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‘Polaroid Stories’ mixes mythology with reality

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...

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Nathan Scheelhaase sets all-time yards record in final game

By Sean Hammond and Stephen Bourbon

December 4, 2013

Editor’s note: The Daily Illini sports desk sits down Sunday nights and decides which Illinois athlete or coach is our Illini of the Week. Athletes and coaches are evaluated by individual performance and contribution to team success. “It’s crazy that all of those moments are in the past now an...

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