By Claire Hettinger, News editor
May 24, 2016
Filed under Champaign-Urbana, Top Stories
Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders announced his support of State Representative Carol Ammons Tuesday.
Ammons is the representative for the Illinois 103rd Legislative District which covers Champaign and Urbana.
Sanders voiced his support through an email sent to his national f...
Tags: 103rd District, 103rd state district, ammons, bernie sanders, Carol Ammons, champaign-urbana, endorsement, fundraising, money, sanders, sanders endorsement, sanders fundraising
By Vivienne Henning
October 4, 2015
Filed under News
About four years ago, as technology continued to evolve, the College of Education began to consider how the school could evolve with it.
The college researched how technology can be used in the classroom as well as how students interact with and learn from technology. This curiosity led to the developme...
Tags: college of education, Emma Mercier, Fouad Abd El Khalick, Grant, Ideall, money, national science foundation, news, Research, robb lindgren, technology, top stories, Topstories, university of illinois, university_of_illinois
By Susan Szuch
February 9, 2015
Filed under Life & Culture
As a three-year-old boy watching the TV series, “Sea Hunt,” Brad Knop became fascinated with breathing underwater.
“It was on every week, and Lloyd Bridges was the diver in it, he was whom the plot was about,” Knop said. “I knew I wanted to be a diver, and he was my inspiration. ... That’...
Tags: Arc, aroundcampus, Brad Knop, Certfication, certifications, Chicago, Citations, Classes, diver, economy, Environment, Equipment, fresh water, graduate, illinois, inspiration, Integrative Biology, Lauren Henderson, lifeandculture, Lloyd Bridges, Midwest, Midwest Scuba Center, military, money, Ocean, Online Learning, Online Resources, padi, professional association of diving instructors, Program, scuba, scuba dive, Sea Hunt, Study Abroad, tom lewandowski, Tv Series, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Vacation, vacations, water
October 30, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
Stretch your linguistic muscles and don’t be afraid to look like an idiom this Halloween — all you need is some craftiness, and you’ll be sew ready to show off your threads (and leave your friends in stitches).
For those of you who have yet to find your alter ego this Halloween, I have offered ...
Tags: Apps, aroundcampus, Baseball Cap, black dress, Bookwarm, Butterfly, caesar cardini, caesar salad, cartoon shark, Cat's Pajamas, cleocatra, Cloud Nine, cocoon, College Students, Costumes, Craftiness, Criminals, Faa, Fluttery Wings, gangsters, halloween, head in the clouds, Horror Stories, illinois, Italian Roots, italy, julius caesar, julius caesar salad, lifeandculture, Loan Shark, Main Ingredients, Makeup, mobsters, money, Not Managed, Outfit, Rome, Smartphone, social butterfly, spirit, Threads, Tijuana, u-s-, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Without Their Permission: How The 21st Century Will Be Made, world war i
By Taylor Lucero
October 20, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
In contrast to other platforms like Facebook and Twitter, Ello is a newly-established social network which brands itself as “simple, beautiful, and (an) ad-free social network.”
After initially starting as a private social network, Ello created a public version of the site after an increase in i...
Tags: account, ad salesmen, adam dornford, Advertisements, Advertising, Ames Iowa, banner, biography, brand, business_technology, Ceo, Circle Avatar, Co Founder, companies, current user, data mining, Ello, engineering, Facebook, friend, illinois, information, Instagram, invitation, Legal Issues, lifeandculture, money, noise, Organization, paul budnitz, Platforms, posts, practices, privacy, privacy-minded, profile, site, Social Network, Social Networking Site, Stages, Third Parties, Twitter, ui, uiuc, Unethical, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, User, website
By Elizabeth Dye
October 7, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
For many students, apartment hunting is an unbelievably daunting task, especially when added to the host of obligations they may already be struggling to complete, such as homework assignments, daily quizzes and devoting the near impossible free time to study for important exams.
All of this alone can be...
Tags: age and condition, Apartment, catherine zhou, Fallhousingguide14, Fall_housing_guide, Location And Layout, money, neighbors, Patterns, rent, Ryan Jepson, Zach Lee
September 16, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
The exhibition “Artists of the loom: Maya Weavers of Guatemala,” opening Tuesday at the Spurlock Museum, tells its story through the narratives of hand-woven textiles. The descendants of Mayan people in Guatemala have worn these colorful embroidered garments, called “Huipiles,” as a century old tradi...
Tags: Ancient Gods, Ancient Motifs, Ancient Stories, artists of the loom: maya weavers of guatemala, Arts_entertainment, Bright Threads, casualities, chichicastenango, Civil War, Cofradilla, community, Cultural Identity, culture, Descendants, Designs, dgs, director of education for the museum and coordinator of the exhibit, emblems, emilio cabrera, Exhibition, Fighting, folktale narratives, front_lead, Garments, Gerard Lopez, Guatemala, Guatemalan Civil War, Guatemalan Government, guatemalan military, Guerillas, hand-woven textiles, highland towns, huipiles, Identity, illinois, indian villages, Isolated Communities, Jaguars, Jazmine Rose Watkins, jobs, lifeandculture, maize stalks, Margaret 'peg' Kieffer, Mayan People, Mayan Weavings, money, mythical creatures, Patterns, Ph.D., Quetzals, Research Endeavor, scorched-earth campaign, Spurlock Museum, supernatural powers, tandy lacy, tradition, ui, uiuc, Universe, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, War, weavings, Wife, women
By Brittney Nadler
September 15, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
It was a girl that changed *Derrick’s life the night she introduced him to alcohol.
In high school, he was the kid that got mad at friends who used substances and often wondered why anyone would hang out with “that” crowd. He was “in the shell,” and a “loser,” as he described himself. Until he...
Tags: abstinent, Adolescents, adults, african american, Alcohol, Alcohol And Other Drug Office, anna, Apartment, aroundcampus, binge drinker, bong, Brain, coordinator, Core Group Of Friends, crowd, Dealer, derrick, douglas smith, drugs, Evidence Based Therapies, Free Drugs, friends, front_lead, gas mask, gas station bottle, girl, high, High School, illinois, In The Shell, just say no, karen tabb, kiss, Life, lifeandculture, Lifestyle, Loser, mary russell, minority groups, money, peer pressure, pipe, Program, Programs, Reclaim, refusal skills training, Research Support, semester, social life, Social Work Professor, Stoner, substances, techniques, teens, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, white
By Peter Bailey-Wells
August 14, 2014
Filed under Uncategorized
Whether you’re in-state, out-of-state or from another country, this year of college probably marks the first year you’re living away from home. Even if you went to boarding school or summer camp, this year is unlike any you’ve ever had, and it’s important not to blow all of that carefully saved money...
Tags: businesses, Buy Local, chain stores, cheetos, Degree, Drunk Food, Frugal, Gillette, illinois, Jamba Juice, lincoln hall, money, Saving Money, shopping, Snacks, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Water Bottle
