Editorial | BLM protests catalyze critical change
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
June 9, 2020
In 2016, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick shocked the nation by kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality. Sharp criticisms trailed. The usual suspects argued the spectacle was the wrong manner to protest, showed disrespect and was opportunistic. America refused to listen then....
Editorial | Diffusion of misinformation undermines COVID mitigation
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
April 30, 2020
Upon watching an apocalypse film, one might observe the same tropes. A natural disaster, some disease or an insurmountable evil suddenly hinders normal society. Although chaos unfolds, the main actors respond in similar manners. Imagine a disaster film where the protagonist couldn’t turn on the news to r...
Editorial | COVID crisis exhibits important environmental lessons
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
April 23, 2020
As a microscopic parasite, coronavirus has demonstrated its lethality and infectiousness through the climbing death toll. But for those fortunate enough to avoid contracting the microbe, it is parasitic in other ways. It infiltrates the lives of everyone and spoils schedules, prevents plans and dismant...
Editorial | Government must accommodate voters
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
April 16, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, among all other issues it has produced, raised the question to state governments around the country: “How will we hold our primaries?” Many states postponed their primary elections. The Democratic National Committee moved its convention to August. Some states have maintained the ...
Editorial | Coronavirus religious exemptions create public health hazard
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
April 9, 2020
As COVID-19 cases continue to augment across the country, around 95% of Americans are now under stay-at-home orders. This crackdown on social gathering didn’t happen overnight: it slowly rose as skeptical governors couldn’t deny the gravitas of the epidemic any longer. Since these orders have been ...
Editorial | Pandemic reveals administration’s lack of preparedness
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
April 2, 2020
Disease existed on this planet long before human beings. Although no one can ever predict when a certain contagion may spiral into a pandemic, it is among the less ridiculous ideas to have a contingency plan for when outbreak occurs. In government, the severity of the coronavirus panic has been po...
Editorial | The right mindset helps reduce ‘cabin fever’
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
March 26, 2020
In the days following the Illinois state government's decision to effectuate a state-wide “stay-home” order, secluded students and faculty worry that isolation may beget an insanity similar to that exhibited in The Shining. With fellow Illini quickly shipped home and locked indoors for the foreseeable ...
Protect those around you: Self-quarantine after break
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
March 12, 2020
Coronavirus has monopolized thoughts — and comedy — on campus the last couple of weeks. Memes featuring the virus, affectionately dubbed “corona,” have flooded social media feeds. Students make casual jokes about it as they walk to class. Classes become derailed as professors add their own hum...
Editorial | Vote ‘Yes’ to Media Fee
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
March 5, 2020
A tall coffee from Starbucks costs $1.85. Here at Illini Media Company, we are asking just the same from you: $1.85 a semester to help us continue to serve the University. The Illini Media Company consists of The Daily Illini, WPGU 107.1 FM and Illio Yearbook. When you want to stay up to date with news a...
Editorial | Stop appropriating celebrity grief
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
February 27, 2020
When a celebrity dies, the world collectively pauses. Social media becomes flooded with the news of how and where, and for a moment, nothing else seems to matter. It’s interesting to see who comes crawling out of the woodwork following such a calamity and how their narrative will be twisted to lessen th...
Editorial | Illini sports deserve equal recognition
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
February 20, 2020
Last weekend, the Illinois wheelchair basketball teams played at the ARC in what was the only home tournament of their season. The women’s team pulled away from the tournament having won all three of their games, and the men’s team achieved two out of three victories. These student-athletes w...
Editorial | It’s past time to cancel Valentine’s Day
By The Daily Illini Editorial Board
February 13, 2020
It’s the time of pink and flying chubby babies once more. Paper hearts adorn windows, pink streamers hang from ceilings and all the nice restaurants are booked. Jewelry, floral and chocolate sales have shot straight through the roof like one of Cupid’s arrows. Love is in the air … or is it? Va...
