Wild weekend keeps Illini baseball undefeated
By Peter Bailey-Wells
February 23, 2015
The Illinois baseball team accomplished something it hasn’t done in 10 years Sunday. The team finished a game in a tie. Due to travel restrictions, Illinois finished Sunday’s game in Fort Myers, Fla., against Florida Gulf Coast in a 4-4 nine-inning tie. The Illini rallied in the top of the n...
Becoming Clara of “The Nutcracker”
By Shalayne Pulia
December 4, 2014
Ginny Martinez’s hand shot up before she knew what she was doing. The slender dancer, perpetually composed, had volunteered to dance for the last audition spot for Clara in the annual Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.” Mature beyond her 15 years, Martinez said it was a dream role, an...
