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WHAT: "When Do Fraudulent Elections Confer Democratic Legitimacy? The Logic of Electoral Manipulation and Post-election Protest," Milan Svolik, Political Science, UIUC WHEN: Monday, May 7 @ 12 noon WHERE: 404 David Kinley Hall, 1407 West Gregory Drive, Urbana Nothing like a good election-fraud discussion to kick off your week right.
| WHAT: "Displaced for Development? Indigenous Peoples Rights and Extractive Industries Development in the Peruvian Andes and Amazonia," Manuel Glave, GRADE, Peru WHEN: Monday, April 30 @ 2 p.m. WHERE: 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign From the event announcement: "The recent boom of extractive industries in the Peruvian Andes and Amazonia has contributed to the rapid economic growth and poverty alleviation that has made Peru one of the more social and economic dynamic country in Latin America. …
WHAT: "Reducing Water Supply Vulnerability in the Chicago Metro Region: Water Pricing as an Adaptive Climate Change Strategy," Margaret Schneemann, Water Resource Economist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning WHEN: Wednesday, April 25 @ 12 noon WHERE: Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, One E. Hazelwood Dr., Champaign WHAT: "Nationalism Qua Modernization: The Greek War of Independence," Pantelis Lekkas, Onassis Foundation Senior Visiting Scholar & Associate Professor of Political Science, Panteion University WHEN: Tuesday, April 24 @ 12 …
WHAT: “The Chi'ixi gaze. Sociology of the image as a decolonizing practice," Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (Aymara); Sociologist, historian, activist and public intellectual from Bolivia WHEN: Tuesday, April 17 @ 4 p.m. WHERE: 319 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street, Urbana Cusicanqui will also be speaking at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in the Lucy Ellis Lounge of the Foreign Languages Building on "The Struggle for Indigenous Rights in Bolivia and the Government of Evo Morales," and at 4 p.m. on Wednesday …
WHAT: "Looking Back at the Arab Spring: Why it Happened, Why it Matters Today, and What's Coming Next," a panel discussion featuring: Professor and Chair Scott Althaus, Professor Timur Kuran, Professor Milan Svolik, Professor Jose Cheibub, and Professor Hadi Esfahani WHEN: Monday, April 9 @ 3 p.m. WHERE: 119 Materials Science and Engineering Building, 1304 West Green Street, Urbana The topic of this talk should be fairly self-explanatory, and it sounds pretty relevant. WHAT: "Rare and Little Known Plants …
WHAT: "Mobile Computing: the Next Decade and Beyond," Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University WHEN: Monday, April 2 @ 4 p.m. WHERE: 2405 Siebel Center, 201 North Goodwin Avenue, Urbana From the event announcement: "What will inspire our research in mobile computing over the next decade and beyond? We observe that our future is being shaped by two different tectonic forces, each with the potential to radically change the mobile computing landscape ... the emergence of mobile devices as rich sensors, …
WHAT: "Four or Five Myths About Brazil and Latin America," Prof. Joao Ubaldo Osorio Pimentel Ribeiro WHEN: Tuesday, March 27 @ 4 p.m. WHERE: 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign Also, on Wednesday, Prof. Ribeiro will be speaking at a lunch colloquium with his translater Cliff Landers titled "The Writer as Translator, the Translator as Writer". It will be held at 12 noon in room 404 of the Illini Union. Sandwiches will be served! From the event …
WHAT: "Communicating about Energy and Climate Change," Maggie Koerth-Baker, BoingBoing WHEN: Monday, March 12 @ 3 p.m. WHERE: 335 Mechanical Engineering Building, 1206 W. Green St., Urbana From the event announcement: "Ms. Koerth-Baker is a science editor/writer who frequently covers the topic of communicating about energy and climate change to the public. She is the author of a new book, Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us, to be published in April 2012, and …
WHAT: Parkland College Meet the Pros featuring: Jeff Adams, software developer for Wolfram Research and LetterMPress WHEN: Wednesday, March 7 @ 12 noon WHERE: Room C118, Parkland College (see the map here) A statement from Mr. Adams from the event announcement: I started in Physics, getting my bachelor's degree close by at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. However, I realized in my last few years in college that software development might actually be what inspires me the most. I moved to …
WHAT: "Gangster, Guerilla, Soldier, Cop: The Many Faces of Transnational Violence between the U.S. and El Salvador," Elana Zilberg, University of California WHEN: Tuesday, February 28 @ 2 p.m. WHERE: 101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign I'll be honest: I get El Salvador and Nicaragua mixed up in my mind. Dr. Zilberg would probably find that quite annoying, but I'd bet she'd be too polite to embarrass me in public about it.
