The Champaign Public Library is hosting an event this evening that looks like fun: “Ethnic Illinois: French Traditions in Music and Food:” Dennis Stroughmatt, an authority on French Creole music, […]
Category: Getting to know Champaign-Urbana
For a banal Friday afternoon
This morning’s Chronicle of Higher Education Daily Report features “A Tradition of Banality” by Don Troop. (Warning: CHE‘s links are walled after a few days.) The “Banality” refers to the […]
Hypochondria or prudence?
Today’s Inside Higher Ed includes a small item on preparing for a Swine Flu outbreak. “At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, more students than normal are seeking treatment for […]
Ebert-a-looza
University of Illinois alum Roger Ebert and his wife, Chaz, have given the UI a sizeable gift to benefit the film program. Ebertfest is in full swing, with several UI staffers […]
April’s Foolishness
Oh, dear. Here are a couple of nice examples of the silliness of springtime. Shelf Awareness brings us up to date on this year’s BEA. And our local online city […]
Negative style points
This past weekend Champaign Centennial High School won the class 3A state boys basketball championship over Oswego. Centennial’s semi-final opponent helped pave the way with a “fashion don’t.” […]
An Illinois-North Carolina rematch?
Before you fill out your NCAA Men’s Basketball brackets, be sure to consult Inside Higher Ed‘s annual Academic Performance Tournament. We’re in the sweet sixteen, baby! […]
Pay for books? Seriously?
One of the things I love about living in Champaign-Urbana is the prominence of books in our culture. In addition to the U of I libraries, we have three public […]
Tutors for athletes
Inside Higher Ed points its readers to a Chicago Tribune story on the money spent at University of Illinois, and other schools, for athletic tutors. […]
Library exhibit
The UIUC libraries have generously allowed the University of Illinois Press to close our 90th anniversary celebrations with an exhibit in the Main North-South Hallway of the Main Library. The […]
Local school board bans “Kite Runner” for incoming sophomores
The Kite Runner challenge has been decided. According to The News-Gazette, Champaign’s Unit 4 school board “reversed a committee recommendation Monday night and ruled that the novel The Kite Runner will no […]
Illinois Place Name of the Day – Oct. 15, 2008
Savoy. Champaign. Village (1956) two miles south of Champaign. Named for Princess Clotilde of the Alpine Duchy, the House of Savoy, who visited Illinois in 1861 with her husband, Prince […]