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Fans send Chief Illiniwek out in style
February 22, 2007 3:33 PM CST
CHAMPAIGN – All eyes of Illini fans were looking upward at halftime of Wednesday's basketball game, as a video tribute to Chief Illiniwek played on the scoreboard.
Many captured the tribute on digital cameras, then turned to the tunnel in anticipation. Full story »
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Students use podcasts for class projects, self-expression
February 25, 2008 2:08 PM CST
CHAMPAIGN – Want to know what's important to eighth-graders? Listen to their podcasts.
For Dunia Nadhimi, it's wearing her head scarf, part of her identity as a Muslim. It's not easy being the only girl wearing a scarf in her school. She didn't like the way the other kids looked at her at first, but now most are accepting.
UI's homecoming parade policy on Chief overturned
October 25, 2007 4:25 PM CST
Fans of Chief Illiniwek can show their support for the retired symbol at the University of Illinois homecoming parade after all.
A new university policy that initially prohibited the use of Chief Illiniwek images on parade floats has been overturned.
Ex-Chiefs start scholarship to honor Frank Fools Crow
September 8, 2007 9:10 AM CST
URBANA – The students at Oglala Lakota College, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota – some of the poorest college students in the nation – struggle more than most to pay for school.
About three-quarters of the 1,300 to 1,400 students are eligible for Pell grants – federal grants available to low-income college students. But most of the students are women, many of them single mothers with both financial and child care issues to consider.
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- Chief regalia's fate far from resolved (August 23, 2007)
- Officials still grappling with Chief Illiniwek issues (July 22, 2007)
- Judge throws out efforts to keep Chief (June 5, 2007)
- Judge lets UI students amend Chief lawsuit (May 9, 2007)
- Chief logo's designer wants rights to it (April 5, 2007)
- Stores plan to stock up on Chief supplies (March 31, 2007)
- UI plans to keep Chief logo rights (March 30, 2007)
- Johnson reintroduces NCAA bill (March 16, 2007)
- Leftover Chief issues in Herman's hands (March 14, 2007)
- Newly appointed trustee joins in on Illiniwek vote (March 14, 2007)
- UI trustees approve resolution to end Chief Illiniwek (March 13, 2007)
- Lawyer files suit over UI decision on Chief (March 13, 2007)
- Two Chief resolutions on agenda at board of trustees meeting (March 12, 2007)
- Issues linger after Chief decision (March 12, 2007)
- Students set up site in effort to oust Eppley (March 12, 2007)
- Senator calls for probe of Chief decision (March 3, 2007)
- Civil rights suit against Honor the Chief Society thrown out (February 28, 2007)
- Amid threats, man's battle to retire Chief ends - for now (February 24, 2007)
- Apparel items with logo flying off shelves (February 22, 2007)
- Men continue fight to preserve UI tradition in some form (February 22, 2007)
- Fight not over for foes of the Chief (February 21, 2007)
- Current Chief's parents: Whole thing is such a travesty (February 19, 2007)
- Chief portrayer had hoped common sense would win (February 18, 2007)
- The Chief controversy: A timeline (February 18, 2007)
- Eppley discusses timing of Chief decision (February 16, 2007)
- Text from the UI's FAQ on the Chief Illiniwek decision (February 16, 2007)
- Judge's Chief ruling leaves some issues still open (February 16, 2007)
- UI students file suit to save Chief (February 15, 2007)