By Atoosa Sayeh
June 13, 2015
Filed under News
The Illini 4000 stopped at the Alma Mater to take a break from their 4000-mile cross-country bike ride on Tuesday at 3 p.m.The non-profit organization consists of student bikers who document the American cancer experience through the Portraits Project and raising funds for cancer research while taking annual bike ri...
Tags: Ashley Young, Ben Wooley, Bike, Cancer, Cancer Research, Hannah Burkhardt, Illini 4000, illinois, new york city, news, niagara falls, portraits project, project, secondary, Team, top stories, Topstories, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, university_of_illinois, urbana_champaign
May 4, 2015
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In October, Kaitlin Johnson got a tattoo.
She stood patiently as the tattoo artist inked delicate orange and blue flowers connected by a green vine around her leg. The needle hurt, of course, but she was tough. After all, it wasn’t the first time she had felt pain. Two hours later, the artist added...
Tags: 5 Kilometer Cross Country Ski, aroundcampus, Cancer, Carle Foundation Hospital, champaign, Chemotherapy, Chicago, chris alvarez, clark's stage 3, Dermatologist, Florida, food_health, front_lead, Genealogy, illinois, kaitlin johnson, lifeandculture, lymph nodes, mayo clinic, melanoma, Melanoma Monday, Miles For Melanoma, quad day, skin cancer, skin cancer foundation, Spf 30, tanning, Tanning Bed, Tattoo, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, Urbana, urbana_champaign
By Brittney Nadler
April 1, 2015
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Former St. Joseph Fire Chief Rusty Chism began to notice shortness of breath in the summer of 2013. He thought it may have been related to his heart, but his doctor said it was working fine. They were, however, concerned with a dark spot that appeared just below his chest.
The dark spot turned out to be...
Tags: april, aroundcampus, atlanta, Brian Nightlinger, business_technology, Cancer, cardiovascular, Chemotherapy, Chicago, Co Principal Investigator, Denise Smith, experimental drug study, firefighters, Gavin Horn, Ifsi, illinois, Illinois Fire Service Institute, lifeandculture, Los Angeles, Maryland, National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health, national institute of health, Petition, radiation, Rusty, Rusty Chism, Safety, service, st. joseph fire chief, thymus cancer, ui, uiuc, undewriters laboratories, university of illinois, urbana_champaign
By Susan Szuch
March 30, 2015
Filed under Life & Culture
For Tim Fan, Ember was more than just a hound dog.
Ember, who was bred for research purposes, was one of the first dogs used in the process of testing the effects of PAC-1 drugs on dogs, which work to cause cancer cells to self-destruct while preserving healthy cells.
After the studies are co...
Tags: aroundcampus, Cancer, Chemistry, Dogs, edward roy, ember, front_lead, Hound Dog, humans, illinois, Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee, lifeandculture, Nature Chemical Biology, Pac 1, paul hergenrother, Professor, Research, tim fan, Trapeze, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
January 29, 2015
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One white blood cell held the fate of Erin Buchanan’s heart and soul.
The night before one of Erin’s biggest gymnastics meets of her junior year of high school, her mother, Jane, was rushed to the hospital. Jane just had her first chemotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with breast cancer, and...
Tags: Cancer, Erin Buchanan, front_lead, illini, Illini Gymnastics, illinois, jane buchanan, kim landrus, pink meet, sports_lead, U Of I, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, women_gymnastics
December 9, 2014
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The physical repercussions of cancer are no match for the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) and the Professional Beauty Association’s (PBA) program, Look Good Feel Better.
Developed in 1989, Look Good Feel Better has found success providing men, women and teenagers with ways to cope with the phys...
Tags: acs, American Cancer Society, Beauty, body shapes, Cancer, Carle Foundation Hospital, christie clinic, Director Of Media Relations, Doctors, donation, Donations, dvd, food_health, group, head wraps, illinois, iroquois memorial hospital, Kits, lifeandculture, Look Good Feel Better, Medical Remedies, men, Mills Breast Cancer Institute, mission delivery, national cosmetology association, nurses, professional beauty association, Programs, sarah little, skin care, skin tones, social workers, Specialist, Stacy London, Susan Thomas, Teenager, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, watseka, What Not To Wear, wigs, women
By Susan Szuch
December 8, 2014
Filed under Life & Culture
While coffee and energy drinks may tend to prevail as drinks of choice during finals cram sessions, students shouldn’t overlook tea as an option.
The drink, in many capacities, has an array of benefits, and Natural Gourmet at 2225 S. Neil St. in Champaign, and the Common Ground Food Cooperative at...
