Wednesday, May 20

Preview: Actor adds appeal to jazz show

As a style of music, jazz has always adapted to differing environments in a chameleon-esque way, with its influence permeating many genres. It should come as little surprise, then, that RoboCop and Dr. Read more...


Illini editors suspended for printing cartoons

The letters just keep coming. They span the gamut of emotions: outrage, sympathy, support, indignation. There are hundreds of them. More than a week after controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad appeared in the campus newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Daily Illini’s inboxes are still flooded with mail from readers supporting or condemning the decision to run the drawings. Read more...


Groups work to change Hill food

Efforts to bring kosher and halal food to the dining halls has intensified in recent weeks as student leaders and administrators have begun to work together to devise a feasible plan to cater to the dietary needs of Muslim and Jewish students. Read more...


Dance Marathon: Moraler

Behind the double doors, the moraler group that was waiting to burst into the dance room at 3 a.m. appeared to bubble with excitement as it waited for its turn to flood Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...


Dance Marathon: Committee

For 700 dancers, Saturday morning signified the beginning of a weekend-long commitment to a good cause. But for fourth-year economics student Jessica Tsuei, it also signified the end of a long commitment that began many weekends before. Read more...


Dance Marathon: Dancer

It took just three hours until Anna Lindel almost broke the cardinal rule of UCLA Dance Marathon. “Anna, are you sitting?” asked one of her sorority sisters. Read more...