Strange people with Hotmail accounts want me to make them happy. One woman wants to hire me as her personal trainer. She thinks her soul needs a professional workout. An excerpt from Richard Powers’ …
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Carr Reading Series continues with Stacey Levine
Come on by the Author’s Corner in the Illini Union Bookstore at 4:30 p.m. to hear award winning fiction writer Stacey Levine read from her work. Known for flirting with the surreal and engaging with …
A buffet that lives up to its name
Despite his own better judgement, Caleb allows himself to experience the newly reopened Crazy Buffet.
Do something good with your alcohol consumption…
…stop by the White Horse on Green and 1st in Champaign.4 out of every $5 for cover collected at the door will go to benefit Camp Kesem, a free summer camp for children whose parents …
Harjo and VOICE and Brock-Broido, oh my!
Three free alternatives to the banality of your everyday life.
The irrelevance of “Clout U” to C-U
Take a break from all that heavy Pygmalion reading to consider how educational inequity begins at home.
Food, culture and the American Dream
Award winning food writer John T. Edge talks food, culture and career choices with Caleb in a prelude to his reading tomorrow at the Illini Union Bookstore.
In defense of the sandwich
Caleb rails against perceived oppression, laments the loss of a good sandwich joint and sings the praises of one that’s still around.
A prelude to the Fall 2009 Carr Reading Series
U of I’s Associate Director of Creative Writing Steve Davenport corrects Caleb’s spelling while previewing the literary voices that will be visiting C-U this fall.
City stance on Safe Haven ‘absolutely unacceptable’
There is finger pointing aplenty regarding the Safe Haven debate currently underway in the city of Champaign. Caleb asks that you not point, but rather, contact city manager Steve Carter.