Tags: aces, acidic, Antibacterial, Antioxidants, basil tea, Black Tea, Body, Body System, Broadway Avenue, Cancer, Catechins, cayenne pepper, champaign, chili, Cholesterol, Cinnamon, Coffee, College Of Agricultural Science, common ground food cooperative, digestion, Energy Drinks, food_health, Gaylene Amorasak, Green Tea, herbal teas, Hibiscus, illinois, kava stress relief tea, Ldl, lifeandculture, margeaux flannery, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic System, natural gourmet, Neil Street, Organs, Penn State, peppermint, Raspberry Leaf, sessions, Sox, stress, Tea, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, Urbana, urbana_champaign, Usda, Weight Loss, wellness assistant
November 3, 2014
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Nicole Crifase remembers sitting in the bathtub, clutching her knees and trying to comprehend what had just happened. It was March 27, 2005, and her mother, Darcie Crifase, had just lost her battle against breast cancer. To the senior in LAS, life without her mother seemed completely unfathomable.
Wi...
Tags: Anniversary, aroundcampus, bathtub, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Caring And Brave Spirit, cassie crifase, College, community, Darcie Crifase, Decade, Degree, easter sunday, front_lead, graduation, grieving proces, illinois, Job, las, Legacy, lifeandculture, Maternal Parenting Style, May, mini hospital, neonatal nurse, nicholas crifase, Nicole Crifase, Passing, Person_to_know, pet hamsters, publishing company, Quit, Quote, Remission, responsibility, robert montgomery, Scott R. White, spanish, Translator, U Of I, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Wife
October 20, 2014
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Steven Hager sat on a small, wooden bench in the Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory. His tall, thin frame leaned against the wall, legs crossed, hands escaping a finger-laced position only to gesture when his words became excited.
A memorial for his father, Lowell P. Hager, former head of the Department of...
Tags: Abakus, Abraham Lincoln, aroundcampus, Aspen, Assassination, August, Author, bachelor of fine arts, Berlin Wall, Big Ten, Biochemistry, buddha, buddhists, Cancer, cannabis activist, Ceremonies, chemical and life sciences laboratory, chemist, christians, colorado, Counterculture, Department, documents, Drug, e-book, father, Frame, Governor, High Times, Hip Hop, hippies, history, huey long, illinois, jews, journalism, Journalist, killing lincoln:the real story, krannert center for the performing arts, Laffy Taffy, lifeandculture, Louisiana, Lowell P. Hager, Lutheran, Marijuana, Marijuana Legalization, movie, Mrs. Rose's Boarding House, Murder, Netflix, New York Magazine, oil, pastor, Person_to_know, President, religious group, Republican Party, Robert Redford, roger adams, School, star of david, steven hager, The Conspirator, The Pot Illuminati, theatre studies, ui, uiuc, Undergraduate Play, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Wall, Words, works
By Stephanie Kim
September 10, 2014
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For the first time, students will be able to gaze at portraits in the Illini Union Art Gallery — while doing yoga.
The Illini Union Board, in collaboration with Campus Recreation, will provide a free yoga class with a certified instructor from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The class is a part o...
Tags: aroundcampus, arts director, bike ride, Business, campus recreation, Cancer, Cancer Research, class, cross country, dasha patton, engineering, entrepreneurship, Erin Molloy, Exhibit, External Distractions, Gentle Hatha Yoga, Group Fitness Instructor, Healing, Illini 4000, illini union, Illini Union Art Gallery, illini union board, illinois, lifeandculture, Michelle Obama, mirror, non-profit organization, northwest wing, pat casey, Photos, registered student organization, routine, Survivor, the portraits project: a portrait of cancer across america, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Yoga
By Christine Olivo
August 6, 2014
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Urbana residents may soon see medical marijuana facilities open for business after the Urbana City Council voted unanimously at its Monday meeting to decide where and how shops can be regulated within the city.
The approved zoning amendment allows Urbana to host dispensary and cultivation centers...
Tags: aids, Amendment, anthony, Cancer, compassionate use of medical cannabis pilot program act, Cultivation, David Brodsky, diane marlin, Dispensary, Eric Jakobsson, Glaucoma, illinois, kevin garcia, lincoln, local, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Marijuana, Medical, Natural Choice Holdings, Ryan Singh, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, zoning
By Raymond Sobczak
April 7, 2014
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Waking up on Feb. 15 for Zach Miller, sophomore in Business, should have been like any other day — get up, shower and head to class. After class, he was supposed to go to a meeting, but instead, he received a text message from his 17-year-old brother Caleb.
“The doctors here think I have Leukemi...
Tags: Acacia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, aroundcampus, auto mechanic, Caleb Miller, Caleb's Crew, calebscrew.weebly.com, Cancer, Chemotherapy, community, Douglass Park, Eileen Miller, Facebook, front_lead, illinois, Illinois Business Consulting, immune system, leukemia, lifeandculture, Phi Gamma Nu, Recovery, Remission, Seneca, Seneca High School, Surgery, Twitter, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Zach Miller
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