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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
Vivian La

Vivian La, Assistant News Editor

Marc Hertzman, associate professor in LAS, sits among a collection of books in his office in Gregory Hall.

Coup changes Brazil history class structure

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • February 15, 2023
Ann-Perry Witmer (left), professor and senior research scientist, visits residents of Janko Kollo with FIEA engineer Xiomara Echeverria to learn more about indigenous practices and community technical needs.

Engineering helps Indigenous infrastructure

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • November 28, 2022
Steve Summers (left) and Ted Myhre (right) are the two candidates for Champaign County Executive in the 2022 midterm elections.

Election spotlight: Champaign County Executive

By Jessie Wang and Vivian La • November 8, 2022
Best boba tea: Kung Fu Tea

Best boba tea: Kung Fu Tea

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • November 3, 2022
New commission to improve Illinois crime labs

New commission to improve Illinois crime labs

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • September 23, 2022
Loan forgiveness excites students, generates more questions

Loan forgiveness excites students, generates more questions

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • August 31, 2022
The Alma Mater statue is decorated in commemoration of Chinese New Year on Feb. 5, 2019. The University provides multiple resources for an individual to stay connected to their cultural heritage such as RSOs and cultural houses.

Staying connected to your cultural heritage

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • July 27, 2022
A display of Hail to the Orange and Illinois t-shirts translated in different languages at the Illinois Union Bookstore. Some of the t-shirts were mistranslated and quickly gained student attention.

Students respond to IUB T-shirt mistranslations

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • June 29, 2022
Brother Jed visits the University’s campus with Sister Cindy on Sept 8. The preacher died on Monday at the age of 79.

Campus preacher Brother Jed dies at 79

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • June 11, 2022
Students board the 120W Teal bus at the stop in front of the PAR residence hall on April 10, 2021. MTD has announced a change to some of the bus routes, such as the 22/220 Illini, 12 Teal and 13/130 Silver, due to a staff shortage.

MTD to change campus bus routes in fall due to staff shortages

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • June 1, 2022
Layne Brock recites chants during the Reproductive Rights Rally on Sunday. The rally was organized by Amnesty in response to the leaked draft from the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v Wade.

Students, C-U community rally for reproductive rights

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • May 9, 2022
UI struggles to gather employment statistics on graduating students

UI struggles to gather employment statistics on graduating students

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • May 4, 2022
A banner for the Asian American Cultural Center is displayed inside the entrance of the center. The department of Asian American Studies and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory will be hosting an “Asian America Otherwise” conference from May 6-7.

Upcoming conference at UI to address anti-Asian racism

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • April 27, 2022
Artist Alice Yumi stands with one of her pieces of art at her studio on Friday. Yumi’s art is inspired by her Brazilian and Japanese culture while incorporating themes of identity and body.

HOCU | Painting her heritage with a brush of ‘vibrant colors’

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • April 13, 2022
Wayne Miller was photographer for The Daily Illini and The Illio, and has had an extensive career afterwards from photographing World War II and publishing a book The World Is Young.”

Wayne Miller expressed ‘the oneness of man’ in his frontline photography

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • April 5, 2022
A new RSO, the GWS Club, meets at the Gender & Womens Studies building every other week to provide students interactions with social justice and gender equality activities on campus.

New club connects students, GWS department with social justice issues

By Vivian La, Assistant News Editor • April 4, 2022

UI celebrates Women’s History Month with campus events

By Mona Alrazzaq and Vivian La • March 2, 2022
GEO members protest outside of the Swanlund Administration Building on Wednesday. The protest was in response to the Universitys policy on lifting mask mandate.

GEO protests UI’s COVID-19 rules

By Thomas DeMouy, Vivian La and Willie Cui • February 25, 2022
A University Wellness Associate checks peoples Illinois Safer app at the Gies College of Business on Sept. 14. With the app now transitioning to the Illinois app, students share their concerns.

UI officials retire Safer Illinois due to lack of resources, students express concerns

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • February 7, 2022
Students studying at the main stacks of the main library on April 30, 2019. The UI library system has been provided with grants as aid during the pandemic.

