Panel Dismisses Ruling To Allow College Athletes To Unionize
The National Labor Relations Board Monday dismissed a ruling that Northwestern football players are school employees and entitled to unionize.
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UI Main Library Benefits From Business’ Closure
The crowdfunding campaign led by U of I Technology Services employee Dena Strong (and aided by library grant funds) brought in around 1,000 hard to find DVD's and Blu-Ray's with the closure of a popular Campustown business.
U of I’s Darius Paul Suspended Indefinitely
The Illini basketball forward has been suspended indefinitely and sent home from the team's European trip by head coach John Groce.
The Role Of Comedy After Tragedy: Where To Draw The Line?
After the mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina church, one central Illinois comedian felt a responsiblity to make the topic a part of his routine.
U of I Accepts Wise’s Second Resignation; She’ll Join Faculty
With this resignation, Phyllis Wise will accept a tenured position in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology. The school has agreed not to initiate dismissal proceedings.
Phyllis Wise Resubmits Resignation, Calls Board’s Move Politically Motivated
The outgoing leader of the University of Illinois' Urbana campus is tendering her resignation for a second time after board of trustees members voted to deny her a $400,000 retention bonus.
Champaign’s ‘Renter’ Closing Its Doors
For employees and regular customers, the closure of That's Rentertainment means the loss of a social outlet, and something that can't be recreated through online streaming of material, or even a Facebook page. Champaign-Urbana's last locally owned video store closes Sunday.
Pens To Lens Gala Features Student Screenplays
Imagine being a local student and seeing a screenplay that you wrote appearing on the big screen at Champaign's Virginia Theatre. Twenty area K-12 students will have that opportunity this Saturday at the Third Annual Pens to Lens Gala.
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Phyllis Wise Out With No $400K Bonus
University of Illinois officials did not approve a $400,000 bonus for outgoing Chancellor Phyllis Wise Wednesday afternoon. The vote was unanimous to deny the money after Wise resigned abruptly last week
U of I Trustees Reject Wise’s $400K Bonus; Wilson Assigned As Interim Chancellor
The UI Trustees executive committee rejected a $400,000 bonus for outgoing chancellor Phyllis Wise, along with her resignation. She'll be reassigned as an advisor to President Timothy Killeen, who tapped Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Barbara Wilson to replace Wise as interim chancellor.
