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

AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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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 | Chicago
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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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WATCH: UIC Upsets #12 Illinois

AP | RICK GANO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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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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WATCH: Bus Driver Forced To Resign After 'Brutal Muder' Of Snowman

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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It was the setup of the season: several University of Illinois students constructed a snowman in the middle of a street one night and then waited, vid...

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Brazil's Dilma in Crossfire of US-China Currency War

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Eric Ehrmann

Brazil has joined China, France and Germany in the call for a coordinated global effort to replace the foundering dollar as the major world reserve currency.

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Bill Ayers Denies Dedicating Book To RFK's Killer

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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In September, 1960s radical and retired professor William Ayers was denied emeritus faculty status by the University of Illinois at Chicago for an all...

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Bill Ayers Denied Emeritus Status By University Of Illinois After Chris Kennedy's Plea

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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URBANA, Ill. — The University of Illinois on Thursday denied 1960s radical William Ayers emeritus faculty status after trustees Chairman Christo...

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The Most Expensive Big Ten Schools (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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*UPDATED* Cuts in state funding have made the University of Illinois the second-most expensive big ten school, according to the Chicago Sun Times. ...

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Some University Of Illinois Religious Studies Professors Vetted By Catholic Center

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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If you want to study Buddhist or Methodist or Jewish thought at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, there are relevant courses in religiou...

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Illinois And Northwestern, Michigan And Ohio State To Be In Opposite Divisions Of Expanded Big Ten

AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Any Michigan man will tell you, there is nothing quite like beating Ohio State. Every Buckeye agrees, a win over that team from up North is priority N...

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HuffPost Chicago On WBEZ's 'Eight Forty-Eight': This Month's Top Stories

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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The Huffington Post had the privilege of appearing on WBEZ's daily news magazine this Friday to discuss some of this biggest stories in Chicago this m...

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'Only Natural' To Be Sexually Attracted To Yourself, Family: University Of Illinois Study

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Freud had it right all along. According to psychologist R. Chris Fraley of the University of Illinois, biological science supports one's attraction to...

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University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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As state university systems flounder on financial ruin, faculty and students become the excess baggage thrown off the boat to save the ship.

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University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Lennard Davis

When a financial crisis arises, real or not, the administration tends to balance the budget by cutting salaries or new hires and raising student tuition.

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University Of Illinois President's Assistant To Make $195K

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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The University of Illinois, like virtually every state institution, is facing a grave budget crisis. Of the more than $600 million in bills submitted ...

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Anti-Gay Authority on the Rocks

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: University of Illinois, Catholic Church, Marriage, Homosexuality, Homogamy, Higher Education, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Politics News
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I apologize for the sarcastic tone here. It's just been very exasperating these last few weeks to see the Catholic church turning against social chang...

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U Of I Reviewing Firing Of Lecturer Who Said Homosexuality Was 'Morally Wrong'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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The University of Illinois is now reviewing their firing of a professor who was removed after telling his class why the Catholic church believes that ...

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University Of Illinois Lecturer FIRED For Saying Homosexual Acts Are 'Morally Wrong'

Huffington Post | Ariel Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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For many professors, the classroom is a place free of ideological persecution. That is, except for a recently fired religion lecturer at the Universit...

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House Approves University Borrowing To Make Up For State Budget Shortfall

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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The Illinois House has approved giving public universities the authority to borrow money to pay bills. The schools are owed hundreds of millions of do...

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Madigan's University Of Illinois Admissions Clout: Relatives Of House Speaker's Donors And Friends Accepted

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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A Chicago Tribune investigation revealed Wednesday that House Speaker Michael Madigan used his influence to gain admission for relatives of his campai...

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Black Students More Prone To Online Victimization, Discrimination: Study

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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A new study shows that black students are more likely to feel discriminated against online. The study, conducted by Brendesha M. Tynes of the Univers...

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University Of Illinois Prez's Contract Includes Country Club Membership, City Condo

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Under his newly signed contract, University of Illinois President Michael Hogan is afforded memberships to two country clubs, two homes and a $45,000 ...

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Women Beaten With Baseball Bat, Robbed In Bucktown

Chicago Sun-Times | Bugs & Cranks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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They were two young women out on the town and celebrating success. One was 24-year-old Stacy Jurich, a recent college grad who earned a glowing wor...

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Northwestern To Play University Of Illinois In Football Game At Wrigley Field

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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CHICAGO — Football is coming back to Wrigley Field. Northwestern and Illinois will play a Big Ten game at the storied baseball park on Nov. 20....

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University Of Illinois Nixes $98,000 Sculpture Of Former President

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Former University of Illinois president Stanley Ikenberry has been described as one of the school's "most beloved" leaders, but that alone is not enou...

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