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They’re 53 bucks (counting fees) to sit in the balcony, but hey, it’s John Prine. Nearly guaranteed to be a better deal than spending 50 bucks to see Bob Dylan. Tickets available for online presale here. …

Atmospheric science instructor Eric Snodgrass explains:  We are currently at 8.6 inches of snow while last year at this time we were on our way to 40 inches. Why the difference? Where has the cold …

This posted last week, but better late than never, right?  Only two Champaign County restaurants failed public health inspections in December, the fewest in any month since June. Maize Mexican Grill, 60 E. Green St., …

In the most high-minded dismissal of Unofficial to date, U of I law professor Francis Boyle has called upon Governor Quinn to put a stop to the “orgiastic defilement of St. Patrick” by suspending all …

So you wrote a book, huh? Well, now is your chance to show everyone (at least those in C-U) what you’re made of.  The inagural East Central Illinois Author Book Fair & Writers Seminars event …

Champaign city officials are looking at ways to cut back on the amount of plastic bags floating around. from the News-Gazette: Administrative services manager Elizabeth Hannan said Tuesday that an outright ban or a small …

Thanks to Wolfram, C-U continues to be a major playor in improving search engine capabilities. Today, the NY Times discusses how Wolfram is advancing the field. (I still prefer Netscape myself.) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/technology/wolfram-a-search-engine-finds-answers-within-itself.html?_r=1&hpw

$10 to anyone who can tell where this is?* http://boingboing.net/2012/02/06/graffiti-artist-in-urbana-ill.html   *Paid in hugs and kisses.

Seeing as how we live in a town that has helped to develop so much of the world’s technological infrastructure, it would only make sense that we honor the people and companies that work hard …