The Big Picture: Here’s Looking at You, Kids
Summer means movies on the Quad for Illinois film fans. Every week from May through August, the Illini Union Board sponsors free outdoor showings of Hollywood blockbusters, indie films, documentaries,
Fight the Power!
In 2013, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) suddenly and mysteriously banned Persepolis, the beloved graphic novel about author Marjane Satrapi’s childhood in authoritarian Iran. In Wake Now in the Fire
Alumni Interview: Elizabeth Hausler
If you look at my LinkedIn page, you’ll see that I identify as a social entrepreneur, safe housing advocate, and bricklayer. I was a bricklayer first. My dad owned a
Morrow Plots Cultivate Fresh Look
The Bayer corporation is underwriting the revitalization of the Morrow Plots, the oldest experimental agricultural field in North America. Established in 1876, the plots are located in the heart of
In Class: Space Shaper
Landscape architects are best known for designing parks, gardens, waterfronts, and other public spaces. But we also alter and retrofit landscapes and urban sites to increase public spaces and adapt
Memory Lane: The Flooding of Green Street
Today, Boneyard Creek is one of the most beautiful features of the Illinois campus, but for more than a century, it was a trash-filled eyesore with a drainage problem, and
Illini 411: Why did the U. of I. not have a Commencement speaker from 1976 to 1983?
A: By the mid-1970s, the class sizes at Illinois were enormous, and the campus-wide Commencement ceremonies, then held at the Assembly Hall, had grown uncomfortably long. In 1976, organizers decided
My Alma Mater: Press Corps
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was all smiles, looking at the PBS cameras, checking her mic, and making final preparations for that night’s debate. “Who’s playing my husband?” she joked, as
I’s on the World: A Proposal at Moher
When you’re young and in love and your name is Connelly, there’s no better place to pop the question than Ireland’s spectacular Cliffs of Moher. Just ask Patrick Connelly, ’20
Illini 411: When did we start dressing up Alma Mater?
A: In 2005, during the men’s basketball team’s Final Four season, a group of unknown students dressed Alma in a whopper of an orange jersey, complete with a matching headband.
