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

Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor

[email protected]

All content by Vivian La
Otniel Fernandez, sophomore in Applied Health Sciences, and Nguyen Ha, sophomore in ACES, work on their laptops at the new Siebel Center for Design on Aug. 27. The University released a Massmail informing students of a new policy restricting educational technology access based on student testing noncompliance.

UI announces new technology restrictions for COVID-19 testing noncompliance

October 7, 2021
A Carle worker gets the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine ready to distribute. Booster shots are recommended for those over the age of 65 and for others who are immunocompromised.

COVID-19 update: UI reports 43 new cases, 0.25% 7-day positivity rate

October 2, 2021
A group of people hold up a banner folowed by others with baloons at the start of the C-U Pride Parade on Saturday in Urbana.

Gallery | Champaign-Urbana Pride Parade

September 29, 2021
A group of climate strike protestors band together in front of Alma Mater on Friday. Students demanded that the University cut ties with fossil fuel companies.

[Photo] Students host climate strike, demand UI cuts ties with fossil fuel companies

September 28, 2021
Two drag queens ride atop a white convertible during the CU Pride Parade on Saturday. The community rallied together in support of pride while honoring AIDS history.

CU celebrates annual Pride Parade, honors 40th anniversary of AIDS

September 28, 2021
A photo is taken during La Casa Cultural Latinas annual Paleta social to welcome new students. Senior Cristal Caballero is in the second row, third from the left.

DI discusses Hispanic Heritage Month with La Casa student staff member

September 8, 2021
Illinois English Placement Test Coordinator Rurik Tywoniw completes a rapid COVID-19 test at the ARC on Feb. 1. The University has seen an increase in COVID-19 testing amidst rising cases.

UI sees increase in COVID-19 testing amid rising cases

September 5, 2021
People play Quidditch on the South Quad. The group play together as a community that bonds over Harry Potter.

University Quidditch team makes its own magic

August 31, 2021
Students gather around the Illinois Space Society RSO on the Bardeen Quad Sunday during E-Night, a Quad Day specifically for engineering students. About 70 different RSOs were present at this event.

E-Night brings together engineering clubs, students

August 31, 2021
UI System officials approve plans for liaison office in India

UI System officials approve plans for liaison office in India

August 27, 2021
A student walks across the intersection of Green and Second Street on Wednesday afternoon where a shooting took place only a few days ago. University students are concerned for their safety.

Campustown shooting leaves students concerned about safety, gun violence

August 25, 2021
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sep. 23 2016. A 17-year-old male was killed after a shooting in Champaign on Thursday night.

Gunfire reported in Campustown on Saturday

August 22, 2021
Two twin beds sit opposite each other in a dorm room with sunlight coming in through the window. Stick to habits while living in the dorms.

Pick up these habits while living in dorms

August 14, 2021
A student waits outside of Hopkins Hall with her family on Aug. 22, 2019 for move in day. College freshmen should utilize advice from current students before starting college in the fall.

Things I wish I knew: Follow this advice for freshman year

July 15, 2021
On Sunday, in the Carle hospital Thomas B. Littlewood passed away at 92 years old. Professor Littlewood taught journalism for almost 20 years.

University professor emeritus, political reporter dies at 92

June 10, 2021
Two University police cars and multiple police officers survey campus streets on Sept. 29.

Top police reports from 2020-2021

May 10, 2021
COVID-19 Wellness Ambassadors walk along the Main Quad on Oct. 7. The Daily Illini reviews influential COVID-19 moments throughout the past year.

Looking back at a year of COVID-19 at UI

May 10, 2021
Workers at the NuEra cannabis dispensary hang balloons above the entrance April 15. The adult-use dispensary opened on Green Street last month.

NuEra cannabis dispensary opens on Green Street

May 7, 2021
Junior Tyeese Braslavsky is a student in LAS that works as a Student Senator at Illinois. Braslavsky and other members of the council proposed a general education requirement to add three more credit hours for undergraduate students.

Students propose sustainability general education requirement

May 3, 2021
Members of the Illinois football team speak at the Champaign Police Department during a student-led Black Lives Matter march on Aug. 31.

Take action after this year’s racial reckoning

April 25, 2021
A group of kids hold signs displaying phrases such as “#StopAsianHate” and “We Stand Asians” at a protest in downtown Champaign on March 30.

Anti-Asian violence scares UI community

April 22, 2021
Students from the Sigma Delta Tau social sorority and members of student government listen to speakers on the Mobile Museum of Tolerance at the Illini Hillel on Monday afternoon. The bus hosts interactive workshops to raise voices against intolerance, anti-Semitism, bullying, racism and hate.

Mobile Museum of Tolerance visits campus

April 15, 2021
Graduate students express concern over University-invited professor with sexual harassment allegation

Graduate students express concern over University-invited professor with sexual harassment allegation

April 14, 2021
Students of the Illinois Solar Decathlon team show off their informational posters at the grand opening of ADAPTHAUS on Saturday. The project is a sustainable solar-powered home that lowers carbon emissions.

