By Dixita Limbachia
January 28, 2016
The Graduate Employees Organization held a rally Thursday afternoon to celebrate the University agreement to continue tuition waivers for students in the Master's of Computer Science program.The main objective for the organization is to protect tuition waivers for graduate students, especi...
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July 7, 2014
As students on campus and Champaign residents celebrated the Fourth of July, Champaign County hosted its 65th Annual Champaign County Freedom Celebration on Friday.
The Freedom Celebration took place on Kirby Avenue between First and Oak streets. Activities began at 7 p.m. with a crowd of people filling...
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By Ariana Conner
April 24, 2014
An evening of poetry, song and celebration will spice up Lincoln Hall Theater on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to honor the papers of poet and writer Gwendolyn Brooks which are now residing in the University Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
The event, which is titled “Full of Pepper and Light: Welcoming the Gwendolyn Brooks...
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