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I'm With Stupid: Making Yourself More Smarter the Alcoholic Way

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Congress, Bowling, Intelligence, Problem Solving, Beer, Alcohol, University of Illinois, Science, Men, Drinking, Comedy News

I, for one, always felt smarter when I was drinking. I felt fatter, sweatier and smellier, as well, but that's not really the point. I wasn't drinking to make myself more attractive. I was drinking to make the rest of you more attractive.

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Don't Just Talk About Change: Register to Vote

The Daily Illini | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: College Students Vote, Barack Obama, Young People Voting, Campaign 2012, Voter Registration, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, University of Illinois, Election 2012, College News

I chose to register to vote and mail in my ballot today because I didn't want to continue being that girl who talks about change and service -- but doesn't act on it. Now, I'm not trying to twist anyone's arm who legitimately doesn't want to vote.

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Universities and Cities: Place-Based Anchors of City Development and Individual Accomplishment

Paula Allen-Meares | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Higher Education, Economic Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, Urbanism, Education News

The importance of urban research universities is clearly manifest in the scale of the impact, the "footprint," of the university in its city. By late in the last decade, urban research universities were among the top employers in every one of their respective cities.

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Which University Won the Intercollegiate Programming Championship?

David Thielen | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Boston University, Harvey Mudd College, Purdue University, Poll, Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Wisconsin, University of Toronto, University of Massachusetts, University of Illinois, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Georgia Tech, College News

Each team wrote the A.I. for a computer game. The contest is then the A.I.s from each team fighting each other where one will reign victorious over the others on the field of battle.

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University Of Illinois Hikes Tuition By Nearly Five Percent

Posted 01.20.2012

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Less than a year after the University of Illinois approved a 6.9 percent increase in tuition for the current freshman class, the school has announced ...

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The National Intercollegiate Programming Championships

David Thielen | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Code War, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, Purdue University, Cornell University, University of Illinois, Computer Programming, Computer Code, Computer Programmers, National Intercollegiate Programming Championship, Video, College News

This upcoming January will see the first intercollegiate programming code war, with multiple teams competing from most of the top computer science colleges in the country.

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Obama vs. Newt or Mitt Can't Compare to the Fighting Okras vs. the Gorillas

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012

The cruel, cold months of December and January bring warmth to the hearts of college football fans everywhere -- but only if their Division I team is involved in one of the thirty-five scheduled "major" college bowl games.

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Illinois Higher Education Floundering: Study

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Illinois College Affordability, Illinois College, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Corruption, Illinois College Access, George Ryan, Illinois Higher Education Problems, Illinois Higher Education, Chicago News

A study released last month by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education shows declining interest in higher education among Illinois ...

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Tenure-Track and Adjuncts Unite! Administration Says: You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Union

Lennard Davis | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: University of Illinois, Adjunct Professors, College Professors Tenure, Unions, University of Illinois at Chicago, College News

Who should have a right to determine union membership -- the boss or the employees? The administration of the University of Illinois should stop trying to divide and conquer its faculty and come to the table to begin collective bargaining in good faith.

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Inside The U Of I Law School's Book-Cooking Scandal

Feisal G. Mohamed | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: University of Illinois, Law School Rankings, Paul Pless, Villanova-Law-School, Law School, Bruce Smith, U of I College of Law, Scandal, Universities, Chicago News

The University of Illinois issued its final report this week on the goosing of class profile data posted by the College of Law publicly and reported to the ABA. This really does look like déjà vu all over again.

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Report: U Of I Law School Still Dealing With Grade Inflation Problems

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: U of I Law School, U of I Marketing Materials, U of I, University of Illinois, University of Illinois Grade Inflation, U of I Grade Inflation, U of I Grades, University of Illinois Data, Chicago News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An ongoing investigation into the use of inflated grades and entrance-exam scores in University of Illinois law school marketi...

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Rahm Emanuel's 40 Days in the Desert

Al Norman | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Loyola University, Moses, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Wal-Mart Express, Food Deserts, Canaan, Business News

Just as Moses never reached Canaan, Mayor Emanuel may never emerge from the food desert if he keeps having visions of Wal-Mart as the promised land.

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Bill Daley To Give U Of I Commencement Speech

Posted 06.26.2011

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White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley will return to Illinois next month, where he will deliver a commencement speech at the University of Illinois Ch...

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University Of Illinois Removing 2,200 Seats From Stadium

AP | Posted 06.12.2011

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois will permanently remove about 2,200 seats from Memorial Stadium because the bleachers are getting t...

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Illini Freshman Prospect Headed To NBA Draft

AP | Posted 06.05.2011

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CHAMAPIGN, Ill. — Illinois freshman forward Jereme Richmond is ending his brief, tumultuous Illinois career by leaving school and declaring for ...

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Bed Bugs Found In University Of Illinois Dorm Room

Posted 05.30.2011

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The University of Illinois has reportedly eliminated bed bugs that were found in a dorm room on the Champaign-Urbana campus. The News-Gazette repor...

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University Of Illinois Accidentally Sends Out 'Shooter' Alert Email To Students

Posted 05.25.2011

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Just one day after administrators at the University of Illinois approved a 6.9 percent tuition hike, those on the Urbana-Champaign campus received a t...

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Tuition On The Rise At U Of I, Other Area Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

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If a vote of the University of Illinois trustees goes as expected on Wednesday, tuition rates will go up nearly seven percent at that system's schools...

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WATCH: Illinois's Dominant Second-Round Upset

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TULSA, Okla. -- Mike Davis and Illinois pulled out of their late-season swoon just in time for the NCAA tournament. Davis tied his season high with...

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A Salute to Fred Rice, Jr.

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Rice Jr. was a gentleman, a scholar and a police officer: the first African American to serve as the Superintendent of Chicago's Police Department.

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Northwestern And Illinois Make Big Changes Due To Wrigley's Tight Confines

AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — It sounds like something out of a backyard touch football game. No matter who has the ball, there's only one end zone and everyone has...

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Wrigley Field Prepped For Northwestern/Illinois Game

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Call it a Wrigley Field makeover: The pitcher's mound and home plate are temporarily gone and the infield and warning track are covere...

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Is Restricting Overnight Library Access in the Name of Security Really a Good Idea?

Max Ellithorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Homelessness, Public Libraries, Urbana, College, Champaign, Security, College Libraries, College News

What the majority of the Student Senate failed to realize when passing this resolution is that east-central Illinois gets pretty cold at night in the winter months, and the University Library is the only public library facility in the community that is open 24 hours.

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My New Year's Resolutions for the University of Illinois

Max Ellithorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Illinois, Sexual Health, Corporate-Structure, Chief Illiniwek, College, College Tuition, For Profit Colleges, Condoms, Diversity, College News

Over Winter Break, I've had some time to think of some New Year's "resolutions" that I hope the administrative team at the University of Illinois keep in mind while reflecting on the successes and failures of the Fall 2010 semester.

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WATCH: UIC Upsets #12 Illinois

AP | RICK GANO | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Darrin Williams scored five points in the final 1:10 Saturday and Illinois-Chicago rallied from an eight-point second-half deficit to ...

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