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The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

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The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

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Diana Anghel

Diana Anghel, Editor-In-Chief

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Content by Diana Anghel
Farewell to 2021: New leadership ahead

Farewell to 2021: New leadership ahead

January 3, 2022
Daily Illini Editor-in-Chief Diana Anghel passes an edited Graduation Guide page to Managing Editor for Reporting Heather Robinson on Saturday in the basement of the University YMCA. The Daily Illini teaches young journalists about these values before diving head-first into the “real” journalistic world, Anghel writes. It gives them an opportunity to shape into the best version of themselves fit to serve a society.

Editorial | Why student journalism matters

April 25, 2021
The 6.7% welcomes you

The 6.7% welcomes you

April 25, 2021
The DI joins College Media Madness fundraiser

The DI joins College Media Madness fundraiser

March 18, 2021
Weathering the storm: New staff takes over

Weathering the storm: New staff takes over

March 15, 2021
A University testing site worker passes a COVID-19 test tube to a student at the State Farm Center testing site on Oct. 8.

UI projects $270 million in COVID-19 costs in FY 2021

November 16, 2020
Students socialize at the Red Lion bar on Aug. 21. Sixty-three students are currently on probation for violating COVID-19 guidelines. Students in photo are not necessarily involved with probation.

63 UI students on probation, 15 dismissed for COVID-19 violations

September 30, 2020
Martin Burke, professor in LAS and member of the University’s SHIELD team, poses for a professional headshot. Burke was encouraged by last week’s results for on-campus COVID-19 tests, which yielded far fewer new cases than weeks previous.

Daily Illini exclusive: SHIELD team leader talks testing, new case decline

September 21, 2020
The homepage of the Big Ten Voting Challenge explains the event. Big Ten schools compete against each other to see which college can turn out the most votes and which can achieve the greatest increase in voting rates.

Big Ten promotes student voter initiative

September 1, 2020
Students wait in line outside of a University coronavirus testing site. Most of the University’s testing locations were closed the weekend of move-in and lines spilled into the next week.

Students experience long testing lines

August 31, 2020
A Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus traveling the 120W Teal route makes its way down White Street on Sunday. While traveling northbound on Fifth Street in Champaign, an MTD bus was caught in gunfire on Sunday.

MTD bus struck by gunfire

August 27, 2020
The 130N Silver stops at the Illini Union on Sunday. MTD implemented multiple adjustments in response to COVID-19.

Fall semester brings service reductions, fresh look for MTD

August 24, 2020
Students step onto a MTD bus at the Illinois terminal on Oct. 20, 2019.

MTD reduces scheduled service

August 18, 2020
Dont dismiss importance of staying organized

Don’t dismiss importance of staying organized

August 5, 2020
Students and their dads tailgate outside of Memorial Stadium before the game against Minnesota on Nov. 3, 2018 during Dads Weekend.

Campus slang brings sense of community, uniformity

July 31, 2020
Students lay in the grass near the Grainger Engineering Library on March 1, 2019.

Anti-racism task force creates plan for Grainger College of Engineering

July 10, 2020
Alice Cary. the newly appointed Illinois Chief of Police, poses for a portrait.

University hires new chief of police

July 7, 2020
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sep. 23 2016. A 17-year-old male was killed after a shooting in Champaign on Thursday night.

Champaign Police Department investigates two overnight shootings

June 14, 2020
Several dollar bills lay in a pile.

Students raise concern over financial aid changes

June 12, 2020
The landing page for the Illinois White Student Union Facebook group features photos of Alma Mater and the quad. The page is not affiliated with the University of Illinois.

Illinois White Student Union Facebook Page Resurfaces

June 4, 2020

Local community joins Urbana City Council meeting to address police brutality

June 1, 2020
UI fund covers tuition increase for new students

UI fund covers tuition increase for new students

May 1, 2020
Students increase social media use over stay-at-home order

Students increase social media use over stay-at-home order

April 16, 2020
Students climb aboard an MTD bus at the Union bus stop on Feb. 23, 2018.

