The Illinois Promise is the University's pledge to make college affordable for all of its students. It was instituted in 2005 and has since provided thousands...
By Hannah Preston, Interim editor-in-chief
• Aug 2, 2019
On Friday, Yingying Zhang’s family announced they have been told her remains may lie in a landfill in Vermilion County. They were given this lead on...
By Hannah Preston, Interim editor-in-chief
• Aug 1, 2019
After a financial aid scandal involving families from wealthy counties in Illinois giving up custody of their children to qualify for higher amounts of...
By Pari Apostolakos, Managing Editor for Reporting
• Jul 31, 2019
Families from the Chicagoland area have been taking advantage of a loophole to receive need-based scholarships and financial aid, ProPublica Illinois and...
It has now been just over a week since the jury could not unanimously decide what the punishment of the kidnapper and killer of visiting scholar Yingying...
At around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the jury asked the court what would happen if a unanimous decision can’t be reached. At around 2:35 p.m., the court was...
Kind, gentle, polite and well-behaved. These are all words used to describe Brendt Christensen, the accused kidnapper and killer of University visiting...
Testimonies from friends and family of convicted killer and kidnapper Brendt Christensen were followed up on Thursday with witnesses who knew Christensen...
By Hannah Preston, Interim editor-in-chief
• Jul 11, 2019
After he was found guilty of kidnapping and murdering University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang, the penalty phase in Brendt Christensen’s trial...
After a guilty verdict was reached about two weeks ago, members of the jury must now decide the punishment of Brendt Christensen for kidnapping and killing...
By Hannah Preston, Interim editor-in-chief
• Jul 6, 2019
The Champaign County Fair will begin next Friday, July 19, lasting until the following Saturday, July 27.
Featuring a variety of activities from musical...
