday, scattering mangled cars along a highway and sending 10 people to hospitals, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash, reported just before 8:20 a.m., temporarily shut down part of the southbound lanes of Highway 99 south of Fresno.
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City votes to remap districts more evenly
10:53 PM 2/12/2008 — The Champaign City Council voted Tuesday night on a redistricting map to go into effect this year.
The vote was split between two proposals out of the twelve that were originally presented. The chosen plan received six votes, the other received two, with Ken Pirok, Dist.
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Urbana explores sister-city possibility
12:30 AM 2/13/2008 — What do Urbana and the city of Zomba, Malawi have in common? Apparently a lot. Monday night, the Urbana City Council unanimously voted to begin exploring the formation of a sister city relationship with Zomba. Click on the icon hear The Daily Illini's Eric Steckling bring you more.
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Odds and ends: Cupid cab driver sets up New Yorkers on blind dates
8:38 PM 2/12/2008 — NEW YORK - Finding your better half this Valentine's Day could be as easy as hailing a taxi - especially if Ahmed Ibrahim is in the driver's seat. The 53-year-old cupid cab driver, as he refers to himself, has spent the past few years playing matchmaker to lonely New Yorkers, setting up more than 70 dates.
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Police report
8:31 PM 2/12/2008 — Champaign Sullivan-Parkhill Automotive, 440 W. Anthony Drive, reported burglary Feb. 5. According to a police report, an unknown thief broke a glass door to gain entry to the business. Once inside, the suspect stole a 50-inch plasma TV. No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
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