Break out your bike and collect some food for the Eastern Illinois Food Bank at the third annual Chambana Cranksgiving.
Posts by Joel Gillespie:
Easter on campus safety: “Objective is not to become a police state”
Full text of email from UIUC Interim Chancellor Robert Easter sent this afternoon: TO: Students, Faculty Staff, Alumni and Other Members of our CampusCommunity Over the past three months there has been an increase in …
Del Toro to direct new Volition game, currently in Champaign
We’ve caught wind that Guillermo del Toro, director of Pan’s Labyrinth, is the creative director for Volition‘s as-yet-untitled new game. The same source also revealed that del Toro is currently in Champaign. In August, the …
Speakers in C-U: Nov. 9—15
Lots of heavy topics being discussed this week.
Polar bear deconstruction
Put in context, the purported uptick in attacks on whites on campus appears to be a media construct, borne of poor reading comprehension and cherry-picked stats.
Bridging the town-gown gap
This weekend’s eBlackC-U’s Campus-Community Symposium aims to foster understanding between campus researchers and local African-Americans.
Speakers in C-U: Nov. 2—8
Zionism, Mestizo threats, water rights in Brazil, and Scandinavian marketing (with IKEA!).
Dallas & Co. on All Things Considered
What’s the hottest Halloween costume this year? NPR’s Michele Norris asks Andy Dallas, owner of Dallas and Company in Champaign, Ill. He’ll tell us about Jersey Shore costumes, Tea Party member get-ups and more. Click …
White knuckleheads not to be outdone
Two One Campustown incidents over the weekend involving white-on-white crime (UPDATE: and one white-on-undetermined) have left caucasian nightlifers confused about whom they should most fear. First, on Friday night, an enthusiastic supporter of concealed-carry (and …
Speakers in C-U: Oct. 26—Nov. 1
It’s Sustainability Week at the U of I, plus several events involving Muslim culture, and the history of Russian rock ‘n roll.