UI looks into new arena
University officials will seek student and community input next semester on the idea of building a new basketball stadium, delaying a proposal that would transfer control of Assembly Hall to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics (DIA) to win renovation funding.
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Record Service will close doors
The music is fading for a long-standing Campustown business that started in the Illini Union 34 years ago.
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College living is easy; home investing more of a challenge
Residence halls, apartments, Greek houses — for the most part college living is easy. But what happens when students leave the comfort of the University bubble and enter the real world to find a place to live? There is no need for worry. The home investing process is nothing to fear.
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Students make final preparations
Most students might not typically see studying for finals as a fun thing to do, however, those who are sick of all the usual study places may want to try something different.
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Local briefs: College students get to rate college
College students and graduates can weigh in on various topics involving their campuses on the new rateyourcampus.com Web site. The questions cover issues about campus life ranging from whether the professors are interesting to where the best places to party are.
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Civil rights attorney brings crowd to Foellinger
A crowd of about 300 people gathered at Foellinger Auditorium Tuesday night to hear civil rights activist and attorney Morris Dees — the man whose historic law suits have helped bankrupt white supremacists groups like the Ku Klu Klan and Aryan Nation.
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More study abroad needed for global understanding
The Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad recently released a report stating that Americans’ lack of knowledge of the world represents a “national liability” in the war on terrorism. The report by the task force, which is part of an association of international educators, argued that a national scholarship program is needed in order to overcome America’s ethnocentrism.
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Stained glass in six
Eight women and one man surrounded a ninth as she valiantly tried to saw through the piece of metal in front of her, teasing her about getting it right. She twisted and turned, pushing at the tool, and with a final heave of her shoulders, she held up the finished piece of zinc frame.
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