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Illini Baseball games are really fun and entertaining. There will be a game against St. Louis University this Wednesday here in Champaign. Check out the details on this game and the many other home games this season at their website:
A recent Popular Science article outlines the concept of college students eating mindlessly and what some schools are doing to combat the waste produced by this habit. The concept has been proven through numerous studies and simply states that "the bigger you're plate, the more you'll eat."The director of dining services at Colby College—another institution investigating going trayless—says “students don’t want to go back up and get another glass. It’s a convenience factor. We’re so used to having everything all the time whenever we want it.” Glad to see that we're finally using our sloth for good.Although I think they keep a lot of leftovers, I have seen UIUC cafeterias waste a lot of food on a daily basis. I wonder if the trayless cafeteria concept will ever be instituted at the U of I. As students, we could just watch how we fill our tray with food and make sure we eat everything we get. Our main challenge today, is understanding that age-old statement that my Grandma used to tell me: "You're eyes are bigger than your stomach."
To those incoming freshman... sorry. The Board of Trustees has passed the proposed tuition rate increase and you will be paying over $20,034 next fall. The good news is that your rate will never increase.
When I reinstalled Windows last December, I didn't install the Java Plugin on purpose, because U of I's Blackboard Learning System (branded Illinois Compass) does a Java check on each login. This Java check takes forever, and is much shorter if Java is not installed (which makes no sense). I have not had any reason to install Java for three months. It was a great decision, and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to speed up their Illinois Compass browsing times.
As if spring break didn't end soon enough, there is more reason to want to go back home. The complete final exam schedule for the spring 2008 semester has been released. Check out the schedule to see how soon you can head home and how many exams you have to wait all week for.
The cost of tuition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is about to sky-rocket. With an eight percent increase over last year's rate, the proposed amount, $20,034, is the highest in school history. The rate, if accepted by the Board of Trustees, will affect incoming students for the 2008-2009 school year. Current students are safe, however, thanks to a rate freeze, mandated by the state, that charges students the same rate for all four years of their education.Stay tuned to The Quad to see if the proposal is passed..."This rate of increase is lower than the rate of increase that students experience at many other institutions competing with the University of Illinois,'' officials said in the document proposing the increase.
Fees at UIC will likely be slightly higher because the school is waiting to find out how much a mandatory CTA pass will cost next year. Students have to approve a referendum on those costs next month. It currently costs $95 for a semester pass that allows students unlimited CTA rides. Journalism students will pay an extra $750. That puts their tuition increase at 17 percent.
Yes, the word that all college students love - free. Hulu.com, an online video site that is a collaboration between NBC and FOX, launched earlier this week. This is indeed a replacement for player that NBC was previously using to stream their TV shows online, but Hulu.com also features free full-length movies. Yes, you heard it right - now you can watch classics like Ice Age, The Big Lebowski, and October Sky in addition to your favorite TV shows House and Conan. Plus, they offer a "high resolution" mode, although it must be enabled manually.
Championship Game: #1 Wisconsin vs. #10 IllinoisWho would have thought that the number 10 ranked Illini would be going to the Big 10 Tournament Championship game tomorrow?
Happy Spring Break everyone. We hope your days free of classes will be filled with joy and homework-less bliss.
"Research shows that soy decreases the risk of breast and prostate cancers and lowers cholesterol and triglycerides. Diets high in soy protein are also effective in combating obesity," Science Daily reported.
"Soy protein is very high-quality protein, and high-protein meals eaten early in the day stick with you so you eat less."
If there's one thing I've learned while riding my bike to school and back this year, it's that the Champaign-Urbana weather is extremely rough on my bike lock.
A stamp commemorating the achievements of John Bardeen, the famous University of Illinois Engineering professor, will be unveiled this Thursday, March 6. Bardeen won the Nobel prize twice - once for research on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect, and another time for the theory of superconductivity (Wikipedia).The campus will host Urbana Postmaster Kathleen J. Burr, regional U.S. Postal Service officials, university administrators, and family and friends of Bardeen (1908-1991) at the ceremony in room 144 of Loomis Laboratory (1110 W. Green St., Urbana). The event begins at 12:15 p.m., and is free and open to the public.College of Engineering: Bardeen Stamp Celebrated at Campus Ceremony
This past Tuesday and Wednesday the UIUC students went to the polls to vote for Illinois Student Senate representatives, as well as their opinions on three issues: the Chief, the Cultural Programming Fee, and the Study Abroad Scholarship Fee.
