UI football stars huddle with students on 'Read, Run, Respect'
By Jodi Heckel
Wednesday September 3, 2008
Darrell Hoemann
Illinois receiver Arrelious Benn gets into a rap with teacher Jaime Roundtree during an assembly Tuesday at South Side Elementary School in Champaign, where Benn and quarterback Juice Williams talked to students about reading, developing healthy habits and being respectful.
CHAMPAIGN – The aim of the assembly at South Side Elementary School Tuesday afternoon was to encourage students to read, develop healthy habits and be respectful – goals that many elementary teachers are likely talking about at the start of the school year.
But this gathering began with chants of "I-L-L, I-N-I," and the appearance of special guests introduced as "superstars" by literacy specialist Amanda Bell. Illinois quarterback Juice Williams and wide receiver Arrelious Benn were at South Side to represent the "run" portion of the "Read, Run, Respect" program happening at the school all this month.
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