By Mara Shapiro
November 18, 2015
To Bill Karr, graduate student in LAS, marrying his high school girlfriend seemed natural. Karr and Olivia Russell-Karr, University alumna, met while taking ballroom dancing lessons and working on tech crew in school plays.“Getting married was easy,” Bill said. “The proposal was much scarier.”After...
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By Sarah Foster
April 21, 2015
They found her in the middle of the Syrian Desert.
She was 2 years old, lying abandoned on the side of the road, when a group of French nuns first approached her. They were there to save other stranded children just like her, hoping to bring them back to French orphanages for safety. Without a family o...
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November 19, 2014
While some male students on campus may not always feel comfortable discussing their masculinity, they now have the opportunity to speak openly about the subject at “Man Talks.” The free events are held the first, third and fifth Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Resource Center...
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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 21, 2014
Gai Nyok, graduate student in economics, remembers waking up one morning at 5 years old in the tiny village of Abang, of the former Sudan, with the sun still down and being grabbed by the hand by his older brother.
“Ket,” his older brother exhaled. In their native Dinka language, it meant “run.”
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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...
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By Alexander Vassiliadis
September 17, 2014
A theater has a wide variety of purposes. From movies to gatherings, certain theaters specialize in showing different types of art, and for The Art Theater Co-op, a combination of dance and film took place at the downtown Champaign venue.
For the first time in its history, The Art Theater Co-op, locat...
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By Rebecca Jacobs
May 5, 2014
A golden retriever named Ruby roamed below the tables of the University’s Large Animal Clinic courtyard on Saturday afternoon, greeting competitors and looking for a pat on her head. Above her, seven doghouses were assembled and painted within three hours — seven new homes for dogs much like Rub...
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