Other Campuses

University of South Florida
Speaker offers students history of the 'N-word'

Cornell University
Government examines research publications

University student in critical condition
A 19-year-old graduate student was listed in critical condition Sunday afternoon after being hit by a car early Sunday morning at the 100 block of East Green Street.

Wrestling with reality
Eight-year-old Aarron Cozad steadies himself on his family’s small brown dining table in Champaign. The professional wrestling fanatic clutches his ragged Elmo doll as he slowly bends his knees and eyes the couch shoved against the wall several feet away.

Familiar and exotic tossed into blender
Eight-year-old Aarron Cozad steadies himself on his family’s small brown dining table in Champaign. The professional wrestling fanatic clutches his ragged Elmo doll as he slowly bends his knees and eyes the couch shoved against the wall several feet away.

Mykonos closes doors
Once upon a time, in a tiny city called Champaign, on the corner of Fourth and Green streets, there existed a restaurant — nay, a campus hangout — called Mykonos.

Basketball players volunteer time
If anyone needed a hint as to who was reading to Izona Burgess’ fourth-graders Friday, he could hazard a guess after looking at the children’s clothing — all orange and blue — or at the dozens of basketball team posters everywhere.

Pikes plan to rebuild house
The approximately 100-year-old Pi Kappa Alpha house will be torn down in May 2004 and replaced with a newer, larger house, as long as the fraternity’s capital campaign goes according to plan.

Dialogue opens up community views
Attempting to build unity within the Champaign-Urbana community, people with Christian, Jewish and Muslim backgrounds participated in the community’s third interfaith dialogue Thursday at Carle Foundation, 210 E. University Ave., in Urbana.

Lecture: Information is key to fighting bio-terror
On Friday, Parkland College’s planetarium held a discussion on the wider implications of bio-terrorism, which is part of its ongoing World of Science Lectures.

First University Asian American symposium held
Featuring local and visiting scholars from across the country, the University’s Asian American Studies Program held its first symposium Friday and Saturday.

Race for presidency begins
Primary presidential elections won’t be held until spring 2004, but many Democratic candidates have already entered their names for election.

Latino or Hispanic: What's in a name?
Nationwide, there is an ongoing debate about whether Latinos prefer the term Latino or Hispanic.