Apple, writs and opposition
By Greg Caceres, Columnist
August 9, 2016
Information builds and inspires everything we do. This is a confused age of overload, and information drives it all. As the U.S. government stumbles to catch up to this overload, more and more cases of attempted control and containment pop up. Government officials want information under their belt, a...
Seniors take stand against Rauner's proposed service cuts
By Atoosa Sayeh
July 14, 2015
Filed under News
Twenty-five community seniors rallied in front of Rep. Adam Brown’s and Sen. Chapin Rose’s district offices in Champaign, shouting, “Stop the cuts and save our seniors,” on Tuesday morning to state their opposition to Gov. Rauner’s proposed budget cuts.Area seniors with the Champaign County...
University alumnus reflects on his time at the 1965 Selma protests
March 16, 2015
Filed under Uncategorized
John Baird felt the edges of a large envelope. He found it at his home buried in a box, wedged between newspaper front pages and term papers from his years at the University. The basement of his house in Decatur, Illinois, was his personal time capsule, and as he shuffled through its contents, he start...
