Congrats to Illini Golf Head Coach Mike Small as he was named one of 6 recipients of the Dave Williams National Head Coach of the Year awards. Small led the Illini to their eighth consecutive NCAA …
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Former Illini Emily Zurrer competing in Women’s World Cup
Emily Zurrer was an All-American for the Illini in 2008 and this year she’ll be making her second World Cup appearance for the Canadian Women’s National Team. Canada defeated China 1-0 on Saturday, though Zurrer …
Check out Neutral Cycle’s guide to summer
Neutral Cycle‘s put together a nice little list of 5 places to head to as you start to fill up your calendar this summer. Making the list are a handful of trails, places to picnic, …
U of I alum Josh George sets world record in 800m
An awesome accomplishment for U of I alum and paralympian Josh George today as he set a world record in the T53 800m at the Jutzeler Memorial in Switzerland. Some days you race fast. Some …
Parkland hosting Hot Rod Power Tour
Parkland College is bringing the world’s largest hot rod enthusiast event, the Hot Rod Power Tour, to Champaign on Saturday. Each parking space on campus will be occupied by an automobile modified for performance or …
A growing group of allies: The GSA at Centennial is 10 years old
Ondine Gross and Stacey Gross helped to create the Gay-Straight Alliance at Centennial High School 10 years ago. Tom reflects on the importance of the GSA and wishes his school had done more when he was younger to advocate and educate.
Mike N Molly’s to host Champaign Ladies Amateur Wrestling with Bookmobile!
Mike N Molly’s will be turning into Suplex City and hosting Champaign Ladies Amateur Wrestling (also known as CLAW) on July 11th. Soundtracking the flying elbow drops, GTSs, and sharpshooters of the Main Event will …
Triptych’s expansion plans unanimously approved
Triptych Brewing is kicking off this Thursday with some really great news. Their plans for expansion were approved unanimously by the Savoy Board of Trustees and their Planning Commission. It looks like they’ll get to …
Today declared Gay-Straight Alliance Day in Champaign by Mayor Feinen
Champaign Mayor Deb Frank Feinen and Councilman Matthew Gladney visited Centennial High School today to honor educators Ondine Gross and Stacey Gross for their work with Centennial’s Gay-Straight Alliance. The event was a part of …
Common Ground hires new General Manager
Awesome news from Common Ground Food Co-Op. Today they announced the hiring of Satina Braswell as their new General Manager. From the release: The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Satina Braswell will …