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From a press release issued today: URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (November 23) – The members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), American Federation of Teachers/Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 6300, AFL-CIO, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), …

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After negotiations on Saturday failed to reach a favorable conclusion for the Graduate Employees Organization, they’ve called a strike to begin 7:45 a.m. Monday with a rally on the Quad. According to a press release …

Granted it only had to travel across the street to get there. Philip Graham, Creative Writing faculty member and frequent McSweeny’s contributer, will be reading from his latest book The Moon Come to Earth (University …

From the U of I Housing announcement: Top Chef Master Rick Bayless to Join Judges Panel at Chef’s ChallengeThursday, November 5, 4 to 7 p.m. at ISR Dining Room and Atrium See your professional chefs …

When officers searched the truck further, they found 1,455 pounds of marijuana concealed inside furniture in the truck. Police said the marijuana had a street value of about $6 million. — From the N-G article, …

In its review of Foo Fighters Greatest Hits, Pitchfork writer Matthew Perpetua has a few complimentary things to say about how our little ‘burg influenced the likes of the biggens like those guys. “Everlong”, perhaps …

Overnight rainfall boosted October’s precipitation total to 7.96 inches, enough to make this the second-wettest October on record in Champaign-Urbana. And there’s still an outside chance that predicted heavy rains today could make October 2009 …

In this review of Sufjan Stevens’ September performance at The Highdive, blog Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good had this to say about one of our favorite live music haunts: Sufjan Stevens could have …