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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
Students participate in the second annual Dance Against AIDS on Febuary 19, 2005. The event was started by the McKinley Sexual Health Peer Educators to raise money for local HIV/AIDS prevention and education groups.

‘Dance Against AIDS’ event raises awareness of HIV/AIDS

By Hannah Hess • April 22, 2009
Lauren Robinson made it to the final nine in the auditions for the search of the next homecoming model on Saturday, April 11.

Nine students of 70 selected to be faces of homecoming

By Hannah Hess • April 14, 2009

Fire trucks dispatched to Engineering Quad on false alarm

By Hannah Hess • April 6, 2009

Illinois House considers authorizing bonds

By Hannah Hess • April 6, 2009
Suraj Nellikar (Right), a graduate student in engineering and a member of the Mithya performance group, practices the part of Obama on Monday evening at a rehearsal for a play which he and his group will be present on India Night.

India Night 2009: Bollywood comes to Foellinger

By Hannah Hess • April 1, 2009

Durbin: Urbana courthouse awarded over $1.3 million to renovate

By Hannah Hess • April 1, 2009

India Night 2009: Bollywood comes to Foellinger

By Hannah Hess • April 1, 2009

Giannoulias to reject contributions from corporate PACs and federal lobbyists

By Hannah Hess • March 30, 2009

No seats left for Illini basketball fans in Portland

By Hannah Hess • March 16, 2009
David Fullarton

Murder in the Illini Union: Whodunit?

By Hannah Hess • March 12, 2009

University awarded $2 million from stimulus package

By Hannah Hess • March 11, 2009

Campus establishments face liquor license suspensions following Unofficial crackdown

By Hannah Hess • March 11, 2009

Tow trucks towed more than 250 vehicles during Unofficial weekend

By Hannah Hess • March 11, 2009

T.I. concert will not be rescheduled: Refunds available Thursday

By Hannah Hess • March 11, 2009

Illini earn No. 2 seed in Big Ten Tournament

By Hannah Hess • March 9, 2009
Photos.com

IUB program makes students into teachers

By Hannah Hess • March 5, 2009

University standardizes E-bill due date

By Hannah Hess • March 4, 2009

RSO to rally Wednesday: Save Mumford House

By Hannah Hess • March 2, 2009

State Treasurer to appear on campus Wednesday

By Hannah Hess • March 2, 2009

Islam Awareness Week events on campus

By Hannah Hess • March 2, 2009

2008 student trustee candidate arrested

By Hannah Hess • March 2, 2009

GPS robberies put county police forces on high alert

By Hannah Hess • March 2, 2009

Gov. Quinn stresses importance of FOIA

By Hannah Hess • February 25, 2009

Johnson anticipates quick release of FutureGen funding

By Hannah Hess • February 25, 2009

Champaign Public Library retires bookmobile

By Hannah Hess • February 23, 2009

Secretary of State brings services to Union Wednesday

By Hannah Hess • February 23, 2009

Orange and blue ranked 20th in latest polls

By Hannah Hess • February 23, 2009

Owners say County Market will open tomorrow

By Hannah Hess • February 18, 2009

Grocer’s frozen aisle has more than pizza

By Hannah Hess • February 10, 2009

Urbana receives grant for over $4,000 to fund historic preservation

By Hannah Hess • February 9, 2009

JuicyCampus goes offline tomorrow

By Hannah Hess • February 4, 2009

Career fair turnout high despite economic downturn

By Hannah Hess • February 2, 2009

Pres. White to speak on WILL at 9 p.m.

By Hannah Hess • February 2, 2009

Champaign activates emergency snow routes

By Hannah Hess • January 28, 2009

Secretary of State brings services to Illini Union Wednesday

By Hannah Hess • January 26, 2009

First witness testifies in Blagojevich trial

By Hannah Hess • January 26, 2009

Woodfield Mall reopens after precautionary search

By Hannah Hess • January 26, 2009
Erica Magda

Out of sight, out of mind: the homeless experience

By Hannah Hess • January 22, 2009

Generous freshman’s ISR dorm room robbed

By Hannah Hess • January 21, 2009

Peanut butter scare causes Meijer recalls

By Hannah Hess • January 19, 2009

Illini Men’s Basketball ticket sales increase

By Hannah Hess • December 11, 2008

Holiday bazaar open in Illini Union

By Hannah Hess • December 4, 2008

First female White House Press Secretary speaks on campus tonight

By Hannah Hess • December 2, 2008

Victim of Champaign County car crash missed by alumna of sorority

By Hannah Hess • December 2, 2008

Man found Wednesday with toy gun undergoes mental evaluation

By Hannah Hess • November 20, 2008

Project closes portion of Gregory Drive

By Hannah Hess • November 20, 2008

University maintenance projects receive $26 million in deferred funding

By Hannah Hess • November 18, 2008

State Treasurer to auction $125,000 of unclaimed jewelry on eBay

By Hannah Hess • November 18, 2008

Veterans to protest against war Thursday

By Hannah Hess • November 11, 2008

Preparing your car for winter weather

By Hannah Hess • November 6, 2008

Suspected drug dealer arrested in Hopkins

By Hannah Hess • November 6, 2008
State House candidate Frank Calabrese, left, chats with Mark Mallon, right, senior in LAS. Mallon was campaigning for the Green Party while Calabrese was drumming up some last-minute support for his bid for the 103rd District. Brennan Caughron

