Sunday, November 8, 2009 East Central Illinois

They came. They studied. They stayed.

By Christine Des Garennes
Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:04 AM CDT

URBANA – In 1964, the Illini football team faced off against the University of Washington Huskies in the Rose Bowl.

The north side of the University of Illinois campus (where the Beckman Institute is now located) was largely green space.

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