University adjusts Student Service, Campus Transportation fees

April 10, 2020
University offers online counseling to students

University offers online counseling to students

April 2, 2020
The first working prototype of the RapidVent is featured in a video on the Illinois RapidVent teams website.

Grainger, Carle Health design emergency ventilator

March 30, 2020
Travel bans, restrictions restrain students break plans

Travel bans, restrictions restrain students’ break plans

March 26, 2020
Rey Guzman hangs a sign at the Emporium bar in the West Loop on March 15, 2020, soon after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced all bars and restaurants would be closed to dine-in customers beginning March 16.

Pritzker holds press conference on COVID-19 updates

March 16, 2020
Speech First files lawsuit against University

Speech First files lawsuit against University

March 12, 2020
Illinois Fair Maps Amendment gets support of state organizations

Illinois Fair Maps Amendment gets support of state organizations

March 9, 2020
Students raise their fists in protest of Kam’s on Thursday night. Kam’s workers did not interact with the student protesters.

Student activists protest in front of KAM’s

February 24, 2020
A man streams Metallica’s performance on Facebook Live on March 11 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The privacy of users’ data has been of growing concern, prompting Facebook to settle a lawsuit regarding its automated face-tagging system.

Facebook to pay Illinois $550 million to settle privacy lawsuit

Concerns over data collection continue to grow
February 20, 2020
University offers “soft-landings” to Indian start-ups

University offers “soft-landings” to Indian start-ups

Businesses offered “soft-landings” in effort to expand US presence
February 10, 2020
Police officers confront a group celebrating Unofficial at Green and Third streets on March 1, 2019.

Emergency order for Unofficial filed by Urbana, Champaign mayors

February 7, 2020
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act gives rise to protests

India’s Citizenship Amendment Act gives rise to protests

February 6, 2020
Magician Giancarlo Bemini performs a trick with an audience member’s friend through the phone during his performance in Lincoln Hall Thursday. The Scholar Support Programs organize similar events each month to give scholars new experiences.

Magician Giancarlo Bernini enchants student scholars

January 27, 2020
CU 1-to-1 celebrates National Mentoring Month

CU 1-to-1 celebrates National Mentoring Month

January 23, 2020
Alma Mater stands on the corner of Wright and Green streets. The University ranks first for international students as a public school and fifth on the national level.

Illinois ranks No. 1 public school for international students

January 23, 2020
The sign for Champaign County Jail stands on South Lierman Avenue in Urbana on Nov. 24. The downtown facility building is facing more severe deterioration, but both jails in Champaign County are said to be lacking in rehabilitative programs and recreational spaces.

Champaign County jail inmates endure detrimental conditions

December 2, 2019
Champaign County Board votes on cannabis-based businesses

Champaign County Board votes on cannabis-based businesses

November 21, 2019
University requires journalists to release information on sexual assault sources

University requires journalists to release information on sexual assault sources

November 14, 2019
The Freedom of Speech plaque stands outside Gregory Hall on March 27. Deadspin, a sports news website created by a University alumnus, lost its entire editorial staff last week following a proposal to stick to only sports content.

Entire staff of UI alumnus’ sports news website Deadspin resigns

November 11, 2019
Printed tweets with messages and distinct script images made with a printer connected to Twitter in a dorm room at Carr Hall on Oct. 31. Two University students created this printer out of curiosity and desire for a challenge.

Students build Twitter-connected printer

November 7, 2019
New bus company on campus strives to be “Bestway”

New bus company on campus strives to be “Bestway”

October 31, 2019
Installation by Naomi Bebo in Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape at Krannert Art Museum on Tuesday. The exhibit highlights the damage imposed on indigenous lands by the nuclear power industry.

Krannert exhibit raises awareness of nuclear industry

October 24, 2019
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