UI students, staff make most of first snow day since 1979

URBANA – When East Central Illinois doesn't give you hills, you make your own.

When a slope in front of their house didn't provide enough thrills for sledding, four sorority sisters hiked over to Foellinger Auditorium on Tuesday morning, cafeteria trays in tow.

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