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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
Erica Magda

Student’s web site offers studying tools

By Phil Collins • December 9, 2008
Courtesy photo

Nine teams produce videos in 49 hours

By Phil Collins • November 13, 2008
Erica Magda

A troupe of youthful rogues plays pantomimes, pratfalls

By Phil Collins • October 30, 2008
 

Students pick favorite beer, chili at festival

By Phil Collins • September 30, 2008
Photo Courtesy of Animate Objects

Staff picks for Pygmalion Music Fest

By Phil Collins • September 17, 2008
Roy Ewing of Urbana flips through records while working at the Parasol Records store in Urbana on Monday. Ewing will be performing with his band alongside dozens of musicians at the Pygmalion Music Festival Erica Magda

Pygmalion music festival announces lineup

By Phil Collins • September 9, 2008
 

‘The Transient’ portrays Lincoln in a darker light

By Phil Collins • September 4, 2008

Urbana enjoys a kernel of entertainment

By Phil Collins • August 25, 2008

COLUMN: Scratching a music itch

By Phil Collins • May 4, 2008

COLUMN: Real world can wait one more semester to stay on campus

By Phil Collins • April 30, 2008

B.J. Novak performs at the Illini Union

By Phil Collins • April 25, 2008

Familiar setting makes Ebertfest film easier to shoot

By Phil Collins • April 25, 2008
DJ Bozak of Champaign demonstrates how to scratch at Boltini Lounge in downtown Champaign on Monday. Erica Magda

Local DJ teaches scratching basics

By Phil Collins • April 23, 2008
Kimya Dawson poses in this photo provided by K Records. Dawson, is featured prominantly on the soundtrack for the breakout film "Juno." Photo courtesy of Rhett Nelson of K. Records

Kimya Dawson to perform in Urbana

By Phil Collins • April 10, 2008
Ryan Groff performs at Cowboy Monkey, 6 E. Taylor Street, Champaign, Saturday night. This marked the first time Cowboy Monkey held live music since late last year. Ned Mulka

Cowboy Monkey welcomes live music

By Phil Collins • April 2, 2008
Photo Illustration by Aaron Facemire

Schoology Web site pays students to upload lecture notes

By Phil Collins • March 25, 2008

Chicago music scene heats up during break

By Phil Collins • March 7, 2008

Column: Features editor reflects on semester

By Phil Collins • December 11, 2007

Don’t fret your final exam prep, the tests could be much worse

By Phil Collins • December 10, 2007
 

Blog: Evanescence brings Assembly Hall to life

By Phil Collins • November 30, 2007

Column: Holidays go over differently overseas

By Phil Collins • November 27, 2007

Column: Parents, partying, Halloween should spell interesting time for students on big weekend

By Phil Collins • October 22, 2007
Erica Magda

Beer best served chili

By Phil Collins • September 25, 2007

Column: Study abroad creates unique outlook to resume regardless of concentration

By Phil Collins • September 17, 2007
Illini Film and Video production assistant Anne Shivers, junior in LAS, and director Chris Lukeman, alumnus, will begin filming a new project in mid-July. Photo Illustration Roxana Ryan

Homeless hero takes to streets

By Phil Collins • July 1, 2007
Local residents attend the Market at the Square in Urbana on June 23, 2007. Steve Contorno

Vendors deliver home wares to market

By Phil Collins • June 29, 2007

C-U bus company approves transportation services for PGA event

By Phil Collins • June 28, 2007
Tom Gardner, 19, of Urbana, fishes at a pond on the corner of First and Windsor on June 22, 2007. Steve Contorno

Students feeling the heat

By Phil Collins • June 27, 2007

Urbana looks at options for beautification of Philo Road

By Phil Collins • June 26, 2007

Gas prices break students’ banks

By Phil Collins • June 15, 2007
Steve Contorno

Summer session stories

By Phil Collins • June 13, 2007

Paris Hilton back in LA women’s jail after her medical condition stabilizes

By Phil Collins • June 13, 2007

See the REAL campus during Orientation

By Phil Collins • May 26, 2007
Machuca, a film from Chile directed by Andres Wood. Courtesy of Colleen Cook

Latin American Film Festival

By Phil Collins • February 22, 2007
Sarah Park, sophomore in music education and a member of the University of Illinois "Rip Chords" performs as the a capella quarterfinals in Lincoln Hall Theater. ME Online

Four UI a capella groups to compete for US title

By Phil Collins • February 8, 2007
Courtesy of AJ Kane ME Online

Engineering girls bare (almost) all

By Phil Collins • January 31, 2007

Seven bands rock for charity at Canopy Club

By Phil Collins • November 16, 2006

Short film festival will feature music videos, detective stories by students

By Phil Collins • November 14, 2006

IUB presents Grimms’ tales

By Phil Collins • November 9, 2006

Students paint competition

By Phil Collins • November 8, 2006
Josh Birnbaum The Daily Illini Some of approximately 350 9" x 12" mixed media collages in plastic zip lock bags are displayed as part of Andy Ducett's "Conversations about Something" exhibition at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in Urbana. Ducett, an Art and Design graduate of the University, currently works at the Walker Art Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

‘Conversations About Something’ exhibit show cases Ducett’s artwork

By Phil Collins • November 7, 2006
Sequoia Neff, freshman in ACES, takes down order information from a table of customers at the Spice Box, a student-run restaurant in Bevier Hall. John Paul Goguen

Spice Box offers experience, fine cuisine

By Phil Collins • October 31, 2006

Google competition calls for innovation

By Phil Collins • October 17, 2006
Dan Hollander The Daily Illini Members of the Army ROTC do the "shrimp" during exercise training early Wednesday morning October 4th 2006 on the south side of the Armory.

ROTC battalion instills skills for life, not just war

By Phil Collins • October 5, 2006

Abroad classes require a mental turnaround

By Phil Collins • November 9, 2005

First week in Nottingham delivers excitement, frustration

By Phil Collins • September 28, 2005

A journey overseas: preparing for a new life

By Phil Collins • September 7, 2005

Musicians get the hook up from digital publication

By Phil Collins • August 23, 2005

Students convene for sexual assault talk

By Phil Collins • April 25, 2005
John McCrea, lead singer of the band Cake, gestures to the crowd while performing "Sheep go to Heaven" at Assembly Hall on Wednesday night. Cake came to the University of Illinois as the headline band for the Virgin College Mega Tour. Online Poster

Festival asserts art’s importance to county

By Phil Collins • April 22, 2005

Inner Voices provides forum for discussion of social issues

By Phil Collins • March 30, 2005

Illini Film and Video not all play, no work

By Phil Collins • February 21, 2005
Troy Stanger

Culture Shck unites groups

By Phil Collins • February 14, 2005

Singing to regionals

By Phil Collins • February 7, 2005
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