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Gunman
suspect a former student

A
man who police believe was a gunman in last week's Malibu Bay
Lounge shooting is a former University student, The Daily Illini
has learned.
Donnell Digby, 20, was a student until February of 1999, according
to the University's online directory. Digby had freshman standing
in the college of LAS when he left the University, said University
spokesman Bill Murphy.
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History department
first to back GEO
The
University's history department passed a resolution endorsing
the Graduate Employees Organization on Wednesday with the
hope that University administrators and graduate employees
will find a solution to the GEO's eight-year battle for
union recognition.
About 30 history faculty members unanimously passed the
resolution, said department chair James Barrett. The resolution
asks the administration to bargain with the GEO.
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Fashion
show focuses on eclectic style
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Survivors
use art to relieve trauma of assault
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The
University's Counseling Center held the opening reception
of the Ninth Annual Healing Works art display on Friday
at the McKinley Foundation. The exhibition displayed a
variety of works - paintings, sculptures, drawings, dolls
and poetry - created by survivors of sexual assault and
abuse.
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Discussion
of date rape, drugs focuses on progress
Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan met with officials,
educators and rape counselors Friday morning to discuss
the progress being made with the problem of date rape
and date-rape drugs on college campuses.
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