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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 debate graduating in more than four years

Students debate graduating in more than four years

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 22, 2009

Students graduating early due to credits, financial situations

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 22, 2009

Advisory Committee works to diversify county’s juries

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 21, 2009
Students and community members walk down Green Street in Urbana during the start of a Hug-In on Friday, April 17, 2009. The group gave out free hugs, cookies and balloons as part of an event coinciding with National Day of Silence.

Hug-in surprises some students

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 20, 2009

Hug-in surprises some students

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 20, 2009
Wesley Fane The Daily Illini Steven Velasquez, junior in AHS, stands at the location where he was attacked last year on Green Street in Champaign, on Thursday, April 16, 2009. Velasquez believes that the attack, which happened as he was coming home from a bar in 2008, was because of his sexual orientation.

Students spread message of hugs, not hate, on Green Street

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 17, 2009
Monique Settles, center, a driver for the campus Waste Management program, watches with a co-worker as her truck of recycled paper is unloaded at the Material Recovery Facility on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

UI reduces, reuses, recycles its way to Earth Day

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 15, 2009
On Wednesday morning, at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, Members of the Jewish community watch as Max Dayan, left, a sophomore in LAS, burns the chametz (leavened bread) which can not be consumed during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Jewish students begin celebration of Passover

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 9, 2009

Campus units receive funding for global studies programs

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 9, 2009
Students taste wine in Introduction to Wine Science, FSHN 304. Photo Courtesy of Bradley Beam.

Wine tasting, ice skating: spots in popular classes go fast

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 6, 2009

Student competition raises awareness of First Amendment on campus

By Mary Beth Versaci • April 2, 2009

New committee will work to diversify county’s juries

By Mary Beth Versaci • March 31, 2009
Ben Gabrek, freshmen in Business, talks on the phone while his parents collect his possessions at the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House at Fourth and John on Sunday, March 29th, 2009. The building caught on fire on Tuesday, March 24 due to fallen lighting in the attic.

Fraternity members find new homes after fire

By Mary Beth Versaci • March 30, 2009

Economy affects prepaid tuition plans

By Mary Beth Versaci • March 19, 2009
Miriam Faux on piano accordion, Jerome Colburn on penny whistle, and Shane Rhoades on banjo plays as Emerald Rum, an Irish folk band, at The Blind Pig on Sunday. The band will play on Tuesday at the Embassy Tavern in Urbana at 7:30 p.m.

Community celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

By Mary Beth Versaci • March 17, 2009

MTD referendum question declared “not certified”

By Mary Beth Versaci • March 13, 2009

McIntosh chooses not to run for re-election

By Mary Beth Versaci • October 2, 2008

Universities study Ph.D. dropout rates

By Mary Beth Versaci • September 23, 2008