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The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
Food collector Andy Sofranko, left, watches Newman Hall cook Jermaine Cooper, right, prepare food for the St. Jude Soup Kitchen in Champaign on Tuesday, April 14.

Residences aim to reduce food waste

By April Dahlquist • April 15, 2009

Group turns cans into solar power for families

By April Dahlquist • April 2, 2009
Members of the Green Energy Team pose for a photo with a Solar Energy Heater. The Green Energy Team is making Solar Energy Heaters out of aluminum cans for use by underprivileged families.

Nonprofit organization turns soda cans into solar power

By April Dahlquist • March 31, 2009
Denise Hibbard, Miss Champaign-Urbana 2009, receives a donation for the Make-A-Wish Foundation from another student. Students who donated received a complimentary banana.

Competing for a cause

By April Dahlquist • March 19, 2009
Engineering a solution

Engineering a solution

By April Dahlquist • February 19, 2009
Brendan Shea, junior in AHS, and Jessica Follenweider, sophomore in AHS, sit in New Life Tattoos on Green Street before Follenweider got a piercing on Monday. Erica Magda

Tattoo artist ‘Lunchbox’ tells his story

By April Dahlquist • February 18, 2009
Erica Magda

American Indians involved around the world in ‘Choctalking’

By April Dahlquist • January 30, 2009
Courtesy photo

Former UI filmmaker hopes to strike it big

By April Dahlquist • November 19, 2008
Kristen Duffy sits on the porch of her house with Porkchop, a 5-year-old American Boxer, Monday afternoon. Duffy, a 2002 graduate of the College of Business, recently opened a pet day care service out of her home. Fetch! Pet Care provides services to pets Erica Magda

New pet care company ‘has your tail covered’

By April Dahlquist • November 4, 2008
Jacob Nachsin, junior in LAS, performs a "five-club cascade" juggling trick on the Quad on Tuesday. Nachsin, treasurer for the Illini Juggling Club, began regularly performing tricks on the Quad his freshman year. Erica Magda

Nice weather provides procrastination opportunity for juggler

By April Dahlquist • October 23, 2008

Book banning week is a celebration of rights

By April Dahlquist • October 1, 2008
Alpha Phi volunteers attended the Go Red for Women event to help spread awareness of the increased risk of heat disease in women. Photo courtesy of Ben Goold

Illini Heartbeats promotes heart health

By April Dahlquist • September 23, 2008
Phil Bollinger and Chris Forrest, both Parkland College students, teach a child from Generations of Hope how to ride a bull. Generations of Hope supports families adopting children from foster care. Photo courtesy of Cody Skees

Rodeo Club tackles bull riding, stereotypes

By April Dahlquist • September 16, 2008
Illustration courtesy Lauren Millner

Actor’s group removes mental illness stigma

By April Dahlquist • September 10, 2008
Members of the Illini 4000 ride down Lincoln Avenue on their way into the Alumni Center in June 2008. The group successfully rode across the country in 2007 and is recruiting new members for a 2009 ride Erica Magda

Across the country in 72 days

By April Dahlquist • September 2, 2008

72 of cycling, working for a cure

By April Dahlquist • August 22, 2008

University funding cuts hinder Illinites, number of events offered

By April Dahlquist • July 26, 2008

“Canvas” tackles issues of mental illness at Ebertfest

By April Dahlquist • April 25, 2008
 

Murals in Iraq painted with pride

By April Dahlquist • April 16, 2008

High school students set to take on ‘Rent’

By April Dahlquist • April 10, 2008
Sara Schepis, a graduate in Library & Information Science, has never had her hair cut in her life. "When I was young, my mom just really liked long hair," Schepis said. "I continued growing it because I love it long." Erica Magda

Student spends lifetime growing her long locks

By April Dahlquist • April 3, 2008

Scams a threat to students on spring break

By April Dahlquist • March 14, 2008

All Campus Worship connects Christians

By April Dahlquist • March 4, 2008