Students unveil sustainable modular home

April 13, 2021
Ben and Molly Oberg pose for a photo with their dog, Sheba. The couple co-owns a small 25-acre fruit and vegetable farm called Meyer Produce in Villa Grove, Illinois.

Couple shares importance of small, local farms

April 5, 2021
A little boy walks across North Walnut Street at the #StopAsianHate rally on Tuesday. The Champaign-Urbana community recently gathered in downtown Champaign to protest against the increase in hate crimes against Asians.

CU community rallies to #StopAsianHate

April 5, 2021
A University police officer pulls away from a scene after responding to a call on Oct. 8. The University of Illinois Police Department plans on hiring a social worker to assist with mental health concerns on the job.

UIPD new hires to target mental health concerns faculty, students

March 22, 2021
A biohazard trash stands in the middle of the ARC for students to dispose of COVID-19 testing materials on Feb. 1. Illinois graduate students are concerned about a lack of information from the University about COVID-19 disciplinary actions.

Graduate students call for clearer COVID-19 disciplinary guidelines

March 8, 2021
Illinois student Samantha Rubin takes a University COVID-19 test at the ARC on Feb. 1. The testing method may soon expand to more places in the local community.

Potential saliva test expansion excites University families

February 22, 2021
A University Wellness Associate checks a woman into Bevier Hall on Oct. 14. Students and faculty are unable to enter University buildings without building access being granted through the Safer Illinois application.

UI juggles complex return with variant, pandemic fatigue

February 15, 2021
With internet cuts, UI aims for less disciplinary approach to testing noncompliance

With internet cuts, UI aims for “less disciplinary” approach to testing noncompliance

February 1, 2021
A masked student walks down a diagonal pathway on the Main Quad on Wednesday morning. Many Illinois students wrestled with the decision to return to campus this semester.

Should I stay or should I go? Freshmen mull second semester returns

January 28, 2021
Local officials continue winter clothing drive tradition despite pandemic

Local officials continue winter clothing drive tradition despite pandemic

January 14, 2021
An aerial view of the University of Illinois Research Park is shown above.

UI Research Park program improves inclusivity in tech industry

January 12, 2021
Teaching assistants, instructors work to extend grade input deadline

Teaching assistants, instructors work to extend grade input deadline

December 15, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacts University sustainability goals

COVID-19 pandemic impacts University sustainability goals

December 8, 2020
A student exits a COVID-19 testing center on the second floor of the Student Center East at UIC.

[Photo] UI bars Urbana students from COVID-19 testing on other two campuses

December 3, 2020
Student Jessica Wynveen deposits her completed COVID-19 test into a receptacle at the State Farm Center on Oct. 9. The city of Urbana has suspended all indoor food and beverage consumption per an emergency order.

Urbana announces emergency ban on indoor consumption of food, drink

December 2, 2020
The entrance to the College of Education on Nov. 10, absent of a monitor.

UI building monitors provide inconsistent presence

November 26, 2020
The RT7000, the plastic recycling technology built by Recycling Technologies, is located in Swindon, England.

UK professor presents plastic recycling tech to UI students, faculty

November 23, 2020
A student bikes East on White street on Tuesday morning.

Campus bicycle culture encouraged by programs, resources

November 18, 2020
Dr. Erik Nelson poses outside the Institute for Genomic Biology on Saturday. Nelson has secured $4.5 million in funding from the United States Department of Defense.

UI professor awarded $4.5 million to advance breast cancer research

November 12, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Aug. 10, 2019. Biden has won the 2020 presidential race, making him the 46th president of the United States.

Biden wins presidency after days of vote counts

November 7, 2020
Illinois voters reject fair tax amendment

Illinois voters reject fair tax amendment

November 4, 2020
The Illinois Counseling Center, located on John Street, on Friday morning is pictured above. The Counseling Center recently added embedded counselors to multiple colleges at the University.

University adds more college-centered counselors

November 2, 2020
The entrance to the University of Illinois Ice Arena rests closed on Saturday morning. University COVID-19 testing is now being conducted inside the building.

Repurposed ice arena leaves ice sports in the cold

October 19, 2020
A University coronavirus testing site worker pulls empty vials out of a plastic bag on Thursday. All but one COVID-19 testing site will be moving inside starting Monday.

Testing sites move indoors for colder weather

October 12, 2020
The entrance to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on March 13, 2019.

Krannert makes changes for accessibility

October 7, 2020
A Champaign resident receives her ballot during early voting at the Champaign County Clerk’s office on Sept. 24. In Champaign County, 117,000 mail-in ballots have been requested.

CU officials, organizations encourage mail-in voting

October 5, 2020
Load More Stories

The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871
The Daily Illini • © 2021 The Daily Illini • Privacy Policy • FLEX Pro WordPress Theme by SNO • Log in