Groundbreaking UI dorm gives disabled students opportunity

Adam Reid, iTunes on the computer screen in his dorm room, says he likes about any kind of music – except country.

He and his fellow dormies in Beckwith Hall at the University of Illinois regularly spend time debating their musical tastes. The senior in psychology from Macomb recently called Beckwith "a really nice place to live. You get to meet a bunch of people."

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