Student activists attempt to reach voters on Quad

By Hannah Hess • November 4, 2008

UI Police: Second threat letter is just a rumor

By Hannah Hess • October 28, 2008

Local blogger featured in New York Times

By Hannah Hess • October 23, 2008

5K to benefit Children’s Miracle Network

By Hannah Hess • October 21, 2008

Champaign police search for bank robber

By Hannah Hess • October 16, 2008

Greek community returns house treasures under ‘Amnesty’

By Hannah Hess • October 9, 2008

Early morning shooting in Urbana under investigation

By Hannah Hess • October 9, 2008

Champaign councilman chooses not to seek reelection

By Hannah Hess • October 7, 2008

Thousands of dollars unaccounted in reported Craiglist scams

By Hannah Hess • October 2, 2008

Wednesday morning prayer service to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr

By Hannah Hess • September 30, 2008

Urbana Meijer cuts ribbon tomorrow

By Hannah Hess • September 30, 2008

‘Chicago’ coming to Assembly Hall

By Hannah Hess • September 30, 2008

Sections of Green, Neil, State closed

By Hannah Hess • September 25, 2008

Who will reign over Dad’s Weekend 2008?

By Hannah Hess • September 25, 2008

Professors’ union issues response to ethics memo

By Hannah Hess • September 25, 2008

Damage control continues after wet weekend

By Hannah Hess • September 16, 2008

UI professional societies benefit job seekers

By Hannah Hess • September 15, 2008

Early morning fall injures ARC construction worker

By Hannah Hess • September 11, 2008

Downtown, campus bars renovate for school year

By Hannah Hess • July 26, 2008

COLUMN: C-U has plenty of culture if you look

By Hannah Hess • May 4, 2008
U of I student Mike Gaffney stands in front of the titular wheel with Pat Sajak, host of Wheel of Fortune, during College Week. His episode airs Friday. Photo Courtesy of Carol Kaelson

Three Illinois students board Wheelmobile

By Hannah Hess • April 29, 2008

Latino Youth fair to give high schoolers taste of college life

By Hannah Hess • April 17, 2008
 

Workshop offers help to transitioning vets

By Hannah Hess • April 9, 2008
Tables sit arranged with silverware and flowers at Cafe Luna in Champaign. The restaurant will be moving to downtown Champaign, inside the former Illinois Central Railroad Station. Erica Magda

Cafe Luna to move to new location

By Hannah Hess • March 11, 2008
 

Interview with favorite local band ‘Santa’

By Hannah Hess • March 6, 2008

Local spring break dilemmas: solved!

By Hannah Hess • March 3, 2008
Ten Thousand Villages, located at 105 N. Walnut in downtown Champaign, offers products from Third World artisans and provides the artisans with a fair income for their goods. Erica Magda

Shop features fairly traded global goods

By Hannah Hess • February 28, 2008
Aziz Ander, a graduate student in advertising, performs at SPEAK Cafe on Thursday at Krannert Art Museum. The next open mic night will be on Thursday, March 13. Donald Eggert

SPEAK Cafe opens up microphone

By Hannah Hess • February 19, 2008
Marleen Hendrickx works on a Valen Chocolate in Champaign, Tuesday. The shop has been making its own gourmet chocolates and truffles for 27 years, starting in Danville. Erica Magda

Valentine’s Day flicks: Top movie picks for time when romance, love is in the air

By Hannah Hess • February 14, 2008
photo illustration by brad vest the daily illini Photo Illustration by Brad Vest

Mass movement to dump MySpace

By Hannah Hess • January 30, 2008
 

The day in the life of UI student working on Obama’s campaign trail

By Hannah Hess • January 24, 2008
Illinois music professor Ollie Watts Davis leads the Black Choir during practice at Krannert on Wednesday evening. Erica Magda

King’s message reaches community

By Hannah Hess • January 17, 2008

Children’s Holiday Shop has spirit of giving

By Hannah Hess • December 7, 2007
Ron Balfour, left, senior in LAS and treasurer of Club Kramerica, and Mike Green, senior in FAA and president of Club Kramerica, pose at the Illini Union on Nov. 12. The group is for fans of the TV series "Seinfeld." Erica Magda

Club Kramerica kicks off its own holiday season

By Hannah Hess • December 4, 2007

Asian Film Festival offers free look at foreign flicks

By Hannah Hess • November 8, 2007

Area schools cut Halloween fests from classrooms

By Hannah Hess • October 30, 2007
In this undated photo released Oct. 1 by Hiroshima University Institute for Amphibian Biology, a transparent frog successfully bred by a team of Japanese scientists at the institute in Higashi, Hiroshima is shown. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Transparent frogs may cut down on dissections in classes

By Hannah Hess • October 16, 2007

Keeping records limits hassle when tenants file complaints

By Hannah Hess • October 9, 2007

Open-air market sets up camp in Urbana

By Hannah Hess • September 27, 2007