UI library system receives nearly $50,000 from state for pandemic recovery

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • January 22, 2022
UI researchers express concern about COVID-19 spread in deer populations

UI researchers express concern about COVID-19 spread in deer populations

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • December 16, 2021
Chancellor Robert J. Jones awaits to speak at the Siebel Center for Design grand opening on Oct. 8. Jones delivered the annual State of the University address on Thursday and mentioned that he has high hopes for the future of the University post COVID-19.

Chancellor Robert Jones delivers annual State of the University address

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • December 5, 2021
Pipeline To Göliad performs in Urbana in early October. The band recently released a single and is also working on an EP.

Pipeline To Göliad talks first single as new band

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • November 30, 2021
A display of memorial quilts at the Spurlock Museum for an exhibit dedicated to those who died of AIDS.

Spurlock Museum honors AIDS deaths with quilt panels from the past

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 30, 2021
Highest-paid employees at UI excluding athletics

Highest-paid employees at UI excluding athletics

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 24, 2021
Reginald A. Stuckey, sociology professor at the University, raps on Green Street as a way to express himself creatively.

Sociology professor raps on campus hot spots

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 10, 2021
Healthcare worker places syringes filled with the Covid-19 vaccine at the I-Hotel on Feb 11. The CDC and FDA has now approved the Pfizer vaccine for children ages give to 11.

Children ages 5-11 eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • November 3, 2021
A woman administers a Moderna vaccine at the I Hotel and Conference Center on Jan. 11. Even with the pressures healthcare workers faced within the past year, students passion in pursuing this field strengthens.

Pandemic strengthens UI students’ passion for health care 

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • October 20, 2021
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

By Vivian La and George Phelan • 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

By Vivian La and George Phelan • 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

By Brigida Dockus, Cameron Krasucki, Jacob Wargo, Sydney Laput and Vivian La • 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.

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

By Farrah Anderson and Vivian La • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • 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

By Vivian La and Willie Cui • August 31, 2021
UI System officials approve plans for liaison office in India

UI System officials approve plans for liaison office in India

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • August 25, 2021
Lieutenant Joseph McCullough investigates a traffic violation on Friday, Sep. 23 2016.

Gunfire reported in Campustown on Saturday

By Vivian La and Willie Cui • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • June 10, 2021
Two University police cars and multiple police officers survey campus streets on Sept. 29.

Top police reports from 2020-2021

By Vivian La and Willie Cui • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Gwyn Skiles, Jenni Kallenback, Farrah Anderson, Jacqui Nguyen, Karena Tse, Ryan Ash, Vivian La and Cameron Krasucki • 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

By Payal Rathore and Vivian La • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime News Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • 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

By Vivian La, Assistant Daytime Editor • March 22, 2021
Two officers stand at the intersection of Green and Wright streets on Aug. 28. The shooting that took place Monday night is still under investigation and police are asking anyone with information to come forward.

The Daily Illini police blotter for March 19

By Vivian La • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • January 28, 2021
Local officials continue winter clothing drive tradition despite pandemic

Local officials continue winter clothing drive tradition despite pandemic

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La and Amrita Bhattacharyya • January 12, 2021
Teaching assistants, instructors work to extend grade input deadline

Teaching assistants, instructors work to extend grade input deadline

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • December 15, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacts University sustainability goals

COVID-19 pandemic impacts University sustainability goals

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

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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • December 2, 2020
The entrance to the College of Education on Nov. 10, absent of a monitor.

UI building monitors provide inconsistent presence

By Melony Allen, Farrah Anderson, Remi Keller, Vivian La, Claire Podlesak, Gwyn Skiles and Julia Youman • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • November 23, 2020
A student bikes East on White street on Tuesday morning.

Campus bicycle culture encouraged by programs, resources

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Samantha Roberson, Ethan Simmons and Vivian La • November 7, 2020
Illinois voters reject fair tax amendment

Illinois voters reject fair tax amendment

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Staff Writer • 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

By Vivian La, Contributing Writer • October 12, 2020
The entrance to the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on March 13, 2019.

Krannert makes changes for accessibility

By Vivian La • 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

By Vivian La, Contributing Writer • October 5, 2020
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