Daily Show segment features Chief Illiniwek, Campustown

By Staff Report
May 3, 2007

Last updated on May 12, 2016 at 11:44 a.m.

With the end of the year quickly approaching, the national spotlight has been cast once again on the University.

An episode of the “Daily Show” on Comedy Central Thursday featured a segment on Chief Illiniwek, the subject Daily Illini viewers have called the most important of the year in a current poll.

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The feature brought show correspondant Aasif Mandvi to campus to speak with LeAnne Howe, an associate professor of American Indian studies, Jack McMillan, a former Daily Illini columnist, and JP Korlec, a Chief supporter.

The episode will air again Thursday on Comedy Central, Insight channel 27, at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.