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Police arrest two men for possession, delivery of heroin near campus

By Daily Illini Staff Report

April 17, 2015

University police made two arrests after witnessing a heroin deal transpire just off campus Wednesday night. The two men, one a 23-year-old Champaign native and a 30-year-old from Romeoville, were arrested for possession and delivery of a controlled substance, according to a press release. Police receive...

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Gwendolyn Brooks “spices up” University’s Library collection

The University will hold a party to welcome Gwendolyn Brooks’s collection of work into the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Lincoln Hall. The work of the famous African-American poet and writer was received by the University in October 2013.

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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