For my first ever Restaurant Week article, I decided on Sticky Rice in Downtown Champaign. Partially because I’ve never been there before and also because I’ve been a vegetarian for a little while now, and …
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USA Fellowship awarded to U of I assistant professor and alumna
The USA Fellowship was recently awarded to Assistant Professor of Studio Art in the School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, and alumna Tammie Rubin, a 1999 graduate. Each …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
Janice Weldon follows her passion, with a little help from cannabis
Janice Weldon has lived in Champaign for most of her life. She’s a self taught artist, mother, and digital illustrator with a love for skating. feralFLORALS was created as a result of encouraging her kids …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
Do you know about the U of I conservatory?
Last week the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences posted these pictures of the Plant Sciences Laboratory. So many of the comments were people who had never heard about it. This little …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
The women’s track and field team just made history
The women’s track and field team were just ranked as the number one team in the nation for the first time in Illini history. The season has just started, and already the women are breaking …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
Check out these amazing ice shelves forming around trees in the forest preserves
All around Champaign County winter is wintering. The weather is cold and icy and school closures have been wrecking havoc on parents. However, there are some creative ways to enjoy the winter months, and right …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
Janice Harrington on paying attention to the world around us
Janice Harrington has lived in Champaign-Urbana since the 1980s, working at both the Urbana Free Library and the Champaign Public Library. Currently she is a Professor of English at the University of Illinois and an …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
The Illini women break records in track and field meet
The Illinois men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Commodore Challenge on Friday, January 12th. On the first day of meet, freshman Sophia Beckmon (above) won the long jump in her debut …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
Get your Culture here: Three ways to pull yourself out of winter hibernation in January 2024
I feel like I should apologize in advance because January and February are not my best months. The sun is still setting early, you have to wear a million layers when you go outside, and …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor
This van will bring fresh food to C-U
At the end of last year, Four Osprey debuted their new Veggie Van. The Four Osprey organization works to promote the acceptance of an ecocentric value system and was instrumental in creating the Mobile Market, …
Louise Knight-Gibson
Culture Editor