Senate tables homecoming resolution
By Christine Des Garennes
Tuesday December 4, 2007
URBANA – The University of Illinois Senate on Monday tabled a resolution that called for the university administration to sever its ties with homecoming.
The resolution was brought before the legislative body of faculty and students a little more than a month after Chancellor Richard Herman announced he had overturned a campus policy that initially prohibited the use of Chief Illiniwek images on homecoming parade floats. Herman said floats, costumes and other decorations are representations of personal expression. Students who support the now-retired Chief Illiniwek ended up marching in the homecoming parade and wearing Chief apparel.
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