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A shameful ending to a great college tradition

Sunday February 18, 2007
 

If a "consensus" was reached about the future of the Chief Illiniwek tradition at the University of Illinois, it was done in private and did not involve the students and alumni of the UI, nor did it include the citizens of Illinois. All have indicated strong support for continuing the 81-year tradition that began with a reverent halftime ceremony in 1926 featuring "the Chief" and "William Penn" at an Illinois-Pennsylvania football game at Memorial Stadium.

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