Herman calls for city action
By Mike Monson
Wednesday February 27, 2008
CHAMPAIGN – University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman made a dramatic plea Tuesday night to the mayor and city council, urging them "to do the right thing" and take steps to curtail "Unofficial St. Patrick's Day."
Herman blasted the event, a bar-promoted drinking holiday that will occur this Friday and Saturday, as "an occasion that has no meaning other than to soil our campus and lower community standards."
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