Robert K. O'Daniell
Jaime Faulhaber, left, a University of Illinois sophomore, and Jennifer Lee, a junior, hold up a sign so people will know where to go as the opening session of student registration breaks into groups Thursday morning at the Illini Union.
URBANA – "I'm ready to cry," said Pat Charnas, as her daughter Kate rose from her chair in the Illini Union and left to attend a meeting with advisers from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"It's a little overwhelming," Charnas said, looking around the crowded ballroom. Kate is her oldest child, her first to attend college.
The full story is available in our paid story archive.