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eBlack Symposium Builds Connections Between Campus and Community

Posted on 11/05/2010 by Noah Lenstra

ALTHOUGH WE WERE TOLD “SYMPOSIA” and “conferences” were too academic in nature—the eBlackChampaign- Urbana project team stood by the knowledge that community groups have conferences all the time (Canaan Baptist Church held two in the past year; Glory Center International … Continue reading →

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JUSTICE OR JUST US

Posted on 11/05/2010 by Tracy Vogel

I sit and think, trying to figure it out / What’s going on with our system? What’s this about? / It’s like there is no solution for any of this / The community, the state, it’s not “hit,” just “miss.” … Continue reading →

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Iraq Veterans Against the War On Veterans Day

Posted on 11/05/2010 by Iraq Veterans Against the War

This Veteran’s Day, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) asked Americans to reconsider the meaning of supporting the troops. As a nation, we are dishonoring our veterans by ignoring the real costs of war, and we contend that we can … Continue reading →

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Just Say No to “Gay Marriage”

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Snow Leopard

Those who accept evil without protesting against it are really cooperating with it. —Martin Luther King, Jr. Many people in the United States, it seems, may not have been exposed to, and so don’t realize, the quality of hatred often … Continue reading →

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A Secretive and Destructive Affair: The Academy, The Foundation, and The University

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Belden Fields

On September 5 and 11, Jim Dey devoted two very favorable News-Gazette columns to the Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Foundation. On September 5, the News-Gazette also published an editorial contending that the Academy was a “blessing” for the … Continue reading →

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Ten Years at the U-C IMC

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Austin McCann

Like most “beginning” stories, the tale of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center starts out modestly—and, like all these stories, this initial modesty is ironic, given all that we know about the future success of the project. So the UCIMC started … Continue reading →

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UIUC Denies Tuition Waivers to Fine Arts Grad Students

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Katie Walkiewicz

Last November the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) of UIUC went on strike over a single issue: tuition waivers. After two days of marching in the cold and drizzling rain, the union’s bargaining team was able to secure the coverage of … Continue reading →

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Football Game Flyover on 9-11 Promotes War

Posted on 10/05/2010 by David Green

A recent internet-driven furor in response to my letter protesting an outburst of militarism at a University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) football game on September 11th has prompted the following reflections on freedom of speech, militarism and war, and the responsibilities … Continue reading →

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Unity March Honors the Memory of Kiwane Carrington

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Brian Dolinar

Several hundred people came out to the Unity March on October 9, 2010, marking a year to the day since Kiwane Carrington was killed by a Champaign police officer. In the face of recent news reports about supposed racial attacks, … Continue reading →

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Cruelty to the Mentally Ill

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Mary Coleman

Do you know what goes on behind locked doors at the Champaign County Satellite Jail? You would probably be surprised to find out. For people with serious mental illnesses, the jail policies for dealing with these people amount to cruelty. … Continue reading →

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Building Community Consciousness Around Domestic Violence

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Rachel Storm

October is nationally recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) and the Women’s Resources Center—in collaboration with a variety of campus and community organizations*—has worked to both raise awareness of the realities of domestic abuse and to educate the community … Continue reading →

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The System of Snitching

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Barbara Kessel

“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law. To declare that the government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal_would bring terrible retribution.“ —Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, … Continue reading →

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The U.S. (In)Justice System Doesn’t Work. The Alternative Just Might

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Mikhail Lyubansky

I’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT justice lately, pondering the injustice of the way that justice is administered in this country. For years I’ve pointed out and lamented the racial bias evident in both law enforcement and the criminal courts. … Continue reading →

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Student Fees Make UI Sports Profitable

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Neil Parthun

HIKES IN TUITION, LARGER CLASS sizes, staff furloughs, pay freezes and acrimonious labor negotiations are common knowledge for UI students, graduate employees and staff. While many look at the exorbitant pay raise of President Hogan, the $150,000 rug and other … Continue reading →

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New Book of Poetry from Aaron Ammons

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Public i

A second book of poetry is now out from local poet Aaron Ammons, a.k.a. A-Dub, titled As I Travel My Creation. It includes dozens of new poems such as “Do I Remember,” reprinted below. This self-published book was funded in … Continue reading →

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Flatlander Fund Created to Honor the Memory of Dan Schrieber

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Laura Huth

Dan Schreiber had big dreams, and the talent, enthusiasm, and vision to bring so many to fruition. He died in July at age 24. Known around town as “The Chocolate Man,” Dan was the genius behind Flatlander Chocolate, Illinois’ only … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Professor Howell Controversy

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Belden Fields

The issues raised by the U of I Professor Kenneth Howell’s initial hiring at the University of Illinois, his e-mail to his students who were preparing to take a final examination in his course on Catholicism, and his subsequent termination … Continue reading →

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Kicking Coal’s Ash

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Amy Allen

COAL. OUR JOURNEY TO MODERNITY started with it, the oldest of our industrial fuels. It feels like something we’ve left behind a long time ago— most of us have much more personal experience with the other fossil fuels like oil … Continue reading →

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The Three R’s Project: Reading Reduces Recidivism

Posted on 09/05/2010 by townie7890

THE ACT OF READING IS A UNIQUELY human skill and can be transformative as well as entertaining. With this in mind, a relatively new group is seeking to provide reading materials to Illinois prison circulation libraries. The goals are to … Continue reading →

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UCIMC Summer Arts Camp

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Briawsome

WEEDING, PLANTING, and watering may not make it onto your list of favorite things to do, but, despite the heat and hard work, working in the Community Garden was worth it. We started off with just tomatoes and garlic chives … Continue reading →

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