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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
The album cover of Rosalía’s ‘LUX.’ The album was released on Nov. 7.

Review | Rosalía’s ‘LUX’ illuminates space between classical pop, divinity

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Nov 11, 2025
Junior Kushal Kuthapalli attempts to throw his frisbee away during an Oct. 8 practice for the Illinois Rise ultimate frisbee team at the FAR Complex Fields.

Huck around and find out: Flying high with Illinois Rise

By Edgar Nava and Blake Noble • Oct 30, 2025
Dylan Holt performs as Doctor Frank-N-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Virginia Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 25. Holt and the rest of the shadow cast performed alongside the film projected on the screen, dancing through the aisles of enthusiastic audience members.

Let’s do the Time Warp again: ‘Rocky Horror’ invades Champaign

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Oct 27, 2025
Makes Me Wanna: Where art comes alive

Makes Me Wanna: Where art comes alive

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Oct 22, 2025
buzz weekly new music rundown

buzz weekly new music rundown

By Sonja Aghakhan, Edgar Nava and Elizabeth Bichkoff • Oct 12, 2025
Promotional image featuring main character Charlie Hunnam released for Netflix's Monster: The Ed Gein Story.

Review | Uncovering the mind of A ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Oct 9, 2025
Freebies, including sand art, barrettes and noisemakers, were offered to attendees at the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Siebel Center for Design Sunday. The Chinese American Association of Central Illinois presented the festival, celebrating Chinese culture and tradition at the University.

Mooncakes, culture, unity: UI’s Mid-Autumn Festival

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Oct 7, 2025
A year in melody: How the mind muses through seasons in sound

A year in melody: How the mind muses through seasons in sound

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Oct 4, 2025

Topokki to Dubai Chocolate: Trying every food stall at H Mart

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Sep 9, 2025
A contestant in the Most Performative Male Contest hands out flowers to the front row of the audience on Sept. 6, 2024.

Tote bags, matcha, feminism: A performative male contest

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Sep 7, 2025

Dorm sweet dorm: Figuring out student housing

By Edgar Nava and Sonja Aghakhan • May 8, 2025
Activism in action: La Colectiva makes unwavering impact

Activism in action: La Colectiva makes unwavering impact

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • May 4, 2025
Skeuomorphics club president Aaron Mukhopadhyay, a senior in LAS, shows off his inky hands after using the Skeuomorph Press on March 6. The club holds meetings at the Skeumorph Press in the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab.

Skeuomorph Press: The artistic haven reviving print media 

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Mar 14, 2025
Review | JENNIE’s ‘Ruby’ is crown jewel of versatility 

Review | JENNIE’s ‘Ruby’ is crown jewel of versatility 

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Mar 12, 2025
The fountain at Alice Campbell Alumni center is dyed orange for Homecomeing Kickoff on Oct. 8.

Best of CU ’25 | Best Fountain: Alice Campbell Alumni Center Fountain

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Mar 6, 2025
Urbana mayoral candidates Deshawn Williams (left) and Annie Adams (right) introduce themselves at the beginning of a forum at the University YMCA on Wednesday night. The two candidates have been appearing in front of the community often ahead of the February 25th vote.

Urbana mayoral candidates share visions on revitalizing city

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Feb 7, 2025
Review | TWICE introduces its ‘Strategy’ with new album

Review | TWICE introduces its ‘Strategy’ with new album

By Edgar Nava, Staff Writer • Dec 9, 2024
Gregory Bauer, co-principal investigator on Delta and DeltaAI, with Brett Bode, seputy project director of Delta and DeltaAI, in front of the Delta computing resource at the National Petascale Computing Facility on Nov. 21, 2024.

Where science meets sci-fi: Exploring UI’s renowned supercomputing power

By Michael Sweeney and Edgar Nava • Nov 26, 2024
North Korean defector siblings speak at Illini Union

North Korean defector siblings speak at Illini Union

By Edgar Nava, Contributing Writer • Nov 12, 2024
The Official album cover of aespa’s 5th Mini Album "Whiplash," released earlier this year.

Review | aespa are game changers with new ‘Whiplash’ era

By Edgar Nava, Contributing Writer • Oct 28, 2024