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October 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008)

Time to go

miscellaneous

Professor “John Smith” expresses frustration with today’s college students in Inside Higher Ed: “After too many years at this job (I am in my mid-40s), I have grown to question […]

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October 31, 2008

Stephane Dunn on NPR’s News & Notes

black studies film interviews

Stephane Dunn, author of ‘Baad Bitches’ and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films, will be a guest on NPR’s News & Notes today at 12:40PM Central Time.  Stephane will discuss blacks in horror […]

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October 31, 2008

Illinois Place Name of the Day – October 31, 2008

Illinois / regional Place Names of Illinois

West Point. Hancock. Village (1893) eleven miles south of Carthage. Formerly known as Pumpkinville and then as Wigletown, named for early settler David Wigle. Renamed in 1856 for their former […]

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October 30, 2008

Illinois Place Name of the Day – Oct. 30, 2008

Illinois / regional Place Names of Illinois

Sneak Out. Franklin. Former community. Supposedly named for the otherwise respectable citizens who would sneak out of their houses, get drunk, and sneak back home. According to Sneed (Ghost Towns […]

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October 30, 2008 (October 30, 2008)

Music Tomes interviews Loyal Jones

interviews music

Loyal Jones, author of the new book Country Music Humorists and Comedians, is featured in an interview on the Music Tomes site. “MT: During a time when there was great […]

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October 29, 2008 (October 30, 2008)

A random walk down university press row

publishing

-PSU Press has a snack controversy. -NYU Press has a new blog. -Duke University Press’s blog touts a new edition available as a free download. -University of Washington Press celebrates its […]

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October 29, 2008 (October 30, 2008)

Illinois Place Name of the Day – Oct. 29, 2008

Illinois / regional Place Names of Illinois

Ipava [eye PAY vuh]. Fulton. Village (1853, 1872) nine miles west-southwest of Lewistown. Platted for John Easley as Easleyburg in 1846 and apparently replatted as Pleasantville later that same year. […]

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October 29, 2008 (October 31, 2008)

Google suit settled

publishing

Inside Higher Ed reports that a lawsuit pitting writers and publishers against Google has been settled. “Under the settlement, Google will pay the authors and publishers who have already sued […]

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October 29, 2008 (October 29, 2008)

Local school board bans “Kite Runner” for incoming sophomores

Getting to know Champaign-Urbana

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 […]

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October 28, 2008 (October 28, 2008)

Recent awards

awards

Two University of Illinois Press authors have recently been honored for their work. Dr. Norman R. Shapiro’s translation of The Complete Fables of Jean de la Fontaine has been awarded the […]

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October 28, 2008

Illinois Place Name of the Day – Oct. 28, 2008

Illinois / regional Place Names of Illinois

On November 3, 2008, we are publishing Place Names of Illinois by Edward Callary.  Every weekday since October 1 we have posted one of the book’s nearly 3,000 entries.  Today […]

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October 27, 2008 (October 30, 2008)

Illinois Place Name of the Day – Oct. 27, 2008

Illinois / regional Place Names of Illinois

Nauvoo [nah VOO, naw VOO]. Hancock. City (1841, 1899) six miles south of Fort Madison, Iowa. The area around modern Nauvoo was known as Quashquema, named for a minor Sauk […]

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