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State, UI discuss foreign enrollment
12:44 AM 4/14/2008 — After the recent announcement from the Institute of International Education of the University's No. 1 rank among public schools for international student enrollment, the idea of creating a cap on the number of admitted international students came to the attention of the Senate's Higher Education Committee.
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Student org. seeks to permit guns at Illinois
3:15 AM 4/14/2008 — The day after last April's shootings at Virginia Tech, some students at the University of North Texas decided the time had come to rethink gun policy on college campuses.
The organization they formed, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), wants states to allow students with concealed gun permits to bring their firearms to campus.
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Scott Park renovation scheduled
8:22 PM 5/5/2008 — Drainage problems in the Second Street reach of Boneyard Creek, located in Scott Park, have led to an improvement project that will commence at the start of summer, which is earlier than originally planned.
The Champaign City Council decided to accelerate the project to begin this summer due to the city's policy to close major streets only during the summer or University breaks.
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Police continue to investigate fatal car accident
12:39 AM 4/14/2008 — After hitting several trees at a high rate of speed around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, William Brown, 28, of Springfield, Ill., was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital about a half-hour later. There were two other passengers injured in the crash, one in "serious" condition, according to a press release from the Champaign Police Department.
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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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University to host women's conference
5:49 PM 4/14/2008 — The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will serve as the home to the 2008 Biennial Conference for Woman, the longest running women's conference in the United States.
The two-day event will run May 7 and 8 and feature four keynote speakers in addition to lectures by guest speakers a business expo.
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Teens protest against Iraq war
12:49 AM 4/14/2008 — Students taking their moms on a tour of campus Saturday got an earful as they walked past the intersection of Green and Wright streets.
More than 20 antiwar protesters stood on the four corners of the intersection shouting antiwar slogans before lying down in the middle of the street and staging a "die-in" protest whenever the traffic lights turned red.
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County to host recycling day
12:52 AM 4/14/2008 — Champaign County residents looking to get rid of an old computer, television or other electronic device can help the environment and tidy up their homes by bringing their old materials to a countywide recycling event Saturday, April 19. The Champaign County computer and electronics recycling event will take place at the Materials Recycling Facility, 10 E.
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National security adviser: 'quiet diplomacy' preferable to boycott
12:54 AM 4/14/2008 — WASHINGTON - It would be a "cop-out" for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting China's crackdown in Tibet, President Bush's national security adviser said Sunday.
The kind of "quiet diplomacy" that the U.S.
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Odds and Ends: eBay puts 'Wayne's World' landmark up for auction
9:45 PM 4/13/2008 — BERWYN, Ill. - A towering sculpture of eight cars made famous in the movie "Wayne's World" is up for sale on eBay. Bids open at $50,000. The suburban Chicago landmark is named the Spindle and features cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s skewered on a metal spike.
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Police report
9:38 PM 4/13/2008 — Champaign A 49-year-old woman reported residential burglary at the 2700 block of Lawndale Drive on Wednesday afternoon. According to a police report, an 18-year-old male suspect entered her residence to use the bathroom, and after he left, the victim discovered an electronic game missing.
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