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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
Illini 4000 members will bike through 13 states on their 4,519.1 mile journey starting May 23.

Illini 4000 prepares to bike across the country

By Brittney Nadler • April 29, 2015
Fighting more than fires

Fighting more than fires

By Brittney Nadler • April 1, 2015
Amrit Singh, sophomore in Engineering, presents Clean Connect, an app to connect cleaners and apartment residents, at one of the recurring SocialFuse events.

SocialFuse helps students turn ideas into reality

By Brittney Nadler • March 11, 2015
Photo courtesy of Beth Maynard

Local clergy joins campaign against police misuse of mugshots

By Brittney Nadler • February 24, 2015
New startup summarizes daily news for busy readers

New startup summarizes daily news for busy readers

By Brittney Nadler • February 14, 2015
Every instrument Nic Dillon purchases for resale goes through an extensive checklist of repairs. Two harmoniums sit on his work bench before he begins fine tuning and fixing.

Nic Dillon brings harmonium harmony to Midwest

By Brittney Nadler • February 5, 2015
Sitting at Rabin Square

Birthright: A trip of history, landmarks, beauty

By Brittney Nadler • January 17, 2015
Homeless services see increase in people during winter months

Homeless services see increase in people during winter months

By Brittney Nadler • December 10, 2014
Student-run nonprofit organizations find success on, off campus

Student-run nonprofit organizations find success on, off campus

By Brittney Nadler • December 3, 2014

Diffr app lets users message as friends or anonymously

By Brittney Nadler • November 17, 2014
Poverty simulation reveals struggles living paycheck to paycheck

Poverty simulation reveals struggles living paycheck to paycheck

By Brittney Nadler • November 12, 2014
“NaNoWriMo” challenges students to write a 50,000-word novel in a month

“NaNoWriMo” challenges students to write a 50,000-word novel in a month

By Brittney Nadler • November 6, 2014
Lauren Potter, actress on the television show "Glee," speaks about dealing with intellectual disabilities to students at Lincoln Hall Theater on Sunday.

Glee’s Lauren Potter lives her dream

By Brittney Nadler • October 27, 2014

“Red Zone” is most vulnerable time for sexual assault

By Brittney Nadler • October 22, 2014

National Acrobats from China to perform at Krannert

By Brittney Nadler • October 22, 2014

ROTC hosts second annual Hall of Fame induction

By Brittney Nadler • October 20, 2014
University students in FAA rehearse "Polaroid Stories" in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday.

‘Polaroid Stories’ mixes mythology with reality

By Brittney Nadler • October 2, 2014
A group gathering at The Independent Media Center

Books to Prisoners to ship more than 100,000 books by end of year

By Brittney Nadler • September 22, 2014

University professor Tami Bond named MacArthur Fellow

By Brittney Nadler • September 21, 2014
New study re-examines the 'just say no' tactic in drug refusal skills training for adolescents

New study re-examines the ‘just say no’ tactic in drug refusal skills training for adolescents

By Brittney Nadler • September 15, 2014
Abdoul Gassim Toure spent six weeks touring the country this summer through the Global Institute for Secondary Educators, one of three programs in the country. 

Champaign-Urbana provides a summer-time home for SUSI 2014 participants

By Brittney Nadler • September 10, 2014
The CU Pride Festival held its first clothing drive on Saturday to provide free clothes for attendees of all gender expressions.

CU Pride Festival puts on first clothing drive

By Brittney Nadler • September 8, 2014
Esma — great grandmother of Sebnem Ozkan, outreach coordinator at the European Union Center — was a Turkish woman who was forced to flee Greece with her five children.

Modern Greek Studies to screen ‘Twice a Stranger’ documentary

By Brittney Nadler • May 7, 2014
Federally mandated acts enforce greater University action in sexual assaults

Federally mandated acts enforce greater University action in sexual assaults

By Brittney Nadler • April 24, 2014
Reporting process, social stigma among reasons for underreporting of sexual assault

Reporting process, social stigma among reasons for underreporting of sexual assault

By Brittney Nadler • April 23, 2014
Sexual assaults vastly underreported on campus

Sexual assaults vastly underreported on campus

By Brittney Nadler • April 22, 2014
Police continue to combat fake and fraudulent ID usage

Police continue to combat fake and fraudulent ID usage

By Brittney Nadler • March 20, 2014

Police not worried about real St. Patrick’s Day

By Brittney Nadler • March 17, 2014

Bone marrow registry event to take place on Friday in support of a 2-year-old boy

By Brittney Nadler • March 13, 2014

Champaign County Jail offers digital visitation

By Brittney Nadler • March 13, 2014
An Unofficial reveler tries to keep warm while walking down Green St. on Unofficial on Friday, March 1, 2013.

UIPD prepares for Unofficial, hopes to see it end someday

By Brittney Nadler • February 26, 2014

University police review active threat procedures in wake of Purdue tragedy

By Brittney Nadler • February 20, 2014

Slick sidewalks send students to hospital; officers salt walkways for safety

By Brittney Nadler • February 12, 2014

New Media Commons studio opens, provides professional audio equipment

By Brittney Nadler • February 10, 2014

Criminal Identification Act revised, more felonies can be sealed and expunged

By Brittney Nadler • February 5, 2014

New University bike code to be enforced after spring break

By Brittney Nadler • January 22, 2014

Illinois restaurant owners faced with concealed carry decisions

By Brittney Nadler • January 16, 2014

Concealed carry coming to Illinois in January, though students unlikely to notice

By Brittney Nadler • December 12, 2013

Urbana police see increase in car burglaries

By Brittney Nadler • December 12, 2013

Driver of car resulting in fatal October accident pleads not guilty

By Brittney Nadler • December 6, 2013

Students should be aware of their surroundings, University police say

By Brittney Nadler • December 5, 2013

Family files lawsuit in police shooting of dog

By Brittney Nadler • November 20, 2013
Sergeant Jay Loschen of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 70 shows his participation in No Shave November on Friday for the purpose of raising cancer awareness, 

Lodge members partake in No Shave November

By Brittney Nadler • November 19, 2013

C-U combats arson, fewer cases in 2013

By Brittney Nadler • November 14, 2013

Champaign Fire Dept. to receive grant

By Brittney Nadler • November 14, 2013

Gallup poll shows majority of Americans support legalizing recreational marijuana

By Brittney Nadler • November 7, 2013

Half of young women in study victims of sexual coercion

By Brittney Nadler • November 6, 2013
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