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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

Laszlo Richard Toth

The official logo for the app Muppy, a moodle app for university students.

University student interns develop new Moodle app for campus use

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • May 7, 2020
A student uses the PAR computer lab on Tuesday.

Students face obstacles accessing online learning

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • April 29, 2020
The official logo of Proctorio

Students raise concerns over virtual proctoring

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • April 17, 2020
Task force assists in fight against coronavirus

Task force assists in fight against coronavirus

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • April 8, 2020
A student swipes into the Ikenberry Dining Hall as a student worker staffs the entrance on Monday.

Student workers lack certainty on jobs, payment

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • April 1, 2020
Dr. Cynthia Buckley explains her field work in Russia concerning the collapse of the Soviet Union on Friday. Buckley will present on Tatyana Zaslavskaya, a sociologist and economist she worked and studied under.

International Women’s Day festivity explores overlooked women

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • March 9, 2020
“La Victoria” by Oscar Martinez rests in the southwestern stairway of the Illini Union on Saturday. The mural’s restoration project just concluded after over three years of work.

Historic Latina mural revitalized

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • March 2, 2020
Members of the Black and Latino Summit pose with the graphic promoting the 2020 Summit on Saturday. A decade-long event, this year’s event was themed “Unearthing the Root — Cultivating a New World.”

Summit provides space for black, Latino men on campus

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • February 27, 2020
A model checks his pocket and walks down the runway at the Cotton Club Fashion Show hosted by the Central Black Student Union at the Student Dining and Residential Programs Building on Friday. Cotton Club Week, a series of events intended to showcase and celebrate black excellence, took place on campus last week.

Cotton Club Week showcases black excellence on campus

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • February 17, 2020
University Housing personnel receives anti-Semitism training

University Housing personnel receives anti-Semitism training

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • January 30, 2020
Matthew Myrick poses for a headshot. He has recently accepted the position of interim chief for the UIPD.

UIPD selects deputy as new interim chief

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • January 23, 2020
Kristin McMurray (right), associate registrar for Facility Management and Scheduling, talks about how final exams are scheduled with Terry Free (left), class scheduler at the Office of the Registrar.

University offers solutions for students with conflicting final exams

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • December 12, 2019
Students in a statistics class learn in a lecture at the Lincoln Hall Theater on Tuesday afternoon. Multiple advanced level statistics classes have been filled.

Students are frustrated over filled statistic classes

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • December 5, 2019
Illinois Student Government meets at the Illini Union on Oct. 30.

Illinois Student Government investigates member privacy breach

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • November 18, 2019
Students wait for the elevator at Oglesby Hall in FAR on Monday. Elevators in many campus residence halls have been malfunctioning, inconveniencing students since they use elevators on a daily basis.

Malfunctioning elevators pose problems to students

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Staff Writer • November 14, 2019
A Tesla Model 3 sits in a parking lot in Urbana. Researchers at the University are trying to improve the safety of self-driving cars.

Researchers look to increase safety in self-driving cars

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Contributing Writer • November 7, 2019
Nancy Torres, junior in Business, explores the capabilities of the virtual reality headset as she plays one of the interactive games on the computer in the Virtual Reality Lab at the Armory on Oct. 2. It is being debated whether VR technology assists in learning and should be implemented in classrooms.

Virtual reality remains inaccessible for students with disabilities

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Contributing Writer • October 31, 2019
The Illinois Student Government conducts a meeting on the second floor of the Illini Union on Sept. 8. The ISG voted Wednesday to send Resolution 3.29, “Condemning Ignorance of Racism and Equating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism,” to a committee.

ISG debates anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism distinction

By Laszlo Richard Toth, Contributing Writer • October 21, 2019