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@Jason: You’re right about that. I get groceries at Schnucks (they carry what I buy, which I can’t say of any other single grocery store in town), and if they have a beer I’m in the market for it’s usually a quarter or two cheaper per 6-…
Best Neighborhood Bar (& Grill) : Urbana - My ‘hood- the ‘Boom! http://www.boomerangbarandgrill.com Go on a Wing Wednesday or Fish Friday, or see a band play some night. Local blue-collar Urbana terroir galore. My only beer snobbish gripe is lack of a pale hopped ale, but you…
The one thing that’s bothered me for a while about the Friar is that, for most commonly purchased adult beverages, you can actually walk down the strip mall to Schnucks and get them cheaper. It makes no sense, but there it is. I suspect it’s because Schnucks…
Maybe I complained enough in person. One time I even explained to the (wholly uninterested) clerk how to navigate the Illinois Statutes web page, and Savoy’s Municipal Code database I wouldn’t know because I only go there when I want to pay 30% more for anything, which is never.
@Rob: You seem to have the weirdest experiences. I’m in Friar Tuck every other week (don’t tell my mom that I’m a lush). They never fail to ask for my birth date but never my age, they never card afterwards, and they often allow me to use…
This column affords me a long-awaited opportunity. I’ve wanted to write my own column called Fuck You Friar Tuck Liquors. but I always thought it’d be too pithy. Here, I can say Fuck You Friar Tuck Liquors and not feel bothered to stretch it out to 750…
Ha! Exactly. You, sir, are welcome at the bar in My House.
Why wait ‘til 3 pm?
I’m excited to go tonight- should be very fun!
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“It was at this point, before he started his business, that working with city employees should’ve raised red flags…” But they didn’t because: 1) The City Clerk’s office originally mis-interpreted the rules, or are indeed re-interpreting them. 2) Champaign’s brick-n-mortar merchants hadn’t yet started whining about The Crave Truck.
Super cool! Excellent track, Excellent band.
Looking forward to trying this place!
I’m in the middle (or the beginning or end, depending on how you look at it) of re-reading Slaughterhouse Five. What a great companion column.
Get yours early. The Rave’s CD will be available at Exile and at The C-U Flea on Saturday. C-U Flea details here: http://www.smilepolitely.com/news/sp_radio_podcast_c-u_flea_arrives/
I don’t know about Gerard and a random police sargeant. My (mild) outrage is based on this: “...he worked closely with Champaign City Clerk Marilyn Banks to make sure he was licensed properly as a transient food peddler, filling out the necessary paperwork and paying a $225…
Local Yocal pretty much nails it here. I suspect there will be merchants who oppose food trucks because they arguably don’t pay their fair share to locate their trucks in high traffic (high rent) areas. The food trucks take away business from rent payers, park in city…
Oh nice! I’d totally vote for Matt Campbell!
“Smile Politely sports writer announces candidacy for city government.”
I also got to visit Big Grove Tavern during the soft open and definitely enjoyed the pork belly the most of all the dishes I sampled. The cheesy grits and the vinegary pickled vegetables were a perfect compliment to the rich pork belly.
The Alan Partridge lookalike on the right in the first small photo has nothing to condescend to anyone about. AH HA!
Snell and the little Hitlers of the neighborhood association need to chill out. Legitimate businesses should have the freedom to exist without having to endure the slings and arrows of ignorant and misguided opposition.
represent, Matt.
Yeah, I’d agree that Transporter Room 3 is the worst house venue I’ve ever seen.
Food trucks are the start-up, small businesses of the future for those unable to afford real estate. No surprise, that merchants who pay rent, utilities, and maintenance on a property would despise the traveling competition. Or developers who build more empty retail spaces would want to close…
Not so much far-right Tea Party as a balanced, moderate viewpoint between letting businesses succeed and protecting society with reasonable regulations. In spite of what the city reps are saying, the interpretation of policy on this issue certainly has changed. Letting a business start up under one…
I think it’s neat that SP has turned rightward, now espousing a Tea Party-style frustration with government regulations & taxes.
This makes me so sad. (Happy to live in Urbana, though!) Crave Truck has been a GREAT addition to the food choices in C-U, and it’d be a travesty to chase them away. This town should be supporting small businesses. I’m glad to hear that they’ll still…
*slow. clap.* Still offering no threat of intelligence…. I know I said I thought you should just write this whole column yourself next year, Isaac, but now that you’ve gone and taken a “part deux” run at it, I’d like to modify my request: Best Music 2013,…
Actually, it’s kind of nice, the quiet. John Heoffleur’s engaging commentary/dialogue is sorely missed, however. In lieu of someone intelligent saying something, I’ve compiled a list of Honourable Mentions: BEST ROCK BAND: Take Care ::these gentlemen have four completely different sets at their disposal right now (which…
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The Alan Partridge lookalike on the right in the first small photo has nothing to condescend to anyone about. AH HA!