Eat Monical’s today, support Angels
Monical’s Community Day will support Imerman Angels today, a charity that matches up cancer survivors with cancer fighters all over the world, so that no one faces cancer alone! The offer is valid at the …
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C-U Ride of Silence this Wednesday, May 16
C-U Ride of Silence will be held this Wednesday, May 16th. Cyclists will gather in the SW parking lot of the Assembly Hall between 6:30 and 7 p.m. The ride will depart at 7 p.m. …
Donate or sell your old bike for a good cause
The Community Used Bike Sale is accepting bikes to donate or sell during next weekend’s event. They are currently accepting bikes through Wednesday, May 16. If you do decide to donate your bike all of the …
Local badass author Jean Thompson given Pulitzer “lip service” in NY Times
Seeing as how the Pulitzer didn’t go to any work of Fiction this year, some of the better experts out there decided to award it themselves. Our very own Jean Thompson was given some major …
Ebert says Ebertfest audience was “perfect”
Roger Ebert wrote in his online journal that the Ebertfest audience at the Virginia Theater was a “perfect audience.” Read his full reflection here. You deserve a pat on the back.
Sad day for music
After a long battle with cancer Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, has passed away. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/adam-mca-yauch-dead-beastie-boys-dies-battling-cancer_n_1477863.html Love them or hate them, the Beastie Boys did big things in the music world for a …
Illinois athletic department operating in the black
Interesting bit of info: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/blog/_/name/assael_shaun/id/7889475/k-state-most-profitable-athletic-department
Local news headlines for Thursday, May 3
We have just a couple today, but they’re good ones. Police Chief Pledges to Make Changes to Citizen Complaint Review Process (CI) Officers’ actions in pepper-spray incident being reviewed for discipline (N-G) Update, …
Nerdiest space launch of all time set for Saturday, May 5 in Urbana
A student organization at the University of Illinois called Space for All has joined forces with a California entrepreneur to do something not at all predictable and send a high-altitude weather balloon to space manned …
Triple S Farms wins snout-to-tail cookoff
Triple S Farms, regular participant at the Urbana Farmer’s Market, paired with Chef Jason Vincent of Nightwood in Chicago for a snout-to-tail cooking competition hosted by Cochon555, an organization promoting heritage breed pigs. Vincent and …