Campus rally to protest 'Next Dance'

CHAMPAIGN – Opponents of Chief Illiniwek, the retired University of Illinois symbol, will rally Friday night to protest a re-enactment of the Chief's dance.

The "Not Our Mascot" march by the IResist Coalition will start at 5 p.m. at the Alma Mater statue at Wright and Green streets and end with a 6 p.m. rally outside the Assembly Hall, where another student group will stage Chief Illiniwek's "Next Dance."

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