Fox News in St. Louis, where Schnucks Markets is based, reports that credit and debit card information was hacked in 79 of the grocery chain's one hundred stores between December and March, including stores in Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy.

Here's the story.

Schnucks is providing some additional information on their website about their response and also have set up a toll free number to answer any questions not covered in their online FAQ.

Well, here we go again. More claims of bad behavior by a C-U official at a public event.

And a hearing has been set.

Acclaimed stand-up comedian Hannibal Buress is performing tomorrow, April 10th at 8 p.m., in the Illini Union. Here's a short description of Buress and his work from the listing on the IU calendar:

Hannibal Buress has written for comedies such as 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live. Comedy Central named him Best Club Comic in 2012 and he has worked the late night circuit, appearing on everything from David Letterman to Jimmy Kimmel. His weekly web series, Talking to Strangers with Hannibal Buress, will debut in Spring 2013 with ?uestlove of The Roots as its first guest. He has been praised by peers such as Chris Rock and Aziz Ansari and is considered to be on the brink of superstardom. Tickets on sale at the Illini Union Quad Shop. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $7 for students with an I-Card and $10 to the public, and the show is in Illini Union I-Rooms A, B & C. Check out the listing here.

As The Guardian points out, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has made the "World's Top 100 Universities 2013" in terms of reputation rankings. Pretty impressive to be listed #24 worldwide on a poll like this one. Check it out over at the Guardian's website linked above.

The new issue of the Public i is out, and you can read the new issue online at their website.

Here's what they had to say in their press release:

There are article on women in the Ivory Coast by Carol Spindel, an obituary for Frances Friedman by Belden Fields, and a reflection on the legacy of two black women, Maudelle Bousfield and Joann Dorsey, by myself. There's also articles on the passing of Hugo Chavez, the SEIU strike, and climate change, as well as inmate poetry from the Education Justice Project and Books to Prisoners.

Wines at the Pines announced on their Facebook page that they will be closing this month. We thought that might happen after the PhD defense...

Here's the news:

After a decent run with Wines at the Pines, we sadly report that we will be closing this month. I have accepted an extremely ideal postdoctoral position at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. This decision was not an easy one, as we have thoroughly loved your stories and genuine support. We will certainly miss the community ties that we have built and maintained over the years. My growth and passion for wine and coffee are the direct result of working with you all.

Please take advantage of our closing sale! Everything must go by the end of April. Wine retail is 20% off; wine accessories and beer retail are 50%. Also, please let us know if you are interested in any other assets, like the shelving, furniture, equipment, dishes, etc.

Congratulations to the owner, Stanis, on her new position, but the community will miss you.

Smile Politely is co-sponsoring the inaugural Skeletal Lightning Fest, which is happening this weekend over at the Channing-Murray Foundation and the Red Herring. A two day even full of great music should be enough to get you interested in this offer. 

If you head over to our Facebook page, we're giving away a pair of festival passes, which will grant you admission into both days of the festival. The lineup is listed on the poster to the right, and you can check out all the information regarding schedule, set times and all that good stuff over at their website linked above.

Head over and make a comment on our Facebook post here with your favorite video (any video, doesn't matter if it's a live performance or not) of a band you want to see that is performing at the festival this year. We'll award one winner with a pair of festival wristbands. Best of luck!

Some sad news comes this morning from Roger Ebert, the acclaimed film critic, C-U native and U of I alum, who has revealed his relapse of cancer. According to his column on the Sun-Times blog, he writes about his workload over the past year and all of his projects, but addresses his health:

Of course, there will be some changes. The immediate reason for my "leave of presence" is my health. The "painful fracture" that made it difficult for me to walk has recently been revealed to be a cancer. It is being treated with radiation, which has made it impossible for me to attend as many movies as I used to. I have been watching more of them on screener copies that the studios have been kind enough to send to me. My friend and colleague Richard Roeper and other critics have stepped up and kept the newspaper and website current with reviews of all the major releases. So we have and will continue to go on.

Roger Ebert's Film Festival is right around the corner here in Ebert's hometown from April 17-21 at the Virginia Theater. You can read the whole column over at the website linked above.

In what appears to be an effort to help turn undiscovered commercial photographers into underpaid, and underappreciated, creative artists, local arts organization 40 North has announced that they will be displaying a photo from previously unknown local photographer, Larry Kanfer.

40 North partners with Adams Outdoor Advertising each year to display local art on billboards throughout the city, and this year apparently has decided that the time has come to allow commercial businesses to finally break through into the creative field to assist them in turning their once formidable and profitable careers into a saddening and pointless endeavor, marred by disinterest from the community, with very little money to show for it. 

More information can be found here.

Rather, an Aryan burdened with "Caucasian ideals of beauty" who writes about himself and Jews. Check it out: here and here.