Historic Preservation Commission approves landmark status for future Papa Del's location

By Senait Gebregiorgis
July 12, 2015
The Historic Preservation Commission approved an application for the former Coca-Cola bottling plant — and future home of Papa Del's — at 1201 S. Neil St., Champaign, to become a local historic landmark on Thursday. Bob Monti, owner of Papa Del's, said he’d been thin...
Victim admits to fabricating details in police report
By Senait Gebregiorgis
July 10, 2015
The University Division of Public Safety issued a statement Wednesday that a victim fabricated details of an armed robbery that reportedly occurred on Monday, June 29. A crime alert was issued that day stating that the victim was approached by a man who pulled out a ...
Prospective students attend weekend open houses for Engineering, ACES

By Liz Jassin and Elyssa Kaufman
March 16, 2015
Purple and white lightning bolts from Tesla coils flashed across the Bardeen Quad Friday during a musical performance. The coils produced sounds strung together to recreate popular songs, and featured submissions by students attending the 95th annual Engineering Open House. Over the weekend, the University welcomed prospective students to participate in some of the 250 exhi...