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Champaign passes bar regulation
1:32 AM 4/16/2008 — The Champaign City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday night to pass an ordinance giving Mayor Gerald Schweighart the power to increase the entry age for University bars from 19 to 21 in "emergency" situations.
In order to enforce that power, the mayor must give Champaign bars 24 hours notice before implementing the age increase, meaning the act would be in anticipation of uncontrollable environments, not a reaction to them.
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Pledging to preserve Greek house
2:39 PM 4/16/2008 — Last May, Urbana resident Susan Frobish bought and began renovating an old Greek chapter house.
The former sorority member and sorority house mother said she had no intention of living in the house, but hoped to save it from being torn down.
According to the University's Archives Research Center, the house, located at 606 W.
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Joint committee discusses withheld funds
5:03 PM 4/16/2008 — Members of four Illinois Senate and House committees held a joint hearing in the state capital Wednesday to discuss Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to withhold funding from the University of Illinois Extension, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research.
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Assembly Hall costs remain indefinite
1:32 AM 4/16/2008 — $90 million.
This is what renovating Assembly Hall would have cost based on the 2002 plans, said Mike DeLorenzo, associate vice chancellor and director of auxiliary affairs. However, with the extensive work that must be done, the amount is not definite, he said.
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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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Search for local family goes nationwide
5:53 PM 4/16/2008 — Urbana police have joined with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the nationwide search for a missing family who were last seen at the Greyhound Bus terminal, 45 E University Ave., Champaign on Apr. 3.
Cayoya Williams, Nathaniel Brooks and Catoya's three children purchased tickets to California on thee morning of, but have not yet reached their destination or contacted acquaintances at their destination.
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Parents attack 'Bimbo' Internet role playing game
11:15 PM 4/15/2008 — "Miss Bimbo," an online game that encourages girls as young as nine to create an alter ego that will allow them to explore plastic surgery and extreme dieting in the search for the perfect "bimbo," was criticized by parents groups and health care experts last month.
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Extension Partners receives unexpeced budget cut for state
11:17 PM 4/15/2008 — After a recent announcement of possible funding and job cuts in the University Extension office, members of the Extension Partners group will travel to Springfield on Wednesday to speak with the General Assembly about the consequences of these budget cuts.
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War transition units aim to help wounded soldiers
1:13 AM 4/16/2008 — FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Command Sgt. Maj. David Allard used to break down Army troops to prepare them for the rigors of the infantry. But after suffering a brain injury in Iraq, he got a new assignment: helping rebuild wounded soldiers so they could return to duty.
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Senior survey shows plans for graduating students
11:23 PM 4/15/2008 — As the commencement countdown narrows to four weeks for graduating seniors, many are still ironing out their post-college plans, while others acquired full-time work months ago.
The 2007 Chancellor's Senior Survey was administered in March of last year to the 4,961 seniors on the May 2007 graduation list.
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Odds and Ends: Man proposes to girlfriend by reprogramming game
11:01 PM 4/15/2008 — JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.
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Police report
5:14 PM 4/16/2008 — Champaign All About Eyes, 507 W. Town Center Blvd., reported theft Monday afternoon. According to a police report, unknown thieves entered the business and stole several pairs of designer eyeglass frames over a four-day period. No arrests had been made at the time of the report.
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