By Greg Caceres, Columnist
August 9, 2016
Crime is ever present on this campus. University massmails routinely indicate the student body’s failure to do what is right.
In these emails, a large variety of crimes are listed: from arson to drag racing, sexual and physical assault to murder, and even bomb threats. Granted, the University’s cri...
Tags: Alcohol, campus, champaign-urbana, crime, criminal activity, drugs, Law, Marijuana, Massmail, police, uiuc, university of illinois
By Minju Park, Columnist
August 9, 2016
Ohio Gov. John Kasich spoke briefly at a town hall in Watertown, New York, where he answered questions including one from a student of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
His response to her question regarding sexual assault on college campuses sparked outrage and criticisms of victim blamin...
Tags: Alcohol, champaign-urbana, college campus, crime, Division Of Public Safety, John Kasich, New York, ohio, Sexual Assualt, uiuc, university of illinois, victim, Watertown
By Masaki Sugimoto, Editor-in-Chief
May 25, 2016
As a parent, you are excited for your child to be taking a new step in life and going off to college. Illinois is a school that ranks near the top in countless categories like engineering, disability services and more. One of those top rankings is the number one party school, according to the Princeto...
By Daily Illini Staff Report
September 21, 2015
The liquor license of The Clybourne bar, 706 S. Sixth St., was suspended over the weekend for multiple violations.The bar, commonly called Cly’s, was cited for four violations, one of which was dismissed. The other three violations include one count of sale to an underage individual and two counts of pres...
Tags: Alcohol, campus news, champaign city, Cly's, Latest Stories, liquor, Liquor Commisoner, liquor license, news, News Latest Stories, News Top Stories, the clybourne, top stories, Topstories, Violations, Wine Night
January 28, 2015
Six months before shifting locations and turning off the burners for good at the New Covenant Fellowship, the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen was on an over 30-year run. Since its inception in 1980, the kitchen has helped fill up its guests with hefty portions of mostaccioli as a mealtime haven at its location a...
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By Amanda Gecewicz
December 9, 2014
The Penny Dreadful Players (PDP) will present a new twist on holiday favorites in their newest play, “Tis the Season: A New Holiday Show,” on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Channing Murray Foundation.
The PDP is the oldest student-run theater group on campus. For 22 years, the group has served as ...
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By Brittney Nadler
October 22, 2014
It’s called the Red Zone — the period of time at the start of the school year when most college sexual assaults occur.
Although the time period is debated, ranging from the first six weeks of school to any time between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, more than half of all campus sexual assaults occur b...
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October 16, 2014
The Illini Union side of the Quad became littered with shards of glass and metal on Monday.
A “junked” four-door black car made an appearance to promote the issue of irresponsible drinking on college campuses.
Today, the McKinley Health Center will host its ninth annual event “Alcohol Aware...
Tags: Alcohol, Alcohol And Other Drugs Office, alcohol awareness: think before you drink, aroundcampus, beer goggles, Big Ten, binge drinking, Car, Carle Foundation Hospital Er Department, Champaign Fire Department, College Campuses, college drinking, committee member, Coroner's Office, drinking, drunk driving, Event Coordinator, food_health, Glass, Graduate Student, Greek Housing, illini union, illinois, janki thakkar, junked car, las, lifeandculture, Lyssa Barth, mckinley health center, Metal, Metropolitan Planning Organization, Multipurpose Rooms Abc, National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism, panel, quad, residence halls, sdrp, sobriety tests, Social Work, staff, statistics, student legal services, Student Volunteers, students, table, trivia, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, University Police Department, urbana_champaign
By Brittney Nadler
October 2, 2014
What happens when mythmaking collides with reality? That is the ultimate question in “Polaroid Stories,” a play with poetry, profanity and prostitutes that journeys into the lives of street youth on an abandoned pier in the outskirts of town.
Inspired by “Metamorphoses,” a Latin narrative poem, “Pol...
Tags: Acting Grad Student, Actors, Alcohol, aroundcampus, Arts_entertainment, Cast, Character, Characters, class, comedian, community, D, Dangers, David Monahan, designers, dionysus, Dramaturg, drugs, Fertility, front_lead, G, Goals, Greek God, Greek Mythology, illinois, illinois theatre series, Katherine Quin, krannert center for the performing arts, latin narrative poem, lifeandculture, Lights, lisa gaye dixon, Lives, Love, major, Mba Program, metamorphoses, msa student, Murder, Mythological Tales, Neighborhood, notes, Orpheus, Pier, play, Poetry, Polaroid Stories, Production, Profanity, prostitutes, rehearsals, Remember The Titans, Researcher, set, Sex, Shawn Pereira, Show, sounds, street youth, suicide, the blind side, The Bold And The Beautiful, Themes, town, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Wigasi Brant, wine, zeus
By Brittney Nadler
September 15, 2014
It was a girl that changed *Derrick’s life the night she introduced him to alcohol.
In high school, he was the kid that got mad at friends who used substances and often wondered why anyone would hang out with “that” crowd. He was “in the shell,” and a “loser,” as he described himself. Until he...
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By Angelica Lavito
March 5, 2014
With Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day coming up this Friday, The Daily Illini sat down with Champaign Mayor Don Gerard to discuss the event.
The Daily Illini: What are your thoughts on Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day?
Don Gerard: Whenever you have great numbers of people you’re going to have a few bad ...
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