Snow and other types of terrible weather aren’t new in Central Illinois. We’ve seen school closures, historic snow days, and intense weather happen pretty regularly, and climate change will only make things worse. So why …
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Chambana is a city
Nobody loves to complain about Champaign-Urbana and its shortcomings more than people who live here, us included. One common portrayal, as illustrated in a recent Reddit post, is that C-U is a charmless flyover town …
Looking at Illinois politics 2024
This year will be a big one for politics in our nation; if you haven’t heard, this year we elect a president. It will be stressful, but there are plenty of state and local politics …
Our 2024 C-U wishlist
As we thought about what we wanted to see in Champaign-Urbana for 2024, we kept coming back to similar things we wished for in 2022 and 2023. We realized that these issues are important enough …
Reflecting on 2023
Each year, our Editorial Board takes a moment to reflect on what’s been happening in our community over the past year. We’ve looked back at our 2023 Wishlist, considered some of the topics we’ve tackled …
Six ways to be a better community member this holiday season
It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means it’s almost time for the holiday season. For many, this is a time for reflection, and if you are able, to give back to the community. The last few years …
A few suggestions for dealing with the winter blues
Earlier this week, daylight savings time ended, and we all set our clocks back one hour. Now, if you wake up at 6:30 a.m., it won’t be as dark, but daylight hours will get shorter …
Some thoughts on Halloween
It’s Halloween, and this evening kids of all ages and their caregivers will take to the sidewalks of C-U and beyond to, in the words of Jerry Seinfeld, “get candy, get candy, get candy.” Have …
Let’s talk about book bans
The first week of October was Banned Books Week, a nation-wide event launched in 1982 as a response to an upsurge in book bans at the time. If you were in any book-centered physical or …
Year-round municipal yard waste pick up isn’t a likely possibility
In late October and early November, you might hear a collective groan from Champaign-Urbana’s homeowners and home renters. That groan is the indication of yard waste collection season, which means an investment of time, labor, …