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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
Steam rises from the stack of the scrubber as the primary emission after the cleaning process at Brandon Shores, one of Constellation Energy's biggest coal-fired plants located outside Baltimore, Maryland, November 21, 2011. (Andre Chung/MCT)

[Photo] Bb Student app replaces Mobile Learn for Compass 2g

By Madeleine Hubbard, Staff Writer • November 16, 2016
Leroy Smith, right, helps evacuate Michele Bowers with Hank Schlindwein, back, in La Place, Louisiana, on Thursday, August 30, 2012, amid flooding from Tropical Storm Isaac. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

[Photo] Even miles away, Louisiana flooding affects campus community

August 31, 2016
An old Nintendo 64 video game was used by some of the Seward Montessori School students during Brock Dubbels class that uses video games as a learning tool, May 11, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Bruce Bisping/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] University alumnus turned YouTube sensation talks about his Internet fame

By Elyssa Kaufman, Staff writer • April 9, 2016
Ken Miguel exhales e-cigarette vapor at The Vape Bar in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2013. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group/MCT)

[Photo] Despite growing popularity, e-cigarettes not allowed on campus

By Fangyi Liu • April 5, 2016
Ken Miguel exhales e-cigarette vapor at The Vape Bar in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2013. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group/MCT)

[Photo] Despite growing popularity, e-cigarettes not allowed on campus

By Fangyi Liu • April 4, 2016
Arctic Monkeys lead vocalist Alex Turner performs during day one of the Outside Lands music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 8, 2014. The festival runs through Sunday. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group/MCT)

[Photo] Album Review: The Last Shadow Puppets preserve their suave image in 'Everything You’ve Come To Expect'

By Jake Valentine • April 4, 2016
Arctic Monkeys lead vocalist Alex Turner performs during day one of the Outside Lands music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 8, 2014. The festival runs through Sunday. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group/MCT)

[Photo] Album Review: The Last Shadow Puppets preserve their suave image in 'Everything You’ve Come To Expect'

By Jake Valentine • April 3, 2016
Tia Mowry, right, and sister Tamera Mowry attend the NBC Universal TCA 2011 Press Tour All-Star Party at the SLS Hotel, in Los Angeles, California, August 1, 2011. (Baxter/Abaca Press/MCT)

[Photo] "Sister, Sister" star Tia Mowry to speak on campus Thursday

By The Daily Illini Staff Report • March 29, 2016
University of South Carolina Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Miles Loadholt, left, and Board Secretary, Thomas Stepp, peform the hooding of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, before she delivered the commencement address to South Carolina graduates at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, Friday, May 6, 2011. (C. Aluka Berry/The State/MCT)

[Photo] Why politicians should strive to be like Sonia Sotomayor

By Shankari Sureshbabu • March 14, 2016
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith stretches during Bucs training camp at One Buc Place in Tampa, Fla., Monday, July 28, 2014. (James Borchuck/Tampa Bay Times/MCT)

[Photo] Lovie Smith hire changes everything for Illinois football

By Kevin McCarthy, Sports columnist • March 7, 2016
Lovie Smith, then the Chicago Bears' head coach during a game in 2010 against the New England Patriots. Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman announced Monday via Twitter that Smith has been picked to be the Illini's next head coach. (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Lovie Smith hired as Illinois football coach

By Michal Dwojak, Staff writer • March 7, 2016
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan (top) and Sonia Sotomayor (bottom) greets fellow guests during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (Mark Gail/MCT)

[Photo] Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to visit University Monday

By Daily Illini Staff Report • March 7, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama (right) watches as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 3, 2014. Obama urged Netanyahu to "seize the moment" to make peace, saying time is running out to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. (Pool photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Abaca Press/MCT)

[Photo] Peace negotiator encourages students to do something "bigger than themselves"

By Aaron Navarro • March 7, 2016
Blackhawks left wing Patrick Sharp (10) warms up before the start of Chicago's game against the Detroit Red Wings at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday, March 16, 2014. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] The 5 sports jerseys you'll see on Unofficial at Illinois

By Kevin McCarthy • March 2, 2016
Peace corps volunteers John and Sally Mincks spent 27 months in this house in Panama where they helped villagers build a community center and a park. (Handout/Fresno Bee/MCT)

[Photo] UI ranks on Peace Corps top colleges list

By Lauren Scafidi • March 2, 2016
Minnesota Gophers head coach Richard Pitino reacts during a college basketball game against the Michigan Wolverines at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2013. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] KRUSH EDITION: Nobody hates Minnesota, and that’s a bad sign for them

By Alex Roux • February 25, 2016
Julia Trigg Crawford has installed ground temperature monitors above the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline that crosses her family land in Direct, Texas. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

[Photo] Local electric bill issues resurface

By Aaron Navarro • February 11, 2016
Director of the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch III talks about the design of the bronze plated aluminum panels which will comprise the bronze and glass-panel façade, known as the Corona, during a tour of the museum construction site at 14th St. NW and Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 21, 2014. The Corona is a representation of traditional African architecture using modern materials and will visually define the museum. The Corona will hang from the top of the museum with no intermediate support on the side of building.

