From a press release issued by the GEO: Champaign, IL – The members of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) from the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign overwhelmingly voted by more than 95 percent …
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
We can discover the wonders of nature
Chicago's Northern Magnolia are playing Mike 'N Molly's tonight with Neoga Blacksmith and The Divide. Here's a review of the Northern Magnolia's latest album, Dreams to Reckon With.
Listen Up: December 3–9
Casanova's Venice, Islam and Greece, and animal/human kinship, all this week.
Listen Up: Nov. 27–Dec. 2
After a week off, the speakers return to C-U.
Listen Up: November 12–18
Butterflies, arctic exploration, graphic design, and more this week, on campus and off.
SP Classic Book Review: Keyhole Factory by William Gillespie
Gillespie's end-of-the-world novel is being re-published by Soft Skull Press, and here's our review from 2010.
Listen Up: November 5–11
This militarization-of-the-US-Mexican-border thing isn't a new development; most of the speaker action is centered around the International Studies Building this week.
Listen Up: Oct. 29–Nov. 4
Soviet and Mexican cinema, black cultural politics, and Russian-Persian literature, all this week, right here.
Dogshit Bluffs located near Monticello, says Daily Show
In a segment about the government picking winners and losers (about 7:00 in), the Daily Show ignores topography completely. There ain’t no bluffs for 200 miles.
The art of the bike
Tandem: Bicycles and Artwork opened at Cafe Kopi last Friday. Here are some photos of the works and the attendees.