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May 5, 2000

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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


   

 

Survivors use art to relieve trauma of assault

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.