[Photo] Black History: A civil movement that never stops

By Abby Paeth, Staff Writer • February 9, 2016
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan (top) and Sonia Sotomayor (bottom) greets fellow guests during the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (Mark Gail/MCT)

[Photo] Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to visit campus

By Daily Illini Staff Report • February 3, 2016
Workers prepare the space shuttle Endeavour for its two–day trek to the California Science Center, Oct. 9, 2012. The orbiter has been stored in the United hangar at Los Angeles International Airport since its arrival. (Bryan Chan/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

[Photo] Next step for space travel should be support

By Courtney Boyer • January 31, 2016
Isabelle Martini, a junior, gets help on her assignment from her English teacher Ed Sandt, center, during class, November 19, 2012, in Montvale, New Jersey. Pascack Hills High School has been issuing students laptop computers in their classrooms for the past nine years. (Tariq Zehawi/The Record/MCT)

[Photo] New teaching tools introduced at tech showcase

By Vivienne Henning • January 21, 2016
Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler hands off to running back C.J. Anderson against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. The Broncos won, 27-3. (Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

[Photo] Fantasy Doctor: Band-aids for everyone

By Joey Figueroa • December 2, 2015
A member of child protection services carries an unharmed 6-month-old boy found at the scene of a triple homicide in a duplex in Rancho Cordova, California, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Sacramento County Sheriff's Department officials confirmed that three bodies were found, that of a woman, described as being in her 20s, and her two children -- a girl, 3, and a boy, 2 -- dead in one room. The 6-month-old boy was found crying but unharmed in another room. (Jose Luis Villegas/Sacramento Bee/MCT)

[Photo] Report urges major reforms in DCFS

By Jason Chun • December 2, 2015
President Woodrow Wilson, with top hat and speech in hand, delivers his second inaugural address at the U.S. Capitorl in Washington, D.C., March 5, 1917. (Library of Congress/MCT)

[Photo] Judging historical figures with a holistic view

By Ryan Harding • November 30, 2015
New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola breaks free from Baltimore Ravens strong safety James Ihedigbo following a reception during the first half of their game in Baltimore on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (Doug Kapustin/MCT)

[Photo] Fantasy Doctor: Priming for playoffs

By Joey Figueroa • November 17, 2015
Malala Yousafzai, who is a leading contender to win the Nobel Peace Prize, arrives for an appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. Yousafzai was shot in the head and neck in a 2012 assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen, but has refused to be silenced as an advocate for educating Pakistani girls. (Zelig Shaul/Ace Pictures/Zuma Press/MCT)

[Photo] Stop the media's undermining, manufactured catfights

By Kaanan Raja • November 5, 2015
Anthony Souffle tribune news service Paralympic Tatyana McFadden lifts her body weight during a recovery session after racing in the U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Championships, January 2014, at the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah. At right is teammate Beth Requist.

[Photo] Tatyana McFadden breaks NYC Marathon women's wheelchair course record

November 2, 2015
A 3-D printer at Westtown High School prints out parts for an artificial hand designed by Westtown engineering students for eight-year-old Steele Songle, April 18, 2014, in West Chester, Pa. (Ron Tarver/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

[Photo] Illinois Student Senate to fund 3-D printer for disability resources

By Lilly Mashayek • October 26, 2015
E. Jason Wambsgans tribune news service U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin celebrates his defeat of Republican challenger Jim Oberweis at his election night party at the Westin River North in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.

[Photo] Durbin, Franken propose open source textbooks act

By Charlotte Collins • October 9, 2015
Iowa players carried the Floyd of Rosedale trophy off the field following a 31-13 victory over Minnesota at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, Saturday, September 29, 2012. (Marlin Levison/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Illinois football looking to correct road troubles against Iowa

By Michal Dwojak, Staff writer • October 7, 2015
Rutgers coach Kyle Flood reacts during second-quarter action against Central Florida at Bright house Networks Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. UCF defeated Rutgers, 41-17. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

[Photo] The Big Ten’s nightmarish Rutgers problem

By Dan Escalona • September 22, 2015
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown (84) eludes Baltimore Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb (21) for the team's first conversion of the game during the first quarter on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

[Photo] Fantasy Doctor: Week one whirlwind

By Joey Figueroa • September 16, 2015
Michigan State's Connor Cook is tackled by Michigan's Delano Hill during first quarter action on Saturday, Oct. 25,2014 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 35-11. (Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press/MCT)

[Photo] Spartans defeat Ducks, increase chances of making College Football Playoff

By Dan Escalona • September 16, 2015
Nate Ruess of the band Fun performs during the Inaugural Ball on Monday, January 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. 

[Photo] Nate Ruess, lead singer of fun., to perform at Foelllinger

By Daily Illini Staff Report • September 15, 2015
USC head coach Lane Kiffin jogs off the field after losing, 62-51, to Oregon at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, November 3, 2012, in Los Angeles, California.

[Photo] Speculation on coaching candidates begins again

By Charlotte Carroll and Michal Dwojak, Staff writers • August 31, 2015
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